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(1) The Inner Mongolia Transportation Group Co., Ltd. has submitted the "Environmental Impact Report for the Ulaanbaatar-Maqu Highway Ulaanbaatar-Bayintaihei to Shizuishan Huinong Section (G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Maqu Highway)" (hereinafter referred to as "the Report"). After reviewing, the following approval is given:
(2) 1. The project is a new construction project. The starting point is located at the Double Ao Bagou of the G18 Ulaanbaatar-Urumqi Highway in Ulaanbaatar City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the ending point is located on the west side of the Binhe Avenue in Huinong District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, approximately 400 meters away from the starting point of the G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Maqu Highway (already built) section. The main line is 18.761 kilometers long (15.28 kilometers in Ulaanbaatar City and 3.481 kilometers in Shizuishan City), built to highway standards, with a design speed of 100 km/h. The improvement project is a secondary road, 5.425 kilometers long, with a design speed of 20 km/h.
(3) The project includes the construction of 1 large bridge, 5 medium bridges, 18 culverts, 2 interchanges, 3 separated interchanges, 6 channel bridges, 1 service area, and 1 maintenance area (combined with toll station). The construction period will set up 1 temporary excavation site and 4 construction sites. Due to natural conditions and construction conditions, the project needs to cross the Yellow River's Qing Shi section, the National-level protected aquatic germplasm resource protection area, and has obtained the opinions of the Department of Fishery Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on "Environmental Impact Assessment Report on the G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Maqu Highway Ulaanbaatar-Bayintaihei to Shizuishan Huinong Section" (No. 96 of 2024).
(4) The project needs to cross the North Yellow River Irrigation District Wetland Protection and Biodiversity Ecological Protection Red Line and has obtained the opinion of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government on "G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Urumqi Highway Ulaanbaatar-Bayintaihei to Shizuishan Huinong Section Project's Use of Ecological Protection Red Line Non-avoidance Opinion" (No. 92 of 2024). The project needs to cross the Ming Great Wall relic site and has obtained the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on "Approval of the Construction Project of the G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Maqu Highway Ulaanbaatar to Shizuishan Section within the Ming Great Wall Relic Site" (No. 467 of 2022) and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Bureau of Cultural Heritage on "Record of the Construction Project of the G1816 Ulaanbaatar-Urumqi Highway Ulaanbaatar to Shizuishan Section within the Ming Great Wall Relic Site" (No. 197 of 2023). The project needs to collect the national-level protected second-class wild plant, Sihegou, and has obtained the approval of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau on "Administrative Permit for the Collection of National Second-class Protected Wild Plants" (No. 52 of 2024).
(5) In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Ecological Environment's file No. 16 of 2025, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ecological Environment Bureau and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ecological Environment Bureau held a consultation on the project's environmental impact assessment report, and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ecological Environment Bureau replied that they had no comments on the report. The project meets the national and local highway construction planning requirements. The report states that, under the premise of fully implementing various ecological protection and pollution prevention measures, the project's environmental impact can be alleviated and controlled to a certain extent.
(6) Therefore, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ecological Environment Bureau approves the project in principle, with the following conditions:
(7) 2. In the design, construction, and operation of the project, the following work should be done:
(8) (1) Strengthen ecological protection. From the perspective of ecological protection, further optimize the construction plan, strictly control the construction scope and reduce the occupied land, prohibit unauthorized destruction of vegetation and harm to wild animals. Remove the topsoil separately and cover it to prevent damage, for later vegetation restoration or land reclamation. The occupied land, including cultivated land, forest land, and grassland, should be handled in accordance with the law. Strengthen ecological restoration design, use native topsoil and local