Municipal Waste to Energy Project (People’S Republic of China)
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Social Due Diligence January 2013 Project no. 43901-01 Municipal Waste to Energy Project (People’s Republic of China) Pizhou Waste-to-Energy Subproject Prepared by China Everbright International Limited for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) This social due diligence report 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 this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation on 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. Asian Development Bank Financed Waste-to-Energy Project Social Due Diligence Report for the Pizhou Waste-to-Energy Project Everbright Environmental Energy (Pizhou) Limited January 2013 Contents 1 Basic Information of the Project ................................................................................................1 1.1 Brief Description of the Project ..........................................................................................1 1.2 Overview of the Affected Areas .........................................................................................2 2 Preparation Process of this Report ...........................................................................................2 2.1 Data Gathering Methods ...................................................................................................2 2.2 Information CollectionProcess ...........................................................................................3 3 Impacts of the Project ...............................................................................................................4 3.1 Permanent Land Acquisition ..............................................................................................4 3.2 House Demolition in Qufang Village ..................................................................................6 3.3 Affected Entities .................................................................................................................8 3.4 Affected Population ...........................................................................................................8 3.5 Affected Ground Attachments ............................................................................................9 3.6 Vulnerable Groups .............................................................................................................9 3.7 Ethnic Minorities ................................................................................................................9 4 Socioeconomic Survey .............................................................................................................9 4.1 Basic Information of Affected Villages ...............................................................................9 4.2 Survey Results of Affected Households ......................................................................... 10 5 Policies, Compensation and Resettlement ............................................................................ 14 5.1 Main Laws and Policies Applicable to Resettlement ...................................................... 14 5.2 Compensation for Acquisition of Rural Collective Land and Resettlement .................... 14 6 Resettlement Costs ................................................................................................................ 16 7 Public Participation, Consultation and Information Disclosure .............................................. 17 7.1 Public Participation Activities Organized by LA Agencies .............................................. 17 7.2 Public Participation Activities Organized by Everbright Environmental Energy (Pizhou) Limited ....................................................................................................................................... 18 7.3 Public Participation Activities Organized by Other Entities ............................................ 19 8 Appeal Procedure .................................................................................................................. 19 9 Agencies ................................................................................................................................ 20 10 Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................................................. 21 10.1 Monitoring and Evaluation Agencies .............................................................................. 21 10.2 Procedure and Scope of Monitoring ............................................................................... 21 10.3 Monitoring Indicators ...................................................................................................... 22 11 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 22 12 Next-step Action Plan ......................................................................................................... 23 Appendix 1: Land Approvals .......................................................................................................... 25 Appendix 2: Certificate of Payment ............................................................................................... 27 List of Tables and Figures Figure 1-Land for the WTE plant ......................................................................................................1 Figure 2-Field Interview ....................................................................................................................4 Figure 3- Location of the Plant and the Safety Protection Zone ......................................................5 Figure 4-Hongqi Community .............................................................................................................7 Figure 5-Temporary Housing to be Demolished ...............................................................................8 Figure 6-Distribution of Sample Population by Age ....................................................................... 10 Figure 7-Distribution of Sample Population by Educational Level ................................................. 11 Figure 8-Income Composition ....................................................................................................... 12 Figure 9-Household Expenditure Structure ................................................................................... 13 Figure 10-FGD and Visits .............................................................................................................. 19 Table 1-List of Agencies and Persons Interviewed ...........................................................................4 Table 2-Information on LA ................................................................................................................5 Table 3-Affected Population ..............................................................................................................8 Table 4-Basic Information of Affected Villages .................................................................................9 Table 5-Possession of Properties of Sample Households.............................................................. 11 Table 6-Compensation for Trees ................................................................................................... 15 Table 7-Resettlement Costs .......................................................................................................... 16 Table 8-Main Concerns and Solution Measures ............................................................................ 17 Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AHs Affected Households APs Affected Persons CEIL China Everbright International Limited DMS Detailed Measurement Survey FGD Focus Group Discussion HD House Demolition LA Land Acquisition M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NRCR National Research Center for Resettlement PRC People’s Republic of China WTE Waste-to-Energy BOT Build-Operate-Transfer PC Personal Computer Units CNY Chinese currency USD1 = CNY6.276 mu Chinese area measure for land 1 mu = 0.0667 ha m2 Square meter 1 Basic Information of the Project 1.1 Brief Description of the Project 1. Urban waste is a major issue facing countries all over the world, and is a prominent environmental concern in China today. With the development of the economy, the improvement of living standards and the acceleration of urbanization, the amount of urban waste produced is increasing, and the resulting environmental pollution is becoming increasingly serious. 2. In March 2012, the Pizhou Municipal Government selected China Everbright International Limited (CEIL) as its partner by invitation for bid to construct the Pizhou Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Project (hereinafter referred to as the “Project”) on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis for a concession period of 30 years. CEIL has founded Everbright Environmental Energy (Pizhou) Limited as the owner of the Project. 3. The total investment in the Project is CNY330 million. The construction site is located in Daiwei Village, Daiwei Town, Pizhou (south of Baiguo Road, east of Hongqi Road, west of Taishan Road, north of Pingguo Road), with a planned floor area of 100 mu and