Environmental Monitoring Report __________________________________________ Quarterly Report January-March 2015 VIE: Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant Prepared by Electricity of Vietnam and Thermal Power Projects Management Unit 1 for the Government of Viet Nam 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. EVN GENCO 3 Thermal Power Projects Management Board 1 (TPMB1) MONG DUONG (2 x 500MW) THERMAL POWER PLANT PROJECT 1ST QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT 2015 Period: 1st January – 31st March 2015 Contract No: TPMB1-EVN/ADB-2610L2MFF-Consulting-002 April 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 5 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 7 1.1 The Project ..................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Project Implementation Progress. ................................................................................. 8 1.4 Report Purpose .............................................................................................................. 9 1.5 Environmental Law and Regulation ............................................................................. 9 2. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE INSPECTION .................................................. 10 2.1 Environment Compliance at Construction Site .......................................................... 10 2.2 Health Safety and Environment aspects (HES) ......................................................... 11 2.2.1 Health, Safety & Environmental Management Plan (EMP) .............................................. 11 2.2.2 HSE Management Organization (EPC Contractor Hyundai E&C) .................................... 12 2.2.3 Man Hours of EPC Contractor and its Subcontractors ...................................................... 12 2.2.4 Accident Free Man hours of the EPC Contractor and its Subcontractors .......................... 13 2.2.5 Health, Safety and Environmental Training ...................................................................... 13 2.2.6 Health, Safety & Environment Inspection ......................................................................... 15 2.2.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ............................................................................... 15 2.2.8 Security Status ................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.9 Safety Award ..................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.10 Waste management ........................................................................................................... 16 3. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING ........................................................ 17 3.1 Air quality, Noise and Vibration Monitoring ............................................................. 17 3.1.1 Monitoring of Air quality .................................................................................................. 17 3.1.2 Noise Monitoring .............................................................................................................. 21 3.1.3 Vibration Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 23 3.1.4 Overall Assessment ............................................................................................................ 25 3.2 Water Quality Monitoring .......................................................................................... 29 4. AQUACULTURE & FISHERY .................................................................................... 30 4.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 30 4.2 Inspection Activities .................................................................................................... 30 4.2.1. Monitoring Sites ................................................................................................................ 30 4.2.2. Environmental Condition at Monitoring Time ................................................................... 30 4.2.3. Monitoring Result and Assessment .................................................................................... 30 5. MANGROVE REFORESTATION MONITORING .................................................... 31 Page 2 of 40 6. OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................... 31 6.1 Health, Safety and Environment ................................................................................ 31 6.2 Environmental Quality Monitoring ............................................................................ 32 6.2.1. Air & Noise and Vibration Monitoring .............................................................................. 32 6.2.2. Water Quality Monitoring ................................................................................................. 33 6.2.3. Aquaculture and Fisheries ................................................................................................ 33 6.2.4. Mangrove .......................................................................................................................... 33 1st Quarterly Environmental Monitoring Report 2015 Mong Duong (2 x 500MW) Thermal Power Plant Project TABLES Table 1.1: Institutional Responsibilities for EMP Implementation ............................................... 7 Table 1.2: The implementation progress of Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant during 4th Quarter 2014 ....................................................................................................................... 8 Table 2.1: Accident-free Man-hour ........................................................................................... 12 Table 2.2: Health, Safety & Environment Training Status ......................................................... 14 Table 2.3: Health, Safety & Environment Inspection ................................................................. 15 Table 2.4: The Generated Waste amount during January and December 2014 ........................... 16 Table 3.1: The Monitoring Location, Parameters, Equipment and Methodology for Ambient Air Quality .............................................................................................................................. 17 Table 3.2: Monitoring results of TSP and PM10 ....................................................................... 19 Table 3.3: The Monitoring Location, Parameters, Equipment and Methodology for Noise Monitoring ........................................................................................................................ 21 Table 3.4: Monitoring Results of Noise Level at Residential Areas ........................................... 22 Table 3.5: Monitoring Results for Noise Level at the working site............................................. 23 Table 3.6: The Monitoring Location, Parameters, Equipment and Methodology ........................ 24 Table 3.7: Monitoring Results for Vibration at Residential Sites................................................ 24 FIGURES Figure 3.1: Monitoring result of TPS 1hour............................................................................... 19 Figure 3.2: Monitoring result of TPS 24hours ........................................................................... 19 Figure 3.3: Monitoring result of PM10 24hours ........................................................................ 20 APPENDIXS Appendix 1: Environmental Team Organization Chart .............................................................. 34 Appendix 2: HSE Organization Chart ....................................................................................... 36 Appendix 3: Pictures of Air Quality and Noise ......................................................................... 37 Appendix 4: Pictures of Aquaculture and Fishery ..................................................................... 39 Appendix 5: Picture of HSE ..................................................................................................... 40 Page 4 of 40 1st Quarterly Environmental Monitoring Report 2015 Mong Duong (2 x 500MW) Thermal Power Plant Project EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant project has been classified as category A1 in accordance with ADB’s Environmental Assessment Guidelines (2003). The Project EMP developed as an integral part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process of the Project was completed and approved by ADB in 2006. To ensure that negative environmental