VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 2 220kV Cau Bong-Hoc Mon-Branches to Binh Tan Transmission Line

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1 Environmental Monitoring Report 4th Quarterly Report February 2016 VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 2 220kV Cau Bong-Hoc Mon-Branches to Binh Tan Transmission Line Prepared by Southern Power Projects Management Board (SPPMB) for National Power Transmission Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

2 DỰ ÁN ĐZ 220KV CẦU BÔNG ĐỨC HÒA & ĐZ 220KV CẦU BÔNG HÓC MÔN VÀ NHÁNH RẼ BÌNH TÂN NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION SOUTHERN POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD *** POWER TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT PROGRAM, TRANCHE 2 - Loan: 2959-VIE 220KV CAU BONG - HOC MON - BINH TAN TRANSMISSION LINE SUBPROJECT FOURTH QUARTER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 2015 JANUARY

3 NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION SOUTHERN POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD *** POWER TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT PROGRAM, TRANCHE II- Loan: 2959-VIE 220KV CAU BONG - HOC MON - BINH TAN TRANSMISSION LINE SUBPROJECT FOURTH QUARTER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT FOR PERIOD OF OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2015 SOUTHERN POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 2

4 TABLE OF CONTENT AbbREVIATIONS... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Project background Project scale and description The objectives of internal environmental monitoring INCORPORATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS INTO PROJECT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS Environmental law, regulation and standards Environment Institutional Responsibilities Duties of the related stakeholders in the institution Layout of Internal monitoring arrangement The incorporation of environmental consideration into project documents PROGRESS ON SUBPROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING Institutional arrangement for implementing EMP and EMoP in the fourth quarter of Environmental compliance at sites Contractor s compliance in safety and health for workers and communities PROGRESS/ RESULTS ON OVERCOMING THE SHORTCOMMINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Conclusion Recommendations... Error! Bookmark not defined. APPENDIXES Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 3

5 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: The positions of 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon- Binh Tan transmission line... 8 Table 3: Progress on subproject implementation Table 4: Summary of the adverse impacts and applied mitigation measures at sites Table 5: Summary of adverse impacts and mitigation measures for labor safety and community health Table 6: Progress and results of resolving the environmental issues found in the previous quarter LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Layout of 220KV Cau Bong Hoc Mon - Binh Tan transmission line Figure 2: Layout on internal monitoring arrangement for environmental safeguard Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 4

6 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected households B&C documents Bidding and Contract documents CEMP Contractor Environmental Management Plan CLO Community Liaise Officer CPC Commune People Committee EMoP Environmental Monitoring Plan EMP Environmental Management Plan EO of NPT Environmental Officer of NPT EPC Environmental Protection Commitment ES Environmental Safeguard ESHO Environmental Safety Health Officer HCMC Ho Chi Minh City IEE Initial Environmental Examination IES International Environment Specialist IOL Inventory of Loss NPT National Power Transmission Corporation NES National Safeguard Specialist for Environment PCC1 Power Construction Company No 1 RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan SiE Site Engineers of Contractors SPPMB Southern Power Project Management Board SPPMB EO Environmental officers of SPPMB SPPMB SE Supervision Engineers of SPPMB USD United State Dollars VND Vietnam dong VNECO Vietnam Power Construction Corporation Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 5

7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The subproject of 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan TL has a total line of 15.59km long, 59 supporting towers, and a 22 meter (m) Right-of-way (ROW), 11m from either side of the center of line. The line starts from the Cau Bong 500kV substation located in Tan Phu Trung commune, passes through Tan Thanh Dong and Binh My communes of Cu Chi district, Dong Thanh and Thoi Tam Thon communes of Hoc Mon district, and Tan Thoi Hiep commune, and then ends at Hoc Mon 220kV substation in Tan Chanh Hiep commune of District 12, Ho Chi Minh city Implementation progress: subproject work started on June 10, 2014 and was expected to be finished in September However, the work progress has not met the expectation due to delays in providing compensation to the affected households, such that the construction sites were not available to be handed over in time to the contractors, and most construction activities at the sites in the fourth quarter were cancelled. Both PCC1 and VNECO contractors just focused on negotiating with the affected households for dragging wire. As a result, about 6000m wire were dragged and 01 tower No 24 in Village 8, Binh My commune was erected. Therefore, as of December 31 of 2015, the work progress in the fourth quarter achieved 76.5%. The environmental safeguard monitoring activities conduced in the fourth quarter of 2015 showed that the contractor s environmental compliance was good. Both PCC1 and VNECO dragged wire without damaging villagers s trees and vegetables and ensure safety in transportation and all houses roofed with metal under the RoW were connected to the earth. No complaints have been found so far. Besides Contractor VNECO that constructed tower 24 located in Village 8 of Binh My commune, Cu Chi district complied with its CEMP. For implementations of the mitigation measures at site, the contractor VNECO performed well in reducing dust, noise, vibration, avoided damaging trees surrounding the site. The Contractor was in compliance with collecting and classifying the construction wastes such as cement bags, iron materials and plastic cans to be reused or recycled; For protecting health and ensure safety for the workers and local communities, the contractors complied with the CEMP, particularly: - All migrant workers registered as temporary residents to local authorities, respected local cultures and have a good relation with the community; - Contractors installed a warning signal board surrounding the excavated holes of foundations to prevent local people from any potential accidents; - All workers have been educated to improve their awareness on social diseases especially HIV/AIDS; - The contractors have issued the labor safety regulations and provided the workers with the labor protecting equipment and reminded them to use during the time of working at site. Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 6

8 - The contractors have built the temporary camps for workers at the sites for guarding the construction materials at night time and taking a short rest at lunch time, provided workers with potable water and first aid kits for wiring workers. The camp is also located at the ventilated and safe place ensuring the environmental sanitation such as garbage bins and hygienic toilet available. - All houses roofed with tins were connected to the earth compliance with Circular No 03/2010/TT- BCT dated January 22, 2010, regarding protection on high voltage power network. Environmental issues found in the fourth quarter of 2015 During the time of waiting for completing the work, several sites of the towers located near communities have become the temporary landfills for locals. The environment surrounding the towers was polluted by garbage. Typically, the site of tower No. 17 near Tho Nam Sang Environmental Company, Binh My commune with a huge of wastes affected the landscape and also became a favorable habitat for insects and pathogens. Recommendations It is suggested that the contractors should work closely with the commune regarding this matter and also to post warning sign on the tower against dumping of wastes on the towers. Before handing over the line to an operation unit for management, the contractor VNECO should rehabilitate the environment surrounding the site of tower 17 to its original condition and ensure sanitation and landscape ***** Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 7

9 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project background To carry out its plan to expand power generation, transmission and distribution capacity to meet the rapidly growing electricity demand throughout the country, the Government of Vietnam has requested the financial resource from a Multi Tranche Financing Facility (MFF) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to invest in the power development program. The program will include the physical investments in transmission and distributions of power with an expectation to (i) facilitate power transfers, (ii) remove transmission bottlenecks and (iii) reduce transmission losses and voltage fluctuations. To deploy its master plan on the national power development, 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan transmission line subproject is invested under the Tranche II with a total budget of around 18 millions USD 1, 2. NPT is the executive agency and SPPMB is the implementing agency for the subproject. 1.2 Project scale and description The subproject of 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan TL has a total length of km and 59 supporting towers. Its ROW is 22m, each side is 11m from the center of line. The route starts from Cau Bong 500kV substation located in Tan Phu Trung commune, then goes through Tan Thanh Dong, Binh My communes of Cu Chi district, Dong Thanh, Thoi Tam Thon of Hoc Mon district and Tan Thoi Hiep commune and ends at Hoc Mon 220kV substation in Tan Chanh Hiep commune of district 12, Ho Chi Minh City. A general layout is presented in Figure 1 and Table 1. Table 1: The positions of 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon- Binh Tan transmission line N Starting Province/ Length District Commune/ Ward o ending points city (m) 1 DD2-G2.1A Tan PhuTrung G2.1A-G2.1 1,456 3 G2.1-G2.2 Tan Thanh Dong 2,549 HCMC Cu Chi 4 G2.2-G2.3 1,330 5 G2.3-G2.4 1,077 Binh My 6 G2.4-G I Total of new construction line 7,147 7 G2.5-G G2.6-G Dong Thanh 9 G2.7-G2.8 HCMC Hoc Mon 559 Thoi Tam Thon 10 G2.8-G G2.9-G Exchange rate 1USD = 21,480 VND 2 Updated from the approved EPC of 220KV Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan transmission line subproject Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 8

10 N Starting Province/ Length District Commune/ Ward o ending points city (m) 12 G2.10-G G2.11-G G2.12-G2.13 Tan Chanh Hiep G2.13-G2.14 HCMC G2.14-G G2.15-G Tan Thoi Hiep 18 G2.16-ĐC2 308 II Upgrading line 7,641 Total of new construction and upgrading line 14,788 Connect to Cau Bong 220kV Cu Chi Tan Phu Trung Connect to Cau Bong 110kV 3 Hoc Mon HCMC 110/220 kv District 12 Tan Thoi Hiep 219 III Total of connection to substations 1,152 IV. Total I, II, III ,940 (Source: Feasibility report PECC-2, 2012) According to the IEE of Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan transmission line approved in December 2012, the scale of subproject construction that poses to potentially adverse impacts on environment in the subproject areas includes: (i) Excavating 59 tower foundations with the quantity of excavated earth and rock is 83,880 m 3 and the average of each tower is about 1,421m 3, and all earth and rocks will be temporarily stored within the construction site and will be used to fill back the tower foundation after the concrete reinforcement. (ii) Gathering construction materials such as iron, cement, sand, and stones to the sites for concreting the towers, the total volume of concrete required is 21,272 m 3 and the average for each tower is 360m 3. The materials will be transported by trucks to prepared sites as close as possible to the constructed tower based on its specific conditions such as available bare land and access roads etc. (iii) About 327,381.5m² 3 land will be in restricted use and the number of houses within the RoW is 433. All affected houses under the RoW are in compliance with the safe clearance requirements and are not required to be relocated, while 776 houses with metal roof located within 36m from the line centre will be earthed to ensure safety from electromagnetic fields. A total of 25,546.5m² land 3 220kV Cau Bong- Hoc Mon Binh Tan subproject RP, 2014 Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 9

11 is required permanently for constructing the towers, most of which is agricultural land; (iv) The transmission line route is mostly located within the outskirt of HCMC to minimize negative impacts on residential areas and facilities on the affected land. It crosses: a. Cau Bong Phu Lam 500kV transmission line one time at section of DD2 G2-1A; b. Cau Bong 220kV connection and Cau Bong 110kV connection, the low voltage transmission line 34 times at sections of G2-2 to G2-3 (04 times) from G2-5 to DC2 (30 times); c. Roads 29 times at sections of G2-1 to G2-2 (01 time), G2-2 G2-3 (02 times) and from G2-7 to G2-15 (26 times) d. Canals 06 times at sections of G2-1 to G2-2 (02 times), G2-2 to G2-3 (03 times) and G2-7 to G2-8 (01 time) and e. Rach Tra River 1 time at G2-5 to G2-6 section. In terms of biological environment, the majority of affected land under the RoW is agricultural land, of which paddy field land accounts for 40%, growing vegetables with 20%, and mixed cropping mainly of trees about 5%. There are no original habitats, significant wildlife, or conservation areas in the RoW. And no significant invasive species have been found within the project area; For physical cultural resources, there are several temples and other public infrastructures within the vicinity of the transmission line corridor. However, the distances are about 4-10 km from transmission line and none of these structures will be affected by the project activities. Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 10

12 Figure 1: Layout of 220KV Cau Bong Hoc Mon - Binh Tan transmission line 1.3 The objectives of internal environmental monitoring The objectives of internal environmental monitoring are as follows: - Monitoring the environmental compliance of subproject s construction activities with both the policies of ADB and the Government. - Monitoring the construction contractors compliance with the mitigation measures in accordance with the approved EMP and CEMP. - Recommending measures to improve the effectiveness of mitigating the environmental negative impacts during the subproject s construction period. - Identifying the environmental impacts not determined in the design stage, based on which solutions for monitoring and mitigating the impacts shall be recommended. Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 11

13 2. INCORPORATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS INTO PROJECT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS 2.1. Environmental law, regulation and standards - ADB s environmental safeguard policy which came into effect on January 01, 2010; - Law on Environment, 2013; - Circular No. 22/2010/TT-BXD regulating on labor safety in executing constructions issued by Ministry of Construction on December 03, 2010; - Circular No. 03/2010/TT- BCT dated on January 22, 2010 regarding protection on high voltage power network. - Decree No.59/2007/NĐ-CP on solid waste management dated April 09, 2007; - Decree No.14/2014/NĐ-CP dated February 26, 2014 regulating detail on the implementation of Law on Electricity and Power Safety; - QCVN 26/2010/BTMT national technical standard on noise - QCVN No 05/2013/BTNMT national technical standard on ambient air quality - QCVN No.27/2010/BTNMT national technical standard on vibration - QCVN No.08/2008/BTNMT national technical standard on surface water quality - QCVN No.09/2008/BTNMT national technical standard on underground water quality 2.2 Environment Institutional Responsibilities Duties of the related stakeholders in the institution SPPMB - SPPMB works as an implementing agency, appointing its Supervision Engineers (SEs) from the Technical Department to have overall responsibility for supervising construction contractors in both civil works and implementing the EMP; assigning its Environmental Officers (EOs) from its Resettlement Division to be be responsible for implementing and monitoring EMP during the subproject phases. Under the support from International Environmental Specialist (IES) EO of NPT and National Environmental Specialist (NES,) the SPPMB SEs and EOs will be in charge of the following duties: SPPMB environmental officers (EOs) Supporting SPPMB to approve the CEMPs Introducing the contractors to sites; Supporting and gathering monthly reports prepared by contractors on compliance with the implementation of CEMP; Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 12

14 Collaborating with the NES to conduct monthly regular site visits and conduct quarterly workshops on the compliance with the ES policies of the subproject and the improvement awareness of the project staff and contractors on occupational and communal health and safety. Preparing monthly, quarterly and mid-year reports on coordination implementing the EMP and EMoP to be submitted to ADB, NPT; SPPMB supervision engineers (SEs) Supervising the construction contractors both in technical works and the implementation of EMP; Reviewing monthly compliance report prepared by contractors before submitting it to SPPMB. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS The construction contractors have the following duties: - Mobilizing its human resources include (i) Site Engineer (SiE); (ii) Environmental, Health and Safety Officer (ESHO) and (iii) Community Liaison Officer (CLO) and necessary materials and equipment to implement the mitigation measures effectively at sites; - Developing its CEMP before starting civil works to be submitted and approved by SPPMB; - Meeting with SPPMB SE & EO at sites to ensure that the contractor s assigned staff have understood and committed to implementing the CEMP; - Maintaining a Control Record available as requested for any inspection made by SPPMB SE and EO; - Promulgating and educating its workers on safety and health; - Preparing monthly compliance report submitted to SPPMB. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SPECIALIST (NES) The NES has the following duties: - Supporting SPPMB in compliance with the ES policies and in coordinating implementing the EMP and EMoP for the project. - Building capacity on the implementation of the EMP and EMoP while improving the awareness on occupational and community health and safety for the workers and contractors; - Supporting SPPMB EO in preparing the quarter and mid - year internal monitoring reports on environment; Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 13

15 2.2.2 Layout of Internal monitoring arrangement Based on the institutional arrangement for implementing the EMP and EMoP concurred by ADB in December 2012 (IEE, 12/2012), a layout on the internal environmental monitoring is presented in Figure 3. ADB IES NPT SPPMB SE NES EO Contractors Supporting lines Reporting lines Figure 2: Layout on internal monitoring arrangement for environmental safeguard 2.3 The incorporation of environmental consideration into project documents The environmental consideration has been incorporated into the project documents such as EMP/IEE and bidding and contract (B&C) documents as stated in Appendix 1 3. PROGRESS ON SUBPROJECT IMPLEMENTATION The contract of constructing the 220kV Cau Bong Hoc Mon Binh Tan transmission line subproject was signed on February 14, 2014 between SPPMB and the Association of PCC1 and VNECO by the Contract No. 040/HĐXL-BQLDA- PCC1/VNECO, of which PCC1 is head of the Association. Implementation progress: the subproject was started on June 10, 2014 and expected to be finished in September However, the progress had not met the expectation due to delaying in compensation to the affected households, so that the construction Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 14

16 sites were not available to be handed over to the contractors in time. As of December 31, 2015, the work progress had achieved 76.5 % of all works, of which the subproject s construction items are completed at different levels which are specified in Table 3. Contractor No of towers Table 2: Progress on subproject implementation Implementation progress Install Excavate Concrete Return lightning foundation foundation ground rods Erect Tower Drag wire Total PCC /29 22/29 22/29 22/29 22/ m 76% 76% 76% 76% 76% 60% 73% VNECO 30 27/30 27/30 27/30 27/30 27/ m 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 30% 80% IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATION 76.5% In sumary, the work progress was insignificantly made. Only 15.5% of the workload in the fourth quarter was done, of which about 6000m wire were dragged and 01 tower No. 24 located in village 8, Binh My commune was erected. 4. ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING 4.1 Institutional arrangement for implementing EMP and EMoP in the fourth quarter of 2015 It is assessed that the coordination of implementing the EMP and EMoP has been properly performed by SPPMB s staff and its contractors. SPPMB s EO and SE NES - EO worked closely with the NES in coordinating implementation of the EMP and EMoP; - EO together with NES strictly required the contractors to assign staff who has experience in using first aid kits with necessary medicine and working along with wiring workers at sites. - SPPMB s technical department (SE) worked as a construction supervision unit that carried out their tasks in supporting the contractors in implementation of the construction measures and the environmental performances at sites, while signing in the monthly environmental compliance report prepared by the contractors before submitting to SPPMB. - Visited the construction sites on December 09-14, 2015 to follow up the corrective action plan prepared by contractors, resolving the shortcomings found in the third quarter monitoring trip. - Worked closely with contractors through the means of and Phones to collect the monthly environmental compliance report of contractors. Analyzed the reports to identify both the environmental compliant performances and Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 15

17 difficulties that the contractors had met when implementing the mitigation measures. Based on that NES could facilitate them to carry out the measures effectively in the coming months. - Summarized the environmental issues and work progress of contractors from October to December, 2015 to ADB s environmental specialist; finalized the 2015 third quarter environmental safeguard internal reports to be submitted to SPPMB, NPT and ADB. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS: - Complied with the environmental safeguard policies and the implementation of the CEMP appropriately and resolving all shortcomings found in the third quarter of Cooperated actively with the NES in supervising the implementation of EMP and EMoP at sites, receiving the recommendations from the NES and SPPMB EO on the environmental safeguard and carrying out its corrective action plan to resolve any shortcomings effectively; - Prepared and submitted its monthly environmental compliance report to the NES and SPPMB in time; 4.2 Environmental compliance at sites Contractor PCC1 dragged about 4.5km from tower 4 to tower 15 and Contractor VNECO finished about 1.5km wire from tower 29 to tower 34. Beside of that, Contractor VNECO constructed tower No 24 located in village 8, Binh My commune. All contruction activities were complied with the CEMP. The environmental compliance at sites was summarized in Table 4. Table 3: Summary of the adverse impacts and applied mitigation measures at sites Implemented Implementing Position/ time Adverse impacts mitigation agency measures Spreading wire at towers No. 29 to tower No 34 (VNECO)_ Tower 4 15 ( PCC1) Risk of violating the RoW of surrounding existing grid; Potential impacts on damaging perennial trees of villagers where the transmission line crosses Worked closely with authorized agencies related to the existing grid to ensure safety during the period of wiring at sites. Informed the village authority and affected households the schedule of VNECO; PCC1 Recommended activities Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 16

18 Position/ time Adverse impacts Implemented mitigation measures wiring across their gardens; Implementing agency Recommended activities Ensured no damages to any perennial trees in the gardens and committed to compensating to any damages caused by wiring. Tower No 17, near Tho Nam Sang Environmental Company, Binh My commune; During the period of waiting for completing the work, several sites of the towers located near communities have become the temporary landfills for locals. The environment surrounding the towers was polluted by garbage. Environmental conditions surrounding the towers were rehabilitated; Sign boards were installed compliance with electric safety regulations; VNECO The contractor should work closely with the commune regarding this matter and also to post warning sign on the tower against dumping of wastes on the towers. Before handing over the line to an operation unit for management, the contractor VNECO should rehabilitate the environment surrounding the site of tower 17 to its original condition and ensure Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 17

19 Position/ time Adverse impacts Implemented mitigation measures Implementing agency Recommended activities sanitation landscape and Tower No 24 (village 8, Binh My commune, Cu Chi district) Dust generated due to excavation activities and exposed dry excavated soils; Dust born due to transporting materials without properly covered Noise and vibration generated from hammering piles and operating construction machineries. Risks of cracking nearby houses/structures; Watered to keep the moisture of the excavated land and watered on the exposed dry land at sites near the residential areas. Trucks of transporting construction materials of sand, soil, stones to sites were carefully covered; Operating machines were technically regular examined to meet standard of generating noise and vibration; Noise and vibration were controlled during working time and no construction activities was made during the rest time of communities (11h30 to 13h00 at noon time and 21h00 to 6h00 at nighttime); Assessed the status of the VNECO VNECO Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 18

20 Position/ time Adverse impacts Implemented mitigation measures adjacent houses/properties prior to construction; Fully compensated to any damages caused by the construction. Implementing agency Recommended activities 4.3 Contractor s compliance in safety and health for workers and communities Both Contractor VNECO and PCC1 complied strictly with all procedures and process that are approved by SPPMB to ensure labor safety in wiring activities. The workers dragging wire were provided with the technical knowledge, adequate labor protective equipment including clothes, caps, gloves and shoes as regulated. They also provided adequately the wiring workers with mobile first aid kit and assigned health staff to work along with them. All houses located within the RoW were connected to the earth as required to prevent any negative impacts from electromagnetic fields. The achievements and some issues in terms of occupational and communal health and safety in the period of October to December of 2015 are summarized in Table 5. Table 4: Summary of adverse impacts and mitigation measures for labor safety and community health Implemented Position/ Adverse Implementing Recommended mitigation time impacts agency activities measures potential Tower No 24 (village 8, Binh My commune, Cu Chi district) impact on health of worker and environmental sanitation owing to improper garbage management at construction site the Worker s camp was located at high and ventilated place and have hygienic toilets. Garbage bins were provided at site to collect, classify and treat the garbage as regulated. VNECO Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 19

21 Position/ time Adverse impacts Implemented mitigation measures No drugs and alcohol allowed on site; potable water and sanitary toilets on the site was supplied for workers Implementing agency Recommended activities Tower No 24 (village 8, Binh My commune, Cu Chi district) Workplace accidents and health of workers; loss of productivity Accidents to surrounding communities Issued the regulation on labor safety at site; Erected warning signs and barriers around work areas; Compliance with the approved safe procedures and process of wiring Construction site can only be accessed with permission of Contractors. VNECO Provided workers with adequacy of laborer s protective equipment; Provided the worker s camps with first aid kits with necessary medicines. All roads used for transporting materials to the site of tower 24 Accidents to surrounding communities from vehicles transiting villages. All vehicles have properly maintained and operated in accordance with road laws. All loads are properly secured and VNECO Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 20

22 Position/ time Adverse impacts Implemented mitigation measures fugitive loads are covered. Implementing agency Recommended activities All workplaces and Song Da Thang Long worker s camp Loss of cultural value; Disturbance to forest, wildlife; Social unrest; Drivers are fined if safety requirements are ignored; There were no chance finds; Educated workers on social transmission diseases HIV/AIDS; Registered temporary residence for workers with local authorities; VNECO Activity of dragging wire conducted by VNECO and PCC1 Risk of labor accident due to incompliance with the approved procedure and process of wiring and inadequate use of labor protective equipment. Wiring may affect on the public traffic safety; No hunting wild animals and protecting forest. Contractor was in full compliance with the procedures and process of wiring approved by SPPMB; Installed traffic sign boards and assigned staff responsible for instructing traffic at both sides of the road/ canal section when the line crosses the road/canal. Provided technical knowledge and adequate labor protective tools, first aid kits with necessary medicines and health staff PCC1 and VNECO Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 21

23 Position/ time All houses located within the RoW Adverse impacts Risk of heath affect for houses located within the RoW without being earthed Implemented mitigation measures working along with wiring workers during dragging and connecting wire at sites All houses within the RoW were connected to the earth compliance with Circular No 03/ 2010/TT-BCT Implementing agency PCC1 and VNECO 5. PROGRESS/ RESULTS ON OVERCOMING THE SHORTCOMMINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT Recommended activities The shortcoming found in the previous quarter was that the both contractors PCC1 and VNECO did not provide their wiring workers with the first aid kit with necessary medicines to repond to accidents at sites. The shortcoming was totally resolved by the contractors. The progress and results of dealing with the previously environmental issues is summarized in Table 6. Table 5: Progress and results of resolving the environmental issues found in the previous quarter Recommended Respons Target No. Issues Causes Results Actions ibilities days I Environmental safeguard at sites Wiring workers Contractors should Both were not equip the wiring contractors provided with workers with first and workers first aid kits and aid kits, necessary were not assigned health medicines and adequately staff to support assign heath staff realized about them when an to work along with the purpose urgent accident wiring workers at of first aid occurs sites PCC1 and VNEC O During period of wiring Totally complie d 6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 6.1 Conclusion Implementation progress: As of December 31, 2015, the implementation progress had reached about 76.5% compared with the overall plan. Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 22

24 The EMP and EMoP were properly performed by SPPMB and its related contractors, which is in compliance with both environmental policies of ADB and the Government. All involved parties mentioned in the institutional arrangement performed well their assigned tasks. The SPPMB s staff and its contractor s workers have improved their awareness on their occupational health and safety as well as the community health and safety throughout the training workshops. In terms of implementation of CEMP of contractor at site, the fourth quarter of 2015 environmental monitoring shows that contractor resolved all the environmental safeguard shortcomings found in the third quarter Furthermore, Contractor was in compliance with providing their wiring workers with mobile first aid kit and necessary medicines required to respond to urgent accidents at sites. However, rehabilitating environment at sites was not totally completed. During the time of waiting for completing the work, several sites of the towers located near communities have become the temporary landfills for locals. The environment surrounding the towers was polluted by garbage. Typically, the site of tower No. 17 near Tho Nam Sang Environmental Company, Binh My commune with a huge of wastes affected the landscape and also became a favorable habitat for insects and pathogens. Recommendations It is suggested that the contractors should work closely with the commune regarding this matter and also to post warning sign on the tower against dumping of wastes on the towers. Before handing over the line to an operation unit for management, the contractor VNECO should rehabilitate the environment surrounding the site of tower 17 to its original condition and ensure sanitation and landscape ***** Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 23

25 APPENDIXES A. Summary of the environmental requirements in EMP/IEE and in B&C documents Environmental issues Environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE In B&C documents Establishment of contractor s facilities (camps, offices, quarries, concrete batching areas etc). Demarcation and clearing of RoW and ancillary facilities Preparation of site: excavation, - Sites are located so that they do not interfere with the welfare or social cohesion of surrounding communities - Site is limited to reduce unnecessary clearing of vegetation. - Sanitary soakage areas from offices and camps to be sited so that effluent is treated. - No discharge of grey water or sewage allowed to surface water systems. - Workshops to be provided with oil and water separators. - Fuel storage areas not to be located within 20m of watercourse. - Contractor s storage facilities may need to be surrounded by a security fence. - Concrete batching areas to be provided with bunds to control movement of runoff to waterways. - Define the 22m RoW width. - Identify trees to be removed within the RoW and arrange to get approved for removal. - Limit area to be cleared - Areas to be defined by a clear boundary. - Clearing boundaries need to be shown to machinery operators. - Cleared vegetative material to be offered to communities for use as fuel wood; - Limit area to be excavated. - Topsoil to be removed and All environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE have been integrated into the B&C documents and the CEMP Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 24

26 Environmental issues removal and disposal of unusable (incompetent) materials Dust management Noise and vibration Waste water to construction site Prevention of soil erosion on construction site. Disposal of site waste Environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE stored for re-use. - Excavated material to be disposed of outside and away from the work area. - At completion of work dumping areas to be re-top soiled and revegetated. - When dust is carried towards residential areas or becomes problematic on-site, the contractor is to apply dust control measures; - If particularly noisy work is implemented, work may need to be limited to daylight hours. - Noise not to exceed 55dBA at boundary of any residential area between 6hr and 21h00 and 45 dba between 21h00 and 06h00; - Not allow to discharge waste water directly to water body surrounding the site ; - Make a discharging canal surrounding foundation holes to collect runoff water to reduce its turbidity before discharging it into water body surrounding the site ; - Not allow to spill oil and fuel from machinery to site; - Apply soil conservation and erosion protection technologies. - Avoid operating machinery in adverse ground conditions. - Protect and vegetate newly excavated areas as soon as possible - All waste materials to be collected and sorted into two categories; (i). those that can be recycled and - (ii) those that need to go to an approved landfill site for In B&C documents Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 25

27 Environmental issues Storage and handling of: fuel and lubricants Community Safety from increased vehicle movements Workplace health and safety Environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE disposal; - All fuel storage areas should be securely fenced and provided with oil and water separators. Fuel hoses and shut off valve to be locked. - Fuel should be stored in properly sealed containers. Regularly check its locks to prevent fuel from running over to environment. - All refueling to be done at least 20 m away from waterways by trained personnel - All waste oil and oil filters to be collected and if possible recycled, otherwise to be disposed of to landfills - The contractor needs to train refueling personnel in these procedures. The contractor has to develop an accidental spill handling action plan - All vehicles need to be properly maintained and operated in accordance with transportation laws. - All loads should be properly secured and fugitive loads to be covered. - Drivers are fined if safety requirements are ignored; Contractor should abide Vietnamese Labor Code as amended 2002 as follow: Provide workers with safe working environment - Erect warning signs and barriers around work areas - Not allow drugs or alcohol allowed on-site - Controlled noise and dust. - Provided all workers with safety In B&C documents Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 26

28 Environmental issues Chance discovery of archaeological and cultural sites Clearance and rehabilitation of Construction sites and removal of contractor s facilities. Public access to site Community and Environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE equipment appropriate for the task they are employed. - Supplied on-site for workers: Potable water, sanitary toilet, washing and showering facilities. - Prepared work safety regulation for each activity - Prior to execution, workers need to be inducted and explained site safety procedures. - Provide medical and first aid facilities together with a person qualified in first aid. - No known sites; Chance discoveries should be notified to the SE who will report to the EO. EO would advice on procedure for dealing with chance discoveries. - All solid waste should be removed from sites and disposed in approved landfills. - All contaminated soil should be removed. - All sites must be rehabilitated and restored to original condition. - Drainage should be reestablished. - Those activities should be included as part of Final Inspection before payment made. - Erect warning signs and barriers around work areas. - Site can only be accessed with permission of contractor. - Visitors are to be warned against site hazards to avoid possible accident - Promulgate, educate workers on In B&C documents Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 27

29 Environmental issues worker health and safety Environmental requirements in the EMP/IEE the social problems. Implement measures of preventing HIV/AIDS; - Provide good daily life conditions for workers in camps in terms of sanitation, safe water and cooking; - Worker s camps shall be constructed in high places. Local workers should be hired for normal works; - Equip workers with labor protecting equipment and force them to wear during working time. - Provide means of first aid, medicines at site and camps for workers; - Ensure sanitation in worker s camps. Provide dust bin to collect wastes; - Prohibit hunting and trading wild animals; In B&C documents Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 28

30 B. Outstandings in quarter 4 th of 2015 All houses located within the RoW were earthened Dragging wire compliance with safety regulations First aid kit was provided for wiring workers at site. C. Environmental issues found in the quarter 4 th of 2015 Site of tower no 17 near Tho Nam Sang Environmental Company seems to be a landfill for locals Southern Power Project Management Board (SPPMB) 29

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