VIETNAM ELECTRICITY TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER COMPANY LIMITED TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (Draft) INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION OF RESETTLEMENTS TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER PROJECT Prepared by: Thang Long Infrastructure Development JSC. (Infra-Thanglong) Ha Noi, July 2013 CONTENT 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Background 5 1.2 EMP Purposes and Scope 6 2. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7 2.1 Resettlement sites 7 2.2 Architectural Solutions 21 2.3 Progress of subproject 23 3. LEGISLATION BASIS 25 3.1 Vietnamese Legislation 25 3.2 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank 26 4. THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 27 5. THE MITIGATION MEASURES 39 6. THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS 47 7. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING PLAN 48 7.1 The monitoring plan in compliance with the mitigation measures 48 7.2 The environmental quality monitoring 51 8. EMP IMPLEMENTATION 53 9. REPORTING SYSTEM 55 10. CAPACITY BUILDING 56 11. ESTIMATED COST FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION 56 12. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 58 13. REFERENCES 59 14. ANNEX 59 14.1 Annex 1 – Location of disposal sites 60 14.2 Annex 2 - Minutes of community consultation 63 14.3 Annex 3 – TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) 64 14.4 Annex 4 – Environmental Responsibilities of Contractor 66 2 LIST of TABLE Table 1: Summary of impacts ................................................................................................................................ 27 Table 2: Environmental mitigation measure .......................................................................................................... 39 Table 3 : Chance finding procedure and emergency action plan ........................................................................... 47 Table 4: The mornitoring plan ............................................................................................................................... 48 Table 5 : The environmental sampling program.................................................................................................... 52 Table 6: The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders in the EMP implementation progress ........................ 54 Table 7: Requirement of mornitoring report ......................................................................................................... 55 Table 8: Propsed training program on EMP .......................................................................................................... 56 Table 9: Estimated cost for EMP implementation ................................................................................................. 56 LIST of FIGURE Figure 1 – Map of Resettlement Communes ........................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2 – Resettlement site No. 1 ........................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 3– Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 1 ............................................................................. 12 Figure 4 – Resettlement site No. 2&3 ................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 5 – Some existing photos of the resettlement sites No. 2 &3 ..................................................................... 16 Figure 6 – Plan of Resettlement Site No. 4 ........................................................................................................... 18 Figure 7 –Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 4 ............................................................................. 20 Figure 8 – Report and monitoring outline for EMP implementation ..................................................................... 53 3 ABBREVIATIONS DONRE Department of Natural Resource and Environment EPC Environmental Protection Commitment EMP Environment Management Plan EVN Vietnam Electricity FS Feasibility Study RCC Roller Compacted Concrete TORs Terms of References UXO Unexploded ordnance WB the World Bank PMU Project Management Unit 4 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Trung Son Hydropower project shall be built on Ma river, in territory of Trung Son commune, Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province with an installed capacity of 260MW and a mean annual electricity of 1018.6GWh, which is a multi-purpose project providing power generation and flood control benefits. Proposed dam is about 40km from Lao PDR downstream, reservoir tail is about 10Km from the border. A roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam is 84.5 m in height with 513 m crest length. Full supply level is 160m. Total capacity of the reservoir is 348.50 million m3. Flood Control storage is 112 million m3. The reservoir covering an area of 13.175Km2 will inundate a mixture of forest and agricultural land. Total estimated cost is US$ 386 million, of which there is an estimation of US$2.9 million for environment managing tasks (except for the tackled requirements which the bidders must follow) and US$35.1 million for compensation, resettlement and livelihood restoration for affected people. EVN has officially applied for a WB loan of USD330 million from IBRD. At present estimation, there is a total of about 10,591 people belonging to 2,327 households to be affected by the project as a whole. About 533 households shall be displaced. Of those, it is estimated that about 1,945 people of 486 households shall be affected by construction of access road, 7,012 people of 1,516 households shall be affected by construction of main dam and dam associated structures, reservoir, and reservoir upstream and downstream impacts. Households to be displaced due to the project impacts shall relocate to 4 planned resettlement sites. Resettlement site No.1 – to be built in Trung Son commune, Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement site No.2 - to be built in Muong Ly and Tam Chung communes, Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement Site No.3 – to be built in Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement Site No.4 – to be built in Tan Xuan commune, Moc Chau district, Son La province. The Basic Design of such resettlement sites have been developed and approved by the Client. It is expected that after the completion of the detailed design, the construction period of resettlement sites is 12 months. An environmental screening was undertaken in line with the World Bank safeguards policy requirements and it showed that the World Bank’s policies on Environmental Assessment – 5 Procedure/ Regulations (OP/BP 4.01), Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04), Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) and Policy on Access to Information are triggered for the subproject. The implementation of the subproject would cause both negative and positive impacts to the subproject area. The negative impacts will occur during pre-construction, construction, and operation. However, these impacts are not significant, temporary, localized, and can be mitigated with available mitigation measures. The positive impacts will occur mostly during operation. Positive impacts will likely be significant and positive due to their long term nature at both the local and regional level. Therefore, the subproject is assessed as B environmental category. The Government’s regulation on environmental assessment requires submission of an Environmental Protection Commitment (EPC) for the subproject. Three EPC reports were prepared and submitted to the District People’s Committees of Quan Hoa, Muong Lat and Moc Chau in April 2013. The EPC report for Resettlement Site No.1 was approved by the People’s Committees of Quan Hoa District under Decision No.233/UBND-TNMT dated 27/05/2013. The EPC report for Resettlement Site No.2 & 3 was approved by the People’s Committees of Muong Lat District under Decision No.305/UBND-TNMT dated 22/05/2013. Regarding to resettlement site No.4 located in buffer zone of Xuan Nha natural reserved area, environmental and ecological impacts generated from the land-use’s purpose changing and resettlement construction will be detailedly analyzed in an independent EIA prepared by another consultant. This report will be submitted to and approved by Appraisal Council of MONRE (as stipulated in Environmental Protection Law of GoV). Consulting firm for this assignment is being selected and the draft of report is intended to be completed by December, 2013. In addition to fulfilling the government requirements, an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) that complies with the World Bank OP 4.01 needs to be prepared for this subproject. 1.2 EMP Purposes and Scope Main purposes of EMP: (i) Present the mitigation measures to minimize the potential impacts generated during the phases of a project. (ii) Develop the environmental monitoring programs in order to control and evaluate the efficiency of the mitigation measures; (iii) Estimated cost to implement EMP. 6 EMP will also be in compliance with the Environmental Management Framework of the Trung Son Project, which is included in Annex K of the EMP of Trung Son hydropower project. Scope of EMP: This EMP is used to address impacts and mitigation measures to be implemented during the pre-construction, construction, and operation phases of the resettlement sites, including work items as follows: (i) Ground leveling; (ii) House construction; (iii) Construction of public works: Community house, Kindergartens, Primary school and houses for teachers; health care centre; (iv) Construction of internal roads, suspension bridge, ferry; (v) Construction of water supply system; (vi) Construction of electricity system; (vii) Construction of irrigation system; (viii) Land reclamation. 2. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Resettlement sites Resettlement and Cultivation Areas No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 located in Trung Son commune of Quan Hoa district and Trung Ly, Tam Chung and Muong Ly communes of Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province and in Tan Xuan commune of Moc Chau district, Son La province (see Figure 1 below). 7 Figure 1 – Map of Resettlement Communes MA RIVER DAMS 8 Resettlement site No. 1: * Geographical coordinate - Latitude: from20° 34' 52" to 20° 39' 01" North - Longitude: from 104° 49' 24" to 104° 52' 10" East * Geographical location The resettlement site No.1 is bounded by Son La province to the North and West, by sub-area No.14 and No.03 of Trung Son commune to the South and East. The Resettlement site No. 1 is constructed for settlement of 235 relocated households (including 27 spared land blocks for further demand up to 2014). As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for only 208 households in 5 resettlement points as follows: - Co Pung village: 48 households; - Pa Pua village: 29 households; - Pom Chon village: 55 households; - Keo Dam village: 44 households; - To Xuoc village: 32 households; Co Pung resettlement point: With an area of 5.98ha, this point is about 1km from the existing Ta Ban village to the Northwest. Investment construction items in Co Pung resettlement point include 48 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers and associated infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity. Pa Pua resettlement point: With an area of 3.04ha, this point is about 0.5km from the existing Ta Ban village to the Northwest. Investment construction items in Pa Pua resettlement point includes 29 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, and other associated infrastructures system. Requirement for social service is provided by new one constructed in Co Pung resettlement point. Keo Dam resettlement point: With an area of 4.73ha, this point is about 01km from the existing Ta Ban village to the Southwest. Investment construction items in Keo Dam resettlement point include 44 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 03 single rooms for teachers, and associated infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity. 9 Pom Chon resettlement point: With an area of 7.19ha, this point is located on the hill top, surrounded by Quanh stream and Ma river, about 1km from Pom Chon resettlement point to the South. Investment construction items in Pom Chon resettlement point includes 55 houses, 01 community house of 60m2 and associated infrastructure system. Social services is provided by new one system constructed in Keo Dam resettlement point. To Xuoc resettlement site: With an area of 3.28ha, this point is about 1km from existing Xuoc village to the Southwest. To Xuoc resettlement point includes 32 houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 01 classroom, 01 primary school with 02 classrooms, and infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity. All the resettlement points are connected to the West Road of Thanh Hoa Province- a provincial road of western districts, which is under construction and completed by 2014 (see the details in Figure 2). 10 Figure 2 – Location of Resettlement site No. 1 West Thanh Hoa Road Resettlement points pppoint Quanh Stream Ma River 11 Figure 3– Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 1 The existing condition of land use in the Bamboo, cassava in the resettlement sites resettlement sites The existing section of West Road not The existing road with high slope constructed Ta Ban Stream Quanh Stream 12 Resettlement site No. 2: * Geographical coordinate - Latitude: 20° 32' 14" to 20° 34' 32" North - Longitude: 104° 45' 39" to 104° 47' 13" East * Geographical location The resettlement site No.2 is bounded by Son La province to the North, by Ma river to the South and on the East and the West by Muong Ly commune The Resettlement site No. 2 is planned for 112 households (including 12 standby land blocks for development by 2014. As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for 100 households in 03 resettlement points as follows: - Nang village: 54 households; - Tai Chanh village: 35 households; - Lat village: 11 households; Nang village resettlement point: With an area of 6.23ha, this point is about 1.5km from the existing Nang village to the higher position. Nang village resettlement point includes 54 houses, 01 comunity house of 100m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 8 classrooms, 04 rooms for teachers, 01 health care centre, water supply and electricity system. Tai Chanh village resettlement point: With an area of 3.69ha, this point is about 200m from the former Tai Chanh village. Tai Chanh village resettlement point includes 35 houses, 01 comunity house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 rooms for teachers, water supply and electricity system. Lat village resettlement point: With an area of 1.43ha, this point is about 200m from the former Lat village. Lat village resettlement point includes 11 houses, 01 new health care centre, water supply and electricity system. 13 Resettlement site No. 3: * Geographical coordinate - Latitude: 20° 31' 07" to 20° 32' 27" North - Longitude: 104° 45' 54" to 104° 47' 13" East * Geographical location The resettlement site No.3 is bounded by Sub-are No. 58 and 55 of Trung Ly commune to the South and the East and on the West by sub-area No. 66 of Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat distrist. The Resettlement site No. 3 is planned for 41 households (including 6 standby land blocks for development by 2014. As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for 35 households in 02 resettlement points as follows: - Lin village: 19 households; - To Chieng village: 16 households; Lin village resettlement point: With an area of 2.9ha, this point is about 1.5km from the existing Lin village. Lin village resettlement point includes 21 houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 rooms for teachers and water supply and electricity system,. To Chieng village resettlement site: With an area of 1.44ha, this point is about 1km from the existing To Chieng village. To Chieng resettlement point includes 19 houses, and other social infrastructures to be shared with Lin resettlement point. 14 Figure 4 – Resettlement site No. 2&3 Resettlement sites West Thanh Hoa Road Ma river 15 Figure 5 – Some existing photos of the resettlement sites No. 2 &3 The existing condition of land use in the Bamboo, cassava in the resettlement sites resettlement sites Some locations with low density of Existing school in Ban Nang Village vegetation cover ( resettlement site No.2) Medical Station- Ban Nang village Existing market of Ban Nang village 16 Resettlement site No.4: * Geographical coordinate: - Latitude: 20° 39' 0" North - Longitude: 104° 39' 14" East * Geographical location The resettlement site No.4 is bounded to the North by Xuan Nha commune, Moc Chau distrist, Son La province and by Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat distrist, Thanh Hoa province to the South, by Trung Son commune to the East and to the West by Chieng Xuan commune, Moc Chau distrist, Son La province. The Resettlement site No. 4 is constructed for settlement of 186 relocated households (including 16 spared land blocks for futher demand up to 2014), As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for 170 households at 03 resettlement points as follows: - Tham Ton: 50 households; - Pom Hien - Suoi Non 1: 68 households; - Pom Hien - Suoi Non 2: 68 households; Tham Ton resettlement point: With an area of 9ha, this resettlement point is located on the right side of Tan Xuan road connecting Xuan Nha commune to Tan Xuan commune. Invesment construction items in Tham Ton resettlement point include 50 family houses, 01 community house of 100m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers and associated water supply and electricity and internal road system. Pom Hien - Suoi Non #1 resettlement point: With an area of 18.9ha, this point is located in Dong Ta Lao village. Investment construction items in Pom Hien - Suoi Non #1 resettlement point include 68 family houses, 01 community house of 60m 2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers, and assoicated water supply and electricity and internal road system. Pom Hien - Suoi Non #2 resettlement point: With an area of 13.5ha, this point is located in Tay Ta Lao village. Investment construction items in Pom Hien - Suoi Non #2 resettlement point include 68 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 lassrooms, 04 single rooms for teachers and associated water supply and electricity and internal road system. 17 Figure 6 – Plan of Resettlement Site No. Resettlement poits The planned reservoir bottom 18 4 19 Figure 7 –Some photos on existing condition of the resettlement site No. 4 Existing condition of Tham Ton resettlement The existing Tan Xuan road site Existing vegetation coverage in defined The existing land use in Pom Hien- Non #1 position of Pom Hiến – Non #2 Stream Stream resettlement sites The existing roads Ta Lao Stream 20 2.2 Architectural Solutions Residential land: the land blocks are arranged along the internal road. Each land block contains an area of 700m2, including 250 – 300 m2 of ground leveled for house construction and remains for garden land. Totally, there are 342 land blocks for relocated households allocated to resettlement sites No. 01, 02 and 03) and 202 land blocks allocated to resettlement site No. 04. Additionally, 61 spared land blocks are also prepared for future demands up to 2014. Living houses: Stilt house and one-floor house modes are designed availably to selection of relocated people. House is separated into two parts: (i) The main space with living room and bedroom; (ii) The auxiliary space is arranged to one side of house with one separated entrance. The total area of house alternatively is 25m² or 45m² or 65 m² deepened on number of member of relocated household. Community house: The selected design is a large stilt house with an auxiliary room under the main floor. Kindergartens: One shared space is arranged to two ages of child. Classroom contains (i) A room for kid activities, one dining room and one bedroom; (ii) The auxiliary space with corridors and one multi-purpose spare room and toilet and kitchen. 21 Primary classrooms: An one-floor classroom is designed with three separated rooms and associated windows and doors (see picture). Single room for teachers: One-foor mode is designed close to schools. Each house contains separated spaces included living room, bed room, kitchen and toilet. Health care centre: Functional areas is designed including (i) Emergency room; (ii) surgery room; (iii) Patient room; (iv) Warehouse; (v) Management room. Internal road, suspension bridge and ferry: The internal road system connected the resettlement points to the external road is designed as the Grade-B Standards for rural road with the total length of 7.69 km for resettlement sites No. 1, 2 &3 and 14.54 km for resettlement site No. 4. Suspension bridge is designed with the length of 111m and width of 2.5m and access road in accordance with the standard for Grade B. Ferry is designed with the width of 3.5m and working water level varied from 150m to 160m. These two construction items is only prepared for resettlement point Suoi Non #1 (Resettlement site No 4). Water supply system: In each resettlement points, the water from targeted streams is conveyed to the centralized filter tank with capacity of 17m3/h. Treated water is delivered by D34-D42 steel pipes along internal road's sides to 2m3 water tank of each household by PVC D27 plastic pipes. 22 2.3 Progress of subproject Subproject is divided to 08 packages with budgets and progress below: No. Code of Name of package Budget Bidding Constructi 2013 2014 2015 package (million time on time VNÄ?) 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 1 W-RE-01 Construction of resettlement site No.1 55,704 4th Quarter 12 months Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province 2013 (ground leveling, internal road, public house and living house) 2 W-RE-02 Construction of resettlement site No.2 & 3 36,577 1st Quarter 12 months Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province 2014 (ground leveling, internal road, public house and living house) 3 W-RE-20 Construction of resettlement site No.4 102,823 3rd Quarter 12 months Moc Chau district, Son La province 2013 (ground leveling, internal road, public house and living house) 4 W-RE-04 Construction of water supply system for 33,009 4th Quarter 08 months resettlement sites No.1, 2 & 3 Thanh Hoa 2013 23 No. Code of Name of package Budget Bidding Constructi 2013 2014 2015 package (million time on time VNÄ?) 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 province 5 W-RE-21 Construction of water supply system for 17,639 3rd Quarter 08 months resettlement site No.4 Son La province 2013 6 W-RE-03 Construction of 35/0.4KV power line and 38,066 3rd Quarter 08 months substation and 0.4KV power line 2013 7 W-RE-05 Reclamation for agricultural cultivation 3,263 1st Quarter 12 months in Thanh Hoa province 2014 8 W-RE-06 Reclamation for agricultural cultivation 1,430 3rd Quarter 12 months in Son La province 2013 24 3. LEGISLATION BASIS The EMP is prepared in compliance with the environmental regulation of GoV and the environmental safeguard policy of the WB. 3.1 Vietnamese Legislation o The Law on Environmental Protection approved by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam dated 29th November, 2005; o Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated 18th April, 2011 of the Government on strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment; o Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 18th July, 2011 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, detailing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP dated 18th April, 2011 on strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment; o Decree No. 149/2004/NÄ?-CP dated 27th July, 2004 of the Government on granting license for water source utilization and operation, and use of water sources, discharge of water into water sources; o Decision No. 233/QÄ?-TTg dated 18th October 2006 by Prime Minister approved the National Program for the Protection of Labor, labor safety, labor hygiene in 2010. Table 2.1: Vietnamese regulations on environmental NO NAME OF REGULATION Code 1 Land quality – National technical regulation on the allowable QCVN 03:2008 limits of heavy metals in the soils 2 Land quality – National technical regulation on the pesticide QCVN 15:2008 residues in the soils 3 National technical regulation on domestic water quality QCVN 14:2009 4 Water quality - National technical regulation on surface water QCVN 08:2008 quality 5 Water quality - National technical regulation on underground QCVN 09:2008 water quality 6 National technical regulation on Industrial Wastewater QCVN 41:2011 7 Acoustic – National technical regulation on noise QCVN 26:2010 8 National technical regulation on Vibration QCVN 27:2010 25 NO NAME OF REGULATION Code 9 Air quality – National technical regulation on ambient air QCVN 05:2009 quality 10 Air quality - National technical regulation on hazardous QCVN 06:2009 substances in ambient air 11 Air quality - National Technical Regulation on Industrial QCVN 19:2009 Emission of Inorganic Substances and Dusts 12 Air quality - National Technical Regulation on Industrial QCVN 20:2009 Emission of Organic Substances 13 National technical regulation on the emission of health care QCVN 02:2008 solid waste incinerators 14 Radiation safety-Basic signal related to ionization radiation TCVN 7468:2005 15 Requirement to set up radiation immunity areas TCVN 7515:2005 16 Guidance on radiation immunity areas TCVN 7516:2005 17 Definition of status of radiation TCVN 7517:2005 3.2 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank The Bank Operation Policy (OP) and Bank Procedure (BP): ï‚· Environmental Assessment – Procedure/ Regulations (OP/BP 4.01) ï‚· Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) ï‚· Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) ï‚· Policy on Access to Information. 26 4. THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. To identify and evaluate the impacts of any one project, there are various methods commonly used for environmental impact assessment such as checklist method; matrix method; and cost-benefit analysis method. In this part of report, the checklist method is applied which is widely used and generally sufficient for small-scale projects having Category B classification. The construction of the subproject will mainly caused impacts on land acquisition, increased levels of dust, air pollution, and wastes. However, these impacts are not significant, temporary and localized and can reduce by mitigation measures. Table 1: Summary of impacts Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Pre-construction stage 1 Land Medium Permanent As master plan, total area of resettlement sites is 4,357ha (see table). Of which, area for construction Medium acquisition of infrastructure and houses is 81.31 ha (1.86%), the land reclamation for agricultural cultivation is and 140.04 ha (3.21%). Existing forest area assigned to household management is 4,135.65 ha mitigable (94.93%). Resettlement site Affected area (ha) Site No.1 837.5 Site No.2&3 780.5 Site No.4 2,739 Total 4,357 The affected vegetation is mainly planted bamboos, distributed in Co Pung, Pa Pua, Pom Chon, Keo 27 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Dam points (Resettlement No. 1), Nang village point (site No.2), Tai Chanh, Lin villages (site No.3) and Suoi Non (site No.4). Other areas are predominantly uncultivated land with shrubs and grasses. 2 Impact on Medium Permanent The resettlement sites are constructed in agricultural and planted forest land. There is not any Medium Subproject household needs to be relocated and no resettlement is required. Number of affected households is affected 357. Compensation plan will be prepared and implemented by the project owner. household Resettlement site Numbers of affected households Site No.1 126 Site No.2&3 123 Site No.4 108 Total 357 3 Accident None None Mine clearance was completed at all resettlement sites by Company No36 - Ministry of Defence None related to (through contract No 03/2013/HÄ?KT-TÄ?TS and No 04/2013/HÄ?KT-TÄ?TS); UXO 4 Impact on None None The resettlement sites are selected to avoid crossing any historical and cultural properties such as None historical pagodas, churches. No cultural and historical site is affected by the sub-project. During soil and cultural excavation, if there will be found any underground historical or cultural valuable object, the properties contractor shall follow “Chance Find Proceduresâ€? Construction stage 5 Loss of Medium Permanent The construction activities potentially created impact on vegetation coverage include site clearance Medium vegetation and for agricultural cultivation (about 140 ha) and ground leveling for resettlement construction (81 ha). mitigable 28 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment coverage Residential and infrastructural Resettlement site area (ha) Land Reclamation Area (ha) Site 1 24.22 13.86 Site 2&3 15.69 19.89 Site 4 41.4 106.29 Total 81.31 140.04 Affected vegetation is mainly planted bamboos and cassava, which have economic value rather than ecological one. Normally, life cycle of bamboo from growing to cultivated time is about five years. The newly developed areas are also used for bamboo planting and/or agricultural cultivation that helps to compensate the loss of green coverage in each project area. 6 Threats to minor temporary All resettlements sites are located in uncultivated land and/or planted forest (mainly bamboo) with Minor flora and fauna low bio-diversity but high vegetation coverage. Through community survey, there is only some popular animals such as bird, rodent and reptiles that can be found in these areas. There is not any sign of endangered species. Moreover, daily activities of local people such as transportation, agricultural cultivation, bamboo planting and even hunting prohibit the widespread of these animals. However, the construction activities such as site clearance, ground leveling and noise from construction equipment and vehicles and the operation of worker’s camps can generate impacts to the local habitats. The impact mainly happens in the beginning time of construction (about 3 months from commencement) and needs to have suitable mitigation measures. 29 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment 7 Dust Medium temporary Dust mainly sourced from (i) construction site and (ii) routes of transporting construction materials medium and (cement, sand, stone, steel, brick, etc.) and excavated soil and construction waste to disposal sites. mitigable Most of the resettlement sites are separated to the existing residential areas with distance varied from 1km to 3km. The existing green coverage is quite good. Dust mainly generates during the ground leveling and road construction (about 3 months) and significantly reduces during house construction. For the transportation routes, based on assessment of construction material demand, the number of truck mobilized is estimated as follow: Resettlement site Material waste (basic design) Number of truck Time Site No.1 9,900 tons 2-10 trucks/ day 12 months Site No.2 6,000 tons 2-6 trucks/ day 12 months Site No.3 7,800 tons 2-8 trucks/ day 12 months Site No.4 10,000 tons 2-10 trucks/ day 12 months With just around ten vehicle/truck predominantly operated in the first 3 months of construction stage, the impact is evaluated as minor, temporary and mitigated by contractor’s measures. However, 03 positions including Nang village and Tai Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao village (Site No.4) located on road sides are directly exposed to dust and needs to have effective mitigation measures. There is no new quarry and borrow pit required to be opened. All construction material will be provided by local suppliers and/or from existing quarries/borrow pits that newly opened for the 30 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Trung Son main project. All these quarries/borrow pits have to be licensed and strictly managed by local authorities. 8 Noise and Medium Temporary Noise and vibration are mainly generated from the ground leveling, road construction and material medium Vibration and transportation. mitigable All resettlement sites are quite isolated to existing residential areas. With only a few vehicles operated daily, the impact is evaluated as minor, temporary and mitigated by contractor’s measures. However, there are 02 sensitive points located along the transportation route including Tai Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao Junior School (Site No.4). Suitable mitigation measures are required to be applied. 9 Erosion/lan Minor Temporary Construction activities such as ground leveling on hill’s slope can create risk of landslide and/or minor dslide erosion, especially in rainy season; There are some key factors related to landslide/erosion assessment, included: Geological Characteristics: ï‚· Resettlement No.1 located on edQ layer with thickness varied from 0,5 to 3m strongly weathered soil thickness >3m strongly weathered rock. Slope is greater than 25% and groundwater is quite limited and stable geology . ï‚· Resettlement site No.2&3 located in granite stone and hard granite biotit. The slope is higher than 25% and there is no sign of shallow groundwater presented. ï‚· Resettlement site No.4 located on the silt layer of high organic matter with thickness varied from 0.3 to 0.5m and followed by layer of clay and limestone which are highly resistant to water penetration. 31 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Climatic Characteristics ï‚· The rainy season usually begins from May to September. The rainfall is uneven with monthly average rainfall is around 133mm; ï‚· Regarding to the resettlement site No.4, heavy rain occur from April to September with monthly average rainfall is a little higher than other areas (around 200mm/month); As natural condition of stable geological foundation and high vegetation coverage as well as medium rainfall associated with the suitable design as GoV standard, impact related to landslide/erosion is minor and mitigable. 10 Surface Medium Temporary Pollution from construction sites Medium water and pollution Run-off water from construction sites and/or waste water from worker camps possibly create impact mitigable to the surrounding water sources (see in table below). The worker’s camps at one resettlement points with around 30 people will be located close to construction site with minimum distance to the water sources of 100m. With such a distance, solid waste and waste water still have chance to entering into water bodies and have to be managed sufficiently. Distance to the Location Stream Name (width) construction site Xuoc Village Unknown creek (<1m) Run through the (Site No. 1) construction site Nang Village Nang Stream (6-8m) About 200m (Site No.2) 32 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Ta Lao Village Tà Lào Stream (6-8m) About 100m (Site No.4) Creek at Tà Lào Village(<1m) About 150m Regarding to construction of resettlement site No.4, the suspension bridge and ferry are constructed over the Quanh Stream with the width varied from 15 to 20m). This water of stream is quite abundant and at good quality. The bridge abatement is build on land and there is no construction activities conducted in the stream. The scope of work for ferry construction is also small. The impact on water quality is evaluated as minor. Pollution from material transportation routes Most of the transportation routes such as West Road and Co Luong road located far from all water sources. There is only one internal road of Nang village (resettlement site No.2) crossed Nang stream at the connection point of Nang and Tai Chanh Village with no bridge and dam. Existing stream has a high flow (with width of 6m) and good water quality and mainly used for irrigation purpose. As estimated, about 02 to 05 vehicles are daily operated during construction. Chance for material from transported vehicles dropping into stream is quite limited but still required to be managed properly. 11 Solid waste Medium Temporary The estimate of excavated soil volume from ground leveling is presented as table below: Medium generated and Location The estimated excavated soil (m3) mitigable Resettlement Site No.1 34,876 Resettlement Site No.2 73,000 Resettlement Site No.3 18,438 33 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Resettlement Site No.4 68,600 Total 194,914 Design consultant, PMU and local authority have worked together to define suitable areas which have average transportation distance of less than 1km and sufficient storing capacity. These disposal sites can be used for agricultural cultivation after project completed. Some high slope position are built stone embankment with a height of 1-2m to avoid erosion/landslide in rainy season. Consequently, list below presents the selected sites: ï‚· For resettlement site No.1: 03 disposal sites located at Co Pung, Pa Pua and Pom Chon resettlement point, along existing West Road. ï‚· For resettlement site No.2: 01 disposal site located between Nang and Tai Chanh Village ï‚· For resettlement site No.3: 01 disposal site located between To Chieng and Lin Village and 01 disposal site located at Lat village. ï‚· For resettlement site No.4: 06 disposal sites are located along the existing road 12 Domestic Medium Temporary The subproject is implemented in 12 months. The peak construction time lasts 8-9 months, and the Medium waste and remaining time is reserved for ground leveling. mitigable It is expected to have 80 workers involved in the construction of each resettlement site. These workers will establish their camps on site. Workers can be locally selected, so each camp will have about 30-40 workers. In resettlement sites, auxiliary facilities such as sanitary bathrooms and toilets will be built for workers. 34 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment All waste discharged from camps is mainly domestic solid waste which can cause environmental pollution. However, the discharged waste is mainly packing, leftover food, etc. with a small amount (each camp will generate 40kg waste per day). 13 Impact on Minor Temporary The transportation of material to construction site and excavated soil to disposal site possibly create Minor current infrastructu impact to the existing technical infrastructure system of local people such as local road, electric re system poles, water conveyed pipes of households. ï‚· Water pipes: the construction activities will not affect to existing water sources or conveying system of local residents. ï‚· Electricity: Most of construction of resettlement areas are isolated to the existing residential areas. However, there are some electric poles located right on the roadside that can be impated during material transportation. ï‚· Road: New internal road will be constructed for resettlement points and then connected to main roads such as West Thanh Hoa and Tan Xuan Roads (linked Tan Nha to Tan Xuan communes). Currently, these main road is already asphalted with 6m in wide (Tan Xuan road) or being constructed (West Thanh Hoa). The impact on road damage during transportation is minor. 14 Conflict Minor Temporary The presence of immigrated workers possibly creates several social issues such as social vices (like Minor between prostitution, gambling, Drugs etc.) and unhygienic situation around the worker's camp as well as constructio cultural conflict with local residents. Most of ethnic people at the resettlement sites are Thai, n worker Muong, H’Mong. They have the own cultural habit and customs, but not closed to surrounding and local areas. Many construction activities are being implemented in project areas. The immigrated workers people are supposed to be easily integrated with local community. For manual work, the contractor can hire 35 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment the local labor (about 30-40% of construction labor). This impact is minor and temporary. 15 Health and Medium Temporary Labor accidents might happen during construction commencement stage if the safety issues are not Medium safety well considered. The leading safety hazards on site are falls from height, motor vehicle crashes, and excavation accidents, electrocution, machines, and being struck by falling objects. Some of the main mitigable health hazards on site are asbestos, solvents, noise, and manual handling activities. Construction work in these areas is not allowed under bad weather condition such as strong wind, mist, or nighttime, etc. Traffic accident can be happened when construction trucks/vehicle run through residential areas and or crowed places like school, market. Operation stage 16 Impact to Minor Temporary According to the public consultation, most of residents agreed with the design modes of Minor habits and resettlement sites. Houses in new resettlement sites are designed with the same architectural customs of structure as the existing one. Additionally, with much better construction material, the new houses local are expected to withstand climate disasters such as high wind, heavy rain and storm. Along the road, people the similar house design contribute to create beautiful landscape of area. Besides, the sub-project will also provide sufficient infrastructures such as electricity, water supply and hygienic toilets and each resettlement point (30-50 households) will have a community house for public activities. It is expected that it will takes short-time for relocated people being familiar with new location. 17 Dust, noise Minor Permanent After project completed, the internal road will only be used by local people (mostly motorbike or Minor and traffic walking). All roads are concreted with the width of 2.5 to 3m and warning signs arranged around accident sensitive points such as kindergarten, school, health care center in order to minimize risk of traffic accidents. 36 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment Trade activities in resettlement area are still limited with only 01 or 02 trucks weekly come to procure agricultural product and/or bamboo. Impact of dust and noise is not considerable. The maximum number of household in one resettlement point is 68. As practice, each household will generate 2 kg solid waste per day. Annually, one resettlement site can generate around 50 ton of domestic solid waste. Different to domestic waste from urban areas, waste in remote area is rich of biodegradable matter that can be buried and/or used as natural fertilizer. As current customs of Solid waste ethnic group, solid waste are normally collected in digged hole in their own garden. In short-term, 18 and waste Minor Permanent Minor this solution is acceptable. In future, centralized dumping site for each one resettlement point should water. be considered for better management of domestic waste. Waste water from household will be collected to small canals and to main drains along the road. Sewage from toilet will be directly penetrated into soil. With very low density of population, this method is environmentally acceptable and widely applied to almost all remote/mountainous areas. 19 Health and Positive Permanent The positive change of environmental and living conditions of local people is presented in table Positive Environme below: ntal Infrastructure Before the project After the project Sanitation Water supply - Simple pipe for collecting - Each household has its own water water directly from tank. stream/creek to households - The centralized water storage with - The water storage is not filtering system for treatment. hygienic. Electricity - Small scale hydro- - Power is provided by national generator for each electricity grid. 37 Impacts No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact assessment household. - Safety and stable power system. - Unsafety and low capacity of electricity. Drainage - Natural drainage. - Concreted canal/culvert system. Toilet - Temporary, unsanitary. - Standard toilet Traffic road - Mainly pathway - All concreted roads with traffic signs. 20 Conflict in None None Irrigation water is required for new terraced paddy fields. Suitable water sources have been defined None water use through site survey and public consultation. Water from existing streams is collected and conveyed to the field by pipe system. With very high vegetation cover on large catchment area, water is quite abundant and sufficient for both irrigation and domestic uses purposes. As a result, there is no conflict in water use. 38 5. THE MITIGATION MEASURES Table 2: Environmental mitigation measure No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . Pre-construction stage 1 Land acquisition Implement measures defined in the Subproject Resettlement Plan PMU Construction stage 2 Loss vegetation + All vegetation outside the limit of earthworks to be clearly marked and defined on-site by temporary Contractor cover fencing or marking + Site clearance in a forested area is subject to permission from Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. + The application of chemicals for vegetation clearing is not permitted. + Restore the vegetation in the reclaimed areas. 3 Threats to flora and + Prohibition of hunting and fishing. Contractor fauna + Burning for vegetation clearing is not permitted + No area of potential importance as an ecological resource should be disturbed unless there is prior authorization from CSC, who should consult with PMUs, and the relevant local authorities. This could include areas of breeding or feeding of birds or animals, fish spawning areas, or any area that is protected as a green space. 39 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . 4 Dust + Spray water on the road surface in case of high dust concentration or when complaint of residents raised. Contractor + At the project location route through residential areas (Nang village and Tai Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao village (Site No.4), it is required to have sprinkler regularly used before construction vehicle passed. + Construction vehicles shall comply with speed and carried load limits + Material loads shall be suitably covered during transportation + Develop the suitable construction diagram and measures for reducing the construction time and plan clearance for material gathering. 5 Air pollution + All vehicles must comply with Vietnamese regulations controlling allowable emission limits of exhaust Contractor gases. + Vehicles in Vietnam must undergo a regular emissions testing and get certified na med: “Certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protectionâ€? following Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT. + There should be no burning of waste or construction materials or cleared vegetation on site. + Cement processing plants should be located far from residential areas. 6 Noise and vibration + Ensure the maintenance periodically of construction vehicles and equipment. Contractor + Avoid noises of construction equipment/vehicle during nonworking time. + Construction vehicles shall comply with speed and carried load limits + Community announcement about the details of construction plan. 40 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . 7 Erosion/landslide + Abate the soil erosion and maintain the soil slope during excavation time. Contractor + Avoid clearing activities during the rainy season. + Installation waste-trapping screens in drainage ditches; + Storm building drains for the construction to avoid local inundation of water in heavy rain. + Dredging sediment and deposit. 8 Water pollution + The Contractor must be responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation relevant to Contractor wastewater discharges into watercourses. + Installation of the private toilets for worker camps including mobile and standard toilets. + Temporary drainage system for water drainage, bin for waste collection.. + Waste water collection system with filter- tank. + Waste water storage for workers. + Prohibition of discharging waste into the residential and construction areas. + Regularly collect solid waste into the prescribed waste areas. + Before construction, all necessary wastewater disposal permits/licenses and/or wastewater disposal contract have been obtained. + At completion of construction works, wastewater collection tanks and septic tanks shall be safely disposed or effectively sealed off. 9 Solid waste + Frequently tidy up dropped waste from the construction site to the disposal sites Contractor 41 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . generated + Procurement of the waste collection equipment at the camps + With the hazardous waste, establish the collection system to store temporarily around the construction sites, after that transport to the local hazardous waste treatment suppliers. + Build the hygienic toilets at each worker 's camp.. + Negotiate with residents and local authority to arrange the comfortable accommodation for workers. + Regular collection and transportations of waste, garbage to the prescribed location. + Reuse non hazardous waste such as debris of cut trees, brick, rock etc. 10 Traffic + Prior to construction, carry out consultations meeting with local government and community Contractor management + Installation of lighting at night must be done if this is necessary to ensure safe traffic circulation. + Place signs around the construction areas to facilitate traffic movement, provide directions to various components of the works, and provide safety advice and warning. + Employing safe traffic control measures, including road/rivers/canal signs and flag persons to warn of dangerous conditions (if necessary). + Avoid material transportation for construction during rush hour. + Signpost shall be installed appropriately in roads where necessary (especially 02 positions including Tai Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao Junior School (Site No.4) located along the transportation route are more sensitive) 11 Impact on public + Awareness of machinery operator and supervise construction practice Contractor social infrastructure + Supervise excavation/leveling works to ensure that waste soil is transported to designated areas 42 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . + Compensate for any damage of house, road and other social service system + Disclose construction plan and methods 12 Cultural/Social + Introduce environmental code of practice developed in the main project to regulate worker’s behavior. Contractor conflicts, + Encourage contractor to hire local labor when possible increasing risk of HIV/AIDs + Extend the current communication campaigns on HIV/AIDs under the main project’s health program to resettlement construction workers. 13 Worker and public + Develop, apply and monitor the implementation of workplace safety regulations including safety Contractor Safety measures. + Provide protective equipment for workers and enforce the usage + Restrict unauthorized access to construction sites + Design bridges to ensure safe access at both ends + Ensure connection between the main road and roadside facilities to avoid accidents for vehicles, particularly bicycles and motorbikes Contractor + Install and maintain lighting for use at night and signboards when carrying out construction works on waterway + Set and implement limits on height of construction material loads on vehicles such as bricks, pipes + Worker allocation to site transportation or during loading/unloading of bulky materials and equipment + The contractor shall provide safety measures as installation of fences, barriers warning signs, lighting system against traffic accidents as well as other risk to people and sensitive areas 43 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . + Blasting activities should be implemented within the designated time and local people shall be informed prior to blasting. + Storage, transport, use and destroy of industrial explosive materials shall be strictly follow the guidelines in Decree No 39/2009/NÄ? dated on 23 April 2009 of the Govemment on Industrial Exploisive Materia ls and the National Technical Regulation QCVN 02:2008/BCT on guidelines in storage, transport, use and destroy of industrial explosive materials 14 Communication + Maintain open communications with the local government and concerned communities; Contractor with local + Disseminate project information to affected parties (for example local authority, enterprises and affected communities about households, etc) through community meetings before construction commencement. Subproject environmental + Provide a community relations contact from whom interested parties can receive information on site issues activities, project status and project implementation results. + Provide technical documents and drawings to PC’s community, especially a sketch of the construction area and the EMP of the construction site. + Notification boards shall be erected at all construction sites providing information about the project, as well as contact information about the site managers, environmental staff, health and safety staff, telephone numbers and other contact information so that any affected people can have the channel to voice their concerns and suggestions. 15 Workforce, camp + Workers’ camps will be located at least 100 m away from schools and health care centers and not be Contractor and site located on steep slopes. The workforce shall be provided with safe, suitable and comfortable management accommodations and safe portable water. They have to be maintained in clean and sanitary conditions. + Site offices, worker camps, mixing stations, and workshops shall be located NOT within 100m from any 44 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . water courses, 500 meters of existing residential area. + Engineers and workers shall register their temporary residence with the local authority. + Contractor should sign committeemen with local authorities on keeping of security and social safety on subproject’s areas. + Allocate officer to be the Contractor‘s Workplace Safety and Environment Officer responsible for environmental and safety issues including training for workers. + Septic tank toilets must be provided at all construction camp areas where there will be concentration of labor. + First aid boxes shall be provided in each construction camp site. Operation stage 16 Traffic accident - Maintain the traffic sign board system Local authority - Conduct IEC campaign to local residents on traffic regulation 17 Solid waste and + Set the collection bin for separating organic waste at each household Local authority waste water + Control outlet of drain along road to avoid directly discharging into water bodies and/or cultivation pollution areas. + Conduct IEC campaign to raise awareness and practice of local residents on hygienic behaviors. + Operation and maintenance of drainage system, water supply system as well as toilet. 18 Water use's conflict + Define the protected area of water sources Local authority 45 No Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit . management + Animal breeding, chemical pouring around water sources is not permitted 46 6. THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS Table 3 : Chance finding procedure and emergency action plan TT Risks Activities Responsibilities 1 Discover antiques - The contractor needs to protect the site and Contactor during excavation report to the CSC/PMU and local CSC time museum/culture management institution. Contractor - Bring them to the museum/culture Contractor management institution. Determine to Relevant continue the construction work or stop for institutions investigation. The director of Cultural and Information Department and the director of the provincial museum have responsibility for the subsequent processing steps of the founded antiques in Article 21 of Decree No. 92/2002, guiding the implementation of the Law on Cultural Heritage 2 Discover the place of Protect the scene and report to the local Contractor historic interest during authority. Relevant the excavation time Determine who have responsibility, where institutions. and how to deal with and suggest the next action. 3 The residents Handle the problems immediately if Contractor complain about the possible Contractor, PMU environmental Record and local problems from the Discuss with the project owner/ local authority construction activities authority where the problem occurred 4 Accident at work Perform first aid if possible and pick the Workers/people victim up to the nearest hospital if necessary who attend the Protect the scene and make a sign scene Take the minutes of incident. Contractor Contractor and local community 5 Detect unexploded Protect the scene Contractor landmines Report to the local authority Contractor/ local Contact to the most suitable military unit for authority. help 47 7. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING PLAN 7.1 The monitoring plan in compliance with the mitigation measures Table 4: The mornitoring plan Potential Monitoring Time Signs compliance Monitoring impact methods Unit 1 Accident ï‚· Check During the design Sign the contract PMU related to documents stage Complete the work. Independent UXO Prior to the Monitoring contractor is (6 months) appointed to the construction site 2 Destroy trees ï‚· Observe the Before construction ï‚· Agrarian floor. - and vegetation and site clearance ï‚· Keep vegetation vegetation tree covers far from the PMU Weekly, during the construction construction site Contractor clearance time Construction monitoring The independent monitoring (6 months) 3 Local ï‚· Observe the After the heavy ï‚· Good surface Construction inundation actual drainage/ rains drainage monitoring sewerage During the ï‚· No stagnant water Independent process on the construction extensive monitoring site excavation (6 months) 4. Generate ï‚· Monitoring the weekly ï‚· Clearance of PMU waste generated waste construction site and waste ï‚· Cover waterproof treatment Construction for the trash. monitoring ï‚· Prohibition of Independent disposing waste to the construction monitoring site (6 months) 5 Noise and ï‚· Interview Monthly ï‚· Announce to the PMU dust ï‚· Monitoring dust Daily, during the local authority level in the extensive ï‚· Cover trucks Construction construction site excavation, ï‚· Limited dust level monitoring concrete and on the construction Independent construction roads and site. monitoring 48 Potential Monitoring Time Signs compliance Monitoring impact methods Unit process ï‚· No complaint (6 months) implementation about dust and noise. 6 Water ï‚· Monitoring the ï‚· Create the drainage Construction pollution construction site, Twice a week system and monitoring surface drainage draining hole/ in water storage sediment trap areas ï‚· Cover and embank oil and fuel storage areas ï‚· No trace of oil/fuel leakage on the ground. 7 Cultural/sociï‚· Interview Monthly ï‚· Communication Construction al conflict workers and campaign to monitoring local residents. prevent the risk of Increased Independent HIV/AIDs for risk of ï‚· Monitoring workers at the monitoring workers in the HIV/AIDs resettlement sites (6 months) construction site ï‚· Hire local workers for manual working implementation 8 Increase the ï‚· Control the food Weekly, especially ï‚· Not keeping wild Construction threats of and worker weekend and animals in camp monitoring hunting and camps holiday ï‚· No hunting Independent consuming ï‚· Monitoring local equipment in camp residents monitoring wild animals ï‚· No report of wild (6 months) animal consumption. 9 Protect the ï‚· Monitoring During the ï‚· Application of Construction cultural excavation Revealed monitoring resource implementation Treatment Process Independent monitoring (6 months) 10 Landslide/ ï‚· Monitoring of Occurrence of ï‚· Prevent the slope Construction Erosion soil excavation process erosion during monitoring transportation excavation time Stability of Weekly at Independent and threats from slope construction site, construction site, ï‚· Cultivated lands at monitoring construction sites especially from where vegetation is (6 months) are re-planned. excavation area. not recovered 49 Potential Monitoring Time Signs compliance Monitoring impact methods Unit 11 Safety for ï‚· Require labor Within 2 weeks, ï‚· Develop the safety Construction worker protection since the contractor rules at work monitoring clothing for has been mobilized ï‚· Workers with labor workers Independent to the construction protection clothing such as gloves, monitoring site weekly boots, hard hats, (6 months) etc at work 12 Safety for ï‚· monitoring the Weekly during ï‚· Set warning signs Construction community construction site, construction time at construction site monitoring material and Before and during ï‚· Guard before and Independent stone pits, during the during and after blasting time monitoring exploded time implementation Before the (6 months) of blasting work ï‚· Including implementation of construction electric provided. lighting system ï‚· Guider is available for traffic when the trucks go out or loading and unloading time ï‚· Training the safety electric usage for ethnic 13 Capacity to ï‚· monitoring the Weekly ï‚· The effected local Construction approach of impacts with the authority and monitoring users to the infrastructure/ residents receive existing resource the notice and Independent infrastructur agree about water monitoring e/ resource supply progress for (6 months) construction and in case of temporary interruption. ï‚· Make more driveways if necessary. 14 Risk on fire ï‚· monitoring fuel Daily ï‚· Set warning fires at Construction and oil storage the fuel and oil monitoring areas storage areas Independent ï‚· The combustible source must be far monitoring away from fuel and (6 months) oil storages at least 100m 15 Interrupted ï‚· monitoring the Weekly ï‚· Not allowed to Construction the approach cultivated land After complete load/unload or monitoring or destroy around the discharge waste, excavation stage the construction area building materials Independent at cultivated land monitoring cultivated 50 Potential Monitoring Time Signs compliance Monitoring impact methods Unit land area (6 months) 16 Health risk ï‚· monitoring the During the ï‚· Residents wear the Construction related to resettlement resettlement time face mask when monitoring asbestos activity. loading/unloading roofs made by Independent cement asbestos cement. monitoring material (6 months) 17 Control the ï‚· Check the real During the ï‚· Construct the PMU transmissio activity of resettlement sanitation and n of the contractor about construction time. drainage systems. Construction disease the detail design. ï‚· Set the lips and monitoring holes for water tanks. Independent monitoring (6 months) 7.2 The environmental quality monitoring Beside mornitoring contractor's compliance on mitigation measures implementation, an environmental quality monitoring/sampling will be implemented during project performance (see table 5 below) 51 Table 5 : The environmental sampling program No. Observation items Pre-construction Construction Operation I Air quality 1. Parameter TSP, PM10, Noise 2. Frequency One time during 6 Per 6 months One time for the months after first operation year. construction 3. Location Resettlement site No. 1 2 points: on the planned West Thanh Hoa Road, near Co Pung and To Xuoc Points Resettlement site No. 2 3 points: Lat, Nang and Tai Chanh Village Resettlement site No. 3 2 points: Lin and To Chieng Village Resettlement site No. 4 3 points: Tham Ton, Suoi Non 1 and Suoi Non 2. 4. Applied Environmental QCVN 05:2008/MONRE Standard QCVN 26:2010 / MONRE; II Surface Water Quality 1. Parameter T°, pH, DO, TSS, BOD5, COD, oil and grease, Coliform 2. Frequency One time within 6 one time per six One time within the months prior to months the first year of construction pilot operation . commencement 3. Location Resettlement site No. 1 1 point: Tà Ban Stream Resettlement site No. 2 1 point: Nang Stream Resettlement site No. 3 1 point: To Chieng (Ta Buôn) Stream Resettlement site No. 4 1 point: Quanh Stream 4. Applied Environmental QCVN 08:2008/MONRE; Standard 52 8. EMP IMPLEMENTATION In order to ensure the EMP implementation operate effectively, environmental management system is defined with involvement of related agencies (see figure 8). WB PMU Independent Monitoring Consultation EVN Trung SÆ¡n Construction monitoring monitoring Contractor Community Report Information interchange Local authority Figure 8 – Organization chart of environmental management system (EMS) During detailed design stage, EMP requirement have to be integrated into assignment.. During the bidding and contract negotiation process, contractors have to review all the responsibilities and assigned task of contractor related to environmental mitigation measures and make commitment to comply with the regulations. Cost estimate for mitigation measure is encouraged to be done clearly. In the construction phase, Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) have responsibility to conduct on-site monitoring on agreed mitigation measures implemented by Contractors (see Terms of reference in Appendix 3) The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders during EMP implementation process are summarized in the following table: 53 Table 6: The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders in the EMP implementation progress Stakeholders Responsibilities Sub-project 's stage 1. Trung Son PMU • Contracting with the consultant to conduct FS preparation the environmental screening and EMP Detailed design preparation for the sub-project. Construction • monitoring to ensure that the suitable Pilot operation mitigation measures are applied for the technical designs, bidding documents, construction contracts and construction monitoring. • Arrange enough the resource including staffs and budget for the EMP implementation and monitoring of the sub-projects. • The general monitoring to ensure the EMP compliance. 2. Feasible study • Incorporation of mitigation measures on the FS preparation consultant technical design documents and construction contract and construction supervision. • Cost estimate for environmental mitigation measures. 3. Contractor • Ensure sufficient budget allocated to Bidding and implementation of environmental mitigation construction measures by incorporated it into financial proposal and contract. • Implement all the mitigation measures as agreed 4. Construction • daily conduct on-site monitoring on health, supervision safety and environmental issues as defined in consultant (CSC) EMP 5. Independent • Conduct monitoring on effectiveness of EMP Construction monitoring implementation Pilot operation consultant • Conduct sampling program • Prepare report submitted to the WB and relevant agencies 54 6. The local Facilitate to: authorities • Community consultation during the detailed Detailed design design (if available) Construction • Conduct community based monitoring system on environmental impacts 7. The relocated Participate in monitoring on environmental - households issues generated from construction activities 9. REPORTING SYSTEM Table 7: Requirement of mornitoring report No. From To Report Frequency 1 The contractor PMU Monthly 2 Construction supervision PMU Monthly consultant 3 PMU Local authorities In required 4 Independent monitoring PMU, WB Once per six months consultant 5 PMU Trung Son Hydro Power Once per six months Company Limited 6 Trung Son Hydro Power WB, EVN Once per six months Company Limited 55 10. CAPACITY BUILDING Table 8: Propsed training program on EMP No. Contents Time Cost estimate 1 Training on labour safety and mitigation One time before Included in measures for the construction workers construction construction commencement contract 2 Training on EMP implementation and Annually Included in training monitoring for staffs of PMU program of main project 3 Training on community based monitoring One time before 35.000.000 VND for local authorities and representatives of construction affected people of 5 communes commencement Total 35.000.000 11. ESTIMATED COST FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION Table 9: Estimated cost for EMP implementation No. Items Before Construction Operation construction 1 The mitigation This cost is This cost is counted The local environmental measures counted in the in the contract with and sanitation management contract with the the contractor cost. design consultant 2 Environmental Included in contract of CSC quality monitoring of CSC 3 Independent 500.000.000 VND monitoring consultant included sampling 56 program 3 Capacity 35.000.000 In general training fee of building cost Trung Son Hydropower Project AMOUNT: 535.000.000 VND 57 12. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE No. Location for Day and Attended List of participated local Summarize the consultation Time members authorities and issues as representatives of discussed/mentioned households 58 13. REFERENCES 1 Basic design for the resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower Project. 2 Approval of the basic design for the resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower Project issued by Trung Son Hydropower Company Limited 3 Resettlement Plan report 4 EIA and EMP reports for Trung Son Hydropower Project (main project) 5 SESIA for Trung Son Hydropower Project. 14. ANNEX 59 14.1 Annex 1 – Location of disposal sites The disposal location of resettlement No. 1 60 The disposal location of resettlement site No. 2, 3 61 The disposal location of resettlement site No. 2, 3 62 14.2 Annex 2 - Minutes of community consultation 63 14.3 Annex 3 – TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) Overview: CSC have responsibility to provide the specialized technical services (“Serviceâ€?) to ensure the effective EMPs implementation of the project. Scope: The general services that provided by CSC include controlling, monitoring the construction operation to ensure that the approved mitigation measures in EMP have been implemented on the right track and the negative effects to the environment have been mitigated. On behalf of PMU, CSC intend to implement the following tasks: - Frequently implement the site monitoring. - Consider the implementation status of the environmental protection measures in EMP and contract. - Consider the effect of the environmental mitigation measures and environmental implementation of the project. - If necessary, consider acceptable in terms of environmental construction methods (for both the temporary and permanent constructions), relevant design plans and submissions. As required, the CSC find and recommend plans for the least impact on the environment in consultation with designers, contractors and the PMU - Verify the results of the investigation of any non-compliance with the implementation of environmental quality and the effectiveness of the remedial measures; and - Provide feedbacks of audit result to the Chief Engineer of the contractor under specific mitigation measures in the site. - Guidance for the Contractor to perform corrective actions within the provisions and implementation of additional monitoring if required, following the request and the order of the contract in case of non-compliance and complained states; - Require the Contractor in undertaking actions to reduce the impact and compliance with the EMP as required in the case of non-compliance/ inconsistent identification; - Require the Contractor to stop the action causing harmful effects, and / or the Contractor fails to implement the requirements of the EMP / conduct corrective actions - For contracts that needed the Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP), CSC must consider the last time and give recommendations through all environmental planning in the site that can affect the environment. This task includes, but is not limited to: dredging areas, temporary material pits, disposal and camp areas. CSC will review and approve the SEMP submitted by the Contractor. If the plan does not comply with the EMP, EIA or RAP, CSC must work with the PMU and the Contractor to provide a solution or suitable overcome. - Address the complaints: complaints from local people will be collected by the Contractor's site staff about environmental violations such as noise, dust, traffic safety, etc. Head or Deputy Head Consultant of Contractor and CSC are responsible for processing, handling and achieving solutions to the received complaint. CSC have to provide a copy of the complaint and confirm that these complaints are resolved by Contractor, similar as the relevant problems when examining the site. 64 - Verify monthly payment: CSC must confirm monthly payments for the relevant activities in term of the environment made by the Contractor. - Report: CSC are required to establish the following reports in documents: o Report every two weeks about incompliance problems. o The monthly summary report includes the main problems and discovers by checking the construction operations. o By the end of the project, CSC are required to establish the final report to summarize the main findings of the assignment, the number of violations, solutions, etc as well as consultation and instructions on how to perform the similar tasks in the future. 65 14.4 Annex 4 – Environmental Responsibilities of Contractor The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Independence- Freedom- Happiness -------------oOo------------- DISCLOSURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL OF CONTRACTOR Legal representation of Contractor is required to read carefully this disclosure, fill information in the form and sign it. This is an integral part of Bidding Documents, as well as an essential part of the Installation and Construction Contract that signed with the Contractor, to confirm that the legal representation of contractors have read and fully understood all environmental requirements that mentioned in the Bidding Document for the installation packages of the following Items: Construction of resettlement areas, Trung Son Hydropower Project. 1. Contractors confirm that the bid price included all necessary cost to ensure the implementation of all mitigation measures in EMP of each item and in compliance with environmental technical specifications in the Bidding Documents. 2. The contractor confirm that legal representation of contractors shall appoint Mr/Mrs….……….……………………………………. to be the Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) for bidding package. This officer will be in charge of working full time at the sites to ensure in compliance with environmental and safety requirements of the bidding package. 3. The contractors also confirm that all incompliance with these conditions might be punished. THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTRACTOR 66 The environmental requirements of construction and installation in the resettlement areas has been established and presented clearly by environmental consultant in EMP (detailed in section 3, EMP – Environmental mitigation measures). The contractors need to careful read and fully understand all requirements to be included into the contractor’s bid: Construction of resettlement areas, Trung Son Hydropower project. I. Overview In order to avoid negative effects into the environment and local community, as well as minimizing damaging impacts to the environment during the construction and operation stages of the resettlement sites, Contractor and workers are required to observe the mitigation measures as mentioned below: - “Environmental Management Plan for construction and equipment installation items of the resettlement sites in Trung Son hydropower Company Limitedâ€?. - The technical specifications, procedures and the most popular practices are presented in this Annex. II. Overall responsibilities of Contractor to the environment: Contractor need to include, but not limited the following responsibilities: - In compliance with the legal regulations about the current environment in Vietnam. - Working in scope of requirements in the contract and the conditions in the bidding documents. - Assign the representative of the construction team to participate in the site inspection operations by the PMU, CSC or the DONRE as well as implement all corrective actions to overcome the environmental issues as guidance provided by the Supervision Engineer; - Provide and update information for PMU about activities, assignments that can contribute á»? continue to cause the significant harmful impacts into the environment. - In case of instruction by the Supervision Engineer and PMU, the Contractor must stop the construction activities that causes adverse impacts, also propose and conduct the environmental remedial actions and implementation other construction methods (if required) to minimize the negative environmental impacts. - Establish and maintain an Environmental and Safety Board which consists of Construction team leader or Vice- team leader and Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) with the purpose of receiving and dealing with the complaints, objections, argument and displeased of the local community caused by the construction operation. SEO is responsible to record all of complaints, resolve methods and results into the complained register. The register need to keep at the construction office and available for review by the supervision engineer and PMU. III. Responsibilities of Contractor in EMP implementation: The construction contactor has responsibility in compliance with the technical specifications of EMP of the resettlement site construction items, Trung Son Hydropower Plant and regulations about the current environmental management of Vietnam, included but not limited the following items: i) Application of the mitigation measures of the negative impacts into the environment is presented in Section 3- The mitigation measures of environmental impacts and 67 Section 4- Emergency Action Plan of EMP for the resettlement sites and prepare budget for implementing the mitigation measures. ii) Based on EMP, Contractor developed the detail plan for implementing the environmental management. The detail plan include the following components: - Management Plan for worker camps. - Management Plan of the overall construction operation. - Plan for management and storage of construction materials (including the dangerously chemicals) - Solid waste and waste water management plan (including construction and household waste) - Plan for management and mitigation of noise and dust. - Plan for management and mitigation of impacts to vegetation and wild animals. - Plan for environmental landscape restoration - Healthy and safety ensuring plan at the construction. - Erosion and soil aggrandizement controlling plan. - Safety plan during the construction stage and training for workers about environmental management and community relations. - Rules and regulations about living activities of staffs and workers at the construction sites. - Emergency Problem Treatment Plan. - Management and Monitoring Plan for Report Process. The detail measure of plan need to satisfy the following requirements: to implement the particular mitigation measure: who implement (people, team, etc), how to implement ( labours, machines, equipments…) and cost? (Contractor should choose the paragraphs and diagrams representation for good application in the future). This plan shall be completed and submitted together with the bidding document. iii) Ensuring that at least one supervisor is available in compliance with EMP before and during the construction time. iv) Ensuring that all of the construction activities will be approved in document of the relevant authorities. v) Ensuring that all of staff and workers understand through their process and duties. vi) In compliance with requirements about the environmental management monitoring and reporting in EMP and inform to PMU about the difficulties and solutions. vii) Inform to the local authority and PMU in case of environmental problems and co-ordinate with the relevant institutions and stakeholders for resolving. IV. Safety and Environmental Officer of Contractor: Each contractor will nominate a Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) to work full-time at the construction site. Requirements for a SEO include a undergraduate degree in Environmental Major, at 68 least 3 years of working experience in environmental management, training and monitoring at the infrastructure construction project. Additionally, SEO should have a good knowledge about Vietnamese Environmental Legal Regulations and has participated to the labor safety and sanitation training class that organized by Department of Labour- Invalids and Social Affairs and have the labor safety and sanitation certificate. SEO have the responsibilities for implementing and managing EMP of Contractor. Tasks of SEO will include, but not limit the following activities: - Training and developing environmental awareness for workers of Contractors within 2 weeks since be mobilized, after that the training is repeating every six months. The additional trainings will be implemented under the guidance of Environmental Supervision Engineer. - Conduct the internal environmental monitoring at the site to check the construction activity implementation of contractors, equipments and implementation methods to manage the environmental pollution and evaluate the efficiency of the mitigation measures into the environmental impacts. - Internal monitoring the implementation of environmental mitigation measures and in compliance of contractors with the environmental protection measures to prevent and control pollution; the committed requirements in the contract; guidelines of the contractor(s) on environmental improvement, environmental awareness and also proactive measures to prevent pollution. - Conduct an investigation and propose the mitigation measures for the contractor(s) in case of incompliance/ infringe the EMP; monitoring and implementing the environmental mitigation measures. - Evaluate the success of the EMP implementation to estimate effectively the cost and adequacy of the implemented mitigation measures. - Survey after receiving the complaint, thence evaluate and select the corrective actions. - Conduct the additional monitoring activities, based on the concrete guidelines of the monitoring engineer and/ or PMU; and - Contact and implement all activities under the co-ordination or guidance of the Contractor Leader, Environmental Supervision Engineer, Supervision Engineer, PMU, representatives of the provincial environmental management offices, local authority about all of environmental problems if necessary. - Establish the regularly reports for the environmental implementation of package according to the frequency as mentioned at Section 7- Contact information and report of the EMP for the resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower Project. - All of the internal monitoring as well as other activities of SEO should be minuted and updated frequently into The environmental implementation monitoring diary of Contractor. This diary is used for normally checking by the supervision engineer to evaluate the effect of SEO. V. Monitoring the environmental implementation of Contractor: Client will sign a contract with the Consultant to carry out the task of Supervision Engineer. Consultant will apply the environmental and monitoring activities of the package. The environmental monitoring engineer of construction/execution monitoring Consultant is responsible to monitor daily the implementation of measures, in order to minimize environmental impact and safety of the Contractor. The construction monitoring Consultant will carry out the following main tasks: 69  Before the construction stage, make sure that all of the compensation process for land, works on land and relocation and/ or recovery/ donation of land as well as the clearance of landmines and UXO have been completed.  Review and approve the detail plan for implementing the EMP by Contractor before the construction operation.  During the construction process, monitoring closely the compliance with implementing of the environmental and safety mitigation measures.  Confirm the compliance with the EMP of Contractor and check any negative effect or damage caused by the contractor. If necessary, establish a request statement for contractor to compensate/ restore the construction site, as provided in the contract. The implementation of environmental management issues of the Contractor shall be mentioned in the progress report of the sub-projects. VI. Compliance Regime: a. The contractors are not allowed to implement the construction activities, including preparation of construction within the project scope in advance the detail plan of EMP are reviewed and approved by the construction supervision consultant and environmental official of the Client. b. The Client is mandatory the Contractor in compliance with the contract provision including compliance with EMP and the detail implementation plan of EMP. In case of incompliance with EMP, Client will require the Contractor to bring out the suitable measures. c. In order to ensure in compliance with the environmental standards of the sub- project, Client is allowed to hire the third party to solve the problems in case the Contractor could not implement the remedies on time, leading to the negative effects into the environment, as follow: - For insignificant mistakes (such as minor impact/ damage, temporary and repairable), Client or the representative of Client (Supervision Consultant) will notify the Contractor to correct the problems as required in the EMP within 48 hours after receiving the official report. If the mistakes are satisfactorily repaired during that time, no more action should be undertaken. Supervision consultants have the right to extend more 24 hours in the limited time for recovery, under the conditions that the Contractor has implemented activities but not completed the prescribed time, due to irresistible conditions that mentioned in the contract. - For major violations, it is required about 72 hours for repairing, the Client through the supervision consultant will announce the violation and require the Contractor to rectify within the prescribed time by their budget. If the Contractor fails to complete corrective work according to the specified time, they will be punished by financial punishment (cost punishment is calculated by the cost of remedying damage) - According to the evaluation of the Supervision Consultant, if the Contractor fails to resolve the problems in environmental management or the contractor conduct reparing unsatisfactorily within the specified period of time (48 hours or 72 hours), the investors have the capacity to arrange for another contractor (third-party) to implement the suitable measures and deduct money for this task from the contract with the contractor in the next payment. 70