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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINAANHUI PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY PROJECT

HEFEI-GAOHEBU-ANQING EXPRESSWAY

SUMMARY OFENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ASSESSEMENT

Anihui Provincial CommunicationsDepartmentHefei, China

JUNE 1998

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CONTENTS

1. Background

2. Brief Description of the Project

3. Environmental Baseline

4. Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures

5. Environmental Monitoring

6. Enviromnental Management and Training

7. Public Participation

Attached Table 1 Environmental Management Plan and Environmental

Supervising Plan

Attached Table 2 Relevant Environmental Standards

Attached Table 3 Environmental Investment

Attached Table 4 Chart of Implementation of Major Mitigating Measures

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SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSEMENT

Anhui Provincial Highway ProjectHefei-Gaohebu-Anqing Expressway

Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment

1. Background

1.1 The research on the Hefei-Gaohebu-Anqing Expressway (HGA)began in 1993. in march 1996, The Statement of the Pre-feasibilityStudies of the project was finished, and in July 1997, the Statement ofEngineering Feasibility Studies was completed. It was agreed by APCDand the WB that the project includes the Heifei-Gaohebu Expressway(HGE) and the Gaohebu-Anqing Class- 1 Highway (GAH).

1.2 The HRI of MOC, the holder of First-class Certificate of EIAissued by NEPA was entrusted by APHAB in July 1996 with the EIAwork of this project.

The TOR of the project was approved by NEPA in April 1997, andthe Statement of EZA has passed through the examination of the EPO ofMOC and of NEPA in December 1997.

1.3 The following documents of the project is submitted to the WB inJune 1998: Statement of EIA, EAP and Executive Summary.

1.4 The main environmental regulations and laws are:(1 )"The National Environmental Protection Law of P. R. China";(2)"The National Water and Soil Conservation Law of P. R. China"(3)"The National Land Administration Law of P. R. China";(4)"The National Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law of

P.R. China";(5)"The National Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of

P.R. China";(6)"The National Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of P.R.

China";(7)"The Nation Cultural Relics Protection Law of P.R. China";(8)"Environmental Protection Administrative Methods of

Construction Projects";(9)MOC: "Environmental Protection Administrative Methods of

Communications Construction Projects".(10) NEPA et al. Document 324: "Notice on Strengthening the

Administration of EIA on Projects Funded by International FinanceOrganizations"

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The assessment criteria of the project are: Type II in GB3838-88Norms for Ground Surface Water Quality " and GB5084-92 "Norms forIrrigation Water Quality" are used for water environment; Grade-2 inGB15618-95 "Norms for Soil Environmental Quality" is used for lead inthe soil; Type IV in GB3096-93 "Urban Local Environment NoiseStandards" is used for the acoustic environment of residential spotswithin 200m from the central line of the road, whereas Type II is used forthat of sensitive spots of culture, education and health; Grade II inGB3095-96 "Atmospheric Environment Quality Standards" is used forthe atmospheric environment.

The specific standard limits are shown in attached Table II.

1.5 Assessment Scope and Target Year1.5.1 According to the characteristics of the environmental impact

during the construction and operation periods, the assessment scope ofecological, acoustic and atmospheric environments is defined as within200m from the central line of the proposed highway, which may beexpanded if there are some sensitive spots such as schools, hospitals orresidential areas. The assessment scope of socioeconomic environmentis normally defined as within the directly influenced areas.

1.5.2 Based on the construction schedule, environmentalpredictions are carried out at three stages of design, construction andoperation, with the years of 2001, 2010, and 2021 as the representativeprediction years.

2. Description of the Project

2.1 The HGE is totally 126. km long with 4 lanes. The technicalstandards for highways in plain and rolling terrain are adopted: thedesign vehicle speed is 120km/hr, and the subgrade is 28.Om wide. Thewhole line is all-sealed, with no grade crossing, and all the entrances andexits are controlled. There are altogether 7 interchanges, 53 gradeseparations, and 9 large bridges. It is also equipped with relativelycomplete transport engineering facilities such as 1 service area, 2administrative sections, and 4 tollhouses. The land-acquisition totals15160.5mu (i.e., 1010.7hectare, incl. temporary land-acquisition). Thesubgrade cut and fill amounts to 11380.242km3 . The total investment isestimated as RMB3407 million yuan.

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2.2 The GAH is a 27.47km long, 4-lane, class-I highway. Thedesign vehicle speed is lOOkmlhr, and the subgrade is 24.5m wide. Thereare 1 interchanges, 20 grade separation and 2 large biidge through theline, and there is 1 tollhouse. The land-acquisition covers 2507.86mu(i.e., 167.2hectare, incl. temporary land-acquisition). lhe total cut andfill volume is 2644.578km3. The total estimated investment amounts toabout RMB500 million yuan.

3. Environmental Baseline

3.1 Topography and Geomorphology

The HGE is located in the middle and southwest of Anhui Province,to the south of the watershed between the Changjiang River and theHuaihe River. In terms of geographical division, the project area is a partof the hilly terrain in the Changjiang River and the Huaihe River basins.There are mainly two types of geomorphology in this area: low hillyterrain and river valley plains and undulating plains. The sections in theterrain of separated mounds and ridges total longer than those in thealluvial plains. The earthquake intensity of Hefei-Lujiang section is 7degrees, while that of Lujiang-Gaohebu section is 6 degrees.

The GAH is located in the eastern part of the middle and southwestof the province, and the topography and geomorphology along the line isfeatured by low hills and level ground between hills.

3.2 Climate and Hydrology

The area along the highway belongs to the zone of subtropicalhumid monsoon, which is featured by remarkable rnonsoon, distinctseasons, mild weather, and moderate rainfall. It is cold in winter and hotin summer, while in spring and autumn the weather is generally mild.The annual average temperature for years ranges 15-17 0 C. It has longwinters and summers, and relatively short springs and autumns. Theannual average precipitation is 989.3-1327.3mm, with rainfallconcentrated in April-August, which is the rainy season that has 55-66%of total rainfall. The annual dominant wind directions vary in differentplaces, mostly are SE, NW, and NE; the wind speed is generally 2.3-

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3.2mI/s. The annual dominant wind direction of the G-A section is NE,and the wind speed is 3.2mI/s.

The rivers within the project area belong to the water systems of theChangjiang River and the Chaohu Lake, and are mostly rivers of rainfallsource. Besides, there are a large number of ponds, irrigation canals, andreservoirs. Those water resources are mainly for irrigation. The waterquality of the water bodies is generally good. The drinking water for theresidents along the highway is mainly from underground.

3.3 Socioeconomic Conditions

The project area has relatively advanced industry and agriculture;the national economy here occupies a determining status in the wholeprovince. The area is the major place of paddy rice, cotton, tea and oilcrops production of Anhui Province, and also the base of metallurgicalindustry, construction material industry, light and textile industry andfood industry. It is shown in the statistics of the year 1995 that thepopulation of the area has amounted to 20.747 million, and populationdensity 412person/km2. The living conditions and education backgroundof the people here are higher than the provincial average, and the cities ofHefei and Anqing are specially developed in higher education. Theplaces like Lujiang, Luan and Anqing in the affected area of the projectare rich in mineral resources such as iron, copper, sulphur, alum, gold,and phosphorus.

3.4 Ecological Environment

This area is dominated by agricultural production, and soagricultural ecology takes a leading role in the ecological environmenthere. The agricultural vegetation includes mainly paddy rice, rape andwheat. The dry land yields mainly cotton, beans, sweet potato, sesameand corn. There are only some small areas of forests, and on the gentleslopes of the mounds and the hills there are some artificial woods. Thereare no protected wild animals or plants within 500m away from theroadside. Also, there are no natural protected areas.

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3.5 Cultural Relics

The field survey and investigation has found no cultural relics along

the proposed of the highway.

3.6 Atmospheric Environmental Quality

According to field survey, there is no major and stable pollutionsource. The main pollution sources in the present atmosphericenvironment are automobile tail gas, twice dust flying on the roads, andthe CO and TSP produced by domestic activities and everyday working,

but the emission volume is small. Therefore, it is concluded that thepresent atmospheric environment quality is good.

In June 1997 and November 1997, the results show that except thedaily average of TSP at one or two spots, all met the standard grade-2 .

3.7 Acoustic Environmental Quality

The baseline monitoring was carried out June and November 1997.Noise levels are all below the corresponding standards. The acousticenvironment at present is in a good state.

3.8 Water Resources and Quality

The project area belongs to the water systems of the ChangjiangRiver and the Chaohu Lake. The major rivers are the Pai River, theFengle River, the Hangbu River, the Longmian River, lthe Guache River,the Bainian River, and the Renxing River, most of which are of rainfallsource. The route also crosses about 45 streams or irrigation canals. The

Gaohebu-Anqing section passes the Sanyasi Lake and some rivers andponds. The water sample monitoring at the Renxing River and the Fengle

River resulted in the conclusion that the current water quality along thehighway is generally good, except the oil substances in Renxing River.

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3.9 Soil Erosion and Soil Pollution

The soil erosion in the project area is not remarkable. The main soiltypes are paddy rice soil and brown-yellow soil. According to monitoringof Pb content in the soil, the environmental quality indices of Pb are alllower than 1.0, which is the grade of non-polluted. Therefore that the Pbcontent in the soil along the highway is normal.

3.10 Traffic Conditions

For the past few years, due to the fast economic development andincrease in transport volume, the existing roads fail to satisfy the needsof the development, and thus the traffic conditions are becoming worseand worse; especially some highways are being transferred into streetsand badly disturbed by mixed traffic. This has affected the trafficcapacity of the roads, slowed down the speed of vehicles, and causedmore traffic accidents. The developing of this area is thus hindered.

The HGA highway will improve the backward transport conditionsand enhance the economic development of the area along it.

4. Environmental Impacts and the Mitigation Measures

4.1 Design period

4.1.1 Land-acquisition reduction. The project is located between theChangiang River and the Huaihe River, and the geomorphology isfeatured mainly by hills and river valley plains and undulating plains.Part of the sections are filling ones which need borrowing from nearbyplaces. The route and the borrowing will occupy some cultivated fields.Since the land area per capita in this region is relatively small, the land-acquisition in the project must be reduced, especially the basic fieldprotected areas, and the land resources must be protected. Under thecondition that the technical standards of highway construction is satisfied,contracted subgrade side slope should be adopted in section of cultivatedfields.

4.1.2 Soil erosion. The agriculture in the project area is advanced,and the fields are irrigated through tunk and branch canals. Culverts

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have already been designed according to the present; distribution ofirrigation canal system. The construction will occupy part of some ponds,and cross over some irrigation canals, so culverts will be built so as toensure that the original irrigating function of the canal system is retained.

Trees, bushes and turf are to be planted on the side slopes and otherpart within the occupied scope; in cutting sections outsicle the top of sideslopes intersecting ditches will be built, and retaining walls andprotecting walls, in order to avoid flooding of the slope surface byrainfall and soil erosion.

4.1.3 Community separation. The highway will separate the villagesalong it and thus somehow hinder the to-and-fro cormmunication andfarm work of the villagers. In order to solve the prolblem, the designdepartment carefully listened to the opinions of the local governmentsand communications departments along the line when determining thepositions and grades of underpasses, in order that their positions andquantity should be reasonable and suitable for the distribution of thepresent local road system. There are altogether 244 underpasses forpedestrians or automobiles and 29 pedestrian overcrossings all throughthe highway, in average of 1 for every 0.56 kilometer.

Besides, there are some large, medium-sized or srnall bridges to bebuilt so as to satisfy the need of the local residents and vehicles.

4.1.4 Water pollution. Sewage processing facilities should beinstalled to relatively large service areas so that the waLste water will notbe emitted directly into the public water bodies.

4.1.5 Noise pollution. It is determined on the basis of investigationthat there are 27 sensitive spots along the HGE and 6 along the GAH. Itis calculated according to prediction that with the operation of thehighway and the increase in traffic volume, at some of the sensitive spotsthere will be standard-surpassing cases to different extents in differentassessment years. Therefore, noise-resisting measures must be taken andincluded in the engineering design in order to maintain the normal schoolactivities and the residents' health along the road. See Table 4-1 for thenoise-resisting measures of the project.

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Table 4-1 Noise-Resisting Measures for HGENg Stake Sensitive Away Measure

number spot from routeI K6+440 - K6+540 Xin'nian 35m right acoustic barrier

Primary School

2 K18+460 - k18+570 Mogang 60m right acoustic barrierPrimary School _ _

3 k34+960 - k35+060 Long'an 30m left acoustic barrier_ ___ Primary School

4 k61+080 - k61+260 Tugang 30m left acoustic barrierPrimary School

5 K87+980 - K88+030 Nanxin 90m left walls heightenedPrimary School to 3m

6 K94+130 - K94+200 Dawang 90m left walls heightened___________________ s Primary School to 3m

7 K108+500 - K180+620 Yuejin 40m right walls heightenedPrimary School to 3m

8 K1 13+650 - K1 13+710 Yaoci 170m walls heightenedPrimary School right to 3m

9 K125+350 - K125+410 Shuanghe 65m right walls heightened____________________ Primary School to 3m

Yandunji, Dali, Hengbu, Huxiaoying/Sunxiaoying, "no-whistling" sign boardsZuotangkan/Caoxiaoying, Sanligang, Guzhangwan, around the villages; wallsZhashangdaying,Huangweinangeng, Dingjiafenfang, building/ heighthening, orZhangwan, Yangyuan, Caizhuang, Chenzhuang, others to be determined inChenlaowu, Shiwan, Dalengshan, Gezidun, and Wuheng designTown

Remark: The implementation of the measures is determined by the distance betweenthe sensitive spot and the highway. If the spot is avoided in route selection, thecorresponding measures will be canceled.

At the sensitive spots of Yandunji on the HGE and through theGAH the noise surpassed the standard by very small amounts. So atpresent only monitoring should be emphasized so as to take propermeasures according to the actual situations.

4.1.6 Atmospheric pollution or dust. The concentration of NOx andCO at all the sensitive spots in the distant future of operation will meetthe grade-2 standard. The tail gas pollution will be controlled throughimproving tail gas emission, reinforcing tail gas examination, andreducing the emission of NOx and other pollutants. Service areas and

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domestic facilities are to be built beyond 1 OOm away from the centralline of the road, and the highway administrative sections are to bebeyond 200m away from the interchanges. In order to avoid the adverseimpact of stone borrowing sites, earth borrowing and waste sites, wastedisposal and dust or bitumen mixing plants on environmental sensitivespots like residential areas, the location of such work sites should be over300m away from them.

4.1.7 Relocation and resettlement. It has been emphasized in theengineering feasibility studies that the route selection should avoid asmany as possible villages and towns, and reduce as much as possibleremove and land-acquisition. It results that the total building removedvolume is 119,560m2. The construction department will set up an officeof land-acquisition, remove and resettlement, which will ensure that thewhole job will be finished before the contractors begin to work.

4.1.8 Altenatives analysis (Route selection)

The Statement of Engineering Feasibility studies suggested three alternatives: Option1 (East Route: recommended alignment); Option 2 (West Route) and Option 3(Middle route).

4.1.8.1 Environmental Discussion and Conclusions

Option 1: West Route

This route is 10 lan longer than the East Route, and brings about more air and noisepollution to Hefei City. The route is mainly passing through mountainous areas andwill include more cut and filling works than others, accordingly. From socio-economic points of view, this route will run through less developed areas andtherefore less economic benefits are expected.

Option 2: Middle Route

This is the longest alignment among three options. Since this route runs throughsouthem area of Hefei City, it is likely that it would cause more enviromnentalimpacts on Hefei City.

Option 3: East Route

The East Route would cause less impacts on urban air quality in Hefei. Also, lesscutting and filling works are envisaged than the West Route.

4.1.8.2 Conclusion

For these reasons, East Route was selected as a recommendedalignment. In selection of route alternative, the opinions of localgovernments were carefully listened to, and the densely distributedbuildings were avoided; there is no interference with the local town andcity plans, either.

4.1.9 Flood resistance. The rivers to be crossed by the highway aremainly the Pai River, the Fengle River, the Hangbu River, the LongmianRiver, the Bainian River, and the Renxing River. They have stableriverbeds, remarkable river valleys and gentle bottom slopes. The land onthe banks are mainly paddy fields; the vegetation covering rate in theriver basins is high; the water and soil conservancy is good, and thecourses are filled all through the year. In design adequate considerationhas been given to the flood discharging ability of the main courses; thereare 11 large bridges and a number of medium-sized and small onesthrough the whole line. Besides, there are 644 culverts on the HGE and137 on the GAH. The arrangements for the above bridges, culverts andwater underpasses will generally satisfy the need for safe flooddischarge.

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4.2 Construction Period

4.2.1 Impact of atmospheric enviromnental pollution. Inconstruction period, the pollution is mainly that of dust, and the sourcesare dust mixing and dust flying produced by the continuous running oftransporting vehicles and construction machines. Besides, bitumen andcement concrete mixing plants and the load and unload process ofmaterials will also produce a little amount of dust. In order to mitigatethe air pollution at work sites and protect the health of the workers andresidents nearby, the following measures should be taken:

4.2.1.1 Earth and bitumen mixing plants should be at the lower windand over 300m away from the sensitive spots like residential spots,hospitals and schools; the mixing machines should be well-sealed andfacilitated with shock absorber and dust-resisting devices; the workersshould be well-protected.

4.2.1.2 Vehicles transporting construction materials should be well-covered so as to reduce scattering. The storehouses and material-pilingsites should be covered, especially those containing coal-dust, whichshould also be wet when being transported.

4.2.1.3 Water should be sprinkled on the transporting roads and theconstruction sites, especially the dust mixing plants; the roads should becleaned duly in order to avoid flying dust once more.

4.2.2 Impact of noise pollution. The noise in constructing stage ismainly from machines and transporting vehicles. The ifollowing measuresshould be taken so as to protect workers' and residents' health and thenormal conditions for school activities:

4.2.2.1 The construction machines should be maintained carefully inorder to be kept in the best working state and the lowest level of noise. Ifnecessary, the protecting measures of earplugs, noise-resisting cotton, etc.should be used to ensure the health of the workers, and they may taketurns in different jobs or work in shorter time.

4.2.2.2 If there are residential spots within 1 50m from theconstruction site, working hours should be arranged properly; machineswith loud noise should be stopped at night (22:00 - 6:00); the main

transporting roads should also be away from the residential spots.

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4.2.3 Soil erosion and water pollution4.2.3.1 The low hills with relatively poor vegetation should be

chosen first for the borrowing sites. After the borrowing, the groundshould be cleared up duly and vegetation be restored according to therequirements in the national "Laws for Water and Soil Conservation" andof NEPA, so as to reduce soil erosion.

4.2.3.2 The subgrade construction should not be done in the rainingseason; paving and pressing should be coordinated, i.e., pressing shouldfollow immediately paving so as to reduce soil erosion.

4.2.3.3 The construction of bridge foundation and culvert should becoordinated with navigation and irrigation; clearing-up should be doneimmediately when the construction is finished. Waste from pierconstruction must not be thrown into the river so as to avoid deposit inthe course.

4.2.3.4 Domestic waste water should be disposed of properly at theshelters of the construction staff. There should be septic tanks for thetoilets, and pool for concentrating the waste water which should be keptclean by spraying drug to kill bacteria; waste should be thrown intodustbins, which should be cleaned duly.

4.2.4 Protection of land and forest resources4.2.4.1 The occupied land should be used appropriately and fully, so

as to reduce temporary or borrowing occupation, shorten the temporaryoccupying time and restore cultivation in time.

4.2.4.2 The few woods on the hills along the line should beprotected, and the construction staff should be instructed not to cut treesindiscriminately, and safety in fire use should be paid attention to whenconstruction is going on in woods.

4.2.5 TransportationThe traffic on the existing roads should be kept in good order so as

to avoid traffic jams and accidents; the transporting management plan ofthis project should be developed.

4.2.6 Cultural relics protectionThe laws on cultural relics protection should be well propagated to

the working staff, and the headquarters should issue documents oncultural relics protection. If there are undiscovered cultural relics found

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during the construction, the relevant departments should be informedimmediately so as to organize the digging, and the construction should besuspended until the appraisal of the cultural relics protection departmentis completed. The appraisal should be done as fast as possible. Theconstruction department should subsidize the protection effort.

4.3 Operation Period

4.3.1 Control on traffic noise4.3.1.1 The management of traffic, transportation and road

maintenance should be reinforced, and those vehicles which producestandard-surpassing noise should be forbidden on the highway.

4.3.1.2 For the sensitive spots in the HGE where there will bestandard-surpassing cases; noise-resisting measures must be takenaccording to actual situations, such as acoustic barriers, wall building orwall heightening. See Attached Table 3.

Since the standard-surpassing values of the sensitive spots along theGAH are very small, emphasis will be laid on monitoring. According tothe results corresponding measures shall be taken.

4.3.1.3 Considering the potential changes such as those in thepredicted traffic volume, and those in some local sections of thepreliminary alignment, noise monitoring in operation period must bereinforced.

4.3.2 Control on air pollutionAccording to prediction, the CO and NOx pollution will be

insignificant along HAE in the distant future of operation period; class-2standard (under class D stability) will be satisfied at as near as 35m awayfrom the roadside. Therefore the impact of air pollution on the sensitivespots (incl. those in the linking line) will be small in operation period.

The environmental monitoring system is to be carried out. Underunfavorable meteorological conditions, the NOx may surpass thestandard at some sensitive spots. Therefore, monitoring should be doneregularly during the distant future stage of the operation; traffic controlmeasures of speed limitation in specific time or no-overtaking should betaken for the NOx standard-surpassing sections so a2s to reduce NOxpollution and protect the health of the residents and the school students.According to the increase in traffic volume in the distant future, the EMP

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will be modified.

4.3.3 Landscaping and water pollution controlThe Landscaping engineering should be reinforced and the

vegetation damaged in the construction be restored as soon as possible.Thus not only the soil erosion can be reduced, but the road view can bebeautified and the subgrade protected and the ecological balanceenhanced. The planting should be coordinated with the urban developingplans.

Sample monitoring should be done regularly to the waste wateremission of the service areas, so as to find and solve problems if there areand avoid pollution to the receiving water body.

4.3.4 Management of traffic and transportationThe highway administrative departments should strengthen its

management of dangerous articles transportation, and establish thesystem of issuing "transport license", "driver's license", and "transportescort license" for the transport of chemical and dangerous articles;reports should be made as to the transporting vehicles; emergency plansshould be developed so as to cope with emergencies.

The use of lead-free gas should be encouraged in order to reduce airpollution. Exposed transport of coal, cement or roughly packed chemicalfertilizer should be forbidden from on the road.

5. Environmental Monitoring

5.1 In order to mitigate pollution, justify the prediction onenvironmental impact, rearrange duly enviromnental protection measures,and find as soon as possible undiscovered environmental issues, the EAPis developed in which it is laid down that the local EP departments are tobe responsible, in form of contract, for the monitoring of water quality,noise, and atmospheric environment in construction and operationperiods. See Attached Table 1 for the detailed monitoring plan.

5.2 Water quality. In construction period water quality will bemonitored, and the monitoring spots are to be distributed at about SOmaway in the lower reaches of the bridges on the Fengle River and theRenxing River. In operation period, the monitoring is to be done at the

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domestic sewage emission spouts of the service areas. The monitoring

frequency is twice a year and two days each time in construction period,and twice a year and one day each time in operation period.

5.3 Noise. The monitoring spots in construction period are at themixing plants, construction work sites, earth borrowing sites and on themain material transporting roads. The frequency is once a week, one dayeach time in daytime and at night respectively. Random monitoring willbe done according to actual situations. In operation period the frequency

is four times a year, one day each time in daytime and at nightrespectively. Based on the standard-surpassing prediction in operationperiod, in the near future there are 6 spots in the HGE, and more spotsshould be added when it comes to the middle future with the increase oftraffic volume; there are 4 spots in the GAH in the distant future.

5.4 Atmospheric environment. The main monitoring item inconstruction period is TSP; the frequency is once a month and 5 dayseach time. The monitoring spots are on the main work sites and thematerial transporting roads near the residential areas. In operation periodthe item is NOx, the frequency is twice a year, 5 days continuously eachtime and four times each day in distant future.

Table 5-1 Water Quality Monitoring Plan

Period Place Items Frequency Duration Sampling hourcon- 50m from Fengle SS, oil once! y. in dry 2 days once in am &struction River Bridge & substances & rainy seasons once in pm.,period Renxing River resp. in pier/ 0-50cm i

Bridge in lower volu. surface, mixedreaches construction sample

opera- sewage emitting CODcr twice / year I day once in am. &tion spouts in service BOD5 in Jan. & Oct. once in pm.period areas petroleum

oil

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Table 5-2 Noise Monitoring PlanPeriod Place Frequency Timeconstruction worksites within lOOm from which there are sensitive once/ I day,period spots week 10:00-11:00

________ 23:00-24:00primary Xin'nian Primary School Mogang Primary School 4 times/ I day,period Long'an Primary School Tugang Primary School year 10:00-11:00of operation Nanxin Primary School Dawang Primary School 23:00-24:00

Yuejin Primary School Yaoci Primary SchoolShuanghe Primary School

middle the spots of primary period of operation, and those 4 times/ I day,period villages of Yandunji, Chenlaowu, Wuheng Town year 10:00-11:00of operation 23:00-24:00future The villages not protected before, with more than 50 4 times/ I day,period families, I OOm away from roadside year 10:00-11:00of operation __23:00-24:00

Remark: The monitoring frequency and spots may be rearranged according to actualsituations and representative spots will be screened according to the increase of trafficvolumes.

Table 5-3 Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Plan

Period Place Items Frequency Duration Sampling hourconstruction residential areas, near mixing TSP once/ 3 days worktime once inperiod plants and unpaved roads monthl am, once in pmfurther stages of Yandunji, Chenlaowu, Wuheng NOx twice/ 5 days 7:00, 10:00,operation Town, and Long'an Pri. Sch. and year 14:00, 19:00|period Tugang Pri. Sch.

Remark: The monitoring frequency and spots may be rearranged according to actualsituations and representative spots will be screened according to the increase of trafficvolumes.

6. Environmental Management and Training

6.1 The EPO of APCD is in charge of the environmentalmanagement and supervision of all transportation projects in theprovince. The Office of WB Loan Projects of APCD has an Office of

Environment and Resettlement. APHHAB has a Division ofEnvironmental Protection. See Figures 6-1 and 6-2 for the environmental

management organizations. See Figure 6-3 for the LEPBs responsible forthe supervision of EP in their own areas. See Attached Table I forEnvironmental Supervision Plan.

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Figure 6-1 Environmental Organization Chart During Construction PeriodEP Office of MOC

EP Office of APCD3 ersons

Survey & Design Institute EP Section of AHHAB3 persqns

. |E~~~nvironment Monitoring|

|Centre (EMC)|

Construction Supervision C. S. T.No.2 C. S. T .No.3 C. S. T.No.4 C. S. T.No.5Team (C. S. T No. 1) I I person I person I p erson

Lcl EP Agencies

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EP Office of MOC

| POffice of APCD |

3 persons |

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3 persons

|Hefei Administrtion Cene | Aning Adlministration Cetr| Local Environrnent|| 3 persons l l 3 persons | 0 Monitoring Stations

Figure 6-2 Environmental Organization Chart DuringOperation Period

EBof Hefei City|i|Suburb

gIEPB of Hefei City 94 EPBof Fixi County |

EPB of Lu'an Prefecture EPB of ShuchengCounty

Anhui Provincial _

EP Bureau (EPB) EPB of Chaohu EPB of Lujiang CountyPrefecture

EBof Tongcheng City|EPB of Anqing City r

EBof Huaining County]|

Figure 6-3 Regional EAP Supervising Departments

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6.2 The environmental training plan is to involve the environmental management personnel and the environmentalengineering technical personnel, and the contractors. The training cost is US$ 43,640 (RMB362,000 yuan). See Table 6-1.

Table 6-1 Environmental Protection Training Plan US $=8.3 Yuan RMB

Domestic Training Overseas Study Tour Overseas Training Total Cost

Trainee(s) persons man RMB Y persons man- US$ persons man- US$ RMB Y US$ Total

-month month month US$

Project Execution Office 1 1 5,000 1 0.7 5,600

Highway Administration Bureau(HAB),including the training 1 1 5,000 1 0.7 5,600

to the contractor(s)

Anhui High-grade HighwayAdministration Bureau 15 15 75,000 1 0.7 5,600(AHHAB)(Induding contractors) _

1 2 16,000Highway Survey & Design 1 1 5,000 0Institute

Total 18 18 90,000 3 2.1 16,800 1 2 16,000 9,000 32, 800 43, 640 _

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7. Public Participation

The institutes of assessment, construction and design have madeseveral investigations on the public attitudes towards the project. Thefield survey was carried out in ways of visit, meetings, andquestionnaires. Five thousand copies of materials on the project weredelivered. People involved in the investigations include farmers, workers,women, primary school teachers, students, and leaders of all levels. Ideasfrom relevant experts were carefully listened to. There were altogether114 questionnaires answered and handed in.

The EA documents were made public at APCD and PEO. A notice onthe construction of HAE was published in Anhui Daily on May 25,asking for public opinions as regards environmental issues, and 18 phonecalls were received in response to the notice. People are concernedmainly about land-acquisition, planning and noise-protection. See Table7-1.

Table 7-1 Results of Social InvestigationsInvestigation content Comment persons % in the total RemarksAre you in favor of the construction yes 114 100of the highway? no 0 0

no comment 0 0Are you in favor of the route yes 97 85selection? no 9 8

no comment 8 7Do you think the highway will yes 100 87.7benefit the development of this area? no 9 7.9

no comment 5 4.4Do you have any complaint about no 95 83.3the land-occupation and house- yes 16 14removing in the project? no comment 3 2.7-Do you know about the policies of Yes 58 50.9compensation for land-occupation yes but just a little 47 41.2and house-removing? no 9 7.9Are you going to submit to the land- yes 71 62.3occupation, removing and resettling yes but with 43 37.7if you are involved in them? conditions

no comment 0 0What in the construction may have Noise 70 61.4 some haverelatively big impact on you? tail gas 26 22.8 more

dust 27 23.7 choices,others 18 15.8 total > 100%

Which of the measures do you planting 88 77.2 dittoprefer to reduce the impact? acoustic barrier 16 14

away from villages 21 18.4others 2 1.8

Attached Table 1: KEY ELEMENTS OF THE EAP FOR ANHUI PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY PROJECT

Env. Issues Action taken/to be taken Responsibility Remarks

A. Design Phase

1. Route The alignment was selected from three alternatives APCD/APHSDI APCD: Anhui Provincial

selection considering to minimize land acquisition, relocation and Communications

resettlement, and impact of air pollution and noise on Department

environmentally sensitive areas such as residential areas, andutilization of water and farmland. APHSDI: Anhui

Provincial Highway

2. Social 244 underpasses and 29 overcrossings (average every 560 APHSDI Survey and Design

disruption m) were designed for pedestrians and local vehicles to cross Institute

the highway safely.

3. Soil erosion (1) Trees and grasses were designed to be planted in side APHSDI

slopes and other parts within the occupied slopes.(2) Retaining and protecting walls were designed to avoidflooding of the slopes.(3) Culverts were designed to retain the irrigation function,where necessay.

4. Noise and air (I) Noise barriers were designed to be built or heightened at APHSDI

pollution sensitive spots.(2) In order to avoid the adverse impact of air pollution onsensitive spots like residential areas, mixing sites weredesigned to be located at more than 300 m away from thesesensitive spots.

5. Water Sewage treatment facilities were designed to be installed in a APHSDIpollution service area.

B. ConstructionPhase

1. Dust and air (1) Earth and bitumen mixing plants shall be located with Contractorspollution more than 300 m away from sensitive spots like residential

areas on lee side of the wind direction.(2) Trucks to transport construction materials and sites tostore and pile them shall be covered to minimize spills.

N, (3) Water shall be sprinkled on the transporting roads andconstruction sites.

2. Noise (1) Maintenance of machines shall be strengthened to keep Contractorsnoise level low.(2) Machines with loud noise shall not be operated duringnight-time (22:00-6:00).

3. Soil erosion (1) Filling materials shall be excavated from low hill with Contractors

and water relatively poor vegetation, where vegetation be restored after

pollution excavation according to the national regulation.(2) Paving and pressing shall be carried out assimultaneously as possible.(3) Waste water at workers' camps shall be properly treatedby septic tank, etc. and disposed of. Waste oil/lubricantshould be collected and be recycled as appropriate.

4. Conservation The occupation of land shall be minimized as much as Contractorsof land possible.

5. Traffic Traffic management plan shall be developed to keep the Contractorsproblems traffic on existing roads in good order.

6. Cultural If cultural relics are found, the relevant departments shall be Contractors/APCDrelics informed of such discovery, and the construction shall be PAD PAD: Provincial

suspended until the appraisal of cultural relics by the Archeologicalrelevant departments are completed. Department

7. Garbage/ Human waste should be properly treated and garbage should ContractorsHygienic issues be collected.

C. OperationPhase

1. Noise (1) Based on the results of future monitoring, adequate APCD** **: APCD will consultmeasures including noise barriers and heightened walls shall LEPB with concerned bodies asbe taken in the areas where noise exceeds the standard. appropriate.(2) Vehicles not complying with the noise standard shall notbe allowed to run on the highway. LEPB: Local(3) Noise monitoring shall be reinforced considering the Environmentalchanges of traffic volume. Protection Bureau

2. Air pollution (1) Speed limitation shall be introduced in the areas where APCD**NOx exceeds the standard.(2) The use of lead-free gasoline shall be encouraged.

3. Transporta- (I) For transpiration of chemical and dangerous materials, APCD**tion the system to issue license shall be established.

(2) The emergency plan shall be developed.

D. Enviromnen- * EP Office of APCD istal monitoring* responsible for overall

environmental1. Construction Regular monitoring of air pollution (TSP), water pollution LEPB management.

(SS and Oil) and noise shall be carried out.

2. Operation Regular monitoring of air pollution (NOx), water pollution LEPB(COD, BOD and Oil) and noise shall be carried out. Basedon the monitoring results, environmental monitoring planswill be reviewed

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Attached Table 2 Environmental Standards

Irrigation Water Quality Assessment Standard (extracts)rng/L , Excluding PH

Items PH Suspended CODcr Total lead Petroleum oilSubstance

standard value 5.5-8.5 1< 150 < 200 A. 0. I 5.0

Ground Surface Water Quality Assessment Standard (extracts) (class-2)mg/L, Excluding PH

|Fitems | PH CODcr Total lead Petroleum oilstandard value 5.5-8.5 < 15 | 0.05 o0.05 l

Urban Environmental Noise Standards (extracts)Equivalent Acoustic Level (LA dB)

Class Daytime Night

Class-2 60 50

Class-4 70 55

Atmospheric Environmental Standards (extracts) (class-2)Mgl/M3

Pollutants Total Suspended Particles (TSP) NOx CO

concentration daily average 0.30 0.10 4.00

limit average per hour / _ _ 0.15 10.00.

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Attached Table 3 Investment in Environmental ProtectionNo. Item Description Quantity Investrnent TimeI landscaping, grass, on cutting and filling side slopes, the central reserves, 2.8km2 23,000,000 yuan construction period, &

trees and bushes & intersection areas around 2001planting

2 Beautification near K71 1 300,000 yuan construction period, &of service area around 2001

3 sewage disposal in near K71 1 300,000 yuan construction periodservice area

4 acoustic barriers Xin'nian, Mogang, Long'an and Tugang Pri. Schs. 4 places 50,000 yuan /place around 2001____________ 200,000 yuan

5 wall building Nanxin, Dawang, Yuejin, Yaoci and Shuanghe Pri. 5 places 30,000 yuan/place, around 2001Schs. 150,000 yuan

6 wall building, wall Yandunji, Dali, Hengbu, Huxiaoying/ Sunxiaoying, Walls 18 places, around 2021heightening and/or Zuotangkan/Caoxiaoying, Sanligang, Guzhangwan, heightened to 10,000 yuan/placeother measures to be Zhashangdaying, Huangweinangeng, Dingjiafenfang, 3m of houses in for the time being,determined in the Zhangwan, Yangyuan, Caizhuang, Chenzhuang, the l V roll at 180,000 yuandesign Chenlaowu, Shiwan, Dalengshan, and Gezidun village edge

8 sign board building no whistling around schools and big villages 30 blocks for 1500 yuan/block, about 2001 yearthe time being 45,000 yuan

9 staff training environmental managers, designers and supervisors, once abroad, 362,000 yuanengineering construction staff twice domestic

10 environ. monit. in both construction & operation periods 1,352,000 yuansum total 30889 thousand

yuan

Remarks: 1. The cost in land re-cultivation, pond restoration & pond building has been included in that in remove and resettlement and is notlisted here. 2.The cost in water sprinkler purchase and operation is paid by contractors and is not listed here. 3. The cost in interceptingditches, slope protection and underpasses is listed in engineering cost.

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