Environment Monitoring Report Project Number: 39153-013 November 2015 PRC: Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Development Project Prepared by Beijing OASIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. This Environment Monitoring Report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Director, 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. Loan Project of Asian Development Bank Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Development Project Environment Monitoring Report 2015 Beijing OASIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. November 2015 Table of Contents 1 Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Project Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Basis for Formulating....................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Aim ................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Brief of Project .................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Main Technical Standards ................................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Main Works and Composition ......................................................................................................... 4 3 Work Review of Environmental Protection during Construction Period ............................................ 5 3.1 Environmental Management during Construction Period ............................................................... 5 3.2 Environmental Monitoring during Construction Period .................................................................. 7 3.3 Environment Management in Trial Run Stage ................................................................................. 9 4 Execution of Environmental Protection Measures.............................................................................. 10 4.1 Ecological Environment ................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Acoustic Environment ...................................................................................................................... 15 4.3 Ambient Vibration ............................................................................................................................ 16 4.4 Water Environment .......................................................................................................................... 16 4.5 Air Environment ............................................................................................................................... 18 4.6 Solid Waste ....................................................................................................................................... 18 4.7 Electromagnetism............................................................................................................................. 19 i 1 Preface 1.1 Project Introduction The new Chongqing-Lichuan Railway lies in Chongqing and Enshi of Hubei province. The project starts from the Chongqing North Railway Station in Yubei District, Chongqing in the west, going eastwards via the Jiangbei District, Changshou District and Fuling District, Fengdu County and Shizhu County of Chongqing, and ends in Lichuan, Enshi, Hubei Province. With a full length of 264.6km, this line connects the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway under construction at the Liangwu Station. This line is the west segment of Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu passenger traffic passage in the Medium-and Long-Term Planning of Railway Network, Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu passage starts from Shanghai, passes through Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan, Yichang and Chongqing, ends at Chengdu across six provinces and municipality, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan and Chongqing, and it is the most important transverse railway passage that connects the east part, middle part and west part of our country. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Railway Eryuan) is appointed by Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Construction Co., Ltd. to develop the environmental impact assessment report and the water and soil conservation plan for the Chongqing-Lichuan Railway. In January, 2008, the former Ministry of Railways approved the preliminary review of the environmental impact assessment report on the basis of Comments on the Preliminary Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway (TJH [2008] No. 1). In April, 2008, the Ministry of Environmental Protection approved the environmental impact assessment report on the basis of Approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway (HS [2008] No. 21). In March, 2008, the Ministry of Water Resources approved the water and soil conservation plan on the basis of Approval of the Water and Soil Conservation Plan for the New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway (SBH [2008] No. 66). The Chongqing-Lichuan Railway project commenced officially on December 29, 2008 and began trial operation on December 28, 2013 after 5 years of hard construction. According to the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and management rules of environmental protection for construction projects, the system of environmental impact assessment and the system of simultaneous design, construction, completion and operation of the environmental protection facilities and main works were introduced in the construction of the Chongqing-Lichuan Railway. During the construction, Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Construction Co., Ltd. strictly followed the environmental protection law and regulations of the State and ensured the input of environmental protection funds and execution of environmental protection measures. This project was constructed on loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the environment was monitored by the Beijing OASIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as OASIS). According to related State laws and regulations, environment monitoring plan and the monitoring agreement signed, from June, 2009 till now, OASIS has sent environmental protection specialists to the construction site for pre-job training and field investigation and supervision, and submitted environment monitoring report to the Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Construction Co., Ltd., China Railway Corporation (former Ministry of Railways) and ADB. This report is focused on the completion acceptance of environmental protection for the Chongqing-Lichuan Railway. 1.2 Basis for Formulating 1. Invitation for Bid for Project of Implementing Monitor to Environmental Impact Assessment for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Development Project by Using Asian Development Bank Loans (September 2008); 2. Tender Document for Project of Implementing Monitor to Environmental Management Plan for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Development Project by Using Asian Development Bank Loans (Beijing OASIS Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., September 2008); 3. Letter of Acceptance about Project of Environmental Monitor for Chongqing-Lichuan Railway of Foreign Capital Center of Ministry of Railways (December 22, 2008); 4. Environmental Impact Report for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway (China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (December 2007); 5. Reply about Environmental Impact Report for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway, Ministry of Environmental Protection (HS [2008] No. 21); - 2 - 6. Idea of Preliminary Examination to Environmental Impact Report for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway, Ministry of Railways (TJH [2008] No. 1). 7. Report on Dynamic Acceptance of Environmental Protection and Water and Soil Conservation for New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway, November, 2013 8. Investigation Report on Acceptance of Environmental Protection at the Completion of the New Chongqing-Lichuan Railway Project (draft for review), October, 2015 1.3 Aim The aim of this report is to examine the implementation status of environmental protection measures in the construction period of project and operation on the basis of project design and environmental impact assessment, find the existent problem and put forward the solution, which is the supplementing to environmental impact assessment of project and the supervision to the ascertaining of environmental protection measures. According to report of environmental impact assessment (EIA), the main content is: the caused environment effect by railway construction, including: Recovery the borrow pits, spoil (disposal) grounds and campsites to the original condition, protection of embankment slope, and landscaping of station yards; treatment of waste water during the operation by relative facilities; and execution of measures to avoid impact of noise from the railway. 2 Brief of Project The new Chongqing-Lichuan Railway lies