40641-013: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Environmental Assessment Report Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 40641-013 October 2013 People’s Republic of China: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project (Zhangbei District Heating Component) Prepared by the Hebei provincial government for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) This Initial Environmental Examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 10 May 2011) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.15 $1.00 = CNY6.5 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AP – Affected Person COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand EA – Executing Agency EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMC – Environment Monitoring Center EMP – Environmental Management Plan EPB – Environmental Protection Bureau GDP – Gross Domestic Product IA – Implementing Agency IEE – Initial Environmental Examination MEP – Ministry of Environmental Protection NH3-N – Ammonia Nitrogen NOx – Nitrogen Oxide PMO – Project Management Office PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China SEIA – Summary Environmental Impact Assessment SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement ZCG – Zhangbei County Government WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ha – hectare km – kilometer km2 – square kilometer m – meter m2 – square meter m3 – cubic meter m3/a – cubic meters per annum mg/l – milligrams per liter 3 mg/m – milligram per cubic meter mm – millimeter t/a – tons per annum 3 CONTENTS Page I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ············································································································· 5 A. BACKGROUND ························································································································ 5 B. IEE FEATURES AND FINDINGS ································································································ 6 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ··························································································· 7 A. JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONAL ······························································································· 7 B. THE FEATURES OF PROPOSED WORKS FOR 6 ROADS ···························································· 8 III. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATION FRAMEWORK ···················································· 9 A. NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ············································································ 9 B. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ····························································································· 12 C. APPLICABLE ADB POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ········································· 12 IV. DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT ······················································································ 13 A. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ····································································································· 13 B. ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ··································································································· 14 C. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ········································································································· 15 D. BASELINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ·············································································· 16 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ················· 28 A. EXPECTED POSITIVE IMPACT ······························································································· 28 B. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ············································································································ 28 C. POTENTIAL IMPACTS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION ····································································· 28 D. IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING CONSTRUCTION ············································ 29 E. IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING OPERATION ·················································· 36 C. IMPACTS FROM SMALL BOILER DEMOLITION AND MITIGATION MEASURES ····························· 39 F. UNANTICIPATED IMPACTS DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ···································· 40 VI. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ··························································································· 41 A. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ····················································································· 41 B. WITH-PROJECT AND WITHOUT-PROJECT SCENARIOS ·························································· 41 C. HEAT SOURCE ALTERNATIVES ····························································································· 41 D. ALTERNATIVE FUELS ············································································································ 42 E. ALTERNATIVE BOILER TECHNOLOGIES ················································································· 45 F. ALTERNATIVES OF SO2 EMISSION REDUCTION PROCESS ···················································· 46 G. ALTERNATIVES FOR FLUE GAS DUST REMOVAL ··································································· 47 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ········································································· 49 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ······································ 50 4 A. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ······································································································· 50 B. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ······················································································ 50 IX. CONCLUSION ························································································································ 52 5 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Background 1. Zhangbei County in north western Hebei province, China, is a county formerly in the Chahar province. Its name, which literally means "North of Zhang [jiakou]", derives from the fact that it is 40 km (25 mi) north-northeast of Zhangjiakou city. Zhangbei Town is the seat of the county government. Zhangbei County has a total land area of 4,185 square kilometres (km2) and a population of about 370,000. The city comprises 4 towns and 14 townships. 2. Due to the hysteretic urban construction and lack of centralized heat supply facilities before 2000, Zhangbei County tackled the heating supply issues in winter basically with the built-in small coal fired boiler for each enterprise, and then formed a forest of chimneys and cloak of smokes over the urban area, which caused severe environment pollutions. In current century, in order to save energy, reduce pollutants emission and improve the ambient air quality, the heat supply mechanism was started to promote from decentralization to centralization in accordance with the ideal scientific research. 3. After 2000, Zhangbei County introduced Zhangbei Huaying Heating Co., Ltd. to build the centralized heat supply plant, and put into operation in Xicheng (western) District. However, the heating supply system of Zhangbei County still had some problems, mainly come from the following aspects: (i) Firstly, the centralized heat supply level of the county is low;(ii) Secondly, the decentralized heat supply still threatens the environment;(iii) Thirdly, the economic waste is serious; and (iv) Fourthly, the heating capacity is insufficient. In conclusion, with the rapid expansion of the urban and rural industry and economy and the mushrooming of the civil heating, heating service for industry and domestic use, the conflict between social development and environmental protection became increased. The weakness of the decentralized heat supply with wasting the energy sources as well as polluting the environment has been affecting public. The centralized heat supply could enhance the energy utilization efficiency effectively; improve the environment and strengthen the heat supply quality. 4. To tackle the issues, Zhangbei Huaying Heating Co., Ltd. proposed to utilize the loan of Asian Development Bank to support the Zhangbei District Heating Component to build East Station Heat Supply Plant in the eastern urban area, and consolidate with the West Station Heat Source Plant to provide the heating services through the heating supply networks in the urban area to satisfy the demands for Zhangbei. The SEIA for the original Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project followed ADB’s Environmental Assessment Guidelines (2003) and ADB Environment Policy (2003). The proposed Zhangbei District Heating Component need to fulfill the domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA) process and ADB’s Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) process respectively, according to both the PRC related 6 environmental legislation requirements and ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) (SPS) requirements. 5. In order to facilitate ADB’s final approval for the proposed Zhangbei District Heating Component, a consulting firm was assigned to assist the Zhangbei Government to prepare the related IEE in 2012. B. IEE Features and Findings 6. The purpose of this IEE is to consolidate the results of the domestic EIA. The domestic EIA report has been prepared by qualified local institutes, Heibei Jidu Environmental Science and Technology Co., Ltd. using methodologies and standards consistent with relevant guidelines established by the PRC Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP, former SEPA). The IEE was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the