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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project NORTH POWER CORPORATION Electric Network Project Management Board ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) SUBPROJECT: THE RURAL ENEGY II PROJECT ADDITIONAL FINANCING PHASE 4 - LAI CHAU PROVINCE Hanoi, August, 2012 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 1

2 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION PROJECT OBJECTIVES: THE RURAL ENEGY II ADDITIONAL FINACING PHASE 4- LAI CHAU PROVINCE PROJECT DESCRIPTION BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF LAI CHAU PROVINCES PROJECT S SCOPE... 7 Map project:... 7 Table 2.2(a). Primary data table on project... 9 Table 2.2(b). Total stations and wireline length... 9 Table 2.2(c). Project communes: PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND WHILE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AS SPECIFIED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT Table 2.4. Different types of main construction plants and equipment for project: 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 POLICY OF THE WORLD BANK (WB) ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT DETERMINATION OF THE PROJECT S POTENTIAL IMPACTS Table 4.1.(a). Quick Environment Impact Assessment of the Project Table 4.1.(b). Summary of land area occupied by the Project (m 2 ) COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 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 Activity 4: Continue receiving feedback from affected households Activity 5: Announce results and determine responsibility in DTM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 2

3 6.1: The project s social impact management: MITIGATION MEASURES Table Mitigation Measures applied for the project CHANCE FIND PROCEDURES Table 6.3: Cultural detecting process template during earthworks MONITORING PROGRAM Table 6.4. Environmental Monitoring Plan EMP IMPLEMENTATION Table 6.5. Implementation responsibility COST ESTIMATES FOR EMP Table 6.6(a). Cost estimates for capacity building training courses Table 6.6(b). Cost estimates of EMP performance (VND) 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: MAP OF PROPOSED PROTECTED AREA THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3

4 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The Rural Energy II Project (REII) 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 REII- 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 4- LAI CHAU PROVINCE - Prevent overload of the local power grid for the subproject communes; - Reduce power losses, improve electricity quality; and provide stable power supply for living, production and business activities; - Meet the power supply demand of the subproject local communes for socio-economic development; - Contribute to Government poverty reduction programs in rural areas by providing basic infrastructures, particularly electricity; - Contributes to improve material and spiritual life of people in remote areas of northern provinces. And many social benefits. The Sub-project includes 03 components. namely: - New construction km medium voltage (35Kv) transmission lines. - Construction of 51 new substations with total capacity of 2,980.5 kva. - New construction km low voltage transmission lines and Rehabilitate 2,450 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 LAI CHAU PROVINCES Lai Chau is an upland mountainous province, located in the geographical coordinates of 20050' 'north latitude, and ' ' East longitude. The north borders Yunnan province (China) with boundary of 310 km long; the southwest and northwest border on Pra Bang province and Phong Sa Li province relatively (People's Democratic Republic of Laos) the northeast borders Lao Cai province; and the southeast border Son La province. Lai Chau Province far from Hanoi capital about 500 km. The natural area of the province is 16,919 km 2, accounting for 5.14% of total natural area of the country. Improtant transportation routes of the province consist of National Road 279, National Road 6A, Amity Road No.12, 4D Road, Road 100, and airway. River systems including the network of rivers, streams, are rather dense, small and slope. Entire province has km of large and small rivers & streams, such as Song Da and Nam Na, Nam Muc, Nam Rom, Nam Ma, and Nam Khoai; the province has three major river systems, including large rivers such as Da river with 232 km long, Ma river with 58 km long, and Nam Hua river with 71 km long. Project is invested at 2 districts of Muong Te and Phong tho. They are 02 districts in the North of Lai Chau province. Population: According to investigation results carried out on 01/04/1999, Lai Chau province has 587,582 people. In which, social labour number of the whole province is 282,983 persons, accounting for 48.1% of the population. The province has 23 ethnic groups, is the largest one is Thai ethnic with 206,001 people, accounting for 35.05%; the other minority ethnic groups such as Mong ethnic with 170,460 people, accounting for 29.01%; Kinh ethnic with 99,094 people, accounting for 16.86%; Dao ethnic with 39,575 people, accounting for 6.73%; Kho Mu ethnic with 14,894 people, accounting for 2.53%; Ha Nhi ethnic with 14,314 people, accounting for 2.43%; Giay ethnic with 9,018 people, accounting for 1.53%; La Hu ethnic with 6,824 people, accounting for 1.16%; Lao ethnic with 6,613 people, accounting for 1.12% and other ethnic groups account for 3.58%. The project was implemented in area the 2 provinces Muong Te, and Phong Tho. Population is predominantly belonging to ethnic minority groups of Mong, Dao and Ha Nhi. Climate: General climate characteristics of line route are evaluated as under basically on the monsoon tropic climate. - Average air temperature in the year is about 23 o C. Maximum temperature can up to 40 o C, usually appears in May and the lowest temperature may down to 5 o C, usually appears in January. - The average humidity in the year is relatively high, from 85% to 92%. - Number of days of the year having lightning, thunder are 59.1 to 59.3 days. - The rainy season in this area usually lasts from May to September, the rains are most concentrated in the months June, July, and August (lunar calendar) with high rainfall, accounting for nearly 80% of annual rainfall. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 5

6 Thunderstorms can occur on any month of the year but mainly in summer on the afternoons from 1p.m to 6p.m, the months have the most thunderstorm are from May to September together with rainy period, duration of one thunderstorm: 1-2h, thunderstorm often appears accompanied with thunderbolt. The months from November to March is the period of operation of the northeast monsoon therefore usually less thunderstorm, only about 2-3 days in the month. Topography: Topography of Lai Chau province is very complex which is formed through many different tectonic phases, commonly folding and settlement. In general the region are gradually lowering from Vietnam - China border to the South and from the East to the West. Phong Tho district has mountainous terrain > 1,000 1,500; this region has very strong dissection with difficulty terrain, steep streams with many caves. Muong Te district has mountainous terrain > 1,500 m; with deep steep, mainly distributed in the Vietnam China Mountains. However, all the wire-lines go in hill areas, midlands without flooding during annual rainy season, so that it does not affect the project. Natural Resources: * Earth resources: Total of natural land area of the province is km2; mainly is red, light yellow soil types developed on sandy rock, clayey rock and limestone with rather tight structure. Agricultural land have used approximately 64,299.9 ha, of which 13, ha are crop fields, ha are miscellaneous garden, 5.978ha are grass fields for livestock, aquaculture water surface are 409ha. Forested land is hectares, the coverage is 31.3%, mostly is protective forests, including hectares of natural forests; artificial forest of ha. Specialized lands for use are approximately hectares, of which hectares are for transportation, construction lands are hectares, living lands are ha. Available bare hills likely to use are very large, about ha, including unused land is hectares and unused hilly land is approximately 524, hectares. * Rivers: river system in Lai Chau Province are distributed regularly with two main river systems: - Nam Mu River: flowing through Na Tam, Ban Bo is formed by four main streams: Nam Gie stream originates from top of Sapa, Na Da stream from the Lake Thau, Nam Dich stream from Khun Ha, Nam Mu stream from Ban Hon, these are spring heads of the Da River, mainly supply water for Ban Chat, Huoi Quang and Son La hydropower plants. - Nam So stream comes from Ta Leng to San Thang commune (Lai Chau town), Then Sin commune then mixes with Nam Na line. This is major water supply for urban areas of Lai Chau town and the neighboring communes. Because the terrain of district is relatively complex, the rivers have a steep slope so they are more likely to develop a small and medium-sized hydropower plants. According to survey, no wire-line of the project across rivers and streams. Column foundation do not build near river, stream banks. Column foundation is mainly built on public ground of hills and rice fields. Foundation construction on rice fields does not affect the canal systems and drainage. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 6

7 * Mineral Resources: There are several kinds of Mineral resources: a rare earth minerals in Phong Tho district, black stone in Muong Lay are currently operated by mainly private; metal minerals such as iron, lead, stream gold ores, but the reserves are small; Na Sang coal mines are being exploited but at a small scale The 35kV line shall not go through/near any mineral area so that should not affect mining exploitation. * Forest Resources: Up to 2002, Lai Chau province has 553,650 hectares of forest, including 538,552 ha are natural forests, artificial forests are 15,098 ha PROJECT S SCOPE The subproject The rural enegy II project additional financing phase 4 Lai Chau province refers to the following: - Construction and rehabilitate of medium voltage, low voltage transmission lines and substations in 16 communes under 02 district Muong Te, Phong Tho in Lai Chau Province. Map project: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 7

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9 Table 2.2(a). Primary data table on project 1. Project Title The Rural Energy II Project Additional financing Phase 4 Lai Chau Province 2. New construction project Construction: Rehabilitate: 3. Total stations and total length of wireline 4. Name of communes to be located with stations or wirelines - Construction of 51 new substations with total capacity of 2,980.5 kva - New construction km medium voltage (35Kv), km low voltage and Rehabilitate 2,450 km low voltage transmission lines. Section Width of ROW - Width of MV wirelines: 7m. 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 Table 2.2(b). Total stations and wireline length no Name of communes/districts New medium voltage (km) Scale project Number of stations New Low voltage (km) I Phong Tho district Lan Nhi Thang 17, ,893 2 Mưong So 1, ,111 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 9

10 no Name of communes/districts New medium voltage (km) Scale project Number of stations New Low voltage (km) 3 Nam Xe 13, ,101 4 Ban Lang 3, ,374 5 Ma Ly Pho 4, ,748 6 Huoi Luong 14, ,764 7 Mo Sang 10, ,872 8 Dao San 6, ,393 9 Hoang Thèn 4, , Pa Vây So 4, , Mo Si San 3, , Ma Li Chai 3, ,689 II Muong Te district 71, Pa O 16, Mo Ca 10, Ka Long 4, Thu Lo 39,751 2 Total 196, ,414 Table 2.2(c). Project communes: Construction site project in 16 communes in the 02 districts of Lai Chau province. Specifically as follows: 1. Phong Tho district (12 communes) : Xa Lan Nhi Thang va cac cụm dan cu lan can; Muờng So; Nam Xe; Ban Lang; Ma Ly Pho; Huoi Luong; Mu Sang; Dao San; Hoang Then; Pa Vay THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 10

11 Su; Mo Si San; Ma Li Chai. 2. Muong Te district (04 communes) : Xa Pa U; Mu Ca; Ka Lang va Thu Lu 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), tree (Eucalyptus, Mango, litchi, Acacia). 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 land 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 Lai Chau provinces should complete the land recovery procedures and grand land 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. 50m2. + Temporary buildings for workers during construction: 50m2 x 1 commune = + 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: + Protection switchgear, insulators and cables with small packing, scattered goods shall be transported to the site by trucks and manually unloaded. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 11

12 + 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 project: No. Description Quantity Operation 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 03 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 12

13 14 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. - 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 Digging and casting column foundation Erecting column and grounding Erecting beam, insulator and wiring 5 Completion and hand-over B Transformer stations: 1 Site preparation THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 13

14 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 Quarter 1/2012 Preparing as-built drawing design Quarter 3/2012 Tendering equipment Quarter 3+4/2012 Tendering construction and installation Quarter 4/ Quarter 1/2013 Implementation Quarter 1/2013 Completion Quarter 3/2013 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 14

15 3. 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 15

16 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 16 communes of 02 districts in Lai Chau 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. Quick environmental impact assessment of the Project is described in Table 4.1.(a). THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 16

17 Table 4.1.(a). Quick Environment Impact Assessment of the Project Impacts Potential impacts Comments (Comments on rate and level of impact) Yes No Construction phase 1) Undermining vegetation cover or cutting down trees for site during site clearance for substations and along the transmission line? x - The tree higher than 4m will be cut off whereas the low vegetations such as brushes and savanna are remained unchanged. - The substation are hang-on types so the acquired land area is small and these located in bare land along the roads. - Land clearance will result in 561 eucalypus, 28 litchis, 30 manggos, 2 labels and 60 acaicas trees to be cut down (08 HHs will be affected). When the subproject is carried out, the wiring and excavation for pole foundations in rice field will have impacts on 488m2 of crops. 2) Do household have to displace? x - Total number of households affected by the project is 38 households, 130 people). They are ethnic minorities of Thai, Dao, Muong people. The project does not cause displacement of households 3) Effects on cultural, heritage, historical statue, pagoda and sensitive area - Construction stage 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. 4. Impact to fauna & flora? x - The volume of affected plants is mainly rice and maize. - Therefore impacts to the flora of Lai Chau are not greate and do not affect the fauna of the province. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 17

18 5. Soil erosion, sediment generation caused by digging or surface water turbidity? 6. Dirty & air pollution? x - Although terrain of the subproject areas is mainly mountainous with high landslide risk, foundation excavation would be carried out on a relatively flat area, and some short sections run along the low hills, so the erosion risk is not high - The construction time of pole foundation is short (about 1/2 day) and the construction would not be implemented in the rainy season. Each item will completely be done before the construction of another item, and thus erosion is expected to be small. 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 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. 7. Noise and vibration? x - Noise and vibration are generated by operation of equipment, transportation of materials, transportation means, ground leveling, pole erection, and operation of power generator (if any). - The substations will be located on foot hills, far from residential areas, and hence noise and vibration during construction would not affect local communities. - Construction materials will be provided and transported to the construction sites by local suppliers. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 18

19 - Base on above-mentioned reasons, impacts on increasing the noise and/or vibration at the subproject area are assessed as not significant and can be mitigated. 8. 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. 9.Obstructing traffic? x - The rural traffic is sparse. Time for unloading materials and equipments would be short (about 1 hour). In addition, unloading of construction materials (e.g. sand, soil, stone etc.) is automatic by trucks. Therefore, impacts on the traffic such as traffic congestion would not be significant. - 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 10. 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 11. 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. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 19

20 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. 12. Conflic between worker and local people? x - Social conflict can occur due to difference in income, culture and behavior. Most construction areas have ethnic minority people, and hence, social conflict may also be due to insufficient awareness of customs of the local people. However, most of the workers come from this region so there is no big difference in culture and way of living. - The subproject will make effort to recruit local workers, and the number of workers is very small compared with total local population. 13. Impact to cultivation? 14. Impacts because of non-compliance with labour safe rules? x - Lands affected by project are agricultural land for plating rice and corn. That s why construction of project obviously affect to cultivation and capacity of crops on occupied lands. - 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 lands will be reinstated as previously. 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 unfortunately risks. 15. Other impacts x - Solid wastes generated from foundation excavation. - Community safety during construction shall be concerned. - Operation stage THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 20

21 16. Surinfection of electromagnetic field is higher than level stipulated in Vietnamese standards? X - The transmission lines shall be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable standards of power industry (in accordance with Vietnam applicable technical regulations, electromagnetic field (EMF) < 5 kv/m), wherein impacts from EMF and safety standards and operation safety have to be taken into due account. - Prior to operation, all safety indicators shall be tested and accepted by the project owner, contractor and operation entity therefore workers shall not be suffering from such EMF impacts. - In the phase of commissioning, the safety in power use of households of ethinic minorities who use electricity for the first time also needs to be paid attention to minimize the risk of electric shock. However, this impact is very little and avoidable if the people are trained well in safe power use. 17. 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 postbase and must far from edge of pole foundation at least 0.5m. 18. Interference with radio communication, TV and other media? X - Not significantly impact because design process has followed to wire-line design codes. 19. 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. 20. Impact to water quality due to discharge domestic X - Do not impact because this is project for new wireline, hence there is no new accomodation for workers. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 21

22 waste water? 21. Soil, air, water pollution due to using harmful materials including PCBs? X - There is no impact, because harmful materials shall not be used. 22. 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. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 22

23 Temporarily and permanently occupied land The occupied land area of 16 communes, 02 districts in Lai Chau province is 1,053,428 m 2 and 11,122 m 2 of temporarily and permanently occupied agricultural and forestry land, respectively. On average, the permanently occupied land area per commune is approximately m 2 and the temporarily occupied land area is about 695 m 2. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the negligible impact of land occupancy by both MV wirelines and transformer station. Table 4.1.(b). Summary of land area occupied by the Project (m 2 ) Permanently occupied land area (m2) Temporarily occupied land area (m2) no Name of communes /districts Fiel d land (m2) Gard ent land (hill) (m2) Puplic land (m2) Total (m2) Fiel d land (m2) Gar dent land (hill) (m2) Puplic land (m2) Total (m2) I Phong Tho district 1 Lan Nhi Thang 123, , ,416 1,419 2 Mưong So 11,242 11, Nam Xe 99,717 99,717 1,162 1,162 4 Ban Lang 22,795 22, Ma Ly Pho ,514 29, Huoi Luong , , ,361 1,427 7 Mo Sang 68,597 68, Dao San 43,424 43, Hoang Thèn 29,693 29, Pa Vây So 42 36,662 36, Mo Si San 42 21,637 21, THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 23

24 Permanently occupied land area (m2) Temporarily occupied land area (m2) no Name of communes /districts Fiel d land (m2) Gard ent land (hill) (m2) Puplic land (m2) Total (m2) Fiel d land (m2) Gar dent land (hill) (m2) Puplic land (m2) Total (m2) 12 Ma Li Chai 40 25,000 25, II Muong Te district 13 Pa O ,778 99, Mo Ca ,830 65, Ka Long ,116 25, Thu Lo , , ,011 2,071 Total 325 1,649 1,051,454 1,053, ,816 11,122 Affected land area is mainly agricultural land (rice) and gardenland (hill land with main trees of eucalyptus, label, mango, litchi and acacai). Environmental impact due to route corridor clearance shall be minimized through compensation plan and recovery measures as specified in the on Compensation and Resettlement. Land occupied by the Project (including medium voltage wirelines and transformer station) does not affect great and important works (such as buildings and outlets) or auxiliary works (such as cattle sheds, fence walls, garden and playground). Trees which are higher than 4m shall be cut down, this impact is short term and negligible. ROW shall be planted with trees for general vegetation with height of less than 4m. The Project s Compensation and Resettlement Plan also specifies that contractors must return plane of temporarily occupied agricultural land lots to its origin status, which can cultivate for the land owners. The wirelines passing the agricultural land lots would cause no impact on lower cultivation 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 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 24

25 and factories. Among these three groups, subsistence and income of farmer and business groups would be affected because a part of production land is recovered or business is suspended during construction. Whereas, the public servant group is free from this impact. Among households affected in terms of land, no household is required to resettle. The Project also affects 38 households (130 persons) of ethnic minorities such as Mong, Dao anf Ha Nhi. 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 land, property, trees and crops of local persons. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 25

26 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 October, 2011 in all project districts and communes. Following representatives of organizations were invited and involved in the community consultation meeting, concretely: Affected households; Fatherland Front Committee Women Association; Youth union; War Veteran Farmer association People s Committee; Other concerned agencies and mass organizations. Feedback received from the community consultation meetings was briefed as follows: In general, the majority concerns of the participants were their support for the project due to the project benefits. Environmental impacts were insignificant and would be within a small scope. Local authorities supported those proposed locations for substations. Compensation has been implemented satisfactorily. The construction of the project shall result in minimum impacts. During the construction, mitigation measures shall be taken to minimize impacts on trees, crops and existing public facilities in the project region. During the construction phase, a large number of workers working in the region but the contractor shall have to manage their workers and work with local authorities to ensure social security. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 26

27 Once the construction is completed, the contractor shall rehabilitate the site and return the original landscape. The summary of meeting with local residents, minute of stakeholder consultation meeting and some photos about the meeting attached in Annex. All relevant issues as well as comments by the local residents have been taken into account by the supervising consultant and the project owner and shall include them in the design of the project and EMP implementation. Table 5.1 Summarize comments on public consultant meeting TT Consultant Location Date Participants Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback 1 Venue of Ban Lang commune people s committee. Phong Thổ 2 Venue of Dao San commune people s committee. Phong Tho district 3/8/ Agree and commit to participant in the project. Cooperate with the consultant during the surveys. Provide necessary information about socioeconomic conditions. living standards and technical infrastructure. etc. - Propose early implementation of the project so that they can be beneficial. 5/8/ Propose to assign operation officers when the project enters into operation so the project can be better managed and operated. - Offer proper compensation to affected people. - Communicate to local authorities and local residents of the project scale and objectives. Contribute to socioeconomic development. improve life of local people. - Communicate project progress to local resident in project regions. - To ensure project progress as well as put the project into operation. it is necessary to complete the compensation site clearance in time. Therefore. local residents are appreciated to strictly follow and give support in addressing any site related issues so that the project can be completed as per the schedule. - To do so will require proper cooperation between the project owner and local THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 27

28 TT Consultant Location Date Participants Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback authorities and residents with regards to quality monitoring since the project is implemented in different regions. 3 Venue of Huoi Luong commune people s committee. Phong Tho district 9/9/ Construction needs to avoid harvest time. If it is impossible. measures need to be taken to minimize impacts on local people. - Impacts on soil quality due to excavation and refilling work. Remained soil shall be disposed? Will it pollute surface water as well as impacts on the flora and fauna due to permanent land acquisition? - The project owner shall take measure to manage and operate the project in future. - The project shall compensate for affected households in accordance with the state applicable compensation and resettlement regulations. Pole foundations that influence agriculture land and garden shall be compensated for the impacts on crops due to cable lay-out. 4 Venue of Hoang Then commune people s committee. Phong Tho district 13/9/ Impacts from waste gases from transportation vehicles and dust from construction activities - Impacts from noise resulted from the operation of transportation vehicles and construction equipment. - The project construction shall be continuous and for a certain period. However. appropriate timing of construction shall be done via bidding process to select proper contractor to minimize impacts during harvest time. Proper time for construction shall be the interval between two consecutive seasons. However. in case of construction during harvest time. the project shall have proper compensation policy THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 28

29 TT Consultant Location Date Participants Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback for affected households and also ask the contractor to apply optimum construction methods. - During the construction phase soil excavated from foundations shall dumped into an authorized place. The depth of foundations shall be 1m therefore it will not affect surface water and fauna and flora. 5 Venue of Mo Si San commune people s committee. Phong Tho district 16/9/ Impacts on cultural and historical sites. national park and nature reserve. - Impacts on environmental hygiene conditions due to worker houses. - Insignificant impacts since worker houses are built on unused land. In case it is near residential area. workers shall be staying in rented houses or in local resident houses. The existing of worker houses shall be within the project period with proper toilet arrangements. Water shall be supplied from dig wells or from rivers and waste collection shall be applied. - During the construction. waste gases and dust resulted from machinery and equipment shall be controlled within Vietnam standard limits therefore it will not affect the local air quality. 6 Venue of Pa U commune people s committee. Muong Te district 5/10/ Impacts from concentration of workers on local residents. - EMF impacts may be higher than the state limits. - During the construction phase noise from vehicles shall not be high and it will be within Vietnam standard limits and will not affect local residents. - Technical measures shall be taken to prevent impacts on cultural and historical sites. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 29

30 TT Consultant Location Date Participants Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback nature reserve. and national park. It will not interrupt the local landscape. 7 Venue of Mu Ca commune people s committee. Muong Te district 8 Venue of Thu Lu commune people s committee. Muong Te district 9/10/ Impacts on the fauna and flora due to vegetation and tree clearance. - Disturbances to audio and television broadcast signal. 28/10/ Electricity safety issues - Due the project nature. workers shall concentrate for a short time in the region but the project owner shall ask the contractor to take proper measures in order to minimize impacts on local people life. culture and daily life. - There will be no impact since the design has been approved and follows applicable technical regulations for design. - There will be some minor impacts from the vegetation and tree clearance for safe construction and operation. Trees within 3m from the line shall be cut down. This has been taken into account during the construction phase. Such clearance shall be done for more trees growing more than 3m from the line. Within the line lobby. it is still allowed to grow short term crops around the poles. - There will be minor impacts since the project design follows applicable technical regulations - Where the line crosses over. danger sign posts shall be arranged to warn people of the safety requirements. Operation measures have been designed and shall be strictly followed by operation THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 30

31 TT Consultant Location Date Participants Problems or concerns be given PMU feedback workers to ensure safety for human. 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 31

32 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 land lot - Number, types and area of affected agricultural land - Number and types of affected crops and trees - Affected business including architectural structures, land 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 32

33 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 33

34 6.2. MITIGATION MEASURES Table Mitigation Measures applied for the project No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by Preconstruction phase 1 Temporary or permanent occupancy of land 2 Households affected by the Project Construction phase 3 Impact on surface water environment - 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, wetlands, 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. The Consultant The Consultant Construction unit THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 34

35 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - When construction is finished, toilets in the camps should safely handle or 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. 4 Impacts due to slide and erosion - Soil excavation and transportation activities in often eroded and slide areas or areas near rivers and lakes should be conducted in dry season, after harvesting during the shortest time. Available in bidding unit price Contractor - 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 landslide. - 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. 5 Noise and vibration - Only construction machines with noise in the allowance limit can be used. - Drivers should be reminded and encouraged not to use truck s horn. Contractor - 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. 6 Air pollution due to dust and emission - 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 in bidding unit price Contractor - Fence should be available in case of strong wind and construction site should be THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 35

36 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by 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 7 Impacts on agricultural production due to temporary occupancy of production land - Construction should be conducted after harvesting crops if possible. - Proper compensation for damages of agriculture should be applied. - Intact status of agricultural land should be recovered for construction sites after construction. Available in bidding unit price Contractor 8 Impacts on traffic - 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. Available in bidding unit price Contractor 9 Damages on local road system - 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. Available in bidding unit price Contractor THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 36

37 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - It is required to repair roads damaged and degraded due to project s activities. 10 Solid waste from excavation and construction - The Contractor must commit to clean the sites and transport solid waste to the required places. - 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. Available in bidding unit price Contractor 12 Encroach the living environment of fauna and flora - 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. Contractor and Operator - 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. 13 Conflict between construction workers and local people - 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. Contractor - Workers should be educated to conduct polite behaviors with local persons and vice versa. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 37

38 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by - Clearance: In the general provisions of the Contract, it is required to specify that: After finishing the Project, camps must be clearly removed and camping area must be restored with its intact status. 14 Labor health and safety - Healthcare service should be offered to worker teams. - Workers should be disseminated with regulations and procedures on labor safety. - Safety equipment should be provided to workers during construction. Available in bidding unit price Contractor - 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 Operation phase 15 Development and poverty elimination - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project 16 Land subdivision and increase of possibility to penetrate into - 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 Operation expenses The Project Owner THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 38

39 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by wild regions during clearing the ROW. 17 Labor health and safety - 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. Operation expenses The Project Owner - Local persons and technicians should be regularly trained about labor safety issues. - It is not allowed to burn leaves recovered during ROW clearance. 18 Reduction of air pollution caused by diesel generators - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project 19 EMF - Wirelines are designed as standard, the minimum distance of phase- ground is more than 8m, and hence, impacts on local persons cannot be available. - 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 20 Impacts on birds and - Mitigation Measures are not required for the project THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 39

40 No. Impacts Mitigation measures Expenses Implemented by airplanes 21 Hazardous pollution due to oil - Change of transformer oil should be conducted in workshop. - Oil with PCB is not used. - Oil recovery methods should be applied during maintenance to avoid impacts on environment. THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 40

41 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 -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) THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 41

42 5 Detect explosive materials Protect the site the competent authority 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 - Construction unit - Military headquarters of commune, district and province - Project Management Unit - Construction unit 6.4. MONITORING PROGRAM Table 6.4. Environmental Monitoring Plan Environmental impacts Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility Construction 1. Clearing vegetation / cut down trees Clearance techniques and scope Along the corridor road Observe Once per week in the first month, then monthly Recorded in the Contractor s expenses - 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 42

43 Environmental impacts Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility 2. Rural traffic Traffic road surface situation, traffic density Quantity, load and frequency of vehicles and construction machines available in road Along road the Observe Weekly when many machineries and materials are transported to the area - Available in bidding unit price - Consult the construction supervisor of the Project Owner - Consult the community - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) 3. Surface water quality, sediment and erosion Water drainage system from construction area and silt pits Weather excavating when Clearance level of vegetation Slope in construction site Water impurity Within the station campus of route corridor, surface water source near the construction site, stations and pylons in sloppy places Observe While and after heavy rain 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 43

44 Environmental impacts Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility 4. Dust and air pollution Tightness of tank bottom and canvas in trucks transporting soil and sand; Check dust dispersing possibility from soil and sand piles Along the transportatio n road Houses local persons works nearest the site of or to Observe Before/While transporting, dry, hot and windy days - 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, interviewing local persons While construction, high noise is available; when claims about noise is available. Available in bidding unit price - 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 Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility 6. Sanitation at the site Domestic waste,; construction waste and waste water at the site Water drainage path, camp, station and waste treatment places Observe Weekly and before acceptance Available in bidding unit price - 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 wireline the Observe While pile foundation excavation Available in bidding unit price - 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 Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility 8. Safety of worker and local persons Meet to popularize labor safety and labor safety equipment First aid boxes, storage place of dangerous materials Warning objects at dangerous place At station and camps Pile foundation to be constructed and place where wiring is conducted on road Observe, interview, read site diary Daily Available in bidding unit price - Safety supervisor of the Contractor and the Project Owner - Community supervisor - District People s Committees of the component (if necessary) Operation Electric field and magnetic field electric field intensity and magnetic field intensity House local persons along route of the Electrometer/ magnetometer When persons claims local have - Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines NPC Noise Noise and distance from station to the nearest house of local person At the nearest house of local person Use measurement device In case of claims Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines NPC THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 46

47 Environmental impacts Objects to be monitors Monitoring location Monitoring methods Monitoring date/frequency Expenses Monitoring responsibility Safety Inspection and maintenance works of the management team in charge of transformer station Fire equipment protection Office of station managemen t team At office of station managemen t team Check diary/plan Observe 6 months or annually Recorded in the operation expenses of wirelines NPC THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 47

48 6.5. EMP IMPLEMENTATION Table 6.5. Implementation responsibility Unit Responsibility Power Network Project Management Board Assist and provide contacts in case of environmental problems. Be in charge of project performance on daily basis. Including activities as follows: - Preparing plans and implementing environmental management activities during construction. - Cooperating with other stakeholders relating to the environmental management activities. - Conducting internal supervision and independent control. - Supervising and funding the supervision activities. - ing environmental information to the relevant stakeholders. Preparing report of environment keep to policies of Vietnam and WB Power company of province Be responsible for operating the project including environmental management and monitoring activities during operation. 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: - 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 - Apply the mitigation measures in the EMP THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 48

49 during construction - Ensure safety for construction workers and local person during construction. - Adhere policies of Vietnam and WB about environmental protection during construction. Representatives of local community Involve in environmental monitoring and 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 49

50 6.6. COST ESTIMATES FOR EMP Table 6.6(a). 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 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 5 project staffs to be attended 5 persons x 2 days x 2 districts x 500,000 VND/person = 10,000,000 VND 5 persons x 1 days x 2 districts x 1,000,000 VND/person = 10,000,000 VND 1 person x 16 communes of the locality to be attended 1 person x 2 days x 16 communes x 300,000 VND/person = 9,600,000 VND 2 project staffs of each province to be attended 2 persons x 2 days x 2 districts x 200,000 VND/person = 1,600,000 VND 10 project officials to be attended 10 persons x 2 districts x 1 day x 300,000 VND/person = 3,000,000 VND 34,200,000 VND Included in expenses of bid package Included in operating cost of the Agency (Power Network Project Management Board and provincial power companies) 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 50

51 Table 6.6(b). 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 This expense is included in operating costs of provincial power company. 2 Capacity building supervision and improvement training expenses 3 persons x 10,000,000 x 3= 90,000,000 3 The cost of trainning 34,200,000 TOTAL EXPENSE FOR ENTIRE PROJECT 124,200,000 VND THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 51

52 REFERENCES 1 on Environmental Situation of 05 provinces in DoNRE 2 WB s Source Materials on Environment Impact Assessment 3 Statistic Yearbook 2009 Statistical Publishing House 4 Source materials on protective areas in Vietnam Bird Life International 5 Policy Framework on Environment for Rural Energy Project No. 2- Additional Sponsor THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 52

53 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 land 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 Acknowledgement of the local authority Acknowledgement of the community THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 53

54 Impacts/ Mitigation Measures 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 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 54

55 Appendix 1.2. Sample on Site Environmental Management Observation (Applied for Contractor) Project Title: Contractor's name: Project commencement report or monthly report: Date of : Project site: No. Impacts Implemented mitigation measures Remarks Construction phase 1 Water surface pollution 2 Noise and vibration 3 Soil erosion 4 Air pollution 5 Impacts on agricultural production due to temporary occupancy of production land 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: THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 55

56 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. Parameters Evaluation on feedback of supervisor and community Remarks/ Recommendations During construction: 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 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 56

57 No. Parameters Evaluation on feedback of supervisor and community Remarks/ Recommendations 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 THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 57

58 Appendix 1.4. Sample on Site Environment Management Plan 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 The first reporting level The second reporting level The third reporting level (Some copies submitted to Department of Natural Resources and Environment) Construction phase 1 Implementing mitigation measures and site environment management plan By: Contractor Frequency: Monthly Submitted to: PMUs By: PMU Submitted to: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual By: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: WB THANG LONG POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY 58

59 No. Issues to be reported The first reporting level The second reporting level The third reporting level (Some copies submitted to Department of Natural Resources and Environment) 2 Environmental monitoring By: Technical supervisor of PMU Frequency: Monthly Submitted to: PMU By: PMU Submitted to: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual By: Provincial People s Committees Frequency: Semiannual Submitted to: WB Frequency: Twice during project performance. One during construction, one after finishing construction Submitted to: WB and PMUs of the Project Owner Operation phase 1 Environmental monitoring including safety issues By: District power companies Semi- Frequency: annual 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 59

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