Initial Environmental Examination PRC: Shaanxi Green and Intelligent
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Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 51401-002 June 2020 PRC: Shaanxi Green and Intelligent Logistics Management and Transport Demonstration Project Railroad Multimodal Bulk Commodity Logistics Park Subproject Prepared by Shaanxi Provincial Foreign Capital Utilization Center of Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department and Shaanxi Provincial Railway Investment Group for the Asian Development Bank CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 25 May 2020) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1403 $1.00 = CNY7.1294 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person EA Executing Agency EHS Environment, Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMoP Environmental Monitoring Plan EMP Environmental Management Plan FSR Feasibility Study Report GDP Gross Domestic Product GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination IT Interim Target MAC Maximum Acceptable Concentration MEE Ministry of Ecology and Environment MEP Ministry of Environmental Protection PAM Project Administration Manual PCR Physical Cultural Resources PIE Project Implementation Entity PMO Project Management Office PPE Personnel Protective Equipment PRC People’s Republic of China SPS Safeguard Policy Statement, ADB SPTD Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department TA Technical Assistance WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WWTP Wastewater treatment plant WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand, five days cm Centimeter CO2 Carbon Dioxide COD Chemical Oxygen Demand dB(A) A-weighted sound pressure level in decibels kg Kilogram km Kilometer kWh Kilowatt Hour Leq Equivalent Continuous Noise Level m Meter m/s Meters per Second m2 Square Meters m³ Cubic Meters mg/l Milligrams per Liter mg/m3 Milligrams per Cubic Meter µg/m3 Micrograms per Cubic Meter NOx Nitrogen Oxides oC Degrees Celsius O3 Ozone pH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution PM Particulate Matter PM10 Particulate Matter smaller than 10 micrometers PM2.5 Particulate Matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers RT Refrigerating Ton SO2 Sulfur Dioxide t/h Tons per Hour TSP Total Suspended Particulates NOTE (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. (ii) This document has been prepared following ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009. 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of the ADB website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 1 I. Introduction .......................................................................................................... 7 A. The Project ........................................................................................................... 7 B. Introduction of Borrower ...................................................................................... 7 C. Report Purpose .................................................................................................... 8 D. Approach to Report Preparation .......................................................................... 8 E. Report Structure................................................................................................... 8 II. Policy, legal and administrative framework ....................................................... 10 A. Applicable ADB Policies, Regulations and Requirements ................................ 10 B. PRC Environmental Legal Framework .............................................................. 11 C. PRC Environmental Impact Assessment Framework and Procedures ............ 12 D. Project Domestic EIA Report ............................................................................. 13 E. Related International Agreements ..................................................................... 15 F. Applicable PRC Environmental Standards........................................................ 16 III. Project Description ............................................................................................. 25 A. The Project ......................................................................................................... 25 B. Project Location ................................................................................................. 25 C. Project Rational.................................................................................................. 25 D. Project Scope ..................................................................................................... 26 E. Implementation Arrangements .......................................................................... 33 IV. Description oF the Environment ........................................................................ 35 A. Location .............................................................................................................. 35 B. Shaanxi Province Overview ............................................................................... 35 C. Xi’an City Overview ............................................................................................ 36 D. Ambient Environment Baseline ......................................................................... 39 E. Ecological and sensitive Resources .................................................................. 48 V. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................. 52 A. Pre-construction Measures shall be Implemented During Detailed Design ..... 52 B. Anticipated Environmental impact and mitigation measures during the construction phase .................................................................................................................... 53 C. Anticipated Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures during Operation Phase 64 D. Positive impact during the operation stage ....................................................... 68 VI. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES............................................................................................. 70 A. Subproject Rational............................................................................................ 70 B. Site location........................................................................................................ 70 C. Overall Alternative Analysis ............................................................................... 71 VII. Information disclosure and public consultation ................................................. 72 A. PRC and ADB requirements for disclosure and public consultation................. 72 B. Public consultation ............................................................................................. 72 C. Future Consultation Activities ............................................................................ 79 VIII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................ 80 A. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 80 B. ADB’s GRM requirements ................................................................................. 80 C. Current GRM practices in the PRC ................................................................... 80 D. Project level GRM .............................................................................................. 80 IX. Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 83 Appendix I Environmental Management Plan .............................................................................. 84 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Introduction 1. This initial environmental examination (IEE) report has been prepared for the proposed Rail-road Multimodal Bulk Commodity Logistics Park Subproject of Shaanxi Green Intelligent Transport and Logistics Management Demonstration Project in Shaanxi Province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The project supports the development of the logistics sector in Shaanxi Province. The proposed project will improve the efficiency of logistics operations, which will enhance investment and employment opportunities and reduce the price of consumer goods, contributing to poverty reduction objectives and narrowing disparities between urban and rural development. 2. The subproject will be located at located in Xi’an South Railway Station Logistics Park, Yinzhen Town, Chang'an District, Xi’an City. The subproject will build a rail-road multimodal bulk commodity logistics park and have two components including a railway warehouse and logistics area and one special railway line area (including a departure and arrival yard, and a loading and unloading yard) as well as supporting public utilities. The subproject will improve the capacity of freight transport organizations in the south of Xi’an and reduce the environmental impacts from road transportation replaced by railway transportation. 3. The subproject will promote the development of Xi’an logistics industry, improve the transportation organization structure in Xi’an, promote the overall