Environmental Monitoring Report Semestral Report June 2010 PRC: Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project Prepared by Beijing AOSIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd for the Ministry of Railways 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. New Project Developed with Loan from Asian Development Bank New Taiyuan – Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway Environmental Monitoring Report (Mid-2010) Beijing AOSIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. June 2010 Mid-2010 Environmental Monitoring Report of Taiyuan-Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway Table of Contents 1. Preface ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BRIEFING OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .............................................................................. 1 2. Progress of the Project ............................................................................................................ 2 2.1 THE CLIENT, CONTRACTOR AND SUPERVISOR OF TAIYUAN-ZHONGWEI (YINCHUAN) RAILWAY .............................................................................................................. 2 2.2 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT ............................................................ 3 3. Environmental Management .................................................................................................. 4 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM .................................................................. 4 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2010 ........................................................................................................................................ 5 4. Supervision and Inspection of Construction Bid Sections ................................................... 7 4.1 INVESTIGATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES .......................................................................................................... 10 4.2 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 68 5. Problems and Suggestions .................................................................................................... 70 6. Photos ...................................................................................................................................... 72 Beijing AOSIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. I Mid-2010 Environmental Monitoring Report of Taiyuan-Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway List of Photos 1. Zhongning Freight Depot is under construction by China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 2. 120 m continuous beam of the super-major bridge crossing Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Railway is being built by China Railway 25th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 3. Amorpha fruticosas have been survived, planted in the roadbed side slope at the end of Yongning Yellow River Super-major Bridge by China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 4. The borrow pit at 40 m on the right of DK521+500 has already been cleared by China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 5. The borrow pit on the right of DK524+000 has already been cleared by China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 6. The borrow pit at 170 m on the right of DK566+500 has sent forth vegetation by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). 7. The borrow pit at 250 m on the right of DK564+800 has been flattened and vegetated by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). 8. China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has already flattened the spoil disposal site of Zhongning Railway Station on which houses have been built by the local. 9. 63 mu of land reclamation for spoil disposal site at the Mucun No.1 Tunnel Exit has been completed by the Eighth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) and recultivated. 10. The spoil disposal site at the Baijiashan Tunnel Exit has been flattened by China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and land reclamation is 60 mu. 11. China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd has flattened the Mapaoquan No. 1 Spoil disposal site where 5 different types of grass seeds have been planted. 12. The spoil disposal site at the second Village Committee of Mucun has been completed by the Eighth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC), with retaining wall built and vegetation restored. 13. The slope at the Xizhigou No.1 Tunnel Spoil disposal site has been graded and leveled by the Ninth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC). 14. The four-level slope-cutting of Wubao Tunnel Entrance Spoil disposal site has been completed by China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., with the top flattened, 50,000 amorpha fruticosas planted and 15 kg grass seeds spread. 15. The Duanjiawan Spoil disposal site has basically been flattened by China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 16. The Weijialou No. 1 Tunnel Spoil disposal site has basically been restored by China Railway First Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 17. The Weijialou No. 2 Tunnel Spoil disposal site has basically been restored by China Railway First Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 18. The mouth of the drinking water well buried by Wubao Tunnel No. 1 Inclined Shaft Spoil disposal II Beijing AOSIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. Mid-2010 Environmental Monitoring Report of Taiyuan-Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway site has been restored by China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 19. The slag and cement clinker from the Beam Fabricating Plant has been placed at random along the riverside outside the yard by the Ninth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC). 20. The temporary bridge used for Yongning Yellow River Super-major Bridge has not been removed by China Railway 4th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. affecting Yellow River’s flood flow. 21. The tunnel leak discharge outlet at the entrance of Lvliangshan Tunnel under the responsibility of China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. 22. The 1000 m2 of borrow pit reclamation has been completed by China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., providing space for newly Zizhou Yucai Primary School. 23. 800 m of flood discharge ditch has been constructed for the local by China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. 24. There are civilian buildings near Liulin Tunnel No.2 Inclined Shaft Jundu Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of the Eighth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC). 25. The Wucheng No. 2 Tunnel Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) is located beside the reservoir flood discharge ditch. 26. The Xialiujiashan Tunnel Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of the Sixth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) is located in the Sanchuan riverway. 27. The Huotangzhai No. 2 Temporary Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of the Seventh Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has occupied the Sanchuan riverway. 28. The villagers are processing stone material at the Lishi Tunnel No.1 Inclined Shaft Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of China Coal No.3 Construction Corporation (Group) Ltd.. 29. The villagers are processing stone material at the Liulin Tunnel No.1 Inclined Shaft Exit Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of Eighth Operation Division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC). 30. The villagers are processing stone material at the Suide Tunnel No.2 Inclined Shaft Spoil disposal site under the responsibility of China Railway 19th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.. Beijing AOSIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. III Mid-2010 Environmental Monitoring Report of Taiyuan-Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway 1. Preface 1.1 Briefing of the Project The new Taiyuan – Zhongwei (Yinchuan) Railway is a project developed with loan from Asian Development Bank. This railway starts eastward from Taiyuan South station of Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Railway, westward runs via Jinzhong city of Shanxi, xiaodian District of Taiyuan city and Qingxu County, enters Jiaocheng County, Wenshui County and Fenyang City of Lvliang City, runs across Lvliang Mountain, and along the west bank of Dongchuan River, via Liulin County runs across Yellow River River and enters Wubao County, Suide County, Zizhou County, Hengshan County, Jingbian County and Dingbian County of Yulin City of Shaanxi Province as well as Yanchi County, Taiyangshan Planning Zone and Tongxin County of Wuzhong City of Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region and Hongshibao Development Zone of Ningxia, enters Zhongning County and Zhongwei City, and runs across Yellow River and Baotou-Lanzhou Railway, and at Huangyanwan Station of Baotou-Lanzhou Railway, it is connected to Yingshuiqiao Marshalling Station; and this section