Annex 4 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

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I. Jinxian County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Public Disclosure Authorized

The subproject of JPESTP in Jinxian County is Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of on-site notice and website disclosure are presented in Figure 1. Public Disclosure Authorized

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website Public Disclosure Authorized

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 1 Pictures of Jinxian County Subproject Disclosure

Public Disclosure Authorized 2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 2:30pm, May 15, 2012

(2) Venue: conference room on the 5th floor of Jinxian County Government (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject (4) Attendees: Hu Wenqing, Deputy Director of Jinxian County Development and Reform Commission and Deputy Director of Jinxian County PMO, Xu Ximao from Minhe Town, Ai Shuiping from Luoxi Town, Su Ping from Qili Township, Yu Longmao from Jinxian County Environmental Protection Agency, Deng Hualong and Qi Yong from Jinxian County PMO, Mei Jiping from the Forestry Bureau and Gan Hourong from the Land Resources Bureau. In addition, the subproject involved villager representatives including Peng Wengao, Wei Jianfang and Xiong Wenyuan and Zhao Kai from the environmental impact assessment organizational unit, etc. (5) Chairperson: Hu Wenqing (Vice Director of Jinxian County Development and Reform Commission and Deputy Director of Jinxian County PMO) (6) Meeting minutes

The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of its implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the Qinglan Lake Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

Improved flood control capacity of the Qinglan Lake can protect the lives and properties of people living within the dike from being threatened by flood, guarantee normal work and life of people within the dike, provide stable production and living environment, significantly reduce negative factors affecting social stability, effectively reduce damage and economic loss brought by flood, make full use of water and land resources within the region, effectively assure industrial and agricultural production, promote local economic development, and improve living standards of local people.

2.3 Environmental impacts of the subproject and measures to be taken

During the construction process, generally construction dust, noise, sewage water, garbage and other pollutants would be generated and certain soil erosion would be caused. Meanwhile, it was put forward on the meeting that construction machinery, construction material and other construction materials which still contained oil shall be prevented from dumping into the Lake and impacting the environment. In addition, as the construction would ruin the cultivated land, the safety of passers-by shall be paid attention to during excavation, etc. Regarding the above environmental impacts, the attendees actively discussed and made the following scheme: a. In order to reduce air pollution, the plane layout of the site shall be optimized, borrow site, quarry site and other dust generating materials shall be kept away from residential areas, the feed inlet and outlet of construction machinery (mixer, etc) shall be isolated during operation, and road pavement shall be periodically watered to avoid dust pollution caused by vehicles passing by. b. In order to reduce environmental impacts of subproject implementation, construction machinery with low noise shall be used; construction during break hours of local people shall be avoided, and machinery with strong noise shall be prohibited from working at night; the machinery and vehicles shall be repaired and maintained regularly. c. Wastewater and solid waste generated by construction workers shall be filled in temporary septic tanks and dump pits, and shall be cleared and transported in a timely manner, so as to avoid long-time storage, air pollution and water pollution. d. Construction in rainy season shall be avoided to the greatest extent; slopes shall be pressed with sandbag or straw mat for temporary protection to prevent soil erosion caused by runoff in rainy season; excavation material shall be timely filled and utilized to avoid long time of storage during dike foundation excavation. e. During excavation of borrow site and quarry site, no steep side slopes shall be kept; after excavation is completed, the peeled topsoil shall be backfilled, tree and grass planting measures shall be taken, safety signs shall be set up in the exploitation area, and step slopes shall be kept as many as possible.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject was beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subproject with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 2 Pictures of Jinxian County Subproject Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

On June 25, 2012, the EIA Team distributed 45 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 41 questionnaires, all of which are valid, with the recovery rate being 91%. Please refer to Table 1 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 2 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 3 for results of public consultation.

Table 1 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject To build 12.25km of Qinglan Lake earth dike, precast concrete blocks for protection of 12.85km slopes, provide turf protection for 12.85km slopes, build three pumping stations including Wangjia flood drainage station, Xiajiangjia pumping station and Jiangqianjia pumping station as well as automatic discharge control Scale gates in Wangjia, Lijia, Zhou Village, Dengjiazui and Qinglan, carry out anti-seepage treatment to vulnerable sections of dike foundations, protect slopes and banks of dike sections facing water flow, and reinforce risky sections with slump banks. The main scope of flood control includes residential areas and industrial parks of Qili Township, Minhe Town and Luoxi Town around the Qinglan Lake. Positive impacts: improved flood control capacity can protect the lives and properties of people living within the dike from being threatened by flood, guarantee their normal work and life, provide stable production and living environment, make full use of water and land resources within the region, assure industrial and agricultural production, promote local economic development, and improve living standards of local people. Negative impacts: the subproject involves relocation and land acquisition and would have negative impacts on the production and living conditions of households whose houses are demolished or whose land is taken, Impacts and would generate construction dust, noise, wastewater and domestic garbage; if no prevention and treatment measures are taken, environmental quality and living conditions of nearby residents would be affected; the stacking of excavated cubic meter of earth and stone as well as waste residue would have adverse impacts on vegetation in the subproject areas and cause soil erosion; in addition, construction activities during construction period would also have some adverse impacts on ecological environment in Qinglan Lake Nature Reserve.

Effectively implement land acquisition, relocation compensation and resettlement polcies; construction machinery with low noise shall be used; temporary septic tanks and dump pits shall be set up; in order to prevent soil erosion, slopes shall be pressed with sandbag or straw mat for temporary protection; to enhance Environmental the construction workers’ consciousness of wildlife conservation and to put an end to hunting; few Protection construction tasks shall be arranged during periods of time when main protected birds gather, and night Measures construction shall be avoided, if night construction is required, light shield shall be installed; the construction living quarters shall be away from the Reserve as far as possible, and curtain shall be installed to shelter from lamp light, so as to reduce impacts e of light on birds, etc.

Name Sex Age Occupation

Education Ethnicity Unit or address Tel. level

1. Do you understand the subproject: □Yes □ A little □ No

2. In your view, adverse impacts of the subproject on external environment quality would be: □Serious □Relatively serious □Average □Little □Uncertain

3. What impacts do you think implementation of the subproject would have (multiple choice allowed): □Beneficial to exerting local resource advantages □Beneficial to protecting local ecological environment □Beneficial to improving local people’s quality of life □Lower quality of life □Bring serious pollution to local environment □ Others

4. Do you think the environmental protection measures of the subproject feasible: □Yes □No □Uncertain

5. Do you think the construction of the subproject can promote local social and economic development? □Yes □No □Uncertain

6. What attitude do you have on the construction of the subproject: (please specify your reasons if you object) □Supportive □Opposed □Whatever

Other opinions and suggestions

Note: 1. Please tick “√” to show your attitude towards each question, for example, “supportive√”, etc. 2. Please express other comments, views and suggestions in writing, and additional pages may be attached. Survey Date: Month Date Year

Table 2 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Item Amount (people) Proportion Male 37 90% Sex Female 4 10% Sum 41 20-35 6 15% Age 36-50 16 39%

Above 50 19 46% Farmer 27 66% Official (teacher included) 9 22% Occupation Staff 3 7% Worker 2 5% Others 0 Primary School 16 39% Junior Middle School 11 27% Education level Senior Middle School 8 20% Junior College and above 6 14%

Table 3 Results of Public Consultation Result No. Item Opinion Proportion Amount (%) Understand 36 88 1 Understanding of the subproject Understand a little 3 7 Don’t understand 2 5 Serious 0 0 Relatively significant 0 0 Adverse impacts of the subproject 2 on external environment quality Average 5 12 Relatively minor 36 88 Uncertain 0 0 Beneficial to exerting local 32 78 resource advantages Beneficial to protecting local 36 88 ecological environment Effects generated by the Beneficial to improving local 3 35 85 construction of the subproject people’s quality of life Lower quality of life 0 0 Bring serious pollution to local 0 0 environment Others 0 0

Whether the environmental Yes 41 100 4 protection measures of the No 0 0 subproject are feasible or not Uncertain 0 0 5 Whether the construction of the Yes 38 93

subproject can promote local No 0 0 social and economic development Uncertain 3 7 or not Supportive 39 95 Your attitude towards the 6 Opposed 0 0 construction of the subproject Whatever 2 5

II. Luxi County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Luxi County include Luxi County Yuan River East Avenue Road and Infrastructure Construction Subproject, Luxi County Yuan River Ecology Integrated Management Subproject and Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subprojects.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and website are given in Figure 3.

Screenshot of Discourse on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice

Figure 3 Pictures of Luxi County Subprojects Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 10:00am, August 14, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room of Shanxia Village of Luxi Town (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Luxi County Yuan River East Avenue Road and Infrastructure Construction Subproject, Luxi County Yuan River Ecology Integrated Management Subproject and Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns (4) Attendees: Zhang Mengsheng from Luxi County PMO, Zheng Dong from Environmental Protection Bureau of the county, Wang Bin from Housing Construction Bureau of the county, Yi Liancheng from Water Supplies Bureau of the county, Liu Cihua from Water Supply Company of the county, Zhao Kai from the EIA institute, Lin Jiang from Luxi Town, Liu Shaoping from Gengtian Village of Luxi Town, Liu Weifang from Shanxia Village, Xu Nianxin from Tantian Village, Secretary Yu from Shankouyan Village and some villager representatives including Feng Yifang, He Jiashun, Xu Heping, Yang Kaiyue, Yang Xianming, Xu Changchun, Zheng Quanhe, Liu Ruihua and Chen Jianliang. (5) Chairperson: Zhang Mengsheng (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of subprojects in Luxi County. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of their implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Luxi County Yuan River East Avenue Road and Infrastructure Construction Subproject, Luxi County Yuan River Ecology Integrated Management Subproject and Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of subprojects

Implementation of these three subprojects would significantly improve regional ecological and habitat environment, promote economic and social development level and new

urbanization level, and boost building of an ecologically sound Luxi County where people enjoy their cultural and material life.

2.3 Public views and explanations made by the owner

Key views of the public: a. The general public indicated to support the construction, raised no objection, and wished the subproject could be completed as soon as possible, so as to serve people in Luxi County. b. During construction, construction dust shall be prevented from impacting nearby residents.

Explanation made by the owner: thanked the public’s support to the subproject. In order to reduce air pollution, borrow site, quarry site and other dust raising material shall be kept away from residential areas, the feed inlet and outlet of construction machinery (mixer, etc) shall be isolated during operation, and road pavement shall be periodically watered to avoid dust pollution generated by vehicles passing by.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views, and the owner and the EIA institutes also responded to such opinions. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Luxi County Yuan River East Avenue Road and Infrastructure Construction Subproject, Luxi County Yuan River Ecology Integrated Management Subproject and Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns were beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subprojects with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 4 Pictures of Luxi County Subprojects Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

On June 29, 2012, the EIA Team distributed 30 questionnaires to people who might be

affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 30 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 4 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 5 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 6 for results of public consultation.

Table 4 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Luxi County Subprojects

Name Sex Age Occupation

Education Unit or address Tel level Name: Yuan River East Avenue Subproject Construction site: between the original and new National Road 320, on the right bank of Yuan River Overview: the proposed subproject is to be built in the central district of Luxi County, with a total length of about 2.2km. The subproject includes road engineering, bridge engineering along the line, water Subproject supply and drainage engineering, illumination engineering, landscape engineering and auxiliary introduction engineering, etc. The subproject would need total investment of about 57,733,200 Yuan, including 32,966,400 Yuan of construction engineering cost, 2,101,600 Yuan of installation engineering cost, 3,029,000 Yuan of equipment and construction appliance procurement cost, 13,893,600 Yuan of other engineering construction cost, 5,199,100 Yuan of preparation cost and 866,000 Yuan of interest incurred during construction. The subproject has not yet been put into operation, thus we hereby seek surrounding populace’s opinions regarding environmental protection during implementation of the subproject, please write down Your views and suggestions below. Ambient air Excellent Good Average Poor What’s your comment on surface water Excellent Good Average Poor the environmental quality Acoustic environment Excellent Good Average Poor status of the area where Ecological the subproject locates Excellent Good Average Poor environment Whether the subproject is conducive to regional Uncertai Yes, very Yes No economic development n Whether the construction of the subproject is beneficial to Uncertai Yes, very Yes No improving residents' standard of living n Main environmental problems existed before Waste Waste Solid Noise Ecology Others reconstruction gas water waste Degree of satisfaction on environmental measures Satisfied Unsatisfied Whatever currently taken in respect of the subproject Overall evaluation of the public on the subproject’s Excellent Average Whatever Not good

environmental protection Whether or not agree to subproject implementation Yes Conditionally Whatever No Other opinions and suggestions Note: 1. Please tick “√” to show your attitude towards each question. 2. Please express other comments, views and suggestions as well as some specific requirements in writing, and additional pages may be attached. Surveyor: Survey date: Month Date Year

Table 5 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Item Amount (people) Proportion Male 25 83% Sex Female 5 17% Sum 30 / 25-45 22 73% Age Above 46 8 27%

Farmer 21 70% Official (teacher included) 4 13% Occupation Liberal professions 2 7% Worker 3 10% Elementary and secondary 8 27% school Senior Middle School 12 40% Junior College and Education level secondary technical 7 23% school Bachelor degree and 3 10% above

Table 6 Results of Public Consultation Result No. Item Opinion Proportion Amount (%) Excellent 2 6.7 Comment on the environmental Good 6 20 1 quality status of the area where the subproject locates Average 19 63.3 Poor 3 10 2 Impacts of subproject Favorable impacts 27 90

implementation on local economic No impacts 3 10 development Adverse impacts 0 0 Supportive 29 97 3 Attitude towards the subproject Opposed 0 0 Unconcerned 1 3 Resolve traffic jam 18 60 Main reflections of the Promote the development of other 4 24 80 construction’s positive impacts industries Increase regional economic benefit 24 80 Acoustic environment 6 20 In term of environmental protection, which aspect of the Ambient air 19 63.3 5 subproject do you think is surface water 18 60 impactsed the most Ecology 24 80

Your attitude towards the above It does impacts but is acceptable 18 60 6 impacts No impacts 12 40

III. Gongqingcheng City Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Gongqingcheng City include Gongqingcheng City Wusi-Junshan Avenue Road Subproject, Gongqingcheng City-Sujiadang Township Road Subproject, Gongqingcheng City-Zequan Township Road Subproject and Gongqingcheng City Public Bus Center Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for these subprojects.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and website are provided in Figure 5.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 5 Pictures of Gongqingcheng City Subprojects Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 3:00pm, May 10, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room in Environmental Protection Bureau of Gongqingcheng (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Wusi – Junshan Avenue Road Project, Gongqingcheng City – Sujiadang Township Road Project, Fenghuang Village, Jinhu Town of Gongqingcheng City – Zequan Township Road Project and Gongqingcheng City Passenger Transportation Center Project. (4) Attendees: Fan Guohua, Han Ziqian and Li Zhuwei from PPMO, Hu Rongsheng and Cao Dafan from Gongqingcheng City PMO, Zhang Peng from Jiujiang Long-distance Transport Gongqing Company, Zeng Fujun and Xi Zhixiang from Gongqing Road Transport Bureau, Section Chief Mr. Fu and Ye Zihua from Gongqing Environmental Protection & Urban and Rural Construction Bureau, Cheng Bo and Hou Xuechao from the EIA institutes, Wang Tianliang and You Zhouqing from Nanhu Township, Chen Qinggang, Li Tao and Xiong Wei from Jiangyi Town, Zuo Yanping and Lei Xiaolin from Sujiadang, Yu Guozhao and Zhang Zhiming from Jinhu Town, etc. (5) Chairperson: Hu Rongsheng (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Gongqingcheng City Wusi-Junshan Avenue Road Subproject, Gongqingcheng City-Sujiadang Township Road Subproject, Gongqingcheng City-Zequan Township Road Subproject and Gongqingcheng City Public Bus Center Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of their implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement.

Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Gongqingcheng subprojects, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The construction of Wusi – Junshan Avenue and its extension line provides the living and production of local residents along the line with convenient and rapid transportation conditions. The Gongqingcheng City – Sujiadang Township Road Subproject would connect the urban area with Sujiadang township government and perfect one of the city horizontal main roads. The Gongqingcheng City – Zequan Township (Fenghuang Village of Jinhu Town to Zequan Township section) Road Subproject would promote urban-rural integration of Gongqingcheng City, facilitate the formation of Gongqingcheng city framework and boost economic and social development of Jinhu Town and Zequan Township. Building a “public bus center with a modern terminal” would not only meet the needs of passenger transportation, but also significantly improve the overall image of the city and also fundamentally eliminate the negative impacts of poor public transport on regional economic development.

2.3 Public views and explanations made by the owner

Key views of the public: a. The general public indicated to support the construction, raised no objection, and wished the subproject could be completed as soon as possible, so as to serve people in Gongqingcheng. b. During construction, construction dust shall be prevented from impacting nearby residents.

Figure 6 Pictures of Gongqingcheng Subprojects Discussion Meeting

5. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In June 2012, the EIA Team distributed 60 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 57 questionnaires, all of which are valid, with the recovery rate being 97%. Please refer to Table 7 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 8 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 9 for results of public consultation.

Table 7 Public Consultation Questionnaire Sample of Gongqingcheng Subprojects Name Sex Age Occupation ID card Tel Address number Subproject name: Wusi – Junshan Avenue Road Subproject Route and design of the subproject: Wusi – Junshan Avenue section is 8.08km in total length. Its pavement is 24m wide with four lanes on both sides, cement and concrete pavement and Class II under secondary urban main road and its designed vehicle speed is 40km/hourour. Funding for the subproject would be financed from the World Bank and Gongqingcheng City Government. Surrounding environment and land overview of the subproject: the subproject location has little terrain fluctuation, scattered population, villages and towns, and there are no cultural relics, historic sites or ancient and rare trees nearby. The subproject occupies 77 mu of paddy field, 92 mu of dry land, 5.4 mu of orchard, 12 mu of paddy field and 158 mu of other land. It is estimated that the subproject would need total investment of 76.46 million Yuan. Subproject construction scheme: all soil and stone material used for subproject construction can be bought locally and no independent quarry or sand quarry would need to be built; the surrounding road network of the subproject is well distributed and the transportation is convenient, thus no temporary pioneer road would need to be set up. “Three accesses” and land leveling and demolition of the subproject will be completed in April 2013, and the subproject will be open to traffic in December 2014. Positive and negative impacts of subproject implementation Positive impacts: after it is completed, the subproject would facilitate the travel of local residents, boost local economic development, improve people’s livelihoods, accelerate regional urbanization process and drive better and faster development of Gongqingcheng City. Negative impacts: the subproject would involve land acquisition, which would have negative impacts on the production and living conditions of nearby residents; forest land occupied by the subproject would destroy surface vegetation, reduce biomass, cut off biological exchanges and damage ecological environment. During the construction, dust, construction noise, exhaust gas, wastewater and domestic solid waste would be generated. If control measures are not, the living conditions of nearby residents may be affected, and the surrounding water body may be polluted; excavation tends to generate soil erosion and reduce the value of land use. After the subproject is completed, main problems would be traffic noise and automobile exhaust gas. As predicted, after the subproject is completed and open to traffic, traffic noise would have obvious impacts on residential areas within 35 meters of boundary lines of roads, and automobile exhaust gas contains CO, NOx and HC (hydrocarbon), which would harm human health after

long-term exposure. Proposed mitigation measures: Land acquisition and relocation: to strictly control occupation of cultivated land, put forward compensation plan, and strive to realize “occupation – compensation balance”. The land acquisition department should guarantee that all funds will be in place without delay, which shall be enough to pay land compensation fees. Pollution prevention and treatment during construction: strict management shall be carried out, waste residue generated during construction shall be promptly cleared so as to prevent formation of dust; the operation time of construction machinery shall be reasonably arranged and equipment with low noise shall be adopted to avoid construction at night; the road surface shall be kept clean and water shall be sprinkled to reduce impacts of dust; temporary sewage disposal facilities shall be installed to guarantee standard discharge of sewage. Pollution prevention during operation period: to keep the road surface clean, to sprinkle water, so as to reduce impacts of dust; to strengthen afforestation, remedy reduce of biomass, prevent and automobile exhaust gas, and cut off traffic noise; to rationally plan building surrounding the roads, take concession measures in respect of noise sensitive buildings, and install sound insulation windows if necessary; to reinforce traffic control and to prevent transportation accidents of flammable and explosive as well as toxic and harmful substance. The preliminary work of the subproject is being carried out, thus we hereby seek surrounding populace’s opinions regarding environmental protection during implementation of the subproject, please write down Your views and suggestions below. 1. By what approach do you know the subproject Disclosure Public participation TV Newspaper implementation? Others 2. Do you think the subproject implementation is Yes, very Yes Uncertain No beneficial to improving local residents’ life Extremely unfavorable 3. Main environmental impacts you think exists in Noise Dust Soil erosion Reduction of animal subproject implementation is and plant resources Others 4. Main environmental impacts you think exists in project Traffic noise Automobile exhaust gas Dust on road operation is surface Others 5. Are you satisfied about the environmental measures Satisfied Unsatisfied Uncertain Others currently taken in respect of the subproject 6. Are you supportive of the subproject implementation Yes No Uncertain 7. What requirements or suggestions do you have on the subproject implementation

Table 8 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Sex Male Female Proportion 88% 12% Age Below 30 30-50 Above 50 Proportion 5% 59% 36%

Table 9 Results of Public Consultation No. Content Opinion Result (proportion) Disclosure 25% Public participation 75% By what approach do you know 1 the subproject implementation? TV 0 Newspaper 0 Others 0 Yes, very 23% Do you think the subproject Yes 77% 2 implementation is beneficial to Uncertain 0 improving local residents’ life No 0 Extremely unfavorable 0

Noise 56% In your view, key Dust 20% 3 environmental impacts of Soil erosion 12% subproject implementation are Reduction of animal and plant resources 12% Others 0 Traffic noise 81% Main environmental impacts Automobile exhaust gas 12% 4 you think exists in project operation is Dust on road surface 7% Others 0 Satisfied 93% Are you satisfied about the environmental measures Unsatisfied 0 5 currently taken in respect of the Uncertain 7% subproject Others 0 Supportive 100% Are you supportive of the 6 No 0 subproject implementation Uncertain 0

IV. Jiujiang County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Jiujiang County include Jiujiang County Urban Infrastructure Demonstration – Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject and Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for these subprojects.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and website are shown in Figure 7.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 7 Pictures of Jiujiang County Subprojects Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 2:30pm, May 11, 2012 (2) Venue: Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject PMO (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Jiujiang County Urban Infrastructure Demonstration – Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject and Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject (4) Attendees: Han Ziqian from PPMO, Chen Yilin and Lou Zhibo from Jiujiang County PMO, Liu Weilun from Grain Bureau of the county, Xiao Dekui and Yu Jingye from agriculture bureau of the county, Feng Hailin from environmental protection bureau of the county, Jiang Weidong from Jiujiang station of schistosomiasis prevention and control, Xiao Li from Dongfanghong community, Zhou lvshui and Ye Pei from Shahe street, Liu Daomiao from Xincheng community, Li Guochi from Dongfeng Village, Cheng Bo and Hou Xuechao from the EIA institutes, etc. (5) Chairperson: Chen Yilin (6) Meeting minutes

The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Jiujiang County Urban Infrastructure Demonstration – Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject and Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of their implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Jiujiang County Urban Infrastructure Demonstration – Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject and Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

Yuanming Avenue Subproject would mainly connect the main urban zone of Jiujiang County with Shayan Road, and significantly facility the connection between Balihu new district of Jiujiang and Jiujiang Yangtze River 2nd Bridge under construction. In addition, the subproject would also expand the radial force of Jiujiang County and satisfies 3 million of customer flow needs driven by the boundless universe project. The construction of city flood control comprehensive treatment project can improve the living environment of more than 60,000 people along the river, increase the irrigation area and efficiency of farmland along the river, raise grain yield, increase the water catchment amount of Poyang Lake and improve water quality, reduce casualty loss, reduce governmental disaster prevention and relief capital cost, and effectively boost economic benefits and social benefits.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public views: as Jiujiang was located in schistosomiasis affected area, schistosomiasis prevention work shall be well done during construction of city flood control comprehensive treatment project.

Response of the owner and EIA institutes to public views: in order to achieve effective schistosomiasis prevention and control, the county PMO has already contacted the station of schistosomiasis prevention and control, which has indicated to strictly carry out oncomelania screening and killing and to draw up and improve schistosomiasis prevention and control measures.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these

views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Jiujiang County Urban Infrastructure Demonstration – Yuanming Avenue Road Extension Subproject and Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject were beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subprojects with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 8 Pictures of Jiujiang County Subprojects Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In June 2012, the EIA Team distributed 58 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 58 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 10 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 11 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 12 for results of public consultation.

Table 10 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Jiujiang County Subprojects People Sex Education level Surveyed Occupation Age ID card number

Contact Relocated Address information household or not

Subproject name: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Jiujiang County Town Infrastructure Construction Demonstration Yuanming Avenue Extension Road Subproject Construction location: begins in the east from the intersection of Chaisang North Road and Yuanming Avenue and ends in former Nanxun Road railway station in Xincheng Village of Jiujiang County Subproject overview: Jiujiang County Yuanming Avenue extension line is an important passageway for the new district. It begins in the east from the intersection of Chaisang North Road and Yuanming Avenue and ends in former Nanxun Road railway station in Xincheng Village of Jiujiang County, with an overall length of 1.898km. Jiujiang County Yuanming Avenue extension line would be built to be a Class III under urban main road with pavement width of 36 meters, the cross section form is 3.5 meters (pavement) + 11 meters (roadway) + 7 meters (central green belt separation) + 11 meters (roadway) + 3.5 meters (pavement), and the roadway is paved with bituminous concrete. The proposed road to be built is of Class III under secondary urban main road with the designed vehicle speed of 40km/hour, the designed service life of 15 years and anti-earthquake capacity. The construction period will be 14 months. The subproject would need total investment of 82.76 million Yuan. Construction scale: the subproject will permanently cover an area of 126 mu and temporarily cover an area of 10 mu. Environmental problems relating to the subproject: main environmental problems of the subproject will be noise, waste gas and solid waste and dust generated during construction period. Proposed environmental protection measures: strict management shall be carried out, waste residue generated during construction shall be promptly cleared so as to prevent formation of dust; noise pollution shall be reduced, and the operation time of construction machinery shall be reasonably arranged. During operation, road surface shall be kept clean to reduce impacts of dust. The preliminary work of the subproject is being carried out currently, thus we hereby seek surrounding populace’s opinions regarding environmental protection during implementation of the subproject, please write down Your views and suggestions below. 1. Are you supportive of the subproject implementation Yes No Unconcerned 2. What do you think the impacts of subproject Yes No No impacts implementation on local economic development 3. Do you think the subproject implementation is beneficial Yes No Uncertain to improving life quality Automobile 4. What affects you the most Noise Dust exhaust gas 5. According to your estimate, can you accept the Yes No Uncertain environmental impacts during construction 6. Are you satisfied about environmental measures currently Satisfied Unsatisfied Uncertain taken for the subproject 7. What measure will you suggest taking to reduce the Getting away Noise barrier Road planting environmental impacts from villages 8. What requirement or suggestion do you have on the subproject implementation

Table 11 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Sex Male Female Proportion 91.4% 8.6% Age Below 30 30-50 Above 50 Proportion 6.9% 51.7% 41.4% Bachelor degree and Education level Above bachelor degree High school and below below Proportion 6.9% 34.5% 58.6% Proportion of relocated household 38%

Table 12 Results of Public Consultation

No. Question Result Unconcerne Yes No Are you supportive of the subproject d 1 implementation 86.2% 0.0% 13.8%

What do you think the impacts of Yes No No impacts 2 subproject implementation on local economic development 87.9% 0.0% 12.1%

Do you think the subproject Yes No Uncertain 3 implementation is beneficial to improving life quality 79.3% 0.0% 20.7% Automobile Noise Dust exhaust gas 4 What affects you the most 20.7% 34.5% 50.0%

According to your estimate, can you Yes No Uncertain 5 accept the environmental impacts during construction 65.5% 0.0% 34.5%

Are you satisfied about environmental Satisfied Unsatisfied Uncertain 6 measures currently taken for the subproject 63.8% 0.0% 36.2% Getting Noise barrier Road planting away from What measure will you suggest taking 7 villages to reduce the environmental impacts 1.7% 75.9% 22.1%

V. Gan County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subproject of JPESTP in Gan County is Gan County Yiyuan New District Yiyuan Avenue to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and disclosure website are given in Figure 9.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 9 Pictures of Gan County Subproject Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 2:30pm, July 30, 2012 (2) Venue: village committee of Yiyuan, Maodian Town, Gan County (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Gan County Yiyuan New District Yiyuan Avenue to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject. (4) Attendees: Li Jianming and Qi Xinghua from Gan County Communications Bureau, Zhu Longyu, Jin Jiatong and Lan Chun from Gan County PMO, Wang Xiuhua from environmental protection bureau of the county, Zeng Xianggui from Gan County Maodian Township Government, village Official representatives from Yiyuan Village, Maodian Town, Gan County including Zeng Longsu and Tong Shuxian, resident representatives from Yiyuan Village, Maodian Town, Gan County including Zeng Longhong, Zeng Defu, Zeng Xiaolong, Wang Xinfa, Li Xiancai, Zeng Lin, Liu Chuanfu and Liu Jichun as well as Zhao Kai and Huang Dan from the environmental impact assessment organizational unit.

(5) Chairperson: Liu Zhong (Director of Gan County Communications Bureau, Director of Gan County PMO) (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Gan County Yiyuan New District Yiyuan Avenue to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of its implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Gan County Yiyuan New District Yiyuan Avenue to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The subproject implementation will greatly improve the relatively backward infrastructure currently in Yiyuan New District of Gan County, consummate the road network of Yiyuan New District, get through the transportation contact between Gan County district and Yiyuan New District and that between the county and various villages and town in southeast, drive the construction and development of regions along the line, and exert better economic and social benefits.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees considered that the subproject implementation would be beneficial to boosting economic benefits and social benefits in Jiujiang, indicated to support the construction, and raised no objection. Public views: the public considered the environmental protection measures proposed during environmental impact assessment feasible, and mainly concerned about the environmental impacts of noise and dust during construction period.

Response of the owner and EIA institutes to public views:

2) In order to reduce the impacts of construction noise, construction machinery with low noise shall be used; construction during break hours of local people shall be avoided, and machinery with strong noise shall be prohibited from working at night; the machinery and vehicles shall be repaired and maintained regularly.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Gan County Yiyuan New District Yiyuan Avenue to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject was beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subprojects with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 10 Pictures of Gan County Subproject Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In August 2012, the EIA Team distributed 50 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 50 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 13 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 14 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 15 for results of public consultation.

Table 13 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Gan County Subproject Education Name Sex Age level Information of people Unit or address Tel surveyed Relocated Yes No household or not

1. Subproject name: Gan County Yiyuan New District to Gan-Chang Highway Link Road Subproject 2. Owner: Gan County Yiyuan New District PMO 3. Construction location: Yiyuan New District, Gan County, Jiangxi 4. Subproject overview and main contents: the subproject will cover an area of 240 mu, will have estimated total investment of 162 million Yuan, and will take about 2 years. Main construction content of the subproject includes: (1) the connecting line between Yiyuan Avenue and Gan - Chang Road, which will be built to an urban main road with the length of about 2.2km and width of 27.5-31.5 meters; (2) from the intersection of Gan – Chang Road and Gan County – Dayu Expressway to under the oil groove, which will be built to be an urban main road with the length of about 3km and width of 24 meters; (3) from Meilin Bridge to the intersection of Gan - Chang Road and Gan County – Dayu Expressway, which will be built to a Class II road with the length of about 1.7km and width of 12 meters. 5. Main environmental problems of the subproject: the environmental impacts of the subproject during construction includes dust, construction noise, construction solid waste and soil erosion caused by disturbance of the original landform, etc, and the environmental impacts during operation mainly includes traffic noise and automobile exhaust gas. 6. Proposed environmental protection measures: strict management shall be carried out, waste residue generated during construction shall be promptly cleared so as to prevent formation of dust; noise pollution shall be reduced, and the operation time of construction machinery shall be reasonably arranged. During operation, dike-top road surface shall be kept clean to reduce impacts of dust. No. Survey Contents Views or Suggestions Don’t 1 Do you understand the subproject? Yes, very Yes, a little understand Are you supportive of the subproject’s route 2 Yes No Whatever selection and trend You think the effect of the subproject on local 3 Huge Average None economic development is Do you think the subproject is beneficial to 4 Yes No Uncertain improving life quality Do you think the subproject is beneficial to your 5 Yes No impacts personal mobility? Land Which is the subproject’s most adverse impacts Farmland acquisition Environmen 6 on you? occupancy and tal impacts demolition Water body Automobile Dust Noise Which aspect of the subproject do you think pollution exhaust gas 7 affect the environment most? Impacts on Soil erosion Others landscape Relati What degree of environmental impacts do you Relatively vely 8 None Average think the subproject may bring minor signif icant Are you satisfied about the environmental Basically 9 measures currently taken in respect of the Satisfied Unsatisfied satisfied subproject Are you supportive of the subproject 10 Yes No Whatever implementation 11 Other opinions or suggestions:

Table 14 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Sex Age Education level Male Female 18-40 41-60 Above Junior Senior Junior Primary 60 College or Middle Middle School Above School School No. of 41 9 11 32 7 1 3 30 16

People Proportion 82 18 22 64 14 2 6 60 32 (%)

Table 15 Results of Public Consultation Proportion No. Survey Contents Option Amount (%) Yes, very 28 56 1 Do you understand the subproject? Yes, a little 22 44 Don’t understand 0 0 Yes 50 100 Are you supportive of the subproject’s route 2 No 0 0 selection and trend Whatever 0 0 Huge 39 78 You think the effect of the subproject on local 3 Average 10 20 economic development is None 1 2 Yes 50 100 Do you think the subproject is beneficial to 4 No 0 0 improving life quality Uncertain 0 0 Do you think the subproject is beneficial to your Yes 41 82 5 personal mobility? No impacts 9 18 Farmland 36 72 occupancy Which is the subproject’s most adverse impacts on Land acquisition 6 11 22 you? and demolition Environmental 3 6 impacts Water body 1 2 pollution Automobile exhaust 1 2 gas Which aspect of the subproject do you think affect Dust 42 84 7 the environment most? Noise 4 8 Impacts on 0 0 landscape Soil erosion 4 8 Others 0 0 None 8 16 What degree of environmental impacts do you 8 Relatively minor 31 62 think the subproject may bring Average 11 22

Relatively 0 0 significant Satisfied 23 46 Are you satisfied about the environmental measures 9 Basically satisfied 27 54 currently taken in respect of the subproject Unsatisfied 0 0 Yes 49 98 Are you supportive of the subproject 10 No 0 0 implementation Whatever 1 2

VI. Ruijin City Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subproject of JPESTP in Ruijin City is Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and disclosure website are given in Figure 11.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 11 Pictures of Ruijin City Subproject Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 2:30pm, Augusts 10, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room of Ruijin City PMO (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject (4) Attendees: Hu Bailin, Yang Xiaochu and Yang Ruibin from Ruijin City PMO, Zhu Juanhong, Huang Bigui, Wang Shankang, Ren Tianzhen and Liu Jiujiu from Xianghu Town, Zhao Kai, Huang Dan and Xie Longjun from the EIA institutes. (5) Chairperson: Hu Bailin (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of its implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The construction of Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject will build the Mianjiang River to be an ecological landscape river based on flood discharge and featured by ecological landscape, to realize landscape, recreation and ecological functions, etc on the premise that the proper flood control and discharge functions of rivers are satisfied, to provide the residents with rich and most vigorous city water front space, and to give full play of the ecological environmental value of “water”, so that the Mianjiang River waterscape ecological corridor can better reflect the unique charm of new Ruijin.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees considered that the subproject implementation would be beneficial to boosting economic benefits and social benefits in Ruijin City, indicated to support the construction, and raised no objection.

Public views: the public considered the environmental protection measures proposed during environmental impact assessment feasible, and mainly concerned about soil erosion.

Response of the owner and EIA institutes to public attitude: the soil and water conservation subproject shall be strictly implemented during construction. Construction in rainy season shall be avoided to the greatest extent; slopes shall be pressed with sandbag or straw mat for temporary protection to prevent soil erosion caused by runoff in rainy season; excavation material shall be timely filled and utilized to avoid long time of storage during dike foundation excavation.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject was beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subproject with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 12 Pictures of Ruijin City Subproject Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In May 2012, the EIA Team distributed 50 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 50 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 16 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 17 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 18 for results of public consultation.

Table 16 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Ruijin City Subprojects World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Name Development Demonstration Project

Ruijin City Mianjiang River East Bank Dike Subproject

Construction location East bank of Mianjiang River in Ruijin City

Subproject overview The works scope includes the section between Jindu Bridge and Ruijin Bridge with an overall length of 1.15km. The dike top has a width of 4.0m, a side slope of 1:2.5, and covered by geogrid turf, paved rock block slop protection, etc. Main environmental problems of the subproject will be mainly generated during construction. During such period, “the three wastes”, noise and other pollutants will be generated, and the construction will bring adverse impacts on ecological surface environment, water environment, atmospheric and acoustic environment, but such impacts will vanish upon the termination of construction period. In order to reduce the environmental impacts of construction, construction machinery with low noise shall be used, and machinery with strong noise shall be prohibited from working at night; wastewater and solid waste generated by construction workers shall be filled in temporary septic tank and dump pit, and shall be cleared and transported in a timely manner; in order to prevent soil erosion caused by run-off in rainy season, slopes shall be pressed with sandbag or straw mat for temporary protection. As land acquisition for the subproject will trigger some social problems, land acquisition compensation policies and procedures shall be implemented. The subproject implementation is of significance to reducing flood disasters in Ruijin City, safeguarding human life and property and promoting economic development in Ruijin. Name Sex Age Occupation Ethnici Education Unit or address Tel ty level 1. Do you understand the subproject: Yes A little No

2. What do you think are main environmental problems during construction? (multiple choice allowed) Construction noise Construction dust Temporary land occupation Congestion during construction Construction safety Construction wastewater Soil erosion Ecological disruption Impacts on landscape Others

3. What do you think are main environmental problems during operation after completion? (multiple choice allowed) Water pollution Air pollution Noise pollution Ecological disruption Impacts on landscape Others

4. Do you think the construction of the subproject is beneficial to local social and economic development? Yes No Uncertain

5. What impacts do you think implementation of the subproject would have: (multiple choice allowed) Beneficial to exerting local resource advantages Beneficial to protecting local ecological environment Beneficial to improving local people’s quality of life Lower quality of life Bring serious pollution to local environment Others

6. What attitude do you have on the construction of the subproject: (please specify your reasons if you object) Supportive Opposite Whatever

Other opinions and suggestions

Note: 1. Please tick “√” to show your attitude towards each question, for example, “supportive√”, etc. 2. Please express other comments, views and suggestions as well as some specific requirements in writing, and additional pages may be attached. Surveyor: Survey date: Month Date Year

Table 17 Basic information of Public Consultation Participants Item Result (people) Proportion A. Male 28 56% Sex B. Female 22 44% A. Below 18 4 8% B. 18-39 36 72% Age C. 40-59 7 14% D. Above 60 3 6% A. Official 5 10% B. Worker 6 12% Occupation C. Farmer 27 54% D. Liberal 12 24% professions A. Junior College 5 10% and above B. Senior Middle 29 58% Education level School C. Junior Middle 7 14% School D. Primary School 9 18% A. Han 50 100% Ethnicity B. Others 0 0

Table 18 Results of Public Consultation Result Item Amount Proportion A. Yes 40 80% 1. Do you understand the subproject B. A little 6 12% C. No 4 8% 2. Main environmental problems A. Construction noise 11 22% during construction you think are B. Construction dust 37 74%

(multiple choice allowed) C. Temporary land occupation 42 84% D. Congestion during construction 35 70% E. Construction safety 9 18% A. Water pollution 0 0 B. Air pollution 0 0 3. Main environmental problems C. Noise pollution 0 0 during operation after completion you think are (multiple choice allowed) D. Ecological disruption 2 4% E. Impacts on landscape 0 0 F. No impacts 48 96% 4. Do you think the construction of A. Yes 47 84% the subproject is beneficial to local B. No 0 0 social and economic development C. Uncertain 3 6% A. Beneficial to exerting local 46 92% resource advantages 5. What impacts do you think B. Beneficial to protecting local 50 100% implementation of the subproject ecological environment would have (multiple choice allowed) C. Beneficial to improving local 47 94% people’s quality of life A. Supportive 47 94% 6. Your attitude towards the B. Opposed 0 0 construction of the subproject C. Whatever 3 6%

VII. Jinggangshan City Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subproject of JPESTP in Jinggangshan City is Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and disclosure website are provided in Figure13.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Disclosure Figure 13 Pictures of Jinggangshan City Subproject Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 9:50am, July 17, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room of Longshi Town Party Committee (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject (4) Attendees: Ren Xiaoyong, director of municipal development and reform commission and director of World Bank-financed Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject leading team office, Xiong Jugen from municipal environmental protection bureau, Xiao Zhidong from municipal planning bureau, Xie Haibing and Kuang Dongyu from Jinggangshan City PMO, Liu Jun, Liu Zhiyan and Kuang Xiaoming from Longshi Town, Zhang Jianhua from Longshi water supply company, retired veteran Official representatives including Zhang Yun, Liu Buwen, Diao Guansheng, Zhang Guoyu, Xiao Ping, Rao Fuming, etc as well as Zhao Kai, Huang Dan, and Xie Longjun from the EIA institutes.

(5) Chairperson: Zhou Guangwu (deputy mayor of Jinggangshan municipal government, deputy chief of World Bank-financed Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject Leading Group) (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of its implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, summarized the public views collected in the first public negotiation and information disclosure and replies thereto, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The construction of Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject will further improve the flood control capacity of Longshi urban area, further promote the city grade of Longshi urban area, thoroughly improve the environmental quality of Longjiang River and surrounding area, build a development pattern of “one river and two banks”, strive to construct an ecological leisure gallery, and provide the citizens with satisfactory leisure, fitness and entertainment arena, thus having significant impacts on future development of Longshi area.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees considered that the subproject implementation would be beneficial to boosting economic benefits and social benefits in Jinggangshan City, indicated to support the construction, and raised no objection. Public views: the public considered the environmental protection measures proposed during environmental impact assessment feasible, and mainly concerned about construction dust.

Response of the owner and EIA institutes to public views: in order to reduce construction dust, borrow site, quarry site and other dust generating materials shall be kept away from residential areas, the feed inlet and outlet of construction machinery (mixer, etc) shall be isolated during operation, and road pavement shall be periodically watered to avoid dust pollution generated by vehicles passing by.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject was beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subproject with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

On May 24, 2012, the EIA Team distributed 50 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 50 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 19 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 20 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 21 for results of public consultation.

Table 19 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Jinggangshan City Subproject World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Name Development Demonstration Project Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject World Bank-financed Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject Owner leading team office Subproject overview: 1. The comprehensive treatment river section of Longjiang River begins from Yuankou Bridge in the upstream, along Ningzhong Bridge, Huishi Bridge, Longjiang Bridge, Kuiwang New Village to the highland 500 meters downstream of Longshi railway station, and 500m of tributary exit section in Mu Village (tributary 0+000-bributary 0+500), with an overall length of 5.3km. In particular, the newly built flood control dike is 5.3km long, and the training of channel also has a length of 5.3km. 2. Pollution filling and cutting pipes along Longshi Town section of river, with an overall length of 7.75km, including 3.1km of sewage pipe DN300, 3.3km of sewage pipe DN400 and 1.35km of sewage pipe DN500. 3. Arrangement of ecological restoration, beautification, afforesting, brightening and landscape and other engineering along the treatment river section. Main favorable impacts: during operation, the subproject will bring favorable impacts to social and economic development, urban development, guaranteeing residents’ health, city ecological landscape and terrestrial ecological environment, water environmental quality and generation of soil erosion. Main adverse impacts: the construction wastewater, construction garbage, construction noise and dust have slight impacts on the environment, which will be effectively reduced after the corresponding prevention and treatment measures put forward in the report are taken. Name Sex Age Occupation

Education Ethnicity Unit or address Tel level

1. Do you understand the subproject: □Yes □ A little □ No

2. What do you think are main environmental problems during construction? (multiple choice) □Construction noise □Construction dust □Temporary land occupation □Congestion during construction □Construction safety □Construction wastewater □Soil erosion □Ecological disruption □Impacts on landscape □Others

3. What do you think are main environmental problems during operation after completion? (multiple choice allowed) □Water pollution □Air pollution □Noise pollution □Ecological disruption □Impacts on landscape □Others

4. Do you think the construction of the subproject is beneficial to local social and economic development? □Yes □No □Uncertain

5. What impacts do you think implementation of the subproject would have: (multiple choice allowed) □Beneficial to exerting local resource advantages □Beneficial to protecting local ecological environment □Beneficial to improving local people’s quality of life □Lower quality of life □Bring serious pollution to local environment □ Others

6. What attitude do you have on the construction of the subproject: (please specify your reasons if you object) □Supportive □Opposed □Whatever

Other opinions and suggestions

Table 20 Basic Information of Public Consultation Participants Item Result (people) Proportion (%) A. Male 32 64 Sex B. Female 18 36 A. Below 30 27 54 Age B. 31-59 16 32 C. Above 60 7 14 A. Official 5 10 Occupation B. Worker 16 32 C. Farmer 13 26

D. Liberal 16 32 professions A. Junior College 7 14 and above B. Senior Middle 31 62 Education level School C. Junior Middle 9 18 School D. Primary School 3 6 A. Han 50 100 Ethnicity B. Others 0 0

Table 21 Results of Public Consultation Result Item Amount Proportion A. Yes 42 84 1. Do you understand the subproject B. A little 6 12 C. No 2 4 A. Construction noise 5 10 2. Main environmental problems B. Construction dust 30 60 during construction you think are C. Temporary land occupation 16 32 (multiple choice allowed) D. Congestion during construction 30 60 E. Construction safety 6 12 A. Water pollution 12 24 3. Main environmental problems B. Air pollution 21 42 during operation after completion you C. Noise pollution 15 30 think are (multiple choice allowed) D. Ecological disruption 13 26 E. Impacts on landscape 20 40 F. Others 0 0 4. Do you think the construction of A. Yes 50 100 the subproject is beneficial to local B. No 0 0 social and economic development C. Uncertain 0 0 A. Beneficial to exerting local 50 100 resource advantages 5. What impacts do you think B. Beneficial to protecting local 50 100 implementation of the subproject ecological environment would have (multiple choice allowed) C. Beneficial to improving local 47 94 people’s quality of life A. Supportive 50 100 6. Your attitude towards the B. Opposed 0 0 construction of the subproject C. Whatever 0 0

VIII. Yifeng County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Yifeng County include Yifeng County Yuanming Bridge and Yuanming Bridge - National Highway 320 Link Road Subproject and Yifeng County Town South Main Road Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and disclosure website are presented in Figure 14.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 14 Pictures of Yifeng County Subproject Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

（1）会议时间：2012 年 7 月 13 日上午 9:50 （2）会议地点：两路口村村委会（3）会议内容：有关世界银行贷款江西鄱阳湖生态经济区及流域城镇发展示范项目——宜丰

县渊明大桥、渊明大桥至 320 国道连接线道路工程项目及宜丰县城南主干道道路工程环境保护公众咨询与信息公开座谈会（4）出席人：宜丰县项目办李主任、两路口村委会主任、前头村村委主任、宜丰县环保局巢局长、宜丰县行政中心李主任同志及环评编制单位彭郗珑、曾惠卿。（5）主持人：宜丰县项目办李主任（6）会议纪要会议对宜丰县渊明大桥、渊明大桥至 320 国道连接线道路工程项目及宜丰县城南主干道道路工程的环境影响评价工作进行公众协商和信息公开，并且对项目如实施可能造成的环境的影响及防治措施进行了讨论，形成了共识，达成了一致意见。现将会议有关事项纪要如下： ①关于信息公开事宜环评单位对宜丰县渊明大桥、渊明大桥至 320 国道连接线道路工程项目及宜丰县城南主干道道路工程项目概况、项目施工期间对环境的影响及拟采取的措施做介绍，并且简要说明了这次信息公开对于世行项目的重要性和后续相关事宜。 ②关于项目有利效益事宜项目能较好的缓解城区内的交通压力，使城区路网得到整体改善；扩大了城区建设范围，贯通了城区交通网络，有利于带动桥西片区和中心城区的经济快速发展，同时也为城南中学以及周边居民提供良好的交通环境。 ③关于公众意见及建设单位及环评单位对意见的反馈公众态度：与会公众均认为项目的建设有利于提高宜丰县经济效益和社会效益，表示支持项目建设，无反对意见。公众意见：尽量减少施工过程中的噪声对沿线居民的生活的不利影响；减少施工扬尘对环境的影响、改善施工环境，加强施工队与沿线村民的沟通，达到相互信任。

建设单位及环评单位对公众意见的答复：

1、减少施工噪声影响，施工时采用低噪声的施工机械；避开周围人民的休息时间，禁止强噪声的机械夜间工作；经常性的对机械、车辆进行检修和维护。 2、施工期间对施工场地及施工便道进行洒水以降低扬尘的影响；同时加强材料运输管理，散状材料运输时采用加篷措施。 3、加强施工管理，施工现场悬挂施工标牌，标明工程名称、工程负责人、施工许可证和投诉电话等内容，接受社会各界和当地居民的监督；施工单位应配备 1 名专职环保人员负责环境管理。对于投诉问题，由业主和承包商及时与当环保部门取得联系，力争在 48h 内解决环境纠纷。 ④会议小结参会人员在会上都积极发表各自的意见，环评单位也对这些意见进行了解答。同时参会人员一致认为宜丰县渊明大桥、渊明大桥至 320 国道连接线道路工程项目及宜丰县城南主干道道路工程是一件利国利民的大好事，表示将对项目给予大力支持和全力配合。

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In May 2012, the EIA Team distributed 51 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope of Yifeng County Yuanming Bridge and Yuanming Bridge - National Highway 320 Link Road Subproject and Yifeng County Town South Main Road Subproject, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 51 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 22 for questionnaire sample, refer to Table 23 for basic information of public consultation participants, and refer to Table 24 for results of public consultation.

Table 22 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Yifeng County Subprojects World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Yifeng County Yuanming Bridge and Yuanming Bridge - Name National Highway 320 Link Road Subproject and Yifeng County Town South Main Road Subproject I. Subproject overview: the subproject is located in urban area section of Yifeng County, which begins from Tianbao South Road and ends at Nongchang Road, and the overall mileage length of the principal line is 1.464km. The road is designed to be at the II level, the speed is designed to be 30km/hour, the road foundation will have a width of 40m, and the roadway will have a width of 16m. In the subproject, Yuanming Bridge has an overall length of 156 meters, and the bridge floor has a net width of 25.5 meters. Both the road surface and the bridge floor will be made of bituminous concrete. The subproject includes road engineering, water (rain) discharge engineering, illumination engineering, traffic engineering and afforestation engineering. The subproject would need total investment of 94,189,480 Yuan. II. Overview of potential environmental impacts of the construction project Main impacts factors during construction: dust or dust emission as well as relatively concentrated emission of exhaust gas of oil-fueled automobiles and equipment have time-bound impacts on ambient air, construction machinery will generate noise, temporary land occupation, stocking of spoil and debris, demolition, etc will bring some damage to the ecological environment, and domestic garbage and sanitary wastewater will have some impacts on the environment if not treated properly; Main impacts factors during operation: the traffic volume in passage sections will be increased, and traffic noise and emission of automobile exhaust gas will have some impacts on the environment in both sides of the road, especially the sensitive points; dirt and waste oil on road surface will flow into the river with rain water, which will bring certain effect to the water quality. III. Key countermeasures and measures to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts Exhaust gas: the construction material transport vehicles shall be covered with tarpaulin, and water shall be regularly sprinkled on the construction site. Lead-free gasoline shall be adopted, and other exhaust gas treatment measures shall be taken; Noise: the construction sites and time shall be properly arranged, high-noise operation sites shall be away from environmental sensitive areas, equipment with low noise vibration shall be used to the greatest extent, night construction near residential areas shall be strictly prohibited, and mobile noise barrier shall be set up if necessary. During operation, noise barrier facilities shall be designed and installed in noise sensitive points to control noise pollution; Ecology and society: the construction manner shall be improved to reduce damage and impacts of road foundation construction on road surface and natural water flow, soil (residue) picking and disposing fields and construction fields shall be kept away from Reserves and rivers. After the construction is completed, the land shall be timely reclaimed to prevent soil

erosion, prevention and treatment measures integrating with engineering and vegetation shall be taken to road foundation slope, and afforestation shall be done along the road, so as to minimize the soil erosion along the road. Water environment: management of machinery and equipment shall be enhanced during construction, so as to prevent evaporating, emitting, dripping or leaking of various oil contaminations. Management of construction workers on site shall be strengthened, so as to prevent water environment pollution caused by their sanitary sewage. Solid waste: generation of spoil and debris to the greatest extent, spoil and debris fields shall be reasonably selected, and the covering soil shall be afforested or compacted. IV. Main conclusions of environmental impact assessment put forward in the environmental impacts report The subproject implementation accords with national industrial policies, the overall planning and site selection in Yifeng County is rational, and is of significance to the development of Yifeng County and city road network. Its positive effect is far larger than its negative effect whether to the society, the economy or the environment. As long as “Three Simultaneousness” is strictly implemented during the subproject implementation, environmental management can be practically enhanced during operation after completion, and comprehensive environmental pollution prevention and treatment work is well done, from the angle of environmental protection, the subproject is feasible. Name Sex Age Occupation

Education Ethnicity Unit or address Tel level

1. How do you think the overall environmental quality around the subproject: □Excellent □Favorable □Average □Relatively poor

2. During the road construction period, which problems do you think will affect your life? (multiple choice allowed) □Noise of machinery □Construction dust □Soil erosion □Construction safety □Inconvenience with travel □Others

3. After the road is open to traffic, which problems do you think will affect your life? (multiple choice allowed) □Traffic noise □Automobile exhaust gas □Dust on road surface □Others

4. Can you accept the environmental impacts brought by the subproject implementation and openness to traffic □I can accept □Hard to accept □Whatever

5. Do you think the environmental protection measures taken to the proposed project can effectively prevent environmental pollution? □Yes □No □Uncertain

6. Do you think the completed project can improve local residents’ living standard and promote economic development? □Yes □No □Uncertain

7. What attitude do you have towards the construction of the subproject □Supportive □Opposed □No comment

Other opinions and suggestions Note: 1. Please tick “√” to show your attitude towards each question, for example, “supportive√”, etc. 2. Please express other comments, views and suggestions as well as some specific requirements in writing, and additional pages may be attached. Surveyor: Survey date: Month Date Year

Table 23 Basic Information of Public Consultation Participants Sample Sex Age Occupation Education level size Above Junior Junior Primary Male Female ≤30 31-50 ≥51 Farmer Official Others Middle Middle School 51 School School

46 5 0 35 16 47 2 2 15 34 2

Table 24 Results of Public Consultation Result Item Proportion Opinion Amount (%) Excellent 17 31 How do you think the overall environmental Favorable 38 69 1 quality around the subproject Average 0 0 Relatively poor 0 0 Noise of 39 71 machinery Construction 14 25 dust During the road construction period, which Soil erosion 2 4 2 problems do you think will affect your life? Construction 0 0 safety Inconvenience 5 9 with travel Others 2 4 Automobile 40 73 noise Automobile After the road is open to traffic, which 11 20 3 exhaust gas problems do you think will affect your life? Dust on road 12 22 surface Others 2 4 Can you accept the environmental impacts I can accept 54 98 4 brought by the subproject implementation Hard to accept 0 0 and openness to traffic Whatever 1 2

Do you think the environmental protection Yes 55 100 5 measures taken to the proposed project can No 0 0 effectively prevent environmental pollution? Uncertain 0 0 Do you think the completed project can Yes 55 100 6 improve local residents’ living standard and No 0 0 promote economic development? Uncertain 0 0 Supportive 55 100 What attitude do you have towards the 7 Opposed 0 0 construction of the subproject No comment 0 0

IX. Nanfeng County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

JPESTP subproject in Nanfeng County is Nanfeng County Hedong New District Xingnong Avenue Road Construction Subproject. For the purpose of this EMP, two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subproject.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure site and website disclosure are provided in Figure 15.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website Picture of On-site Notice Figure 15 Pictures of Nanfeng County Subproject Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 9:50am, August 12, 2012 (2)Venue, Qiaobei Village Committee (3) Topic: public consultation and information disclosure for World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Nanfeng County Nanfeng Bridge Construction Subproject and Nanfeng County

Hedong New District Xingnong Avenue Road Construction Subproject (4) Attendees: Li Pengfei and Zhang Wenlong from the county’s Development and Reform Commission, Hu Huaming, Jiang Changgen, Jiang Shuiquan, Fu Chunrong and Jiang Xiaoying from Qiaobei Village, Xu Zhiming, Xu Yinggen, Xu Xingwang, Hu Liangxing and Zhang Jianping from Xujiabian Village, Wang Changfu and Wang Fangcheng from Qiaobei Village and Peng Xilong and Hou Xuechao from the EIA institutes. (5) Chairperson: Zhang Wenlong (6) Summary of meeting minutes

The meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure for EIA of Nanfeng County Nanfeng Bridge Construction Subproject and Nanfeng County Hedong New District Xingnong Avenue Road Construction Subproject and discussed and reached consensus about potential environmental impacts of and mitigation measures for the two subprojects. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information Disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced environmental impacts and proposed mitigation measures to be taken during construction of the two subprojects, summarized public views and feedback collected during the first round of public consultation and information disclosure, and briefly explained the significance of public consultation and information disclosure to JPESTP and relevant follow-up matters.

2.2 Benefits of two subprojects

Implementation of the two subprojects would relieve traffic congestion in the county’s urban areas, provide access to the passenger railway station soon to be completed, increase road transport capacity in Nanfeng County, relieve transport pressure of other roads, provide people in the county with high-quality living environment and social services, meet the county’s increasing needs for development, beautify the county’s urban environment, improve its urban investment climate, scale up urban construction and development and accelerate economic development in the county and its surrounding regions.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the implementing unit and EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees believed that implementation of the two subprojects would bring additional economic and social benefits to Nanfeng County and expressed support and no objection to the two subprojects.

Public views: during subproject implementation, construction management shall be strengthened and traffic congestion shall be prevented.

Response of the implementing unit and EIA institutes: to strengthen management of transportation vehicles during construction, develop construction organization plan and rationally arrange construction activities to avoid traffic congestion.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that the two subprojects were beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subprojects with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 16 Pictures of Discussion Meeting for Nanfeng County Subprojects

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In July 2012, the EIA Team distributed 35 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 35 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 25 for questionnaire sample, Table 25 for basic information of participants and Table 27 for results of public consultation.

Table 25 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Jinggangshan City Subprojects

Name Sex M ( ) F( ) Age Survey Time

Unit or Home Address Tel.

Above Junior College ( ) Official ( ) Workers ( ) Technician ( ) Student ( ) Education Secondary School ( ) Farmer ( ) Other ( ) Level

Primary School ( ) Occupation

2.1 Subproject Overview Overview of Nanfeng County Nanfeng Bridge Construction Subproject: under the subproject, the new Nanfeng Bridge would be built with the total length of 296m (excluding the approach span), total width of 28m (including driveway width of 2x11.5m and sidewalk width of 2x2.5m). The bridge is the combination of pre-stressed concrete continuous box girder bridge and landscape cable-stayed tower bridge. The bridge is to stride over the Xu River, connect with Judu East Avenue in the eastern end and with Daqiao Road in the western end and is located at 30m upstream of the old Nanfeng Bridge.

Overview of Nanfeng County Hedong New District Xingnong Avenue Road Construction Subproject: the road starts at the intersection of bus station at Huacheng East Road and ends at Huancheng South Road. It would be a Class II secondary urban main road with the total length of 4.767km, designed vehicle speed of 40km/hour, base width of 32m for the standard sections and 38m for the expanded sections at crossroads.

2.2 Environmental Impacts 1) Construction period: main impact factors include construction dust, noise, waste gas, wastewater, solid waste and soil erosion. Environmental impacts are only confined to the construction period, of a temporary nature and would vanish once construction is completed. 2) Operation period: waste gas is mainly vehicle exhaust gas, which contains CO, NOx and other pollutant; wastewater is mainly road surface runoff, which contains SS, petroleum and other pollutants; noise is mainly generated by vehicles on the roads, which would affect settlements along both sides of roads; solid waste mainly comprises domestic waste and garbage cleaned from road surface.

2.3 Proposed Mitigation Measures 1) Noise: use low-noise road surface and set up afforestation belt to reduce noise; 2) Solid waste: collected and transported to sanitary landfill; 3) Ecology: take corresponding measures to control soil erosion during construction and widely carry out afforestation after construction completion. Do you know the subproject? A Yes, a lot B Yes, but only a little C No Is implementation of the subproject conducive to local A Yes B No C Uncertain economic development? Are you happy about local status quo environment? A Yes, very B Yes, average C No Environmental impact factors of the subproject are A Waste gas B Wastewater C Noise D Solid waste E (multiple choice allowed) Ecological environment Level of the subproject’s environmental impacts is A Severe B Significant C Average D Minor E Uncertain From the perspective of environmental protection, what’s A Firmly support B Support C Do not care D your attitude towards the subproject? Oppose Your suggestions to and requirements for the subproject Your suggestions to and requirements for environmental protection authorities in terms of approval for the subproject

Table 26 Basic Information of Public Consultation Participants Item Result (No. of People) Proportion (%) ① Male 21 60 Sex ② Female 14 40

① Under 30 13 37 Age ② 31-59 12 34 ③ Above 60 10 29 ① Official 7 20 ② Worker 4 11 Occupation ③ Farmer 17 49 ④ Freelancer 7 20 ① Junior college and 2 6 above ② Senior middle 10 29 Education Level school ③ Junior middle 15 43 school ④ Primary school 8 23 ① Han 35 100 Ethnic Group ② Other 0 0

Table 27 Results of Public Consultation Result Item No. of People % Yes, a lot 28 80 1. Do you know this subproject? Yes, but only a little 7 20 No 0 0 Yes 28 80 2. Is implementation of the subproject conducive to No 6 17 local economic development? Uncertain 1 3 Yes, very 5 14 3. Are you happy about local status quo environment? Yes, average 30 86 No 0 0 Waste gas 1 3 Wastewater 7 20 4. Environmental impact factors of the subproject are Noise 27 77 (multiple choice allowed) Solid waste 0 0 Ecological impacts 2 6 Severe 0 0 5. Based on what you have learned, the level of the subproject’s environmental impacts is Significant 4 11

Average 30 86

Minor 0 0 Uncertain 1 3 Firmly support 3 9 6. From the perspective of environmental protection, Support 31 89 what’s your attitude towards the subproject? Do not care 1 3 Oppose 0 0

X. Dexing City Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Dexing City include Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subprojects.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and disclosure website are given in Figure 17.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Figure 17 Pictures of Dexing City Subprojects Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 9:20am, August 12, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room of Dexing City Development and Reform Commission (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Dexing City Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject

(4) Attendees: Zhao Xiaoming (director) and He Jin (Land Resources) from Dexing City PMO, Cheng Li Jun (Chief of Environmental Protection Section of the city’s Environmental Protection Bureau), villager representatives including Cheng Xiangbiao, Hu Qingqing, Zhang Guotang, Zhu Genquan, Cheng Cunlin, Zhang Hongliang, Xu Baosheng, Yu Zhikun, Li Deliang and Xu Caifa as well as Zhao Kai, Huang Dan, and Xie Longjun from the EIA institutes. (5) Chairperson: Zha Xiaoming (6) Meeting minutes

The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Dexing City Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of their implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Dexing City Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The construction of these two projects will get the traffic bottleneck through, improve the urban and rural road network, promote the road level, accelerate economic and social development, perfect the urban framework, boost the construction of city supporting projects, and improve the urban management level and citizens’ life quality.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees considered that the subproject implementation would be beneficial to boosting economic benefits and social benefits in Dexing City, indicated to support the construction, and raised no objection.

Public views: the public considered the environmental protection measures proposed during environmental impact assessment feasible, and mainly concerned about construction dust.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject were beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subproject with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 18 Pictures of Dexing City Subprojects Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In May 2012, the EIA Team distributed 40 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 40 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 28 for questionnaire sample and refer to Table 29 for results of public consultation.

Table 28 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Dexing City Subprojects Respondent information Name Age Sex Education level Occupation Address Tel Name: Dexing City Nanmen New District Urban Main Road Network Improvement Subproject and De-Shang Expressway – He-Fu High Speed Railway Dexing Station Road Subproject Environmental issues/problems: main environmental problems of the subprojects would be noise, waste gas and waste residue generated during construction period.

Proposed environmental protection measures: strict management shall be carried out, waste residue generated during construction shall be promptly cleared so as to prevent formation of dust; noise pollution shall be reduced, and the operation time of construction machinery shall be reasonably arranged. During operation, the road surface shall be kept clean to reduce impacts of dust, and both sides of the road shall be extensively afforested to prevent dust and noise and to protect the landscape. Survey Contents: (please tick “√” in the bracket to show your attitude towards each question) 1. Do you know the subproject? Yes ( ) No ( ) 2. Do you think the subproject implementation necessary? Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( ) 3. Are you satisfied about the current traffic? Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( ) 4. What adverse impacts do you think the construction will Water pollution ( ) Air pollution ( ) Noise and bring to you? vibration ( ) Damage to cultivated land ( ) Others ( ) 5. What effect do you think the subproject will have on Promotion ( ) Impediment ( ) No impacts ( ) local economic development? 6. How do you treat the impacts brought by the construction Whatever ( ) Acceptable ( ) Unacceptable ( ) to your living? 7. Are you supportive of the subproject implementation Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( )

Your views and suggestions on environmental issues/problems due to the subproject implementation:

Table 29 Results of Public Consultation Information Content Opinion Amount (people) Proportion (%) Yes 33 82.5 1. Do you know the subproject? No 7 17.5 Yes 26 65 2. Do you think the subproject No 0 0 implementation necessary? Whatever 14 35 Yes 22 55 3. Are you satisfied about the current No 9 22.5 traffic? Whatever 9 22.5 Water pollution 8 20 Air pollution 21 52.5 4. What adverse impacts do you think the Noise 23 57.5 construction will bring to you? (multiple Damage to 9 choice allowed) 22.5 cultivated land Others 5 10 5. What effect do you think the subproject Promotion 36 90 will have on local economic Impediment 0 0 development? No impacts 4 10 6. How do you treat the impacts brought Whatever 20 50

by the construction to your living? Acceptable 18 45 Unacceptable 2 5 Yes 33 82.5 7. Are you supportive of the subproject No 0 0 implementation Whatever 7 17.5

XI. Hengfeng County Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

The subprojects of JPESTP in Hengfeng County include Hengfeng County Chengfu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia-Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject. Two rounds of public consultation and information disclosure were conducted for the subprojects.

1. Information Disclosure

Pictures of disclosure sites and website are provided in Figure 19.

Screenshot of Disclosure on Government Website

Pictures of On-site Notice Figure 19 Pictures of Hengfeng County Subprojects Disclosure

2. Minutes of Discussion Meeting

(1) Time: 9:20am, August 6, 2012 (2) Venue: conference room of Hengfeng County Development and Reform Commission (3) Topic: World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project - Public Consultation and Information Disclosure Discussion Meeting on Environmental Protection of Hengfeng County Chengfu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia-Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject (4) Attendees: leaders of environmental protection bureau, road transport bureau and water resources bureau of the county, Yaojia Township, Hongqiao Chang, Xing’an Street Committee, Lianhe Township and Gangbian Township, staff from Hengfeng County Office of Foreign Capital Utilization for Urban Construction, more than 20 residents from related townships and towns who are affected by the subprojects and Cheng Bo and Peng Xilong from the EIA institutes. (5) Chairperson: Wang Youde (Director of Hengfeng County Office of Foreign Capital Utilization for Urban Construction) (6) Meeting minutes The discussion meeting conducted public consultation and information disclosure on environmental impact assessment of Hengfeng County Chengfu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia-Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject. The attendees discussed about the potential impacts of their implementation on the environment and prevention measures, formed consensus, and reached an agreement. Subject matters of the meeting are hereby documented as follows:

2.1 Information disclosure

The EIA institutes introduced the profile of Hengfeng County Chengfu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia-Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject, impacts on the environment during construction and proposed measures to be taken, and briefly described the significance of information disclosure for JPESTP and related follow-up matters.

2.2 Positive benefits of the subproject

The construction of these two projects will improve the road network of Hengfeng County, satisfy the increasingly growing transport needs, significantly promote the infrastructure level, improve the economic and living development environment of surrounding people, and will be conducive to boosting local economic development. The construction will improve regional traffic status and adapt to future traffic development. In addition, it will accelerate regional economic development and urban construction, promote the development of tourism,

and drive the comprehensive economic development of Hengfeng County.

2.3 Public views and feedback given by the EIA institutes

Public attitude: all attendees considered that the subproject implementation would be beneficial to boosting economic benefits and social benefits in Hengfeng County, indicated to support the construction, and raised no objection.

Public views: the public considered the environmental protection measures proposed during environmental impact assessment feasible, and mainly concerned about construction dust and construction noise.

Response of the owner and EIA institutes to public views:

1) In order to reduce construction dust, borrow site, quarry site and other dust generating materials shall be kept away from residential areas, the feed inlet and outlet of construction machinery (mixer, etc) shall be isolated during operation, and road pavement shall be periodically watered to avoid dust pollution caused by vehicles passing by. 2) In order to reduce the impacts of noise during construction, construction machinery with low noise shall be used; construction during break hours of local people shall be avoided, and machinery with strong noise shall be prohibited from working at night; the machinery and vehicles shall be repaired and maintained regularly.

2.4 Meeting summary

All attendees actively expressed their views and the EIA institutes also responded to these views. Meanwhile, all attendees unanimously considered that Hengfeng County Chengfu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia-Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject were beneficial to both the nation and the people, and agreed to provide the subprojects with substantial support and all-out cooperation.

Figure 20 Pictures of Hengfeng County Subprojects Discussion Meeting

3. Public Consultation Questionnaire

In August 2012, the EIA Team distributed 40 questionnaires to people who might be affected within the assessment scope, especially residents in the surrounding villages, and recovered 40 questionnaires, all of which are valid with the recovery rate reaching 100%. Please refer to Table 30 for questionnaire sample and Table 31 for results of public consultation.

Table 30 Public Consultation Questionnaire for Hengfeng County Subprojects Education Name Sex Age Level

Occupation Residence

Name: Hengfeng County Chengpu Avenue Road Subproject and Hengfeng County Yaojia – Gangbian Road Improvement Subproject Environmental impacts: during construction and operation, dust, construction noise and traffic noise would be generated, which may have impacts on both sides of the roads and surrounding environment. Proposed environmental protection measures: during construction, construction site management shall be enhanced, water shall be sprinkled to reduce dust pollution, equipment with low noise shall be adopted to the greatest extent, and the construction time shall be reasonably arranged to reduce impacts on surrounding environment; during operation, management shall be enhanced, and vehicles with exceeding-standard emission of exhaust gas and noise shall be prohibited from driving on the road. Survey Contents: (please tick “√” in the bracket to show your attitude towards each question) 1. Do you know the subproject? Yes ( ) No ( ) 2. Do you think the subproject implementation Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( ) necessary? 3. Are you satisfied about the current traffic? Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( ) 4. What adverse impacts do you think the subproject Water pollution ( ) Air pollution ( ) Noise and implementation would have? vibration ( ) Damage to cultivated land ( ) Others

( ) 5. What effect do you think the subproject will have on Promotion ( ) Impediment ( ) No impacts local economic development? ( ) 6. How do you treat the impacts brought by the Whatever ( ) Acceptable ( ) Unacceptable ( ) construction to your living? 7. Are you supportive of the subproject implementation Yes ( ) No ( ) Whatever ( )

Your views and suggestions on environmental issues/problems due to the subproject implementation:

Table 31 Results of Public Consultation Content Result Amount (people) Proportion (%) 1. Do you know the Yes 50 100 subproject? No 0 0 Yes 50 100 2. Do you think the subproject No 0 0 implementation necessary? Whatever 0 0 Yes 10 20 3. Are you satisfied about the No 32 64 current traffic? Whatever 8 16 Water pollution 11 11 Air pollution 12 23 4. What adverse impacts do Noise 43 86 you think the construction will Damage to cultivated 21 bring to you? 42 land Others 0 0 5. What effect do you think the Promotion 50 100 subproject will have on local Impediment 0 0 economic development? No impacts 0 0 6. How do you view the Whatever 0 0 impacts of subproject Acceptable 50 100 implementation on your daily 0 Unacceptable 0 life? Yes 50 100 7. Are you supportive of the No 0 0 subproject implementation Whatever 0 0

XIII. EMP Disclosure

After the draft EMP for JPESTP was prepared, its full text was placed on August 25, 2012 at

the reading room of PPMO for public access. Pictures of EMP disclosure are given in Figure 21.

Figure 21 Pictures of EMP Disclosure

XIII. Newspaper Disclosure

JPESTP was disclosed on South Yangtze River Metropolitan News on August 30, 2012 after the draft EMP was prepared. Relevant pictures are provided in Figure 22.

Figure 22 Pictures of Newspaper Disclosure