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VIETNAM ELECTRICITY

TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER COMPANY LIMITED

TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER PROJECT

ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT PLAN (Draft)

INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION OF

RESETTLEMENTS

TRUNG SON HYDROPOWER PROJECT

Prepared by:

Thang Long Infrastructure Development JSC. (Infra-Thanglong)

Ha Noi, July 2013

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CONTENT

1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5

1.1 Background 5

1.2 EMP Purposes and Scope 6

2. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7

2.1 Resettlement sites 7

2.2 Architectural Solutions 21

2.3 Progress of subproject 23

3. LEGISLATION BASIS 25

3.1 Vietnamese Legislation 25

3.2 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank 26

4. THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 27

5. THE MITIGATION MEASURES 39

6. THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS 47

7. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING PLAN 48

7.1 The monitoring plan in compliance with the mitigation measures 48

7.2 The environmental quality monitoring 51

8. EMP IMPLEMENTATION 53

9. REPORTING SYSTEM 55

10. CAPACITY BUILDING 56

11. ESTIMATED COST FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION 56

12. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 58

13. REFERENCES 59

14. ANNEX 59

14.1 Annex 1 – Location of disposal sites 60

14.2 Annex 2 - Minutes of community consultation 63

14.3 Annex 3 – TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) 64

14.4 Annex 4 – Environmental Responsibilities of Contractor 66

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LIST of TABLE

Table 1: Summary of impacts ................................................................................................................................ 27

Table 2: Environmental mitigation measure .......................................................................................................... 39

Table 3 : Chance finding procedure and emergency action plan ........................................................................... 47

Table 4: The mornitoring plan ............................................................................................................................... 48

Table 5 : The environmental sampling program .................................................................................................... 52

Table 6: The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders in the EMP implementation progress ........................ 54

Table 7: Requirement of mornitoring report ......................................................................................................... 55

Table 8: Propsed training program on EMP .......................................................................................................... 56

Table 9: Estimated cost for EMP implementation ................................................................................................. 56

LIST of FIGURE

Figure 1 – Map of Resettlement Communes ........................................................................................................... 8

Figure 2 – Resettlement site No. 1 ........................................................................................................................ 11

Figure 3– Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 1 ............................................................................. 12

Figure 4 – Resettlement site No. 2&3 ................................................................................................................... 15

Figure 5 – Some existing photos of the resettlement sites No. 2 &3 ..................................................................... 16

Figure 6 – Plan of Resettlement Site No. 4 ........................................................................................................... 18

Figure 7 –Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 4 ............................................................................. 20

Figure 8 – Report and monitoring outline for EMP implementation ..................................................................... 53

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ABBREVIATIONS

DONRE Department of Natural Resource and Environment

EPC Environmental Protection Commitment

EMP Environment Management Plan

EVN Vietnam Electricity

FS Feasibility Study

RCC Roller Compacted Concrete

TORs Terms of References

UXO Unexploded ordnance

WB the World Bank

PMU Project Management Unit

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1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

Trung Son Hydropower project shall be built on Ma river, in territory of Trung Son

commune, Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province with an installed capacity of 260MW and a

mean annual electricity of 1018.6GWh, which is a multi-purpose project providing power

generation and flood control benefits. Proposed dam is about 40km from Lao PDR

downstream, reservoir tail is about 10Km from the border. A roller compacted concrete

(RCC) dam is 84.5 m in height with 513 m crest length. Full supply level is 160m. Total

capacity of the reservoir is 348.50 million m3. Flood Control storage is 112 million m

3. The

reservoir covering an area of 13.175Km2 will inundate a mixture of forest and agricultural

land.

Total estimated cost is US$ 386 million, of which there is an estimation of US$2.9 million

for environment managing tasks (except for the tackled requirements which the bidders must

follow) and US$35.1 million for compensation, resettlement and livelihood restoration for

affected people. EVN has officially applied for a WB loan of USD330 million from IBRD.

At present estimation, there is a total of about 10,591 people belonging to 2,327

households to be affected by the project as a whole. About 533 households shall be displaced.

Of those, it is estimated that about 1,945 people of 486 households shall be affected by

construction of access road, 7,012 people of 1,516 households shall be affected by

construction of main dam and dam associated structures, reservoir, and reservoir upstream

and downstream impacts.

Households to be displaced due to the project impacts shall relocate to 4 planned

resettlement sites. Resettlement site No.1 – to be built in Trung Son commune, Quan Hoa

district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement site No.2 - to be built in Muong Ly and Tam

Chung communes, Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement Site No.3 – to be

built in Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province; Resettlement Site No.4

– to be built in Tan Xuan commune, Moc Chau district, Son La province. The Basic Design of

such resettlement sites have been developed and approved by the Client. It is expected that

after the completion of the detailed design, the construction period of resettlement sites is 12

months.

An environmental screening was undertaken in line with the World Bank safeguards policy

requirements and it showed that the World Bank’s policies on Environmental Assessment –

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Procedure/ Regulations (OP/BP 4.01), Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04), Involuntary

Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) and Policy on Access to Information are triggered for the

subproject. The implementation of the subproject would cause both negative and positive

impacts to the subproject area. The negative impacts will occur during pre-construction,

construction, and operation. However, these impacts are not significant, temporary, localized,

and can be mitigated with available mitigation measures. The positive impacts will occur

mostly during operation. Positive impacts will likely be significant and positive due to their

long term nature at both the local and regional level. Therefore, the subproject is assessed as

B environmental category.

The Government’s regulation on environmental assessment requires submission of an

Environmental Protection Commitment (EPC) for the subproject. Three EPC reports were

prepared and submitted to the District People’s Committees of Quan Hoa, Muong Lat and

Moc Chau in April 2013. The EPC report for Resettlement Site No.1 was approved by the

People’s Committees of Quan Hoa District under Decision No.233/UBND-TNMT dated

27/05/2013. The EPC report for Resettlement Site No.2 & 3 was approved by the People’s

Committees of Muong Lat District under Decision No.305/UBND-TNMT dated 22/05/2013.

Regarding to resettlement site No.4 located in buffer zone of Xuan Nha natural reserved area,

environmental and ecological impacts generated from the land-use’s purpose changing and

resettlement construction will be detailedly analyzed in an independent EIA prepared by

another consultant. This report will be submitted to and approved by Appraisal Council of

MONRE (as stipulated in Environmental Protection Law of GoV). Consulting firm for this

assignment is being selected and the draft of report is intended to be completed by December,

2013. In addition to fulfilling the government requirements, an Environmental Management

Plan (EMP) that complies with the World Bank OP 4.01 needs to be prepared for this

subproject.

1.2 EMP Purposes and Scope

Main purposes of EMP:

(i) Present the mitigation measures to minimize the potential impacts generated during the

phases of a project.

(ii) Develop the environmental monitoring programs in order to control and evaluate the

efficiency of the mitigation measures;

(iii) Estimated cost to implement EMP.

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EMP will also be in compliance with the Environmental Management Framework of the

Trung Son Project, which is included in Annex K of the EMP of Trung Son hydropower

project.

Scope of EMP:

This EMP is used to address impacts and mitigation measures to be implemented during

the pre-construction, construction, and operation phases of the resettlement sites, including

work items as follows:

(i) Ground leveling;

(ii) House construction;

(iii) Construction of public works: Community house, Kindergartens, Primary school and

houses for teachers; health care centre;

(iv) Construction of internal roads, suspension bridge, ferry;

(v) Construction of water supply system;

(vi) Construction of electricity system;

(vii) Construction of irrigation system;

(viii) Land reclamation.

2. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 Resettlement sites

Resettlement and Cultivation Areas No. 1, 2, 3 & 4 located in Trung Son commune of

Quan Hoa district and Trung Ly, Tam Chung and Muong Ly communes of Muong Lat

district, Thanh Hoa province and in Tan Xuan commune of Moc Chau district, Son La

province (see Figure 1 below).

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Figure 1 – Map of Resettlement Communes

MA RIVER

DAMS

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Resettlement site No. 1:

* Geographical coordinate

- Latitude: from20° 34' 52" to 20° 39' 01" North

- Longitude: from 104° 49' 24" to 104° 52' 10" East

* Geographical location

The resettlement site No.1 is bounded by Son La province to the North and West, by sub-area

No.14 and No.03 of Trung Son commune to the South and East.

The Resettlement site No. 1 is constructed for settlement of 235 relocated households

(including 27 spared land blocks for further demand up to 2014). As planned, the ground

leveling will be implemented for only 208 households in 5 resettlement points as follows:

- Co Pung village: 48 households;

- Pa Pua village: 29 households;

- Pom Chon village: 55 households;

- Keo Dam village: 44 households;

- To Xuoc village: 32 households;

Co Pung resettlement point: With an area of 5.98ha, this point is about 1km from the

existing Ta Ban village to the Northwest. Investment construction items in Co Pung

resettlement point include 48 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten

with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers and

associated infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity.

Pa Pua resettlement point: With an area of 3.04ha, this point is about 0.5km from the

existing Ta Ban village to the Northwest. Investment construction items in Pa Pua

resettlement point includes 29 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, and other

associated infrastructures system. Requirement for social service is provided by new one

constructed in Co Pung resettlement point.

Keo Dam resettlement point: With an area of 4.73ha, this point is about 01km from the

existing Ta Ban village to the Southwest. Investment construction items in Keo Dam


with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 03 single rooms for teachers, and

associated infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity.

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Pom Chon resettlement point: With an area of 7.19ha, this point is located on the hill top,

surrounded by Quanh stream and Ma river, about 1km from Pom Chon resettlement point to

the South. Investment construction items in Pom Chon resettlement point includes 55 houses,

01 community house of 60m2 and associated infrastructure system. Social services is provided

by new one system constructed in Keo Dam resettlement point.

To Xuoc resettlement site: With an area of 3.28ha, this point is about 1km from existing

Xuoc village to the Southwest. To Xuoc resettlement point includes 32 houses, 01 community

house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 01 classroom, 01 primary school with 02 classrooms,

and infrastructure system of internal road, water supply and electricity.

All the resettlement points are connected to the West Road of Thanh Hoa Province- a

provincial road of western districts, which is under construction and completed by 2014 (see

the details in Figure 2).

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Figure 2 – Location of Resettlement site No. 1

West Thanh Hoa Road

Quanh Stream

Resettlement points

pppoint

Ma River

West Thanh Hoa Road

Quanh Stream

Resettlement points

pppoint

Ma River

West Thanh Hoa Road

Quanh Stream

Resettlement points

pppoint

Ma River

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Figure 3– Some existing photos of the resettlement site No. 1

The existing condition of land use in the

resettlement sites

Bamboo, cassava in the resettlement sites

The existing road with high slope

The existing section of West Road not

constructed

Ta Ban Stream

Quanh Stream

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- Latitude: 20° 32' 14" to 20° 34' 32" North

- Longitude: 104° 45' 39" to 104° 47' 13" East


The resettlement site No.2 is bounded by Son La province to the North, by Ma river to the

South and on the East and the West by Muong Ly commune

The Resettlement site No. 2 is planned for 112 households (including 12 standby land

blocks for development by 2014. As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for

100 households in 03 resettlement points as follows:

- Nang village: 54 households;

- Tai Chanh village: 35 households;

- Lat village: 11 households;

Nang village resettlement point: With an area of 6.23ha, this point is about 1.5km from

the existing Nang village to the higher position. Nang village resettlement point includes 54

houses, 01 comunity house of 100m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school

with 8 classrooms, 04 rooms for teachers, 01 health care centre, water supply and electricity

system.

Tai Chanh village resettlement point: With an area of 3.69ha, this point is about 200m

from the former Tai Chanh village. Tai Chanh village resettlement point includes 35 houses,

01 comunity house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03

classrooms, 02 rooms for teachers, water supply and electricity system.

Lat village resettlement point: With an area of 1.43ha, this point is about 200m from the

former Lat village. Lat village resettlement point includes 11 houses, 01 new health care

centre, water supply and electricity system.

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- Latitude: 20° 31' 07" to 20° 32' 27" North

- Longitude: 104° 45' 54" to 104° 47' 13" East


The resettlement site No.3 is bounded by Sub-are No. 58 and 55 of Trung Ly commune to

the South and the East and on the West by sub-area No. 66 of Trung Ly commune, Muong

Lat distrist.

The Resettlement site No. 3 is planned for 41 households (including 6 standby land blocks

for development by 2014. As planned, the ground leveling will be implemented for 35

households in 02 resettlement points as follows:

- Lin village: 19 households;

- To Chieng village: 16 households;

Lin village resettlement point: With an area of 2.9ha, this point is about 1.5km from the

existing Lin village. Lin village resettlement point includes 21 houses, 01 community house

of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02

rooms for teachers and water supply and electricity system,.

To Chieng village resettlement site: With an area of 1.44ha, this point is about 1km from

the existing To Chieng village. To Chieng resettlement point includes 19 houses, and other

social infrastructures to be shared with Lin resettlement point.

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Figure 4 – Resettlement site No. 2&3

Resettlement sites

West Thanh Hoa Road Ma river

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Figure 5 – Some existing photos of the resettlement sites No. 2 &3

The existing condition of land use in the

resettlement sites

Bamboo, cassava in the resettlement sites

Some locations with low density of

vegetation cover ( resettlement site No.2)

Existing school in Ban Nang Village

Medical Station- Ban Nang village Existing market of Ban Nang village

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Resettlement site No.4:

* Geographical coordinate:

- Latitude: 20° 39' 0" North

- Longitude: 104° 39' 14" East


The resettlement site No.4 is bounded to the North by Xuan Nha commune, Moc Chau

distrist, Son La province and by Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat distrist, Thanh Hoa

province to the South, by Trung Son commune to the East and to the West by Chieng Xuan

commune, Moc Chau distrist, Son La province.

The Resettlement site No. 4 is constructed for settlement of 186 relocated households

(including 16 spared land blocks for futher demand up to 2014), As planned, the ground

leveling will be implemented for 170 households at 03 resettlement points as follows:

- Tham Ton: 50 households;

- Pom Hien - Suoi Non 1: 68 households;

- Pom Hien - Suoi Non 2: 68 households;

Tham Ton resettlement point: With an area of 9ha, this resettlement point is located on the

right side of Tan Xuan road connecting Xuan Nha commune to Tan Xuan commune.

Invesment construction items in Tham Ton resettlement point include 50 family houses, 01

community house of 100m2, 01 kindergarten with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03

classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers and associated water supply and electricity and

internal road system.

Pom Hien - Suoi Non #1 resettlement point: With an area of 18.9ha, this point is located

in Dong Ta Lao village. Investment construction items in Pom Hien - Suoi Non #1


with 02 classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 classrooms, 02 single rooms for teachers, and

assoicated water supply and electricity and internal road system.

Pom Hien - Suoi Non #2 resettlement point: With an area of 13.5ha, this point is located

in Tay Ta Lao village. Investment construction items in Pom Hien - Suoi Non #2 resettlement

point include 68 family houses, 01 community house of 60m2, 01 kindergarten with 02

classrooms, 01 primary school with 03 lassrooms, 04 single rooms for teachers and associated

water supply and electricity and internal road system.

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Figure 6 – Plan of Resettlement Site No.

Resettlement poits

The planned reservoir bottom

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Figure 7 –Some photos on existing condition of the resettlement site No. 4

The existing Tan Xuan road

Existing condition of Tham Ton resettlement

site

Existing vegetation coverage in defined

position of Pom Hiến – Non #2 Stream

The existing land use in Pom Hien- Non #1

Stream resettlement sites

The existing roads

Ta Lao Stream

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2.2 Architectural Solutions

Residential land: the land blocks are arranged along the internal road. Each land block

contains an area of 700m2, including 250 – 300 m2 of ground leveled for house construction

and remains for garden land. Totally, there are 342 land blocks for relocated households

allocated to resettlement sites No. 01, 02 and 03) and 202 land blocks allocated to

resettlement site No. 04. Additionally, 61 spared land blocks are also prepared for future

demands up to 2014.

Living houses: Stilt house and one-floor house

modes are designed availably to selection of

relocated people. House is separated into two parts:

(i) The main space with living room and bedroom;

(ii) The auxiliary space is arranged to one side of

house with one separated entrance. The total area of

house alternatively is 25m² or 45m² or 65 m²

deepened on number of member of relocated

household.

Community house: The selected design is a

large stilt house with an auxiliary room under the

main floor.

Kindergartens: One shared space is arranged to

two ages of child. Classroom contains (i) A room

for kid activities, one dining room and one

bedroom; (ii) The auxiliary space with corridors

and one multi-purpose spare room and toilet and

kitchen.

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Primary classrooms: An one-floor classroom is

designed with three separated rooms and associated

windows and doors (see picture).

Single room for teachers: One-foor mode is

designed close to schools. Each house contains

separated spaces included living room, bed room,

kitchen and toilet.

Health care centre: Functional areas is designed including (i) Emergency room; (ii) surgery

room; (iii) Patient room; (iv) Warehouse; (v) Management room.

Internal road, suspension bridge and ferry: The internal road system connected the

resettlement points to the external road is designed as the Grade-B Standards for rural road

with the total length of 7.69 km for resettlement sites No. 1, 2 &3 and 14.54 km for

resettlement site No. 4.

Suspension bridge is designed with the length of 111m and width of 2.5m and access road

in accordance with the standard for Grade B. Ferry is designed with the width of 3.5m and

working water level varied from 150m to 160m. These two construction items is only

prepared for resettlement point Suoi Non #1 (Resettlement site No 4).

Water supply system: In each resettlement points, the water from targeted streams is

conveyed to the centralized filter tank with capacity of 17m3/h. Treated water is delivered by

D34-D42 steel pipes along internal road's sides to 2m3 water tank of each household by PVC

D27 plastic pipes.

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2.3 Progress of subproject

Subproject is divided to 08 packages with budgets and progress below:

No. Code of

package

Name of package Budget

(million

VNĐ)

Bidding

time

Constructi

on time

2013 2014 2015

10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3

1 W-RE-01 Construction of resettlement site No.1

Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province

(ground leveling, internal road, public

house and living house)

55,704 4th Quarter

2013

12 months

2 W-RE-02 Construction of resettlement site No.2 & 3

Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province



36,577 1st Quarter

2014

12 months

3 W-RE-20 Construction of resettlement site No.4

Moc Chau district, Son La province



102,823 3rd Quarter

2013

12 months

4 W-RE-04 Construction of water supply system for

resettlement sites No.1, 2 & 3 Thanh Hoa

33,009 4th Quarter

2013

08 months

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No. Code of

package

Name of package Budget

(million

VNĐ)

Bidding

time

Constructi

on time

2013 2014 2015

10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3

province

5 W-RE-21 Construction of water supply system for

resettlement site No.4 Son La province

17,639 3rd Quarter

2013

08 months

6 W-RE-03 Construction of 35/0.4KV power line and

substation and 0.4KV power line

38,066 3rd Quarter

2013

08 months

7 W-RE-05 Reclamation for agricultural cultivation

in Thanh Hoa province

3,263 1st Quarter

2014

12 months

8 W-RE-06 Reclamation for agricultural cultivation

in Son La province

1,430 3rd Quarter

2013

12 months

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3. LEGISLATION BASIS

The EMP is prepared in compliance with the environmental regulation of GoV and the

environmental safeguard policy of the WB.

3.1 Vietnamese Legislation

o The Law on Environmental Protection approved by the National Assembly of the

Socialist Republic of Vietnam dated 29th November, 2005;

o Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated 18th April, 2011 of the Government on strategic

environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental

protection commitment;

o Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 18th July, 2011 of the Ministry of Natural

Resources and Environment, detailing a number of articles of the Government's

Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP dated 18th April, 2011 on strategic environmental

assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection

commitment;

o Decree No. 149/2004/NĐ-CP dated 27th July, 2004 of the Government on granting

license for water source utilization and operation, and use of water sources, discharge

of water into water sources;

o Decision No. 233/QĐ-TTg dated 18th October 2006 by Prime Minister approved the

National Program for the Protection of Labor, labor safety, labor hygiene in 2010.

Table 2.1: Vietnamese regulations on environmental

NO NAME OF REGULATION Code

1 Land quality – National technical regulation on the allowable

limits of heavy metals in the soils

QCVN 03:2008

2 Land quality – National technical regulation on the pesticide

residues in the soils

QCVN 15:2008

3 National technical regulation on domestic water quality QCVN 14:2009

4 Water quality - National technical regulation on surface water

quality

QCVN 08:2008

5 Water quality - National technical regulation on underground

water quality

QCVN 09:2008

6 National technical regulation on Industrial Wastewater QCVN 41:2011

7 Acoustic – National technical regulation on noise QCVN 26:2010

8 National technical regulation on Vibration QCVN 27:2010

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NO NAME OF REGULATION Code

9 Air quality – National technical regulation on ambient air

quality

QCVN 05:2009

10 Air quality - National technical regulation on hazardous

substances in ambient air

QCVN 06:2009

11 Air quality - National Technical Regulation on Industrial

Emission of Inorganic Substances and Dusts

QCVN 19:2009

12 Air quality - National Technical Regulation on Industrial

Emission of Organic Substances

QCVN 20:2009

13 National technical regulation on the emission of health care

solid waste incinerators

QCVN 02:2008

14 Radiation safety-Basic signal related to ionization radiation TCVN 7468:2005

15 Requirement to set up radiation immunity areas TCVN 7515:2005

16 Guidance on radiation immunity areas TCVN 7516:2005

17 Definition of status of radiation TCVN 7517:2005

3.2 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank

The Bank Operation Policy (OP) and Bank Procedure (BP):

Environmental Assessment – Procedure/ Regulations (OP/BP 4.01)

Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04)

Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12)

Policy on Access to Information.

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4. THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the

environment, together consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. To identify and evaluate the impacts of any one project, there are

various methods commonly used for environmental impact assessment such as checklist method; matrix method; and cost-benefit analysis method.

In this part of report, the checklist method is applied which is widely used and generally sufficient for small-scale projects having Category B

classification. The construction of the subproject will mainly caused impacts on land acquisition, increased levels of dust, air pollution, and wastes.

However, these impacts are not significant, temporary and localized and can reduce by mitigation measures.

Table 1: Summary of impacts

No. Impacts Manigtude Duration Description of impact Impacts

assessment

Pre-construction stage

1 Land

acquisition

Medium Permanent As master plan, total area of resettlement sites is 4,357ha (see table). Of which, area for construction

of infrastructure and houses is 81.31 ha (1.86%), the land reclamation for agricultural cultivation is

140.04 ha (3.21%). Existing forest area assigned to household management is 4,135.65 ha

(94.93%).

The affected vegetation is mainly planted bamboos, distributed in Co Pung, Pa Pua, Pom Chon, Keo

Resettlement site Affected area (ha)

Site No.1 837.5

Site No.2&3 780.5

Site No.4 2,739

Total 4,357

Medium

and

mitigable

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assessment

Dam points (Resettlement No. 1), Nang village point (site No.2), Tai Chanh, Lin villages (site No.3)

and Suoi Non (site No.4). Other areas are predominantly uncultivated land with shrubs and grasses.

2 Impact on

Subproject

affected

household

Medium Permanent The resettlement sites are constructed in agricultural and planted forest land. There is not any

household needs to be relocated and no resettlement is required. Number of affected households is

357. Compensation plan will be prepared and implemented by the project owner.

Resettlement site Numbers of affected households

Site No.1 126

Site No.2&3 123

Site No.4 108

Total 357

Medium

3 Accident

related to

UXO

None None Mine clearance was completed at all resettlement sites by Company No36 - Ministry of Defence

(through contract No 03/2013/HĐKT-TĐTS and No 04/2013/HĐKT-TĐTS);

None

4 Impact on

historical

and cultural

properties

None None The resettlement sites are selected to avoid crossing any historical and cultural properties such as

pagodas, churches. No cultural and historical site is affected by the sub-project. During soil

excavation, if there will be found any underground historical or cultural valuable object, the

contractor shall follow “Chance Find Procedures”

None

Construction stage

5 Loss of

vegetation

Medium Permanent The construction activities potentially created impact on vegetation coverage include site clearance

for agricultural cultivation (about 140 ha) and ground leveling for resettlement construction (81 ha).

Medium

and

mitigable

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assessment

coverage

Resettlement site

Residential and infrastructural

area (ha) Land Reclamation Area (ha)

Site 1 24.22 13.86

Site 2&3 15.69 19.89

Site 4 41.4 106.29

Total 81.31 140.04

Affected vegetation is mainly planted bamboos and cassava, which have economic value rather than

ecological one. Normally, life cycle of bamboo from growing to cultivated time is about five years.

The newly developed areas are also used for bamboo planting and/or agricultural cultivation that

helps to compensate the loss of green coverage in each project area.

6 Threats to

flora and

fauna

minor temporary All resettlements sites are located in uncultivated land and/or planted forest (mainly bamboo) with

low bio-diversity but high vegetation coverage. Through community survey, there is only some

popular animals such as bird, rodent and reptiles that can be found in these areas. There is not any

sign of endangered species. Moreover, daily activities of local people such as transportation,

agricultural cultivation, bamboo planting and even hunting prohibit the widespread of these animals.

However, the construction activities such as site clearance, ground leveling and noise from

construction equipment and vehicles and the operation of worker’s camps can generate impacts to

the local habitats. The impact mainly happens in the beginning time of construction (about 3 months

from commencement) and needs to have suitable mitigation measures.

Minor

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7 Dust Medium temporary Dust mainly sourced from (i) construction site and (ii) routes of transporting construction materials

(cement, sand, stone, steel, brick, etc.) and excavated soil and construction waste to disposal sites.

Most of the resettlement sites are separated to the existing residential areas with distance varied

from 1km to 3km. The existing green coverage is quite good. Dust mainly generates during the

ground leveling and road construction (about 3 months) and significantly reduces during house

construction.

For the transportation routes, based on assessment of construction material demand, the number of

truck mobilized is estimated as follow:

Resettlement site Material waste (basic design) Number of truck Time

Site No.1 9,900 tons 2-10 trucks/ day 12 months




With just around ten vehicle/truck predominantly operated in the first 3 months of construction

stage, the impact is evaluated as minor, temporary and mitigated by contractor’s measures.

However, 03 positions including Nang village and Tai Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao

village (Site No.4) located on road sides are directly exposed to dust and needs to have effective

mitigation measures.

There is no new quarry and borrow pit required to be opened. All construction material will be

provided by local suppliers and/or from existing quarries/borrow pits that newly opened for the

medium

and

mitigable

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Trung Son main project. All these quarries/borrow pits have to be licensed and strictly managed by

local authorities.

8 Noise and

Vibration

Medium Temporary Noise and vibration are mainly generated from the ground leveling, road construction and material

transportation.

All resettlement sites are quite isolated to existing residential areas. With only a few vehicles

operated daily, the impact is evaluated as minor, temporary and mitigated by contractor’s measures.

However, there are 02 sensitive points located along the transportation route including Tai Chanh

Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao Junior School (Site No.4). Suitable mitigation measures are

required to be applied.

medium

and

mitigable

9 Erosion/lan

dslide

Minor Temporary Construction activities such as ground leveling on hill’s slope can create risk of landslide and/or

erosion, especially in rainy season; There are some key factors related to landslide/erosion

assessment, included:

Geological Characteristics:

Resettlement No.1 located on edQ layer with thickness varied from 0,5 to 3m strongly

weathered soil thickness >3m strongly weathered rock. Slope is greater than 25% and

groundwater is quite limited and stable geology .

Resettlement site No.2&3 located in granite stone and hard granite biotit. The slope is

higher than 25% and there is no sign of shallow groundwater presented.

Resettlement site No.4 located on the silt layer of high organic matter with thickness varied

from 0.3 to 0.5m and followed by layer of clay and limestone which are highly resistant to

water penetration.

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Climatic Characteristics

The rainy season usually begins from May to September. The rainfall is uneven with

monthly average rainfall is around 133mm;

Regarding to the resettlement site No.4, heavy rain occur from April to September with

monthly average rainfall is a little higher than other areas (around 200mm/month);

As natural condition of stable geological foundation and high vegetation coverage as well as

medium rainfall associated with the suitable design as GoV standard, impact related to

landslide/erosion is minor and mitigable.

10 Surface

water

pollution

Medium Temporary Pollution from construction sites

Run-off water from construction sites and/or waste water from worker camps possibly create impact

to the surrounding water sources (see in table below). The worker’s camps at one resettlement

points with around 30 people will be located close to construction site with minimum distance to the

water sources of 100m. With such a distance, solid waste and waste water still have chance to

entering into water bodies and have to be managed sufficiently.

Location Stream Name (width) Distance to the

construction site

Xuoc Village

(Site No. 1)

Unknown creek (<1m) Run through the

construction site

Nang Village

(Site No.2)

Nang Stream (6-8m) About 200m

Medium

and

mitigable

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Ta Lao Village

(Site No.4)

Tà Lào Stream (6-8m)

Creek at Tà Lào Village(<1m)

About 100m

About 150m

Regarding to construction of resettlement site No.4, the suspension bridge and ferry are constructed

over the Quanh Stream with the width varied from 15 to 20m). This water of stream is quite

abundant and at good quality. The bridge abatement is build on land and there is no construction

activities conducted in the stream. The scope of work for ferry construction is also small. The

impact on water quality is evaluated as minor.

Pollution from material transportation routes

Most of the transportation routes such as West Road and Co Luong road located far from all water

sources. There is only one internal road of Nang village (resettlement site No.2) crossed Nang

stream at the connection point of Nang and Tai Chanh Village with no bridge and dam. Existing

stream has a high flow (with width of 6m) and good water quality and mainly used for irrigation

purpose. As estimated, about 02 to 05 vehicles are daily operated during construction. Chance for

material from transported vehicles dropping into stream is quite limited but still required to be

managed properly.

11 Solid waste

generated

Medium Temporary The estimate of excavated soil volume from ground leveling is presented as table below:

Location The estimated excavated soil (m3)

Resettlement Site No.1 34,876



Medium

and

mitigable

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Total 194,914

Design consultant, PMU and local authority have worked together to define suitable areas which

have average transportation distance of less than 1km and sufficient storing capacity. These disposal

sites can be used for agricultural cultivation after project completed. Some high slope position are

built stone embankment with a height of 1-2m to avoid erosion/landslide in rainy season.

Consequently, list below presents the selected sites:

For resettlement site No.1: 03 disposal sites located at Co Pung, Pa Pua and Pom Chon

resettlement point, along existing West Road.

For resettlement site No.2: 01 disposal site located between Nang and Tai Chanh Village

For resettlement site No.3: 01 disposal site located between To Chieng and Lin Village and

01 disposal site located at Lat village.

For resettlement site No.4: 06 disposal sites are located along the existing road

12 Domestic

waste

Medium Temporary The subproject is implemented in 12 months. The peak construction time lasts 8-9 months, and the

remaining time is reserved for ground leveling.

It is expected to have 80 workers involved in the construction of each resettlement site. These

workers will establish their camps on site. Workers can be locally selected, so each camp will have

about 30-40 workers.

In resettlement sites, auxiliary facilities such as sanitary bathrooms and toilets will be built for

workers.

Medium

and

mitigable

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All waste discharged from camps is mainly domestic solid waste which can cause environmental

pollution. However, the discharged waste is mainly packing, leftover food, etc. with a small amount

(each camp will generate 40kg waste per day).

13 Impact on

current

infrastructu

re system

Minor Temporary The transportation of material to construction site and excavated soil to disposal site possibly create

impact to the existing technical infrastructure system of local people such as local road, electric

poles, water conveyed pipes of households.

Water pipes: the construction activities will not affect to existing water sources or

conveying system of local residents.

Electricity: Most of construction of resettlement areas are isolated to the existing residential

areas. However, there are some electric poles located right on the roadside that can be

impated during material transportation.

Road: New internal road will be constructed for resettlement points and then connected to

main roads such as West Thanh Hoa and Tan Xuan Roads (linked Tan Nha to Tan Xuan

communes). Currently, these main road is already asphalted with 6m in wide (Tan Xuan

road) or being constructed (West Thanh Hoa). The impact on road damage during

transportation is minor.

Minor

14 Conflict

between

constructio

n worker

and local

people

Minor Temporary The presence of immigrated workers possibly creates several social issues such as social vices (like

prostitution, gambling, Drugs etc.) and unhygienic situation around the worker's camp as well as

cultural conflict with local residents. Most of ethnic people at the resettlement sites are Thai,

Muong, H’Mong. They have the own cultural habit and customs, but not closed to surrounding

areas. Many construction activities are being implemented in project areas. The immigrated workers

are supposed to be easily integrated with local community. For manual work, the contractor can hire

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the local labor (about 30-40% of construction labor). This impact is minor and temporary.

15 Health and

safety

Medium Temporary Labor accidents might happen during construction commencement stage if the safety issues are not

well considered. The leading safety hazards on site are falls from height, motor vehicle crashes,

excavation accidents, electrocution, machines, and being struck by falling objects. Some of the main

health hazards on site are asbestos, solvents, noise, and manual handling activities. Construction

work in these areas is not allowed under bad weather condition such as strong wind, mist, or

nighttime, etc.

Traffic accident can be happened when construction trucks/vehicle run through residential areas and

or crowed places like school, market.

Medium

and

mitigable

Operation stage

16 Impact to

habits and

customs of

local

people

Minor Temporary According to the public consultation, most of residents agreed with the design modes of

resettlement sites. Houses in new resettlement sites are designed with the same architectural

structure as the existing one. Additionally, with much better construction material, the new houses

are expected to withstand climate disasters such as high wind, heavy rain and storm. Along the road,

the similar house design contribute to create beautiful landscape of area. Besides, the sub-project

will also provide sufficient infrastructures such as electricity, water supply and hygienic toilets and

each resettlement point (30-50 households) will have a community house for public activities. It is

expected that it will takes short-time for relocated people being familiar with new location.

Minor

17 Dust, noise

and traffic

accident

Minor Permanent After project completed, the internal road will only be used by local people (mostly motorbike or

walking). All roads are concreted with the width of 2.5 to 3m and warning signs arranged around

sensitive points such as kindergarten, school, health care center in order to minimize risk of traffic

accidents.

Minor

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Trade activities in resettlement area are still limited with only 01 or 02 trucks weekly come to

procure agricultural product and/or bamboo. Impact of dust and noise is not considerable.

18

Solid waste

and waste

water.

Minor Permanent

The maximum number of household in one resettlement point is 68. As practice, each household

will generate 2 kg solid waste per day. Annually, one resettlement site can generate around 50 ton of

domestic solid waste. Different to domestic waste from urban areas, waste in remote area is rich of

biodegradable matter that can be buried and/or used as natural fertilizer. As current customs of

ethnic group, solid waste are normally collected in digged hole in their own garden. In short-term,

this solution is acceptable. In future, centralized dumping site for each one resettlement point should

be considered for better management of domestic waste.

Waste water from household will be collected to small canals and to main drains along the road.

Sewage from toilet will be directly penetrated into soil. With very low density of population, this

method is environmentally acceptable and widely applied to almost all remote/mountainous areas.

Minor

19 Health and

Environme

ntal

Sanitation

Positive Permanent The positive change of environmental and living conditions of local people is presented in table

below:

Infrastructure Before the project After the project

Water supply - Simple pipe for collecting

water directly from

stream/creek to households

- The water storage is not

hygienic.

- Each household has its own water

tank.

- The centralized water storage with

filtering system for treatment.

Electricity - Small scale hydro-

generator for each

- Power is provided by national

electricity grid.

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household.

- Unsafety and low capacity

of electricity.

- Safety and stable power system.

Drainage - Natural drainage. - Concreted canal/culvert system.

Toilet - Temporary, unsanitary. - Standard toilet

Traffic road - Mainly pathway - All concreted roads with traffic

signs.

20 Conflict in

water use

None None Irrigation water is required for new terraced paddy fields. Suitable water sources have been defined

through site survey and public consultation. Water from existing streams is collected and conveyed

to the field by pipe system. With very high vegetation cover on large catchment area, water is quite

abundant and sufficient for both irrigation and domestic uses purposes. As a result, there is no

conflict in water use.

None

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5. THE MITIGATION MEASURES

Table 2: Environmental mitigation measure

No

.

Impacts

Mitigation Measures Implementation Unit

Pre-construction stage

1 Land acquisition Implement measures defined in the Subproject Resettlement Plan PMU

Construction stage

2 Loss vegetation

cover

+ All vegetation outside the limit of earthworks to be clearly marked and defined on-site by temporary

fencing or marking

+ Site clearance in a forested area is subject to permission from Department of Agriculture and Rural

Development.

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

+ Restore the vegetation in the reclaimed areas.

Contractor

3 Threats to flora and

fauna

+ Prohibition of hunting and fishing.

+ Burning for vegetation clearing is not permitted

+ No area of potential importance as an ecological resource should be disturbed unless there is prior

authorization from CSC, who should consult with PMUs, and the relevant local authorities. This could

include areas of breeding or feeding of birds or animals, fish spawning areas, or any area that is protected

as a green space.

Contractor

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No

.

Impacts


4 Dust + Spray water on the road surface in case of high dust concentration or when complaint of residents raised.

+ At the project location route through residential areas (Nang village and Tai Chanh Junior School (Site

No.2) and Ta Lao village (Site No.4), it is required to have sprinkler regularly used before construction

vehicle passed.

+ Construction vehicles shall comply with speed and carried load limits

+ Material loads shall be suitably covered during transportation

+ Develop the suitable construction diagram and measures for reducing the construction time and plan

clearance for material gathering.

Contractor

5 Air pollution + All vehicles must comply with Vietnamese regulations controlling allowable emission limits of exhaust

gases.

+ Vehicles in Vietnam must undergo a regular emissions testing 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 or cleared vegetation on site.

+ Cement processing plants should be located far from residential areas.

Contractor

6 Noise and vibration + Ensure the maintenance periodically of construction vehicles and equipment.

+ Avoid noises of construction equipment/vehicle during nonworking time.

+ Construction vehicles shall comply with speed and carried load limits

+ Community announcement about the details of construction plan.

Contractor

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No

.

Impacts


7 Erosion/landslide + Abate the soil erosion and maintain the soil slope during excavation time.

+ Avoid clearing activities during the rainy season.

+ Installation waste-trapping screens in drainage ditches;

+ Storm building drains for the construction to avoid local inundation of water in heavy rain.

+ Dredging sediment and deposit.

Contractor

8 Water pollution + The Contractor must be responsible for compliance with the relevant Vietnamese legislation relevant to

wastewater discharges into watercourses.

+ Installation of the private toilets for worker camps including mobile and standard toilets.

+ Temporary drainage system for water drainage, bin for waste collection..

+ Waste water collection system with filter- tank.

+ Waste water storage for workers.

+ Prohibition of discharging waste into the residential and construction areas.

+ Regularly collect solid waste into the prescribed waste areas.

+ Before construction, all necessary wastewater disposal permits/licenses and/or wastewater disposal

contract have been obtained.

+ At completion of construction works, wastewater collection tanks and septic tanks shall be safely

disposed or effectively sealed off.

Contractor

9 Solid waste + Frequently tidy up dropped waste from the construction site to the disposal sites Contractor

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No

.

Impacts


generated + Procurement of the waste collection equipment at the camps

+ With the hazardous waste, establish the collection system to store temporarily around the construction

sites, after that transport to the local hazardous waste treatment suppliers.

+ Build the hygienic toilets at each worker 's camp..

+ Negotiate with residents and local authority to arrange the comfortable accommodation for workers.

+ Regular collection and transportations of waste, garbage to the prescribed location.

+ Reuse non hazardous waste such as debris of cut trees, brick, rock etc.

10 Traffic

management

+ Prior to construction, carry out consultations meeting with local government and community

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

+ Place signs around the construction areas to facilitate traffic movement, provide directions to various

components of the works, and provide safety advice and warning.

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

dangerous conditions (if necessary).

+ Avoid material transportation for construction during rush hour.

+ Signpost shall be installed appropriately in roads where necessary (especially 02 positions including Tai

Chanh Junior School (Site No.2) and Ta Lao Junior School (Site No.4) located along the transportation

route are more sensitive)

Contractor

11 Impact on public

social infrastructure

+ Awareness of machinery operator and supervise construction practice

+ Supervise excavation/leveling works to ensure that waste soil is transported to designated areas

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No

.

Impacts


+ Compensate for any damage of house, road and other social service system

+ Disclose construction plan and methods

12 Cultural/Social

conflicts,

increasing risk of

HIV/AIDs

+ Introduce environmental code of practice developed in the main project to regulate worker’s behavior.

+ Encourage contractor to hire local labor when possible

+ Extend the current communication campaigns on HIV/AIDs under the main project’s health program to

resettlement construction workers.

Contractor

13 Worker and public

Safety

+ Develop, apply and monitor the implementation of workplace safety regulations including safety

measures.

+ Provide protective equipment for workers and enforce the usage

+ Restrict unauthorized access to construction sites

+ Design bridges to ensure safe access at both ends

+ Ensure connection between the main road and roadside facilities to avoid accidents for vehicles,

particularly bicycles and motorbikes

+ Install and maintain lighting for use at night and signboards when carrying out construction works on

waterway

+ Set and implement limits on height of construction material loads on vehicles such as bricks, pipes

+ Worker allocation to site transportation or during loading/unloading of bulky materials and equipment

+ The contractor shall provide safety measures as installation of fences, barriers warning signs, lighting

system against traffic accidents as well as other risk to people and sensitive areas

Contractor

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No

.

Impacts


+ Blasting activities should be implemented within the designated time and local people shall be informed

prior to blasting.

+ Storage, transport, use and destroy of industrial explosive materials shall be strictly follow the guidelines

in Decree No 39/2009/NĐ dated on 23 April 2009 of the Govemment on Industrial Exploisive Materials

and the National Technical Regulation QCVN 02:2008/BCT on guidelines in storage, transport, use and

destroy of industrial explosive materials

14 Communication

with local

communities about

Subproject

environmental

issues

+ Maintain open communications with the local government and concerned communities;

+ 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, project status and project implementation results.

+ Provide technical documents and drawings to PC’s community, especially a sketch of the construction

area and the EMP of the construction site.

+ Notification boards shall be erected at all construction sites providing information about the project, as

well as contact information about the site managers, environmental staff, health and safety staff, telephone

numbers and other contact information so that any affected people can have the channel to voice their

concerns and suggestions.

Contractor

15 Workforce, camp

and site

management

+ Workers’ camps will be located at least 100 m away from schools and health care centers 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, worker camps, mixing stations, and workshops shall be located NOT within 100m from any

Contractor

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No

.

Impacts


water courses, 500 meters of existing residential area.

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

+ Contractor should sign committeemen with local authorities on keeping of security and social safety on

subproject’s areas.

+ Allocate officer to be the Contractor‘s Workplace Safety and Environment Officer responsible for

environmental and safety issues including training for workers.

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

labor.

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

Operation stage

16 Traffic accident - Maintain the traffic sign board system

- Conduct IEC campaign to local residents on traffic regulation

Local authority

17 Solid waste and

waste water

pollution

+ Set the collection bin for separating organic waste at each household

+ Control outlet of drain along road to avoid directly discharging into water bodies and/or cultivation

areas.

+ Conduct IEC campaign to raise awareness and practice of local residents on hygienic behaviors.

+ Operation and maintenance of drainage system, water supply system as well as toilet.

Local authority

18 Water use's conflict + Define the protected area of water sources Local authority

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No

.

Impacts


management + Animal breeding, chemical pouring around water sources is not permitted

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6. THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS

Table 3 : Chance finding procedure and emergency action plan

TT Risks Activities Responsibilities

1 Discover antiques during excavation time

- The contractor needs to protect the site and report to the CSC/PMU and local museum/culture management institution. - Bring them to the museum/culture management institution. Determine to continue the construction work or stop for investigation. The director of Cultural and Information Department and the director of the provincial museum have responsibility for the subsequent processing steps of the founded antiques in Article 21 of Decree No. 92/2002, guiding the implementation of the Law on Cultural Heritage

Contactor CSC Contractor Contractor Relevant institutions

2 Discover the place of historic interest during the excavation time

Protect the scene and report to the local authority. Determine who have responsibility, where and how to deal with and suggest the next action.

Contractor Relevant institutions.

3 The residents complain about the environmental problems from the construction activities

Handle the problems immediately if possible Record Discuss with the project owner/ local authority where the problem occurred

Contractor Contractor, PMU and local authority

4 Accident at work Perform first aid if possible and pick the victim up to the nearest hospital if necessary Protect the scene and make a sign Take the minutes of incident.

Workers/people who attend the scene Contractor Contractor and local community

5 Detect unexploded landmines

Protect the scene Report to the local authority Contact to the most suitable military unit for help

Contractor Contractor/ local authority.

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7. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING PLAN

7.1 The monitoring plan in compliance with the mitigation measures

Table 4: The mornitoring plan

Potential

impact

Monitoring

methods

Time Signs compliance Monitoring

Unit

1 Accident

related to

UXO

Check

documents

During the design

stage

Prior to the

contractor is

appointed to the

construction site

Sign the contract

Complete the work.

PMU

Independent

Monitoring

(6 months)

2 Destroy trees

and

vegetation

Observe the

vegetation and

tree covers

Before construction

site clearance

Weekly, during the

construction

clearance time

Agrarian floor.

Keep vegetation

far from the

construction site

-

PMU

Contractor

Construction

monitoring

The

independent

monitoring

(6 months)

3 Local

inundation

Observe the

actual drainage/

sewerage

process

After the heavy

rains

During the

extensive

excavation

Good surface

drainage

No stagnant water

on the construction

site

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

4. Generate

waste

Monitoring the

generated waste

and waste

treatment

weekly Clearance of

construction site

Cover waterproof

for the trash.

Prohibition of

disposing waste to

the construction

site

PMU

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

5 Noise and

dust

Interview

Monitoring dust

level in the

construction site

Monthly

Daily, during the

extensive

excavation,

concrete and

construction

Announce to the

local authority

Cover trucks

Limited dust level

on the construction

roads and site.

PMU

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

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Potential

impact

Monitoring

methods


Unit

process

implementation

No complaint

about dust and

noise.

(6 months)

6 Water

pollution

Monitoring the

construction site,

surface drainage

in water storage

areas

Twice a week

Create the drainage

system and

draining hole/

sediment trap

Cover and embank

oil and fuel storage

areas

No trace of oil/fuel

leakage on the

ground.

Construction

monitoring

7 Cultural/soci

al conflict

Increased

risk of

HIV/AIDs

Interview

workers and

local residents.

Monitoring

workers in the

construction site

Monthly Communication

campaign to

prevent the risk of

HIV/AIDs for

workers at the

resettlement sites

Hire local workers

for manual

working

implementation

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

8 Increase the

threats of

hunting and

consuming

wild animals

Control the food

and worker

camps

Monitoring local

residents

Weekly, especially

weekend and

holiday

Not keeping wild

animals in camp

No hunting

equipment in camp

No report of wild

animal

consumption.

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

9 Protect the

cultural

resource

Monitoring During the

excavation

implementation

Application of

Revealed

Treatment Process

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

10 Landslide/

Erosion

Stability of

slope

Monitoring of

soil

transportation

and threats from

construction site,

especially from

excavation area.

Occurrence of

excavation process

Weekly at

construction site,

where vegetation is

not recovered

Prevent the slope

erosion during

excavation time

Cultivated lands at

construction sites

are re-planned.

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

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Potential

impact

Monitoring

methods


Unit

11 Safety for

worker

Require labor

protection

clothing for

workers

Within 2 weeks,

since the contractor

has been mobilized

to the construction

site weekly

Develop the safety

rules at work

Workers with labor

protection clothing

such as gloves,

boots, hard hats,

etc at work

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

12 Safety for

community

monitoring the

construction site,

material and

stone pits,

during and after

implementation

of blasting work

Weekly during

construction time

Before and during

blasting time

Before the

implementation of

electric provided.

Set warning signs

at construction site

Guard before and

during the

exploded time

Including

construction

lighting system

Guider is available

for traffic when the

trucks go out or

loading and

unloading time

Training the safety

electric usage for

ethnic

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

13 Capacity to

approach of

users to the

infrastructur

e/ resource

monitoring the

impacts with the

infrastructure/

existing resource

Weekly The effected local

authority and

residents receive

the notice and

agree about water

supply progress for

construction and in

case of temporary

interruption.

Make more

driveways if

necessary.

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

14 Risk on fire monitoring fuel

and oil storage

areas

Daily Set warning fires at

the fuel and oil

storage areas

The combustible

source must be far

away from fuel and

oil storages at least

100m

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

15 Interrupted

the approach

or destroy

the

cultivated

monitoring the

cultivated land

around the

construction area

Weekly

After complete

excavation stage

Not allowed to

load/unload or

discharge waste,

building materials

at cultivated land

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

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Potential

impact

Monitoring

methods


Unit

land area (6 months)

16 Health risk

related to

asbestos

cement

material

monitoring the

resettlement

activity.

During the

resettlement time

Residents wear the

face mask when

loading/unloading

roofs made by

asbestos cement.

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

17 Control the

transmissio

n of the

disease

Check the real

activity of

contractor about

the detail design.

During the

resettlement

construction time.

Construct the

sanitation and

drainage systems.

Set the lips and

holes for water

tanks.

PMU

Construction

monitoring

Independent

monitoring

(6 months)

7.2 The environmental quality monitoring

Beside mornitoring contractor's compliance on mitigation measures implementation, an

environmental quality monitoring/sampling will be implemented during project performance

(see table 5 below)

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Table 5 : The environmental sampling program

No. Observation items Pre-construction Construction Operation

I Air quality

1. Parameter TSP, PM10, Noise

2. Frequency One time during 6

months after

construction

Per 6 months One time for the

first operation year.

3. Location

Resettlement site No. 1 2 points: on the planned West Thanh Hoa Road, near Co Pung

and To Xuoc Points

Resettlement site No. 2 3 points: Lat, Nang and Tai Chanh Village

Resettlement site No. 3 2 points: Lin and To Chieng Village

Resettlement site No. 4 3 points: Tham Ton, Suoi Non 1 and Suoi Non 2.

4. Applied Environmental

Standard

QCVN 05:2008/MONRE

QCVN 26:2010 / MONRE;

II Surface Water Quality

1. Parameter T°, pH, DO, TSS, BOD5, COD, oil and grease, Coliform

2. Frequency One time within 6

months prior to

construction

commencement

one time per six

months

One time within the

the first year of

pilot operation .

3. Location

Resettlement site No. 1 1 point: Tà Ban Stream

Resettlement site No. 2 1 point: Nang Stream

Resettlement site No. 3 1 point: To Chieng (Ta Buôn) Stream

Resettlement site No. 4 1 point: Quanh Stream

4. Applied Environmental

Standard

QCVN 08:2008/MONRE;

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8. EMP IMPLEMENTATION

In order to ensure the EMP implementation operate effectively, environmental

management system is defined with involvement of related agencies (see figure 8).

monitoring

Report

Information interchange

Figure 8 – Organization chart of environmental management system (EMS)

During detailed design stage, EMP requirement have to be integrated into assignment..

During the bidding and contract negotiation process, contractors have to review all the

responsibilities and assigned task of contractor related to environmental mitigation measures

and make commitment to comply with the regulations. Cost estimate for mitigation measure

is encouraged to be done clearly.

In the construction phase, Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) have

responsibility to conduct on-site monitoring on agreed mitigation measures implemented by

Contractors (see Terms of reference in Appendix 3)

The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders during EMP implementation process are

summarized in the following table:

PMU

Trung Sơn

Construction monitoring

Contractor

WB

EVN

Community

Local authority

Independent Monitoring

Consultation

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Table 6: The roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders in the EMP implementation

progress

Stakeholders Responsibilities Sub-project 's stage

1. Trung Son PMU

• Contracting with the consultant to conduct

the environmental screening and EMP

preparation for the sub-project.

• monitoring to ensure that the suitable

mitigation measures are applied for the

technical designs, bidding documents,

construction contracts and construction

monitoring.

• Arrange enough the resource including staffs

and budget for the EMP implementation and

monitoring of the sub-projects.

• The general monitoring to ensure the EMP

compliance.

FS preparation

Detailed design

Construction

Pilot operation

2. Feasible study

consultant

• Incorporation of mitigation measures on the

technical design documents and construction

contract and construction supervision.

• Cost estimate for environmental mitigation

measures.

FS preparation

3. Contractor • Ensure sufficient budget allocated to

implementation of environmental mitigation

measures by incorporated it into financial

proposal and contract.

• Implement all the mitigation measures as

agreed

Bidding and

construction

4. Construction

supervision

consultant (CSC)

• daily conduct on-site monitoring on health,

safety and environmental issues as defined in

EMP

5. Independent

monitoring

consultant

• Conduct monitoring on effectiveness of EMP

implementation

• Conduct sampling program

• Prepare report submitted to the WB and

relevant agencies

Construction

Pilot operation

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6. The local

authorities

Facilitate to:

• Community consultation during the detailed

design (if available)

• Conduct community based monitoring system

on environmental impacts

Detailed design

Construction

7. The relocated

households

Participate in monitoring on environmental

issues generated from construction activities

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9. REPORTING SYSTEM

Table 7: Requirement of mornitoring report

No. From To Report Frequency

1 The contractor PMU Monthly

2 Construction supervision

consultant

PMU Monthly

3 PMU Local authorities In required

4 Independent monitoring

consultant

PMU, WB Once per six months

5 PMU Trung Son Hydro Power

Company Limited

Once per six months

6 Trung Son Hydro Power

Company Limited

WB, EVN Once per six months

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10. CAPACITY BUILDING

Table 8: Propsed training program on EMP

No. Contents Time Cost estimate

1 Training on labour safety and mitigation

measures for the construction workers

One time before

construction

commencement

Included in

construction

contract

2 Training on EMP implementation and

monitoring for staffs of PMU

Annually Included in training

program of main

project

3 Training on community based monitoring

for local authorities and representatives of

affected people of 5 communes

One time before

construction

commencement

35.000.000 VND

Total 35.000.000

11. ESTIMATED COST FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION

Table 9: Estimated cost for EMP implementation

No. Items Before

construction

Construction Operation

1 The mitigation

measures

This cost is

counted in the

contract with the

design consultant

This cost is counted

in the contract with

the contractor

The local environmental

and sanitation management

cost.

2 Environmental

quality

monitoring of

CSC

Included in contract of CSC

3 Independent

monitoring

consultant

included

sampling

500.000.000 VND

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program

3 Capacity

building cost

35.000.000 In general training fee of

Trung Son Hydropower

Project

AMOUNT: 535.000.000 VND

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12. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE

No. Location for

consultation

Day and

Time

Attended

members

List of participated local

authorities and

representatives of

households

Summarize the

issues as

discussed/mentioned

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13. REFERENCES

1 Basic design for the resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower Project.

2 Approval of the basic design for the resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower

Project issued by Trung Son Hydropower Company Limited

3 Resettlement Plan report

4 EIA and EMP reports for Trung Son Hydropower Project (main project)

5 SESIA for Trung Son Hydropower Project.

14. ANNEX

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14.1 Annex 1 – Location of disposal sites

The disposal location of

resettlement No. 1

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The disposal location of resettlement site No. 2, 3

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The disposal location of resettlement site No. 2, 3

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14.2 Annex 2 - Minutes of community consultation

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14.3 Annex 3 – TOR for Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC)

Overview:

CSC have responsibility to provide the specialized technical services (“Service”) to ensure the

effective EMPs implementation of the project.

Scope:

The general services that provided by CSC include controlling, monitoring the construction operation

to ensure that the approved mitigation measures in EMP have been implemented on the right track and

the negative effects to the environment have been mitigated.

On behalf of PMU, CSC intend to implement the following tasks:

- Frequently implement the site monitoring.

- Consider the implementation status of the environmental protection measures in EMP and

contract.

- Consider the effect of the environmental mitigation measures and environmental implementation

of the project.

- If necessary, consider acceptable in terms of environmental construction methods (for both the

temporary and permanent constructions), relevant design plans and submissions. As required, the

CSC find and recommend plans for the least impact on the environment in consultation with

designers, contractors and the PMU

- Verify the results of the investigation of any non-compliance with the implementation of

environmental quality and the effectiveness of the remedial measures; and

- Provide feedbacks of audit result to the Chief Engineer of the contractor under specific mitigation

measures in the site.

- Guidance for the Contractor to perform corrective actions within the provisions and

implementation of additional monitoring if required, following the request and the order of the

contract in case of non-compliance and complained states;

- Require the Contractor in undertaking actions to reduce the impact and compliance with the EMP

as required in the case of non-compliance/ inconsistent identification;

- Require the Contractor to stop the action causing harmful effects, and / or the Contractor fails to

implement the requirements of the EMP / conduct corrective actions

- For contracts that needed the Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP), CSC must

consider the last time and give recommendations through all environmental planning in the site

that can affect the environment. This task includes, but is not limited to: dredging areas, temporary

material pits, disposal and camp areas. CSC will review and approve the SEMP submitted by the

Contractor. If the plan does not comply with the EMP, EIA or RAP, CSC must work with the

PMU and the Contractor to provide a solution or suitable overcome.

- Address the complaints: complaints from local people will be collected by the Contractor's site

staff about environmental violations such as noise, dust, traffic safety, etc. Head or Deputy Head

Consultant of Contractor and CSC are responsible for processing, handling and achieving

solutions to the received complaint. CSC have to provide a copy of the complaint and confirm that

these complaints are resolved by Contractor, similar as the relevant problems when examining the

site.

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- Verify monthly payment: CSC must confirm monthly payments for the relevant activities in term

of the environment made by the Contractor.

- Report: CSC are required to establish the following reports in documents:

o Report every two weeks about incompliance problems.

o The monthly summary report includes the main problems and discovers by checking

the construction operations.

o By the end of the project, CSC are required to establish the final report to summarize

the main findings of the assignment, the number of violations, solutions, etc as well as

consultation and instructions on how to perform the similar tasks in the future.

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14.4 Annex 4 – Environmental Responsibilities of Contractor

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Independence- Freedom- Happiness

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DISCLOSURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL OF CONTRACTOR

Legal representation of Contractor is required to read carefully this disclosure, fill information

in the form and sign it. This is an integral part of Bidding Documents, as well as an essential part of

the Installation and Construction Contract that signed with the Contractor, to confirm that the legal

representation of contractors have read and fully understood all environmental requirements that

mentioned in the Bidding Document for the installation packages of the following Items: Construction

of resettlement areas, Trung Son Hydropower Project.

1. Contractors confirm that the bid price included all necessary cost to ensure the

implementation of all mitigation measures in EMP of each item and in compliance with environmental

technical specifications in the Bidding Documents.

2. The contractor confirm that legal representation of contractors shall appoint

Mr/Mrs….……….……………………………………. to be the Safety and Environmental Officer

(SEO) for bidding package. This officer will be in charge of working full time at the sites to ensure in

compliance with environmental and safety requirements of the bidding package.

3. The contractors also confirm that all incompliance with these conditions might be punished.

THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF

CONTRACTOR

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The environmental requirements of construction and installation in the resettlement areas has been

established and presented clearly by environmental consultant in EMP (detailed in section 3, EMP –

Environmental mitigation measures). The contractors need to careful read and fully understand all

requirements to be included into the contractor’s bid: Construction of resettlement areas, Trung Son

Hydropower project.

I. Overview

In order to avoid negative effects into the environment and local community, as well as minimizing

damaging impacts to the environment during the construction and operation stages of the resettlement

sites, Contractor and workers are required to observe the mitigation measures as mentioned below:

- “Environmental Management Plan for construction and equipment installation items of the

resettlement sites in Trung Son hydropower Company Limited”.

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

Annex.

II. Overall responsibilities of Contractor to the environment:

Contractor need to include, but not limited the following responsibilities:

- In compliance with the legal regulations about the current environment in Vietnam.

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

- Assign the representative of the construction team to participate in the site inspection operations by

the PMU, CSC or the DONRE as well as implement all corrective actions to overcome the

environmental issues as guidance provided by the Supervision Engineer;

- Provide and update information for PMU about activities, assignments that can contribute ỏ continue

to cause the significant harmful impacts into the environment.

- In case of instruction by the Supervision Engineer and PMU, the Contractor must stop the

construction activities that causes adverse impacts, also propose and conduct the environmental

remedial actions and implementation other construction methods (if required) to minimize the negative

environmental impacts.

- Establish and maintain an Environmental and Safety Board which consists of Construction team

leader or Vice- team leader and Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) with the purpose of receiving

and dealing with the complaints, objections, argument and displeased of the local community caused

by the construction operation. SEO is responsible to record all of complaints, resolve methods and

results into the complained register. The register need to keep at the construction office and available

for review by the supervision engineer and PMU.

III. Responsibilities of Contractor in EMP implementation:

The construction contactor has responsibility in compliance with the technical specifications of EMP

of the resettlement site construction items, Trung Son Hydropower Plant and regulations about the

current environmental management of Vietnam, included but not limited the following items:

i) Application of the mitigation measures of the negative impacts into the environment is

presented in Section 3- The mitigation measures of environmental impacts and

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Section 4- Emergency Action Plan of EMP for the resettlement sites and prepare budget

for implementing the mitigation measures.

ii) Based on EMP, Contractor developed the detail plan for implementing the environmental

management. The detail plan include the following components:

- Management Plan for worker camps.

- Management Plan of the overall construction operation.

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

chemicals)

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

- Plan for management and mitigation of noise and dust.

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

- Plan for environmental landscape restoration

- Healthy and safety ensuring plan at the construction.

- Erosion and soil aggrandizement controlling plan.

- Safety plan during the construction stage and training for workers about environmental

management and community relations.

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

- Emergency Problem Treatment Plan.

- Management and Monitoring Plan for Report Process.

The detail measure of plan need to satisfy the following requirements: to implement the particular

mitigation measure: who implement (people, team, etc), how to implement ( labours, machines,

equipments…) and cost? (Contractor should choose the paragraphs and diagrams representation for

good application in the future). This plan shall be completed and submitted together with the

bidding document.

iii) Ensuring that at least one supervisor is available in compliance with EMP before and during

the construction time.

iv) Ensuring that all of the construction activities will be approved in document of the relevant

authorities.

v) Ensuring that all of staff and workers understand through their process and duties.

vi) In compliance with requirements about the environmental management monitoring and

reporting in EMP and inform to PMU about the difficulties and solutions.

vii) Inform to the local authority and PMU in case of environmental problems and co-ordinate

with the relevant institutions and stakeholders for resolving.

IV. Safety and Environmental Officer of Contractor:

Each contractor will nominate a Safety and Environmental Officer (SEO) to work full-time at the

construction site. Requirements for a SEO include a undergraduate degree in Environmental Major, at

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least 3 years of working experience in environmental management, training and monitoring at the

infrastructure construction project. Additionally, SEO should have a good knowledge about

Vietnamese Environmental Legal Regulations and has participated to the labor safety and sanitation

training class that organized by Department of Labour- Invalids and Social Affairs and have the labor

safety and sanitation certificate.

SEO have the responsibilities for implementing and managing EMP of Contractor. Tasks of SEO will

include, but not limit the following activities:

- Training and developing environmental awareness for workers of Contractors within 2 weeks since

be mobilized, after that the training is repeating every six months. The additional trainings will be

implemented under the guidance of Environmental Supervision Engineer.

- Conduct the internal environmental monitoring at the site to check the construction activity

implementation of contractors, equipments and implementation methods to manage the environmental

pollution and evaluate the efficiency of the mitigation measures into the environmental impacts.

- Internal monitoring the implementation of environmental mitigation measures and in compliance of

contractors with the environmental protection measures to prevent and control pollution; the

committed requirements in the contract; guidelines of the contractor(s) on environmental

improvement, environmental awareness and also proactive measures to prevent pollution.

- Conduct an investigation and propose the mitigation measures for the contractor(s) in case of

incompliance/ infringe the EMP; monitoring and implementing the environmental mitigation

measures.

- Evaluate the success of the EMP implementation to estimate effectively the cost and adequacy of the

implemented mitigation measures.

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

- Conduct the additional monitoring activities, based on the concrete guidelines of the monitoring

engineer and/ or PMU; and

- Contact and implement all activities under the co-ordination or guidance of the Contractor Leader,

Environmental Supervision Engineer, Supervision Engineer, PMU, representatives of the provincial

environmental management offices, local authority about all of environmental problems if necessary.

- Establish the regularly reports for the environmental implementation of package according to the

frequency as mentioned at Section 7- Contact information and report of the EMP for the

resettlement sites of Trung Son Hydropower Project.

- All of the internal monitoring as well as other activities of SEO should be minuted and updated

frequently into The environmental implementation monitoring diary of Contractor. This diary is

used for normally checking by the supervision engineer to evaluate the effect of SEO.

V. Monitoring the environmental implementation of Contractor:

Client will sign a contract with the Consultant to carry out the task of Supervision Engineer.

Consultant will apply the environmental and monitoring activities of the package. The environmental

monitoring engineer of construction/execution monitoring Consultant is responsible to monitor daily

the implementation of measures, in order to minimize environmental impact and safety of the

Contractor. The construction monitoring Consultant will carry out the following main tasks:

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Before the construction stage, make sure that all of the compensation process for land,

works on land and relocation and/ or recovery/ donation of land as well as the clearance

of landmines and UXO have been completed.

Review and approve the detail plan for implementing the EMP by Contractor before the

construction operation.

During the construction process, monitoring closely the compliance with implementing

of the environmental and safety mitigation measures.

Confirm the compliance with the EMP of Contractor and check any negative effect or

damage caused by the contractor. If necessary, establish a request statement for

contractor to compensate/ restore the construction site, as provided in the contract. The

implementation of environmental management issues of the Contractor shall be

mentioned in the progress report of the sub-projects.

VI. Compliance Regime:

a. The contractors are not allowed to implement the construction activities, including preparation

of construction within the project scope in advance the detail plan of EMP are reviewed and

approved by the construction supervision consultant and environmental official of the Client.

b. The Client is mandatory the Contractor in compliance with the contract provision including

compliance with EMP and the detail implementation plan of EMP. In case of incompliance

with EMP, Client will require the Contractor to bring out the suitable measures.

c. In order to ensure in compliance with the environmental standards of the subproject, Client is

allowed to hire the third party to solve the problems in case the Contractor could not

implement the remedies on time, leading to the negative effects into the environment, as

follow:

- For insignificant mistakes (such as minor impact/ damage, temporary and repairable),

Client or the representative of Client (Supervision Consultant) will notify the Contractor

to correct the problems as required in the EMP within 48 hours after receiving the official

report. If the mistakes are satisfactorily repaired during that time, no more action should

be undertaken. Supervision consultants have the right to extend more 24 hours in the

limited time for recovery, under the conditions that the Contractor has implemented

activities but not completed the prescribed time, due to irresistible conditions that

mentioned in the contract.

- For major violations, it is required about 72 hours for repairing, the Client through the

supervision consultant will announce the violation and require the Contractor to rectify

within the prescribed time by their budget. If the Contractor fails to complete corrective

work according to the specified time, they will be punished by financial punishment (cost

punishment is calculated by the cost of remedying damage)

- According to the evaluation of the Supervision Consultant, if the Contractor fails to

resolve the problems in environmental management or the contractor conduct reparing

unsatisfactorily within the specified period of time (48 hours or 72 hours), the investors

have the capacity to arrange for another contractor (third-party) to implement the suitable

measures and deduct money for this task from the contract with the contractor in the next

payment.