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SFG3473 World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-- Yangcheng County Gas Utilization Sub-Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project Implementing Agency: Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Public Disclosure Authorized Co., Ltd. EA Agency: Institute of Coal Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences February 2017, Taiyuan Name of Project: World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-- Yangcheng County Gas Utilization Project Type of Document: Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Report EA Agency: Institute of Coal Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences Legal Representative: Wang Jianguo (Director, Research Fellow) Project Leader: Dong Guiyan (Senior Engineer) Wang Jianhua (Engineer) Table of Contents 1 Overvierw ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Project Background and Origin .................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment ........................................................ 4 1.3 Screening of Environmental Impact Assessment Factors ............................................ 5 1.4 Assessment Scope ........................................................................................................ 8 1.5 Assessment Period ........................................................................................................ 9 1.6 Assessment Rating ....................................................................................................... 9 1.7 Assessment Methods .................................................................................................. 10 1.8 Key Points of Assessment .......................................................................................... 10 1.9 Assessment Procedures .............................................................................................. 10 1.10 Environmental Protection Objectives ....................................................................... 11 2 Environmental Policies, Framework of Laws and Regulations and Basis for EA Preparation .................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations ...................................................... 15 2.2 Local Regulations ....................................................................................................... 16 2.3 Environmental Protection Technical Specifications .................................................. 16 2.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies and EHS of World Bank Group .............................. 17 2.5 Assessment Standards (Compared with EHS Standards) .......................................... 18 2.6 Urban Planning, Atmospheric Pollution Regulation Planning and Environmental Functional District Planning Documents ......................................................................... 20 2.7 Analysis of Conformity and Consistency of the Proposed Project with Relevant Regional Policies and Plans ............................................................................................. 21 3 Project Description ................................................................................................................ 23 3.1 Contents ...................................................................................................................... 23 3.2 Construction Plan and Method ................................................................................... 27 4 Environmental Situation ........................................................................................................ 31 4.1 General Introduction of Natural Environment ........................................................... 31 4.2 Overview of Eco-environment ................................................................................... 34 4.3 Overview of Social-economic Environment .............................................................. 35 4.4 Current Environmental Quality .................................................................................. 37 4.5 Major Environmental Issues ....................................................................................... 38 5 Environmental Impact Analysis and Environmental Protection Measures ........................... 40 5.1 Analysis of Environmental Problems of Domestic Similar Projects ......................... 40 5.2 Ambient Air Impact Analysis and Protective Measures ............................................ 43 5.3 Water Environment Impact Analysis and Protection Measures ................................. 45 5.4 Solid Waste Impact Assessment and Protective Measures ........................................ 47 5.5 Acoustic Environmental Impact Assessment and Acoustic Environmental Protection Measures ........................................................................................................................... 49 5.7 Social Environment Impact Assessment and Protective Measures ............................ 52 5.8 Impacts on Physical Cultural Resources and Protective Measures ............................ 58 6 Analysis of Regional Cumulative Environmental Impacts ................................................... 62 6.1 Analysis of Cumulative Impacts on Ambient Air ...................................................... 62 6.2 Analysis of Social Cumulative Impacts ..................................................................... 64 6.3 Analysis of Culmulative Impacts of Risks of Gas Pipeline Network in Shanxi Province ............................................................................................................................ 64 6.4 Measures to Address Cumulative Impacts ................................................................. 65 7 Due Diligence Review .......................................................................................................... 71 7.1 Due Diligence Review of Pipeline related projects ................................................... 71 7.2 Due Diligence of Existing Gas Facilities Upgrading Project ..................................... 72 8 Alternatives Analysis ............................................................................................................ 74 8.1 Alternatives Analysis for “With” and “Without” the Project .................................... 74 8.2Alternatives Analysis of Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Network ............... 75 9 Environmental Risk Analysis and Mitigation Measures ....................................................... 81 9.1. Environmental Risk Identification ............................................................................ 81 9.2 Source Analysis .......................................................................................................... 83 9.3 Analysis of Environmental Risk Consequences ......................................................... 84 9.4 Protection and Mitigation Measures for Environmental Risks .................................. 85 9.5 Emergency Preparedness Plan for Risks .................................................................... 86 9.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 91 10 Analysis of Impacts of Land Acquisition and Relocation................................................... 93 10.1 Land Acquisition and Its Impacts............................................................................. 93 10.2 Resettlement Policies and Compensation Standard ................................................. 93 10.3 Resettlement ............................................................................................................. 94 10.4 Information Disclosure, Public Participation and Consultation ............................... 96 10.5 Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................... 97 10.6 Institutional Setup .................................................................................................... 98 10.7 Monitoring and Assessment ..................................................................................... 99 10.8 Financing and Implementation Plan ......................................................................... 99 11 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure .............................................................. 101 11.1 Purpose of Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ................................. 101 11.2 Methods for Public Consultation ............................................................................ 101 11.3 Summary of Public Consultation Minutes, Opinions and Feedbacks .................... 106 11.4 Information Disclosure ........................................................................................... 108 12 Environmental Management Plan ..................................................................................... 110 12.1 Purpose of EMP ..................................................................................................... 110 12.2 Contents of EMP .................................................................................................... 110 12.3 Environmental Management System ....................................................................