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Environmental Monitoring Report Semestral Report January to June 2014

VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche 2 Prepared by the Central Vietnam Power Project Management Board (CPPMB) for the National Power Transmission Corporation and the Asian Development Bank.

NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD

SEMIANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT 2014

PROJECT

500KV PLEIKU-MY PHUOC-CAU BONG TRANSMISSION LINE

(POWER TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT PROGRAM - TRANCHE 2)

(LOAN 2959-VIE)

Da Nang, August 2014

Enviromental Compliance Report, 500kV Pleiku‐ My Phuoc‐ Cau Bong TL, Tranche 2, MFF 1/37

ACRONYMS

ADB : Asian Development Bank

AFD : Agence Française de Développement

CPMB : Central Viet Nam Power Projects Management Board

CPC : Commune People’s Committee

CSCC : Compensation and Site Clearance Committee

DPC : District People’s Committee

EVN : Viet Nam Electricity

EMP : Environmental Management Plan

F/S : Feasibility study

GOV : Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

HH(s) : Household(s)

HPP : Hydropower Plant

HW(s) : Highway(s)

MONRE : Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

NPT : National Power Transmission Corporation

PAP(s) : Project Affected Person(s)

PAH(s) : Project Affected Household(s)

PPC : Provincial People’s Committee

PECC4 : Power Engineering Consulting J.S Company 4

PECC2 : Power Engineering Consulting J.S Company 2

PO : Project Owner


RP : Compensation, Allowances and Resettlement Plan

ROW : Right-of-Way

SMIC : Safeguard Monitoring Independent Consultancy

T/L(s) : Transmission Line(s)

VND : Vietnam Dong


1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction of the project

1.1.1 Project background

- To implement the policy of industrialization and modernization of the country, the

Government of Vietnam has applied to ADB/AFD a loan to support the

construction of 500kV Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong transmission line, with total

length of 436, 673 km (437 km); construct 02 new optical repeaters synchronized

with the optical cable of 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong transmission line on

the territory of 05 provinces and one city, which are Gia Lai, Dak-Lak, Dak Nong,

Binh Phuoc - Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City . The project was prepared under

the technical assistance (PPTA) of 7742-VIE and is one part of the transmission

investment program (MFF). National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT)

is the investor and Central Vietnam Power Project Management Board is

responsible for management and implementation of project.

- The benefits of the project are: Increasing the supply of reliable power for the

South of Vietnam, where the economic development is taking place rapidly,

especially the industrial zones and this is also a place accounting for 10% of the

whole country’s population.

1.1.2. Objective of the Project

- The 500kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong Transmission Line Project is a part of

the National Electricity Network, maintains the supply of electricity to the

development need of the South of Vietnam in the period of 2014-2015. Moreover,

the Project also ensures the connectivity of the transmission networks within

Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to 2015.

- The Project helps to increase the reliability of power supply, reducing the risk of

electrical losses. It will also optimize capacity of power plants in order to provide

electricity continuously and safely to the sub-loading lines of the South in

particular and the whole country in general.


1.1.3. Scale and scope of the Project

- The 500kV Pleiku- My Phuoc- Cau Bong Transmission Line (TL) takes place

within the boundaries of 06 provinces and one city, namely: Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak

Nong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City. In particular:

+ In Gia Lai Province, the TL is 82.768km long and passes through 18 communes

which belong to 05 districts: Chu Pah, Ia Grai, Pleiku City, Chu Prong, Chu Puh;

+ In Dak Lak Province, the TL passes through 09 communes in the districts of Ea

Sup, Cu M’Gar and Buon Don with the total length of 74.841km;

+ In Dak Nong Province, there are 20 communes which the TL has gone through.

These communes belong to districts of Cu Jut, Dak Mil, Krong No, Dak Song, Tuy

Duc and Dak R’Lap. The TL in Dak Nong is 115.933km long;

+ Binh Phuoc Province has 102.892km of TL. The line passes through 15

communes in the following districts: Bu Dang, Bu Gia Map, Dong Phu and Chon

Thanh;

+ In Binh Duong Province, the TL passes through 10 communes in Ben Cat

Districts and Phu Giao Districts with the total length of 46.228km;

+ In the Cu Chi Districts of Ho Chi Minh City, the TL locates in the area of 04

communes and is 14.011km long.

500 kV Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong Transmission Line subproject has a total

length of 436.673 km. It starts from the existing Pleiku 500kV substation at Chu

Pah District in Gia Lai Province and terminate in Cau Bong substation, which is

planned to be constructed in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City. The components of

the Project include in Table 1 and the main project features are presented in Table 2.

Routes of Transmission Line are displayed in the Figures 1 and 2.


Table 1: Components of the Transmission Line

Transmission Line

Components

Length

(km)

Starting point Ending

point

Number

of

Towers

Gia Lai Province

Transmission Line

Component

82.768 At 500 kV

busbar at Pleiku

500 kV

substation

G15 +

403m

173

Dak Lak Province

Transmission Line

Component

74.841 G13 (Picket

827+68)

G26

(Picket

1576+09)

163

Dak Nong Province

Transmission Line

Component

115.933 G25-G26

(Picket

1576+09)

G50-G51

(Picket

2735+42)

236

Binh Phuoc Province

Transmission Line

Component

102.892 G51 (Picket

2735+42)

G69-G70

(Picket

3764+34)

201

Binh Duong

Province

Transmission Line

Component

46.228 G70 (Picket

3764+34)

G81-G82

(Picket

4426+62)

99

HCMC

Transmission Line

Component

14.011 G81-G82

(Picket

4426+62)

At 500 kV

busbar at

Cau Bong

500kV

substation

54

Total length of TL 436.673 926


Table 2: Summary of main features of 500 kV Pleiku- My Phuoc- Cau Bong

Transmission Line

Item Technical data

Length (km) 436.673 km

- Starting point At 500 kV busbar at Pleiku 500 kV substation

- End-point At 500 kV busbar at Cau Bong 500kV substation

Right of Way width 16m from either side of the centre line

Earth grounding width From 16m to within 72m from the centre line

Voltage 500 kV

Number of circuits 2

Conductor 4xACSR-330/43

Earth wire OPGW-90 & PHLOX-116

Optical repeater cable 24 fibres

Suspension towers

(number)

808

- Height Average 65m with the highest is 79m

-Area requirement/tower 337.62 m²

Tension towers (number) 118

- Height Average 60m with the highest is 72m

- Area requirement/tower 653.4 m²


Figure 1: Location of the Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong 500 kV transmission line and

surrounding areas


Figure 2: Transmission line and other closed places

National Parks National Reserves Cultural-Historic

500kv Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong

Water – flooded land


1.1.4 Project Construction Progress

The project started from October 23, 2011 and was finished and put into operation on

May 05, 2014 with the warranty period of 24 months.

The construction progress updated until May 21, 2014 is as follows:

- Foundation digging: 926/926 position

- Foundation casting: 926/926 position

- Tower erection: 926/926

- Stringing conductors: 445.043 km /445.043 km

The construction packages and implementation progress are presented in Table 3

Table 3: The Project’s construction packages implementation progress


Packages Constructors Length (km) Position

No.

Foundation

casting

Tower

erections

String

conductors

% of String

conductors

ĐĐ-G6 and OHL

feeder

Power Construction Company

Ltd No.4 27.244 58 58 58 27.244 100%

500kV Pleiku OHL feeder Acceptanced and energized on April 21, 2014

Pac. 02 (G6-G13) Vietnam Electricity Construction

Company 67.044 142 142 142 67.044 100%

Pac. 03 (G13-G17) Vietnam Electricity Construction

Company

Pac. 04 (G17-G21) Joint Venture of Power

Construction Company Ltd No.4

and Viet Trung Joint Stock

Company

26.506 56 56 56 26.506 100%

Pac. 05 (G21-G24)

Joint Venture of Viet A

Investment Commercial

Industrial Company and Dien

Dia Phuong Ltd Co.

20.803 46 46 46 20.803 100%

Buon Đon optical repeater

station Completed


Pac. 06 (G24-G30) INCO Company 24.868 53 53 53 24.868 100%

Pac. 07 (G30-G36) Joint venture of Installation of

Machines and Electricity Joint

Stock Company and Electricity

and Construction Joint Stock

Company.

28.142 58 58 58 28.142 100%

Pac. 08 (G36-G45C) Joint Venture of Power

Construction Company Ltd

No.4, Alphanam Joint Stock

Company and Song Da 12 Joint

Stock Company

36.184 73 73 73 36.184 100%

Pac. 09 (G45C-G49) Song Da 11 Joint Stock

Company 26.981 52 52 52 26.981 100%

Pac. 10 (G49-G52) Song Da 11 Joint Stock

Company 28.359 58 58 58 28.359 100%

Pac. 11 (G52-G60)

Song Da 11-Thang Long Joint

stock Company 30.652 60 60 60 30.652 100%

Bu Dang optical repeater station Completed

Pac. 12 (G60-G64) Song Da 11-Thang Long Joint

stock Company 32.785 63 63 63 32.785 100%


Pac. 13 (G64-G71) Power Construction Joint Stock

Company No.1 38.550 77 77 77 38.550 100%

Pac. 14 (G71-G79) Joint Venture of Power

Construction Joint Stock

Company No.1 and Thang Long

Joint Stock Company

30.566 64 64 64 30.566 100%

Pac.15 (G79-G85)

- Section of 110kV

Power Construction Company

Ltd No.2 14.422 39 39 39 14.422 100%

Pac. 16 (G85-ĐC and

OHL feeder) Power Construction Company

Ltd No.2

11.937 27 27 27 11.937 100%

Cau Bong OHL

feeder Completed

Total: 445.043 926 926 926 445.043 100%


1.2 Purpose of the report:

In order to comply with AFD/ADB’s requirements on environment safeguards, EVNNPT-

CPMB is requested to prepare the semiannual environmental monitoring reports. These

reports are considered as an important and necessary part to evaluate the AFD/ADB’s

safeguard compliance of EVNNPT-CPMB.

This report presents environmental compliance, the need and method to environmental

inspection and management, environment aspects to be monitored of the 500kV Pleiku-My

Phuoc-Cau Bong transmission line subproject during the period from January 2014 to July

2014.

2. INCORPORATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS INTO PROJECT

CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS

The civil works contracts have included the environment management work which must be

performed by contractors as per EVNNPT requirements. In order to ensure that the IEE

approved by ADB shall be fully and strictly complied by the contractors, CPMB has sent

the EMP and draft of CEMP (both Vietnamese and English versions) to contractors. In

addition, to monitor environmental compliance of contractors, CPMB has also sent official

letters to contractors requesting for implementation of the EMP, CEMP and other related

works. On that basis, the contractors have prepared CEMP for their units and strictly follow

the requirements of CPMB to meet the requirements in accordance with ADB's guidelines

on Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

The implemementation of EMP of contractors shall be supervised and monitored as an

intergral part of civil works contracts. Besides, the EMP has also been sent to supervising

units such as PTC3 (Power Transmission Company No.3) and PTC4 (Power Transmission

Company No.4) and related departments of EVNNPT-CPMB to supervise the

implementation of contractors.

3. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATIONS MEASURES REQUESTED

IN EMP.


Table 4: Summary on the impacts and mitigation measures listed in the EMP

Impacts Proposed mitigation measures

CONSTRUCTION PHASE

Noise and vibration i. If particularly noisy activities are required work may need to be limited to daylight hours.

Dust management

When dust is carried towards residential areas or becomes problematic on-site, the contractor is to

apply dust control measures such as:

Materials have to be fully covered to prevent emissions to the atmosphere.

Spraying water on the area where there is dust. Watering the road of transportation when the weather

is dry.

Prevention of soil erosion on

construction site.

i. Apply soil conservation and erosion protection technologies.

ii. Avoid operating machinery in adverse ground conditions.

iii. Protect and revegetate newly excavated areas as soon as possible

Storage and handling of:

fuel and lubricants

i. Storage areas to be prepared to avoid deterioration of materials.

ii. All fuel storage areas to be security fenced and provided with oil and water separators. Fuel hoses



and shut off valve to be locked.

iii. All refueling to be done at least 20 m away from waterways by trained personnel.

iv. All waste oil and oil filters to be collected and if possible recycled, otherwise to be disposed

of to landfills.

v. The contractor is to train refueling personnel in these procedures.

vi. The contractor is to have developed an accidental spill handling action plan.

Public access to site

i. Erect warning signs and barriers around work areas.

ii. Site can only be accessed with permission of contractor.

iii. Visitors to be inducted to site with an explanation of the site hazards that may be experienced.

Community Safety from

increased vehicle movements

i. All vehicles to be properly maintained and operated in accordance with road laws.

ii. All loads to be properly secured and fugitive loads to be covered.

iii. Drivers to be fired if ignore safety requirements.

i. Use of hazardous materials

and

ii. Prohibited activities

i. Contractor to provide list of all HAZCHEM products to be used on site

ii. List verified against HAZCHEM.



Workplace health and safety

Contractor to abide by: Vietnamese Labour Code as amended 2002. Workers to be provided with

safe working environment including:

i. Erect warning signs and barriers around work areas

ii. No drugs or alcohol allowed on-site

iii. Noise and dust to be controlled.

iv. All workers provided with safety equipment appropriate for the task in which they are

employed.

v. To be supplied on-site for workers:

Potable water, chemical toilet, changing place with clothes storage, and washing and showering

facilities.

vi. Work Statements prepared for each activity

vii. Prior to entering site for first time workers to be inducted to site and site hazards explained

together with explanation of work site safety procedures.

ix. Medical and first aid facilities provided together with a person qualified in first aid.

Worker issues (i): Hiring of



workers and HIV/AIDS issues.

Contractor to implement HIV/AIDS awareness program.

Worker issues (ii): Location of

camps and employment of local

labour

i. Local communities to be preferentially offered employment for unskilled work.

ii. Camps to be sited to avoid social conflicts.

iii. Each camp should have a solid waste disposal site and a soakage pit to pre-treat camp wastewater

Worker issues (iii): Provision of

adequate living conditions within

campsite.

Camp conditions to meet Labour Law requirements. Provide:

i. adequate shelter

ii. potable water

iii. Sanitation and washing facilities

iv. Kitchen with adequate cooking facilities

v. Nutritionally adequate food rations

Worker issues (iv):

Camp water heating and

cooking. Use of fuel wood.

PREFERENTIALLY

i. the contractor will provide gas and kerosene for water heating and cooking.

ii. Locate camp away from significant forest areas, and: limit collection and use of fuel-wood.



Worker issues (v):

Hunting and sale of wildlife by

workers

i. Labour employment agreement enforced by contractor that bans hunting and trading in wildlife

by workers.

ii. Labour who disregards this requirement are handed over to Forest Protection Department for

prosecution and immediately dismissed. Contractor is to provide nutritionally adequate camp

rations.

Disposal of site waste

All waste materials to be collected and sorted; (i) those that can be recycled and (ii) those that need to

go to an approved landfill site for disposal.

Chance discovery of

archaeological and cultural sites

No known sites. Chance discoveries are to be notified to the SE who will advise the EO. EO to

advice on procedure for dealing with chance discoveries.

Clearance and rehabilitation of

construction sites and removal of

contractor’s facilities.

i. All solid waste to be removed from sites and disposed in approved landfills.

ii. All contaminated soil to be removed.

iii. All sites to be rehabilitated and restored to original condition.

iv. Drainage to be re-established.

v. To be included as part of Final Inspection before payment made.



OPERATION PHASE

Unsafe operation of transmission

line.

i. Vegetation cut and controlled to safe operating limits.

ii. Use hand labour

i. Unsafe habitation within RoW

ii. Unsafe operation of

transmission line.

i. All buildings kept out of 32 m RoW

ii. All buildings outside 16m RoW width from centreline to 72 m earthed.


4. ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE INSPECTION AND

MANAGEMENT.

4.1 Environment compliance inspection

4.1.1 EMP implementation inspection of CPMB and related parties:

- Monitoring and compliance with the environmental management plan of

CPMB and the related parties are implemented according to the organization

structure and method of environmental management system shown in Figure 3. The

information on labor safety and environmental sanitation has been quickly reflected

to PMU, concurrently the duties of parties: PMU –construction monitoring unit –

contractors – local authorities have been determined clearly and closely.

Figure 3: Organization structure of environmental management system

- In order to effectively implement the tasks of environmental management,

CPMB and other units involved in environmental monitoring system

Contractors

PMU (CPMB)

Construction monitoring units (PTC3 & PTC4)

Construction monitoring engineers of contractors

Local authorities


(contractors, local authorities, construction monitoring units: PTC3, PTC4 ...)

have to conduct their specific environmental management tasks; to monitor the

environmental impacts caused by project construction activities and other

related activities and ensured that the EMP has been followed during

construction of the project.

- Almost all of mitigation measures presented in the Contractor Environmental

Management Plan (CEMP) were performed relatively well under the

supervision of the power transmission companies (PTC3, 4) as well as the

staffs in charge of CPMB.

- The semiannual environment monitoring reports were prepared by CPMB

and submitted to ADB/AFD for review in August 2013, February 2014 and

August 2014.

- On August 27-29, 2013, CPMB and ADB consultants conducted site visit in

the area of Cu Chi and Binh Duong to check the compliance with the projects’s

environmental management plan.

- On the basis of submitted reports and the situation found in the site visit,

ADB had no objection letter dated September 03, 2013, which recognized the

compliance of the project on ADB’s environment, resettlement and ethnic

minority safeguards.

- From December 05-07, 2013, CPMB and ADB/AFD have conducted site

visits at some places of the project as Tan Thanh Dong commune, Cu Chi

district, Ho Chi Minh City; Lai Hung commune, Ben Cat district and Tan Long

commune, Phu Giao district of Binh Duong province.

- From April 01-04, 2014, CPMB and ADB have conducted site visit at some

places of the project belonging to Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces (such as

Nghia Hoa commune of Chu Pah district, Gia Lai province; Tan Hoa commune

of Buon Don district, Dak Lak province; Tan Thanh Dong commune of Cu Chi

district, Ho Chi Minh city) to check the compliance with the EMP, social

safeguards and the issues of reforestation for the project.


- CPMB evaluates the effectiveness of the implementation of mitigation

measures conducted by contractors during the construction period, based on

environmental compliance reports and the Minutes of environmental

compliance monitoring of contractors, and actual situation of environmental

management under the supervision of Power Transmission Companies, the

engineers who have supervised project construction of CPMB as well as local

authorities in the project area.

- CPMB has always monitored, supervised and urge prompted the contractors

to strictly implement of environmental management in accordance with

regulations.

4.1.2 Environment compliance inspection for Contractors:

- On the basis of CEMP and civil work contracts, the contractors have strictly

performed environmental management plan in accordance with the ADB's

guidelines and requirements of EVNNPT/CPMB.

- The contractors cooperate with CPMB and local authorities to disclose

information about the project construction activities to the local people and

deal with the local authorities, local people to work together to implement

CEMP well.

- Contractors assign environment experts to address the environment

information to workers and implement the mitigation measures during the

project duration.

- The contractors are willing to solve shortcomings arising during construction

after each inspection of the CPMB staff who are in charge of compliance with

the environmental management plan of the contractors.

- Contractors attended the meetings and give out solutions to shortcomings as

per CPMB’s request.


- Contractors have set up criteria to implement the mitigation actions, which

are stated in the CEMP and report the compliance in the format guided by

ADB enclosed with Certified Minutes under the monitoring of CPMB.

- The contractors integrate, complete and submit reports to the CPMB before

the 25th date of each month. The report and the written certification complied

with ADB guidelines form and the content of the approved EMP. The reports

focus on the impacts incurred during the construction process and the

mitigation measures implemented by contractors that are summaried in table 5

below.

Table 5. Summary of the project environmental impacts and mitigation measures

conducted by contractors.

Impacts Mitigation measures taken by contractors Note

Dust and waste

There has been a person who regularly

checked the transportation vehicles,

equipment to handle the problem of air

pollution. Materials have been fully covered

to prevent emissions to the atmosphere.

The trucks moving materials have been

fully covered to ensure no pollution to the

air environment.

Reduced of vehicle traffic on roads

Sprayed water on the area where there is

dust. Watering the road of transportation

when the weather is dry.

Certified by Minutes *

Noise and

vibration

The construction activities have took place

during the day.

Used equipment with small capacity and

not so regularly, therefore the noise did not

affect the residential area and could be

acceptable.

The equipment, tools, machinery met

registered standards.

Complied with national technical regulation

on noise.



Water waste of

construction

Collected and transported waste to the place

in accordance with local regulations.

Cement bags were collected and reused.

Excavated soil was used to backfill the pit

after construction.

Water waste was not discharged directly

into rivers, lakes around.

Arranged ditch surrounding the foundation

to collect water to a hole to reduce turbidity

before water is discharged into the pit

around.

Minimized the oil spillage of construction

machinery outside the site.

Soil erosion on

construction

site.

Restricted excavation expand, reduced soil

erosion potential.

Applied the land protection method at the

area where there is erosion.

Avoided using machinery to dig up the soil

in the humid conditions.

Excavation area was leveled soon after

completion of the work.

Protected new foundation immediately after

completion.

Grassed and embankment at the place

where it is easily eroded.

Solid waste

All construction waste materials including steel and wood

trim, sand, gravel, cement bags etc. ... were collected and

classified for reuse if possible, or treated at a regulated

place.



Storage and

handling of

construction

materials

Storage areas have been prepared and

protected by security fences, locked

protection.

Fuel were stored in properly sealed

containers; regularly checked so that the

fuel does not flow into the environment.

All the filling of fuels were done at least a

distance of 20 m from the river, streams,

ponds and lakes and it was carried out by

trained personnel. Oil waste was collected

and treated as per regulations.

Developed training for the troubleshooting

process and explosives for employees to

handle problems related to fire and

explosion.

Community

Safety from

increased

vehicle

movements

All vehicles were properly maintained and

operated in accordance with road laws.

Used the transportation vehicles suitable

with the road

Drivers to be fined if ignore safety

requirements.

Erected warning signs at the dangerous

places or at the crossing place with the

traffic road.

Workplace

health and

safety

Erected warning signs and barriers around

work areas

There is no drug or wine at the site.

Dust and noise were controlled.

All the workers were provided with

protection equipment which is suitable for

their work.

All workers were provided with: clean

water, toilets, protection clothes and area

for bathing.

Before accessing the site for the first time,



workers were introduced about the

dangerous places and were guided with

safety procedures at workplace.

There has been medicine cubicle at the site

for first aid.

Clearance and

rehabilitation of

construction

sites and

removal of

contractor’s

facilities.

All solid waste was removed from sites and

disposed in approved landfills.

All contaminated soil was removed.

Sites have been rehabilitated and restored to

original condition. There is the witness of

local authorities when returning of site.

Drainage were re-established as the original

condition

Public access to

site

Erected warning signs and barriers around

work areas.

Site could only be accessed with

permission of

contractors.

Visitors to site were explained site hazards

that may be experienced.

Worker’s health

and community

Enhanced awareness of workers about the

social evils. Implemented the preventive

measures against HIV / AIDS.

Provided adequate living conditions in the

camp area, to ensure hygiene for drinking

water and cooking.

Regional camps are located in high places,

dry, non-humid

Provided protective equipment for workers

and required workers to use while working.

Provided first aid facilities, medicines for

workers.

Cleaned the worker camps.



Strictly prohibited hunting and trading of

wild animals

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* Certified Minutes: Environmental Compliance Monitoring Minutes of were certified by the

construction monitoring engineers of CPMB or PTC3, 4. The mitigations implemented by the

contractors have supervised and stated results in the Minutes. Most of mitigations were

evaluated according to effectiveness rating criteria to be good.

In order to effectively implement the tasks of environmental management, the CPMB

and other units involved in environmental monitoring system (construction monitoring

engineers; local government, PTC3, PTC4 ...) have supervised the above mentioned

activities of the contractors as well as other related activities of the project to ensure

that the EMP are followed during the construction and operation of the project.

4.2 Environment Management:

4.2.1. Environment Management performed by CPMB

1. Environment management is well performed by CPMB before and during the

project implementation.

2. All the conditions and requirements on the environment management which

must be performed by parties are strictly set forth by CPMB.

3. The implementation of the monitoring of environmental management in

accordance with EVNNPT’s requirement as well as the requirements of security,

public order and safety, fire prevention, environmental sanitation in particular

has been incorporated in the civil works contracts of the project and CPMB

follow up the implementation of the contractors.

4. To operate better environmental management system for the project, CPMB

dispatched officials who are responsible for environment to receive monthly

information, as a bridge between the CPMB and the unit related to timely

resolve issues of environmental safety.


5. CPMB has prepared the monitoring criteria in Enviromental compliance Report

and Enviromental compliance monitoring Minutes, which were sent to the

contractors for implementation.

6. There is always technical expert of CPMB who is at site and urge the

contractors to comply the mitigation measures set forth in EMP during the

construction.

7. The meeting attended by the Contractor, Consultant and representative of

CPMB is maintained weekly under the chairmanship of the CPMB. Besides

meeting unexpected mechanism addressing the urgent issues is also proposed

depending of the actual conditions of the site.

8. Ready and full-participation meetings, training, seminars ... on the environment

management organized by ADB, absorb and overcome the deficiencies and

shortcomings.

4.2.2. Environment Management performed by constrution monitoring companies

Apart from monitoring the construction, monitoring companies (PTC3, PTC4)

are frequently at site and requesting contractors to fully prepared legal

formalities on the environment safety.

4.2.3. Environment Management performed by contractors

Contractors assign their experts to the site and monitor all the environment

issues, including: Supervision of contractors (CSE), Environmental Officer and

health safety (EHS), Community Expert Consultation (CLO). These staffs are

responsible for implementing and monitoring the implementation of CEMP,

responsible for monitoring compliance with the EMP, the health and safety

issues as a liaison between the local community and the contractors. Based on

approved EMP, the contractors take actions to minimize environmental impacts,

evaluate and report to CPMB to receive support information from the CPMB

and construction monitoring companies in the implementation of environmental

management at site.


4.2.4. Participations of related parties at local in enviromental management

1. Local authorities at the place where the transmission line passes by also assign

some experts to cooperate with CPMB and contractors to address the project

activities to local people. Besides, supporting the contractors in compensation

for land, assets...affected when the contractors hire the area surrounding the

foundation, storage of construction materials...

2. PPC of communes/districts where the transmission line passes by requests

contractors to return the surface of the roads, where contractors use to transport

the construction materials, to the original condition after contractors complete

the construction of each item.

3. The participation of community during the project implementation is also highly

paid attention.

4.3 Mitigation compliance in operation phase

1. The expected adverse impacts during the operational phase of the 500kV

Pleiku- My Phuoc- Cau Bong transmission line are generally related to the

occupational and community health and safety issues. The impacts are

reversible, manageable, and can be mitigated with oper engineering and

management controls. Operations management units (PTC3 and PTC4) will be

responsible for the operation of the 500kV transmission line and its ancillary

services.

2. The actual survey on site along to 500kV Pleiku- My Phuoc- Cau Bong

transmission line, shows that the operating units has complied with the EMP

and well controlled the environmental safety measures during the period from

the start of the operation so far.

3. In addition, the exchange of information with the operations management units,

local authorities and the communities in the project area on the implementation

of the environment safety measures shows that the coordination between the

management and operation unit with the relevant departments and locals is well

done.


4.4 Mitigation effectiveness

1. The environment monitoring has showed that most of mitigation measures in

CEMP are strictly performed under the monitoring of transmission companies,

CPMB and the experts of contractors. Criteria to implement the mitigation

measures were set up as per ADB’s instructions in EMP, which were stated in

CEMP and monthly environmental compliance reports of the contractors to

ensure that the EMP are followed during the construction.

2. In order to evaluate how the contractors have used the mitigation measures in

EMP, CPMB has refered to the Minutes of checking and compliance reports

stated above of the contractors, which are submitted to CPMB every month as

well as to check at site. It can be seen from these reports that mitigation

measures have been used quite well by the contractors such as: hanging alarm

signs at site, limit the noise, dust for the residential areas, limit the erosion, land

slide, mitigate the impacts on the water, mitigate the damages caused by trees

cutting, impacts to the agricultual land, manage the waste during the

construction; collect and storage the construction materials, restore the traffic

roads …The effectiveness of each contractors in the implementation mitigation

measures are summarized in Table 6 below:

Table 6: The summary of effectiveness of each contractor in mitigation

compliance during the construction:

Packages Contractors

Effectiveness

Evaluation

ĐĐ-G6 and OHL feeder Power Construction Company Ltd

No.4

Good

Pac. 02 (G6-G13)& Pac. 03

(G13-G17)

Vietnam Electricity Construction

Company

Good


Pac. 04 (G17-G21) Joint Venture of Power Construction

Company Ltd No.4 and Viet Trung

Joint Stock Company

Good

Pac. 05 (G21-G24)

Joint Venture of Viet A Investment

Commercial Industrial Company and

Dien Dia Phuong Ltd Co.

Fair

Pac. 06 (G24-G30) INCO Company Fair

Pac. 07 (G30-G36) Joint venture of Installation of

Machines and Electricity Joint Stock

Company and Electricity and

Construction Joint Stock Company.

Good

Pac. 08 (G36-G45C) Joint Venture of Power Construction

Company Ltd No.4, Alphanam Joint

Stock Company and Song Da 12 Joint

Stock Company

Good

Pac. 09 (G45C-G49)& Pac. 10

(G49-G52)

Song Da 11 Joint Stock Company Good

Pac. 11 (G52-G60)& Pac. 12

(G60-G64)

Song Da 11-Thang Long Joint stock

Company Good

Pac. 13 (G64-G71) Power Construction Joint Stock

Company No.1 Good

Pac. 14 (G71-G79) Joint Venture of Power Construction

Joint Stock Company No.1 and Thang

Long Joint Stock Company

Good

Pac.15 (G79-G85)

- Section of 110kV & Pac. 16

G85-ĐC and OHL feeder)

Power Construction Company Ltd

No.2

Fair

5. Status of reforestation activities:

5.1. In Dak Lak province:


a/ Affected forest square: 107,11ha

b/ Compensation result:

• Compensated forest square: 107,11ha

• Compensated forest cost: 10.816.764.158 VND, was transferred according to

Decision No. 485/ QĐ-UBND dated 07/03/2014 of the People Committee of

Dak Lak Province.

• Compensatory reforestation plan: is being appraising, after the People

Committee of Dak Lak Province approves, CPMB will transfer the approved

amount to Forest Protection and Development Fund of Dak Lak province.

c/ The reforestation to now: not yet performed

• Place for reforestation: At plots 4,5/group 262, plots 2,4,7/subdivision 264 of

Ea Lê commune, Ea Sup district and plots 3,6,7/subdivision 546, plots

5,6/subdivision 556 of Ea Kiet commune, Cư Mgar district.

• Square of reforestation: 107,11 ha.

• Time for reforestation: not yet performed

• Company who will be in charge of reforestation: Chu Ma Lanh Forestry

Company Limited in Ea Sup district, Dak Lak province and Buon Ja Wam

Company Limited at M'gar district, Dak Lak province.

5.2. In Gia Lai province:

a/ Affected forest square: 28,7 ha

b/ Compensation result: Department of Agricultural and Rural Development is

submitting the cost for compensated forest to People Committee of Gia Lai Province

for approval.

• Compensated forest square: 28,7 ha


• Department of Agricultural and Rural Development is submitting the cost for

compensated forest to People Committee of Gia Lai Province: 2.628.822.420

VND

• Payment: Not yet been made. After People Committee of Gia Lai Province

approves, CPMB will transfer this amount to Forest Protection and

Development Fund of Gia Lai province

c/ The reforestation to now: not yet performed

• Place for reforestation: at plot 6/subdivision 229, Hoa Phu commune, Chu Pah

district, Gia Lai province.

• Square of reforestation: 28,7 ha.

• Time for reforestation: not yet performed

• Company who will be in charge of reforestation: Forest Protection Management

Unit of North Sea Lake, Gia Lai province.

6. CONCLUSION

Through the process of evaluation, management and monitoring the

construction of project, CPMB found that most of the contractors were relatively in

good compliance with the approved EMP. The problems exist in the construction

period to the present time have been overcame. CPMB and all related parties will

continue to troubleshoot if having any problems during the warranty period of the

project.

During construction and operation phase of 500kV Pleiku- My Phuoc- Cau

Bong transmission line, all the related stakeholders have complied with the EMP,

followed the progress plan and ensured the work quality and safety, which has

minimized the environmental impacts to people life in the project area.

The 500 kV Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong transmission line has been accepted

and put into operation since May 05, 2014. CPMB has transferred the project for


Power Transmission Company 3 and 4 (PTC3 &PTC4) to directly manage and operate.

These units are responsible for regularly checking each item in the warranty period (24

months since starting the operation) for the timely detection and report to the project

owner to take solutions and enable the work going to stable and sustainable operation

in the future.

Initially, the monthly operation and maintenance of the Operation and

Management Units have been strictly implemented and complied with the

Government’s regulations on the high-voltage safety as well as other legal documents

of the electricity industry.

Through the construction of 500 kV Pleiku - My Phuoc - Cau Bong

transmission line, under ADB’s guideline and the implementation of the project

environmental management plan, CPMB and the units involved have learned out a

lesson for future similar projects to be organized more well and thoroughly.


Figure 2: The local people have planted cassava inside the ROW of 500kV Pleiku- My

Phuoc- Cau Bong transmission line in Binh Phuoc Province.


Figure 3: Cassavas are growing very well

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