Environmental Monitoring Report # 4 Semestral Report November 2020 PRC: Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and Demonstration Project Prepared by the Fujian Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank. NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and its agencies ends on 31 December. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2019 ends on 31 December 2019. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: L3450-PRC November 2020 PRC: Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and Demonstration Project Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report for 1 January to 30 June 2020 Prepared by Fujian Provincial Department of Agriculture (Fujian Provincial Agricultural Affair Office) for the Fujian Provincial Government and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 June 2020) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $ 0.1413 $1.00 = CNY 7.0715 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank GHG Greenhouse gas BOD5 5-day biochemical oxygen demand GRM Grievance redress mechanism CNY Chinese Yuan IEE Initial environmental examination COD Chemical oxygen demand LIEC Loan implementation environment consultant CPMO County Project Management Office MEP Ministry of Environment Protection CSC Construction Supervision Company MPMO Municipal Project Management Office DO Dissolved oxygen PDRC Provincial Development and Reform Commission DOEP Department of Environmental Protection PIU Project Implementing Unit EHS Environmental, Health and Safety PPE Participating Private Enterprise EIA Environmental impact assessment PPMO Provincial Project Management Office EIR Environmental Impact Report PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance EIT Environmental Impact Table PRC People’s Republic of China EMP Environmental Management Plan REA Rapid Environmental Assessment EMS Environment Monitoring Station SOE State Owned Enterprise EPB Environmental Protection Bureau SPS Safeguard Policy Statement FPG Fujian Provincial Government WHO World Health Organization FSR Feasibility Study Report WRB Water Resources Bureau FYP Five Year Plan GDP Gross domestic product 1 SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Project title: Fujian Farmland Sustainable Utilization and Demonstration Project Date of project effectiveness: 22 May 2017 Executing agency: Fujian Provincial Government Implementing agency: Nanping, Sanming, Longyan, Zhangzhou and Ningde Municipal government; 9 Project implementing units (PIUs): 1) Nanping: Wuyishan: Wuyishan Zhuzi Ecological Agriculture Co., Ltd 2) Nanping: Guangze: Fujian Zhengyuan Ecological Food Town Co., Ltd 3) Sanming: Datian: Fujian Datian County Golden Phoenix Agricultural Development Co., Ltd 4) Sanming: Ninghua: Ninghua State-owned Ecological Forestry Co., Ltd 5) Longyan: Yongding: Longyan Municipality Longyu Ecological Industry Development Co. Ltd 6) Longyan: Xinluo: Longyan Municipality Greenland Ecological Agriculture Development Co. Ltd 7) Zhangzhou: Pinghe: Fujian Xinghe Investment Development Co. Ltd 8) Ningde: Jiaocheng: Fujian Lvyin Agriculture Co., Ltd 9) Ningde: Fu'an: Fujian Farms Agribusiness Tea Co. Ltd. PMO (name of agency): The PPMO established in the Fujian Provincial Department of Agriculture. Municipal project management offices (MPMO’s) have been established in the 5 project municipalities. County project management offices (CPMOs) have been established within 9 project counties. PMO Environment Officer (name, 1 from each PMO email): Loan implementation consultant / firm: ESD LIEC: Mr. Zhang Defa, ESD Construction supervision See Table 2 company(ies): Contractor(s): See Table 2 ADB web link to EMP: https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/prc-fujian-farmland- sustainable-utilization-and-demonstration-project-iee Domestic web link to EMP: Not available Note: the PIUs highlighted are cancelled during implementation 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING ADB environment safeguard B category: Environmental report prepared as per Initial Environmental Examination ADB requirements for this category: Domestic safeguard report: 13 EIA Table (one for each PIU) Quarterly period covered by this 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020 report: # EMRs to date including this report: 4 Agency/person responsible for 9 person (One from each PIU) internal environmental monitoring: Agency/person responsible for 5 EMCs external environment monitoring: 1) Fujian Sanming Houde Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (for Datian and Ninghua) 2) Fujian Zhongke Environmental Monitoring Co. Ltd (for Wuyishan, Jiaocheng, and Fu’an) 3) Fujian Zhongkai Test Technology Co. Ltd. (for Yongding) 4) Fujian Huafei Test Technology Co., Ltd (for Xinluo) 5) Fujian Keyi Test Technology Co., Ltd (for Pinghe) Other PIUs will contract external environment monitoring agency one month before civil work construction. Agency/person responsible for EMP Mr. Zhang Defa, the LIEC from ESD implementation and progress monitoring: Agency/person responsible for This is environment safeguard category B project. No independent compliance monitoring: independent compliance monitoring for this project is required Overall status of environmental On track safeguards: ADB = Asian Development Bank, EMP = environmental management plan, EMR = environment monitoring report, LIEC = loan implementation environment consultant, PMO = project management office. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 5 I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 7 1. Purpose of report .......................................................................................................................... 7 2. Project outcome, outputs and subcomponents ............................................................................ 7 3. Project implementation progress .................................................................................................. 8 II. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................................ 19 III. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD .......................................... 21 1. Assessment of project readiness ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 2. Implementation of the project mitigation measures .................................................................. 25 3. Implementation of the project monitoring program .................................................................. 33 4. Public consultations and grievance redress mechanism ............................................................. 38 5. Training and capacity building .................................................................................................... 38 6. Costs of EMP implementation during the reporting period ........................................................ 40 7. Compliance with loan and project assurances ............................................................................ 41 8. Issues for Follow‐Up Documented in the Previous Environment Monitoring Report and any Missions undertaken During the Current Reporting Period ................................................................ 41 9. Reporting ..................................................................................................................................... 42 IV. LESSONS LEARNED .................................................................................................................. 43 V. NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................................................ 43 APPENDIX 1. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCES ..................................................... 45 APPENDIX 2. MONITORING DATA ...................................................................................................... 52 APPENDIX 3. PHOTOGRAPHS ............................................................................................................. 74 APPENDIX 4. TRAINING ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................... 76 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Overview This semi-annual report presents the status of compliance with the environment management plan (EMP) during the project implementation from