E959 VOL. 15. l l ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FEASIBILITY STUD Y CAO BANG PROVINCE. Volume 2 RURAL ENERGY 2 PROJECT. l SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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1 Pubic Discosure Authorized Pubic Discosure Authorized Pubic Discosure Authorized Pubic Discosure Authorized SOCALST REPUBLC OF VETNAM RURAL ENERGY 2 PROJECT FEASBLTY STUD Y CAO BANG PROVNCE E959 VOL. 15 Voume 2 ENVRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ~~~~Technica Scientific Service Enterprise - PECC 03/

2 SOCALST REPUBLC OF VETNAM RURAL ENERGY 2 PROJECT FEASBLTY STUDY CAO BANG PROVNCE Voume 2 ENVRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Project Manager Nguyen Anh Tuan 3 Deputy Chief Cerk Nguyen Anh Tuani 3 PP. Director Technica Scientific Service Enterprise ept director Q,'/,'X C''VSP 't 1a a ~~~~~~~~~~~Nguyen Van Dong

3 , MNSTRY OF NDUSTRY *w.... WB credit VN ENVRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Vietnam Rura Energy 11 Cao Bang province Prepared by Science, Technoogy Service Enterprise Power Engineering and Consuting Company N 1 Hanoi, June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4 1. NTRODUCTON AND SCOPE OF WORK 1.1. Objectives of the Project The deveopment objectives of the proposed Rura Energy 11 Project are to assist the Government of Vietnam to aeviate poverty in the rura areas by providing basic infrastructure service such as eectricity and access to genera services, for improving iving conditions and productivity. The Project wi assist the Government of Vietnam to impement its nationa objective of providing eectricity to about 12 miion rura househods through: - An effective strategy for rura eectrification with specia focus on provision of energy to 3 - the remote mountainous areas; Rehabiitating, upgrading and expanding the rura power system in order to meet the demand for power suppy for future socio-economic deveopment; 3 - Strengthening reiabiity and quaity of power networks, reduce votage and eectricity osses on the grid, ower rura consumption price, improve businesses efficiency and rura power management abiity of oca power management boards; - Refurbishment of the existing rura power network to increase reiabiity and quaity of suppy, incuding reduction of technica and non-technica osses; this Project U incorporates 25 communes in 10 districts of Cao Bang province. - Extension of existing power networks to suppy additiona househods; - Assisting oca District and Commune committees to improve power system management processes and improve business efficiency, to provide eectricity reiaby, safey and at reasonaby cost; - Review rura power management modes, to estabish power management units of ega standing, with economic independence and the manageria/technica skis to operate effectivey and profitaby, repaying oaned funds; - Expanding the use of renewabe energy for the off-grid systems to serve the rura oad in the remote and isoated areas, where feasibe and economicay practicabe; * 1.2. NEED FOR PROJECT NVESTMENT J Based on the forecast data on economic deveopment, 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 osses are very high. The aignment of power ines is not we designed. Many types of poes are existed in the network. The aignment of power ines is not we designed. There are aso many types of eectricity meters. n the past in order to save money, the distribution ies were created to go across gardens, ponds etc. The conductor is overhead type and not covered by any insuating materias, so it cause a ot of risk on safety to oca peope. The Project is panned to impemented in order to: - mprove the quaity of the existing distribution network in the Project's communes. - ncrease the safety management of the distribution network; - Reduce power osses; - ncrease eectricity suppy for the Project's communes; J - Change the form for management mode of rura power network; - Graduay modernize the distribution power network Commune seection criteria 2

5 Genera criteria. To be vountary participants in the Project and understand requirements and reguations of Word Bank and the Government of Vietnam to carry out RE Project;. To be wiing to convert the communes power management mode to ega oca distribution units to contro LV networks;. To have potentia for economic deveopment;. To have an acceptabe capita recovery rate; * Revenue from power business can cover management, operation and funding costs Criteria for seection of communes for rehabiitation a Power osses exceeds 20%; aged power networks degraded and require refurbishment; * Power demand i substantia (over 500 househods); r.. Power demand for industria production is substantia (over 20%); * Number of eectrified communes over 80%;. Average power consumption rate power househod in substantia; estimated annuay 500 kwh/househod Criteria for communes to be connected. Number of househods connected to power network is Provincia communes is beow 3 the average (60%);. Customers are abe to pay cost of connection and subsequent power bis;. Communes have potentia for deveopment in agricuture, forestry and handicraft, which woud be enhanced if eectrified;. Communes in the poorest communes ist;. Communes in the assistance program of Word Bank.. Communes are ready to adopt the management mode of power network.

6 Tabe 1.1. Project communes No Name of communes Bao Lac district 1 1 C6Ba 2 San L6 3 Phan Thanh Ha Lang district 4 Kim Loan 5 Vinh Quy Hoa An district 6 C6ng Trixng 7 Dirc Xuan 8 Ha Tri 9 H6ng Nam 10 Trung Vuang 11 Trurang Luang Nguyin Binh district 12 Ca Thanh 13 Phan Thanh 14 Mai Long 15 Thanh Cong 16 Trieu Nguyen Phuc H6a district 17 Ti6n Thanh Thach An district * 18 Thuy Hung Bio Lim district 21 Cao Thang Tra Linh district 22 Quang Vinh 23 Tri Phuong Ha Quang district 24 LOng Nam 25 Ma Ba 19 Yen Tho 20 Vinh Phong Trung Khanh district 1 4

7 2. PROJECT DESCRPTON 2.1. PROJECT SCALE - MEDUM VOLTAGE Medium votage part of the Project wi be consisted of km 35 kv distribution ines. Tota number of new substations is 84, of re-used substations is 4. Power company No 1 wi be the Project Owner for medium votage part of the Project PROJECT SCALE - MEDUM VOLTAGE Low votage part of the Project is consisted of km ow votage transmission ine, from which - Newy constructed ine is km; - Rehabiitated ine is km; - Tota number of energy meters is sets. Provincia Peope committee wi be the Project Owner for ow votage part of the Project. * 2.3. NVESTMENT STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT U: Tabe The investment structure of the Project (VND) _ tems Medium Votage Low Votage 1 WB oan 74,039,780,059 61,663,471,812 2 Loca contribution 19,280,242,990 15,929,913,077 Tota 93,320,023,499 77,593,384, PROJECT COMPONENTS Tabe 2.2. Project's components - LOW VOLTAGE No No of No of energy Upgraded New LV 1 1 District communes meters LV (km) (km) t Bao Lac 20, Bao Lam 2 2, Ha Quang , Ha Lang 2 1,584 2, *S Hoa An 6 3, Nguyen Binh 5, Phuc Hoa Thach An Tra Linh 2 1, Trung Khanh L TOTAL 25 20,817 10, ,977 U 5

8 31 Tabe 2.3. Project's components - MEDUM VOLTAGE Number of No of substation District Communes New MV ine (km) 3 1 Bao Lac ,569 2 Bao Lam ,171 3 ( 3 Ha Quang HaLang , Hoa An ,701 6 Nguyen Binh ,110 7 Phuc Hoa Thach An Tra Linh , Trung Khanh _TOTAL ,817 *~~~~~~TTL2,1 ~~~~~~~~~~~

9 2.5. BREF DESCRPTON OF NATURAL AND SOCAL CONDTON OF THE PROJECT'S 3 PROVNCES Geographica position and topography Cao Bang is mountainous and border province. North and North East of Cao Bang is Peope Repubic of China. South of the province is Bac Kan province, East side is Lang Son province and Ha Giang province is in the West of Cao Bang. Topography of Cao Bang is compicated with mainy mountains mixed with short streams, sma vaeys, high sope. n genera, there are main three types of topography in the region.. Limestone mountains in the North occupies 32% area of the province. This area is ocated 3 aong the border with China. The area is in Bao Lac, Bao Lam, Thong Nong, Ha Quang, Tra Linh, Trung Khanh, Ha Lang, Phuc Hoa and Thach An districts. Average eevation is m. Typica andscape is high imestone mountains mixed with sma vaeys. This area is acked of water in dry seasons. * Soi mountain occupies 40% natura area of the province. There are two sub regions of soi mountains. They are (i) Soi mountain subregions in West and South West province U incuding Bao Lam, Bao Lac and Nguyen Binh districts. This area is highy partitioned with very high sope. Average eevation is 700 m to 1000 m. (ii) Soi mountain sub region in upper part of Hien river: this area is owering to Cao Bang province. But the topography is sti highy partitioned. Limestone mountains mixed with sma pain areas. 3 Natura area of Cao Bang is 6, km 2. Popuation of Cao Bang is 497,529 peope. There are nine main ethnic in the province. They are Tay (43.6%), Nung (43.06%), and Kinh, Dao, Mong and other minorities ike San Chi, Hoa. Cao Bang is consisted of 13 districts, 189 wards and townships. Cao Bang township is the center 3 of the province. 3 Cimate Cao Bang has monsoon cimate and has its specific characteristics. There are four different seasons in the years, but two main seasons are * Hot season with temperature ranging from 25 to 27 oc, hottest month is in Juy; J * Coo season with temperature ranging from 14 to 18 0C, cooest month is January. Average rainfa: 1,300 mm to 1,500 mm Average humidity: 80% Land resource 3 Tota natura and: 669,072 ha * Agricutura and: 64,652 ha * Forested and: 263,447 ha; where: natura forest is 248,879 ha; panted forest is 14,568 ha. Water resource

10 U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are five big rivers crossing Cao Bang province, they are Bang river, Gam river, Hien river, Quay Son river and Bac Vong river. Protected areas. Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve is ocated in Tich Tuc town and Quang Thanh, Thanh Cong, Phan Thanh, Mai Long, Ca Thanh, Vu Nong and Hung Dao communes, Nguyen Binh districts. There are 4 Project's communes are inside this Nature Reserve, they are: Ca Thanh, Phan Thanh, Mai Long and Thanh Cong. More detais about the Nature Reserve and assessment of Project environmenta impacts to Nui Pia Oac is given in Section 4 on Environmenta Assessment. * Pac Bo Cutura and Historica site is ocated in Truong Ha Commune, Ha Quang district. There is no Project's commune is ocated in this Cutura and Historica site. 3 ndustria: Tinh Tuc tin mine; Phuc Hoa sugar pant, rattan products manufacturing, Agricutura and husbandry: rice cutivation, dry crop, fruits, tea etc. Minera resource: Cao Bang is rich in minera resources such as iron ores, tin ore, imestone etc. 3 rrigation system: 23 pumping stations, reservoirs. Trade and tourism: rattan products for export; tourist attraction points such as Pac Po, Tran * Hung Dao forest. a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18

11 2.6. SOME OF MAN TECHNCAL SPECFCATONS FOR THE PROJECT Medium votage MV substation * To reduce the investment cost, faciitate site instaation and uniform project standards, the foowing is to be impemented: * A new substation are designed as outdoor type poe mounted. With substation capacity S>75 kva two poe type construction wi be used. With substation capacity S < 31.5 kva one poe type construction is used. * Substation requiring reocation or new poe support structures are to be buit as outdoor type, mounted on poes. The new substation are a poe mounted, as foows: * f capacity S>= 75 kva, mounted on two poes;. f capacity S>= 31.5 kva, mounted on 1 poe. Substation poes are centrifuga concrete type of 10 m or 12 m ength, Cass C suitabe for any requirement. Substation base (foor) is fied 0.3 m deep with soi and covered by mixture of cement and broken bricks MV ines Votage eves: MV ines are designed to accommodate any future votage eve, defined in the power network deveopment and panning scheme for Cao Bang Province. n the ong-term, votage eves 35 kv, 22 kv and 10 kv of MV power networks are used, in conformance with votage of existing 110 kv and 35/10 kv substations and transformer station to be buit in Branches suppying power to transformer station at 35 kv wi be connected into the existing 35 kv ines and designed at the 35 kv votage eve. Poe size A poes are 1Om, 12m, 14m, 16m and 20m ength of casses A,B,C,D. Poe size seection is based on the safe cearance to ground, transportation and traffic structures, crossings, deveopment requirements, sharing of ines for MV and LV votages. Poe strength is seected from oad requirements. n genera, the use of poes is as foows: a For singe circuit ines: centrifuga concrete poe 1Om, 12m. * For doube circuit ines: centrifuga concrete poe 14m. 3 * Stayed, crossing positions and specia positions: 16m, 20m poes. Poes are manufactured to Vietnam Standards and Reguations DNT-QDKT-09/ Poe foundation To support poes, cast in situ M150 concrete foundations are used. n the Project, MT1, MT2... MT8 type foundations are used. The seection of foundations for each position is specified in the design stage, based on estimations of oca soi, geoogica and hydro- ~~~geoogica conditions. 9

12 For sand areas, types of cast in-situ excavated foundations: M01, M02, M03, M04 are used. For marshy and areas, foundations shoud be reinforced by bamboo stakes, bamboo rafts to 3 strengthen the bearing capacity of foundations and to reduce stress against the foundation surround. Foundation depth is 10-12% of poe height pus 0.3m Low votage Eectricity poe Concrete poes for most ines are H-section type, cast in workshops. For 3 phase ines and branches aong inter-district, inter-commune roads: 7.5m, 8.5m poe sizes. For two wire branches to communes: 6.5m, 7.5m poe sizes. For 1 phase ines into househod groups: 6.5m poe size. A-B-C type poes according to bearing requirements of each position; manufactured to the standard DNT-QDKT-09/2000. For poes near vehice transport areas: use 1 Om, 12m centrifuga concrete poes to ensure safe cearances. For MV, LV ine co-sharing positions: use MV ine concrete poes. Most concrete poes are A and B-type poes, manufactured to standard DNT-QDKT-09/2000. Square concrete poes and circuar concrete poes are used at the foowing positions: * Straight, corner positions of 3 phase trunk ines: singe poes; and 3a Corner anchor, straight anchor, end anchor: doube poes. f poes are instaed near househods, trafficabe roads, doube poes shoud be used at corner anchoring, straight anchoring, end anchoring positions; stayed tension poes are used ony at such high bearing positions that doube poes coud not sove and tension. poes are convenienty paced; 3 Utiize existing poes which are of good quaity and satisfy the standard when instaing new conductors. Poes under 7.5m size are not used for 3 phase trunk ines. Poes recovered from ines are to be returned to ocaities to aow peope to re-use poes to support suppy ines to houses. Poe foundation To support ine poes; cast in-situ M100 concrete bock foundations are used: 1 a For singe poes: use MV1, MV2 * H doube poes: use MV3. The depth of foundations is in proportion to poe heights and is shown in the overa ayout of LV poe, cross-arm and foundation. f doube poes cannot satisfy the high bearing requirements and are in tension poe positions, it is required to use: * D14 tension poes with foundation in proportion to poe height. Tension poes contain E14 round hot dipped stee according to Vietnamese Standards; ~~~~~~~~~~~~

13 . MN 15-5 anchors buried m according to bearing requirements and site cearance; 3 * MN stayed-on-the-spot anchors in sand areas. For ines across sand areas (rivers, coasta), cast in-situ M100 concrete excavated foundations are used, in combination with pre-cast M200 reinforced concrete round pipes with E1000, ff1200, E FE1500 diameter. For reused poe positions, if conductor size increased by two or more sizes, must increase 3 concrete in the existing foundation to ensure bearing requirements are satisfied.

14 LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT'S ENVRONMENTAL MPACT ASSESSMENT 3.1. VETNAM REGULATONS AND LAWS 3 - Law on Protection of the Environment (LEP) was enacted in Decree 175/CP was promugated in 1994 to guide impementation of the LEP and provides broad guideines for division of responsibiity among Ministries; environmenta impact assessments; poution prevention and disaster contro; sources of finance; and environmenta inspections and standards. 3 - Decrees 143 on amendment of tem 14 of Decree 175 CP dated 18/10/1994 of Government on guidance for impementation of LEP. - Circuar No. 490 "Guidance on setting up and appraising environmenta impact assessment reports for investment projects". - Law on Forest Protection (1992). This aw reguates forest management, protection, deveopment, and expoitation, prevention of woodcutting, and forest destruction. t aso encourages individuas and organizations to protect and deveop forests. 3 - Decree 54/1999/ND-CP reating to the protection of high-votage networks. - Decree 70/1987-HDBT specifies safety casements of high-votage transmission ines. - Decree 24/2000/ND-CP specifies the impementation on the Law on Foreign nvestment in * Vietnam (Artice 82) concerning environmenta protection. - Decree 52/1999/ND-CP incudes environmenta considerations for construction management. - Decree 26/1996/CP provides reguations on the punishment of administrative vioation of Environmenta Protection Law. 3 - Vietnam Nationa standards (TCVN) are nationa standards estabished by the Ministry of Science and Technoogy (MoST) and appied to a government agencies. They incude engineering, construction, scientific, and environmenta standards. TCVN environmenta standards incude acceptabe imits of many air, noise, and water quaity parameters. U - 11 TCN-1984 sets the standard for minimum cearance between ive parts of a ine and trees WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLCES 3 - OP 4.01 Environmenta Assessment; - OP 4.04 Natura Habitats; - OP 4.11 Cutura Property; - BP Pubic Discosure. Detaied guidance on assessment methodoogies and common impacts associated with transmission projects are found in: 3. Word Bank, Environmenta Assessment Sourcebook, Voume 3.. FC, Environmenta, Heath, and Safety Guideines on Eectric Power Transmission and Distribution. 1. Framework for Appying Environment Safeguards to Rura Energy 11 Project.

15 44. ASSESSMENT OF ENVRONMENTAL MPACTS 4.1. CLASSFCATON OF MPACTS 3 The Environmenta mpact Assessment focuses on the major environmenta issues of the Project's Most Favoured Aternative. The potentia impacts of the Project's pre-construction, construction, and operation phases were assessed as being in one of five categories: i. NO MPACT. The potentia impact of the Project activity is assessed as NO MPACT if the project activity is physicay removed in space or time from the environmenta component. ii. MAJOR MPACT. An impact is said to be MAJOR if the project activity has potentia to affect an environmenta component. Major impacts coud be "Major Negative" or "Major Positive." The foowing criteria were used to determine whether a given impact is MAJOR: a) Spatia scae of the impact (site, oca, regiona, or nationa/ internationa); b) Time horizon of the impact (short, medium, or ong term); c) Magnitude of the change in the environmenta component brought about by the Project activities (sma, moderate, arge); d) mportance to oca human popuations; 3 e) Compiance with nationa, provincia, or district environmenta protection aws, standards, and reguations f) Compiance with Vietnam's internationa commitments, These incude the Convention on Wetands of nternationa mportance especiay as Waterfow Habitat (RAMSAR), the Convention Concerning the Protection of the Word Cutura and Natura Heritage (Word Heritage Convention), and the Convention on nternationa Trade in Endangered Species of Wid Fauna and Fora (CTES); and g) Compiance with Word Bank guideines, poicies, and reguations. iii. MNOR MPACT. f an impact occurs but does not meet the criteria for a Major mpact it is assigned the category MNOR. Minor impacts coud be "Minor negative" or "Minor Positive." 3 MTGABLE MPACT. The potentia impact of a project activity on an environmenta component is said to be MTGABLE if there is potentia for a major negative impact and the proposed mitigation measure wi *: prevent the impact or reduce the impact to acceptabe eves. 3 ~~~~~~~~~13 1

16 DENTFCATON OF POTENTAL MPACTS OF THE PROJECT The Project wi pay an important roe in the eectrification program and in impementation of the poicy of poverty aeviation of 25 communes within 10 districts of Cao Bang province. t wi aso promote the poicy of industriaization and modernization of the Government of Vietnam as we as create a great opportunity for overa socio-economic deveopment of the poor area. When the distribution ines are constructed, there is a trend of oca peope to move to ive near the ines. The oca peope committee wi have a proper panning accordingy to support the deveopment of the areas. These panning are incuded: road, residentia area, industria deveopment and farming etc. The communes/districts wi move toward its panning. Beside the significant beneficia impacts, the project may cause different adverse impacts on the environment and oca socio-economy. By using Environmenta Screening Data Checkist and Environmenta baseine Checkist as guided in Framework for Appying Environment Safeguards to Rura Energy Project, The potentia impacts of the Project are described in Tabe

17 m- m -m m m m m m m m m m m m m Tabe 4.1. The assessment of Projects impacts No mpact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts Evauation. of impacts Pre-construction phase 1 Permanent and temporary and Medium Long - 283,286 m 2 of and wi be permanenty occupied. Mitigabe acquisition Short - 248,696 m 2 of and wi be temporariy occupied. - Refer to Tabe 4.2 for more information and supporting -data; - This impact is not significant in consideration with wide range of the Project: 25 communes in 10 districts; more than 59,968 HHs wi be suppied eectricity by the Project; this and is taken from 21,450 HHs permanenty and from 62,899 HHs temporariy. 2 mpact on Project affected Medium Short - 21,450 HHs wi ose their and permanenty; Mitigabe househod - 62,899 HHs wi have and that is temporariy occupied; - Refer to Tabe 4.3. for supporting data; - During designing of the Project, the aignment has been carefuy considered in order to avoid crossing houses and other structures; wrong positioning of poes; minimizing temporary and minimizing and acquisiton. 3 mpacts associated with cearing the Sma Long - A of parts of trees that are higher than 4m need to be Mitigabe ROW cut. The trees are sti remained. - The ines are not going through any forested areas or areas with highy ecoogica vaue. - Acquired ands are mainy un-used and aong the existing road, crossing agricutura fieds with very ow ecoogica vaues. - See Tabe 4.4. for information on number of trees to be cut. These trees have vaue in economics (fruit trees) rather than environmenta. 15

18 No mpact Magnitude- Duration- Description of the impacts -Evauation of impacts 4 Heath risk due to exposives, None None - The area is very intensivey used by oca government No mpact chemica hazard and peope. There is no risk of exposives; - No hazardous chemicas are used in the Project. - Some od transformers wi be removed from the networks. These transformers were in use about 10 years ago and were amost produced by oca manufacturing companies, so no PCBs were used. Therefore there wi not be any potentia of PCBs risk during remova of od transformers from the distribution networks. 5 Loss of historica and cutura None None - The routes are designed to avoid tempes, churches No mpact properties and other cutura, historica properties in the areas, so the Project wi not effect any cutura heritages Construction phase - During construction if there is any vauabe historica or cutura properties are found underground, the Contractor and Project owner wi report to oca Department of Cuture and information for further consideration. 6 Surface water contamination Medium Short - The water can be more turbid due to the soi residue Mitigabe from excavation of the poe's foundation wi enter to the water bodies by water run off. 7 Noise and vibration Sma Short - Noise eves during constructon wi be required to Minor compy with Vietnamese standard TCVN 5949:1998. Negative Use of construction machinery wi be imited due to the sma scae of the project (distribution as opposed to transmission ines), and the very short period of time invoved in construction activities. - Noise and vibraton are caused by: equipment, materia transportation, project's vehices, poe's erecton and cabe's puing, generators (if there is any) 16

19 m - m -No-- mpact -Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts -Evauationof impacts 8 Soi erosion Medium Short - Soi excavation for poe's foundaton; Negative and - Vegetation cover is reduced due to ROW cearance and Mitigabe access roads' construction. - Project's sites are in pain areas or in pain position, so the risk of soi erosion is not high. - n terms of soi erosion, the impact is considered to be minor due to the sma scae of the activities invoved, the imited period over which they wi occur, and the spatiay sma areas to be affected. Furthermore, these impacts coud be reduced to ess than minor with impementation of mitigation measures 9 Air poution Sma Short - Dust generated from soi excavaton, especiay during Minor dry seasons. Negative - Dust caused by movement of vehices transporting materia and equipment for Project construction. 10 Agricutura production due to Medium Medium - Some of productive and wi be required for a short Minor temporary acquisition of productive period for construction. Negative and - Refer to Tabe 4.2 for supporting data 11 Traffic disturbance Sma Short - Transportation of materia and equipment, soi Minor excavation and cabe puing activities wi disturb the Negative norma traffic in the areas during short period of time; - Equipment wi be transported from receiving port to warehouses of the Project owners by specia trucks; - From warehouses to construction the goods are transported by truck 5 to 7.5 tons and unoaded by 5 tones cranes; - Construction materias wi be transported by 10 to 12 tones trucks; unoaded by 5 tones cranes; 17

20 -N- hmpact Magnitude Duration Description of the impacts E6vauation of impacts - Stee constructions are transported by 5 tones trucks; unoaded by man power; - Construction work wi be mainy carried out aong the rura roads with high gathering of poes, construction materias. t wi cause disturbance to traffic in rura areas as we. But this disturbance in quite minor since the construction duration at each site is short, rura transportation is not very intensive and mainy by rudimentary vehices ike bicyces, motorbikes, etc. - Cabe puing crossing the roads can cause disturbance to transportation aso. But scaffods are required in these crossing sections and wi reduce the traffic disturbance. 12 Road degradation Medium Short - Heavy oaded vehices might degrade the existing Mitigabe roads, which usuay are not very good in rura areas. 13 Bioogica environment impacts Sma Short to - Some of trees wi need to be cut. But these trees are Minor Medium common panted species ike agricutura or fruit trees. - Some of insects are sma animas wi ose their habitat but the insects and animas are common species. Area of oose habitats is sma in comparison with entire affected ecosystem. Main ecosystems that are affected by the Project is agricutura, shrub trees aong the roads etc. - The trees that wi be cut by the Project is mainy fruit trees, trees aong the roads, they have economic vaue rather than environmenta vaue. - 4 of Project communes Phan Thanh, Mai Long, Ca Thanh, Thanh Cong are ocated in Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve. Further assessment of Project impact on this NR is described in Section 4.3. Main project activities are carried out outside the NR. Potentia impact wi be very minor. 18

21 -No-- ~~~~mpact ivmaygniguu- -Duration- Decitino the impact's -Evauatinof impacts 14 Soid waste generated from soi Sma Short - The soi and construction materias can remain in the Negative and excavation site; mitigabe - Most part of excavated soi wi be use for refiing the foundaton; - Contractors need to commit to return the working sites to the origina conditions and cean up the construction sites. 15 Environmenta impacts caused by Sma Medium - Soid waste, wastewater disposa and hygiene Mitigabe construction worker condition. - Possibe dissemination of certain diseases from construction workers to oca peope and vice versa. 16 Confict between construction Sma Medium - The conficts might cause by difference in incomes, Minor worker and oca peope cutures, behaviors; Negative - Duration of construction work is very imited (about 4 to 6 months); oca peope wi be hired for simpe work, ony ski staff from other ocatons are hired to do professiona work; it estimated that the group of 15 persons wi be formed for each working team; so a of these figures reveas that the risk of confict is not very high and serious. 17 Heath and Safety Medium Short - Accidents might happen during construction if the safety Mitigabe issues are not we considered. Operation phase 18 Deveopment and poverty aeviation Large Long - ncrease the quaity of ife for oca peopes. Major - Support agricutura production and other services Positive incuding heath and education 19 Habitat fragmentation and increase Sma Long - No new road or access roads are constructed Minor access to wid ands - No ine crossing the forest, wetand or other natura Negative 19

22 No mpact Magnitud- Duration- Descripteio ofthe iw a s Eva/uation of impacts habitats. 20 Heath and safety Sma Long - Eectric shock and accidents occurring if the proper Mitigabe safety issues are not paid proper attention 21 EMF None None - With votage just up to 35 kv, the EMF is not a probem. No mpact 22 mpacts on aircrafts None None - The height of poe is ess than 50 m. There wi not be No mpact any probem with avian and aircrafts 23 Oi hazardous waste contamination Sma Long - The project has the potentia to cause oi contamination Minor from eakage from transformers. The transformers used Negative are sma, with a 20 iter or ess capacity. Operation records for simiar transformers show that the chance of container breakage that coud cause an oi spi is amost zero. Therefore, a risk of oi contamination caused by the project from either of these two sources is extremey ow, if not negigibe. - No PCBs containing oi and other hazardous chemicas wi be used. - Oi refiing shoud be done in workshop 20

23 Tabe 4.2. Summary of Land acquisition by the Project * Number of Permanent and Temporary and District Communes acquisition (m 2 ) acquisition (m 2 ) 1 ThuongXuan 2 38,006 30,311 MV 23,107 11,896 LV 14,899 18,415 2 Thach Thanh 26,093 29,051 MV 16,691 14,378 LV 9,401 14,673 3 Quang Xuong 10 31,395 35,204 o ~~~~MV M~~~V 20,092 17,161 4 QuLV 11,303 18,043 U 4 Quan Hoa 86,928 59,936 MV 59,623 31,341 LV 27,305 28,595 5 Nga Son 8 12,158 7,310 MV. 8,246 3,854 3 LV 3,913 3,456 6 Muong Lat 1 30,810 28,284 3 MV 22,786 15,698 _ LV 8,024 12,586 7 Hoang Hoa 13 32,418 31,197 MV 21,154 16,161 LV 11,264 15,036 8 Cam Thuy 25,479 27,404 MV 17,479 14,407 LV 8,000 12,997 TOTAL , ,696 MV 189, ,894 LV 94, ,803 * 2 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

24 Tabe 4.3. Number of Project affected househods District MEDUM VOLTAGE LOW VOLTAGE 1 Thuong Xuan Permanent affected Temporary affected househods househods * 1 Thuong Xuan 3,766 8,818 MV 1,869 3,851 _ LV 1,897 4,966 2 Thach Thanh 1,074 5,916 MV 386 2,782 LV 688 3,134 3 Quang Xuong 1,249 7,116 MV 488 3,349 LV 761 3,768 4 Quan Hoa 9,049 19,039 MV 4,714 9,937 LV 4,336 9,102 5 Nga Son 1,460 2,687 MV 732 1,374 LV 728 1,304 U 6 Muong Lat 1,758 6,472 MV 1,181 3,798 LV 577 2,675 7 Hoang Hoa 2,081 7,280 MV 832 3,526 LV 1,249 3,755 8 Cam Thuy 1,012 5,580 MV 512 2,913 = LV 500 2,667. TOTAL 21,450 62,899 MV 10,714 31,530 LV 10,736 31,370 22

25 Tabe 4.4. Number of trees to be cut Trees higher Trees ower Tota trees No District than 4 m than 4 m 3 1 Thuong Xuan 12,656 7,649 20,305 MV 9,234 4,671 13,905 LV 3,422 2,978 6,400 2 Thach Thanh 2,100 1,486 3,586 MV 1, ,703 LV ,883 3 Quang Xuong 2,653 3,084 5,737 MV 1,521 1,404 2,925 4 Quan Hoa LV 1,132 1,680 2,812-4 Quan Hoa 60,663 54, ,451 MV 39,843 34,315 74,158 LV 20,820 20,473 41,293 5 Nga Son ,180 MV LV Muong Lat 18,409 14,378 32,787 MV 15,945 9,914 25,895 _ LV 2,464 4,771 7,235 7 Hoang Hoa 1,718 1,967 3,686 3 MV 1, ,035 LV ,651 8 Cam Thuy 5,032 5,188 10,219 MV 2,957 4,464 7,421 TOTAL LV 2, ,798 TOTAL W 103,827 94, ,258 MV 71,955 51, ,468 LV 31,873 32,211 64,790.S23

26 U 4.3. ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT MPACT ON NU PA OAC NATURE RESERVE As it was identified in Section 2.5. there are four Project's communes (Ca Thanh, Phan Thanh, Mai Long and Thanh Cong) are ocated in Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve. n order to assess potentia impact of Project to these protected areas, information about bioogica, ecoogica vaues of these protected areas and Project's activities in these communes are described in more detais NU PA OAC NATURE RESERVE Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve is ocated in Tinh Tuc town and Quang Thanh, Thanh Cong, Phan Thanh, Mai Long, Ca Thanh, Vu Nong and Hung Dao communes, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province (Tordoff et a. 2000). Nui Pia Oac was incuded on Decision 194/CT of the Chairman of the Counci of Ministers, dated 9 August 1986 (MARD 1997), which decreed the estabishment of a 10,000 ha nature reserve for the protection of "subtropica mountain forests" (Cao Van Sung 1995). An investment pan for Nui Pia Oac was prepared by Xuan Mai Forestry Coege in This investment pan was approved by Cao Bang Provincia Peope's Committee in the same year but has not yet been approved by MARD. This investment pan proposed estabishing a 13,312 ha nature reserve, comprising a 5,244 ha strict protection area, a 8,053 ha 3 forest rehabiitation area, and a 15 ha administration and services area (Anon. 1999). Nui Pia Oac is incuded on a ist of Specia-use Forests to be estabished by the year 2010, prepared by the FPD of MARD, as a 10,000 ha nature reserve (FPD 2003); this ist has not yet been approved by the government. To date, however, a management board has yet to be estabished for Nui Pia Oac Nature reserve, and the site is under the management of Nguyen Binh District FPD and Nguyen Binh Forest Enterprise (Cao Bang Provincia FPD in ift. 2003). L,:656.5S: &>.6.N566 The nature reserve is centered on Mount Pia Oac (1,931 m) and characterized by steep topography. n the west of the nature reserve, there are patches of imestone karts (Tordoff et a. 2000). -~~~-S According to the investment pan (Anon. 1999), Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve contains 11,839 ha of natura forest. However, 1998 and-use data provided by Cao Bang Provincia FDD and ground-trusted during a rapid fied survey in 1999 indicate that the nature reserve supports ony 3,174 ha of natura forest, which is mainy distributed above 1,000 m. The forest has been subjected to high eves of disturbance in the past and is secondary in paces. Natura regeneration does, however, appear to be taking pace. Beow 700 m, the vegetation is dominated

27 25 11 by scrub and grassand. n the west of the nature reserve, there are areas of imestone karts 3 without forest, and, at ower eevations in the south, there are Pinus massoniana pantations (Tordoff et a. 2000). 3 Mamma diversity at Nui Pia Oac has been severey reduced by hunting, and it woud appear that the site supports few viabe popuations of species of goba conservation importance. However, the nature reserve supports a number of bird species restricted to broadeaf evergreen forest above 800 m, and may support one of the few remaining areas of suitabe habitat for such species in north-eastern Vietnam (Tordoff et a. 2000). 3 Beow 1,000 m, most of the natura forest in the nature reserve has been ceared for cutivation. Above, 1,000 m, however, the natura forest is distributed on steep hisides at high eevations, which are unsuitabe for cutivation. Consequenty, cearance for agricuture is not a major threat to biodiversity at Nui Pia Oac (Tordoff et a. 2000). Mount Pia Oac and the surrounding area are rich in mineras, particuary zinc. Mining activities * during the French coonia era resuted in cearance of arge areas of forest and high eves of disturbance to remaining areas. Athough these activities have now argey ceased, the forest is 3 under continued pressure from oca peope, who extract bamboo, bamboo shoots, medicina pants and firewood from the nature reserve. Uncontroed expoitation of forest products threatens to impede the process of forest regeneration in the nature reserve. Nguyen Binh District FPD has, however, aocated amost a of the forest and in the nature reserve to individua househods for protection (Tordoff et a. 2000). Another threat to biodiversity at Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve is hunting, as a resut of which popuation sizes of arge and medium-sized mamma species have reportedy decined 3 dramaticay (Tordoff et a. 2000). The proposed boundary defined in the investment pan for Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve (Anon ) incudes 10,073 ha of non-forest and, a town, a zinc mine and severa thousand peope. Consequenty, both Wege et a. (1999) and Tordoff et a. (2000) recommended that the boundary be revised to excude a areas of scrub, grassand, agricutura and and habitation. 0 i - -_, Cao Bang Provincia Peope's Committee are considering deveoping the area around Mount Pia Oac as a site for tourism. The potentia for the deveopment of tourism in the area is high for severa reasons: the area is easiy accessibe from Cao Bang town by surfaced road; there are severa ruined French vias that coud be renovated; there is a coorfu ethnic minority market in the area; and the summit of Mount Pia Oac is easiy accessibe on foot (Tordoff et a. 2000).

28 ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT MPACTS ON NU PA OAC NATURE RESERVE Tabe 4.5. Project activities carried out in Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve No temsactivities Ca Thanh Phan Thanh Mai Long Thanh Cong * 1 Length of MV ines (km) Length of upgraded LV ine (kin) E 3 Number of substabons Number of MV poes Number of LV poes Number of trees <4 m to be cut _ 7 Number of trees >4 m to be CUt (in 2 ) 8 Permanent and acquisition in the communes (m 2 ) TOTAL 2,461 - Not a areas of these four communes are ocated inside the NR. There is no part of distribution ine crossing over forested area, so no forest tree need to be cut. - Project activities wi be carried out part inside and part outside of the NR. See Maps in Appendix 6 for more detais; But a of 14 substations are ocated outside of the NR. MV ines are going from Tinh Tuc township, crossing mountain, hi sides to Project's communes. n these mountains and hi there are terraced rice fieds. Tinh Tuc township is ocated inside the NR but most part of other Project activities such as substations and reated distribution ines are ocated outside of the NR. - LV ines are going aong the rura, inter viage roads or crossing rice fieds etc. - Access roads for Project activities are avaiabe. No need to construct additiona access roads. 3 3 Meeting with responsibe persons n order to assess how the Project wi impact Nui Pia Oac Nature Reserve (NR), meeting with responsibe persons has been carried out. The foowing are persons that are met and interviewed: - Vice Chairman of Nguyen Binh district peope committee; - Chairman of peope committee of four targeted communes: Phan Thanh, Ca Thanh, Mai Long and Thanh Cong; - Head of RE management board for Cao Bang province; - Head of Nguyen Binh district power service. Main comments and opinion of met persons: - Project wi not cause serious impact on the Nature reserve. t wi deveop in the sites where human touch is quite intensive; - The Project wi bring a great benefit for these communes since power quaity in these areas are poor, therefore eectricity price is high. 26

29 - By providing enough eectricity, oca peope can deveop some sma business or services ike rice husking, simpe food processing etc.; - Project activities wi be carried out in outside of the NR. Ony the main distribution ine need to evacuate eectricity from Tinh Tuc township, that is ocated inside the NR. See Maps in Appendix 6 for more detais; - Popuation iving in the NR is about 2,900 househods (18,356 persons). Main of them are Dao, Tay, Nung ethnics. Site observation Location Site descriptions Location 1: Unused and in front of office of This is an center of Phan Thanh commune. Phan Than commune peope committee. Next to this site is substation No 1 of Phan (Picture 1) Thanh commune (See Picture 2). n this area there are many pubic buidings such as schoo, office of commune peope commiktee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~etc. Human activities sin the area are very intensive. Access is very convenient. No forested area in the Project area. Vegetation cover is good with many panted trees. U _ d Location 2: Phan Thanh commune- Substation This substation is ocated in unused and of No 1. the commune. This site is next to road. The (Picture 2) nearest residentia area is about 50 m far V -. ; from the site. No need to set up any additiona access road. The dry vegetation observed is fire wood of oca peope. They _ X 13 make use of unused and for drying the wood. n the back side of the picture is the schoo. The water tank wi be constructed for the schoo. Vegetation observed are ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~panted and common species. Human activities are intensive in this site as Location 3: Phan Thanh commune- Lung Cam This substation is ocated in unused and of substation. (Picture 3). Phan Thanh commune. This site is some kind of faow area and next to road. 27

30 Location 3: Phan Thanh commune- Lung Cam This substation is ocated in substation. (Picture 3). unused and of Phan Thanh 1 pp 1 commune. This site is some kind of faow area and next to road. Garbage are observed in * _ 1 rh the site due to the fact that is w;_ :- -_ not use for any purpose and in ; v_ -the edge of the viage. The reated distrbution ine wi go aong the road, few of trees 3 - need o. to = be cut for ROWs cearance. Some shrub and is observed The substation wi be served for three viages Nam So, Sang X _ Lo and Lung Cam. Fied visit has been made for seected sites of other communes. The Project sites (Substation sites and reated distribution ines) are ocated in unused pubic and, next to roads, schoos, offices. No access road is required the Project. A of substations are ocated outside of the NR. Main of trees that need to be cut are shrub trees and under 4 m in height. These trees are cut for and acquisition when the ines are crossing his. No forested areas is to be crossed by the ines. MV ine are mainy aong the roads entering to communes from other ocations (inter commune roads). LV ines wi be aong inter viage roads. Main source of income generation for oca peope is agricutura production and other sma services. Common species of trees and birds were observed. Duration of Project impementation is from 4 to 5 month, maximum it wi ast for 6 months. Land acquisition for ROWs and for poes' foundation in four cormmunes is 2,461 m 2 which is estimated as % of Nui Pia Oac nature reserve. The OP 4.04, therefore wi not be triggered. * Project activities wi be asted within 4 to 5 months in Cao Bang province. Environmenta impacts caused by Project in genera and in these communes in particuar wi be the same as impacts identified in Tabe 4.1. Mitigations measures proposed in Tabe 6.1. are adequate for controing of environmenta impacts of the Project. 28

31 ' 5. PUBLC CONSULTATON AND DSCLOSURE Pubic consutation has been done during Project preparation from 2003, up to 2005 additiona consutation has been done for some more aspects incuding environmenta impacts on Nui Pia Oak nature reserve. Main activities of the consutation has been done during During project preparation stage (2003 to 2005), the foowing activities were carried out: Activity 1: nformation & Discussion with Loca Authorities on the Line Route Activity 2: mpact Survey and Statistics Activity 3: nform the pubic about the Project. 3 When the survey was competed, Consuting company for the Project has started to inform the oca peope, affected communes about the Project. The form for announcement is pubic notice. n the announcement form. The foowing information are informed to the pubic, U especiay affected communities: - Genera information about Project: Name, Project owner, scae of Project, Project districts and communes; - Potentia environmenta impacts that may cause by the Project; - Mitigation measures that wi be appied in order to minimize environmenta impact; 5 - Time schedue for Project impementation. - Contact address for receiving of pubic comments on environmenta concerns of the Project. Tabe 5.1. Summary information on Pubic consutation in Cao Bang Province No of Main received commnets No Districticommune participants Time of meeting Bao Lac - Loca government and 2 Ch Ba 22 3/12/2003 peope are fuy aware of 3 Son Lo 17 4/12/2003 the potentia 11 Bao Lam environmenta impacts of 4 Yen Tho 25 8/12/2003 the Project. They aso 3 5 V\nh Phong 31 9/12/2003 think that environmenta VTnh Phong 15/12/2003 impacts wi be not 6 Kim Loan 22 16/12/2003 serious, manageabe. 7 Vinh Quf 28 17/12/2003 V Ha Quang 34 18/12/2003 Positive socio-economic 8 LOng Nam 12 19/12/2003 benefits of the Project are 9 Ma Ba 15 20/12/2003 very considerabe. V Hoa An 10 C6ng trctng 18 15/12/ Route aignments are 11 D6'c Xuan 21 16/12/2003 suitabe, appropriate, L 12 HaTri 26 17/12/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

32 No of Main received commnets 3 No District/commune participants Time of meeting 13 H6ng Nam 16 18/12/2003 convenient for 14 Trung VLvong 18 19/12/2003 construction and are we 15 Trcng Long 14 20/12/2003 seected. Environmenta V Nguyen Binh Ca Thanh 16 23/12/2003 mpacts are minimized by 17 Mai Long 18 24/12/2003 this route aignment. 18 Trieu Nguyen 22 25/12/ Loca peope and 19 Thanh Cong 27 28/12/2003 a. 20 Phan Thanh 21 29/12/2003 government are wishing 3 Vi Phuc Hoa to have Project to be 21 Tien Thanh 18 2/12/2003 impemented and Vi Thach An operated as soon as 22 Thuy Hung 15 5/12/2003 possibe. X Trii Linh 23 Quang Vinh 27 9/12/ Tri Phong 26 10/12/2003 X Trung Khanh 25 Cao thang 17 13/12/2003 A of the concerns, comments of oca peope were recorded and considered by consutants and Project's owner during designing of the Project and deveopment of EMP for the Project. Activity 4: Receiving Further Feedback from PAHs Activity 5: Pubic discosure and Cearance on EMP The Project wi receive an investment icense ony after appropriate modification of ocation, J 5 design, capacity and/or technoogy of the project to meet the requirement of environmenta protection and resettement. To address discosure requirements of OP 4.01, PC1 and consuting company wi: a Provide Vietnamese-anguage copies of the EMP report, RAP, and Project Summary to each commune-eve and provincia-eve Peope's Committee in the Project area. * Advertise in major oca newspapers severa times over a two-month period. The advertisement wi state the EMP, RAP, and Project Summary is avaiabe for pubic 3 review for a two month period during norma working hours at the foowing ocations: 1) the provincia-eve Peope's Committees; and 2) The commune eve Peopes' Committees. 30

33 * Engish and Vietnamese-anguage copies of the EMP report wi aso be sent to the Vietnam nformation Deveopment Centre at 63 Ly Thai To in Hanoi, for access by NGOs and pubic. Engish anguage copies of the EMP report wi be sent to Word Bank for pubication on Word Bank nfo Shop. 13

34 6. ENVRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 6.1. MTGATON MEASURES Tabe Mitigation measures appied for the Project No mpact Evauation of impacts Mitigation measures appied Pre-construction phase 1 Permanent and temporary and Mitigabe - Carefu site survey, consut with oca peopes for optimum route seection. acquisition - Avoid ecoogicay high vaue areas (forest, reserve area, wetand etc.). - Proper compensate the impacts. 2 mpact on Project affected househod Mitigabe - Routes shoud be seected to minimize the need to reocate houses - ncrease the span between towers, increase the tower height, use hanging substation etc. to minimize the impacts on PAHs. - Compensate for the impacts. 3 mpacts associated with cearing the Mitigabe - Work with PAHs during cearance of ROWs to minimize impacts to surrounding trees and ROW and impact on Nui Pia Oak other constructions; Nature Reserve - Not aow using any herbicides and defoiant to cear the trees within ROWs. - Not aow burning the wooden residue after tree cutting. - Cosey working with oca communes' peope committee to supervise the tree cutting. 4 Heath risk due to exposives, No mpact - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure chemica hazard 5 Loss of historica and cutura No mpact - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure. properties - During construction and excavation if there is any found vauabe historica or cutura property, the Contractor and Project owner shoud immediatey report to oca Department of Cuture and nformation for further consideration. Construction phase 6 Surface water contamination Mitigabe - Soi excavation is managed to carry out in the shortest period. 32

35 No mpact Evauation of impacts Mitigation measures appied - Construction materia wi be kept in the store with cover to protect from rain. - Seect a right pace for concrete mixing. - Residue from earthwork shoud be removed from the site to proper paces (soi residue can use for garden fiing; concrete residues are removed by contractor to the permitted paces). 7 Noise and vibration Minor Negative - Use the construction machines that have noise eve under permitted imits. - Carefuy consider night work. No night work is permitted to carry out in popuated and sensitive areas ike hospita, residentia, schoo. 8 Soi erosion Minor Negative - Excavate and earth-moving activities in erosion prone areas wi be schedue in the dry seasons, after the harvest time and during the shortest duration of time. - Land surface recovery after the poe erection. 9 Air poution Minor Negative - Minimize the construction time in each site. Spray water reguary on dirt pies and any other areas that coud create dust - Use wind fences in case of strong wind. Minimize use of diese generators. 10 Agricutura production due to Minor Negative - Carry out the construction work after harvest time. temporary acquisition of productive - Compensate for the oss of agricutura productivity and - Return the construction areas to the usefu state after the work. 11 mpact on biodiversity of Nui Pia Oac Minor Negative - Cosey working with oca peope committee to surpervise Project activities in term of Nature Reserve minimize encrachment of workers to forested areas; - Pan project activities as short time as possibe; - Providing information for wokers about awareness on protection of Nui Pia Oac nature reserve 12 Traffic disturbance Minor Negative - Minimize the construction work (excavation, cabe puing) in traffic intensive sites. - Use warning signs in construction sites. 33

36 m m mm- No mpact Evauation of impacts Mitigation measures appied - Cooperate with oca authority for traffic arrangement. Avoid high-traffic areas 13 Damaging the existing road system Mitigabe - Construction Contractor needs to commit to not use heavy vehices that might cause damage to the existing road system in the area. - Not aow vehices with heavy oad of construction materia and equipment to enter the road system. The oad shoud be separated to acceptabe eves that the road can resist for. - Repair the road when there is any damage occurred. 14 Soid waste generated from soi Minor Negative - Construction contractor need to commit to cean the site and disposa soid waste in the excavation permitted paces. - Re-use as much as possibe an excavated soi for refiing foundation. 15 Environmenta impacts caused by Mitigabe - Minimize the impact of soid waste: Soid waste shoud be disposed propery by construction worker coecting system of rura areas or dumping in permitted areas of communes; - Arrange hygenie toiets for workers; - Provide cean water for camping areas of workers. Cotro discharge of waste water from camping sites. Not aow discharge waste water directy to cean water sources such as rivers, stream, which are suppying water for residentia areas. 16 Confict between construction worker Minor Negative - Hire as much as possibe oca citizens for the simpe construction work to avoid the and oca peope infux of migrants. - n cases where the worker camps are near the communes, the Empoyer coud request that the Contractor provide accurate, timey and reguar information about the construction team to the Peope's Committees in affected areas. With open communication and information, the Peope's Committee and Contractor wi be abe to make a joint informed decision about the management of construction team accommodation. - Rectify the impact: The genera conditions of Contract shoud state: after the Project finished, a camps wi be competed removed and the campsites wi be rectified to their origina conditions. 34

37 M-- -M m m - - ' m M - - m m m m m No mpact Evauation of impacts Mitigation measures appied 17 Heath and Safety Mitigabe - Organize the heath care service in each group of workers. Operation phase - nform workers the safety reguations and procedures. - Equip safety faciities for the workers. 18 Deveopment and poverty aeviation Major Positive - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure 19 Habitat fragmentation and increase Minor Negative - Return unnecessary access roads to the previous state. access to wid ands Cooperate with oca Department of Forest to reguar contro the use of access roads by oca peope in the remote or forested areas. - Train eectrica technicians and oca peopes about the way to hande with any bird net meet during ROW cearing. 20 Heath and safety Mitigabe - Disseminate the information on eectricity safety reguations to the users. - Foow the Government Decree 54 on network protection. - Reguar training for oca technicians and peope on safety issues. - Not aow burning the woody residues after ROW cearing. 21 Reduction of air poutants generated Major positive - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure by diese generators 22 EMF No mpact - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure 23 mpacts on avian and aircrafts No mpact - Not necessary to appy any mitigation measure 24 Oi hazardous waste contamination Minor Negative - Oi refiing of transformers shoud be done in the Workshop. - No PCBs wi be used. - Use oi coectors during maintenance services for unexpected oi spis. 35

38 6.2. ENVRONMENTAL MONTORNG Tabe 6.2. Environmenta monitoring pan No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsibe bodies CONSTRUCTON 1 Surface water turbidity and 1) Visua observation to assess whether the excavation and other construction - Monthy - PMU (by the soi erosion activities cause any poution to the surface water, especiay in term of making water during technica supervisors to be more turbid. construction of PMU) 2) The measures appied by Contractor to avoid the poution of surface water in term period - Community's of turbidity. eaders wi submit 3) Measurement shoud be taken when there is some compaint from oca peope report to the PMUs. 2 Noise eve around 1) Assessment (by fied observation) whether (i) the noise eve is unacceptabe in the As above - SMC (to be hired by construction sites and Project's residentia areas (ii) The construction machines annoy oca peope. Project Management adjacent residentia areas 2) The mitigation measures appied by the Contractor to avoid the noise impact Board and wi 3) The measurement shoud be taken when there is some compaint from oca peope monitoring during 3 Dust 1) Assessment (by visua observation) whether (i) the dust caused by construction is As above construction phase. serious; (ii) the measures that Contractors are taken to contro the dust eve One in the midde of 2) The mitigation measures appied by the Contractor to avoid the dust eve construction phase increasing in the area and one after 3) The measurement shoud be taken when there is some compaint from oca peope construction. 4 Tree cutting and access 1) Assessment (by visua observation) whether (i) there is any excessive cear cutting As above roads management and of trees beyond ROW in communa and contro 2) Measures taken by Contractors for ceaning up woody residue after tree cutting. 5 Soid waste and site Assessment by visua observation whether: As above As above ceaning up after the 1) Construction residues are cean up after the construction construction 2) The way that Contractor disposes the soid wastes from construction. 6 Workers' sanitation faciities Assessment by visua observation: As above As above 36

39 No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsibe bodies and safety management (1) Status of soid waste and waste water disposa in camping sites (2) Hygiene and safety issues in camping site (3) n case of home stay, check the agreement with commune's peope committees. 7 Transportation disturbance Assessment by visua observation: As above As above (1) Whether the construction and other project's activities such as poe's erection, cabe puing cause any serious disturbance to the oca 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 detais) 8 Road degradation Assessment by visua observation As above As above (1) The transportation of materias and equipment causes any damage to the oca road system and how is the eve of damage (2) The vehices used for Project is overoaded that potentiay 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 materia. (4) There is any compaints from oca peopes on the issue 9 Status of appication of Assessment of safety issue during construction: As above As above safety measures - Persona safety equipment - Technica and safety reguation to avoid the eectricity shocks, eectrica hazards etc. 10 Construction materia Assessment by visua observation: As above As above management (1) The management of construction materia in the warehouses (2) The management of construction materia in the construction site 11 mpact on wid ife and Notice of Consutant on: As above As above natura resources (1) There is any evidence that the Project's activities cause any disturbance to the wid. 37

40 No Parameters How to monitor Frequency Responsibe bodies ife and natura resource (bird, anima, snakes etc.), to the rare fora in the targeted communities. (2) Any hunting, trapping or tree cutting by construction workers in Project area. OPERATON PHASE 12 Maintaining of ROW Assessment by visua observation As above - Provincia Power (1) The tree cutting: whether the right trees or right parts of tree are cut. Service (2) The proper maintaining of distance from houses to the ROW 13 mpact on wid ife and Notice on: As above - Provincia Power natura resource (1) There is any evidence that the Project cause any disturbance to the wid ife (bird, Service. anima, snakes etc.) and natura resource (water, mangrove forest) 38

41 6.3. CAPACTY BULDNG The foowing training has been conducted to date: 1) May 2002: Training Workshop on preparation of EMP reports for power 3 ( transmission and distribution projects 2) August 2003: Hands-on earning-by doing training for improving environmenta reports. 3) September 2003: Hands-on workshop for environmenta assessment of transmission and distribution projects. 4) May 2004: Training on preparation of EMP according to newy environmenta 3 tempates deveoped by WB experts. 5) November 2004: Launch workshop for RE 2 projects. One important section of the workshop is impementation of EMP for Rura Energy projects. 6) Apri 2005: Training on socia assessment and resettement issue in transmission and distribution projects under the WB oans. * Future training incudes the foowing: 1) Annua training on impementation of EMP for RE and other power transmission and distribution projects. This training wi be organised by EVN annuay. 2) Workshop on sharing experience of EMP preparation and EMP impementation for power transmission and distribution projects. This training is panned to carry out at the end of 2005 and organised by EVN. 3) Training on impementation of EMP for power projects according to WB requirement. The training wi be organised by PC 4) Reguar training of PC1 on safety issue for staff 5) Reguar information dissemination for oca peope on eectricity safety

42 Tabe 6.3. The cost estimation for future trainings 3 No Training Cost (VND) 1 EVN annua training for ncuded in operation cost of EVN headquarter. Project owners a of EVN's subsidiaries wi cover cost (hote, traveing...) for its staff for this Project 2 staff (one from each Project owners) from this Project wi attend. * 2 staff x 2 days x 1,000,000 VND/person = 4,000,000 VND 2 Workshop on sharing ncuded in operation cost of EVN headquarter experience of EMP 1 staff x 2 days x 1,000,000 VND/person = 2,000,000 VND 4 impementation and EMP preparation 3 Training on EMP 2 staff (one from each Project owners) from Cao Bang wi impementation attend. 2 x 2 days x 400,000 VND/person/day/training = 800,000 VND 4 PC1 training on safety ncuded in operation cost of provincia power services. (reguary carried out by 6 staffs from this Project wi attend provincia power 6 persons x 1 day x 100,000 VND/day = 600,000 VND service) TOTAL 7,400,000 VND 6.4. ENVRONMENT REPORTNG REQUREMENT Tabe 6.4. Parties invoving in environment monitoring No Parties Main responsibiity Content and format for report 1 Construction Contractor - Appy proposed mitigation - Refer to Tabe 6.1 and 6.6 measures - Report to PMU the appication of mitigation measures. 2 Technica supervisor of - Monitor (by observation) and - Refer to Tabe 6.1 and 6.7 * PMU assess of the environmenta parameters suggested by this EMP report; - Report to PMU 3 Safeguard Monitoring - Monitor (by observation) and - Refer to Tabe 6.1 and 6.7 ndependent Consutant assess environmenta quaity * (SMC) based on parameters suggested by this EMP report. - Conduct pubic consutation to received comment, assessment of oca peope on environmenta management of the Project. 4 Assigned staff from - Monitor (by observation) and - Refer to Tabe 6. 5 Project's commune assess of the environmenta parameters suggested by this EMP report; - Report to PMU 40

43 F Tabe 6.5. An exampe data coection form for commune's representatives 3 EXAMPLE ENVRONMENTAL TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SMC 3 1. The Safeguard ndependent Monitoring Consutant wi: Visuay ook at the construction sites and make notes reated to the foowing environmenta issues, but not imited to: * Genera cean up after construction works, * Excessive cear cutting of trees beyond ROW in communa or forest and. a Measures taken by the contractor for ceaning up woody residues after tree cutting. Status of access roads (have they been cosed if in a protected area, are they sti being used and to what extent, how are they being controed/managed and by whom), Appication of mitigation measures for or sign of soi erosion aong T/L due to tree cutting and/or around tower foundation * Status of re-vegetation in the ROWs and tower foundation a mpacts on construction works (eve of noise, dust, and damage to roads due to earthworks and transportation of buiding materias) * Status of construction worker camps and sanitation faciities for them * Proper distance between the houses and T/L,. Status of impementation of safety measures (signboards, restricted zone, fences, isoation etc.) 2. Conduct pubic consutation to: 0 Assess the eve of invovement by the oca authorities in deaing with environmenta issues (dust, noise, and damage to roads due to the transport of construction materias, tree cutting on pubic ands and protected areas). * dentify any other environmenta issues and record environmenta compaints from the PAHs. a Report on responses (if any) from appropriate oca authorities on environmenta compaints or noncompiance 4 U 4

44 3 EXAMPLE COMMUNE-LEVEL DATA REPORT FORMAT Project's Commune Hung Dao commune - Nguyen Binh district - Cao Bang Reporting Period Apri 2006 Environmenta mpacts: mpact Mitigation Measure Commune Representative Community Comments Comments Project vehices or activities increased No comment No comment ambient dust eves Project vehices or activities increased Some noise near hospita, but no Hospita staff compained about ambient noise eves noise other sensitive areas (schoos, construction noise to Peopes' pagodas, etc). Committee and Dept. of Heath. Project activities pouted oca rivers or No comment No comments akes Project ceared vegetation and this No comment No comment caused environmenta impacts Project activities created impacts on Visited ocation where farmers Some farmers compained that pies agricutura andor residentia and compained and saw pies of dirt on of dirt are being eft on thei paddy their and fieds. Project activities impacted cutura No comment No comment property Project construction caused traffic No comment No comment impacts Project caused soid waste or iquid Noticed garbage was eft around No comment waste impacts construction camp Project caused Socia and heath impacts No comment Shopkeepers are happy to receive of workers business from construction workers Accidents Two oca workers were injured when No comment some equipment fe on them during excavation actvity. Dust suppression measures No comment No comment Erosion and sediment contros No comment No comment Sitting of materias etc. to avoid No comment No comment exacerbation of food effects, chemica Waste management practices poution etc. No comment No comment Project activities caused any impact on Some birds nets has been destroyed No comment birds, animas and rare fora during cabe puing Project vehices damaged the roads Yes, 1 km pf inter commune's road The vehices were too heavy. Need was heaviy damaged. Need to be to change to smaer vehices with * recovered before rainy season fewer oads. Other No comment No comment Recommendations * Future construction near hospita shoud be imited to 07:00 to 11:00 and 14:00-17:00. During thetime 11:00 to 14:00 is when hospita staff and patients restng, so they need quiet during this bme. * More care shoud be taken to cean up construction camps * Contractor shoud make sure to keep pies of dirt in designated working areas * More safety equipment and training programs shoud be given to construction workers to reduce accidents., especiay for the oca workers because they don't know much about worker safety 3 Signature of Commune Representative: Nguyen Thanh Tung Tite of Commune Representative: Vice-Chairman, Peopes' Committee Date: Apri 30,

45 m mmmm - m Tabe 6.6. Exampe of Site Environmenta Management Monitoring Report (Appied for Contractor's Report) Project name: Name of Contractor: Commencement of Project report or monthy report: Date of report: Project ocation: No mpact Mitigation measures impemented Comment Construction phase 1 Surface water contamination 2 Noise and vibration 3 Soi erosion 4 Air poution 5 Agricutura production due to temporary acquisition of productive and 6 Traffic disturbance 7 Damaging the existing road system 8 Soid waste generated from soi excavation 9 Environmenta impacts caused by construction worker 10 Confict between construction worker and oca peope 11 Heath and Safety Name of person prepared this Report: Tite: Address: Teephone: 43

46 m~~~~~~~~~ -1 Tabe 6.7. An Exampe of Environmenta Performance Monitoring Report (This Exampe can be used for environmenta monitoring report of Technica supervisor consutant, SMC) Project name: Project ocation: Province: District: Commune: Type of Report: Monthy report (Yes/No): Quartery Report to EVN (Yes/No): Quartery Report to the WB (Yes/No): SMC report (Yes/No): Date of report: No ; Parameter Assessment of Consutant community Comments/Recommendations compaints During Construction 1 Surface water turbidity and soi erosion 2 Noise eve around construction sites and adjacent residentia areas 3 Dust 4 Tree cutting and access roads management and contro 5 Soid waste and site ceaning up after the construction 6 Workers' sanitation faciities and safety management 7 Transportation disturbance 8 Road degradaton 9 Status of appication of safety measures 10 Construcbon materia management 11 Management of redundant soi 12 mpact on wid ife and natura resources 13 Evidence of biodiversity oss (if there is any) 14 Evidence of oss of historca and cutura properties 15 Other environment reated issue (if there is any) 44

47 m mm mm - mm m m m No Parameter Assessment of Consutant community Comments/Recommendations compaints During operation 16 Maintaining of ROW 17 mpact on wid ife and natura resource Report prepared by: Position: 45

48 Tabe 6.8. The environmenta reporting requirement No ssues to be reported 1st reporting eve 2nd reporting eve 3rd reporting eve (a copy shoud be sent to DoNRE) Construction phase 1 mpementation of By: the Contractors By: PMUs By: Project owners (EVN, Province mitigation measures and Frequency: Monthy Frequency: Haf-yeary Peope Committee) site environmenta To: PMUs To: Project owners Frequency: Haf-yeary management To: The WB 2 Environmenta monitoring By: By: The reated PMUs By: EVN and Province Peope * Technica supervisors of the PMUs Frequency: Haf-yeary Committee Frequency: Monthy To: Project Owners Frequency: Haf-yeary To: PMUs To: The WB By: * Commune's Peope Committee Frequency: Monthy To: PMUs By: * SMC Frequency: two times during Project impementation. One time during construction phase and one time after construction is competed. To: WB and PMUs of the Project's owners Operation phase Environmenta monitoring By: By: PCs (PC1) and Power joint By: EVN and Province Peope incuding safety issues * Technician of Provincia Power Service stock company Committee Frequency: Haf-yeary Frequency: Yeary Frequency: Yeary To: Regiona PCs (PC1); Power joint stock To: EVN, Province Peope To: The WB company Committee 46

49 6.5. COST ESTMATON FOR MPLEMENTATON OF EMP Tabe 6.9: Estimated costs for impementation of the EMP (VND) No tem Construction Operation (20 years of ife cyce) 1 Mitigabon measures The costs are covered in Contract with The cost is covered in Construcfion Contractors producton cost of the provincia power service 2 Monitoring costs 3 man-month x 10,000,000 = 0.5 man-month/year x 30,000,000 10,000,000 x 20 years = 100,000, Capacity buiding 7,400,000 - TOTAL 37,400, ,000,000 This cost is covered in production cost of the provincia power service GRAND TOTAL FOR * WHOLE PROJECT 137,400,000 VND 4

50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6.6. ARRANGEMENT FOR EMP MPLEMENTATON Tabe Arrangement for EMP impementation ROLE RESPONSBLTES ORGANZATON 5 Project Owner - Utimatey responsibe for overa project Power Company 1 (PC 1) Medium votage management, incuding environmenta management. Project Owner - Low Utimatey responsibe for overa project Peope committee of Cao Bang votage management, incuding environmenta province through Power Joint management. stock Company 3 Overa Project. Responsibe for coordination and - Rura Energy Projecfs Management Agency management of overa project Management Board (PC1); impementabon, incuding guiding and - Agency assigned by Peope supervising impementation of the EMP. committee. Environmenta Officer. Specific responsibiity and point of contact for Environment management environmenta issues. division of Rura Energy Project's Management Board (PC1) and Power Joint stock Company (assigned agency of Peope Committee) Project mpementation. Responsibe for day-to-day project Done by Power Network Project Agency impementation. Activibes incude: Management Board (PC) and i. Panning and impementation of Power Joint stock Company environmenta management activities during construction * ii. Coordinabing with other parties in reabon to environmenta management activites. iii. Carrying out interna monitoring and supervising independent monitoring iv. Supervising and providing budget for monitoring activibes. v. Reporting on environmenta * information to concerned parbtes Project Operator. Responsibe for operation of the project Provincia Power Service (PC1) incuding operation stage environmenta management and monitoring activities. and Power Joint stock Company Consutant. Responsibe for preparabon of EMP Science, Technoogy Service documentation. Enterprise - PECC Contractor Supervision. Responsibe for supervision of civi works Rura Energy Project's contractors during construction, incuding Management Board (PC1) and impementabon of environmenta Power Joint stock Company ' 48.

51 ROLE RESPONSBLTES ORGANZATON management activites under the EMP Civi Works Contractor. Responsibe for constructon works and Contractor foowing contractor specificatons outined in the EMP. This incudes: i. Appying construction-phase mitigaton measures. ii. Ensuring safety of constructon workers and oca peope during construction. iii. Foowing Vietnam and Word Bank poicies on environmenta protection during construction. Safeguard ndependent. Responsibe for independent monitoring of SMC 3 Monitor (SMC) EMP impementation Community invovement. nvove in project's environmenta monitoring Commune's representatives in EMP and management Provincia environmenta. Supervision on EMP impementaton Environmenta Management supervision according to Environmenta Permit Division of DONRE ii4

52 REFERENCES 1 Draft of Resettement Action Pan of the Project Environmenta Status Report of Cao Bang province in DoNRE * 3 Word Bank Environmenta Assessment Source Book 3 4 Statistica Yearbook Statistica Pubisher 3 5 Sourcebook of Protected Areas in Viet Nam - Bird Life nternationa 6 Project's feasibiity study - PC1 7 Framework for Appying Environment Safeguards to Rura Energy 11 Project- WB

53 APPENDX 1 LST OF EA PREPARERS 1 Le Dong Phuong Environment dependent Consutant 1 2 Nguyen Van Dong Deputy director of Technica Scientific Enterprise 3 3 Nguyen Anh Tuan Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 4 Nguyen Huu Ba Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 1 5 Mai Xuan Thanh Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 3 6 Nguyen Nam Trung Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 7 Le Duc Thien Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 1 8 Nguyen Thi Khieu Staff of Technica Scientific Enterprise 9 Other coaborators from VESDEC (Vietnam Environmenta and Sustainabe ; Deveopment Center) 51

54 APPENDX 2 PROJECT'S ENVRONMENTAL PERMT 3 52

55 5i / UBND TNH CAO BANG CONG HOA XA HO CHO NGHA VET NAM SO TA NGUYEN VA MO TRL6NG Mc ap - Tr do - Hanh phuc So: 08/XN-MTg Cao Bang, ngay 05 thcdng 5 ndm 2005 PHEU xae NHAN BAN DANG KV DAT TEU CHUAN MO TR,fONG Cu'a du an: Nang 1uang n6ng th6n tinh Cao BAng - Phan trung ap GAM DOC Sd TA NGUYEN VA MO TRfONG *TNH CAO BANG 3i ;,XAC NHA^N Dieu 1. Di an Ndiag dcang nong th6n tinh Cao Bang - Phan trung ap cua Ban quan y dir ain h6i dien - Cong ty dien iuc - da tremh noi dung Ban dang ky dat tieu chuan moi trlxbsng ngay 07 thang 4 nam Dieu 2. Chiu Dir an co trach nhiem thirc hien dung nhufng noi dung.d neu trong 3 Ban dang ky dat tieu chuan moi trubsng. Die'u 3. Ban dang ky dat tieu chuan moi truxrng ciua Dir an a cr s& de cac co quan quan y Nha nu6c ve bao ve moi truong kiem tra viec thuc hien bao ve moi truang cfua Diu an. Dieu 4. Sau khi ho'an thanh cac hang muc cong trinh v6 moi trtrng, Chiu Dir an phai co bao cao bang van ban gii cc quan quan y nha nu6c ve bao ve moi trlkng (S& Tai nguyen va Moi truirng) de kiem tra. GAM u6c SO TA NGUYRN VA MO TRJdNG Noi nhdn: - BQL DA rdi dien -Cty DL 3 - Bo TN&MT * ~- UBND tinh - Luu VT, MTa ^-:)- - i Doain H6ng Nam

56 . 5UBND TNH CAO BANG CONG HOA XA 1101 CHU NGHA VET NAM s TAi NGUYEN VA MQ_ TR_NG_ T-r do - Hai_ phuc SO': 07/X -1- : 1, '-a ei-my Bang,?) 5 tizlt; 5g S.m 2005 Cia drrdri: N,"tia ircqg n6ongt6nnt'n1a Cio J?'ain?-.Phia'xihaa'p GAM DOC SO TA NGUYEN VA. 1Mdi1 ThRUONG 3 TNH CAO BANG < XAC NHAN a i)ie' it. Dur.n N6nr?g M iwcn/g nclg ih6n i/h Co SciBg-i-g - h.cin ha aip ccia Bain qun,5 djr an dci. tu va x;y dung - S6 Cong nghidp 1TCN Cao Bangg - J triih nci dunoe b"an ba'o c.io danth oi;s tc cme g mo)i tru6ig thay cho Bin. c!;th&g ky dat titu chui- mo'ci traing ngav 18 thaing 8 nami Die'u 2. Chu Dir dan co tdch bnhieni thkrc hitn d(ung nhiyng noi cung d c n&u troig Ban dcino kn dat tilu chuii T1i trongi a A.co s& de cac zo Die'u 3. ian dcn ky Y dat ti6u ciuaii rnoi trubnc cua DL quan quaun 1}.Nha' nmrc ve bao vt m6i trit'ng kidm tra vk c thtuc hi6n bko \'i Oi tl6rig CLa.DUt a. Die'u 4. Sau khi ho,>n th.imh czic hang miuc COng tr1h ;e m6, tru&ng, Chiu D)u an phai c6 bio ca'o ba'ngo v'an bin g&i co quian quian 1 n>i nucic ve' bao v' 11mti trfong (Sti rlii nguyen via M\41i trlromg) d( ki;im tia. 3 Noi nihdn: B- QL DA - Bo TN&T- - UBND tinh (ALM DtOC S) s Nc;UY'N sa V MOT TRLJN CG ;T&xD - LLru VT, MTg. - 3 Dohn t-^)g Nami

57 APPENDX 3 ~ ~~~... E LETTER OF CAO BANG PROVNCE PEOPLE COMMTTEE AGREES FOR MPLEMENTATON OF PROJECT N SELECTED COMMUNE OF NU PA OAK NATURE RESERVE 5 *s

58 ! WJA r;t/r (1 6,* ;-r n,rya V Z. N UY BAN NHAN DAN TNH CAO BANG CONG HOA XA HO CHU NGHA VET NAM Dc 1Ap-Ttr do-hanh Phic U So': J4L26 /UBND-CN Cao Bang, ng-ay 1 th,ng 9 ndm 2005 V/v: Thuc hien dir,n nang hrcsng nong then Vi6tNam 2(RE2) ta tinh Cao Bang. Kmnh gu: - Ngan hang the' gi6i; -B COng nghiep; - Ban ;quan JK du an ui6i dien-cong ty Dien uc ; - Ban,uan v dr an RE2-Tinh Cao Bang, Thuyc hien ke' hoach c'ua Tong Cong ty DiCn uc Viet Nam va UJBND tinh k.gao Bang ve viec trien khai dir an nang urong nong thon Viet Nam 2 (RE2) tai tinh Cao Bang, trong so' cac xa tham gia dtr an c6 04 xi A Ca Thanh, P'han T'hanh, Mai Long va xa ThAnh Cong thuoc huyen Nguyen Bnh nam trong khu bao ton thien nhbien nui Phia Gac. Uy ban nhan dan tinh Cao Bang xac nhan viec thlrc hien dur an RE2 tai 04 xa neu tren anh hilxng khong dang ke de'n khu bao ton thien nhien nui Phia Qac. Kfnh de nghi Ngan hang The' gia6i, Bo Cong nghiep xet duyet cho 04 xa noi tren dircac thuxc hien dur an RE2 binr thlrhng nhu cac xa khac tren cia ban t n- Cao Bang. U,v ban nhan dlin tinh Cao Banc ra"t mnong nhan (tlrc su quan tlam giup d OY c'ua Ngan hang The' gidi, Bo Cong nghiep va cac nganh ien quan./;a Noi nhan: KT. CHUi TCH - Nhutr trn; PHO CHU TCH - Sa Cong nghiep; - Luru: VT. CN; ' 3,~~~~~~~~~ 6n~~~~~g V n PAo

59 APPENDX 4 1 ~~~~... EXAMPLE OF RECORD OF PUBLC CONSULTATON 54 1

60 CONG HOA XA HO CHU NGHA VET NAM Docap - Tu do- Hanh phuc BEN BAN THAM VAN CONG DONG BAO CAO DANH GA TAC DONG MO TRONG.614..Z 4..., ng.no.. /!. thing /1. nam 2003 Thanh phan tham du: 1. Da dien UBND: &...L..4.~c.. e Nhiiogngnuti bi anh hdng b6i dudan: Nam: / 3. Dai dien Ban QLDA, X nghiep DVKHKT: A AL.. CdCac van de tham va-n: 1. Tham vain ve chon tuyen, dia diem tram: a Cac anh huang cua dur an d6oi vdi khu vu.rc va cac ke hoach quan 1 mbi truyng:....k Go. 3i 3. Y kie`n cua dia phuong ve da gid tac dong moi trl.rng va quan 1 giam sat: 3 i - Vi tri tram :... - Cac bn phap giam thie-u:... ' - Cac van de ton tai:.... Xac nhan ciua dai dien chu dau tt XAc nhan cua dai di?n hoi nong dan Xac nhan cua dai dien h6i phu nir Xac nhan cua dai di?n h6i bo ao 3 Xac nn :t hn dia phutong ~~~~~~~4, acmqy

61 SsS~~~~- )U 1~ z~~~z ~9\\ N 11JV o r, ~~ C mta ~~~~~~~ r 9 3 Cf> y1 Ur ) cla -ua dwiqft?qtn\, iqj m >ac UaAV A OH <\ ~ U0i ~ ~ ~~?, WP3f ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ri. XL 'v4 ' N 9 ' 5) 3 0 QnF m jhsipj e 9 p 44 Tn LZ W>p+ / ffv(, se PLS U daiqgu a'12n ip, ua Uia A H L )'LAV fe!uv uenh V'VN ONVHi. AVON dohoqfno NV N31 VON HNG ONQOG NQO NYA NVH doh 1 WAVHi np VG HOVS HNVCJ 3

62 CONG HOA XA HO CHU NGHA VET NAM Doc ap - Ti do - Hanh phuic BEN BAN THAM VAN CONG DONG BAO CAO DANH GA TAC DONG MO TRUONG.(us72X...., ngayo yothang....- Jm 2003 Thanh phan tham dir: - 1. DOi dien UBND: Q C.4... m. A9 2. NhCng ngu&i bi'anh 2 t&ng boi dua"n:... /.d... Nam:.JL) Nu: Dai dien Ban QLDA, Xi nghiep DVKHKT:. Cac van de tham van:- _ ~~~~~~~1. Tham va'n ve' chon tuye'n, dia die'm tr,am:.....,.c.. C $, ;&;-k.u' CEdU ~ ~ T,... ' 2. Cac a'nh hl&ncg c "ua du an do'i v6i khu vuc va cac ke' hoach quan 1 ' ~~~~~~~~~m 51m trlubn o c:... o E~~~~~~~~ g t 3.~~~~ Y kie-'n c "ua cia phlucncg ve' cah id tac cbong moi truayng va qu.in y giam sat: ( ~~~V i trf tram: /U. g A ;... - Caic bien phap giam thieu:... ~~~~~~~~~~~ e..ec '~~.. 4 -tb Cc v-an de to'n ta... Xac nhan c ua dai dien chiu dau thr Xac nhan cfua dai dien hoi nong dan Xac nhan ciua dai dien hoi phu nuir Xac nhan ciua dai dien h6i bo ao X ' chn q ~~~~ L ^J

63 DANH SACH DA BOU THAM DU' HOP THAM VAN CONG DONG DiNH KEM BEN BAN CUOC HOP NGAY.THANG... NAm... *~~~~~~~x X: L N&m Huyen: 4-m STT Ho va ten Dia chi Nghe nghiep K' ten N 0-t- 4 LiU9\9 0- Z - 9. Nr A {a f\tx e ; 47 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 Un. _ * \ U. U U

64 3 ]': CONG HOA XA HO CHU NGHA VET NAM Doc ip - Tu do - Hanh phuc BEN BAN THAM VAN CONG DONG BAO CAO DANH GA TAC DONG MO TRUONG (L.&>.aV..., ngy. thing. 1 2 imm Thanh phan tham du: 1. Dai dien UBND: X. 6e&k.5 3 t 2. Nhiing ngudi bi anh Whroadng bai dir an:...j Nam: fv... Nir: Dai dien Ban QLDA, Xi nghiep DVKHKT:..... Cac van de tham van: 7 1. Tham van ve chon tuye'n, dia diem tram:... m. A :X Cac anh hu&ng ciua dur an doi vdi khu virc va cac k-e hoach quan 1y moi tru&n: Y kie'n cua dia phucong ve danh gi taic ddng moi tru6ng va quan 1y - Cac bien phap giam thieu:... - Cac va'n de ton tai:.. Xac nhan ciua dai di?n chiu dau tir Xac nhan cua dai dien hoi nong dan Xac nhan ciua dai dien hoi phu nir Xac nhan c'ua dai dien h6i bo ao * Xac nhin ciua chinh quyen dia phuong ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ PHp

65 1 1 ~~APPEN DX 5 ~~~MAP OF PROJECT N CAO BANG PROVNCE 5

66 ~APPEN DX 6 MAP OF PROJECT N FOUR COMMUNES OF NU PA OAC NATURE RESERVE 56

67 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L s; S O ~~~~~~~~~~~~TBdA xaiy dlnmdi New substation S ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~ E D bng day MV hien c6/existing MV ines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E)t >dung iien huyrn/road ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tong in xacunr an