World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project
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World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report (APPRAISAL REVISED) Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 2015/7/31 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report Content 1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................18 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 18 1.2 EA Objective .......................................................................................................... 20 1.3 Framework of Applicable Laws and Regulations .................................................. 20 1.3.1 Laws and regulations ................................................................................ 20 1.3.2 Technical specifications ............................................................................ 22 1.3.3 Project-related plannings........................................................................... 22 1.3.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies ................................................................ 23 1.3.5 Project Documents .................................................................................... 24 1.4 Functional Zoning and Sensitive Receptors ........................................................... 25 1.4.1 Functional zoning ...................................................................................... 25 1.4.2 Sensitive receptors .................................................................................... 26 1.5 Applicable Standards ............................................................................................. 30 1.6 Impact Screening.................................................................................................... 35 1.6.1 Identification of environmental impacts ................................................... 35 1.6.2 Screening of Social Impact ....................................................................... 42 1.6.3 Screening of Impact on Cultural Heritage ................................................ 42 1.6.4 Screening of Induced Impacts ................................................................... 42 1.6.5 Conclusion of the Impacts Screening ........................................................ 42 1.7 Evaluation Grade.................................................................................................... 42 1.7.1 Ambient air ............................................................................................... 42 1.7.2 Surface water ............................................................................................ 43 1.7.3 Acoustic environment ............................................................................... 43 1.7.4 Underground water ................................................................................... 43 1.7.5 Ecological environment ............................................................................ 43 1.8 Assessment Scope, Period and Focus .................................................................... 44 Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 2 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report 1.8.1 Evaluation Scope ...................................................................................... 44 1.8.2 Evaluation Period ...................................................................................... 45 1.8.3 Evaluation Focus ....................................................................................... 45 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................46 2.1 General ................................................................................................................... 46 2.1.1 Project Development Objective ................................................................ 46 2.1.2 Project Components .................................................................................. 46 2.1.3 Project Location ........................................................................................ 51 2.2 Project Description ................................................................................................. 53 2.2.1 Component A ............................................................................................ 53 2.2.2 Component B ............................................................................................ 53 2.2.3 Component C ............................................................................................ 54 2.2.4 Component D ............................................................................................ 54 2.3 Project Location ..................................................................................................... 55 2.4 Construction Activities .......................................................................................... 61 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE ........................................................................66 3.1 Natural environment .............................................................................................. 66 3.1.1 Geographical location ............................................................................... 66 3.1.2 Climate and weather ................................................................................. 66 3.1.3 Topography ............................................................................................... 66 3.1.4 Hydrology ................................................................................................. 67 3.2 Social environment ................................................................................................ 69 3.2.1 Economy ................................................................................................... 69 3.2.2 Population and their living conditions ...................................................... 70 3.2.3 Cultural relics and historic sites ................................................................ 72 3.3 Protection planning and protection of cultural relics ............................................. 73 3.3.1 Categories and historic value of regional cultural heritage ....................... 73 3.3.2 Cultural sites in the project areas .............................................................. 84 3.3.3 Protection planning of cultural relics in project areas ............................... 84 Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 3 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report 3.3.4 Protection and repair of cultural heritage sites .......................................... 84 3.4 Environmental Baseline ......................................................................................... 85 3.4.1 Terrestrial ecological environment ........................................................... 85 3.4.2 Aquatic organism ...................................................................................... 94 3.4.3 Status Quo of Tourism Facilities .............................................................. 95 3.5 Environmental baseline evaluation ........................................................................ 96 3.5.1 Surface water ............................................................................................ 96 3.5.2 Atmospheric environment ......................................................................... 98 3.5.3 Acoustic environment ............................................................................... 99 3.5.4 Groundwater ........................................................................................... 100 3.5.5 Sediment ................................................................................................. 101 3.6 Useful public infrastructure for the project .......................................................... 107 3.6.1 Water supply engineering ....................................................................... 107 3.6.2 Drainage project ...................................................................................... 107 3.6.3 Gas engineering ...................................................................................... 108 3.6.4 Electrical power engineering .................................................................. 109 3.6.5 Solid waste disposal system .................................................................... 109 3.6.6 Current Status of Xiongjiazhong Tomb .................................................. 109 3.6.7 Planned water diversion project .............................................................. 110 3.7 Major environmental problems in the project area .............................................. 110 4 ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................116 4.1 With/without project comparison ......................................................................... 116 4.2 With/without project comparison ......................................................................... 117 4.2.1 Comparison of dredging methods ........................................................... 117 4.2.2 Comparative analysis on sludge dehydration schemes ........................... 118 4.2.3 Final disposal of sludge..........................................................................