Environmenta l Monitoring Report Project Number: 42010-013 January 2019 PRC: Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development Project – Environmental Monitoring Report (No.11) Prepared by the Project Management Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Energy and Environmental Development Research Center (EED) for the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 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 Director, 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 No. 11 (July ~December2018) Project Number: Loan 2657-PRC Jan. 2019 PRC: Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development Project Prepared by: Project Management Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Energy and Environmental Development Research Center (EED) This report has been submitted to ADB by the Project Management Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Your attention is directed to the “Terms of Use” section of this website. Contents I. INTRODUCTION 3 A. Report Purpose and Rationale 3 B. Project Composition and Implementation Progress 3 II. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPERVISION 3 A. Institutional responsibilities for environmental management 3 B. Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements 4 III. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT RELATED PROJECT COVENANTS 5 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATIONS AND COMPENSATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD 12 A. General 12 B. Observations Specific to Each Component during Site Inspection 172 1. Component F1 and F2: Urban Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure for Fangchenggang City, and coastal protection and upgrading 172 2. Component C1 and C2: urban road network and related municipal infrastructure for Chongzuo City, and Shuikou Lake environmental improvement 215 3. Component B1: Urban road network and related infrastructure for Baise City 226 4. Component B2: Longwang Bridge for Baise City 226 V. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 17 A. Monitoring plan and responsibilities 17 B. Monitoring Results 260 1. Component F1: Urban Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure for Fangchenggang City 260 2. Component F2: Coast environmental protection& remediation of Fangchenggang City 303 3. Component C1: Urban Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure for Chongzuo City 346 4. Component C2: Shuikou Lake Environmental Improvement for Chongzuo City 29 5. Component B1 and B2: Urban Road Network and Related Infrastructure for Baise City, and Longwang Bridge for Baise City Air quality 402 1 VI. PUBLIC CONSULTATION 413 VII. INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING 435 VIII. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 37 IX. CONCLUSION 38 2 I. INTRODUCTION A. Report Purpose and Rationale The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has been established as an indispensable part of Environmental Impact Assessment Report, proposing appropriate mitigation measures and institutional arrangements for all phases of the Project to monitor and ensure (i) compliance with environmental regulations; and (ii) implementation of the proposed mitigation measures. To ensure continuous improvement of environmental performance during project preparation, construction and operation,the borrower/client is required to prepare semi-annual environment monitoring and progress reports that describe progress of EMP implementation, status of environmental compliance and implemented corrective actions. This is the 11th semi-annual environmental monitoring report for Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development. B. Project Composition and Implementation Progress The Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development Project is intended to improve living conditions in the three border cities of Fangchenggang, Chongzuo, and Baise in the GZAR, and enhance their ability to promote and benefit from regional cooperation. The project is estimated to cost a total of approximately $293.41 million, of which $150million will be financed by a loan from ADB and the rest from city government budgets and domestic commercial loans. The project will be implemented over 5 years, between 2011 and 2015. The closing date of this project is delayed for 3 years till the end of 2018, because that Fangchenggang and Chongzuo were not able to close on time. The proposed project comprises six components in the three cities, whose description and implementation progress (by December 2018) are detailed in the table below. Table 1: Description of Components and Implementation Progress by Dec. 2018 Completion of project quantities– Fangchenggang Contract Completion Content Description No. rate Branch road of FCCW-102 Yuzhouping All completed 100% andno.2, no.3 &no.5 road FCCW-103 #1 road All completed 100% Anbujiang FCCW-104 All completed 100% Bridge FCCW-105 Greening of All completed 100% 3 road Procurement FCCW-106 & installation All completed 100% of streetlight Traffic FCCW-107 Control & All completed 100% Facilities Road FCCW-108 Maintenanc All completed 100% e Equipment Fangchengan g Qisha Town FCCW- Road All completed 100% 109/110 Pavement Improvement Construction FCCW-201 of coastal All completed 100% dyke Mangrove FCCW-202 All completed 100% Square Completion of project quantities–Chongzuo Contract Completion Content Description No. rate Subgrade of Chengnan 9th CZCW- road and All completed 100% 101 Liancheng road Subgrade of Beiwei 2nd CZCW- road and All completed 100% 102 Zhongyi Road Shijinglin CZCW- Road (54m, All completed 100% 103 Subgrade+ pavement) CZCW- Road All completed 100% 104 pavement CZCW- Road All completed 100% 105 landscaping Procurement CZCW- of Street All completed 100% 106 Light and Installation 4 Procurement and CZCW- installation of All completed 100% 107 traffic control facilities Road CZCW- Cleaning All completed 100% 108 Equipment Road CZCW- Maintenance All completed 100% 109 Equipment Shuikou Lake CZCW- Rehabilitation All completed 100% 201 Works Completion of project quantities– Baise Contract Completion Content Description No. rate BSCW- Chengnan 100% 101 ring road All completed BSCW- Longwang 100% 201 Bridge 5 II. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPERVISION A. Institutional responsibilities for environmental management To actively respond the requirements in Project Agreement, institutionally a vertical framework with 3 levels had been set up for the project environmental management, which is in full consistence with the description in the SEIA developed during project preparation in February 2010: Level 1: GPMO, which is established under the executing agency, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government (GZARG), is located in the GZAR Development and Reform Commission (GDRC) and is headed by the director general of GDRC. GPMO draws its members from GDRC, GZAR Finance Department, GEPD, and GZAR Land Resources Bureau. The GPMO has set up an Environment Management Unit (EMU) since the beginning of the project, the EMU was in placed in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission Foreign Invest Division, with 1 dedicated staff, Ms Jiahui Yang in order to take its overall responsibility for supervising EMP implementation and reporting to ADB. The address of EMU is No.111-1 Autonomous Ave. Nanning, Guangxi. Level 2: PICs (POCs for operation phase), which have nominated 1~2 employees each in charge of EMP implementation, reporting to GPMO periodically. Level 3: Contractors/Supervisors, which have nominated 1~2 full-time staff in charge of daily environment management, reporting to PICs periodically during construction. Full-time staff of each sub-projects: Fangchenggang Urban Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure Project and Coastal Protection and Upgrading Project: Mr. Junxue Wei, Fangchenggang Port District City Investment Co., Ltd. Baise Longwang Bridge Project: Mr. Guiwei Lan, Baise Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. Baise Urban Road Network and Related Infrastructure Project: Guiwei Lan, Baise Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. Chongzuo Urban Road Network and Related Municipal Infrastructure and Shuikou Lake Environment Improvement Project: Mr. Runliang Sun, Chongzuo City Construction Investment Co., Ltd. Besides abovementioned three levels, GEPD and city EPBs also organize on-site inspection, supervise the fulfillment and effectiveness of environment protection measures, and provide comments and recommendations regularly or from time to time. 6 It is known that the independent environmental monitor (IEM), EED (Energy and Environment Development Research Center), (as part of the loan implementation consultancy engaged through international competitive bidding) will soon be mobilized to support the GZARG, GPMO, PICs and POCs in EMP implementation (carrying out training program and preparing semiannual EMP progress reports). In March 2014, EED formally engaged in the project as project management technical assistant consultant and the environmental specialist also set into place at the same time. The contracting