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World Bank Document Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Management Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Construction Unit: Water Source Engineering Construction Management Department of Moba Gorge for City Water Supply of Cheng County Assessment unit: Lanzhou University Public Disclosure Authorized May 2012 Environmental Management Plan for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Engineering of Gansu Province Project Name: Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Commissioned By: Water Source Engineering Construction Management Department of Moba Gorge for City Water Supply of Cheng County Assessed By: Lanzhou University Supervisor: Wu Junnian Technical Director: Wu Junnian Major Establishment Strength: Wu Junnian, Liu Guannan Environmental Management Plan for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Directory 1. General Instruction………………………………………………………………………….1 1.1 Project Brief…………………………………………………………………………………..1 1.2 Objectives of Environmental Management Plan………………………………………….2 1.3 Compilation of Environmental Management Plan…………………………………………3 1.4 Design of Environmental Management Plan………………………………………………3 1.5 Details of Compilation Technology………………………………………………………….3 2. Policy, Law and Administrative Management Framework…………………………….5 2.1 Environmental Policies and Regulations Document………………………………………5 2.2 Environmental Management Organizations and Responsibilities……………………. 10 3. Project Description…………………………………………………………………………15 3.1 Construction Objective of the Project……………………………………………………..15 3.2 Implementation Schedule of the Project………………………………………………….15 3.3 Project Overview ……………………………………………………………………………15 4. Environmental Impact of the Project and Mitigation Measures Summary ……….19 4.1 Environmental Impact Assessment………………………………………………………19 4.2 Public Participation…………………………………………………………………………46 5. Environmental Management Organization of the Project……………………………47 5.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..47 5.2 Environmental Organization of Construction Period……………………………………48 5.3 Environmental Management Organization in Operation Period……………………….51 5.4 Details of Environmental Management Organization of the Project…………………..51 6. Implementation of Environmental Management Plan..............................................53 6.1 Project Environmental Management...........................................................................53 6.2 Detailed Task for Implementation of Environmental Management Plan………………55 6.3 Contract Requirements of Environmental Management………………………………..57 6.4 Information Exchange and Resolution of Undesirable Condition………………………57 6.5 Training-- Necessary Capacity Building and Means Building…………………………..58 6.6 Land Acquisition Compensation and Resettlement Compensation……………………61 6.7 temporary Site Restoration………………………………………………………………...61 7. Environmental Monitoring Plan…………………………………………………………..63 7.1 Monitoring Purposes………………………………………………………………………..63 7.2 Environmental Monitoring Organization…………………………………………………..63 7.3 Detailed Environmental Monitoring Requirements………………………………………63 8. Acceptance Investigation Content of Environmental Protection Measures……...69 8.1 Investigation of Water Environmental Protection Measures……………………………69 8.2 Investigation of Atmospheric Environmental Protection Measures…………………….69 8.3 Investigation of Acoustic Environmental Protection Measures…………………………69 8.4 Investigation of Solid Waste Treatment Measures………………………………………69 8.5 Investigation of Ecological Protection Measures………………………………………...69 8.6 Investigation of Water Loss and Soil Erosion Control…………………………………..70 8.7 Investigation of Population Health Impact and Protection Measures………………….70 8.8 Investigation for Environmental Protection Measures of Resettlement Area…………70 8.9 Investigation of Risk Prevention Measures………………………………………………71 8.10 "Three Meantime" of Project Acceptance……………………………………………….71 9. Environmental Management Cost Budget and Capital Source…………………….73 9.1 Budget Distribution………………………………………………………………………….73 9.2 Capital Source and EMP Budget………………………………………………………….73 10. Information Management of Environmental Management Plan…………………..75 10.1 Environmental Management Plan……………………………………………………….75 10.2 Information Exchange…………………………………………………………………….76 10.3 Recording Mechanism…………………………………………………………………….77 10.4 Reporting Mechanism…………………………………………………………………….77 Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………...79 Appendix 1 Project Involves Environmental Standards.....................................................79 Appendix 2 Detailed Project Environmental Management Standards of Contractor……..83 Appendix 3 Detailed Project Environmental Management Standards of Project Operation Department………………………………………………………………………………………87 Appendix 4 Summary of Project Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Action Plan of Construction Period…………………………………………………………….89 Figure Figure 1 Environmental Protection Measures Layout Figure for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Figure 2 Water and Soil Conservation Measures Layout Figure for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Figure 3-1 Atmosphere and Noise Monitoring Points Figure in Construction Period of Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Figure 3-2 Environmental Monitoring Points Figure in Construction and Operation Period Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Figure 4 Water and Soil Conservation Monitoring Points Figure for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province Environmental Management Plan for Cheng County Moba Gorge Water Source Engineering of Gansu Province 1. General Instruction 1.1 Project Brief Cheng County is located in Longnan City of the six parts in southern Gansu Province, and located in 105°24 '~ 105°57' of east longitude and 33°31'~ 34°02' of north latitude. The county is east to Hui County, west to Xihe County, southwest to Kang County with interval of Western Han River, and the southeast is adjacent to the Lueyang County of Shaanxi Province. The length of north to south is 55 km, the width of east to west is 52 km, the area is about 1701 km2, the highest elevation within the county is 2377 m, the lowest elevation is 50 m, and the county is a relatively wide graben basin in West Qinling fold belt. Cheng County mainly comprises ―One water and three rivers‖, i.e. Western Han River, Qingni River, Nan River and Luo River, the total water resources of the whole county is 1,276 billion m3, in which the self-produced water is 0.331 billion m3. The total land area of the county is 1676.54 km2, the total population is 0.2652 million, of which the agricultural population is 0.218 million people. The benefited area of the project comprises 3 towns and 38 administrative villages, and the total population thereof is 0.103 million people. The county town of Cheng County is divided into Hedong District and Hexi District by taking the East River as the boundary. Hedong District is called as new town, Hexi District is called as old town, and the south of the Nan River is called as new Nanhe District. The population of the urban area is about 80,000. according to the ―Urban Master Plan of Cheng County (2008-2025)‖, the central city comprises Chengguan Town, Paosha Town and Chenyuan Town; to the recent 2015, the population of the central city planed is 130,000, the construction land area is 13 km2; to the forward 2025, the population is 220,000, and the construction land area is 22 km2; to the forward 2025, Chengnan water plant, Hedong water plant and Paosha water plant will be built, and the total amount of urban water supply will be reached to 65,000 m3/d. At present, Cheng County has two tap water supply units for supplying water to the urban area, namely County Tap Water Company and Gaofeng Water Supply Company; the water supply source of County Tap Water Company is the well located in West Bank of Qingni River in the Chengguan Shunjia Dam, the water of the well belongs to the quaternary gap sedimentary water and occurs in gravel layer, and the water is mainly supplied by the water of Qingni River and the atmospheric precipitation; however, the contents of lead and COD contained in the surface water of Qingni River exceed the standards of Class IV in the standard of water environmental quality, and due to the influence of Wenchuan earthquake of Sichuan, the turbidity of the well water in the water source is increased, odor and floaters are presented, and the health of urban residents is impacted seriously; the water supply source of Gaofeng Water Supply Company is Gaofeng water reservoir, and the actual daily water supply capacity of the company is 1000 m3 only as the drainage area of the water reservoir is less than 10 km2 and the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation is uneven. According to the survey, the existing water supply project of the urban area cannot meet the urban water demand. In order to solve the contradiction of urban water supply, improve water quality, reduce cost of water supply, achieve the sustainable economic and social development of Cheng County and improve the physical health of urban residents, the Water Authority of Cheng County consults with the relevant personnel of the World Bank to build a new urban water supply dam by means of the loans of the World Bank, and the
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