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5.0 Environmental Impact Assessment SFG1729 V1 REV World Bank Loaned Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Risk Reduction Project Rural Road Subproject Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Public Disclosure Authorized Statement Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Sichuan Communication Surveying & Design Institute April 2016 Contents Foreword .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 General........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project origin and construction necessity .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Purpose and principle of assessment ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Basis of preparation ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Classification and scope of assessment...................................................................................................... 8 1.5 Assessment standard ................................................................................................................................ 10 1.6 Assessment prediction period .................................................................................................................. 12 1.7 Assessment method ................................................................................................................................. 13 1.8 Content and emphasis of assessment ....................................................................................................... 13 1.9 Conformity with industrial policies and planning ................................................................................... 13 1.10 External environmental relation and environmental protection objects .................................................. 14 1.11 Technical assessment procedures ............................................................................................................ 19 2.0 Project Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1 Name, location and nature of the project ................................................................................................. 20 2.2 Project components .................................................................................................................................. 24 2.3 Overview of main works.......................................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Temporary works ..................................................................................................................................... 26 2.5 Earth-rock balance ................................................................................................................................... 27 2.6 Land occupation and resettlement ........................................................................................................... 28 2.7 Project schedule and construction organization ....................................................................................... 29 3.0 Analysis of the Project and Comparison of the Schemes ............................................................................ 30 3.1 Analysis of the environmental issues ....................................................................................................... 30 3.2 Process flow in construction period ......................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Process flow in operation period ............................................................................................................. 33 3.4 Analysis on main impact sources in the construction period ................................................................... 33 3.5 Analysis on environmental impacts during operation period .................................................................. 36 3.6 Comparison of the schemes ..................................................................................................................... 37 4.0 Environmental Overview and Status Quo Assessment ................................................................................ 42 4.1 Overview of natural environment ............................................................................................................ 42 4.2 Overview of the ecological environment ................................................................................................. 45 4.3 Overview of social environment .............................................................................................................. 52 4.4 Investigation and assessment of environmental state .............................................................................. 57 5.0 Environmental Impact Assessment .............................................................................................................. 71 5.1 Assessment of impact on the social environment .................................................................................... 71 5.2 Assessment of impact on ecological environment ................................................................................... 73 5.3 Assessment of impact on acoustic environment ...................................................................................... 77 5.4 Assessment of impact on water environment .......................................................................................... 90 5.5 Assessment of impact on atmospheric environment ................................................................................ 93 5.6 Assessment of impact of solid waste pollution ........................................................................................ 96 5.7 Environmental risk impact assessment .................................................................................................... 96 6.0 Water and Soil Conservation ..................................................................................................................... 106 6.1 Forecast results of water and soil loss.................................................................................................... 106 6.2 Water and soil conservation conclusions and suggestions ..................................................................... 108 7.0 Public Participation .................................................................................................................................... 108 7.1 Purposes of public participation ............................................................................................................ 109 7.2 Investigation for public participation ..................................................................................................... 109 7.3 Statistic analysis of investigation results ............................................................................................... 120 8.0 Environmental Protection and Management and Environmental Monitoring ........................................... 123 8.1 Environmental protection and management .......................................................................................... 123 8.2 Environmental monitoring plan ................................................................................................................. 8 8.3 Environmental supervision ...................................................................................................................... 10 8.4 Environmental as-built acceptance .......................................................................................................... 14 8.5 Investment estimate on environmental engineering................................................................................. 14 9.0 Analysis of Economic Profit and Loss due to Environmental Impact ......................................................... 17 9.1 Purpose of analysis of economic profit and loss due to environmental impact ....................................... 18 9.2 Analyzing method of economic profit and loss due to environmental impact ......................................... 18 9.3 Analysis of social and economic benefits ................................................................................................ 18 9.4 Analysis of economic profit and loss due to environmental impact ........................................................ 19 9.5 Analysis of economic profit and loss due to environmental impact of the Project .................................. 20 10.0 EIA Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................... 23 10.1 Project overview ...................................................................................................................................... 23 10.2 Compliance with industrial policies and plans ........................................................................................ 24 10.3 Environmental status quo........................................................................................................................
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