E-245 A Report on Environmeni impact of ,wuchag - Guagzhou Ralway CacEending Project Using World Bank (The Version of 1998). c-rn C= rn, 4th Survey and Design Instte, MOR am A EIA Certificat NI 0185 of Slat EPA November 1998 Wuhan. Supplementary Description of A REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WUCHANG-GUANGZHOU RAILWAY CAPACITY EXTENDING PROJECT USING WORLD BANK LOAN (TIIE VERSION OF 1998) On 1998/12n7, the environmental expert Mr.Somani proposed some recommendations on the modification of this report at the Beijing Office of World Bank. On the basis of these, the report maker, the 4"' Survey and Design Institute of MOR, made the modifications and supplements. Now the specific contents are attached as follows (Details are shown in Appendix I - 4) and will be used as part of the report and submitted together to World Bank. The modifications and supplements are mainly in 4 aspects as follows: 1. On Table A-2 It is required that the cost of land acquisition, house removal and resident settlement shall be separated from the environmental investment of ecological part in Table A-2. Therefore, all the data in the table are rechecked. The modified Table A-2 is shown in Appendix 1. 2. On the issue of ventilation In Clause IV of Item 111, the description of installing air-conditioners and ventilators is lost in the English translation. The corrected translation of the original report is shown in Appendix 2. 3. On the noise control measures and effects It is required that a column of effects produced by the noise control measures shall be added in Table E-4. As a result, the modified Table E-4 is shown in Appendix 3. 4. On the supplements of the schools and hospitals along the line The schools listed in the original report are based on the noise level of 6OdBA. These schools, which are seriously disturbed by the railway noise, are to be provided with specific protection measures. The schools and hospitals slightly disturbed by the railway noise and with the noise level less than 6OdBA, which may not be provided with protection measures, have not been listed in the report. It is required that all the schools about 100m far from the line should be supplemented and whether protection measures should be provided or not according to a criteria of 55dBA. Therefore, Appendix 4 summarizes the schools and hospitals about JOOm far from the line and the impacts on them and puts forward corresponding measures.It is necessary to point out that the measures proposed in Appendix 4 are the measures based on the criteria of 55dBA.If it is considered with 6OdBA approved by the State Bureau of Environmental Protection, all the measures may be canceled. Appendix 1 Environmental Protection Facilities and Investment Table A-2 Investment Items Environmental Protection Facilities (10 thousa d yuan) Wuchang- Henyang- Hengyang Guangzhou Laying heavy long welded rails on part of the line; closing corridors of school buildings of Hengyang Noise Railway 7th Primary School, Shaoguan Railway 2nd Primary School, Guangzhou Railway 4th 175 178.3 Primary School and Railway 2nd Middle school; Mounting noise absorbers on air compressors in loco depots; Closing part of lines in Yueyang, Changsha and Zhuzhou. Water* Waste Water treatment facilities for loco depots and 295.0 90.0 loco tumaround depots Atmosphere Mounting fume cleaning equipment for newly Included in Included added boilers The boiler in the boiler Ecology** Borrow-pit protection; subgrade side slope 1778.3 1212.5 protection; afforestation of land Total 2248.3 1480.8 *Details of waste water treatment facilities are shown in Table A-3; ** The cost of land acquisition, house removal and resident settlement is detailed in Table E-20. Appendix 2 The III paragraph: [1. The above analysis shows that the noise impact is a major disturbance to the Hengyang No.7 Railway School, Shaoguan No.2 Railway School, Guangzhou No.4 Railway School and Guangzhou No.2 Railway High School. It is required that protection measures should be adopted for the above-mentioned schools. In consideration of the schools' locations in densely-populated area, for convenience of railway staff's children's going to schools and difficulties of the school's relocation, it is required to enclose corridor windows on all floors of the school's teaching buildings and install air-conditioner and ventilation facilities in classrooms. All these mitigation measures will reduce railway noise by 15 - 2OdBA. The cost is estimated in Table E-7. Appendix 3 Forecasting Values of Environmental Noise for Major Schools Table E-4 Scale Noise Forecasting Values (Number Distance Present Values Forecasting Values Out of level Control after Noise Control Measures School of form (dBA) (dBA) (dBA) Measures'cost Taken Name Teachers Line (104) and (m) Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Students) Hengyang No.7 Railway 530 10 66.7 62.6 67.4 63.9 7.4 13.9 26.0 52.4 48.9 School Shaoguan No.2 Railway 480 50 67.9 68.9 67.0 68.5 7.0 18.5 26.0 52.0 53.5 School Guangzhou No.4 Railway 700 60 73.8 62.3 73.2 62.5 13.2 12.5 36.6 58.2 47.5 School Guangzhou No.2 Railway 940 30 74.1 63.0 73.4 63.2 13.4 13.2 38.7 58.4 48.2 High School _ Statistics of Schools and Hospit Is along Wuch ng-Guangzhou Railway and the Explanation of Railway Noise impact Appendix 4-1 The Background Forecasted Noise Considered With 55dBA Kilome- Nearest Noise N Name terage Point to the 2000 2005 Note of the Surroundings Estimated o Line Day night Day Night Day Night Control Measures Cost (m) I_(10 0) Xianning Between the college and the line, there are Along the one side of the line, a Normal College K1291 buildings and the Wuchang-Puqi highway : noise-absorbing barrier will be +250 85 60.8 57.9 61.8 58.5 62.2 58.9 the classrooms are more than 120m apart from provided. It is forecasted that the 20 I the line. noise will be reduced by __._._. 5-IOdBA. Wangjiabao Between the school and the line, there is a hill Primary School K1328 125 55.5 50.5 56.2 51.0 56.8 52.0 with a relative height difference of 8 m . No measure will be taken. 2 in Puqi +550 Puqi High The teaching building is about 160 m far from School K1334 40 59.0 55.0 59.8 57.5 60.1 58.0 the line; this section is a deep cutting ranging Planting trees on the top of the 0.2 3 +000 I from 6 to 16 m. ctitting. Jianshe Primary Along the one side of the line, a School in K1369 Between the school and the line, there are two noise-absorbing barrier will be Linxiang +350 80 56.0 52.1 58.5 52.5 59.0 53.0 rows of buildings. provided. It is forecasted that the 10.0 4 County noise will be reduced by _ _________ _______ 5-IOdBA. Yuecheng Along the one side of the line, a School in K1424 Between the school and the line, there are noise-absorbing barrier will be Yueyang +400 100 62.5 58.0 63.0 59.8 63.3 60.4 some houses and the enclosing wall of the provided. It is forecasted that the 40.0 5 station. noise will be reduced by _______ .____ ________ 5-lOdBA. University of This section is a deep cutting with a depth of Science And K1559 8m. On the top of the cutting, there is a 2.5m Technology For +200 30 55.0 54.0 60.2 60.2 60.9 60.5 high enclosing wall. Within the scope of Planting trees on the top of the National 30-200m from the line are dormitories; cutting. 0.6 6 Defense in beyond that scope are teaching buildings. I Changsha_ . Statistics of Schools and Hos itals along Wu hang-Guangzhou Railway nd the Explanation of Railway Noise Impact Appendix 4-2 The Background Forecasted Noise Considered With 55dBA No Name Kilome- Nearest Noise terage Point to the 2000 2005 Note of the Surroundings Estimated Line (m) Day Night Day Night Day Night Control Measures Cost (10') Affiliated Along the one side of the line, a School of K1634 Between the school and the line, there are 1-2 noise absorbing barrier will be 7 Zhuzhou +400 70 59.5 56.8 60.0 57.3 60.2 57.5 rows of houses densely distributed. provided. It is forecasted that the 20.0 Ignition Plug noise will be reduced by Factory 5 - I Od5BA. Along the one side of the line, a Zhuting K1676 noise absorbing barrier will be 8 Railway High +100 100 56.0 52.5 58.5 54.0 59.3 54.8 Between the school and the line, there are two provided. It is forecasted that the 20.0 School rows of houses. noise will be reduced by 5-lOdBA. The Clinic of This section is a II m deep cutting; and the 9 Yunshi in K1769 40 59.0 54.0 59.5 56.0 60.2 57.5 clinic has no inpatient service. No measure will be taken. Zhuzhou +300 I Chenzhou Between the school and the line, 10 Commercial K1899 30 60.5 58.0 61.5 59.0 61.8 59.5 there is a highway; and this section is a 13m Planting trees on the top of the 0.6 School +600 deep cutting. cutting. I'ingshi I_There're three rows of houses and a highway No measure will be taken. ... Railway High K1960 110 60.2 58.2 61.0 58.8 61.5 59.2 separate the school and the line. School +310 _ _ . Along the one side of the line, a Pingshi K1960 There are a row of house and a highway noise absorbing barrier will be 12 Railway +500 60 60.5 58.5 62.2 59.5 62.5 60.0 between the school and the line. provided. It is forecasted that the 20.0 Primary noise will be reduced by School . . . 5-1Odl3A. Statistics of Schools and Hospitals along Wuchang-Guangzhou Railwa and the Explanation of Railway Noise impact Appendix 4-3 The Background Forecasted Noise Considered With 55dBA Kilome- Nearest Noise No Name terage Point to the 2000 2005 Note of the Surroundings Estimated Line Day night Day Night Day Night Control Measures Cost (m) I(104 Qujiang 3nd Between the school and the line, there are 1-2 13 High School K2033 80 59.8 54.0 60.5 56.0 60.8 56.5 rows of densely arranged houses and a No measure will be taken. in Shaoguan +350 highway. Lishi Primary Between the school and the line, there are 1-2 14 School in K2033 90 59.5 54.3 60.5 56.2 61.0 56.7 rows of densely arranged houses and a No measure will be taken. Shaoguan +450 highway. Shaoguan 15 Railway K2047 40 62.0 55.0 64.0 57.5 64.3 58.0 This section is a 18m deep cutting. Planting trees on the top of the 0.2 hospital +350 cutting. Shakou High Along the one side of the line, a School in K2096 80 Between the school and the line, there are noise-absorbing barrier will be 16 Yinde +900 57.0 53.0 58.5 53.8 59.5 54.5 some houses and the enclosing wall of the provided. It is forecasted that the 15.0 station. noise will be reduced by 5- IOdBA. Lianjian-kou Along the one side of the line, a High School K2152 Between the school and the line, there are 1-2 noise-absorbing barrier will be 17 +150 100 57.5 52.8 58.8 53.5 59.8 54.5 rows of houses. provided. It is forecasted that the 10.0 noise will be reduced by 5-IOdBA. Yuantan Along the one side of the line, a Railway K2198 Between the school and the line, there are 2 noise-absorbing barrier will be 18 Primary +330 70 56.5 53.0 57.8 53.8 58.5 54.0 rows of houses and the enclosing wall of the provided. It is forecasted that the 10.0 School station noise will be reduced by Total 166.6 Note: (1)"55dBA" is an analysis index added according to the requirement of the expert from World Bank. (2) The reason why "No measure will be taken" for the schools and hospitals is that the railway noise is less than the background noise. Contents A. Sur-mary ...............................................- I A. I Brief Description ................................................................................................I A . 2 Conclusions .4----........-....-..........--........-.... ............................. 4 A . 3 Measures and Recomnendations .- 7 B. Policy Decision,Laws and Administrative Frame .---------------.-.g9 B.1 Policy Decision .9......................................... 9 B.2 Laws and Regulations .9-................- . 9 B. 3 Assessment Standard .9.............................-.-.-.----.--.- ..-............... 9 B.4 Administration Frane .16 C. Introduction of the Project . 19 C. General Description .19 C.2 Construction Analysis .*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 C. 3 Identification and Screening of the Environmnent Impact of the Project .*- 37 C.4 Energy and Water Consumption and Total Pollutant Discharge Volume . 41 D. Description of the Environment .-.................................... 45 D . I Natural Ec ological Environment ................................. - . - .- 45 D .2 Social and Cultural Environnent ..............................................................................-46 D .3 Analysis of Environmental Status along the Line ...........................................................-48 E. EIA Forecast .. 63 E. 1 Environment Irnpact during Construction Period ............................................................-63 E.2 Environment Impact Forecast for Operation Period .68 E .3 Socio - Cultural Environmental Impact .................................. -.- 92 F. Review of the Alternative Scheme .106 F. 1 Alternative Scheme for Subgrade . 106 F.2 Optimization of Station Facilities .107 F.3 Optimization of Tractive Power Supply and Substation Facilities .*.--. 107 G. Mitigation Measures . *........................................108 G. I Measures of Environmental Protection Plan during Construction Period .108 G-2 Environment Protection Measures during Operation . 109 G. 3 Measures of Land Acquisition, Relocation and Resettlement .*.*.*-.*.*.*.*.*.*.*-.*.*113 G.4 Capital Assessment of Environmental Protection Measure .114 H. Envirounental Managerent and Training .120 H. I Mar,agement .120 H.2 Training Program .122 1. Monitoring Program .123 1. 1 Monitoring in Construction Period . 123 1 . 2 Monitoring in Operation Period . 124 1.3 Monitoring of Resettlement . 125 1.4 Monitoring of Induced Development . 125 J. Public Involvement Including Non - Governrmental Groups .126 J. I Holding Mleetings .126 J.2 Soliciting Opinions from Related Department .126 1.3 Soliciting Opinions from Affected Residents and Units .127 List of References and Data . 130 Appendix: .*---.... ---.. ----.... ---------------------------..-------------------------------------*---.130 1 . Name list 2. Documents of Units and Non - Governmental Organizations 2 A. Summary A. I Brief Desription 1 . Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway Line is a part of Beijing - Cuangzhou Railway, which goes from south to north and is a main artery of transportation in China. It starts frorn the north of Wuchang, ends at the south of Guangzhou, crossing three provinces - Hubei, Huiian and Guiangdong, and connecting cities - Wuhan, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang and Guangzhou . The line is an important trunk line in central south arca of China linking up central, north, northeast, northwest, east China and southwest areas. The single track railway line from Wuhan to Hengyang was built at the beginning of this century and it was double - tracked in the 1970s. The single track railway line from Hengyang to Guangzhou was built in the middle of the 1930s and it was double - tracked in 1988. Since 1978, China has speeded up its pace of reforTn and opening to the outside world and the national economy in Guangdong, Hubei and Hunan have been developing rapidly, thus causing passenger and freight traffic volumes in the three provinces increasing sharply. Growth rates of railway passenger and freight tumover were 8.3% and 20.7% respectiyely in these three provinces in the year 1991, being about 2.5 times as much as those of China's average growth rates of passenger and freight turnover. The design capacity of the line is lower than the actually transported volume.. Railway stations and line capacity are far from satisfying the increasing demands of transportation. Thus it is badly in need of expansion. 2. According to the reply of the State Planning Comnmission document No JJ ( 1983 ) 14 on Electrification Design of Zhenzhou - Wuchang Section and Hengyang - Guangzhou Section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway line and the notice of the Planning Department MOR - JC 1N ( 1992 ) 102 on Feasibilitv Study of Electuification Reconstruction Project of the Wuchang - Hengyang Section of the Beijing - Guangzhou Railt.sav Line, the 4th Survey and Design Institute of MOR drafted the Feasibility Study of the Wuhan - Hengyang Section and Concise Prelirninary Design of Hengyang - Guangzhou Section for the Electrification Reconstruction Project of the Wuchang - Guangzhou Section in 1992. On the basis of it, the Feasibility Study Report of the Expansion Prject of Wuhan - Guangzhou Section Using the 7th World Bank Loan was reported. With on the related technical parameters of the report of 1994 version, the EIA of Wuchang- Guangzhou Railway Capacity Expansion Project using World Bank Loan was completed and submitted to the World Bank in May 1994. 3. According to the notice of IOR - NQ JC (1998) 23 on Revised Technical Design of Eicetrification Reconstruction of the Wuchang - Guangzhou Section of the Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line, which has adjusted the contents and design principle of this project. It has made clear that the design of electrification should make use of the existing equipment and facilities so as to minimize the technical reconstruction project. It I has adjusted the passenger and freight traffic volume on the principle of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line taking passenger traffic as its main service and Beijing - Jiulong Railway Line taking the freight traffic as its main service. The 4th Survey and Design Institute of MOR has revised the ELA of 1994 version, newly predicted and assessed the environmental impact caused by the change of the project and has adjusted and supplemented the related chapters. 4. The main technical conditions of the line before and after capacity expansion are shown in Table A - 1. The main construction projects are as follows: * Electrification of the whole section (Details are shown in Tab c - 5 - c - 10) * Local construction and expansion for stations and yards and siding expansion for intennediate stations (Details are shown in Tab c - 5 - c - 10) * Local reconstruction for track and bridge (Details are shown in Tab c - 5 - c - 10) * New Construction and reconstruction for locomotives, communication and signalling, power supply and others (Details are shown in Tab c - 5 - c - 10) . The total investment of the project is RMB 6871.90 million yuan. It is estimated to acquire 154 hectares of land, relocate 171955 m2 of houses and resettle 8668 persons. 2 Table A - I Technical conditions of Wuchang - Guaigzhou Line Wuchang - Hengyang Hengyang - Guangzhou Items Present Design Standard for Present Design Standard for Status Capacity Expansion Status Capacity Expansion Track Class I Class I Class Track Double tracks Double tracks Track Levgth(km) 517.7 526.6 Min Curve 1000 in general in al 800 1000 in general Radius(m) 400 mrin 400 rnin Ruling Grade 66% 69%o6 6%o Max. 12. 1%o Reserved out - gauge Max. 8.9%o Reserved oult - gauge Effective Length 850 850 af A- D Track(m) Reserved 1050 850 Reserved 1050 850 Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Type of Blocking 8 min 7Amai 8 min 7 A nai Electric traction Diesd(Chenzhou- Electric traction Type of Traction Diesel diesel shunting Saouan electric) diesel shunting Freigh~t - DF4 of I~ Freight - DF4 Freight SS4 Pa&qenger - ND2 Freight SS4 Type of Loco . Passenger - ND2 Passenger SS8 (Cherizhou - Passenger SS8 iaoguan SS1) Tonnage Rating(t) 3500 4000 3500 4000 Direct Mode of Direct r (Chenzou - Direct Power Supply Sbga) Passenger 2000 35 - 52 44 - 50 Train 23 - 42 37 - 47 42 - 58 51 - 56 2005 Freight 2000 5800 - 8200 | 5600- 6600 Volume 4607 - 7983 4680 - 6394 4 5 ( 104t) Year 4800 - 7300 4900 - 5800 3 A.2 Conclusions A.2.1 Environment status f 5. By summarizing the investigation and monitoring results of various environrmental elemeni% on the basis of the current status, Wuhan - Guangzhou Railway passes through the following mrajor cities as Wuchang, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Shaoguang and Guangzhou. In passing thomugh these cities, usually there are dense residential quarters, schools, kindergardens and other sensitive facilities on both sides of the line. Train operation, narshalling and whistle of locomotive servicing operations in the city areas make the Leq value of a distance 30m away from main stations and lines approach or exceed the required railway boundary noise limit value of 70 dBA. At the sane time,ssmoke dust produced by operation in narshalling yards and district stations causes unfavorable effect on atmospheric environment nearby. In short, railway operation impact on environmnent is mainly concentrated in city areas and station areas where marshalling yard and district station are located. 6. Except the Shaoguan Locornotive Depot, all depots have their oil - contained waste water treated to meet the discharging standard of contaninants produced from locomotive and car inspection and repair and locomnotive servicing operation before discharging. Therefore, the function of the receiving water will not be changed. 7. In Wuchang, Changsha, Guangzhou, Zhuzhou and other major cities, the field strengih of TV signal is quite strong, reaching or approaching the normal requirement of receiving and watching in most cases. In Hengyang, Leiyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan and Xinjie stations, the field strength of TV signal of several channels is rather low and does not reach the national standard. Moreover, electromagnetic waves emitted from welding machines and hgih pressure switches cause a rather high radio interference background noise and the signal noise ratio lower than 35dB in most cases. These conditions have already affected the residents to watch TV nonnally. 8. At present, passenger trains running on Wuchang - Guangzhou Line discharge 28010. 8 tons of refuse and 528.6 x 104 fast food boxes every year. Because the railway transportation administrations have enhanced administering the passenger train refuse, especiallv collecting the boxes, the White - Contamination - Belt along the railway line has been basically controlled. 9.The Leq value of a distance 30m away from the outside rail on several sections of Wuchang - Cuangzhou Railway Line is 0.8 - 9.8dB(A) more than the noise value stipulated by the standard due to the noise released by locomoiive whistle and train operation. The impacted area mainly concentrates in city areas where the line passes through and the residents closer to the line are disturbed by the noise for some historical reasons. Most of the line are in the countryside field wlhere there are few sensitive facilities, so, basically, there are no disturbance. 10. The environmental vibration value at 30m away from the both outside rails will be lower than the value of 80 4 dB stipulated in the "Urban Area Environmental Vibration Standards". A.2.2 Environmental forecast 11. Prediction and calculation show that the opening of the electrified railway will bring about a large increase of field strenth of instantaneous electomagnetic interference when an electric locomotive passes through the residential area and cause a drop of signal noise ratio of TV at a different extent. In Xinjie, Chenzhou, Leiyang and other cities, several TV channels will be affected when an electric locornotive passes by. Since thc passing time of a locomotive is only 6 - 12 seconds and if it is 71 - 94 pairs locomotives per day in near the year 2000 and 84 - 104 pairs locomotives per day the year 2005, the time- interference ratio will be about 1.9 - 2.7% . That means residents' watching TV have 97 % of the time free from the interference of the electric locomotives. The main reason for several TV channels affected is the weak field strength of the TV signals. Since most stations along the line are now setting up or have set up closed - circuit TV networks, the project will not give much affect to TV watching. Based on GB8702 - 88 "Regulation on Electromagnetic Radiation Protection" and related foreign infornation, it is predicted that high frequency electromagnetic radiation and powerful electric field of industrial frequency coming from power supplying network of the contact system, traction substation and traction power switching on - off station will not cause significant influence on human health. 12. After the completion of the project, the total number of train pairs will be basically unchanged. The rnning speed will be a little bit raised. Therefore, the wheel - rail noise will still be the main noise pollutioni source of the railway sections. The wagon running noise is larger than that of the coach. As the proportion of the number of wagon pairs to the total numnber of train pairs decreases, even if the train running speed has a bit increase, the overall noise level will be basically the same as the corrent status, for the latter is offset by the formner. 13. The production sewage of Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway Line is rnainly from the locomotive depot and tumaround depot. Before and after the expansion of most stations and points such as Changsha, Zhuzhou, ete, the value of change for the water quality and quantity does not exceed ± 10% . It will continue to use the existing sewage treatment facility or add some treatment plants. For some of the stations and points without sewage treatment plants, such as Yueyang Locomnotive Depot and Shaoguan Locomotive Depot, etc, the corresponding treatment facilities will be added in this project so as to make the sewage discharge meat the standard. The sewage after treatment discharged to the local receiving water will not change the original function of use. Detailed measures are shown in A. 3 and E. 2.4. 14. After.the project completion, coal and fuel oil consumption will have a drop of 42. 8% and 92.0% respectively and the amount of main atmospheric pollutants - dust, S02, NOR, CO discharging will have a drop of 93.6% ,67.2% ,85 .8% and 56.9% respectively. The quality of atnospheric environment along the line will be improved significantly, especially the quality of atmospheric environment around main station areas and locomotive servicing operation sites. According to the investigation, the power for the electrified railway comnes 5 from the power network of Central and South China. The power plants are distributed totally in the districts of Central and South China. The power is mainly generated by heat power. The power consumption added for this electrification all falls within the design capacity of the original power plants. Dust rernoval measures are all taken for the smoke discharge of the boilers of the power plants and the discharge is up to the national standard and falls within the scope of the local total control amount. The waste residue of the boilers as the materials of brick making and road paving is widely used in building trade. Therefore, the addition of the power consumption of this project will not cause new impact to the local environment. 15. As the pairs of passenger trains increase, it is predicted that fast food boxes discarded will reach 601.1 x I() and 656. 6 x I04 in the year 2000 and 2005 respectively, with an increase of 13. 6% and 24. 2% in comparison with the corrent status, The passenger truain refuse will also have a large increase. The railway transportation administration has fomnulatcd strict system for collccting and recycling the passenger train refuse and the fast food boxes, thus the "White - Contanination - Belt" can be completely controlled. 16. Since the electrification of the Wuhan - Guangzhou Line is on the basis of double - track line, the line will occupy 154 hectare of land, relocate 171955m2 of houses and resettle 8668 persons. The number is not so large and they are distributed on a wide area of 1081km long, MOR will entrust the State Bureau of Land Administration of local provinces to conduct land acquisition, relocation and resettlement and give compensation to them in line with the requirement of the state and local governrment to ensure that the fanners and involved residents to get a reasonable compensation and lead a better life. Details are shown in the report of land acquisition and house removel for reference. 17. The project will enable the line to obtain not only direct economic returns of RMB 0.51 billion yuan and RMB 1.3 billion yuan in years 2000 and 2005 respectively, acunulating sum of profit and loss of RMB 0. 17 billion and RMB 1. 29 billion yuan in years 2000 and 2005 respectively, but also significant indirect social benefits. The completion of the project will promote the development of industrial enterprises and related service sectors, thus causing a booming economy. 18. There are many famous cultural and historic sites and scenic spots along the line. Besides Yellow Crane Tower, which is very close to the line, all other sites and spots are more than 500m awav from the line. The project will have no harmfil effect to these sites and spots. Precautions against earthquake have been considered in the construction of the Yellow Crane Tower. Train operation will cause no harmful effect on the Tower. 19. To sum up, the project will drive the economy development of the provinces along the line and the railway system itself will also have a significant benefit. After the project completion, quality of atmospheric environment along the line will be improved for the adoption of electrical traction. Waste water discharging from different pollution sources will be treated to meet environmental requirements. Both the increasing of passenger train pairs and the decreasing of freight train pairs hardly make the noise level change except the slight increasing of the 6 noise level in some section and make the amount of passenger train refuse increase a little. The above environmental problems can be controlled effectively after the implementation of recommendations and measures mentioned in this report. In weighing up the gains and losscs of differcnt environmental elements, the project is feasible. A. 3 Measures and Recommendations 20. In order to effectively control the environmnental impact of the project, the following major measures and recommendations against environmental impacts will be taken as follows: Construction period I . When soil borrow operation, the construction unit should move and lay aside humus topsoil of the borrow - pit and put it back after the completion of borrowing for vegetation recovering or protective structures. Dry rubble masonry should be adopted for tunnel spoil site not to cause mudflow. In the dry season, water spraying to reduce dust should be taken for construction sites and transportation access roads to reduce the influence to the plants nearby. After the construction cornpletion, all wastes should be cleared away firom construction camp so that the site becomes farmland again. Operation period II. Major environmental protection measures at operation period and its investment arc shown in Table A - 2. Table A - 2 Environmental Protection Facilities and Investinent Investment (10 thousand Yuan) Items Environmental Protection Facilities Wuchang - Henyang - Henyang Guangzlhou Laying heavy long welded rails on part of the line; closing corridors of school buildings of Hengyang Railway 7th Primary School, Shaoguan Railway Noise 2nd Prirnay School, Guangzhou Railway 4th 135.0 178.2 Primary School and Railway 2nd Middle school; j *7. Mounting noise absorbers on air compressors in I loco depots; Closing part of lines in Yueyang, I Changsha and Zhuzhou. I Water Waste Water treatment facilities for loco depots 290.0 15.0 and locoturnaround depots Atmosphere Mounting fume cleaning equipmcnit for newly Included in Included in added boilers the boiler the boiler Borrow - pit protection; subgrade side slope Ecology protection; afforestation of land; acquisition, 17319.26 5107.81 relocation and resettlement Total 17744.26 5301.01 * Details of waste water treatment facilities are shown in Table A - 3. 7 Table A - 3 Waste Water Treatment Facilities Measures of Treatment Names |Il Name!1 Existing Facilities New Design Recommendation Duoluokou Waste water - sand precipitation Wagon I tank adjusting precipitation Washing tank air floating tank - coke Poshint filtration tank - active carbon Point [ absorbing set - discharging Wuchang Waste water sand Southa LOCO precipitation tank oil isolation tank -¢ biooxidation Depot pool - discharging _ Wuchang Waste water oil isolation East Tum - tank coke filtration tank around Depot discharging n t YueyaIii LocoWaste water - oil isolation Waste water tnadjusting floatg tank Depot 1and precipitation tank- precipitation tank air flng teatent caacty tank filtrationgtraten cpait Dpt discharging tican--flrgting absorbing set -~from 20m3/h to ___________ __________________discharging30m3/h Waste water - oil isolation Chailgsha and precipitation tank -- air Add a sludge incinerator, dregs LAco Depot floating tank - filtration tank j scraping dredge equipment - discharging l l Zhuzhou Waste water - oil isolation Add an air floating set with North Lj: tank - adjusting precipitation treatment capacity of 20m3/h; Depot tank - air floating tank waste water from battery room discharging treated with DG style set Clange the foaml tank for oil Hengyang I Waste water - oil isolation absorbing into coke filtration LoCO tank - foam tank for oil Itank; increase part of overLaking Depot i absorbing - discharging pipes; increase one 50rn3/d sluge ngvang Waste water - oil isolation around rtank precipitation tank Depot discharging Shaoguan Waste water oil Ehlaoguian Waste water discharging without isolation tank air Electric treatment floating tank Loco Deptdicagnl Waste water -- oil isolation discharging Guangzhou tank - air floating tank - Waste water from battery room Loco Depot coke filtration tank o treated by DG style set discharging l L Guangzhou Waste water - oil isolation North Loco tank - air floating tank -I Depot ! discharging ! _ 8 B. Policy Decision, Laws and Administatdve Frame B. I Policy decision 21. The Wuhan - Guangzhou Capacity Expansion Project is a state key project approved by the State Planning Commission of PRC and implemnented by MOR. Implementation documents of the project are as follows: 1).The Reply to the Prospectus of Electrification of Zhenzhou - Wuchang Section and Hengyang - Guangzhou Section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line of the State Planning Commission JJ (1983) ND 14 document. 2).MOR TJ(1990)No 1"A Notice on Assigrung 1990 Railway Plan"; 3).MOR, TJ Han (1992) ND 334 document "Notice on Adjusting Survey and Design Plan in 1992"; 4).The Planning Department of MOR JC (1992) No 102 document "A Notice on the Working of Feasibility Study for Electification Reconstruction of Wuchang - Hengyang Section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line"; 5). Planning Department of MOR JC ( 1992 ) NQ 2 docurnent "A Notice on Supplementing and Revising Feasibility Study of Electrification Reconstruction of Wuchang - Hengyang Section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line"; 6) .Planning Departmnent of MOR JC (1998) No 23 document "A Notice on Supplementing Revising Feasibiling Study of Electrification Reconstruction of Wuchang - Guangzhou Section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line". B.2 Laws and Reguladons 22. Laws and regulations for environmental assessment are: "PRC Environmental Protection Law", corning into effect on Dec.26 1989; "PRC Law of Prevention and Treatment of Water Contamination", coming into effect on May. 15, 1996; "PRC Law of Prevention and Treatment of Air Pollution" coming into effect on Aug.29 1995; "PRC Law of Prevention and Treatment of Environmental Noise" coming into effect on May. 1 1997; PRC Land Adrninistrition Law" coming into effect on Jan. 1, 1987; "Stipulations on Land Recultivation", passed on the 22th Standing Committees Meeting of the State Council on Oct.21,1988; B.3 Assesnent Standard 23. Specific standant values sited for each environment assessment element in this report are listed as folloNs for the referenec use of each chapter. 9 Noise: GB12525 - 90 Railway Boundary Noise Limit value and its Measuring Methods; Railway boundary noise limit value: 70 Leq(dB < A > ) for day ani night 30m away from the central line of the outer rail. -f *GB12523 - 12524 - 90 Construction Site Boundary Noise Limit value and Measuring Methods. Standard value: Table B - I shows noise limit value at different construction stages. Table B - I Leq(dB < A > ) Noise Limit Value Construction Stages Main Noise sources Day Night ( Earthwork & Stonework Bulldozer, excavator, Trucks,etc. 75 55 Piling Various pile driving mnachines 85 Forbidden Concrete mixer, vibrator, electric 70 Structure saw, etc. 70 r_ Decoration Crane, lifter, etc. 65 55 I Note:The noise limit values listed in the Table are boundary limit values at construction sites corresponding to sensitive areas. *GB12348 - 12349- 90 Industrial Enterprise Boundary Noise Standard. Standard values Various enterprises'boundary noise standards are shown in Table B - 2 Table B - 2 Leq(dB < A >) Type Day Night 1 55 45 _ 2 60 50 3 65 55 4 70 . 55_._ _ Note: The 1st type is situable for residential, cultural and educational areas; the 2nd type is for residential, commercial and industrial mixed areas and commercial centre; the 3rd is for industrial district; the 4th is for districts on both sides of traffic lines. *GB3096 - 93 Urban Area Envimronnental Noise Standard Standard value and applicable scope(See Table B - 3) 10 Table B - 3 Urban Enviromnent Noise Standards of Vainous Districts Leq(dB < A >) Applicable Districts Day Night 0 50 40 I 55 45 2 60 50 3 65 55 4 70 55 Note: 0 type is suitable for sanitarium, high - grade villa, hotels which specially need quiethess. Suclh areas situated in the outskirts of the city and in the countryside will strictly carry out the standard higher than 0 type standard, i. e. 5 dB. The 1st type is for residential, cultural and educational institutions, the countryside residential environmnent can use the standard; the 2nd type is for resident, commerce and industry mixed district; the 3rd type for industrial district; and the 4th type for the areas on both sides of traffic trunk lines. Background noise limit values (noice level without train passing) of urban areas on both sides of river transportation and railway tnnk or secondary lines adopts this standard. Vibration *GB1007- 88 Urban Area Environment Vibration Standards Standard value Table B - 4 Verlical Z Vibration Standard in Urban Districts dB Scope of Applicable Areas Day Night Special Residential District 65 65 Residential, Cultural and Educational District 70 67 Commercial Mixed District 75 | 72 Industrial Centering District 75 72 Both Sides of Traffic Tmnk Rood Line 75 72 Both Sides of Railway Trunk Line 80 80 *GB10071 - 88 Urban Area Envirnment Vibration Measuring Methods Electumnagnetic *Regulation on Coverae of Field Strength of Broadcasting TV and Signal (Standards of the Ministry of 11 Broadcasting and TV) *CB8709 - 88 Regulations on Electromagnetic Radiation Protection The average specific absorption rate (SAR) of whole body within random continuous six minutes for random public radiation for 24 hours a day should be less than 0.02 w/kg. In 24 hours a day, the average -alue of field strength parameter of environment electromagnetic radiation within random continuous six minutes should meet the requiremnents in Table B - 5 Table B - 5 Public Radiation Linits Frequency Electric Field Intensity Magintic Fteld Power Density MHz V/m A/m W/m2 0.1-3 40 0.1 (40)1) 3 - 30 67/4f 0. 17/4f (12/f)') 30 - 3000 (12)2) (0.032)2) 0.4 3000- 15000 (0.224f)2) (0.001/102) f/7500 15000 -30000 (27)2) (0.073)2) 2 Notes: 1) Plane wave equivalent value for reference 2) For reference, not as limnit value; f is frequency, the unit is MHz; figures in the Table adopt integer. At present, there is no national standards of Radio Noise lirnit in for TV set. Only test results can be used as criterion. Water: *GB8978 - 1996 Comprehensive Waste Water Discharge Standard Standard value: Maxinum Allowable Discharge Standard for the Pollutant of the 1st Type Table B - 6 Pollutants Max. Discharge Standard(mg/L) Cadmium 0.1 Hexad Chomne |0.5 Lead j 1.0 Notes:The pollutant of the 1st type refers to the pollutant with its discharge density rneeting the standard at the discharge outlet of the workshop or workshop treatment facility . (It is just the same for the following.) 12 Table B - 7 Maxirmum Allowable Discharge Standard for the Pollutant of the 2nd Type mg/l Category I st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade poSctalent Build before | Build after Build before Build after Build before Build after ___u_nts_ )Dec.31,1997 f Jan.1.1998 Dec.31,1997 Jan.1,1998 Dec.31,1997 Jan.1,1998 PH 6 -9 6-9 6 -9 6 -9 6 -9 6-9 SS 70 70 200 150 400 400 BOD5 30 20 60 30 300 300 CODer 100 100 150 150 500 500 Petroleumn 10 5 10 10 20 30 Note:The pollutant of the 2nd type refers to the pollutant with its discharge density meeting the standard at the unit discharge outler. (It is just the same for the following). *GB3838 - 88 Surface Water Envirornment Quality Standard Table B - 8 Surface Water Environnent Quality Standard mg/i Category Class 1 CLass 2 CLass 3 Class 4 Class 5 Basic All receiving water should not contain the following materials produced by non - natural factors: Reqjuirements a. Nauseating deposit; b. Floating materials such as floating dregs, oils and other unpleasant materials; c. Materials producing nauseating colour, stink and turbidity; d. Causing harmful, toxic and unfavorable physiological reaction to human body, animals and plants; e. Easy for gowing nauseating aquatic living things. Water I Water temperature change by artificial factors should be less than I in an average week max temperature n'se in summer and less than 2 in an average week Temperatu-e 'C Iw eaeaewe a eprtr iei umradls hn2i naeaewe ijma tenperature drop in winter. PH 6 6.5-8.5 ] 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 l 6.5-8.5 6-9 COD,r < 15 < 15 15 20 25 BOD5 < 3 3 4 6 10 Petroleum < 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.5 1.0 Hexad Chrome < 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 , 0.1 Cadrnium < 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.01 _ . Le-ad < 0.01 0.05 0.05 j 0.05 0.1 13 Note:( 1) Practical standard. (2)Type 1 is applicable to source, water and national natural protection area. (3)Type 2 is applicable to the Ist class area of the water source of centralized drinking water for living, protection area of precious fishes. (4)Type 3 is applicable to the 2nd class area of the water source of centralized drinking water for living, protection area of general fishes. (5)Tytp 4 is applicable to genemal industrial water consumption area. (6)Type 5 is applicable to agricultural water consumption area. * B4437 - 90 Guangzhou City Sewage Drainage Standard Table B - 9 Max. Allowable Discharge Concentration of the 1st Type of Pollutants mg/l -IO pollutants Ist class standard 2nd and 3rd class standard I Cadmium 0 .05 0.1 2 Hexad Chrome 0.4 0.5 3 Lead 0.8 1.0 Table B- 10| MIax.Allowalbe Discharge Concentration of the 2nd Type of Pollutants mg/l Standards st Class Standard 2nd Class Standard _______ _______ ~ ~ ~ ~~~J 3rd Class Conentration Ttes Newly built Existing Newly built Existing Standard Value\l Pollutants PH 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 SS 70 100 150 200 200 BOD5 30 50 50 60 80 COD 80 110 110 130 180 Petroleun 5 8 8 10 15 * DB4426 - 89 Water Pollutants Discharge Standard 14 { Table B- II Max. Allowable DiLscarge Concentration of the Ist Type of Pollutants mng/ I t . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Max. Allowable ; ~~~~~~~Nlo Pollutants Discharge Density 1 Cadmium O.I 2 Hexad Chrome O.S 3 Lead 1.0 Table B- 12 Max. Allowable Discharge Concentration of the 2nd Type of Pollutants mg/ I StandardI I st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class 4th Class Dischaie Volume I l \9alV e No > 1000 -1000 > 1000 < 1000 > 1000 j O 1000 Pollutant Dividing m3/daily m3/daily m3/daily m3/daily m3/daily m3/daily 1 PH 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9 2 SS 70 100 100 200 200 200 250 3 BOD5 30 50 60 60 70 70 80 4 COD, 100to 110 130 130 150 150 200 5 Petroleum 5.0 8.0 10 10 10 | 10 15 Atmosphere: * GB13271 - 91 Standard for Atmospheric Pollutant Emnitting by boiler Maximurn smoke and dust emission density and blackness allowable for all boilers installed before August 1, 1992 and ready for installation are shown in Table B - 13. Table B- 13 Smoke and Dust Concentration mg/m3(Standard status) Ringelmnan Blackness I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ist District | 2nd District 3rd District I 200 300 400 Maximum concentration and blackness of smoke and dust and SO2 emitted fiom all boilers installed and replaced after August 1, 1992 must be in line with stipulations shown in Table B - 14. 15 Table B- 14 Srmoke and Dust Concentration mg/m3 SO2 Concentration, mg /rn3 Ringelran (Stadr tts ( Stan(la I stah is) Blackness Ist District 2nd District 3rd District De Cone 502 Content B negs .in Ca,<-2% inol %. Dge 100 250 350 12rn 1800 1 Note: Ist district refers to the areas of natural protection, scenic spots or places in need of special protection: 2nd district refers to the city or town' s residential areas , mixed areas of business and transport, cultral places, general industrial areas and rural areas. 3rd district refers to special indastrial area. B .4 Administative Frame B .4. 1 Construction and operation units of the Wuhan - Guangzhou Railway 24 The line is under the adrninistration of the Zhengzhou Railway Administration and the Guangzhou Railway Group Company separately. These two units are responsible for the line' s operation management and expansion construction. The detail adrninistration frame is as follow: |MOR Zhengzhou Railwa1 Administration| Guangrhou Railway Group Company (Wuchang - l(Pugi (excluded) - Guan hou l Fig. B - 1 Construction and Operation Units of the Line The 4th Survey and Design Istitute of MOR is in charge of the design of the line,, B.4.2 Environmnental management system involved in the environmental impact assessment of the line: 25 Assessrnent entrusting stage State Planning Conmmission | MOR I, State Bureau of Environmental Protection Zhengzhou Railway Administration Assnt Unit Guangzhou Railway Group Company Fig. B - 2 Frame Diagram of Assessnent Consigiwg Stage 16 After the feasibility study of the project was approved by the State Planning Commission, the construction units -Zhengzhou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railway Group Company will entst the envirnmental impact assessment task to an assessment unit with a class A assessment certificate. According to the division of the adminstrative power, the assessment unit will submit an EIA report to the State Bureau of Envimrnmental Protection first for approval and then reports the Envirmnmental Protection Office of MOR for records. 26 Compiling period of the environmental assessment outline The assessment unit makes site reconnaissance and investgation, solicit opinions from provincial, regional and municipal BEP along the line, on the environmental standards and the depth of the assessment. After the outline is approved by the constiuction units, the outline is submitted to the State BEP for examination. The State BEP then organizes experts group to examine the outline and invites EPO fron MOR, provincial, regional and municipal BEP to attend the neeting. State Environment preside meetingMO -Protection Agency p submit outline for approval Zhengzhou Railway Guangzhou Rai Group ______ _ Outline Examining Meeting AssessmenT soliciking opinion Hunan, Hubei, Related Region Unit Guangdong i Experts i Provincial EPA , l Group soliciting opinion Flg. B - 3 Frame Diagram of Outline Drafting Stage 17 27 EIA Report Compiling Stage At this stage, based upon the reply of the State BEP and opinions offered by experts group, the assessnent unit conducts investigation and monitoring, and solicits opinions from provincial, regional and municipal EPO along the line and victims for all environmental protection measures adopted; finds out the situation about land acquisition, relocation and resettlement carried out by the provincial, regional and municipal railway support offices; coordinates construction units and design units; and defines environmental protection measures and investments. The construction units submits the report to EPO of MOR and then the EPO of MOR invites the State BEP, provincial and municipal EPO, experts from different specialities to review the report. . MOR .. -. State EPA presiding meeting submitting \-/ report\/ Zhengzhou Railway Guangzhou Report Examir.^e Experts Group Rail Group Meeting discuss EP measures Designing Unit (4th Institute MOR) diss EP / measures l /- Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong Assessent solicit opinions on Unit and regional,municipal EPA venironment protection measures land acquisition reloation, resettlement Victim Units and Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong ) Individualz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~and regional, municipal Individuals 18B -4 Block agamofReportC prailway supporting offices 18 ,~~Fl. B - 4 Block Diagrm of Report Comnpfind StaW 28 Final Examination of the Report MOR reportirg oJnions on pre - exmiatwn State EPA written approval of rital examinaticn submit report copy of vritten approval World Assessment Zhengzhou Railways Desigmng Hubei, Hunan, Bank Unit Guangzhou Unit Guangdong Guangzhou ~~EPA Rail Group Flg.B - 5 Block Diagram of Final Examination of Report Based on MOR's ideas about the preliminary examination and opinions given by Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong provinces, the State BEP gives the report a written reply of final examination. nhen, Zhenghou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railway Group Company submit the report to the World Bank thmugh MOR. C. Introduction of the Project C. I General Description 29. The Wuchang - Guangzhou section of Beijing - Guangzhou Railway, which starts at Wuhan (the capital of Hubei Province)and ends at Guangzhou(the capital of Guangdong Province), goes from north to south through the provinces of Hubei, Hunan and Gnangdong passing through laEe and medium cities including Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang and Shaoguan, and regions of Xianning and Chenzhou and the areas under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan. It connects the Zhengzhou - Wuchang line in north, the Macheng - Wuhan and Wuchang - Jiujiang lines in east and the Wuhan - Danjiangkou line in west and moves southward to connect with the Changsha - Shirnen line at Changsha, Zhushou - Guiyang line at Zhuzhou and Zhuzhou - Hawgzhou line at 19 Zhuzhou and links with the Guangzhou - Shenzhen line, Guangzhou - Maomning line, Guangzhou - Meizhou - Shantou line and the Guangzhou - Zhuhai line at Guangzhou(see geographic location of Wuchang,- Guangzhou section of the Beijing - Guanighou line Fig C -). [ 30. The principal technical conditions and equipmnents about the existing line of the Wuchang - Guangzlhou section are shown in Table C - I and Table C - 2; the pair numbers of passenger and freight cars and the transport capacities on the main sections of the exsing lines are shown in Table C - 3. 31.The capacity expansion project of the Wuchang - Guangzhou section ranges from the south end of South Wuchang Marshalling Station with a kilometerage of k1221 + 700 to the Guangzhou - Shenzhen line at the south end of Guangzhou with a kilometerage of K2 + 450 and includes the terminals construction in Wuhan, Zhuzhou, r Hengyang and Guangzho, the related construction in Changsha area and partial electrification expansion of the Guangzhou - Shenzhen line leading to Guangzhou Terminal. The length of the whole line down line ( to Guangzhou) is 1044.262 km. By adding the related line of the Wuhan terminal, the total length is 1081.172 km.Of which, the Chenzhou - Shaoguan section of 155.165 km is rebuilt and expaned based on the existing electrified line. i Table C- 1 Summary of the Main Technical Conditions on Exsting lnes Item Wuchang - Hengyang Section Hengyang - Guangzhou Section Class of line Classi Class I Numnber of main lines Double tracks Double tracks Linear length of lines (km) 517.7 526.6 Minimum curved Usu.600 - 800,min.400 radiumn(m) Uul0,i.8 Ruling grade 6%so, max.12.1%o | 6%o,max.8.9%o Effective length of 850, reserved 1050 receving - departure track ( (m) (no reserved length for manority stations) Type of block Automatic block,8 minutes interval Kind of locomotives Diesel locomotive traction (electric locorotive traction for Chenzhou - Shaoguan section) Type of locomotives Feight locomotive DF4,passenger locormotive ND2, Chenzhou - Shaoguan SS1 Tonnage rating(t) 3500 3500 Type of power supply BT + Directly power supply of traction for Chenzhou - Shaoguan 20 l The Geographic Location of Wuchang-Guangzhou Section, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway I Scale: 1 :800000() I .-'I)/ H" IN ~ ~ ~ A o /anj in~ z .41~~~~1 4'r'S¢S I !Ev r /S .. I Mg ., 7PUL=Llak-uD Teqhnical serYice!2are -.> Passenger trai- enDipangat - u > Stations e> i> Se ncingat |passengersnr a- longthe staton c passenger | sendgdepo . ingrdepotc n ~eotI Fig. C - 4 Sketdi of pager and Frgh Trans' OpeAion ILocomotive depotl ReDair workshplOoeriting workshop IlInter-irodic rewai .Locomotive ooeratin Loomotivesicin tPeriodical rairi Overhaulepair al loomotive shopi Fig. C -5 Sketch of Locomotive Operation and Service Repair Procedure iPassenget depot Repaired t distributing >- RpFi ata jograu.on < - hicle depot I iight carl Operation cross railway | Tam |1 Repasred at| service station FIg.C-6 Sktde of the Regua Car Opeui and Repa*g 110 kv power 110 kv power Oter supply network supply network seclon Tractive substatin Tractive I substabon Sectioning } | f XI station ,Le X "" * /' ' / ~~~~~~~~~~~Oter K * secSion v~~~~~~~~~S station Fig. C-7 Sketch of Tractive Power Supply System C.2 Construction Analysis 33 Table C-5 and Table C-10 shows that the Wuchang-Guangrhou capacity expansion project covers extensive areas and needs large amount of investrent. It is very complicated and arduous for construction. The construction block diagram Fig. C-2 of the project is worked out on the basis of the major construction contents and the schedule of the construction listed in Table C-12. 34 When the capacity expansion project is completed, the traffic capacity and volume of the line will increase by a big margin. It will be such a railway system in which a smooth north - south trafic truck line is provided with perfect coordinate operation of stations, locomotive service, rolling stock. communications, signals and 36 electrification facilities and various departments interworking very closely. It is very difficult to illustrate the specific operation of the complicated system. Fig C - 3 - Fig. C-7 briefly generalize the nmain famework of its operation procedures. C .3 Identification and Screening of the Environental Impacts of the Project 35. The project will cause a series of environmental impacts, either during its construction period or operation period. According to the a,alysis on the prmject' s nature and locations, the main environmental impacts are shown in Table C-13 and Table C-14. 36 Table C-13 summarizes its main environmnental impacts and their degrees. Here is the additional explanations. I . he land acquisition, building removals and residents resettlement caused by the project will permanently destroy the fann crops and vegetations w ithin the land acquired. Residents relocation will inevitably affect their living quality. If the urban land is acquired, the building removals wil temporarily cause urban traffic congestions and damage the urban landscape. !I.Construction sites and accessroad will bring about unfavourable influence to farm crops, vegetations, soil urban traffic congestions urban landscape, etc, mneanwhile, produce certain amnount of spoil, muck and noise pollution. .4 m . The strikingly hamful irmpacts caused by infriastructure construction and earthwork and stonework shall be those to soil, vegetation, farm crops and urban landscape and construction noise and vibration interference. IV . 'he main environmnental impacts caused by the tiansportation of equipment and building materials and earth - and - stone - works are noise interfercnce and dust rising in the air. Furthennore, it will bring about trafic pressures on the related roads. V .The main environrnental impacts during tunnel construction are the large amount of spoil, blast vibration interference and snall amount of waste water be construction and the rising dust in the air. 1I . Bridges and culverts are relatively few for this project. The main environrnental impacts are the disturbance to the soil during pile foundation constnrction and the turbidity increase of water of rivers and ponds caused by the pit spoil and drainage. Ml.Track and houses constructions make noise and vibration, interferences to the surroundings and much constructi&n refuses wiU offend the eye. VI . The afforestation and restoration constructions after the completion of the major parts of the project will bring back a good conpensation to the environment along the line. Table C-13 and Table C-14(attached) 37.Generally speaking,except a few activities like land acquisition, building removal and residents resettlement, 37 which will bring permanent impacts due to the construction of the project, all others will only temporarily affect the environment and can be restored by taking preventive and remedial measures. 38.Tabel C-14 generally gives the main harmfil impacts and degrees to environment by the construction of the project. Here is some specific analysis. I . Whether the capacity expansion project is conducted or not, the Wuchang-Guangzhou section of the Beijing- Guangzhou Railway, as busy tund line. has its own strikingly harmful impcts, that is the noise pullution on the environment. The main noise resources include train running, shunting and loading-unloading operation at stations; the locomotive servicing and broadcastings both at stations and yards and other high noise equipment, etc. II . Generally speaking, the above-mentioned noise interference resources are also the vibration interference resources, which produce somewhat vibrating interference. Nevertheless, their impact range has been proved to be limited. Ul . The electrification railways inevitably produce electromagnetic radiation. As far as the intensity of the interferenec resources is concemed, the locomotive under operation and servicing is the most stricking one and the second is the power supplying equipment like the tractive substations. LV.The water environment impacts during the operation period include the waste.,water discharged from the washing of passenger car servicing, and from the inspection and repair of rolUing stocks. V .The electrification construction will greatly reduce atmospheric pollution along the railway line caused by railway. However, the diesel locomnotives for shunting will still produce small amount of exhaust gas. In addition, the boilers for production and living in each working unit will also discharge sorne atmospheric pollutants. 38 'Tahle C- 13 MWatrix of identific:ttiOn and Screcning of Enivironinental Impacts of the Capacity Expansion Project ' , (m-IsInillrtioln G(trtJuction Infra9strudlru Equipmtents, Ipmi,ct lantid Blilding sit's earthw rk ntuiolns & runned HCOKC Rtai bIousii Aflonsiuliwi & E'eirment .~ ,, rt;wquitIon noval detmictrs sionework earth CortStrutCion colstrulnion tiginmeer ing En vviranent ~ --..rAmtnstTllion c-ellIraction set p corstrutien tnrarspott lucto,-_________ Agriculture Residents living 3 3 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 + ecology envinment Soil 0 0 -2 _ -2 _ -2 -_l 0 0 _ F'aoni emps 3 0 2 - 2 0 _I 0 0 0 +_ _____ tttt i, {,ta,,t, - 3 0 _ 2 -2 _0 0 0 + 2 Jrbao IFettt ,, - 3 _ 3 _0 0 0 a 0 0 +t ecolin_ Udbo,nntll_ -2 - 2 -2 0 0 0 Ltnd.5 COD Potassium Dichromate 10 - 800 l BOD5 Dilution and Vaccination > 3 Oil Infrared oil detector 0.1 - 200 I D.3.5 Atmosphere 74. Heating system is unnecessary in winter along the Wuchang - Guangzhou, so there are few and less boilers and boiler tonnage. Except the electrified Chenzhou - Shaoguan section, the whole line adopts diesel locomotives with, only a few steam shunting locomotives in some stations. 75. Coal is the main goods transported on the Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway with the amount accounting for 20 - 40% of total freight transported on the line. According to the field monitoring on Daqin Railway, the amount of coal dust arose during coal transportation is small when the distance is over 200 Iam, and since the coal train always rans over 200km away from original places on the line, dust produced dunng transportation is comparatively snall on the line and its impact on atmospheric environment along the line is minor, but it is known according to the actually measured result of Guangzhou - Zhuzhon Railway Line that the coal dust produced by coal stores and special coal unloading lines causes certain impact on the surrounding environmnent. Tht impact scope is 150m in the leeway direction in the case of no coal unloading operation;400m in the leenay direction in the case of coal unloading operation. Note: During the crude coal tanspot, the amount fo escape of coal dust produced at the first 200kmfom the starting point is comaratively large The main reason is that neither cover is provided at the top of the coal nor measure against the escape of the coal dust is taken. Therefore , the departments concerned are studying how to control the scattering of the surface coal by the wind influence. = 76. Table D - 9 is a statistic result of fuel consumption amount of moving sources (diesel and steam locomotives) and their emitting amount of main atmospheric environmental pollutant in each sections on the Wuchang - Guangzhou line. 58 |1 Table D - 9 Statstks of Fael and Energy Conswnypion of Moving Sowres and 1bew Emitting Amoumt of Mai A bnoec Pollutant j In Each Setion on the Wuchang - Guangzo Line(t/a) Energy Consumption Dwrp Anxmt d Main Air Pltards Sections Type Oil oxd power Snoke S02 NOx CO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (~~x lO8kwA ) Wuhan Train Loco 189450.9 / / 2879.7 606.2 3599.6 1345.1 Shuning Lnco 2762 / / 41.9 8.7 51.8 19.3 North SteamLoco / 28105 / 5255.0 801.2 42.0 1264.9 Hengyang Subtotal 192212.9 28105 / 8177.2 1416.1 3693.4 2629.3 North Train Loco 79559.3 / / 1209.3 254.6 1511.6 564.9 Hengyang Shuniting Loco 276 / / 4.2 0.9 5.3 2.0 Steamn Loco / 7315 / 1296.9 169.4 975.0 364.4 Chenzhou Subtotal 79835.3 7315 / 2510.4 424.9 2491.9 931.3 |henzhou TrainLoco /l 1.44 / / / / Chenzhou SlhuntingLoco / / / / / / / Stemn Loco / 4818 / 901.1 125.1 7.2 216.8 Shaoguan. Subtotl / 4818 1.44 901.1 125.1 7.2 216.8 Train Loco 78449.7 / / 1192.4 251.0 1490.5 557.0 Shaoguan Shunting Loco 661 / / 10.1 2.12 12.6 4.7 Steam Loco / 6010 / 1123.8 171.3 9.0 270.5 : Guangzhou Subtotal 79110.7 6010 / 2326.3 424.4 1512.1 832.2 Total 351158.9 46248 1.44 13915 2390.5 7704.6 4609.6 77. Table D - 10 shows statistics of coal consumption amount of fixed boilers and their discharge amount of main atmospheric pollutants at main stations and depots along the Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway. * I 59 f Table D - 10 Statistics of coal CoWpt and Major Air Pollutant Enisso at Main Statios and Depots of the Wuchang - Guangzhou Une(t/a) Dischares of Major Air Pollutants Stacib Arm Coal Caamv6n Smoke S02 NOx CO Wuhan 13870 165.5 244.1 157.9 727.0 Yueyang 5566 50.4 98.0 63.8 291.4 Chaniha 7469 60.4 131.5 84.4 391.5 Zhuzhou 9696 85.7 170.7 109.5 508.1 Henraang 9553 73.2 168.3 108.1 500.8 Chenzhou 3905 27.5 66.7 44.2 204.7 Shaoguan 1372 10.5 32.9 15.5 71.9 Guangzhou 2640 12.4 63.4 29.9 138.4 Total 54071 485.6 975.4 613.3 2833.8 78. Table D- 11 is the statistics of total amount of fuel consumption and main atmospheric pollutants discharged along the Wuchang - Guangzhou line. Table D - 11 Statistis of Total Amount of Fuel Co5numplion and Main Atmqspheicc Pollutants Discharged on the Wuchang - Guangho Railway(t/a) Type of 'near Gromption Dishur Amourt i Main Atom*phenc Pollutnts Section Pollution Power So 0 Source Coal Oil (x 10kwA) Smke S02 NOx CO Moving 28105 192212.9 / 8177.2 1416.1 3693.4 2629.3 source - ang source 36601 / / 362.0 644.1 415.6 1918.0 Section-II Total 64706 192212.9 / 8539.2 2060.2 4109 4547.3 Moving 18143 158946.0 1.44 5737.8 974.4 4011.2 1980.3 ;sourre Fixed 17470 / / 123.6 331.3 197.7 915.8 source Total 35613 158946.0 1.44 5861.4 1305.7 4208.9 2896.1 Moving 46248 351158.9 1.44 13915 2390.5 7704.6 4609.6 source Whole Fixed 54071 / / 485.6 975.4 613.3 2833.8 line source__ Total 100319 351158.9 1.44 14400.6 3365.9 8317.9 7443.4 60 79.Table D-11 showsn da the coan pon of 100319 t/a of coal and 351158.9 t/a of oil disarges major atmospheric pollutants inchlding 14400.6 t/a of smoke,3365.9 t/a of S02,8317.9 t/a of NO, and 7443.4 Va of CO befor the capacity epansion project. Since the atmospheric pollution soures are distributed along the 1081km long railway,their discharge densities are 13 .3Vkm-a of smoke,3. It/km-a of S02,7.7tVkma of No, and 6.9 Vktn-a of CO respectively, causing slight impact on the environment. However, in Yueyang,Zhurhou, Shaogun, Chenzhou and Hengyang district stations, atmospheric polltants such as smoke emitted by the locomotives in service operation and some steam shunting locomotires with a comparively heavy impact on the local atnospheric environment, become the main atmospheric pollution sources in the station area. The smoke discharged by both heating boilers and industry boilers can meet the related standard of discharge, but the emitting density of S02 exceeds the standard and has a certain impact on the local atmospheric envirnment. ||3D.3.6 Solid waste 80.The solid wastes produced by the existing Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway operation departents can be categorized as follows: T . Slags fiom steam locomotives, boilers in stations and depots, metal scrap fiom rolling stock maintenance and 11 ~~~repair. II estac refuse from statons and depots along the line . 5 m11. Reuse,exement and discarded fast food boxes fiom passenger uns. 8 1X.Table D- 12 Shows the statistics of the solid wastes volumes along the line.The total annual volume of solid _ wastes discharged friom the Whchang - Guangzo Railway amounts to 28010.8 tons, including 47.8 % of slags, 34.0% of domestic refuse and 17.8% of the refuse from passenger trains,plus528.6 x 104 fast food boxes. 82. At prseent, more than 90% slags fromn steam locomotives and boilers are collected and snpplied to local cement plants and brickworks as raw materials and paving materials. lhrough investigation, there is almost no slag | accumulation in each discharge places along the line. Discharge anount of metal scrap generated from rolling ! stock maintenance and repair is small and all of it is recycled by the recycle depatment. 6 * 61 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6 Table D 12 Staiitis of Railway Solid Wastes Vohunes(t/a) Wuchang - Heg'jang Hengang - Guangzhou Total Slag 7461 5928 13389 Train grbage 2118.6 2876.5 4995.1 l living garbage 4540.6 4994.7 9535.3 Lunch box 226.7 301.9 528.6 (10pieces/a) Metal scrap 68.5 22.9 91.4 Total Garbag 14188.7 13822.1 28010.8 Lunc box 226.7 301.9 528.6 83. Stations and depots along the line discharge a large amount of domestic refuse and the refuse has a complex composition. As stations and depots are usually located in the vicinity of cities and towns, their refuse has already l been put into cities and towns reuse recycle and disposal systems. The block diagram of refuse disposal system at main passenger stations along the line is as follow: j Domestic refise from stations I Station refuse box I Refise disposal system in cities and towns Passenger train refuse | Flg D- 1 Frae of Station Garbage Administration System I 84. According to the in - situ joint investigation along the whole line from Beijing to Guangzhou implemnented by State BEP and MOR in April, 1998, stations and passenger trains have been properly furnished with refuse collecting, cleaning and transferring equipment. Each car in every passenger train has its own bins or bags. In addition, aU passenger trains downloads their refuse at designated stations along the line where specialized staffs make the refuse colecting, cleaning and transferring standardizedly and regularly. As everything goes in order, the phenomena of littering everywhere have been effectively controlled. MOR has promulgated some regulations to eliminate diiposable undegradable plastic fast food box by using the degradable wrapping material as substitute. Therefore, the"white pollution belt"along the line caused by the discarded fast food boxes has been effectively contmoled. Other still - in - use plastic wrapping material for food is also effectively collected and the collected plastic wrapping material will be retreated and used as the raw material for making wrapping material not for food. 62 .| 85.The excremet from passwger trains is sill discharged through a"straight - dtongh'- to- tak"' toilet presendy and, to somextent conaminates the environment widhin 20m on both sides of the line, meanie *I| bringing about a negafive effect on the hygienic conditions of the train. It is reported that MOR has begm to organize the related depatent to develop new toilet for the train. With the renewal of the oiling stock, the ii |a"straight- to- track"toiler will be replaced. E. EIA Forecast '1 86. The environmental impacts of the Wuchang - Guangzhou Railway Capacity Expansion Project cover two stages - the construction impact and the operation impact. Dinang construction period, except the permanent { 1 changes caused to regional landform, vegetation and agiicultural ecology etc by land acquisition, relocation, soil borrow and spoil as well as tunnel spoi storage, other environmental impacts will disappear as the construction is i1 over.The environmental impacts during operation period will gradually become intense as the passenger and freight traffic volume increase. Therefore, the ELA forecast will describe the impacts of the railway operation to the .J| sunnunding envirnent after its capacity expansion on the basis of the design terms 2000 and 2005. The issues about land acquisition, relocation and resettlement as well as the induced econoric development along the line I due to the increase of passenger and freight traffic volume will also be described in the section of social and cultural environmenl imracts. E.1 IEhviroiental impcts duwng Consucion Period 87.1he construction period of the capacity expansion project is scheduled in three years(including construction preparation), in which the key construction projects include the new building and rebuilding electrification facilities such as traction substations,switching stations and sectioning stations etc. along the line; locomotive and car facilities; extra - long bridges on Changsha passenger train untwining line and crossing Liuyang River and rebuilding and expanding major stations and yards like South Wuchang, North Yueyang, East Changsha, Norht Hengyang,Shaoguan and North Guangzhou etc. In view of construction volume, the construction work for the Wuchang - Hengyang section is relatively arduous as compared with the Hengyang - Guangzhou section. 88. As meqtioned above, the construction work of the project will generate a series of environmental impacts along the line.Analysis is detailed as follows: E. 1.1 Construction impacts on the agricultural ecology environnent E. 1.1.1 Land acquisition 89. In construction preparation activities such as opening up a construction site and constuction of its access,a 63 I relatively large amount of land will be temporarily occupied along the line. Meanwhile, due to constuction work, transportation machine rolling and people stepping etc, an extra amount of land will be easily occupied and danaged AIl these factors will be liable to produce unfavorable impacts to the land resources along the line. However, since this project will not involve new line construction, its construction quantities are relatively sall. As the transportation and the tertiany industry along the line are well developed,the requirement to construction access, workers' living camps and materials storage yard can mostly be satisfied through the existing facilities at the local areas. On the whole, the unfavorable inpacts due to land occupation by the project are only limited to local areas. E 1. 1.2 Soil erosion due to soil borrow and spoil l 90. This capacity expansion project involves a cut - fill work totalling 657. 28 x 10'm3, which is not a big amount compared with the line length and land coverage between Wuchang and Guangzhou. However, the whole j line has 20 soil borrow and spoil pits which are a relatively large. The soil borrow and spoil will bring about different degrees of erosion and damages to local soil.The locations of major soil borrow and spoil pits along the I line and corresponding cut- fill works are listed in Table E- I. 91.In Table E- I,the soil borrow amount for the project is much bigger than the spoil amount. Along the line there are 7 soil borrow pits with a soil borrow amount over 10 x 104m3 in which the one at Wangjiabao, located at K1329 + 600, is the biggest. For the whole line, there are only two large - scale spoil pits and the largest one is located at K1329. In Table E - I, most of the big soil borrow and spoil pits along the line are located at hilly and gentle lands. Meanwhile, most of the lands occupied are forestry areas. Only eight soil borow pits, namely I Shengli Village(Kl234)Dongyangdu( K1762 + 750 and K1763 + 900), Leiyang( K1814 + 200), Maba( K2063 + 900),Shakou(K2097 + 100),Lianjiangkou(K2153 + 600) and Yuantang(K2199 + 700)occupy arable lands and they all can be restored. I I I L 64 Table E- 1 Major Soil Borrow/Spoil Pits for the Wnchmn - Guangzho Railway Capacity Expason Project L|cation of Soil Borrow/Spoil Cut - Fill Work (104m3) Areas of Soil Pits(Mileage of the Beijing - Gusngzou Topography Borrow and Spoil Main line, Downwards) Bo.rw Spoil Xianlushan Soil Bormw, 1500mH Hiflylyad 18.5 6.2 Shengli Viiiage Soil Bonow,500Om Centle Hilly Left to K1 34 GentleHilly 34.7 6.2 Lrf oK1234 +05D Land Xianniig Station SDil B6rrow, Gentle Hilly 3.308 KlN9 | 066i Iand ~~~~~~3.53 0.88 Spoil,Left to K1317 + 500 Valley 12 2.67 WangEIBbao 12.75rw,00 Ri oito K1329 +600m Denuded Hilly Land 51 12.75 Right to K1329 + 600 Soil Bonuw,Right to DK1489 + 640 Gentle Hilly land 2.1 0.41 Gupei Town Soil Borxw,7km Ditto 4.1 1.03 "1 ~ ~~~~~Left to K1495 + 600 Spoil,50m Right to YK1462 + 400 Ditto 1.14 0.42 Gaoling Vilag Soil Boaow, 4. 23 | . LaalaohveillTaogwnS°iClharWba ' ~~Ditto 49.5 12.37 Laodaohe Town, Changah Dtt Laoguanchong Soh Borrow Denuded Low 12.5 3.12 Hilly Land__ _ _ _ _ Soil Borow, Left to K1762 + 750 Hilly & Dry Land 1.5 0.43 Soil Borrow,Left to K1763 + 900 Ditto 2.1 0.5 Leiyang Soil Borrow,160n Dit 1.9 0.43 Right to K1 814 +200 Ditto__9_0_4 Maba Soil Borrow, K2063 + 900 Ditto 6.3 0.97 Soil Borrow,180m Left to DK2097 + 100 Ditto 2.9 0.43 Soil Bormw,Right to K2153+600 Ditto 2.0 0.43 Soil Borrow,180m Left to K2199+700 Hilly,Paddy Field 4.9 1.67 San Village Soil Borrow,130 - 330m Gente Hilly Land 8.5 2.13 Left to K2247 +300 - + 500 _____ _ _ Shuili Soil Bozrow, 0- 200m Left to K2246+700- K2247+000 Ditto 13 3.24 Tangge Soil Borrow, 200m Denuded Gentle Left to K2251 + 400 - + 800 Hilly Land,Some 21.1 5.27 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dry Land_ _ _ _ _ 92 The soil erosion and damages generated by soil borrow and spoil are mainly the following two aspects. .j] I . A large scale soil borrow wllesult in heavy damages and distiance to the earth surface of the borow pits and their smnundings, leading to damages and extinction of the vegetation, soil exposition, declining of mountain body stability and soil anti- erosion capacity,and along the line,under the scouring of rich rainfall,the surface 65 rocks are liable to be broken and weathering, forming soil and water erosion.- II Laxge amount of broken rocks and various impurities are ointained in the construction spoil, which is low both in stability and anti - erosion capacity. f piled improperly, under suong scuriing of rainfaU in rain season, it is f easily denuded and collapsed, forming mud - rock flow and dirty muddy water, damaging nearby soil and farm lands, and also bringing about pollution and damages to irrigation canals and ditches, rivers and ponds. l E .1. 1.3 Realignment impct on water and soil conservation 93. In the capacity expansion project, there will be 31 sections of tracks with total length of 75.991an in the whole line whose alignments and longitudinal sections are designed to be changed. Among these sections, there are six sections of 34. lkm tracks to be newly built, seven detouring sections of 20. 39km and eighteen sections of 21.5km tracks to be rebuilt. if no proper protection measures were taken in time, the slopes' construction of either embankments or cuts in these sections should be liable to result in water and soil erosion. E.1.1.4 Construction impacts on agricultural crops and vegetation 94. Whether it is opening of construction site and access, the soil borrow and spoil, bridge and culvert construction or tunnel construction, aU wiU bring about damages of different degrees to the crops and vegetation at the construction sites and its nearby areas. Besides, a lot of dust caused by construction and transportation activities covers the stems and leaves of the roadside crops and vegetation,which will affect their photosynthesis arnd result in production decrease of the agricultural products and vegetation withering. E1. 1.2 Construction impacts on urban ecological environment | E. 1. 2. 1 Construction impacts on urban transportation 95. The construction impacts on part of urban transportation wiU last the whole construction period. They mainly appear in the foUowing: I The land acquisition and relocation in the initial construction period will result in changes or blockade of [ part routes at the relocation areas, thus affecting the transportation there. II In opening up construction sites and access as well as the construction of bridges and culverts, part of the [ existing roads may be closed, resulting in trafflc problems at local areas. HI The transferring of construction equipment, materials and earth and stone works for cut - fill will last the whole construction period, therefore, the roads near the construction sties in large and medium - sized cities will become more congested due to many construction vehicles and construction machineries, which, within certain L period,will affect the road clearance. E. 1.2.2 Construction impacts on urban landscape L 96. Construction work will bring about a series of unfavorable influences on uban landscapes, in which, the following two points are the most prominent: | 66 I Mhe tnporay camps of constuction workes, constuction access and construction sites in a mess, all will damage the exising urban landscapes in those areas, affecting its harmoizao and producing visual D Dust and waste water generated firm onstruction wods will pollute urban roads and building, dam affecting urban landscapes and sightseeing. E. 1.3 Environmental impacts generated by construcfion noise and vibration 97. Construction machines and transport vehicles are the main noise and vibraon sources during the construction period of this prject. It is uualy located at the central district of the construction site. Talbe E- 2 shows the intensity of the noise soumes of commonly used cstuction machines; the pile drivers and j1 excavators listed in the table are also the prominent vibration sour, with the vertical Z vibration level at 30m away fim the themselves being more dtan 80dB. Table E - 2 The Intensity of the Nose Sours of Cmmonly - Used Consuin Alcines Name of consttuction machines Noise level(lOm away from the sources)(dBA) Excavator 80-98 Bulldozer 78 - 96 carrying machine 76 - 94 Pile driver 93- 112 Concrete mixer 75 - 88 Winch 95 - 105 Road Roller 75 -90 Heavy- buty truck 72- 82 .1 tRivet Gun 85 - 99 98. A large amount of analog investigations and monitoring show that the noise sensitive receivers as residential areas, schools around the construction site are rarely distributed. By properly adjusting the locations of the high o- nise producing construction machines, these noise sensitive receivers can be basically free from the noise disturbance. Within the foreseeable scope, this project will not cause much impact to the existing noise sensitive receivers during the construction period. E. 1.4 Construction impacts on water environment 99 .The pollution to water environment from construction works appears in the following three aspects: (1 )The sewage generated fruni workers' camps will pollute nearby water body; it is more prominent at rural areas 67 I because of lack of perfect drainage-systems. - (2)The waste water produced by construction nachines, fuel leakage and waste oil discharge etc. may bring about pollution to the water body near the construcitin sites. (3) Because of soil borrow and spoil in bridge and culvert construction, water drainage of foundation pits and pile foundation work etc may cause the increase of the silt content in irrigation canals and ditches, rivers and ponds and the decrease of water quality. Such impact is of short duration and of limited extent and degree . At present, there is no other better way to minimize the impact but only some protection measures may be adopted during construction. The newly-built Liuyang River Large Bridge in the Wuchang - Hengyang section is a possible site producing impact. The Liuyang River Iarge Bridge crosses Liuyang River about 280m - wide. E . 1.5 Construction impacts on atmospheric environment 100.The construction impact on air environent mainly appear in dust pollution. From opening up construction | sites and access, soil borrow and spoil, material transportation to building construction, construction completion and site clearing up etc. all will produce thick dust, resulting in pollution to local atmospheric environment along the line. E . 1.6 inpacts of construction solid waste on environmental 101.The solid waste from the construction activities and its environmental impacts can be summarized into two categories: J I . living refuse by construction workers. This kind of refuse can be collected and disposed by environmental sanitation departments in urban areas, while in mral areas, it may cause harms to soil, vegetation and water environment. Ll.Tunnel spoil and various kinds of construction refuses will be generated by construction works; the impacts of tunnel spoil have been mentioned before; and various kinds of construction refuses will damage soil and vegetation in rural areas and seriously affect environmental sanitation and landscapes in urban areas. 102. By analysis of the nature and contents of the project, the scopes and degrees of environmental influences possibly generated from various construction activities are all minor compared with a new line construction. Through cornprehensive comparisons along the environmental impacts listed above, it can be decided that the most prominent environmental impact during construction period of the project" is the damages to soil and l vegetation due to land occupation and soil borrow/spoil activites, and the next is the influence of construction noises and dust pollution. Other impacts from construction are relatively small. E.2 Enviromenta Impact Forcast for Operaton period E.2. 1 Noise E. 2. 1.1 Forecast results 68 103 . lhe environmental noise forecast is made on the basis of current monitoring data, passenger and freight train pairs at each section in the design years, i.e.2000 and 2005 tonnage rating, train speed, operation natures and variations of operation volume at each station and depot, incorporating monitoring data gained from similar lines, stations and depots with the calculation ways of proportional forecasting method and model calculation method. The values of environmental noise forecasting for main lines of each section and the main station areas 30 m away from the outer rail of the line are listed in Table E- 3 104 After the electrification, the distabance of rail noise will increase and will be the major noise sourne because the speed of the passenger and freight trains have been increased. But the impacts of locwMove whistling are more prominent in the throat section of the stations. Within the design years, the pairs of passenger trains will increase about 79% - 100%, the pairs of freight trains will decrease about 22% - 60%. It can be seen fimm Table E-3 that the changes of Leq values of environmental noise on main lines of each sections and at intennediate stations are -1.9 -1.4dBA in 2000 and- 1.5 -1.7dBA in 2005. The environmental noise along the line will maintain the current status quo. Some sections will be somewhat better. Table E-3 Foreast Values of Envirometal Noise for Wudhaug-Guangehou Sectiom of Be4jing-Guang,o Line Station areas Forecast Leq values (dbA) Railway noise 2000 2005 2000 2005 changing tend Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night after 2005 Wuhan district 65.1 - 67.0- 65.7 - 67.6 - - 1.0- - 0.1 - - 0.4- - 0.5 - station 73.5 74.8 74.1 75.4 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.9 Wuchang-yueyang 68.0- 69.3- 68.5- 69.7- - 1.1 - -0.2- -0.6- 0.5- niain line and 71.1 73.3 71.4 73.7 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 intermredate staioms Yueyang district 67.0- 67.2- 67.4- 67.6- -0.8- -0.8- -0.5- -0.1- station 72.5 74.7 72.9 75.1 -0.4 0.2 0.3 0.7 Yueyang Cuhan 67.5- 67.8- 68.3- 68.6- -0.9- -0.9- -0.4- -0.1- hm nline& 71.4 71.2 71.9 72.1 - 0.5 - 0.5 0.1 0.4 ntmiediate staions Chiang5ha district 62.6 - 65.0 - 63.1 - 65.7 - - 0.8 - - 0.2 - - 0.2 - 0.2 - 69 -~~~ 2000 2005 2000 2005 Ralilwa nlo' changing tend Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night after 2005 station 66.3 68.2 66.8 68.9 -0.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 hanba-Iuzhou main we th line line & intermnediate 68.9- 70.9- 69.3- 71.5- -0.9- 0.3 - -0.2- 1.0- reaches its stadons 72.4 74.9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~filture Taffc stations 72.4 74.9 72.8 75.5 -0.3 0.9 0.3 1.4 volume in 2005, the Zhuzhoudistfict 67.1 65.6 67.5 66.1 -0.8 0.4 -0.1 1.1 r nose will soil station 72.6 71.9 73.0 72.4 0.2 1.4 0.3 1.6 maintain e filture leve forecasted. As 2huAhou.Hengyang main ii line is line & itermediate 68.8- 71.0- 69.3- 71.0- -0.6- 1.0- 0.2- 1.2- mIdy fo trffic, the stations 71.8 75.1 72.3 75.5 0.4 1.4 0.6 1.7 numiber of pairs of wagmn Hena'ang district 66.3- 68.0- 66.9- 68.5- - 1.2- 0.3- -0.9- 1.0- which have a -i hr nminiog station 71.8 73.5 72.4 74.0 -0.2 1.0 0.5 1.1 r he sots to decrea HengyanCg- zhou after 2005. mainline& 66.4- 66.8- 67.0- 67.3- -1.3- 0.1- -0.8- 0.5- of coaches which have a iroidate lower nnn noise has a stations 68.1 79.9 78.7 79.9 - 1.0 0.3 -0.6 0.7 atin ircrease, the Chengzhou district 73.3- 75.9- 73.9- 76.2- - 1.7- -0.1 - - 1.2- 0.3- envinmental noise stl has stations 75.2 77.4 75.8 77.7 -0.7 0.4 -0.1 0.8 the posibility to become Chengzhou-Saoguan 70.6- 73.3- 71.3- 73.4- -1.4- 0.2- -0.7- 0.2- weak rfet tby main line & 73.7 76.4 74.4 76.5 -1.0 0.6 0.3 0.8 the fonmer. intermediate stations Shaoguan cistnct 69.7 - 70.9 - 70.3 - 71.1 - -1.9 - - 0.7 - - 1.5 - - 1.0- stations 74.5 76.7 75.1 76.9 0.1 1.2 1.0 1.3 Sbaoguan-Guanzihu 69.1- 65.7- 69.5- 68.1- -0.7- 0.1- -0.5- 0.5- main linr&e 74.5 73.6 74.9 74.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.1 0.7 intermediate stations Gua nriiu district 66.2 - 63.2 - 66.6 - 63.6 - -1.0 - - 0.8 - - 0.9 - 0.4 - station 73.4 71.0 73.8 71.4 - 0.2 0.9 0.5 1.2 70 Note: 0 See also values of current environment noise shown in Table D- 1. (t) The data reflect the max and mm values after a comprehensive statistics to the correspending indices of each assessing point in a secdon. 105. Under the electrification project, building and expanding some departure yards and locomotive depots nake the railway more adjacent to some sensitive points, bringing about an increase of railway noise impact. The incrernents of Leq level in 2000 are between 0. 2 - 0. 5dBA and 0. 7 - 1. OdBA in 2005. At some sensitive 4 ~~points, such as dle Heng,yang no. 7 Raiway School, Shaoguan No. 2 ERailway School, Guangzhou No. 4 Railway School and Guangzhou No.2 Railway Middle school etc, the sound environment quality will be sonenhat I worse after the electrification. * The relationship between schools and the railway can be seen in Fig. E-1,Table E-2 and Table E-3.The change of noise can be seen in Table E-4,Table E-5. E.2.1.2 mitigation measures of noise prevention 106. Cities and towns along the railway line should scientificaly divide their functioning areas incorporating with the cities'overall planning. Therefore, no more noise sensitive buildings as residential areas and schools etc. should be built within lOOm on both sides of the railway line. 107. The train's engineer and crew should be strengthened in their environment consciousness, strictly abide by technical nrles of homing and try their best to minimize the impacts of locomotive horning noise on sencitive * points. 1|8.Protective barriers to close the lines should be installed to prevent the pedestrians from going thnngh the level crossings at the sections where there are residential areas and schools near both sides of the Beijing- Guangzhou trunk line in urban areas of Yueyang, Changsha and Zhuzhou so as to reduce locomotive whistling and railway noise disturbance. Specific locations are shown in Table E - 6. * The protective barriers are not intend for noise reduction directly. They are just for preventing to pedestrians from going through the level crossing when the train is coming. In this manner, the locomotive whistlings can be reduced, thus the noise disturbance is directly reduced. The protective barriers themselves are not noise absorbersor noise screens. 1 71 l Table E-4 Foreastng \'a of Envimmtal Noise for Mjor Schos dB(A) [ Scale School (Number) Distance Present Fo sting out-of-level name of Teachers fim lines Values Values and students Day Night Day Night Day Night Hengyang No.7 Rail - 530 lOm 66.7 62.6 67.4 63.9 7.4 13.9 l way School Shaoguan I No.2 Rail- 480 SOm 67.9 68.9 67.0 68.5 7.0 18.5 way School Guanhou No.4 Rail - 700 60m 73.8 62.3 73.2 62.5 13.2 12.5 1 way School Guangiou1 No.2 Rail - 940 30m 74.1 63.0 73.4 63.2 13.4 13.2 I way Middle Scnool 17 I I I I I I I 72 Table E-5 ForMtg Values of Elh l Noise for Major Sorious dB(A) Cities and Section Kilonetre Preset Values forecasting Values Out-of-level (km) Day Night Day Night Day Night Yu,yang AK1428+0Q0- 1.0 69.4- 67.5-- 68.1- 65.9- -1.9- -4.1- AK1429+000 70.2 68.0 70.6 67.1 0.6 -2.9 Akl431+000- 1.0 67.6- 74.5- 66.6- 73.4- -3.4- 3.4- AK1432+000 68.9 75.3 68.8 74.9 -1.2 4.9 ICbangba AkI567 + 000- 0.9 67.0- 67.7- 66.2- 66.7 - -3.8- -3.3- AK1567+900 67.7 68.1 66.7 67.5 -2.3 -2.5 AK1570+100- 1.1 68.0- 64.3- 67.2- 63.7- -2.8- -6.3- AK1571 + 200 68.3 64.5 68.3 64.4 -1.7 -5.6 ,- .Z1u Ak1617+600- 0.6 69.7- 66.4- 70.3- 66.5- 0.3- -3.5- Ak1618+ 100 71.2 67.9 71.9 68.4 1.9 -1.6 AK1618+ 100- 0.3 66.7- 64.7- 67.0- 64.8- -3.0- -5.2- AK1618 + 400 68.2 66.2 68.9 66.7 - 1. 1 -3.3 ! AK1619 + 000 - 0.5 72.9- 71.0- 74.2- 72.1- 4.2- 2.1- AK1619+500 73.9 72.0 75.6 73.5 5.6 3.5 AK1619+600- 0.7 67.9- 69.1- 69.2- 70.2- -0.8- 0.2- AK1620+300 68.9 70.1 70.6 71.6 0.6 1.6 A.K1620+300- 0.6 67.4- 67.4- 67.7- 67.5- -2.3- -2.5- AK1620+900 68.9 69.9 69.6 69.4 -0.4 -0.6 Hen yg K1755 + 300- 5.0 67.0- 65.9- 66.3 - 66.2- - 3.7- -3.8 - K1760+300 72.5 70.8 71.8 72.3 1.8 2.3 Chenzhou K1893 + 000 - 13 74.5 - 75.7 70.7 - 71.7 - 0.7 - 1.7 - K1906+000 76.2 76.6 74.4 74.2 4.4 4.2 Ynde 1K2130 4 000- 2.0 63.3- 62.4- 69.3- 67.4- -0.7- -2.6- (K2132+000 69.7 67.5 70.5 68.5 0.5 -1.5 Tangdi |K2256 + 30D 10 69.7 - 67.5 - 69.1 - 65.7- - 0.9- - 4.3 - K2266+200 75.1 73.4 74.9 74.0 4.9 4.0 73 Table E - 6 lsablWig protectve Barres in Yueyang, ihangsha and Thw1a IhUrban Areas for a cdosure Line Cities Location Mileage man Cost(14)[ Yueyang Yueyang village AK1428 + 000 - AK1429 + 000 1.0 20.0 urban area Yueyang dormitoxy AK1431 + 000 - AK1432 + 000 1.0 20.0 1 Changsha urban area Railway dornitory at two sides of AK1567 + 000 - AK1567 + 900 0.9 18.0 station Erpian donnitory in Shiizi Village AK1570 + 100 - AK1571 + 200 1.1 22.0 Zhuzhou urban area Shangyuetang AK1617 + 600- AK1618 + 100 0.6 12.0 dwelling Fujiaao dwelling AK1618 + 100 - AK1618 + 400 0.3 6.0 Sifuilu dwelling AK1619 + 000 - AK1619 + 500 0.5 10.0 jianning new village AK1619 + 600 - AK1620 + 300 0.7 14.0 Dachongkou dwelling AK1620 + 300 - AK1620 + 900 0.6 12.0 Total 6.7 134.0 109. Afforestation may be made along the line in a planned way if possible, especially at the newly constructed railway living quarters and around the locomotive depots, afforestation zones may be set up with evergreen arbors, shnibs and lawns combining together. 1 10 . Long welded steel rails can be adopted to reduce rail joints, thus decreasing noise by 2 - 10 dBA. Long heavy welded steel rails are even more better than conventional rails to reduce noise, nearly by 8 - 10 dBA lower,. lt is required that for the main double - track line section of lOkm long at Hengang Station, the main line section between K1893 + 000 - K1906 + 000 at the North Chenzbou Station in 26 km long, the main line section between K2130 + 000 - K2132 + 000 at the Yingde Station in 4 km long and the main line section on the south of the Tangxi Station in 20 km long, totalling 60 km line should use long welded steel rails as part of the rail replacement plan of the project. The 60 km long rails needs an investment of RMB900, 000 yuan counted on 74 adding RMIB 15,000 yunkm for the welded rail. 111 . The noise levd i the Hengyong No.7 Raihvay School, Shaoguan No.2 Railway School, Guangdo No.4 Rai School and Guangzhou No. 2 Middle School exceeds the standard 6.7 - 15. 6dBA during daytime, comparing with the criteria of the category II area in CB3096 - 93 that is 6OdB(A). The schools'teaching will be serously affected by railway noise. Ihe detailed analysis is as follows: The Hengyang No.7 Railway School, lcated at the nofth end of the station, adjacewnt to the train crew district Icootive depot and only a wall separating it from the lead track of the fill wagon yard, is mainly disLurbed by the locomotive whisding noise, averagely more than 40 times of whistling observed in an hour with its level exceeding 80 dBA. Additionally, there are operational noise of passenger and freight trains, idling Dois of the moter of locmotives awaiting for service at the north thrat of the station and the minor noise fomn the wagon yard to the north of the school. II. The Shaoguan No.2 Railway School located on the west side of electric locomotive depot in the south end of the station is disturbed by both the locomotive service and awaiting for service noise fiom the locomotive depot and the train operation noise. The school classrooms are 50m away from the main up - line and perpendicular to the railway. The noise of the school's sports - gmund 30m away fiom the outer rail is in excess of the standard by 1.1 dBA and 0.9 dBA during daytime and night, correspondingly, there are excess noise by 7.9 dBA and 18.9 dBA exceedances for its teaching building causing serious distubance to teaching. Such a heavy impact will be alleviated after the project, due to locomotive whistling noise reduction by a big nargin through the change of locomotive routing. And the schools' teaching environment will be improved. It is periods. predicted Leq value will decrease by 0.1 - 1.9 dBA. i m. The Guagzhou No. 2 Railway Middle School and No. 4 Railway School are on the east side of main up - line, with a wall separating them from the line. Monitoring points before the former's teaching building are 30 m * away from the railway and the noise observed is in excess of the standard by 4.1 dBA during daytime. Monitoring points before the latter's teaching building are 60m away from the railway and the noise observed is in excess of the standard by 13.8 dBA and 12.3 dBA during daytime and night. Loomotive whistling is the main noise source for the No. 2 Middle School. Ihe No. 4 School is mainly distrbed by non- railway noise. Even so, the railway whistling is the main noise impact, especially the noise impact frxn passenger and freight trains on up - line which nm throtgh the Guangyuan Highway to the curve section with a small radius There are low and aist - rule residential houses on both sides of the line and the curve seciton with the access of the locomotive depots, causing frequent whistling. The whistling noise level at the No. 2 Railway Middle School's monitoring point crosses levelly which is 30m far fmon the railway reaches 90 - lQ4dBA. After the electrification, the noise in school will maintain the current stawus as the flow of the passenger and fieight tains will be changed . The noise variations are - 0.7 - 0.2dBA in the year 2000 and - 0. 2 - O. 6OdBA in the 75 year2005. IV. The above analysis shows that the noise impact is .i major disturbance to the Hegang No. 7 Railway School, Shaoguan No. 2 Railway School, Guangzho No. 4 Railway School and Guang4ou No. 2 Railway Middle School. It is required that protection measures should be adopted for the above - mentioned schools. In consideration of the schools'locations in densely - populated area, for convenience of railway staff's children's going to schools and difficulties of the school's relocation, it is required to close corridor windows on all floom of the school's teaching buildings and install ventilation facilties in classrooms. All these mitigation measures will reduce railway noise by 15 - 20 dBA. The cost is estimated in Table E - 7. Table E - 7 Investment of Schools' Noise Reducdion Facilities( V 10,000) Schools Hengyang No. 7 Shaoguang No. 2 |Gngzhou No l4 Railway Noddle Total Railway School Railway School Raiway School Rai olwyMdl Toa Costs 1 26.0 1 26.0 1 36.6 1 38.7 1 127.3 E.2.2 Vibration Table E - 8 Forecast VaIues of Vibration fom the Wuhan - Guangibou Line(dB) Vibration level(VL) Are Locations of forecast points Forecast Current Increased Wuchang 0.5m beside the Yellow Crane Tower 58 58 the Ist, 3rd. and 5th. floors < 50 < 50 112. Forecast results of vibration from the Wuhan - Guangzhou Railway are listed in Talbe E- 8. After the capacity expansion project, the environmnental vibration value at a distance of 30m away from the outer rail of the nmin line is less than the required value of 80 dB which is stipulated in GB - 100070"Environnental Vibration Standard in Urban Areas". lhe Yellow Crane Tower, a reinforced concrete architecture, is an important sightseeing point in Wuhan with its vibration values forecasted below 75dB in daytime and 72dB at night, which are stipulat'd for the mixed areas and downtown areas in GB - 10070. Therefore, there will not be any harnful effect on the sensitive areas mentioned above after the railway electrified. After the electrification prject, the vibration value in fiont of the teaching building of the Yueyang Railway Kindergarten is forecasted to be 79.3dB, conformig the standard of 80dB in GB - 10070" Envimnmental Vibration Standard in Urban Areas", but its once vibration value will exceed the standard that defines the value not going beyond the limit of lOdB in daytime and '3dB at night. So the railway vibration affects the teaching activities of the kindergarten to a certain extent. 76 jw~~ * l.- -- - - Z- - -- - - -- - I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .' iv . l l, t .fI UDi & , ,;, ,:, O,, R .ih sv y ii. 2 Iv f lt h ll s 3 .:1,<., ",t N . .'il, l1 I E '~~~l :-: _ t - ~~~~~~~~I I_ ~~Yw, i__._,'_ F ------,-.-.-.~~~~~~~~~..-..---.-...-.- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E - Map rflie l leui!yaiv No.7 railwav Sool I | Map of the Shaogiaua No.2 Railwav Sclhool I A ~ ~ - I I *! ,1I 11 I " I :! | I ' 1~~~' I1 1 .q Ioo~L A .t-A | B-8 l 1'' 0 0 ' 1 . ~ ~ ~I )z _ 00, According to the laterinvestigafions, the kierteii has been built in another place. 113- In the majo cities ilong the line, there are nmary seinsitive points including residential areas and other sensitive buildings within 30m fiom the outer rail on each side of the line. The envizanmental vration value will be in excess of the standard. The approaches to solve the problems are to use shock absopi pads beneath tracks in relevant sections or lay long welded rails of 60kg/m in order to alleviate the interference of the train operation to the urban residents. E.2.3 E:e cenvironment 114. After the project, the environmental radio background noise at the major station areas along the line will have to change much. The man sensitive points of electromagnetics are still residential areas with their distibution and distances fimm the railway similar to those for the exisng line. The emphasis of the forecast of electrnagnetic envirment impact is put on the interference to television receiving along the line and the affect of stong electumagnetic fields on human health. E.2.3.1 Impact on television receiving 115. Based on the monitoring results of the current electrmagnetic envirnment along the existing double tracks and referring to the field intensity of electmmagnetic interference from the Chenzhou - Shaon electrified section, and the electronagnetic interference merements and research achievements obtained from the electrification projects of the Zhengzhou - Baoji, Zhzhou - Guiyang Xiangqian Line and the Beijing West Station, the field intensity of radio noise and the signal - to - noise ratio of TV signal at each major station area along the Wuchang - Guangzhou line have been worked out with related calculation method. The data is shown in Table E - 9 and Table E - 10. 116. The forecast results in Tables E - 9 and E - 10 indicate that: l 77 Table E - 9 Forecast of Fled intensity of Eniromnmtal Radio Noise in Major StloAreasalng the Wdhan Guangu Line(dB,IpV/m) . ~~~~~~~Frequericy f (MBZ) Name of Distance feom Station area Outer ail (m) 45 70 180 200 Wuchang 5 - 10 28 - 36 25 - 39 21-31 20 - 31 Changsha 10- 50 28 - 31 25 - 31 20 - 27 20 - 25 Zhuzhou 5 - 10 29 - 36 27 - 34 24 - 28 21 - 24 Hengyang 20 - 50 30 - 38 29 - 32 23 - 27 22 - 26 Leiyang 20 28 25 Chenzhou north 20 34-41 30-34 and Chenzhou Shaoguang 20 28 - 35 25 -30 20 - 25 21 -29 Xinjie 20 29 31 27 Guangzhounorth 20 27 29 Guangzohou 20 - 50 30 - 50 24 -49 23 -44 23-37 Table E -10 Forecast of Signal - to - Noise Ratio of TV Signd in Major Station Areas along the Wudang - Guangzhou Line(dB) Name of Distance from |TV signl channel Station area Outer Rail(m) 1 2 - 6 8 Wuchang 5 - 10 27 - 36 25 - 39 28 - 40 34 -45 Changsha 10 - 50 28 - 36 34 - 40 35 - 44 36 -42 Zhuzhou 5 - 10 25 - 34 23 - 30 24 - 35 38 -44 Hengyang 20 - 50 24 - 30 22 - 26 20 - 25 39 - 50 Leiyang 20 46 35 Chenzhou north 20 22 - 32 17 - 22 and Chenzhou Shaouan 20 20 - 26 23 - 32 42-49 19 - 24 Xinjie 20 21 24 25 Guangzhou north 20 50 39 Guangzhou 20-50 50 -70 54 - 75 46 - 66 52 - 65 I. After the electrification project, the transient electmagnetic interference wilU increase while the electric 78 locomotives pass thiriugh residential areas alng the Wuchang - Guawu line. Especially the noise field intensity in the station areas of Leiyang and Xinjie increases a lot. The intensity of el etic interferece |: in Chenzhou Nordt and C zhu statimon arns and Guangiou station area is even stonger. II. The increase of ci a c interference leads to the transient singal - to - noise ratio of TV signal decreasing in different degrees while electic locmotives pass dtrgih each station area along the line, averagely 7 - 9dB lower for each channel but not exceeding 14dB. The ratio decrease in Zhuzhou, Leiyang, Xinjie station areas is prominent,but particularly in Zhuzhou station area is even more pruinent. According to the criteria, only when the signal - to - noise mtio is larger than 35dB can a satisfactory TV receiving effect be achieved, so the normal receiving of TV progmg will not be influenced in Wuchang, Changha, Guangzhou North and C!uanzo station areas when the electric locumotive pss by. In Zhuzliou, Hengyang, Leiyang, Shaoguan station areas, TV channels tLanitted by local TV stations can meet the receiving requirement, but receiving * situations in North Chenzhou and Chenzhou, Xinjie station area are relatively poor. m . On the passenger and freght train flows being 71 - 94 pairs per day in 2000 and 84 - 104 in 2005 and assumption of the average speed of the passenger and freight trains being 100 km/h and 70km/h respectively, the interference time rate will be 1.9% - 2.4% in 2000 and 2.2% - 2.7% in 2005 when electric locomotives pass thdugh a sensitive receiver. That means more than 97% of TV receiving time for residents along the line will not be interfered by electric locomotives. The main reason of poor TV receiving condition in Chenzhou and Xinjie should be attibuted to the lower field intensity of TV signal. As the public sharing antennas or cable TV networks have been established or on - going in main station areas, after the electrification completion of the whole line, the TV receiving along the line will have become CCTV receiving, therefore, no unfavourable inflnence will be caused by the train operation. E .2.3.2 Analysis of strong electromagnetic field impacts on human health 1 17. The impacts on human health generated by stronger electromagnetic field of electrified railway can be concluded in two aspects: high - fiequency electunagnetic radiation and stronger electric field of industry fiequency. A large amount of measurements and researches indicate that the high frequency electromagnetic radiation generated by the electrified railway is equivalent to a broad bandwidth pulse electromagnetic wave with its frequency between 0.1- IOO0MH, and the maximum radiation field intensity of each band not exceeding 0. I V/m (at 10m frtom the outer rail). According to GB8702 - 88 a Regulations of Protection against Electrnragetic Radiation", the peak value of field intensity for each band of such kind of electrmagnetic wave should be less than 1000 times of the radiation limit value for this band. The minimum limit value of field intensity with frequency between 0. 1 - 1000MH is 12 V/m. That means as long as the sum of field field of every frequency band for high - frequency electromagnetic radiation on the electrified railway is not nore than 12000 v/m, it will have no not obvious affect on human health. As a matter of fact, the sum of maximum field 79 inteDsities of every frequency band for high - fiequency electrmagnetic radiation is less than 91 v/m, far below the limit of 12000 v/m, so its ifunce on human health is of negligible. 118. There has not been any definite criteria related to the impact fiom industry frequency (5OH)on human health at present. According to rlated studies abroad, 5KV/m can be used as reference limit for human body to be long time exposed. The high electnc field radiation of industry firequency produced by electrified railway mainly arises fiom the catenary and tractive substations. By calculation with the catenary voltage at 27.5kv and the height of the catenary net, the maximum field intensity endured by human body under the catenary and areas adjacent to high voltage line of tractive substations is 1 .24kv/m, which is far less than 5kv/m. As a result, the electrmagnetic field of industry frequency from electrified railway has no obvious impact on human body. 119. To sum up, when the electrified railway comes into operation, neither the high - frequency electromagnetic radiation nor the stronger electric field of industry frequency will have distinct impact on human health. Transient electomagnetic interference would be strengthened as electric locomotives pass through. As the interference time rate is less than 3 % and the cable TV networks will have been set up in major station areas along the line within the comning 2 years, the capacity expansion project will bring about no significant influence on TV receiving along the railway line. 120. The traction power supply facilities in this project will all be equipped with perfect isolaing, lightning guard and automatic cut - out apparatus to guarntee their located areas from dangers. The safety considerations include: I . A grid grounding conductor will be laid down beneath the surface under the highvoltage equipment to ensure a good grounding. I . An automatic cut - out system will low down the voltage instantaneously to the criteria acceptable for human body while any trouble occurs in the system. m . A lightning guard system consisting of steel lightning rods, zinc dioxide lightning shield and anti - lightning ring could prevent or release any lightning shock and provide the operator and equipment with absolute safety. IV. All security considerations are based on the protection of operators with larger safety margin. Since the sensitive objects such as residential quarters along the line will all be out of the protection radius, the traction power supply system in this project will certainly have no negative impact on the safety of their ambience. E.2.4 Water envirorment 121. After the capacity expansion project, the locomotive depots and locomotive turn - around depots and wagon washing points along the line will still be the rnajor pollution source of production waste water. Table E - 11 shows the discharge volume, the estimated water quality of the discharged waste water and the treatnt prcess to be adopted. The standard of discharged water followed by different areas is the same as that listed in Table D - 6. The newly built Duoluokou Wagon Train Washing Point will follow the Standard of GB8978 - 1996, Class 1 80 (oil < 10mg/l,BOD < 30mg/l,COD < 100mg/1). Table E- lI(attached) 122 From the data of the Table E - 7, it is easy to get the follown analysis conceming the discharged water I .After the project is completed, the vonume of the waste water dischard fiom Wuchang South, Changha Locomotive Depots and frm Wuhng East, Hengang North ILcomobive Tum - armmd Depots will have little changee. However the quality of the dischaged water may be better since the change of locomotive type. II .Yueyang, Zhuzhou and Hengyang Lcomotive Depots will discharge waste water of less volume and better quality as a result of eliminating steam locomotive repair and using electric locomotives instead of using any diesel locomotive. The Yueyang ILcomotive Depot will have a new waste water treatent plant, which makes the discharged water satisfy the related standards. M m. The former Guangrbou North Locomotive Turn - around Depot will be changed into electric locomotive depot, and Guanrso Loomotive Depot will increase working load, with part of electric locomotives used instead of diesel locomotives, from where more waste water will be dischrged, and the quality of the mixed waste water will be kept almost unchanged. The existn facilities can make the waste water reach the related discharge standards. IV .The vohane of the waste water discharged fiom Shaoguan lcomotive Depot will maintain the current state, and the sewage water is not treated, so its quality is in unconformity with the related standard. After the project completion, the oontent of COD, BOD5,oil and SS in the discharged water will be in unconfonnity with the related standard. (The standard is oil < lOmg/l,BOD5 < 60mng/, COD < 130mg/1) V . After the project, there will be a new Duoluokou Wagon Washing Point. According to the forct,the waste water from the Wagon Washing Point may be able to meet the related discharge standard after treated by the designed waste water treatment equipment. (The standrad is: oil < lOmg/, BOD5 < 30ng/l, COD < 100mg/1) Table E - 12( attached) I| VI, After the sludge fium each sewage treatment plant being treated by the sludge drying bed,the sludge shall be transported externally to the refuse transfer station or made into bricks or burnt in the sludge incinerator. 1¶ 123 Table E - 12 shows the water quality estimated by using river - mixing model to forecast concentration change of various pollutants in receiving water and water quality forecast analysis. The function of all receiving water and their practical environmental standards are the same as that in Table D - 7. The newly Duoluokou Wagon Washing Point will discharge its waste water into nearby irrigation ditch which follows m Type Water Quality Standard of GB3838 - 88. (oil < 0.05mg/l, BOD5 < 4mg/1, COD < 15mg/1) 124 From the Tables of E - 1I and E - 12. the analysis oenceming the discharged water quality after the project can be sumnmaized as follows. 81 TableE - II Statistics of Waste water Discharge after the Capacity Expansion Project Volunmc of Diwch rged I;crtment Mv.oS., Quality of Wase Water(erelpt PH,n;/ I) NameFvaad Siharigma of Water "ae treatd water x nmW /s) Treatmcnt Pinxess iivertn.ent PH COD uu0)5 OIL SS __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I(un _ _14n/)_ _ __Yu_ _ _ waste water-sand precipitation Duoluokou GRobd tank-adjusting precipitation Train Wahing 4.6 tAnkgs floating tan-coke 130 7.0- 8.0 50- 70 < 30 2.0- 5.0 20 - 30 Treated ester qnaity Depot filtertion tankc-active carbon mneeing tandtan absorbing set-discharging TWucang5Duto 29.2 use thce xisting facility 0 7.5 - 8.0 10- 40 < 15 1.0- 3.0 5 - 15 - do- Wuchan6 East Loconmotire Tun - 3.1 I. [lw t! xisting fncility 0 7.0- 8.0 20- 50 5 - 10 1.0- 3.0 5 - 10 - do - aurcud Depot WLIe4t wat-r r-ialjusting Yuc.yi.ng p52 jnVI.'11ijo.I.n Ianlr-Wt Ioconartivu 1ik5. 2 ot;il..g la.lk-filnrti,mn 120 7.0 - 8.0 30 - 50 10- 20 2.0- 5.0 5 - 15 - do- almu6oing :i t dis-howging Changshs2 usc the cxisting rafailiqy, g,-t a nire buner and a I0 6.5-8.0 20-40 5-10 2.0-S.C S-IS -do- Lnomtive Depot scraping drmgs set. use the CxitsOng faiei7i. g .t ur. a(ldlionsi gas floant-_ Zhubhou North 22.5 ing t of trestnmnt .ala".ity 402G%nsh 30 6.5 - 8.0 10 - 20 3 - 10 0.5 - 1.0 20 - 30 -do- Lowmative Depot waste water fnem battiery mua _ _ vnen~~tad hy DC. tyt...ut_ .. __ _ _- - _ ____ ______________ wate wuter-.ol isolatirra ntu.. Hnn antig 13.2 -reke iltration tank-- 5 6.5-7.5 20-40 5- 10 3.0-8.0 10-20 -do- Locomutive Depot disca1un --...i--e___ Hengytang No.03, I Lconxive uan - 7.9 41% hi' existing facility 0 6.5 - 7.5 20 - 40 5 -10 3.0- 5.0 t0 - 20 - do - aurxilsi l)eloi As the waste water has mtt So tieDpAn 29.5 * iSst, -- * . o-. tn:a-l 0 6.5 - 7.5 80 - 130 40 - 70 '20 - 30 10 - 20 b1Ds and oil content in the discharged water amre spprching _________ or e...cee.g the st sandard -n_ 38i.n".7 tire rArlIl r.01 -t,i_ 10 6.5-7.5 20-40 5-10 0.5-3.0 5-15 up- level jonmwtee 333.7 jwasteewatr Triaaed ovtter. snali y meeting standard GUangvou North 11.9 us. he oing fatility 0 7.5- .0 20-30 10-20 .0-3.0 S-I -do- 82 I .The treated waste water discharged from Wuchang South, Hengyang and Changsha Lcomrotive Depots will not worsen the pollution degree of the receiving sewage of the sewage ditch or municipal sewers and meet urban sewage discharge requirements. II Waste water from Duoluokou Wagon Washing Point, Zhuzhou North, Guangzhou and Guangzhou North Locomotive Depots as well as Wuchang East and Hengyang North Locomotive Tum - around Depots will be discharged into the nearby irigation ditches. The quality of waste water from Zhuzhou North, Guangzhou, Guangzhou North Locomotive Depots and Wuchang East, Hengyang North Locomotive Tum - around Depots will be better than the present one, which reduce pollution to the receiving water. The waste water from Yueyang Locomotive Depot will reduce pollution degree to Maojia Weir to meet the practiced standard. The waste water from Duoluokou Wagon Washing point will not increase the pollution degree to receiving water because its quality meets the related standard and its quantity is little. m .Waste water from Shaoguan Locmotive Depot will be out of its related standard for its discharging without treatment. The evaluation proposes to build a waste water treatment plant, such as oil isolation tank and gas floating tank, to make it satisfy the function of receiving water. 83 Th:b1k E- I' Estimated Guality of Receiving Water after the Capacity Expansion Project Water Quait (exept PH. ng'l; Narnem RRecting Water , - W ater Quality ETiplaation PH COD I DOD ; OIL SS DTaln wash Fee Ditch 7 .0- S.0 40 - 55 tl- 2Q t S 2 le chr Ne.ly - building vit desigied treatment facilities hich ca- i Xarhai River / / / I / | / Betste Ljte pollutiton Loexnotive Depot I r_i_Rier_e_ t I- Locarroti Eat i Y i 7t - Tum oe Yan-iake | 7 - 1 0.2 2 2-5 Lte change Waste water ill hsae little ch8e ' otahsmndard dischazge DePD7 - 0 _ 5 Yur.8e * Iteso llbl,ji. Weir 6.5 -17.5 d10 -15 | 3 - 5 ()5 - 1.5 |t10 - 60 lcoters Wiie rter -lle trea new de,iged tearnt fDCjUne5 D ojaer .-. ,hS3S 0.-15 1-6 etriceh - me standard! dis-harge haas,ha i ! I Better Locosnotie Litntlpal ewer / / / / It,... litte poultion Depot S__ __ _ _d_ _ _ __ _ _disch___ _ __ _ __ L__ _ __ _ Zhtou North ' i ioxmtive Fed Ditch 7.0 - 7 o 10 2- 5 1.0 - 3.0 40 - f0 Utile change Better after can,elirg strain lorTtiet Depo t _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ Loeruotise Vtaste Water Ditch 7.0- 8.0 10 - 20 2- 5 0.5 - 1.0 10) - 'IO Better Litte pollution De1est Heesaa,g Norths j j __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ - __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Tum - .und FerdDith 6.5-7.5 15-2)0 1 4-8 0.5- 1.0 30-40 Ulite change Better afterchangprig conte t5pe h%o6- ~~ ~- I3xiott . warc .atCI Ditch 7.0 - S.0 6 t 25 - 3 | 4.5 - 6.0 50 -770 ditto ln,me&ing -o,kino t Iad ith Icrotsse re nn chacgc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ._ _ , ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Guarnbu | i . Lcorrotiv( Ze,gb. Rwier 7.0 -7.5 In- 15 2-5 0.05-0.1 5-10 diuo Chantging Icomtiue cpe and nmceasmI-wordig loal Locoerm c F-d Dtch | 7.0- .0 40-50 1 5-20 j 0.3 -0.6 1 -45 ditto R rtising cater heali poloed and scue cOlic ,tairl di. Depot4charge 841 E.2.5 Atmospheric Environment 125. When the Wuhan - Guangzhou capacity expansion project is completed, the coal and diesel oil consumption and the discharge amount of air pollutants will be decreased considerably because of the substitution of electric locomotives and diesel shunters for diesel locomotives and steam shunters. 126. Tables of E - 13 and E - 14 are statistics of fuel consumption and emission amount of pollutants from moving pollution source (diesel shunter) and the fixed pollution sources (Production and domestic boilers). Table E- 13 Fuel Consumption and Major Pollutants tram Moving Surces before & afer the Project (t/a) Section Period of Oil Con - Coal Major Pollutant Discharge Secton rLtme sumption sumption SS0oke& 2 NOx CO before 192212.9 28105 8177.2 1416.1 3693.4 2629.3 Wuhan - North after 19507 0 296.5 62.4 371.0 138.5 Hengyang mcreased - 89.9 -100 - 96.4 - 95.6 - 90.9 - 94.7 before 158946.0 18143 5737.8 974.4 4011.2 1980.3 North Hengyang - after 8702 0 132.2 27.8 165.7 61.8 Cuangzhou inrese -94.5 - 100 - 97.7 - 97.1 - 95.9 - 96.9 before 351158.9 46248 13915 2390.5 7704.6 4609.6 Total after 28209 0 428.7 90.2 536.7 200.3 increased incree - 92.0 -100 - 96.9 -96.2 -93.0 - 95.7 85 Table E- 14 Co8l Coumon and Mjor Pdhitants from Fixed Sowres before & after the Project (Vta) Section Period of Coal Con - Major Pollutants Discharged Time sumption Smoke & S02 NOX Co Dust _ _ _ __ befoer 13870 165.5 244.1 157.9 727.0 Wuhan after 15766.4 169.4 264.9 176.1 826.4 increased(%) + 13.7 +2.4 +8.5 + 11.5 + 13.7 before 7469 60.4 131.5 84.4 391.5 Changsha after 7969 61.7 137.7 90.1 417.7 increased(%) + 6.7 + 2.2 +4.7 + 6.8 + 6.7 befoer 9696 87.5 170.7 109.5 508.1 Zhuzhou aftre 10218 88.9 177.2 115.4 535.5 increased(%) + 5.4 + 1.6 + 3.8 + 5.4 + 5.4 before 9553 73.2 168.3 108.0 500.8 Hengyang after 9983.4 74.4 173.7 112.8 523.4 increased( %) + 4.5 + 1.6 + 3.2 +4.4 + 4.5 127. Table E - 15 is the statistics of new boilers and emission volume of atmospheric pollutants. From the table, it is known that seven new boilers are added after the project with 7.3 t/h of total evaporation capacity, 3348. 8 tons of annual coal consumption. The main pollutant emissionis 7.8 t/a of emission volume is smoke and dust. Other main atmspheric poUutants include S02 of 39.0 t/a, NOX of 34.6 t/a and CO of175. 5 t/a. The cleaning rate of dust and S02 shown in the table is the lowest rate required by the standard. 86 Table E- 15 Enision of Pollutants fimn Boilems Newly - Added for the Wuchang - Guangziou Railway Einision Volume of Coal Ponut Ei ( -/a Dst SOQ Zr - Sn S0 New boilm -removing duction _wm Commen- New boilexs ~tion Smo 2 ratC mes rates hain tration (t/a) & dus S NO, CO (%) (g/N3) (mg/Nm') Jiangan West Loco. Depot 1658.4 3.3 18.6 15.5 87.0 ;92 / 6250 <1200 DZL4.0 - 1.25 - A x I Jianyan Wet signal building at the end of marshalling 238 0.6 2.3 2.7 12.5 B92 / 6250 61200 yard LHGO.3-0.09A 1 x I C banga E&g Service Stafion 500 1.3 6.2 5.7 26.2 >_92 ;29 <250 6 1200 DZLI - 0.7 - Ax I ;Z7ihou Loco. Tum - rund 522 1.4 6.5 5.9 27.4 92 -_29 S250 61200 Depot of pa-s7-ge DZIJD.5-7-AII x2 Hergang pmasnr8 Car Servic Depot 215.2 0.6 2.7 2.4 11.3 Z92 >30 e250 12C0 Total 3348.8 7.8 39.0 34.6 175.7 128. Table E - 16 shows the fuel consumption and the amnount of pollutant discharge before and after! the project. 87 Table E -16 Fuel Coumpu and Amount of Pollutant Dischar before and after the Project (t/a) Pollution Period of Energy Consumption Major Pollutant Discharge sourre Time Power Smoke & _ NOx Co before 351158.9 46248 1.44 13915 2390.5 2204.6 4609.6 Moving after 28209 0 17.5 428.7 90.2 536.7 200.3 increased(%) -92.0 - 100.0 + 1115.3 -96.9 -96.2 -93.0 -95.7 beore 0 54071 0 485.6 975.4 613.3 2833.8 Wuhan- Fixed after 0 57419.8 0 493.4 1014.4 647.9 3009.5 increased(%) 0 +6.2 0 + 1.6 +4.0 + 5.6 + 6.2 before 351158.9 100319 1.44 14400.6 3365.9 8317.9 7443.4 Total after 28209 57419.8 17.5 922.1 1104.6 1184.6 3209.8 increased(%) |-92.0 -42.8 + 1115.3 -93.6 -67.2 -85.8 -56.9 129. It is known from the Table E - 16 that the fuel consumption will be reduced significantly. The coal consumed annually will be reduced by 42. 4% andthe diesel oil by 92. 0%. As a result, there will be a remarkable reduction of major pollutants discharged into atmosphere, with smoke & dust decreasing by 93.6%, S°2 by 67.2%, NO, by 85.8% and CO by 56.9% respectively, which will greatly improve the atmospheric environment along the line. In this project, there is only the new boiler with an evaporation capacity of 4t/hr. to be installed in Jiangan West Loco. Depot and all the boilers in Wuhan Terminal will be fed with coal of low sulphur content (0. 7%) . Even if no surphur removal device is attached to the boilers, the emitting concentration of SO2 should be lower than the related standard. Althongh the newly installed boilers in Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang have their individual evaporation capacity lower than 4t/hr, if no sulphur removal device is to be provided because of the poor coal, the concentration of SO2 will exceed the criteria, causing certain pollution to the atmospheric environment. So these new boilers will be attached with a smoke purifier whose effectiveness of desulfurization should be equal to or higher than 29% - 47% in order to ensure the emitting concentration of atmospheric pollutants from the boilers satisfying the standard of type II in GB 13271 -91, i. e. concentration of smoke and dust being 250mg/Nm3 and that of SO2 being 1200mg/Nm3. 130. In order to guarantee that SO discharge meets the standard, a desulfilrization device is to be provided next to the dust remover according to the local requirement. The cost will be included in the total cost of the boiler room. 88 131. After the elec,ificatim, the need for electric power along the whole line will have a considerable miese. The pow for the Wuch}g - Cuangm u Railwy will be suplied by the power so beogmng to Hube, Huian wd xlu nkg pwvincil pow ini s pecti-.*. The power suppy "stem n the thiee pnm we developed. Wuhan district m Hubei provmce has a excelkzt power supply system. While m H}m provine, dte ae Yueyang, 2uzbum, Pengang, liayng, Lyujinng lbemal Power Platm and Dongpiag Hydmul c Power Plant as well as a number of sustatibs cf 220KV alog the line. As for Cuangdong price, powe panb int cde Plrshi, -Saogua, Huanpu, bujiang Themul Power Plans and Nasni, Qianihu, Feiai Hydriauc Pover Plants with about ten sultats of 22DKV. As the power compmo of the whole line s mred by each substati and as pla and the EIA on the above power plmnB and taibas have bee valiated by dte ant ed evmzmta umis before their cmns ti and the eninxmstal in macts fim these power supply fauiti such as the smoke discharge frian the boilers of the pmwer plansb has bea pmrvied with dust nmoval _es, meeting the state and local emium stanad; the fly ash ad slag have bea provided with the meaIJ_ as making mto paving bricks or eanmet, phi tie fiat tdh the poe conumption of the Wudmang - Cungrho Raiway is withi the design capaty of above power system, dterefe, the gwth of power conmptim by dhis project will na produce etavimnzt E.2.6 Sold wastes 132 .After the prtea, die shunters will replce the existing steam slwts, so no slag wil be prxd aymQe. However, with the inrese of the omiber df boils=, thir total evapan_ri capfaity, the trffic vomie, dte woing load d locvmoves and die car rqeir number, the otput if boil slag, refuse fiun paswergr tram, dtiesuc refuse fiun stabsm and depots, disposable fast food hss will n grow ;moxe or less. Table E- 17 is the statistic eszinmte of solid waste enission volume (t/a) before and after the project. 89 Table E - 17 Slad of Sodl Wage D we before & dar the Wubmi- Gugim Railwy Capaity Explln Project (Va) Name of PeriodWuhan - Hengyang - Hengyang Guang.o Total Waste of Time Decrease(%) Section Section before 7461 5928 13389 Slag after 6481.2 2935.7 9416.9 - 29.7 before 2118.6 2876.5 4995.1 Train . 2000 2486.9 3190.3 5677.2 13.7 2005 2698.2 3504.1 6202.3 24.2 before 4540.6 4994.7 9535.3 Domestic 2000 5266.4 5942.9 11209.3 17.6 Garbag 2005 6356 7141.4 13497.4 41.6 before 68.5 22.9 91.4 Metal Scrap after 71.9 24.7 96.6 5.7 before 14188.7 13822.1 28010.8 Total 2000 14306.4 12093.6 26400 - 5.8 2005 15607.3 13605.9 29213.2 4.3 One - time before 226.7 301.9 528.6 Lunch box 2000 266.2 334.9 601.1 13.6 (104P/a) 2005 288.8 367.8 656.6 24.2 133. It is shown in Table E - 17 that the estimated output of the solid wastes after the project will be 29213.2 tons annually, a 4.3% increase as compared with that of the existing shown in the Table E - 17. The total discharge of the solid wastes after the Capacity Expansion Project in 2005 has a 4.3% increaes comparad with that before the project. The train refuise will be 6202.3 tons, the number of disposable fast food box will be 6. 56 mnillion pieces per year, all increased by 24.2%. The domestic refuse from the stations and depots will be 13497.4 tons, increased by 41.6%. All these indicate that the discharge of the solid wastes will increase with the increase of passenger and goods traffic volume. All these will definitely cause more severe pollution to rajor stations and the surroundings of Wuchang, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan and 90 Guangzhou. So management shau be strenghened for these station areas to further improve the cleaness and storage of the solid wastes, unloading the train garbage at the assigned spot. 134. The utilization rate of slags from boilers and metal scraps is 90% and 100% respectively. 'The domestic refuse discharged from all the stations and depots are collected by the city enviromnmental sanitary deparmennts, causing no impacts to the surioundings. 135. After the project conpletion, excrement discharged fmm passenger trains will increase as the passenger flow increase, generating unfavourable impact to the railway and train sanitary condition. while imprving travelling condition and raising train speed, MoR is planning to gradually eliminate the old straigh - thugh - to - track toilets on trains by new close toilets. 136.According to MOR TYH No.106(1996) Document, Notice on Announcing the Refuse Unload Refuse Station of the Through Passenger Trains, the refuse discharge stations of Wuchang, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan and Guangzhou and other larger passenger stations have already been allocated with the devices for cleaning, collecting and storing passenger refuse. It is predicted that above devices will meet the further need of refuse discharged. It will be unnessary to increase refuse transport facilities. 137. Refuse handling of all stations is shown in the block diagram Fig E - 1. 'The stations mainly handle the trains refuse and domestic refuse from railway stations. All the refuse are required to have a classified treatment in four categories(including paper, bamboo and wood; fruit shell and foodstuffs; Plastics and glass and metal) with refuse box(bag)provided respectively for the train and stations. The refuse will be collected by special staff fron the train refuse stations. ITrough simple dispose, it will be transported by the urban environmental sanitary department. Garbage disposal IGarbage from trains| G Recycled Takng wayby Bumned collection equipment at railway Taking awavecs Fetiiedb| garbae vehicles Fertilized| |Garbage from stationsl Buied station Fig. E - 1 Frame of Stadon Garbage Collection System 138.Among the eight main cities along the line where the designated refuse unload stations for the passenger train have been established, Wuchang and Guangzhou both have a larger population and also a larger volume of refuse (up .to 210 x 104 - 250 x 104t/a); whereas Chenzhou and Shaouan hawe smaller population, and the volume of refuse is corresonding by smaller(only about 26 x 104v'a); other cities like Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou and Hengyang are of medium scale and their refuse volume varies between 31 x 104 -72 x 104't/a. Investigations to the cities'related departments show that most refuse is collected and buried. Some cities have 91 seperated and classified the refuse, recycling the useful part and mnaking nmanure from the organic substance. However, generally speaking, hannless disposal of the refuse is low . According to the estimate above, the total volwme of the refuse from the whole line in the year(2005) would be only 1.97 x l04t/a, being a smaller volume compared with that of the eight cities. So the discharge of the railway refuse will not exert distinct pressure on the urban departnent in charge of the refrse treatrent. E.3 Socio- Cultural Environmental Impact E. 3. 1.1 Scope, volume and awangement principles of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement 139.The land acquisition for the project will mainly take place in the realignment of some sections as well as expansion or rebuilding of certain stations, substations and power supply depots. The whole project needs to acquire 154.4 hectare of land, remove houses of 171955m2 and resettle 8668 residents. Table E - 18 shows the quantity of the land acquisition, relocation and resettlement. Table E - 18 Volume of Land Acquisition, Relocation and Resetlenent Land Houses Resettlement Section acquisition( ha) relocation(m2) (Households) Wuchang- Hengyang 106.3 165439 234 Hengyang - Guangzhou 48.1 6516 47 Total 154.4 171955 281 Average per kilonmeter 0.14 158.92 0.26 140. The scope of the land acquisition, relocation and resettlement related to the project is classified into 2 types. The one involves some individual large cities, medium and small towns (counties); the other involves rural areas. The forier includes buildings for production and operation of railways or non - railways, dom-itories for staff and dwelling house for urban residents,etc. It cocupies about 5 % of the total. The later includes farm land, farmer's houses, somne mountain forest and uncultivated lands. It is about 95% of the total. A large amount of land acquisition and relocation are involved in these areas. E.3.1.2 Policies, laws and regulations about land acquisition relocation and resettlement 141. land-acquisition, relocation and resettlement related to the national construction are very complicated system engineering of the sociaty. In order to avoid negative effects during the implementation of the project, all mattezs related to land acquisition, relocation and resettlement shall be settled based on related national and regional policies, laws, and regulations. 142. "PRC Land Admninistration Law", "Urban Houses Relocation Regulation" issued by the State Council, 92 b"mplementation Method of Land Administration of Hubei Province"," Detailed Rules and Regulations of Land Administrion of Hunan Province", "Detailed Rules and Regulations of Land Administration of Guangdong Province" and stipulations of land compensation worked out by different regions, cities and counties based on above mentioned laws and regulatons will consttute basis of policy and law of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement on the Wuhan - Guangahou Line. E.3.1.3 General principles and target of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement 143. Te general principles to be followed are as follows: I . Under the prerequisite of no influencing the construction quality, the scale of land acquisition relocation and residents resettlement will be minimized, and the railway reserved land will be used to the maximum extent. n . Efforts shall be made in land acquisition to avoid occupation of cultivated land and urban. m. If reloation and resettlement is unavoidable, it is necessary to make sure that the unit to be moved unwillingly will have a production and operation condition not lower than the before moving, the unwillingly moved and resettled residents will have a livelihood not lower than that before the moving. 1V. The implementation of compensation to unwillingly - moved untis and residents should strictly abide by related regulations and policies and pay compensation in tirme. V. Viewing that the Wuhan - Guangzhou Line rnms through Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong Provinces where there are differences in economic development, the work of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement should be carried out under the prerequisite of giving a full consideration to local condition and socio - economic development level. VI. The problems arising from land acquisition, relocation and resettlement should be solved appropriately and timely in the light of related regulations and policies. No future trouble shall be left. 144. The target- of the resettlernent of the project: For city and town areas, the resettlement will be combined with the developrnrtt plan of the city and town, and the general planning of old city reconstruction, so as not only to guarantee the resettlement condition of the production and operation units and residents not inferior to the original level, but also to make the overall city construction layout rnore reasonable, favouring local economic development and urban area construction. For fanning residents, resetdtement will favour local economic development and ensure the affected farm residents' incmne and housing condition not inferior to oiginal level. The way to realize the targets is to open up wasteland under the support of local governments, establish rural enterprise-and make part of farming residents transferred to non - fanning residents engaging in construction of local industry and the third industry (including railway). E.3.1.4 Standard of compensation and way of payment 145. Compensation standard is listed in Table E - 19 for calculation of compensation to land acquisition, relocation and resettlement. 93 Table E- 19 Compensation Standard of Land Acquisidon and Relocation Items Compensation Standard Land 17.7 x 104 - 75 x 104 Yuan/ha Occupation fee of National Land 900 1500 Yuan/ha Occupation fee for short term 1. 2 x I - 1. 5 x 104 Yuan/ha House pulled down 250 - 700 Yuan/m2 Well 500 Yuan/well Tomb 300 Yuan/tomb Compensation to production 15% of total sum of monthly Stop enteiprises Salary during production stop period Part time job compensation for 4 Yuan/person-day Land acquisition and relocation Reward to clearing out House 4 - 5 Yuan/m2 house and Land in advance Arable Land 1500 Yuan/ha 146. Ways of different compensation payments: I . Compensation to land acquisition and compensation to resetdemcnt should be paid to the grass - roots administrative units, generally paid to county, town or village, and then these grass - root units allocate the compensation for developing production, solving the problem of unemployment of surplus labour caused by land acquisition, providing subsidies to the disables. II .Young crops compensation and profitable land (other than fanning land)compensation should be paid to the affected party. And the compensation should be paid directly to the affected party right at the time of land acquisition. m . Damages of private wells, tombs, walls, overland routes and other unmovable properties due to land acquisition and relocation should be compensated according to the value determined by the local government. The compensation should be paid directly to the individuals. IV . Private house demolished should be compensated according to the local compensation standard. The unit occupied the land should provide a piece of land for house building in accordance with the compensation standard, and pay compensation for relocation. 147.The total cost of land acquistion,relocation and resettlemtn is RMB194.36 million yuan. The cost is shown in Table E - 20 94 Table E - 20 Cost of Land Acquisition, Relocation and ¶ Resettlement(Unit. 10,000 Yuan) Junctions & sections Land acquisition Relocation Resettlement | Total Wuchang - Hengyang 3397.01 8942.44 3207.61 15547.06 Hengyang - Guangzhou 1801.06 400.06 1688.09 3889. 21 Total 5198.07 9342.5 4895.7 19436.27 Average per knm 4.8 8.63 4.53 17.96 E.3. 1.5 Institutional franework of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement 148. Relocation and resettlement of railway unit and railway staff and workers involved in the project should be adjusted and solved by the railway department itself. Construction units, land administration deparument of local government and the units and individuals to be relocated will jointly settle the affairs of compensation to the affected units and individuals in accordance with regulations of land acquisition and compensation set by the state and local govemments. 149. The above mentioned two cases only account for about 5% of total volume of land acqusition and relocation. The large amount is the farm land acquisition and relocation of farmers' houses. The later case accounts for about 95% of total volume of land acquisition and relocation. The railway departnent consulted with local govemments for many times and decided to adopt the following ways to handle the problems. I.The railway construction unit (Railway Construciton Headquarter) defines the area of land acquisition according to construction drawing, then entrusts the local state land administration departnent with the land acquisition, and pays the entrusted party for land acquisition compensation( including cost of land compensation, relocation, labour resettlement, young crps and cost of registration of changing from farming residents to non - fanning resident. etc). II .Entrusted by the railway, the local state land department signs a land acquisition contract with the village management committee, according to related regulations issued by the State and the local govemment and pays for the land acquisition. m . Township and village management commnittee will implement the resettlement including resettling of unwilling residenr in the light of related rules. Local state land department will be responsible for instructing and supervising the use of compensation to ensuring that the compensation is really used in developing rural economy and imprnving livelihood of those unwilling residents so that their living condition is at least not lower than the origial. 150. The following is a scheme of institutional framework mar.aging land acquisition and relocation for the Wuhan 95 - Guangzhou Railway Expension Construction: prirary design:deines standard and cost of land acquisition and relocation truction design:defines the ares of land acquisition and relocation k f~~~~~~~~~~~pproval and 11 plementio Fn-trust Pariyl otato ai flostrructionf uangzhou Railway a ion aotioal ionla division of roup Company Land Bu d Bu Bu Zhengzhou ijing - Guangzhou reau, Hube Hu I1u u. Railway Htan - Guizhou Province. ra Bureau icheng- Uiuzhou rovince ilway Construction rovine Headquarter ty ac , atY: antryNS nty Na IuntNy Na ______ Lnone l Lan bura . - - bubr- theli ongIinei a Huna" uangdo n Fi Gerl00. .GnrlCo lbiPnePoic ,nee Di Riway _ I Poic nce~ ~ ~~~~oac miion Cosreion Su head ubr- -hbead nutr|on il F F V;ll FOW IVi1 quater .5age, group age group ta oup d 7ignageemein ementm uisition ~ ~ ~ ~ mmssono lacqutsttson [ ,Icommtssi~~~on | m ,l 6non | ,nmission| hetonI Fig E- 2 Schem of instattional Frmework 96 E. 3. 1.6 Resettlement of labor force on the land acquired 151. Measures of resettlement: I According to related national and local regulations and laws of land, some the farming population have to be transferred to non - fauming population, with their jobs changed. II- Railways employ soae contracted workers among farmers on the acquired land to meet the needs of railway operaiion. m .Township enterprises will be established to employ farrers on the acquired land and make farmers leave the land but not leave their hometown. Since in China, land resures are national, therefore, the compensation to land acquisition is not paid to the fanners, but paid to township and village govemrment and the grass - roots governmet for developing township enterprises , providing more job opportunities to the people. IV . Readjusting of land allocation 152. Ater resettlement, the farmers no longer engage in fanning simply. Ihe point is that whether the income of resettled farmers is less than that before or not. According to the statistic yearblLks of Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong Provinces, 1996 statistic data of the countryside economic benefit in three provinces are obtained. And it is shown in Table E - 21. From Table E - 21, it can be seen that the countryside labour force can create more output value when it is engaged in industry, building, transportation, business or catering trade than in agriculture only. This shows that all properly resettled famrs will have more income and better livelihood in varied degrees. Table E - 21 Countryside Economic Benefit in ffte provinces along the line (1996) (Yuan/person) Items Hubei Province Hunan Province Guangdong province Total output value of countryside society 22246 20908 26131 Agricultural total output value 6363 5869 6191 Countryside industrial total outout value 12500 9505 15427 Contryside arnhitectural total output value 1080 1978 1656 Country transportation total output value 1025 1488 971 Country business catering trade totat output 1278 2068 1886 value Note: data listed are average output value per person in all sectors. 97 153. AU mentioned above is favourable factors of the resettlement.1There are also some unfavorable ones in the resetdtement. buch as people' s qualification. The youngers are easier to be resettled than the elders; the educated easier than the illiterate or the half - illiterate, and so on. Therefore the mnatter of resettlement is an arduous and painstaking work. It should be handled very cautiously and carefully. Proper resettlemen shall be done according to the person's condtion. After the completion of the resettlement, necessary job training should be given to the resettled people so that they can soon adapt to new jobs. 154. The matter of land acquisition, relocation and resettlement related to the construciton of tractive substations, sectioning stations and switching stations has been brought into the project as a whole. In most cases, these substations are located far away from cities, and they are very flexible in location selection to avoid residential area to mnmimize relocation and resettlement. Also, these substations only only occupy small pieces of land . Therefore, the matter of land acquisition, relocation and resettlementrelated will not cause major environmental l impact. 155. In short, the Wuhan - Guangzhou Line Capacity Expansion Project is different fiora constructing a new line. It does not need much land acquisition, relocationand resetdtement. Only part of communities are affected. The project will promote economic development and improve livelihood of the people in the affected areas along the line. E.3.2 Construction impact to local business and employment 156. Sand and stone material, limne stone arnd brick needed for the construction will be locally supplied. The construction workers will buy food and daily necessities in local areas.Therefore,there will be more business and emnployment opportunities. But these kinds of opportunities has only has a short duration. It will disappear when the construction is over. E.3.3 Induced development 157. According to the statistic data of Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong provinces alongthe line, the average annual i growth rates of total product value of society were 13.0%, 11.0%and 17.7%respectively from 1990 to 1996; average annual growth rates of total product value of industry were23. 1% ,20. 2% and 30. 0% respectively, while the average annual growth rates of passenger and freight turnover were 3.2% ,5.4% ,5.5% respectively at the same period. It shows that provinces along the line had a rapid development in economy, while the freight turnover increased slowly. Analysis of all the restraining conditions of economy development in recent years im three provinces and the estimation on related information have shown that, if it is to guarantee the rapid development of economy, the growth rates of transportation must be higher than that of economy. Because the rpid economic development enlarges the requirement of transportation of people and goods, the neck of transportation more and more restrains further economic development . According to the construction design, the Wuchang - Guangzhou line will coordinate with the Beijing - kowloon line, with passenger traffic as the main 98 business and the freight traffic considered. The implementation of the project will give great impetus to promoting the economic development and offering more employment opportunties; meanwhile, it indicates provinces along the line after thelproject will expand or build a large number of industrial enterprses and related service facilities, which Will inerease the impact to local environmental quality. 158. According to the data of design, the passenger traffic volume will increase about1O,000 people every day in the year 2000,and about 21200 people every day in the year 2005, by a comparison of this project executed or not executed-.t will promote interfQow of people, development of travel service, and a prosperous business and market. Meamphile, major stations and its nearby areas will develop into prospeus metropolises and cities. Especially, tle medium and small stations such as Puqi, Yueyang, Miluo, Pingshi, Xingjie (now called Huadu) will develop-nre rapidly. The development of the scale of the station areas and the nearby business services and traffic facilities of various types will both make these areas prosperous and aggravate the environmental burden, especially the acoustic environment quality will drop, the atmospheric pollution will become aggravated due to the tail - gas enission of the motor vehicles. It is expected that the ambient noise of most large and medium station areas and the nearby business districts will exceed the limit values for Type II Area stipulated in GB3096 - 96 (60dBA for the day and 50 dBA for the night) . The degree of atmospheric pollution is obviously higher than the average level of the city it is located at. 159.To sum up, the Wuhan - Guangzhou Railway Project is a great drive to economy development in the provinces along the line and brings a large increase of job opportunity,but it also makes more serious impacts to the environment. Provinces concerned should strictly implement environmental protection regulations issued by the State, make a good regional planning of cities and towns through the way combining prevention and rectification and contrl the environmental impact induced by economic development. E .3.4 Gltural properties 160. There ame many humanity landscape, historic sites, scenic spots and rich tourist resources along the line. After the capacity expansion project, travelling condition will be improved and travel service will be developed. Main historic sites and scenic spots along the line are as folows: Wuhan City: 161. The yellow Crane Tower. It is located at the Snake Mountain of Wnchang. Together with Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Tower, they are three equally famous towers in the south of Yangtze River. There are many legendary stories about the Tower, handed down from ancient tirmes. The Tower was first built in the year 233. It was destroyed and rebuilt for many times, and the lastest tower was destroyed by fire in 1884. The present tower opened to tbe public is a reinforced concrete, structure reproducing ancient tower, which was completed in 1985. 162. Guiyuan Buddha Temple. It is located at Hanyang . The temple was first built in the Seventeenth century. The remains of the Temple are: the hall of 500 arhats, stele, Buddhist scriptures, work of arts and other precious 99 relics. 163. Gu Qin(a kind of ancient musical instrument) Platform. It is located at the west foot of the Tortoise Mount in Hanyang.The legend says it was the place where musician Yu Boya played Gu Qin in a boat and met a bosom friend here more Lhan 2000 Years ago. Miluo City 164. It is the place where the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan lived and drown himself in River Miluo more than 2000 years ago. ln the city there are places of historic intersts i. e. Qu's Temple, Qu's Tormb and Zhao Qu Pavilion and others. Four kilometers to the northwest of the city at the north bank of River Miluo, many places of historic interests and scenic spots related to Qu Yuan is activities left in the Yusi Mountain. Yueyang City: a famous historic city 165. Yueyang Tower. It is located at the west of the City by the Lake Dongting. It is a famous tower south of Yangtze River with a history of more than 1000 years. 166.Mount Junshan scenic beauty area . Located at the north part of Lake Dongting, it is a natuwal at the protection area of Hunan Province. On the island there are remains of the Tolb of two concubines of Emperor Yu, Feilai (flying here) Bell and others. Changsha City 167. It is a historic and cultual city well known in China. Main places of historic interest and scenic beauty are | as follows. I . Mawangdui Han Tomnb. it is the tomb of the concubine of Marquis Changsha buried more than 2000 years ago. It was unearthed in 1960's. There unearthed was a female corpse and over 3000 pieces of precious relics (now they are -kept in the Museun at Hunan Province). 1 . Mount Yuelu historic interest and scenic beauty area. Located at the west bank of River Xianigiang. Within the area there are Yuelu Ancient School, Lusan Temple, Stele of King Yu, Pavilion of Loving Evening, White Crane Spring and other historic interest and scenic spots. m . Besides,there are Kaifu Temple , Remains of Beijin City,Tomb of families of King Changsha and other historic sites. South High Miountain District of Hengyang City 168. Mount Heng: Located at the northwest of Hengyang City. It was named by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty as South High Mountain in the seventh century, and is one of the five high mountains in China. It was praised as "The exclusively elegant High Mountain" . There are temples standing in great numbers, historic interest spots everywhere and lots of steles. lt was appointed by the State Council as national spots of historic interest and scenic beauty. It is also a nature protection of Hunan Province. Chenzhou City 100 169.1mmortal Su Ridge. It is located at the east suburb of Chenzhou and 526 m high above the sea level. Wonderful ridges,and dense forest make it a beautiful name of'The eighteenth good fortune land in the world". -White Deer Cave" "Three Excellent Stele"and "Ilmmortal Su Temple are" praised as scenic spots of the south of Hunan. Besides, in the city there are historic places the Emperor Wen's Tomb built in B. C. 205 and Yuiia Mountain Stmonghold scenic spot. Pingshi Town 170.jinji Coldenroaster Ridge. Located at the north of Pingshi Town, it is a famous scenic beauty area in Guangdong Province for its dangerously steep ridge and picturesque scenery. Shaoguan City 171. Nanhua Buddha Temple. Located at the border of Qujiang County, it was first built in the sixth century and is one of the famous ancient Buddha temples in China .The temple keeps the true body of the founder of the Chan see . of Buddhist, thousand - buddha Kasaya, Empress Wu Zetian' s imperial edict , steles of Tang and Song Dynasty, and other precious cultural relics. QkingYan City 172. Feixia Gorge scenic beauty area is located Skrn away firm the Yuantan Station.The Gorge is 9km long with torrent passing through. It is one of the famous scenic beauty areas of the North River. Feilai Temple at the west bank of the Gorge ,has a history of more than 1400 years.There are such as Feixia Cave, Cangxia Cave, etc. in the mountain. Guangzhou City 173.Tomb of King Nanyue (King of South Guangdong)of West Han Dynasty located at the west side of China Hotel in Guangzhou , has a history of more than 2000 years. It was unearthed in' 80s. It is another important discovery of archeology on the topic of Han Dynasty after the unearth of Huangcheng Han Tomb and Mawangdui Han Tomb. Unearthed in the tomb are jade cloth of king Wanyue,gold seal engraved with"seal of King Wen ", bronze wares, arrows anror , jade articles and other precious cultural relics. A museum has been built on the tomb site. 174.Guar4piao Temple ,located on the North Renming Road(N)of the city,originally was the palace of the King Nanyue of West Han Dynasty. It has a history of more than 2000 years , and is the first ancient temple in the south of the linnan mountain. The temple now has ion tower, grand Buddha hall, and other ancient buildings built in Tang and Song Dynasty. 175. Pleces of historic interest and scenic beauty mentioned above ,except the Yellow Crange Tower(20m away frorn the south of the railway),are all located 500m more away frorn the line .The project will have no harn to the places, The construction of the Yellow Crane Tower had taken anti - seismic measures. The train operation will not affect the structure of the tower. Along the line there is no natural protection areas. 101 E.3.5 Environmental economic gain and loss analysis 176. After the implementation of the Pioject, the transportation capacity of the existing line will be increased greatly. It will ease the tension of the passenger and feight tansportation in the area along the line and Cuangdong Province, therefore, it will have significant social and economic benefits. Meanwhile, the project will also bring a positive and unfavorable influences to the environment of areas along the line. Here is the brief analysis of environmental economic gains and losses after the completion of the Project, lhe analysis is based on. the income and cost designed the year 2000 and the year 2005 on the line E.3.5.1 Economic benefit analysis I. Income Direct income 177. The direct gains of the project are calcuated by comparing the difference of the benefits implementing the - project or not implementing the project. The calculation index used in the Assessment are listed in Table E - 22. Table E- 22 Calculation 1ex of Traffic Gains Items Contents Units Calculation Income rate Yuan/104 745 of freight traffic ton - kn neAlm Income rate of Yuan/104 650 passenger traffic person - km Other income 8% of income from freight and passenger traffic Cost rate of Yuan/104 145 Expaso freight traffic ton - km . Expansion Cost rate of Yuan/IO2 t passenger traffic nerson - km Cost Cost rate of Yuan/104 181 Urnmion freight trafic ton - km Cost rate of Yuan/04 245 passenger traffic person - km 3.24% of income Tax Total fron freight and I | passenger traffic 178. According to the lastest design data, under the conditions of expansion and inexpansion, freight and passenger turnover is shown in Table E - 23. 102 Table E - 23 Freight and Pamnger Turnover Year Year Itenis 2000 2005 Passenger turnover expansion 3547354 3933872 (104km/Year) unexansion 3225655 3133436 Freight turover expansion 7112700 8053000 (104km/Year) unewasion 7112700 8053000 179 Fmm Table E - 22 and Table E - 23 the direct economic gains can be calculted as shown in Table E - 24 Table E - 24 Direct home of the Project m Designed Yean Total income (104Yusn/year) Income 2000Y 2005Y Passenger traffic income 21220 40567 Freight traffic income 25605 79754 Other income 3746 9626 Total income 50571 129947 hniect benefit 180.Social benefit of national economy growth: social benefit to the national economy provided by the railway freight traffic is main benefit of the Railway. According to the statistics, unit tumover social benefit of the railway is RMB750 Yuan/ten thousand ton - kn. It can be calaculated that the project wiU provide a national economic growth of RMB24127.4 ten thousand/year in the year 2000 and RMB53116.3 ten thousond/year in the year 2005. 181. Benefit resulted from the saving of trave by I hours. After the Project, the traveling speed of passenger train will increase, and the travelling hours will be decreased accordingly. It is estimated that, if the average travelling time of a passenger shortened by 1 hour, every worker creates an average national income of RMB3/hour in the year 2000,4/hour in the year 2005. and suppose the traveUing hbors for business accounts for 20% of total travelling time, then the social benefit resulted frim the saving of traveUing hours will be RMB59.85 million/year in 2000 and RMB94.85 milion/year in 2005. 182. The benefit gained from decreasing the time of freight traffic. After completion of the project, the transportation speed of goods will be increased and the on - rail transit tire and turnover time of cunrent funds 103 for goods will also be shortened.lt is estimated that,if on- rail transit time shortened by I hour,the price of on - rail transit goods is R11B1500 yuan/ton and interest rate of current funds for goods is 10% ,the social benefit resulted from time - saving transportation is RMB3. 056 minlion yuan/year in 2000 future and RMB3. 385 million/year in 2005. 11. Lose 183.Agricultural Loss: The Project's land acquisition is 154.4 hectare of lands including 70% of cultivated land and fann land, totalling 108. 1 hectare. According to 1996 statistic year book of Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong Prvince, the average output value of cultivated and fann land is RMB39270 yuan/ha, the average annual growth rate of agricultural output value is 64% ,then the agricultural loss is estimated at RMB4.244 million yuan/year in 2000 and RMB5.772 million/year in 2005. 184. Investment of construction infrastructure, At present, the evaluation of economic loss of railway infrastrtureul construction takes yearly incremnent of infastructure construction as an economic loss. With a calaculation period of 30 years, it is inferred that the total sum of principal and interest of the investment of the Project is RMB18974.46 million yuan;the construction investment every year is RMB632.482 million. 185. Operation cost of environmental protection facilities. Investment of environmental protection facilities is shown in Table E - 25. Operation cost of environmental protection facilities is about R1MB950. 000 yuan/year, including R1MB300, 000400, 000 yuan for manaemnt, RMB80, 000 - 100, 000 yuan/year for training professional perosn, RMBI00,000 for monitoring and RMB350,000400,000 for training environmental protection personnel for 5 yeans as a conversion period, with an average of RMB70,000 - 80,000 for each year. Table E - 25 Investnent of Environment Protection Facilities - - I Investment Itemns (104Yuan) Mitigating water pollution 480 Noise prevention 313.2 Roadbed side slope protection and forestation and other protection 22427.07 of Water loss and soil erosion Land acquisition relocation 19436.27 and resettlement 19436_27 Total 42656.54 m1. Total sum of gains and losses 186. The total sum of gains and losses equals to the diffevence between total income and total loss as shown in table E - 26 104 Table E - 26 Total Sum of Gains and Losses (Unit: 10' Yuan) Designed Year Type Items- Type ltems ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~Year Year_ _- ____________ - -2000 _ 2005-1 Direct income of enterprises 50571 129947 Natioal economical grwth 24127.4 53116.3 Gains Saving of travelling hours 5985 9485 Saving of on - rail transit hours 305.6 338.5 Total gain 80989 192886.8 Agriculture loss 424.4 577.2 Principal and interest loss 63248.2 63248.2 Operation cost of Ep facilities 95 95 Total loss 63767.6 63920.4 Total gains and losses 17221.4 128966.4 E.3.5.2 Analysis of environmental benefit 187 After the project, adoption of electric locmotives instead of diesel locomotives will greatly reduce gas discharge from locomotives. Locomotive fuel consmmption and pollutant discharge are shown in Table E - 27 Table E- 27 Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Diharging Loco fuel Pollutant discharging( ton/year) Year consumption (ton/year) Smoke & Dust S02 NOx CO Existing line 351158.9 5337.6 1123.5 6671.4 2493 Year2000 28209 428.7 90.2 536.7 200.3 Year 2005 28209 428.7 90.2 536.70 200.3 reduction(%) I 92.0 92.0 92.0 92.0 92.0 188. From Table E - 21, locomotive fuel consumption and pollutant discharge will decrease by 92%. The pollution to atmospheric environment will have a signification drop after the project. After completion of the project, quality and volumne of waste water will have not much change. Treated waste water will not cause significant effect on receiving water. 189. After the completion of the project ,due to the increase of train operation speed and the tonnage rating, the pollution of train operation noise and vibration will increase; and electromagnetic radiation will also increase due 105 to operation of electric locomotives, lifting - lowering operation of pantograph at loco servicing depot, operation of - traction transfonner station and traction power sectioning station, affecting residents nearby in TV Watching. Land acquisition and relocation will also have affects on ecological envimrnment and living circumstance of the residents. The increase of passenger traffic, passenger train refuse fium stations and along the line will also increase sinficantly. But, proper disposal can minimize the above mentioned unfavorable influence to the environment along the line. 190.Based on the analysis of the economic, social and environmental benefit, it is evident that the project will have a significant environmental economic benefit. The project will not only bring about enormous national economic and social benefit, but also play a positive role in improving atnospheric environment quality along the line. F. Review of Alternative Scheme 191. The Beijing - Guangzhou Railway Line is an important north - south corridor of Chinese Railway network. The Wuhan - Guangzhou Railway is the south section of the Beijing - Guangzhou Line. The Wuhan - Hengyang I section was double tracked in 1970s. The double - track railway proiect of the Hengyang - Guangzhou section was open to the traffic in 1988. Since the Wuhan - Guanghou track doubling, its transportation capacity gradually saturated and it is incapable to meet the growing needs. For expanding railway transportation capacity of the section, it is recommended to build a third line or electifying the existing line. As the Wuhan - Guangzhou i line mns through a large area with flourishing economy and a dense population, buliding the third line will occupy a lot of land and result in a large amount of relocation and resettlement. Its construction volumne and cost will greatly exceed that of the electrification scheme. From the view point of environmental protection, electrification scheme is superior to adding the third line. Especially the unfavourable impact of the former to ecological, atmospheric and water environment is much less than the later. It can be concluded that the electrification project not only meets the needs of capacity expansion, but also favourate environment protection along the line. 192. There are not many design alternatives for the electrification project. Only local optimization is mnade. The optimization related to environmental proteciton includes the following items: F. I Altemtive Schaem for Subgrade 193. Due to various reasons, in the Wuhan - Guangzhou line' s double - track reconstruction, the roadbed reconstruction for the flooded sections was not implemented. The electrification project will rebuild the roadbed 106 lower than the design water level in combination with raising the bridge. Trees will be planted at the edge of the roadbed, and turf will be planted at the slopes or protective works shall be added to prevent flood erosion. In consideration of minimizing land acquisition and reducing construction volume and investment, the design adopts the schemne of raising the existing line instead of building a new one. F.2 Optimization of Station Facilities 194. As the cities along the line develops, the locations of some stations can not meet the demands of the developrnent. For example, The Miluo Station is located at the east side of the line, but Miluo develops its downtown in the west side of the line. Therefore, the Location of the station at present has arised unfavorable impact to local communication, public facilities and econoomic grwth. This project gives a full consideration to this reasonable requirement and move the station from the east side of the line to the west side. ht will play a positive role in promoting cormunication and economy of the city. F .3 Optimzatin of Tral ve Power Supply and Substation Facilites F. 3. 1 Expansion optimzation of power supply depots 195. The project will expand the Hengyang and Guangzhou power supply depots which can be carried out at original sites or new Sites. In consideration of difficult land acquisition and relocation for the original Guangzhou Power Supply Depot and a series of unfavourable socio - ecological impacts for expansion the original site, the scheme comparision results in building a branch of the depot at the north hub of the Tangxi Station. The scheme will build catenary section, foreman's section and power supply depot together in one place which has a smooth and spacious terrain, less relocation,convenient highway and sidings leading - in and less investnnt,Therefore the scheme will have a good socio - economic environmental benefit. Here is another different example, the Hengyang Power Supply depot has an ample space and reserves the expansion condition during the Hengyang - Guanghou double track construction. So the expansion is carried on the former Hengyang Power Supply Administration, avoiding land acquisition and relocation and minimizing investment and unfavorable social envirnmemental impact. F.3.2 Location optimization of tractive substations and other tractive power supply facilities. 196. Location selection of tractive substations, sectioning stations, switching stations and catenary section along the Wuhan - Guanghou Line gives a full consideration not only to guarranteeing tractive power supply, convenient maintainence and management and staff' s livelihood, but also to occupying less land especially farmland and being far away from the residential quarters and chemical works as far as possible, Ihe design modifies locations of these tractive power supply facilities many times. Such efforts will miniize the unfavourable 107 ecological impacts and electromagnetic environ ental impacts that possibly generated after the line goes into operation. G. Mtigation Measure Plan 197. In order to minimnize environmental impact of the project, the following environmental protection measures are worked out on the basis of the line' s envirornental background and analysis results of construction environmental impacts. G. I Measures of Environmental Protcton during Contrwcton Period 198. The construct should make use of the existing access and living facilities to minimize temporary construction land occupation , especially the agricultural land. Some temporary construction sites should be free from waste and become farmland in time after construction. 199. Earth and stone work excavation construction should be conducted by section for sectioning protection in time.E-xcavating, transporting, filling and leveling as weU as ramming should be carried out one after another without loose soil left to prevent soil and water erosion. For the paddy field and other farmland to be occupied for borrow- pit of subgrade and station, the surface humus soil in the fields should be moved before borrowing to other place for soil protection. 200. Measures should be taken for borrow pit along the line to protect soil and vegetation. Surface humus soil on the pits should -be moved away for other use. After ocnstruction, the pit must be sodded, or laid with dry rubble for protection.The borrow pits in hilly and mountainous areas can be levelled for farmland and paddy fields can be levelled for water - storage and fish ponds after constrction. Table G - I summarizes the suggested protection measures and corresponding cost for all borrow pits along the line. All these protection restoration measures for the whole line's borrow pits need an investment of RMBI. 105 milion yuan. If all these measures shown in Table G - I are implemented, the unfavourable impacts from these borrow pits will be effectively controlled. It is predicted that no visible change will be brought to the ecological environment along the line. 201. In order to alleviate the burden produced by the construction to local traffic, construct should try to avoid changing and closing the road and avoid traffic peak hours for construction and transportation. 202. lt is to adopt a closed management to construction sites and other temporary construction sites. Constructor should conduct civilized construction to avoid a large destroy of landscape. 203. In the bridge and culvert construction, it should be properly aranged for disposing spoil and residue in their transshipment and piling so as to prevent water and soil pollution. It is to set up a steel or earth weir in the 108 vicinity of bridge piling foundation during the construction of the extra - long large bridge to prevent silt and other pollutants generated by construction from polluting ambient water body. Besides these, during the construction of pedestrian culvert and agricultural irrigation ditches,consideration for interim messures including temporary access and temporary water pipes shall be considered to ensue the communication and agricatural Yingatimu of the costucdt site free frmm large interference. 204. Selection of construction site should abide by the stipulations of GB1253 - 90"The Noise limit of Construction Site" and set the high noise equipment, far from noise sensitive points including schools and residential quarters.Night construction should be avoided to reduce noise at night. 205. The constructor should try to reduce dust. If possible, some construction sites shall spray water to reduce dust. 206. Constructor and construction supervisor should appoint full - time or part - time persons to conduct environmental protecton or take charge of envirnmental management and supervision in the course of construction. Meanwhile the constructor should improve stuff's envrionmental consciousness and make related regulations so as to properly dispose construction waste water, refise and living garbage. Waste water from different sources should be discharged centralizedly and the refuse should be cleared away at any time. G.2 Enviromnental Protection Measures during Operatio 109 Protection Measu of Main Borrow and Spoil Pits of the Wudiang - Guangio Projeet Table G- 1 Location of Estumated bol aPits Landform ha)ion ( ten thousand result spoil plts (ha) Measur« y~~~~~uan) Hanyang Xiannu Mountain borrow Mountainous pits 1500m right land Buying Land of Hansha Road Local Wuchang Shengli gDvemnmentI s village borrow villam bonow Mountain 62duty pits 500m left of Monan6.2 dt Wuchang - beijing line K1234 -Avoiding ' Xiannin Station Sodded and Aoiding borrow pits -do- 0.88 paved with 2.5 soiland K1289 + 065 stone water erosion Spoil pits Left e of line Hilly land 2.67 leveled and 8 -&- K1317 + 500 s Wanwiabao borrow pits .eveed for Increasing 200in right land t12.75 faim land 30 cultvated of line land K1329 + 600 . I Borrow pits Sodded and Avoiding right of ine Motmain 0.41paved with 2 soil and DK1489 + 640 slope 0.41 stone water erosion Mino Gupei Town borrow pits7k - do - 1.03 - do - 2.6 - do- left of line K1495 + 600 Borrow pits 50m right of line -do- 0.42 -do- 2 -do- YK1462 + 400 Changsha Laodao River borrow pits -do- 12.37 do- 20 do- Laoguanchong Low hill 3.12 -do- 6 -do - borrow pits land 110 Location of spoil pits (Aha Measue t uand result b'orru pits M nveled for left of line Mmtios 0.43 fish poor 1.0 Fr K1762 + 750 land after bor_w uirsg Bonow pits Increasing left of line -do- 0.5 Levelled for 1.5 cultivated K1763 + 900 rm r land Laiyang borrow pits l60m right -do- 0.43 -do- 1.2 - do- of lirne K1814 + 200 Maba borrmw pits -do- 0.97 -do- 2.5 - do - K(2063 -900 Borw pits 180m left of ling - do- 0.43 - do- 1.2 - do- DK2097 + 100 Borow pits right Leveled for For of line - do- 0.43 fish land 1.0 increasing K(2153 +600fshld Borow pits 180m left of line - do- 1.67 -do- 3 -do- K2199 +700 Two borrow pits 130 - 330rn Mountain 21 velled for S do right of line slope farm land K2247 + 300 - + 500 Borrow pits 0 - 200m left of line - do- 3.24 - do - 8 - do - K2246 + 700 - K(2247 000 Tongge borrow pits left of line -do- 5.27 -do - 13 -do- K2251 + 400 - + 800 111 G.2. 1 Protection mneasures against noise and vibration 207.Functional areas shall be devided scientifically for the cities along the line in combination with the cities' overall planning. New noise sensitive buildings such as schools and residential quarters should no longer be built within 100 meters on both sides of railway. 208. It is to strengthen the environmental protection consciousness of the locorotive drivers and crews. Whistling shall be strictly in line with the technical regulations to reduce noise impact on noise sensitive buildings as less as possible. Low noise and high orientation air whistle should be equipped when it is available to reduce whistle noise. 209.It is to set up barriers to close the lines in the areas where there there are schools and residential quarters including Yueyang Village, Yueyang Railway Dormitory in Yueyang city. The railway dormitories along the two sides of the line, Shizi Village in Changsha,Shangyuetong Residcntial Quarter, Shifu Road Residential Quarter, Jianning New Village and Dachongkou Residential Quarter in Zhuzhou, totalling 6.7km long section to ruduce the locomotive whistde noise.The measure is effective to reduce railway noise. 210.It is to afforest areas along the railway especially the newly - built residential quarters and locomotive depots. These areas may use mixed evergreen arbor, bush and lawn. 211 . Iong welded heavy - type steel rails can reduce noise 8 - lOdBa. It is required to lay the 60km long rails on the up and down lines at Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yinde and Tangxi railway stations. 212.The Henyang 7th Railway School, Shaoguan 2nd RIailway Primary School, Guangzhou 4th Railway Primary School and Guangzhou 2nd Railway Middle School are affected by the railway noise seriously . In consideration of these schools located in densely - populated areas, the need of the railway staff' s children for the school in nearby areas and the difficult relocation for school, it is required that the corridors of the teaching buildings should be closed with aluminium alloy windows and installed with air - conditioning ventilation facilities in classrooms. 213.The railway section of the main cities on the Wuhan - Guangzhou line should be taken with measures to reduce vibration including adding shock absorbing pads and using 60kg/m long welded rails. G.2.2 Electromagnetics protection measures 214. The newly - built tractive substations, switching stations, sectioning stations and service plants of locamotive depots along the line should be as far from the residents in areas as possible. As to the existing residential quatrers near to the electrification railway facilities, cable TV network should be set up to avoid electrmagnetic interference. G.2. 3 The Measures of Waste Water Treatment 215. According to the design, DG style sets should be taken at the battery rooms in Zhuzhou North and Guangzhou Locomotive Depots. The waste water from Hengyang Locomotive Depot should be treated with oil 112 isolation and coke filtration methods instead of the less effective foam oil absorbing tank. Ihe waste water fim the newly built Duoluockou Wagon Washing Point should be treated with sand precipitation,; idjusting precipitation, air floating, coke filtration and active carbon absorbing methods. The treamnt capacities of the air floating tank in Zhuzhou North Locomotive Depot will be increased because the treatment capacities'of the existing equipment are not nough. 216. Acconling to the design, the waste water fiom Yueyang Lowmotive Depot should be hteated with adjusting precipitation, air floating, filtration and active absorbing methods based on the featues of the waste water and local govement requirement. The waste water fom Shaoguan Locomotive Depot will not be treated, so cannot meet the rlated standard. It is to build a waste water treatnent station in this depot and the waste water should be treated with oil isolation and air floating mediods. G.2.4 Mitignofa pic pollution 217. The new boilr will be equipped with smoke and dust purification equipment with the d rate ai t-2947% to ensure dte boilers' air pollutant emissiocn to reach the value of GB13Z71- 91 "Emission Standard of Boilers' Air Pollutant", i. e. smDke and dust concentration being 250mg/Nm3, SO2 being 2m /Nm3. G.2.5 Disposal of soild waste 218. Boiler's slag and mtl scraps generated by the depots along the railway should be piled at special sites for recycling. 219. It is to strenglthen administration over refuse collection system of passenger trains, forbidding littering along the line. It is to guarnt that the fixed disposal of shall be done to turn the refuses harmless and become resources. 220. As to the fixed refuse colection stations along the line, it is to set up a garbage classifying systern to recycle useful materials and treat plastic wrapping materials not easily degradable in a centralized way to make them unhariu . G.2.6 Ecological protection measures 221. It is to plant trees on the edge of the subgrade and grass on the slope for protection of subgmade and slope from rain erosion. 1. G.3 Masures of Land Acquisiou, Rdocation and Restement 222. According to national and local land laws, some fanming population on the acquired land will becme non - fanming populaton engaging in other occupations. The railway departments can empoly some peasants as contracted workers for railway operation. 113 I 223. It is to rearn land distributior and set up township enterpnses to employ peasants with the land acquired as workers so that they leave the Lknd without leaving teir hometown. - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I G.4 Capital Ames_et of 1n 1omneta Pn)tcdon Mamr 224. According to the capital estimate of mitigation measur to the envirnmnental iact, the investment in the l environmental pmtection of the capacity expansion project is primarily defined in Table G - 2. Environmental measues and investment are msuied up in Table G- 3 and G- 4 based on construction and operation periods l and environmental elements. 225. In the process of the constnuction, the departmeb assciated with design, constmution, construction superision and odtes should pay much attention to the envinmental pmtection and make perfect and detailed plans to put mitigatiby measures by the report into practice. The environmental protection facility construction l must be canried outi similtaneously with the capacity expansion project, as well as their design and operation. Fig. G'- 1 shows the proceas of design, assessnent, cmstuction and operation of envionmental protection l facilities. - - 114 Table G -2 EP Inivestment of the Wuchang- Guangzhou Capacity Expansion Project Section hema EP construction | Tretmuent Mctiod Results kvel InvesUnent Water Duoklius Wapt Washing Pint Wito I Waste Water-adjusting cipitation twirk'ga iwoaig tmsk- cefihtUtion Vith COD - ir g rile at 8 - U%al 1914), Pi 7D - - Wlnter utacit uunk-activ cearben a "!n Kt-dichaClas I B978 - 1996 _33 Wuin k* w luificafion of boilcr sonake wd Intalling dust purifiaettion With rts at 90% Clas2,CB13271 -91 Tenninal FjdiAng apintion comStutiio idhg ad planting h fo^r sutaeai Avoiding soil & water etvshim 27.8 Protection of mft rnde uid slope Sodding and paving with stone for protectin 245.3 Yueyang Village noise trAntment Blocking up I km lng line Claw 2,CB3096- 93 20.0 'Yueyang Noise Yu-yang rilway doeritory noise Blocking up I km long lose Cla 2, CB3096 - 93 20.0 W., Y-&ng L-o- Deot Wag "terOil - contaminated Wsewater-seadjatn peittints-gsfloatieg- Yut yalU Water Yuneang Leco. Dw lot te a ta ratnt With oil - reducing rtect 8R0-90% Clsa" I ,GB8978 - 1996 120 treStlfloilt r *aeiq fro /h to, I Vh _ _ - N Roailvway dornBtory dlong the line Blocking up 0.9 km long line Class 2,G113096- 93 38.0 Noise__ Erpian dorritory in Shizi Villa Blocking up 1. I km long line Clas 2.C83096- 93 22.0 W ter iautnslC a Loeo. Depot waste water Get an additional mud buming IOVe and a scmping dredge equipment Rediacing noid pollution Class 1.CB8978 - 1996 tO Ch-40- Purifiaion of boiler smke and Installing dust pur:ficaton device With rate at 90% Class 2,CB13271 -991 _ _ dust _.. Prtection of sulgiade anud slope Sodding and paving with stone for protection Avoiding soil mad 224.2 Ecolouy Aftorstatin cornstruction Planng tru"es Wat"v i __ _ I.Z Pitectionl of borrow arnd spoil pits Levelled, odding and planting trefs 2 Noise in , e R.esidential MiXa., . . _ OnittnSyue Blocking up 0.6 kn long Gne at AK1617 1 500- AK1618 + 300 6-9 1 .0 Mive in F,tjin au R7 ientisM 0lsB iog up 0.3 km long linie dt AK1618 + 100 - K1618 + 400 6.0 Noiwe Nuix in Sifit II- i Ilocl.kin up 0.5 km long line t AK1619+000- AK1619+ 500 __ 10.0 Noise in Jtanning New Village Blocking up 0.7 km lhng line t AK1619 + 600_- AK1620+ 300 _ 140 Zhu,ho" Nois in Vachogtnkou Residential Blocking up 0.6 km long line at AK 1620+ 300- AK1620 +900 - 12.0 Zu NorhLoco. Depot wmcGet anaiional of AlIh; 3/k Water ZlNtoouN waste dnadihlita gas foats set f tnatnent n d 30 - water treatmlentt . Waste wetter fittrn httteg rtlt rn trethted bydLwG ltylt- sat r - ge _ ClassB8978 - 192 _ U .rificatio o boiler toke rd Lmntlling dust purification device Cl S t as 2,(111t3271 -91 .l otection of subgrade muid slope Sodding and paving stone for protectim Aeslit and nater erosion 390 Prtcotion of bonow and spoil piut Levelled, sodding and planting mtees 6 Noise at Hengysng Passenger Ltying 10 kmt lng steel Mile with no joints o up - ind - d tmn nwit lietwA pb_ uebd 2 - 10 3I5A IS.0 Hongyang Noise - Noise in HcVang No.7 Railway Blocking up cnildor in teaching building 26.0 Terminil _ -School _____-__ _ _ Water Hengang Low. Depot waste water Cet a coke ltutiosn intead of foam oil - sorbing tank amnd nn. idr With "Id - nsduig rante at 80 - 90% (lass I /;BR978 - 1996 5 '35 Section laem ElP constriuction | Treainrnil M Itlixl Results _ _ vM| lnvesYtiunt H 6 Aftaer Purfication of boiler smoke mid Inslliugt dust purirication device Rlte a t Cltl9i-7 91 1 H-eCang - duet Gil-- 3271_-_9 Tenninal a Eclogy Porrioar of subgrade mid alope Paved with ulone, sodded and planting tnes Avoidling soil aid waner r:nnioru f 6.1 Noise Noise on up - line in Che aying lon tee ils without joints on 26 kin up - down nroin line of K1893 + RIedured 2 - 10 iitA 39.0 (not Ing uiclud pnPtectim of sadgnade nd slope Sodded snd paved with stone Avoiding soil and water ersion _2 (not inluded) E Prtection of bonw and spoil pits Levelled for ann land or Cioh paul 3.7 A_foeation Planting tree 33_.3 Nois Noise in Shooguan No 2 Railway Blocking up corrider of teaching huMlding Mix'd nna, 26.0 Chen`iheu - Water r trn Dee waste waste wateroil iodation tank-ga floating tank-disclrging oil - redueing rate at 80 - 90% Cl 2 80 Shqysn Ecoigy Photeciun of subgrade and sope Paved with stn and sodded Avoiding soil amd wstacr esion 5.2 Affostation Pliating tmes 38.4 Train operation noise at the Lan 4 km long steel rails without joints on K2130 + QU1 - K2132 + 000 up Reducing noise2 - lOdDA 6.0 Noise Yine Station - a- down line_ Sbisoguan - ;estn oirers4 noise at dle LAying 2D k long steel rnils ivthl pjoins on ip- aml - down line 30.0 - ingduu Protion of subgrade and slope Building walU akd sodded Avoidinig soil and water erision 269.7 ( not irncluded) Ecrogy PI'tection of bonw and spoil pits Levelled fur farm lnd or fish pel_ 7.7 Afforestation Planting trees 46.9 Ncise in CuuyFho No.4 Railway Blocking up teaching buildings CJ 2CB3096 - 93 36.6 Noise ___ ___ Noise in CmuanJrMszi No. 2 Railway Blocking up teaching buildings C__a 2CB3096 - 93 38_ 7 Hirh School __________CssC39-3 3. CuGou Water hou LocO. Depot waste Waste water fcm battery nco treated hy nG style set No Cd dicharge C_s _B3- 10 WNte bteaonet __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _D 437 -9 Temirrial Protection of mobgrrde and slope Paved with stone and sodded Avoiding oil and water erioni 757.2 Eeology Protection of borow asd spoil pit leveled for fann iad or fish pod. 26 Miorvaion Planting tmee 12.4 slim in d. L Noise Noise fis air - oompressora Installing noiw abieber 2.0 Wuhn - Proection of subgrade nd slope Sodding and paving with atone Avoiding oil and water emsion 146.7 p11E5 ology Protection of boe and spoil pits levelled,rcdding and planting otls 40.5 Puej- Prtctin cf subgmde and slepe Sodding ard paving with stone Avoiding soil anI water erosion 663.9 Ha g Ecology PmPrtection of bonow and spoil pita levelled sodding and planting trees 6.6 ll w r ,,, . . _ 3f39.1 116 EP Treatment and Investment of the Wiihan -1 Guangzhou Capacity Expansion Project Table G - 3 .nstaniction 14fnod F leneintxn sretio_.. n e Elmmt EP Constoaction Triatnott Method naft, PoHection uf subgrade and slope Sdding and paving with atone for pateetiion 245.3 Wuhan T'enninal Affinlation cnmistnuctieo Sodding and planting trees fo aoreTao 27.8 Potertoni of subgnde mid tlope Sodding sad paving with stomn for pioteeion 224.2 C2ianpha Afforesation constrution Planting trees 1.2 Proteetion of bonow sd spoil pit% levelled. sodding wnd planting trmes 20.0 Irotitinn of u&Amde mid alops Sodding and pavinrg with stone for protection 390.0 Zhutahou Pmtection of borrw nd spoil pita bevelled, sodding and planting tres 6.0 Henan" Tenninal Protection of subpade and alpoe Paved with stane, dded and planting tue 6.1 Ptrtectnon of subgrde and slope Sodded and paved with stone 12.0 Heogyang - Clienhou Afforemtation Planting tnxs 33.3 Pirotection of barorv and spoil pits Levelled for fanoland or fish pool 3.7 Protection of suLgisdc and sIpo Paved with stone and sodded 5.2 OCterhws - "J-u.an Ecohgy Afforestio P Pblntg tres 38.4 Prntection of subgode aod slope Building wall and sodded 269.7 Sljugan - Guangthr Affotoasim Planting trees 46.9 Protection of borrw ad spoil pits Levelled for farn land or fish pool 7.7 Pnrtection of oulirade and slope Pave with stone and sodded 757 .2 Guangthou Tenninal Affosion Plantitig trees 12.4 f.rotection of bonow and spoil pits Levelled for farmn land or fish pool 26.0 Protertion of subgrnde snd slope Sodding and paving with stone 146.7 Wulta-Pup_ Protaction Li bonrrw and spoil pits Lcvelled, sodding and planting trees 40.5 Protection of aulwgronc inl slope Sodding and paving wiid, stone 663.9 Protection of borrw and spoil ptit Levelled. sixldittg and planting tree . 6.6 Total 2990. 8 117 EP Treatment and Investment of the Wuhan - Guangzhou Capacity Expansion Project Table G - 4 Ensirmmental L Operation Peridxl Section - - - lt,. _ _n_ Elenwnt 5ection Er Construttion I;lurnent M Yueyang Village noise teatment 8locking up Ikm long line 20.0 Yueyang _ Yucyang ltailway Donnitory nnise treatmnnt Bla king up I kmn long line 20.0 Railway donnitoy along the line nori trseeamnt Blocking up 0.9k9bn long line 18.0 Ch-h _ Frpitn dornitory in shizi Village nois treateant Blocking up 1. Ikn long line 22.0 Shrang ue Residenttial Quste nowie tretment Blocking up 0.6kn long line utd Akl6l7 + 500AK1618 + 100 12.0 Fujitao Reidentitl QuaLer ois itratnent Blocking up 0.3km long line at AK11618 + lOOAK1618 + 400 6.0 Zhwlm .Shifu Road Rclidential Quarter noiwe ritment .llokingup O.5kmn lurg line at AK1619 +O0OAK1619+500 10.0 Ji:nning New Village noiw tLeatment Blocking up 0. 7km long line af AK1619 + 6DOAK1620 + 300 14.0 Dndrongkou Reidential Quater nois tretmetnt Blocking up 0. 6km lWar liaet ntAXJ62D+3WAK620+900 12.1 . . - -----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I - - - - Noise Hengyng Passnmer Stattion noise treament -Layig lOkm lnng steel tnibi with no joints up - and - down main linr. | 15.O Hengyang Tenminal -- _--__ Hengyang No. 7 Railway School noise teatnment Blocking up cvmdor in teAching building 260. tHenyang - Chenzhon Up - line in Chernalion noise treatment laying 26km long or,.1- rails with ino joints up - and - down main lines at ______ng_-__________ Up_ - linc in Cheltzho z noixt tnDatment K1893 + OOOK1906 + (o0 Clhenhou - Shiouan Shlogwn No.2 Railway Scltool noise treatment Blocking tip confidlor in teaching building 26.0 Train opention noise treatment at YingdStaon Latng 4kbn long steel toils without joints on K2130 + 00OK2132 + OOD up - and - donn line Shop- - Guwpix_ Tmin opertion noise tranen at TangsiStatitn Lsying 20kb long steel nLils withot joint an up- and - donn line 30.0 Guangrhou No.4 Rtailway School noin. tumnmnt elocking up teaching buildings . 36.6 uaGomi Tetinal. Guxangoo No.2 Railway High Schtol noise treatnent Blocking up teaching buildings . 38.7 latin, and cxr depmst. Maion _ _ Loko, 6 th r diepow, "ionAir - ornpemors noise teatnent Insialling noise abnorber 2.0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ along the line _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __1 118 EnvirnBnnionJ Operation pertiod &VEtion _ _ _nen Elenent EP Cons_m__ion 'I'reotntio Method ( Ilan) To_tal 353.3 Wuhan Tennis Wlukou Wugo Wrhing Point Wae water tratWtntW ster-adirg pm aiu tank-g otg ,koke rlt t3o tvksn omlcve carben absotbing Rt dscluharging ___aOil- cntwnated vte wa te djusting precipite tmk-g Boating- Yueyan% Yucyang La.li)epot waste water tretmnet filtatiron asrbing set-discharging; lncmrasing gm floating tAnk treannt ca- 120.0 pxlty firan 2rd/h tu 3mAs Chanpha Chaugab Loo. Depot wate water tremnt Get an additional mud bumniug stove and a scraping dbnul equipment 10.0 Water Zilutuou Zhuzhou North Loon. Depot waste wetr teanm Get an additonal p floating et dof treament cpity of 2oAh;Waste water 30.0 ______________ ________________ _ _ foni battery onom treated by DG style met Hengyang Terminal Henigyang Loo. Dqe waste water trtnent Get t cvke filtration intstead of famn oil - ami g tnk t nd a mire dry fidd 5.0 IHengyang - Shlo- Shunguan Lco. Depot waste water ttment Wastc water-oil isolation tank-gm flting ta-dischlrhing 80.0 CGuonpou Tentninol (Guattou LInro. Depot waste water tratment Waste watkr frm battery mro tated by DC style ot 10.0 Total 385.0 1Woln lTemuinal Purfirctimo of Ioiler smoke and dust Instaling dust pumrification attalced in boiler C.hwrs - do, - -do- Atmnsphserc _ . _. _ _ _ ___________ ______ Zhuobou - dr- - do - Hengyang l'enminal - do - -do- 4- _ ._______________ _ _ _____________________ _____________-19 __ _ _ _._____ _ ____ __ 119 Primary Design of EP facillties (simultaneously with the capacity expansion proiec:. Analysis and assessment of environmental impact Construction design of EP ta.ililies (simultaneously with the caDacity exDansion proiect) Construction of EP facilities (simultaneously with the caoacitv exDansion project)l Construction finished for trial operation and inspection' Guangzhou Raiway Gmup lZhengzhou Railway Bureau Yangchen Railway Corp., RWuhan Railway Bureau Stations. sections and Stations, sections and bureaues Stations, sections and bureaues bureaues on the on the Puqi-Pingshi section on Wuchang-Puci section Pingshi-Guangzhou section _ H. Environmental Management and Training H. I Management 226. The Zhengzhou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railways Group Co. are responsible for the responsibility of the environmental management of the Wuhan - Guangzhou Line. Provincial EPS of Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong carry out the supervision for related sections respectively. 'he State EPA will have an overall supervision and management for the construction of the project. The envirnnmental management of the project includes management at the early stage of the construction and during the construction and the operation. It is described as follows: H. 1.1 Envirnnmental rnanagement at the earlier stage of construction. 227. At the stage of feasibility study, the 4th Survey and Desig Institute of MOR conducLs EIA analysis first 120 and then drafts a environmental protection report at the preliminary stage of the design and submits the design to the related departments of MOR for appmval. At the same time, the construction unit entrusts an assessmrent unit with Class A-assessment certification to draft an EIA report as a basis of instructing construction and supervising the implementation of "three symultaneities" ( cornpletion of a project with the completion of the facilities for controlling waste water, waste gas and industrial waste) policy,environment managemnent and city planning. H. 1 .2 Environmental management during c6nstnuction 228. The Zhengzhou Railway Administration and the Guangzhou Railways Group Co. will take the environmental protection during the period of contracting as a condition of contract for the project to ensure civilized construction and implementation of "uthree synuiltaneities" policy. 229. The Zhenghou Railway Administration, Guargzhou Railway Group Co. , construction supervision units, construction units and the concurrent EP management personnel will take responsibility for putting all environmental protection measures into practice during the construction and nake acceptance check. H. 1.3 Environnental managemnt during the operation 230. The system of environmental management and supervision of the railway system and that of the governmetal administration during the operation of the line: IState EPAJi 1Hube PrvnWE ~ unnPoica EPAJ angdongPoica E-PA Municipal EPAs in Wuhan Municipal and regional lMunicipal and regiona EPAs and Xianning . . EPAs in Changsha, Zhuztiou, n Guangzhou and Shaoguan Yueyang and Hengang EPAs at county and town E PAs at county and town PAs at county and town leyel i01 level -evel Fig H-1 Environmental Supervision System of Goverrnental Administration 121 | MOR |i EP O4fie of ZheZs EP Of Sew of (icmMR s Iot PA R4jl_^y _ C"~~~~~~~~Grup Co. EP Sectacs of Wuchaang EP Suction of Ch bn4ah P Sectiot of Yonsche.e RaiUway SuA tr-d ion Railway Ce._l campany Ra-lway G*netal Co,npazy | EP stion of the | P section of the Puqi- EP *:a:Ustl the Chonshowt F W s cha-Pnqi Saetin Chanhou Section |ctuho, Section Fig.H-2 Environmental Mangement Frame of the WuchangGuangzhoa Railway Environmen= l Piotection Ofrice of MOR 231. The envionmental protection offices under the Zhengzhou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railways Group Co. employ planning admuiistration for the Wuhan Railway Branch - Administration, Changsha Railway General Conpany and Yangcheng Railway General Company and are responsible for the coordination with provincial EPAs .Zhe environnental management sections under the Railway Branch - Administration employ EP planning administration for stations and depots and are responsible for the coordination with local EP departnents. Environmental pmotection affairs related to the project during construction and operation will be handled by above mentioned departments and all these will be brought into the plan. At the same time, these departments will take charge of acceptance check of the EP facilities, their trial operation, training, maintainence and standard discharge of all pollutants. H.2 TrainingProgram i H.2. I Construction period 232. Before the construction of the project, EP Offices of the Zhenglhou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railways Group Co. will hold training classes for special EP personnel of construction and supervision units to learn national and local regulations of environmental protection and get to know their duties and tasks. H.2.2 Qperation period 233. 'Me Zliengzhou ilway Adininsitration, Guangho Railways Group Co. and railway branch.- administrations hold pre - post training and regular training for those personnel in charge of EP affairs and monitoring and running EP facilities. 234. Because of the project, the Zhengzhou Railway Administration and Guangzhou Railway Groups Go. will increase additional charges in environental management about RMBI100, 000 - 150,000 yuan each year and 122 regular training charges about R1MB30,000 - 50,000 yuan each year, toralling RMB130, 000 - 200, 000 yuan. EP personnel' s pre - post training charges RMB120, 000 - 180, 000 yuan. All the cost details are shown in Table I - 1. I. Monitoring Program 235. Environmental monitoring items of the project mainly contains monitoring of environment (water, air, noise)along the line at the stages of costruction and operation,rmonitonng of environmental inpacts arisuLg fmm land acquisition, relocation and resettlement and monitoring of environmental impacts arising from induced development, aiming at putting the-direct and indirect environmental imnpacts under control. 1.1 Monitoring in Consruction Period 236. At the stage of construction,the special environmental protection personnel should urge the constructor to clear away domestic refuse and waste water produced at the construction site according to the local envirmnmental protection regulations, control its noise level within the limited level and spray water on construction accesses in dry season to prevent dust flying. The special envirnmental protection personnel will urge the constructor to put all environnental protection measures into practice and take charge of construction supervision of envimnmental protection facilities and their acceptance. Environmental administrators from Zhengzhou Railway Administration and Guanhou Railway Group Company and the departments at the country and city levels are responsible for the supervision and management of the execution of various environmental protection measures. The structure of the environmental supervision system during the construction period is as follows: China Environmental Monitoring General Station (Class I Station) EM centrar station MOR (class ll station) EM station Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong I I EM central station (class IIl station) Prefectural. Municipal Railway Administration EM station I .I EM station (class IV station) Country. district EM station , ln Laboratories of discharging-, pollutant units 123 lEnvironmental Protection office of Zhengzhou Railway Administration Environrmental Protection Office of Guangzhou Railway Group Companyl | Supervision and Management S5pecial Envirorunental Special Environmental Part time Envionmental] Administratovs of the Railway Adrministrators of Constructi Administrators of the Construction Commnand Post Wors Company A Construction Team Radom Inspection and Supervision Envirnmental Monitoring Station of the City where the Project is located 1.2 Monitoring in Operation period 237. Environmental monitoring during the operation period is mainly carried out by -the railway environmental monitoring system. Local monitoring stations at all levels will conduct regular monitoring to local railway sections which generate pollution. The frame diagram of environmental monitoring system is as follows: The laboratories of railway units generating pollutants are responsible for daily monitoring, while Railway Branch Administrations take charge of regular monitoring. According to the environmental monitoring system' s function, daily monitoring data from test laboratories of pollutant discharging units are used as a basis of intemal reference for monitoring environmental impacts and treatment without legal power. Only monitoring data supplied by above - mentioned monitoring stations with above class IV including environmental monitoring branch - administrations and stations at the level of county, municipality, province are legal and can be the basis of environmental assessmnent and monitoring. The specific monitoring sites and the departments responsible for execution are shown in "The Sketch Drawing of the Line's Plan and Profile 238. Subjects of Monitoring I .Waste water: PH, oil, COD, SS, BOD5, Cd . Waste water treatment stations of locornotive tum - around depots are responsible for daily monitoring of pH, oil, and COD; the Railway Branch - Administrations are in 124 charge of regular monitoring of all items. td is tested for the waste wat fimm locomnve depots. n . Noise: The Ervirounent Monitoring Station under branch administration reularly check values of A equivalent scund level dB(A) m . Atnospheric polunts (discharged fin boilers, lilns, locmotives) NO., smoke and dust, SO2 are checked by the Envmental Monitoring Statios wxder Ralway Branch - Adminiration. 239. At the sag of opeaiu, the line will be chaged additioal RMB50,000 yuam for monitoring each year and additiu RKMB40,000 - 100,000 yuan for purchaing new _.AnImI. Al dte cost details are shown in Table I -1. Table I-1 S b.atis Table for Moitodrmg and TrahIn g Cots Period Monig Cost Training Cost Construction Period(RMB 10' yuan) 3 1218 Operation Period (RMB 10' yuan/ 5,4 x l0e1O x 104yuan for the new monitoring year) equipment (lump - sum) 1. 3 Monitoring of Rmtkmn 240. Monitoring of resettlement contains dutee aspects.Their details are as follows: I . Resettlement of affected people for land acquisition and if there is improvement for their living conditions. II .Situation of compensation for land acquisition and relocation. Whether they are paid or not. If not, the problem must be settled in time. m .Situation of dwelling houses for the people who lost their houses due to relocation. Whether the housing condition and living condition are better than before. 241. It is suggested that Railway Construction Offices of the local govemment will be responsible for the monitoring.The monitoring charge is included in the cost of land aquisition and relocation. 1.4 Monitoring of Induced Deveopment 242. The completion of the project will graly improve transportation condition in Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong Province, promDte their economy growth and increase job opportunities, but at the same time, it will bring about new envionmental impacts in these areas. It is suggest that EP departments of these provinces monitor on environmental impacts caused by induced development. 125 J. Public Involvement Including Non - Governmental Groups . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I 243.During the EIA of the Project, meeting, had been held to solicit opinions fr local EPAs, navigation deparments and affected resitents for public involvement including non - govemnmental groups. Details are followed: J. 1 Hlding Meefin 244.During assessnent, the adminisuations responsible for environmental protection held meeting, to examne the outline and the report of environmental impact of the project and solicit opinions from experts, prvincid and municipal EPAs and related departments about the content and scope of the report and outline, practical assessment criterion, prediction of environmental impact and protection measures. About 120 persons participated in these meetings. Units involved include the State BEP and EP bureaus of Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong. Here are the details, i. e. about 40 environmental protection officers from Wuhan, Yueyang, Qtans, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan and Guangzhou, 16 officers from the Environmental Office, Construction Departeunt and Planning Department of MOR, 28 experts from the Acoustic Department of the China Academy of Science, North Jiaotong University, China Academy of Railway Science, Zhongshan University and environmental protection institutes and colleges at provincial level, 30 representatives from designing and implementing units and 16 persons from environmental assessment units. J.2 Soliciting Opinions from Related Departments 245. .he project' s feasibility study and environmental assessment has consulted related departments. Details of the subjects are as follows: I . Local EPAs along the line have made suggestions on noise functional area, funciion of receiving water which accepts waste water discharged by railway units and their criterion. Their suggestions are listed in Table J - 1. 126 TaNle J- I Suggestons of Local EPAs to the Wuhan - Guangzhou Project and its Envrment Ipacts Units Peronnel N_ mM Soliciting Content Wthan Municipal EPA Chief engineer 2-3 Function of water body, assessment criterion, pollution teatment Yueyang Municipal Chief engineer 2 Function of water body, assessment criterion, EPA pollution treatment EPAngsha Municipal Chief al r 3 Function of water body, assessment criterion, EPA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~__pollution treatraent EuPhou Municipal Chief engineer 2 Function of water body, assessment criterion, EPA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~__pollution treaftment He'ang Municipal Chief officer 3 Function of water body, assessmet criterion, EPA and engineer poiution treatment EA Municipal Chief engineer 1 Assessment criterion Shaoguan Municipal Chief officer 2 Function of water body, assessment criterion, EPA and engineer pollution treament Guanghou Municipal Chief officer 2 Function of water body, assment criterion, EPA and engineer polRution treatment II. Several township governments, village communities and units affected by the project reguired the Project to expand or build railway and highway overpasses to improve traffic condition along both sides of the line, ensuring traffic and pedestrian safety. For example, Hunan Goods Reserv and Materials Management Bureau demanded to higay a highway overpass at K1609 + 096 on the line to replace the existing level crossing where its vehicles pass in and out. m . Opinious have been also solicited from the provincial water conservancy deparutents and navigation i departments for the headroom and clear span of bridge, so in the design, it is considering the reconstiuction of several existing bridges and bridges'girders to meet the demands of navigation and flood discharge. J. 3 Soiiting Opinions from Affected Residents and Units 246.The ELA team has made site investigation through visiting schools, units and residents for opinions and demands about railway environmental impacts which are shown in Table J - 2. 127 Table - 2 Public Involvement in the Hengyang - Gangzo Railway Envirmental Assessment Investig'ation ..Number Main areas Units and residents People (Family) problems concemed Yueyang Yueyang Railway School staff 3 Railway noise . f~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I Hengyang Hengyang NO.7 Railway School teachers and pupils 20 ditto Uiyang Shuitshan and Cun6nnr eiet 5 station coal Leiyang residential quarter poanresidents 15 po l l Residential quarters in Zhijianli residents 34 railway noise Chenzhou I an Chenzhou railway area teachers un uangpin School 15 ditto Lechang Jiefang Road (S.) Railway residential residents 4 ditto Shaoguan Railway Hospital doctors and patients 18 ditto Shao%an Railway residential quarters in Laodong, Anquan and Songshuxia villages residents 48 ditto Hantang Village, Xiaowu Village fanners 16 ditto Yinde Yinde Railway Middle School teachers and pupils 22 ditto waste water Guangzhou Maoshan Village Suburban famners 15 from loco I depots Guangzhou NO. and NO. 4 Middle teachers and pupils 55 rilway noise Schools and NO.4 and NO.8 Schools Guangzhou North Railway Residential residents 12 mailway noise quarter . Zhoumagan Border Examination Yard policemen and 21 railway noise soldiers 247. It is known from Table J - 2 that the environnental assessment investigation has solicited opinions from 139 primary and middle school teachers, 21 police officers and soldiers and 144 residents including farm residents along the line. All the people and units are typical representatives affected by the constiuction' s environmental 128 pollution . According to their opinions, railway noise is the focal point of pollution. The invesfigation records can be smuaized as follows: I Resdt along the line mainly camplained about raiway noise. As the Henang - Gwuang Section is an exsting one, aboti 85 peent of resients did not feel wmconfortable even though there was noise distuba . A few people wre accutomed to the noise envirunent. They felt uncfortable without the noise. Nearly 15% of srsidents complained a lot about ailway noise, but they said that they could get used to it. I .Schools and hiospitals were sensitive to the raiway noise. 100 percent of them felt the railwa noise disturbance at differt degees. According to the investion, locomotive whisding was the largest diurbance which caused the nmot comlaits. ;m . Accding to the investi n to the Leyang Station, dtae had not been heavy pollution generated by statin |aoal yard and residents' lawsuit aimst sucih kind of impact in the past two decades. IV. Aori to th in to the Maoshan Vilage adjaent to the Guangh Noth Marshaling Yard, the Cuanou North Ioootive Depot' s waste water discharge sometimes poluted the nearby farmland. As the depot paid nmuch- aetion o the waste iwatr treeant and gave a in time to frmers, the local faimers did not have nuch cotplaint. V . By soliciting opinions fmD all circles in any times, the assesment's methods and criterions were conirmned by EPAs along the line and related experts. 248. n general, the assessment has done a Iot in public involvement. On the other hand, the Wuchang - Guanzo line is a long line throu areas, so many units and people are affected. Viewing on this point, the public involvement and itB scope are inideficiency. According to the conclusion of the investigation, most people along the line were in favor of the project and thought it comprehensible. Most of them expressed that they would do their best to support the project construction. 249. Since the project is still at the stage of feasibility study and preliminary design, problems arised from land acquisition, relocation and rsetlement will be handled at the nest stage. Therefore, soliciting opinions forn affected people will be done next. D 129 References: 1. "Feasibility Study of 7th World Bank loan Project of Capacity Expansion of Wuchang - Guanwhou Section", May 1998. The 4th Survey and Design Institute MOR. 2. "Land Acquisition and Resettlement Prgram of the 7th World Bank Loan Project of Capacity Expansion of the Wuchang - Guanlo Section", May 1998, Social Sciences Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University. 3. Statistic Year Book of Hubei ( 1997) China Statistic Publisher. 4. Statistic Year Book of Hunan (1997) China Statistic Publisher. 5. Statistic Year Book of Guangdong (1997) China Statistic Publisher. 6. 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MOR U Chaofan, Senior Engineer, Technical Department of D4th Survey and Design Institute, MOR Yao Chufeng, Master Designer of the Project, 4th Survey and Design Institute, MOR Editors and leading member: Zhou Yiyi, Senior Engineer, 4th of survey and Design Institute, MOR Members: Su Guangfen,Senior Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR Yin jian,Senior Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Istitute, MOR Cong ping, Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR Xu Di, Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR Liu Jia, Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Istitute, MOR Shi Juan, Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR Lei Bin, Engineer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR Zhang Ailing, Engingeer, 4th of Survey and Design Institute, MOR 130 Files fron Offices, Opns, Public and Non - governmental Groups 1. Document issued by Plannirg Committee of Yueyang City: Yue Ji 3i(94)!b14: "A Report of Asking Approval of Building lake Side Railway Overpass" 2. Document issued by Ma - Tang District Goverunent of Yueyang City: Yue Ma Qu Fa(1994) Nd1: "Ask for Expanding Railway u1vert at Matang Railway" 3. Document issued by Wuchang County Government: Chang Zhen Han( 1993) ND4"An Official Letter of Asking to Put Zhi Fang Station included in the Wuhan - Hengyang Electrification Engineering" . 4.Document issued by Mi Rou qty Chuan San Ping Town Govemment: Chuang Z&en Fa(1993)N 2"An Offica Letter of Consenting to Cooperate in construction of Overpass Culvert". 5.Documet issued by Lin Xian City Yang Lou Town Government:Yang Zhen Han(1994) N3, "Consenting to construct Railway Overpass and Culvert at Yang Lou Shi Station together with Railways-. 6. Report drafted by ulwu Co3nty Wang Long village HoQi C mity, Gao Sheng Ccmmity, Xi Long Cmmity, Mi Tmg Town Clam Si Cmmunmity, Heng Doog County Da iao Village Sha Aou C(wmunity:"A Joint Report of Asking to Solve the Pmbkm of Traffic Block by Railway Track". 7. Doament issued by Hegiong County Goverment: Dong Zhen Bao( 1993) N 13, "A Request of Constucting Tunnel at Section K1691, Beijing - Guanghou ine". 8. A:Sment:Signed by representative fium Zhuzhou County Wang Long Village Gao Shen C