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51418-001: Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Environmental Impact Assessment (Draft) Project Number: 51418-001 August 2018 Proposed Loan for People’s Republic of China: Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing– Tianjin–Hebei Region — Shandong Clean Heating and Cooling Project (Biomass Combined Heating and Power Generation Component) Prepared by Jinan Thermal Power Co., Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 10 August 2018) Currency Unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $ 0.1466 $1.00 = CNY 6.8211 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person AQI Air Quality Index CHP Combined heat and power EA Executing Agency EHS Environment, Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMoP Environmental Monitoring Plan EMP Environmental Management Plan EMS Environmental Monitoring Station EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EPL Environmental Protection Law FSR Feasibility Study Report FGD Flue-gas Desulfurization GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Green House Gas GIP Good International Practice GIIP Good International Industrial Practice GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HSP Heat source plant IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination IT Interim Target JNMIP Jinan New Material Industrial Park JTPC Jinan Thermal Power Co,. Ltd MAC Maximum Acceptable Concentration MEE Ministry of Ecology and Environment MEP Ministry of Environmental Protection MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet PAM Project Administration Manual PCR Physical Cultural Resources PPE Personnel Protective Equipment PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC People’s Republic of China SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction SNCR Selective Non-catalytic Reduction SPG Shandong Provincial Government SPS Safeguard Policy Statement, ADB TA Technical Assistance WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WWTP Wastewater treatment plant WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand, five days CaCO3 Calcium Carbonate cm Centimeter CO2 Carbon Dioxide COD Chemical Oxygen Demand dB(A) A-weighted sound pressure level in decibels DO Dissolved Oxygen kg Kilogram km Kilometer kWh Kilowatt Hour Leq Equivalent Continuous Noise Level m Meter m/s Meters per Second m2 Square Meters m³ Cubic Meters mg/l Milligrams per Liter mg/m3 Milligrams per Cubic Meter µg/m3 Micrograms per Cubic Meter NOx Nitrogen Oxides oC Degrees Celsius O3 Ozone pH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution PM Particulate Matter PM10 Particulate Matter smaller than 10 micrometers PM2.5 Particulate Matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers SO2 Sulfur Dioxide t/h Tons per Hour TSP Total Suspended Particulates NOTES (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars and "€" refers to Euro. (ii) This document has been prepared following ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009. This environmental impact assessment report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of the ADB website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... I I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 A. THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................. 1 B. INTRODUCTION OF BORROWER .................................................................................... 2 C. REPORT PURPOSE ...................................................................................................... 2 D. APPROACH TO REPORT PREPARATION .......................................................................... 2 E. REPORT STRUCTURE .................................................................................................. 2 II. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK .......................................... 5 A. APPLICABLE ADB POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ................................... 5 B. PRC ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................. 6 C. PRC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK AND PROCEDURES ............... 9 D. PROJECT DOMESTIC EIA REPORT .............................................................................. 11 E. RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ................................................................... 13 F. APPLICABLE PRC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ........................................... 14 III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 25 A. THE PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 25 B. PROJECT LOCATION .................................................................................................. 25 C. PROJECT RATIONAL .................................................................................................. 27 D. PROJECT SCOPE ....................................................................................................... 29 E. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................ 31 F. COMPONENT DESIGN DETAILS ................................................................................... 38 IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT .................................................................. 70 A. LOCATION ................................................................................................................. 70 B. SHANDONG PROVINCE OVERVIEW .............................................................................. 70 C. SITE PHYSICAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 73 D. AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT BASELINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.......................... 78 E. ECOLOGY AND SENSITIVE RESOURCES .................................................................... 105 F. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ........................................................ 109 V. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..................................... 113 A. PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED DURING DETAILED DESIGN113 B. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE ........................................................................................................................... 114 C. ANTICIPATED OPERATION PHASE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..................... 125 D. ANTICIPATED POSITIVE OPERATION PHASE IMPACTS ................................................. 160 VI. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES .............................................................................. 162 A. NO PROJECT ALTERNATIVE ..................................................................................... 162 B. ENERGY SOURCES .................................................................................................. 162 C. DEEP GEOTHERMAL ENERGY .................................................................................... 163 D. PIPELINE NETWORK ................................................................................................ 164 E. OVERALL ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 164 VII. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................. 166 A. PRC AND ADB REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION .......... 166 B. PROJECT INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ....................................................................... 167 C. FUTURE CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ......................................................................... 186 VIII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .................................................................... 187 D. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 187 E. ADB’S GRM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................. 187 F. CURRENT GRM PRACTICES IN THE PRC .................................................................. 187 G. PROJECT LEVEL GRM ............................................................................................. 187 IX. CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................... 190 APPENDIX I: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .............................................. 192 A. OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 192 B. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................................... 193 C. POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..................................................... 196 D. ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN ........................................................................... 196 E. INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ........................................ 196 F. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................
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