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World Bank Loan Project

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HUAAN SECTION (TANKOUCHENGGUAN)ZHANGZHOU-HUAAN HIGHWAY

The Other Highway ProjectFujian Provincial Highway Project II

Tongjiang-SanyaNational Highway Trunk Line

People's Republic of China

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World Bank Loan Project

HUAANSECTION (TANKOUCHENGGUAN)ZHANGZHOU-HUAAN HIGHWAY

The Other Highway Project

Fujian Provincial Highway Project II

Tongjiang-Sanya

National Highway Trunk Line

People's Republic of China

Environmental Action Plan

Fujian Provincial Communications DepartmentFuzhou, China

April, 1999

Content

1. Main Items of Environmental Protection I

2. Formulation, Implementation and Supervision of EAP l2.1 Laws and regulations associated with environmental action plan 22.2 Executive unit 22.3 Supervision of the action plan 2

3. Environmental Protection Actions 33.1 Design period 33.2 Construction period 53.3 Operation period 8

4. Investrnent for Environmental Protection Measures 10

5. Organizations and Duties for Implementationof Environmental Management 11

6. Environmental Monitoring plan 146.1 Purpose and principles 146.2 Monitoring target and item for each period 156.3 Environmental monitoring plan 156.4 Environmental monitoring organ 16

Environmental Action Plan for Huaan Section (Tankou - Chengguan)of Zhangzhou-Huaan Highway

This environmental action plan (EAP) is based on the "Environmental ImpactAssessment Report for Huaan Section (Tankou - Chengguan) of Zhangzhou-HuaanHighway", with contents including the action plan of environmental management andenvironmental monitoring for environmental protection work.

The environmental protection work for this road project shall follow the guidelineof "overall planning, reasonable layout, integrated utilization, turning harm into good,relying on general public, everyone participating, to protect environrment, and to bringbenefit to people", and to adhere the principles of "prevention first, preventioncombined with treatment, strengthening management, to promote treatment, andwhoever causes the pollution should be responsible for treatment". Therefore, theenviromnental action plan was compiled based on the environmental protectiontargets, with stress on feasibility and operability of the action plan, to ensure themeasures taken in different stages of design, construction and operation period to beeffective and efficient to protect the environment, the public health and to promotesustainable development of transport environmental protection.

1. Main Items of Environmental Protection(1) NoiseNon-continuous noise arising from construction work in road construction period

and unstable noise from road traffic in road operation period.

(2) AirDusts and TSP arising from construction work site activities such as operation of

transport vehicles and mixing plant, in road construction period, and the pollutants ofvehicle emissions from traffic in road operation period.

(3) Water and soil retentionSoil erosion may occur in road construction period. There will be two large areas

for spoils disposal, 14 places with deep cutting and filling, two quarry sites, and someareas with poor geological conditions.

(4) Land useTo reduce permanent land acquisition and temporary land occupation as much as

possible, to reduce temporary land occupation time period, and to recover cover plantor back to original use in time.

2. Formulation, Implementation and Supervision of EAPThe purpose of this environmental action plan is to set forth concrete

implementation method for environmental protection measures, and to outline therequirements for the management activities of the supervision work in the project

implementation period (design, construction), and of the environmental monitoringwork in the road operation period.

2.1 Laws and regulations associated with environmental action plan(I) "Law of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China";(2) "Law of Cultural Relics Protection of the People's Republic of China";(3) "Measures Concerning the Environmental Protection and Management for

Comnmnunications Construction Project" Ministry of Communications (MOC);(4) "Environmental Protection Design Specifications for Highway" (JTJ/T006-98,

MOC).

2.2 Executive unitOrganization of the implementation of the environmental action plan for the

Zhangzhou-Huaan highway will be the responsibility of the Fujian ProvincialCommunications Department (PCD). Fujian Provincial Expressway ConstructionHeadquarters (PECH) is responsible for implementation of the environmentalprotection measures in stages of design, construction and operation for the Project.

2.3 Supervision of the action planFujian Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau (PEPB), the competent

authority for environmental protection under the Fujian Provincial People'sGovernnent, is responsible for overall supervision of the implementation ofenvironmental protection work in the province. The environmental monitoring in theconstruction period is to be done by the supervising engineer and the localenvironmental monitoring department. The environmental monitoring is to be done bythe local environmental protection department.

Zhangzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (MEPB) is thecompetent authority of the local people's government for environmental protection inthe area under its jurisdiction, responsible for the area's environmental quality takingnecessary measures to improve the environmental quality. An environmentalmonitoring center station is set by the PEPB, and environmental monitoring stationsare set at local (municipal / county) level, responsible for routine environmentalmonitoring work.

The organization of the environmental protection supervision organ and thesupervision system organization are shown in Figure 1, and Table I shows thesummary of the environmental supervision plan.

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Table 1 Environmental su pervision planStage Agency Work content Purpose

Feasibility MOC(EPO) 1. Examine the EIA I.To ensure possible serious issues for the projectstudy PEPB to be addressed properly

World Bank 2. Examine the draft of EAP 2.To ensure there is feasible action plan

(WB) _

Design & WB, NEPA, I. Examine preliminary design for I. To carry out the "three simutaneousness'

construction PEPB environment protection & EAP & EAP

period WB, 2. To examine if there is investment 2. To make sure the investment being made

PEPB, for environment protection

Provincial 3. To check construction site:, 3. To make sure the work site to meet the

municipal material handling, mixing etc. requirements of environment protection

& county 4. To check dust & noise control 4. To reduce the impact & implement

level EPB measures & work time schedule regulations

5. To check sewage discharge and 5. To ensure water resource not being polluted

wastes treatment at work site.6. Earth borrowing & spoil disposal 6. To ensure no damage to landscape and land

area arrangement & treatment resources

7. To check the implementation of 7. To make sure the implementation of the

the "three simutaneousness" & to "three simutaneousness"

determine the final time schedule

8. To examine if the environment.. 8. To check and accept the environment

protection facilities in conformity protection facilities

with the standards

Operation PEPB, 1. To examine EAP implementation 1. To carry out EAP

period Zhangzhou 2. To examine the implementation 2. To carry out environment monitor plan

Huaan of environment monitor plan

EPB 3. To check if the environmental 3. To strengthen environmental management

quality in the sensitive areas is in & to protect people's health

conformity with the standards

4. No surface drainage directly into 4. Ensure drinking water not being polluted

drinking water source

PEPB S. Be prepared for traffic incidents 5. To remove hidden danger and to avoid serious

Fire fighting & accidents pollution accident, and to reduce accident loss.

3. Environmental Protection Actions3.1 Design period

(l) Reasonable selection of alignmentIn the process of alignment selection, the design institute has take into

consideration of less occupation of farmland; protection of school, resident area,historical and flood control; resettlement, local land use development program,sources of the construction materials and materials storage site arrangement; to haveavoided the built-up area; therefore there is no interference with the local land usedevelopment program for the townships of Huaan, Xinyu and etc..

(2) Community lifeIn addition to preserve the original layout of the corridor for local

communications, the design institute has set up 28 bridges, 4 intersections, based on

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the opinions and suggestions from the local villagers' board, schools, governmentsand relevant departments, together with necessary safety facilities to ensureconvenience and safety for local community life.

(3) Flood controlThe main rivers crossed by the road project are Jiulongjiang river and its

tributaries. At the feasibility study stage, a total of 26 bridges were decided to be built,including two large bridges, with discharge capacity for flood once in 50 years, as wellas 102 culverts to ensure flood to be discharged smoothly in rainy season.

There are farm lands and irrigation sysiem along the road area, some of thesystem will be partite or need to be relocated owing to the road construction,appropriate arrangements will be made to maintain the original irrigation system.

(4) Soil erosionCover plant plantation of turf, bushes, climbing shrub, arbors will be carried out

for side slopes and road side areas; in combination with such engineering measures asstone pitching to prevent soil erosion based on geological and landform conditions.

There is an integrated pavement and subgrade drainage system having beendesigned for the road project, both permanent and temporary, therefore, there will belittle impact on hydrological system caused by pavement run-off and soil erosion.

(5) Reduce land occupationNecessary measures have been taken to reduce the farm land occupation as much

as possible in the preliminary design.

(6) Land acquisition and resettlementIt has been stressed in the feasibility study report the principles to be followed for

the road alignment to be away from towns and villages as far as possible, to reducefarm land occupation and resettlement work to the minimum. Therefore, total

2buildings to be resettled is 10,192 m, and total land acquisition is 167.5 mu,including 33.1mu farm land. Resettlement office is to be established by the owner ofthe road project to ensure accomplishment of the resettlement work beforecomrnencement of the engineering construction; and experts in social science areinvited to form an independent supervising organ, to supervise implementation of theassociated compensation and resettlement work for the benefit of the affected people,with the details as seen in resettlement action plan (RAP).

(7) Water pollutionSeptic tank and sewage collection facilities shall be provided in bridge and tunnel

construction work site to prevent the river water from being polluted.

(8) Noise pollution

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According to the forecast and assessment, there are measures to set up the sign ofno horn around the road section close to Huangzao and Xinyu primary school and themeasures to heighten the enclosing wall of the Huangzao primary school and Xinyuprimary school and to plant green belt of trees to mitigate the noise impact, whichshould be included in the design and bidding documents.

(9) Air pollutionThe areas for earth and stone borrowing, spoils disposal, and mixing plant are to

be selected 300 m away from the sensitive points of resident area and schools atHuangzao and Xinyu, to avoid air pollution impact.

(10) Protection of culture relicsThe owner of the road project attaches great importance to protection of culture

relics involved in road engineering construction. According to the investigation noculture relics has been found along the road area. During the construction period, oncethere is any culture relics discovered, it will be reported to the culture relics protectiondepartment in time to take effective measures to protect the relics.

3.2 Construction period(1) Air pollutionDust is the major pollutant for air pollution in construction period. The main

sources of the dust come from lime and earth mixing, material transport, and roadconstruction machine operation, and some may be produced from cement concretemixing and loading and unloading of the construction materials. To mitigate the worksite air pollution for the benefit of the workers' and local residents' health, followingmeasures shall be taken.

(i) Airtight device should be provided for the mixing equipment. Labourprotection should be provided for the workers. The mixing plant should be set at placethere is no sensitive points such as resident areas, schools, and etc., within 300 m inthe leeward direction.

(ii) To sprinkle over the work site area of the mixing plant and the surface alongthe road for construction material transport.

(iii) During the process of subgrade construction, proper sprinkle should be madebased on the need of compaction for the material; and after completion of compaction,frequent water sprinkling shall also be needed done by the contractor to control dustflying.

(iv) Dusty bulk materials should be covered during the process of transport andon the storage site; and the storage site should be over 500m away from villages.When earth is borrowed from nearby farm land, the surface soil of the land should beput in one place and put back to the land in time once the borrowing work is

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completed.

(2) Noise pollutionThe noises in the construction period mainly come from road construction

machinery and transport vehicle. To protect the workers' health, necessary measureswill taken to abide by the "Noise Hygiene Standard for Industry Enterprise", i.e.reasonable working shift be arranged, to reduce the time for the workers to be exposedto the noise, or by changing work shift so as to have time to recover his/her hearingability. Meanwhile, proper selection of construction machine and technology andproper maintenance of the construction machines are also important to keep the noiseat lowest possible level. For workers close to the machines ear plug should beprovided and work time be shortened.

Since human body is sensitive to noise, to ensure night time sleep for theresidents within 150 m from the work site, night time (22:00 - 6:00) machine

operation shall be prohibited.

The noise produced by road construction machinery is characteristic of abrupt,irregular, non-continuous and high intensity. Investigation shows that the noise fromthe work site may exceed Class IV standard sometimes, which can be mitigated bydifferent ways. For example, the operation of road construction machine with noise ofhigh intensity may be arranged in the day time (6:00 - 22:00); or with the operationtime to be adjusted for different machines. Particularly when it is close to school,more noise work mav be arranged at weekend.

(3) Protection of ecological resourceTo protect ecological resources, it is not allowed to borrow earth from wood land

and the wood land area shall not be used for storage of construction materials orsetting up of labour camp. During the construction period cordon line shall be markedto cordon off the wood land area.

Earth borrowing should be made outside the farm land area as far as possible; andwhen it is necessary to borrow earth from farm land, the surface layer (30cm) soilshould be put in one place, and should be put back to the farm land once theborrowing is accomplished, so as to reduce the impact on the ecological system andfarming to the minimum.

The contractor should take necessary measures to reduce land occupation time forthe temporary land use. Once the construction work is completed, restoration of thecover plant should be done immediately or back to original use.

Personnel training shall be strengthened to protect the natural resources, to do theconstruction work by strictly following the requirements set forth in design stage.

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The construction machines and vehicles shall follow the temporary road not todamnage farm land and wood land.

(4) Soil erosion and water pollutionSince the road is in hilly area with serious soil erosion, the soil erosion during the

road construction period may be great owing to deep cutting and filling work;therefore, it is recommended that barren area should first be considered as borrowingarea; and the contractor should be responsible for plantation and construction of watershield dam.

For deep filling section, the earth side slope should compacted or built withpitching stone, provided with earth retaining wall, interception ditch, or covered withturf or climbing plant. With all these measures taken, it can be expected that the waterand soil erosion caused by the road construction will be reduced to the minimum.

Timely plantation of grasses and trees should be done on both sides of the roadand the side slopes; and effective measures shall also be taken in time to restoredamaged existing irrigation system or drainage system. The contractor shall from timeto time check the drainage system and make sure it is working properly. Storage sitefor construction materials should be away from water source and be enclosed by brickor earth wall, to prevent the material from being discharged into water source byrainfall or surface run-off. Some temporary water drainage ditches or pipes shall bebuilt in the process of drainage system construction. Sewage and wastes from labourcamp and work site shall be treated or for farm land fertilizer, not to be dischargeddirectly.

(5) Traffic and transportThe construction materials of steel, wood, sand and stone are to be purchased

from other places or locally produced, most of which will be transported by way oflocal county and rural roads in distance. Therefore there will be more traffic on theexisting road or may cause congestion; so necessary measures will be taken by theowner and the contractor to coordinate with the local public security bureau (PSB)responsible for road traffic management, to strengthen management to avoid trafficcongestion.

Temporary road for construction built by the contractor shall be on one side of theright of way of the road in principle. If more land is needed, application shall besubmitted to the owner for approval, who will be responsible for all the landacquisition formalities; and the temporary road construction shall be supervised by thesupervising engineer.

The transport management program for the road project is as follows.(i) To ensure mobility of the road traffic, temporary road shall be built at road

intersections;

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(ii) Since the road project is reconstruction of the existing road, which is themajor corridor from Huaan to Zhangzhou with busy traffic; so necessary measuresshall be taken by the contractor to avoid traffic congestion, such as to deliver theconstruction materials to the work site by night or in off-peak time.

(iii) Some of the materials, such as sand and stone, can be delivered onto thework site in advance in off peak season.

(iv) The PSB traffic management dephrtment shall cooperate with the owner andthe contractor to smooth the traffic and to deal with traffic incidents and accidents intime to ensure traffic mobility.

(6) Labour camp managementSeptic tank shall be provided in labour camp with sewages regularly treated and

used for farm land fertilizer and solid wastes shall be put in garbage tank in fixedplace to be cleaned regularly, to prevent diseases from spreading.

3.3 Operation period(1) Control of traffic noise(i) To strengthen management of road traffic and road maintenance, and to ban

vehicles with noise exceeding the standard limit on the road;

(ii) According to the forecast, within the assessment area, the traffic noise by daywill not exceed the Class IV standard (GB3096-93) (70 dB(A) by day, 55dB(A) bynight) in the operation period. By the year of 2005, the night time noise level willexceed the standard within area 10 - 20 m from road; but by the year of 2015, thedistance of the area with noise level exceeding the standard level still will not be up to30 m, beyond the area over 30 m the noise level will be below the standard limit.Therefore the traffic noise impact area is small, only limited to the first raw buildingclose to the road within 30m from road side. Table 3-3-1 shows the noise level at thesensitive points along the road area.

It can be seen from Table 4-2-2 that(1) By the year of 2000, there will be no exceeding of the noise level over the

standard limit for all the sensitive points either by day or by night;

(2) By the year of 2005, there will be exceeding of 2.2dB(A) by night for the firstraw building beside the road at the sensitive points of Huangzao and Xinyu; exceedingof 2.2dB(A) by day and 2.5dB(A) by night for Xinyu primary school; and exceeing of2.3dB(A) by night for Huangzao primary school.

(3) By the year of 2010, there will be exceeding of different extent for all thesensitive points except for the Xinyu hospital by night , with the maximum exceeding

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of 3.7dB(A) (Xinyu and Xinyu primary school); and the maximum exceeding of3.6dB(A) by day for the Xinyu primary school.

(4) By the year of 2015, the Xinyu primary school will have exceeding of4.8dB(A) over the standard limit by day; and there will be some noise level exceedingover 0.8 - 5.1dB(A) for all the sensitive points by night, which show that the impactof the road traffic noise on the sensitive points is small in the initial operation period;the impact on the Huangzao primary school and the Xinyu primary school in the midand long term will be increased to some extent, meanwhile, the residents close to theroad will be affected to some degree.

Table 3-3-1 Noise level at the sensitive points along the road areaSensitive Forecast point Time 2000 2005 2010 2015

point period Lmq Exceed. LA, Exceed. L=, Exceed. LAq Exceed. Standard

Taikou First raw Day 58.2 60,9 - 62.4 - 63.7 70

resident area building Night 52.3 54.1 - 55.5 0.5 56.9 1.9 55 1

Huangzao First raw Day 59.8 62.9 - 64.4 - 66.0 - 70

resident amea building Night 54,2 57.2 2.2 58.2 3.2 59.2 4.2 55

Huangzao pri- Inside Day 53.7 553 0.3 56.8 1.8 5.3 3.3 55

mary school school Night 44.0 - 47.3 2.3 48.0 3.0 49.3 493 45

Xinyu First raw Day 608 63.9 - 65.4 - 67.0 _ 70

resident area building Night 55.2 0.2 57,2 2.2 58.7 3.7 59.6 4.6 55

Xinyu prmary Inside 2-story Day 55.0 - 57.2 2.2 58.6 3.6 59.8 4 8 55

school building Night 44.4 47.5 2.5 48.7 3.7 o501 5.1 45

Xinyu lInsdie Day 50.5 52.9 - 54.3 - 55.8 0.8 55

hospital hospital Night 42 8 _ 43 8 45.0 - 47 5 2.5 45

Based on comparisons of various noise mitigation measures, the measures for theroad project to mitigate the noise impact are summarized in Table 3-3-2.

Table 3-3-2 Summary of noise mitigation measures in operation periodSensitive points Protection measures

Huangzao primary school Set up traffic signs of speed limit, no homing at both ends of the road section; to

Xinyu primary school heighten the enclosing wall up to 3.0 m for Huangzao primary school & Xinyu primary

Huangzao, Xinyu school.

Huangzao, Xinyu town plant of green belt of trees (200m long 20m wide) to mitigate the traffic noise.

resident area

(2) Control of vehicle emissionsAccording to the forecast that in the operation period by the year of 2015, the

maximum growth of the roadside daily average and one peak hour concentration ofCO will be 0.079nmg/m3 and 0.138mg/m3 respectively; when added with that of thebackground value, the total pollutant concentration will not exceed the Class II

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standard limit as specified in the State standard GB3095-1996 (4.0 and 10.0); and thatthe maximum growth of the roadside daily average and one peak hour concentrationof NOx will be 0.025mg/mr3 and 0.040mg/m3 respectively; when added with that ofthe background value, the total pollutant concentration will not exceed the Class IIstandard limit as specified in the State standard GB3095-1996 (0.10 and 0.15).Therefore, the impact of the road traffic in the operation period on the ambient airquality is small.

(3) Maintenance of drainage systemSince dust and sand may be brought ov'er by rainfall or the surface run-off into the

drainage system in operation period, the drainage system shall be cleaned regularly,particularly for the side ditches all the way through the road, to ensure effective workof the drainage system. Special attention shall be paid to the underpasses in rainyseason, to prevent water accumulation inside the pass.

Stone pitching shall be used for the outlet of the drainage system and the sideditches to prevent erosion. Materials spillage from truck may block the drainagesystem, which shall be cleared in time.

(4) To keep road pavement cleanEducation and training of drivers and passengers to abide by traffic regulations

and the public health to keep road pavement clean.

(5) Bulk materials and dangerous goods transportSpillage of bulk materials, such as coal, cement, sand, stone, and etc., and

chemicals over the pavement may cause pollution, therefore, necessary measures shallbe taken to strengthen freight transport management and enforcement of dangerousgoods transport regulations.

(6) Suggestions for township planningNewly built resident buildings and public service facilities such as school,

hospital, shall be arranged in area more than 100 m from the road side; and in the areawithin 50m from the road side no newly built above mentioned buildings shall beallowed.

4. Investment for Environmental Protection MeasuresSummary of the investment estimation for environmental protection measures is

shown in Table 4-1.

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Table 4-1 Summary of environmental protection investment estimationItem Content Quantity Unit cost Total cost

(CNY) (CNY 1000)

Plant of noise mitigation belt Huangzao, Xinyu. 200m long, 20m wide 4,000m 10 O0,000/m2 40

Heighten enclosing wall Huangzao & Xinyu primway school 200m 400/ m s0

Speed limit & no homing sign Huangzao, Xinyu, and school 3 1,000 each 80

Construction stage EP Sprinkle, garbage disposal, septic tank. 180

Environmental monitoring construction period: noise, TSP, water quality 2 years 15,000/year 30

operation period: noise, water quality I5 years 10,000/place 75

EP taining take pan in the Zhang-Zhao expressway construction once 2/person 20

_ period of 1999 environmental protection (EP) training

Others and unforeseen expenses _ 100

Grand total 533

5. Organizations and Duties for Implementation of Environmental ManagementThe environmental protection office (EPO) of the MOC is responsible for

environmental protection work in road and waterway transport field. Fujian Provincial

Communications Department is responsible for environmental management work incapital construction in road and waterway transport field in Fujian province.

The Fujian Provincial Expressway Construction Headquarters is responsible forthe management of environmental protection for the highway project in construction

period. The Fujian Expressway Co. Ltd. is responsible for the management ofenvironmental protection for the road project in operation period, with the Huaan

County Communications Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureauresponsible for coordination and implementation of the action plan. Figure 5-1 and

Figure 5-2 shows the organization chart. Summary of the EAP is shown in Table 5-1.

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Fujian Provincial ExpresswayConstruction Headquarters (FPECH)

Environmental Protection Office (EPO)(I director, 2 officers)

IZhang-Zhao Expressway Contyuonstruction

Headquarters (ZZECH)(I deputy director in charge of EP,

I engineer for EP work)

Fujian Provincial Huaan County Construction|Environmental Monitor Headquarters (BBCH)

Station (FPEMS) (I engineer for EP)Haan County

Environmental MonitorStation (ZMEMS)

Figure 5-1 Environmental management organs in construction period

EPO of FPECHl(I director, 2 officers)

Zhang-Zhao Expressway Co. Ltd.(I deputy manager in charge EP. I engineer f^or EP work',

Zhangzhou Municipal Highway Management Division(I engineer for EP)

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Huaan County Highway Management Division

Figure 5-2 Environmental management organs in operation period

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Table 5-I Summary of the key factors for EAPEnvironment Action |Action organ In charge I Paragraph

A. Design stage

I. Alignment Follow the principles of less land acquisition, less impact on sensitive Desip PCD Ie3 1)

selection points, to avoid area with poor geological condition. institute 3.1 (6)

2. Panition To keep original corridor layout in place, 28 bridges and 4 intersection 3 1(2)

have been set to meet local people's needs

3 Soil erosion - Side slope & road side plantation, soil retaining wall, interception ditch,

stone pitching, to prevent soil erosion;

- Temporary & permanent drainage system have designed, restoration o 3.1 (4)

damaged irrigation and drainage system. 3,1 (7)

4. Air pollution Earth borrowing and spoil disposal area arrangement to avoid air 3. 1(9)

pollution impact.

5. Noise In addition to the measures of above mentioned I., to heighten enclosing 3.1 (S)

vwall to be included in design and bidding document.

6. Flood control Bridge design meets flood discharge requirement 3.1 (3)

B. Construction perod

I. Dust/air - Sprinkle around wvork site; Contractor PECHpollution Sprinkle and compaction in subgrade construction;

- Cover construction materials while transport to avoid spillage;

- Mixing plant at least 300 m in leeward direction from resident area;

- Mixing plant equipped with dust remove device, ensure labour safety

2. Soil erosion / - Plantation on side slope, road side area, also in deep filling and cuting

water pollution areas; any damage to irigation system shall be restored in time;

- No wastes should be discarded into the river,

- During construction of permanent drainage system, temporary irrigation 3.2 (1)

and drainage system shall be built;

- All necessary measures shall be taken to prevent the wastes from

blocking the river channel and the drainage system;

- Sewage shall be treated first before it is discharged

3. Labour camp - Septic tank and sewage treatment facility, garbage tank, regular clean;

- Drinking water to meet state standard; 3.2 (6)

- Wastes disposed in fixed place, garbage tank to be cleaned regularly;

4. Noise *To abide by industry noise standard for labour safety with ear plug & 3.2 (2)

helmet and limited work time;

- When there is resident area within 150 m from work site no machine

operation by night (22:00 - 6:00);

- Proper machine maintenance to ensure low noise level.

5. Ecological - No earth borrowing from wood land, no materials storage and labour 3.2 (3)

resource camp in wood land area;

- Farm land shall not be taken as earth borrowing area, if it is necessary

to do so. the surface layer soil (30 cm) shall be put in one place, and once

the borrowing work is completed, it will be put back in time;

- Environmental protection education and training, to protect wild life and

vegetation,ban indiscriminate cutting and no hunting;

- Construction machine shall drive on temporary road.

to be continued

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Table 5-1 Summary of the key factors for EAP

Environmental Action Action organ In charge Paragraph

6. Accident risk - Lighting and traffic signs shall be provided for the temporary road Contractor PECH

with proper traffic rules,

- Effective traffic safety measures shall be taken to avoid accident, such

as warnming, signs, signals to inform the surrounding people of

explosion activity, and etc. 3.2 (5)

- Careful and thorough check before explosion;

- To establish safety observation tower to ensure evacuation of the

explosion site, and no explosion shall be done during peak hours;

- explosive materials shall be stored and used strictly in accordance

_with the regulations

7 Traffic & - To use local construction materials as much as possible, particularly

transport for earth and stone;

- In cooperation with the PSB to avoid traffic congestion;

- Temporary road shall be built when there is intersection with other

road 3.2 (5)

-To deliver some of the material to the work site in off peak season;

- Thoughtful arrangement of material transport plan to reduce impact on

existing road traffic,

- Mixing machines to be equipped with dust remove device together

with labour safety measures. _ __.

C Operation period

I Operation - To strengthen dangerous goods transpon management & enforcement Zhangzhou, Municipal 3.3 (4)

management organization; Huaan PSB, & 3.3 (5)

- Abide by and enforcement of dangerous goods transport regulations; local PSB, Communica-

- Special route and parking area for chemical material transport; and tions Bureau

- Personnel taining for dangerous transport management; communica- (MCB)

- Effective organization of emergency response and first aid in case of tion bureau

accident.

2 Vehicle - Enforcement of vehicle regulations in terms of roadworthiness and MCB MCB

management emissions;

- Education, training and publicity of the regulations;

- Effective and efficient road maintenance work. .

3 Noise - Sound insulation door and window installation and enclosing wall Provincial Provincial 3.3 (1)

heightening for some sensitive points; Expressway Expressway

Co. Co. 3.3 (3)

4 Drainage system - Regular cleaning of drainage system to ensure effective work of the MCB MCB

maintenance system. _

5. Others - Ban new buildings of resident, school, hospital, etc. within area 30 m Planning 3.3 (6)

from road side. Depan.

D. Environmental - In accordance with the environmental monitoring plan Local PECH 6.3

monitoring monitoring Supervising

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6. Environmental Monitoring plan6.1 Purpose and principles

The purpose of the environmental monitor plan is to supervise implementation ofeach of the measures in EAP for environmental protection, to timely adjust theenvironmental action plan making it more effective and efficient, and to provide basisfor formulation of time schedule and scheme for the action plan, as well as for postassessment of the project. The principle of monitor plan forrnulation is based on the

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major impacts in each of the forecast periods and the indicators actually measuredwith emphasis on each of the sensitive points.

6.2 Monitoring target and item for each period(I) Construction periodThe main impacts in construction period are dust and noise arising from operation

of construction machine; therefore it is required for the mixing equipment to beequipped with dust remove device, to arrange the mixing plant in proper place withoutsensitive point within areas 300 m from the work site.

(i) Forecast shows that the noise level will meet the standard of "Noise Limits onConstruction Work Site".

(ii) The impact of flying dust will reach areas over hundred meter away; so it isnecessary to sprinkle water from time to time, to reduce flying dust and to monitor theeffectiveness of the sprinkle and to decide the right frequency of sprinkle needed. Forunpaved road (temporary road and road under construction) it is very easy to haveflying dust, so it is necessary to monitor the condition.

(iii) In addition to the requirement for the contractor to take effective measures toreduce the flying dust arising from material transport; it is necessary to monitor theenvironment and strictly enforce the environmental protection regulations.

Based on the environmental analysis and assessment, the monitoring items inconstruction period are TSP, noise and water quality (pH, CODcr, oil, DO, SS).

(2) Operation periodSince the main impact in operation period is road traffic noise, the monitoring

item in operation period is ambient noise.

6.3 Environmental monitoring planBased on the forecast and assessment of the environmental impact scope and the

environmental quality for each of the sensitive points made in the EIA report anenvironmental monitoring plan has been formulated, as shown in Table 6-1. The noisestandard is based on GB3096-93 "Urban Area Ambient Noise Standard" (shown inTable 6-2) for the time being, i.e. for resident areas within 200 m from both sides ofroad shall apply Class IV standard; and the air quality standard GB3095-1996"Ambient Air Quality Standard" Class II (shown in Table 6-3).

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Tabe 6-1 Environmental monitoring planItem Period Location Frequency Action organ Supervising organ

I point inside Huangzao primary school, construction ZMEMS ZZEH

I point inside Xinyu primary school; period, once a Zhangzhou EPB

Construction I point inside Xinyu hospital, month, & one day

I point for each of the first raw building at for each time,

Noise Huangzao, Taikou, and Xinyu resident area by day & night

I point inside Huangzao primary school; 2001 - 2015, ZMEMS ZZECL

I point inside Xinyu primary school; once a year,

Operation I point inside Xinyu hospital, in two days

I point for each of the first raw building at

Huangzao, Taikou, and Xinyu resident area

Ambient air Construction I point inside Huangzao primay school, Randam ZMEMS ZZEH

TSP I point inside Xinyu primary school as required Zhangzhou EPB

Water I section at the downstream 50m from the Random ZMEMS ZZEH

quality Construction Huangzao bridge. measuring, 2 days Zhangzhou EPB

pH, COD,

oil

DO, SS

Table 6-2 Urban area ambient noise standard (GB3096-93)

Classification By day By night Applicable area

Class 0 50 40 Special resident area

Class 1 55 45 Residential, educational area

Class 11 60 50 Residential, commercial, industrial mixing area

Class III 65 55 Built-up industrial area

Class IV 70 55 Both sides of trunk road

Table 6-3 Ambient air quality standard (GB3095-1996)

Pollutant Measuring time Class I Class |I Class III

TSP Daily average 0.15 0.30 0.50

IP Daily average 0.05 0.15 0.25

1 hour average 0.15 0.50 0.70

S02 Annual daily average 0.02 0.06 0.10

Daily average 0.05 0.15 0.25

1 hour average 0.15 0.50 0.70

NOx Daily average 0.05 0.10 0.15

1 hour average 0.10 0.15 0.30

CO Daily average 4.00 4.00 6.00

1 hour average 10.00 10.00 20.00

03 . - 0.12 0.16 0.20

6.4 Environmental monitoring organAt present there is no environmental monitoring station established by the

provincial communications department (PCD). Investigation shows that there areenvironmental monitoring stations in Zhangzhou and Huaan with work staff over50 - 100 and various monitoring equipment, capable and willing to do environmental

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monitoring work for the project. It is recommended that the Zhangzhou or Huaanmonitoring station be entrusted to do the monitoring work in the construction andoperation periods. The cost of the environmental monitoring in the construction andoperation periods for the project will be about CNY 105,000.

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