MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT WORLD BANK VlWA & PMU-W Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized NORTHERN DELTA TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study and Preliminary Engineering Design Draft Final Report Appendix Ila: EIA Waterways improvements - Day Ninh Co River Mouth January 2008 Public Disclosure Authorized ROYAL HASKONING Centre of VAPO The Northern Delta Transport Development Project (NDTDP) Enviro~lmentalImpact Assessment Day-Ninh Co River Improvement- Component A DRAFT FINAL REPORT - APPENDIX Ila Waterways Improvement Ministry of Transport, Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration (VIWA), Project Management Unit of Waterways (PMU-W) 10 January 2008 HASKONING ASIA GOVERNMENT SECTOR CONSULTANCY HASKONING NEDERLAND B.V. Barbarossastraat35 P.O. BOX151 Nijmegen 6500 AD +31 (0)24 328 42 84 Telephone 0031 (0)243609634 Fax [email protected] E-mail www.royalhaskoning.com Internet Arnhem 09122561 CoC Document title The Northern Delta Transport Development Project (NDTDP) Consulting services for feasibility studies and preliminary design for the Northern Delta Transport Development Project (NDTDP) Document short title Appendix Ila - EIA - Waterways improvement Status Draft final Date 10 January 2008 Project name NDTDP Project number 9R6212.21 Client Ministry of Transport, Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration (VIWA), Project Management Unit of Waterways (PMU-W) Reference 9R6212.21/R007/JHUNijm Northern Delta Transport Development Project IN~jrn Appendix VI - Roads 11 January 2008 nS&ll:C ROYAL HASKONING ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic ADB Asian Development Bank ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BBDT Benkelman Bean Deflection Test CE A Cost-effectiveness Analysis D P Displaced Person (or Project-affected Person, PAP) DWT Deadweight tonnage EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ElRR Economic Internal Rate of Return EMDP Ethnic Minority Development Plan (or lndigenous People's Development Plan, IPDP) EMP Environmental Management Plan ENPV Economic Net Present Value FS Feasibility Study GDP Gross National Product GIs Geographic Information System GOV Government of Vietnam GPS Global Positioning System GSO General Statistics Office HCMC Ho Chi Minh City HDM4 Highway Development and Management Software Version 4 ICD lnland Clearance Depot IMF International Monetary Fund IPDP Indigenous People's Development Plan (or Ethnic Minority Development Plan, EMDP) IWPM lnland Waterways and Port Modernization Project IWT Inland Waterway Transport IWTC lnland Waterways Transport Cost Model ,IBIC Japanese Bank for International Cooperation LAD Least Available Depth MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MMTRR Multimodal Transport Regulatory Review MOT Ministry of Transport Mekong River Commission Multimodal Transport Mekong Transport Infrastructure Development Project MTO Multimodal Transport Operator January 2008 C COO NH National Highway NDTDP Northern Delta Transport Development Project NLF National Logistic Forum NPV Net Present Value NWTC Northern Waterway Transport Corporation 0-D Origin-Destination PAP Project-affected Person (or Displaced Person, DP) PC People's Committee PCU Passenger Car Unit PDLC Physical Distribution and Logistics Centre PDOT Provincial Department of Transport PlANC International Navigation Association PIP Project Implementation Plan PMUl Project Management Unit No. 1 PMU-W Project Management Unit - Waterways PPC Provincial People's Committee PPMU Provincial Project Management Unit PRA Participatory Rapid Appraisal PSP Private Sector Participation QCP Quality Control Plan RAP Resettlement Action Plan RC Resettlement Committee RED Roads Economic Decision Model RNlP Road Network Improvement Project RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RRMU7 Regional Road Management Unit No. 7 SA Social Assessment SOE State-owned Enterprise SWTC Southern Waterway Transport Corporation TD Technical Design TE U Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit TOR Terms of Reference [ii] $R6212.211'R007a/JHUNijrn January 2008 COO COO ROYAL WASKOMIMG UNCTAD United Nations Commission on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme USD United States Dollars VAT Value-added Tax VIRESS Vietnam Registry VITRANSS Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study VlWA Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration VLSS Vietnam Living Standard Survey VN D Vietnamese Dong VN MC Vietnam National Mekong Committee VOC Vehicle Operating Cost VR A Vietnam Road Administration WVD Vehicle Weight 8 Dimensions WB World Bank WTO World Trade Organization Third Party Logistics Providers [iii] 9R6212,21/RO07a/JHUNijm January 2008 C 0 COO POVAL HASKONING CONTENTS PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction 1 Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework Project Description Existing Environmental Conditions Environmental Impacts Prediction and Assessment Analysis of Alternatives Environmental Monitoring Plan Public Disclosure 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 1.1 Background of the Northern Delta Transport Development Project (NDTDP) 1-1 1.2 Objectives of the NDTDP 1-1 1.3 Day - Ninh Co River Mouth Improvement Project 1-1 1.4 Study Methodology and Data Sources 1-2 1.5 Purpose and Structure of this Volume 1-4 2 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 2-1 2.1 Environmental Policies, Administration and Regulations of the Government of Vietnam 2-1 2.2 Vietnamese Policy in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2-1 2.3 World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguards Policies 2-3 2.3.1 OP 4.01 (January 1999) -Environmental Impact Assessment: 2-3 2.3.2 OP 4.04-(June 2001) Natural Habitats: 2-3 2.3.3 OP 4.1 1 (July 2006) Physical Cultural Resources 2-4 2.3.4 OP 4.12 - (Dec 2001) Involuntary Resettlement 2-4 2.3.5 OP 4.1 0 - (July 2005) Indigenous Peoples 2-4 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Overview 3.2 Project description of existing waterway Day River Red River - Ninh Co River Cua Day River Lach Giang Rlver mouth 3.3 Project Need Need for Day-Ninh Co- River Mouth lmprovement Situation Need for corridor improvement 3.4 Project Components 3.5 Cost Estimates 4 EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION 4.1 Location 4.2 The Physical Environment 4.2.1 General climate 4.2.2 Wind 4.2.3 Typhoons 4.2.4 Air Quality 9R6212.21/R007a/JHUNijm January 2008 ROYAL IASKONING Topography and Geology Soils of the Red River Delta Mineral Resources The Red River System Oceanographic Characteristics Coastal Geomorphology Susceptibility to Natural Hazards Biological Environment Terrestrial Ecosystems Ecologically Significant Wetland Ecosystems Vegetation of Day- Ninh Co Project Site Aquatic Flora & Fauna of the Red River Delta Seasonality of Some Biologic Processes in Red River Delta Mangrove Ecosystems of the Red River Delta Protected Areas - Biodiversity Protection and Conservation Cucphuong National Park Catba National Park Cucphuong National Park, Nghia Hung Proposed Nature Reserve Xuan Thuy National Park Hai Nature Reserve Thai Thuy Proposed Nature Reserve Socio-Economic Conditions Socio-Cultural Profile Agriculture and Fishery Industrial Development Activities in the Project Site Major Economic Uses of Day - Ninh Co Rver Historical and Natural and Cultural Resources 5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PREDICTION AND ASSESSMENT 5.1 Environmental Impact Assessment Method 5.2 Summary of lmprovement Works 5.3 lmpacts Screening Checklist 5.4 lmpacts of Dredging 5.4.1 Impacts on Aquatic Life 5.4.2 Recovery of dredged areas 5.4.3 Impact on Water Quality 5.5 lmpacts of Dredging 5.6 lmpacts of the Day-Ninh Co Canal (DNC) 5.7 lmpacts of the Disposal of Dredged Sediments 5.8 lmpacts of the Breakwater 5.9 lmpacts of Groins 5.1 0 lmpacts of the Operations Stage 5.1 1 Summary of lmpacts 6 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 6.1 Alternative No.1 -"No New Action" 6.2 Alternatives for the Day - Ninh Co 6.2.1 The River Improvement 6.2.2 The River Mouths Improvement 6.2.3 Suitable Dredging Methods -- lvl 9R6212.21 lR007aiJHLINijm January 2008 COO ,C ,C . COO 6.2.4 Transport 6.2.5 Unloading and placing 6.3 Summary of dredging, transport and disposal methods 6.3.1 Equipment Selection 6.3.2 Initial Dredging Estimates 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 7-1 7.1 Mitigating Measures 7-1 7.1.1 Dredging 7-1 7.1.2 Excavation of the Day-Ninh Co Canal 7-1 7.1.3 Disposal of Spoils 7-1 7.1.4 Environmental Management of the Work Site 7-4 7.1.5 Management of Social Impacts 7-6 7.2 Environmental Monitoring 7-10 7.2.1 Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Monitoring and Reporting 7-1 0 7.2.2 Organization of Environmental Monitoring for NDTDP 7-10 7.2.3 Agencies involved in Environmental Monitoring Programs 7-10 7.2.4 Environmental Quality Monitoring 7-11 7.3 Environmental Management for Operations 7-15 7.3.1 Mitigating measures 7-15 7.3.2 Monitoring 7-16 7.4 Capacity Building in Environmental Management 7-17 7.5 Stakeholders' Responsibilities 7-18 8 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 8-1 9 REFERENCES 9-1 10 APPENDICES 10-1 January 2008 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1. List of Sampling Stations, Locations & Samples Collected Table 2-1. List of International Agreements of Which Vietnam is a Signatory Table 3-1. List of River Sections in Corridor 3 Table 3-2 Detailed List of Major Constraints in Corridor 3 Table 3-3 Three Alternatives to Improve Access to Main Waterdays Table 3-4. Dredging Depths Based on Vessel Design Table 3-5. Proposed Equipment Table 3-6. Rock Grading for North Breakwater (Lach Giang) Table 3-7. Rock Grading for North Breakwater (Cua Day) Table 3-8 Construction Costs (Corridor Improvements) Table 3-9. Yearly Maintenance Costs (Corridor Improvements) Table 3-1 0. Construction Costs (River Mouth Improvements) Table 3-1 1. Yearly Maintenance Costs (River Mouth Improvements) Table 3-12. Periodic Maintenance Costs (River Mouth Improvements) Table 3-13. Construction Costs (EnvironmentaliSociaI Issues) Table 4-1. Extreme Wind Conditions Generated a Result of Typhoons Table 4-2. Air Quality Measurement Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh Table 4-3. Soil Quality, Ndtdp Study Region Table 4-4. Discharge Distribution among Red River Tributaries & Distributaries Table 4-5. Discharge at Selected Stations Table 4-6. Estimated Sediment Discharge at the River Mouths Table 4-7. Water Quality of the River in the Northern Delta Table 4-8.