national power transmission corporation

NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

SOUTHERN POWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN(EMP)

(Final)

TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY PROJECT (TEP)

SUBPROJECT:

TAN UYEN 500KV SUBSTATION AND CONNECTION LINES

PREPARED BY

POWER ENGINEERING CONSULTING JOINT STOCK COMPANY 3

Ho Chi Minh city, March 2014

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Transmission Efficiency Project, Subproject: “Tan Uyen 500kV SS and connection lines”

Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 3 1

ABBREVIATION:

AP : Affected person

AH : Affected household

CSC : Construction Supervision Consultant

EMP : Environmental Management Plan

EMF : Environmental Management Framework

EVN : Electricity of Vietnam

DONRE : Department of Natural Resources and Environment

DPC : District People’s Committee

GOV : Government

Km : Kilometer

MONRE : Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

NPT : National Power Transmission Corporation

PECC3 : Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 3

PPC : Provincial People's Committee

PTC4 : Power Transmission Company No.4

SIMC : Safeguard Independent Monitor

SPPMB : Southern Power Project Management Board

SS : Substation

ROW : Right of way

RP : Resettlement Plan

TEP : Transmission Efficiency Project

T/L : Transmission line

WB : World Bank



TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................4

2. POLICY, REGULATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORKS...................4

2.1 Government Regulations ..................................................................................................4

2.2 The World Bank safeguard policies (WB) .......................................................................6

3. SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................7

3.1 Objectives of the subproject .............................................................................................7

3.2 Scope of the subproject ....................................................................................................7

3.3 Location of the subproject ................................................................................................8

3.3.1 The substation .......................................................................................................8

3.3.2 The connection lines .............................................................................................9

3.4 Subproject Main Work Volume .....................................................................................13

3.4.1 Main work volume of the substation and access road ........................................14

3.4.2 Main work volume of the connection lines .........................................................15

3.5 Main Activities Before and During Construction ..........................................................16

3.5.1 Main Activities Before and During Construction ...............................................16

3.5.2 Transportation ....................................................................................................16

3.5.3. Employment ........................................................................................................17

3.6 Subproject Implementation Schedule and Total Investment ..........................................17

3.6.1 Subproject Implementation Schedule .................................................................17

3.6.2. Total Investment .................................................................................................18

4. BASELINE DATA .........................................................................................................18

4.1 Geographical location and population ............................................................................18

4.2 Topography.....................................................................................................................19

4.3 Hydro- meteorological characteristics ............................................................................19

4.4. Land use..........................................................................................................................20

4.5. Environmental baseline data...........................................................................................20

4.6. Socio-economic status of the subproject area ................................................................22

4.6.1 Economy .............................................................................................................22

4.6.2 Society .................................................................................................................23

4.7 Protected areas, natural reserves, sensitive areas, cultural property, historical monument, temple and pagoda in the subproject area ...................................................23

5. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ................................................................................................24

6. MITIGATION MEASURES ..........................................................................................33

7. EMPIMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ............................................................51



8. MONITORING PROGRAM..........................................................................................54

9. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ....................................................58

10. COST ESTIMATION FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION ..............................................60

11. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE .......................................................60

ANNEXES

Annex 1: Environmenal Specifications for the Contractor

Annex 2: TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC)

Annex 3: Outline of subproject location

Annex 4: Photos



1. INTRODUCTION

The subproject: “Tan Uyen500kVsubstation and connection lines” is one of the subprojects that will be implemented in Phase I of the Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) funded by the World Bank. The subproject will be implemented in ThanhPhuoc commune and Thai Hoa township of Tan Uyen district; Tan Binh ward, Di An town,Binh Duong province; Tan Thanh and Hoa An communes and BuuHoa ward, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. The implementation of the subproject is in line with the national Power Development Master Plan 7 (PDMP7) to meet the growing electricity demand load.

The activities of subproject include (i) construction and installation of Tan Uyen 500kV substation with capacity of 900MVA, 250MVA, and an access road, and (ii) construction and installation of 12.4km of 220kV connection lines, including 10.5km overhead connection lines and 1.9km underground cables. These activities may cause negative impacts on the local environment and communities during pre-construction, construction, and operation phases.

To ensure the potential negative impacts are identified and mitigated during the subproject implementation, and in compliance with the policy on environmental assessment of the World Bank (OP/BP 4.01), an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) of the subproject has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines provided in the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the TEP project. The EMP includes the following contents: an introduction, the main legal framework, the subproject description, the environmental background, potential positive and negative impacts, proposed mitigation measures, and implementation arrangements. It also includes an Environmental Codes of Practice (ECOP) prepared for the subproject. The EMP will be incorporated into the bidding documents and construction contracts, as well as a scope for environment quality monitoring. AResettlement Plan (RP) has also been prepared for the subproject and is presented separately in another safeguard document.

According to Vietnam’s environmental assessment regulation, the subproject is subject to prepare an EIA for submission to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) for appraisal and approval. The EIAreportwas submitted to MONRE in January 2014 and is expected to be approved in April 2014.

2. POLICY, REGULATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORKS

2.1 Government Regulations

The following national laws and regulations are applied for the subproject:

- Law on Protection of the Environment No.52/2005/QH11 passed by the National Assembly on November29,2005 regulates the obligations of individuals, organizations in protecting environment.

- Law on Water Resource No.17/2012/QH13 enacted June 21, 2012.

- Land Law No.45/2013/QH13 dated November 29, 2013 which will take effect on July 1, 2014.

- Construction Law No.16/2003/QH11 dated November 26, 2003.

- Labor Law No.35-L/CTN dated June 23, 1994 with some amendment under Document No.84/2007/QH11 by the National Assembly.

- The Law of Cultural Heritage No.28/2001/QH10 promulgated on June 29, 2001, with some amendment in2009 by the National Assembly (No.32/2009/QH12).



- Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No.27/2001/QH10 dated June 29, 2001.

- Law on electricity No.28/2004/QH11 dated December 3, 2004.

- Decree of Government No.80/2006/ND-CP dated August9, 2006 on guidance for implementation of Law on Protection of the Environment.

- Decree of Government No.29/2011/ND-CP dated April18, 2006 regulating strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environment protection commitment.

- Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17, 2005 on implementation guidelines for some items stipulated in the Electricity Law on protection of high voltage electrical networks.

- Decree No.81/2009/ND-CP dated October 12, 2009 on some corrections and additions of Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17, 2005 on implementation guidelines for some items stipulated in the Electricity Law on protection of high voltage electrical networks.

- Decree No.117/2009/ND-CP dated December 31, 2009 on sanction of violations in thefield of environmental protection.

- Decree No.59/2007/ND-CP dated April 9, 2008 on solid waste management.

- Decree 174/2007/ND-CP dated November 29, 2007 of GOV on environmental protectioncharges for solid wastes.

- Decree No.98/2010/ND-CP of the Government dated September 21,2010 on detailing the implementation of some articles of the Law on Cultural Heritage and the Law amendingand supplementing some articles of Law on cultural heritage.

- Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated July18, 2011 on guidance for Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated April18, 2011.

- Circular No.12/2011/TT-BTNMT dated April14, 2011 relating to toxic waste management.

- Circular No.03/2010/TT-BCT dated January 1, 2010 on some rules onsafe protection of high voltage grids.

- Guidance of EVN No.2623/CV-EVN - KHCN & MT dated May28, 2007 on management and pollution prevention and exposure to PCBs.

- The main applicable National Technical Regulations include:

+ QCVN 01:2008/BCT - National technical regulation on safety principles in working with transmission lines and electrical equipment.

+ QCVN 03:2008/BTNMT - National technical regulation on permissible limits of heavy metals in soils.

+ QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on surface water quality.

+ QCVN 09:2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on ground water quality.

+ QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT- National technical regulation on domestic wastewater.

+ QCVN 01:2009/BYT- national technical regulation on drinking water quality.

+ QCVN 02:2009/BYT- national technical regulation on domestic water quality.



+ QCVN 06:2009/BTNMT - air quality -specified maximum allowable concentrations of certain hazardous substances in ambient air.

+ QCVN 07:2009/BTNMT - National Technical Regulation on Hazardous Waste Thresholds.

+ QCVN26:2010/BTNMT- National technical regulation on maximum noise limit in public and residential areas.

+ QCVN 27:2010/BTNMT- National technical regulation on vibration.

+ QCVN 40:2011/BTNMT- National technical regulations on industrial wastewater.

+ QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT- National technical regulation on ambient air quality.

- Other relevant sector technical regulation and standards.

2.2 The World Bank (WB) safeguard policies

An environmental and social screening of the subproject was undertaken in line with the OP 4.01 and it showed that the World Bank’s policies on Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01), Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11),and Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) will be triggered for the subproject. The screening has also resulted in categorizing the subproject as a Category B project. In addition, the Bank’s requirements on public consultation and information disclosure will need to be followed.

Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01):

Environmental Assessment (EA) is an umbrella policy for the Bank’s safeguard policies. The overarching objective is to ensure that Bank-financed projects are environmentally sound and sustainable, and that decision-making is improved through appropriate analysis of actions and of their likely environmental impacts. The EA process is intended to identify, avoid and mitigate potential impacts of Bank operations. EA takes into account the natural environment (air, water, and land); human health and safety; social aspects (involuntary resettlement, indigenous peoples, and physical cultural resources); and transboundary and global environmental aspects. EA considers natural and social aspects in an integrated way.

This subproject triggers OP 4.01 because it involves the construction and operation of a high-voltage substation, access road, underground cables, and connecting overhead transmission lines, requiring the identification, mitigation and monitoring of potential adverse environmental and social impacts. As required by OP 4.01 and the government EA regulation, the subproject has prepared an EIA and an EMP that meet the Government’s and the World Bank’s safeguards requirements. By the TEP appraisal, the subproject draft EIA and EMP were disclosedlocally at the subproject areas and at the Bank’s InfoShop in Washington DC on January 24, 2014 as required by OP 4.01 and the Bank’s policy on access to information.The final subproject final EIA and EMP were disclosed locally at the subproject sites, at the Bank’s InfoShop, and the Vietnam Development Information Center on April 18, 2014.

Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11):

This policy istriggered because the subproject would involve relocation of six graves, which are also considered a physical cultural resource. The graves are located in the substation area belonging to ThanhPhuoc commune, Tan Uyen district. Mitigation measures for the relocation of the graves will be included in the Resettlement Plan (RP) and EMP

Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12):



The Involuntary Resettlement policy seeks to prevent severe long-term hardship, impoverishment, and environmental damage to the affected peoples during involuntary resettlement. OP 4.12 applies whether or not affected persons must move to another location. The Bank describes all these processes and outcomes as “involuntary resettlement,” or simply resettlement, even when people are not forced to move. Resettlement is involuntary when the government has the right to expropriate land or other assets and when affected people do not have the option to retain the livelihood situation that they have.

This policy istriggered because the subproject would have impacts involving the temporary and permanent involuntary taking of land and the loss of structures and assets associated with the land for the construction of the substation, access road, and the associated connecting line. By appraisal, the subproject needs to prepare and disclose a RP. The RP will include the measures to ensure that displaced people are: (i) informed about the options regarding resettlement; (ii) consulted and offered alternative resettlement choices; and (iii) provided with effective compensation and livelihood restoration.

World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines:

World Bank-financed projects should also take into account the World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines1 (known as the "EHS Guidelines"). The EHS Guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of Good International Industry Practice.

The EHS Guidelines contain the performance levels and measures that are normally acceptable to the World Bank Group and are generally considered to be achievable in new facilities at reasonable costs by existing technology. The environmental assessment process may recommend alternative (higher or lower) levels or measures, which, if acceptable to the World Bank, become project- or site-specific requirements.

This subproject should to be conforming the Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Electric Power Transmission and Distribution and the General EHS Guidelines.

3. SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Objectives of the subproject

The subprojectwill be implemented to meet the following objectives:

- Increasing power supply to loads in Binh Duong region (area of ThuanAn, Di An, Tan Uyen), and one part of HCM city (Thu Duc district and district 9).

- Sharing load for 500 kV Tan Dinh substation.

- Enhancing the reliability of power system in case of transformer incidents at the Song May or Tan Dinh500kV source substations, or in caseofincidents with the Tan Dinh - BinhHoa, or BinhHoa - Thuan An 220kV transmission lines.

- Reducing the power system losses.

3.2 Scope of the subproject

The subproject includes (1) construction and installation of Tan Uyen 500kV substation and access road, and (2) construction and installation of 12.4km of 220kV connection lines.

1The EHS Guidelines can be consulted at www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/Content/EnvironmentalGuidelines.

Transmission Efficiency Project, Sub

Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 3

(1) Construction and installation of Tan Uyen 500kV substation and

The subproject will install three transformers with the capacity of 900MVA and three transformers with the capacity of 250MVA. In the first phase (the period of 2015subproject will install a 900MV (the period of 2017 – 2020), the subproject will install the remaining transformerson the load growth rate of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and surrounding areas.

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of the funcservice for management and operationtransformers, transmission yard, fire protection system, water supply system, drainage system, internal road, etc., (ii) construction of a 100 m of access road to the 6m in width (not included roadsides and talus)

(2) Construction and installation of 220kV connection lines

The subproject will build and install 10.5km of overhead connection lines and 1.9km

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of 44 the overhead connection lines between the towers of 240minstallation of 1.9km underground cables

3.3Location of the subproject

3.3.1 The substation

The Tan Uyen500kV substation is located at Cay Da hamlet, ThanhPhuocUyen district, Binh Duong province. The a

Figure 3.1:

- The Northern side is adjacent to 60m from the local people’s houses.

ThanhPhuoc Primary School

Subproject: “Tan Uyen 500kV SS and connection lines”


onstruction and installation of Tan Uyen 500kV substation and access road

The subproject will install three transformers with the capacity of 900MVA and three transformers with the capacity of 250MVA. In the first phase (the period of 2015

900MV transformer and a 250MVA transformer. In the ne2020), the subproject will install the remaining transformers

on the load growth rate of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and surrounding areas.

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of the funcservice for management and operation, the management building, foundations of transformers, transmission yard, fire protection system, water supply system, drainage system, internal road, etc., (ii) construction of a 100 m of access road to the

roadsides and talus).

Construction and installation of 220kV connection lines

The subproject will build and install 12.4km of 220kV connection linesoverhead connection lines and 1.9km of underground cables.

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of 44 the overhead connection lines rangingfrom 33m to 69m high, with the

240m, and the average ROW of27m, and ii)installation of 1.9km underground cables, with a ROW of 5m wide.

Location of the subproject

substation is located at Cay Da hamlet, ThanhPhuocUyen district, Binh Duong province. The area is mainly paddy field.

3.1: Location of the 500kV Tan Uyen substation

adjacent to a paddy field, banana and rubbertrees andlocal people’s houses.

People’s Committee of ThanhPhuoc commune

ThanhPhuoc Primary School

Provincial Road 747a

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access road

The subproject will install three transformers with the capacity of 900MVA and three transformers with the capacity of 250MVA. In the first phase (the period of 2015-2017), the

. In the next phases 2020), the subproject will install the remaining transformers depending

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of the function house management building, foundations of

transformers, transmission yard, fire protection system, water supply system, drainage system, internal road, etc., (ii) construction of a 100 m of access road to the substation with

220kV connection lines that include

The construction activities include: i) construction and installation of 44 power towers of high, with the average distance

and ii) construction and

substation is located at Cay Da hamlet, ThanhPhuoccommune, Tan

Location of the 500kV Tan Uyen substation

and rubbertrees and is about

People’s Committee of ThanhPhuoc commune



- The Eastern side is adjacent to a rice plant and is about 100m from the provincial road 747a, 115m from the local people’s houses, 200m from the People’s Committee office of ThanhPhuoc commune, and 120m from ThanhPhuoc Primary School.

- The Western side is adjacent to a paddy field and is about 30m from the local people’s houses.

- The Northern side is adjacent to a paddy field.

3.3.2 The connection lines

The connection transmission lines of the subproject include:

- 10.49 km of 220kV-1 and 220kV-2 overhead connection lines using double towers, one on the left and the other on the right of a tower.

- 1.920km of two underground cable sections, with section G5D.2-G8B.2 belonging to the 220kV-1 line and section G5D.2-G8B.2 belonging to the 220kV-2.

These 220kV connection lines traverse ThanhPhuoc commune and Thai Hoa township of Tan Uyen district, Tan Binh ward Di An town of Binh Duong province; Tan Hanh and Hoa An communes and BuuHoa ward of Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.

Figure 3.2: Location of connection lines

Table 3.1 List of communes, districts, provinces where the connection lines traverse

No Province/ District Commune, ward Length (m)

A Binh Duong province

1 Tan Uyen district ThanhPhuoc 2.4



No Province/ District Commune, ward Length (m)

Thai Hoa 1.9

2 Di An town Tan Binh 2.9

B Dong Nai province

1 Bien Hoa city

Tan Hanh 1.2

Hoa An 2.6

BuuHoa 1.4

Total 12.4

The route of the connection lines is described in detail as follows:

(1) The overhead connection lines:

Table 3.2 Description of the overhead connection lines

No. Section Length (m) Description

1 DDA – DD.2

- DDA.1 – DD.2 - DDA.2 – DD.2

207.4

213.51

- Starting from DDA overa rice plant, 50m apart from 220kV busbar of substation,traversing territory of Thanh Phuoc ward, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province.

- The route would crossovera1.5-2m wide ditch, going across the rice field.

2 DD.2 – G13A.2 1,146.67 - This section would pass overanarea of Thanh Phuoc commune, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province, crossing two earth roads, two small streams 5-7m wide, and Ba Kien Canal 15m wide.

- The areais mainly used for rice field, vegetable cultivating, and Melaleuca tree planting.

- The route would go over 3 houses, and include 6 houses in itsROW.

- G13A.2 would be located at a private garden.

3 G13A.2 – G14.2 505.6 - This section goes overtheareasof Thanh Phuoc commune and Thai Hoa township, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province, crossing an asphalt road, three small earthroads, and a combined low-medium voltage TL.

- The line would pass overdensely populated residential areas, crossing over 18 houses with another19 houses in its ROW.

- G14.2 will be located in a Melaleucaplantingarea.

4 G14.2 – G15.2 1,047.4 - This section goes across area of Thai Hoa town, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province.

- Across 8m-width 743 Province’s highway; 3m-width land road: 06 times; 4m-width land road: 01 time.

- Across 01 medium voltage TL, 02 low voltage TLs.

- Across crowded residence, cross 34 houses, and 81 houses inthe ROW.

- G15.2 is in vegetable area.




5 G15.2– G2.2 1,102 - This section goes across area of Thai Hoa township, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province.

- Across 3m-width land road: 03 times; 4m-width land road: 03 times.

- Across 02 medium voltage TLs.

- Across: 3m-depth pond: 5 ponds,4-9m width ditch: 02 ditches.

- Across 06 houses, and 15 houses in the ROW.

- G2.2 is at rice field.

6 G2.2 – G3.2 1,155 - This section goes across area of Thai Hoa township, Di An district, Binh Duong province.

- Across 01house.

- Across 02 soil roads.

- Across Ong Tiep canal 57m in width; some canals and ponds.

7 G3.2 – G4.2 676.8 - This section goes across area of Tan Binhward, Di An town, Binh Duong province and Tan Hanh commune, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Topography of the area is quite flat. Vegetation is mainly rice.

- Across a canal: twice.

8 G4.2 – G5A.2 631 - This section goes across area of Tan Binh ward, Di An town, Binh Duong province and Tan Hanh commune, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Topography of the area is quite flat. Vegetation is mainly rice.

- Across 01house.

- Across 9m width asphalt road, high traffic.

- Across 01 low voltage TL.

- Across a canal: twice.

9 G5A.2 – G5B.2 461.1 - This section goes across area of Tan Binhward, Di An town, Binh Duong province and Tan Hanh commune, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Topography of the area is quite flat. Vegetation is mainly rice.

- Across 01house and 01 wastewater treatment plant (under construction).

- Across a canal.

10 G5B.2 – G5C.2 496.3 - This section goes across area of Tan Hanh commune, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Topography of the area is quite flat. Vegetation is mainly rice.

- Across many ponds.

11 G5C.2 – G5D.2 229.98 - This section goes across area of Tan Hanh and Hoa An communes, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Topography of the area is quite flat. Vegetation is mainly rice.

- Across 06 houses.

- Across 01 land road and 01 8m-width asphalt road.




- Across 01 low voltage TL.

- Across: 01 8m-width canal and 01 ditch.

12 G5D.2 – G8A.2 1,920 - Underground cable (described below).

13 G8A.2 – G9.2 550.61 - At the end of G8.2 underground cable, toward to G9.2.

- Across 01 4m-width asphalt road and National railway.

- Across 04 low voltage TLs and 01 tele-communication line of railway.

- Across Binh An hot asphalt mixing plant; 07 houses within the ROW.

- Across crushed rock and storage.

- G9.2 is in Melaleuca area.

14 G9.2 – G9A.2 254.62 - Across 03 3m-width land roads.

- Across crowded residence, across 22 houses, and 34 houses in the ROW.

- G9A.2 is in flat grass area.

15 G9A.2 – G9B.2 219.7 - Across 01 3m-width land.

- Across flat grass area mainly.

- 08 houses in the ROW.

- G9B.2 is in flat grass area.

16 G9B.2 – G9C.2 160.6 - Across flat grass area mainly.


- Distance from center of 02 TL to Dong Tam company is 20m.

- G9C.2 is in vegetable area.

17 G9C.2 – G9D.2 349.9 - Across flat grass area, plants and Melaleuca.

- Across 01 2m-width land.

- Across underground water pipeline.


- Distance from center of the line to Dong Tam company is 20m.

- G9D.2 is in Melaleuca and various plant area.

18 G9D.2 – G10B.2 293.4 - Across residential area, workshops, various plants and Melaleuca.

- Across 24m-width 1K National Highway, 01 asphalt road and rock storage.

- Across 02 medium voltage TLs.

- Across Thanh Nhan fuel station and 06 houses, and there are 11 houses in the ROW.

- G10.2 is in workshops’ area.

19 G10B.2 – G10C.2 353.8 - Across various plant and grass, goes along 4-6, width canal (across this canals twice) and 01 across 8m-width asphalt road.





- G10C.2 is in the crushed rock storage.

20 G10C.2 – G11.2 331 - Across crushsed rock and storage, goes along the 8m-width asphalt road.

- Across a 4-6m width canal: twice.

- Across 01 medium voltage TL.

- 03 houses in the ROW.

- G11.2 is in the crushed rock storage.

21 G11.2 – G11A.2 234.7 - Across crushsed rock and storage.

- Across 01 medium voltage TL.

- G11A.2 is in the crushed rock storage.

22 G11A.2 – ĐĐN 317.1 - Across storage for rock and soil.

- Across a 2m width ditch and 1,5m depth pond.

- 01 house in the ROW.

- ĐĐN is at the pond, connect to complex 110&220kV Long Binh - Thu Duc transmission line.

(2) The underground cables:

Table 3.3 Description of the underground cable


1 G5D.2 - bending point no.1 20 - Goes along trees corridor according to development plan of Tan Binh ward.

2 Bending point no. 1 - bending point no. 10

256 - Traverses area of HoaAn commune, Bien Hoa city.


52 - Traverses Melaleuca area.


510 - Goes along to the fence of Cemetary of Di An town (1 stage and 2 stage)


350 - Goes under the pavement of the No. 1 street, Tan Dong Hiep B industrial zone


550 - Goes under the No. 2 street, Tan Dong Hiep B industrial zone (on the left side of the street)


92 - Turns right to the grass land, between two existing land road of Tan Dong Hiep B industrial zone .

8 Bending point no. 35 – ending point at G8B.2

90 - Traverses to HoaAn commune, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.

3.4Subproject Main Work Volume



3.4.1 Main work volume of the substation and access road

Table 3.4Main work volume of the substation and access road

No. Work contents Unit Volume

A Part of leveling ground

1 Digging plant soil m3 22,525

2 Earthfilling slope m3 14,430

3 Filling sand cushion m3 206,485

4 Rubble m3 1,346

5 Ballast 2x4 for spreading out the station yard m3 8,570

B Construction part of the substation:

1

Earthwork

- Digging foundation

- Filling foundation

m3

m3

52,095.85

46,534.16

2

Concrete work

- Concrete grade 200, ballast 1x2

- Concrete grade 300, ballast 1x2

- Bedding concrete grade 100, ballast 4x6

m3

m3

m3

6,783.85

526.8

1,642.95

3

Reinforcing work

- Reinforcing and erecting round steel with diameter <=10


- Reinforcing and erecting galvanized shaped steel

- Reinforcing and erecting shaped steel (painting for preventing rust and colouring)

Ton

Ton

Ton

Ton

159.76

471.41

810.99

31.58

4

Others:

- ballast aggregate base course of road

- Fine-grained asphalt concrete

- Medium grained asphalt concrete

- Building solid brick wall

- Building hollow brick wall

- Building wall by hollow bricks connecting with solid bricks

- Plastering

- Tiling and bricklaying

- Painting walls, columns, beams, ceiling

- Corlorwashing

m3

Ton

Ton

m3

m3

m3

m2

m2

m2

m2

10,503.74

1,611.96

2,210.46

54.03

343.18

464.84

24,110.7

1,612.44

12,031.75

6,223

C Part of accessing roads to the substation:

1

Earthwork



m3

m3

686.25

64.25

2 - ballast aggregate base course of road m3 454




3 - Fine-grained asphalt concrete Ton 174.53

4 - Medium grained asphalt concrete Ton 239.33

D Part of operation house

1

Earthwork



m3

m3

527.23

432.39

2

Concrete work

- Concrete # 200, ballast 1x2

- Bedding concrete # 100, ballast 4x6

m3

m3

120.34

58.73

3

Reinforcing work



- Reinforcing and erecting shaped steel (painting for preventing rust and colouring)

Ton

Ton

Ton

7,537

7,058

1,999

4

Others:

- Building solid brick wall

- Building hollow brick wall

- Building wall by hollow bricks connecting with solid bricks

- Plastering

- Tiling and bricklaying

- Painting walls, columns, beams, ceiling

m3

m3

m3

m2

m2

m2

34.93

45.59

71.22

2,606.38

771.65

1,649.47

3.4.2 Main work volume of the connection lines

Table 3.5Main work volume of the connection lines


1 Excavation of foundation pit and underground cables m3 86,257.47

2 Fill foundation pit and underground cables m3 81,198.93

3 Land fin foundation pit m3 4,453.64

4 Sand cushion m3 2,566.95

5 Pipe HDPE 260/200 m 26,880

6 Pipe HDPE 105/80 m 1,920

7 Thermal stabilization sand m3 12,028.80

8 Cap B3,5 m3 1,448.32

9 Cast-in-place concrete B10 m3 943.05

10 Cast-in-place concrete B15 m3 3,169.62

11 Cast-in-place concrete B20 m3 7,447.77

12 Cast-in-place concrete B22.5 m3 1,190.70




13 Steel of foundations and underground cables ton 1,176.97

14 Galvanized earthing ton 31.31

15 Anchored bolt ton 63.15

16 Installing steel towers tower/ton 44/2,385.47

17 Conductor ACSR -400/51 Km/ton 197.21/307.25

18 Earthing line Phlox181.6 Km/ton 11.48/11.5

19 Optical cable Km/ton 11.61/9.27

20 Underground cable XLPE-260/200 Km 24.47

21 Ground connector unit 44

22 Tension string for conductor string 1,020

23 Suspension string for conductor string 804

24 Tension string for conductor and optical cable string 144

25 Accessories unit 3,321

3.5Main Activities Before and During Construction

3.5.1 Main Activities Before and During Construction

Activities before construction:

- Compensation and land clearance;

- Preparation for materials storages and construction sites.

Activities during construction:

- Excavation;

- Transportation of construction materials and equipment;

- Preparation of mortar, concrete formworks and steel rods;

- Construction of the function house service for management and operation of the substation such as management building, foundations of transformers, transmission yard, fire protection system, water supply system, drainage system, internal road, access road, and tower foundations of the overhead connection lines;

- Installation of steel towers;

- Installation of electrical equipments and stringing of the wires.

- Experiments and completion work.

3.5.2 Transportation

Material and equipment supply:

- Imported equipmentsare handed over at Port of Ho Chi Minh City and stored at SPPMB’s warehouse, then transported to the construction site.

- Transformer is transported to the construction site due to a transportation contract between SPPMB and a contractor.



- Other materials and equipments are domestic.

- Construction materials are bought in local area.

Long distance transportation:

Transportation of materials from the source to the site and along intermediate routeswill be done by truck on highways and provincial roads, by barges on the large canal. Loading or unloading materials is done by manual labour or steam-crane of 10 tons.

Steel poles, conductor, lightning wire, insulators and accessory are transported to temporary facilities along the route.

- Local materials are shipped directly from the supplier to the construction site. For the position where trucks cannot move to the construction site, materials are transported to the location gathering material along the way.

- The source of materials and equipment from SPPMB stored in the warehouse of the SPPMB and transported to the station with 30km distances.

Intermediate transportation:

Transfer work materials and equipment from the warehouse to the assembly point along the provincial road and inter-communal roads, canals with cars and barges, boats, boat. The average internal transfer distance along construction period is 15 km. Those materials include cement, steel, wire, ceramics, accessories, columns, reinforcing steels.

Manual handling:

Construction materials are transported and stored at nearby road sides then transported manually combined with motorbike to foundation positions via access roads.

3.5.3. Employment

Worker mobilized during construction and time:

Table 3.6 Total workers for construction activities

Description Unit

Construction site 1 Construction

site 2 Construction

site 3

Substation Road Overhead line Underground

cable

Direct construction Per. 70 12 236 35

Undirectconstruction Per. 2 1 30 4

Construction management

Per. 3 2 21 3

Sum Per. 75 15 287 42

Total Per. 419

3.6 Subproject Implementation Schedule and Total Investment

3.6.1 Subproject Implementation Schedule

Based on the requirements of power supply and capacity of the subproject owner, the subproject timeline is scheduled as follows:



Table 3.7 Subproject implementation schedule

Preparing the investment Aug. 2011- Dec. 2013

Preparing as-built drawing design Jan. 2014 – Jun. 2014

Tendering equipment Oct. 2014 – Mar. 2015

Tendering construction and installation Oct. 2014 – Mar. 2015

Implementation Mar. 2015 – Mar. 2017

Completion Mar. 2017

3.6.2. Total Investment

Total investment breakdown is indicated in the table below:

Table 3.8 Total investment

Cost by component Total (VND)

Civil constructioncost

- Substation

- Connection line

250,347,223,000

706,347,223,000

Equipment cost 434,302,970,00

Compensation cost 45,933,335,000

Project management cost 13,833,960,000

Consultancy cost 36,538,087,000

Other cost 113,111,307,000

Contingency 429,234,307,00

Total project cost 2,030,298,421,000

4. BASELINE DATA

4.1 Geographical location and population

As mentioned above, the subproject will go through ThanhPhuoc commune and Thai Hoatownship – Tan Uyen district, Tan Binh ward – Di An town – Binh Duong province; Tan Hanh and Hoa An communes and BuuHoa ward – Bien Hoa city – Dong Nai province.

Binh Duong province:

Binh Duongprovinceisis also located inSouth East region, withgeographical coordinatesof 106o20’ to 106o25’ East longitude and 10o50’27 - 11o24’32 North latitude.Binh Duonghas an area of2,695.22km2(accounting for 0.83% of the natural areaof the countryand12% of natural areain the South East region). Binh Duong province has one city, 4 towns and 4 districts, divided into 41 wards, 2 townships and 48 communes. Total population of Binh Duong province is about 1.75 million people.

Dong Nai province:

DongNaiprovinceis located inSouth East region, withgeographical coordinatesof 106o45’30 - 107o35’00 East longitude and 10o30’03 - 11o34’57 North latitude. DongNaihas an area of5862.37km2(accounting for 1.76% of the natural areaof the countryand25.5% of natural areain the South East region). Dong Nai province has one city, one town and 9



districts, divided into 29 wards, 6 townships and 136 communes. Total population of Dong Nai province is about 2.72 million people.

4.2 Topography


Binh Duong province is located at the transition between the southern slope of the Truong Son mountain chain and the Mekong Delta provinces; plain terrain, light wavy. Elevation varies from 10 to 15 meters above sea level.

Terrain in Binh Duong is relatively flat, sloping from north to south. Across BinhDuong there are many different topographic regions, including low mountainous terrain with slight undulation, flat plains and alluvial valley. There are some low mountains, including ChauThoi in Di An District and the Cau mountain (also called Lap Vo) in DauTieng district and some low hills.

Natural affects have created many different types of landrorms including worn areas, accumulative areas (due to the deposition of corrosive materials in the flow) and some areas were worn, accumulative and depositional at the same time. This is due to rainfall and the flowaffects the ground, with the effects of wind, temperature, climate, the erosion and collapse because of gravity of the geology. The impact took place in millions of years.

Dong Nai province:

Dong Nai Province terrain plains and plains with the mountain remains scattered, tend to lower from north to south. Can distinguish the major terrain types as follows:

- Plain topography consists of 2 main types: the river steps from 5 to 10 meters high or where only 2 to 5 meters high along the river and forming narrow strips of width varies from a few tens of meters to several kilometers. Soil on this terrain mostly alluvial modern.

- The Center of marsh sediments on the sea: the lowlands of Dong Nai province with high levels ranged from 0.3 to 2m, with room below sea level, regular tidal inundation, river networks interlaced canals, mangroves covered. Heterogeneous materials with clay and organic matter deposition.

- Type of place wavy hills: from 20 to 200 m elevation. Includes basalt hills, the terrain is very flat surface, comfortable, gradient from 30 to 80. Terrain occupies an area of very large compared to other types of terrain covering most of the basalt blocks, old alluvial. Soil allocation on this terrain including barren soil and gray soil.

- In lower mountain:includes mountain remains scattered and the last part of the Truong Son range with elevation changes from 200 - 800m. This topography is mainly distributed in the north of the boundary between Phu Tan district and Lam Dong province and a few mountain remains in DinhQuan, Xuan Loc. All these mountains are high (20-300), rock outcrops with rock clusters are mainly granite, shale.

In general, Dong Naiprovincehave relatively flat terrain, there are 82.09 % slope < 8o, 92 % slope < 15o, the slope > 15o accounts for about 8 %.

4.3 Hydro- meteorological characteristics

Meteorology:

The Tan Uyen500kVsubstation is located at the tropical monsoon area with two distinctive seasons: the dry season from November to April and the rainy season from May to November. The coolest month is January and the hottest month is May.



The average temperature in 2012 is 26.5oC, the lowestmonthlyaverage temperatureis 25.1oC and highest monthly average temperature is 28.1oC.

The average humidityin 2012 is 84%, the lowestmonthlyaverage humidityis72% and highest monthly average humidityis 89%.

Annual rainfall reached 2,558.3mm in 2012. Rainfall is relative high but not even in every month. The rainy season is from May to November, total rainfall in the rainy season is about 87-88% of total annual rainfall. The maximum monthly rainfall occurs in August, September, October. Maximum monthly rainfall can reach 400-500 mm/month. The remaining months in a year have insignificant rainfall, they are called the dry season including November to April, total rainfall in the dry season is 12 - 13% of total annual rainfall. Minimum monthly rainfall often occurs in January or February.

Hydrology:

The subproject is located in the Dong Nai river system, it has abundant water resource, stream network is quite dense. Rivers and canals in the project area are relatively distributed evenly, the average density of stream is 0.6 km/km2, the bottom slope is less than 1%. Most of the rivers and streams flow from the northeast to the southwest.

4.4. Land use


Binh Duong province has the natural land area of 2,694.4km². The land use structure of the province includes 2084.1 km² of agricultural land (77.35% of total natural land); 610 km² of non-agricultural land (22.64% of total natural land); 258.1 km² of urban land (9.58% of total natural land); 10 km² of tourism land (0.37% of total natural land); and 0.3 km² of unused land (0.01% of total natural land).

Dong Nai province:

Dong Nai province has the natural land area of 5,907.2km². The land use structure of the province includes2,900.4km² of agricultural land (49.1% of total natural land); 1,795.8km²of forest land (30.4% of total natural land); 769.9km² of specialized land (13% of total natural land); 124.1km² of residential land (2.1% of total natural land); and 319km² of unused land (5.4% of total natural land).

4.5. Environmental baseline data

Noise and air quality

On 5 November 2011, PECC 3 in cooperation with EDC-HD took 3 air samples at the substation area and along the transmission lines. The air quality of these chosen locations may be affected because the project is under construction and they are near residential areas. The indicators are noise, dust, SO2, NO2, and CO.

Table 4.1 Position of air and noise samplings

No. Code Sampling time Description of Sampling position

01 KK1 8.30 am,

Nov. 5,2013

At proposed Tan Uyen500kV Substation area, Cay Da hamlet, ThanhPhuoc commune, Binh Duong province

02 KK2 9.30 am,

Nov. 5, 2013 Behind Ms. Nguyen ThiOi’s house, Tan My hamlet, Thai Hoa township, Binh Duong province




03 KK3 11.30 am,

Nov. 5, 2013 At asphalt street No. 2, Tan Dong Hiep B industrial zone

Table 4.2Analysis results of noise and air quality at the subproject area

Position Dust

(mg/m3) SO2

(mg/m3)

NO2 (mg/m3)

CO (mg/m3)

Noise (dBA)

KK1 0.2 0.02 0.03 1.1 51-56

KK2 0.26 0.04 0.12 2.26 62-65

KK3 0.24 0.03 0.08 1.76 54-58

Test methodology TCVN

5067-1995 TCVN

5971-1995 TCVN

6137-1996 52 TCN 352-89

High frequency

noise meter

QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT 0.3 0.35 0.2 30 -

QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT - - - - 70

The analysis results of 3 samplings at the subproject area showed that the noise and air quality is good. At the sampling positions, noise level meets the regulations QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT and air quality (SO2, NO2, CO, and dust) satisfied the regulation QCVN 05:2013/BTNMT

Surface water quality

On 5 November 2013, PECC3 in collaboration with EDC-HD take 2 samples along the transmission lines. The surface water quality of the chosen locations may be affected because the project is under construction and they are near residential areas. The indicators are pH, TSS, BOD5, COD, Nitrate (NO3

-) (in terms of N), Phosphate (PO43-) (in terms of P) and total

coliform.

Table4.3Position of surface water samplings


01 NM1 8.00 am,

Nov. 5, 2013

The surface water at Ong Tong Bang canal was taken at Tong Bang bridge, ThanhPhuoc commune, Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province

02 NM2 11.00 am,

Nov. 5, 2013 The surface water at Con Ngua canal, Di An town, Binh Duong province

Table4.4Analysis result of surface water quality

No. Indicator Unit Results QCVN

08:2008/BTNMT Column B1 N1 N2

1 pH - 6.62 6.65 5.5-9



No. Indicator Unit Results QCVN

08:2008/BTNMT Column B1 N1 N2

2 BOD5 (20oC) mg/l 17 25 15

3 Total suspended solid

(TSS) mg/l 22 24 50

4 Nitrat (NO3

-) (in terms of N)

mg/l 2.7 4.1 10

5 Phosphate (PO4

3-) (in terms of P)

mg/l 0.31 0.47 0.3

6 Total Coliform MPN/ 100 ml 1,600 2,200 7,500

In comparison with analysis results of surface water and QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT column B1, it is shown that most of the indicators meet the allowable limit of the regulations, except phosphate (PO4

3-) and BOD5 at two sampling positions are lower than the allowable values of the regulations. Thus, we can conclude that the surface water quality at the project area is slightly polluted.

4.6. Socio-economic status of the subproject area

4.6.1 Economy

Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces are located in economic hub of the south of Vietnam. In recent years economic growing rate of both provinces have been higher than the average one of the whole country.

Strategies of socio-economic development of the both provinces are concentration on exploitation the advantage geographic positions, industrial infrastructures, etc and absorb more and more domestic and foreign investment. Dong Nai’s targets for coming years are GDP (10%/year), agriculture (3%/year), industry - construction (14%/year) and services (12%/year); and Binh Duong’s is GDP (11-12%/year), in which industry and construction (60%), services (30.8%) and agriculture-forestry-aquaculture (9.2%).

� Agriculture

New agricultural and rural policies have encouraged the productive force in the rural areas and urged many farmers to invest in the agricultural development. The application of new farming know-how (spread out by the agricultural extension services) and investment have brought about new changes in agriculture and rural areas in Dong NaiandBinh Duong provinces.

Planting to long-term industrial trees gets a large proportion of cultivation and stand second is the cultivation of trees for food production.

Planting long-term industrial trees gets a large proportion of cultivation and the second standing type is the trees for food production.

� Industry and handicraft

Dong Naiand Binh Duong are well known for theirs various categories of industries i.e. mechanics, chemical and processing industries that occupy the overwhelming portion in the industrial sector of the project related provinces.



Apart from the well known industrial zones, there are many centralized industrial areas in two provinces.

The industrial growth rates varies from around 7% to 10% in two provinces.

The small industry and handicraft in the communes have not developed yet because of the remote areas, the limitation of capital, and the difficulty of product consuming. Currently, main production is small scale aqua-products processing, rice milling, etc. to serve the local demand.

4.6.2 Society

Average family size of APs is 4.88 persons/HH. In which men occupy 47.33%, and women occupy 52.67%. Heads of APs are mainly man (86.80%).

For education of APs, university/collection occupies 8.91%, high school occupies 27.42%, secondary school occupies 29.46 %, primary school occupies 26.92%, read and write occupies 4.41%, and illiterate occupies 2.88%.

� Healthcare

All districts and city in the subproject areahavea general hospital and all communes/wards covered by the subproject have a healthcare station each.

The commune/ward health care services usually take care of minor illness or maternity deliveries. The district hospital can take care of more serious illness or minor operations.

However, such health services are suffering from poor facilities or lack of equipment.

� Income

The socio-economic surveys in the subproject area show that the average income of the overall population in the project areas is around 62,400,000 VND/HH/year. Sources of income are mainly farming (46.21%), wage-earner (12.12%), small scale business (3.03%), and others (38.64%).

4.7Protected areas, natural reserves, sensitive areas, cultural property, historical monument, temple and pagoda in the subproject area

The subproject provinces have three natural reserves: 1) Tan Phu Proposed Nature Reserve, about 62km from the subprojet area; 2) Nam Cat Tien National Park, about 85km from the subprojet area; and 3) Nui Ong Nature Reserve, about 92km from the subprojet area. Therefore, it is not anticipated that the subproject would have any potential impacts on these environmental sensitive areas. The relative location of the subproject to these natural reserves is indicated in Figure 4.1 below.

The subproject would not be located in or near any physical cultural resources such as cultural property sites, historical monuments, temples, and pagodas.



Figure4.1: Existing and proposed protected areas around the subproject

5. POTENTIAL IMPACTS

The subproject would contribute to meeting the demand load in Binh Duong, Dong Nai and adjacent areas, thereby bring about significant socioeconomic benefits. Apart from such benefits, the subproject may also result in environmental and socioeconomic impacts which are adverse to the local conditions.

The environmental screening of the subproject indincates that it is eligible for financing considering that the subproject would not involve possible high risk and would not create any



potential adverse impacts on (a) critical natural habitats and/or protected area including proposed protected areas; (b) loss or damage to physical cultural resources, including sites having archeological (prehistoric), paleontological, historical, religious, cultural and unique natural values; and (c) water regime, particularly water flow and water quality.

The implementation of the subproject would mainly cause land acquisition, increased dust generation, air pollution, domestic waste, and health and safety issues due to construction activites and electrical magnetic field. However, these impacts are not significant, temporary, localized impacts with available mitigation measures. In addition, the subproject will relocate 6 graves, so OP 4.01, OP 4.11 and OP 4.12 are triggered for this subproject.

The potential negative impacts of the subproject are identified in table 5.1 and could be minimized by applying the proposed mitigation measures developed for the subproject whichare described in Table 5.2.



Table 5.1: Potential impacts of the subproject

Impact/issues Significance

of impact Duration of

impact Impact description

A. THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE

Effect of land acquisition

Medium Short-term and

Long-term

Permanentland acquisition:

The subproject would require permanently 142,202m2 in area of land for substation, access road, underground cables and tower foundations of connection lines. In which:

- Permanent land acquisition for substation and access road (115,503m2).

- Permanent land acquisition for tower foundations and underground cables of the connection lines (26,699m2).

Permanent land acquisition (m2)

Residential land

Annual tree land

Perennial tree land

Pond land

Other land

Total

1,302 116,345 14,897 1,849 7,809 142,202

Temporary land acquisition:

Land in ROW of transmission line will be restricted usability and affected by construction activities (called temporary land acquisition). Total area of temporarily affected land is 283,230m2.

Temporary land

acquisition (m2)

Residential land

Annual tree land

Perennial tree land

Pond land

Quarry land

Other land

Total

16,986 175,120 14,283 19,818 33,304 23,720 283,230

Land acquisition would have adverse impacts on income generation and livelihood of the affected households. Impacts of land acquisition are described in detail in the subproject Resettlement Plan.

Impact on affected household

Medium Long-term The substation and connection lines would have impacts on 334 households (1,375 persons) of 6 communes, wards belonging 3 district of Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.

Affected types: land lost for substation, access road, tower foundations and underground cables; relocation of houses and graves; having house within ROWs; loss of trees and crops, rice; change type of trees within ROW, etc.






5 houses (5 households) and 6 graves (2 households) are relocated.

There are 118 houses and structures in the ROW of the overhead connection lines. These houses and structures are not required to be removed, but some modification, repairing are required to meet technical requirements such as roofs and walls need to be made from non-flammable materials; metal parts need to be grounded.

The subproject owner will develop and implement a compensation plan.

Loss of vegetation due to land clearance

Medium Long-term The subproject area is mainly paddy file and fruit trees gardens. Beside rice field, number of trees to be cut for acquisition land is 5,811 trees. Names of cut trees arecajuput, pomelo, rubber, mango and banana.

- These trees mainly have economic value; ecological value of these trees is not high.

Health risk due to explosives, chemical hazard

None None - The subproject would not use chemicals or explosives;

- The subproject sites were cleared for landmine after war time and used for agriculture for a long time.

Impact on historical and cultural properties

Small None - There are no historical and cultural resources near and inside the Subproject area. However, 6 household graves will need to be relocated.

B. THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE

Surface water contamination

Medium Short-term - The surface water can be more turbid due to soil residues, particles generated from excavation of poles’ foundations. These particles flow into rivers, canals, ponds.

- The substation is not located near any river and canal. The overhead connection lines many times cross fish ponds, Ba Kien canal, Ong Tiep canal. These are source of surface water that might be more turbid in rainy season due to washing out of subproject’s construction materials, excavated soil.

- Though the connection lines will cross many canals as listed above but foundations are designed about 30-50 m far from canals’ shores. Hence soil excavation and damming are carried out far from these shores, therefore potential risks on land slides from these shores are not high. At the sites near fishponds, the subproject foundations will construct far from ponds (above 30 m). From the foundation sites to fish ponds are trees, rice fields so potential for debris washed out from subproject excavation to these ponds is also low.






- Topography of the subproject site is plain with good vegetation cover.

- The subproject sites near surface water bodies are also plain so potential for soil erosion, material washing out is low.

- Excavation is planned to do in dry season. Excesses soil will be reused to fill in the poles’ foundations and substation. Thus there will be no soil, rock left after the subproject construction.

- No tower will be constructed in canals.

- Thus the impact on surface water pollution in the subproject area is assessed as medium and can be mitigated.

Noise and vibration

Medium Short-term - Noise and vibration are caused by: equipment, material transportation, subproject's vehicles, construction activities of substation and access road, pole's erection and wire's pulling, generators (if there are any)

- The substation, access road and connection lines are designed to be far from residential areas as well as the concentration of human activities such as towns and townships. There are 1.5km of the overhead connection lines (from G13.2 to G15.2) will go through a residential area of Thai Hoatownship Tan Uyen district Binh Duong province. This site will be impacted by the subproject in term of noise, vibration. Beside that, there are other small residential areas along the transmission line will be impacted by subproject activities as well. These residential areas are in section from G8A to G9D.

- The main work will be done manually or by small scale machines. Duration of construction for each site at pole’s foundation is short from 2 or 3 days for foundation excavation, 5 days for pouring concrete, 2 or 3 days for cable pulling. Noise and vibration (if there is any) will be caused only during very short period of time in each foundation position.

- Owing to these mentioned reasons, the noise and vibration impact caused by the subproject is considered as medium.

Soil erosion Small Short-term - The subproject area’s terrain is generally flat.

- The vegetation cover of subproject area at the present is relatively good: rice paddy, garden with mixed trees, fruit trees etc.

- Excavation is planned to carry out in dry season;

- Regarding soil erosion, the impact is considered as small due to the small scale of related






activities, short duration and the affected area is small.

Air pollution Medium Short-term - Dust generated from soil excavation, especially during dry seasons.

- Dust generated by the transportation of supplies and equipment during the subproject construction. The transportation of raw materials, construction materials and equipments for the subproject is relatively significant. It also causes dust and air pollution.

- There are some sections of the overhead connection lines will be affected in term of air pollution, they are sections G13.2 to G15.2 and G8A to G9D.

Agricultural production due to temporary acquisition of productive land

Medium Medium - Some of productive land will be mobilized for construction purpose in a short period of time.

- Total amount of acquired cultivated land is 3,700 m2 , the temporary acquisition of productive land will only cause damages in a seasons or maximum 02 seasons of producing

- The subproject owner has planned and will implement the compensation for the temporary land acquisition.

Traffic disturbance in roads and railway

Medium Short-term - Transportation of material and equipment, soil excavation and cable pulling activities will disturb the normal traffic in the areas during short period of time;

- In open areas, the transportation of construction materials is generally easy due to relatively developed traffic system in the subproject area;

- Conditions for transportation of material and equipment are generally convenient. The system of national road, provincial road is relatively good. Walking trails in the area of agricultural land, orchards are generally well developed.

- The transportation of construction materials and equipments for the subproject will not exceed the capacity of the existing traffic flow in the area.

- The transmission line will about 30 times overpass roads, from that 1 time overpass National road 1K, 1 time overpass Provincial road 743 and 1 time overpass railway. The remaining roads that the transmission line is crossing are mainly inter-commune, small roads.

- Places in National road 1K and Provincial road 743 have medium level of traffic. Transportation in these points will be affected by subproject cable pulling over the roads. Scaffold will be constructed to enable cable pulling across these roads to minimize impact on transportation.






Degradation of the existing rural roads

Small Short-term - Transportation of construction materials with high frequency may cause damage to the existing rural roads;

- Raw materials are transported by trucks along the inter-provincial and inter-district roads. At the foundations far from roads, materials are moved manually to construction positions. Therefore, the frequency of transport just increases very little on the soil roads with not good quality so Subproject activities will not cause serious impacts on these roads.

- Currently, the local government and people supervise the management of rural roads relatively well. Large load transportations are not allowed to run through roads whose quality is not good enough. This is also an issue that the contractors have to comply and thoroughly transporting options to avoid rural road degradation.

Solid waste generated from soil excavation

Small None Excessive soil and materials will be used for filling of substation and poles’ foundations. The volume of excessive soil is not enough for substation and foundations, it has to purchase and transport from other places. Therefore it could be said that impact is insignificant.

Cause water flow block due to landslide during construction of foundations near irrigation canal

Small Short-term - Construction of foundation near canals might cause landslide of the canal embankment. It will block water flow in these canals.

- Usually, foundations are designed to be far from canal embankments;

- In case foundations would be located near a canal, the embankments of the canal need to strengthen by wooden piles to protect shores and avoid landslide and soil erosion.

Environmental impacts caused by construction workers

Medium Short-term - The subproject implementation is expected to be completed in 18 months, with a construction period about 9 months. The remaining time is mainly reserved for installation of equipment.

- It is estimated that 419 workers will be mobilized to construction of the subproject, these workers are divided into 3 groups in 3 main construction sites (for construction of the substation and access road, the overhead connection line, and the underground cables), but the maximum number of workers per day is 212 people /day. Workers will be chosen from the professional ones in the region. These workers will hire houses of local people for their activities. Part of workers is from local, so people need to stay not high.

- Worker will use toilet and bath facilities with host families or additionally constructed for convenience.

- Construction sites will dispose solid waste that can cause environmental pollution.






- Thus the impact is considered as medium and mitigable.

Conflict between construction workers and local people

Small Short-term - The conflict between workers and local people might occur due to differences on income, culture and attitude;

- The subproject will be implemented in well developed areas and quite crowded places; the number of workers is not considerable in comparison with local people.

- Stay duration of workers in each site is short (9 months) therefore this impact is insignificant.

Health and safety Medium Short-term - Accidents may happen during construction if the safety issues are not well considered.

- Accidents may occur during foundation excavation, pole erecting and cable pulling.

- Accidents may happen to the workers or local people living around the subproject area

C. THE OPERATION PHASE

Exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) levels exceeding the standard

Medium Long-term Based on the calculation and existing substation 500kV show that, The EMF level is under standard. The 500kV Tan Uyen substation and connection lines was designed to conform to safety standard. Safety regulation will also be applied strictly by workers when operating substation. Therefore, the impact due to EMF on public health is at low level.

Besides, all houses, structures in ROW of the connection lines are improved and installed fireproof materials and lightning arrestors. The subproject is designed to conform to safety standard. Safety regulations will also be applied strictly by workers when operating substation. Therefore, the impact due to EMF on public health if not properly mitigated would be medium.

Interference with radio, TV or other communications

None None The location of the project is far away from the radio communication networks.

Effects on public health and safety, including voltage hazard

Medium Long-term In design stage, all safety measurements were considered.

However, voltage hazard and effects on safety of local inhabitants and operation workers can occur in case of no conform to safety regulations.

Fire hazard due Medium Long-term Fire hazard can be caused from cooling oil leakage or transformer problems. However, this






to oil leakage effect is minimized since the substation has oil-collected pit and fire safety equipments.

Pollution due to leakage oil and hazardous materials

Medium Long-term Leakage oil from transformers can impact adversely on environmental quality. In order to prevent the impact on the environment quality due to leakage oil, oil-collected pit will be installed. Oil-collected pit is 95m3 in capacity, prevented from leaking, has concreted cover and also be equipped with a automatic water pump. However, risk of oil leakage from the pit still can happen though it is at low rate.

The project does not use cooling oil that contains PCBs and hazardous materials

Noise from substation operation

Small Long-term The transformer will be manufactured according to regulations with noise level under 70dB at under 3m of distance. It will also be installed complying technical requirements to reduce the noise due to operation. Besides, the substation site is agricultural land.

Impact due to waste water and domestic solid waste of operation workers

Small Long-term In the operation stage, the substation does not discharge any of hazardous wastes. Domestic waste water from daily activities of operation workers is limited and will be treated by a septic tank before discharging the environment. Domestic solid waste will be collected and discharged through waste collected system of the local. Therefore, impact on the environment due to waste discharge is small.

Problems of gird, accident at work during operation management

Small Long-term In activities of management, operation, repairment and maintenance of the project, problems of gird and accident can occur in case workers do not conform to safety and operation regulations (especially the workers work on the towers of the overhead connection line).

Effects on flora and fauna from vegetation maintenance activities

Samll Long-term + interruptedly

ROW yearly maintenance activities may cause effect on crops and trees within the ROW. However, the impact is at low level and interrupted.



6. MITIGATION MEASURES

Environmental and social

issues Mitigation measures

Locations for mitigation measures

Applicable National

Regulations, Standards

Responsible party

Verification required to determine

effectiveness of measures

A. ENGINEERING DESIGN PHASE 1. Engineering design

- Select an optimal alternative to minimize land acquisition, avoid causing the existing vegetable covers and trees and structures.

- Strictly follow electrical and fire safety requirements of the related regulations.

Binh Duong and Dong Nai

provinces

Related regulations

Consultant

Owner

Local authorities

Agreement on location

of the subproject

B. THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE

1. Land acquisition, affected households and loss trees, crops

- Careful site-survey, consultation with the affected local communities and authorities to choose optimal solutions for the location substation and auxiliary facitities to minimize land acquisition.

- Compensate for land acquisition and damages strictly in accordance with the RPF of the TEP project and the Resettlement Plan of the subproject.

- Disclosure detailed plan for land temporary and permanent acquisition for affected HHs;

- Proper compensation for land acquisition. It is estimated that compensation cost and allowances for the subproject will be 66.5bill. VND.

- Plan working schedule after harvest times to avoid impacts, losses for local peoples.

- The subproject owner shall prepare and carry out the compensation plan according to Vietnamese and the WB’ Regulations in accordance with the RPF of the TEP Project and RP of the subproject.

- Select locations of substation and pole’s foundation

Subproject area Circular No. 14/2009/TT-

BTNMT dated 1/10/2009 by Ministry of

Environment and Natural Resources

Decree No. 69/2009/ND-CP dated 13/8/2009

by the Government

Owner

Compliance reported by

CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



properly to minimize impacts on land, rice field, or garden losses of local people; Pole locations should be arranged properly in local people’ land so that affected households can still use the remaining part of their land comfortably.

- Simple scaffolds will be created when pulling cables overpass rice fields, gardens to avoid damages to the rice fields and trees.

Relocation of the graves

- Affected households will receive compensation payment to conduct relocation of the graves on their own. Payment to the grave relocation includes costs of excavation, relocation, reburial, purchasing land for reburial (if any), and all other reasonable costs associated with necessary rituals by the local practice. Local ritual means relocation of graves will be carried out in accordance with local cultural practices, taking into account cultural preferences which are typical for each ethnic group. Relocation of graves will be done satisfactorily to the affected households prior to the commencement of construction. Grave relocation and compensation will be documented in respective subproject RPs on the consultation with affected households.

At the grave sites

Local local cultural and

religous practices

SPMB The affected households

C. THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE

Impacts to vegetation cover and ecological resources

- The Contractor shall prepare a Clearance, Re-vegetation and Restoration Management Plan for prior approval by the Construction Engineer, following relevant regulations. The Clearance Plan shall be approved by Construction Supervision

Subproject area Circular No. 14/2009/TT-

BTNMT dated 1/10/2009 by Ministry of

Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



Consultant and followed strictly by contractor. Areas to be cleared should be minimized as much as possible.

- The Contractor shall remove topsoil from all areas where topsoil will be impacted on by rehabilitation activities, including temporary activities such as storage and stockpiling, etc.; the stripped topsoil shall be stockpiled in areas agreed with the Construction Supervision Consultant for later use in re-vegetation and shall be adequately protected.

- The application of chemicals for vegetation clearing is not permitted.

- Prohibit cutting of any tree unless explicitly authorized in the vegetation clearing plan.

- When needed, erect temporary protective fencing to efficiently protect the preserved trees before commencement of any works within the site.

- No area of potential importance as an ecological resource should be disturbed unless there is prior authorization from CSC, who should consult with PMB, and the relevant local authorities. This could include areas of breeding or feeding of birds or animals, fish spawning areas, or any area that is protected as a green space.

- Work with local authorities to well prepare construction schedule to avoid harvesting time.

Environment and Natural Resources

Decree No. 69/2009/ND-CP dated 13/8/2009

by the Government

Impacts of dust - The Contractor is responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant Vietnamese legislation with

Construction sites

QCVN

05: 2009/BTNMT Contractor







Applicable National


Responsible party



respect to ambient air quality.

- The Contractor shall ensure that dust generation is mitigated and will not annoy local people and implement measures to control dust concentration in order to maintain safe working place and minimize disturbance to surrounding residences/houses.

- Material loads shall be suitably secured during transportation to prevent the scattering of soil, sand, materials or dust.

- Exposed soil and material stockpiles shall be protected against wind erosion and the location of stockpiles shall take into consideration the prevailing wind directions and locations of sensitive receptors

- Dust masks should be used where dust levels are excessive.

CSC

Air pollution - All vehicles must comply with Vietnamese regulations controlling allowable emission limits of exhaust gases.

- Vehicles in Vietnam must undergo a regular emissions check and get certified named: “Certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection” following Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT;

- There should be no burning of waste or construction materials (for example: asphalt, etc.) on site.

Construction sites

QCVN

05: 2009/BTNMT Contractor

Noise and vibration

- The contractor is responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation with respect to noise and vibration.

Construction sites

QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT

QCVN

Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



- All vehicles must have appropriate “Certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection” following Decision No. 35/2005/QD-BGTVT; to avoid exceeding noise emission from poorly maintained machines. When needed, measures to reduce noise to acceptable levels must be implemented and could include silencers, mufflers, acoustically dampened panels or placement of noisy machines in acoustically protected areas.

- Avoiding or minimizing transportation through or processing material in community areas (like concrete mixing).

27:2010/BTNMT

Water pollution - The Contractor must be responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation relevant to wastewater discharges into watercourses.

- Portable or constructed hygienic toilets must be provided on site for construction workers. Wastewater from toilets as well as kitchens, showers, sinks, etc. shall be discharged into a conservancy tank for removal from the site or discharged into municipal sewerage systems; there should be no direct discharges to any water body.

- Wastewater over standards set by relevant Vietnam technical standards/regulations must be collected in a conservancy tank and removed from site by licensed waste collectors.

- Implement measure to collect, redirect or block municipal wastewater disposed from surrounding

Construction sites

QCVN 09:2008/BTNMT

QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT

QCVN 24: 2009/BTNMT

Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



houses to properly dispose and ensure that local blocking or flooding are minimized

- Before construction, all necessary wastewater disposal permits/licenses and/or wastewater disposal contract have been obtained.

- At completion of construction works, wastewater collection tanks and septic tanks shall be safely disposed or effectively sealed off.

Solid waste - Before construction, a solid waste control procedure (storage, provision of bins, site clean-up schedule, bin clean-out schedule, etc.) must be prepared by Contractors and it must be carefully followed during construction activities.

- Before construction, all necessary waste disposal permits or licenses must be obtained.

- Measures shall be taken to reduce the potential for litter and negligent behavior with regard to the disposal of all refuse. At all places of work, the Contractor shall provide litter bins, containers and refuse collection facilities.

- Solid waste may be temporarily stored on site in a designated area approved by the Construction Supervision Consultant and relevant local authorities prior to collection and disposal through a licensed waste collector, for example, URENCO in urban areas or local environment and sanitation companies.

- Waste storage containers shall be covered, tip-proof, weatherproof and scavenger proof.

Construction sites

Decree No. 59/2007/ND-CP on solid waste management

Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



- No burning, on-site burying or dumping of solid waste shall occur.

- Recyclable materials such as wooden plates for trench works, steel, scaffolding material, site holding, packaging material, etc shall be collected and separated on-site from other waste sources for reuse, for use as fill, or for sale.

- If not removed off site, solid waste or construction debris shall be disposed of only at sites identified and approved by the Construction Supervision Consultant and included in the solid waste plan. Under no circumstances shall the contractor dispose of any material in environmentally sensitive areas, such as in areas of natural habitat or in watercourses.

Chemicals or hazardous wastes

- Chemical waste of any kind shall be disposed of at an approved appropriate landfill site and in accordance with local legislative requirements. The Contractor shall obtain needed disposal certificates.

- The removal of asbestos-containing materials or other toxic substances shall be performed and disposed of by specially trained and certified workers.

- Used oil and grease shall be removed from site and sold to an approved used oil recycling company.

- Used oil, lubricants, cleaning materials, etc. from the maintenance of vehicles and machinery shall be collected in holding tanks and removed from site by a specialized oil recycling company for disposal at an approved hazardous waste site.

- Tender documents will prohibit procurement of

Construction sites

Circular No. 12/2011/TT-BTNMT on

management of hazardous substance

Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



equipment containing PCBs.

- Unused or rejected tar or bituminous products shall be returned to the supplier’s production plant.

- Relevant agencies shall be promptly informed of any accidental spill or incident.

- Store chemicals appropriately and with appropriate labeling.

- Appropriate communication and training programs should be put in place to prepare workers to recognize and respond to workplace chemical hazards.

- Prepare and initiate a remedial action following any spill or incident. In this case, the contractor shall provide a report explaining the reasons for the spill or incident, remedial action taken, consequences/damage from the spill, and proposed corrective actions.

Traffic management

- Before construction, carry out consultations with local government and community and with traffic police.

- Significant increases in number of vehicle trips must be included in a construction plan before approved. Routings, especially of heavy vehicles, need to take into account sensitive sites such as schools, hospitals, and markets.

- Installation of lighting at night must be done if this is necessary to ensure safe traffic circulation.

- Place signs around the construction areas to facilitate

Subproject area - Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



traffic movement, provide directions to various components of the works, and provide safety advice and warning.

- Employing safe traffic control measures, including road/rivers/canal signs and flag persons to warn of dangerous conditions

- Avoid material transportation for construction during rush hour.

- Passageways for pedestrians and vehicles within and outside construction areas should be segregated and provide for easy, safe, and appropriate access. Signpost shall be installed appropriately in both water-ways and roads where necessary.

- For water way transportation on Lap Vo river: working with local authorities responsible for river’s transportation management, inform them on arrangement of cable pulling through the rivers (at least 5 days in advance) so that people attending transportation in this section of Lap Vo river has informed when their transportation can be affected.

Interruption to utility services

- Planned and unplanned interruptions to water, gas, power, internet services: the Contractor must undertake prior consultation and contingency planning with local authorities about the consequences of a particular service failure or disconnection.

- Coordinate with relevant utility providers to establish appropriate construction schedules.

- Provide information to affected households on



CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



working schedules as well as planned disruptions (at least 5 days in advance)

- Interruptions of water supply to agricultural areas must also be avoided.

- The contractor should ensure alternative water supply to affected residents in the event of disruptions lasting more than one day.

- Any damages to existing utility systems of cable shall be reported to authorities and repaired as soon as possible.

Restoration of affected areas

- Temporary acquired areas to make warehouse, cable pulling site, etc. are used for a short period of time, site facilities, workers’ camps, stockpiles areas, working platforms and any areas temporarily occupied during construction of the subproject works shall be restored using landscaping, adequate drainage and re-vegetation.

- Start re-vegetation at the earliest opportunity. Appropriate local native species of vegetation shall be selected for the planting and restoration of the natural landforms.

- Spoil heaps and excavated slopes shall be re-profiled to stable batters, and grassed to prevent erosion;

- All affected areas shall be landscaped and any necessary remedial works shall be undertaken without delay. These works may be green-spacing, roads, bridges and other works to original existing etc.



CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



- Trees shall be planted at exposed land and on slopes to prevent or reduce land collapse and keep stability of slopes.

- Soil contaminated with chemicals or hazardous substances shall be removed and transported and buried in waste disposal areas in accordance with regulations;

- Restore all damaged inter-filed irrigation canals, inter-field roads, and inter-communal roads caused by the subproject activities to their original state or better.

Worker and public Safety

- Contractor shall comply with all Vietnamese regulations regarding worker safety.

- Prepare and implement action plan to cope with risk and emergency.

- Preparation of emergency aid service at construction site.

- Training workers on occupational safety regulations

- If blasting is to be used, additional mitigation measures and safety precautions must be outlined in the EMP.

- Ensure that ear pieces are provided to and used by workers who must use noisy machines such as piling, explosion, mixing, etc., for noise control and workers protection.

- During demolition of existing infrastructure, workers and the general public must be protected from falling debris by measures such as chutes, traffic control, and

Construction sites

- Contractor


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



use of restricted access zones;

- Install fences, barriers, dangerous warning/prohibition site around the construction area which showing potential danger to public people;

- The contractor shall provide safety measures as installation of fences, barriers warning signs, lighting system against traffic accidents as well as other risk to people and sensitive areas

- If previous assessments indicate there could be unexploded ordnance (UXO), clearance must be done by qualified personnel and as per detailed plans approved by the Construction Engineer.

Communication with local communities about subproject environmental issues

- Maintain open communications with the local government and concerned communities; the contractor shall coordinate with local authorities (leaders of local wards or communes, leader of villages) for agreed schedules of construction activities at areas nearby sensitive places or at sensitive times (e.g., religious festival days)

- Copies in Vietnamese of these ECOPs and of other relevant environmental safeguard documents shall be made available to local communities and to workers at the site.

- Reduced playground space, loss of playing fields and car parking: The loss of amenities during the construction process is often an unavoidable source of inconvenience to users in sensitive areas. However, early consultation with those affected, provides the opportunity to investigate and



CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



implement alternatives

- Disseminate project information to affected parties (for example local authority, enterprises and affected households, etc.) through community meetings before construction commencement;

- Provide a community relations contact from whom interested parties can receive information on site activities, subproject status and subproject implementation results;

- Provide all information, especially technical findings, in a language that is understandable to the general public and in a form of useful to interested citizens and elected officials through the preparation of fact sheets and news release, when major findings become available during subproject phase;

- Monitor community concerns and information requirements as the subproject progresses;

- Respond to telephone inquiries and written correspondence in a timely and accurate manner;

- Inform local residents about construction and work schedules, interruption of services, traffic detour routes and provisional bus routes, blasting and demolition, as appropriate;

- Provide technical documents and drawings to PC’s community, especially a sketch of the construction area and the EMP of the construction site;

- Notification boards shall be erected at all construction sites providing information about the subproject, as well as contact information about the site managers,






Applicable National


Responsible party



environmental staff, health and safety staff, telephone numbers and other contact information so that any affected people can have the channel to voice their concerns and suggestions.

Workforce, camp and site management

- Worker‘ camps will be located at least 200 m away from schools and health care centres and not be located on steep slopes. The workforce shall be provided with safe, suitable and comfortable accommodations and safe portable water. They have to be maintained in clean and sanitary conditions.

- Site offices, camps, mixing stations, and workshops shall be located NOT within 100m from any water courses, 500 meters of existing residential area.

- Engineers and workers shall register their temporary residence with the local authority.

- Allocate officer to be the Contractor‘s Workplace Safety and Environment Officer responsible for environmental and safety issues including training for workers.

- Septic tank toilets must be provided at all construction camp areas where there will be concentration of labor.

- First aid boxes shall be provided in each construction camp site.



CSC

Chance finding procedures in case of foundingobjects

- If the Contractor discovers archeological sites, historical sites, remains and objects, including graveyards and/or individual graves during excavation or construction, the Contractor shall:

Subproject area Decree No 98/2010/ND-CP

dated 21/09s/2010 on guideline to

Contractor, supervising consultant cooperates


CSC






Applicable National


Responsible party



with historical or cultural values

- Stop the construction activities in the area of the chance find;

- Delineate the discovered site or area;

- Secure the site to prevent any damage or loss of removable objects. In cases of removable antiquities or sensitive remains, a night guard shall be arranged until the responsible local authorities or the Department of Culture and Information takes over;

- Notify the Construction Supervision Consultant who in turn will notify responsible local or national authorities in charge of the Cultural Property of Viet Nam (within 24 hours or less);

- Relevant local or national authorities would be in charge of protecting and preserving the site before deciding on subsequent appropriate procedures. This would require a preliminary evaluation of the findings to be performed. The significance and importance of the findings should be assessed according to the various criteria relevant to cultural heritage; those include the aesthetic, historic, scientific or research, social and economic values;

- Decisions on how to handle the finding shall be taken by the responsible authorities. This could include changes in the layout (such as when finding an irremovable remain of cultural or archeological importance) conservation, preservation, restoration and salvage;

- If the cultural sites and/or relics are of high value and site preservation is recommended by the

implement Cultural Heritage

Law.

to implement

Cultural Information Department

Contractor, Ownerand

local Authority






Applicable National


Responsible party



professionals and required by the cultural relics authority, the Project’s Owner will need to make necessary design changes to accommodate the request and preserve the site;

- Decisions concerning the management of the finding shall be communicated in writing by relevant authorities;

- Construction works could resume only after permission is granted from the responsible local authorities concerning safeguard of the heritage.

D. OPERATION PHASE

Exposure of substation worker to EMF and risk of electrical shock

- Existing national law and technical regulations and standards should be strictly followed by operation and maintenance staff to ensure safe limits for EMF are not exceeded.

- Evaluate potential exposure to the public against the reference levels developed by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) or the IEEE.

- If EMF levels are confirmed or expected to be above the recommended exposure limits, application of engineering techniques should be considered to reduce the EMF produced by power lines, substations, or transformers. Examples of these techniques include: i) Shielding with specific metal alloys; ii) Burying transmission lines; and iii) Increasing height of transmission towers.

- Specifically Worker hours will be limited in

Substation Decree 106 106/2005/ND-CP

and Deree 81/2009/NĐ-CP

PCT4 PCT4






Applicable National


Responsible party



accordance with WHO :

- EMF Intensity (kV/M) - Admissible exposure time (min)

Up to 5 - - No limits

5-10 - Up to 180

10-20 - Up to 30

20-25 - Up to 10

>25 Prohibited

Fire hazard due to accident

- Comply with the national law and regulation on fire prevention and fight extinguishing.

- Prepare an emergency preparedness plan for fire hazard control.

- Equip the substation with enough number of fire extinguishers.

- Frequently examine equipment to detect and repair fire hazard.

- Train operation staff on fire prevention and fire control.

Substation Decree 46/2012/ND-CP

PCT4 PCT4

Pollution due to oil spill and oil leakage from substation

- Build an appropriate emergency oil spill tank as required by the regulation during construction.

- Set up a maintenance program in order to timely detect any risk of oil spill or oil leakages.

- Train the operation staff for dealing with oil spill and leakages, especially in emergencies case.

Substation Circular No. 12/2011/TT-BTNMT on

management of hazardous substance

PCT4 PCT4

Noise from - Adopt low noise generating standard electrical Substation QCVN PCT4 PCT4






Applicable National


Responsible party



substation operation

equipment in the bidding and contractual documents.

- Frequently check and maintain equipment, repair damages (If any) that can increase noise generation.

- Install natural barrier (such as trees) to absorb and minimize noise.

26:2010/BTNMT

Domestic waste water and solid waste

- Installed septic tanks to treat domestic waste water at all working stations.

- Implement a 3Rs plan for reducing, recycling, and reusing solid waste.

- Sign a contract with a local environment and sanitation licensed company to collect solid waste generated at the substation.

Substation QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT

Decree No. 59/2007/ND-CP on solid waste management

PCT4 PCT4



7. EMPIMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT

Proper environmental management during construction requires the involvement of several stakeholders and agencies, each with different roles and responsibilities including NPT, SPMB, DONREs (Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment) of Hanoi city, the Contractors, the Construction Supervision Consultant, and local communities.

To ensure effective implementation of the EMP, the following actions will be carried out during the implementation of the subproject:

a)During thedetaileddesignandtenderdocumentation making

- During the detailed design of technical specifications and preparation of bidding contract documents for each contract, the technical design consultant will incorporate into these bidding and contractual documents the parts of the EMP specific to that contract, as well as the specific measures identified in the EMP.

- In preparing the bidding and contract documents, make an effort to ensure that the contractors are aware of the safeguard obligation and commit to comply. The environmental specifications to be included in the bidding and contractual documents are included in Annex 1.

b) During the course of preconstruction and construction

SPMB will assign the Construction Supervising Consultant (CSC) and/or field engineer to be responsible for supervision of safeguard performance of contractor on a daily basis. A generic Terms of Reference (TOR) is provided in Annex 2 CSC and/or field engineers will carry out, but not limited to, the following tasks:

- Before the commencement of the construction, confirm that all compensation for land and facilities are provided and relocation and/or land acquisition/donation has been completed.

- Review and approve Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) to be prepared by contractor before the commencement of the construction.

- Closely supervise the implementation of the EMP throughout the construction period.

- Confirm the compliance with the agreed environmental plan and inspect any damages incurred by the contractor. If necessary, prepare an order to compensate/restore the construction sites as specified in the contracts. Contractor safeguard performance will be included in the subproject progress report.

The role and responsibilities of relevant parties in the implementation of EMP are described in the following table:

Table 7.1: EMP implementation arrangement

Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Project Implementing Agency: NPT

- NPT will be responsible for overseeing the project implementation including ESMF implementation and environmental performance of the project.

- The SPPMB will be responsible for monitoring the subproject implementation, including environmental compliance of the project. PMB will have the final responsibility for ESMF implementation and environmental performance of the subproject during the construction phase.



Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Project Implementing Agency: SPPMB

- The SPPMB is responsible for fostering effective coordination and cooperation between contractor, local authorities, and local communities during construction phase. PMB will be assisted by the environmental staff, and CSC/or field engineer.

- Specifically SPPMB will: i) closely coordinate with local authorities in the participation of the community during subproject preparation and implementation; ii) monitor and supervise EMP implementation including incorporation of EMP into the detailed technical designs and bidding and contractual documents; iii) ensure that an environmental management system is set up and functions properly; iv) be in charge of reporting on EMP implementation to NPT and the World Bank.

- In order to be effective in the implementation process, SPPMB will establish an Environmental Unit with at least an environmental staff to help with the environmental aspects of the project.

Project Implementing Agency: PTC4

- The PTC4 will be responsible for monitoring the subproject implementation, including environmental compliance of the project. PMB will have the final responsibility for ESMF implementation and environmental performance of the subproject during the operation phase.

- In order to be effective in the implementation process, PTC4 will establish an Environmental Unit with at least an environmental staff to help with the environmental aspects of the project.

Environmental Units EUs (EU) under SPPMB and PTC4

- The EUs is responsible for monitoring the implementation of WB’s environmental safeguard policies in all stages and process of the subproject. Specifically, this unit will be responsible for: i) reviewing the subproject EIAs and EMPs prepared by consultants to ensure that they follow the project ESMF and meet the government and the Bank requirements; ii) helping SPPMB and PTC4 incorporate EMPs into the detailed technical designs and civil works bidding and contractual documents; iii) helping SPPMB and PTC4 incorporate responsibilities for EMP monitoring and supervision into the TORs, bidding and contractual documents for CSC; iv) providing relevant inputs to the consultant selection process; v) reviewing reports submitted by the CSC; vi) conducting periodic site checks; vii) advising SPPMB and PTC4 on solutions to environmental issues of the project; and viii) preparing environmental performance section on the progress and review reports to be submitted to NPT, the Bank, and the local authorities if requested.

Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) and/or Field Engineer

- The CSC will be responsible for routine supervising and monitoring all construction activities and for ensuring that Contractors comply with the requirements of the contracts and the EMP. The CSC shall engage sufficient number of qualified staff (e.g. Environmental Engineers) with adequate knowledge on environmental protection and construction project management to perform the required duties and to supervise the Contractor’s performance.

- The CSC also assists SPPMB in reporting and maintaining close coordination with the local community.

- Based on the approved EMP and environmental specifications/requirements in the bidding and contractual documents, the Contractor is responsible for establishing a site-specific EMP for each construction site area, submit the plan to the SPPMB and CSC for review and approval before



Community/ agencies

Responsibilities

Contractor

commencement of construction. In addition, it is required that the Contractor get all permissions for construction (traffic control and diversion, excavation, labor safety, etc. before civil works) following current regulations.

- The contractor is required to appoint a competent individual as the contractor‘s on-site Safety and Environment Officer (SEO) who will be responsible for monitoring the contractor‘s compliance with the EMP requirements and the environmental specifications.

- Take actions to mitigate all potential negative impacts in line with the objective described in the EMP.

- Actively communicate with local residents and take actions to prevent disturbance during construction.

- Ensure that all staff and workers understand the procedure and their tasks in the environmental management program.

- Report to the SPPMB on any difficulties and their solutions.

- Report to local authority and PMB if environmental accidents occur and coordinate with agencies and keys stakeholders to resolve these issues.

Local community

- Community: According to Vietnamese practice, the community has the right and responsibility to routinely monitor environmental performance during construction to ensure that their rights and safety are adequately protected and that the mitigation measures are effectively implemented by contractors and the SPPMB. In case of unexpected problems, they will report to CSC/PMB.

Mass organizations

- These organizations could play a role as a bridge between the PPC/DPC, communities, contractors, and SPPMB by assisting in community monitoring.

- Mobilizing communities participation in the subproject, providing training to communities.

- Participating in solving environmental problems if any.

Province and District

People’s Committees (PPCs/DPCs), Provincial DONRE

- Oversee implementation of subprojects under recommendations of DONRE and SPPMB to ensure compliance of Government policy and regulations.

- DONRE is responsible for monitoring the compliance with the Government environmental requirements.

EMP Implementation Reporting Arrangements

The safeguard performance will be included in the subproject and Project progress reports. PMBs with assistance from the CSC will include safeguard performance at subproject level to PMBs periodically. Reporting on EMP implementaion by different stakeholders isdescribed in Table 7.2 below.

Table 7.2. Reporting Procedures

Report Prepared by Submitted to Frequency of Reporting

1 Contractor to the Employer PMB Once before construction commences and monthly thereafter



2 Construction Supervision consultant (CSC)

PMB Weekly and monthly

4 Community Monitoring PMB When the community has any complaint about the subproject safeguards implementation

5 PMBs NPT Six-monthly

6 NPT WB Six-monthly

PMBs’ report on environmental performance/compliance of the subproject should be included in the progress report submitted to the NPT before each project implementation support mission and must include sufficient information on: i) preparation and disclosures of environmental safeguards instruments for subprojects; ii) incorporation of new subproject EMPs in the bidding and contractual documents; iii) monitoring and supervision of EMP implementation by the contractor, the construction supervision engineer, and the PCs; iv) any challenges in safeguard implementation, solutions, and lessons learned.

8. MONITORING PROGRAM

Objectives

It is essential to design the monitoring program and monitoring frequency appropriately to be able to demonstrate both the overall performance of the subproject works as well as the short- term impact due to peak construction activities. More specifically, as the integral and critical part of the EMP, the environmental monitoring program should have the following objectives:

- Determine the actual extent of the impacts.

- Control impacts thatare generated from construction process and mentioned in the EMP.

- Check and supervise implementation of environmental protection solutions during construction based on EMP.

- Suggest mitigation measures in case of unexpected impacts.

- Suggest to the related parties to coordinate with central and local environmental organizations to solve any pending issues that might arise relating to environmental protection under the scope of the subproject.

- Assess the effect of mitigation measures in pre-construction, construction and operation stages and recommend for improvement.

The environmental monitoring program is presented in the Table 8.1 below.



Table 8.1: Monitoring program

Impact Monitored parameter

Monitored point Monitoring method

Timing/ frequency of monitoring

Responsibility Verification

A. CONSTRUCTION PHASE

Vegetation cover clearance or cutting down trees

-Clearance technique

- Disposal of cut-down trees.

- At substation area and along the transmission line

- In a centralized place for processing.

Observation -From beginning to the last moment.

-Contractor

-Construction supervising consultant

Compliance report by CSC

Rural roads in the project region

- All heavy tonnage vehicles on the local roads

- Along the roads Observation and consultation with local residents.

-Weekly basis when material is transported to the region.

- Four months.

- Contractor,



Surface water quality, sedimentation and erosion

- Not excavate while it is raining

- Surface water near the site.

Observation -During and after heavy rain

-Contractor,



Dust and air pollution

- Dust concentration in material storage area

- Cover for material during transportation process

- Areas with excavation foils and material storage

Observation -In presence of strong winds

-Contractor,



Noise level - Noise by - The substation Consultation with local

-During activities that may result in

-Contractor, Compliance report by







machinery

- Local resident response to noise from the construction process

area

- The line section running over residental area

residents high noise level; Complaints by local residents


CSC

Sanitation situation at the construction site, including the hygiene of workers’ camps

-Garbage, waste water at the construction site and workers’ tents

- If the tents have been supplied clean water and had sanitary latrines

-At construction sites and the tents

Observation -Every week, when official acceptance of work

-Contractors

-Construction monitoring consultant


Safety of workers and local presidents

- Accidents happen - At the sites, local areas

- Consult, Record the construction log of the contractor

-Contractors

-Construction monitoring consultant


B. OPERATION PHASE

Electric and Magnetic Field

Electric and Magnetic Field Intensity

At house nearest to ROW

Electro-magnetic meter

There are complaints

PTC4 -

Fire hazard due to oil leakage

Surface conditions, evidence of oil leakage

Transformer Observation Every six months PTC4 Compliance report by DONRE







Pollution due to oil leakage and hazardous materials

Level of oil leakage Transformer, pits

Around substation

Observation Every six months PTC4 Compliance report by DONRE

Noise Noise level intensity At position of households having complaints

Noise meter measuring dB(A)

If there are complaints

PTC4 Compliance report by DONRE

Impact due to waste water and domestic solid waste of operation workers

Waste collection and treatment system

At substation site

Observation

Every six months PTC4 Compliance report by DONRE

Problems of grid, accident at work during operation management

Depravation evidence of the line, sign of grid problem and accident at work

Along the line Observation

Every six months PTC4 -

ROW Clearance Types of cutting and height of trees within ROW

Clearing technique

Disposal of cut vegetation

Trees cut down within ROW

Along ROW

At disposal site

Observation Every three months or if there are complaints

PTC4 -



Table 8.5: Cost estimation for environmental monitoring

No. Item Unitcost Amount Subtotal

1 Supervisionby

Contractor

- - Includedinconstructioncost

2 Environmental supervisionofSPPMB

1man-month/project

1subproject Includedinmanagementcost

3 Environmental supervisionofPTC4

1man-month/project

1subproject Includedinoperationcost

9. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

The following content is capacity-building plan for implementing EMP:

• Electricity of Vietnam’s training program : internal training courses on how to monitor EMP in site and how to report environmental results as part of quarterly and annual subproject reports. The program also trains mitigation measures for unexpected environmental impacts which are different from forecasts mentioned in EMP

• NPT’s training program:

+ Safety training: regularly training on safety issues related to safety and the distribution network maintenance

+ Monitoring and reporting of environmental management plan for stakeholders of the Subproject's district or communes:The training will give guidance to the local stakeholders about the participation of local people during implementation of EMP.

+ Training for environmental and hazardous waste management.

Table 9.1: Proposed training courses for environmental management

No. Types of training Duration

EVN implementing

1 - Training for environmental management in site, carrying out regularly environmental reports for EVN and WB, and other related activities

- Twice a year

NPTimplementing

2 - Training for safety and substations and transmission line maintenance

- Yearly

3 - Training for Environmental management and hazardous waste management for substation and transmission line subprojects (in associate with EVN)

- Yearly

4 - Monitoring methods and implementing EMP report within TEP.

- Yearly



Table 9.2: Estimation cost for training courses

No. Training Amount (VND)

A. Construction phase

1 Yearly training courses of EVN for all affiliates

Included in operation cost of EVN.

SPPMB shall pay for living, transportation, etc. for their staffs who participate

3 people of SPPMB will participate:

3 people x 2 days x VND5,000,000/person

= VND30,000,000

2 Conference for sharing experience for preparing EMP

Included in operation cost of EVN

2 people x 2 days x VND5,000,000/person =VND20,000,000

3 Training course for EMP implement 2 people of SPPMB shall participate:

2 people x 2 days x VND5,000,000/person =VND20,000,000

Amount in construction phase VND70,000,000

B. Operation phase

4 Training course of NPT for work safety

Included in operation cost of SPPMB

8 people x 1 day x VND1,000,000/person x 20 years of subproject life = VND 160,000,000

Total amount for subproject life VND230,000,000



10. COST ESTIMATION FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION

Table 11.1 Summary of cost estimation for implementation of EMP

No. Items Implementation cost (VND)

Construction phase Operation phase

1 Cost for information dissemination

5,000,000

2 Mitigation measures Included in contract with construction contractors

Included in yearly operation cost

3 Supervision cost for environmental supervisor of SPPMB

Included in management cost of the subproject

4 Supervision cost for CSC

100,000,000

5 Supervision cost for environmental supervisor of PTC4

Included in operation cost of subthe project

6 Capacity building (training cost)

230,000,000

7 Contingency cost Included in contingency cost of approved total estimate cost for the subproject’s implementation

TOTAL 335,000,000 VND

11. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE

Public consultants are carried out by sending summary document of the subproject and organized community meetings. This summary document was described subproject’s components, resettlement policy, frequently asked questions of AHs, prevented methods for risk of shock and protect measures for the ROW, potential impacts and minimized methods, etc.

PECC3 held community meetings at People’s Committee of affected communes in Oct. 2013. Photos are presented in Annex 4 of the EMP.

Participant components who invited to the public consultation meeting consist of representatives of subproject affected households, local authorities, Fatherland Front Committee and local mass organizations (Women Union, Farmers Associations, etc.).

In the consultation meetings, representatives of the subproject owner as the consultant presented some major issues as follows:

- Introduction of the subproject and implementation schedule. - Impacts on land, houses, structures, trees; mitigation measures for land acquisition;

principles and policy of compensation; the grievance procedure. - Impacts on air quality, noise, water quality, socio-economic activities and mitigation

measures.

In the community meetings, AHs’ queries on RP will be answered and recorded by



representatives of the subproject owner; and updated in the EMP.

Table 12.1: Public consultation

No. Location/ Time/ Participants Method of

public consultation

Summary of issues discussed and opinions

1 – Location: Cultural Center in Cay Da Village, ThanhPhươc commune, Tan Uyen Dist.– Date: Oct. 13,2013

– Participants: 43 persons

Meeting Recorded environment issue - Project owners should fully implement the mitigation measures to minimize impacts on the environmental quality during construction.

- During the operation phase , the project owner must ensure thorough treatment of waste , especially hazardous waste .

- Propose the project design to ensure safety and electromagnetic fields not affect people who work on the cultivated land near the station area (or in ROW).

2 – Loction: People’s Committee of Tan Binh Ward, Di An Township

– Date: Oct. 14,2013


Meeting - Ensure implementation of environmental protection measures.

- Make sure the electromagnetic field intensity not affect people who work on the cultivated land under high-voltage lines.

3 – Loction: People’s Committee of Tan Hanh commune, Bien Hoa city

– Date: Oct. 14,2013


Meeting - The project designmust ensure full implementation of environmental protection measures .

- The project design must ensurethe electromagnetic field intensity does not cause any impact during power line operating.

4 – Loction: People’s Committee of Hoa An commune, Bien Hoa city

– Date: Oct. 15,2013


Meeting - Construction Team must not discharge the waste to the environment .

- Tidy up the ground after construction .

- Make sure the electromagnetic field intensity not affect local people

5 – Loction: People’s Committee of BuuHoa Ward, Bien Hoa city

– Date: Oct. 15,2013


Meeting - The construction materials transportedmust be covered suitably to avoid spillage.

- Arrange and organize the properly implementation schedule to avoid traffic disruption, especially section crossing Highway 1K.


6 – Loction: People’s Committee of Thai Hoa township, Tan Uyen Dist.

– Date: Oct. 26,2013

Meeting -Ensure mitigation measures are implemented by the construction units.


- Ensure the electromagnetic field intensity



No. Location/ Time/ Participants Method of

public consultation

Summary of issues discussed and opinions


not affect people living under power lines.

Disclosure of information:

The EMPwas disclosed at the offices of People’s Committees of all affected communes (Jan. 2014); and informed extensively to the local people.

The Vietnamese and English versions of the draft EMP were disclosed at the Vietnam Development Information Center (VDIC, 63 Ly Thai To St., Hanoi). English version of the draft EMPwas also disclosed in the InfoShop of the World Bank in Washington DC on January 24, 2014.The final subproject final EMP was disclosed locally at the subproject sites, at the Bank’s InfoShop, and the Vietnam Development Information Center on April 18, 2014.

Public consultation procedure in construction phase

During construction phase, CSC shall be hired to supervise not only technical issues but also implement EMP and coordinate with SPPMB to interview and collect conceptions of the local authorities, non-government organizations, APs about EMP implement of the subproject. Recorded opinion (if any) shall be sent to the Owner. After that the Owner shall coordinate with contractors to carry out EMP better or update this EMP (if necessary).



ANNEX 1: Environmental Specifications for the Contractor The environmental management requirements in construction of the subproject have been established and presented clearly in the EMP (indicate the specific section of the EMP here). The Contractor need to carefully read and fully understand all requirements included in the contractor’s bid: (Insert the name of the Civil Works Package here) of the subproject.

I. Overview

In order to avoid negative effects into the environment and local community, as well as minimizing damaging impacts to the environment during the construction and operation stages of the resettlement sites, Contractor and workers are required to observe the mitigation measures as mentioned below:

- “Environmental Management Plan for the Project…”.

- The technical specifications, procedures and the most popular practices are presented in this annex.

II. Overall requirements of Contractor for environm ental management

Contractor need, in in line with the requirements of the EMP, to include, but not limited the following responsibilities:

- Be in compliance with the current national legal regulations on environmental management.

- Work in scope of requirements in the contract and the conditions in the bidding documents.

- Assign the representative of the construction team to participate in the site inspection operations by the PMB, CSC or the DONRE as well as implement all corrective actions to overcome the environmental issues as guidance provided by the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC).

- Provide and update information for PMB about any activities, assignments that can contribute or continue to cause the significant harmful impacts into the environment.

- In case of instruction by the CSC and PMB, the Contractor must stop the construction activities that causes adverse impacts, also propose and conduct the environmental remedial actions and implementation other construction methods (if required) to minimize the negative environmental impacts.

- Establish and maintain an Environmental and Safety Unit, which consists of Construction team leader or Vice- team leader and Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) with the purpose of receiving and dealing with the complaints, objections, argument and displeased of the local community caused by the construction operation. SEO is responsible to record all of complaints, resolve methods and results into the complained register. The register need to keep at the construction office and available for review by the supervision engineer and PMB.

III. Responsibilities of Contractor in EMP implementation:

The construction Contractor has responsibility in compliance with the technical specifications of the EMP, (name of the subproject to be inserted here) and national environmental management regulations, including but not limited the following items:



i) The mitigation measures presented in relevant section of the EMP(indicate the specific section of the EMP here) and prepare budget for implementing the mitigation measures.

ii) Based on EMP, Contractor developed a detail Site Environmental Management Plan for addressing the construction related impacts. The SEMP includes the following components:

- Management Plan for worker camps.

- Management Plan of the overall construction operation.

- Plan for management and storage of construction materials (including the dangerously chemicals)

- Solid waste and waste water management plan (including construction and household waste)

- Plan for management and mitigation of noise and dust.

- Plan for management and mitigation of impacts to vegetation and wild animals.

- Plan for environmental landscape restoration

- Healthy and safety ensuring plan at the construction.

- Erosion and soil aggrandizement controlling plan.

- Safety plan during the construction stage and training for workers about environmental management and community relations.

- Rules and regulations about living activities of staffs and workers at the construction sites.

- Emergency Problem Treatment Plan.

- Management and Monitoring Plan for Report Process.

The detail measure of plan need to satisfy the following requirements: to implement the particular mitigation measures: who implement (people, team, etc), how to implement (labours, machines, equipment, etc.) and the cost. This plan shall be completed and submitted to the CSC for review and approval before start of the construction. The Contractor will:

a) ensure that at least one supervisor is available in compliance with EMP before and during the construction time.

b) ensure that all of the construction activities will be approved in document of the relevant authorities.

c) ensure that all of staff and workers understand through their process and duties.

d) be in compliance with requirements about the environmental management monitoring and reporting in EMP and inform to PMB about the difficulties and solutions.

e) Inform to the local authority and PMB in case of environmental problems and co-ordinate with the relevant institutions and stakeholders for resolving.

IV. Safety and Environmental Officer of Contractor:

Each contractor will nominate a Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) to work full-time at the construction site. Requirements for a SEO include an undergraduate degree in Environmental Major, at least 3 years of working experience in environmental management, training and monitoring at the infrastructure construction project. Additionally, SEO should have a good knowledge about Vietnamese Environmental Legal Regulations and has



participated to the labor safety and sanitation training class that organized by Department of Labour- Invalids and Social Affairs and have the labor safety and sanitation certificate.

SEO have the responsibilities for implementing and managing EMP of Contractor. Tasks of SEO will include, but not limit the following activities:

i) Training and developing environmental awareness for workers of Contractor within 2 weeks after the contractor is mobilized. The training is repeating every six months. The additional trainings will be implemented under the guidance of Environmental Supervision Engineer.

ii) Conduct the internal environmental monitoring at the site to check the construction activity implementation of contractors, equipment and implementation methods to manage the environmental pollution and evaluate the efficiency of the mitigation measures into the environmental impacts.

iii) Internal monitoring the implementation of environmental mitigation measures and in compliance of contractors with the environmental protection measures to prevent and control pollution; the committed requirements in the contract; guidelines of the contractor(s) on environmental improvement, environmental awareness and also proactive measures to prevent pollution.

iv) Conduct an investigation and propose the mitigation measures for the contractor(s) in case of incompliance/ infringe the EMP; monitoring and implementing the environmental mitigation measures.

v) Evaluate the success of the EMP implementation to estimate effectively the cost and adequacy of the implemented mitigation measures.

vi) Survey after receiving the complaint, thence evaluate and select the corrective actions.

vii) Conduct the additional monitoring activities, based on the concrete guidelines of the monitoring engineer and/ or PMB; and

viii) Contact and implement all activities under the co-ordination or guidance of the Contractor Leader, Environmental Supervision Engineer, Supervision Engineer, PMB, representatives of the provincial environmental management offices, local authority about all of environmental problems if necessary.

ix) Establish the regularly reports for the environmental implementation of the civil works package.

x) All of the internal monitoring as well as other activities of SEO should be documented and updated frequently in the environmental implementation monitoring diary of Contractor. This diary is used for normally checking by the CSC to evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation and the work of SEO.

V. Monitoring the environmental implementation of Contractor:

The PMB will sign a contract with the Consultant to carry out the task of CSC. The CSC will apply the environmental and monitoring activities of the package as indicated in Appendix 2. The environmental monitoring engineer of construction/execution monitoring Consultant is responsible to monitor daily the implementation of measures, in order to minimize environmental impact and safety of the Contractor. The construction monitoring Consultant will carry out the following main tasks:



� Before the construction stage, make sure that all of the compensation process for land, works on land and relocation and/ or recovery/ donation of land as well as the clearance of landmines and UXO have been completed.

� Review and approve the SEMP for implementing the EMP by Contractor before the construction operation.

� During the construction process, monitoring closely the compliance with implementing of the environmental and safety mitigation measures.

� Confirm the compliance with the EMP of Contractor and check any negative effect or damage caused by the contractor. If necessary, establish a request statement for contractor to compensate/ restore the construction site, as provided in the contract. The implementation of environmental management issues of the Contractor shall be mentioned in the progress report of the sub-projects.

VI. Compliance Framework:

a) The contractors are not allowed to implement the construction activities, including preparation of construction within the project scope in advance the detail SEMP for implementation of the EMP are reviewed and approved by the construction supervision consultant and environmental official of the Client.

b) The PMB is mandatory to ensure that the Contractor in compliance with the contract provision including compliance with EMP and the detail implementation plan of EMP. In case of incompliance with EMP, Client will require the Contractor to bring out the suitable measures.

c) In order to ensure in compliance with the environmental standards of the subproject, PMB is allowed to hire the third party to solve the problems in case the Contractor could not implement the remedies on time, leading to the negative effects into the environment, as follow:

- For small infringements (such as minor impact/ damage, temporary and repairable), PMB or the representative of PMB (the CSC) will notify the Contractor to correct the problems as required in the EMP within 48 hours after receiving the official report. If the mistakes are satisfactorily repaired during that time, no more action should be undertaken. Supervision consultants have the right to extend more 24 hours in the limited time for recovery, under the conditions that the Contractor has implemented activities but not completed the prescribed time, due to irresistible conditions that mentioned in the contract.

- For major violations, it is required about 72 hours for repairing, the PMB through the CSC will announce the violation and require the Contractor to rectify the problems within the prescribed time by their budget. If the Contractor fails to complete corrective work according to the specified time, they will be punished by financial punishment (cost punishment is calculated by the cost of remedying damage)

- According to the evaluation of the CSC, if the Contractor fails to resolve the problems in environmental management or the contractor conduct reparing unsatisfactorily within the specified period of time (48 hours or 72 hours), the investors have the capacity to arrange for another contractor (third-party) to implement the suitable measures and deduct money for this task from the contract with the contractor in the next payment.



ANNEX 2: TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) General

In order to prevent harm and nuisances on local communities, and to minimize the impacts on the environment during the construction of the civil works under this subproject Environmental Code of Practices (ECOPs) and subproject EMP have been prepared and should be adhered to the Contractors and his employee.

The Construction Supervision Consultant is to provide professional technical services (“the Services”) to help ensure effective implementation of the ECOP and subproject EMPs.

Scope of Services:

The general services to be provided by the CSC are to inspect, monitor the construction activities to ensure that mitigation measures adopted in the ECOPs/EMP are properly implemented, and that the negative environmental impacts of the subproject are minimized.

On behalf of the Project Management Board (SPMB), the CSC will conduct the following tasks:

- Conduct regular site inspections;

- Review the status of implementation of environmental protection measures against the EMP and contract documents;

- Review the effectiveness of environmental mitigation measures and subproject environmental performance;

- As needed, review the environmental acceptability of the construction methodology (both temporary and permanent works), relevant design plans and submissions. Where necessary, the CSC shall seek and recommend the least environmental impact alternative in consultation with the designer, the Contractor(s), and SPMB;

- Verify the investigation results of any non-compliance of the environmental quality performance and the effectiveness of corrective measures; and

- Review and approve Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) to be prepared by contractor before the commencement of the construction;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to take remedial actions within a specified timeframe, and carry out additional monitoring, if required, according to the contractual requirements and procedures in the event of non-compliances or complaints;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to take actions to reduce impacts and follow the required EMP procedures in case of non-compliance / discrepancies identified;

- Instruct the Contractor(s) to stop activities which generate adverse impacts, and/or when the Contractor(s) fails to implement the EMP requirements / remedial actions.

- For contracts that Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) are required, the CSC shall provide the final review and recommend clearance of all Site Environmental plans which may affect the environment. These include, but are not limited to: dredging areas, borrow pits and disposal sites, worker’s camp plans. The CSC will review and approve the SEMP presented by the Contractors. Where these plans are found not to comply with the EMP, EIA or RP, the CSC shall work with the SPPMBand Contractor to establish a suitable measure or remediation.

- Addressing Complaints: Complaints will be received by the Contractor’s Site Office from local residents with regard to environmental infractions such as noise, dust,



traffic safety, etc. The Contractor’s Chief Engineer or his deputy, and the CSC shall be responsible for processing, addressing or reaching solutions for complaints brought to them. The CSC shall be provided with a copy of these complaints and shall confirm that they are properly addressed by the Contractors in the same manner as incidents identified during site inspections.

- Certification for Monthly Payments: The CSC shall confirm the monthly payments for environmentally related activities implemented by the Contractor.

- Reporting: the CSC shall prepare the following written reports:

o Bi-weekly report of non-compliance issues

o Summary monthly report covering key issues and findings from reviewing and supervision activities

o At the end of the subproject the CSC shall prepare a final report summarizing the key findings from their work, the number of infringements, resolutions, etc. as well as advice and guidance for how such assignments should be conducted in the future.



ANNEX 3: OUTLINE OF SUBPROJECT LOCATION

Transmission Efficiency Project, Subproject


Photo of socio-economic survey

Photo of meeting at ThanhPhuoc commune

Photo of meeting at Thai Hoa township

Subproject: “Tan Uyen 500kV SS and connection lines”


ANNEX 4: PHOTOS

economic survey House in ROW of the connection line

Photo of meeting at ThanhPhuoc Photo of meeting at ThanhPhuoc

commune

Photo of meeting at Thai Hoa township Photo of meeting at Thai Hoa township

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House in ROW of the connection line

Photo of meeting at ThanhPhuoc

commune

Photo of meeting at Thai Hoa township

national power transmission corporation

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