... WB credit VN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN VIETNE1M RURAL ENERGY 11 HA NAM PROVINCE

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized E959 VOL. 16 ELECTRICITY OF VIETNAM POWER COMPANY NO.1 POWER NETWORK PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD.... WB credit VN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN VIETNE1M RURAL ENERGY 11 HA NAM PROVINCE Prepared by Joint Stock Power Corporation VINAPOWER Hanoi, June 2005

2 ELECTRICITY OF VIETNAM POWER COMPANY NO.1 POWER NETWORK PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD WB credit VN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN VIETNEM RUROL ENERGY II He HElM PROVINCE Ha nol; date... month 06 year2005! JOINT STOCK POWER CORPORATION GENERAL DIRECTOR > w. TRU1 O DUY SNj TRUONG DUY SON

3 1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF WORK 1.1. Objectives of the Project The development obejctives of the proposed Rural Energy il Project are to assisst the Government of Vietnam to alleviate poverty in the rural areas by providing basic infarstructure service such as electricity and access to general services, for improving living conditions and productivity. The Project will assist the Government of Vietnam to implement its national objective of providing electricity to about 12 million rural households through: - An effective strategy for rural electrification with special focus on provision of energy to the remote mountainous areas; - Rehabilitating, upgrading and expanding the rural power system in order to meet the demand for power supply for future socioeconomic development; - Strengthening reliability and quality of power networks, reduce voltage and electricity losses on the grid, lower rural consumption price, improve businese efficiency and rural power management ability of local power management boards; - Refurbishment of the existing rural power network to increase reliability and quality of supply, including reduction of technical and non-technical losses; this Project incorporates 22 communes in Ha Nam province. - Extension of existing power networks to supply additional households; - Assisting local District and Commune committees to improve power system management processes and improve business efficiency, to provide electricity reliably, safely and at reasonabley cost; - Review rural power management models, to establish power management units of legal standing, with economic independence and the managerial/technical skills to operate effectively and profitably, repaying loand funds; - Expanding the use of renewable energy for the off-grid systems to serve the rural load in the remote and isolated areas, where feasible and economically practicable; 1.2. NEED FOR PROJECT INVESTMENT Based on the forecast data on economic development, power demand, the current situation of the existing power distribution network of the Project's commune. The existing distribution network is degraded, not synchronous. Power losses are very high. The alignment of power lines is not well designed. Many types of poles are existed in the network. The

4 alignment of power lines is not well designed. There are also many types of electricity meters. In the past in order to save money, the distribution lies were created to go across garderns, ponds etc. The conductor is overhead type and not covered by any insulating materials, so it cause a lot of risk on safety to local people. The Project is planned to implemented in order to: - Improve the quality of the existing distribution network in the Project's communes. - Increase the safety management of the distribution network; - Reduce power losses; - Increase electricity supply for the Project's communes; - Change the form for management model of rural power network; - Gradually modernize the distribution power network Commune selection criteria General criteria. To be voluntary participants in the Project and understand requirements and regulations of World Bank and the Government of Vietnam to carry out RE II Project; * To be willing to convert the communes power management model to legal local distribution units to control LV networks; To have potential for economic development; To have an acceptable capital recovery rate;. Revenue from power business can cover management, operation and funding costs Criteria for selection of communes for rehabilitation. Power losses exceeds 20%; aged power networks degraded and require refurbishment; * Power demand is substantial (over 500 households); Power demand for industrial production is substantial (over 20%); Number of electified communes over 80%;. Average power consumption rate pwer household in substantial; estimated annually 500 kwh/household Criteria for communes to be connected. Number of households connected to power network is Provincial communes is bellow the average (60%);. Customers are able to pay cost of connection and subsequent power bills; 4

5 . Communes have potential for development in agriculture, forestry and handicraft, which would be enhanced if electrified; Communes in the poorest communes list; * Communes in the assisstance program ow World Bank. * Communes are ready to adopt the management model of power network. 5

6 Table 1.1. Project communes No Name of communes 1 E)ao Ly Ly Nhan district 2 Hoa Hau 3 Nhan Chinh 4 Nhan Thinh 5 Van Ly Thanh Liem district 6 Liem Scyn 7 Lien Tuyen 8 Thanh Huaong 9 Thanh Thuy 10 Ba Sao Kim Bang district 11 Kim Binh 12 Nhat Tan 13 E)6ng H6a Binh Luc district 14 Hu'ng Cong 15 Trung Luoang 16 Ngoc Lu 17 Trang An Duy Tien district 18 Duy Minh 19 Yen Nam 20 Moc Nam 21 Trac Van 22 Yen Bac I 6

7 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1. PROJECT SCALE - MEDIUM VOLTAGE Medium voltage part of the Project will be consisted of km distribution lines, from which - 35 kv is km; - 10(22) kv is km; - 6(22) kv is km. There will be 54 substations, from which: - 35 kv is 19 substations; - 10(22) kv is 34 substations; - 6(22) kv is 1 substations. Power company No 1 will be the Project Owner for medium viotage part of the Project PROJECT SCALE - MEDIUM VOLTAGE Low voltage part of the Project is consisted of km low voltage transmission line, from which - Newly constructed line is km; - Rehabilitated line is km; - Total number of energy meters is 47,579 sets. Provicial People committee will be the Project Owner for low viotage part of the Project INVESTMENT STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT Table The investment structure of the Project (VND) Items i Medium Voltage Low Voltage 1 Construction work 7,775,487,507 92,861,764,053 I 2 Equipment I5,080,079,507 1 included in item 1 3 Other I 2,389,065,295 10,432,753,448 4 Contigencies j 1,524,463,235 10,329,451,750 _ Total 1 16,769,095, ,623,969,251 7

8 2.2. PROJECT COMPONENTS Table 2.2. Project's components - LOW VOLTAGE Communes No of energy Upgraded New LV meters LV (km) (km) Ly Nhan district EDao Ly H6a Hau Nhan Chinh Nhan Thinh Van Ly Thanh Liem district Liem Scan LiemTuyen Thanh Huoang Thanh Thuy Kim Bing district Ba Sao Kim Binh Nhat Tan E)ong H6a Binh Luc district Hwng Cong Trung Lwoang Ngoc LO Trang An Duy Tien district Duy Minh Yen Nam Moc Nam TracVan Yen Bac

9 Table 2.3. Project's components - MEDIUM VOLTAGE Communes New MV line No of substation Ly Nhan district Dao Ly Hba Hau Nhan Chinh Nhan Thinh Van Ly Thanh Liem district Li&m Son LiemTuyen Thanh Hu'cyng Thanh Thuy Kim Bang district Ba Sao Kim Binh Nhat Tan Dong H6a Binh Luc district Hung C6ng Trung LLuang Ngoc LO Trang An [ 3 Duy Tien district Duy Minh Yen Nam T 2 M6c Nam Trac Vn Yen B&c

10 2.3. BRIEF DESTCRIPTION OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDISTION OF THE PROJECT'S PROVINCES Table 2.4. Brief description of natural conditions of Ha Nam province Ly Nhan district Thanh Liem district Kim Bang district Binh Luc district Duy Tien Geographical position East and North East of - North is bordered by Kim - North West is Ung Hoa - Binh Luc is located in - The East site is Hung Ly Nhan district is Red Bang district and Phu Ly town district of Ha Tay province; South East of Ha Nam Yen province; River; South is let; - South is Thanh Liem province. - Southern site is Binh bordered with Nam - West and South West side district; - North site id Duy Tien Luc and Thanh Dinh province; South is Ninh Binh province; - East is Duy Tien district and Ly Nhan; Nguyen districts. West is Binh Luc district - East side is Binh Luc and Phu Ly townlet; - West site is Thanh Liem - The West site is Kim (Ha Nam province); district; - West is My Duc ditrict of district; Bang district; North West is Duy Tien - South East is Nam Dinh city Ha Tay province. - South site is Y Yen and - North site is Ha Tay district. Vu Ban districts of Nam province. Dinh province. - East site is Nam Dinh city. Topography Plain - Mountanous in the West - Topography of Kim Bang - Low plain area with - Plain area. (Thanh Hai, Thanh Nghi, district is very diverse. Day many paddy fields. There Thanh Tan and Kien The river divides the districts to are two main types of town let); two main parts. North of topography. - East side is plain area. Day river is low plain area, - Land along Chau Giang the elevation is 2.5 m a.s.l. river (elevation 2.5 m South of Day river is higher a.s.l.) and low land with there are many lands for paddy fields (64.5% fruit tree plantations. In the West site of the district, there is a hilly areas with limestones. - Area km'. 175 km' kmi km kmi' Population 129,710 people 133,552 people 128,549 people 155,662 people 129,710 people Climate Tropical monsoon. Tropical monsoon. There are Tropical monsoon. There Tropical monsoon. There Tropical monsoon. There are two different two different seasons. Dry are two different seasons are two different seasons There are two different seasons. Dry and cool and cool season is from Average T is 23 C; Average To is 23 0 C; seasons season is from November to April of the next Humidity is 82.8 % in Humidity is 82.8 % in Average To is 23.5 C; areas) 10

11 November to April of year. Hot and wet season is averaged. averaged. Humidity the next is year Hot % and in from May to October. Average rain fall is 1700 Average rain fall is 1700 averaged. wet season is from May Average To is 23 C; mm mm mm mm Average rain to fall October. is Humidity is 82.8 % in 1700 mm - Average mm To is 23.5 C averaged. Humidity is 82.8 % in Average rain fall is 1700 mm averaged mm Average rain fall is 1,821 mm Hydrology Red river is located in - Day river is crossing Kien - Day river is crossing in - Chau Giang river and - East and Norh the East East and North Khe townlet, Thanh Thuy, middle part of the district, other small tributaries is Red River. Nhue East. Chau Giang river Thanh Tan, Thanh Nghi and There is also Nhue river lakes, water dams, river is in the west is site. in the West. The Thanh Hai communes; and many other tributaries, irrigation cannals Southern irrigation part is next cannal is quite - There are many other river's lakes, water dams, suppling water for to main tributary of developed in the tributaries, irrigation cannals, irrigation cannals suppling agricultural cultivation. Chau Giang river. district. dams to supply water for water for agricultural There are also many There is an area of agricultural activities. cultivation. There is a 747 other tributaries, 1,061 lakes, water surface for ha water surface for fishery water dams, fishery irrigation production. production. cannals suppling water for agricultural Evidence of air and noise pollution in Project's commune cultivation. - Non I - Non Evidence of water pollution -Non -Non -Non - Non -Non Protected areas: -Non -- Non I-Non There is no protected area or proposed protected area existed in Ha Nam province. (Source of data: Provincial annual report made by DONRE 2002, FS study of the Project and Statistical year book 2002) lil

12 Table Socio-economic conditions of Ha Nam province Ly Nhan district Thanh Liem district Kim Bang district Binh Luc district Duy Tien Industry - Small scale industry; - Small scale: exploitation of - Cement industry (But Son - Small scale, scattred - Dong Van town is - No main, developed construction materials, food Cement company); arround the district; center of industrial industry; processing and mechanical - Exploitation and - Production of activities; - Handicarfts: rice (repair equipment for production of construction construction materials; - There are 4,536 papers, bamboo mats, agricultural production); materials; food processing; samll industrial workshops in knitting - Handicrafts: embroidery for - Small scale mechanical scale mechanical the districts. export workshop; workshops; - The district is calling for external investment for food and agricultural._ product processing; Agricuture - Revenue from - Revenue from agriculture of - Revenue from agriculture - Revenue from - Revenue from agriculture of the district the district is mill. of the district is agriculture of the district agriculture of the is 259,417 mill. VND VND (2000); mill. VND (2000); is mill. VND district is mill. (2000); - 16,468 ha agricultural land: - 17,933 ha agricultural (2000); VND (2000); - 20,938 ha agricultural paddy fields, dry crops and land: paddy fields, dry - 22,337 ha agricultural - 18,235 ha agricultural land: cereal crops, dry vegetables. crops and vegetables. land: paddy fields, dry land: paddy fields, dry crops and vegetables. - Husbandry: cows, buffalos, - Husbandry: cows, crops and vegetables. crops and vegetables. - Husbandry: cows, pigs and poultries. buffalos, pigs and poultries. - Husbandry: cows, - Husbandry: cows, buffalos, pigs and - Fishery buffalos, pigs and buffalos, pigs and poultries. - poultries._i poultries. (Source of data: Provincial annual report made by DONRE 2002, FS study of the Project and Statistical year book 2002) 12

13 2.4. SOME OF MAIN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROJECT Medium voltage MV substation * To reduce the investment cost, facilitate site installation and uniform project standards, the following is to be implemented:. All new substation are designed as outdoor type pole mounted. With substation capacity S>75 kva two pole type construction will be used. With substation capacity S < 31.5 kva one pole type construction is used. * Reduce the existing transformers if possible and not consider rehabilitation. Substation rehabilitation is carried out yearly according to the EVN maintenance plan.. Substation requiring relocation or new pole support structures are to be built as outdoor type, mounted on poles. The new substation are all pole mounted, as follows: If capacity S>= 75 kva, mounted on two poles; * If capacity S>= 31.5 kva, mounted on 1 pole. Substation poles are centrifugal concrete type of 10 m or 12 m length, Class C suitable for any requirement. Substation base (floor) is filled 0.3 m deep with soil and covered by mixture of cement and broken bricks MV lines Voltage levels: MV lines are designed to accommodate any future voltage level, defined in the power network development and planning scheme for Ha Nam Province. In the long-term, voltage levels 35 kv, 22 kv and 10 kv of MV power networks are used, in conformance with voltage of existing 110 kv and 35/10 kv substations and transformer station to be built in Branches supplying power to transformer station at 35 kv will be connected into the existing 35 kv lines and designed at the 35 kv voltage level. Pole size All poles are 1 Om, 12m, 14m, 16m and 20m length of classes A, B, C, D. Pole size selection is based on the safe clearance to ground, transportation and traffic structures, crossings, development requirements, sharing of lines for MV and LV voltages. Pole strength is selected from load requirements. In general, the use of poles is as follows: For single circuit lines: centrifugal concrete pole 1 Om, 1 2m. * For double circuit lines: centrifugal concrete pole 14m. Stayed, crossing positions and special positions: 16m, 20m poles. Poles are manufactured to Vietnam Standards and Regulations DNT-QDKT- 09/

14 Pole foundation To support poles, cast in situ M150 concrete foundations are used. In the Project, MT1, MT2... MT8 type foundations are used. The selection of foundations for each position is specified in the design stage, based on estimations of local soil, geological and hydro-geological conditions. For sand areas, types of cast in-situ excavated foundations: M01, M02, M03, M04 are used. For marshy land areas, foundations should be reinforced by bamboo stakes, bamboo rafts to strengthen the bearing capacity of foundations and to reduce stress against the foundation surround. Foundation depth is 10-12% of pole height plus 0.3m Low voltage Electricity pole Concrete poles for most lines are H-section type, cast in workshops. For 3 phase lines and branches along inter-district, inter-commune roads: 7.5m, 8.5m pole sizes. For two wire branches to communes: 6.5m, 7.5m pole sizes. For 1 phase lines into household groups: 6.5m pole size. A-B-C type poles according to bearing requirements of each position; manufactured to the standard DNT-QDKT-09/2000. For poles near vehicle transport areas: use 1 Om, 1 2m centrifugal concrete poles to ensure safe clearances. For MV, LV line co-sharing positions: use MV line concrete poles. Most concrete poles are A and B-type poles, manufactured to standard DNT- QDKT-09/2000. Square concrete poles and circular concrete poles are used at the following positions: * Straight, corner positions of 3 phase trunk lines: single poles; and * Comer anchor, straight anchor, end anchor: double poles. If poles are installed near households, trafficable roads, double poles should be used at corner anchoring, straight anchoring, end anchoring positions; stayed tension poles are used only at such high bearing positions that double poles could not solve and tension poles are conveniently placed; Utilize existing poles which are of good quality and satisfy the standard when installing new conductors. Poles under 7.5m size are not used for 3 phase trunk lines. Poles recovered from lines are to be returned to localities to allow people to reuse poles to support supply lines to houses. Pole foundation To support line poles, cast in-situ M100 concrete block foundations are used: For single poles: use MV1, MV2 14

15 * H double poles: use MV3. The depth of foundations is in proportion to pole heights and is shown in the overall layout of LV pole, cross-arm and foundation. If double poles cannot satisfy the high bearing requirements and are in tension pole positions, it is required to use: * D14 tension poles with foundation in proportion to pole height. Tension poles contain AE14 round hot dipped steel according to Vietnamese Standards;. MN 15-5 anchors buried m according to bearing requirements and site clearance; * MN stayed-on-the-spot anchors in sand areas. For lines across sand areas (rivers, coastal), cast in-situ Ml 00 concrete excavated foundations are used, in combination with pre-cast M200 reinforced concrete round pipes with p1000, E1200, E1500 diameter. For reused pole positions, if conductor size increased by two or more sizes, must increase concrete in the existing foundation to ensure bearing requirements are satisfied. 15

16 3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 3.1. VIETNAM REGULATIONS AND LAWS - Law on Protection of the Environment (LEP) was enacted in Decree 175/CP was promulgated in 1994 to guide implementation of the LEP and provides broad guidelines for division of responsibility among Ministries; environmental impact assessments; pollution prevention and disaster control; sources of finance; and environmental inspections and standards. Decrees 143 on amendment of Item 14 of Decree 175 CP dated 18/10/1994 of Government on guidance for implementation of LEP. - Circular No. 490 "Guidance on setting up and appraising environmental impact assessment reports for investment projects". - Law on Forest Protection (1992). This law regulates forest management, protection, development, and exploitation, prevention of woodcutting, and forest destruction. It also encourages individuals and organizations to protect and develop forests. - Decree 54/1999/ND-CP relating to the protection of high-voltage networks. - Decree 70/1987-HDBT specifies safety casements of high-voltage transmission lines. - Decree 24/2000/ND-CP specifies the implementation on the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam (Article 82) concerning environmental protection. - Decree 52/1999/ND-CP includes environmental considerations for construction management. - Decree 26/1996/CP provides regulations on the punishment of administrative violation of Environmental Protection Law. - Vietnam National standards (TCVN) are national standards established by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and applied to all government agencies. They include engineering, construction, scientific, and environmental standards. TCVN environmental standards include acceptable limits of many air, noise, and water quality parameters TCN sets the standard for minimum clearance between live parts of a line and trees WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES - OP 4.01 Environmental Assessment; - OP 4.04 Natural Habitats; - OP 4.11 Cultural Property; - BP Public Disclosure. Detailed guidance on assessment methodologies and common impacts associated with transmission projects are found in: 16

17 * World Bank, Environmental Assessment Sourcebook, Volume 3. * IFC, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines on Electric Power Transmission and Distribution. * Framework for Applying Environment Safeguards to Rural Energy II Project. 17

18 4. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 4.1. CLASSIFICATION OF IMPACTS The Environmental Impact Assessment focuses on the major environmental issues of the Project's Most Favoured Alternative. The potential impacts of the Project's preconstruction, construction, and operation phases were assessed as being in one of five categories: i. NO IMPACT. The potential impact of the Project activity is assessed as NO IMPACT if the project activity is physically removed in space or time from the environmental component. ii. MAJOR IMPACT. An impact is said to be MAJOR if the project activity has potential to affect an environmental component. Major impacts could be "Major Negative" or "Major Positive." The following criteria were used to determine whether a given impact is MAJOR: a) Spatial scale of the impact (site, local, regional, or national/ international); b) Time horizon of the impact (short, medium, or long term); c) Magnitude of the change in the environmental component brought about by the Project activities (small, moderate, large); d) Importance to local human populations; e) Compliance with national, provincial, or district environmental protection laws, standards, and regulations f) Compliance with Vietnam's international commitments. These include the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR), the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention), and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); and g) Compliance with World Bank guidelines, policies, and regulations. iii. MINOR IMPACT. If an impact occurs but does not meet the criteria for a Major Impact it is assigned the category MINOR. Minor impacts could be "Minor negative" or "Minor Positive." MITIGABLE IMPACT. The potential impact of a project activity on an environmental component is said to be MITIGABLE if there is potential for a major negative impact and the proposed mitigation measure will prevent the impact or reduce the impact to acceptable levels. 18

19 4.2. IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT The Project will play an important role in the electrification program and in implementation of the policy of poverty alleviation of 22 communes within 5 districts of Ha Nam province. It will also promote the policy of industrialization and modernization of the Government of Vietnam as well as create a great opportunity for overall socioeconomic development of the poor area. When the distribution lines are constructed, there is a trend of local people to move to live near the lines. The local people committee will have a proper planning accordingly to support the development of the areas. These planning are included: road, residential area, industrial development and farming etc. The communes/districts will move toward its planning. Beside the significant beneficial impacts, the project may cause different adverse impacts on the environment and local socio-economy. By using Environmental Screening Data Checklist and Environmental baseline Checklist as guided in Framework for Applying Environment Safeguards to Rural Energy I Project, The potential impacts of the Project are described in Table

20 Table 4.1. The assessment of Project's impacts No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of impacts Pre-construction phase 1 Permanent and temporary land Medium Short Refer to Table 4.2; 4.3. for more information and Mitigable acquisition Long supporting data 2 Impact on Project affected household Medium Short - Refer to Table 4.5. for supporting data; Mitigable - During designing of the Project, the alignment has been carefully considered in order to avoid crossing houses and other structures; wrong positioning of poles; minimizing temporary and minimizing land acquisition. 3 Impacts associated with clearing the Small Long -All of parts of trees that are higher than 4m need to be Mitigable ROW cut. The trees are still remained. - The lines are not going through any forested areas or areas with highly ecological value. -Acquired lands are mainly un-used land along the existing road, crossing agricultural fields with very low ecological values. - See Table 4.2, 4.3. for information on number of trees to be cut. These trees have value in economics (fruit trees) rather than environmental. 4 Health risk due to explosives, chemical None None - The area is very intensively used by local government No Impact hazard and people. There is no risk of explosives; - No hazardous chemicals are used in the Project. - In this project do not removal of old transformers from 20

21 No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of impac the distribution networks, so no PCBs were used. Therefore there will not be any potential of PCBs risk. 5 Loss of historical and cultural None None - The routes are designed to avoid temples, churches No Impact properties and other cultural, historical properties in the areas, so the Project will not effect any cultural heritages Construction phase - During construction if there is any valuable historical or cultural properties are found underground, the Contractor and Project owner will report to local Department of Culture and information for further consideration. 6 Surface water contamination Medium Short - The water can be more turbid due to the soil residue Mitigable from excavation of the pole's foundation will enter to the water bodies by water run off. 7 Noise and vibration Small Short - Noise levels during construction will be required to Minor comply with Vietnamese standard TCVN 5949:1998. Negative Use of construction machinery will be limited due to the small scale of the project (distribution as opposed to transmission lines), and the very short period of time involved in construction activities. - Noise and vibration are caused by: equipment, material transportation, project's vehicles, pole's erection and cable's pulling, generators (if there is any) 8 Soil erosion Medium Short - Soil excavation for pole's foundation; Negative and Mitigable 21

22 No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of impacts - Vegetation cover is reduced due to ROW clearance and access roads' construction, - In terms of soil erosion, the impact is considered to be minor due to the small scale of the activities involved, the limited period over which they will occur, and the spatially small areas to be affected. Furthermore, these impacts could be reduced to less than minor with implementation of mitigation measures 9 Air pollution Small Short - Dust generated from soil excavation, especially during Minor dry seasons. - Dust caused by movement of vehicles transporting material and equipment for Project construction. Negative 10 Agricultural production due to Small Medium - Some of productive land will be required for a short Minor temporary acquisition of productive period for construction. Negative land - Refer to Table 4.2 and 4.3 for supporting data 11 Traffic disturbance Small Short - Transportation of material and equipment, soil Minor excavation and cable pulling activities will disturb the normal traffic in the areas during short period of time; Negative - Equipment will be transported from receiving port to warehouses of the Project owners by special trucks; - From warehouses to construction the goods are transported by truck 5 to 7.5 tons and unloaded by 5 tones cranes; -Construction matedals will be transported by 10 to 12 22

23 No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of tones trucks; unloaded by 5 tones cranes; impacts - Steel constructions are transported by 5 tones trucks; unloaded by man power; 12 Road degradation Medium Short -Heavy loaded vehicles might degrade the existing Mitigable -_ roads, which usually are not very good in rural areas. 13 Biological environment impacts Small Short to - Some of trees will need to be cut. But these trees are Minor Medium common planted species like industrial or fruit trees. - Some of insects are small animals will lose their habitat but the insects and animals are common species. Area of loose habitats is small in comparison with entire affected ecosystem. Main ecosystems that are affected by the Project is agricultural, shrub trees along the roads etc. - The trees that will be cut by the Project is mainly fruit trees, trees along the roads, they have economic value rather than environmental value. 14 Solid waste generated from soil Small Short - The soil and construction materials can remain in the Negative and excavation site; mitigable - Contractors need to commit to return the working sites to the original conditions and clean up the construction sites. 15 Environmental impacts caused by Small Medium - Solid waste, wastewater disposal and hygiene Mitigable construction worker condition. - Possible dissemination of certain diseases from 23

24 No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of._ impacts construction workers to local people and vice versa. 16 Conflict between construction worker Small Medium - Difference in incomes, cultures, behaviors Minor and local people Negative 17 Health and Safety Medium Short - Accidents might happen during construction if the Mitigable safety issues are not well considered. Operation phase 18 Development and poverty alleviation Large Long - Increase the quality of life for local peoples. Major Positive - Support agricultural production and other services including health and education 19 Habitat fragmentation and increase Small Long - No new road or access roads are constructed Minor access to wild lands - No line crossing the forest, wetland or other natural Negative habitats. 20 Health and safety Small Long - Electric shock and accidents occurring if the proper Mitigable safety issues are not paid proper attention 21 EMF None None - With voltage just up to 35 kv, the EMF is not a No Impact problem. 22 Impacts on aircrafts None None - The height of pole is less than 50 m. There will not be No Impact any problem with avian and aircrafts 23 Oil hazardous waste contamination Small Long - The project has the potential to cause oil Minor contamination from leakage from transformers. The Negative transformers used are small, with a 20 liter or less capacity. Operation records for similar transformers show that the chance of container breakage that could 24

25 No Impact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evaluation of cause an oil spill is almost zero. Therefore, a risk of oil contamination caused by the project from either of these two sources is extremely low, if not negligible. impacts - No PCBs containing oil and other hazardous chemicals will be used. - Oil refilling should be done in workshop 25

26 Table 4.2. Summary of Land and trees need to be compensated - MEDIUM VOLTAGE Permanent land acquisition 1 No of trees to be No Communes (i 2 ) cut* Ly Nhan district 1 Dao Ly Hda Hau Nhan Chinh Nhan Thinh Van Ly Thanh Liem district 6 Liem Son LiemTuy-en Thanh Huoang Thanh Thuy Kim Bang district 10 Ba Sao Kim Binh Nhat Tan Dong Hoa 74,9 6 Binh Luc district 14 Hu'ng C6ng Trung Lu'ang NgQc LO Trang An [ Duy Tien district 18 Duy Minh Yen Nam Moc Nam TracVan [ Yen Ba-c TOTAL 1, This number of trees is small due to that only these trees need to be compensated (lychees and longans). Length of MV line for each commune is quite short. In most cases this length is less than 1 km. In only few cases this length is more than 2 km, but less than 3 km like Nhan Chinh and Dong Hoa communes. Other trees are trees growing along the roads, they do not belong to any one, so compensation is not required. 26

27 Table 4.3. Summary of Land and trees need to be compensated - LOW VOLTAGE Temporary acquired Permanent No of trees Communes agricultural land other land use t b than rice field (m2) changed (m 2 ) to be cut Ly Nhin district t Dao Ly _ 35 H6a Hau 85 Nhan Chinh - 37 Nhan Thinh 37 Van Ly 35 Thanh Liem district Litm San _ 22 LiemTuyen_ 27 Thanh Huang 30 Thanh Thuy _ 23 Kim Bing district Ba Sao 26 Kim Binh 28 Nhat Tan 29 30ng H6a 1 _ 27 Binh Luc district Hung Cong 20 Trung Lu'ang 23 NgQc LO 29 Trang An 40 Duy Tien district Duy Minh 34 Yen Nam 29 M6c Nam t I 29 Trac Van 1 29 Yen Bac 25 TOTAL

28 Table 4.4. Number of Project affected households MEDIUM VOLTAGE LOW VOLTAGE District/ communes No of affected No of affected households households Ly Nhan district Dao Ly 8 9 H6a Hau 8 15 Nhan Chinh 12 7 Nhan Thinh 10 6 Van Ly Thanh Liem district Liem So'n 8 11 LiemTuyen 12 7 Thanh Hu'o'ng 7 8 Thanh Thuy 8 12 Kim Bang district Ba Sao 2 6 Kim Binh 4 7 Nhat Tan ng H6a 7 7 Binh Luc district Hu'ng C6ng 16 9 Trung LuLoYng 8 8 Ngoc LO Trang An 10 9 Duy Tien district Duy Minh 5 8 Yen Nam 9 13 M6c Nam Trac Van 5 6 Yen Bac

29 Table 4.7. Number of poles to be erected Estimated Number of poles number of poles i Communes for MV for LV* L[ Nhan district eao Ly H6a Hau NhAn Chinh Nhan Thinh Van Ly Thanh Libm district Liem Son 35 i 1053 LiemTuyen Thanh Huoang Thanh Thuy Kim Bang district Ba Sao Kim Binh ] Nhat Tan Dong H6a Binh Luc district Hw'ng Cbng Trung Luang F NgQcLu Trang An i Duy Tien district Duy Minh Yen Nam Moc Nam 598 Trac Van Yen Bac TOTAL j This figures is taken from assumption that the distance between two low voltage poles sl 40 m. 9

30 5. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE During project preparation stage (2005), the following activities were carried out: Activity 1: Information & Discussion with Local Authorities on the Line Route Activity 2: Impact Survey and Statistics Activity 3: Inform the public about the Project. When the survey was completed, Consulting company for the Project has started to inform the local people, affected communes about the Project. The form for announcement is public notice. In the announcement form. The following information are informed to the public, especially affected communities: - General information about Project: Name, Project owner, scale of Project, Project districts and communes; - Potential environmental impacts that may cause by the Project; - Mitigation measures that will be applied in order to minimize environmental impact; - Time schedule for Project implementation. - Contact address for receiving of public comments on environmental concerns of the Project. Main comments received from participants are summarized as bellows: - Construction work should carry out in dry season, after harvesting; - Contractor should clean and return construction sites to the previous condition; - Consultant should inform local about construction work as soon as they can so people can have a plan to harvest agricultural products in their affected lands. - Pole should not be erected in the gate of houses - Warning sign for power pole system should be hang on - Avoid carrying out construction work in steep sites to avoid soil erosion. - Project owner should pay compensation before construction period. - Contractors and Consultants should inform soon about land acquisition so affected peoples can have their working plan in unaffected land - Consultants should carefully consider the pole's position; avoid erecting the pole inside garden, near houses, or residential areas. - Related parties should consider reducing the electricity tariff for farmers in this area. - Head and responsible people of the villages should convince people to release the land on time for Contractor; - Compensation should be done equally and clearly 30

31 - There is a need to support households that are heavily affected by the Project - Construction work should be planned to carry out in the shortest time to avoid losses in agricultural production. All of the concerns, comments of local people were recorded and considered by consultants and Project's owner during designing of the Project and development of EMP for the Project. Activity 4: Receiving Further Feedback from PAHs Activity 5: Public disclosure and Clearance on IEE and EMP The Project will receive an investment license only after appropriate modification of location, design, capacity and/or technology of the project to meet the requirement of environmental protection and resettlement. To address disclosure requirements of OP 4.01, PC1 and consulting company will: * Provide Vietnamese-language copies of the IEE and EMP report, RAP, and Project Summary to each commune-level and provinciallevel People's Committee in the Project area. * Advertise in major local newspapers several times over a two-month period. The advertisement will state the IEE AND EMP, RAP, and Project Summary is available for public review for a two month period during normal working hours at the following locations: 1) the provincial-level People's Committees; and 2) The commune level Peoples' Committees. * English and Vietnamese-language copies of the IEE and EMP report will also be sent to the Vietnam Information Development Centre at 63 Ly Thai To in Hanoi, for access by NGOs and public. English language copies of the IEE and EMP report will be sent to World Bank for publication on World Bank Info Shop. 31

32 6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 6.1. MITIGATION MEASURES Table Mitigation measures applied for the Project No Impact Evaluation of Mitigation measures applied impacts Pre-construction phase 1 Permanent and temporary land Mitigable - Careful site survey, consult with local peoples for optimum route selection. acquisition - Avoid ecologically high value areas (forest, reserve area, wetland etc.). - Proper compensate the impacts. 2 Impact on Project affected Mitigable - Routes should be selected to minimize the need to relocate houses household - Increase the span between towers, increase the tower height, use hanging substation etc. to minimize the impacts on PAHs. - Compensate for the impacts. 3 Impacts associated with Mitigable - Work with PAHs during clearance of ROWs to minimize impacts to clearing the ROW surrounding trees and other constructions; - Not allow using any herbicides and defoliant to clear the trees within ROWs. - Not allow burning the wooden residue after tree cutting. 4 Health risk due to explosives, No Impact - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure chemical hazard 5 Loss of historical and cultural No Impact - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure. properties - During construction and excavation if there is any found valuable historical or Construction phase cultural property, the Contractor and Project owner should immediately report to local Department of Culture and Information for further consideration. 6 Surface water contamination Mitigable - Soil excavation is managed to carry out in the shortest period. - Construction material will be kept in the store with cover to protect from rain. 32

33 No Impact Evaluation of Mitigation measures applied impacts - Select a right place for concrete mixing. - Residue from earthwork should be removed from the site to proper places (soil residue can use for garden filling; concrete residues are removed by contractor to the permitted places). 7 Noise and vibration Minor Negative - Use the construction machines that have noise level under permitted limits. - Carefully consider night work. No night work is permitted to carry out in populated and sensitive areas like hospital, residential, student camp. 8 Soil erosion Minor Negative - Excavate and earth-moving activities in erosion prone areas will be schedule in the dry seasons, after the harvest time and during the shortest duration of time. - Land surface recovery after the pole erection. 9 Air pollution Minor Negative - Minimize the construction time in each site. Spray water regularly on dirt piles and any other areas that could create dust - Use wind fences in case of strong wind. Minimize use of diesel generators. 10 Agricultural production due to Minor Negative - Carry out the construction work after harvest time. temporary acquisition of - Compensate for the loss of agricultural productivity productive land - Return the construction areas to the useful state after the work. 11 Traffic disturbance Minor Negative - Minimize the construction work (excavation, cable pulling) in traffic intensive sites. -_ - Use warning signs in construction sites. - Cooperate with local authority for traffic arrangement. Avoid high-traffic areas 12 Damaging the existing road Mitigable - Construction Contractor needs to commit to not use heavy vehicles that might system. cause damage to the existing road system in the area. 33

34 No Impact Evaluation of Mitigation measures applied impacts - Not allow vehicles with heavy load of construction material and equipment to enter the road system. The load should be separated to acceptable levels that the road can resist for. -- Repair the road when there is any damage occurred. 14 Solid waste generated from soil Minor Negative - Construction contractor need to commit to clean the site and disposal solid excavation waste in the permitted places. 15 Environmental impacts caused Mitigable - Minimize the impact of solid waste: Solid waste should be disposed of in a by construction worker sanitary landfill. Solid waste disposal can be done by contract with local Environment and Hygiene services.,_ - Provide portable or pit latrines to the worker' camps and in the construction sites. - Provide clean water and collect wastewater properly in the camping areas of workers. 16 Conflict between construction Minor Negative - Hire as much as possible local citizens for the simple construction work to worker and local people avoid the influx of migrants. - In cases where the worker camps are near the communes, the Employer could request that the Contractor provide accurate, timely and regular information about the construction team to the People's Committees in affected areas. With open communication and information, the People's Committee and Contractor will be able to make a joint informed decision about the management of construction team accommodation. - Rectify the impact: The general conditions of Contract should state: after the Project finished, all camps will be completed removed and the campsites will be rectified to their original conditions. 17 Health and Safety Mitigable - Organize the health care service in each group of workers _ [- - Inform workers the safety regulations and procedures. Eqyip safety facilities for the workers. 34

35 No Impact Evaluation of Mitigation measures applied im acts Operation phase 18 Development and poverty Major Positive - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure alleviation 19 Habitat fragmentation and Minor Negative - Return unnecessary access roads to the previous state. increase access to wild lands Cooperate with local Department of Forest to regular control the use of access roads by local people in the remote or forested areas. - Train electrical technicians and local peoples about the way to handle with any bird net meet during ROW clearing. 20 Health and safety Mitigable - Disseminate the information on electricity safety regulations to the users. - Follow the Government Decree 54 on network protection. - Regular training for local technicians and people on safety issues. - Not allow burning the woody residues after ROW clearing. 21 Reduction of air pollutants Major positive - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure generated by diesel generators 22 EMF No Impact - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure 23 Impacts on avian and aircrafts No Impact - Not necessary to apply any mitigation measure 24 Oil hazardous waste Minor Negative - Oil refilling of transformers should be done in the Workshop. contamination - No PCBs will be used. - Use oil collectors during maintenance services for unexpected oil spills. 35

36 6.2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Table 6.2. Environmental monitoring plan No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsible bodies - -- CONSTRUCTION 1 Surface water turbidity 1) Visual observation to assess whether the excavation and other - Monthly - PMUs (by the and soil erosion construction activities cause any pollution to the surface water, during technical especially in term of making water to be more turbid. construction supervisors of 2) The measures applied by Contractor to avoid the pollution of period PMUs) surface water in term of turbidity. - Community's 3) Measurement should be taken when there is some complaint from leaders will local people submit report to 2 Noise level around 1) Assessment (by field observation) whether (i) the noise level is As above the PMUs. construction sites and unacceptable in the Project's residential areas (ii) The construction - SIMC (to be adjacent residential machines annoy local people. hired by Project's areas 2) The mitigation measures applied by the Contractor to avoid the owners through noise impact Manaemt 3) The measurement should be taken when there is some complaint Boards and will from local people conduct 2 times 3 Dust 1) Assessment (by visual observation) whether (i) the dust caused by As above monitoring during construction is serious; (ii) the measures that Contractors are taken to construction control the dust level phase. One in the 2) The mitigation measures applied by the Contractor to avoid the middle of dust level increasing in the area construction 3) The measurement should be taken when there is some complaint phase and one _ from local people after completion Of the 4 Tree cutting and 1) Assessment (by visual observation) whether (i) there is any As above construction. access roads excessive clear cutting of trees beyond ROW in communal land management and 2) Measures taken by Contractors for cleaning up woody residue after control tree cutting. 36

37 No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsible bodies 5 Solid waste and site Assessment by visual observation whether: As above As above cleaning up after the 1) Construction residues are clean up after the construction construction 2) The way that Contractor disposes the solid wastes from construction. 6 Workers' sanitation Assessment by visual observation: As above As above facilities and safety (1) Status of solid waste and waste water disposal in camping sites management (2) Hygiene and safety issues in camping site (3) In case of home stay, check the agreement with commune's people committees. 7 Transportation Assessment by visual observation: disturbance (1) Whether the construction and other project's activities such as As above As above pole's erection, cable pulling cause any serious disturbance to the local traffic; (2) Necessary measures are taken to avoid the disturbance of traffic such as: warning sign for construction work, avoiding of heavy traffic hours, (refer to Mitigation measures for details) 8 Road degradation Assessment by visual observation As above As above (1) The transportation of materials and equipment causes any damage to the local road system and how is the level of damage (2) The vehicles used for Project is overloaded that potentially cause the damage to the existing road system? (3) The Contractor has taken any measure to repair the roads that were damaged during transportation of Project's equipment and material. (4) There is any complaints from local peoples on the issue 9 Status of application of Assessment of safety issue during construction: As above As above safety measures - Personal safety equipment - Technical and safety regulation to avoid the electricity shocks, _ 37

38 No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsible bodies electrical hazards etc. - -_- Construction material Assessment by visual observation: management (1) The management of construction material in the warehouses As above As above (2) The management of construction material in the construction site 11 Impact on wild life and Notice of Consultant on: natural resources (1) There is any evidence that the Project's activities cause any As above As above disturbance to the wild life and natural resource (bird, animal, snakes etc.), to the rare flora in the targeted communities. (2) Any hunting, trapping or tree cutting by construction workers in Project area. OPERATION PHASE 12 Maintaining of ROW Assessment by visual observation As above - Provincial Power (1) The tree cutting: whether the right trees or right parts of tree are Service and cut. Cooperative for cut. Coopricuture fo (2) The proper maintaining of distance from houses to the ROW Agriculture 13 Impact on wild life and Notice on: As above - Provincial Power natural resource (1) There is any evidence that the Project cause any disturbance to Service and the wild life (bird, animal, snakes etc.) and natural resource (water, Cooperative for mangrove forest) Agriculture services 38

39 6.3. CAPACITY BUILDING The following training has been conducted to date: 1) May 2002: Training Workshop on preparation of EIA reports for power transmission and distribution projects 2) August 2003: Hands-on learning-by doing training for improving environmental reports. 3) September 2003: Hands-on workshop for environmental assessment of transmission and distribution projects. 4) May 2004: Training on preparation of EMP according to newly environmental templates developed by WB experts. 5) November 2004: Launch workshop for RE 2 projects. One important section of the workshop is implementation of EMP for Rural Energy projects. 6) April 2005: Training on social assessment and resettlement issue in transmission and distribution projects under the WB loans. Future training includes the following: 1) Annual training on implementation of EMP for RE and other power transmission and distribution projects. This training will be organised by EVN annually. 2) Workshop on sharing experience of EIA preparation and EMP implementation for power transmission and distribution projects. This training is planned to carry out at the end of 2005 and organised by EVN. 3) Training on implementation of EMP for power projects according to WB requirement. The training will be organised by PC1 4) Regular training of PC1 on safety issue for staff 5) Regular information dissemination for local people on electricity safety. 39

40 Table 6.3. The cost estimation for future trainings No Training Cost(VND) 1 EVN annual Included in operation cost of EVN headquarter. training for all of Project owners will cover cost (hotel, travelling...) EVN's subsidiaries for its staff for this Project 2 staff (one from each Project owners) from this Project will attend. 2 staff x 2 days x 1,000,000 VND/person = 4,000,000 VND 2 Workshop on Included in operation cost of EVN headquarter sharing experience 1 staff x 2 days x 1,000,000 VND/person = of EMP 2,000,000 VND implementation and EIA preparation 3 Training on EMP 2 staff (one from each Project owners) from Ha implementation Nam will attend. 2 x 2 days x 400,000 VND/person/day/training = 800,000 VND 4 PC1 training on Included in operation cost of provincial power safety (regularly services. carried out by 6 staffs from this Project will attend provincial power 6 persons x 1 day x 100,000 VND/day = 600,000 VND service) TOTAL 7,400,000 VND 6.4. ENVIRONMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT Table 6.4. Parties involving in environment monitoring No Parties Main responsibility Content and format for report 1 Construction - Apply proposed - Refer to Table 6.1 Contractor mitigation measures and Report to PMUs the application of mitigation measures. 2 Technical - Monitor (by - Refer to Table 6.1 supervisor of PMUs observation) and assess and 6.7 of the environmental parameters suggested by this IEE and EMP report; - Report to PMUs 3 Safeguard - Monitor (by - Refer to Table 6.1 Monitoring observation) and assess and 6.7 Independent environmental quality Consultant (SMIC) based on parameters suggested by this IEE and EMP report. - Conduct public 40

41 No Parties Main responsibility Content and format for report consultation to received comment, assessment of local people on environmental management of the Project. 4 Assigned staff from - Monitor (by - Refer to Table 6. 5 Project's commune observation) and assess of the environmental parameters suggested by this IEE report; - Report to PMUs 41

42 Safeguard Independent Monitoring Consultant (SIMC) SIMC will be hired by the Project owners to monitor the implementation of the EMP. Due to the fact that RE projects are usually short so SIMC will carry out the work 2 times during construction period. One time is about 1 or 2 months after starting time and the second time will be at the end of the construction work. An example Terms of Reference for the SIMC during construction period is provided in the text box below. 0. EXAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SIMC The Safeguard Independent Monitoring Consultant will: 1. Visually look at the construction sites and make notes related to the following environmental issues. but not limited to: v General clean up after construction works, v Excessive clear cutting of trees beyond ROW in communal or forest land,. Measures taken by the contractor for cleaning up woody residues after tree cutting * Status of access roads (have they been closed if in a protected area, are they still being used and to what extent, how are they being controlled/managed and by whom), Application of mitigation measures for or sign of soil erosion along T/L due to tree cutting and/or around tower foundation * Status of re-vegetation in the ROWs and tower foundation. Impacts on construction works (level of noise, dust, and damage to roads due to earthworks and transportation of building materials). Status of construction worker camps and sanitation facilities for them * Proper distance between the houses and T/L. * Status of implementation of safetv measures (signboards. restricted zone. fences. isolation etc.) 2. Conduct public consultation to: * Assess the level of involvement by the local authorities in dealing with environmental issues (dust, noise, and damage to roads due to the transport of construction materials. tree cutting on public lands and protected areas).. Identify any other environmental issues and record environmental complaints from the PAHs.. Report on responses (if any) from appropriate local authorities on environmental complaints or noncompliance 42

43 Construction Contractor The construction contractor will submit to PC 1 monthly progress reports on the implementation of their site environmental management plan (SEMP). The SEMP report shall have the following contents: EXAMPLE ANNOTATED OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY SEMP REPORT Title Page Table of Contents Introduction * I paragraph to introduce the purpose of the report Update of Priority Issues Identified in the Last Reporting Period * List priority issues identified in last report * List progress made by Contractor in solving each issue * List any issues. which have not been adequately resolved, and provide recommendations on hox% to resolve those issues. If they cannot be resolved. explain why. Results of the Environmental Management Activities in this Reporting Period * Report on the mitigation measures that are identified in the SEMP. * Is each measure meeting its mitigation objective? If not, why not? Make sure explanation is clear and thorough. Conclusions for this Reporting Period * List all priority issues identified during this reporting period * Provide advice as to how and when the Contractor will resolve each issue. If the issue cannot be resolved. provide an explanation as to why it cannot be resolved. Appendices * Completed survey forms and maps relevant to the EMP. * Copies of any other communications between PMU. Contractor. PCs. etc regarding SEMP-related activities * Communes o Each participating commune will submit monthly reports to PC 1 during construction phase. If deemed necessary by WB, EVN, or MoNRE, the communes can also submit reports during pre-construction and operation periods. The commune-level reporting process needs to be simple, consistent between communes, and accountable. 43

44 Table 6.5. An example data collection form for commune's representatives EXAMPLE COMMUNE-LEVEL DATA REPORT FORMAT Project's Commune Dao Ly commune - Ly Nhan district - Ha Nam Reporting Period April 2006 Environmental Impacts: Impact t Mitigation Measure Commune Representative Community Comments Comments Project vehicles or activities No comment No comment increased ambient dust levels Project vehicles or activities Some noise near hospital, but Hospital staff complained increased ambient noise levels no noise other sensitive areas about construction noise to (schools, pagodas, etc). Peoples' Committee and Dept. of Health. Project activities polluted local No comment No comments rivers or lakes Project cleared vegetation and No comment No comment this caused environmental impacts Project activities created impacts Visited location where farmers Some farmers complained on agricultural and/or residential complained and saw piles of that piles of dirt are being left land dirt on their land on their paddy fields. Project activities impacted No comment No comment cultural property Project construction caused No comment No comment traffic impacts I Project caused solid waste or Noticed garbage was left No comment liquid waste impacts around construction camp I Project caused Social and health No comment Shopkeepers are happy to impacts of workers receive business from construction workers Accidents Two local workers were injured No comment when some equipment fell on them during excavation activity. Dust suppression measures No comment No comment Erosion and sediment controls No comment No comment Sitting of materials etc. to avoid No comment No comment exacerbation of flood effects, chemical pollution etc. Waste management practices No comment No comment Project activities caused any Some birds nets has been No comment impact on birds, animals and rare destroyed during cable pulling flora Project vehicles damaged the Yes, 1 km pf inter commune's The vehicles were too heavy. roads road was heavily damaged. Need to change to smaller vehicles with fewer loads. Need to be recovered before rainy season Other No comment No comment Recommendations * Future construction near hospital should be limited to 07:00 to 11:00 and 14:00-17:00. During the time 11:00 to 14:00 is when hospital staff and patients resting, so they need quiet during this time. * More care should be taken to clean up construction camps * Contractor should make sure to keep piles of dirt in designated working areas * More safety equipment and training programs should be given to construction workers to reduce accidents... especially for the local workers because they don't know much about worker safety Signature of Commune Representative: Nguyen Minh Son 44

45 Title of Commune Representative: Vice-Chairman, Peoples' Committee Date: April 30,

46 Table 6.6. Example of Site Environmental Management Monitoring Report (Applied for Contractor's Report) Project name: Project location: Name of Contractor: Commencement of Project report or monthly report: Date of report: No Impact Mitigation measures implemented Comment Construction phase 1 Surface water contamination - 2 Noise and vibration 3 Soil erosion 4 Air pollution 5 Agricultural production due to temporary acquisition of productive land Traffic disturbance - 7 Damaging the existing road system 8 Solid waste generated from soil excavation - 9 Environmental impacts caused by construction worker Conflict between construction worker and local people _- 11 Health and Safety - Name of person prepared this Report: Title: Address: Telephone: 46

47 Table 6.7. An Example of Environmental Performance Monitoring Report (This Example can be used for environmental monitoring report of Technical supervisor consultant, SMIC) Project name: Project location: Province: District: Type of Report: Commune: Monthly report (Yes/No): (Yes/No): Quarterly Report to EVN (Yes/No): Quarterly Report to the WB (Yes/No): SMIC report Date of report: No Parameter Assessnient of Consultantl Comments/Recommendations community complaints -_ During Construction 1 Surface water turbidity and soil erosion 2 Noise level around construction sites and adjacent residential areas 3 Dust -_._-- 4 Tree cutting and access roads management and control - 5 Solid waste and site cleaning up after the construction 6 Workers' sanitation facilities and safety management 7 Transportation disturbance 8 Road degradation 9 Status of application of safety measures 10 Construction material management _ Management of redundant soil Impact on wild life and natural resources 13 Evidence of biodiversity loss (if there is any) 14 Evidence of loss of historical and cultural properties. 47

48 No Parameter Assessment of Consultantl Comments/Recommendations community complaints 15 Other environment related issue (if there is any) During operation - 16 Maintaining of ROW 17 Impact on wild life and natural resource Report prepared by: Position: 48

49 Table 6.8. The environmental reporting requirement No Issues to be 1st reporting level 2nd reporting level 3rd reportiig level (a copy reported - should be sent to DoNRE) Construction phase 1 Implementation of By: the Contractors By: PMUs By: Project owners (EVN, mitigation measures Frequency: Monthly Frequency: Quarterly Province People Committee) and site To: PMUs To: Project owners Frequency: Quarterly environmental To: The WB management 2 Environmental By: By: The related PMUs By: EVN and Province monitoring * Technical supervisors of the PMUs Frequency: Quarterly People Committee Frequency: Monthly To: Project Owners Frequency: Quarterly To: PMUs To: The WB By: * Commune's People Committee Frequency: Monthly To: PMUs By: * SIMC Frequency: Half-yearly To: WB and PMUs of the Project's owners -_qpea otio se-- 1 Environmnental By: By: PCs (PC 1) and By: EVN and Province monitoring including * Technician of Provincial Power Cooperatives for People Committee safety issues Service Agricultural services Frequency: Yearly Frequency: Half-yearly Frequency: Yearly To: The WB To: Regional PCs (PC1); Cooperatives To: EVN, Province People for Agricultural services Committee 49

50 6.5. COST ESTIMATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP Table 6.9: Estimated costs for implementation of the EMP (VND) No Item Construction Operation (20 years of l_ life cycle) 1 Mitigation measures The costs are covered in The cost is covered in Contract with Construction production cost of the Contractors provincial power service 2 Monitoring costs 3 man-month x 10,000,000 = 0.5 man-month/year x 30,000, , 000, 000 x 20 years = 100,000,000 3 Capacity building 7,400,000 TOTAL 37,400, ,000,000 I This cost is covered in production cost of the provincial power service GRAND TOTAL FOR WHOLE [ PROJECT 137,400,000 VND 50

51 6.6. ARRANGEMENT FOR EMP'S IMPLEMENTATION Table Arrangement for EMP's implementation ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES ORGANIZATION Project Owner- Ultimately responsible for overall project Power Company 1 (PC1) Medium voltage management, including environmental management. Project Owner - Ultimately responsible for overall project People committee of Ha Low voltage management, including environmental Nam province through management. Cooperative for Agricultural Services Overall Project. Responsible for coordination and - Rural Energy Project's Management management of overall project Management Board (PC1i); Agency implementation, including guiding - Agency assigned by and supervising implementation of People committee. the EMP. Environmental. Specific responsibility and point of Environment management Officer contact for environmental issues. division of Rural Energy Project's Management Board (PC1) and Cooperative for Agricultural Services (assigned agency of People l ~Committee) Project Responsible for day-to-day project Done by Power Network Implementation implementation. Activities include: Project Management Board Agency i. Planning and implementation (PC1) and Cooperative for of environmental management Agricultural Services activities during construction ii. Coordinating with other parties in relation to environmental management activities. iii. Carrying out internal monitoring and supervising independent monitoring iv. Supervising and providing budget for monitoring activities. v. Reporting on environmental information to concerned parties Project Operator. Responsible for operation of the Provincial Power Service project including operation stage (PC1) and Cooperative for environmental management and Agricultural Services monitoring activities. 51

52 ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES ORGANIZATION Consultant. Responsible for preparation of EMP Energy Joint stock documentation. Company - VINAPOWER Contractor. Responsible for supervision of civil Rural Energy Project's Supervision works contractors during Management Board (PC1) construction, including and Cooperative for implementation of environmental Agricultural Services management activities under the EMP Civil Works. Responsible for construction works Contractor Contractor and following contractor specifications outlined in the EMP. This includes: i. Applying construction-phase mitigation measures. ii. iii. Ensuring safety of construction workers and local people during construction. Following Vietnam and World Bank policies on environmental protection during construction. Safeguard. Responsible for independent SIMC Independent monitoring of EMP implementation Monitor (SIMC) Community. Involve in project's environmental Commune's involvement in monitoring and management representatives EMP Provincial. Supervision on EMP implementation Environmental environmental according to Environmental Permit Management Division of supervision DONRE 52

53 REFERENCES 1 Draft of Resettlement Action Plan of the Project - VINAPOWER, Environmental Status Report of Ha Nam province in DoNRE 3 World Bank Environmental Assessment Source Book 4 Statistical Yearbook Statistical Publisher 5 Sourcebook of Protected Areas in Viet Nam - Bird Life International 6 Project's feasibility study - PC1 7 Framework for Applying Environment Safeguards to Rural Energy II Project- WB

54 APPENDIX 1 LIST OF EA PREPARERS 1 Le Dong Phuong Environment Independent Consultant 2 Nguyen Trong Binh Project Manager 3 Vu Van Dung Designer Team Leader 4 Vu Thi Hong Hang Designer 5 Cao Nguyen Van Designer 6 Hoang Duy Linh Surveyor 7 Other collaborators from VESDEC (Vietnam Environmental and Sustainable Development Institue) 54

55 APPENDIX 2 PROJECT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT 55

56 UBND TiNH HA NAM SO TAI NGUYEN VA MOI TRUIONG CONG HOA XA Hof CHU NGHIA VIET NAM D6c lap - Tr do - Hanh phuc S6:574 PXN - STN&MT Ha Nam, ngdvy2thjno 6 n(?in 2(005 PHIEU XAC NHAN BAN DANG KY DAT TIEU CHUAN MOI TRW(ONG Du in: Ming lactng n6ng thl6n Vi'& Nam - Khu *'tc phia Bac giai doan 1I Chu dui an: Ban qudn 1v' 1/ioi diern -COng tin dien luac I Dia diem thurc hien du an: 22 xj cira Tinh Hc Nn7m Dien thoai: CJn cl? Nghi dinh 1751CP ngdy 18 t/hing 10 nmn? 1994 cita Cin7/1 phlil ve HiOng dclii thli hanh Lutdt bdo ve m6i trio'ng: - COi? ci' Thong tit itt-bkhcnamt ng6y 29 th/cng 4 17cnO7n 1998 c'ic Bo Khoa hoc, Cc3ng nghe id Moi Irit67ng ve^ lha6ng dcan Ilp ii thahdm din7h Bao cdo dcinh gia tcic d(1n?g nmdi trl1(dng d6i *coi cac di On daii ttr; - Xet doi xiin cda PhiAt xac nl7dn Bdn7 dding kvc dat tiden chud n 1710i trra6ng, kem theo 170 sc ddng ky dat tieu ch/ud'n 1761i t1r77g cola di( On? ndng vao'n.g nong- th6n Viet Nam - khli vitc phia Bac giai doae? 2 (grni 22 xi coia tinh Ha Nam). - Theo de ngh1i cz'a phdng m6i trirong; GIAM DOC SO TA NGUYEN VA MOI TRUJONG TINH HA NA.\I XAC NHAN Dieu 1. Du, an nang lirong n6ng thon Viet Nam - khu vuc phia B-ac giai doan 2 (khu vuc tinh Ha Nam) thuoc Ban quan 1y lu6i dien - COng ty dien lu,c I dca the hien day du cac bien phap va cam ke't thuc hien Bao ve mci trubng ding v6i Luat phap va Quy dinh cua Nha nurac. Dieu 2. Chu dur an c6 trach nhiem thuc hien dung cac bien phap v a cam ke't da dtcrc neu trong Ban dang kyc dat tieu chuan m6i tru'ng. Dieu 3. Ban clang ky dat tieu chuin m6i trubng 1 ccr s& de cac co quan quan 1y Nha nlr6c ve bao ve m6i trding kiem tra viec thuc hien bao ve m6i trurng cua dur an. Dieu 4. Chu du an chi ducrc hoat dong sau khi hoan thanh cac hang muc cong trinh bao ve m6i trubng va bao cao bang van ban ve S& Tai nguven va MNi tru6ng. Dinh ky hang nam co sa phai to chuc kiem soat 6 nhiem m6i trubmn vai gui bao cao ket qua ve S& Tai nguyen va Mai trubng./dl 1. - GiAM-O -, D. Doe Qu;ang Cu

57 APPENDIX 3 MAP OF PROJECT Existing and proposed protected areas in Ha Nam province Cic khu bio v& hi n co va de' xuat 6 tnh Ha Nam R h Xuyen, oi I I ( rg 1na -, Ph Bac M Na Minh * TrracVa trian e jff 22)U~~YMiYen N.@,.a' 'm *~Du Tiel 9 s ~Nhat Tan ** oaggson Ivan Ly Duo Ly r Dong Hoa J Ly IC ^Xi., Kk KBij* 1 L Be Sao L LNhAn A..Sh@ NhA% Clainh 6 e Nhan Thinh m Tuyen Trng An Hung Cong - - IF ~Ngoc Lu gt Thiy Tnh r Ee Luc H / z Trung - = 5 5 T ihthaw ThunLiem Luong, Thh Huon( fr Vegetalion type I Kiiu rlung Legend I Chtu giai * Evergreen foresi t Rifng thud8ng xanh Proiected area I Khu bho ve * Coniferous fores1 RLrng la kim Provitcial borderf Ranh gi&i finh Maiduou; forou1i I rng rjng Io ( h6p) P Usincl border? N anhgidi huy,en * Semi-decijuo us brosil I RFtng nia rung lip * Liinesiono fores 1i Ring nuida Projectarea Cacxathamgiaduan Bamboo I Fing Irm n(f a * Planaior fores1 IRLing irsng G-asslana and scrub / E* tr6ng Agric ul1 ural la nd / ti1 n6 rig ng hibp Mafitaer bodies J M.1i nufcc - Y frbngrovej RLtng ngap msnh * Water boiuc Fng! 1irm

58 APPENDIX 4 Pictures of Existing Transmission and Distribution Network in Ha Nam Province A & r kf*- 4r The low voltage poles to be replaced 57

59 ;/ 4- The low voltage poles to be reused 58

60 440 V. - 4ii '1-- Present Substation 59

61 APPENDIX 5 CONTENT OF PROJECT PUBLIC NOTICE 60

62 Dtt AN RE 11 - TII iha NAM BANG TOM TAT CONG TAC THAM VAN CONG DONG BAO CAO DANH GIA TAC DONG MOI TRU'fNG DIJAN NANG LLJONG NONG THON RE-Il TiNH HA NAM STT TPN xa D!A DIOM T6 CHaIC THAM VAN THOI GIAN s6 LULNG NGLdI / THANH PHAN THAM GIA T6M TAT cac? KI1N D6NG G6P I IIUYfN DUY TIEN : X Mc Na UBND Xh Mc Nam 38 3/11/2004cc ngtiri: Dai ho non dien UBND dan xa, cac doan Cac phap bien toan phip thu gom chat din thai; i Cac bien th', vatcacnh6 n6chdnn 2 Nam YenBNa 4/11/2004ddin 29 nygn DNaiXdi Tnrtrng dien tir c-ua-c A c duttin g day trung.th X2 Y9n Nam UBND Xa Yen Nam 4/11/2004 the', c6 gay va anh cdc ho huting nong t6i surc dankhn khoe cua ngut0i dan Cac bien phap quin 1 va qui dinh nham nang 3 36 ngulsi: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan cao y thurc cua cac cong nhan khi thi cong the, va cac ho nong dan cong trinh, tranh cac hien tuang va te nan anh hu&ng tdi nhan... dan... neu c6 I...I... 4 Xa Duy Miih UBND Xa Duy Minh 8/11/ ngtu6ii Dai dien UBND xii, cdc doan Cic bien phdp thu gom chat thai, don dep va 34 vui c h,i n e dan ton tao tr& lai nhu ban dau sau khi k6t thvc the, va cac ho n6ng dan,.=cac hoat dong xay du.ng 5 Xa Trac Van UBND Xa Trac Van 9/11/ ngutii: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan Cac loai loai may gay tie'ng 6n va dung cha'n the, va cac h6 nong dan I6n khong dutc hoat sau gib hanh chfnh II HUYTN KIM BANG 1 Xa D6ng HoAi 26nL6i:D idienu N d A on TrOrng didn tir c6a cdc during day trung.the UBND Xa D6ng... Ho,A 12/11/ thec I... gay anh htor&ng I... tdi s.rc khoe c..a nguii da.n I I o!. o n p 6 g c 6 g.d e.g a n Xii Nhat Tani D din UJBND Xii Nhat Tan Cac bien phap 15/11/2004 thu gin hod chdt, 3 cha.t gi thi a BDi,~d~ c6ng nghi6p thd, va trong cac qua ho nong trinh datnnhrvnh xay dung cflng hsa y i I I... CAc We~n phap quan 19 v~ qui dinh nh-am.nang 3 Xa Ba Sao UBND Xa Ba Sao 16/11/ nguii : Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan cao y thuic cua cac cong nhan khi thi cong the, va cac ho nong dan cong trinh, tranh cac hien tuwng va te nan anh I hulng... tdi nhan dan ne'u c6 I I......v ngu6i: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan Cac bidn phap thu gom chat thai; Cac bien nlkh, va cac ho nong dan phap an toan phong ch6ng dien giat III HUYEN LY NHAN I Xa Nhl Chifnhl U1BND Xa Nhiin Chfnh 22/11/ ngucri: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan CAc loai loai may gay titng on va dung chan the, va cac ho nong dwn 16n khong dulrc hoat sau gii hanh chinh

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64 -VAX TI I1 CAN s6 LUNG NGUI / THANH PHAfT TH-iAM GIA C um IA I Au vkin uu Wvr 2 Xa1 Nhan Thinh 2heX NhAn UBND Xa Nhan Thinh 23/ 1/ ngtrci Dai hoinng dien UBND dunndn xa, cac doan Cac khonhdanc loai loai may hinhsa23h11 gay tie'ng 6n va dung c200ncha'n the,.va.cac.ho.nong...i...kh6ng.duac.hoat.sau.i...hanh ~~~ I... Cac bidn phap quan 19 va qui dinh nham nang 3 Xd HoA Hau UBND XA Hoi Hau 24/11/ ng-rii: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan cao 9 thuc cuia cac cong nhan khi thi cong the, va cac ho nong dan cong trinh, tranh cac hien tuang va te nan anh i htu&ng... hun... t6.nhan c... ih.... adnn... dan n6u I... e uoc Xd Dao L9 UBND XA Dao L9 25/11/ th,vccho ngucii : Dai dien UBND d xa, cac doan Cac bien phap thu gom chat thai; Cac bien o... I the,... va cac h.. d... d...nong an phap an toan ph6ng..... ch6ng... I di.n... gi4t 5 Xa Van Ly UBND XD Van Ly 26/11/ ngi c ai dien UBND the, xa, va cac cac ho doan n6ng Cac dan bien phop thu gom chnt phap thdi; an toan Cc bien ph6ng ch6ng dien giat IV HUYEN BINHi LUC I ngt6i : Dai 1 Xa Trung Lurnlg UBND dien XA UBND Trung xa, Luong cac doan 30/11/2004 Quin 19 va kidm soat xang ddu va chat thai nhian lieu ca cac phs.oing tien thi c6ng tranh ngu6i: Dai dien UBND xa, cdc doan Truang dien tif cua cac duang day trung the 2 Xa Trang An UBND Xa TrAng An 1/12/2004 c6 gay anh htr&ng the, va t6i suic cac khoe ho nong cua ng1i6i dan dan I I I Xa Hung Cong UBND Xa Hung Cong 35 2/12/2004 ngu6i: Dai dien the, UBND va cac xa, ho cac nong doan dan Cac bidn phap n thu gom chat phapan thai; CAc bien... gi.t I d n Cac bien phap quan 1 va qui dinh nham nang 4 XO Ngoc LB Tr/1V20 a Ngc Ngoc Lu 3/12/ the, ngu6i: va cac Dai hc nong dien UBND dan xa, cac doan cao cong y trinh, thuc cua trdnh cac cac cong hien nhan tuang khi va thi te cong nan anh V HUYEN THANH LITM huang t6i nhan dan neu c6 Cac bien phap quan 1 va qui dinh nham nang I XAiaiihi Hu(nig UBND Xd Thanh Hfng 18/12/ ngut1i: Dai dien UBND xa, cac doan cao 9 thfrc cua cac cong nhan khi thi cong the, va cac ho nong dan cong trinh, tranh cac hien tua1ng va td nan anh I hu&oinht.an dan d a n n6u c lgLri D d en UBND x-, c*c 2 doan Xa Thanh Thuy1 Quan 19 UBND va kiem Xa soat Thanh xang Thuy dau va chat thai 20/12/2004 nhien lieu cca cac phntayng tien thi cong trnnh I... the, vii... ciic... ho nong..... datn......i I...I... nglrm : Dai dien UBND xii, ciic doin CAc bien phaip thu gomn chat thai; CAc 3 Xa bien Liem San UBND Xa Liem San 21/12/2004 the, va cac ho nong dan... I... phap an toan... phong ch6ng dien gidt &.. Tuyen 29 ngu?iii: Dai dien UBND the, xa, cac va cac doan ho nong C-ac dan loai loai may gay tie'ng Idn 6n va khong dung ducrc chan hoat...i... sau gia... hanh chinh... I I...I...I