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PU no.......ao.d..l ' I . uouionpoajulj I aldet ssuajuo°JO alqejL Chapter 7 Environmental Management Plan .................................... 30 7.1 Composition of EMP .................................... 30 7.2 Environmental Management Organizations .................................... 32 7.3 Environmental Management and Impact Mitigation .................................... 34 7.4 Environmental Supervision Plan .................................... 38 7.5 Environmental Monitoring Plan .................................... 38 7.6 Personnel Training .................................... 39 7.7 Cost for Environmental Management .................................... 40 List of Table Table 1.6-1 Class 11Air Quality Standards (GB3095-1966) mg/m .4 Table 1.6-2 Noise Standards dB(A) .. 4 Table 1.6-3 Construction Noise Standards dB(A) .. 4 Table 1.6-4 Surface Water Quality Standards mg/L .. 4 Table 1.6-5 Soil Erosion Categorization t/km2 a .. 5 Table 2.3-1 Key Technical Specifications of Grade IV Road .8 Table 2.3-2 Project Engineering Scale .. 8 Table 3.1-1 Major Rivers Crossed by Quan-Xin Road .10 Table 3.2-1 Key economic indicators of Zhuxi and Zhushan counties (RMB million) .l Table 3.5-1 Sensitive Receptors .13 Table 3.6-1 Existing Surface Water Quality (mg/L) .14 Table 3.6-2 Existing Noise Levels at Sensitive Receptors (dB(A)) . .15 Table 3.6-3 Existing Ambient Air Quality (mg/Nm 3).. 15 Table 4.1 -1 The Effect of Watering for Dust Supression .17 Table 4.4-1 Traffic Noise Mitigation Measures .19 Table 4.8-1 Economic Benefits from the Upgrading .22 Table 5.1-1 Public Consultation .24 Table 5.1-2 Public Response to Questions from the Questionnaire . .25 Table 7.2-1 Major Environmental Management Organizations .34 Table 7.2-2 Major Environmental Supervision Organizations . .34 Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation .35 Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation (Continued) .36 Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation (Continued) .37 Table 7.4-1 Environmental Supervision Plan .38 Table 7.5-1 Environmental Monitoring Program .38 Table 7.5-1 Environmental Monitoring Program (Continued) ............................................................. 39 Table 7.6-1 Environmental Training Program ............................................................... 40 Table 7.7-1 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Construction .................................... 40 Table 7.7-1 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Construction (Continued) ................ 41 Table 7.7-2 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Operation . 41 Environmental Impact Assessment & ............................................................... 45 List of Map Map I Location of Quan-Xin Road Map 2 The Alignment of Quan-Xin Road Map 3 Environmental Sensitive Receptors along the Road Map 4 Location of Planned Monitoring Sites List of Abbreviations BP Best Procedure COD Chemical Oxygen Consumption (Demand) EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau GB National Standard GDP Gross Domestic Product GHZB National Environmental Quality Standard GP Good Practice HJ/T Environmental/Technical HPCD Hubei Provincial Communications Department HPRARI Hubei Provincial Relic & Archaeological Research Institute LAeq Continuous Equivalent Sound A Level MOC Ministry of Communications NO, Nitrogen Dioxide OD Operational Directive OP Operational Policy PRC the People's Republic of China SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration SS Suspended Solid THC .Tetrahydrocannabinol TSP Total Suspended Particle WBFPO World Bank Financed Project Office Quan-Xin Road Quanxi (township) to Xinmatou (township) Road Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Background The proposed Quanxi to Xinmadou road (Quan-Xin road) upgrading is part of the rural road upgrading component in the World Bank financed Xiaogan to Xiangqian Expressway Project. Quan-Xin road is located in Zhuxi and Zhushan counties of Shiyan municipality, Hubei province(see Map 1). With mountainous and complex terrain configurations, the road area is difficult to access and road transportation is the only modern transportation mode. The road is the gateway leading to the outside of the mountains and as such play an important role in economic and cultural life of the people of Zhuxin county as well as a prior condition for poverty alleviation for the mountainous region. Quan-Xin road is an existing country road with a total length of 101 km of which 96 km is in Zhuxi county and 5 km in Zhushan county. The road extends through Quanxi, Tianbao, Taoyuan and Liulin townships and villages (Map 2). The existing gravel road is below grade and the very poor road quality has been seriously affecting the transportation capacity in the area. In order to alleviate the transportation bottleneck, promote the regional economic development, improve access to services and market, increase the standard of living and alleviate the poverty for the people of Zhuxi county, Shiyan government has decided to upgrade the road along the original alignment, from below grade gravel road to Grade IV road standards. Together with three other rural roads, Quan-Xin road has been included in the Hubei rural road upgrading component of the Xiaogan to Xiangfan Expressway Project to be partially financed by the World Bank. The roads in this component have been selected through the following four criteria, set out jointly by Hubei Provincial Communication Departments (HPCD) and the World Bank: * Minimum resettlement and relocation and the adverse impacts and compensation thus caused; * Minimum earth work and the resulting adverse impacts to the environment; * Maximum effect in improvement of poverty conditions of the rural residents along the roads; and * Maximum role in strengthening the mountain area road network. 1.2 EA Category As part of the project preparation and decision making process, an environmental assessment (EA) was conducted by Environmental Impact Assessment Institute of Geology University of China (the EA team) for Quan-Xin road. 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