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pq 4'zxp2/7 GradeA EnvironmentalImpact Assessment Certificate No.0224 V44 P Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Assessment Report (EIA) of WaterwayRegulation Project On Lower Xijiang River by Using World bank Loan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Scientific Institute of Pearl River Water Resources Protection Public Disclosure Authorized November 1997 National Environmental Assessment Certificate Serial No.0224 EnvironmentalImpact AssessmentCertificate Name of Unit: Scientific Institute of Pearl River Water Resources Protection Class of Certificate: Class A Serial No. of Certificate: 0224 of National Environmental Assessment Certificates Authority of certificate Issuing: National Environmental Protection Bureau 30 December,1989 2 Head of Institute: Wu Yadi(Senior engineer of environmental management) Deputy Head of Institute: Li Xueling(Senior engineer of Environmental science) Luo Shusong (Senior engineer of Chemical engineering) Deputy Chief Engineer: Yan Lianhe(Professor of agriculture and hydrology) Lin Fangrong(Professor of chemistry) Wu Qianzhao(Senior engineer of environmental science) Manager of Project: Luo Chengping(Engineer of environmental impact assessment) Work Group: Luo Chengping Translators: Wu Renhai Liu Xinyuan Zhang Zhongquan Huang Aizhu Gong Ying Lin Weihua Luo Chengping Chen Yubo Wu Zhijun Zhu Yuansheng Wu Zhijun 3 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Objectives and Origins 1.2 Basis for Preparation 1.3 Grade. Scopes and Standards of Assessment 1.4 Assessment Processes 1.5 Main Work Contents and Methods 1.6 Assessment Conductor and Working Staffs 1.7 Assessmentapproval 1.8 Note 2. Description of the Project 2.1 Properties, Aims and Significance of the Project 2.2 Description of the Waterway 2.3 Dimension and Standards of Waterway Construction 2.4 Main Engineering 2.5 Budgetary Estimate and Investment Arrangement 2.6 Engineering Analysis 3. Investigationand Assessment of Current Environmental Situations 3.1 Physical Environment 3.2 Biological Environment 3.3 Socio-Economic Environment 3.4 Living Quality 3.5 Current Scouring and Silting Situations 3.6 Current Water Quality and Its Assessment 3.7 Current Water Supply and Drainage Facilities 3.8 Harbors and Docks 3.9 Current Environmental Noise and Its Assessment 3.10 Investigation of Ship Pollutants 4. Environmental Impact Prediction and Analysis, and Mitigation Measures 4.1 Environmental Impact Prediction and Analysis 4.1.1 Water Quality Impact Prediction and Analysis 4.1.2 Impact Analysis on Aquatic Organisms and Fishery Resources 4.1.3 Rise of Flood Level and Impact on Flood Control 4.1.4 Analysis of Impact on Scouring and Silting 4.1.5 Analysis of Impact on Water Supply and Drainage Facilities 4.1.6 Analysis of Noise Environmental Impact 4.1.7 Analysis of Other Environmental Impacts during Construction Stage 4.1.8 Socio-Economical Environmental Impact Assessment 4.1.9 Environmental Impact Prediction and Analysis of Ship Pollutants 4.1.10 Analysis of Ship Pollution Accident Risk 4 4.2 Project Alternatives 4.3 Countermeasures of Environmental Protection 4.3.1 Measures to Mitigate Water Quality Impact of SS from Dredging 4.3.2 Aquatic Organism and Fishery Resources Protection 4.3.3 Flood Raising 4.3.4 River Erosion and Sedimentation Mitigation 4.3.5 Water Supply and Sewerage 4.3.6 Noise Control Measures 4.3.7 Environmental protection measures during construction stage 4.3.8 Measures to Mitigate Impact of Construction on Waterway Traffic and Harbor Operation 4.3.9 Shipping Pollution Control 4.3.10 Accidental Shipping Pollution Prevention S. Analysis of Toxic Residues in Fish 6. Environmental Management, Monitoring & Training 6.1 Environmental Management Organization 6.2 Environmental Management during Construction Phase 6.3 Environmental Management during Operational Phase 6.4 Environmental Monitoring 6.5 Training Programs 7. Public Participation 7.1 Methodology 7.2 Workshops and Conclusions 7.3 Public Opinion Survey 7.4 Bulletin in Newspaper 7.5 Response to Public Concerns 7.6 Conclusions 8. Analysis of Environmental and Economical Benefits and Costs 8.1 The Social Benefits of the Project 8.2 Project Investment and Economical Benefits 8.3 Environmental Loss and Environmental Protection Investment 8.4 Environmental Benefits 8.5 Cost-Benefits Analysis of Environmental Economics 9. Conclusions and Suggestions Appendix 1. Entrusted Letter of Environmental Impact Assessment Work Appendix 2. TOR of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Regulation Project on the Lower Xijiang River Channel (Guangdong Province) by Using World Bank Loan 5 Appendix 3. Review Opinions on the. TOR of Environmental Impact Assessment for the Waterwav Regulation Project on the Lower Xijiang River (Guangdong Province) Assisted with World Bank Loan Appendix 4. Reply Correspondence of Review Opinions on the TOR of Environmental Impact Assessment for the Waterway Regulation Project on the Lower Xijiang River (Guangdong Province) Assisted with World Bank Loan Appendix 5. Reply Correspondence on the Assessment Standards of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Waterway Regulation Project on the Lower Xijiang River (Guangdong Province) Assisted with World Bank Loan Appendix 6. Official Reply Correspondence for the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Zhaoqing-HutiaomenWaterway Regulation Project on the Lower Xijiang River 6 1. Introduction 1.1 Objectivesand Origins The waterway regulation project for lower Xijiang river by using World Bank loan consists of two sub-projects: (1) 3,000 dwt seagoing waterway from Zhaoqing to Hutiaomen (simplified as LXR(Z-H) or (Z-H)), (2) 1,000 dwt waterway from Nanhua to Lianhuashan within the branch Liansharong (simplified as L-S-R). Z-H waterway in the lower Xijiang river refers to the seagoing waterways from Zhaoqing to Hutiaomen in the western part of the Pearl river delta, in which the section from Zhaoqing to Baiqingtou with a total length of 123 km is called as the lower reach section of Xijiang river, and the section from Baiqingtou to Hutiaomen (through Maxi channel) with a total length of 45 km is called as Hutiaomen waterway. L-S-R waterway with a total length of 90 km locates in the river network of Pearl River Delta, composing of Lianhuashan waterway, Shawan waterway and Ronggui waterway. The waterway is one of the main waterways to link Guangzhou with Pearl River Delta, the coastal areas in the west of Guangdong Province and the mainstream of Xijiang river, and it reaches Shizhiyangto the cast and connects with the mainstream of Xijiang river to the west. The current maintenance standards of Z-H and L-S-R waterways can no longer satisfy the requirement of regional economic development and the connection with outside. In order to change the rather closed inland water transportation system in Pearl River Delta, and improve the comprehensive transportation network with the coordinate development of waterway, road and railway so as to promote the economic development in the delta and even the whole basin of Pearl River, Guangdong provincial government has put forward the concrete Schemes to develop Pearl River Delta water-borne transportation network, which is based on the General Scheming of Inland Navigation Development formulated by the Ministry of Communications of the People's Republic of China. The present project is put forward according to the above background. Guangdong provincial government attaches great importance to the present project. Under the circumstance of fund shortage, extensive investigation was still carried out and a great deal of data collected. In the meantime much survey and research were conducted. All these have laid sound technical-economic foundations for the implementation of the present project. In 1994, Guangdong Provincial Waterway Bureau considered the Hutiaomen waterway regulation project as the critical project of water-borne transportation development in short tern. In the spring of 1995, the bureau conducted the feasibility study for the project, and commissioned the Scientific Institute of Pearl River Water Resource Protection (SIPRWRP) to carry out the environmental impact assessment work for the project. In May of 1995, Environmental Assessment Report for Zhaoqing-Hutiaomen Waterway Regulation Project in the Lower Xijiang River (2nd phase) was completed by the Scientific Institute of Pearl River Water Resource Protection, and was 7 approved by Guangdong Provincial EnvironmentalProtection Bureau (see Appendix 6). With the further progress of the work, and for the convenience of seeking for the World Bank Loan, the regulation projects of LXR(Z-H) and L-S-R waterways were combined into Waterway Regulation Project for Lower the Xijiang River by Using World Bank Loan. The project is directed by the Guangdong Province Communications Department, which has established a leading group of using World Bank Loan and its executing agency-The World Bank Finance Office of Guangdong Province Communications Department. Meanwhile the project was commissioned to Guangdong Province Waterway Bureau (GPWB) to undertake. Commissioned by Guangdong Provincial Waterway Bureau, the Scientific Institute of Pearl River Water Resource Protection undertook the work of preparing environmental assessment report for the project. In the course of report preparation, the requirements of the Regulations on Environmental Protection for Development Projects, and the Notice about Strengthening the Management of Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Projects using the Loan of Financial

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