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VOL. 12

People's Republic of China

World Bank Financed Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project

Public Disclosure Authorized

Wan'an Connecting Road

Environmental Impact Assessment Report

(Third Edition)
Public Disclosure Authorized
Public Disclosure Authorized

Research Institute of Highway, MOC

December 2000
 People's Republic of China

World Bank Financed Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project

Wan'an Connecting Road

Environmental Impact Assessment Report

(Third Edition)

Research Institute of Highway, MOC

December 2000
Research Institute of Highway
Director Chen Guojing

Chief Engineer Liu shutao

Environment Protection Division

Division Head : Ye Huihai
Chief Engineer : Li zongyu
Examiner Ye Huihai

Project Team Leader : Yan Xiaolin Associate Research Fellow

(EIA Professional Competence Certificate,No. 0060 Beijing)
Project Team Member Shen yi, Associate Research Fellow (EIA Professional

Competence Certificate, No. 2116 );

Li xiyun, Senior Engineer(EIA Professional Competence

Certificate. No. 0909 Beijing);

Dong bochang, Engineer(EIA Professional Competence

Certificate, No. 08380);

Wang Fang, Engineer (EIA Profesional Competence

Certificate, No. 0098 Beijing):

Fan qingchun, Engineer (EIA Profesional Competence

Certificate, No. 0995 Beijing)

Report editor: Li Xiyun

Current statuesque
monitoring Unit: Ji'an Prefecture Environmental Monitoring Station

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 Contents

Foreword............................................................ I
Chapter I GeneralProvisions........................................................... 2
1.1 PreparationBasis ........................................................... 2
1.2 AssessmentScope and Time Horizon............................................................ 3
1.3 AssessmentMethodologyand Key Points...........................................................
3
1.4 AssessmentStandard........................................................... 4
1.5 AssessmentClassification............................................................ 5
1.6 Major Environmental ProtectiveObjectives........................................................5
Chapter 2 Project Overview............................................................ 6
2.1 GeographicLocation............................................................ 6
2.2 Road Alignment and Key ControllingPoints......................................................6
2.3 ConstructionSize, Major TechnicalIndicatorsand Work Quantities..................6
2.4 Forecastingof Traffic Volume........................ 7...................................7
2.5 InvestmentEstimation and Work Scheduling......................................................7
Chapter 3 Descriptionand Assessmentof CurrentEnvironmentalConditions...............8
3.1 Natural Environment............................................................ 8
3.2 Social Environment............................................................ 9
3.3 EcologicalEnvironment........................................................... 10
3.4 AcousticEnvironment........................................................... 12
3.5 Ambient Air............................................................ 13
Chapter 4 EnvironmentalImpact Predictionand ProtectiveMeasures............ .............. 15
4.1 Social EnvironmentalImpact Assessment.........................................................15
4.2 EcologicalEnvironmentalImpact Assessment..................................................17
4.3 AcousticEnvironmentalImpact Assessment.................................. ................20
4.4 Ambient Air Prediction and Assessment..........................................................25
4. 5 EnvironmentalImpactfrom ExcavationandTransportationof RoadbuildingMaterials.... 2 8
4.6 MitigationMeasures for EnvironmentalImpacts..............................................29
Chapter 5 AlternativeProposals........................................................... 35
5.1 AlternativeAnalysis without the Proposed Project........................ ...................
35

5.2 Introductionto the Alignment........................................................... 35

5.3 ComparativeAnalysis of Alignment Altematives.............................................36
Chapter 6 EnvironmnentalManagementand MonitoringPlan........................................37

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 6.1 EnvironmentManagementPlan................................................ 37
6.2 EnvironmentalMonitoringPlan ................................................ 39
6.3 Cost Estimationfor Mitigation Measures...................................... .......... 41
Chapter 7 PublicParticipation................................................. 42
7.1 Overviewof Public Participation................................................ 42
7.2 Family interview................................................ 42
7.3 Groupinterview................................................ 43
7.4 InformationRelease and Feedback ......................................... 44
7.5 Summaryof Public Participation .......................................... 44
Chapter 8 AssessmentConclusions................................................ 45
8.1 SocialEnvironment................................................ 45
8.2 EcologicalEnvironment................................................ 45
8.3 AcousticEnvironment......... ........... ............................ 46
8.4 AmbientAir................................................ 46
8.5 PublicParticipation........ ............ ............................ 47
8.6 EnvironmentalProtection Investmentand ManagementPlan .. 47
8.7 ComprehensiveAssessmentConclusion.................... ............................ 47

Annex I Overviewof the AssessmentUnit and Staff Member

Annex 1I Reference
Annex IIIPublicParticipationand Questionnaires(group interview)
Annex IV Environmentaland ResettlementBulletinfor the World Bank Financed
Jiangxi No.2 Highway Project Taihe-Ganzhou Expressway
Annex V List of Tables and Figures
Annex VI List of relevant reports

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 Foreword

Early 1994, Jiangxi Provincial Government made an important strategy of

"constructing Nanchang-Zhangshu-Ji'an-Ganzhou-GanYueborder auto-highway".The
implementationof this project will play a very important role in the opening to outside
world of JiangxiProvince, in promotingthe investmentenvironment,industry structure,
as well as the improvementof people's living standard.
The Gan-YueExpresswayTaihe-Ganzhousection is a WorldBank financed project
to be constructed by the Jiangxi Province.The Wan'an connecting road is one of its
connecting roads, and is the only passageway entering onto or exiting,the Gan-Yue
Expressway. The implementation of this project will play a very important role in
perfecting the road transportation network of Jiangxi Province, in promoting Ganzhou
region's economic development and in taking full play of highwavs as transportation
Pivot.
In Dec.1999. the Jiangxi Provincial CommunicationsDepartmentand the Jiangxi
Provincial Expressway Administration entrusted the Ministry of Communications
Highway Research Institute to undertake the environmental impactassessment for this
project. In Dec.1999, with the assistancefrom the JPCDI. the local governments and
the relevant departments,the MOC HighwayResearch Institute conductedseveral times
of the site reconnaissance along the proposed highway area for the environmental
conditions and the major environrnental protection targets and collection of related
materials and data, based on these, the EIA team has prepared the TOR of
environmental assessment for the Gan-Yue Expressway Taihe-Ganzhou Section
(including connectingroads)
According to the requirements of this meeting, the MOC Highway Research
Institute has revised and supplementedthe first edition of the EIA reportand completed
its second edition in August, 2000.
In December 2000, the EIA team again modified this EIA report in accordance with
the aide-memoire at the pre-evaluation mission of Gan-Yue Expressway
(Taihe-GanzhouSection) of the WorldBank environmentalexperts

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 Chapter 1 GeneralProvisions

1.1 Preparation Basis

(I) People 's Republic of China Law on Environmental Protection (Dec.26, 1989)
(2) People 's Republic of China Law on Water and Soil Conservation(June 29,1991)
(3) People 's Republic of China Law on Land Management (Aug.29, 1998)
(4) People's Republic of China Law on Noise Pollution Control (Oct.29,1996)
(5) People's Republic of China Law on Water Pollution Prevention (May.15,1996)
(6) People's Republic of China Law on Air Pollution Prevention (Dec.29,1995)
(7) People 's Republic of China Law on Solid Waster Pollution Prevention
(Oct.30,1995)
(8) People's Republic of China Law on Roads (July.3,1997)
(9) Management Regulation on Environmental Protection for Construction Project
(State Council document No.253, Nov. 18,1998)
(10) Management Regulation on Environmental Protection for Transportation
Construction Project (Ministry of Communications ordinance (90) No.17)
(11) Notice on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment Management for
Construction Project Loaned by International Financial Institutions (National
Environmental Protection Agency and other bodies document (1993) No.324)
(12) World Bank Working Handbook OP/BP/GP4. 01 Environmental Assessment,
March 1999
(13) Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (HJ/T2.1-2.3-93,
HJ/T2.4-1995, HJ/T19-1997, NEPA)
(14) Code of Environmental Impact Assessment for Road Construction Project
(tentative) [JTJ 005-96, the Ministry of Communications]
(15) Environmental Protection Regulations for Construction Project in Jiangxi
Province (April 29.1995)
(16) Letter of Commission on Environmental Impact Assessment for the Gan-Yue
Expressuajy Taihe-Ganzhou Section (Jiangxi Highway Investment and Development
Holding Co.. Ltd.. Jiangxi Provincial Transportation Design Institute. Dec. 1999)
(17) Feasibility' Study Report for the Wan an Connecting road of the Gan-Yue
Expresswa,vTaihe-Ganzhou Section (Jiangxi Provincial Transportation Design Institute
Feb.2000)
(18) Two stage Preliminary Design for the Wan'an Connecting Road of the
Gan-Yue Expressway Taihe-Ganzhou Section (Jiangxi Provincial Transportation Design
Institute May 2000)

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 (19) Two stage Preliminary Design for the Wan an Connecting Road of the
Gan-Yue Expressway (Jiangxi Provincial Transportation Design Institute) Sept.
2000)
(20) Letter of Confirming the Environmental Impact Assessment Standardfor the
Gan-Yue Expressway Taihe-Ganzhou Section (Jiangxi Provincial Environmental
Protection Agency [2000] 14)

1.2 Assessment Scopeand Time Horizon

1.2.1Assessment Scope
According to the characteristicsof environmental impacts during the construction
and operation stages, the assessment scope for ecology,water, noise and air is usually
the area 200m from the two sides of the road center, and can be extended to 300m if
there is important sensitivelocation.
1.2.2 Assessment Time Horizon
The assessment duration (time horizon) will comprehensivelyconsider the design
stage, construction stage and operation stage, and selects the year 2004, 2015 and 2023
representing the short-term.mid-termand long-term operation stage to make prediction
and assessment accordingto the estimated traffic volumeyears in the FS report.

1.3 Assessment Methodology and Key Points

1.3.1 Assessment Methodology
According to filed reconnaissance along the road, except for a few residences,
schools and high-fill and deep-cut sections that are relatively highly sensitive in
environment, other sections are rather similar in their environmental conditions.
Therefore, the assessment will be conducted by the principle of combining points and
locations and reflectingthe whole road.
1.3.2 Assessment Key Points
The construction of this project involves a lot of filling and cutting, building of
bridges and culverts. which will exert a relatively big impact on local ecology
(including water environment and water conservation). The traffic noise during
operation stage will exert a relatively big impact on people's rest and schooling. So the
key points are ecological impact assessment during construction stage and noise
assessment during operationstage.
The key points of this assessment are the ecological environmental impact
assessment in the construction stage and the traffic noise impact assessment in the
operation stage.

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1.4 Assessment Standard
According to the Jiangxi Provincial Environmental Protection Agency's Letter
[2000] No.14 and the World Bank environmental experts' requirements,the applying
standards for this project are:
(1) Water environment: the water quality assessment for the Ganjiang river af the
surface water along the road applies the class III criteria of the GHZBI-1999<Surface
Water quality Standard>(of which the SS indicator applies the class I criteria of the
GB5084-92<Water Qualityfor Agricultural Irrigation>)(see Tablel-1).
Tablel-I AppliedStandardLimits for WaterEnvironmentAssessment
Unit: mg/L(exceptpHvalue)
Item pH CODcr Petroleum SS Remark
GHZBI-l * SS appliesclass I criteriaof the

standard 6.5-8.5 - 20 < 0.05 (• 150) GB5084-92<Water Qualityfor

limits AgriculturalIrrigation>

(2) Acoustic environment:GB12523-90 <Noise Limits of Construction Site>(see

Table 1.2) will be applied in construction stage. In operation stage, for clustered
residential quarters within the assessment scope along the road, the acoustic
environmental assessment will apply the GB 3096-93 <Noise Standard for Urban
Environment>Class 4 for the first row of buildings most close to the road. For schools
and hospitals,class I standardof GB3096-93will be applied (see Table 1-3).
Table 1-2 GBI2523-90Noise Limitsin ConstructionSite Unit:Leq(dB)
Noiselimit
Construction
stage Mainnoisesource
day night
Earthandstoneworks Bulldozer.
excavator.
loadingvehicle 75 55
Piling Allkindsofpiles 85 prohibited
Structure Concrete mixer. tamper. electric sa\. etc 70 55
installation Crane.liftingmachine
C 65 55

Table1-3AcousicEnvimnmenlImpactAeent Sendard inOperatonStage (Abstnct) UnitLeq(dB)

Class or sensitive objective day Night
GB3096-93 Class l 55 45
GB3096-93Class 4 70 55

(3) Ambient air environment: GB3095-1996<Quality Standardfor Ambient Air

Environment>Class 2 standardwill be applied (see Table 1-4)

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 Table 1-4 Ambient Air Environmental Quality AssessmentStandard (Abstract)
Unit:mg/m3
PollutantName TSP NO, CO

GB3095-1996 Dail) average 0.30 0.10 4.00

Class II concentrationlimit Average per hour - 0.15 lOQO

1.5 Assessment Classification

According to the World Bank's requirements on environmental classification, and
because this project is a new one (including part of innovation on the old road), so E1A
and EAP are required.

1.6 Major Environmental Protective Objectives

The proposed road is aligned intentionally to divert from towns, but unavoidably it
will impact some villages, waters and mountain bodies. According to field
reconnaissance and survey, we identify the major environmental protection objectives
along the road as shown in Table 1-5.

Table 1-5 List of Major EnvironmentalProtection Objectives

Environmental Environmental
Factor Protection Objective Stake No. Impact factor

Agricultural crops ( rice. K4+800-K7+200. Land occupation.

sugar cane ) K10+1I00-Kl 1+200. subgrade fill construction

Vegetation (sparse woods. K0+600-K3+700. K7-K9. Fill and cut. earth borrowing
Ecological grasslands) KI I-K 13 and waste disposal
High-fill and deep cut
sections like
Water and soil KO+620-KO+720. Fill and cut. earth borrowinp
conservation K3+100-K3+250. and wvaste disposal
K7+350--K7+420.
K7+500-K7+620

Ganjiang river K9+340-KI1+140 Construction of bridge

eviaoer foundation. pavement run-
Others Canals. ponds and trrigation off in operation stage
s! stem along the road

Acoustic, Sensitive locations such as Construction noise. flvine

social residences and schools See Table 3.4-1 dust. traffic noise. auto tail
environment listed in Table 3.4-1 gas. etc

Note: data from the <Tw%o Stage Preliminary Design for the Wan'an Connecting Road>. Jiangxi Provincial
Transportation Design Institute (Sept. 2000).

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 Chapter 2 Project Overview

2.1 GeographicLocation
This Project is located in Wan'an county on the southern part of Ji'an City, Jiangxi
Province. Its geographic location ranges from 260 38' to 26' 33' in north latitude
and from 114° 38' to 14° 44' in east longitude. The Project's GeographicLocationis
shown in Fig. 2-1.

2.2 Road Alignmentand KeyControlling Points

The proposed connectingroad starts from Gaopo town of Wan'an County where it
connects the National Highway 105, and ends at HuangnanVillage, Baijiazhen,Wan'an
County to link the Wan'an -Taiheroad.
The road runs through Gaopo, Shaokou and Baijia.The major controlling points are
Wan'an Interchange and Wan'an Bridge on the Gan River. Fig.2-2 is the aligmnent
diagram for this project.

2.3 Construction Size, MajorTechnical Indicatorsand Work Quantities

The major technical indicators and its works volume are listed in Table2-1. Fig.2-3
is the standard cross-sectionalprofile of subgrade.
Table2-1 Major Technical And Economic Indicators and Work Quantities
No Item Unit Quantity
IlV] Highwa%
class Il
2 Designrunningspeed Km/h 80
3 Totallength km 13.86
4 Occupiedland mui 649.6
5 Earthi/stone
v.orksfor subgrade m 614464
6 Drainageprotection\%orksfor subgrade m 39164.56
7 Bituminousconcretepavement lOOOm- 117.846
8 Subgrade
w-idth m 12.0
9 Bridgedesignload Auto-20.trailer-100
10 Net %s
idth of bridgepavement m Net-I0
_I Hugebridge M/place 795.69/1
12 Largeor middle-sized
bridge M/place
13 Small-sized
bridge M/place 110.08/4
14 Culhert M/place 1020.15/45
Note: data from the <Tso Stage PreliminaryDesign for the Wanan ConnectingRoad>. Jiangxi Provincial
TransportationDesignInstitute(Sept.2000).

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2.4 Forecastingof Traffic Volume
Forecastingof traffic volume of this projectsshown in Table2-2.

Table2-2 Forecastingof TrafficVolume Unit: vehicle/day(medium-sizedtruck)

Year 2004 2010 2015 2023

Total 1586 2463 3408 6657

Note:data fromthe <Feasibility
StudyReportforthe Wan'anConnectingRoad>,Feb.2000.

2.5 InvestmentEstimationand Work Scheduling

2.5.1 InvestmentEstimation
The fund needed for this Project comes from domestic bank loans and locally
self-raised fund. The investment of the project totals 102.480873 million yuan,
averaging at 7.394 millionyuan per kilometer.
2.5.2 Work Scheduling
The project intends to start in August 2002, to be completed for operation in
August 2004, totaling 24 months. Wa'an extreme large bridge intends to start
constructionin August 2001 and be completedin August 2004, totaling36 months.

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 Chapter 3 Description and Assessment of Current
Environmental Conditions

3.1 Natural Environment

3.1.1 Landformand Relief
Starting from the origin to Shaokou , the land rises and the terrain goes up and
down with an elevation of 80-150m and a relative altitude difference of 40-60m. The
hilly terrain takes an elongate or oval shape. Then the alignment comes to the Gan River
valley from Shaokou to Baijia with an elevation of 60-72m, where the relief is
flattened and widened and the land lowered. From Baijia onward until the destination,
the hilly land is similar to the section from the startingpoint to Shaokou .
3.1.2 Hydrographicand Meteorology
As the alignmentgoes across the GanjiangRiver, the water level along the road is
controlled by that of the Ganjiang river. Floodsand maximumwater level usuallvoccur
in May and June lasting a period of 5-15 days.
Wan an County is located in subtropical low hilly climate which is characterizedby
mild weather, plentiful rainfall, sufficient sunshine,longer summer and winter. shorter
spring and fall, obvious distinctionof seasonsand short frost season
The annual average temperature is 18.60 C-19.2'C.. In a year, January is the coldest.
with an average monthly temperature of 6.7'C-7.90 C: while July is the hottest with an
average monthly temperature of 29.60C-29.80C.
The project is about 500 km away from the coastline. The climate in this area is of
oceanic type characterized by plentiful rainfall-an average annual rainfall of
1381 1443mm.The influence of monsoon results in the concentration of rainy season
in April-June.
3.1.3 Geological Conditions
The alignment is situated along the South China fold system dominantly affected
and controlled by the Ganjiang River fault. The rock strata stretches to the north and
east. No large faultedjoint is found. the geologicalstructureis not very developed.
The undergroundwater in the region is crevice water of red stratum and pore water
from ravelly groundof the Quatemary period.
The strata layers along the line are simple in structure and no unfavorable
geological phenomenahave been found.
This area is featured with large-scale intermittent rising movement. No explicit
differentiation can be found in the fracture and block movement. Earthquake

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occurrence rate is low. According to Maps of China's Regional Divisions of
Earthquake Rupture(JianxiPart,1990), the rupture alongthe alignment of this project is
below IV magnitude.

3.2 Social Environment

3.2.1 Impact Areas and TheirDivisions
According to the natural administrative zoning, the layout of the existing
transportation network and degrees of the project's impact on the various regions, the
influenced region has been subdivided into two types: one directly influenced region
and two indirectly influencedregions, of which Wan'an County belongs to the former
while Taihe and XingguoCountiesbelong to the latter.
3.2.2 Major EconomicIndicatorsof the InfluencedRegions
The total populationof Wan an County amountedto 278,000 in 1998. Its GNP was
778,000,000yuan. The farmners net annual average personalincome was 1966yuan per
person. The gross outputvalue was 369,060,000yuan(value of that year.) for industry,
and 677,070,000yuan (value of that year.) for agriculture
3.2.3 Regional Features
The connecting road is one of the arterial highways of Wan'an County, running
from east to west. Wan'an County is situated in subtropicalzone, covering an area of
2046.43squarekilometers.It bordersXingguo Countyin the east, and Gan and Nankang
Counties in the south and SuichuanCounty in the west and Taihe County in the north.
The county is rich in hydro resources. with over 2000 square kilometers of rain runoff
area. The Wan'an Hydropoweris the first trapezoidalconstructionon the mainstreamof
the Ganjiang River. The Wan'an power station has an installed capacity of 400.000kw,
generating 1.06 billion kilowatts/ha year ranking the largestin Jiangxi Province as well
as a backbone power station in Jiangxi Province.It is committedwith the major task of
systematic frequency modulation and phase modulation, playing a vital role in
improving the system's economic and technical conditions.Wan'an County has fertile
land, abundant economicresources, such as cereal crops, beans, oil crop and ramine as
well as cash crops. The County has raised a variety of livestock. fowl and fish. It has
also bred such fine varieties as Wan an pigs. glassy red Cyprinus carpio. Fruit trees.
medical herbs and wild plantsare well known far and wide. Just to name a few, we have
Baoshan dates, Mianjinpaper and so on. Wan an has beautiful mountains and waters.
and thus many scenic spots. The well-known Huangkong Beach and magnificent
Wan'an Dam of the HydraulicPower Station have great charms. Wan an is also one of
the revolutionarybases with glorious traditions.

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3.2.4 Transportation
No railway goes by Wan'an County and highway transportation plays very
importantrole. Road related with is project in the influencedregionis the Wan'an-Taihe
Highwaywhich has a total length of 36km, starting from Wan'an County to pass Baijia,
Yaotou,and Tongjin to reach YangcunVillage, Taihe County. In addition, two sections
of National Highway 105 go through Wan'an County for 30.5km. There are five
Provincial Highways.

3.3 Ecological Environment

3.3.1 Animal and Plant Life
Statistics shows that the coverage of Wan'an County's forest goes up to 67.5
percent. Along the line is mostly planted vegetation, few bushes or natural grass. The
bushes are mainly gulfpine, azalea, etc. The natural green coverage is mainly of
gramineous type with some ferns. The cultivated plants are primarily farm plants
including some timber trees, fruit trees and artificial forestation for protection and
scenery.Plants on the farmland are mainly oil-tea camellia,tung oil tree and tea groves.
Fruit trees are mainly orange,peach, plum, navel orange trees. etc. Chinese parasol and
poplartrees are used for protectiveforestationand scenery.
Wan'an County has within its territory such trees as firs. gulfpine, pinus clliottii,
camphore. oil-tea camellia. tung oil. Rare and precious trees include trifoliate fir.
Bretschneiderasinensis (a small niche is found around the Tianshan Lake of Luyuan
woodland), gingko (scantily distributedaround Mianjinand BoyanVillages) which are
tens of kilometersaway from the proposed highway.
Since farmers around here have long conducted heavy farming activities along the
line, animals are mainly species that have got accustomedwith this. In most farming
areas, small animals that eat cereal crops are rats. sparrows or finches, with very few
wood inhabitinganimals.
It has been investigated that within the assessment scope. no wildlife sources that
have been listed as national rare endangered species. and nor there is natural
preservation zones.
3.3.2 Soil and Land Use
Soil in this part is somewhatacid. and land is mainly loess with brown or gray earth
from place to place. The hilly locations are mostly red soil. In the farmland we find
coarse alluvial soil.
In Wan'an County soil falls into seven types: paddy soil, moisture soil. meadow
soil. purple soil, red loam, yellow earth and upland meadow. They can be further
divided into eleven sub-types. in which paddy soil is Wan'an County's main mold

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covering an area of 514,193.75mu, 17.29 percent of the total soil, with 20,500 mu of
moisture soil occupying 0.69 percent of the total, 4271mu of meadowsoil 0.14 percent,
290,500 mu of purple soil 9.77 percent, 2,132,500 mu of red loam 71.74 percent
10,100mu of yellow earth 0.34 percent.
It has been calculated that Wan'an County has now 3,069,600muof land in total,
out of which 296,200 mu of paddy field,2.,900 mu of dry land, 43,800 mu of orchard,
1,300mu of tea garden, 1,930,700mu of woods.
3.3.3 Resourcesof Crops
The district along the proposed project has a mild climate and favorablewater and
heat conditions.Agriculturalproducts includerice, various kinds of beans as main crops
and cotton, sugar cane, sesame and tobaccoas cash crops.
3.3.4 Water EnvironmentAssessment
(1) Status Quo
The project areas along the line are located around the watersystem of the Ganjiang
River. The main runoff flow comesfrom rainfall, whose season runs from April to June.
Therefore seasonal changes in the volume of river water vary greatly. The Ganjiang
River that eventually pours itself into the Poyang Lake also covers a large area,
Navigation of this river has been plannedto be a Class III navigableship-passwithout
anv navigationrequirementfor other rivers.
Preliminary investigations show that within the assessment scope, there is no
centralized drinking water intake in rivers. therefore, people get their drinking water
from underground.
(2) Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality
The section of river for water quality monitoring has been chosen at The Ganjiang
River Bridge. The Ji'an Monitoring Station carried out the above monitoring and the
result of the work was provided in Table,-I presented in April. 2000.
Table3-1 Water Quality Monitoring Results and Assessment
Monitored Timeof sample PH value Suspended Petroleum COD
section collection lsubstance SS

%Vanan
12/4/2000
13/4/2000
r 7.21
7.17
56.0
444
_
_
5.99
12.77
Ganjiang
Ri%erBridge Average 7.19 50.2 _ 9.38
siteK9-640
Qualified 100% 100% 100°.4 I00%
percentage

Assessment
standardlimit 6.5-8.5 S 1I0S 0.05 <20
Datafrom the monitoringreportsubmittedby theJi'an PrefectureMonitoringStation.April.2000.
Note: indicatesthe unnoticed; *refersto whereno SSlimit setin GHZBI-1999, applythe GB5084-92
Water Quality Standardlfor Irrigation of Farnland Class I Standard.

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 Table3-lindicates that monitored results at the Ganjiang River are within the
limits, and each water quality indicator is 100percent satisfactory, which shows that the
water quality is nice and can satisfv requirementsconcerned.
3.3.5 Soil Erosion
It has been shown that soil erosion at Wan'an County is above the average of the
Province. The Wan'an County's soil erosion is shown in Table3 -2.
Table3-2 Wan'an County'sSoil Erosion
Soil erosion level Slight Mild Moderate Intense Very intense Severe Total
Totaraofsded bad 223.80 24.96 20.19 33.54 2.51 1.96 306.96
(ltOMi)
Average erosion <20 500, 200, 500,
module (t/km2 a) 1000 1000-2500 2500-5000 5000-8000 8000-15000 >15000
Data: RemoteCensoringSurveyReportof Jiangxi ProvinceSoil Erosion.Jiangxi ProvincialWaterConservancy
Office. 1997

3.4 Acoustic Environment

3.4.1 Acoustic Environment
The Project region is covered mostly by hilly land. rural fields where the
environment is relatively quiet. No large-size stationary noise pollution sources have
been found. Noise source comes from National Highway 105 and vehicles on the
country road. On the present roads and intersections. noise can exert some adverse
impact as part of the residences are being urbanized. In villages. the major noise comes
from residents living noise, animal and fowl call.
The sensitive locations such as residences, schools etc. for the recommended
proposal for the proposed road are listed in Table' 3. (Note: on the two side
Gaopo-Huangnan as a reference direction)
Table3-3 Statisticsof MajorSensitiveLocations
Io Sitename Mileage Distncefrom
hecenter
Size Environmental
features

I t Xiaketang K4+200 Rieht 120m 16families.80 Hill. closeto the ne%%

andold roads
- ~~~~people Hly ls oten~ n l od
2 Yuanbei K4+850 Left edge 1lfamilies.70 Hill%.at the intersectionof the ne%%
people andold roads%% ith a pond
Rightedge- l4families.70 Hills. closeto the news
andold roads.
Tianbei K5+300 40m people wsithoil-teacamellia
WananCount%
4 Schooi(WanxanK5+800 Right80m Desolate
buildings Mostlh 120m a" a%fromroad
Gongda)
5 Xiajianpo K6+600 Ri.ht 60m 10families.50 Residinpat thefoot of hills. a roadto
people the old road

6 Qiangbei K9+150 Left 110m 10families.45 Farmlandon the w%est

bankof the
people GanjiangRiver

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 No Site name Mileage Ditance
from Size Environmental
features

Liujia On the east bank of the Ganjiang

7 Bjun) KlO+150 Right edge 20 fapilies.100 River, clustered living on plain
(Baijiacun) people land.fill height 6m

8 Yangjiapo KI1+950 Right 180m 4 families 21 Hills

__ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _people

9 Huangnan K13+300 Right 140m 20 famnilies,95 Clusteredhouses, flat landform

Huangnan
K13+300 Right 140m people
Note: data from the < Preliminary Design for the Wan'an Connecting Road>. Jiangxi Provincial Transportation
Design Institute (Sept. 1999).

3.4.2 Current Condition Monitoring and Assessment

Two sensitive locations: Yuanbei and Liujia (Baijia) were selected to conduct the
acoustic monitoring with the monitored results listed in Table3 -4.
Table 3-4 Current Acoustic Environment Monitoring Points and the Results

Site MonitoringPoint Period of Noise (dB)

time L 50 LL0

Nuanbei K4+85
. irtr%oo
ros%
. ofFirst
houses Daytime 53 8 48.0 43.7 51.1
oue
close to the road Nighttime 46 0 42.7 40.5 43.8

Liujia (Baijia) First rowvhouses Daytime 43.0 43.0 42.0 42.6

K 10+150 close to the road Nighttime 41.0 40.0 40.0 40.4

Data from the monitoringreport submitted by the Ji-an PrefectureMonitoringStation.April. 2000.

The monitored data show that the noise Leq value of villages along the road is
42.6dB-I-51.IdB(daytime) and 40.4dB-43.8dB(nighttime), satisfying class I criteria and
close to class zero criteria, demonstrating the fact that the aligning districts have
favorable current acoustic environment, satisfactorily meeting the requirements of
sensitive locations for acoustic environment.

3.5 Ambient Air

3.5.1 Current Condition Investigation

The proposed road mostly goes through countryside. villages and fields where the

ambient air remains natural. Along the line, no large-size stationary pollution sources

have been found. The present ambient air pollution comes from flying dust.

automobiles' emission and carbon monoxide (CO) produced from people's working and

living. as well as total suspended particles(TSP). The pollutants discharged are small in

quantity. hence the current ambient air is of fine quality.

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3.5.2 Current Condition Monitoringand Assessment
This assessment conducted ambient air monitoring at Liujia(Baijia), with the
monitored results listed in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5 MonitoredResultsfor AmbientAir

Houriv average value Daily average value Max Total daily
Monitoin item excessiv average
point Concentration Excessive Concentration Excessive eties value
limit(mg/m) rate(%) limit(mg/m 3 ) rate(%) times value
Liujia NOx 0.006-0.018 0 0.008-0.012 0 0 0.010
(Baijia) TSP - - 0.108-0.126 0 0 0.114
Data from the monitoringreport submitted by the Ji'an PrefectureMonitoring Station, August,2000.

From Table 3-5, it shows that the daily average NOx and TSP concentrationsare
lower than national Class II standard, not above the limits. NOx has a relatively large
environmentaltolerance.

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 Chapter 4 Environmental Impact Prediction and
Protective Measures

4.1 Social EnvironmentalImpact Assessment

4.1.1 Impact on CommunityDevelopment
After the completionof this Project, technicalstandardswill go up remarkablyand
the road conditions will be improved so that transportationcapacity will also rise up
noticeably. Constructionof this project will greatly strengthenthe relations of the two
sides of Wan'an on the Ganjiang River. The traffictension on the Wuyun Bridgewill be
mitigated, so that exchangesof commodities and informationbetween regions will be
quickened. As a result, the investment environment of the covered region will be
improved so that necessaryconditions to attract investorscan be further created.
With the improvementof transportation conditions,commerce, food and beverage
industry, tourism. architecture, transportation, manufacturing and fish breeding and
poultry raising will develop rapidly, offering more opportunitiesof employment for the
society, resulting in greater profits in economicand socialaspects.
4.1.2 Impact on Infrastructure
The construction of the Project will not damage the current water conservancy
facilities, during the construction period, however, lighting, transmitting and
communication wiring shall have to be removed. This will bring adverse impact to
thousands of households and township enterprises in terms of lighting and
communication. Hence. an overall surveillance has to be done for electricity and
communication facilities before contacting relevant departments to protect while
removing these public facilities. Before the removal. provisional electric and
communication wiring has to be set up so as to ensure that life of the residences and
enterprises will not suffermuch impact.
4.1.3 Removal and Resettlement
It has been calculatedthat removal work involvedin this project will cover 7068.6
square meters of various kinds of buildings. Refer to Table 4 -I for details. The
relocated power and telecommunicationlines come to 59500m of.
The resettlementwill be undertaken by the principle of local resettlement,overall
interest. coordinatedarrangement. full consultation.suitable settlement and no problem
unsettled. Families to be removed should be identified one by one and reasonably
compensated for according to the standards issued by local government. Government
should arrange for house building so as not to impact removed family's living standard

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and reduce the adverse impactof resettlementto the minimumextent.
Table4-1 Estimated Removalof Buildings

Brick- tile brick-concrete ClaN

-brick-tile Toilet. TB Brickwall Concretegrain
houseof (m2) house(i 2) house (i 2) pigpen(m2) (m) ground (m2)

4617.5 1300.4 1150.7 8 12 20 290.00 380.00

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Note: data from the < Preliminary esign for the Wanman
ConnectingRoad>.JiangxiProvincialTransportation
DesignInstitute(Sept.2000).
The construction unit of the project shall make arrangementprior to the start of
construction. Corresponding coordinating units should be set up in towns, village
govemments at Wan'an county directly concerned with land acquisition, removal and
resettlementto finalize and study policies on land acquisition,removal and resettlement.
For details, refer to the land acquisition, removal and resettlementaction plan of this
project (RAP).
4.1.4 Land Resource Value Analysis
Statistics show that the proposedroad occupies 603.6mu of land. For details, refer
to Table4-2.
Table4-2 Estimationof Land OccupancyandProportion

Landacquired(mu)
Type1
Qt'. Padda Drv Barrenhills Wood Cash Reoods
eser% House | Grain
field land and land land pond base eround

Percentaee 230.8 2.78 11.11 311.27 18.84 13.97 9.76 11.81

A 0.46 1817 3.12 j2.30 160 1.96

Note: data from the < Preliminary Design for the Wanan ConnectingRoad>. Jiangxi Pro' incial
TransportationDesignInstitute(Sept. 1999).

The land occupied by the project is pernanent; thus the land taken will lose its
original productivity. This will inevitably exert some impacts on the aligning region's
agriculture and forestry. Nevertheless, due to the great benefit brought about by this
project. the land taken will.undergo a special transmission in terms of value. Moreover.
this project is to breed new industriesalong the line after its completion. so the pattern
of utilizing land will also undergo great changes in that non-agriculturaluse of land by
industry and transportation will increase in proportion. To avoid too much loss in the
precioustillage resources. we suggest that land management departmentsreinforce their
functionin sanctioning and controllingland use along the road.
4.1.5 Analysis of Convenience of the Residents
To construct Wan an Bridgeon the Ganjiang River has been an urgent desire of the
people in Wan'an County for many years. When the bridge is completed, the distance
between Shaokou and Baijia will be greatly shortenedso that people in these two places

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can set up more direct relations and also benefit those who will go to do business or to
visit friendsor relatives.
4.1.6 Impacton People's Living Quality
When the proposed Project has been put into operation, economy will develop
rapidly and living environmentwill be improved greatly, therefore, people will enjoy
higher standardsof living.

4.2 EcologicalEnvironmentalImpactAssessment
4.2.1 Impacton the Pattern of Land Utilization
Connectingroad in Wan'an takes 649.6mu of land, 42.95 percent of farmland and
49.91 percent of woodland. For actualtypes of land taken, refer to Table 4-2.
Taking a lot of farmland, especially paddy field, will sharpen the contradiction
between the small amount of land and a big population, and the pressure on the rest of
the farrnland can also be increased. The proposed road will exert impact on the
short-term income of the farmers alongthe line, especially to the land contractors.This
unfavorable situation can be mitigatedthrough local governrmentby readjustingthe use
of land, or develop new industry using the compensation money. In addition, the
running of the highway will often urbanize the two parts of land along the road. And
farnland will be used for non-agriculturalpurposes, which also exert adverseimpact on
agriculturalproductionand land utilization.
Temporary use of local land can also bring about negative impact to the farmers.
Comparativelyspeaking. however, temporaryuse of land , often with small size, can be
reclaimedto its original functionby cleaningand treating properly.
After the completion of the road, the transportationinfrastructurecan be improved
and the unutilized land is easy to develop. Also the construction of the road will
promote agricultural production and processing and the whole region's economy.
creating employment opportunities to the local people and fostering the deep
developmentof the local agriculturaleconomy,and transforming the forn of land use.
Accordingly, construction of this project and its later operation exertsonly limited
impacton the pattern of local land use and agriculturalecology.
4.2.2 Impacton Plants and Animalsalong the Road
(I ) During the construction, the excavation and filling of earth will cause a
series of damage to the wild plants. trees, fruits, and flowers within the scope of
acquired land and in places to dispose earth. They will be cut, eradicatedor buried.,
which will spoil the look of plants aroundscores of meters beside the road. Besides. the
vehicles cross the fields with flying dust about which can cover the crops with dirt
preventing the pollination of flowers and the yielding of fruit. Reduction of production

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can be foreseen. Most part of the green coverage is artificially planted trees or crops.
The proposed road will take 573.1mu of paddy field, dry land and woodland, bringing
about a big economicloss. However, no long-run destructiveimpact can occur since no
primitive forest or endangeredspecies can be foundnearby.
(2) The construction can exert impact on animals, too. As the construction and
equipment will to some extent change the environment,the animals will find it difficult
to live quietly. The construction noise will disturb the wildlife. The cutting of trees,
bushes. flying dust on the working site, poisonousgases on the construction site as well
as pollution will cause animals to emigrate. In any case,the construction will not alter
the environrnentso muchas to drive all of the animals away. Some of them can still live
on in this part of the land. Therefore, this project only exertsmild impact on most of the
animals here.
4.2.3 Water EnvironmentalImpact Assessment
(1) ConstructionPeriod Impact
According to the introductionof the "PreliminaryDesign". in buildingthe Ganjiang
River Bridge, boring and cast-in-place piling will be used. In the early stage of
construction, boring work for the proposed GanjiangRiver Bridge constructionwill stir
part of the river and make the water muddy with increased silt or suspended object,
influencing the water quality. The construction machinery will usually powered by
electricity, so that no leaking. dropping of mineral oil can occur except that the
lubrication oil used by some part of the machinescan be washed into the river by rain,
which will not cause significant impact on the water quality. The most potential
pollutant caused by foundation construction into the water body is the vast volume of
slag produced from boring, which, if discharged carelessly.will block the downstream
river and pollute the water quality. Therefore, the slag must be stored and protectedin
accordance with the MOC rules and regulations in a place designated by environmental
and hydro departments.
Waste debris from the prefabrication site for concretecomponents include sand and
gravel. cement, concrete dregs and polluted water containing mortar. The construction
camps have such wastes as dregs from boilers in the construction camp. garbage.
sewage and manure from the construction personnel. The above-mentioned waste
materials polluted water source. The pavement of subgrade and material transportation
bring about flying dust that will be flown into the Ganjiang River by wind. which
increases the water's turbidity. Calculations show that the Wan an Ganjiang River
Bridge has a length of 795.69m whose constructioncalls for about 250,000 workdays,
with about 410 workers on the work-site everyday. The construction site tums off
polluted water from living at about 30t/d. Therefore. it is necessary to pile up solid

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waste, and the muddy water shall have to be moved to designated places and treated
with appropriate measures. But all in all, the impact of the construction period is
temporary and mild.
(2) Analysis of OperationPeriod Impact
(X)According to estimation, the Ganjiang River Bridge of Wan'an has a radial
runoff flow on the road surface at 28988m3 /a. In rainy season, the pollutants brought by
the run-off are mainly suspended material and a tiny amount of petroleum products
which is often the case at early period of rainy days. As for the GanjiangRiver, the flow
and speed are both stable havingrelatively great diluting capacity.Down the stream and
within the assessment scope, no proper place is available for fetching drinking water.
Therefore, we may think that the radial runoff flow on the bridge does not exert much
impact on the waterquality.
i Impact of the ProposedRoad on Current AgriculturalIrrigation Pattern
The area along the proposedroad has formed in itself a perfect water conservation
and irrigation system, providing the farmland with favorable irrigation conditions.
Where the road meets water channels, small bridges or culverts are built, so it will not
damage the agriculturalirrigationpattern. In the recommendedprogram,45 culverts are
to be built, averaging 3.247 culvertsper kilometer, and 4 bridges totaling Il .OOm.
4.2.4 Impact of Soil Erosionand Assessment
Accordingto forecasting.this project goes through areas of two types of soil erosion in
terms of erosion intensity:one is inexplicit erosion and the other is with mild erosion,
with the latter being the majority.
When adopting the model the Soil Protection Bureau of the U.S. Departmentof
American Agriculture, we know that during the constructionperiod. soil erosion has an
intensity of 6.67 times that of before the construction (the actual calculating process
omitted). For erosion intensitvrefer to Table4-3. Obviously, entering the construction
period. the eroded section of a slight extent will reach the state of moderate erosion
while the mild erodedarea will reach the state of intensive erosion.
Table4-3 Erosion Intensity Estimation during Construction

Currenterosion Currenterosion Sectionlength Constructionperiod Construction

period
level index (tSkm'- a) (km) erosionmodule (t/km: - a) erosionlevel

Slight <500 12.10 3335 Moderate

Mild 500-2500 1.76 3335-16675 Intense-seervintense

As many cuttingsand fillingsalong the whole road, excavationand filling are set
at 2m for the average height. then the increased area at the side slope will amount to
0.183krm2, with the annual soil erosion amount of 610.3-917.1 t. Obviously,during

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the construction period the soil erosion can be more intensified,especially in the filling
and excavation of subgrade and in the earth borrowing and waste areas, the increased
soil erosion can not be neglected.
As a matter of fact, the erosion volume for the above sections will be lower than
this estimated value; the reasons are: a. during the first year of construction, the
excavationand filling of the side slope will not reach the estimatedarea; b. protection of
side slope and drainage work will be carried out simultaneously(the drainage and
protection works for this project totals 39164.56m3 ); c. Recoveringvegetation in slope
by forestationwill reduce the soil erosion volume
This project involves a larger cut works than fill works, so there is some waste
earth. Three waste areas are designed with an earth/stone works volume of 92020 m3.
and a land occupied of 24.5 mu. In addition, a borrowing site will occupy a land area
of 8.0 mu with a scheduled volume of 20,000m3 . Protection and planting works are
designed for the waste and borrowingareas so to prevent soil erosion.

4.3 Acoustic EnvironmentalImpactAssessment

4.3.1 Construction Stage
Along the Wan'an connectingroad, noise largely comes from constructionmachines
and hauling vehicles. Noise impact varies with the progress of the construction and the
extent to which construction equipment has been put to use. Besides, impact degree
depends on the distance betweenthe construction machines on constructionsite and the
sensitive locations such as villages or schools. Generally speaking. construction noise
such as that from hauling vehicles, or road-building machines exert relatively small
impact to environment over lOOmaway; but big impact on people within 50m of the
construction site. Particularlyat night, the construction noise will influencepeople rest
and sleep. Large-size machineryalso makes loud noise to disturb workersand residents
in the nearby. In this regard, it is necessaryto arrange the construction time rationally,
such as to avoid the school time, nighttime of residents' rest, in case of impossibility to
avoid. temporary mitigation measuresshall be adopted.
4.3.2 Traffic Noise Impact EstimationDuringThe OperationPeriod
This prediction observes relevantmode in EnvironmentalImpactAssessment
Code for Highway Construction, i.e.

(L, )i =L.i + l 0 g( IV ) ALdi s - y

LLver. .L -13

where: L,.i- -Type i vehicle average radiationacoustic grade, dB:

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 N1 -- Type i vehicle average daytime or nighttime traffic volumeper hour;
vehicle/h;
V i -- Type i vehicle average running speed, km/h;
T--Prediction time for (LAeq), here, lh;
A Ldistane-it is the driving noise of type i vehicles attenuated by the
forecastingpoint with an equivalentdriving distance of r at day or
night,dB;
A L longi--Traffic noise correction caused by highway longitudinal grade, dB;
ALsur--Traffic noise correctioncausedby highway surface, dB.
The total noise value at the estimation point in daytime or nighttime is
calculated accordingto the following:
(LAeq)==lolg[io I('leq,_+100 I(Leq), +0e ]-AL -AL, (dB)
where (LAeq ) -- traffic noise value at estimation point in daytime or
nighttime dB;
A LI- -traffic noise correctionby road curve or limited length;

A L2 - -traffic noise correction by barrier between the road and the

estimation point.

Parameterscalculationsare as follows:
(1) Trafficvolume
Traffic volumefor prediction year refer to Table2-3 , daytime (1 6h) ratio the
same as the highwaymainline.
(2) Compositionof vehicle types
The composition of different types of vehicles (absolute number) are: small
vehicles occupies 45.4 percent, middle vehicles 28.7 percent, large vehicles 25.8
percent.
(3) Speed
According to Environmental Impact Assessment Code for Highway
Construction,speed is regulated as follows:
small vehicles : V=237XN-° 1602
middlevehicles : V=212XN-° 1 47 7
large vehicles : V=as 80 percent of middle vehicles
where: V--calculated speed;
N--traffic volume per hour, modified by the following:
(©)Whendesigned vehicle speed is smaller than 120km/h, the calculationwill be
reduced proportionately;
© Whenvolume of small vehicles is smaller than 50 percent of the traffic volume.

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 the reduction is of 30 percent for every reduction of I0Ovehicle;
(5) The above is valid for daytime, so is it for nighttime average vehicle speed
when deducted by 20 percent.
(4) Single VehicleNoise Emission Source Intensity (L, .l)
Average radiating acoustic grades for different types of vehicles, Ll., are
calculated with the following:
2 .2 +0. 18VL
large vehicles : Lw.L=7
middle vehicles LW,M=62.6+0.32Vm
small vehicles Lw.s=59.3+0.23Vs
in which: La M. S--standing for large, middle or small vehicles
V i- -average running speed, km/h.
(5) distance attenuation A L distance
@To calculatethe space headway di betweenvehiclesof type i.
di = lOOOx[ (m)
Ni
in which: N 1 - -type i vehicle daytime or nighttimetraffic volume per hour, vehicle/h;
V i -- type i vehicletraffic volume per hour, km/h:
(© Distance (r2) between the estimation point and noise equivalent vehicle
running line.
r,= D
where: DN - - the distance(m) from the estimation point to the near lane;
DF --the distance(m)from the estimation point to the efar lane
( Calculationof A L distance
When r, < /2 R, ALAi4i K I K, .20lg 7' (dB)
7.5
When r,)' /2 RfI A j =20K, [K, lIg 7.d+ Ig ] (dB)

Where: K, - -the constant for the ground status from the estimationpoint to the road is
set as 1.0;
K2 -- constant related to the space headway between vehicles(d1 ), and for the
value refer to Table4-4.
Table4-4 ConstantsRelatedto VehicleSpacing
[di 7 207 5 30 40 50 60 70 80 10O 140 160 250 300

K2 j7j 5 0.61 0.71 0.78 0.80 0.83 04 085 088 .88 8I9 090

Data:SpecificationsConcerningEIA for HighwayConstructionProject(Trial)

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 (6) Traffic noise correction A L longi caused by the longitudinalgrade
largevehicles: Llon2g=98X 3 (dB)
middle vehicles L longi= 73 x f (dB)
small vehicles L longi= 50 X g (dB )
where: 0 - -the highway's longitudinalgrade ( %, in calculation,the average
longitudinalgrade is set as 2% .
(7) Traffic noise correction A Lpavementthat occurs on the surface of the road,
this highway uses asphalt concretefor surface material, A Lpavemen,t
is set at 0 (dB ).
(8) Traffic noise correctionA LI caused the road curve or limited length of
section

( 180 )
where: 0-- angle between the estimation point and the two ends of the road.
(9) Traffic noise correction A L2 caused by barriers between the road and the
estimation point
A L 2 = A L2.ood + A L2building + A L2sound
©1A L2%vood the attenuationof equivalent Class A soundcaused by wood barriers.
When depth of the wood is 30m, A L 2 wood= SdB: whendepth of the wood is 60m,
A L2,,,d= 10dB; with the maximumcorrection as lOdB.
©) A L buildingthe attenuation of equivalent Class A sound caused by building
barriers.
When the first row of buildings occupies 70%-90%of the area between the
estimationpoint and the center line of the road, A L2 building =5SdB; with one more row
of buildings increased, the value of A L2buildingsincreases 1.5dB; the maximum value
of A L2buildings is I OdB.
© A L2soundis equivalent Class A sound attenuation caused by high embankment
or low cut at the two sides of acousticshadow region of the estimationpoint
4.3.3 Estimated Results of TrafficNoise and Assessment
The estimated traffic noise results of the project are listed in Table4 - 5.
According to GB3096-93Class IV standard ( i.e. for the daytime 70dB, and for the
nighttime 55dB ), the compliant distances for traffic noise on the road sides refer to
Table4-6, from which, we can see;
According to GB3096-93 Class IV standard (i.e. daytime 70dB. nighttime
55dB), daytime noise on the two sides of the road during the operationperiod is still
within the standard limit; while at nighttime,noise excessive distance limit is I Omat the
early operation period. and with the growingof traffic volume, the distance grows up to
30m until the late operation period.Since.this project has to do with innovation of some

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old road sections,some residences (for incidence, in Yuanbei or Tianbei)aredistributed
along the two sides of the road, and the highway is becoming a street, so the traffic
noise exerts direct impact on the residential quarters.
Table 4-5 Estimated Traffec Noise Results during Operation Period

Operation Time Estimatedvalue of traffic noise at different distance beyond the shoulder ,dB
stage peimeod_____
(year) period lDm 20m 30m 40m 60m 8Dm |10m 12Dm 150m 200m

Daytime 61.0 57.7 55.8 54.2 51 6 49.3 47.9 46.4 44.6 42.2
2004
nighttime 55.8 52.4 50.6 48.9 46.3 44.0 42.7 41.2 39.3 36.9

daytime 62.6 59.3 57.5 55.8 53.2 50 9 49.6 48.1 46.3 43.8
2015
niehttime 57.5 54.1 52.3 50.7 48 0 45.7 44.4 42.9 41.0 38.6

daytime 64.7 61.4 59.6 58.0 55.4 53.1 51.8 50.3 48.5 46.1
2023
nighttime 59.7 56.4 54.5 52.9 50.3 48 0 46 7 45 2 43 3 40 9

Table4-6 AnuatentDationDisw
WhenTrafikNoiseCompliesWhlhCbssV Standad Unit:m

2004 standard compliantdistance 2015 standard compliantdistance distance

Daytime : nighttime daytime nighttime Daytime Nighttime

Not excessive <20 Not excessive <.20 Not excessive 20-30

4.3.4 Sensitive Locations Acoustic Estimation and Assessment

According to features of acoustic environment around sensitive locations, we add
the noise value and the noise background value. the formula is:
LAeqenvironmental _tc 1 Olg( 100.1Laeqtraffic+ 1001Laeqbackground

The noise and excess at sensitive locations are listed in Table4-7. From it. we can
see:
(I) The traffic noise at all residences and Tianxi high school are not excessive
during the operation stage.
(2) The nighttime traffic noise is excessive at 2 sensitive locations during the
initial operation stage by 1.1-2.2dB for residence. There will be 4 sensitive locations
with different exceedance by 2.7dB-4.8dB in long-run operation phase. In which.
Tianxi high school has larger noise excess at night. however it is a deserted school
without teaching, so no impact.

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 Table 4-7 Traffic Noise Estimation and Excess Statistics at Sensitive Locations Unit: dB
distance Noise Trafficnoise noise excess value
No Locationname Mileage from estimatedvalue
center Standard 2004 2015 2023 2004 2015 2023
Right daytime 70 52.6 53.1 54.0 - - -
I Xiake-tang K4+200 -

120m nighttime 55 45.9 46.7 47.9 - - -

daytime 70 59.9 62.1 63.3 - - -

2 Yuanbei K4+850 left 20m- - - - -

nighttime 55 54.5 56.1 58.2 - 1.1 3.2

3 Tiae Right
l daytime 70 61.5 62.9 64.9 - - -

edge-40m nighttime 55 56.1 57.7 59.8 1.1 2.7 4.8

WananTianxzMiddle daytime 55 53.5 54.4 55.5 - -
4 School K5+800 Right 80 - -

(Wanan
Gongdai nighttime 45 47.2 48.2 49.8 2.2 3.2 4.8

daytime 70 54.9 55.9 57.4 - - -

5 Xiajianpo K6+600 Right 60 -

nighttime 55 48.8 50.1 51.9 - - -

dartime 70 52.8 54.1 54.5 - - -

6 Qianebei K9+ i50 L eft 110 I
nighttime 55 46.3 47.1 48.5 - - -

davtime 70 59.1 60.6

62.7 - - -
7 Liujia(Baijia) K10+ 100 Right - - _
nighttime 55 53.9 55.5 57.7 - 0.5 2.7
davtime 70 45.2 46.8 49.0 - _
8 Yang-iiapo KI 1+ 950 Right 180
nighttime 55 39.9 1.6 43.9 - _

daytime 70 47.9 49.2 51.0 _

9 Huang-nan
l l
j K13+300
}
Right 130
} _ |
t 4
~~~~~~~~~nighttime
5
55 43.8 44.0
4
46 4
-

_
Note: i-" indicating no exceedance

4.4 Ambient Air Prediction and Assessment

4.4.1 Impact Analysis of Ambient Air in the Construction Stage
Ambient air pollution during the construction period comes mainly from the
secondary flving dust produced from mixing of stabilized soil. construction machines
and road-building machines. Therefore, the assessment elements during the construction
period are TSP.
(1) Pollution generated by stabilized soil mixing
For the construction of this project. plant mixing is adopted. Using the available
field monitored data by the Highway Research Institute of the Ministry Of
Transportation at Bazhou Plant of Tianjin-Baoding Highway in August, 1998, the TSP
content at 50m leeward of the mixing plant is L.367mg/m3, higher than Standard II. At
IOOmaway, its concentration is 0.619mg/m3. From the analogic analysis. we know that
so far as we set the mixing plant at over lOQm leeward of the sensitive locations, this

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project can meet the standard. Moreover,this project is located in subtropical monsoon
humid climate, and the moisture is greater in the ambient air around the mixing plant.
So the TSP concentration is smaller in comparison with that of Tianjin-Baoding
Highway in Hebei Province, consequently, the corresponding distance to reach the
standardcan be smaller, too.
(2) TSP GeneratedBy Constructionand HaulingVehicles
During the construction period, the transportation of construction materials, as
well as loading and unloading, will bring TSP pollution. Based on monitored results
from the flying dust of similar auto transportation site, the TSP content at 150m from
the roadside is higher than Standard II, revealing the fact that transportation brings
about flying dust that pollutesthe nearbyarea severely.
4.4.2 Ambient Air ImpactEstimationDuring OperationStage
(1) Calculationof DischargingSourceIntensity of Auto Tail Gas Pollutant.
The calculation formulaof gaseouspollutants is
Qj=Aj .EUj3600'
. =t

of which:
Q1 -type j pollutantdischargingintensity mg/s - m;

A-traffic volume/ hour of type i vehicles in the forecastingyear. vehicles/h;

E-i-under a motorwaycondition, the discharging element of type j pollutant of
type i vehicles( use the recommended figure in Environmental Impact Assessment Code
for Road Construction(tentative)).mg a vehicle/m.
The peak hour source intensitycalculationformula is:
QLG = QL.AG
of which:
AG is the traffic hour factor,set to be 6.2%.
The dailv average source intensitycalculation formula is:
QLr QL AR
of which:
A, is the daytime traffic volume factor. same as the main line.
R is the hour numberin a day. set to be 16.
The driving speeds of vehicles refer to the (Environmental Impact Assessment
Code for Road Construction(tentative)))
(2) Ambient Air PollutionDispersionModel
QWhen the angle between wind direction and the source is ° < 0 <90C, the
dispersion mode is:

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 CR= Qr l exp - IQ.J]exp [ I(z-h) 1+exp[-I z+hj:]dl
U 2ir,u a: 2u -2u

of which:
CPR-pollutant concentration produced by the road line source AB section to
forecastingpoint R, mg/m3 .
U - average wind speed at the effective discharging source height of forecasting
road section, mIs;
Oj -discharging source intensityof gaseous typej Pollutantmg/ vehicle * m;
crytJ: -horizontal wind directionand vertical dispersionparameter,m;
Z - height from the forecastingpoint to the ground,m;
h - effective height of dischargingsource, m;
A.B - origin and destinationof line source.
Z When the wind directionis verticalto the line source(Q=90°C). the mode is:

C,.ertical =
=(2>2,
UC P
[exp
20-2
( When the wind directionis parallellto the line source(Q=0°C).the mode is:

Cp (a27 Uc (r)
r = [y2 + (Z2 /e2)]2
e =:c/zI1
of which:
r - equivalent distance from the microelementto the measurementpoint. m;
e - customary dispersionparameterratio
The project region mainly has an atmospheric stabilitv of D. In calculation. the
dispersion parameters are to be set in accordance with the ((TechnicalGuidelines for
Environmental Impact Assessment))HJ/T2.3-93Appendix B. The wind speed is set to
be 2.6mI/s subgrade width 12.0m.and average earth-filling height2.0m.
(3) Forecastingof Auto Tail Gas ConcentrationDispersionalongthe Road.
The NOx and CO dischargingrconcentrationof the project in each forecastingyear
are listed in Table 4-8. From it. it can be inferred that with the growth of traffic volume.
the NOx and CO concentration emittedvehicles will also increase.Comparedwith class
2 air quality standard, the NOx and CO concentration under stability D do not exceed
their correspondingcriterion.
(4) StandardCompliance for AutoTail Gas
(1) From Table 4-8, we can see that as this project has s small traffic volume and

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low driving speed, the NOx and CO dischargingvolume from auto tail gas is relatively
small. Also along the road there is no large-sized fixed pollution source, there is only
few amount of CO produced by local people's living with a low backgroundvalue, so,
after the road is put into operation, the NOx and CO concentration atl6m beyond the
road center will be compliant with standard.
(®)Analysisof Impact on SensitiveLocations
Within the assessment scope, there will be 8 sensitive locations. According to
forecasting, the NOx and CO concentrationsat 16m from the road center can meet
standard. So, the NOx and CO concentrations of all the sensitive locations along the
road will meet Class 2 standard without excess.
Table4-8 Unit: mginv
AutoTalGasDBpein Esimtionduing0petionStage(DStabity)

Pollutants Operati Traffic Distancefromroadside(m)

onstage 10 40 100 200
Rushhour 0.006-0.009 0.003-0.006 0.002-0.003 0.001-0.001
2004
Dai1xaverage 0.004-0.007 0.002-0.004 0.001-0002 0.001-0.001
Rush hour 0.008-0.012 0.004-0.008 0.002-0.004 0.001-0.001
NOx 2015
Dail! average 0.006-0.009 0.003-0.006 0.002-0.003 0.001-0.001
Rushhour 0.019-0.028 0.010-0.018 0.005-0.010 0.003-0.003
2023
Dailyaverage 0.014-0.021 0.007-0.014 0.004-0.007 0.002-0.002
Rushhour 0.023-0.035 0.013-0.023 0.006-0.012 0.003-0.003
2004
Daily average 0.017-0.026 0.009-0.017 0.005-0.009 0.003-0.003
Rushhour 0.044-0.066 0.023-0.043 0.012-0.023 0.006-0.006
CO 2005
Daily aserage 0.033-0.049 0.071-0.032 0.009-0.017 0.005-0.005
Rushhour 0.132-0.199 0.071-0.130 0.035-0.069 0.019-0.019
2023
Daily average 0.098-0.148 0.053-0.097 0.026-0.051 0.014-0.014

4.5 Environmental Impact from Excavation and Transportation of Roadbuilding

Materials
4.5.1 Distribution of Road building Materials
There are 2 stone quarries in the region along the road, one in Wangjiaping of
Nanxi. Taihe countv, the other in Guzhong of Gaopo. Wan an county. Stones there are
regular in nature. high in strength. easy to exploit. rich in reserve and convenient to
deliver, they are ideal for pavement and subgrade protection works and bridges and
culverts. Wan an Shaokou sand quarry is located in the beach lkm upstream Ganjiang
river at Shaokou village. where the sand and gravel are very good with huge reserve.
The material yard is located nearby the Wan an Gridge at Ganjiang river, transportation
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4.5.2 Impact on Existing Road Transportation
The sand and gravel required by this project can be transported to the construction
site from the Ganjiang river, the stones can be hauled to the site from the above two
quarries through Baigaoroad and construction road. Cement, timber, steel and bitumen
will be transported by the National Highway 105. Transportation of road building
materials may sharpen the pressure on the existing road, leading to traffic jams and
affecting traffic safety and people's travel. So traffic management over existing roads
must be enhanced.
4.5.3 EcologicalDamage
Stone is mainly cut by explosion.Stone excavationand construction of new excess
roads (for example,a new excess road lkm long needs to be built at Wangjiapingquarry)
may cause some impacton local ecology. But such impactis temporaryand slight.
4.5.4 Impact on Air and Acoustic Environment
Excavation of stone will produce noise and shock, its transportationcan reducethe
acoustic environment along the hauling roads, impacting the people's living and
schooling. Road flying dust caused by excavationand transportationwill reduce the air
quality along the roads.

4.6 Mitigation Measuresfor EnvironmentalImpacts

4.6.1 Designing Stage
(1) ReasonableAlignment
In selecting the alignment, the designers, environmental assessment unit and the
project owner have consulted and discussed the aligning on the premise of reasonable
alignment and low cost, have fully considered various environmental factors such as
protection of farmland, school and residence. flood prevention. flood discharging.
removal volume, urban development.and also have extensivelysolicited opinions from
Wan'an county governments, concerned departments and people from everv circle.
Based on these, the current alignment is formed.
(2) EcologicalRecovery
Planting works were designed synchronicallywith the main works. Plant species
were optimized during design stage so to restore and compensatefor the vegetation.
(3) Water and Soil Conservation
Drainage and protection works were designedfor subgrade. including intercepting
ditch, side ditch. retainingwall and slope, which can not only stabilize the subgrade.but
also prevent soil erosion.
(4) Water Pollutionand Flood Prevention
( The whole project will set up one huge bridge.4 small bridges and 45 culverts,

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 which can meet flood prevention and irrigation requirements, and people/vehicles'
travelling requirements.
(© Canals and ponds that are occupied or separated by the subgrade have been
re-built or newly built.
(5) Noise and Air Pollution
T To prevent noise and air pollution, the stabilizing earth mixing sites, earth
borrowing and waste sites are located 300m beyond sensitive locations. Material
hauling routes are reasonablydesignedto divert far away from residences so as to avoid
dust pollution.
( As required by the environmentalassessment results, noise monitoring will be
conducted at sensitive locations with excessive noise to decide what mitigation
measures to be taken accordingto the monitored results. This has been included in the
design documents.
(6) Resettlement
During the design stage. we have always emphasizedthe principle of diversion
from towns and villages, minimumremoval and land occupation.and have established
the resettlement office, and formulated the RAP., and hired the Jiangxi Normal
University Institute of City and Populationas an independentsupervisor.Details refer to
the RAP.
(7) Public Participation
On road alignment(includingbridge). environmentalprotection,resettlementof this
project, we have consulted with local governments, concerned departments,
non-governmental organizations.village committees. collectives and even individuals
for their comments so as to gain support from the public.
(8) TransportationRisk for Hazardous Substances
A closed and complete drainage system is designed to lead the bridge pavement
runoff in to the subgrade drainage ditch so as to prevent spillover of hazardous
substances into the river.
On the bridge entranceand exit, a warning board of "Caution'(yellow) and a speed
limit board (red) of 60km for dangerous cargo will be set up to remind drivers to pay
attention to safety and to control speed.
4.6.2 Construction Stage
(1) Protection of EcologicalResources
0 To enhance environmental protection education to workers so as to protect
natural resources and not to kill wildlife, cut trees during constructionstage. Slags shall
be handled in accordancewith design requirement.
02 Sewage and garbage from construction camp shall be collectively treated or

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made into family fertilizer.
(©)Construction vehicles should run on temporary excess roads, can not run in
agriculturalfields and woodlands.
) Contractorsshould take measuresto shorten the temporary land occupationtime.
and reclaimthe land or planted timelyafter construction.
®)Waste earth must be handled in strict accordancewith design requirements.and
the environmentof waste sites shall be well protected.
a Quarrycontractor must adhere to the safety regulations on outdoor explosion to
avoid explosion time in rush hours, must protect workers' safety and provide labor
protectionto them according to relatedrules.
(2) WaterConservation
( Earth and stone works will not be constructedin the rainy monthof July.
(© To reduce damage on surrounding vegetation as much as possible, to plant
timely and to restore the vegetationwithinthe constructionsite and road area.
( High-fill and deep-cut sections will be protected by retaining wall, facing wall,
mortar pitching.
(0 To enhance management and formulate excavation plan so to prevent soil
erosion in the quarry, side slopes will be planted with grass according to design
requirements,the waste areas will be planted or reclaimed.
(3) Water Pollution
(I Wasteoil of hauling vehicles and constructionmachines and solid waste with oil
dirties should be collectivelytreated.
(©)Construction camp shall build septic tank and garbage pit, which should be
cleared timely. Construction materials shall be stored in places with rainfall prevention
measures.
(M)Boring slag produced from bridge construction shall be delivered to a place
designated by the construction, environmentand water department. Specialperson shall
be sent to supervise its delivery and treatment.
(4) Noise Pollution
O When large clustered residences exist nearby the road or construction site.
stron-noise machines are not allowedto operate at night.
(© If clustered residences exist 50m within the excess road, then material hauling is
prohibited at night. In daytime. if materialsare hauled near schools and residences.then
mobile sound barriers will be used to protect them.
®)The stone hauling rout shall be reasonably selected so as to avoid clustered
residencesand schools as far as possible.
(a) Construction excess roads should be far away from hospitals, schools and

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residences, and should not cross acousticallysensitive locations.
05 Low-noise construction machines shall be used as many as possible,
strong-noise construction machines shall be equipped with temporary noise reduction
measures.
( Material yard and mixing site shall be located200m beyond sensitive locations.
( Workers' work time shall be controlled according to labor hygiene standard,
machine operatorsshall be provided by earplugsand helmets.
) Transportationmanagement over road building materials should be enhanced.
Contractors must formulatematerial transportationplan, well maintain vehicles so as to
minimize the noise level of the vehicles. Noise monitoring point will be set up in
Xiaketang. If material hauling does make the acoustic environment (including stone
quarry) along the National Highway 105 and other roads deteriorating, supervisory
engineer is required to enhance noise monitoring,or the route may be changed, or some
economic compensationcan be made to local residents.
(5) Air Pollution
() Stabilizing earth mixing plant shall be located 300m leeward sensitive
locations such as residence. school and hospital. The mixing equipment shall be
equipped with good sealing. shock and dust-reducingdevices. Attention shall be paid to
the health of operators.
(® Vehicleshauling road-buildingmaterialsshall be covered to reduce spillover.
( Hauling roads and construction sites, especially the stabilizing earth mixing
plant, shall be water sprayed and cleanedtimely to prevent secondary flying dust.
(A In filling the subgrade. necessarywater spray shall be taken on the hauling road
and the construction site. Contractors also must spray water frequently after tamping to
prevent from dust flying.
05 Contractorsmust enhance managementover bulky materials, which should not
be naked-stored and shall be stored more than 200m away from sensitive locations such
as schools, villages.
(6) Cultural Relics Protection
During construction, if underground relics are found, the excavation should stop
immediately, and the supervising engineer shall protect the site. and relics authority
should be notifiedto handle it.
(7) Public Participation
Environmental complaint telephone number should be clearly written on the
construction site. On receiving such complaint, the project owner along with the
contractor shall contact the local environmental department and solve the problem
within 48 hours.

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 The above measuresto be taken during constructionstage have been defined
in the contracts signedwith the contractors

4.6.3 Operation Stage

(1) EcologicalRestorationand Water Conservation
(i Key structures such as bridges are to be built in unanimous planning with the
highway construction in terms of scenery coordination and beautification of
environment.
(0) Culverts should be timely cleared to make the irrigation system smooth, they
can be cleared along with the canals.
( To further completethe planting works accordingto the road engineeringdesign.
The planting is to scientificallyform a cubic pattern combinedby grass, flowers, bushes
and arbor trees. The planting on the side slope during late construction period is
especially importantin that the planting can stabilizesubgradeslope, reduce soil erosion.
reduce pavement runoff. Maintenanceover road protectionand planting works should
be enhanced so as to preventsoil erosion.
(2) Traffic Noise Controlling
C) To enhance management over public security. road transportation and road
maintenance.to forbid noise -excessive vehicles runningon the road.
X Forecastingshows that the residences such as Yuanbei.Tianbei and Liujia will

be greatly impacted by noise. Therefore. sound barrier will be built for Tianbei
(150mx2.5m ). Monitoring is to be carried at Yuanbei and Liujia in operation phase,
according to the results to decide whether to take measures. The Tianxi high school
(Wan'an gongda) is a deserted school without teaching activity, so measures are not
necessary at present.
(© Planning departments are suggested not to plan residences 50m within the
roadside, and not to plan schools and hospitals lOOmwithin the roadside which are
demanding with the acoustic environmentalquality.
(3) Control of AmbientAir Pollution
0 To reinforce transportationmanagement over trucks hauling bulk cargo such as
coal, cement. sand and stone materials, and simply packed chemical fertilizer,pesticide.
Canvas coverage is needed in the above cases and the trucks are subject to sample
checking at the entranceof the highway.
(2) Ambient air monitoringplan will be implementedto decide the supplementary
EP measures accordingto the monitored results.
(4) Transportationof HazardousSubstances
The Wan'an Transportation Bureau will enhance management over hazardous

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substancetransportation, and will enforce the related laws and regulations.The "Three
Licenses"(driver license, escort, and permit) system will be applied for the dangerous
cargo trucks for management and declaration.Under bad weather, such trucks are not
allowed to go through the GanjiangBridge.
After implementation of the above measures, the adverse impacts on this
projectcan be reduced to an acceptablelevel.

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 Chapter 5 Alternative Proposals

5.1 AlternativeAnalysis without the Proposed Project

At present, there are two major roads to cross the Ganjiang river within Wan'an
count: one is the road from Qilangshanto Wan'an, a bituminous pavementroad, which
starts from Qilangshan of Suichun county,runs by Xigang, Fengtan of Wan'an, and
ends at Wan'an county city after crossingthe Wuyun bridge at Ganjiangriver; the other
is the road from Baijia to Gaopo, which links the national highway 105 to the west,
Wan-Tairoad to the east, and goes a river by ferry at Shaokou, it is a sand road of low
grade.
The Shaokou ferry can not run constantlyin a year due to limits in water level and
facility,with long time of no service.So, most of the traffic moves throughthe Ganjiang
river bridge at Wuyun, causing an overburden and traffic jams to the bridge, also
making the region suffering from heavytraffic noise, dust pollution and traffic accidents.
It has been very unhelpful to the exchangeof commodities and informationalong the
river and to the increase of people's living standard, as well as to the local economic
development.
A coonectingroad of the Taihe-GanzhouHgighway,the Wan an ConnectingRoad
is the only way to connect the Gan-YueExpressway in the Wan'an territory. So the
construction of this road is verv urgent for developing the Wan an's economyand for
alleviating the traffic pressure on the Ganjiang river bridge at Wuyun. meanwhile its
constructioncan improve the environmentalong the old roads.

5.2 Introductionto the Alignment

The alignmentstarts at the intersectionof Gaopo Town of Wan'an County and the
National Highway 105, runs along Tianxi, Shaokou, and Baijia, ends at Huangnan
Village to link the Wan'an-Taihe road. The alignment goes basicallyside by side with
Baijia-Gaoporoad, crossing the GanjiangRiver at Shaokou. Hence, we have designed
two alternative programs for the locationof the bridge on the basis of the riverbed for
bridge piers and the connection lines on the two ends. We have also prepared two
correspondingalignments for the two programs. The two programs share the mileage of
KO+000- K6+860. while from K6+860to the destination is for making comparisons.In
comparison of the two alignments(bridgelocation), Program I has a lengthof 7.27km,
while Program [I 7.00km.

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5.3 Comparative Analysis of Alignment Alternatives
The comparisonof the two alignment programs is focused on the location of the
Wan'an huge bridge over the Ganjiang River.
( I ) With Program 1, about 60m upstream the bridge, there is a high-voltage
(11O,OOOv) transmissionline going in parallel with the alignment, which exerts certain
impact on the constructionand operation. Program 11goes about 400m up the river than
Program I, far away from high-voltage transmissionline and village residences, so it is
favorable to the village programming and development, however, there are more
buildings to be removedat south-east bank.
(2) Bridge site in Program II has a mileageshorter than Program I, with better
operation benefit.
(3 ) Program I will take up a land of 305.4mu. while Program II 292.5mu, a
more land occupationof 12.9mu.
(4) Local government and people prefer ProgramII.
(5) Program I will remove building of 3064.25m 2 . while Program II 4987 mi2
.
2
a less removal of 1922.75m -
(6) Within the assessment scope for the two Programs. the number and size of
villages are rather similar. Because connectingroad has a relatively small traffic volume,
so impacts from traffic noise and auto emissionare not great.
To sum up. Program II is better in terms of engineering, but in terms of
environment and society, the two Programs are almost the same, all with little
unfavorable impacts that can be mitigated to an acceptabledegree. After consulting with
the design. environmentand resettlementpeople.we recommendthe Program II.

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Chapter 6 Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan

6.1 EnvironmentManagementPlan
6.1.1 Executing Organizations
Jiangxii Provincial Communications Department is responsible for the
organization of the environmental management plan of this proposed project; while
Jiangxi Provincial High-Class Highway Administration is responsible for the actual
implementation of the plan. The environmental management organizations during
construction and operation stage are diagrammed in Fig. 6-1 and Fig. 6-2.

PlaningSectionof JiangxiProvincialCommunication
Department(3 persons)
_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I
JiangxiProvincialHigh-ClassHighwayAdministration

ProjectOffice,Wan an count TransportationBureau(3-6)

Design Environment Contractor's Jiangxi Provincial

staff protection environmental Environmental
supervision person (I person) Monitoring Center
engineer(l person)

Ji'an Municipal Environmental

Monitoring Station

Fig. 6-1 Environmental Management Organization in Construction Stage

Planing Division of Jiangxi Provincial

Communication Department (6 persons)
I
Jiangxi Provincial High-Class Highway Administration

Environmental Protection Division of Jiangxi Provincial High-Class Highway Bureau (3

Wan an County Environmental staff of Wan an

Transportation Bureau (1) Management Agency (1)

Fig. 6-2 Environmental Management Organization in Operation Stage

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 The Planning Division of Jiangxi Provincial Communications Department is
responsible for formulatingenvironmentalmanagement methodsand guidelines for this
province^s transportation industry, responsible for organizing and developing
environmental protection plan for the province's transportation and responsible for
supervisingtheir implementation.
The World Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD established a leadership team for
coordination of engineering,environmentalprotection and resettlementon May 5, 2000,
which is composed by enviromental protection group and resettlement group and
staffed with 3-6 persons (of whom one is environmental specialist). The team, along
with the Wan'an county transportationbureau, will be specificallyresponsible for the
environmental management, removal and resettlement of this project during its
construction and operation stages, such as to finalize environmentalprotection clauses
in contracts, to coordinate with the environmental supervisino engineers, to sign
contracts with local environmentalmonitoring stations on environmentalmonitoring, to
inspect the implementation of environmental monitoring plan. and to report the
implementationand monitoringresults to higher bodies.
During the construction stage of this project. it is required to set up engineering
supervision stations to be responsible for the supervision of each bid section. Each
station will be staffed with one environmental protection supervisoryengineer who is
responsible for supervising the implementation of environmentalprotection measures
specified in the EAP and bid documentsand responsiblefor monitoringthe noise during
construction.
After completion,this projectwill be handled to the Wan'an CountyTransportation
Bureau to manage, which will be staffed with one professional person who is
responsible for all environmentalprotectionwithin their respectixesections
6.1.2 Supervising Organizations
The environmental protectionof this project is subjectto the supervision from the
environmental protection bureaus in Jiangxi province. Ji'an prefecture, and Wan'an
county.
6.1.3 EnvironmentalManagementPlan
The environmental managementplan for this proposedproject is listed in Table 6.1.
6.1.4 Training of EnvironmentalProtection Personnel
Training of environmentalprotection supervisory engineers will be done 2 months
before the beginning of the project. The training content includes national EP policies.
regulations and standards, as well as this project's major environmental concerns and
the EP supervising engineer's duties. etc. The training is planned to be conducted in
Nanchang citv. This project intendsto send persons to participatein the EP training for

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the Gan-Yue Expressway Taihe-Ganzhou Section.

Table6.1-1 EnvironmentalManagementPlan for the Project

Potentialnegativeimpact Mitigationmeasures Organizationfor Organizationsin

action charge*

1. Planning & design stage Designunit

I. Reducedflood dischargecapacirv 'an'an counts
2.Removal and compulsorv I Thoughtful design Resettlement
resettlement for the project land 2.Formulate and implement a proper resettlement plan & office WBLPO
acquisition compensationspolicy a r
3 Loss of land resource 3 Minimum farmiand occupation Design Unit Jiaanprefectureand
4 Damageto the landscape 4. Careful design in harmonywith landscape Wan'an county
5 Erosion on soil locser than 5 restorethe occupied irrigationfacilities and set up culverts Design unit govemments
subgrade caused b! cutoff trench 6 Don't directly dischargepavementrunoff into water bodyor
or veep drain irrigation system Design unit
6 Pollution from pavementrun-off
Design unit

II. Constructionstage
I Increaseof riser depositscaused
by erosion in constructionsite. nesv I Protect the sensitivesurface%sithfiber cover and plants as
road cutting and constructionas v%ellsoon as possible
as the wvastes 2. collect reclaimed lubricant andas-oidaccidentalspillover by
2 Pollution from oil/machine proper operation
oil/fuel/paint on soil and water 3 Install air pollution controldevice in a suitable place
coming from constructionmachines 4 Spras water periodicallk on temporar\ roads. install muffler
3 Ambient air pollution caused by in equipment and maintain it
stabilizing eanh mi\inn plani 5. Stop construction if there is cultural relics discoveredand
4 Dust. noise and air pollution in infonmthe competentauthormti
construction site 6 Proper treatment of the damanederound in harmono vwith
5 Underground cultural relics the terrain and environment WBLPO
discoveredduring construction 7 Sign an agreementwith the uttlitt agency.replacementgoes Contractors aI an Municrpal
6 Terrain surtace broken at the before relocation to minimize the impact Godemmen t
cutting/ifilling and quarry sites 8 Strengthentraffic managementat possible traffic conflict Goverment
7 Disturbanceto the utihti facilities places
(po%ser/telecommunicationl 9 Proper toilet and dustbins. enhance environmental
8 Impacton existing road traffic management
9 Bad seskageficiltix and solid 10 Periodic health check.handleit properly
%sastesat constructionstes It Necessar- action shall be taikento present virus breeding
10 Possiblediseaseoutbreakamong place
the local peopleand %%orkers 12 Collectivel% store topsoil level the ground after
II Temporarx eenn Imosquito) construction as soon as possible and reclaim the topsoil.
breeding place suchas deadpond minimize the time oftemporarx land occupation
12 Impact on the land caused be
large earth/stonevsorks

III. Operation stage I Noise and air monitoring be madeat sensitwxe

locations v%ith
I Vehicle emissionand traffic noise possible excessduring operation.and measuresmay be taken
2 Continuous soil erosion according to the results JPHCHA IPHCHA
3 Pollution from pauxmentrun-ofi 2 Careful maintenancelplanting/add protection works Ji an Miunicipal an iCiA
4 disorderh litters along the 3 Run-off not directlx dischargedinto farmland irrigation and WanIan Jaan Muncopal
roadside ssstemrwaterbody count% and Wan an county
; accident risk produced from 4 Provide treatment facilt,. formulate lasis to forbidding transportation transportation
increasing traffic %olume and littering bureaus bureaus
spilloxer ol' hazardousj Formulateand enforcean emergencyhandling plan set up
substancesiunjuryor death necessarm organizationand management proceduresto prevent
damagefrom emergence

h. BLPO- the %\orld Bank Loan Project Oftice oftJPCD JPHCHA-Jiang\i Provincial Hlegh-ClassHighv%ax
Administration

6.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan

The noise monitoring during the construction stage will be conducted by the
supervising engineer. the other environrnental monitoring for this project is entrusted by
the owner to the Ji'an Prefecture Environmental Monitoring Station to implement in

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accordance with the monitoring plans (Table 6-2-- Table 6-4). Results of each
monitoring will be submitted by the monitor to the entrustor who will report to higher
authorities.
Table 6-2 AmbientAir MonitoringPlan

Stage Monitoring MonutoringMonitoring Sampling Implementing Responsible Supervisorm

place item firquency time organization Organization organization

Residences
and schools
near unpaved Once per
Construction construction TSP random morning and Supervising
phase road and sampling afternoon in Ji'an ompanJi'an
stabilizing construction Municipal IPHCHA Municipal
earth mixing Environmental Ji an Environmental
plant Monitoring Municipal Protection
1-2days. Station Munspal Bureau
Operation each with 24 Brau
phase ( NOx once/year hours Bureau
(K104-150) ~(winter)continuous
monitoring
WBLPO-the World Bank Loan Project office of JPCD
JPHCHA-JiangxiProvincialHigh-ClassHighway Administration

Table 6-3 AmbientNoise MonitoringPlan

stage
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Monitoring M
place vx
onitoringr
fiWuenc-%
Monitonng Sampltn
in
ddurMaon time
Exeuting
oriu on
Reonsible
apnizton
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Hauling
road
Xiaketang
(K4+200)
Construction
Construction site whereAmbient Once/ twice per Supervision
there are One day dav during
phase residence noise month construet Engineer Superxising
(village) or compan J'an
sensitive WBLPO '
location JPHCHA Municipal
schools) Ji'an Environmental
within 100m Municipal rotecuon
Transportation Bureau
Yuanbei Two Bureau
(K4850) times a 10:00- Ji'an Municipal
Operation Tianbei Ambient 4 times! day in 11:00 En%ironmental
phase (K5+300) noise vear the day 22:00- Monitoring
Liujia and at 23:00 Station
(Ki O- 150) night

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 Table 6-4 Water Environmental Monitoring Plan
Monitoring Monitorng Monitoring Monitoring Implementing Reponsible Supervising
tage_____place cross-section item fIrequency organization organimalon organrzation
Sampleat
loom lowwater
upstreamn
the seasonor
Construction bridge, average Supervising
Wan'an 200m seastin
a Jia company.
Wi'an
Bndgesit thebridge PH,COD,=, twon of Municipal WBLPO Municipal
at he tSS. Enviuonmental .P .A Environmental
Ganjiang petroleun oncelday MoritDring Ji'an Protection
river Station Transportation Bureau
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Bureau
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thebridge

6.3 Cost Estimationfor MitigationMeasures

The environmental protection investment is estimated to be 854.700 RMB yuan,
accounting for 0.83 percent of the total investment, refer to Table 6-5 for details.
Table 6-5 Environmental Protection InvestmentEstimate

Amount
No Item Contents Quantitr Unitprice (10.000
v;yan)

I Planting Planting on the 3 earth wasteareas 4 places 50.000 20.0

and one borrowing site yvuan/km
Waterspray,living garbage disposal.
Environmental tarpaulin-coveringof 10.000
2 protection cost during hauline vehicles. slag disposal. mud 36 months 10.000 36.0
construction stage delivery and a
treatment l
3 Sound barrier Tianbei(K5+300) 1S0m 1.000 15.0
Iyuan/m
Construction. noise. TSP. %sater 3 20.000
' 6.0
4 Enironmental quality yuan/year
monitoring Operation: noise, air. wvaterquality 3 years 10.000 3.0
viuan/vear

5 Warnine board Reminddrivers of safety 4 ;.n0e 0.4

iuian/each

Participate
in the training 5.000
6 EP traininp forticipate Enpresswai 2man,time yu;an/man 1.0
_ ~~~for
Gan-Yue Expresswa! tm
time

7 Contingenc! 5'o of the aboNe 4.07

Total 85.47

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 Chapter 7 Public Participation

7.1 Overview of Public Participation

As an important construction project in Jiangxi province, the proposed
Taihe-Ganzhou Expressway will play vital role in the social and economic development
of Jiangxi province and even the country. The Wan'an connecting road, a road to
connect the proposed highway, will be the only route to join the Gan-Yue Expressway in
Wan'an territory. The completion of this road will be very important to improve the
road transportation network in Jiangxi province, to promote Wan an county economy
and to exploit highway's function as transportation hub. The preliminary work for this
project has attracted wide attention from the society.
From December, 1999 to April 2000, the environmental assessment organization,
under the help from the design unit, has conducted public participation investigation for
the Wan an connecting road. The purpose was to know the living standards of the
residents along the alignment, to obtain the basic public attitude about the proposed
highway and their opinions on measures to be taken to mitigate impact of the
construction. The public participation includes two forms: family interview and group
interview.

7.2 Family interview

The familv interview was mainly concerned with those families that may be
involved in land acquisition. resettlement and traffic noise impact. A total of 49 families
were inquired which are located in Shaokou village, Tianxi village of Shaokou town.
and Baijia village of Baijia town at the Wan'an county. The contents of the family
interview are to comprehend the basic production conditions and living standard, and
more importantly. to solicit each familv-s opinion to the road construction and to know
if they understand related national policies on land acquisition. resettlement and
compensation. as well as to solicit each family's suggestion and requirement to the
environmental impact and mitigation measures. The results of family interview are
summarized in Table 7-1.
From Table 7-1. we can see that farmers along the road are in favor of or
understand the construction of the Wan'an connecting road, and most of them obey the
nation s requirement for road construction, and also are aware of the possible
environmental impacts caused by highway construction. especially the traffic noise.

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 Table7-1 Results of Statistics in Public Participation

No Surveying
Content Attitude Percentage Remark

Yes 98%

l Agree to buildthe road? No 2%

Don't know
Blankl
Nation 100%
2 To whom the roadconstructionis Collective
beneficial Individual
Blank ,
Yes 67.3%
To build the road.somelandneeds No
3 to be acquired. some houses
removed.do you agree? Don't knos 12.2%
blank 20.59%
Yes
Do vou kno%Naboutcompensation A little 59.2%
4 polic\. for land acquisition.
removalandresettlement' No 40.8%,
Blank
Yes 91.9%
.Are "ou obedient to land Yes.but conditionall\. 6.1%
acquisition. removal and
resettlement No
Blank 2°
Noise 71.4%
Auto tail gas Somehaschosen
6 What environmentpollution
, -il Dust 48.9% morethanone
exert a large impact on you?
Others choice.
Blankl
Road planting 55.1%/o
Soundbarrier 2.0%Soehshsn
What measuresdo \ou sueeest to . 2. Some haschosen
7 g i Far a%%av
from villages more than one
m_tip-ate
impact9 .Others choice.
Blank 46.9`o

7.3 Group interview

The group interview was conducted in the more densely populated Baijia village
along the Wan'an connecting road. The details refer to Annex III.
From the meeting memorandum, we can see that:
(I )The public supports the construction of the Wan'an connecting road. especially
construction of the Ganjiang river bridge is a long-cherished dream of them. which can
solve the difficultv of travel crossing the river.
(2) The construction of the highway can promote local economy.
(3)The major adverse environmental problems caused by the construction are:
occupation of farmland. some impact on agriculture. noise and dust pollution.

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 (4) They suggest that in the design and constructionof the road, culverts, bridges
an passageways shall be well designed and constructedand the compensation money
shall be prompt and in full amount.

7.4 Information Releaseand Feedback

(1) Television, broadcasting, newspapers and bulletins will be used to release
information about the project's significance, alignment,resettlement and environment.
The World Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD released the environmental and
resettlement bulletin on Nanchang Daily dated Oct.9, 2000 and Jingangshan Daily
dated Oct. 10.2000respectively(Refer to Annex IV).
(2) The environmentaldocuments such as the EIA and EAP will be disclosed to
the public. The owner of the project has stored the environmentaldocuments on the
Wan'an county reference room and Wan'an ResettlementOffice, and to disclose the
storing place in JiangangshanDaily, in this case, the public can have direct access to
the related informationwithoutgoing to the government.
(3) The owner of the project will install a telephonefor environmental complaint
in the Wan'an county resettlementoffice, a special person will gather and record the
public complaint on environrnental protection caused by the road construction. On
receiving such complaint. the owner along with the contractor will contact the local
environmental protectiondepartmentand handleit within48 hours.

7.5 Summary of PublicParticipation

The design unit and the owner have paid great emphasison public opinions and
have taken into considerationin alignment design, such as to adopt Program II (public
requirements) for the Wan an connecting road.
As for the environment problems resulted from the Project. the environment
assessment unit and design unit have put forward correspondingenvironment protection
measures, such as enhanced management over bridge construction site and noise
pollution.

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 Chapter 8 Assessment Conclusions

8.1 Social Environment

(I) The construction of Wan'an connecting road will improve the
transportation infrastructure network in Jiangxi Province and will also play an enormous
role in economic development of Wan'an County and in fully displaying the function of
Highway as transportation hub.
(2) This Project will greatly alleviate the pressure on current highways and
add a new passageway on the Ganjiang River, hence greatly facilitating the
communications of the two sides.
(3) Construction of this road will inevitably take up some land and farm field.
On the whole, however, the impact is not too serious. By readjusting the utilization of
land. the impact on agricultural economy can be lessened.
(4) Removal and resettlement must be well conducted and local govermnent's
compensation policies on resettlement must be seriously enforced.

8.2 Ecological Environment

(1) Within the assessment scope of the proposed road, ecological environment is
fine. The construction will take up 649.6mu of land, an average of 46.9 nml per km,
including paddy fields, dry lands, ponds, woodlands and barren lands. Construction of
the road will bring about certain loss to agricultural economy. but its impact on land.
vegetation pattern will not be big.
(2) Construction of the proposed road involve subgrade construction, cutting and
filling of earth and stonework. which will alter the region's terrain and topology.
Nevertheless. through taking protective measures at stages of design, construction and
operation. damages to the vegetation, utilization of land and variation in farm field can
be minimized.
(3) It has been investigated that along the proposed highway there is no rare and
precious and endangered wildlife protection areas, and no endangered species..
(4) During Wan'an bridge on the Ganjiang River construction period and
operation period, as long as measures are taken to collectivelN deal with such problems
as disposal of waste debris. slag, garbage, sewage from living of the construction
personnel, impact on the water quality of the Ganjiang River will be reduced. During
the operation period, impact of pavement runoff on quality of water body of the

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Ganjiang River is insignificant.
(5) During the construction period and early operation period, excavation and
filling at the slope will worsen soil erosion. Estimation shows that during construction
period, if no protective measures were taken, soil erosion would reach 610.3-917.1
tons/year. However, because the protection works and the main works will be
designed and constructed. and even completed at the same time, the actual soil erosion
will be far less in quantity than the estimated value. In addition, measuresfor planting
the highway will rehabilitate part of the vegetation on the slope and consequently
reduce the quantity of soil erosion of the slope.

8.3 Acoustic Environment

(1) During construction period, acoustic impact mainly results from construction
machines and hauling vehicles, so the construction site must be far away from
residences and schools. If this is unavoidable. construction time schedule should be
rearranged.
(2) According to estimation in operation period, traffic noise in daytime never
exceeds Class IV standards. while at the nighttime noise will exceed the standard by a
distance of 30m in the year 2023. There are 4 sensitive locations along the alignment.
which will exceed the acoustic standardwith the maximum of 4.8dB bevond the limit.
Measures shall be taken accordingto the monitored results.

8.4 Ambient Air

(I) Field reconnaissance and survey show that region along the alignment is
slightly polluted by NOx and TSP.while the NOx has a relatively large tolerance. The
road mainly goes through farmland.fields and outdoor environment.so the air remains
in the natural quality. besides. no large size and stationary pollution sources have been
found. The ambient air is of fine quality.
(2) During the construction period TSP pollution is the main problem. If the
stabilized soil mixing plant adopts plant mixing method, the mixing site is far away
from sensitive locations. attention to paid to labor protection for the workers. the
construction road and hauling road are water sprayed and cleaned. transportation
vehicles are covered by tarpaulin. the stock ground is far away from residences and
covered, water is spraved in filling subgrade. then the adverse impactcan be controlled.
(3) After completion of the construction, automobile emission pollution can be a
problem to the environment. Accordingto estimation and analysis.the whole alignment
is under Class D stability. Emissionconcentrationof CO and NOx from automobile tail
gas is low and within its correspondingstandard limits. NOx and CO concentration at

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sensitive locationsis in accord with Class 11standards.

8.5 Public Participation

(1) The owner of the project has fully adopted the public opinions in the design
such as to take the Program II alignment.
(2) For the possible environmentalproblemscaused by the project, after consulting
with the design, resettlement and environmental units and after soliciting the public
opinions, we have proposed corresponding measures such as to enhance management
over bridge constructionsite and noise pollution.
(3) Television.broadcastingand newspaperswill be used to release informationto
the public and easy access to environmentaldocumentsand complaint telephonewill be
provided to them.
(4) To cooperatewith environmentaldepartmentto handle complainttimely.

8.6 EnvironmentalProtection Investmentand ManagementPlan

(I) This project involves an investment for environmental protectionof 854.700
yZuan,accountingfor 0.83%of the total investment.
(2) The owner has set up resettlementoffice and design/resettlement/environment
coordination team, which are responsible for the environrnental protection and
resettlementfor the project.
(3) A detailed EAP has been formulatedto finalize the environmental mitigation
measures and to implement the monitoringplan.

8.7 ComprehensiveAssessment Conclusion

The alignmentof this Project (including bridges) is basically reasonable in terms
of environment protection. The development, construction and operation will greatly
improve conditions of local transportation, residents' production and living standard.
This will undoubtedly promote national economy. In the meantime some adverse
impacts will be exerted on the ecological environment, people's living and school
teaching. however.as long as measures suggestedin this report are put into action, the
adverse impact can be effectively controlled. which is also acceptable to the
environment.Therefore. this assessment concludesthat the construction of the proposed
road is feasible.

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Annex I
Overview of the AssessmentUnit and Staff Member

Research Institute Of Highway (RIOH) is the largest and comprehensive national

highway research , experiment and technical development base under the direct
leadership of the MOC, holdingclass A Certificatesfor EIA issued by NEPA.
Environmental Engineering Office of RIH is mainly engaged in environrment
impact assessment (EIA) of highway and independentbridges;environment engineering
design, planting design and basic environmental research concerning construction and
communications. It now owns 20 specialists in the fields of highway engineering,
automobile engineering,environment engineering, chemical analysis, garden planting,
biochemicalengineering.,of whom. 10 persons have high-levelprofessional titles and 6
have middle-level professionaltitles. Up to the present, we have carried out EIA for
about 100 freeways and independent bridges, taken charge of the compiling of
Environmental Impact Assessment Specifications for Highway Construction Projects
promulgated by the MOC. Having good theoretic fundamentals and hands-on
experience. the EnvironmentalEngineeringOffice also has the EIA working experience
for the projects financed by the World Bank and the Asia Development Bank. In
addition to this. it undertookthe environmental design of freeway sound barrier. sewage
treatment, planting and constructionwork.
The following is an outline of the assessmentpersonnelfor this project:
Shen Yi. male, born in 1962. graduated from Huatong Institute of Water
Conservancyand ElectricPower. He is associate researchfellow and the depute director
of Environmental EngineeringOffice.. in charge of the coordination with the Owner
and design unit in this project
Yan Xiaolin, male, born in 1969. M.S. graduated from Research Institute of
Environmental Science of Beijing Normal University.He is an associate research fellow.
in charge of the EIA (the main line) compiling and the acoustic assessment in this
project
Li Xiyun. female, born in 1941. graduated from Fudan University, senior engineer.
in charge of the EAP compilingand the ambient assessmentin this project
Wano fang. female,born in 1957. graduated from Electronic engineering.. assistant
engineer. in charge of the social environment assessmentin this project
Dong Bochang, male. born in 1974. M.S graduated from Environmental
Engineering of Jilin University. assistant research fellow. in charge of ecological
environment and soil erosion assessment in this project
Fan Qinchun. female. born in 1974. graduated from Beijing Industrial University.
engineer. in charge of the water environrnentassessmentin this project

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Annex II
Reference
(I) WorldBank OperationalManualOP/BP/GP4.01, March, 1999
(2) "EIA TechniqueGuidelines"[HJ/T2.1-2.3-93, HJ/T2.4-1995,HJ/TI9- 1997,NEPA];
(3) "SpecificationsConcerningEIA forHighwayConstructionProject"(Trial)[JTJO05- 96, MOC];
(4) Li Zhongkai,MeteorologicalPrinciplesof Air Pollutionand Its Application,MeteorologyPress.
1985.
(5) Ren Wentong,Traffic Noise andControl,RemenCommunicationPress,1985.
(6) Yearbookof JiangxiProvince(1999),JiangxiProvincialStatisticsBureau
(7) Yearbookof Ji'an Prefecture (1999),ji'an PrefectureStatisticsBureau
(8) Natural AgriculturalResources and AgriculturalZone of Ji'an Prefecture,edited by Ji'an
PrefecturePlanningCommission,Ji'an PrefectureAgriculturalZoningCommission.June 1997
(9) Remote CensoringSurvey Reportof Jiangxi Province Soil Erosion,JiangxiProvincialWater
ConservancyOffice,NanjingSoilResearchInstituteof China Academyof Science,1997
(10) Atlas of JiangzxiProvince,JiangxiProvincial MappingBureau,March.1998
(I 1) EIA of Linxiang-ChangshaFreeway of Beijing-ZhuhaiNationalTrunckHighway(HighwayIV).
RIH of MOC,April 1999.
(12) FeasibilityStudyReportfor Wanan ConnectingRoad of Gan-YueExpressway(Taihe-Ganzhou
Section),JiangxiProvincialCommunications DesignInstitute (JPCDI).Feb.2000
(13)Two-stage Preliminary Design for Wan'an connecting road of Gan-Yue Expressway
(Taihe-GanzhouSection).JiangxiProvincialCommunicationsDesignInstitute (JPCDI). May
1999.
(14)Two-stage Preliminary Design for Wan an connecting road of Gan-Yue Expressway
(Taihe-GanzhouSection).JiangxiProvincialCommunicationsDesignInstitute (JPCDI).Sept.
2000..

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Annex HI
PublicparticipationandQuestionnaire (GroupInterview)
Survey 1. The positive effect of the proposed road on the local economy and society.
.Topic 2. The possible negative impacts of the road, and mitigation measures

Nation Job
Name Sex Age ality Occupation Title Education Address

Huang Middle
Yili Male 40 Han Farmer Prima, n

YinGke Mr le 35 Han Farmerschool Baijia, Wan'an

Xiao M Primary Group 3#

Zhexiang Male 4_ Han Farmer school Baijia. Wan'an

Liu Middle Group 5#

Rongqi Male 45 Han Farmer school Baijia. Wan'an
lndividu _
al file Liu Male 25 Han Farmer Middle
XiaomingMalean Far school Baijia.Wan'an
Zhong Middle
Beihua 46 Han Driver scoMale
l Baijia. Wan'an

- Middle
Liu Quan Male 22 Han Driver Middl Baijia. Wan an
__________ ______ ______ ~~~schoolBa i . W n n
Peng Primarv
Xinming Male 29 Han Farmer Baijia. Wan'an
__
__ __ _ inm
__ _ ing_
__ I__
__ __ _ __ __ _ __ __ _ school Ba i . W n n

Records of the interview:

1. Understand that the construction of the proposed road will be benefit to the state.
collectives, individuals, they support the project
2. Proper resettlement and compensation shall be shall be available after the land acquisition;
promulgation of compensation policies is necessary.
3. Environmental impact produced by traffic noise. tail gas and dust, which shall be
mitigated by taking measures as planting.
4. The construction of Wan'an connecting road will play an important role in the local
economic development. favorable to the convenience of the public.

Representative (Signature): GuoYingke Surveyor or Recorder(Signature):Wang Yong

Place: Baijia village Date: April 12,2000

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Annex IV:

The People' s Republic of China

Environmentaland ResettlementBulletin
for the Jiangxi No.2 HighwayProject

For the environmentand resettlement informationof the Jiangxi No.2 Highway

Project to be inquired by the public, increasing the openness of the work, the
TGEPCO has placed the following complete reports respectivelyin the resettlement
offices and libraries of Nanchang city, Ji' an city, Ganzhou City, Taihe county,
Suichuan county, Wan' an county,Nankang city, Zhanggongdistrict in Sep.10, 2000.

(1) Resettlement Action Planfor the Taihe-GanzhouExpresswayof the Jiangxi No. 2

HighwayProjectfinanced by the World Bank Tanhe-GanzhouExpressway Project
Construction Office(TGEPCO);
(2) Environmental Action Planfor the Taihe-GanzhouExpresswayof the Jiangxi No.
2 HighwayProjectfinanced by the World Bank. Tanhe-Ganzhou Expressway
Project ConstructionOffice(TGEPCO);
(3) EnvironmentalAction Planfor the Ganzhou ConnectingRoad of the Jiangxi No. 2
Highway Project (Taihe-Ganzhou Highway) financed by the World Bank,
TGEPCO;
(4) Environmental Action Planfor the Suichuan ConnectingRoad of the Jiangxi No. 2
Road Project(Taihe-Gan:houHighway)financed by'the WorldBank, TGEPCO;
() Environmental Action Planfor the Wan' an C'onnectingRoad of the Jiangxi No.
2 Highway Project(Taihe-Gan:hou Highway) financed by the World Bank
TGEPCO, Dec.2000

The above reports will be modified according to the suggestion of World Bank
delegation and public, and then be placed in the above resettlement office and
libraries.

Tanhe-GanzhouExpresswayProject Construction Office(TGEPCO)

Sep.22, 2000

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Annex V

List of Tables and Figures

Table I -I Applied Standard Limits for Water Environment Assessment

Table 1-2 GB12523-90 Noise Limits in Construction Site
Table 1-3 Acoustic Environmental Impact Assessment Standard in Operation Stage
Table 1-4 Ambient Air Environmental Quality Assessment Standard
Table 1-5 List of Major Environmental Protection Objectives
Table2-1 Major Technical & Economic Indicators and Work Quantities
Table2-2 Forecasting of Traffic Volume
Table3- I Water Quality Monitoring Results and Assessment
Table3-2 Wan'an County's Soil Erosion
Table3-3 Statistics of Major Sensitive Locations
Table3-4 Current Acoustic Environment Monitoring Points and the Results
Table 3-5 Monitored Results for Ambient Air
Table 4-1 Buildings to be Removed
Table 4-2 Estimation of Land Occupancy and Proportion
Table 4-3 Erosion Intensity Estimation during Construction
Table 4-4 Constants Related to the Vehicle Spacing
Table 4-5 Estimated Traffic Noise during Operation Period
Table 4-6 Attenuation Distance When Traffic Noise Complies With Class IV Standard
Table 4-7 Traffic Noise Forecast and Exceedance Statistics
Table 4-8 Auto Tail Gas Dispersion Estimation during Operation Stage (D Stability)
Fig. 6.1 Environmental Management Organization in Construction Stage
Fig. 6.2 Environmental Management Organization in Operation Stage
Table 6-1 Environmental Management Plan for the Project
Table 6-2 Ambient Air Monitoring Plan
Table 6-3 Ambient Noise Monitoring Plan
Table 6-4 Water Environmental Monitoring Plan
Table 6-5 Environmental Protection Investment Estimate
Table7-1 Results of Statistics in Public Participation

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Annex VI
List of RelevantReports
(1) EnvironmentalImpact Assessment Reportfor the Taihe-GanzhouExpresswayof the
Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project financed by the WorldBank, Research Institute of
Highwayof MOC , December, 2000
(2) EnvironmentalAction Planfor the Taihe-GanzhouExpressway of the Jiangxi No. 2
HighwayProjectfinanced by the World Bank, World Bank Loan Project Office of
JPCD, Dec.2000
(3) EnvironmentalImpact AssessmentReportfor the Ganzhou City ConnectingRoad of
the Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project (Taihe-Ganzhou Highway) financed by the World
Bank, ResearchInstitute of Highwayof MOC a Dec.2000
(4) EnvironmentalAction Planfor the GanzhouCity ConnectingRoad of the Jiangxi No.
2 Highway Project (Taihe-GanzhouExpressway)financed by the WorldBank, World
Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD, Dec..2000
(5) Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Suichuan County Connecting
Road of the Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project(Taihe-Ganzhou Expressway) financed by
the World Bank, Research Institute of Highway of MOC , Dec.2000
(6) Environmental Action Plan for the Suichuan County Connecting Road of the Jiangxi
No. 2 Highway ProjectfTaihe-Ganzhou Expressway) financed by the World Bank,
World Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD. Dec.2000
(7) Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Wan an County Connecting Road
of the Jiangri No. 2 Highway Projec t(Taihe-GanzhoouExpressway) financed by the
World Bank. Research Institute of Highway of MOC . Dec.2000
(8) Environmental Action Plan for the Wan an County Connecting Road of the Jiangxi
No. 2 Highway Project(Taihe-Ganzho u Highway) financed by the World Bank
W'orld Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD. Dec.2000
(9) Environmental Assessment summary fbr the Taihe-Ganzhou Expressway.
Connecting Roads and its binding projects of the Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project
financed by the World Bank, Research Institute of Highway of MOC , Dec.2000
(1 0)Resettlement Action Plan for the Taihe-Ganzhou Expresswsay of the Jiang-xi No. 2
High vvav Project financed by the World Bank Resettlement Office of
Taihe-Gan:hou Expressway Project Office. 2000
( I1)Cultural Relics Survey Report for the Taihe-Ganzhou Expressway of the Jiangxi No.
2 Highway Project financed byvthe I{orkl Bank.Jiangxi Provincial Cultural Relics
Archeology Institute. Dec.2000.

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