E685 Vol. 9 World Bank Financed Project Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Provincial Highway Project II S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Section of Local Highway Upgrading Component Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Management Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project Management Office of rvnuiations Department Hefei Design & Researc of Coal Industry Deeb'& * 0 Public Disclosure Authorized LO~ D:t00 f: F >.;~~~~tt fA f r¢ 414~~~~~~~~~~~~~4 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I,'',,,5Ml',;~~~~o IVS,'f"t.,,, ,lS rc 0_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f4.7ID ;>WEr't;55f@XSX, w § #W. Assessment Unit: Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry Associated Unit: Hefei Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station Task Manager: Xiao Huashan Ren Jianfeng Name List of the Engineers Preparing the Report Name Title Work permission for environmental assessment Chen J.mm Senior enginieer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01167 Ren Jianfeng Engineer (Environmental assessment) Ren Jianfeng Engineer Work permission No. A 01170 X.ao Huashan Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01166 Liu Shishui Senior enginer.(Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01165 Yan Detian Senior(Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01169 Huang Shuqing Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01173 Guo Qixiang Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01171 Jin Yi Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01168 Zhang Huifen Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 08858 Publisher: Publishing House, Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry CONTENTS 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .............................................. 1 1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ................................. 1. 1.2 AIM OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................. 2 1.3 REPORT PREPARAnON BASIS. ................................. 3 1.44 ASSA.............A SSESSM ENT CRITERIA ................ ..................................................... 4 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. 9 2.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND EXISTING HIGHWAY STATUS .................... .............. .... 9 2.2 PROJECT NECESSITIES .......................................................................................... 14 2.3 TRAFFIC VOLUME PROGNOSIS .................................. 14 2.4 CONSTRUCTION CONTENT ............................................................ .................. ..... 15 2.5 TECHNICAL STANDARD OF PROJECT DESIGN .15 2.6 BASIC PROCESS OF UPGRADING CONSTRUCTION .16 2 7 SOURCES OF BUILDING MATERIALS ................ ..................................... 16 2.8 PROJECT INVESTMENT ESTIMATE AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENT ...... ..... 17 2.9 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ........ ................................................................. 1.17 3. ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION .............................. 20 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ....... .. ......... 2....................................................20 3.2 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT . ...................... : ................. ...... 21 3 3 SOCiAL ENviRoNMNT.......... 22 3 4 STATUS AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ............ .... ............. .. .23 3 5 ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING GUNIUJIANG NATURAL PROTECTIVE ZONE .26 3 6 CULTURAL RELICS .......... .................. ........... 3..................................33 3 7 INVESTIGATION INTO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GENERATORS ...... ........... .. 333..... 3 4. ENVIRONMENTALAFFECTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES .34 4 1 IMPACT ON ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES 34 4.2 IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES. 3 8 4.3 IMPACT ON THE SURFACE WATER AND MITIGATION MEASURES .. .. ........ .. ... 40 4.4 IACT ON ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES ... ......... ... 41 4.5 IMPACT ON NATURAL PROTECTION ZONE-GUNIUJIANG AND MITIGATION MEASURES 42 4.6 IMPACT OF TRAFFIC AND MITIGATION MEASURES .................. .... ..... ... 43 4.7 MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND CAMPSITE .. ............................... ............ 44 4.8 SOCIA L IM PA CTS ................................ ............ ............................. .......... ..... 44 4.9 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .4.............................. ................ ..... ... 45 4. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ............................. ..... ................ 45 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .46 5.1 PUBLIC PARTICEPATION ......................... .. .............. .... ........... 466....... 5.2 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE . ............. 4.........9...........................................................49 6. CONCLUSION .53 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .55 7.1 COMPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN . 55 7.2 E NVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION .. ............................................. 55 7.3 ENViRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPENSATION MEASURES ................................... .. 55 7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .................................................................... 63 7.5 STAFF TRANG ................... ............................. .. 6....69 7.6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COST ESTIMATE .......... .. .... ......... 69 Annex: Annex 1: Entrustment Letter on Environmental Assessment .71 Annex 2 Relative demonstration documents .................................................-. 73 1. General Description 1.1 General Description 1.1.1 Project Source The proposed S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section is one of the five local counterpart highway upgrading components of Highway Project H (Tongling-Tangkou Expressway) which Anhui Province is applying for the World Bank to finance. This component is finally put forward out of 15 sections selected from more than 400 highway sections totaling 8000km long, based on comparison conducted by Anhui Provincial Communications Department of China. The criteria of selection for the highway maintenance component are: (I)Beneficial to the improvement of local transportation and economic development in the poverty stricken areas; (2)The average indicators (PQI) of road surface quality are low and the surface is poor, (3)The daily traffic volume is larger than 1500 vehicles;(4)V/C is over 1.0; (5) Local governments and people along the road have strong desires; (6) The road shall be upgraded on existing basis which shall not require huge quantity of construction; (7)The road sections are classified as Grade II-IV with the width of subgrade equal or less than 9m; (8) The section generates better social and economic benefits comparatively. IRR is over 20%. Table 1-1 shows that the proposed S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section meets the above criteria. Technical Status of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Highway Section Table 1-1 Grade Surface status Local support V/C Daily vehicle (no ) | EIRR(%) VlI | poor support 1.66 1662 23 9 Extract from "Studies on Anhui Provuice Highway Project II Financed by the World Bank * Rural Road Upgrading Components " According to "Environmental Protection Management Rules of Project under Construction", 253rd order of the State Council, and "Environmental Assessment" (OP4.01), the World Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines, and coordinating the development of highway construction and environmental protection, Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau, in April 2002, entrusted the job to Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry, of environmental impact assessment on the upgrading project of S22 IXinqiao-Dabeibu highway section. 1.1.2 Category of Environmental Assessment In line with the criteria set out in the World Bank "Environmental Assessment"(OP4.01), the environmental assessment of S221 Xinqiao - Dabeibu highway section should be classified as class A in consistence with Tongling-Tangkou Highway Project which environmental assessment is Class A. Therefore Environmental Impact Assessment report should be prepared. 1.1.3 Process of Environmental Assessment The assessment unit, after accepting the entrustment, set up an environmental assessment group in April 2002, aiming at fulfilling the task of environmental impact assessment. The group is composed of environmental engineers, environmental monitoring specialist, ecological expert and sociologist. From April to August of 2002, the group collected data relating with social and economic development in the project affected areas, existing status of highways and the project feasibility study With the cooperation of departments of highway administration, environmental protection, cultural relics administration and forestation, the completed work contains site visits, investigation, public participation, and consultation along S22 lXinqiao - Dabeibu highway section, and also includes site investigation relating environmental status, environmental sensitive points and environmental status monitoring along the highway. Based on the site visits, data collection and status monitoring, the group conducted analysis, selection, conclusion and forecasting calculation and assessment, proposed corresponding protective measures and cost estimation and worked out environmental management plan, monitoring plan, the schedules of public participation and information disclosure. Finally the group prepared the draft "Environmental Impact Report" and submitted to the World Bank for review in August 2002. From October to November 2002, the group conducted investigation at sites again and revised the EIA according to the comments of the Bank pre appraisal mission. Now this version