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NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)

SUB-PROJECT:

OVERHEAD LINE BAY EXTENSION AT QUANG NINH 500kV SUBSTATION AND HIEP HOA 500kV SUBSTATION

PREPARED BY POWER ENGINEERING CONSULTING JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3

(FINAL VERSION) March 2014.

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NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)

SUB-PROJECT: OVERHEAD LINE BAY EXTENSION AT QUANG NINH 500kV

SUBSTATION AND HIEP HOA 500kV SUBSTATION

PREPARED BY POWER ENGINEERING CONSULTING JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3

(FINAL VERSION)

HCM city, March 2014 POWER ENGINEERING & CONSULTING

JOINT STOCK COMPANY NO. 3 GENERAL DIRECTOR

Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) Environmental management plan Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation and Hiep Hoa 500kV substation

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 : Introduction on the project

Section 2 : Project description

Section 3 : Legal framework

Section 4 : Environment impact assessment

Section 5 : Public consultation

Section 6 : Mitigation measures

Section 7 : Chance finding procedures and emergency action plan

Section 8 : Environmental monitoring

Section 9 : Institutional development activities

Section 10 : Implementation arrangements

Section 11 : Monitoring and reporting system

Section 12 : Cost estimation for EMP implementation


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ABBREVIATION:

CPC : Commune People’s Committee EMP : Environmental management plan EVN : Vietnam Electricity DP : Displaced person DPC : District People’s Committee PPC : Provincial People's Committees PECC3 : Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 3 PMB : Project management board PTC1 : Power Transmission Company No.1 CPMB : Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board ROW : Right of way VND : Vietnam Dong WB : World Bank


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1. INTRODUCTION

The subproject: “Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation and Hiep Hoa 500kV substation” is one of the subprojects that will be implemented in Phase I of the Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) funded by the World Bank. The subproject will be implemented in Thong Nhat commune Hoanh Bo district Quang Ninh province; Dai Thanh commune Hiep Hoa district Bac Giang province. The implementation of the subproject is in line with the national Power Development Master Plan 7 (PDMP7) to meet the growing electricity demand load.

The activities of subproject include:

- At Quang Ninh 500kV Substation: (i) Construction of an extension area of Quang Ninh 500kV substation;

(ii) Construction and installation of a 500kV connecting line of 246m; (iii) Substitution of the connecting lines of the Quang Ninh - Thuong Tin second

circuit 500kV transmission line and Quang Ninh – Hiep Hoa 500kV transmission line at Quang Ninh 500kV substation;

(iv) Installation of a 500kV overhead line bay (B11); (v) Installation of 500kV reactors, neutral reactor and switchgears at B02 bay;

- At Hiep Hoa 500kV Substation: (i) Installation of a 500kV overhead line bay (B4.2);

(ii) Installation of 500kV reactors, neutral reactor and switchgears at B4.2 bay; (iii) Supply of additional control and protection system for the new installed

equipment; These activities may cause negative impacts on the local environment and

communities during pre-construction, construction, and operation phases. To ensure that the potential negative impacts are identified and mitigated during the

subproject preparation and implementation, and that the subproject is in compliance with the policy on environmental assessment of the World Bank (OP/BP 4.01), an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) of the subproject has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines provided in the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the TEP project. The EMP includes the following contents: an introduction, the main legal framework, the subproject description, the environmental background, potential positive and negative impacts, proposed mitigation measures, and implementation arrangements. It also includes an Environmental Codes of Practice (ECOP) prepared for the subproject. The EMP will be incorporated into the bidding documents and construction contracts, as well as a scope for environment quality monitoring. A Resettlement Plan (RP) has also been prepared for the subproject and presented separately in another safeguard document.

According to Vietnam’s environmental assessment regulation (Government Decree No. 26/2011/ND-CP), an EIA of the subproject needs to be prepared and EIA submitted to Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) for appraisal and approval. The EIA report was submitted to Quang Ninh PPC in May 2013. Quang Ninh PPC arranged for appraisal of the subproject’s EIA in December 13th, 2013 and is expected to be approved in April 2014.


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2. POLICY, REGULATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORKS

2.1. Government Regulations: The following national laws and regulations are applied for subproject:

- Law on Protection of the Environment No. 52/2005/QH11 passed by the National Assembly on November, 29th, 2005 regulates the obligations of individuals, organizations in protecting environment.

- Law on Water Resource No. 17/2012/QH13 enacted June 21, 2012. - Land Law No. 13/2003/QH11 dated November 26, 2003, and the new Land Law

No. 45\2013\QH13 dated November 29, 2013 which will take effect on July 1, 2014.

- Construction Law No. 16/2003/QH11 dated November 26, 2003.

- Labor law No. 35-L/CTN dated 23rd Jun 1994, with some amendment under Document No. 84/2007/QH11 by the National Assembly.

- The Law of Cultural Heritage No. 28/2001/QH10 promulgated on June 29 2001, with some amendment in 2009 by the National Assembly (No. 32/2009/QH12).

- Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10 dated June 29, 2001.

- Law on electricity No. 28/2004/QH11 dated December 3, 2004.

- Decree of Government No. 80/2006/ND-CP dated 9 August, 2006 on guidance for implementation of Law on Protection of the Environment.

- Decree of Government No. 29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, 2006 regulating strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environment protection commitment.

- Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17th, 2005 on implementation guidelines for some items stipulated in the Electricity Law on protection of high voltage electrical networks.

- Decree No. 81/2009/ND-CP dated October 12, 2009 on some corrections and additions of Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17th, 2005 on implementation guidelines for some items stipulated in the Electricity Law on protection of high voltage electrical networks.

- Decree No. 117/2009/ND-CP dated December 31, 2009 on sanction of violations in the field of environmental protection.

- Decree No. 59/2007/ND-CP dated April 9, 2008 on solid waste management. - Decree 174/2007/ND-CP dated November 29, 2007 of GOV on environmental

protection charges for solid wastes.

- Decree No. 98/2010/ND-CP of the Government dated 21 September 2010 on detailing the implementation of some articles of the Law on Cultural Heritage and the Law amending and supplementing some articles of Law on cultural heritage.

- Decree of Government No.81/2009/ND-CP dated 12 October, 2009 amending some Article of Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated 17 August, 2005.

- Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 18 July, 2011 on guidance for Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, 2011.


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- Circular No.12/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 14 April, 2011 relating to toxic waste management.

- Circular No. 03/2010/TT-BCT dated January 1, 2010 on some rules on safe protection of high voltage grids.

- Guidance of EVN No. 2623/CV-EVN - KHCN & MT dated 28 May, 2007 on management and pollution prevention and exposure to PCBs.

- The main applicable National Technical Regulations include: QCVN 05: 2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on ambient air quality; QCVN 27:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on vibration; QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on maximum noise limit in public and residential areas; QCVN 08: 2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on surface water quality; QCVN 09: 2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on ground water quality; QCVN 01: 2009/BYT- national technical regulation on drinking water quality; QCVN 02: 2009/BYT- national technical regulation on domestic water quality; QCVN 06: 2009/BTNMT – air quality –specified maximum allowable concentrations of certain hazardous substances in ambient air; QCVN 14-2008/BTNMT: National technical regulation on domestic wastewater; QCVN 40:2011/BTNMT: National technical regulations on industrial wastewater; QCVN 03:2008/BTNMT: National technical regulation on permissible limits of heavy metals in soils; QCVN 07:2009/BTNMT – National Technical Regulation on Hazardous Waste Thresholds; QCVN 01:2008/BCT – National technical regulation on safety principles in working with transmission lines and electrical equipment.

Standards, National technical regulations on power safety technique: - QCVN QTD 08:2010/BCT – Low voltage power technical codes;

- TCVN 5308:1999 – Technical safety regulation for construction;

- TCVN 4086:1995 – Power safety Standard for construction; - TCVN 3147:1990 – Safety regulation on loading and unloading works;

- TCVN 2292:1978 – General requirement on safety for painting work;

- TCVN 4244:1986 – Safety technical regulation for lifting equipment; - TCVN 5863:1995 – Safety requirement on lifting equipment, steel strand, drum,

hoist, chain and sprocket.

World Bank Safeguard Policies Apply to the Subproject An environmental and social screening of the subproject was undertaken in line with

the OP 4.01 and it showed that the World Bank’s policies on Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) and Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) will be triggered for the subproject. The screening has also resulted in categorizing the subproject as a Category B project. In addition, the Bank’s requirements on public consultation and information disclosure will need to be followed. Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01):

Environmental Assessment (EA) is an umbrella policy for the Bank’s safeguard policies. The overarching objective is to ensure that Bank-financed projects are environmentally sound and sustainable, and that decision-making is improved through appropriate analysis of actions and of their likely environmental impacts. The EA process is


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intended to identify, avoid and mitigate potential impacts of Bank operations. EA takes into account the natural environment (air, water, and land); human health and safety; social aspects (involuntary resettlement, indigenous peoples, and physical cultural resources); and transboundary and global environmental aspects. EA considers natural and social aspects in an integrated way.

This subproject triggers OP 4.01 because it involves the construction and operation activities related to the expansion of the overhead line bays at the two 500kV substations, requiring the identification, mitigation and monitoring of potential adverse environmental and social impacts. As required by OP 4.01, the subproject prepared an EIA and an EMP that meet the Government’s and the World Bank’s safeguards requirements. By the TEP appraisal, the subproject draft EIA and EMP were disclosed locally on January 15, 2014 at the subproject area and at the InfoShop of the World Bank in Washington DC on Jannuary 24, 2014 as required by OP 4.01 and the Bank’s policy on access to information. The final subproject EIA and EMP were disclosed locally at the subproject sites, at the Bank’s InfoShop, and the Vietnam Development Information Center on April 18, 2014.

Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11): This policy is triggered because the subproject involves the relocation of a grave.

Mitigation measures for the relocation of the grave wasincluded in the Resettlement Plan (RP) and EMP. Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12)

The Involuntary Resettlement policy seeks to prevent severe long-term hardship, impoverishment, and environmental damage to the affected peoples during involuntary resettlement. OP 4.12 applies whether or not affected persons must move to another location. The Bank describes all these processes and outcomes as “involuntary resettlement,” or simply resettlement, even when people are not forced to move. Resettlement is involuntary when the government has the right to expropriate land or other assets and when affected people do not have the option to retain the livelihood situation that they have.

This policy is triggered because the subproject would have impacts involving the temporary and permanent involuntary taking of land and the loss of structures and assets associated with the land for the construction of the substation and the associated connecting line. By appraisal, the subproject has prepared and disclosed the draft Resettlement Plan (RP) locally on January 15, 2014 at the subproject area and at the InfoShop of the World Bank in Washington DC on Jannuary 24, 2014. The RP includes the measures to ensure that the displaced people are: (i) informed about the options regarding resettlement; (ii) consulted and offered alternative resettlement choices; and (iii) provided with effective compensation and livelihood restoration. The final subproject final RP was disclosed locally at the subproject sites, at the Bank’s InfoShop, and the Vietnam Development Information Center on April 18, 2014. World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines

World Bank-financed projects should also take into account the World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines1 (known as the "EHS Guidelines"). The EHS Guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of Good International Industry Practice.

The EHS Guidelines contain the performance levels and measures that are normally acceptable to the World Bank Group and are generally considered to be achievable in new

1 The EHS Guidelines can be consulted at www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/Content/EnvironmentalGuidelines.

http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/Content/EnvironmentalGuidelines


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facilities at reasonable costs by existing technology. The environmental assessment process may recommend alternative (higher or lower) levels or measures, which, if acceptable to the World Bank, become project- or site-specific requirements.

This subproject should conform the Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Electric Power Transmission and Distribution and the General EHS Guidelines..

3. SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1. Objectives of the Subproject - Along with Quang Ninh – Thuong Tin 500kV transmission line, this project will

increase ability of electricity transmission from thermal power plants in Vietnam Northeast area to national network, meet load growth needs of the North as well as the whole country;

- Operating safe and reliable electricity system in any normal case and n-1 break-down;

- Reducing general cost of system, capacity loss, electricity loss and taking part in increasing electrical production effectiveness of Vietnam Electricity (EVN);

3.2. Scope of the subproject a. At Quang Ninh 500kV substation

- Construction of an extension area of the substation: 50m x 353m = 17,650m2;

- Installation of a 500kV overhead line bay (B11) including circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, current transformers, voltage transformers, post insulators, surge arresters according to 3/2 Breaker Scheme;

- Installation of 500kV reactors, neutral reactor and switchgears at B02 bay (this bay will connect to the Quang Ninh – Hiep Hoa 500kV transmission line - first circuit).

b. At Hiep Hoa 500kV substation - Installation of a 500kV overhead line bay (B4.2) including circuit breakers,

disconnecting switches, current transformers, voltage transformers, post insulators, surge arresters on spare land inside substation fence;

- Installation of 500kV reactors, neutral reactor and switchgears at B4.2 bay;

- Supply of additional control and protection system for the new installed equipment.

c. Connecting lines - At Quang Ninh 500kV Substation:

(i) Construction of a new 500kV connecting line of 246m will be constructed to connect the Quang Ninh – Hiep Hoa 500kV transmission line (first circuit) to the extension of 500kV OHL bay;

(ii) Substitution of the second circuit of the Quang Ninh - Thuong Tin 500kV transmission line connecting with the Quang Ninh 500kV substation of 212m;

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transmission line connecting with the Quang Ninh 500kV substation of 432m;

(iv) Substitution of the second circuit of the Quang Ninh - Hiep Hoa 500kV transmission line connecting with the Quang Ninh 500kV substation of 472m.

- At Hiep Hoa 500kV Substation: Wiring a 500kV connecting line of 60m to connect Quang Ninh – Hiep Hoa 500kV transmission line to the extension of 500kV OHL bay.

3.3. Subproject location a. Quang Ninh 500kV substation

The existing Quang Ninh 500kV Substation is located in Thong Nhat commune, Hoanh Bo District , Quang Ninh Province.

In this phase, the area of the existing Quang Ninh 500kV Substation will be expanded with and additional area of 17,650m2 (50m x 353m) to the east fence of the station. The construction activities will be implemented within the expansion area.

The expansion area was approved by the official document No.5326/UBND-QH3 dated 25-Oct-2012 of Quang Ninh province People' Committee and the official document No.98/UBND-KTHT dated 26-Oct-2012 of Hoanh Bo District People' Committee.

Figure 1: Location of Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation

The geographical location of the bay extension area at the Quang Ninh 500kV substation as follows:

- To the east: being adjacent to vacant land or land having mixed trees of Thong Nhat commune

- To the west: connecting with land having mixed trees of Thong Nhat commune and about 500m from Provincial road 337;

Quang Ninh 500kV substation


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- To the south: bordering with vacant land of Thong Nhat commune

- To the north: being adjacent to land planting mixed trees of commune and about 500m from Provincial road 326.

b. Hiep Hoa 500kV substation The existing Hiep Hoa 500kV substation is located in Dai Thanh Commune, Hiep

Hoa district, Bac Giang province.

Figure 2: Location of Overhead Line Bay Extension at Hiep Hoa 500kV substation

In this phase, the construction activities will be carried out inside the existing Hiep Hoa 500kV substation.

c. Connecting Lines at Quang Ninh 500kV substation The whole route of 500kV transmission line connecting to the station is proposed to

be located in Thong Nhat commune, Hoanh Bo district, Quang Ninh province.

The locations of Connecting lines at Quang Ninh 500kV substation are shown in the figures below:

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Figure 3: Extension plan and transmission line route at the Quang Ninh 500kV substation


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The 500kV connecting lines of the project are adjacent to the country roads, and about 10km from Ha Long city along Highway No.337 to the south. The connection line position is about 1km from the Quang Viet 1 breeding pig farm, 5km from the quarry of Thang Long coalfield plant to the west along Highway No.326 and about 3km from the nearest resident area.

This position was approved by the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province in Document No.1407/UBND-QH3 dated March 28th, 2013 (Agreement Document on the substation’s location and transmission line route is attached in Appendix 1 of this EIA report).

3.4. Subproject Main Work Volume

Table 1: Work volume to be implemented

No. Content Unit Quantity Construction measure

Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation 1 Sprinkle ballast 2x4 for the substation

base with 100mm thickness m3 1,340 Manual labour

2 Removing vegetation cover on the substation base and side slope with 200mm thickness

m3 3,836 Manual labour and machine

3 Backfilling the substation base and side slope Soil embankment to recover the road crossing the pond of 3m depth

m3 1.1 x 11,850

1.1x990

Manual labour and machine

4 Digging the substation bed and drainage ditch m3 13,643 Manual labour and

machine

5 Masoning rubble for side slope, foundation of side slope, barrier and drainage ditches

m3 1,165 Manual labour

6 Destroying ditch and side slope made by rubble in the substation m/m3 403/635


7 Recovering the path of 4m width m/m2 198/792 Manual labour and machine

8 Transposing the low voltage line of 5m height system 01


9 Road for motor vehicles in the substation with width from 4-6m m/m2 546/2,383


10 Two side corridors along the road m2 1,795 Manual labour

11 Dismantling the existing fence m 351 Manual labour and machine

12 Construting a new fence m 401 Manual labour and machine

13 Outdoor distribution:


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No. Content Unit Quantity Construction measure

- Galvanized steel - Round steel - Anchor bolts - Cast-in-place concrete B15 - Cast-in-place concrete B3.5 - Excavation/backfilling pit

ton ton ton m3 m3 m3

212 86 9

1,130 225

8,381/7,025


Connection line with Quang Ninh 500kV substation 1 Excavation m3 3,528 Manual labour and

machine 2 Backfilling m3 2,946 Manual labour and

machine 3 Lining concrete B3.5 m3 46.08 Manual labour and

machine 4 Cast-in-place concrete B15 m3 446 Manual labour and

machine 5 Processing steel rod for foundation ton 39.6 Manual labour and

machine 6 Processing galvanized earth line ton 2.747 Manual labour and

machine 7 Processing anchor bolts ton 9.37 Manual labour and

machine 8 Embankment of foundation position 2 Manual labour and

machine 9 Erection of steel tower Tower/t

on 3/112.4 Manual labour and machine

10 Stretching conductor ACSR-330/42 km/ton 11.618/14.833


11 Stretching ground line PHLOX-147 km/ton 1.329/1,050 Manual labour and machine

12 Stretching and installing the earth line position 3 Manual labour and machine

13 Digging holes used for erection of steel tower

m3 120

14 Digging holes used for stretching of anchor tower

m3 120

15 Bamboo with 3m length used for scaffold to stretch cable

rod 30 Manual labour and machine

3.5. Main Activities Before and During Construction

3.5.1. Main Activities Before and During Construction Activities before construction:

- Land acquisition to build the substation, access roads, tower foundations;

- Perform grounding for roof or renovation for houses/structures lying in the ROW;


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- Cut the trees and crops on land required permanently;

- Cut the trees in the ROW for construction;

- Reduce the possibility of using land/buildings/structures in safety corridors.

Activities during construction:

- Excavation;

- Transportation of construction materials and equipment;

- Preparation of mortar, concrete formworks and steel rods;

- Construction of the function house service for management and operation of the substation such as management building, foundations of transformers, transmission yard, fire protection system, water supply system, drainage system, internal road, access road, and tower foundations of the overhead connecting lines;

- Installation of steel towers;

- Installation of electrical equipments and stringing of the wires.

- Experiments and completion work.

3.5.2. Transportation Material and equipment supply - Imported equipments are handed over at Danang Port and stored at CPMB’s

warehouse, then transported to the construction site.

- Transformer is transported to the construction site due to a transportation contract between CPMB and a contractor.

- Other materials and equipments are domestic. - Construction materials are bought in local area.

Table 2: Supply source of equipment and material

No. Equipment and material Source Destination Note

1 Galvanized steel tower Ha Noi Construction

site produced in the

country

2 Cement PC.30 Quang Ninh " produced in the country

3 Steen in sizes " " "

4 Conductor PMB " Product imported or

produced in the country

5 Insulator " " "

6 Accessories " " "

7 Electrical equipment

" " "

8 Yellow sand Quang Ninh " local material


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No. Equipment and material Source Destination Note

9 Ballast in sizes " " "

10 Wood used for formwork

" " "

11 Rubble " " "

Long distance transportation - Transportation of materials from the source to the site and along intermediate

routes will be done by truck on highways and provincial roads, by barges on the large canal. Loading or unloading materials is done by manual labour or steam-crane of 10 tons.

- Steel poles, conductor, lightning wire, insulators and accessory are transported to temporary facilities along the route.

- Local materials are shipped directly from the supplier to the construction site. For the position where trucks cannot move to the construction site materials will be transported to the location gathering material along the way.

- The source of materials and equipment from CPMB stored in the warehouse of the CPMB and transported to the station with 880km distances.

Intermediate transportation - Sand, stone, cement, steel are taken in the local area. Transport distance of these

materials to construction sites is 20km, material transportation by motorized means, traffic roads grade 2.

Table 3: Volume of transport and transport distance

No. Items Volume (m3) Distance (km)

1 Sand, stone in sizes 1,340 20

2 Concrete B15 1,576 20

3 Concrete B3.5 271 20

Manual handling: - Construction materials are transported and stored at nearby road sides then

transported manually combined with motorbike to foundation positions via access roads.

3.5.3. Employment Worker mobilized during construction and time: The temporary construction area is located near to residential and traffic areas convenient for transporting and living. Temporary worker camps will be built for workers to ensure short distant access to the construction site.

The temporary worker camps are made from easily convertible structures for transporting.

The temporary camp area calculation is based on the number of workers, and the camp includes: house, administration building, etc.


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The estemated number of workers is about 50 persons.

Table 4: Area that services living needs of laborers in project part’s workshop

No. House range Norm Unit Area

1 Community house 4 m2/ person m2 4x48 = 192 2 Dwelling for officer 6 m2/ person m2 6x4 = 24

3 Administration building

4 m2/ person m2 4x4 = 16 4 Bathroom 1 m2/6 persons m2 52/6 ≈ 9

5 Dinning - room 1 m2/3 persons m2 52/3 ≈ 17

Total m2 258 Source: Feasibility study, PECC3, Feb., 2012

3.6 Subproject Implementation Schedule and Total Investment 3.6.1 Subproject Implementation Schedule

Based on the requirements of power supply and capacity of the subproject owner, the subproject timeline is scheduled as follows:

Preparing the investment 02/2013-12/2013

Preparing as-built drawing design 12/2013-08/2014

Tendering equipment 01/2015 - 03/2015

Tendering construction and installation 2015

Implementation 2015

Completion 2015

3.6.2. Total Investment Total investment breakdown is indicated in the table below:

Unit: VND

Civil construction 1,128,256,458

Procurement 18,468,315,175

Project management 417,333,255

Compensation 4,223,242,000

Construction consultancy 702,327,461

Others 481,699,122

Contingency 3,826,941,224

Total investment: 29,248,115,000

4. BASELINE DATA

4.1 Geographical location and population


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As mentioned above, the subproject will be located in Thong Nhat commune – Hoanh Bo district – Quang Ninh province; Dai Thanh communes – Hiep Hoa district – Bac Giang province.

Quang Ninh province: Quang Ninh is a large province located along the northeastern coast of Vietnam. The

province is home to Ha Long Bay, a World Heritage Site. The provincial capital is Ha Long. Nearly 80 per cent of the province is mountainous with abundant land, forest water and mineral resources. Nearly 90 per cent of coal output in the country is extracted in this province. Ha Long Bay has 1,969 islands, out of which 989 have been given names. The province covers an area of 6,099 square kilometres and as of 2013 it had a population of 1,170,237 people.

Bac Giang province: It is located in the Northeast region of the country, being situated 50 kilometres

(31 mi) to the east of Hanoi. The province covers an area of 3,827.45 square kilometres and, as of 2013, it had a population of 1,581,656.

Bac Giang's history is traced to the Hung Kings who established the Van Lang nation, which was then followed in succession the rule of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. It was the prefecture of Da Phuc during the time of Emperor Tu Duc, Vietnam's last independent monarch. The modern province of Bac Giang was founded in 1895.

The province lies in the Red River Delta and is bordered by Quang Ninh to the east, Lang Son to the north, Thai Nguyen and the urban district of Soc Son in the capital Hanoi to the west, and Bac Ninh and Hai Duong to the south.

4.2 Topography Quang Ninh province: Quang Ninh is a mountainous and coastal province, with more than 80 per cent of its

area being made up of mountains and hills. The 2,000 some islands are also considered mountains. The mountainous zone can be divided into two parts: the eastern mountainous region extending from Tien Yen through Binh Lieu, Hai Ha, Dam Ha and Mong Cai; and the western zone ranging from Tien Yen through Ba Che and Hoanh Bo, north of Uong Bi Town. The former is a continuation of the Thap Van Dai Son range in China. There are two main chains: Quang Nam Chau 1,507 m and Cao Xiem 1,330 m. The western zone features smooth and curved mountains called Dong Trieu with Yen Tu Mount 1,068 m in Uong Bi region and Am Vap Mount 1,094 m in Hoanh Bo District.

The midland and coastal plains include a low range of hills weathered by both wind and water; forming fields and river basins. They include the zones of Dong Trieu, Uong Bi, northern Yen Hung, southern Tien Yen, Hai Ha and some of Mong Cai. In the estuaries, alluvial soil is deposited, creating low tidal flats. This can be found in the areas of southern Uong Bi, southern Yen Hung (Ha Nam Island), eastern Yen Hung, Dong Rui (Tien Yen), southern Dam Ha and Mong Cai, southeastern Hai Ha. The midlands and plains of the coastline are extremely favourable for agriculture and transport. It has become a densely populated area of the province.

The sea and island zone of Quang Ninh has a unique terrain. There are more than 2,000 islands, making up two thirds of the country's islands. They extend along the coast for more than 250 km and divide into numerous layers. The largest islands are Cai Bau and Ban Sen, while the smallest are just like rocks in a garden. Van Don and Co To are island districts. There are thousands of islands on Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay, many of which contain


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caves. Besides areas of alluvial deposits, there are also white sand zones which have built up from tidal action. Some places have formed white sand mines producing materials for the glass industry (Van Hai), or have developed into tourism spots (Tra Co, Quan Lan, Minh Chau, Ngoc Vung).

The sea bottom terrain of Quang Ninh isn't smooth, and has an average depth of 20m. There are the remnants of ancient streams and underwater rocky banks. The streams from the mainland connect to deep drains along the sea-floor; creating a series of waterways, canals and harbours along the coast.

Bac Giang province:

Bac Giang lies in the Red River Delta. It borders Quang Ninh to the east, Lang Son to the north, Thai Nguyen and the urban district of Soc Son in the capital Hanoi to the west, and Bắc Ninh and Hai Duong to the south. It comprises three land forms namely, the lowland or delta land, the midland and the mountainous region. While the midland areas are in the districts of Hiep Hoa and Viet Yen, and the city of Bac Giang, the mountainous districts are the Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Yen The, Tan Yen, Yen Dung and Lang Giang; the seven mountainous districts account for 72% of area of Bac Giang province.

The terrain is moderately mountainous, lying between the high mountains to the north and the Red River Delta to the south. Although a large part of the terrain is mountainous most of it is not isolated. The region to the northern end of the province is mountainous uncleared forest. To the east and southeast of the province is Dong Trieu and Yen Tu, located within the Yen Tu Nature Reserve. The elevation of the province is mostly in the 300–900 metres (980–2,950 ft) range, with a maximum of 1,068 metres (3,504 ft) (Mount Yen Tu). To the northeastern end of the province, along the border with Quang Ninh there is the Khe Ro forest, spanning 71.53 km2, with a rich biodiversity.

4.3 Hydro- meteorological characteristics The project area is located in Hoanh Bo district and is affected by the tropical, hot,

humid, and rainy climate due to its proximity to the sea. Every year, there are only two distinct seasons, dry and wet seasons. The wet season or the rainy season lasts from May to October. It is hot in this season. The prevailing wind directions are the South and South-East. This region has high evaporation and relative humidity. The dry season lasts from November to the following April. It is cold in the dry season, with the prevailing northeast wind direction. Temperature

Average annual temperature is 23.5oC, the highest average temperature is 28.8oC in July, the lowest average temperature is 16.7oC in January.

Table 5: Average temperature in year

Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aver. 0C 16.7 17.5 20.2 23.8 27.1 28.5 28.8 28.2 27.1 24.7 21.5 18 23.5

Solar radiation In summer months, the radiation is greater than 12 Kcal/cm2/month. In winter months,

the radiation is less than 10 Kcal/cm2/month. Total average number of sunshine hours is about 1,562.8 hours.

Table 6: Total average hours of sunshine in year

Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aver.


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h 76.7 46.2 44.2 82.1 160.3 164.2 177.2 172.8 181 171.5 152.7 134 1,562.8

Humidity + The average humidity in years: 82%

+ Highest average humidity: 86% (in April) + Lowest average humidity: 75% (in Nov., Dec.).

Wind Winter from October to March next year under the influence of the North-East

monsoon prevailing wind direction is north and North-East, every month from 3-4 times, each time from 5-7 days. Summer from May to September with the prevailing wind direction is South and South-East from the sea.

Table 7: Average wind speed

Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aver.

m/s 1.9 2 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 2

4.4 Environmental baseline data Surface water quality in project area:

Table 8: Surface water qualities at rivers, lakes, streams of districts in project area, 12/2012

No Items Unit Results QCVN

08:2008/BTNMT, source B1

1 pH* - 7.58 5.5- 9 2 Total suspended solids mg/l 9.6 50 3 Dissolved Oxygen mg/l 3.6 ≥4 4 Biochemical oxygen

demands mg/l 12.2 15

5 Chemical oxygen demands mg/l 17.6 30 6 Ammonia mg/l 0.425 0.5 7 Nitrate mg/l 1.78 10 8 Nitric mg/l 0.009 0.04 9 Fe mg/l 0.391 1.5

10 Cu mg/l 0.0035 0.5 11 Pb mg/l 0.0027 0.05 12 Hg mg/l 0.0007 0.001 13 As mg/l 0.0017 0.05

14 Total Coliform MPN/100ml

65 7,500

Note:

Code Location of air sampling Coordinates of sampling location


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NM At the Thon 3 steam X = 3023281.754 Y = 435080.652

It shows that at present, surface water quality of the large rivers, streams and lakes meets QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT for sources type B1.

The main pollution sources of river water are industrial wastes from coal mines and domestic wastes from high population density centers along Highway N18. In these districts, all rivers and streams have small discharges but most of them have high content of suspended solids, turbidity, organic matters (high BOD, low DO) and bacteria.

Noise and air quality The transmission line goes through most mountainous and rural areas, so noise and

air pollution only occurs where transmission line cross over high traffic density roads which have been constructing.

Air quality is good at most of the sampling points along the transmission line alignment but dust has quite high content where has high density of traffic. Content of SO2 and NO2 is fair lower than ambient air quality standards (QCVN 05:2009/BTNMT and QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT). Noise level meets the Vietnamese standard.

Table 9: Air polluted and noise at some points along transmission line, 12/2012

Positions T (oC)

Noise (dA) The concentration of pollutants (mg/m3)

TB Max Dust SO2 NO2 CO CO2

KK1 21.1 53.4 54.1 0.112 0.014 0.014 1.19 0.036

KK2 21.2 49.6 52.1 0.098 0.014 0.014 1.19 0.036

KK3 21.3 51.8 58.3 0.105 0.015 0.015 1.22 0.036

QCVN 05:2009/BTNMT

- - 0.3 0.35 0.2 30

QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT

- ≤70 - - - -

Note:

Code Location of air sampling Coordinates of sampling location

KK1 At the gate of the Quang Ninh 500kV substation X = 3023271.688 Y = 435083.731

KK2 At construction area of Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation

X = 2327146.600 Y = 435241.733

KK3 At construction area of transmission line X = 2325298.913 Y = 433623.226

4.5 Socio-economic status of the project area

4.5.1 Economy Quang Ninh province:


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Being located in the northern economic triangle (Hanoi-Haiphong-Quangninh), the province has abundant resources and has immense potential to develop the economy in every sector. Industrial development is taking place at a rapid pace. Mineral extraction industries are being developed. Special economic zones are being created and the plans envisage making the province a modern industrial province by 2015. The two economic development zones under development are the Mong Cai Border Gate Economic Zone and the Van Don Economic Zone. Tourism is also a sector of economic development, which has been given priority.

Bac Giang province Bac Giang's land area is primarily dedicated to agriculture. The province is becoming

known as a producer of fruit, particularly pineapples and lychees. Around a quarter of Bac Giang's land area is devoted to forestry. Located 50 km 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Hanoi, the province is within both the Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh Economic Corridor, and the Nam Ninh - Lang Son – Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh Economic Corridor. Before the province was formulated in 1997 and industrial development of the region was initiated, the GDP of the province was only US$ 170 with Agro-Forestry accounting for 55% and Industry hardly contributed. 4.5.2 Public health

Currently, there has 01 clinic including physicians and nurses to serve the primary health care for local residents.

4.5.3 Education: In the commune, there has 01 kinder gardens, 01 primary schools, 01 secondary

school with approximately 1,200 pupils. The facilities are quite sufficient to meet the requirements of teaching and learning.

Social situation in the commune in the past year is relatively stable.

4.5 Protected areas, natural reserves, sensitive areas, cultural property, historical monument, temple and pagoda in the project area.

The maps below indicate that there are not any natural reserve and sensitive areas, physical cultural resources such as historical monuments, temples or pagodas in the project area.


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Figure 4.1 Protected areas of Bac Giang province in project area


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Figure 4.2 Protected areas of Quang Ninh province in project area

Present biological resources Terrestrial ecosystems There are two distinct types of terrestrial ecosystems along transmission

linetransmission line route from Thong Nhat (Hoanh Bo district – Quang Ninh province) to Hiep Hoa substation (Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province): hill and forest ecosystem and lowland agricultural ecosystem.

Quang Ninh 500kV substation


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a. Hill and forest ecosystems (from Hoanh Bo district (Quang Ninh province) and Hiep Hoa district (Bac Giang province)

At Thong Nhat commune, Hoanh Bo district – Quang Ninh province

- Flora: This is a low hill zone which has a poor flora ecosystem. A planted eucalyptus forest on the hill was cut off. On the ground there are shrubbery moors with some plant species such as: Baeckea fructescens, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Melastoma candidum, Paspalum sp., Setaria sp., etc. The rate of vegetation cover is low (10-20%).

- Fauna: There are only some species of Insecta, Myriopoda, Oligochacta, Reptilla, Amphibia. Some bird species include Passer montanus malaccencis, Carvus are found. Mammalian species are small and rare.

b. Flat lowland agricultural ecosystems (Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province) - The main vegetation species are rice at lowland, maize and various species of

vegetables at high elevation areas. In gardens, the dominant fruit trees are banana, papaya, longan, orange and vegetables. Rice is cultivated in 2-3 crops/ years in this area which has a high yield of 7-10 tons/years.

- The number of animal species is small, all of which (bird, reptile, amphibian and mammalian species) are commonly found in rural areas in the Red River Delta.

- There are not any vegetation and animal species listed in the Vietnam Red Book (2002).

Natural conservation There are not any natural conservation areas or national parks in the 8 districts and towns in project area.

The nearest natural conservation areas, which are located far from the project site, include:

- Ha Long World Heritage (Quang Ninh province) has Western boundary about 18km far from Thong Nhat commune, Hoanh Bo district (start point of transmission line) towards the East.

- Yen Tu historial natural conservation zone is famous historical and religious site at Yentu mountain (Quang Ninh province), it has Southern boundary about 5km far from transmission line to the North.

- Con Son - Kiep Bac cultural historial natural conservation (Hai Duong province) is about 4km far from transmission line to the South.

5. POTENTIAL IMPACTS

5.1. Screening for Eligibility of Subproject Siting The subproject would contribute to meeting the demand load and power safety in

Quang Ninh city and thereby bring about significant socioeconomic benefits. Apart from such benefits, the subproject may also result in environmental and socioeconomic impacts which are adverse to the local environment and community.

Subproject name : Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation and Hiep Hoa 500kV substation


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Province : Quang Ninh and Bac Giang District : Hoanh Bo and Hiep Hoa Commune : Thong Nhat and Dai Thanh

Table 10: Environmental Screening for Subproject Eligibility.

Screening Question Yes No 1. Subproject's sitting: Is the Subproject site adjacent to or within any of the following environmental sensitive areas?

• Cultural heritage site X • Protected areas such as National Parks, Nature Reserves,

Bio conservation areas, bird yards, mangrove forest etc. X

• Wetlands X • Forests X • Estuaries X • Buffer zone of Protected areas X • Rivers and reservoirs X • Canals and irrigation system X

• Agricultural land X 2. Potential environmental impacts Will the Subproject cause:

Encroachment on historical/cultural areas X Encroachment on critical ecosystem (e.g. sensitive or protected area, national park, nature reserve etc....)

X

Disfiguration of landscape and increase waste generation X Removal of vegetation cover or cut down of trees resulted from clearance at the sub-station and along ROW?

X

Change of surface water quality or water flows X Increase water turbidity due to runoff and erosion X Waste water from camping sites is directly discharged to the surface water resources or not?

X

Construction waste is directly discharged to the surface water or not?

X

Increase the dust level? X Increase noise and/or vibration? X Permanent land acquisition X Temporary land acquisition X Resettlement of households? If yes, how many households? X Would the resettlement site is environmentally and/or culturally sensitive

X

Is there any risk of disease dissemination from construction workers to the local people (and vice versa)?

X

Is there any potential for conflict between construction workers X


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Screening Question Yes No and local people (and vice versa)? Are explosive and hazardous chemicals used within the Subproject?

X

In the past, there was any accident incurred due to landmines or explosive materials remaining from the war?

X

Will Subproject's construction cause disturbance to the transportation in the Subproject's site?

X

Subproject's construction will cause any damage to the existing local roads, bridges or other rural infrastructures?

X

Will soil excavation during Subproject's construction cause soil erosion?

X

Will Subproject need to open new access roads? X Will Subproject cause fragmentation of habitat of flora and fauna? X Will Subproject cause impact on air quality? X Will Subproject cause accident risks for workers and community during construction phase?

X

Will Subproject generate hazardous wastes including PCBs from the replacement of transformers?

X

Will Subproject cause risk to safety and human health (electric and magnetic fields, electric shock etc.)?

X

Conclusion: Implementation of the subproject would mainly cause land acquisition, increased

dust generation, air pollution, and waste domestic. However, these impacts are insignificant, temporary, and localized, and can be mitigated by available measures. Therefore, the subproject is assessed as B environmental category and eligible for funding by the World Bank.


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Table 11: Impacts of the project

No. Impact/issues Magnitude of impact

Duration of impact Description of the impacts Evaluation of

impacts

THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE

1 Effects on vegetation or habitat areas as a result of clearing for substation and access road.

Small Long-term According to survey result, the substation is proposed to locate at paddy field of some households. The project will clear 19,200 m2 in area of agricultural land. In the project area, there are no valuable and rare or protected species, only planting trees.

No.

Province/District/ Commune

Tree need to be cut

Lychees (tree)

Cajuput (tree)

Maize and crops (m2)

1. Quang Ninh province

1.1 Hoanh Bo district

1.1.1 Thong Nhat commune 240 6,875 400

Total 240 6,875 400

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impacts

2 Permanent and temporary land acquisition

Medium Long-term Total permanent land acquisition of the Subproject is as follows:

- Bay extension at the Quang Ninh 500kV substation: 17,650 m2; - The land acquired for pole foundations of the connecting power line is 1,550 m2.

No. Affected area Permanently affected land

Temporary affected land Total

1 Land for bay extension at the Quang Ninh 500kV substation 17,650

2 Construction land of tower foundations 1,550

3 Land in the ROW 42,840

4 Number of HHs 6 0 6

Total 19,200 42,840 62,040

Total temporary land in ROW is 42,840m2 for connecting power lines.

No. Categories Bay extension at the substation

Connection line

Total

1 Residential land 250 250 2 Agricultural land 16,400 1,550 17,950 3 Public land 400 400 4 Pond, stream, river 580 580 Total 17,650 1,550

Medium and mitigable

3 Impact on Subproject affected

Medium Long term - Total number of HHs affected by the Subproject is 06 HHs;

- There are 06 houses or structures in the substation area need to be relocated. Medium


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impacts household - Affected types: land loss for foundation, substation; loss of trees and crops; etc.

Relocation of grave

Small Short The subproject involves relocation of a grave located at the station expansion area belonging to Thong Nhat commune. Small

4 Effects on items of cultural property, historical monument, pagoda and sensitive area

No impact No impact In design stage, the location of the project was considered and chosen. There is no any cultural property, historical monument, pagoda and sensitive area in the project area.

5 Health risk due to explosives, chemical hazard

None None - The Subproject would not use chemicals or explosives; - Subproject sites were cleared for landmine after war time and used for agriculture for a long time.

None

THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE

6 Erosion or sediment generation caused by earthworks

Medium Short-term The subproject areas have flat The earthworks of the project include: - Digging in substation area, foundation holes: 17,171 m3 - Backfilling foundation holes: 17,070 m3. (according to FS of the Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation and Hiep Hoa 500kV substation) Activities of excavation only happen in a short time at substation site, foundation holes along the connection linea (246m in length). The subproject will apply successive construction method. Besides, the terrain of the project area is relative flat, and the project area is not flooded. Hence, risk of soil erosion is at low level.

Medium and Mitigable

7 Air pollution and dust

Small Short-term The air quality can be effected by: + Exhaust gases such as SOx, NOx, CO from the operating transportation vehicles and power

Small and Mitigable


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impacts generation generators would have potential impacts of degrading air quality in the subproject area and

the health of workers and local communities. + Dust is generated from soil excavation and substation site leveling work, especially in dry season. The affected people will be the workers and the inhabitants around the project area + Dust is also generated by means of transport of materials and plants during the construction of the Project. The affected people will be road users and local communities along the route of construction material transportation from the materials sources to the subproject site (Provincial Road No.326 and Ha Khanh street, etc.). + Given the small number of vehicles mobilized for the subproject, short time of construction, and far location of the residential area (200m), the impact of air and dust pollution on workers and communities can be assessed as medium and can be mitigated.

8 Noise and vibration

Small Short-term Operation of transportation vehicles, site grading and piling machines, and power generators can cause noise and vibration affecting households along the road and at construction sites. However, this impact is small because it the related activities would only occur during the construction phase and can be easily mitigated.

Small and mitigable

9 Contamination of water and soil by hazardous waste

Medium Short-term - Oil spill from vehicles and construction machines can affect quality of soil and water, especially in rainy season. This leakage oil can affect surrounding area by run off rain water.

- Transformer oil or oil having PCBs might also be leakage to the environment due to accidents. However, oil having PCBs to be used at substation are prohibited by the national regulation.

- The operation of the substation will use some chemicals available in such equipment as battery, insulating oil, grease oil and etc., but in small quantities.

Medium and Mitigable

10 Effects on environmental quality by discharging of construction waste and domestic waste

Small Short-term to medium-

term

Discharging of construction waste and domestic waste can make adverse effects to environment quality. During construction stage, construction waste will be collected, sold and discharged appropriately (backfilling). Domestic waste will be collected or treated in on-site treatment system. However, it is necessary to implement a efficient management plan to ensure all of wastes are collected and treated obey the regulation.

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impacts

11 Public health and safety effects from construction camps, materials storehouse and ground

Small Short-term to medium-

term

Some storehouses and grounds need to be built temporary in order to contain materials and equipment. Construction camp will be built for workers. Construction camp and materials storehouses can affect the health and safety of local inhabitants and workers by the unsafe keeping of construction materials and equipment and the conflict between workers and local inhabitants. Workers will be from the locality; the construction camp will include rest room; all of construction equipment and materials will be placed in appropriate places which are fenced around. Therefore, the conflict between workers and local inhabitants and impacts on public health and safety are at low level.

Small and mitigable

12 Arising conflicts between construction workers and local residents.

Small Short-term Focusing large number workers of construction activities (maximum 50 people) shall cause a risk in conflict between the worker and the local residents. However, the contractors will mainly use local workers for jobs suitable, so this impact is minor and be able to minimize. Small and

mitigable

13 Local road degradation due to construction activities and materials transportation

Small Short-term The project site is on the right of Provincial road No.326 and Ha Khanh street. This road is well-processed foundation and be covered by thick layer of bitumen. In addition, level of transportation activities is not high, transporting oversize and overload equipment should be followed existing regulation and responsible authorities to ensure safety for people and existing infrastructure system. Hence, the impact of local road degradation is small.

Small and mitigable

THE OPERATION PHASE

14 Exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) levels exceeding the standard

Small to Medium

Long-term The impact of human exposure to EMF, if not properly mitigated, would be moderate especially for technical staff working at the substation. Based on the calculation and existing substation 500kV show that, The EMF level is under standard. The Overhead Line Bay Extension at Quang Ninh 500kV substation and Hiep Hoa 500kV substation and connecting lines was designed to conform to safety standard. Safety regulation will also be applied strictly by workers when operating substation. Therefore, the impact due to EMF on public health is small. Besides, there is no houses, structures in ROW of the connecting lines and 01 house in



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impacts grounded corridor (60m far from each outmost wire) will be improved and installed fireproof materials and lightning arrestors. The subproject is designed to conform to safety standard. Safety regulations will also be applied strictly by workers when operating substation. Therefore, the impact if not due to EMF on public health is insignificant.

16 Interference with radio, TV or other communications

No impact No impact The location of the project is far away from the radio communication works.

None

17 Effects on public health and safety, including voltage hazard

Medium Long-term In design stage, all safety measurements were considered. However, voltage hazard and effects on safety of local inhabitants and operation workers can occur in case of no conform to safety regulations.


18 Fire hazard due to oil leakage

Medium Long – term Fire hazard can be caused from cooling oil leakage or transformer problems. However, this effect is minimized since the substation has oil-collected pit and fire safely equipment.


19 Pollution due to leakage oil and hazardous materials

Small Long-term Leakage oil from transformers can impact adversely on environmental quality. In order to prevent the impact on the environment quality due to leakage oil, oil-collected pit will be installed. Oil-collected pit is 95m3 in capacity, prevented from leaking, has concreted cover and also be equipped with a automatic water pump. However, risk of oil leakage from the pit still can happen though it is at low rate. The project does not use cooling oil that contains PCBs and hazardous materials

Minor and mitigable

20 Noise from substation operation

Small Long-term The transformer will be manufactured according to regulations with noise level under 70dB at under 3m of distance. It will also be installed complying technical requirements to reduce the noise due to operation. Besides, the substation site is agricultural land. Thus, impact of the noise is insignificant.

Minor and mitigable

21 Effects on flora and fauna from vegetation

Small Long – term + interruptedly

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impacts maintenance activities

22 Impact due to waste water and domestic solid waste of operation workers

Small Long-term In the operation stage, the substation does not discharge any of hazardous wastes. Domestic waste water from daily activities of operation workers will be treated by a septic tank before discharging the environment. Domestic solid waste will be collected and discharged through waste collected system of the local. Therefore, impact on the environment due to waste discharge is insignificant.

Minor and mitigable

23 Problems of grid, accident at work during operation management.

Small Long – term In activities of management, operation, repair and maintenance of the project, problems of grid and accident can occur in case workers do not conform to safety and operation regulations. Minor and

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6. MITIGATION MEASURES

Table 12: Environmental Mitigation Measures of the Subproject

No. Environmental and social issues Mitigation measure

Applicable National Regulations, Standards

Responsible party

THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE

1 Effects on vegetation - The Contractor shall prepare a Clearance, Revegetation and Restoration Management Plan for prior approval by the Construction Engineer, following relevant regulations. The Clearance Plan shall be approved by Construction Supervision Consultant and followed strictly by contractor. Areas to be cleared should be minimized as much as possible.

- The Contractor shall remove topsoil from all areas where topsoil will be impacted on by rehabilitation activities, including temporary activities such as storage and stockpiling, etc; the stripped topsoil shall be stockpiled in areas agreed with the Construction Supervision Consultant for later use in re-vegetation and shall be adequately protected.

- The application of chemicals for vegetation clearing is not permitted. - Prohibit cutting of any tree unless explicitly authorized in the vegetation

clearing plan. - When needed, erect temporary protective fencing to efficiently protect

the preserved trees before commencement of any works within the site.

Law on Environment protection No. 52/2005/QH11

Contractor Subproject’s Owner

2 Land acquisition - Careful site-survey, consultation with community and local authorities to choose optimal solutions in order to minimize land acquisition.

- Compensate damages satisfactorily in accordance with the RPF of the TEP project and the Resettlement Plan of the subproject.

Circular No. 14/2009/TT-BTNMT dated on 1/10/2009 of Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment

Decree No.

Contractor

Subproject’s Owner


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Responsible party

69/2009/ND-CP dated on 13/8/2009 of the Government

3 Relocation of the grave - The affected household will receive compensation payment to conduct relocation of the graves on their own. Payment to the grave relocation includes costs of excavation, relocation, reburial, purchasing land for reburial (if any), and all other reasonable costs associated with necessary rituals by the local practice. Local ritual means relocation of graves will be carried out in accordance with local cultural practices, taking into account cultural preferences which are typical for each ethnic group. Relocation of graves will be done satisfactorily to the affected households prior to the commencement of construction. Grave relocation and compensation is also documented in the subproject RP and in consultation with the affected household.

Local local cultural and religous practices

CPMB and the affected household

THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE

4 Soil erosion and eboulement generation caused by excavation and fillback duration

- During construction at locations close to rivers and canals, the contractor shall perform methods to reinforce the banks with wood or iron columns to prevent eboulement and soil erosion;

- When opening of foundations, it is necessary to protect foundation holes with cajuput, bamboo and regular water drainage (for locations immersed in water or groundwater existence) should be performed;

- Embanking dikes, edges to prevent erosion and eboulement around the construction areas, embanking dikes around locations of foundations within areas of shrimp ponds;

- In case of having roads or any sites temporarily used for construction damaged or degraded, contractors shall have responsibilities to recover them to the initial stage.

- The Contractor shall follow the detailed drainage design included in the construction plans, intended to prevent storm water from causing local flooding or scouring slopes and areas of unprotected soil resulting in

TCVN 4447:1987: Earth works-Codes for construction

Decree No. 22/2010/TT-BXD on regulation of construction safety

QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT – National technical

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Responsible party

heavy sediment loads affecting local watercourses. - Ensure drainage system is always maintained cleared of mud and other

obstructions. - Areas of the site not disturbed by construction activities shall be

maintained in their existing conditions. - Earthworks, cuts, and fill slopes shall be properly maintained, in

accordance with the construction specifications, including measures such as installation of drains, use of plant cover.

- To avoid sediment-laden runoff that could adversely impact watercourses, install sediment control structures where needed to slow or redirect runoff and trap sediment until vegetation is established. Sediment control structures could include windrows of logging slash, rock berms, sediment catchment basins, straw bales, storm drain inlet protection systems, or brush fences.

- Site de-watering and water diversions: In the case that construction activities require that work be carried out within the watercourse (e.g. culvert or bridge crossing construction, retaining wall construction, erosion protection works), the work area must be dewatered to provide for construction in dry conditions. The sediment laden water pumped from the work area must be discharged to an appropriate sediment control measure for treatment before re-release to the stream.

regulation on quality of surface water

5 Dust generation caused by construction activity, exhaust gas of transporation means of equipment and materials during construction

- The Contractor is responsible for compliance with relevant Vietnamese legislation with respect to ambient air quality.

- The Contractor shall implement dust suppression measures (e.g. water spray vehicles, covering of material stockpiles, etc.) as required;

- Construction vehicles shall comply with speed limits and haul distances shall be minimized.

- Material loads shall be suitably covered and secured during transportation to prevent the scattering of soil, sand, materials or dust.

- The Contractor shall be responsible for any clean-up resulting from the

QCVN 05: 2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on ambient air quality

Contractor



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Responsible party

failure by his employees or suppliers to property secure transported materials.

- Exposed soil and material stockpiles shall be protected against wind erosion and the location of stockpiles shall take into consideration the prevailing wind directions and locations of sensitive receptors.

- Dust masks should be used where dust levels are excessive.

6 Air pollution - All vehicles must comply with Vietnamese regulations controlling allowable emission limits of exhaust gases.

- Vehicles in Vietnam must undergo a regular emissions check and get certified named: “Certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection” following Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT.

- There should be no burning of waste or construction materials or cleared vegetation on site.

- Cement processing plants should be far from residential areas.

- TCVN 6438-2005: Road vehicles Maximum permitted emission limits of exhaust gas.

- No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT on inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection;

- QCVN 05:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on ambient air quality

Contractor

7 Noise and vibration - The contractor is responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation with respect to noise and vibration.

- All vehicles must have appropriate “Certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection” following Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT; to avoid exceeding noise emission from poorly maintained machines.

QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on noise

QCVN 27:2010/BTNMT:

Contractor


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Responsible party

- When needed, measures to reduce noise to acceptable levels must be implemented and could include silencers, mufflers, acoustically dampened panels or placement of noisy machines in acoustically protected areas.

- Avoiding or minimizing transportation though or material processing near community areas.

National technical regulation on vibration

8 Water pollution - The Contractor must be responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation relevant to wastewater discharges into watercourses.

- Portable or constructed hygienic toilets must be provided on site for construction workers. Wastewater from toilets as well as kitchens, showers, sinks, etc. shall be discharged into a conservancy tank for removal from the site or discharged into municipal sewerage systems; there should be no direct discharges to any water body.

- Wastewater over standards set by relevant Vietnam technical standards/regulations must be collected in a conservancy tank and removed from site by licensed waste collectors.

- Using techniques as berming or diversion during construction to limit the exposure of disturbed sediments to moving water.

- Before construction, all necessary wastewater disposal permits/licenses and/or wastewater disposal contract have been obtained.

- At completion of construction works, wastewater collection tanks and septic tanks shall be safely disposed or effectively sealed off.

QCVN 09:2008/BTNMT: National Technical Standard on underground water Quality

QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT: National technical regulation on domestic wastewater;

QCVN 24: 2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on industrial wastewater;

TCVN 7222: 2002: General requirements on centralized wastewater treatment plant;

Contractor


9 Drainage and sedimentation - The Contractor shall follow the detailed drainage design included in the Standard TCVN


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control construction plans, intended to prevent storm water from causing local flooding or scouring slopes and areas of unprotected soil resulting in heavy sediment loads affecting local watercourses.

- Ensure drainage system is always maintained cleared of mud and other obstructions.

- Areas of the site not disturbed by construction activities shall be maintained in their existing conditions.

- Earthworks, cuts, and fill slopes shall be properly maintained, in accordance with the construction specifications, including measures such as installation of drains, use of plant cover.

- To avoid sediment-laden runoff that could adversely impact watercourses, install sediment control structures where needed to slow or redirect runoff and trap sediment. Sediment control structures could include windrows of logging slash, rock berms, sediment catchment basins, straw bales, storm drain inlet protection systems, or brush fences.

4447:1987: Earth works-Codes for construction


Standard QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT

10 Management of stockpiles, quarries, and borrow pits

- All locations to be used for disposal of construction excavation and stockpiles must be previously identified in the approved construction specifications. Sensitive sites such as scenic spots, areas of natural habitat, areas near sensitive receptors, or areas near water should be avoided.

- An open ditch shall be built around the stockpile site to intercept wastewater.

- Stockpile topsoil when first opening of the substation and power towers and use it later to restore the area to near natural conditions.

- If landowners are affected by use of their areas for stockpiles, they must be included in the project resettlement plan.

- All stones and the needed filling materials must be bought at licensed sources.

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11 Solid waste - Before construction, a solid waste control procedure (storage, provision of bins, site clean-up schedule, bin clean-out schedule, etc.) must be prepared by Contractors and it must be carefully followed during construction activities.

- Before construction, all necessary waste disposal permits or licenses must be obtained.

- Measures shall be taken to reduce the potential for litter and negligent behavior with regard to the disposal of all refuse. At all places of work, the Contractor shall provide litter bins, containers and refuse collection facilities.

- Solid waste may be temporarily stored on site in a designated area approved by the Construction Supervision Consultant and relevant local authorities prior to collection and disposal by a licensed waste collector for disposal at government-approved sites.

- Waste storage containers shall be covered, tip-proof, weatherproof and scavenger proof.

- No burning, on-site burying or dumping of solid waste shall occur. - Recyclable materials such as wooden plates for trench works, steel,

scaffolding material, site holding, packaging material, etc. shall be collected and separated on-site from other waste sources for reuse, for use as fill, or for sale to reprocessing to companies with legitimate operating permits.

- If not removed off site, solid waste or construction debris shall be disposed of only at sites identified and approved by the Construction Supervision Consultant and included in the site specific measures. Under no circumstances shall the contractor dispose of any material in environmentally sensitive areas, such as in or close to watercourses.

Decree No. 59/2007/ND-CP on solid waste management

Contractor


12 Chemical or hazardous wastes - Chemical waste of any kind shall be disposed of at an approved appropriate landfill site and in accordance with local legislative requirements. The Contractor shall obtain needed disposal certificates.

Decision No. 23/2006/QD-BTNMT with list of hazardous

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- The removal of asbestos-containing materials or other toxic substances shall be performed and disposed of by specially trained and certified workers.

- Used oil and grease shall be removed from site and sold to an approved used oil recycling company.

- Used oil, lubricants, cleaning materials, etc. from the maintenance of vehicles and machinery shall be collected in holding tanks and removed from site by a specialized oil recycling company for disposal at an approved hazardous waste site.

- Unused or rejected tar or bituminous products shall be returned to the supplier’s production plant.

- Relevant agencies shall be promptly informed of any accidental spill or incident.

- Store chemicals appropriately and with appropriate labeling. - Prepare and initiate a remedial action following any spill or incident. In

this case, the contractor shall provide a report explaining the reasons for the spill or incident, remedial action taken, consequences/damage from the spill, and proposed corrective actions.

substance

Circular No. 12/2011/TT-BTNMT on management of hazardous substance

13 Workforce, Camps and Site Management

- The workforce shall be provided with safe, suitable and comfortable accommodations and safe portable water. They have to be maintained in clean and sanitary conditions.

- Site offices, worker camps, mixing stations, and workshops shall be located NOT within 100m from any water courses, at least 500 meters of existing residential area.

- Engineers and workers shall register their temporary residence with the local authority.

- Allocate officer to be the Contractor‘s Workplace Safety and Environment Officer responsible for environmental and safety issues including training for workers.

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- Septic tank toilets must be provided at all construction camp areas where there will be concentration of labor.

- First aid boxes shall be provided in each construction camp site.

14 Chance find procedures If the Contractor discovers archeological sites, historical sites, remains and objects, including graveyards and/or individual graves during excavation or construction, the Contractor shall: - Stop the construction activities in the area of the chance find. - Delineate the discovered site or area. - Secure the site to prevent any damage or loss of removable objects. In

cases of removable antiquities or sensitive remains, a night guard shall be arranged until the responsible local authorities or the Department of Culture and Information takes over.

- Notify the Construction Supervision Consultant who in turn will notify responsible local or national authorities in charge of the Cultural Property of Viet Nam (within 24 hours or less).

- Relevant local or national authorities would be in charge of protecting and preserving the site before deciding on subsequent appropriate procedures. This would require a preliminary evaluation of the findings to be performed. The significance and importance of the findings should be assessed according to the various criteria relevant to cultural heritage; those include the aesthetic, historic, scientific or research, social and economic values.

- Decisions on how to handle the finding shall be taken by the responsible authorities. This could include changes in the layout (such as when finding an irremovable remain of cultural or archeological importance) conservation, preservation, restoration and salvage.

- If the cultural sites and/or relics are of high value and site preservation is recommended by the professionals and required by the cultural relics authority, the Project’s Owner will need to make necessary design changes to accommodate the request and preserve the site.

Law on Cultural Heritage (2002) Law on Cultural Heritage (2009) for supplementary and reformation Decree No. 98/2010/ND-CP for supplementary and reformation

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- Decisions concerning the management of the finding shall be communicated in writing by relevant authorities.

- Construction works could resume only after permission is granted from the responsible local authorities concerning safeguard of the heritage.

15 Potential for conflict between construction workers and local people and spread of infectious diseases

- Educate awareness for labors/workers; - Strictly treat all cases that non-performance according to site’s

regulations. - Medicine cabinet will be placed at the construction area to timely

provide medical services, health care, first aid, ... for the sick workers or accident labor;

- Training workers on measures to prevent infectious diseases, and kill factors causing deceases such as flies, mosquitoes, grubs, ...;

- Organizing training courses on safety for construction workers; - Education of morality and behaviors, management of workers to

minimize drinking, gambling, theft, fights between workers with workers and with local people.

Labor Law; And regulation issued by the Contractor

Contractor

16 Traffic management - Before construction, carry out consultations with local government and community and with the traffic police.

- Significant increases in number of vehicle trips must be covered in a construction plan previously approved. Routing, especially of heavy vehicles, needs to take into account sensitive sites such as schools, hospitals, and markets.

- Installation of lighting at night must be done if this is necessary to ensure safe traffic circulation.

- Place signs around the construction areas to facilitate traffic movement, provide directions to various components of the works, and provide safety advice and warning.

- Employing safe traffic control measures, including road signs and flag persons to warn of dangerous conditions.

Law on traffic and transportation No. 23/2008/QH12

Law on construction No. 16/2003/QH11


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- Passageways for pedestrians and vehicles within and outside construction areas should be segregated and provide for easy, safe, and appropriate access.

17 Restoration of affected areas - Disposal areas, site facilities, workers’ camps, stockpiles areas, working platforms and any areas temporarily occupied during construction of the project works shall be restored using landscaping, adequate drainage and vegetation recover.

- Start revegetation at the earliest opportunity. Appropriate local native species of vegetation shall be selected for the planting and restoration of the natural landforms.

- Spoil heaps and excavated slopes shall be re-profiled to stable batters, and grassed to prevent erosion.

- All affected areas shall be landscaped and any necessary remedial works shall be undertaken without delay.

- Trees shall be planted at exposed land and on slopes to prevent or reduce land collapse and keep stability of slopes.

- Soil contaminated with chemicals or hazardous substances shall be removed and transported and buried in waste disposal areas.

- Restore all damaged inter-filed irrigation canals, inter-field roads, and inter-communal roads caused by the subproject activities to their original state (site specific measures) or better.

Law on Environment protection No. 52/2005/QH11

Contractor

18 Worker and public Safety - Contractor shall comply with all Vietnamese regulations regarding worker safety.

- Prepare and implement action plan to cope with risk and emergency. - Preparation of emergency aid service at construction site. - Training workers on occupational safety regulations. - If blasting is to be used, additional mitigation measures and safety

precautions must be outlined in the EMP. - Ensure that ear pieces are provided to and used by workers who must


Instruction No. 02 /2008/CT-BXD on safety and sanitation issues in construction

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use noisy machines such as piling, explosion, mixing, etc., for noise control and workers protection.

- During demolition of existing infrastructure, workers and the general public must be protected from falling debris by measures such as chutes, traffic control, and use of restricted access zones.

- Install fences, barriers, dangerous warning/prohibition site around the construction area which showing potential danger to public people (such as unfinished power pole foundation, high risk electrical shock areas, etc.).

- The contractor shall provide safety measures as installation of fences, barriers warning signs, lighting system against traffic accidents as well as other risk to people and sensitive areas.

agencies

TCVN 5308-91: Technical regulation on safety in construction

Decision No. 96/2008/QD-TTg on clearance of UXO.

19 Communication with local communities

- Maintain open communications with the local government and concerned communities; the contractor shall coordinate with local authorities (leaders of local wards or communes, leader of villages) for agreed schedules of construction activities at areas nearby sensitive places or at sensitive times (e.g., religious festival days).

- Copies in Vietnamese of relevant parts of these ECOPS should contained in contractor documents and of other relevant environmental safeguard documents shall be made available to local communities and to workers at the site.

- Reduced playground space, loss of playing fields and car parking: The loss of amenities during the construction process is often an unavoidable source of inconvenience to users in sensitive areas. However, early consultation with those affected, provides the opportunity to investigate and implement alternatives. In all cases damages shall be compensated.

- Disseminate project information to affected parties (for example local authority, enterprises and affected households, etc) through community meetings before construction commencement.

- Provide a community relations contact from whom interested parties can

Decree No. 73/2010/ND-CP on administrative penalization security and society issues

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receive information on site activities, project status and project implementation results.

- Provide all information, especially technical findings, in a language that is understandable to the general public and in a form of useful to interested citizens and elected officials through the preparation of fact sheets and news release, when major findings become available during project phase.

- Monitor community concerns and information requirements as the project progresses;

- Respond to telephone inquiries and written correspondence in a timely and accurate manner.

- Inform local residents about construction and work schedules, interruption of services, traffic detour routes and provisional bus routes, blasting and demolition, as appropriate.

- Provide technical documents and drawings to PC’s community, especially a sketch of the construction area and the EMP of the construction site.

- Notification boards shall be erected at all construction sites providing information about the project, as well as contact information about the site managers, environmental staff, health and safety staff, telephone numbers and other contact information so that any affected people can have the channel to voice their concerns and suggestions.

THE OPERATION PHASE

20 Exposure of substation worker to EMF and risk of electrical shock

- During operation, unit of operation shall check the minimum distance between conductors and objects below the conductors in compliance with regulations (Clause 51 of Laws of electricity and Regulations of electrical equipment) in order to ensure safety for people’s health;

- In order to ensure fully safety for workers of operation, repair in compliance with procedures of operation and safe requirements;

Stipulations on Vietnam power safety Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP and Decree No.81/2009/ND-CP.

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- Periodically taking measurements, checks of discharging safe distance at points parallel or crossing to roads and rivers so that propose methods to minimize failures and ensure safety during operation as regulated in Clause 3 of Decree no. 106/2005/NĐ-CP and Decree no. 81/2009/NĐ-CP;

- Periodically taking measurements, checks of electric field strength (ensure ≤ 5 kV/m) at any point outside houses and at height of one meter, and ≤ 1 kV / m at any point inside houses and at height of one meter, ≤ 5 kV/m at edge of the corridor), or taking measurements when people claim to find abnormalities on electric - magnetic field, damage status of the earthing system resulting in proposing methods to improve, prevent and minimize in time.

- Prohibit all activities conducted under the ROW if using equipment, tools, vehicles capable of violating distance of charging safety at various voltage levels. In special cases, due to urgent request of defense and security, there must be an agreement with unit of operation and management on safety measures required;

- Unit of operation and management shall have responsibilities in organization, supervision of environment, electrical safety during operation.

- Costs for prevention of electromagnetic fields in the project belong to operating costs of the unit assigned to operate the project.

- Specifically Worker hours will be limited in accordance with WHO : - EMF Intensity (kV/M) - Admissible exposure time (min)

Up to 5 - - No limits 5-10 - Up to 180 10-20 - Up to 30 20-25 - Up to 10 >25 Prohibited


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22 Fire hazard due to accident - Comply with the national law and regulation on fire prevention and fight extinguishing.

- Prepare an emergency preparedness plan for fire hazard control. - Equip the substation with enough number of fire extinguishers. - Frequently examine equipment to detect and repair fire hazard. - Train operation staff on fire prevention and fire control.

According to the relevant stipulations on fire fighting and preventing works

Operation unit Subproject’s Owner

23 Pollution due to oil spill and oil leakage from substation

- Build an appropriate emergency oil spill tank as required by the regulation.

- Set up a maintenance program in order to timely detect any risk of oil spill or oil leakages.

- Train the operation staff for dealing with oil spill and leakages, especially in emergencies case.

Meet the relevant regulations on power sector

Operation unit

24 Effects due to collapsed tower and broken conductors

- The methods to prevent collapsed towers and broken conductors must be made at the design and construction phases.

- Units of design and construction must comply with the safety regulations in construction.

- Periodically checking quality of construction, promptly repair failures of foundations of towers.

- If happing, operators shall be quickly on the failure location to fix the failure.

Stipulations on power safety

Design unit Operation unit Subproject’s owner

25 Noise from substation operation

- Adopt low noise generating standard electrical equipment in the bidding and contractual documents.

- Frequently check and maintain equipment, repair damages (If any) that can increase noise generation.

- Install natural barrier (such as trees) to absorb and minimize noise.

Meet the relevant regulations on power sector

Operation unit

26 Domestic waste water and solid waste

- Installed septic tanks to treat domestic waste water at all working stations.

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- Implement a 3Rs plan for reducing, recycling, and reusing solid waste. - Sign a contract with a local environment and sanitation licensed

company to collect solid waste generated at the substation.

27 Problem of grid, accidents during operation and management

- Minimize problem of grid to ensure safety operation of the power grid and reduce accidents during management and operation, repair. The management, operation, repair of high voltage transmission lines is in compliance with safety methods specified in Chapter VII, Procedure of electric safety promulgated in Decision Decision No. 1186/QD-EVN on 07/12 / 2011 of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EVN.

Decision No. 1186/QD-EVN on 07/12/2011 of CEO of EVN.

Operation unit

Notes: All mitigation measures will be concretized as terms of construction contract, transportation contract and procurement contract of equipment and materials in duration of construction and operation.


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7. EMP IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

Proper environmental management during construction requires the involvement of several stakeholders and agencies, each with different roles and responsibilities including: NPT, PMB, DONREs (Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment) of Quang Ninh province, the Contractors, the Construction Supervision Consultant, and local communities. To ensure effective implementation of the EMP, the following actions will be carried out during the implementation of the subproject:

a) During the detailed design and tender documentation making - During the detailed design of technical specifications and preparation of bidding

contract documents for each contract, the technical design consultant will incorporate into these bidding and contractual documents the parts of the EMP specific to that contract, as well as the specific measures identified in the EMP.

- In preparing the bidding and contract documents, make an effort to ensure that the contractors are aware of the safeguard obligation and commit to comply. The environmental specifications to be included in the bidding and contractual documents are included in Annex 1.

b) During the course of preconstruction and construction PPMU will assign the Construction Supervising Consultant (CSC) and/or field engineer to be responsible for supervision of safeguard performance of contractor on a daily basis. A generic Terms of Reference (TOR) is provided in Annex 2. CSC and/or field engineers will carry out, but not limited to, the following tasks:

- Before the commencement of the construction, confirm that all compensation for land and facilities are provided and relocation and/or land acquisition/donation has been completed.

- Review and approve Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) to be prepared by contractor before the commencement of the construction.

- Closely supervise the implementation of the EMP throughout the construction period. - Confirm the compliance with the agreed environmental plan and inspect any damages

incurred by the contractor. If necessary, prepare an order to compensate/restore the construction sites as specified in the contracts. Contractor safeguard performance will be included in the subproject progress report.

The role and responsibilities of relevant partiess in the implementation of EMP are described in the following table:

Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Project Implementing Agency: NPT

- NPT will be responsible for overseeing the project implementation including ESMF implementation and environmental performance of the project.

- The PMB will be responsible for monitoring the subproject implementation, including environmental compliance of the project. PMB will have the final responsibility for ESMF implementation and environmental performance of the subproject during both the


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Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Project Implementing Agency: PMBs

construction and operational phases. - The PMB is responsible for fostering effective coordination and

cooperation between contractor, local authorities, and local communities during construction phase. PMB will be assisted by the environmental staff, and CSC/or field engineer.

- Specifically PMBs will: i) closely coordinate with local authorities in the participation of the community during subproject preparation and implementation; ii) monitor and supervise EMP implementation including incorporation of EMP into the detailed technical designs and bidding and contractual documents; iii) ensure that an environmental management system is set up and functions properly; iv) be in charge of reporting on EMP implementation to NPT and the World Bank.

- In order to be effective in the implementation process, PMBs will establish an Environmental Unit with at least an environmental staff to help with the environmental aspects of the project.

Environmental Unit EU (EU) under PMU

- The EU is responsible for monitoring the implementation of WB’s environmental safeguard policies in all stages and process of the subproject. Specifically, this unit will be responsible for: i) reviewing the subproject EIAs and EMPs prepared by consultants to ensure that they follow the project ESMF and meet the government and the Bank requirements; ii) helping PMB incorporate EMPs into the detailed technical designs and civil works bidding and contractual documents; iii) helping PMB incorporate responsibilities for EMP monitoring and supervision into the TORs, bidding and contractual documents for CSC; iv) providing relevant inputs to the consultant selection process; v) reviewing reports submitted by the CSC; vi) conducting periodic site checks; vii) advising PMB on solutions to environmental issues of the project; and viii) preparing environmental performance section on the progress and review reports to be submitted to NPT, the Bank, and the local authorities if requested.

Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) and/or Field Engineer

- The CSC will be responsible for routine supervising and monitoring all construction activities and for ensuring that Contractors comply with the requirements of the contracts and the EMP. The CSC shall engage sufficient number of qualified staff (e.g. Environmental Engineers) with adequate knowledge on environmental protection and construction project management to perform the required duties and to supervise the Contractor’s performance.

- The CSC also assists PMB in reporting and maintaining close coordination with the local community.

- Based on the approved EMP and environmental specifications/requirements in the bidding and contractual documents, the Contractor is responsible for establishing a site-specific EMP for each construction site area, submit the plan to the PMB and CSC for review and approval before commencement of construction. In addition, it is required that the Contractor get all permissions for


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Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Contractor

construction (traffic control and diversion, excavation, labor safety, etc. before civil works) following current regulations.

- The contractor is required to appoint a competent individual as the contractor‘s on-site Safety and Environment Officer (SEO) who will be responsible for monitoring the contractor‘s compliance with the EMP requirements and the environmental specifications.

- Take actions to mitigate all potential negative impacts in line with the objective described in the EMP.

- Actively communicate with local residents and take actions to prevent disturbance during construction.

- Ensure that all staff and workers understand the procedure and their tasks in the environmental management program.

- Report to the PMB on any difficulties and their solutions. - Report to local authority and PMB if environmental accidents occur

and coordinate with agencies and keys stakeholders to resolve these issues.

Local community

- Community: According to Vietnamese practice, the community has the right and responsibility to routinely monitor environmental performance during construction to ensure that their rights and safety are adequately protected and that the mitigation measures are effectively implemented by contractors and the PMB. In case of unexpected problems, they will report to CSC/PMB.

Mass organizations

- These organizations could play a role as a bridge between the PPC/DPC, communities, contractors, and PMU/PPMU by assisting in community monitoring.

- Mobilizing communities participation in the subproject, providing training to communities.

- Participating in solving environmental problems if any.

Province and District People’s Committees (PPCs/DPCs), Provincial DONRE

- Oversee implementation of subprojects under recommendations of DONRE and PMB to ensure compliance of Government policy and regulations.

- DONRE is responsible for monitoring the compliance with the Government environmental requirements.

EMP Implementation Reporting Requirements The safeguard performance will be included in the subproject and Project progress reports. CPMB with assistance from the CSC will include safeguard performance at subproject level to CPMB periodically. At the project level, NPT will prepare safeguard performance report twice per year for submission to the World Bank describing the Project progress and compliance with the ESMF and other safeguard requirements.The reporting requirement is described in Table 7.2 below.


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Table 7.2. Reporting Procedures

Report Prepared by Submitted to Frequency of Reporting 1 Contractor to the Employer CPMB Once before construction commences

and monthly thereafter 2 Construction Supervision

consultant (CSC) CPMB Weekly and monthly

4 Community Monitoring CPMB When the community has any complaint about the subproject safeguards implementation

5 PMBs NPT Six-monthly 6 NPT WB Six-monthly

PMBs’ report on environmental performance/compliance of the subproject should be included in the progress report submitted to the NPT before each project implementation support mission and must include sufficient information on: i) preparation and disclosures of environmental safeguards instruments for subprojects; ii) incorporation of new subproject EMPs in the bidding and contractual documents; iii) monitoring and supervision of EMP implementation by the contractor, the construction supervision engineer, and the CPMB; iv) any challenges in safeguard implementation, solutions, and lessons learned

8. MONITORING PROGRAM

8.1 Objectives It is essential to design the monitoring program and monitoring frequency

appropriately to be able to demonstrate both the overall performance of the subproject works as well as the short- term impact due to peak construction activities. More specifically, as the integral and critical part of the EMP, the environment monitoring program should have the following objectives:

• Determine the actual extent of the impacts.

• Control impacts which are generated from construction process and mentioned in the EMP.

• Check and supervise implementation of environmental protection solutions during construction based on EMP.

• Suggest mitigation measures in case of unexpected impacts.

• Suggest to the related parties to coordinate with central and local environmental organizations to solve any pending issues that might arise relating to environmental protection under the scope of the subproject.

• Assess the effect of mitigation measures in pre-construction, construction and operation stages and recommend for improvement.

The environmental monitoring plan is shown in Table 13 below:


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Table 13: Environmental Monitoring Plan

No. Impact Monitored parameter Monitored point Monitoring method

Timing/ frequency of monitoring

Responsibility Verification

A. CONSTRUCTION PHASE 1 Vegetation cover

clearance or cutting down trees

-Clearance technique - Disposal of cut-down trees.

- Along the transmission line - In a centralized place for processing.

Observation -From beginning to the last moment.

-Contractor -Construction supervising consultant

Compliance report by CSC

2 Rural roads in the project region

- All heavy tonnage vehicles on the local roads

- Along the roads Observation and consultation with local residents.

-Weekly basis when material is transported to the region. - Four months.

- Contractor, -Construction supervising consultant


3 Surface water quality, sedimentation and erosion

- Not excavate while it is raining - Not clear plants completely

- Surface water near the site.

Observation -During and after heavy rain

-Contractor, -Construction supervising consultant


4 Dust and air pollution - Dust concentration in material storage area - Cover for material during transportation process

- Areas with excavation foils and material storage

Observation -In presence of strong winds



5 Noise level - Noise by machinery - Local resident response to noise from the construction process

- The line section running over residental area

Consultation with local residents

-During activities that may result in high noise level; Complaints by local residents



6 The culture and history monuments

- The effects of noise -At the construction places close to culture and history monuments

Observing the local residents

-During construction, the activities emanate noise

-Contractors -Construction monitoring consultant


7 Sanitation situation at the construction site, including the hygiene

-Garbage, waste water at the construction site and workers’ tents

-At the tents Observing -Every week, when official acceptance of

-Contractors -Construction monitoring



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No. Impact Monitored parameter Monitored point Monitoring method

Timing/ frequency of monitoring

Responsibility Verification

of workers’ camps - If he tents have been supplied clean water and had sanitary latrines

work consultant

8 Safety of workers and local presidents

- Accidents happen - At the sites, local areas

- Consult, Record the construction log of the contractor

-Contractors -Construction monitoring consultant


B. OPERATION PHASE 9 I. Maintain and protect

the ROW The height of plants along the ROW

Along the ROW, houses and trees

Prune trees and ensure a safe distance for the ROW

One month/ time

North High Voltage grid Company

CPMB inspection

II. Danger due to danger

-The intact situation of poles, insulators, protecting devices of the station

- At the pole of the line route, the position of the station

- Observing and assessing

3months/ time

-North high voltage grid Company

CPMB inspection


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Table 14: Cost estimation for environment monitoring No. Item Unit cost Amount Subtotal 1 Supervision by

Contractor - - Included in

construction cost

2 Environmental supervision of CPMB

1man-month/project

1 project Included in management cost

3 Environmental supervision of PTC1

1man-month/project

1 project Included in operation cost

9. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

v EVNNPT training: Internal training course on how to monitor EMP and how to report environmental results as part of quarterly and annual project reports.

v Training of CPMB: The following training will be provided for the environmental staffs and some people of local authority.

+ Safety training: Regular training on safety issues related to the distribution network maintenance;

+ Monitoring and reporting of environmental management plan for stakeholders of the Project's district or communes: The training will give guidance to the local stakeholders about the participation of local peoples during implementation of EMP. The training will also include the methodology for site observation and monitoring check sheet filling. Table 14: Proposed training courses for environmental management

No. Types of training Duration

NPT implementing

1 - Training for environmental management in site, carrying out regularly environmental reports for EVNNPT and WB, and other related activities

- Twice a year

CPMB implementing

2 - Training for safety and substations and transmission line maintenance

- Yearly

3 - Training for Environmental management and hazardous waste management for substation and transmission line subprojects (in associate with EVNNPT)

- Yearly

4 - Monitoring methods and implementing EMP report within TEP.

- Yearly

Table 15: Cost estimate for next training program

No. Training Cost (VND)

CONSTRUCTION PHASE 1 Yearly training for Included in operation cost of EVNNPT. CPMB will pay for


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interested parties conducted by EVNNPT

expenditures of accommodation, travelling for participants Participants: 3 persons of CPMB of EVNNPT

3 persons x 2 days x VND 7,000,000/person = VND 42,000,000

2 Workshop for sharing experiences of Environment Impact Assessment and EMP implementation

Included in operation cost of EVNNPT Participants: 2 persons x 2 days x VND 7,000,000/person = VND28,000,000

3 EMP implementation Participants: 2 persons of CPMB

2 persons x 2 days x VND5,000,000 /person= VND 20,000,000

Sub-total cost for construction phase

VND 90,000,000

OPERATION PHASE 4 Safety training

conducted by PTC1 (Normally implemented by the provincial operation management unit)

Included in operation cost of the operation management unit.

8 people x 1 day x VND 1,000,000/person x 20 years (Life cycle of subproject) = VND 160,000,000

Grand total for life cycle of subproject

VND 250,000,000

10. COST ESTIMATION FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION

Table 17: Summary of cost estimation for implementation of EMP

No. Items Implementation cost (VND)

Construction phase Operation phase 1 Cost for information

dissemination 10,000,000

2 Mitigation measures Included in contract with construction contractors

Included in yearly operation cost

3 Supervision cost for environmental supervisor of PMB

Included in management cost of the project

5 Supervision cost for environmental supervisor of PTC1

Included in operation cost of the project

6 Capacity building (training cost)

250,000,000

7 Contingency cost Included in contingency cost of approved total estimate cost for the project’s implementation

TOTAL 260,000,000 VND


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11. PUBLIC CONSULTATION After survey, the Subproject’s Owner and PECC3 held a consultation meeting with local authorities and affected households at subproject site.

Form of consultation: directly meeting among PECC3, local authorities and affected households.

Summary of the public consultation is subscribed in table 18. Table 18: Public consultation

No. Location/ Time/ Participants Method of

public consultation

Summary of issues discussed and opinions

1 - Location: People's Committee of Thong Nhat commune, Hoanh Bo district, Quang Ninh province

- Date: 12/12/2013

- Participants:

Commune People's committee Commune Fatherland Front

committee Women’s Association Farmer ‘s Association DPs

Meeting A. Issues are discussed: - Introduction of the subproject and implementation schedule. - Impacts on land, houses, structures, trees. Principles and policy of compensation. Time arrangement for solving complaints and grievances. - Impacts on air quality, noise, water quality, socio-economic acivities and mitigation measures . B. Recorded opinions: 1. Environment issue - Project owners should fully implement the mitigation measures to minimize impacts on the environmental quality during construction. - During the operation phase , the project owner must ensure thorough treatment of waste , especially hazardous waste . - Propose the project design to ensure safety and electromagnetic fields not affect people who work on the cultivated land near the station area (or in ROW). 2 . Social and resettlement issue: - Suggest that the project owner appropriately compensates and supports the APs to stabilize life and production after land acquisition . - In the compensation process , the project owner should notify and consult with local residents to minimize disagreements when implementing the project. - Complete the compensation payment prior to land acquisition and project construction. 3 . Conclusion: - All participants agreed with the implementation policy of the project.


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12. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

Disclosure of information was carried out in accordance with the World Bank requirements. The disclosure is as follows:

- The draft EMP and Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the subproject in Vietnamese was disclosed at the offices of the People Committees of two (02) communes in Thong Nhat – Hoanh Bo district – Quang Ninh province and Dai Thanh – Hiep Hoa district – Bac Giang province on January 15th, 2014;

- The draft EMP and ESMF of the subproject in Vietnamese was also disclosed at People’s Committee of 02 districts and 02 provinces relating to the subproject on January 15th, 2014.

(Please refer to Appendix 1 for more detail) - The draft EMP in English and Vietnamese were disclosed in the Vietnam

Development Information Center (VDIC) at 63, Ly Thai To street, Ha Noi for information disclosure and at the Infoshop of the WB in Washington DC on January 24, 2014. The final subproject EMP was disclosed locally at the subproject sites, at the Bank’s InfoShop, and the Vietnam Development Information Center on April 18, 2014.


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Annex 1: Environmental Specifications for the Contractor The environmental management requirements in construction of the subproject have been established and presented clearly in the EMP (indicate the specific section of the EMP here). The Contractor need to carefully read and fully understand all requirements included in the contractor’s bid: (Insert the name of the Civil Works Package here) of the subproject.

I. Overview In order to avoid negative effects into the environment and local community, as well as minimizing damaging impacts to the environment during the construction and operation stages of the resettlement sites, Contractor and workers are required to observe the mitigation measures as mentioned below:

- “Environmental Management Plan for the Project…”. - The technical specifications, procedures and the most popular practices are presented

in this annex.

II. Overall requirements of Contractor for environmental management Contractor need, in in line with the requirements of the EMP, to include, but not limited the following responsibilities:

- Be in compliance with the current national legal regulations on environmental management.

- Work in scope of requirements in the contract and the conditions in the bidding documents.

- Assign the representative of the construction team to participate in the site inspection operations by the PMB, CSC or the DONRE as well as implement all corrective actions to overcome the environmental issues as guidance provided by the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC).

- Provide and update information for PMB about any activities, assignments that can contribute or continue to cause the significant harmful impacts into the environment.

- In case of instruction by the CSC and PMB, the Contractor must stop the construction activities that causes adverse impacts, also propose and conduct the environmental remedial actions and implementation other construction methods (if required) to minimize the negative environmental impacts.

- Establish and maintain an Environmental and Safety Unit, which consists of Construction team leader or Vice- team leader and Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) with the purpose of receiving and dealing with the complaints, objections, argument and displeased of the local community caused by the construction operation. SEO is responsible to record all of complaints, resolve methods and results into the complained register. The register need to keep at the construction office and available for review by the supervision engineer and PMB.

III. Responsibilities of Contractor in EMP implementation: The construction Contractor has responsibility in compliance with the technical specifications of the EMP, (name of the subproject to be inserted here) and national environmental management regulations, including but not limited the following items:


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i) The mitigation measures presented in relevant section of the EMP(indicate the specific section of the EMP here) and prepare budget for implementing the mitigation measures.

ii) Based on EMP, Contractor developed a detail Site Environmental Management Plan for addressing the construction related impacts. The SEMP includes the following components: - Management Plan for worker camps. - Management Plan of the overall construction operation. - Plan for management and storage of construction materials (including the

dangerously chemicals) - Solid waste and waste water management plan (including construction and

household waste) - Plan for management and mitigation of noise and dust. - Plan for management and mitigation of impacts to vegetation and wild animals. - Plan for environmental landscape restoration - Healthy and safety ensuring plan at the construction. - Erosion and soil aggrandizement controlling plan. - Safety plan during the construction stage and training for workers about

environmental management and community relations. - Rules and regulations about living activities of staffs and workers at the

construction sites. - Emergency Problem Treatment Plan. - Management and Monitoring Plan for Report Process.

The detail measure of plan need to satisfy the following requirements: to implement the particular mitigation measures: who implement (people, team, etc), how to implement (labours, machines, equipment, etc.) and the cost. This plan shall be completed and submitted to the CSC for review and approval before start of the construction. The Contractor will:

a) ensure that at least one supervisor is available in compliance with EMP before and during the construction time.

b) ensure that all of the construction activities will be approved in document of the relevant authorities.

c) ensure that all of staff and workers understand through their process and duties. d) be in compliance with requirements about the environmental management

monitoring and reporting in EMP and inform to PMB about the difficulties and solutions.

e) Inform to the local authority and PMB in case of environmental problems and co-ordinate with the relevant institutions and stakeholders for resolving.

IV. Safety and Environmental Officer of Contractor: Each contractor will nominate a Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) to work full-time at the construction site. Requirements for a SEO include an undergraduate degree in Environmental Major, at least 3 years of working experience in environmental management, training and monitoring at the infrastructure construction project. Additionally, SEO should have a good knowledge about Vietnamese Environmental Legal Regulations and has participated to the labor safety and sanitation training class that organized by Department of Labour- Invalids and Social Affairs and have the labor safety and sanitation certificate.


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SEO have the responsibilities for implementing and managing EMP of Contractor. Tasks of SEO will include, but not limit the following activities:

i) Training and developing environmental awareness for workers of Contractor within 2 weeks after the contractor is mobilized. The training is repeating every six months. The additional trainings will be implemented under the guidance of Environmental Supervision Engineer.

ii) Conduct the internal environmental monitoring at the site to check the construction activity implementation of contractors, equipment and implementation methods to manage the environmental pollution and evaluate the efficiency of the mitigation measures into the environmental impacts.

iii) Internal monitoring the implementation of environmental mitigation measures and in compliance of contractors with the environmental protection measures to prevent and control pollution; the committed requirements in the contract; guidelines of the contractor(s) on environmental improvement, environmental awareness and also proactive measures to prevent pollution.

iv) Conduct an investigation and propose the mitigation measures for the contractor(s) in case of incompliance/ infringe the EMP; monitoring and implementing the environmental mitigation measures.

v) Evaluate the success of the EMP implementation to estimate effectively the cost and adequacy of the implemented mitigation measures.

vi) Survey after receiving the complaint, thence evaluate and select the corrective actions.

vii) Conduct the additional monitoring activities, based on the concrete guidelines of the monitoring engineer and/ or PMB; and

viii) Contact and implement all activities under the co-ordination or guidance of the Contractor Leader, Environmental Supervision Engineer, Supervision Engineer, PMB, representatives of the provincial environmental management offices, local authority about all of environmental problems if necessary.

ix) Establish the regularly reports for the environmental implementation of the civil works package.

x) All of the internal monitoring as well as other activities of SEO should be documented and updated frequently in the environmental implementation monitoring diary of Contractor. This diary is used for normally checking by the CSC to evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation and the work of SEO.

V. Monitoring the environmental implementation of Contractor: The PMB will sign a contract with the Consultant to carry out the task of CSC. The CSC will apply the environmental and monitoring activities of the package as indicated in Appendix 2. The environmental monitoring engineer of construction/execution monitoring Consultant is responsible to monitor daily the implementation of measures, in order to minimize environmental impact and safety of the Contractor. The construction monitoring Consultant will carry out the following main tasks:

ü Before the construction stage, make sure that all of the compensation process for land, works on land and relocation and/ or recovery/ donation of land have been completed.


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ü Review and approve the SEMP for implementing the EMP by Contractor before the construction operation.

ü During the construction process, monitoring closely the compliance with implementing of the environmental and safety mitigation measures.

ü Confirm the compliance with the EMP of Contractor and check any negative effect or damage caused by the contractor. If necessary, establish a request statement for contractor to compensate/ restore the construction site, as provided in the contract. The implementation of environmental management issues of the Contractor shall be mentioned in the progress report of the sub-projects.

VI. Compliance Framework: a) The contractors are not allowed to implement the construction activities, including

preparation of construction within the project scope in advance the detail SEMP for implementation of the EMP are reviewed and approved by the construction supervision consultant and environmental official of the Client.

b) The PMB is mandatory to ensure that the Contractor in compliance with the contract provision including compliance with EMP and the detail implementation plan of EMP. In case of incompliance with EMP, Client will require the Contractor to bring out the suitable measures.

c) In order to ensure in compliance with the environmental standards of the subproject, PMB is allowed to hire the third party to solve the problems in case the Contractor could not implement the remedies on time, leading to the negative effects into the environment, as follow: - For small infringements (such as minor impact/ damage, temporary and

repairable), PMB or the representative of PMB (the CSC) will notify the Contractor to correct the problems as required in the EMP within 48 hours after receiving the official report. If the mistakes are satisfactorily repaired during that time, no more action should be undertaken. Supervision consultants have the right to extend more 24 hours in the limited time for recovery, under the conditions that the Contractor has implemented activities but not completed the prescribed time, due to irresistible conditions that mentioned in the contract.

- For major violations, it is required about 72 hours for repairing, the PMB through the CSC will announce the violation and require the Contractor to rectify the problems within the prescribed time by their budget. If the Contractor fails to complete corrective work according to the specified time, they will be punished by financial punishment (cost punishment is calculated by the cost of remedying damage)

- According to the evaluation of the CSC, if the Contractor fails to resolve the problems in environmental management or the contractor conduct reparing unsatisfactorily within the specified period of time (48 hours or 72 hours), the investors have the capacity to arrange for another contractor (third-party) to implement the suitable measures and deduct money for this task from the contract with the contractor in the next payment.


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ANNEX 2: TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) General In order to prevent harm and nuisances on local communities, and to minimize the impacts

on the environment during the construction of the civil works under this subproject Environmental Code of Practices (ECOPs) and subproject EMP have been prepared and should be adhered to the Contractors and his employee.

The Construction Supervision Consultant is to provide professional technical services (“the Services”) to help ensure effective implementation of the ECOP and subproject EMPs.

Scope of Services: The general services to be provided by the CSC are to inspect, monitor the construction

activities to ensure that mitigation measures adopted in the ECOPs/EMP are properly implemented, and that the negative environmental impacts of the subproject are minimized.

On behalf of the Project Management Board (SPMB), the CSC will conduct the following tasks:

- Conduct regular site inspections; - Review the status of implementation of environmental protection measures against the

EMP and contract documents; - Review the effectiveness of environmental mitigation measures and subproject

environmental performance; - As needed, review the environmental acceptability of the construction methodology

(both temporary and permanent works), relevant design plans and submissions. Where necessary, the CSC shall seek and recommend the least environmental impact alternative in consultation with the designer, the Contractor(s), and SPMB;

- Verify the investigation results of any non-compliance of the environmental quality performance and the effectiveness of corrective measures; and

- Review and approve Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) to be prepared by contractor before the commencement of the construction;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to take remedial actions within a specified timeframe, and carry out additional monitoring, if required, according to the contractual requirements and procedures in the event of non-compliances or complaints;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to take actions to reduce impacts and follow the required EMP procedures in case of non-compliance / discrepancies identified;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to stop activities which generate adverse impacts, and/or when the Contractor(s) fails to implement the EMP requirements / remedial actions.

- For contracts that Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) are required, the CSC shall provide the final review and recommend clearance of all Site Environmental plans which may affect the environment. These include, but are not limited to: dredging areas, borrow pits and disposal sites, worker’s camp plans. The CSC will review and approve the SEMP presented by the Contractors. Where these plans are found not to comply with the EMP, EIA or RP, the CSC shall work with the SPPMBand Contractor to establish a suitable measure or remediation.

- Addressing Complaints: Complaints will be received by the Contractor’s Site Office from local residents with regard to environmental infractions such as noise, dust, traffic safety, etc. The Contractor’s Chief Engineer or his deputy, and the CSC shall be


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responsible for processing, addressing or reaching solutions for complaints brought to them. The CSC shall be provided with a copy of these complaints and shall confirm that they are properly addressed by the Contractors in the same manner as incidents identified during site inspections.

- Certification for Monthly Payments: The CSC shall confirm the monthly payments for environmentally related activities implemented by the Contractor.

- Reporting: the CSC shall prepare the following written reports:

o Bi-weekly report of non-compliance issues o Summary monthly report covering key issues and findings from reviewing and

supervision activities o At the end of the subproject the CSC shall prepare a final report summarizing the

key findings from their work, the number of infringements, resolutions, etc. as well as advice and guidance for how such assignments should be conducted in the future.


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Annex 3: Photos of meeting on public consultation

Public consultation at Luu Thi Sen’s house Public consultation at Nguyen Huu Ha’s house

Public consultation at Ta Thi Canh’s house Surveying with Quang Ninh DONRE

Public consultation at Nguyen Huu Tai’s house Public consultation at Nguyen Thi Phuong’s house

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