Environmental Monitoring Report Semi-annual Report August 2016 PRC: Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project Prepared by Foreign Fund Financed Project Office of Shaanxi Province Transport Department for the People’s Republic of China 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. Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report #1 For Period Ending June 2016 Project: 46042-002 Loan Number：3294-PRC Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project Prepared by the Foreign Fund Finance Project Office of Shaanxi Province Transport Department August 2016 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AEMS – Ankang Environmental Monitoring Station AMTB – The Ankang Municipal Transport Bureau DO – Dissolved Oxygen EA – Executing Agency EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – environmental management plan EMS – Environmental Monitoring Station FFPO – Foreign-fund Finance Project Office GDP – Gross Domestic Product GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism IA – Implementing Agency LIEC – Loan Implementation Environmental Consultant NO2 – nitrogen dioxide PMO – project management office PRC – People’s Republic of China RR – rural road SCG – Shangnan County Government SO2 – sulfur dioxide SPG – Shaanxi Provincial Government SPTD – Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department SS – Suspended Solid TPH – Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon TSP – Total Suspended Particulate CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................... 1 1.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 3 1.4 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ........................................................................................................... 4 1.5 REPORT FORMAT ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 REPORT PREPARATION .................................................................................................................. 5 2. PROJECT PROGRESS ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION .................................................................................. 6 2.2 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ........................................................................................ 7 2.3 UPDATED IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ........................................................................................ 7 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMP AND MONITORING PLAN.............................................................. 8 3.1 EMP AND MONITORING PLAN OBJECTIVE .................................................................................... 8 3.2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP AND MONITORING PLAN .............................................. 8 3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING RECORDS AND REPORTING ....................... 13 3.4 EMP AND MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............................................................... 13 3.4.1 Project Component G316 ................................................................................................. 13 3.4.2 Project Component S102, S224 and Eight Rural Roads ............................................. 16 3.4.3 Project Readiness Monitoring .......................................................................................... 16 3.4.4 Clause on Environment in Bidding Documents and Contract Documents ................ 17 3.4.5 Effectiveness of Public Consultation ............................................................................... 17 3.4.6 Evaluation of Implementing Mitigation Measures ......................................................... 18 3.4.7 Environmental Inspection ................................................................................................. 21 3.4.8 Grievance Redress Mechanism ...................................................................................... 21 4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 23 4.1 COMPLIANCE WITH EMP REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................. 23 4.2 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ................................................................................................................ 23 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1. Shaanxi Province is one of the least-developed provinces in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the Qinba mountain area is especially poor with a poverty incidence exceeding 30% in 2012. Both Ankang and Shangluo, two prefecture-level cities in the Qinba mountain area, have strong potential for expansion of the agricultural, mineral, hydropower industries and for the development of tourism. However, lack of transport infrastructure is constraining economic growth and poverty reduction. Better road connections with improved capacity will enable southeast Shaanxi to realize its full economic potential. 2. Reported road fatalities and injuries in Shaanxi from 2008 to 2012 cost $5 billion. Ankang and Shangluo are experiencing road fatality and injury rates that far exceed the provincial and national averages. There is obvious and urgent need to improve road safety provisions in Qinba mountain area. 3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) participation has supported three road projects in Shaanxi Province since 2001 to improve institutional frameworks and the performance of the road subsector. This project represents a new strategic direction for ADB’s support to the PRC road subsector. Successful implementation and subsequent promotion of the road safety project approach will encourage replication in other provinces of the PRC and serve ADB’s sustainable transport initiative goal to promote road safety and social sustainability as key strategic agenda. 4. Impacts of the Project will be reduction of road crash fatalities and serious injuries, and provision of efficient and safe all-weather accessibility in southeast Shaanxi Province. The outcome will be safer and more efficient trunk and rural road networks in southeast Shaanxi Province, in line with the demonstration project objectives and the 12th Five-Year Plan of the PRC. 1.2 Description of the Project 5. This Project includes four outputs, including (i) Output 1: trunk road upgrade. Three trunk roads (approximately 187km) in the cities of Ankang and Shangluo will be upgraded from Class III/IV to Class II/III standard incorporating major safety design enhancements; (ii) Output 2: rural roads upgrade. Eight rural roads (approximately 140km) in poor agricultural areas will be upgraded from earthen roads to paved Class IV standard, including improved safety design enhancements; (iii) Output 3: crash reduction program. Road safety only investment will be made on 25 additional rural roads (approximately 542km); and (iv) Output 4: institutional development. The capacity of the Shaanxi Province Traffic Bureau road safety agencies and local traffic bureaus will be strengthened, particularly in road safety management, implementation, and enforcement; the use of road safety equipment, software, and training; and public 1 awareness building. A road safety education and community awareness campaign will be conducted. 6. The trunk roads G316 (34.36km) and S102 (60.25km) are located in Ankang City, with G316 traversing Hanbin District and Xunyang County, and S102 within the Xunyang County. Trunk road S224 (92.45km) is located in Shangnan County in Shangluo City. Seven of the eight rural roads are located in Ankang City, and one is located in Shangnan County. Locations of the trunk roads and rural roads are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. 7. The project cost totals $399.96 million, with $200 million or 50.01% funded by ADB from its ordinary capital resources and $199.96 million covered by local counterpart fund. Figure 1 Trunk Roads G316 and S102 and Seven Rural Roads in Ankang City 2 Figure 2 Trunk Road S224 and One Rural Road in Shangluo City 1.3 Description of the Environment 1.3.1 Physical Environment 8. Shaanxi Province in located in northwest of China. Sitting in southeast of Shaanxi, Ankang City is located in the hilly and gully region of the Qinba Mountain, with Han River and Yue River running through the middle of the district from west to east. Shangnan County is located at the southern foothill of the eastern Qinling Mountain range, characterized by low hills. 9. Major rivers in the project area include Han River, Xun River, Qianyou River, Xian River, Dan River, Xiang River and Tao River. Han River and the Xian River, Dan River, Xiang River and Tao River are Category II water bodies,