Jiangxi General Environmental Codes of Practice for Small Civil Works

Jiangxi General Environmental Codes of Practice for Small Civil Works

Jiangxi General Environmental Codes of Practice for Small Civil works

World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project

Environmental Codes of Practice

For

Small Civil works

Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

Beijing Huaqing Lishui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd

Environmental Work Technology Development Center, Jiangxi Academy of Science

September 2012

Table of Contents

1 General introduction...... 2

1.1 Project background...... 2

1.2 Purpose of Preparing Environmental Codes of Practice ...... 2

1.3 Applicable Laws and World bank Safeguard Policies ...... 3

2 Management system for Environmental Codes of Practice ...... 4

2.1 Establishment of Management System for Environmental Codes of Practice ...... 4

2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under environmental Management System ...... 5

2.2.1 Management Agency ...... 6

2.2.2 Supervisory Agency...... 7

2.2.3 Implementing Agency ...... 8

2.2.4 Consulting Agency...... 8

2.2.5 Monitoring Agency...... 9

2.3 Personnel Allocation Required for Environmental Management ...... 10

3 General requirements of Environmental Codes of Practice ...... 11

3.1 Implementation of Environmental Measures in the Process of Construction Drawing Design and Bid Document Preparation 11

3.2 Preparation Before Commencement of Work ...... 12

3.3 Environmental Management of the Construction Site ...... 12

3.4 Rectification Measures for Non-compliance with the Requirements of Environmental Codes of Practice 13

3.5 Management of Environmental Management Documents...... 13

4 Environmental Codes of Practice for construction period ...... 15

4.1 General requirements ...... 15

4.2 Environmental Codes of Practice for Construction Site ...... 15

4.2.1 Site Layout and Temporary Facilities Construction ...... 15

4.2.2 Operating Conditions and Environmental Safety ...... 16

4.3 Environmental Codes of Practice for Pollution Control ...... 17

4.3.1 Dust Pollution Control ...... 17

4.3.2 Harmful Gas Emission Control ...... 18

4.3.3 Water Pollution Control ...... 19

4.3.4 Noise Pollution Control ...... 19

4.3.5 Waste Control ...... 20

4.3.6 Water Loss & Soil Erosion Control ...... 20

4.4 Preservation of Cultural Relics...... 21

4.5 Cemetery Protection ...... 22

4.6 Vegetation Protection ...... 22

4.7 Risk Prevention ...... 23

4.8 Occupational Health...... 23

4.9 Traffic Safety ...... 24

4.10 Hygiene & Disease Control

Appendix 1 Checklist of Construction Site Before Commencement of Work 26

Appendix 2 Environmental Checklist of Construction Site …………………………………….27

Appendix 3 Environmental Rectification Notice ...... 33

1

Jiangxi General Environmental Codes of Practice for Small Civil works

1 General Introduction

1.1 Project Background

According to the requirements for environment screening and classification in Environment Evaluation under World Bank Safeguard Policies (OP4.01) and through environment screening to the type, location, sensitivity and scale of the project and the characteristic and size of potential environmental impacts, this project is determined as Category B project and requires the preparation of Environmental Codes of Practice (ECOP). This annex is the environmental codes of practice for small civil works, which is applicable for all civil works under World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project (JPESTP) (except for EMP type works and road works), and is composed of complete environmental codes of practice for each type of civil works together with environmental codes of practice of all kinds of civil works. In preparing this ECOP, we made reference to Detailed Rules of Jiangxi Province on Safe Construction, EHS Guidelines, operational policies and safeguard polices of the World Bank and other materials.

1.2 Purpose of Preparing Environmental Codes of Practice

The purpose of formulating ECOP is to provide a set of detailed, technically feasible and financially sustainable and operational environment countermeasures for inevitable potential adverse effects on the environment in small civil works, specifying the measures and arrangements taken by project management department, project owner, construction unit, supervision unit and environmental management department for implementing environmental management and body construction in the period of project bidding, design and construction, to eliminate or make up for as far as possible the adverse effects caused by project construction on the environment and society and to reduce such effects to an acceptable level. The specific targets include:

(1) Specifying environmental management obligation of related project departments

Project management department, project owner, design unit and environmental assessment unit conduct detailed field verification and confirmation to environmental protection target, confirming the rationality of the location selected and putting forward effective environmental impact mitigation measures.

In project bidding stage, implementing the requirements in Environmental Codes of Practice shall be clearly specified as the obligation that the bid winner must perform, the requirements in Environmental Codes of Practice shall be incorporated into the actual work design and project construction activities.

(2) Taken as operational guidance for environmental management

Environmental Codes of Practice specifies both environmental management system of small civil works project and the duties and roles of all units under environmental management system of the project, and puts forward the procedure and way for communication and exchange among departments. This document will be submitted to engineering design institute winning the bid as important basis for work design, at the same time, provided to engineering construction unit as code of conduct for environmental management during construction period so as to effectively guarantee smooth implementation of environmental impact mitigation measures presented.

1.3 Applicable Laws and World Bank Safeguard Policies

(1) Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (December 26, 1989);

(2) Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China (September 1, 2003);

(3) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control (September 1, 2000);

(4) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Water Pollution Prevention and Control (February 28, 2008);

(5) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Ambient Noise Pollution (October 29, 1996);

(6) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Soil and Water Conservation (March 1, 2011);

(7) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Land Administration (August 29, 1998);

(8) Forest Law of the People’s Republic of China (revision, 1998);

(9) Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics (December 29, 2007);

(10) Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife (November 8, 1988);

(11) Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wild Plants (January 1, 1997);

(12) Regulations on Basic Farmland Protection (State Council Decree No.257);

(13) City Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China (April 1, 1990);

(14) Regulations on Administration of Environmental Protection in Construction Projects (State Council Decree No. 253, November 29, 1998);

(15) Classification Management Directory of Environmental Impact Assessment for Construction Projects (Ministry of Environmental Protection Decree No.2, October 1, 2008);

(16) Management Regulations on "Three Simultaneities” Supervision & Inspection and Environmental Protection Acceptance Upon Completion of Construction Projects by Ministry of Environmental Protection (trial implementation) (December 17, 2009);

(17) Measures for the Administration of Environmental Protection Acceptance Upon Completion of Construction Projects (February 1, 2002);

(18) Measures for the Administration of Environmental Protection of Construction Projects of Jiangxi Province (Provincial Government Decree No.215, October 1, 2007)

(19) Regulations on Environmental Protection of Jiangxi Province (implemented in June 4, 1997);

(20) Regulations on Environmental Protection of Poyang Lake Ecological Economic Zone

(21) Circular on Certain Issues Concerning Strengthening Environmental Protection Management of Small Construction Projects (Huan Fa [2002] No.85);

(22) World Bank Safeguard Policies;

(23) Guidelines on Environment, Health and Safety of International Financial Corporation

2 Management System for Environmental Codes of Practice

2.1 Establishment of Management System for Environmental Codes of Practice

In accordance with relevant provisions and the actual work needs, small civil works involved in the construction of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”) shall set up special environmental management organization being responsible for environmental management and environmental supervision of the work.

A set of environmental management system including supervisory agency, implementing agency and consulting agency is established for World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project under Project Management Office of Jiangxi Development and Reform Commission, as shown in Table 2-1 and Figure 2-1.

Table 2-1 Agency Composition of Environmental Management System

Nature of Agency / Name of Agency / Main Responsibilities
Management Agency / PPMO / Assign special environment administrator to be responsible for environmental protection work in the stages of project planning, design and implementation; determine that working procedures meet environmental assessment and environmental management requirements of domestic competent authorities and the World Bank; ensure that environmental protection measures in ECOP are incorporated into civil works tender and the contract and implemented smoothly, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details; supervise smooth implementation of ECOPs in operation period.
County government agency responsible for project organization / Assign special persons in charge of environmental protection, the main task of whom are to ensure effective implementation of Environmental Codes of Practice in work implementation and operation period, and to reduce adverse impacts of the work on the environment to the minimal or acceptable level, while at the same time making environmental benefits of the work into full play; implementing all the funds required for environmental protection work; and being responsible for sorting and archiving of relevant documents, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Supervisory Agency / Supervision mission of the World Bank / Assign environmental technology experts to supervise and inspect the implementation of Environmental Codes of Practice, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Environmental protection authorities at all levels / Competent administrative departments supervise and inspect whether working procedures of the project meet environmental management requirements stipulated by the government, whether pollution prevention & control measures are in compliance with environmental protection requirements in implementation process, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Environmental monitoring agency / Conduct site supervision and inspection for pollutant discharge from pollution source and ecological destruction events in engineering construction process according to law, and participate in relevant treatment, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Implementing Agency / Civil works contractor / Implement environmental protection measures in ECOP, meet the requirements of the World Bank and local competent administrative department of environmental protection on environmental protection, prepare and submit monthly environment report during construction period, see “Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Consulting Agency / EIA institute / Entrusted to prepare Environmental Codes of Practice specially designed for small civil works and all kinds of civil works projects (except EMP class work and road work), see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System” for details.
Design institute / Entrusted to prepare feasible research report and construction design scheme; ensure the measures and schemes in Environmental Codes of Practice to be implemented in preparation results. See "2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System”.
Environmental supervision agency / Entrusted to supervise and manage day-to-day production activities of the construction unit according to Environmental Codes of Practice under the contract, see “2.2 Duties of the Agencies Under Environmental Management System”.
Monitoring Agency / Environmental monitoring agency / Responsible for environmental monitoring in project construction and operation period; provide scientific basis for environmental pollution control, work environment management and regional environmental protection work in engineering construction and operation period.
Soil & water conservation monitoring agency / Responsible for soil & water conservation monitoring work in project construction and operation period; guarantee engineering construction safety; timely grasp dynamic change in soil erosion and water loss in engineering construction process; understand the implementation situation and control effects of various water & soil conservation measures; and reduce newly increased soil erosion and water loss to the lowest.

2.2 Duties of Agencies Under Environmental Management System

Environmental management system of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project involves project management agency, supervisory agency, implementing agency, monitoring agency and consulting agency, these agencies together constitute complete environmental management system of the project, but each bears different working content and has different scope of duties.

The project would be implemented under the organization and leadership of Project Management Office of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project (hereinafter referred to as “PPMO” or PPMO) and World Bank Project Management Offices at County Level; design institute and EIA institute accept entrustment from PPMO to provide consulting service; environmental monitoring agency accepts entrustment from county PMO or contractor to monitor environmental sensitive factors and affected environmental sensitive sites in project operation and implementation period; environmental supervision agency accepts entrustment from World Bank Project Management Office at County Level to conduct day-to-day supervision for the implementation of environmental protection measures in civil works construction period; environmental experts of the World Bank, competent administrative departments of environmental protection at all levels and environmental monitoring agency supervise management agency and implementing agency of this project according to law to ensure the construction of the project meet relevant requirements of the Chinese government and the World Bank in working procedures, the implementation of pollution control measures and other aspects.

2.2.1 Management Agency

(1) Project Management Office of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project

Project Management Office of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project is the organization responsible for overall plan of the project, including environmental protection work of the project in planning, design and implementation stages, ensuring that working procedures meet environmental impact assessment and environmental management requirements of domestic competent authorities and the World Bank, and ensuring the requirements of environmental protection measures.

Project Management Office of World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project assigns special environmental administrators (composed of leaders in charge and hired environmental experts), the main responsibilities of whom are as follows:

· Check and coordinate the work of the person in charge of environmental management in each town.

· Arrange investigation activities of environmental experts from the World Bank, report to the World Bank and implement environmental management requirements and suggestions by the World Bank.

·Summarize semiannual report on environmental management progress, submit it to the World Bank for review, and coordinate with other relevant departments to solve major environmental problems.

·Check the implementation of environmental protection measures, at least once for every half a year.

(2) County (City) PMO

Each county (city) PMO is the core organization for work environment management, the main tasks of which are to ensure effective implementation of Environmental Codes of Practice in work implementation and operation period, reduce adverse effects of the work on the environment to minimal or acceptable level, while at the same time making environmental benefits of the work into full play.

County (City) PMO assigns special persons in charge of environmental protection (composed of leaders in charge and hired environmental experts), the main tasks of whom include:

· Prepare, supervise and implement relevant rules and regulations on environmental management.

· Implement all the funds required for environmental protection work

· Urge and ensure that environmental design measures required by Environmental Codes of Practice is implemented and that work design meets the requirements of Environmental Codes of Practice.

· Supervise and ensure that engineering construction contract contains environmental protection measures put forward in this Environmental Codes of Practice.

· Check the implementation of environmental protection measures, at lease once for every one month.

· Hire, supervise and coordinate environment supervisor.

· Organize and implement environmental management training program.

· Hire, organize, arrange and assist environmental expert group and other consulting work.

· Special environment work (borrow area, spoil area treatment, etc.).

· Record and sort complaints in engineering construction and operation process, report to the Project Management Office, reply treatment results to the public and solve the public’s complaints.

· Review environmental supervision and environmental consulting report.

· Impose a fine to the construction unit when environmental protection measures are not be properly taken.

· Prepare summary or special report for environmental management stage.

· Receive and accept inspection on environmental work (including the inspection of World Bank project).

· Other matters (document management, inter-department coordination, publicity, report, etc. ).

2.2.2 Supervisory Agency

(1) Environmental Supervision Mission of the World Bank

According to the requirements of Loan Agreement signed between the Chinese Government and the World Bank, the Bank would send a supervision mission to conduct special supervision of project implementation every year, including the execution of the Loan Agreement, implementation of environmental management plan and others. Specific tasks are the responsibility of environmental specialist of the mission.

(2) Competent Administrative Departments of Environmental Protection at All Levels

Competent administrative departments of environmental protection at all levels supervise and manage this project across the process according to law, including: examination and approval of environmental impact assessment report, environmental protection supervision and management in engineering construction, trial operation and operation period, meanwhile, competent administrative departments of environmental protection at all levels and their environmental monitoring agencies will conduct random inspection to environmental protection measures taken by the construction unit; checking on-site environmental supervision report; rectification measures should be put forward if environmental damage and the construction behavior not complying with environmental protection measures suggested according to environmental impact assessment and examination & approval requirements occur in construction process.