Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report
Project Number: LN2933 January to December 2013
PRC: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project, Private Sector Facility - Phase 2
Prepared by Long Jiang Environmental Protection Group Company, Ltd.
This report has been submitted to ADB by the Borrower and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB.
Annual Environmental & Social Performance Report Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.
Harbin·China April 30, 2014
Reporting Period: January 2013 to December 2013
Report Completion Date: April 30, 2014
Prepared by LJEP Group Co., Ltd.
Disclaimer
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This report is drafted by Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. Unless specially noted, discoveries, instructions and conclusions herein only represent opinions from Longjiang Environmental Protection Group instead of ADB board or its working staff.
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Table of Contents
I INTRODUCTION ...... 2
A Background ...... 2 B Objective ...... 7
II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT ...... 7
A ESPR Prepareration ...... 7 B Environmental and Social Responsibility ...... 8 B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement ...... 12 B.2 Environmental and Social work plan ...... 15
III Environmental and social requirements compliance...... 21
A National requirements compliance ...... 21 A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System ...... 21 A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements ...... 23 A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection ...... 32 A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues ...... 40 B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements ...... 42
IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES ...... 44 V Summary of safety performance and corrective action ...... 47 VI Important Events ...... 51 VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange ...... 53
A Utilization of sludge resources ...... 53 B Corporation Social Responsibility Report ...... 57
Annex 1 ...... 58 Annex 2 ...... 61 Annex 3 ...... 63 Annex 4 ...... 68 Annex 5 ...... 75
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GLOSSORY OF TERMS & ACRONYMS
A2/O Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic Biochemical Reactor Process CASS Cyclic Activated Sludge System CSRR Corporation Social Responsibility Report EA Executing Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau ESMS Environment al and Social Management System ESPR Environmental and Social Performance Report ESA Environmental and Social Affairs ESU Environmental and Social Unit IPP Indigenous People Plan IRP Involuntary Resettlement Plan LJEP Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. QEMS Quality and Environmental Management System SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor SEPA State Environmental Protection Agency SHMP Safety and Health Management Panel SIA Social Impact Assessment SMI Safety Management Institution SRB Songhua River Basin TTWE Tsinghua Tongfang (Harbin) Water Engineering Co., Ltd. WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant
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ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT ESPR (2013)
Reporting Period: January 2013 to December 2013 Report Completion Date: April 30, 2014
I INTRODUCTION
A Background
1. Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Longjiang Environmental Protection”), with its predecessor Qinghua Tongfang (Harbin) Water Affairs Co., Ltd. established in May, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as “Tongfang Water Affairs”), is a shareholding company mainly engaged in water affairs environment protection project investment, construction and operation and owns living sewage level A operation qualification issued by P.R.C Ministry of Environmental Protection. In order to bring in strategic partners to make the enterprise stronger and bigger, maximize the economic benefit of Asian Development Bank and Tsinghua Holdings Co., Ltd. and other investors and maximize the social effect of the enterprise, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been adhering to the human-centered and social service-oriented operation concept and actively fulfilling its social responsibilities depending on the environmental management system.Through close cooperation with Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and government and various regional Committees and governments, the company is committed to resolving long-term water pollution and worsening water quality issues in Heilongjiang, SRB based on public services privatization in multiple forms, e.g. BOT, TOT, cooperation construction and other franchised operation mode.
2. During the Eleventh Five-year Period and the Twelfth Five-year Period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company undertook more than 70% water environment emission reduction tasks in Heilongjiang Province, realizing cumulative wastewater treatment of 690 million tons, reducing COD by 0.19 million tons, including cumulative wastewater treatment of 480 million tons, reducing COD by 0.13 million tons in the capital city Harbin. By the end of 2013, the company had invested in and operated 23 wastewater treatment factories (including sludge treatment plants) and
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running water companies, with total treatment capacity of 3.063 million cubic meters per day, involving a total investment amount of 4 billion Yuan in the past 8 years.
3. Based on the water affairs sector and expanding water affairs market, the company is hanging on to the favorable opportunity of environmental protection industry upgrade fully implemented by the national government, accelerating the pace of deeply extending to the environmental protection sector and committed to operating frontline environmental protection project, including low-carbon economy, renewable resources development and recycling advocated by the government. According to the sustainable cooperative development strategy, in order to further improve the operating efficiency of urban water supply, drainage, wastewater and sludge disposal facilities, elevate the recycling ability of such resources as discarded electrical and electronic products and automobile dismantling and improve urban living environment, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has signed Heilongjiang Key Well-known Town Water Project Investment and Strategic Cooperation Agreement, Heilongjiang Wastewater Treatment Factory Sludge Project Investment and Strategic Cooperation Agreement, Heilongjiang Water and Recycling Project Strategic Cooperation Agreement and Heilongjiang Environmental Protection and Water Facility Entrusted Operation Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department and Heilongjiang Construction Department authorized by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government respectively. The Group has invested the Jiamusi Electrical Appliance Dismantling Project by means of equity participation, occupying 1% equity of the project company and owning the priority acquisition right of project equity .
4. On August 21st, 2013, the company won the first prize of Heilongjiang Technological Invention for the “Theory and Technology for Membrane Pollution Control in Urban Water Treatment Process with the Low-Pressure Membrane Method”. On August 21st, 2013, the company won the second prize of Heilongjiang Science and Technology Advancement ward for the “New Biological Low-Temperature Enhanced Integrated A/O Improved Technology and Sludge Internal Carbon Source Utilization Technology”. On August 21st, 2013 the company won the second prize of Heilongjiang Science and Technology Advancement Award for the “Study on the Coordination Rule of Each Link of the Supply Water Treatment System under Low-Turbidity Water Producing Conditions”.
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5. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company is deeply aware that science and technology is the first productivity, so it has been vigorously strengthened its scientific research team construction. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company’s application for establishing a state-level post-doctoral scientific research workstation was officially approved by relevant departments of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China and the National Administrative Committee of Post-Doctoral Researchers, becoming the first environmental protection enterprise owning a state-level post-doctoral scientific research workstation in Heilongjiang Province. As an important carrier for bringing together high-end talents and an important source of enterprise scientific and technological innovation, after the establishment of the post-doctoral scientific research workstation, the research & development and innovation work in the Group’s production and operation process will be accelerated by depending on the doctors in the workstation and the scientific research force of universities where those doctors are, which will promote the sustainable development of the enterprise.
6. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been granted the “Academician Workstation in the Environmental Microbiological Field” by Heilongjiang Science and Technology Department, which has provided a good development platform for the in-depth research in the microbiological field and greatly promoted the scientific research work of the Group. The Group has imported new internationally advanced physical/chemical/ microorganism analyzers to conduct water quality testing, analysis and research, including such precision analyzers as PCR polymerase chain reactors, artificial climate boxes, gel imaging analyzers and super low-temperature refrigerators. Currently, the team in the Academician Workstation has researched and developed a number of treatment processes and technologies and put them into real application by means of research achievement transformation, improving operation efficiency and reducing maintenance costs. In 2014, the Academician Workstation plans to apply for one state-level scientific research project and 3 provincial-level scientific research projects through cooperation with universities and research institutes, obtain 2 invention patents and 3 utility model patents and publish 10 high-level academic papers.
7. Entrusted by Heilongjiang Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company operates and
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manages Heilongjiang Urban Water Supply and Drainage Association on behalf of it and assists it in managing the work related to the routine management of Heilongjiang Urban Wastewater Treatment Information System. Besides, Entrusted by Heilongjiang Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Group organizes supply water quality laboratory technician training in the whole province, elevates those trainees, grants qualifications to those who have passed evaluation and issues laboratory technician qualification certificates.
8. On October 24th, 2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company, as a support unit, organized Heilongjiang Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation Engineering Technical Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Engineering Center”), with such units as Northeast Agricultural University and Heilongjiang Environmental Science Society as joint construction units, involving a total investment amount of 50.5785 million Yuan. The Engineering Center places focus on China’s soil remediation market, conducting such work as actual microbial remediation of polluted soil and improvement and comprehensive utilization of saline alkali land. The Engineering Center has established two sets of mature technical and development modes through multipoint small-scale tests in the field and pilot application in the demonstration area, i.e. the polluted soil microbial remediation technology mode and the “saline alkali land remediation-crop plantation” industrial chain development mode, developed biological bacteria agents and soil improving agents and constantly accelerated the industrialization process, truly realizing the organic combination of theory and practice. By conducting the abovementioned research work, the Engineering Center has cultivated a soil remediation and control technology research & development team and the research in this direction will play a positive role in protecting black soil resources, improving ecological environment quality and safeguarding food safety and grain safety.
9. In 2013, there were a total of 3947 urban wastewater treatment facilities in operation in China, an increase of 111 , compared with 2012, with total treatment capacity of 179 million cubic meters per day, showing additional treatment capacity of 3million cubic meters per day, compared with 2012, with average daily treated wastewater amount of 148 million cubic meters. In 2013, there were a total of 110 urban wastewater treatment facilities in operation in Heilongjiang, with total designed treatment capacity of 4.682 million cubic meters per day and average daily treated wastewater amount of 4.587 million cubic meters, of which the total designed treatment capacity of the water
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factories under Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was 1.965 million cubic meters per day and average daily treated wastewater amount was 1.623 million cubic meters per day, occupying 42% of the total treatment capacity of the whole province.
10. By the end of 2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company had established 19 wastewater treatment plants and 1 sludge disposal plant and acquired 3 water supply companies: Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company, Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company and Jixi Running Water Company. Currently, the Group has 16 wastewater treatment plants in normal operation: Harbin Taiping, Harbin Wenchang, Harbin Pingfang, Harbin Xinyi, Harbin Taiping Wenchang Upgraded Water Plant1, Acheng Phases I, Mudanjiang Phases I, Jiamusi East Region, Jixi, Anda, Zhaodong Phases I and Ⅱ, Heihe Phases I, Ning’an, Fujin and Jiamusi West Region; Mudianjiang Wastewater Treatment PhasesⅡand Acheng PhasesⅡ are under construction; the Group will soon be entrusted to operate the Heihe Wastewater Treatment PhaseⅡ(at the water passing and debugging stage) under entrusted construction management. The construction of Harbin Sludge Disposal Project has been completed and currently, it is at the commissioning stage.
11. In 2013 September, the RMB230 million loans from Asian Development Bank (ADB) arrived, with great favorable conditions offered in terms of the loan period and interest rate, compared with the loans from domestic banks. The utilization of the loan from ADB will further elevate the Group’s energy-conservation and emission-reduction level in terms of fund utilization, technical research & development and management and play a demonstration and leading role in loan mechanism innovation. During the report period, the Group obtained approval of Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department about the clean production review of Harbin Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant. Experts have agreed that the wastewater treatment facilities of Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant have helped make significant achievements in terms of energy conservation and emission reduction.the disposal plants affiliated with LJEP include two sewage disposal plants with sovereignty loan provided by ADB East Asia Bureau, which are separately Harbin Xinyi Sewage Disposal Plant and Fujin
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Sewage Disposal Plant. Both of them use ADB public sector loan approved in 20081, constructed by state-owned company and handed over to Longjiang Environmental Protection for operation, maintenance and management.
12. Attachment I provides basic information of sewage disposal plant and water supply company affiliated with LJEP , including the current operation status or different stages governing expansion.
B Objective
13. Environment and social performance report (ESPR) is to disclose the company's implementation of environment and social management system during the report period and compliance with ADB environment and social requirements, its sub-project (or activity)’s adaptation to national and actual local condition and regulations, including environment monitor plan, environment management implementation, stakeholder participation, community relation, gender equality, health and occupation safety. In 2011, the ESPR is mainly centered on the implementation of all stages of sub-project (or activity) of LJEP, including:
(i) Various sub-project (or activity)'s compliance with environment and social management requirements; (ii) Various sub-project (or activity)'s implementation in terms of environment and social management; (iii) Occupational health and safety performance and major highlights; (iv) Sustainable development programme, and community relations.
II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
A ESPR Prepareration
Report prepared by: EASEN International Co., Ltd. Telephone: +86-451-86036638 / 86036639 (Fax) Email: [email protected] Enterprise web site: www.ljep.com.cn Signature: Piao Yongjian Date: April 30, 2014
1 Loan-2487 PRC：Songhua River drainage area water pollution control and management project
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B Environmental and Social Responsibility
14. In order to meet the requirements of the environmental and social management system, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established the Environmental and Social Management Department (hereinafter referred to as ESU) based on the existing organizational structure. ESU is an organization specifically engaged in environmental and social affairs management, affiliated to the Top Management Board of Directors, with main functions including guiding and coordinating the implementation of each department and subproject in environmental and social aspects; conducting liaison work with functional agencies of governments responsible for environmental and social affairs; disclosing information related to environmental and social affairs on a regular basis; interacting and exchanging with communities. The chart below is the framework of the Environmental and Social Management Structure of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company.
Board of directors
President
Executive vice president
Vice president
Enironmenfal protection and social management department
ISO9001:2008 ADB’S environment social ISO14001:2004 management system principle
. . T he W ater Water Environmental Engineering Production R&D Investmen Production Research and Q uality quality HR rerces Finance and social construction dispatch Technical departmen plan development M onitoring monitor departmentsou department management management centre centre t department department C enter centre department department
Other Harbin Mudanjiang Jiamusi Jixi Heihe Zhaodong Fujin Anda Ningan cities
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The individuals below (Table 1) hold responsibility for environmental and social performance in the organizational structure of LJEP and at the subprojects/activities sites. All the listed staffs in Table 1-1 are also LJEP’s ESU leading group members who together ensure the corporation performs well in environmental and social front. In Table 1-2 is the list of environmental and social management working groups of each subproject and in Table 1-3 is the list of members of the Environmental and Social Management Office.
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Table1-1 Environmental and social Management Leading Group Headman: Piao Yongjian(CEO) Deputy Head: Yu Xibo(Standing Deputy CEO) Liu Song(Deputy CEO, In charge of investment and social affairs) Zhang Fugui(Deputy CEO, In charge of environmental management) Members: Name Department Title ContactInformation
Liu Qiang Financial Department General Manager 13845106042
Xu Runzhi Investment Department General Manager 13603656133 Chen Human Resource Department person in charge 13359705598 Lingjun Dong Peng Chairman office deputy director 18246644777
Liu Engineering construction 13339541109 General Manager Wensheng management department Zhang Production plan department deputy general manager 13704816580 Haiyanga LiuLin Scientific Research General Manager 13903608536
Li Xiaowei Dispatch centre director 13633625641 Environmental protection and social Wang Naa person in charge 13946050289 management union Mudanjiang LJEP water supply 13836367905 An Jiuhai General Manager company Wang Jiamusi water supply company General Manager 13555422666 Jingyu Li Jixi Running Water Company General Manager 13604687977 Xiaoqiang Wang Jie Mudanjiang WWTP General Manager 13904839088
Zhou Jiamusi LJEP Company Jiamusi 13945460148 General Manager Qingzhu Eastern/Western WWTP
Zhu Dejun Jixi Jiguan District WWTP Factory Director 13846009199 Yang Heihe WWTP Factory Director 13904560953 Weidong Guan Fucai Fujin WWTP Factory Director 13945406588
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Li Yan Ning’an WWTP Factory Director 13604631588
Ma Kuna Anda WWTP Factory Director 18245988620
He Zhaodong WWTP Factory Director 15246695718 Xiangguo Guan Harbin Xinyi WWTP Factory Director 15804631684 Zhenguo Zhao Feng Harbin Pingfang WWTP Factory Director 13804500256
a Female employees
Table1-2 Sub-project environmental and social management workgroup list
Name Department Title Contact Information Mudanjiang LJEP water supply Minister of Production Shen Xuge 13359389838 company Department Guo Minister of Production Jiamusi water supply company 15046479896 Hongtu Department Minister of Production Yan Hua Jixi Running Water Company 13946823933 Department Xu Taiping WWTP Process owner 18745068950 Zhiqiang Sun Yulong Mudanjiang WWTP Process owner 13766601960 Xue Jiamusi Eastern/Western WWTP Comprehensive administra 13704545082 Kaijing Liu Chen Jixi WWTP Process owne 13836559745
Cao Han Heihe WWTP Process owne 13845679425 Zhao Zhaodong WWTP Process owne 13694621752 Lihong Xiao Tie Fuji WWTP Comprehensive administra 15845151755 Wang Anda WWTP Comprehensive administra 13634890133 Hongbin Huo Xueyu Ning’an WWTP Process owner 13624631221 Hou Harbin Xinyi WWTP Assistant factory director 15246695775 Fangzhou Sun Jian Harbin Pingfang WWTP Process owne 15331888029 Shi Harbin Jincheng Comprehensive administra Shengyu Longjianghuanbao Company a Female employees
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Table1-3 Environmental and social management office members list Name Department Title Contact Information
Environmental protection and 13946050289 Wang Naa person in charge social management union Jian Yingyinga Environmental protection and 13199513991 Assessment Officer social management union
Ma Yuntao Quality & Managerial Center deputy director 18845763110
Kang Shuanga Investment Department Project Manager 13703624610
Chen Chao Investment Department Project Manager 13766812433 a Female employees B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement
15. In the aforementioned organizational diagram and table 1, LJEP will entrust a batch of high qualified staff from various departments to serve as ESU members. All environmental protection and social management leadership personnel and work staff has good professional and academic background (the leadership group boasts of 6 senior engineers, 12 engineers and 5 assistant engineers), in 2012,LJEP conducted at least two internal training concerning environmental and social management plan implementation, In November, the Group employed Dr. Zhou Jian, a consultant from ADB to provide the Environmental and Social Management Department and the Investment Department with training related to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, social management systems and corporate social responsibility. In addition, the Environmental and Social Management Department provided the water factories under the Group with special poisonous chemicals-related training to enhance their ability to purchase, use and manage poisonous chemicals. All members are from LJEP management layer , all function departments and the affiliated branches or water plant; Further more, each of them have the ability to assume the task of management study, policy and management rule formulation and organization authority, implement quality and environmental management system and
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environmental monitor and information disclosure during implementing social management scheme of all sub-projects (or activity). In order to perform its duties, the ESU recruits 12 staff owning bachelor or master degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, water supply and drainage, chemical analysis, ecology, etc.Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company arranges for department personnel to receive relevant training on a regular basis to improve employees’ quality and professional ability. During the report period, in Box 1, the main duties and responsibilities of the ESU are given.In order to ensure sound management on safety and occupational health, LJEP establishes safety and health management panel (SHMP) from group legal person to all sub-projects. In terms of the company's high-level management, the SHMP is led by chief executive vice president, who is in charge of operation management and directly report to the president. The SHMP consists of representatives from security department, project management department, HR development management department, ESU, finance department and investment department. With regard to sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually composed of sub-project company general manager, deputy general manger, HR principal, safety engineer, technical personnel and safety technicians. All special safety and health personnel have received training on related regulations, rule, articles of association, standard and other governing compulsory regulations and are capable of implementing daily management.
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Column 1. The main tasks and responsibilities of ESU
The research and formulation of environmental and social policies, laws,
regulations and management aspects. Onsible for the preparation of environmental impact assessment (EIA), social
impact assessment (SIA), environmental management plan (EMP), involuntary resettlement planning (IRP), and indigenous people plan (IPP), and environmental and social performance report (ESPR) .
Organizing the completion environmental protection acceptance and operation qualification and wastewater discharge permit handling of each project
undertaken by the Group Company. Supervise and inspect the implementation of the ISO9001-14001 system and
ESMS, to put forward the improvement plan for the deficiency identified.
Coordinating the environmental projection management and environmental protection monitoring work of the Group Company.
Supervision and evaluation of subproject (or activities) on the environmental and
social effect aspects.
Managing energy-saving and emission-reduction work, organizing the preparation of annual energy-saving and emission-reduction project plans and
monitoring the implementation of such plans.
Communication with government function institutions, general public ,ADB,
stakeholders and other personnal; Coordinate social relations; Information disclosure and resolve complaints, In response to environmental and social questions.
16. In order to ensure sound management on safety and occupational health, LJEP establishes safety and health management panel (SHMP) from group legal person to
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all sub-projects. In terms of the company's high-level management, the SHMP is led by chief executive vice president, who is in charge of operation management and directly report to the president. The SHMP consists of representatives from security department, project management department, HR development management department, ESU, finance department and investment department. With regard to sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually composed of sub-project company general manager, deputy general manger, HR principal, safety engineer, technical personnel and safety technicians. All special safety and health personnel have received training on related regulations, rule, articles of association, standard and other governing compulsory regulations and are capable of implementing daily management.
B.2 Environmental and Social work plan
17. In the reporting period, LJEP mainly focused its environmental and social efforts on implementation and upgrade of its certified Quality and Environmental Management System (QEMS based on ISO 9001-14001); enforcement of ESMS according to ADB’s requirements and integrating it into existing system; environmental monitoring and reporting; public relationships related to environmental and social affairs; relevant trainings for environmental and social staff; safety and occupational health care; development and adoption of innovative technologies in wastewater and sludge treatment.
18. LJEP Function Departments, major environmental and social work is classified as:
(i) The ESU authorizes to advance the company's overall environmental management system and social management implementation to maintain their effectiveness, consistence and continuous update. Another task of the company is to monitor operation activities, gather, analyze, report and disclose data related to environment, provide feedback advice to related department and board and coordinate relief measures taken by various departments. This department shall also ensure communication among environmental management departments at various levels and resolve the public complaint on environmental issues. It is worth mentioning that during the report period, the three projects, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II and Harbin Sludge undergone the audit of ADB and submitted relevant documents, including social audit reports and environmental management plans, as required. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share
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Company has established its internal project environment and social management process to facilitate the smooth progress of environmental and social management work. (ii) The Security Department is responsible for examining and approving the structure of the safe production management system of each unit under the Group; establishing and perfecting the standardized management system for safe production; organizing the preparation of safe production and safe construction targets, and implementing safety evaluation; responsible for evaluating the safety of protective equipment and facilities, setting, monitoring and managing key points of safety management, organizing safety inspection and hidden danger rectification and implementation; organizing each unit’s preparation of emergency rescue plans for work safety accidents; organizing the drills of such emergency rescue plans for work safety accidents and the construction of emergency rescue teams; organizing each unit’s safety publicity, education and training work and helping relevant departments to publicize safety science and technology and advance the construction of enterprise safety culture; supervising and inspecting the safety management of construction projects; organizing the investigation and treatment of work safety accidents; responsible for safety management of fire fighting, fire prevention, security, safety facilities and special equipment; responsible for vehicle management of each unit (please provide detailed decomposition); responsible for occupational health and industrial hygiene management, coordinating protective equipment, facilities and supplies management and monitoring on-site safety management of production units; responsible for the archiving management of all inner safety data and inspecting and guiding each unit’s inner safety management. (iii) The Financing Center is responsible for working out financing resource planning, preparing and organizing the implementation financing resource optimization schemes; formulating annual financing plans, working out and implementing special financing implementation plans; participating in capital operation and asset reorganization management. (iv) The production planning department integrates environmental and social requirements into LJEP’s operational specifications, codes, and production planning. It is also demanded to take environmental and social requirements into account when designing investment and operational modalities, which is
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a key task of the department. This department has a command center under it ,taking care of daily operational activities of all the components of LJEP including the environmental and social performance. The command center supervises implementation of QEMS and ESMS in subprojects/activities, and carries out actions to correct any arising incompliance. It also plays as a statistician to provide timely and accurate statistics reflecting the environmental and social achievements. (v) The human resource department sets up appropriate staffing standard to ensure adequate and qualified management and/or technical personnel will be allocated to the positions with environmental and social responsibility. It also undertakes due diligence on the staff performance. Meanwhile, this department makes and implements environmental, safety, and occupational training plans; arranges physicals for the whole staff; and promotes health care and other welfare for the employees. This department, the Party-Masses Work Department and the Planning Department works in a united office, mainly responsible for affairs management, trade union management and enterprise culture construction and publicity work. (vi) The investment department is entitled to manage preparation, finalization and acceptance to operation of the construction projects. Hence it takes charge of ESAs emerged in the two kinds of phases of the project cycle. This department also communicates with ADB and other shareholders about ESAs on behalf of LJEP’s management board. Theoretically, the investment department may be confronted with resettlement complaint and indigenous people grievance, therefore a resettlement plan (RP) and a indigenous people plan would be readily prepared and implemented. However, as explained in paragraph 26 and 27 below, there were never such challenges appearing in the reporting period. (vii) The project management center is commissioned to engage all the ESAs during the project construction phase. Potential ESAs include conventional air pollution, wastewater, noise & vibration, impairment on ecosystem, and any other social impacts that are liable to causing serious complaint and impedance to the project. Nevertheless, the project staff actually had little troubles in the reporting period. (viii) The Scientific Research and Development Department should keep pace with the times to grasp advanced technologies and conduct production
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process innovations bravely based on the actual situation to make them closely connected with the subprojects (or activities) of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. At the same time, the Scientific Research and Development Department provides solutions to process-related problems by means of independent or joint research. During the report period, the Technical Center has studied a set of optimized sludge disposal process for considerable reduction and reutilization of sludge. The study has got success. (ix) The Water Quality Monitoring Center: mainly involved formulating quality objectives, organizing the preparation of water supply and wastewater treatment and water quality management plans, establishing and consummating water quality management systems, formulating water quality inspection, monitoring and management rules, regulations and technical specifications, formulating internal control standards, organizing the water quality inspection, monitoring, detection and appraisal work of water supply projects and wastewater treatment projects, taking responsibility for water quality sampling inspection work, organizing prevention and treatment of disqualified water quality problems such as abnormal water quality, guiding water quality inspection and monitoring business, organizing the technical training of Lab technicians and monitoring personnel, organizing the annual business performance evaluation of inspection, monitoring personnel and Lab technicians; assisting relevant government departments in investigating water pollution incidents, submitting unified water quality monitoring data and conducting water quality equipment and facility management.
(x) The financial department commits fully to providing financial support for ESAs as cost of environmental training, expenditure in monitoring, payment for new techniques of sludge treatment, etc.
(xi) President Office: Under the guidance of President and Vice President, the President’s Office is mainly responsible for administrative management, general affairs management, non-investment legal affairs coordination and management, letter and call management of the Group Company and the organization and implementation of large-scale theme activities. There is an archives office under it, working in a united office with the Enterprise Management Office, mainly responsible for participating in organization
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setting and adjustment and defining responsibilities and duties of each department; coordinating the construction of rules and regulation systems; organizing and optimizing the business process of the Group Company; coordinating the operation performance appraisal of each department and the units directly under the Group Company; Working out development plans, establishing management systems and promoting enterprise cultural construction.
19. For the sewage disposal plants and faucet water plants under operation, major environmental and social tasks within the report period include:
i. Carrying out QEMS and ESMS in their operational and maintenance activities to ensure satisfactory environmental and social performance. ii. Keeping wastewater treatment/water supply facilities in good conditions and working well; tail water/running water meeting regulatory criteria respectively; sludge being properly disposed; and other significant adverse impacts (e.g. odor, garbage, sludge, and sewage per se) within allowable limits. iii. Ensuring the on-line monitoring system doing well and reading out real time data ceaselessly, as mandatory requirements of the environmental authority. iv. Formulating environmental monitoring plans and preparing monitoring reports. v. Preparing corrective action plans in view of the adverse impact of projects on the environment and society. vi. Keeping vigilant and good scores of risk management by ensuring all the positions and processes subject to potential risks (e.g. equipment failure, power outage, overflow, pipeline damage, fire incident, and flood/water logging) closely watch dogged and in control. vii. Strengthening safety management and staff health care to avoid or minimize incidental casualties and health hazard. viii. Enhancing working skills and environmental awareness of the employees by periodic training and routine education. ix. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication, information disclosure, and transparency.
20. Major environmental and social tasks concerning the ongoing sub-project:
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i. Strengthen environmental and social management and capacity building to cope with thorny potential or newly emerged issues. ii. Formulating and implementing mitigation measures against the possible adverse impact on the environment during the project construction period and preparing compliance monitoring reports. iii. Superintending construction activities and ensuring that the contractors strictly adhere to requirements of the project EIA and the detailed design, and all the prescribed environmental protection measures (mainly for soil erosion, noise & vibration, dust pollution, small volume of camp sewage and garbage, etc.) are put in place according to the time-bound schedule. iv. Undertaking due diligence on safety and occupational health of construction labor force and promoting welfare for workers as much as possible; maximizing social benefits. v. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication, information disclosure, and transparency. vi. Involuntary immigration and original inhabitant issue: when LJEP obtained sub-projects, the local government and EA have completed land acquisition and honored all compensations. According to the agreement signed between LJEP and local government, when the permanent or temporary land use has been handed over to LJEP, the power, water supply and road are already available. The legal responsibilities arising out of immigration, compensation and claim belong to the local government. On the other hand, among the projects in 2013, only Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Project requires land acquisition. The government is responsible for land acquisition and relocation of the project and relevant costs. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company doesn’t bear such costs. Currently, the land acquisition and resettlement involved in the project has been completed (The preparation of the land acquisition and resettlement report has been completed by professional approved by ADB) and the construction of the project has commenced.
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III Environmental and social requirements compliance
A National requirements compliance
21. From the very beginning when LJEP was founded, environmental and social commitment has been always the core value of the corporation. Following and being compliance with environmental and social laws, ordinances, regulations, codes, and standards of national and local levels should be the first things first of LJEP's environmental and social management. In fiscal year of 2013, the environmental and social performances of LJEP and its all subjects/activities scored high points.
A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System
22. Prior to the establishment of environment and social management system required by ADB, LJEP already established complete quality and environment management system in 2009, in compliance with ISO9001 and ISO14001. Both systems were certified on July 17, 2009 by HBQA and passed re-rating in 2013 (see attachment 2), including all sewage service and related activities. ISO9001-14001 system plays a very important role in LJEP’s sub-project. Related issues arising out of environmental and social aspect are seen in column 2.
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Column 2. Certified Quality and Environmental Management System Continuing commitment environment friendly, social responsive and sustainable development. Policy framework defining LJEP’s strategy, principles, and objectives in environmental and social fields and ensuring the national and local statutory safeguard requirements are fully met. Environmental, safety and occupational health responsibilities and obligations assigned to every operation and activity. Operational instructions to guide and regulate response to environmental, safety and occupational health stresses for minimizing and mitigating risks and adverse impacts of subprojects/activities. Performance inspection and evaluation procedures to ensure due diligence on and ever lasting improvement of environmental, safety and occupational health performances. Prompt, proper and effective correcting action plans for any emerging or potential faults and defects in environmental, safety and occupational health fields, including a scrutinized contingency scheme. Records and reporting system to track the interactions with environmental, safety and occupational health matters from top to bottom. Institution for various types of training to promote environmental capacity building and provide qualified staff with sufficient knowledge and skills in environmental and safety domains.
23. LJEP's QEMS environmental factor identification needs yearly update2. In 2011, the environment verification involved 161 items in environment and resources, covering three major sub-protects, including LJEP Taiping Sewage Disposal Plant, Mudanjiang Sewage Disposal Plant and Jiamusi East Area Sewage Disposal Plant; thereinto, 9 highlighted environmental factors are classified into 3 categories (e.g. water and soil pollution, air pollution and energy conservation) which gets adequate attention. For each environment and resource constraint, the QEMS confirms anticipated impact, possible operation status and time framework, responsible department (or personnel) and prevention complaint and relieving measures. Through this set of standard method, LJEP guarantees quality of three sub-protects and continued improvement of environmental management system so that different regulations and rules are met. At the same time, 2013 quality and environmental management system supervision and examination work is to be conducted in late May 2014 and completed by July 2014.
2 In August 2, 2012, pass HBQA and first re-rating review of quality and environment management system certification.
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A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements
24. During the report period, All subprojects of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company have been officially put into operation, of which the Phase II BOT Project of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant has become formally signed, Phase II of Mudanjiang Project commenced in December, the Construction of the Expansion Project, Phase II of Harbin Acheng District Wastewater Treatment Plant has commenced, the civil engineering and equipment installation of Heihe Phase II with Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company in charge of construction and management on behalf of the government have been completed, with water passing and debugging not done yet. The land acquisition-related issues involved in Phase II of a wastewater treatment plant under Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company have been solved, with a land certificated obtained (Please refer to Attachment 3 for detailed information). In Table 2 are the requirements of main environmental and social laws (regulations) and the compliance of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. Longjiang Environmental Protection has no resettlement issue and/or case of impacting former local inhabitants.
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Table 2. Main Legislative/Regulatory Requirements and Compliance Statuses
Legislative Requirements
Title Title Title Title Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law EIA requirements for projects. Provisions Entirely satisfactory. LJEP managed Environmental Protection on environmental management of the LJEP mainly engaged itself in its subprojects/activities strictly Management Ordinance for whole project circle including design, successive construction, acceptance following stipulated procedures and Construction Project construction, acceptance to operation, inspection, and operational mgt. requirements. operation and close down. Provisions on control requirements of Large quantity of sludge cumulated in Water Pollution Control Law; water, air, noise, and solid wastes Satisfactory. LJEP per se commits past years was still causing serious Air Pollution Control Law; pollutions. Focuses are put on locating fully to water pollution control and impacts on surroundings. It is the most Noise Pollution Control Law; pollution sources and relevant preservation of water resources, with intrusive environmental stress and Solid Wastes Pollution Control management, pollutants treatment and considerate inputs on pollution control LJEP’s first priority of environmental Law disposal, protection of water resource and of sludge, odor, and noise. concerns. other environmental sensitive objectives. Fully satisfied. Operation qualifications of all projects have been obtained and environmental Procedural, functional, and performance Management Regulation on protection acceptance of all projects requirements for the specific Environmental Acceptance has been conducted as required by environmental acceptance inspection. Inspection for Completion of laws and regulations. Except for Violation of this SEPA Decree by any Construction Project Phases Ⅱ of Mudanjiang project could result in banning to operation. Wastewater Treatment Plant, Phases Ⅱ of Acheng Wastewater Treatment Plant and Phases Ⅱ of Heihe
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Wastewater Treatment Plant, all projects under operation of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company have passed the special environmental acceptance and inspection.
To address the long term sludge Promotion of adoption of advanced Entirely satisfactory. LJEP has been pollution and transform the feces into a technologies and equipment, clean pushing clean production and energy useful resource, LJEP has started a materials and energy; encouragement of saving cross its all ambitious project aimed to devour the recycling industries and comprehensive Law of Promoting Clean subprojects/activities. Technologies huge sludge dump accumulated within utilization of resources; improvement of Production; Energy Saving adopted by LJEP are listed as Harbin Wenchang WWTP compound at production/service processes and Law; Directive Inventory for encouraged category in the inventory, a rate of 1,000 t/d by a new composting enhancement of production efficiency; Adjustment of Industrial also uptodate or appropriate and technology which mixes the sludge with strengthening management of energy Structure (2005) commonly used. The corporation was straw and then ferments the mixture in consumption and product’s life-time cycle; entitled with energy saving example of high temperature tank and finally get a reduction of pollution; investment & Harbin Municipal by the government manure. This compost could be used as technological categories to be encouraged, in the past consecutive two years. an ameliorant for saline soil or for limited and banned. afforestation. LJEP has never been involved in land Land Management Law; Procedures of land acquisition, house Fully met. All land acquisition and acquisition and resettlement activities Urban and Rural Planning demolition and resettlement, and resettlement had been finished with up till now. All its occupied lands either Law; Management Ordinance application for permits of project locality, relevant compensation in place. All permanently or temporarily are for House Demolition in Urban building density, plot ratio, and construction the project designs and constructions appropriated or sold by local Area3. activities. strictly abided by relevant permits. governments. Labor Law; Labor Contract Provisions on employment; establishment, Totally satisfactory. As a social LJEP has a staff of 1,480 employees
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Law; Women Rights and alteration, and abolishment of labor responsive corporation, LJEP fully among which 455 employees are Interests Protection Law contract; labor dispute arbitration; laborer’s respects legislative requirements of female (30.74% of the whole staff). rights and obligations, work hour and break social dimension and commits itself LJEP ensures every employee time/vacation, salary, safety and and its subsidiaries to better fulfillment receives fair and equitable treatment. occupational health; occupational training; of relevant duties. All the employees Most of female employees take on social insurance and welfare; protection of have signed the labor contract and administrative, technical, financial, and women and minors; gender equity on enjoyed stipulated rights and fare collection positions working on day working, payment, welfare, social interests. Safety, occupational health, shifts only and with middle or upper insurance, and political interests. training, social insurance and welfare, level of payment. Female employees and gender equity are highly secured. can get more health care. All the No minor was employed. All the staffs employees have a physical inspection have endowment, medical, work before engaged in position. Middle and injury, maternity and unemployment high level management staff can enjoy insurance, as well as other welfare. physical on yearly basis. Within the corporation, LJEP also Fully met. LJEP observes statutory Provisions on nationality equity, favorable follows an indiscriminate policy in Constitution of PRC; Law on requirements of indigenous people policies for development of minorities, terms of employment, payment, Regional National Autonomy; protection. LJEP and its subsidiaries freedom of religious belief, etc. In addition, promotion, training, health care, and Ordinance on Religious provide indiscriminate service to the governmental policies generally give other welfare. Mr. Piao Yongjian, a Affairs; Relevant Policies of people in service area no matter what certain privileges to minority and religious Korean, as the CEO of LJEP, provides People’s Government nationality they belong to or what people. a live example. Many employees are religion they believe. Manchu, Korean, Hui, and Mongolian. The state shall actively train and select Law of the People's Republic female cadres. State organs, public Fully compliant, Long Jiang The company has 597 female of China on the Protection of organizations, enterprises and institution Environmental Protection Water employees, and unmarried female Rights and Interests of unites must in appointing cadres, adhere to Supply Company respects equality employees enjoy marital leave, Women was passed on April the principle of equality between men and between men and women during the maternity leave and special treatment 3rd, 1992 women and attach great importance to the recruitment and employment process. in the lactation period. training and selection of female cadres for
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leading posts. The state shall pay attention to the training and selection of female cadres and ethnic minority female cadres. Requirements of Technical Policies/Guidelines/Codes
Title Title Title Title Detailed conditions for localities of Generally satisfactory. LJEP and its LJEP has so far been rarely engaged Technical Policy for Urban WWTPs, recommendations and subsidiaries all belong in national in the location selection and other Wastewater Treatment and guidelines for wastewater and sludge encouraged categories. The localities earlier project preparation of WWTPs. Pollution Control; Technical treatment technologies; prevention and of LJEP’s WWTPs are sufficiently While it could happen in the future, this Guidelines for Urban mitigation measures for secondary separated form water sources, natural issue has always been dealt with by Wastewater Treatment and pollutions on ambient air, water, soil, reserves, residential blocks, and other local governments or governmental Pollution Control acoustic environment, and groundwater. sensitive areas. EAs till now. Sludge dumping to landfill is facing Technical Policy (Tentative) for Generally satisfactory. Sludge is Technical guidance for sludge treatment more and more restrictive conditions. A Sludge Treatment and normally dehydrated to certain extent and disposal by adoption of uptodate sludge composting plant adopting Pollution Control in Urban and and sent to landfill or just dumped technologies; recommendations for advanced technology was prioritized Township Wastewater within the WWTP compound (e.g. pollution control and proper disposal. and undergoing construction within Treatment Plant Harbin Wenchang WWTP). Harbin Wenchang WWTP compound. The Whole-Process Drinking Water Safety Guarantee Technology System, with its contents involving 129 articles in 9 Technology Guidance of Urban chapters, i.e. General Principles, Water Supply Facilities Technical Countermeasures, Raw Water Complying with the original technical Construction and Implementing new methods currently System, Water Purification Process, standards Transformation Special Water Treatment, Emergency
Treatment, Water Supply Network, Secondary Water Supply and Water Quality Monitoring.
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Strengthen prevention of environmental risks caused by sludge, encourage rec
overing and utilizing the energy and re
sources in the sludge under the premis
e of safety, environmental protection an Basically compliant. Currently, the d economy, comply with relevant state Currently, 100,000.00 tons of solidified Notice of the Ministry of sludge produced in the projects of and local pollution control standards an sludge plans to be added to Environmental Protection on Harbin is transported to the east side construction waste and transported to Strengthening Sludge Pollution d technical specifications during the wh of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment a landfill plant 7 km away from the Control Work of Urban Plant for temporary solidification ole process of sludge production, trans plant for backfilling. Wastewater Treatment Plants treatment to reduce the moisture portation, storage, treatment and dispos content from 80% to below 50%. al and control sludge dehydration to a
moisture content below 50% before tra
nsporting it out of the plant for the pur pose of storage (not for treatment and
disposal). Fully compliant. There are optimized The wastewater treatment plants under Code of Urban Water Drainage official wastewater collection network Long Jiang Environment Protection Engineering Detailed description and guidance on the and treated water gates in the local Group Share Company are Planning(GB50318-2000); site selection, official network, planning, areas of all wastewater treatment responsible for wastewater treatment Operation, Maintenance and preliminary design, construction design, plants under Long Jiang Environment in main cities in the Songhua River Safety Technical Regulations operation and safety management of Protection Group Share Company. Basin, with the wastewater treatment for Urban Wastewater wastewater treatment plants. The whole process of operation, rate increased to over 70% by the end Treatment Plants(CJJ 60-94) maintenance and safety management of 2013. In 2013, the amount of treated
is well planned. wastewater occupied 56% and 84% of
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the amounts of wastewater treated by the wastewater plants in Heilongjiang Province and Harbin City respectively. Fully compliant. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company attaches great importance Management of centralized drinking water, Two water pipe burst accidents to drinking water supply safety. During guidance on water source selection and occurred in the water supply backbone Code of Urban Water Supply the report period, Mudanjiang Long health guarantee, production of qualified network of Jixi Running Water Engineering Jiang Environmental Protection Water Company and both accidents were drinking water, safety and control Planning(GB50282-98); Code Supply Company, Jiamusi Long Jiang treated in a timely manner, with water pollution, sanitation requirements, supply resumed within 24 hours, with Environmental Protection Water of Drinking Water Sanitation no serious effect produced. sanitation requirements for operators and Supply Company and Jixi Running
guidance. Water Company under the entrusted operation maintained 24-hour clean running water supply.
Relevant standard requirements Relevant laws and regulations provision Compliance Note Environmental Quality Long Jiang Environmental Protection According to relevant laws, industrial Standards for Surface Water Supply Company is an pollution sources should be Water(GB3838-2002); environment-friendly enterprise and responsible for their pollution control Ambient has made great contributions to the and ensure the emission of pollutants Air Quality Standards(GB3095 Limit values and standards for all quality water quality improvement in the complies with corresponding -1996); Environmental Quality indicators including surface water, Songhua River Basin. At the same concentration control standards. Standards for Noise underground water, ambient air, acoustic time, in order to ensure that the Besides, the total emission amount of (GB3096-2008); Underground environment and soil. environmental quality can meet pollutants should be less than that Water Quality Standards (GB/T14848-93); relevant standards, all plant under stipulated in the standard of the local Environmental Quality Long Jiang Environmental Protection environmental protection bureau. In Standards for Soil Water Supply Company have been principle, a single industrial pollution (GB15618-1995) doing their utmost to minimize source is unable to responsible for the
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secondary environmental impact. environment quality Standard for Pollutant Emission As for some wastewater treatment of Urban Wastewater Basically compliant. Long Jiang plants (such as Harbin Taiping Treatment Plants Environmental Protection Water Wastewater Treatment Plant and (GB18918-2002); Standard for Supply Company and its subordinate Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Integrated Wastewater companies have been making Plant), pollutant control indicator limit Discharge(GB8978-1996); constant efforts to mitigate and reduce Standard for Wastewater Limit values and standards for emissions shall be based on specific agreements secondary pollution, including noise, Discharged into Urban Sewers of wastewater, sludge and gas discharged and water intake and capacity shall be odor and other air pollution, sludge, (CJ3082-1999); Standard f from different pollution sources, noise considered by the local environmental soil pollution and soil erosion as well or Emission of Odor Pollutants equipment and emission of construction protection bureau. Long Jiang as adverse effect caused by (GB14554-93); Standard for dust. Environment Protection Group Share construction. The continuous Integrated Emission of Air Company is expanding an expansion environmental monitoring result pollutants (GB16297-1996); project to improve treatment efficiency. Emission Standard for shows that all environmental Once the expansion project is Industrial Enterprises Noise at indicators have met corresponding completed, stricter control and higher Boundary (GB12348-2008); standards. standards shall be adopted. Noise Limits for Construction Site(GB12523-90) Fully compliant. Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Regulation on safe and healthy production General Principles for the Supply Company and its subordinate process, determination of safe and healthy Requirements of Safety and companies have been strictly factors and general requirements for Health in Production complying with safety and sanitation During the report period, no major protective measures for technology and Process(GB/T12801-2008); standards and each detail, safety or health-related problems management safety and health and Hygienic standards for the determining all safety and occurred. suggestions for specific isolation distance health-related factors and updating Design of Industrial involved in public health and workers’ them on a regular basis, ensuring Enterprises(TJ36-79) safety and health. safety and sanitation-related technologies and management
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measures available at any time.
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A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection
25. According to the above contents, LJEP has established a set of online monitor system, including all its sewage disposal plant and water plant. The monitor system works 24 hours a day so that LJEP's QEMS can respond to over target value to prevent direct or indirect damage on environment. This set of complete monitor system meanwhile provides complete monitor data to provide a sound platform environment performance inspection for LJEP within the report period. Besides, each sewage disposal plant is equipped with professional assay equipment. The following table lists major environment indicator of all sewage disposal plants and water plants. The monitor data shows that all sewage disposal plants and water plants of LJEP meets related standard requirements. Within the report period, there is no over target status
Table 3. Average Daily Air Pollution Monitor Data in 2012 Smelly gas1 H S1 Ammonia gas1 Methane2 Indicator concentration (no 2 mg/m3 mg/m3 % dimension) Standard value 20 0.06 1.5 1 Name of sewage
disposal plant Harbin Wenchang 8~14 0.009~0.026 0.067~0.184 0.08~0.71
Harbin Taiping 8~13 0.010~0.027 0.053~0.220 0.11~0.52
Harbin Pingfang 9~14 0.007~0.011 0.080~0.301 0.10~0.69
Harbin Xinyi 12~15 0.005~0.007 0.061~0.121 0.25~0.27
Harbin Acheng 11~14 0.003~0.005 0.060~0.125 0.24~0.25
Mudanjiang 7~15 0.010~0.026 0.103~0.342 0.06~0.37
Jiamusi East Area 7~13 0.011~0.017 0.006~0.120 0.24~0.55 Jiamusi West 10~18 0.011~0.020 0.015~0.024 0.41~0.80 Area Heihe 9~13 0.005~0.008 0.065~0.209 0.22~0.69
Jixi 7~13 0.005~0.007 0.086~0.322 0.15~0.76
Zhaodong 11~16 0.003~0.005 0.065~0.132 0.21~0.28
Ning’an 12~15 0.014~0.028 0.010~0.024 0.44~0.85
Anda 11~16 0.007~0.015 0.104~0.135 0.11~0.35
Fujin 12~15 0.005~0.009 0.141~0.191 0.20~0.39 Note: 1 Urban sewage disposal plant discharge standard (GB18918-2002), category II 2 Smelly gas emission standard (GB14554-93), category II
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Table 4. Noise Monitor Data in 2013 Continuous equivalent sound Continuous equivalent sound Indicator level in daytime (dBA) level at night (dBA) Standard value 60 50 Name of sewage disposal
plant Harbin Wengchang 45.3~54.8 35.8~46.1
Harbin Taiping 43.5~56.4 36.2~45.5
Harbin Pingfang 43.8~52.7 43.8~47.9
Harbin Xinyi 38.4~43.4 35.3~41.2
Harbin Acheng 42.5~52.2 41.8~47.7
Mudanjiang 37.1~52.8 39.7~46.4
Jiamusi East 42.4~49.3 34.6~37.2
Jiamusi West 44.8~48.0 33.4~42.8
Heihe 40.2~53.4 35.2~44.9
Jixi 43.8~54.2 33.3~42.7
Zhaodong 42.8~51.7 42.3~46.4
Ning’an 36.5~44.9 33.0~38.4
Anda 42.5~51.8 36.8~42.4
Fujin 44.2~50.2 42.3~45.3 Note: Industrial Company discharge standard, category II (GB12348-2008)
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Table 5. Sludge Monitoring Data in 2013 Indicator Sludge quantity in 2012 (ton) Sludge water content (%) Name of sewage disposal
plant Anda 80422 77.12
Fujin 93066 78.12
Total 18752 78.06
Anda 19832 77.85
Fujin 13036 77.42
Total 31070 79.93
Anda 9881 79.03
Fujin 6663.4 77.40
Total 3484 78.89
Anda 13662 77.83
Fujin 17658 78.43
Total 5904 78.77
Anda 8225 78.71
Fujin 4882 79.16 合计 326537.4 Note: Anda Sludge Disposal Plant was under official operation in November, 2010, with operation of sludge dehydration equipment delayed to April, 2011.
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Table 6. Water Supply Plant's Water Quality Monitor in 2013 (Annual average total analysis on a monthly basis)
National Annual average treated water Test Items Institute of Unit Mudanjia Jiamusi Jixi Standards ng smell and taste nought / nought nought nought
Visible objects nought / nought nought nought
pH 6.5 - 8.5 / 7.20 6.94 6.84
turbidity 3.00 NTU 1.20 2.65 2.50
color 15 Degree 7.5 3.0 11.5
free chlorine ≥0.3 mg/L 0.35 0.40 0.38
Nitrates 10 mg/L 1.28 0.69 3.95
Total Hardness 450 mg/L 47.4 51.30 134.6
The amount of 3 mg/L 2.85 0.99 1.95 oxygen consumed Chlorides 250 mg/L 9.84 6.04 20.30
Iron 0.3 mg/L 0.2 0.18 0.25
Total number of 100 CFU/mL) 2.45 Not 9.50 colonies detected Total coliforms Not detected CFU/100mL Not Not Not detected detected detected
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Table 7. Average Value of Monitor Data for Sewage Disposal Plant in 2013
Design Total COD BOD5 SS NH3-N TN TP disposal disposal Name (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) capacity volume 103m3/d 103m3 Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Standard value (category II)1 350 100 220 30 220 30 30 15 / / 6 3 Harbin 325 10145.5 304 50.1 165 8.07 240 13.0 33.60 2.45 39.12 16.20 4.49 0.54 Wenchang Standard value (agreement)2 420 100 220 20 250 20 50 15 / / / / Harbin 325 10368.5 285 45.5 163 7.34 235 12.0 31.40 2.36 36.96 16.01 4.24 0.58 Taiping Standard value (agreement)2 350 60 200 20 250 20 35 8（15） 45 20 5 1 Harbin 150 1281.3 251 41.5 123 10.9 253 17.0 38.42 2.50 48.11 16.50 7.05 0.62 Pingfang Standard value (agreement)2 500 60 220 20 250 20 40 8（15） 50 20 5 1 Harbin Xinyi 100 2228.1 617 37.9 215 3.92 460 13.5 49.3 1.72 58.53 14.04 7.05 0.62 Standard value (agreement)2 400 60 200 20 240 20 25 8（15） 35 20 6 1 Harbin 500 1737.6 359 35.0 181 4.10 427 9.50 19.00 1.20 33.71 12.89 5.50 0.25 Acheng Standard value (agreement)2 400 100 180 20 200 20 / / / 20 4 1 Mudanjiang 100 3633.0 214 44.3 76.5 9.67 175 15.5 20.70 0.76 26.80 18.50 2.82 0.83 Standard value (level II) 350 100 160 30 200 30 35 25 / / / / Jiamusi 60 2310.0 220 21.9 95.5 6.24 146 8.11 21.43 1.33 25.74 7.01 1.83 0.32 East Standard value (agreement)2 350 50 160 10 200 10 35 5（8） 40 15 5 0.5 Jiamusi 50 1650.1 268 36.7 129 8.40 279 6.50 28.68 2.90 34.60 6.59 3.40 0.22 West Standard value (level I B) 450 60 250 20 300 20 65 8（15） 70 20 7.5 1 Heihe 50 938.0 326 34.40 115 8.20 180 14.5 38.21 2.28 43.10 13.58 3.78 0.35
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Standard value (level I B) 400 60 200 20 200 20 45 8（15） 55 20 6 1 Jixi 50 1809.7 334 36.0 114 11.9 237 14.7 29.60 3.92 38.30 12.90 3.33 0.40 Standard value (level I B) 400 60 180 20 240 20 30 8（15） 40 20 6 1.5 Zhaodong3 50 1825.0 436 44.0 122 9.00 184 14.0 39.00 1.20 46.10 14.47 5.65 0.70 Standard value (level I B) 450 60 200 20 250 20 25 8（15） / 20 5 1 Ning’an4 20 1650.1 262 30.5 110 10.4 210 8.00 21.55 6.80 27.90 14.60 2.84 0.87 Standard value (level I B) 350 60 180 20 250 20 35 8（15） 50 20 5 1 Anda4 20 1034.6 245 44.7 133 11.6 334 15.0 29.18 2.05 38.10 12.60 5.35 0.68
Standard value (level A) 300 50 200 10 250 10 30 5（8） 30 15 4.5 0.5
Fujin4 20 543 217 26.4 102 4.54 169 6.68 21.23 1.74 32.45 11.54 3.08 0.24
Note: 1) According to the agreement between Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company and the local government, the ammonia nitrogen limit of treated water of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be reduced to 15mg/L.
2) The agreement with Taiping Sewage Disposal Plant takes into consideration of suction water quality and disposal capacity. 3) According to suction water quality and disposal capacity, the total phosphorous standard is 1.0--1.5mg/l. 4) Ningan, Anda and Fujin were under official operation separately in April, 2010, November, 2010 and December, 2010.
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Table 8. Construction Period of Heihe Sewage Disposal Plant Phase II-Environmental Monitor Downstream air Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality quality Oil
Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L) category(mg/ TSP (mg/L) L) Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3
Monitor value 7.25 13.0 2.4 0.3 0.42 0.06 No inspection 0.17 – 0.30
Table 9. Construction Period of Acheng Sewage Disposal Plant Phase II-Environmental Monitor Downstream air Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality quality Oil
Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L) category(mg/ TSP (mg/L) L) Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3
Monitor value 7.24 12.7 2.5 0.4 0.53 0.05 No inspection 0.17 – 0.26 Note: Level III water quality standard in GB3838-2002 and level II standard as per GB3096-1996
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26. During the report period, the monitoring of the construction activities of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was conducted by the monitoring station of the local government department. Owing to the perfect environmental management of the Group, the construction activities fully satisfied the monitoring requirements of government departments. In Table 8 and Table 9 are data related to environmental performance during the wastewater treatment plant construction period. Because of similar characteristics and environment backgrounds, the selection of monitoring data is typical and representative, with monitoring points in the downstream and downwind direction of the construction site, with environmental quality data collected, indirectly reflecting the impact of construction activities. Obviously, the water quality is very good, showing the water produced at the construction site has no significant effect on water quality.
27. Generally speaking, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has obtained outstanding environmental and social achievements in the operation and service of water supply and wastewater treatment, with no records of social complaints caused by major environmental problems. The wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company have improved the prevention and control of water pollution in the Songhua River Basin. According to the information of Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Departments, the wastewater treatment rate has exceeded 82% in the cities in the Songhua River Basin. Relevant statistics from the Report on the State of the Environment in China shows that the water quality of the Songhua River has improved a lot. Of all national monitoring sections belonging to the Songhua River Basin, Categories I- III water bodies 3 have increased from 33.8% in 2008 to 45.2% , Categories VI-V water bodies have decreased from 45.2% to 40.5%, and bad Category V water bodies remain unchanged, still occupying 14.3%. To a certain extent, these achievements are attributed to Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company and its subordinate wastewater treatment plants. The figure below shows the water quality improvement from 2008 to 2011 and the water quality of the Songhua River in 2011. By the report period, the report on the state of the environment in 2013hadn’tbeenreleased.
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60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 2008 30.0% 2010 20.0% 2011 10.0% 0.0% Category I - III Category IV-V Category inferior V Water Quality Improvement of SRB: 2008-2011
A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues
28. LJEP has rapidly enlarged its market share in terms of water supply, sewage disposal, sludge disposal and use. With rapid expansion, some new environmental and social issues are emerging, which include:
(i) Currently, the urban wastewater treatment plants across China produce about 22 million tons of wet sludge (80% water content) annually, but sludge-related problems haven’t been solved properly, with a lot of untreated sludge placed in the open air, not only occupying land, but also causing secondary pollution of water bodies and atmosphere, becoming a heavy burden on wastewater treatment plants. During the report period, the Ministry of Environmental Protection released the 2012 National Total Major Pollutant Emission Reduction Verification and Penalty. Harbin Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant were order to make rectification within the prescribed period for not having treated sludge properly. The specific cause for the above issue is: at first, incineration-based power generation treatment process was adopted for a sludge treatment project, with Heilongjiang New Century Energy Co., Ltd as the legal person of the project. Due to the involvement of some policies, the feasibility study and preliminary design of the project were not approved by Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, making it impossible to commence construction of the project, resulting in the accumulation of some sludge in the plant over the years. Later, through coordination, the legal person of the project was changed to Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company accepted the mission at the critical moment and put forward the adoption of thermophilic aerobic trough fermentation composting technology for the sludge treatment project, and Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department and Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study
40 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd and preliminary design of the project. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was actively involved in the construction operation of the project and conducted solidification treatment of the original sludge. Later, the personnel from the National Evaluation Center visited the construction site of the project and affirmed the process program for realizing the utilization of sludge resources by adopting thermophilic aerobic fermentation composting technology to treat sludge but put forward opinions on correcting the treatment method for the original sludge stacked at the site. On-site construction required adjustment of the construction method, resulting in the delay in treatment the original sludge. Afterwards, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company conducted repeated revision and adequate argumentation and suggested that the original sludge stacked in the plant should be removed after stabilization treatment and it should not be used for foundation any more. The revised application material of the project was again submitted to the National Evaluation Center, with specific detailed information in Attachment 4. Currently, the Sludge Treatment Project has been approved by the state and completed, at the commissioning stage, with daily sludge treatment capacity of 650t/d, and the sludge in the plant will be properly treated. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has always hoped to create a better environment and obtain more social benefits. The Sludge Treatment Demonstration Project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant has finally realized the environmental benefits of pollution control
(ii) Under most circumstances, the construction of sewage gathering pipeline lags behind sewage disposal plant. Due to lack of gathering pipeline, LJEP's Pingfang Sewage Disposal Plant's actual sewage disposal capacity is inhibited due to inadequate water supply. Although the main pipeline construction is shouldered by the government, in order to prevent or strive to reduce such issues, LJEP needs more communications with the government and design institute with regard to water volume in the front construction stage and strive to obtain confirmation by the National Development and Reform Commission.
(iii) It should be noticed that due to the expansion of Harbin City, the perfection of its piping network and the increase in the amount of domestic sewage in recent years, highly frequent overload situations have occurred in Taiping and Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plants this year. Due to the combined rainwater and wastewater sewer system in the city, the “sewage overflow” phenomenon occurs in the case of heavy rain. In view of this, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has submitted a report to the Environmental Protection Bureau to state the situation.
41 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd (iv) Besides, LJEP's follow up pipeline construction may involve land acquisition (usually temporary land acquisition) and related immigration issue. As stated in table 2, on January 21, 2011, the State Council issued State-owned Land House Acquisition and Compensation Rule to standardize house relocation and related compensation, which has replaced the original urban house relocation management rule. The new rule emphasizes the governmental management obligations on land acquisition and immigrant and enhances immigration requirements. Actually, from the perspective of the company, LJEP basically doesn't involve housing relocation and compensation issue. However, the well-furnished and proper mechanism needs to be set to cope with immigration issue in pipeline construction with regard to LJEP sub-project.
(v) In consideration of different modes of LJEP's sub-project acquisition, construction or operation, it's necessary to confirm LJEP and its sub-project's responsibilities, obligations, task and target in terms of social issues after handover. Besides, LJEP needs to form a set of active and efficient communication method so that it can interface with the government in terms of social aspect and honor commitments regarding social gains.
B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements
29. To satisfy ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of 2009, LJEP put into effect a tailored ESMS for its relevant subprojects/activities through the help of ADB’s experts. One of the main purposes of the ESMS is to fill the gaps possibly existing between the country requirements and ADB’s policies. In general, these gaps mostly lie in social policies and associated institutional requirements. For example, in the established ESMS detailed frameworks for involuntary resettlement and indigenous people are proposed to address land acquisition and associated house demolition and relocation, compensation for land loss, protection of affected ethnic minority groups, grievance redressing, and so on. While in the country system, relevant responsibilities are required by respective laws and other mandatory rules and not integrated. The most prominent gap could be the difference in requirements for transparent information disclosure and stakeholder engagement. In this regard, ADB is more demanding.
30. In the reporting period, LJEP did not handle any involuntary resettlement issues and was never confronted with indigenous people grievance. As pointed out in ADB’s environmental and social safeguards compliance audit report, LJEP primarily relies on the local government to undertake land acquisition and resettlement as this is done even before a particular concession is brought up for bidding. LJEP plays a very limited role in land acquisition and resettlement. The
42 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd local governments also promised LJEP would enjoy the same entitlement and arrangement as prior practices in land acquisition and resettlement for its future subprojects. With respect to the indigenous people protection, since all LJEP’s subprojects are located in remote suburbs where local inhabitants are sparsely distributed and ethnic minority people, if any, mix with Han, the majority nationality, LJEP’s activities can hardly affect the ethnic people.
31. During the report period, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II and the Sludge Project have undergone social audit, with the results indicating that the land acquisition, compensation and fund allocation of the three projects have been conducted in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China and relevant rules of Heilongjiang Province and that all affected families were very satisfied. Providing various compensation and benefits for all affected families and people comply with the clause about non-voluntary immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement. The implementation of all mitigation measures is consistent with the requirements for non-voluntary immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, with no violation of any clauses. During the project preparation and implementation stage, a number of activities with public involvement have been held to understand the issues that the affected people were concerned about, such as quantity goods investigation, compensation standards and distribution of compensation fees. The complaining channels intended for migrants are clear and effective and all migrants are aware of such channels. All the three subprojects have no effect on ethnic minorities and have no connection with the provisions about aboriginal people stipulated in the Safeguard Policy Statement.
32. According to the agreements between local governments and LJEP, for all subprojects under LJEP, either acquired through particular concession, or constructed from the beginning, land acquisition and resettlement should be undertaken by governmental agency or government commissioned corporation and all the lands permanently or temporarily needed should be appropriated or sold to LJEP by local governments. For the subproject already acquired, the governmental agency should continue to take charge of successive formalities related to resettlement. As the instance of Harbin Xinyi WWTP financed by ADB’s public loan, Harbin Urban Inland Water Construction & Development Co., Ltd. (HUIWCDC) has been handling the resettlement, earlier preparation, and construction management, whenever prior to or after transferring to LJEP. Even with respect to implementation and monitoring of EMP and RP, HUIWCDC is still engaged in everything related and responsible to report to ADB.
33. As for future expansion and development, the LJEP will remain the same approach with the previous land acquisition. On the other hand, pursuant with the newly enacted Regulation on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land
43 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd and Compensation, the people’ government at municipal (or county) level and their authorized EA shall be responsible for the land acquisition, immigration and related compensation caused by public services (including environmental protection and resources maintenance). This mandatory command further explains the reasonable arrangements for LJEP not to directly take charge of land acquisition. However, it is expected the LJEP may also directly involve the land acquisition and resettlement when the extended pipeline network (especially part of pipe network that is not under the public road) is carried out in the future.。During the report period, Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant was in the construction commencement period. The local Land Resources Bureau announced the Notice on Examining and Approving the Implementation Program for Conversion of Agricultural Land to Another Use and Land Acquisition for Urban Construction of Issue 8, 2009 in Mudanjiang released by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government in December, 2011 and put up a land acquisition notice at the construction site.
34. Taking an overview of LJEP’s environmental and social performance, it can be confirmed that there is no phenomenon noncompliant with ADB’s safeguard requirements. If to be more stringent, people may complain LJEP’s information disclosure and stakeholder engagement are not so sufficient. That means there is room for LJEP to improve its transparency and communication with communities in accordance with ADB’s Public Communication Policy.
IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
35. On October 15th, 2013, the construction of Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant commenced, indicating the further improvement of urban infrastructure and urban environment and further implementation of emission-reduction tasks in Mudanjiang city, of great importance for the sustainable development of the ecological environment construction in Mudanjiang City.
36. On October 21st, 2013, the upgrading project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant under the Group passed the environmental protection acceptance after project completion with main indicators of the quality of water produced satisfying GB18918-2002, Class I Standard. So the operation of the upgrading projects of the Group has greatly reduced the emission of pollutants, with figures attached.
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Legend Taiping Sewage Treatment Plant Phase ⅠProject of Wenchang Sewage Treatment Plant Phase II Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase III Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Reconstruction Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Disposal Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant Serial Serial Name Remarks Name Remarks No. No. 1 New A2/O tank Upgrade 38 Phase Ⅱ garage Phase II Phase Ⅲ lifting pump 2 New blower room Upgrade 39 Phase Ⅲ station Biofilters for Phase Ⅲ chemical feed 3 Upgrade 40 Phase Ⅲ denitrification room 三 Ⅲ 4 Methanol storage pool Upgrade 41 Phase lifting pump Phase Ⅲ station and distribution room ,chemical feed room High efficient 5 Methanol dosing room Upgrade 42 Phase Ⅲ sedimentation tank Depth processing and 6 Upgrade 43 Biological Aerated Filter Phase Ⅲ lifting pump station Distribution room for 7 Mixed flocculation tank Upgrade 44 Phase Ⅲ biofilter
45 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd Filter cloth and filter 8 Upgrade 45 Sludge storage tank Phase Ⅲ chamber 9 UV disinfection room Upgrade 46 Blower room Phase Ⅲ 10 New administration room Upgrade 47 Fine screen room Taiping Sludge thickening and 11 Upgrade 48 Vortex-type grit chamber Taiping dewatering room Primary sedimentation 12 Sludge storage pool Upgrade 49 Taiping tank Phase I sludge thickening 13 Phase I 50 A / O tank Taiping tank Phase I sludge dewatering Secondary sedimentation 14 Phase I 51 Taiping room tank Phase I sewage tank and Sewage secondary lifting 15 Phase I 52 Taiping sewage pump chamber pump station Phase Ⅰ sludge tank 16 Phase I 53 Blower room Taiping and sludge pump chamber Sludge recycle pumping 17 Phase I office building Phase I 54 Taiping station 18 Phase I clean-water tank Phase I 55 Drainage pumping station Taiping Phase Ⅰ water supply Drainage pumping station 19 Phase I 56 Taiping station gate shaft Spoil disposal pumping Phase I slagging well 20 Phase I 57 station for primary Taiping chamber sedimentation tank Slagging well chamber for 21 Phase I boiler room Phase I 58 primary sedimentation Taiping tank Distribution well for 22 Phase I guard room Phase I 59 primary sedimentation Taiping tank Distribution well for 23 Phase II A / O tank Phase II 60 secondary sedimentation Taiping tank Phase II distribution Sludge thickening and 24 well for secondary Phase II 61 Taiping dewatering room sedimentation tank Phase II secondary 25 Phase II 62 Comprehensive building Taiping sedimentation tank 26 Phase II blower room Phase II 63 Garage Taiping 27 Phase Ⅱ disinfecting tank Phase II 64 Mail room Taiping Phase II Sewage 28 secondary upgrading Phase II 65 Phase I grit room Phase I pumping station Phase Ⅱreturn sludge Phase I primary 29 Phase II 66 Phase I pumping station sedimentation tank Phase Ⅱsludge thickening 30 Phase II 67 Sludge and straw bunker Sludge and dewatering room Sludge fermentation 31 Phase Ⅱmud hut Phase II 68 Sludge workshop Phase Ⅱdrainage pump Sludge finishing 32 Phase II 69 Sludge room workshop Phase Ⅱwastewater 33 Phase II 70 Straw storage shed Sludge recycle treatment room Phase Ⅱsubstation in the Biological deodorization 34 Phase II 71 Sludge factory area filter 35 Phase Ⅱ central control Phase II 72 Fire pool and pump room Sludge
46 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd building Phase Ⅱ machine repair Substation and 36 Phase II 73 Sludge warehouse distribution room Weighing apparatus and 37 Phase II canteen Phase II 74 Sludge metering plant
37. During the report period, the civil construction and equipment installation of Phase II of Heilong Wastewater Project with the Group entrusted for construction and management were completed, with no water coming in, and passed the environmental protection evaluation.
38. During the report period, the construction of Longjiang Environmental Protection Sludge Treatment Plant was completed, becoming the first large-scale sludge treatment plant in Heilongjiang Province. The commissioning of the project was approved by Heilongjiang Environmental Supervision Bureau on December 12th, 2013, during which the emission of pollutants was strictly controlled to prevent the occurrence of environmental pollution incidents.
V Summary of safety performance and corrective action
39. In 2013, the State Council issued the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding the Measures of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Assessment of Reduction of the Total Emission of Major Pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” Period (Guobanfa〔2013〕No. 4). In order to carry out the spirit of the document and realize the target for the reduction of the total emission of major pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has carefully made its self-monitoring plan, established a system for monitoring the reduction of the total emission of major pollutants and constantly improved the system. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company conducts daily monitoring of chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen, conducts monitoring of other pollutants in the wastewater at least once a month; conducts monitoring of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides at least once a week, conducts monitoring of particles at least once a month; conducts monitoring of other pollutants in the waste gas at least once per quarter; conducts monitoring of noise at boundary at least once per quarter. The Group has established and perfected a monitoring work system and a quality management system, organizes employees’ participation in monitoring technology training so that they can work after obtaining required certificates and conducts real-time monitoring data update to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of monitoring data. The Group has finished preparing the annual report on conducting annual self-monitoring during the report period and submitted it to the competent environmental protection department in charge of record filing.
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40. As set forth under the list of main environmental and social laws (or regulations) in Table 2, the LJEP and its subsidiary plants are in full compliance with provisions of the Labor Law, Labor Contract Law, Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests and other laws and regulations as well as related security and occupational health requirements. During the report period, all subprojects are fully compliance with above-mentioned provisions, and no significant safety and health event occurs.
41. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company gives priority to employing local labors and encourages construction project contractors to hire workers from local communities. The Wenchang Sludge Treatment Subproject will offer800jobs and Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant will offer800 jobs.
42. The Trade Union holds the staff conference every year to discuss salaries, welfare, management rules and regulations and other matters related to employees and provide suggestions for the management of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company.
43. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company recruited 690 employees (including the employees in the newly acquired Jiamusi Running Water Factory), including 148 females, all of which are formal employees. The data above show that in spite of the industry restrictions, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company still offers employment opportunity and the equal treatment to female employees as far as possible, thereby contributing to the increase in the employment rate of the project location.
44. During the report period, there were 2050 employees (1457 male employees and 597 female employees) in Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company and the plants under it, including professional management personnel, engineers, technicians, manpower analysts, mechanics, operators, electrical engineers, drivers, cleaners, entrance guards and other posts that provide rear service support. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company encourages contractors to offer equal employment opportunities to female employees and is willing to cooperate with contractors without sex discrimination. Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant will create a total of 55 jobs, at least 20% of which will be offered to females. All employees have signed a labor contract and enjoy relevant rights and benefits. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company provides its employees with all legal rights and interests, including salaries, health subsidies for sewer workers, old-age insurance, medical insurance, unemployment
48 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd insurance, housing allowance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance and other welfare (such as work clothes, individual protective articles and free lunch). As for the employees exposed to a harmful environment for a long time, subsidies occupy 15% of their salaries.
45. Anchored to General Principles for Requirements of Safety and Health in Production Process (GB/T12801-2008), Hygiene Design Codes for Industrial Enterprises (TJ36-79), Technical Specification for Operation, Maintenance and Safety of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (CJJ 60-94), and other applicable standards related to safety and health management, LJEP set up a Safety Management Institution (SMI) which covers every position to regulate the procedures, processes, and activities for ensuring compliance with all the legislative and other mandatory safety requirements. SMI explicitly defines the organizational and responsibility aspects of the safety management; and regulates implementation of safety education and training program, safety inspection, accident prevention and aftermath treatment mechanism, contingency plan, rewards and punishment. Through overall screening and identification of key factors potentially impairing safety performance, SMI specially focuses on overflow, accidental release of pollutants, fire, flood, equipment breakdown, pipeline crack, power outage, driving accident, among others. Based on SMI, technical and management measures for securing safety and health dimensions are readily in place. In a word, good institution, conscientiousness, due diligence, and vigorous implementation, all together guaranteed excellent safety performance of LJEP in the reporting period.
46. In order to strengthen management, supervision and implementation, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established safety and health management teams at all levels and has always implemented environmental and social management systems, safe and health training plans every year. The Group has established an internal corresponding training system, with each department submitting a training plan based on the actual work needs, the Human Resources Management Department responsible for organizing corresponding training, with training content including professional training, management training, general skill training and weekly corporate culture training for employees. The Group has provided induction training for 690 new employees; 6 sessions of environmental management training courses, with 1925 persons-time involved; 4 sessions of safe production training, with 2056 persons-time involved; safety standardization creation training, with 1245 persons-time involved; refined management training, with 1312 persons-time involved; drivers’ safe driving education training, with 1210 persons-time involved; wastewater series production process knowledge popularization training, with 2123 persons-time involved; 11 sessions of vocational education courses training, with 3387 persons-time involved; industrial development trend and industrial policy
49 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd research training, with 1840 persons-time involved, management mode and operation mechanism construction innovation training, with 1823 persons-time involved, operation thoughts and innovative awareness training, with 2345 persons-time involved; high-performance team construction, comprehensive communication ability improvement and high-performance executive capacity training, with 3387 persons-time involved and target management and self-management courses training, with 3468 persons-time involved. All these trainings have produced very positive effects and significantly improved the Group’s environmental and health capacity construction.
47. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has its procedure guide and requirement standards, all of which have been clearly archived. Administrative personnel provide occupational training and situation description immediately after a new employee is recruited. Through group discussion and the learning activity, employees can receive further training. On Nov. 30th, 2013, the employees in the Environmental and Social Management Department received relevant ability construction training, with the training topics covering the following several aspects:
i. ADB’s social security policy and procedure;
ii. Steps for land acquisition and resettlement audit;
iii. Domestic laws and regulations about social security guarantee;
iv. Guide for the latest national social impact assessment;
v. Implementation and monitoring of the environmental and social management system
vi. International success experience in resettlement
48. As the project owner/proponent, LJEP fulfilled construction safety and health management mainly through specific agreement with the construction contractor. The project management center took charge of daily superintendence of construction safety and health. Construction contractors were required to act following national and local safety/health mandatory rules, and make every effort to avoid work injury and casualties during construction. Moreover, the contractor had to guarantee that the laborers (including farmer-turned-workers) would have timely payment commensurate to their workloads and enjoy necessary social insurance, medical care, personal safety gadgets, appropriate sanitation, and suitable accommodation. LJEP’s project center, together with governmental authorities, supervised and undertook due diligence on the performance of the contractor in terms of construction safety and health.
49. LJEP and its subsidiaries have also maintained a good record of safety and
50 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd occupational health, but there are still areas that need to be improved. For example, the annual medical examination should not only cover senior management staff and new employees, but should extend to in-service staff, especially those in the harsh conditions. LJEP will expand its health plans and increase the budget so as to benefit all employees. Another proposal is to arrange for a safety and health training. For employees who are exposed to hazardous substances and environmental risk, it is very important that LJEP must ensure that each employee's health, and fully understand the safety and health threats that may be encountered, as well as special programs to deal with such emergencies. Therefore, LJEP should strengthen its training programs to improve the safety and health awareness of employees, so that employees may be aware of the methods and requirements to respond to emergencies or potential threat. All employees, whether new or veteran, are recommended to receive at least once specific safety and health education or training.
VI Important Events
50. The sludge disposal engineering of wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company is a national planned project for water pollution control of the Songhua River Basin during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. The project started in 2010, with thermophilic aerobic fermentation process adopted, a treatment scale of 1000 cubic meters per day, and currently, the civil engineering, equipment installation and commissioning work of the project have been completed. The application for the final environmental protection acceptance of the project was submitted on April 14th, 2014.
51. In June 2013, in view of the resource utilization of sludge involved sludge treatment plant projects, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company made a plan for sludge aerobic composting product-based saline-alkali land remediation and comprehensive utilization technology system research and development, with soil samples taken from the saline-alkali land in Xiyuan Township, Anda City, followed by agro-chemical analysis in the Lab, remediation experiment and crop cultivation experiments, with a plan for large-area saline-alkali land remediation and a plan for economic crop cultivation formulated, providing theoretical basis for the feasibility of sludge treatment plant projects and resource utilization of sludge products .
52. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been granted the “Science and Technology Award”for the New Biological Low-Temperature Enhanced Integrated A/O Improved Technology and Sludge Internal Carbon Source Utilization Technology.
53. From June 4th, 2013 to August 29th, 2013, Heihe City, facing Russia across the
51 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd Heilongjiang River went through once-in-a-century extraordinary floods. During the flood-fighting period, in spite of physical and mental fatigue and treatment of rapidly changing dangers of various kinds every day, the employees of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company composed a song of praise for the members of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company in the new era with their practical action and daring spirit of tenacious struggle. Heihe Municipal Party Committee and Heihe Municipal Government praised Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company for “having high political consciousness, bearing the overall situation in mind, putting the general interest above all and being a trustworthy partner” at the flood-fighting commendation meeting, saying, “Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant is an honorable group especially good at fighting and struggling and an excellent team with strong cohesion, no fear of risks or difficulties ”. The municipal government granted Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant the honorable title “Advanced Collective for Flood Fighting and Emergency Rescue”. Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant is the only private enterprise wining this special honor in Heihe City. It formally resumed production on November 5th, with each laboratory indicators within the normal scope, realizing standard-compliance discharge of treated water.
54. On July 24th, 2013, the “Longjiang Environmental Protection Century Tour Reporter Interviewing Group” consisting of Heilongjiang Urban-Rural Construction Environmental Protection Committee, Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department and over 10 news media, including Heilongjiang TV Station conducted a tracking interview with Ning’an Wastewater Treatment Plant, a small wastewater treatment plant in Mudanjiang, typical example for operation and management, and Heilongjiang People’s Congress, Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department, Mudanjiang Environmental Protection Bureau, Ning’an Municipal Government and various large media in Heilongjiang fully affirmed and highly praised the patent technology and such outstanding achievements as Heilongjiang technical demonstration engineering of Ning’an Wastewater Treatment Plant.
55. On October 15th, 2013, the construction of Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant commenced, indicating the further improvement of urban infrastructure and urban environment and further implementation of emission-reduction tasks in Mudanjiang city, of great importance for the sustainable development of the ecological environment construction in Mudanjiang City. Mudanjiang Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant smoothly passed the acceptance of Mudanjiang Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, becoming a Class III safety standardization unit in Mudanjiang City.
56. On October 19th, 2013, Heilongjiang Environmental Monitoring Administration Station visited Anda Wastewater Treatment Plant for inspection, conducted field inspection and guidance work about the operation and treated water and affirmed and praised the emission reduction work done by Anda Wastewater Treatment
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VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange
A Utilization of sludge resources
57. Sludge, as one of the pollution sources, not only has high moisture content, perishability and strong odor, but also contains a large amount of pathogenic bacteria, parasite eggs, such heavy metals as Chromium and Mercury and such poisonous harmful carcinogenic substances hard to degrade as Dioxin. The sludge output reaches up to 982t/d in Harbin, but sludge disposal means are insufficient. Such huge amount of sludge has brought a huge burden to urban wastewater treatment plants and accumulated sludge has produced a considerable impact on the surrounding environment. In view of the needs for disposal of a large amount of sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants in Harbin, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant, finally realizing the environmental benefits of pollution control.
58. On December 8th, 2013, the formal operational commissioning of Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant was conducted. The high-temperature fermentation technology adopted by the plant can ensure the amount reduction, stabilization and harmlessness of sludge and can avoid the occurrence of secondary pollution from the environmental protection point of view. The treatment capacity of the project is expected reach 1000t/d (80% water content), with 428t/d products produced, daily sludge treatment capacity reaching up to 340t/d (80% water content)during the commissioning period, and sludge water content reaching about 30% after fermentation. Process parameters are: pH regulation, water content, amount of ventilation, carbon-nitrogen ratio and temperature, with the pH value to be controlled between 6 and 8, around 8 preferred, the water content required to be controlled between 55% and 60% to be ready for the aerobic fermentation process. At the earlier stage of fermentation, the amount of ventilation is mainly aimed to provide oxygen needed by microorganisms to degrade organic matters and at the later stage of fermentation, the amount of ventilation should be increased for evaporation of water to lower the temperature of the compost pile. The most appropriate C/N for aerobic fermentation is from 25:1 to 35:1 and when fermentation temperature is between 55℃ and 65℃, the comprehensive result of fermentation is the best. Below is the schematic drawing of main process and facilities.
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59. Saline-alkali land has seriously restricted the development of animal husbandry and forestry production in Heilongjiang Province, making it imminent to conduct effective control of saline - alkali soil. The products produced from sludge going through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be applied to saline - alkali land and play an excellent role in saline - alkali soil remediation. Each year (calculated based on 360 days) 1500ha saline - alkali land can be remediated. The establishment of sludge treatment plants can not only realize reutilization of sludge resources but also bring certain social benefits. The sludge products produced by Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant can fully satisfy the Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants-Quality of Sludge Used in Land Improvement (GB/T24600-2009), with each indicator as shown in Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators, Table 11 Pollutant Concentration Limits, Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators and Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.
Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators
NO. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Water content <50% 35%
2 pH 6.5~10 7.2
3 Odor strength <2 grade（Grade 6 odor Grade 1 strength）
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Table 11 Pollutant Concentration Limits
No. Control indicator National standard Measured value
alkaline soil （pH≥6.5) （mg/kg dry
1 Cadmium and its Compounds （mg/kg dry20 sludge） sludge0.246）
2 Mercury(based onand total its compoundscadmium) 15 0.022
3 Lead(based and on its total compounds mercury) 1000 24.921
4 Chromium(based and on totalits compounds lead) 1000 0.2L
5 Arsenic(based onand total its compoundschromium) 75 0.218
6 Boron(count and by itstotal compounds arsenic) 15 0.314
7 Copper(based and on its total compounds boron) 15000 25.386
8 Zinc(based and its on compound total copper) (based 4000 128.785
on total zinc) 9 Nickel and its compounds 200 26.624
10 (basedMineral on to taloil nickel) 3000 78.323
11 Benzopyrene 3 1.71
12 Dioxins（Unit：ng toxic unit/KG 100 15.454
dry sludge） 13 Adsorbable organic halides 500 20.321
（ 14 AdsorbableAOX) organic in CL halides 0.2 0.008
（ 15 VolatileAOX) phenol in CL 40 8.65
16 Total cyanides 10 1.45
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Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators
No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Fecal coliform（PCS/L） >95.4 120
2 Total bacteria （PCS/L） <108MPN/KG 干污泥 dry 56
3 Mortality of ascarid egg sludge>95.4 98.7
<108MPN/KG dry sludge Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.
No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Total nutrients ≥1 4.75
2 Organic matter content ≥10 25.10 (%)
60. There is lots of inland saline-alkali land distributed on the Songnen Plain of Heilongjiang Province, covering an area of about 2.882×106ha, occupying 39.3% of the total area of saline-alkali land in Northeast China, making the plain one of the world’s three largest concentrated distribution areas of sodic saline soil. The saline-alkali land in the internal flow area of the watershed of the Songliao Plain features large distribution area and high degree of salinity, and particularly, Daqing, Anda and Sanzhao have the most concentrated distribution of saline-alkali land: with the saline-alkali land in Daqing covering an area 13.69 × 104ha, occupying 28.3% of the urban total land area; the saline-alkali land in Anda covering an area 14.76 × 104ha, occupying 41.2% of the total land area; the saline-alkali land in Sanzhao (arid and semi-arid region) occupying 41.20%,of the urban total land area, severe saline-alkali land area occupying 58.5% of the saline-alkali land area. There is nearly 66.7 × 104ha saline-alkali soil in the west of Heilongjiang Province, mainly distributed in Daqing and South Qiqihar, of which more than 10 × 104ha land contains more than 1% salt. The products produced from sludge going through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be transported to the saline-alkali land for remediation. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company signed strategic agreements with the local governments of Zhaodong and Anda and the Group will use the nutrient soil produced from sludge compost products of Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant to remediate the 5 square kilometers of land provided. After renovation, the pilot plans to be used for agricultural development through cultivation of economic crops such as marigold and lavender and high-density straw crops such as silage corn. 61. Heilongjiang, as a major grain producing province in China, witnesses a total output of grain of 10 billion kg annually, with its main crops including corn, rice and soybean. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the annual output of crop straw is about 5100× 104 in Heilongjiang Province. Except for some sweet sorghum and corn straw used as animal feed and fertilizers by “returning straw to the field”, most part of the straw is wasted or burnt. It is
56 Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd estimated that about 3300 × 104 t of straw is burnt each year. Burning straw not only damages people’s health but easily causes fire, damage to the soil structure and decline in farmland quality. Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant needs 4.9 × 104 t of straw each year and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company purchases crop abandoned or burned crop straw from farmers for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control and finally returns the organic nutrient soil produced from the crop straw for agricultural and forestry use. The thermophilic aerobic fermentation is for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control, finally returning organic nutrient soil for agricultural and forestry use, which is just one of the important moves for responding to the energy conservation, emission reduction and resources-oriented utilization and advancing the development strategies of circular economy. B Corporation Social Responsibility Report
62. As an earlier participant of the sludge plan and sponsor of the first sludge compost plant of its kind, LJEP will fully commit to fulfillment of the proposed sludge plan in the next five years. In the reporting year of 2010, LJEP signed an outline agreement with Zhaodong People’s Government for an arrangement by which LJEP will reclaim a provided saline plot of 5 square km, using all the sludge compost produced by Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant. The reclaimed plot is planned for development of forestry by planting fast-growing poplar trees. In view of further expansion in sludge treatment, LJEP will copy the modality of Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant, namely BOT concession arrangement, or explore other financing, construction and operation modes.
63. For the purpose of better performance in public relations and transparency, LJEP will re-revise2014 corporate website after its listing application, and make an Annual CSRR available on the website. The Annual CSRR will cover a summary of the performance and results of operation and construction, environmental performance and subproject completion status, public relations, and the contribution to social benefits, in order to reflect environmental and social impact as possible. The LJEP even presents the draft about the further improvement in environmental and social aspects of the Company in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
64. Taking into account the similarities between the CSRR and Annual Environmental & Social Report submitted to the ADB, the preparation of the annual corporate social responsibility report may be combined with the report for ADB. The managers of LJEP have agreed that once the preparation and distribution mechanisms of the Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report are established and implemented, LJEP will improve its environmental and social performance and greatly increase its transparence.Annex1.
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Annex 1
Summary of Longjiang Environmental Protection Subprojects Total COD Time and Design treatment Mode and Date of Date of Name of 2013 load pollutant Treatment scheduled capacity capacity current conferme commence Remarks subprojects (km3/d) deduction process completion (km3/d) (km3) 2013 status nt ment (t) date (km3) Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation Existing, Wenchang plant has experienced with first Harbin TOT 325 274.89 97588.00 25399.20 A/O Dec. 2004 May. 2004 Dec. 2005 full year of operation for Wenchang Operation 2011 since 2010 after the merger BOT Sept. Harbin Taiping 325 295.46 107550.70 25906.80 A/O May.2004 Oct.2005 Existing Operation 2010 A/0+ biofilters for Upgrade of denitrificati Harbin on + BOT Environmental acceptance 600 570.35 205138.70 / Sept.2011 June 2010 June 2011 Wenchang mechanical Operation in progress and Taiping filtration + UV disinfection Harbin Except the greening Pingfang BOT project, the main Wastewater 150 23.00 34617.36 5782.09 CASS Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010 Operation construction has already Treatment been completed. Plant Harbin Xingyi Wastewater BOT 100 61.02 22280.64 12914.53 A2/O Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010 Existing Treatment Operation Plant
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Harbin Improvemen TOT Acheng 50 47.83 17376.14 5641.60 2 Sept.2012 / 2012 Existing A /O Operation Phase I Mudanjiang TOT 100 100.00 36330.00 6164.00 A/O May 2008 NA NA07 Existing Phase I Operation BOT Jiamusi East 60 63.28 23100.55 4576.00 SBR July 2005 June 2005 Dec. 2006 Existing Operation BOT Heihe Phase I 50 50.13 18097.63 5455.47 CASS Nov. 2009 July 2008 Sept. 2009 Existing Operation BOT Jixi 25 2.57 937.95 2736.36 CASS Oct. 2009 April 2009 Oct. 2009 Existing Operation Zhaodong BOT June Existing, environmental 30 30.00 10945.14 4299.00 CASS March 2009 Sept. 2009 Phase I Operation n 2009 acceptance in progress Zhaodong BOT Existing, started to run 20 20.00 7302.90 2868.00 CASS / Aug. 2010 July 2011 Phase II Expansion formally in April 2010. Improvemen BOT Existing, started to run Ning’an 20 20.00 7336.00 1773.60 Oct. 2009 Aug. 2009 May 2010 A/O Operation formally in November 2010. TOT Existing, started to run An’da 45 28.35 10346.00 2004.00 A2/O Dec. 2010 NA NA10 Operation formally in December 2010. Existing, phase Ⅱ is under BOT Fujin 15 15.00 5458.00 985.00 CAST Dec. 2009 July 2009 Nov. 2010 construction by municipal Operation government Existing, at trial operation BOT Jiamusi weast 50 45.00 16508.00 3711.40 CASS Nov. 2008 June 2009 June 2010 currently, environmental Operation acceptance in progress Wastewater treatment plants under construction or proposed wastewater treatment plants Mudanjiang BOT 100 / / / NA NA NA NA Proposed Phase II Initialization BOT Heihe Phase 25 / / / CASS Under / Oct. 2010 Sept. 2011 Expansion II construction Acheng BOT 50 / / / / Sept.2012 Aug.2014 Expansion Phase II construction
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Wastewater Treatment Plants in operation Mudanjiang Longjiang TOT Environmental 360 / April 2010 NA NA Existing Operation Water Supply Company Operation Jixi Water June 100 / under NA NA Existing Plant 2009 assignment Jiamusi Water 200 / Franchise NA NA NA Existing Plant Sludge Treatment Plant Existing Harbin Sludge Thermorphi Treatment 1 / / / lic aerobic BOT Sept.2012 Aug. 2010 Dec. 2011 Existing Plant composting Operation
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Annex 2
Environment Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity and Environment Management System Certificate of Conformity for Longjiang: ISO9001:2008 and ISO14001:2004
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Owner of Type of Name of Status of land Land type Area of use Issuance Land No. land use Location use Remarks subprojects transaction (application) right date right right Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation Since both Wenchang, and Taiping jointly Heilongjiang Allocati handled the land State-owned Tuanjie on of certificate initially, the Has acquired land Harbin Land for Harbin Land Use Township, state-o July area of tenure for certificate, Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 Wenchang (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Wastewater renaming Co., Ltd. facilities Document Harbin land use Plant include No.075 right the usable area of Taiping Wastewater Plant. Harbin State-owned Tongfang Tuanjie Acquired, Land Use Municipal (Harbin) Township, Allocati December Harbin Taiping belonging to the (2009) public 152141.8m2 Water Co., Taiping District on 18,2009 Group Document facilities Ltd. Harbin No. 040011557 Since both Wenchang, and Taiping jointly Heilongjiang Allocati handled the land Upgrade of State-owned Tuanjie on of Included in the Harbin Land for certificate initially, the Harbin Land Use Township, state-o July landholding of Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 area of tenure for Wenchang and (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Co., Ltd. facilities Wenchang Wastewater Taiping Document Harbin land use Plant include No.075 right the usable area of Taiping Wastewater
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Plant. Acquired, belonging to joint Harbin Pingfang project, the partner Wastewater / / / / / / / holds the Treatment Plant certificate of land allocation Acquired, belonging to joint Harbin Xingyi project, the partner Wastewater / / / / / / / holds the Treatment Plant certificate of land allocation A Harbin State-owned Acheng Acquired, Harbin Acheng Land Use Tengfei Public Allocati belonging to joint / 74924.0m2 June 9,2012 WWTP (2011) Wastewater facilities on project Document Treatment No. 00548 Co., Ltd. Mudianjiang Mudian- Property jiang 450-515-3/1-27- Right Longjiang DZ Mudanjiang Certificate Environ- Yangming Allocati January Acquired Industrial 101026.0m2 Phase Ⅰ Yangming mental District on 2,2010 District Protection 450-515-3/1-27- Document and Water DZ No. 4084828 Co., Ltd. Jiamusi Jiamusi Longjiang North of Eastern State-owned Environmen Public part of Chang’an Allocati Jiamusi East Acquired Land Use(09) tal infrastruc- 70807.00m2 June 9,2009 Road Dongfeng on Document Protection ture District No. 0900800 and Water Co., Ltd. Heihe Heihe Two kilometers Public Allocati September Heihe Phase I Acquired 54000.00m2 State-owned Longjiang south from facilities on 30,2011
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Land Use Environ- Changfa village (2011) mental Preliminary Protection Document and Water No. 262 Co., Ltd. Acquired, Jixi renaming Zhaodong Zhaodong State-owned Longjiang West side of Land Use Environ- Nanhan River, Zhaodong Phase Allocati October Acquired (issued in mental the Ninth Middle Industrial 44100.00m2 Ⅰ on 17,2010 2010 ) Protection School of Document and Water Tiedong District No. 12 Co., Ltd. Zhaodong Zhaodong State-owned Longjiang West side of Land Use Environ- Nanhan River, Zhaodong Phase Allocati October Acquired (issued in mental the Ninth Middle Industrial 44100.00m2 II on 17,2010 2010 ) Protection School of Document and Water Tiedong District No. 12 Co., Ltd. Ning’an Not acquired / / / / / / / Acquired, but in An’da / / / / / / / government name Heilongjiang Fujin Fujin Longjiang Land for State-owned Environ- North side of environmenta Allocati April Fujin Acquired Land Use mental 18800m2 industrial park l sanitation on 25,2011 (2011 ) Protection facilities Document and Water No. 0102 Co., Ltd. Jiamusi Jiamusi No. 100 Jiamusi West State-owned Longjiang Committee, Municipal Allocati November Wastewater Acquired Land Environ- 99866m2 Yonghong facilities on 25,2011 Treatment Plant Use(2011) mental District Document Protection
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No. and Water 201101738 Co., Ltd. Wastewater treatment plants under construction or proposed wastewater treatment plants Mudanjiang In the process of / / / / / / / Phase II land acquisition Heilongjian Heilongjiang g State-owned Longjiang Land Use Environ- Two kilometers Public Allocati September Heihe Phase II Acquired, (2011) mental south from 54000.00m2 facilities on 30,2011 Preliminary Protection Changfa village Document and Water No.262 Control Co., Ltd. A Harbin State-owned Acheng Acquired, Acheng Phase Land Use Tengfei Public Allocati belonging to joint / 74924.0m2 June 9,2012 II (2011) Wastewater facilities on project Document Treatment No. 00548 Co., Ltd. Water supply company in operation Ningan Mudanjiang State-owned Mudian- Longjiang Land jiang Water Outside Environmental Acquired, Resource(Bra 4900.00m2 Supply Dongdaemun Water Supply nch) Company Company Document No.0072 HeiJiamusi State-owned Jiamusi Jiamusi Water Land Water Xiangyang Public Allocati October Supply Acquired, Resource 1248.23m2 Supply district No.57 facilities on 15,2002 Company Public Company Document No.00773
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Operation under assignment, not Jixi Water Plant / / / / / / / belonging to the Group Sludge Treatment Plant in operation Heilongjiang Allocati State-owned Tuanjie on of Included in the Harbin Land for Area of tenure for Harbin Sludge Land Use Township, state-o July landholding of Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Co., Ltd. facilities Plant includes Document Harbin land use No.075 right
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《Report on the Sludge Disposal Project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant and instructions from provincial and municipal leaders»
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Proof copy of instructions from leaders
Instructions from Mayor Song Xibin
Great importance should be attached to this, and it shouldn’t be ignored and should be carefully implemented in strict accordance with the spirit of Vice Governor Shayan’s instructions. Liu Xin and Wanping shall be responsible for studying a solution implementation plan, with no delay, and rectification and plan formulation can be done at the same time, with the report to be submitted to the mayor symposium for discussion.
Instructions from Liu Xi:
The Environmental Protection Bureau, please urge relevant departments to urge submission and approval, speed up construction and practically implement supervision functions.
Instructions from Vice Mayor Zhang Wanping:
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Harbin Water Affairs Bureau, please pay attention to implementation of relevant matters in conjunction with Drainage Group and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group according to Vice Governor Shayan’s requirements, make preparations for a symposium and listen to a report on sludge disposal at the symposium as soon as possible.
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Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources
Announcement about Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Collective Land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office
According to the Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 which was approved by the People’s Government of Heilongjiang in Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] Document No.169 in October 18, 2011 and re-checking of land collection compensation registration of villages whose land is collected, Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources protocolled Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Land. In accordance with the Article 48 of Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Article 25 of Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, the contents and relevant matters of Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Land are as follows:
I. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310 hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin
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Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including 5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is transferred to construction land. The above 19.8212 hectare land altogether is the urban construction land in this phase.
II. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: the land areas in this phase are within the comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and M-24, whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m2 respectively.
III. Attachments and structures compensation:
For underground and over-ground attachments and structures compensation, compensation and allocation will be given according to demolition method determined by municipal government.
IV. Farm workers allocation method
Allocation and compensation method will be formulated according to collective economic organizations whose land is collected and practical situations of the villages in this project.
V. If owners of land ownership and land use right within the four boundaries of the collective land have different opinions about this scheme, please send opinions in written form to Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources through Village Committees before January 26, 2012.
VI. After consultation, this scheme will be submitted to the People’s Government of Mudanjiang for enforcement. According to the regulations in 25th Article of Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, dispute on the approved Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collection Land will not influence enforcement.
Notice is hereby given.
Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources
Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources (sealed)
December 26, 2011
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Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government
Announcement about Collecting Collective Land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office
The Notice about Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 (Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] No. 169), provided by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government, approves the collection of collective land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in our city. In accordance with the Article 46 in “Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China” and Article 25 in “Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China”, the issues which are relevant to the land collection are announced as follows:
I. Title of the construction land project: Implementation Scheme of the Phase VIII Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 in Mudanjiang.
II. Location of the land to be collected: Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in Mudanjiang. The specific location refers to the block function chart approved by Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] No. 169 Document.
III. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310 hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including 5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is transferred to construction land. The above 19.8212 hectare land altogether is the urban construction land in this phase.
IV. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: carrying out the task in accordance with the rules described in “Reply of Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government on Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks” (Heilongjiang Government Letter [2010] No. 140) and “Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government Announcement about Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks in the Whole City”. The land areas in this phase are within the comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and M-24, whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m2 respectively.
V. From December 16, 2011 to March 16, 2012, owners of land ownership and land use right in the areas of collected land shall hold the certificate of land ownership or other relevant certificate materials and go to the village committee office of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in Mudanjiang to deal with the land compensation register.
Notice is hereby given.
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