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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project : Rural Energy Project No. II Supporting the Medium Voltage for the North (The second phase) NORTH POWER CORPORATION Electric Network Project Management Board ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) SUBPROJECT: THE RURAL ENEGY II PROJECT ADDITIONAL FINANCING PHASE 3 THANH HOA PROVINCE Hanoi, August, 2012 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 1

2 APPENDIX 1 1. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION PROJECT OBJECTIVES: PROJECT DESCRIPTION BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE PROVINCES PROJECT S SCOPE PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND WHILE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AS SPECIFIED IN IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT EXPECTED MEASURES TO TRANSPORT MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE SITE PROJECT SCHEDULE: LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE PROJECT S ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF VIETNAM PROTECTION POLCIY OF THE WORLD BANK (WB) ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT DETERMINATION OF THE PROJECT S POTENTIAL IMPACTS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN MITIGATION MEASURES DISCOVERY PROCESS MONITORING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORY PLAN REPORTING PROCESS COST ESTIMATES FOR IMPLEMENTING SEMP REFERENCES Appendix 1: Sample s Appendix 1.1. Sample data collected from communal authority Appendix 1.2. Sample on Site Environmental Management Observation (Applied for Contractor) Appendix 1.3. Sample on Site Environmental Observation Parameters APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSE OF THE PROJECT APPENDIX 3: SAMPLE MINUTES OF THE PROJECT S COMMUNITY CONSULTATION APPENDIX 4: REGIONAL MAP AND PROPOSED PROTECTED AREA THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 2

3 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The Rural Energy Project No. 2 (RE2) aims at facilitating the Vietnamese Government to launch poverty elimination campaign in rural areas by providing key infrastructures such as power, accessibility to public services to improve life and production and business performance. The RE2- the expansion shall continue supporting the Vietnamese Government to: - Develop a rural electrification strategy, specially focusing on power supply to mountainous and remote areas. - Rehabilitate, upgrade and expand the rural power system to satisfy power supply demand for the future socio-economic development. - Improve power supply reliability, reduce loss on power, and improve performance for production and business activities. - Re-consolidate the rural power grid system to improve reliability and power quality to be provided, including reduction of power loss due to technical or non-technical failure. - Expand 35kv and 22kv medium voltage grids to be able to supply additional power to households THE RURAL ENEGY II ADDITIONAL FINACING PHASE 3- THANH HOA PROVINCE The Rural EnegyII project - Additional Financing - phase 3- Thanh Hoa Province is proposed to invest in rehabilitating, upgrading and expanding the local's power system, improving quality of power supply in rural areas of 190 communes of 20 districts covered by the project area, namely: districts of: districts of Ba Thuoc, Cam Thuy, Vinh Loc, Yen Dinh, Ngoc Lac, Thuong Xuan, Tho Xuan, Trieu Son, Hau Loc, Nga Son, Hoang Hoa, Ha Trung, Thach Thanh, Dong Son, Quang Xuong, Tinh Gia, Nong Cong, Thieu Hoa, Nhu Thanh and Nhu Xuan. - Thanh Hoa province Implementation of the Project aims to achieve following targets: + Overload resistance of the area + Meeting power demands in the current as well as in the future + Ensuring reliability in power supply and improving electric quality + Improvement of electric grid capacity + Conformity with Electric Development Planning of Thanh Hoa province period 2005 to 2010 with consideration beyond Contribution to social economic development and expanding power business. The Sub-project includes 03 components. namely: Medium voltage (35kV, 22kV) transmission lines: New construction 169,017 km medium voltage transmission line: In which: Medium voltage 35kV transmission line Medium voltage 22kV transmission line: : 90,504 km. 78,513 km. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3

4 Substations: Construction of 298 new substations with total capacity of: kva. Low voltage (0.4kV) transmission lines: - New construction 129,398km low voltage transmission lines - Rehabilitate 449,531km km low voltage transmission lines THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 4

5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THANH HOA PROVINCES Thanh Hoa is one province of the Northern Central Vietnam, 150km far from the capital Hanoi. Thanh Hoa has 27 administration entities under provincial and city rank, in which Thanh Hoa City is considered as Economic-politic-cultural social Center of the province. Project is invested for construction in the locality of 79 communes under 17 districts and 01 city, Thanh Hoa province. The entire area is affected by the tropical monsoon climate with two distinct seasons: - In hot season: very sunny and rainy. On the days having Laos wind the temperature can up to o C. - In cold season: the northeast monsoon usually occurs, less rain; in the beginning of season it usually dry season. The lowest temperature in some days may down to 5-6 o C. - The average rainfall is about mm/year, rainfall is concentrated from May to October according to lunar calendar. Relative Humidity is from 85% - 87%. Although Thanh Hoa is coastal delta province, but it is surrounded by dense network of rivers and the mountains, therefore Thanh Hoa s terrain is divided into three regions: the mid and mountainous areas, plains and coastal areas. The project region consists of delta and mid communes. Topography, geology is relatively simple, convenient for transportation of materials and equipment to construction sites by trucks and manual vehicles. Terrain is flat advange for construction of tranformers, wire-lines as well as future operation management. The projected communes are not located in protected zones. Population: Population of Thanh Hoa province has 3.4 million people, the average density is 306persons/km 2 including 7 ethnics mainly: Kinh, Muong, Thai, Tho, Dao, Mong, Kho Mu. In project area there are only 13 communes under 07 districts where ethnic minorities live, inluding: Muong, Thai and Dao. Preliminary investigation results showed that 79 projected communes are farming communes with area of agricultural accounts for about 49% - 60% of natural area, mainly for planting rice, in addition to groups suitable for development of food crops, forest trees, industrial crops, fruit trees and marine aquaculture. In recent years with economic restructuring policy, increasing proportion of industry and services, forming specialized region for growing industrial trees, the economy of province have made profound changes: - Growing rate is stability: 11%/year. - Agriculture: average rice yield of whole year reached 54.7 quital/ha. Besides breeding also developed towards form of farm combination with garden-hill economy. - Forestry: mostly is breakwater artificial forest and artificial forests for timber such as eucalyptus, acacia... - Industry - handicraft: it focus on development of traditional trades such as blacksmithing, jewelry, construction materials production, sedge products, building and repairing boats... and introduces number of additional new carriers such as embroidery for export, knitting, weaved, sericulture production, production of food mushrooms, material fungi. - Fishery: thanks to long coastline, interlaced river system (Ma, Chu River, Hoang River, and Nhon river...) fish and shrimp yards with large reserves facilitate to fishing and marine aquaculture development THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 5

6 - Tourism: having potential for tourism development. Tourism activities, festivals are evenfully organized, Tourism development not only contributes significantly to the State budget but also facilitates to development of other support services such as transport, post and telecommunications. Together with the economy, infrastructure system is also progressive, in which: - Transport: Development in both roadway, railway, waterways, such as North-South railway line, the Ho Chi Minh Highway, national road system (1A, 45, 47...) and river networks facilitate the traffic through north and south. Inter-village, inter-district road systems are gradually upgraded and concreted. - Education: High illiteracy rate: 93%. The high school was built with multi-storey and durability. - Electric and water facilities: 100% of communes have had national grid. Rivers Network directly serves water for domestic and irrigation. - Health: In principle national health programs are well implemented. Basic network of medical facilities are developing and strengthening, expansion of medical services to all classes of people. - Housing status of DPs in the project areas can be evaluated as follows: Mainly are four-class houses. They are permanent brick wall, tile or iron roof, paved cement/flower-brick floors, usually they do not have a toilet inside, this type of house accounts for about 55%. In addition, in project area there are many unqualified for four-class ones, representing about 15% PROJECT S SCOPE The Rural EnegyII project - Additional Financing - phase 3- Thanh Hoa Province mention the following: Table Primary data table on project The Rural EnegyII project - Additional Financing - 1. Project Title phase 3- Thanh Hoa Province 2. New construction project New construction: Rehabilitating: 3. Total stations and total length of wireline Construction of 298 new substations with total capacity of: kva. New construction 169,017 km medium voltage and 129,398km low voltage transmission lines. Rehabilitate 449,531km km low voltage transmission lines 4. Name of communes to be located with stations or Section wirelines 5. Width of ROW - Width of MV wirelines: 7m. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 6

7 6. Transformer stations or ROW within the radius of 3km to nature reserves or natural forests 7. Are transformer stations or ROW available within radius of 300m to historical relics, pagoda, temple or other cultural structures? 8. Are transformer stations or ROW available within radius of 300m to communal center (People's Committee, schools, markets, clinics) or radius of 2km to the residential areas? None None None Map project area: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 7

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9 2.2.1: Scale of project: Scale of project: no Name of communes/districts New medium voltage (km) Number of stations I Ba Thuoc district 1 Dien Quang Tan Lap 1, Ai Thuong 1, Dien Trung 1, Dien Lu 1, Lam Sa 1, Thanh Lam Ban Cong Thiet Ong Thiet Ke 60 2 II Cam Thuy district 11 Cam Yen 1, Cam Van Phuc Do 1, Cam Binh 1, Cam Thanh Cam Luong 1, Cam Lien Cam Son Cam Quy Cam Tu 1, Cam Giang 60 2 III Vinh Loc district 22 Vinh Hung Vinh An Vinh Yen Vinh Ninh THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 9

10 26 Vinh Khang Vinh Thanh Vinh Phuc Vinh Tan Vinh Minh Vinh Thinh Vinh Long IV Yen Dinh district 33 Yen Trung Yen Hung Dinh Cong Dinh Hung Yen Giang Yen Tam Yen Lac Dinh Thanh Dinh Lien Dinh Tien Yen Tho Yen Phu Yen Bai V Ngoc Lac district 46 Phuc Thinh Phung Minh Cao Ngoc Thuy Son Phung Giao Cao Thinh Loc Thinh VI Thuong Xuan district 53 Xuan Le Xuan Khe Xuan Thang Tan Thanh Luan Thanh Xuan Cao Xuan Loc THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 10

11 60 Xuan Chinh Van Xuan Xuan Cam VII Tho Xuan district 63 Xuan Yen Xuan Tin Xuan Quang Xuan Giang Xuan Phu Tho Lam Tho Nguyen VIII Trieu Son district 70 K Nong Dong Loi Hop Tien Tho Binh Tho Tien Xuan Tho Xuan Loc Xuan Thinh Tho The Tho Phu Dan Luc IX Hau Loc district 81 Tien Loc Loc Son Hai Loc Hoa Loc Lien Loc X Nga Son district 86 Nga Thang Nga Vinh Nga Dien Nga Thai Nga Van Nga Yen Nga Thanh THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 11

12 93 Nga Truong Nga My Nga An Nga Thach Nga Tien Nga Thien XI Hoang Hoa district 99 Hoang Ha Hoang Cat Hoang Dao Hoang Dai Hoang Quy Hoang Trung Hoang Xuyen Hoang Trinh XII Ha Trung district 107 Ha Phong Ha Phu Ha Bac Ha Lai Ha Chau Ha Tan Ha Hai XIII Thach Thanh district 114 Thanh Hung Thanh Kim Thanh Van Thach Dinh Thanh Long Thach Long Thanh Tan Thanh Vinh Thanh An Thanh Cong Thanh Tho Thach Dong Thach Tuong THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 12

13 127 Thach Quang Thanh My Thach Cam Thanh Yen XIV Dong Son district 131 Dong Tan Dong Tien Dong Van Dong Anh Dong Khe Dong Ninh Dong Hoang Dong Vinh Dong Nam XV Quang Xuong district 140 Quang Phong Quang Phu Quang Ninh Quang Nham Quang Vinh Quang Thach Quang Thinh Quang Minh 45 1 XVI Tinh Gia district 148 Tan Truong Binh Minh Nguyen Binh Cac Son XVII Nong Cong district 152 Yen My Cong Chinh Cong Binh Hoang Son Trung Thanh Thang Tho Truong Minh Truong Giang THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 13

14 160 Minh Tho Thang Long Tuong Van Tuong Son XVIII Thieu Hoa district 164 Thieu Do Thieu Duong Thieu Duy Thieu Giang Thieu Khanh Thieu Hop Thieu Long Thieu Ly Thieu Minh Thieu Ngoc Thieu Nguyen Thieu Thanh Thieu Tien Thieu Vien XIX Nhu Thanh district 178 Phuc Duong Xuan Khang Yen Tho Yen Lac Cat Khe Hai Long Hai Van Mau Lam Phu Nhuan Phuong Nghi XX Nhu Xuan district 188 Yen Le Hoa Quy Thuong Ninh Total 166, THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 14

15 2.2.2: Project communes: Construction site project in 190 communes in the 20 districts of Thanh Hoa province. Specifically as follows: 1. Ba Thuoc district (10 communes) 2. Cam Thuy district (11 communes) 3. Vinh Loc district (11 communes) 4. Yen Dinh district (13 communes) 5. Ngoc Lac district (07 communes) 6. Thuong Xuan district (10 communes) 7. Tho Xuan district (07 communes) 8. Trieu Son district (11 communes) 9. Hau Loc district (05 communes) 10. Nga Son district 13 communes) 11. Hoang Hoa district (08 communes) 12. Ha Trung district (07 communes) 13. Thach Thanh district (17 communes) 14. Dong Son district (09 communes) 15. Quang Xuong district (08 communes) 16. Tinh Gia district (04 communes) 17. Nong Cong district (12 communes) : Dien Quang, Tan Lap, Ai Thuong, Dien Trung, Dien Lu, Lam Sa, Thanh Lam, Ban Cong, Thiet Ống, Thiet Ke. : Cam Yen, Cam Van, Phuc Do, Cam Binh, Cam Thanh, Cam Luong, Cam Lien, Cam Son, Cam Quy, Cam Tu, Cam Giang. : Vinh Hung, Vinh An, Vinh Yen, Vinh Khang, Vinh Ninh, Vinh Thanh, Vinh Phuc, Vinh Tan, Vinh Minh, Vinh Thinh, Vinh Long. : Yen Trung, Yen Hung, Dinh Cong, Dinh Hung, Yen Giang, Yen Tam, Yen Lac, Dinh Thanh, Dinh Lien, Dinh Tien, Yen Tho, Yen Phu, Yen Bai. : Phuc Thinh, Phuc Minh, Cao Ngoc, Thuy Son, Phung Giao, Cao Thinh, Loc Thinh. : Xuan Le, Xuan Khe, Xuan Thang, Tan Thanh, Luan Thanh, Xuan Cao, Xuan Loc, Xuan Chinh, Van Xuan, Xuan Cam. : Xuan Yen, Xuan Tin, Xuan Quang, Xuan Giang, Xuan Phu, Tho Lam, Tho Nguyen. : K Nong, Dong Loi, Hop Tien, Tho Binh, Tho Tien, Xuan Tho, Xuan Loc, Xuan Thinh, Tho The, Tho Phu, Dan Luc. : Tien Loc, Loc Son, Hai Loc, Hoa Loc, Lien Loc. : Nga Thang, Nga Vinh, Nga Dien, Nga Thai, Nga Van, Nga Yen, Nga Thanh, Nga Truong, Nga My, Nga An, Nga Thach, Nga Tien, Nga Thien. : Hoang Ha, Hoang Cat, Hoang Dao, Hoang Dai, Hoang Quy, Hoang Trung, Hoang Xuyen, Hoang Trinh. : Ha Phong, Ha Phu, Ha Bac, Ha Lai, Ha Chau, Ha Tan, Ha Hai. : Thanh Hung, Thanh Kim, Thanh Van, Thach Dinh, Thanh Long, Thach Long, Thanh Tan, Thanh Vinh, Thanh An, Thanh Cong, Thanh Tho, Thach Dong, Thach Tuong, Thach Quang, Thanh My, Thach Cam, Thanh Yen. : Dong Tan, Dong Tien, Dong Van, Dong Anh, Dong Khe, Dong Ninh, Dong Hoang, Dong Vinh, Dong Nam. : Quang Phong, Quang Phu, Quang Ninh, Quang Nham, Quang Vinh, Quang Thach, Quang Thinh, Quang Minh. : Tan Truong, Binh Minh, Nguyen Binh, Cac Son. : Yen My, Cong Chinh, Cong Binh, Hoang Son, Trung Thanh, Thang Tho, Truong Minh, Truong Giang, Minh Tho, Thang Long, Tuong Van, Tuong Son. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 15

16 18. Thieu Hoa district (14 communes) 19. Nhu Thanh district (10 communes) 20. Nhu Xuan district (03 communes) : Thieu Do, Thieu Duong, Thieu Duy, Thieu Giang, Thieu Khanh, Thieu Hop, Thieu Long, Thieu Ly, Thieu Minh, Thieu Ngoc, Thieu Nguyen, Thieu Thanh, Thieu Tien, Thieu Vien. : Phuc Duong, Xuan Khang, Yen Tho, Yen Lac, Cat Khe, Hai Long, Hai Van, Mau Lam, Phu Nhuan, Phuong Nghi. : Yen Le, Hoa Quy, Thuong Ninh PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND WHILE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AS SPECIFIED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES - Site clearance method Site clearance covers mainly cutting trees off and clearing structures situated in pylon foundations, trees with height of over 4m and buildings available in the route. - Buildings in the route not affected should not be cleared. - Trees at pylon foundation positions are mainly crops (rice, maize, potato, and cassava). Communal People s Committees and district People s Committees in the project area agree to implement compensation and site clearance as stipulated to ensure power construction and erection. If it is fallen in the harvest season of farmers, it is required to calculate to compensate trees on for farmers in accordance with the average productivity. Trees with height of over 4m available in the route may be cut down before wiring. - Compensation is undertaken by power companies. Therefore, PCs of 05 provinces should complete the recovery procedures and grand for construction so that site can be handed over to builders. - Camp construction: In order to ensure the storage of materials, plants and equipment and houses for workers, a temporary camp construction project is launched in each commune, including: + Indoor storage for cement, equipment, electrical materials and accessories: 30m2 x 1 commune = 30m2. + Outdoor storage with fence to protect transformers, medium voltage conductors, construction tools, beam, bracket and backstays: 10m2 x 01 commune = 100m2. + Temporary buildings for workers during construction: 50m2 x 1 commune = 50m2. + Indoor warehouse and temporary buildings are made from bamboo frame with fiberboard, its roofs are covered with fiberboard and roofing felt. Transporting materials and equipment to the site Different types of equipment and materials such as: Conductors and insulators are bought in Hanoi and transported by trucks to the route center of each project component (site storage). Goods are transported from Hanoi to the site storage as follows: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 16

17 + Protection switchgear, insulators and cables with small packing, scattered goods shall be transported to the site by trucks and manually unloaded. + Conductors with bulk quantity shall be transported to the site by the less than 5 ton trucks and 5 ton cranes. + Centrifugal concrete pylon bought in the area or Hanoi shall be transported to the site by KMAT 7.5 ton truck, each shipment delivers 6 pylon sections, loaded by 5 ton cranes. Pylons are piled at the ending route and scattered transported to the site by combining the manual and mechanical method. + Other materials such as beam, backstay, accessories, etc from Hanoi shall be transported to the site by the 5-ton trucks and manually unloaded. + Cement bought in districts is transported by the 5-ton trucks and manually unloaded. + Sand and stone bought at the project s district, 20km distance, shall be transported by the 5-ton dump trucks and manually unloaded DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT Table 2.4. Different types of main construction plants and equipment for 01 province: Operation No. Description Quantity capacity 1 KMAT truck ton 2 Punching and Shearing Machine 03 3 Electric welding machine 03 21KVA 4 Generator 03 5 Pump 03 30kVA20m3/h 6 Concrete breaker 03 7 Gas welding machine 03 8 Vibrator 03 9 Concrete mixer Hoists and pulleys 03 5 tons 11 Bleck truck Caliper High voltage detector Gloves, boots and insulated mats Cranes tons 16 Fire extinguishers EXPECTED MEASURES TO TRANSPORT MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE SITE - Cement and various types of electrical materials and equipments are scattered transported by trucks and workers to the indoor warehouses at the site along the route with weighted average transportation distance of 250m. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 17

18 - The centrifugal concrete pylons are transited by trucks and workers (the average distance is equal to the distance of transporting cement). - Sand and stone are transported by light trucks and workers with the same average distance to the distance of transporting pylon). - Others materials are transported from indoor warehouse by light trucks and workers with the same average distance to the distance of transporting cement) PROJECT SCHEDULE: The expected construction schedule for the works (for main works) is as follows: No. A Items Medium & low voltage wirelines: Period (month) Premise preparation 2 Digging and casting column foundation 3 Erecting column and grounding 4 Erecting beam, insulator and wiring 5 Completion and hand-over B Transformer stations: 1 Site preparation 2 Construction 3 Electric installation 4 Completion and hand-over With reference to the power supply demand and capacity of the Project Owner, the construction progress and period to put the works into operation are expected as follows: Project schedule Preparing the investment Project August-2011 Preparing as-built drawing design April Tendering equipment March-2012-July-2012 Tendering construction and installation May-2012-November-2012 Implementation December/2012-May/2013 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 18

19 Completion July LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE PROJECT S ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT 3.1. LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF VIETNAM The Vietnamese Government promulgates some laws and regulations on environmental protection. Such documents include: - Legislation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (April 1992) specifies that the State-own enterprises, governmental agencies, cooperatives and national defense bodies must be responsible for fulfilling policies on environmental protection to ensure the proper use of natural resources and environmental protection. - Law on Environmental Protection approved by the National Assembly on 29 th November 2005 and valid since 1 st July 2006, superseding Law on Environmental Protection in 1993 which prescribes responsibilities of the central, locality, individuals and organizations in environment degrading prevention and protection and implements specific environmental protection functions. - Law on Forest Protection (1992) specifies on managing, protecting, developing and exploiting forest and preventing cutting trees downs and deforestation. - Law on Protection of People's Health (11 th July 1989): Rights and obligations of residents in health protection, guiding principles on health protection, sanitation education in people; conduct the standby measures; rehabilitate and clean living environment; ensure labor sanitation standards, food and foodstuff hygiene. - Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP dated 9 th August 2005 of the Government of Vietnam on detail regulations and guidance on implementing some articles of revised Law on Environment in Decree No 21/2008/ND-CP dated 28 th February 2008 of the Government on amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP dated 9 th August Decree No. 81/2006/ND-CP dated 9 th August 2006 of the Government on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of environmental protection. - Decree No. 106/2005/ND-CP dated 17 th August 2005 of the Government on detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the electricity Law on Protection of safety of high-voltage power grid works (amending and supplementing Decree No. 54/1999/ND-CP). - Decree No. 52/1999/ND-CP: Regulations on managing construction investment with amendments on environmental issues in construction management. Decree of Government No. 29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, 2006 regulating strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environment protection commitment. Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 18 July, 2011 on guidance for Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, The national technical codes: QCVN08: 2008/BTNMT - the national technical regulations on quality of surface water; QCVN05: 2009/BTNMT Air quality- Standards THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 19

20 on ambient air quality; QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT National Technical Regulation on Noise; QCVN 27:2010 National Technical Regulation on Vibration 3.2 PROTECTION POLICY OF THE WORLD BANK (WB) - OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment - OP/BP 4.10 Indigenous people - OP/BP 4.12 Involuntary resettlement - WB s Policy on Information Access Detail guidelines on evaluation method and general impacts on transmission wireline projects may be found in: - The World Bank, 1991, Source Materials on Environmental Assessment, 3 rd edition. - IFC, Guidelines on Environment, Health and Safety for power transmission and distribution projects - Framework regulations on environmental protection application for Rural Distribution Grid Project 4. ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT 4.1. DETERMINATION OF THE PROJECT S POTENTIAL IMPACTS The Project shall pay an essential role in electrification and poverty elimination program in 190 communes of 20 districts in Thanh Hoa province. The Project also facilitates the industrialization and modernization policy promulgated by the Government and offers best opportunities for general socio-economic development to poor areas. When distribution wirelines are constructed, local persons tend to move to live near such wirelines. Local People s Committee shall prepare a specific plan to support the regional development. Such plans include road, residential areas, industrial and agricultural development, etc. Such district/commune or province shall divert the development as sketched in these plans. In addition to noticeable positive impacts, variety of adverse impacts may be posted on environment and local socio-economics. By using the Checklist of Environmental Test Data and Background Environment List as guided in the Guidelines, the environmental protection measures are applied for the Rural Energy Project No. 2. Quick environmental impact assessment of the Project is described in Table Table Quick environmental impact assessment Impacts Potential impacts Comments (Comments on rate and level of impact) Yes No THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 20

21 Construction phase 1) Temporary and permanent acquisition and effects on floristic composition when clearance for Right of Way (ROW) or temporary access roads takes place. 2) Permanent acquisition is required? 3) Temporary acquisition is required? x X X - The trees within ROW, if distance from their highest top to the lowest conductor is less than 4-m, must be cut; the trees outside ROW, in case of they fall, if distance from any part or them to any part of the OHL is less than 1-m, they must be cut too; eucalyptus, 245 acaicas, 167 longans and 168 mangos may be cut; - 16,550 m 2 of tea, 4,850 m 2 of pea/peanut, 57,035 m m 2 of crops may be affected - Total area acquisition: m 2, in which:: Field : m 2 Gardent (hill): 476 m 2 Pulic : m 2 - Total area afffect: m 2 in which: Field : m 2 Gardent (hill):: 2.922m 2 Pulic : m 2 4) Do household have to displace? x Total number of household affected by the project is 709 households, 2,820 people) (in which, there are 60HHs (248 persons) of ethnic minorities. The project does not cause displacement of households 5) Effects on cultural, heritage, historical statue, pagoda and sensitive area x During design phase, the project site had been considered and chosen carefully. There are not cultural heritage, historical statue, pagoda and sensitive area in the project area. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 21

22 Construction stage 6) Impact to fauna & flora? x The volume of affected plants is mainly rice and eucalyptus, mango and longan trees. Therefore impacts to the flora of Thanh Hoa are not greate and do not affect the fauna of the province. 7) Soil erosion, sediment generation caused by digging or surface water turbidity? x It is considered that this effect is minor because of following reasons: - Excavation soil volume at pole base is planned to transport to dumping ground and leveling in areas where are permitted by local authorities such as blind or areas do not create muddy soil erosion when water flows. - Column foundation only occupies an area of 3m 2. Therefore dirty water from construction activities can be limited. - Earth excavation must be done in the dry season - Construction area of project (the location wire posts and transformers) are selected on the flat area (soil class of 3-4), far away from 8) Dirty & air pollution? x Dust is generated from: - Earth excavation (especially in the dry season). - Because of vehicles to be used for transportation of materials and equipment. In line with with emissions are emitted by themselve. - Loading and unloading of materials and equipment from the truck will generate soil and granular sand on the air. However the effect is negligible due to: - The affected communes by project are concentrated in rural areas, population density is relatively low. Average workload is not large in each commune. Construction time at each column location is only about 3-7 days. - Transport vehicles have been allowed for THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 22

23 circulation by registry offices - Many transport activities of materials and equipment is done by manual methods so this effect can be minimized. Only cranes can create smoke and noise, but this effect can be minimized. 9) Noise and vibration? x - Many activities of the project can generate noises: vehicles, construction equipment (hammers, drilling equipment, crane); generator... However: The project takes place entirely in rural areas, the houses are far each other, so noises impacted directly to households, businesses, temples... is small. Many construction activities can be done by manual methods so the effects of noise can reduce. Construction at night-time is quite limited, it mainly be constructed during the house owners away from home 10) Soil, air or water pullution due to use harmful materials including PCBs. x - PCBs substance has been banned using for equipment, electrical materials long time ago. - The project shall not replace old transformers, electrical equipment. - Substances such as oil, chemicals emitted from vehicles and construction machinery is very small because the number of vehicles, construction machinery is not large and guaranteed about safety and meet the technical requirements that shall not impact to the environment. 11) Obstructing traffic? x Construction activities are mainly impacted to traffic at the inter-communal, inter-village roads. Most of inter-commune roads are relatively small. However projected communes do not much work so that appearance of the vehicles to be mobilized during the construction phase will obviously increase THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 23

24 the traffic density but they will cause less congestion In addition, unloading and transportation of materials from storage to the construction site will be done by manual methods. This will help avoid traffic congestion on major communal roads 12) Damage roads and bridges? x Most of inter-hamlet, inter-commune roads in project area are concreted, under good conditions. Material transportation activities with high frequency and big load shall damage or degrade the roads and bridges, however mainly happened at communes under greate construction work and the roads are poor quality. Moreover, transportation of some materials by manual methods will contribute to restrain above mentioned impacts 13) Impact to environment from workercamps? x - There are about workers taking part in construction period, in which around 50% are local people to be hired for doing some manual jobs and they will comeback home after work, the remaining workers will live in construction camps and this will generate amount of daily waste water and wastes. Therefore, this amount of waste water and waste is relative small (it is estimated about 30 liter of water and 1kg pf waste/person/day). Need to apply mitigation measurements to prevent from pollution of surface water, loss hygene at surrounding. 14) Conflic between worker and local people? x With the time of 2 months for construction activities at each zone shall not avoid conflict between workers and local people. Social impacts generated by workers at adjacent residential areas are usually considered as potential negative impacts. Beside those social impacts there also one impact declining on cultural aspect, it is impact to custom, tradition and living way of THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 24

25 residential areas where the project passing through. However, these impacts can minimize if we can apply appropriate measurements. 15) Impact to cultivation? x Lands affected by project are agricultural for plating rice and corn. That s why construction of project obviously affect to cultivation and capacity of crops on occupied s. The affect can be minimized, due to: - Providing suitable compensation option. - Construction only carried out within 2 months at each construction location, after completion of construction temporarily occupied s will be reinstated as previously. 16) Impacts because of noncompliance with labour safe rules? x This impact can be considered as negligible because the workers are all trained about labour safety and fully equipped by safety uniform as well as means to ensure safety for wokers at site. However labour safety shall be strictly supervised in order to avoid any 17) Other impacts x - Solid wastes generated from foundation excavation. - Community safety during construction shall be concerned. Operation stage 18) Surinfection of electromagnetic field is higher than level stipulated in Vietnamese standards? X - There is no impact because in design stage all specifications on design rules were already complied. - Wire-line is designed, constructed in accordance with current standards of Electric Industry (Wire-line is design according to regulations issued by the State, it ensures rate of EMF (Electromagnetic Field ) < 5kV/m), in which calculations about harzards of electromagnetic field and standards to ensure THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 25

26 electric safety, operation safety is calculated to avoid any hazards, - Prior putting into operation, all safety factors must be ensured by testing, tests and accepted by the Employer, Constractor, Operation Unit therefore operators and local people shall not be affected by electromagnetic field, - During the operation phase safety issues at minority families for the first time using electricity should be also concerned to limit the risk of electric shock accident, however, this effect is very small and can be avoided if people are well trained on how to use electricity safely 19) Cutting trees X - There are some small impacts in clearing time which serve for ensure safety of operation as regulated. However cut-trees on the route are taken into account in construction stage. Clearing process only implemented for trees having height smaller than 3m far from wire-line. In route corrior, do not prohibit plating food crops with low height at around of post- 20) Interference with radio communication, TV and other media? X - Not significantly impact because design process has followed to wire-line design codes. 21) Harmful to health and safety of community including electrical safety risks for people? X - Do not affect because residential houses are not allowed to build within electronic fiels affect. Loca people are warnned and educated about electric safety in areas where project passing. Operation methods, designs are strictly complied with requirements in order to ensure human safety. 22) Impact to water quality due to discharge domestic waste water? X - Do not impact because this is project for new wire-line, hence there is no new accomodation for workers. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 26

27 23) Soil, air, water pollution due to using harmful materials including PCBs? X - There is no impact, because harmful materials shall not be used. 24) Noises come from operation of transformers? X - There is no impact, because transformers are built for project are small-capacity ones so that they cannot be able to create noises to environment Temporarily and permanently occupied The occupied area of 190 communes, 20 districts of Thanh Hoa province is 1,659,254 m 2 and 27,002m 2 of temporarily and permanently occupied agricultural and forestry, respectively. On average, the permanently occupied area per commune is approximately 160m 2 and the temporarily occupied area is about 520m 2. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the negligible impact of occupancy by both MV wirelines and transformer station. (Please, see at table 4.1.2) Impacts on affected households The survey unveiled that the Project would affect three main groups of people, including farmers (majority, accounting for over 90% of total affected groups of people), trading and service groups and public servant groups in management agencies, companies and factories. Among these three groups, subsistence and income of farmer and business groups would be affected because a part of production is recovered or business is suspended during construction. Whereas, the public servant group is free from this impact. Among households affected in terms of, no household is required to resettle. The Project also affects 574 households (2,245 persons). In which there are 63 households (109 persons)of ethnic minorities such as Muong, Tay, and Thai. However, such impact is evaluated as negligible and temporary due to strict requirements on selecting route direction and technical solutions of the Project to minimize recovery of, property, trees and crops of local persons. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 27

28 5. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE During preparing the Project (2010), following works were conducted: Activity 1: Understand and discuss with the local authority about wiring position Activity 2: Make a survey and statistics about impacts Activity 3: Organize meetings with affected households After finishing survey, the Consultant must notify the local persons and affected communes about the project s activities. Public notice form should be applied. Such notices must be provided to the local persons with following contents, especially in the project communes: - General information about Project title, the Project Owner, project scale, names of project districts and communes; - Possible impacts on environment due to project s activities; - Applied mitigation measures to minimize impacts on environment; - Project implementation plan - Place to receive the community s feedback on project-related environmental issues This activity was launched in June, 2010 in all project districts and communes. Following representatives of organizations were invited and involved in the community consultation meeting, concretely: Affected households; Father Front Committee Women Association; Youth union; Youth union; Farmer association People s Committee; Other concerned agencies and mass organizations. Summarize comments on public consultant meeting : No District/co mmunes Location Date Parti cipan ts Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback Ba Thuoc I district - Has the 1 Dien Trung CPC 18/7/ subproject been carried out on 2 Ban Cong CPC 19/7/ time? 3 Thiet Ke CPC 20/7/ II Cam Thuy district - How will the new pole be -The investors and the consultant agencies try to implement the project according to the schedule THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 28

29 No District/co mmunes Location Date Parti cipan ts Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback 4 Cam Binh CPC 24/7/ located,these 5 Cam Son CPC 25/7/ affect local 6 Cam Quy CPC 26/7/ and trees? 7 Cam Tu CPC 28/7/ How many 8 Cam Giang CPC 29/7/ III Vinh Loc district 9 Vinh Yen CPC 1/8/ Vinh Thanh CPC 2/8/ Vinh Phuc CPC 3/8/ Vinh Thinh CPC 4/8/ Vinh Long CPC 5/8/ IV Yen Dinh district 14 Dinh Hung CPC 8/8/ Yen Giang CPC 9/8/ Dinh Thanh CPC 10/8/ Dinh Tien CPC 11/8/ Yen Phu CPC 12/8/ V Ngoc Lac district 19 Phuc Thinh CPC 12/7/ Thuy Son CPC 13/7/ Phung Giao CPC 14/7/ VI Thuong Xuan district 22 Xuan Le CPC 22/7/ Xuan Thang CPC 22/7/ Tan Thanh CPC 25/7/ Xuan Chinh CPC 25/7/ Xuan Cam CPC 26/7/ VII Tho Xuan district 27 Xuan Yen CPC 6/8/ Xuan Phu CPC 7/8/ Tho Lam CPC 8/8/ Tho Nguyen CPC 9/8/ VIII Trieu Son district 31 K Nong CPC 6/7/ Hop Tien CPC 7/7/ acquisition and trees will be required? - How the compensation will be implemented? - The construction period is expected, execution time? - Measures to minimize dust, construction waste - The accidents arising from the foundation such as cattle, poultry, people fall to the hole - The construction activities affect traffic. - The local people will work together to monitor the implementation of the subproject - The consultant will select the pole position to mitigate the impacts to local people, the position of pole will be determined confirmed by the local government - The impacts will be considered in RP and be sent to the local people - Cash compensation at replacement costs for all affected - Mitigation measures will be applied to limit the impact - Appoint staffs or the pole be position will be covered to avoid causing accidents, especially accidents with children - Place signs warning instructions and safety - Desire the local people and government to join in the project implementation phase the project on schedule and regulations THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 29

30 No District/co mmunes Location Date Parti cipan ts Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback 33 Tho Binh CPC 8/7/ Tho Tien CPC 9/7/ Xuan Tho CPC 10/7/ Dan Luc CPC 10/7/ IX Hau Loc district 37 Tien Loc CPC 22/8/ Lien Loc CPC 23/8/ X Nga Son district 39 Nga Thang CPC 22/8/ Nga Vinh CPC 23/8/ Nga Van CPC 24/8/ Nga Yen CPC 25/8/ Nga Thanh CPC 25/8/ Nga Thach CPC 26/8/ Nga Thien CPC 26/8/ XI Hoang Hoa district 46 Hoang Ha CPC 7/7/ Hoang Cat CPC 8/7/ Hoang Quy CPC 9/7/ Hoang Trinh CPC 10/7/ XII Ha Trung district 50 Ha Phong CPC 12/7/ Ha Lai CPC 13/7/ Ha Chau CPC 14/7/ Ha Hai CPC 15/7/ XIII Thach Thanh district 54 Thanh Van CPC 22/8/ Thach Dinh CPC 22/8/ Thanh Tan CPC 23/8/ Thanh Vinh CPC 24/8/ Thanh An CPC 24/8/ Thach Dong CPC 25/8/ Thach Tuong CPC 25/8/ Thach Quang CPC 26/8/ THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 30

31 No District/co mmunes Location Date Parti cipan ts Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback 62 Thanh Yen CPC 26/8/ XIV Dong Son district 63 Dong Tan CPC 4/9/ Dong Anh CPC 5/9/ Dong Khe CPC 6/9/ Dong Vinh CPC 7/9/ XV Quang Xuong district 67 Quang Phong CPC 12/9/ Quang Minh CPC 13/9/ XVI Tinh Gia district 69 Tan Truong CPC 14/9/ Cac Son CPC 15/9/ XVII Nong Cong district 71 Cong Binh CPC 6/9/ Hoang Son CPC 7/9/ Trung Thanh CPC 8/9/ Truong Giang CPC 9/9/ Minh Tho CPC 12/9/ Thang Long CPC 13/9/ Tuong Son CPC 14/9/ Thieu Hoa district 78 Thieu Do CPC 8/9/ Thieu Duong CPC 9/9/ Thieu Khanh CPC 12/9/ Thieu Hop CPC 13/9/ Thieu Long CPC 19/9/ Thieu Ngoc CPC 20/9/ Thieu Nguyen CPC 21/9/ Thieu Thanh CPC 22/9/ Thieu Vien CPC 23/9/ Nhu Thanh THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 31

32 No District/co mmunes Location Date Parti cipan ts Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback district 87 Phuc Duong CPC 12/9/ Cat Khe CPC 13/9/ Hai Long CPC 19/9/ Hai Van CPC 20/9/ Mau Lam CPC 21/9/ Nhu Xuan district 92 Yen Le CPC 22/9/ Activity 4: Continue receiving feedback from affected households. Activity 5: Announce results and determine responsibility in DTM The Project is only issued with the investment license after a proper adjustment on design, position of wirelines, capacity and technology applied in the project is made in accordance with requirements on immigration and environmental protection. In order to settle requirements of WB s OP 4.01, the Consultant and NPC must: Provide copies of on Environmental Impact Assessment, Compensation and Site Clearance Plan, Executive in Vietnamese to Communal People s Committees to Provincial People s Committees in the project area. Advertise on project in some series of main newspapers issued by the locality in 2 months. Notify in public about community opinion collection regarding the project s main activities, preliminary emigration plan, on Environmental Impact Assessment in working hours in 2 months at following locations: 1) Provincial People s Committees; and 2) Communal People s Committees. Copies of EMP report in English and Vietnamese shall be submitted to Vietnam Development Information Center at 63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi for public announcement. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 32

33 6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 6.1: The project s social impact management: Information and communication program: Basic information includes: a) Population survey and statistics include: - Name and number of people in a household. - Number, types and area of damaged houses - Number, types and area of damaged residential lot - Number, types and area of affected agricultural - Number and types of affected crops and trees - Affected business including architectural structures, and other assets. - Affected profitable assets: percent of total affected assets - Quantity and classification of other fixed assets affected by each sub-project, and - Temporary damages for profitable assets b) Certain socio-economic survey of DPs: Age, gender, nation, qualification, occupation, income source and total income of whole household. c) Public news release at the Site regarding (a) bidding package, (b) contractor, (c) detailed construction plan and (d) hotline to solve claims on social and environmental issues. Public news release during project preparation through community consultancy meeting and mass media. Claim and compensation mechanism Claims and questions relating to any aspects of RP, including determination of unit price and quantity of lost assets shall be solved in accordance with following steps: Step 1: If any person claims about any issue of the resettlement and life recovery program, he may present directly or submit a written claim to authority persons of the commune. The CPC shall settle such questions within 15 working days since the claim is received. Step 2: If claimer is not satisfied with decisions in Step 1, his claim may be submitted to district People s Committee or CRC within 15 working days since the date of receiving the decision in step 1. The DPC or CRC shall make decision within 15 working days since the date of receiving the claim. Step 3: If the claimer is still dissatisfied with decision of the district authority, he may lodge the appeal to the PPC or the district CRC within 15 working days since the date of receiving decision of DPC or district CRC. Within 15 working days, PPC or PCRC shall decide such claim. Step 4: If he is still dissatisfied with decision released by the provincial authority, he may file the appeal to the district court within 15 working days since the date of receiving decision made by PPC or PCRC. DPs are completely exempted from administrative and legal fees and charges. Monitoring and evaluation system Power companies and concerned PMUs work closely with corresponding DPCs/CPCs at the management units and independent supervision unit to launch regular monitoring of Compensation and Resettlement Plan Performance. Findings shall be THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 33

34 recorded in the quarterly report to submit EVN, power companies and concerned provincial power companies. Internal inspection and monitoring include: - Verifying that basic information about DPs, evaluating lost or damaged assets, compensations, benefits of resettlement and life recovery are conducted in accordance with the regulations of the corresponding Policy Framework and RP. - Monitoring that RP is conducted as designed and approved. - Determining that financial resources to implement RP are provided to PMUs in due date with full quantity to fufill the objectives; Such resources are properly used by PMUs as prescribed in RP. - Archiving all claims and questions and ensuring that such claims are solved as scheduled. Independent supervision: Independent units or independent consultancy units employed by PCs under EVN shall conduct regular monitoring and external evaluation in addition to RP performance. Independent organizations may be schools, research institutions, NGOs or independent consultancy companies with professional staffs and Terms of Reference (TOR) accepted by World Bank. In order to verify information provided to internal control and supervision report of corresponding power companies, employed external supervisors shall visit sample, approximately 20% of affected households in the concerned province in 6 months since RP is conducted to: - Determine whether procedures on involvement of DPs, compensation work, Rights of recovering new life are conducted in accordance with policy framework or not; and - Evaluating whether objectives of policy framework on improving or at least ensuring living standards and income of DPs are satisfied or not. - Collecting quality criteria of socio-economic impacts on DPs when the Project is conducted. - Recommending amendments during RP performance in case it is possible to put forward principles and objectives of policy framewor. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 34

35 6.2. MITIGATION MEASURES Table Mitigation Measures applied for the project No. Impacts Impact assessment Preconstruction phase 1 Temporary or permanent occupancy of 2 Households affected by the Project Construction phase 3 Impact on surface water environment Able to minimize Able to minimize Negligible impact Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - To thoroughly investigate construction site, consult the local persons to find out the best wiring solution. - To avoid areas with ecological value (forest, natural reserve area, wets, etc) - To apply proper compensation level. - To require to select wiring solution to minimize housing removal of local persons - To increase distance between stations, increase height of the station, using suspended stations and so forth to minimize impacts on households. - To apply proper compensation for impacts. - The Contractor is responsible to implement regulations of Vietnam on waste water discharging into environment. - It is recommended to provide mobile toilets or construct a qualified toilet for construction workers at the site. Wastewater from toilets, kitchen, bathroom and washing bath in the worker camps, etc should be pumped into the preliminary treatment system before discharging into the environment. - When construction is finished, toilets in the camps should safely handle or The Consultant The Consultant Construction unit THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 35

36 No. Impacts Impact assessment 4 Impacts due to slide and erosion Negligible impact Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by sealed effectively. - It is required to arrange camps and storage fields for construction materials, waste collection areas which are far from the surface water sources of the locality. - Soil excavation and transportation activities in often eroded and slide areas Available in Contractor or areas near rivers and lakes should be conducted in dry season, after bidding unit harvesting during the shortest time. price 5 Noise and vibration 6 Air pollution due to dust and emission Negligible impact Negligible impact - Guide ways should be provided to drain water for construction areas in the high erosive area. - It is required to bank dykes and choke dikes to prevent erosion and slide. - Local persons are encouraged to use redundant soil from pile foundation excavation to bank garden and road and transport at the required place. - Plane should be restored after erecting piles. - Only construction machines with noise in the allowance limit can be used. - Drivers should be reminded and encouraged not to use truck s horn. - Local community should be consulted when it is expected to construct at nighttime. Only construction at nighttime is conducted when approval is released by the community and the community must be notified before constructing at nighttime. - Watering should be often conducted at areas with dust dispersing possibility. It is supposed to wash dirty piles and trucks used to transport raw materials. Construction waste must be removed before leaving the site. Available bidding price in unit Contractor Contractor - Fence should be available in case of strong wind and construction site THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 36

37 No. Impacts Impact assessment 7 Impacts on agricultural production due to temporary occupancy of production 8 Impacts on traffic 9 Damages on local road system Negligible impact Negligible impact Able to minimize Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by should be daily cleaned. - It is required to use plants and equipment with allowable standard emission. - Trucks used to transport construction materials, waste soil and others waste must be carefully covered during arrival and departure at the site to minimize scattering soil, sand, stone and so forth on road - Construction should be conducted after harvesting crops if possible. Available in Contractor - Proper compensation for damages of agriculture should be applied. - Intact status of agricultural should be recovered for construction sites after construction. - Construction activities should be minimized (excavation, cabling) in areas with high traffic density. - Warning signs should be used for construction sites and workers should be arranged to guide traffic when vehicles temporarily stop on road to load materials and equipment. - Local authority should be closely cooperated to arrange material transportation. - Regulations on traffic safety should be strictly adhered. - The contractor should commit not to use over-heavy duty trucks, which can damage the local road system. - It is prohibited over- heavy-duty trucks transporting construction materials or equipment into roads. Vehicle loads should be divided and reduced so that road is not damaged. - It is required to repair roads damaged and degraded due to project s bidding price Available bidding price Available bidding price unit in unit in unit Contractor Contractor THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 37

38 No. Impacts Impact assessment 10 Solid waste from excavation and construction 12 Encroach the living environment of fauna and flora 13 Conflict between construction workers and local people Negligible impact Negligible impact Negligible impact Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by activities. - The Contractor must commit to clean the sites and transport solid waste to Available in Contractor the required places. bidding unit price - Re-use process should be applied right at the Site, the remaining shall be transported to the waste collection storage to continue the recycle process to produce organic fertilizer and bury as specified in the technological process on environmental safety assurance. - Clearance area should be minimized by planning and constructing wirelines in the available vegetation. - It is supposed to apply manual clearance and keeping vegetation within the allowable maximum scope. - Plant should not be burnt right at clearance place. Plants should be collected in an accepted place. Local persons are encouraged to use the cut plants for useful purposes such as composting green manure or fertilizing. - Local persons should be employed for simple construction works at most to avoid emigration phenomenon. - In case worker camps are situated near the communal center, the Employer should require the Contractor to provide fully and timely information about such construction worker groups to the Communal People's Committee of that area. By exchanging in an opened-hearted and bidirectional manner, the CPC and the Contractor can arrange proper accommodation for this worker group. - Workers should be educated to conduct polite behaviors with local persons and vice versa. - Clearance: In the general provisions of the Contract, it is required to Contractor and Operator Contractor THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 38

39 No. Impacts Impact assessment 14 Labor health and safety Operation phase 15 Development and poverty elimination 16 Land subdivision and increase of possibility to penetrate into wild regions Able to minimize Positive impacts Negligible impact Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by specify that: After finishing the Project, camps must be clearly removed and camping area must be restored with its intact status. - Healthcare service should be offered to worker teams. Available in Contractor - Workers should be disseminated with regulations and procedures on labor safety. - Safety equipment should be provided to workers during construction. - It is prohibited to employ labors without knowledge about labor safety and labor protection equipment. - Unauthorized persons are not allowed to enter the construction site. Dangerous areas should be fenced and provided with warning signs in accordance with regulations on traffic safety. - Supervisor of labor and construction safety must be available at site during construction - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project - Unused roads should be restored to its intact status. - The local Department of Forest Natural Resources should be closely worked with to check use of forest path of local persons at areas with forests or remote areas. - Local persons and technicians should be trained about animal protection measures during clearing the ROW. bidding price Operation expenses unit The Project Owner THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 39

40 No. Impacts Impact assessment 17 Labor health and safety Able to minimize Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - Power safety regulation should be popularized to the local persons. - It is supposed to adhere to Decree No. 106 of the Government on power grid protection. - Local persons and technicians should be regularly trained about labor safety issues. - It is not allowed to burn leaves recovered during ROW clearance. - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project 18 Reduction of Positive air pollution impacts caused by diesel generators 19 EMF No impact - Wirelines are designed as standard, the minimum distance of phase- ground is more than 8m, and hence, impacts on local persons cannot be available. Operation expenses The Project Owner 20 Impacts on birds and airplanes 21 Hazardous pollution due to oil No impact Negligible impact - However, when the operation and maintenance requires minimum distance, specific training on safety measures and safety equipment for individual and other preventative measures should be determined in the health and safety assurance plan. (Recommendation on minimum safety distance applicable to worker is as follows: kv: 0.6 m kV: 0.71 m - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project - Change of transformer oil should be conducted in workshop. - Oil with PCB is not used. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 40

41 No. Impacts Impact assessment Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - Oil recovery methods should be applied during maintenance to avoid impacts on environment. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 41

42 6.3 CHANCE FIND PROCEDURES During construction and operation of the project, archaeology, injuries and electric shock, etc are detected; it is possible to handle as follows: Table 6.3: Cultural detecting process template during earthworks No. Discovery Solution Implemented by 1 Find kinds suspected to be archaeology during excavation 2 Find tombs and remains during earthworks 3 Have claims of local persons on environmental pollution 4 Accidents due to unexploded ordinances or explosive materials left from the war Protect the site and notify the local authority and cultural and museum management agencies or Department of Culture & Information. Hand in the kinds to the competent authority Determine construction continuity possibility of the works or suspend to continue investigation Protect the site and notify the local authority Determine person/method and time to retrieve and recommend the next steps Launch retrieval works Settle problems as soon as possible Note it in the work log Discuss with the Project Owner/ Local authority about claim settlement measures Conduct emergency treatment and promptly move the victims to the nearest clinical stations and hospital Protect site and erect warning signs Prepare the site minutes 5 Detect explosive materials Protect the site - Communal People's Committee - Department of Culture and Information - Construction unit - Project Management Unit - Construction unit - Project Management Unit - Local authority - Project Management Unit - Construction unit - Construction unit - Project Management Unit - Local authority (commune and province) - Construction unit the competent authority - Military headquarters of THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 42

43 Contact with the nearest military unit to receive necessary support 6 Other emergencies (specify) Conduct emergency settlement as soon as possible, report the concerned agencies commune, district and province - Project Management Unit - Construction unit 6.4 MONITORING PROGRAM Table 6.4. Environmental Monitoring Plan Environmental impacts Construction 1. Clearing vegetation / cut down trees Objects to be monitors Monitorin g location Clearance techniques and scope Along the corridor road Monitoring methods Observe Monitoring date/frequenc y Once per week in the first month, then monthly Expenses Recorded the Contractor s expenses in Monitoring responsibility - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 43

44 Environmental impacts Objects to be monitors 2. Rural traffic Traffic road surface situation, traffic density Quantity, load and frequency of vehicles and construction machines available in road Monitorin g location Along road the Monitoring methods Observe Monitoring date/frequenc y Weekly when many machineries and materials are transported to the area Expenses - Available in bidding unit price Monitoring responsibility - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 44

45 Environmental impacts 3. Surface water quality, sediment and erosion Objects to be monitors Water drainage system from construction area and silt pits Weather when excavating Clearance level of vegetation Slope in construction site Water impurity Monitorin g location Within the station campus of route corridor, surface water source near the constructio n site, stations and pylons in sloppy places Monitoring methods Observe Monitoring date/frequenc y While and after heavy rain Expenses Monitoring responsibility None - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 45

46 Environmental impacts 4. Dust and air pollution Objects to be monitors Tightness of tank bottom and canvas in trucks transporting soil and sand; Check dust dispersing possibility from soil and sand piles Monitorin g location Along the transportati on road Houses of local persons or works nearest to the site Monitoring methods Observe Monitoring date/frequenc y Before/While transporting, dry, hot and windy days Expenses Monitoring responsibility - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) 5. Noise Noise from construction vehicles and machines and preparation/construction activities Hours to conduct construction activities as well as raw material loading House local persons along route of the By special equipment, using noise measuring equipment, interviewin g local persons While construction, high noise is available; when claims about noise is available. Available bidding price in unit - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 46

47 Environmental impacts 6. Sanitation at the site Objects to be monitors Domestic waste,; construction waste and waste water at the site Monitorin g location Water drainage path, camp, station and waste treatment places Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequenc y Observe Weekly and before acceptance Expenses Available in bidding unit price Monitoring responsibility - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) 7. Discharging waste from pile foundation activities Surplus waste, stone and soil from pile foundation activities Vehicles and instruments used to transport surplus waste with assurance Along the wireline Observe While pile foundation excavation Available bidding price in unit - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 47

48 Environmental impacts 8. Safety of worker and local persons Operation Electric field and magnetic field Noise Objects to be monitors Meet to popularize labor safety and labor safety equipment First aid boxes, storage place of dangerous materials Warning objects at dangerous place electric field intensity and magnetic field intensity Noise and distance from station to the nearest house of local person Monitorin g location At station and camps Pile foundation to be constructed and place where wiring is conducted on road House of local persons along the route At the nearest house of local person Monitoring methods Observe, interview, read site diary Electromete r/ magnetomet er Use measureme nt device Monitoring date/frequenc Expenses y Daily Available in bidding unit price When persons claims local have In case of claims - Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines Monitoring responsibility - Safety supervisor of the Contractor and the Project Owner - Community supervisor - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) NPC NPC THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 48

49 Environmental impacts Safety Objects to be monitors Inspection and maintenance works of the management team in charge of transformer station Fire protection equipment Monitorin g location Office of station manageme nt team At office of station manageme nt team Monitoring methods Check diary/plan Observe Monitoring date/frequenc y 6 months or annually Expenses Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines Monitoring responsibility NPC THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 49

50 6.5. EMP IMPLEMENTATION Table 6.5. Implementation responsibility Unit Responsibility Power Network Project Management Board (under Northern Power Corporation) and the Consultant: Thang Long Power Development Joint Stock Company: Thanh Hoa Power company Be in charge of project performance on daily basis. Including activities as follows: i. Preparing plans and implementing environmental management activities during construction. ii. Cooperating with other stakeholders relating to the environmental management activities. iii. Conducting internal supervision and independent control. iv. Supervising and funding the supervision activities. v. ing environmental information to the relevant stakeholders. Be responsible for operating the project including environmental management and monitoring activities during operation. Power Network Project Management Board and Thanh Hoa Power company Be in charge of supervising the Contractor during construction including implementation of environmental management activities in EMP Contractor Be responsible for complying with the technical requirement of the Environmental Management Plan Including: i. Preparing the detail EMP of the bid package based on this EMP as guided by the environmental safety official of the Project Owner and submit the Project Owner for review and approval ii. Apply the mitigation measures in the EMP during construction iii. Ensure safety for construction workers and local person during construction. iv. Adhere policies of Vietnam and WB about environmental protection during construction. Representatives of local community Involve in environmental monitoring and THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 50

51 Unit Responsibility management Department of Environmental Management under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the District People s Committee Supervise the implementation of EMP under the Environmental License THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 51

52 6.6. REPORTING PROCESS Table Concerned stakeholders in environmental observation issues ing contents No. Unit Main responsibility and forms 1 Contractor - Apply the Mitigation Measures - Refer to Appendix 1.2 as recommended 2 Technical supervisor of the Project Management Unit 3 Communal and community staffs at the project performance place - the Project Management Unit on applied Mitigation Measures - Observe (by observing) and evaluate environmental parameters in the on Environmental Impact Assessment. - the Project Management Unit - Observe (by observing) and evaluate environmental parameters in the on Environmental Impact Assessment. - the Project Management Unit - Refer to Appendix Refer to Appendix COST ESTIMATES FOR EMP Table Cost estimates for capacity building training courses No. Training Expense (VND) Sources 1 Train about safety and mitigation measures for workers and contractor 2 Train about EMP management and supervision for PMU/PC officials 5 project staffs to be attended 5 persons x 2 days x 20 districts x 200,000 VND/person = 16,000,000 VND 2 persons x 1 days x 20 districts x 500,000 VND/person = 20,000,000 VND Included in expenses of bid package Included in operating cost of the Agency (Power Network Project Management Board and provincial power companies) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 52

53 3 Train about community monitoring for representatives of local persons 4 Train about implementation of environmental management plan 5 NPC s training on safety (regularly conducted by the provincial power companies) Total 1 person x 190 communes of the locality to be attended 1 person x 2 days x 190 communes x 300,000 VND/person = 114,000,000 VND 1 project staffs of each province to be attended 1 persons x 2 days x 20 districts x 200,000 VND/person = 8,000,000 VND 10 project officials to be attended 10 persons x 20 districts x 1 day x 300,000 VND/person = 16,000,000 VND 174,000,000 VND Included in project management operating cost of the Agency (Power Network Project Management Board and provincial power companies) Included in operating cost of the Agency (Power Network Project Management Board and provincial power companies) Included in operating costs of provincial power company. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 53

54 Table Cost estimates of EMP performance (VND) No. Items Construction Operation 1 Mitigation measures This expense is included in the Contract signed with the construction Contractor 2 Capacity building supervision and improvement training expenses 3 persons x 10,000,000 x 3= 90,000,000 This expense is included in operating costs of provincial power company. 3 Trainning 174,000,000 - TOTAL EXPENSE FOR ENTIRE PROJECT 264,000,000 VND THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 54

55 REFERENCES 1 on Environmental Situation of 05 provinces in DoNRE WB s Source Materials on Environment Impact Assessment Statistic Yearbook 2009 Statistical Publishing House Source materials on protective areas in Vietnam Bird Life International Policy Framework on Environment for Rural Energy Project No. 2- Additional Sponsor THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 55

56 Appendix 1: Sample s Appendix 1.1. Sample data collected from communal authority SAMPLE DATA COLLECTED FROM COMMUNAL REPORT Name of Project Commune: Evaluation phase: Environmental impacts: Impacts/ Mitigation Measures Vehicles and project activities cause dust in the area Vehicles and project activities cause noise in the area Project activities cause river and lake water pollution in the area Cutting trees of the project affects environment Project activities cause impacts on agricultural and residential Project activities cause impacts on cultural and historical relics The Project s construction site affects local traffic Solid or liquid waste is discharged into environment The Project s workers lay impacts on socio-economic and health aspect in the area Accidents Dust mitigation measures Erosion and sediment mitigation measures Construction material collection place, etc, to avoid consequences due to waterlog or chemical pollution, etc Waste management measures Project activities affect birds, animals or Acknowledgement of the local authority Acknowledgement of the community THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 56

57 Impacts/ Mitigation Measures rare plants Trucks transporting raw materials damage road system Others Acknowledgement of the local authority Acknowledgement of the community Recommendations Construction activities near the hospital must be limited with working hours from 07:00 to 11:00 in the morning and from 14:00-17:00 in the afternoon. The period from 11:00 to 14:00 is the tea break of officials and patients to be kept quiet. More attention should be made when clearing construction camps The Contractor must ensure to store columns and construction waste at required places It is required to fully provide the safety equipment and training programs to workers to minimize labor accidents, etc, especially for local workers because they neglect about labor safety. Signature of representatives of community supervision board: Title: Date: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 57

58 Appendix 1.2. Sample on Site Environmental Management Observation (Applied for Contractor) Project Title: Project site: Contractor's name: Project commencement report or monthly report: Date of : No. Construction phase 1 Water surface pollution 2 Noise and vibration 3 Soil erosion 4 Air pollution 5 Impacts Impacts on agricultural production due to temporary occupancy of production 6 Impacts on traffic 7 Damages on local road system 8 Solid waste from excavation 9 10 Impacts on environment caused by construction workers Conflict between construction workers and local people 11 Labor health and safety Prepared by: Title: Address: Telephone: Implemented mitigation measures Remarks THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 58

59 Appendix 1.3. Sample on Site Environmental Observation Parameters (This Form is applied for Environmental Observation of the Construction Supervision Consultant) Project Title: Project site: Province: District: Commune: Type of : Monthly report (Yes/No): Quarterly report submitted to EVN (Yes/No): Quarterly report submitted to WB (Yes/No): by independent consultant (Yes/No): Date of : No. During construction: Parameters 1 Water impurity and erosion phenomenon 2 Noise surrounding site and neighboring residential areas 3 Dust 4 Management and control of cutting trees down and temporary road for construction 5 Solid waste and sanitation clearance after construction 6 Sanitation and labor safety equipment for workers 7 Impacts on traffic 8 Road damages 9 Situation of implementing labor safety protection measures 10 Construction materials management 11 Impacts on wild animas and natural resources 12 Bio-diversification loosing signs (if any) 13 Signs of encroaching cultural and historical relics 14 Others environmental issues (if any) During operation: 15 ROW protection 16 Impacts on wild animas and natural resources Evaluation on feedback of supervisor and community Remarks/ Recommendations Appendix 1.4. Sample on Site Environment Management Plan THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 59

60 Construction Contractor The Construction Contractor shall submit a monthly report on progress of implementing the Site Environmental Management Plan to the Power Company in project provinces. This Site Environment Management Plan must contain contents as follows: Cover page Table of Contents Introduction - A paragraph introduces about purposes of the Updates of changes in preferences against the Final - List preference issues of the Final - List progress of settling each issue implemented by the Contractor - List all unsolved issues and give out recommendations for such issues. If such issues are not solved, reasons should be specified. Results of environmental management activities in reporting phase - mitigation measures in Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP). - Are set objectives satisfied by these mitigation measures? If not, why? Explanations should be clear and complete. Implemented by: Title: Appendix Procedures on supervision report submission No. Issues to be reported Construction phase 1 Implementing mitigation measures and site environment management plan 2 Environmental monitoring The first reporting level By: Contractor Frequency: Monthly Submitted to: PMUs By: Technical supervisor of PMU Frequency: Monthly Submitted to: PMU Frequency: Twice during project performance. One during construction, The second reporting level By: PMU The third reporting level (Some copies submitted to Department of Natural Resources and Environment) By: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: Provincial People s Committees By: PMU Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: WB By: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: WB THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 60

61 Operation phase 1 Environmental monitoring including safety issues one after finishing construction Submitted to: WB and PMUs of the Project Owner By: District power companies Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: Local PC (province) By: PMU Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: Provincial People s Committees By: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Annual Submitted to: WB THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 61

62 APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSE OF THE PROJECT THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 62

63 APPENDIX 3: SAMPLE MINUTES OF THE PROJECT S COMMUNITY CONSULTATION THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 63

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69 APPENDIX 4: REGIONAL MAP AND PROPOSED PROTECTED AREA THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 69