Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Volume E278 5 Eu) ~~~ 0~~~~ o 0- 3 CD co 0n Anhui Provincial Highway Project Luan-Shucheng-Sanhe Section of Highway Maintenance Component Environmental Impact Report Anhui Provincial Communications Department April 2002 U~~~~~~~~~~4 .4W - t ; ' AlIT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LT 8 t C "-r.E,-IN2 |C- W g . B Z. w ,.;g 1 , _ ' .,S-, ' _ t, ,' $ tE' * ^ i,. +E .'F(* 4,, t |. C- I I Assessment Unit: Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry Associated Unit: Hefei Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station Task Manager: Liu Shishui Yan Detian Name list of the Engineers Preparing the Report Name Title Work permission for Environmental assessment Cheng Jingru Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No A 01 167 Yan Detian Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01 169 Liu Shishui Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01165 Huang Shuqing Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No A 01173 Zhang Huifen Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No A 08858 CONTENTS 1. General Description ..................................................... 1 1 Project Background .1 1.2 Aim of the Environmental Assessment. 2 1 .3 Report Preparation Basis .2 1.4 Assessment Criteria ........................................................ 3 2. General Description of the Construction ............................................. 7 2.1 Geographic Location ......................................................... 7 2.2 Project Name and Construction Nature ................................................ 7 2.3 Technical Standard of Project Design ................................................... 7 2.4 Major Technical and Economic Indicators ............................................. 7 2.5 Basic Process of Pavement "Rehabilitation" Construction .*------.---------------10 2.6 Project Impacted Areas .................................................................. 10 2.7 Sources of Materials .....................................................................- 10 2.8 Traffic Volume Prognosis ............................................................... I1 2.9 Major Technical Indicators of before and after Rehabilitation . 1 2. 10 Project Investment Estimate and Financing Arrangement .1 2 2.11 Project Implementation Plan .12 3. Environmental Description ........................................................... 13 3.1 Natural Environment....................................13 3.2 Ecological Environment ........................................................ 14 3.3 Social Environment ......................................... 1 5 3.4 Living Quality .*.................................16 4. Environmental Status Investigation and Assessment ........................... 18 4.1 Monitoring and Assessment of Environment Quality ..............................-18 4.2 Investigation into Industrial Pollution Generators-.----------------------------------21 4.3 Special Environment Investigation .21 5. Forecast and Evaluation of Potential Environmental Impact .................. 22 5.1 Construction Period .....................................................................- 22 5.2 Operation Period..28 5.3 Other Enviromnental Problems .-..----------.... *- 30 6. Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan .31 6.1 Environmental management Organization .31 6.2 Possible Environmental Impact Compensation Measures ........................ 32 6.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan ................... 41 6.4 Staff Training ............................................ 44 6.5 Cost Estimate of Environmental Protection Action Plan .45 7. Public Participation and Information Disclosure .46 7.1 Public Participation .46 7.2 Information Disclosure .----------- 50 8. Conclusion .......................................... 53 Annex: ........................................ 55 Annex 1: "Evidential Document" issued by Luan Cultural Relics Administration Sector of Anhui, Dec. 12, 2001 Annex 2: "Evidential Document" No. [2001] 30 issued by Luan Forestry Bureau of Anhui, Dec. 11, 2001 2 1. General Description 1.1 Project Background 1.1. 1 Project Source The proposed Luan-Shucheng-Sanhe highway section is one of the highway maintenance component of Anhui Province applying for the World Bank loan. This component is selected from more than 400 highway sections totaling 8000km long, based on the comparison conducted by Anhui Provincial Communications Department of China. The criteria of selection for the highway maintenance component are: ( 1 ) Beneficial to the economic development in the poverty stricken areas; (2) Favorable to transportation centralization and decentralization of the main route (Hefei-Anqing Highway ) ; (3) Fitted for the provincial 10t five-year plan of highway improvement, and priority given to the sections which have started construction and completed tasks of subgrade widening or land acquisition under the 9' five year plan so as to improve efficiency of the whole route and the highway network; (4) The existing road sections cannot meet the increasing demand for transportation and need rehabilitation. (5) The average indicators (PQI) of road pavement quality are low and pavement is poor. Luan-Shucheng-Sanhe section is located in the middle and west areas of Anhui Province where the major transportation relies only on road for there is no railway to reach these areas. Therefore the improvement of road pavement and the increase of the communication capacity directly relate with the local economic development and people's living quality. As the economy develops and the transportation increases, the existing road with narrow pavement and poor quality cannot mect the demands of economic development and transportation. Thus, Anhui Provincial Communications Department is applying for the World Bank loan (remaining savings) to support the rehabilitation of Luan-Shucheng-Sanhe highway section for the sake of improving the condition of transportation to the outside in the poverty stricken area, stimulating local economic development and bettering the people's life. According to the requirement of Anhui Provincial Communications Department of China, in July, 2001, Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau entrusted the job to Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry, of environmental assessment and preparation of the environmental impact assessment on Luan- Shucheng-Sanhe section of highway maintenance. 1.1.2 Status of Environmental assessment The assessment unit, after accepting the entrustment, set up an environmental assessment group in July 2001. The group together with Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau and Anhui Provincial Highway Survey and Design Institute carried out field visits and public participation and consultation along Luan- Shucheng-Sanhe highway section. The group conducted deep field investigation relatingts environmental status and environmental protective targets along the section. Based on the site visits, data collection and further study of the project feasibility I study report and under the direction and assistance of the environmental experts of the World Bank, the group worked out the draft "Environmental Impact Report of Luan- Shucheng-Sanhe Section of Highway Maintenance Component of the World Bank financed Anhui Provincial Highway Project of China". Now the report is submitted to the World Bank for review. 1.2 Aim of the Environmental Assessment The report shall make qualitative or quantitative anticipation analysis and assessment on the possible environmental impact caused by the project construction, on the base of the investigation into the natural and social environment and enviromnental quality within the assessment scope of Luan-Shucheng-Sanhe section, and combined with the understanding of the environmental status and relative environmental issues along the section. The report shall point out the potential problems and propose effective and reasonable alleviating measure correspondingly. The alleviating measures shall be put into practice to reduce the environmental impact during the project construction and operation to the lowest degree. The following targets shall be reached as well. ( I ) Possible environmental impact during the construction as well as the impacted scope range and degree shall be fairly and objectively identified. ( 2 ) Investigation result shall be presented in the report based on the understanding of the public opinions via the investigation along the section. (3 ) Various measures of prevention, alleviation and reduction to the lowest degree of the negative impact shall be proposed, established on the result of environmental impact anticipation and applicable compensation methods shall be proposed as well. The aim is to identify negative impact before the construction, raise attention in finalizing the design document and bid contract, and carry out the alleviation methods during the construction period. (4) The Environmental assessment shall work as decision making reference, provided to the highway administration departments and local government institutions along the section in making environmental administration plan and environmental development programs. 1.3 Report Preparation Basis 1.3.1 the World Bank Requirements (1) "Environmental Assessment" (OP4.01), the World Bank, January 1999. 1.3.2 the national environmental protection laws, regulations