Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 33442 (Loan 1850) December 2006 People’s Republic of China: Ganzhou - Longyan Railway Project Prepared by the Beijing OASIS Environment Protection Technology Co., Ltd. {Firm name} {City, country} For {Executing agency} {Implementing agency} This report has been submitted to ADB by the Ministry of Railway and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Asian Development Bank Loan Project Ganzhou-Longyan Railway Environment Monitoring Summary Report Beijing OASIS Environment Protection Technology Co., Ltd. December 2006 Table of Contents 1 PREFACE .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................... 2 2 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................. 3 2.1 INTRODUCTION OF ENGINEERING ....................................................................................... 3 2.2 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION ALONG THE LINE.................................................... 5 3 REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD .8 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PRE- CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ..................................... 8 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ..................................... 13 4 SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN OPERATIONAL PERIOD .................................................................................................................................. 17 4.1 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 17 4.2 ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................ 22 4.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................... 26 4.4 AIR ENVIRONMENT........................................................................................................... 28 4.5 SOLID WASTE ................................................................................................................... 28 4.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEM DURING OPERATIONAL PERIOD ............................................................................................................ 29 5 SURVEY OF IMPACTS ON LOCAL ECONOMY BY THE RAILWAY...................... 29 5.1 RAILWAY SECTION IN JIANGXI PROVINCE.......................................................................... 29 5.2 RAILWAY SECTION IN FUJIAN PROVINCE ........................................................................... 30 6 SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................... 32 List of Pictures 1. Environment protection dissemination brand. 2. Sedimentation tank at Xiashan Tunnel. 3. Grass planted on the embankment slope. 4. Grass planted in the framework on embankment slope. 5. Protection of cut slope. 6. DK26+600 borrow pit. 7. DK77+200 borrow pit. 8. DK87+600 borrow pit. 9. DK101+400 borrow pit. 10. DK177+340 Nanshan village borrow pit. 11. Borrow pit at the right side of Xinquan station. 12. Cut excavations used into Xiaochi Station. 13. Spoil disposal site at DK73+000 for Damadu Tunnel exit. 14. Spoil disposal site for No.2 Shenkeng tunnel exit. 15. Spoil disposal site at DK118+800 for Mingan Tunel. 16. Spoil disposal site at DK213+500. 17. Spoil disposal site at DK246+100. 18. Spoil disposal site for the inclined shaft of Jiaoyang tunnel. 19. River bank protection of Diaozhongyan Super Major Bridge. 20. Quadrant revetments of Nanshan Major Bridge. 21. Cofferdams of Liangfu 2# Major Bridge had been cleared. 22. Spaces between piers of Jiangxia Super Major Bridge had been recovered. 23. The camp of Diaozhongyan super major bridge had been changed into a timber mill. 24. Rail laying base at Maodian Station had been recovered. 25. Remained access roads at DK101＋400. 26. Square in the fron of Changding station. 27. Huanglong Elementary School (originally known as Liulidian Elementary School). 28. New site of Dongxi Elementary School. 29. New site of Yudu Work Technique School. 30. Shanfeng Elementary School. Environment Monitoring Summary Report of Ganzhou-Longyan Railway 31. New school building of Shantang Elementary School. Beijing OASIS Enviroment Protection Technology Co.,Ltd. 4 32. New site of Niushui Elementary School. 33. New school building of Meigang Middle School. 34. New site of Shangxishanxia Village. 35. New site of Nanduan Elementary School. 36. Waste water treatment equipment in Yudu station. 37. Waste water treatment equipment Xijiang station. 38. Waste water treatment equipment Ruijin locomotive returning station. 39. Waste water treatment equipment Ruijin station. 40. Waste water treatment equipment Changding station. 41. Waste water treatment equipment Guanzhishan station. 42. Waste water treatment equipment Shanghang station. 43. Solar water heater in Yudu station. 44. Solar water heater in Ruijin locomotive returning station. Environment Monitoring Summary Report of Ganzhou-Longyan Railway 1 Preface 1.1 Project Introduction Ganzhou-Longyan Railway is a project to be executed by using loan from Asian Development bank. It starts from Ganzhou City of Jiangxi, runs eastwards along Gongshui River, a branch of Ganjiang River, enters Changting, Liancheng and Shanghang in Fujian Province after running through Gan County, Yudu, Huichang and Ruijin, and then ends at Longyan City of Fujian. It wholly is 290.1km long (132.3km in Jiangxi and 157.8km in Fujian). Construction of the railway has opened a new way for transportation in Jiangxi and Fujian province, and will make great significance in improvement of rail web distribution as well as local railway transportation. Construction of Ganzhou-Longyan Railway was from December 2001 to 30th December 2004. Freight train began running on 1st April 2005 and passenger train began on 11th October 2005. According to the Environmental Protection Law of PRC and environmental management regulations for construction projects, construction of the line had been implemented EIA rule and “three contemporary” rule, which means environmental facilities and major engineering to be designed, constructed and put into use contemporarily. During the construction period, Construction Commander of the project had strictly obeyed the environmental laws and rules of our country, and ensured the environmental measurements and funds to be implemented. Ganzhou-Longyan Railway between the Ministry of Railway and Asian Development Bank, both the Ministry and the Bank have agreed that the environment-monitoring task for Ganzhou-Longyan Railway shall be borne by Beijing OASIS Environment Protection Technology Co., Ltd.. According to relevant laws and regulations of the state as well as the environmental monitor plan of this line and the signed monitor agreement, Oasis Company sent environmental protection experts from Jun. 2002 to present to provide pre-post training on site, survey and supervise the site. It has submitted 13 quarterly and annual monitor reports regularly to Ganzhou~Longyan Railway Construction Headquarters, Ministry of Railways, and Asian Development Bank. This report is the environment monitoring summary report. Beijing OASIS Enviroment Protection Technology Co.,Ltd. 1 Environment Monitoring Summary Report of Ganzhou-Longyan Railway 1.2 Objectives The objective of this monitoring report is, based on project design and environment assessment, to check how the environment protection measures are performed during the construction period and what problems exist and to give some suggestions to solve such problems. It is supplementary to the environment impact evaluation of the project and also is to supervise the performance of environment protection measures. This report is to report how the onsite environment protection measures are executed in the construction activities and to ensure that these activities are in compliance with related environmental protection regulations and the requirements from MOR (Ministry of Railway) and Asian Development Bank. More exactly, the report is to: • Verify whether actual environmental impacts at construction phase were similar to those predicted by the EIA; • Inspect implementation situation of the environmental protective measures designed in the EIA; • Identify any unexpected problems and put forward recommended solutions; and • Report to MOR, Asian Development Bank and concerning departments about the environmental protection activities for this project. According to the environment impact assessment report (EIA), the environment monitoring report includes the following contents: ecological impact caused by railway construction such as restoration of borrow pit, spoil disposal site, and construction camp, protection of roadbed slope, reforestation of station site, etc.; implementation of related treatment of waste water and noise mitigation measures in operational period; and environmental problems affecting local economy development due to construction of Ganzhou-Longyan Railway. The persons