g RECEIVED .Cfl17PFM 4:4 1 National Road Project III in Hubei Province Environmental Action Plan Hubei Provincial Communications Department Wuhan, China September, 1996 j Content 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Main conclusions of the EIA report 1 1.2 Regulations and standards for environmental administration 2 1.3 Organizations and responsibilities for environmental administration 3 1.4 Components of the environmental protection action plan 5 2. Environmental Protection Management Program 6 2.1 Environrental protection program in the project feasibility study stage 6 2.2 Environmental protection program in the project engineering design stage 6 2.3 Environmental protection programn in the project construction stage 9 2.4 Enviromnental protection program in the project operation stage 14 2.5 Investment estimation for the environmental protection facilities 17 2.6 Environmental protection personnel training 17 3. Environmental Protection Supervision Program 17 4. Environmental Monitoring Program 19 4.1 Purpose 19 4.2 Organization 19 4.3 Implementation of conventional environmental monitoring work 19 4.4 Cost estimation 20 4.5 Personnel training 21 Attatched Table National Road Project III in Hubei Province Attatched Fig. National Road Project III in Hubei Province 1. Introduction This environmental protection action plan is prepared to implement the environmental protection measures set forth in the "Statement of Environmental Impact Assessment for the National Road Project III in Hubei Province", to prevent or mitigate the negative impact caused by the project. This action plan is made based on the features and concrete situations of the construction project as well as the reference materials provided by the World Bank. 1.1 Main conclusions of the EIA report (1) Air The current status of the air quality along the proposed road area is fairy good, with the concentrations of NOx, CO below the class II air quality standard level limit. The concentration of TSP is also below the standard level limit, except for that at individual sensitive spot (Liuwan Primary School). After the proposed road put into operation, the measured concentration of CO along the areas within a distance of 200 m from the road, in the short term (by the year of 2000), the mid term (by the year of 2010), and the long term (by the year of 2020), are below the standard level limit. The concentration of NOx will be below the standard level limit in the short term; in the mid and long term, the concentration of NOx will also be below the standard level limit except that at the Jinkou Pharmaceutical Factory, Baoxie, Liuhuan Primary School and Xinfu Primary School, which will be over the standard limits. (2) Noise Investigations show that the current status of the acoustic environrent along the proposed road area is good, with both of the daytime and nighttime noise level below the standard level limit. After the proposed road put into operation, the noise level will be over the standard level limit in different extent for the main route 21% of the 14 sensitive spots in daytime, for 79% of the 14 sensitive spots at nightime by the year of 2000; the noise level will be over the standard level limit in diff rent extent for the main route 21% of the 14 sensitive spots in daytime, for 93% of the 14 sensitive spots at nighttime by the year of 2010; the noise level will be over the standard level limit in different extent for the main route 43% of the 14 sensitive spots in daytime, for 93% of the 14 sensitive spots at nighttime by the year of 2020. The noise level will be slightly over the standard level limit for 3 of the 6 sensitive spots of the connection road by the year of 2020. (3) Ecological environment According to the survey along the proposed road area, the surface water quality, land use, vegetation, farmland soil, growth of the crops are in good condition. In the area within 500 meters from both sides of the road, no rare animal or plant lawfully protected by the state has been found. The construction of the proposed road will last 3.5 years, with several rainy seasons. A total of 2146900 m3 earth and stone work will have to conducted in the construction period for the subgrade construction, with great amount of cutting and filling as well as the ground base treatment for some road sections. Therefore the surface vegetation damage, landform transformation and more soil erosion will be inevitable during the construction period. The land occupation for the road includes the subgrade, earth borrowing site, spoil area, and other temporary occupation area, therefore, there will be impact on the farm land crops. In the road construction period the impact on the surface water mainly arises from bridge construction, including the impact on river water quality caused by the bridge substructure construction and the sewage from the labour camp. The impact on the ecological environment during the operation period mainly comes from the vehicle emission of lead. The impact of the flying dust on the crops will be small due to the fact that the area is abundant of rainfall, usually heavy and long lasting raining. The analysis and forecast of the lead pollutant content in the soil show that by the year of 2020, the lead pollutant in the soil on both sides of the assessed road area caused by the vehicle emission will be far less than the critical content level for the soil to bear. As mentioned above, the major environmental impact caused by the proposed road project includes the noise impact on the noise sensitive areas of Xinfu Primary School, Liuhuan Primary School, Hanyang No. 3 Second School, Liuwan Primary School and several other resident areas in the short term, mid term, and long term of operation period; and the air impact on the air quality sensitive areas of Jinkou Medical Plant, Baoxie, and Liuhuan Primary School in the mid and long term operation period. 1.2 Regulations and standards for environmental administration (I) Statutes: "Environment Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" (CH "Atmosphere Pollution Prevention and Control Law Of the People's Republic of China" "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China" "Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China" "Environrnental Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations of the People's Republic of China" "Measures Concerning with the Environmental Protection and Management of Capital Construction Project" issued by National Environmental Protection Agency 2 and the State Planning Commission "Water Law of the People's Republic of China" "Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China" "River Course Management Regulations of the People's Republic of China" "Specifications Concerning with Environmental Protection Design for Construction Project" "Rules Concerning with Pollution Prevention and Control for Drinking Water Protection Area" "Regulations Concerning with Chemical Dangerous Goods Safety Management" "Interirn Measures Concerning with Enviromnental Pollution and Damage Accident Report" "Measures Concerning with the Environmental Protection and Management for Communications Construction Project" issued by the Ministry of Communications "Hubei Provincial Construction Project Environmental Impact Management Measures" "Hubei Provincial Construction Project Environmental Protection Facility Completion and Acceptance Administration Measures" (2) Standards "Surface Water Quality Standard" "Air Quality Standard" "Urban Area Ambient Noise Standard" "Industrial Enterprise Noise Standard" "Construction Site Border Area Noise Level" "Resident Ambient Air Lead and Its Inorganic Compound Content Standard" "Bitumen Industry Pollutant Emission Standard" "Light Vehicle Pollutant Emission Standard" "Pollutant Emission Standard for Gasoline Engine at Idle Speed" "Smoke Emission Standard for Diesel Engine at Free Acceleration Mode" 1.3 Organizations and responsibilities for environmental administration The organizations for implementation of the environmental protection for this project can be classified as follows: Administration and supervision agency (1) Administration agency The Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Hubei Provincial Communications Department (HPCD) is in charge of the overall project management, responsible for organization of the feasibility study of the project; formulation of environmental protection work plan for the project, to coordinate the environrmental management activity of different authorities and the construction unit; providing advice to the construction unit to implement various management measures. The work division for the Environmental Protection Office (EPO) of the World Bank Loan project Office (WBLPO) of the HPCD is responsible for the design of environmental 3 protection plan and the implementation and management during the construction period; the Enviromnental Protection Branch (EPB) of the Hubei Provincial High- grade Highway Management Bureau (HPHHMB) is responsible for the implementation and management of the environmental protection plan during the road operation period. (2) Supervision agency Supervision work in different stages a. During the feasibility study stage: National Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Office (EPO) of the Ministry of Communications (MOC), Hubei Provincial Envirornmental Protection Bureau (HPEPB), the World Bank and the Hubei Provincial Conmmunications Department. NEPA: is the competent authority at the central governnment for administration of national environmental protection; including overall in charge of project environmental protection management, examining and approval of terms of reference of EIA, examining and approval of EIA report, directing the provincial environmental protection bureaus to implement various laws and regulations. EPO of the MOC: is in charge of environmental protection within the jurisdiction of the MOC, to prepare terms of reference of EIA, preliminary examining the EIA report. HPEPB: is in charge of project environmental protection supervision administration; organizing and coordinating project environmental protection service provided by different departments; exarnining EIA report, or entrusted by the NEPA examining and approval of terms of reference of EIA and EIA report; supervision of implementation of environmental protection action plan; completion acceptance of project environmental protection facilities; identifying applicable laws, regulations and standards for project environmental protection; directing environmental protection departments or divisions at municipal or county level for project environmental protection management during project construction and operation periods. b. Design and construction stage: EPD of the HPCD, HPEPB and its subordinate local area environmental protection bureau (EPB) in charge of the environmental protection management. Municipal and county level EPB: to work under the guidance of the HPEPB, supervise the contractor to implement the environmental protection action plan, implementation of environmental management laws, regulations and standards; coordinate the environmental protection work of different departments; check and supervision of project environmental protection facility construction, completion acceptance, operation, within their jurisdiction areas. c. Operation period: HPHHMB, HPEPB and its subordinates will be in charge. 4 d. The environmental monitoring during the construction and operation periods will be implemented by the WBPO, EPO of the HPHHMB, HPEPB and its subordinates respectively. The environmental protection management procedures for the national road project III in Hubei province is shown in Fig, 1-3-1. World Bank Project Management Consultation Preparation stage Project Proposal | Initial EIA g _ ! | l ~~~~~analysis l I Feasibility Study lPre-asessment EIA Terms of Planned Reference Assignment I Preliminary EIA report Design EAP (Draft) . --- Bidding EAP (Final) Construction Plan] Assessment Engineering |Nego tiation Supervision Supervision Implementation Completion & Examination & I Open to Traffic Acceptance of EAP Fig. 1-3-1 Environmental management procedures for the Project III 1.4 Components of the environmental protection action plan * Environmental management plan: is the management activity to prevent or reduce negative environmental impact. * Environmental supervision plan: is the supervision activity to ensure all the mitigation measures to be implemented simultaneously with the project. * Environmental monitoring plan: is the environmental monitoring activity during the construction and operation period to eliminate the pollution. 5 I 2. Environmental Protection Management Program 2.1 Environmental protection program in the project feasibility study stage The main environmental protection work in this stage is the EIA work for the construction project. Entrusted by Hubei Provincial Communications Planning and Design Institute, the Environmental Engineering Design and Research Division of the Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) of the Ministry of Communications undertook the environmental assessment study for this project. In March, 1994, the RIOH completed the "Terms of Reference of the EIA for the Motorway Engineering of Hubei section of Beijing-Zhuhai national trunk road", which was approved by the NEPA on 7th October, 1994. Therefore the "EIA Report on the Project of Northern Section of Beijing-Zhuhai National Trunk Road in Hubei Province" was completed in October 1995. Preliminary examination of the "EIA Report on the National Road Project III in Hubei Province" was accomplished on 4th March 1996 by the MOC. 2.2 Environmental protection program in the project engineering design stage To carry out the environmental protection measures set forth in the EIA report, to prevent and mitigate the potential negative environmental impact arising from the project, this environmental protection action plan is specially prepared. The main purpose of the environmental protection management during the engineering design period is as follows. 2.2.1 Road design h¢ f,t Road alignment sholed be selected taking into consideration of the overall natural and socio-economic environment of the areas along the proposed road, so as to prevent or mitigate the pollution and damage to the ecological environment caused by the road project. Therefore the following principles should be observed in the road design: (1) Road design should be harmonized with landform, with reasonable land use and less farmland occupation as much as possible. (2) Road should be away from the drinking water sources. (3) Road should be away from cultural and historical relics and the scenic spots. (4) Road should be away from city, town and densely populated areas as far as possible. (5) Great importance should be attached to geological survey, to provide reliable basis for engineering design, particularly for the soft soil ground base treatment, so as to prevent the negative environmental impact caused by the unexpected road distress from being occurred later on. 6 (6) Pay attention to the selection of earth borrowing site and spoil area, by taking into account of water and soil conservation and other environmental impact. (7) Careful design of the underpasses, so as to reduce the partition impact caused by the road and to provide convenience for the local people. (8) To stabilize the subgrade, motar slab combined with grass or totally covered grass slope should be used to protect the filled side slope. For the cut side slope, shotcrete, motar slab, etc. surfacing technology can be used for protection. Subgrade protection can be done together with the engineering work and implemented by time schedule. (9) Transition slab should be provided between the approach road and the bridge to make joint smooth so as to reduce vibration and noise caused by the joint. (10) Protection forest belt should be planted along the air quality sensitive areas. 2.2.2 Attach great importance to drainage system (1) Complete and perfect drainage system should be provided in road design. The pavement run-off and the surrounding surface run-off should be discharged to specifically designed area, other than the drinking water sources or fish ponds. (2) The run-off from the bridge deck should be collected by pipes and discharged to the road side ditches, other than the river. (3) If there is any damage to the original drainage system due to the new road construction, proper treatment or rehabilitation should be made to prevent any negative impact. I ftiq c t(4(, /S ( 4 Se 6-f (4) Attach great importanceA"the draina syst esign and the sewage treatment for the 4 service areas and the road maintenance cuidings, to make the sewage discharged to the loca sewage s stem as far as possible, otherwise it should be considered to set up an independent sewage treatment and purification system before discharging. / (5) To prevent water on caused by the pollutants spillage from road accident in some1 sensitive areas it is necessary to build anti-collision structures, special design for the drainage system, or sewage filter, so that once accident happens the pollutant can be cutoff to prevent the water sources from being polluted. 2.2.3 Impact of the bridge and culvert design on hydrology The opening, clearance, as well as the filling height of the bridge head should be designed based on hydrologic calculation, flood control and navigation condition requirement. 7 For the bridges and culverts in connection with farmland irrigation system, flood discharge should be considered in the design to prevent the farm land from being damaged. The designed flood discharge capacity for the bridges and culverts along the route of this road project is higher than the local flood control standard, without any negative impact on the hydrologic conditions. 2.2.4 Road management control areas along both sides of the road According to the provisions set by the Hubei provincial people's government, Jhrc road management control areas will be set up by both sides of the road. Within the road management control areas it is not allowed for any buildings to be built, if buildings such as power supply, water supply, gas supply and telecommunication facilities are to be built in the area, it should be applied and got to be approved before hand. The set up of the road management control area has good effect in environmental protection. 2.2.5 The environmental management target of the engineering design The above mentioned measures have been included in the engineering design. A total of 340 underpasses, 16 pedestrian overpasses and aqueducts have been designed with all their locations being decided based on local area public inquiry and approval of the local government. The location and layout of the building materials worksite for the engineering work are shown in Fig. 2-2-1. Earth materials used for subgrade and pavement: There are enough earth materials for subgrade and pavement use for all the road sections except for that at the East-West lake area. The road passes through the hilly area with terrain fluctuations, which requires balanced cutting and filling work. The earth materials' in the hilly areas are sandy or clayey with good physical performance to meet with road engineering requirement. In the light hilly and plain area, however, the earth quality is poor for engineering work with high level of water content due to the rich underground water resource and high level of the water table. So special treatment will be necessary for the local earth materials, or the earth from the nearby areas will have to be transported for the road section. Sand: The area is rich in sand resource mainly distributed alongside the Huanshui river, Shawo river and Sheshui river, with good quality and many varieties. It is easy to get with good transport conditions. Stones: Stone materials are distributed in the area along both sides of the road, with the main quarry site including Sigudun, Fangfanzhen and Xiaohezhen in Dawu 8 Location KSO- 000 KS 980 K59 K60-711 K66-950 K67-550 K72-600 K75-150 K81-350 K B8 *SOO Yard No. Sand 709 0 11 217 Nol Sand 202 0.12 6.12 Noll Sand 6.01 011 412 Nofl! Sand *Gnvel 4 31 10.85 18 08 NoWV Ume-slab stone 91 312 L02 S91 12.23 13.12 18.30 21.08 7883 35 33 NgV (km) Varous stones 5.81 4 70 6 01 8.0 NoV I Various stones 9.21 12.13 20.18 NoV11 Various stones 21 00 18 07 Nr'V!I K49-821.5 K60-000 K70-000 KO80 000 K99 150 Nel..No NoV No abundance abundance Soi abundance abundance Legend Maerial$ KM3 km KM I Distance 3 Crushed stone til1 sand L pavement ne NI Averae haul distance is calculated assuming that Volume Volume (km) various the materials are evenly distributed. Gravel 26.94 1.472 18 302 Boksastnlie6 Yard No. ELY. Et ).41/2 Sand 2292 507.141 4.501 I Blockslabstone O lime lOOk] storage EL Slab block stone 2089.2 149.55 13.97 Cruahed stone 3870.8 277.08 13197 gravel : Stone ballast large interchange 2 Mixed stone includes slab, block, cnmshed stone, Lime 1354.2 46.88 28 88 S.gravel, stone chip, stone ballast, and their mixtures. Store chip L 1541 110 13.974 3. The materials yard is for both subgrade and pavement. 4. ThNs figure is the materials supply for Xiaochang district. Stballat _ 59.1 2811 02139 Stonechippings £ soil J bridge Fig. 2-2-1 Haul distance for road construction materials (2) Location K 90150 K192?- 950 K100-250 K103-900 K100 -300 K116 '430 K120 006 YardNO Sand 34 31 2 4180 No0 Sand. Gravel 445 8 84 No l Sanrd '72 51L 5653 601 Noal Variousstones 31.20 284L0 3560 No IV Ikm) Various stones 3515 31.5 3591 .4.03 L.76 NoV Lime 88 75 8595 7865 75 79 87$3 911 ) K90.150 I1S00 '150 KllO* .150 K120 *006 abundor-e abundame ~~~~~~~~~~480km h &Tm Legend AS ~ Crushed stone sand L. Paemnt Stn L.Average haul distance is calculated assumlinig that Materials KM' ki KM' Distance various the materials are evenly distributed Voltume Volume (kmn) Boksastnlie 6 Yard No stone 2 Gravel 64.79 1.16V 55.46 _ Blockslabstone lime lOOkm 1 storage Swnd 22127 460.635 48.037 L Slab block stone 4851 132 36751GravelStone 2. Mixed stone includes slab, block, crushed stone, Crushed stone 10010 272.373 36 751 -: Gravel [ Stone ballst )i( large interchange gravel, stone chip, stone ballast, and their mixtures Lime 3732 43.947 84925 3. The materials yard is for both subgrade and pavement. Ume 3732 43.947 1 94.925 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4. This figure is the malterials supply for Xiaonan district Stonechipoing 3311 90 806 36 751 Stoneballast 345.09 9.39 36.751 Stone chippings soil J't bridge iig. 2-2-1 Haul distance for road Earth 1311 2503 0.524 construction materials (3) Location K120 006 K124 '2025 K130.000 K137 800 K138.1554 K141500 YardNo ' Vanoissatones 61.6,4 5725 51b5 47.65 '44 70L It8,C N.I , Samdi 26.~h. 2225 16 5 12.65 9.704 13.05 N. Lime 75,44' 71.2- 656.5 61.65 58.704 62,05 N,. Km I Stone ballast 5 ,.4 L 7. 25 6.4 5 37 65 374 3805 N K120.006 K125.000 K130-000 K135 0CO K16.0000 K141. 50t3 tlbun7dancep P.e- -;| wAanme C3 c~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c 0 C.C ci~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i Ui _42 t4 225Km3 525Km3 790 Lengend Note: 1. Average haul distance is calculated assuming that Maeit KI-k M' Dsac 2 rse soe [1 sanctd|=1 pavement the materials are evenly distributed. Materials KM' km KM3 Distance [L&] crused stonsadeJpaemn Equation for calculation Volume Volume (km) - E X1x) Gravel 1669.56 30.655 54.463 Yr o San t 1 669 56 30 655- | 9 6Jj sltab block stone lime Send 1160.4 596.24 19,46322 st'g Slab block stone 4649.67 85.373 54.463 Lime 2274.47 31.388 72.463 Bravel Stoneoballast )I[ asr)eilaercntrgee x- Cnushec stone 6255_57 114_859 54_463 2. AJl materials, except for earth, will be transported Stonechpping 7282.36 133.712 54.463 Stnc so )°(bridge from other areas via Kt37+450. Stoneballast 246.68 5.548 44.463 L2 ______ _ b 246 68 5 548 44 463 3. 14, 2#, 44 earth yards are for subgrade fiiing only, Earth 2674_ 425 _______ with all the others for both subgrade and pavement. Fig. 2-2-1 Haul distance for road construction materials (4) 4. his figure is the mtaterials su'pply for East-West Lake area. Cn,.I,.d5I2 02)l e5 05 05 322 w* seoutesheS4Xq1s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~_ __;____ _'__ _ __ _ s 17 ____ 0? 2251 flInL .ib.0 52 _ 1 055 05 2 ____ _______ ___ 22 - - - 55- t--- -- A 11S Lm e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ __ _ _ _ __________ I ______________________ ;5 22 22$% sel ll an ozo aso w as sx | s. es aS ,s.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1ela li - Ii 3A ' 5 SA- C - 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t km. urn I A-p h..2 t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I" tha -1- -- -NY 2 Eq..b.ll roe -ColOIo I.s.1 d M . si .js k M km K M D isunec E £ L ', t ( -i )/ Z-k * 3 crushed stonc igb doe~~~161,1k St-r hrQs X VdueVum 49 v - arrg Lt1o ii:i:P. ,,",s6.d 3222220 hcckUo 131 265 21 890 .5 459 u... s - *. *nc 1 771 -jW- I kSio. 1655339 23190_ 6929 1- ~~~~sd 2d 223022l 23590 9333 lU. 540416 23 90 2362 Fig. 2-2-1 Haul distance for road E.n2 4 34715 23S9 229 construction materials (5) Xi X, XI X2 XI X2 Crushed stone 2 5 28 I .9 2.0 3517 Block slab stonie 2 2 8 V 1.9 2.0 3 5;7 Stonechippigs 2 5 2. 6 I 8 1.9 20 3517 Sand 2 6 5 4 6 0917 Lime 2 5 6.5 2 0 3511 Soil = 5s to I 1 ,, t,5 Vt 4 J V3- Materials localioni and suPPlY Legetto Materials KM' * km KM' Distance Volume Volume lkl Note: ; I ^ta -7 _1 __. | Ctuhed stotte 111 1491 1457 ' 8the materials atre evenly distributed./1 A<^ A -1 A Slab biock stone 111.491 14.517 7.68 2. Eqiuafion for acticaitionl/ I Sand 2 37.319 14.517 16.35 1 LYE (X xxIx X2 - 1 ~~~~~~~M Earth 182673Z 14517 1.28 where: S- averaige haud cstance L s2nd lime soil . Materials yard for West Section of Wuhan of Shanghai-Chengdu route (Zhushan-Yongan) sand 369 2 8 ) KM mateiials S832 K____M______ 16Stofne _ 92 __. __..__ _s.^zzK M CHD lime 9 224K"I 10.866KM st7tl-Coo K;al-eco Klel.?co elso K7rJ0 K270 ~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~K270 K725 *77s.6Zs o inkou-nesV aection Shenshan-Baoxie section of Shasghai-Chengdu national road Beijig -Zhuhai national road Note: LAeged I. The haul distance for the large interchange is calculated respecbvely 2. The haul distances for materials for the pavesnent, mid and small bridge and general facilities are calculated based on even distribution vith formnula: S = ((y + xi / 2)xi + (y + x2 / 2)x2) /I |'i,' ',1 stone i-<- lime where- S comprehensive haul distance (CD)) x I x2 3 The figure above the straight line is the shortest distance from the materials yard to tde work site [il] sand ] large interchange material distribution Materials yard for East Section of Wuhan of Shanghai-Chengdu route (Shenshan-Baoxie) county; Tugang and Fengshanzhen in Xiaochang county; Caidian, Hengshan, Zhashanzhen and Zhuruzhen in Caidian region; Yunjingshan, Gezishan and Fenghuangshan in Jiangxia region; etc.. The stone materials in all these areas are of good quality with great amount of storage and varieties as well as good transport conditions. Lime: lime materials are distributed in the areas of Sigudun and Fangfanzhen in Dawu county; Zhashan and Zhuruzhen in Caidian region; Yunjingshan and Gezishan in Jiangxia region; etc.. The lime materials in all these areas are of good quality to meet the engineering requirements with good transport conditions. Cement: There are cement plants along the proposed road area, which can meet part of the demands for 425# cement with short transport distance. The shortfalls of the 425# cement and the above will have to be bought from Wuhan and transported by road. Great amount of materials will be needed for the road project, therefore it is more economical to use the local materials as much as possible. Road is the main mode for the transport and temporary road may be built when it is necessary. 2.3 Environmental protection program in the project construction stage In construction period, environmental protection is one of the responsibilities for the Contractor. According to the provisions set forth by the FIDIC in the civil engineering assessment contract condition, during the course of engineering construction, completion and repairing of other faults, the Contractor should take all the reasonable steps possible to protect the environment of the worksite and the vicinity areas, to avoid any pollutant, noise or other injuries or damages to human bodies or properties caused by engineering work. Therefore the following requirements are brought forward in the bidding document with reference to the EIA report for the project and the engineering design, 2.3.1 Control of flying dust (1) The Contractor should take all the reasonable measures possible, including necessary watering deemed to be necessary by the Engineer, to reduce the dust caused by construction work to the minimum. (2) The bulk materials should be covered when they are transported. (3) Proper coverage or watering should be provided for bulk materials storage site. (4) Dust control devices should be used for road side cement and bitumen mixing plant and stone crusher. 9 (5) If the Contractor has not do his best to prevent the dust from flying or has caused pollution to the nearby water pond, farmland or the environment, the Contractor should bear full responsibility for any damage and the results thereof. (6) To improve the air environment, a 100 m long 20 m wide green belt should be f planted alongside the Jinkou Medical Plant and Baoxie road sections respectivelyj- during the construction period, where concentration of NOx will be over the standard level limit in the mid and long term operation period. 2.3.2 Water management (1) Any structures such as bank, diverting ditch, aqueduct, pipes, drainage pipes and all other protection structures, necessary to be built for protection of the road structures from being damaged by the underground water, should be designed, constructed and maintained by the Contractor. (2) All the water pumped out from underground should be discharged in such a way that it will not cause any damage, loss or pollution to the land owner and other contractors of the project owner, and the individuals on-the-spot or the vicinity areas. (3) The Contractor should take all necessary measures to prevent the water containing any pollutant or visible suspension substances from being discharged into the river, waterway or the existing irrigation system and drainage system. (4) The Contractor should not do anything to cause change of natural flow pattern of the river, waterway or the existing irrigation system, no matter what purpose it would be, unless he gets the written approval from the Engineer before hand. (5) During the process of the drainage engineering (culverts etc.) construction, the Contractor should not interrupt the existing irrigation and drainage system of the land owner and should provide temporary irrigation and drainage conduits or pipes. (6) The waste silt generated by drilling should be disposed at a designated site by barge, and should not be discharged directly into the river. (7) Although the accident probability is small, first aid action plan should be made to cope with the emergencies (such as oil pollution of water area). To reduce the damage and loss to the minimum, emergency program should be worked out based on the features of each bridge engineering, to protect the water resources of the Hanjiang river, Huanshui river, Shawo river, Lunhe river, Fuhe river, Tongshunhe river, and the aquatic life. a. A first aid team should be organized including people from fire-fighting, environmental protection, and public security departments under the leadership of the t0 provincial communications department, which is an organizational guarantee. b. An emergency action plan should be made with clear work and responsibility division. as well as logic procedures, necessary equipment, and material and man power supply system. c. Personnel training for the first aid team members so as to be capable of being quick in response and efficient. d. To prepare necessary materials and equipment to clear away the oil spillage caused by accident. e. Once the oil pollution accident happens, it should be reported immediately, and the emergency first aid team should be in action to clear away the oil pollutant. It is necessary to give award to those who timely report the accident and to punish those who hide the accident and shirk responsibility. f. Petailed accident record should be made on-the-spot, including time, location, cause, conditions, scope, quantity and other environmental data. 2.3.3 Control of soil erosion (1) The Contractor should take all the measures possible to prevent soil erosion in the areas being used or occupied by him and the bed or bank of river , waterway, irrigation system or drainage system. (2) The Contractor should take all the measures possible to prevent the materials from being disposed to any river, waterway, irrigation system or drainage system. 2.3.4 Prevention and control of pollutant om1 'itumen mixing plant (1) The pavement bitumen mixtures sf sI9r)be prepared in stationary mixing plant. The mixing plant should be equippehLwith dust collection device to prevent air pollution. (2) The mixing plant should be established in the place at leas. 500 from the / ( densely populated areas. The Contractor should consult with the local environmental protection department for the location of the mixing plant. 2.3.5 Protection of the existing public utility facilities (1) Proper measures should be taken by the Contractor to protect the public utility facilities, which is being affected or will be affected by this project. (2) Where cutting work is conducted near any public utility facility, the Contractor should inform the owner of the facility before hand of the event in written form, and invite the representative to supervise the work on-the-spot. One copy of the 'I written notification and invitation should be handed over to the Engineer. 2.3.6 To mitigate the construction noise impact (1) Where there are resident areas within 200 m from the worksite, the Contractor should arrange work time in the daytime as much as possible, i.e. from 6:00 am to 22:00 pm; and no work should be arranged at nighttime (from 22:00 pm to 6:00 am). In case that some work have to be done at nighttime, a written application should be c'1e submitted by the Contractor to the local government and the environmnental protection