Environmental and Social Monitoring Report PRC: Songhua River
Environmental and Social Monitoring Report
Annual Report Project Number: 46921-014 January to December 2014
PRC: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project, Private Sector Facility - Phase 2
This environmental and/or social monitoring 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.
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.
Prepared by Long Jiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank.
Annual Environmental & Social Performance Report Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.
Harbin·China April 30, 2015
Reporting Period: January 2014 to December 2014
Report Completion Date: April 30, 2015
Prepared by LJEP Group Co., Ltd.
Disclaimer
The following information is only for reference instead of serving as formal legal documents or any other professional opinions. This report will not guarantee for statements or implications in any form.
This report is drafted by Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. Unless specially noted, discoveries, instructions and conclusions herein only represent opinions from Longjiang Environmental Protection Group instead of ADB board or its working staff.
Note: Cover photograph is the sub-projects of Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.--- scene appearance of Shuangyashan Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Table of Contents
I INTRODUCTION ...... 3
A Background ...... 3 B Objective ...... 8
II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT ...... 9
A ESPR Prepareration ...... 9 B Environmental and Social Responsibility ...... 9 B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement ...... 13 B.2 Environmental and Social work plan ...... 15
III Environmental and social requirements compliance ...... 21
A National requirements compliance ...... 21 A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System ...... 21 A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements ...... 23 A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection ...... 33 A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues ...... 40 B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements ...... 42
IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES ...... 44 V Summary of safety performance and corrective action ...... 45 VI Important Events ...... 49 VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange ...... 51
A Utilization of sludge resources ...... 51 B Corporation Social Responsibility Report ...... 55
Annex 1 ...... 57 Annex 2 ...... 61 Annex 3 ...... 63 Annex 4 ...... 70 Annex 5 ...... 75 Annex 6 ...... 82
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GLOSSORY OF TERMS & ACRONYMS A2/O Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic Biochemical Reactor Process
CASS Cyclic Activated Sludge System
CSRR Corporation Social Responsibility Report
EA Executing Agency
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environmental Management Plan
EPB Environmental Protection Bureau
ESMS Environment al and Social Management System
ESPR Environmental and Social Performance Report
ESA Environmental and Social Affairs
ESU Environmental and Social Unit
IPP Indigenous People Plan
IRP Involuntary Resettlement Plan
LJEP Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.
QEMS Quality and Environmental Management System
SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor
SEPA State Environmental Protection Agency
SHMP Safety and Health Management Panel
SIA Social Impact Assessment
SMI Safety Management Institution
SRB Songhua River Basin
TTWE Tsinghua Tongfang (Harbin) Water Engineering Co., Ltd.
WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant Wenchang, Taiping Headquarters-based Joint Company Pingfang Harbin Pingyi Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Control Co., Ltd. Xinyi Harbin Pingyi Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Control Co., Ltd. Hulan Hulan Branch of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company Acheng Acheng Jincheng Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd.
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Mudanjiang Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Ning'an Ning'an Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Control Co., Ltd. Jiaxi Western Region of Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Jiadong Eastern Region of Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Fujin Fujin Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Jixi Jixi Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Control Co., Ltd. Shuangyashan Shuangyashan Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co.,LLC. Anda Anda Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Zhaodong Zhaodong Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Affairs Control Co., Ltd. Heihe Heihe Long Jiang Environmental Protection and Water Control Co., Ltd. Mudanjiang Water District Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water supply co., LTD. Jiamusi Water District Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water supply co., LTD. Jixi Water District Jixi Water supply co., LTD.
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ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT ESPR (2014)
Reporting Period: January 2014 to December 2014 Report Completion Date: April 30, 2015
I INTRODUCTION
A Background
1. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company (hereinafter referred to as "Long Jiang Environment Protection") , formerly known as Tsinghua Tongfang (Harbin ) Water Affairs Co., Ltd. established in May 2004 (hereinafter referred to as " Tongfang Water Affairs"), is a joint-stock company dominated by water affairs-related environmental protection project investment, construction and operation, with Grade A operation qualifications for domestic wastewater issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China. Long Jiang Environment Protection closely cooperates with Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government and municipal party committees and municipal governments in some cities, striving to solve extensive and long-time existing water pollution and water quality deterioration problems in Heilongjiang and Songhua River Basin through privatized cooperation of public services in various modes such as BOT, TOT. cooperative construction, entrusted operation and other franchise operation . In order to bring in strategic partners to make the enterprise stronger and bigger, maximize the economic benefit of Asian Development Bank and Tsinghua Holdings Co., Ltd., Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd. and other investors and maximize the social effect of the enterprise, Long Jiang Environment Protection has been adhering to the human-centered and social service-oriented operation concept and actively fulfilling its social responsibilities depending on the environmental management system.
2. By the end of 2014, there were 3717 built wastewater treatment plants in cities and counties (hereinafter referred to as town, excluding other designated towns ) across China, with wastewater treatment capacity of 157 million cubic meters per day, an increase of about 8 million cubic meters per day compared with 2013. There were 2107 wastewater plants built and put into service in the cities across China, forming wastewater treatment capacity of 129 million cubic meters per day; 1402 wastewater treatment plants in towns, occupying 86.9% of the total number of towns; 1610 cumulatively built wastewater plants, forming wastewater
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treatment capacity of 28 million cubic meters per day, an increase of about 2.01 million cubic meters per day compared with 2013.; in terms of the operation of urban wastewater treatment plants, cumulative wastewater treatment amount of 4.58 billion cubic meters of wastewater treatment plants in 36 medium and large-sized cities (municipalities, provincial capital cities and specifically-designed city in the state plan) in China, up 12% from a year earlier. In 2014, the cumulative wastewater treatment amount of urban wastewater treatment plants across China was 48.06 cubic meters, up 8.1% compared with 2013.
3. During the 12th Five-Year Period, by the end of 2014, the number of the wastewater treatment plants (including sludge treatment and disposal plants) and running water plants invested and put into operation was 18. The cumulative domestic wastewater treatment of Long Jiang Environment Protection was 1.052 billion tons in Heilongjiang Province last year, including cumulative wastewater treatment of 480 million tons in the provincial capital city of Harbin. During the report period, the wastewater treatment amount was 618.227 million cubic meters, with total removal amount of oxygen-consuming contaminants breaking the 140000-ton mark, increase of 30000 tons from a year earlier, occupy more than 55% of the whole prince's index.
4. By the end of 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group had 15 wastewater plants in normal operation in the whole province, including but not limited to new development markets and project negotiations: i.e. Harbin Taiping, Harbin Wenchang, Harbin Pingfang, Harbin Xinyi, Harbin Hulan (operation under entrustment), Acheng Phases I, Jiamusi East Region Phases I, Jixi Jiguan District Phase I, Anda, Zhaodong Phases I and II, Heihe Phases I, Ning’an, Fujin Phase I, Jiamusi West Region Phase I, and Shuangyashan Phases I; currently, Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Phase II is at the water passing and debugging stage; Heihe Wastewater Treatment Phase II under entrusted construction management is at the water passing and debugging stage; Acheng Phases II, Jiamusi East Region II, Jixi Jiguan District Phase II, Fujin Phase II, Shuangyashan Phase II and Shuangyashan Upgrade are under construction or about to be constructed. One sludge disposal plant, i.e. Harbin Sludge Disposal Project, has been completed and is currently at the commissioning stage. During the report period, Jiamusi Sludge, Mudanjiang Sludge and Ning'an Sludge are under negotiation about proposed construction and Heihe Sludge is under construction; two running water companies, i.e. Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company and Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company, have been acquired; the Group has been entrusted to operate Jixi Running Water Company.
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5. Attachment I provides basic information of sewage disposal plant and water supply company affiliated with LJEP , including the current operation status or different stages governing expansion.
6. Based on the water affairs field and water market expansion, the company is firmly seizing the powerful opportunity of the state's comprehensive implementation of upgrading of the environmental protection to quicken the deep expansion to the environmental protection field and is fully dedicated to such cutting-edge environmental protection projects as low-carbon economy and renewable resource development and recycling. Based on the continuous cooperative development strategy, in order to further improve the operation efficiency of urban water supply, drainage and wastewater and sludge treatment facilities, Long Jiang Environment Protection has invested in electrical appliance dismantling projects (including Jiamusi and Mudanjiang) by means of equity participation, and based on holding 1% stock equity of the project company, the company increased capital by 10 million Yuan for the construction of the Mudanjiang electrical appliance dismantling project in 2014. The Jiamusi electrical appliance dismantling project formally entered a production and operation stage on Oct. 20th, 2014, and by December 30th, 2014, a total of 51000 sets of electrical appliances had been dismantled, completing this quarter's dismantling task of 50000 sets required by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China. In order to further expand brand influence and extend the environmental protection industrial chain, Long Jiang Environmental Protection has invested in the construction of Mudanjiang electrical appliance dismantling project in Mudanjiang Hailin Economic and Technical Industrial Development Zone, occupying an area of 49000 square meters, with Phase I of the project breaking ground on April 18th, 2014.
7. On June 25th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection introduced the investor Green-Environment Investment (Shenzhen) Co, Ltd., which put 20 million Yuan into the electrical appliance dismantling project, plus the capital increase of 10 million Yuan invested in Jiamusi electrical appliance dismantling project by Long Jiang Environment Protection in 2014, bringing the registered capital of the electrical appliance dismantling project company from 30 million Yuan to 60 million Yuan. On July 10th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection defeated its opponent in the operation of Shuangyashan Wastewater Plant Phase I TOT and Phase II BOT, achieving a great success. On Oct. 1st, Shuangyashan Wastewater Plant realized the handover of Phase I and the construction commencement of Phase II, which is the highlight and achievement of the project development work of Long Jiang Environment Protection and the result of the active efforts of the great majority of staff members in the investment front
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8. On Oct, 13th, 2014, Jiamusi Sludge Treatment Project Framework Agreement was signed. Long Jiang Environment Protection has excellently cooperated with Jiamusi Municipal Government in wastewater treatment plant and water supply company projects a couple of times, and the signing of this sludge treatment project framework agreement mark Long Jiang Environment Protection's firm position on the environmental protection water affairs market of Heilongjiang. On Dec. 25th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection signed Heihe Sludge Project Agreement with Heilongjiang Urban-Rural Construction Bureau, determining its investment, construction and operation of the project, involving a project scale of 40 tons/day and the use of plate-and-frame filter press technology, with the water content of sludge cake to reach 55%, with the treated sludge quality to comply with GB/T 23485-2009 The Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Quality of Sludge for Mixed Filling.
9. During the reporting period, determined the location of Mudanjiang sludge project and completed the surveying and mapping work. Before that ,Long Jiang environmental protection had formed good cooperation state with mudanjiang city government in the sewage treatment plant and water supply company cooperation project. Mudanjiang Sludge Project is a project involved in Heilongjiang's "12th Five-Year" Plan, involving a treatment scale of 150 tons/day and the use of hydrothermal anaerobic digestion process, with the water content of treated sludge to reach 60%, the treated sludge quality to comply with GB/T23486-2009 The Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Quality of Sludge for Landscaping. Currently, the site selection and mapping work of the project has been completed.
10. Long Jiang Environment Protection is deeply aware that science and technology is the first productivity, so it has been vigorously strengthening its scientific research team construction. As an important carrier for bringing together high-end talents and an important source of enterprise scientific and technological innovation, after the establishment of the post-doctoral scientific research workstation, the research & development and innovation work in the Group’s production and operation process will be accelerated by depending on the doctors in the workstation and the scientific research force of universities where those doctors are, which will promote the sustainable development of the enterprise. Currently, Long Jiang Environment Protection's post-doctoral scientific research workstation has signed agreements for joint training of enterprise post-doctoral researchers with the School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering of HIT and the School of Resources and Environment of Northeast Agricultural University and actively introduced 3 post-doctoral researchers to respectively conduct such projects as the Research on Efficient Biological Organic Fertilizer
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Production and Soil Remediation Technology, the Research on Wastewater Treatment Plant Typical Process Simulation and Optimization Technology and the Research on Sludge Reinforcement Pretreatment and Microbial Electrolysis Promoted Sludge Digestion-based Methane Production Technology by focusing on joint research on wastewater/sludge recycling biotechnology and biological improvement technology for contaminated soil, striving to an industrialized technical chain combining biological control and prevention of environmental pollution and high-value utilization of recycling products.
11. On June 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection established the “Pollution Control and Recycling Biotechnology Joint R&D Center” in cooperation with Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This R&D Center will actively undertake the R&D of key, common and major cutting-edge technologies in the national and local resource environment fields. Through technology promotion and marketize operation, an industrialized technical chain combining biological control and prevention of environmental pollution and high-value utilization of recycling products will be established to provide a commercialized mode for advancing waste resource recycling biotechnology and reserve new industrial growth points.
12. The Collaborative Innovation Center of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group is the most authoritative center in the municipal and environmental field in Heilongjiang and even in China and this center has brought together domestic and international top experts and scholars in this field. On Nov.18th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection aided the academician team of School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering of HIT in smoothly completing the oral defense meeting of the national expert team in Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, providing a solid foundation for Long Jiang Environment Protection's further conducting domestic and international high-end research and development cooperation.
13. On May 2014, the Research on Efficient Biological Organic Fertilizer Production and Soil Remediation Technology Project jointly declared by Long Jiang Environment Protection and Northeast Agricultural University passed the review of Heilongjiang Science and Technology Department and was officially initiated. The project focuses on the soil remediation market in China, deeply conducting actual microbial remediation of contaminated soil and improvement and e comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land. Two sets mature technologies and development modes will be formed through multi-point small-scale tests and pilot application in the demonstration area, including the microbial remediation technology mode for contaminated soil and the "saline-alkali land remediation- crop cultivation" industrial chain
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development mode, with biological bacterial agents and solid improvement agents to be developed and the industrialization process constantly accelerated, thereby really realizing the organic combination of theories and practice. By conducting the above research work, a soil remediation and control technology R&D team will be established and the research in this direction will play a positive role in protecting black soil resources in the cold region, improving ecological environment quality, safeguarding food safety and grain safety, etc. The smooth implementation of the project will provide necessary technical support for the industrial chain extension of Long Jiang Environmental Protection.
14. In 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection conducted work independently after taking over Heilongjiang Water Supply and Drainage Association. Under the strong support of the leaders of Heilongjiang Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department and Long Jiang Environment Protection, Heilongjiang Urban Water Supply and Drainage Association conducted work by centering upon the work focus decided by the Board of Governors of Heilongjiang Water Supply and Drainage Association. After completing the main work involving industrial management and member services, it shifted its work focus to the preparation and organization of member representative's conference that hadn't been held for many years. On Dec. 20th, the provincial member representative's conference was smoothly held, with a great success achieved. The convening of this conference has restarted the special conference in the water supply and drainage industry of our province and will play an active role in further exerting the advantages of Long Jiang Environment Protection and Guiding the sound development of the water supply and drainage industry of our province. In 2015, the association will further exert its role as a bridge, actively assist competent departments of governments at all levels and further strengthen investigation and research to create conditions for the safety guarantee work of water supply and drainage enterprises, provide suggestions for governments' formulating relevant plans, rules, regulations, policies, standards and specifications and provide excellent services for advancing the national water supply guarantee work and accelerating wastewater treatment facility construction process.
B Objective
15. Environment and social performance report (ESPR) is to disclose the company's implementation of environment and social management system during the report period and compliance with ADB environment and social requirements, its sub-project (or activity)’s adaptation to national and actual local condition and regulations, including environment monitor plan, environment management implementation, stakeholder participation,
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community relation, gender equality, health and occupation safety. In 2014, the ESPR is mainly centered on the implementation of all stages of sub-project (or activity) of LJEP, including:
(i) Various sub-project (or activity)'s compliance with environment and social management requirements; (ii) Various sub-project (or activity)'s implementation in terms of environment and social management; (iii) Occupational health and safety performance and major highlights; (iv) Sustainable development programme, and community relations.
II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
A ESPR Prepareration
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B Environmental and Social Responsibility
16. In order to meet the requirements of the environmental and social management system, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established the Environmental and Social Management Department (hereinafter referred to as ESU) based on the existing organizational structure. ESU is an organization specifically engaged in environmental and social affairs management, affiliated to the Top Management Board of Directors, with main functions including guiding and coordinating the implementation of each department and subproject in environmental and social aspects; conducting liaison work with functional agencies of governments responsible for environmental and social affairs; disclosing information related to environmental and social affairs on a regular basis; interacting and exchanging with communities. The chart below is the framework of the Environmental and Social Management Structure of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company.
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The individuals below (Table 1) hold responsibility for environmental and social performance in the organizational structure of LJEP and at the subprojects/activities sites. All the listed staffs in Table 1-1 are also LJEP’s ESU leading group members who together ensure the corporation performs well in environmental and social front. In Table 1-2 is the list of environmental and social management working groups of each subproject and in Table 1-3 is the list of members of the Environmental and Social Management Office.
Table1-1 Environmental and social Management Leading Group Headman: Piao Yongjian(CEO) Deputy Head: Yu Xibo(Standing Deputy CEO) Liu Song(Deputy CEO, In charge of investment and social affairs) Zhang Fugui(Deputy CEO, In charge of environmental management) Members:
Name Department Title ContactInformation
General Manager&vice 13845106042 Liu Qiang Financial Department general accountant
Xu Runzhi Investment Department General Manager 13603656133 Chen Human Resource Department General Manager 13359705598 Lingjun Dong Peng Chairman office person in charge 18246644777
Liu Engineering construction 13339541109 General Manager Wensheng management department Zhang Technical R&D department deputy general manager 13704816580 Haiyanga,b Liu Lin Technical R&D department deputy general manager 13903608536
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Li Xiaoweib Production management department deputy general manager 13633625641
Kang Yinga Financing centre person in charge 13936500733
Li Yanb Equipment dynamic departmentc General Manager 13604631588
Zhao Fengb Equipment dynamic departmentc deputy general manager 13804500256
Zhang Hui Security Department person in charge 13704816580
Mudanjiang LJEP water supply CEO Assistant&General 13836367905 An Jiuhai company Manager Wang Jiamusi water supply company General Manager 13555422666 Jingyu Li Jixi Running Water Company General Manager 13604687977 Xiaoqiang Wang Jie Mudanjiang WWTP General Manager 13904839088 Guo Jiamusi WTTP General Manager 13945460148 Binsheng Zou Headquarters-based Joint 13945460148 General Manager Qingzhu Companyd
Zhu Dejun Jixi Jiguan District WWTP Factory Director 13846009199 Liu Heihe WWTP Factory Director 13846332389 Wenhuib Guan Fucai Fujin WWTP Factory Director 13945406588
Ma Kuna,b Ning’an WWTP Factory Director 18245988620
Ren Yinga,b Anda WWTP Factory Director 18645935693 He Shuangyashan WWTPc Factory Director 13936208557 Xiangguob Liu Zhaodong WWTP Factory Director 15246695718 Jingrenb Wang Bin Acheng WWTP Factory Director 13796742405 Mao Hulan WWTPc Factory Director 13763420707 Pengfeib Guan Harbin Xinyi WWTP Factory Director 15804631684 Zhenguo Cui Harbin Pingfang WWTP Factory Director 13946361318 Chengjingb a Female employees b personnel changes c New constructed department or unit in 2014 d Include Taiping, Wenchang updation and sludge disposal factory Table1-2 Sub-project environmental and social management workgroup list Name Department Title Contact Information
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Mudanjiang LJEP water supply Minister of Production Shen Xuge 13359389838 company Department Guo Minister of Production Jiamusi water supply company 15046479896 Hongtu Department Minister of Production Yan Hua Jixi Running Water Company 13946823933 Department Xu Headquarters-based Joint Process owner 18745068950 Zhiqiang Companyd Sun Yulong Mudanjiang WWTP Process owner 13766601960 Xue Jiamusi Eastern/Western WWTP Comprehensive administrator 13704545082 Kaijing Zhang Jixi WWTP Process owner 15845334855 Kundong Cao Han Heihe WWTP Process owner 13845679425 Zhao Zhaodong WWTP Process owner 13694621752 Lihonga Xiao Tie Fuji WWTP Comprehensive administrator 15845151755 Wang Anda WWTP Comprehensive administrator 13634890133 Hongbin Zhang Shuangyashanc Process owner 15846548221 Xiao Huo Xueyu Ning’an WWTP Process owner 13624631221 Hou Harbin Xinyi WWTP Assistant factory director 15246695775 Fangzhou Sun Jian Harbin Pingfang WWTP Process owne 15331888029 Dong Harbin Jincheng Comprehensive administratot 0451-53965202 Yingbo Longjianghuanbao Company Zuo Peng Hulan WTTPc Process owner 18545105835 a Female employees b personnel changes c New constructed department or unit in 2014 d Include Taiping, Wenchang updation and sludge disposal factory
Table1-3 Environmental and social management office members list
Name Department Title Contact Information
Environmental protection and Liu Lina person in charge 13903608536 social management union Environmental protection and Jian Yingyinga Assessment Officer 13199513991 social management union Environmental protection and Environmental Li Lua,b 13836120780 social management union protection and social
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management officer
Ma Yuntao Quality & Managerial Center Deputy director 18845763110
Kang Shuanga Investment Department Project Manager 13703624610
Advanced Project Chen Chao Investment Department 13766812433 Manager a Female employees B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement
17. In the aforementioned organizational diagram and table 1, LJEP will entrust a batch of high qualified staff from various departments to serve as ESU members. All environmental protection and social management leadership personnel and work staff has good professional and academic background (the leadership group boasts of 6 senior engineers, 12 engineers and 5 assistant engineers), in 2012,LJEP conducted at least two internal training concerning environmental and social management plan implementation, In November, the Group employed Dr. Zhou Jian, a consultant from ADB to provide the Environmental and Social Management Department and the Investment Department with training related to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, social management systems and corporate social responsibility. In addition, the Environmental and Social Management Department provided the water factories under the Group with special poisonous chemicals-related training to enhance their ability to purchase, use and manage poisonous chemicals. All members are from LJEP management layer , all function departments and the affiliated branches or water plant; Further more, each of them have the ability to assume the task of management study, policy and management rule formulation and organization authority, implement quality and environmental management system and environmental monitor and information disclosure during implementing social management scheme of all sub-projects (or activity). In order to perform its duties, the ESU recruits 12 staff owning bachelor or master degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, water supply and drainage, chemical analysis, ecology, etc.Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company arranges for department personnel to receive relevant training on a regular basis to improve employees’ quality and professional ability. During the report period, in Box 1, the main duties and responsibilities of the ESU are given.In order to ensure sound management on safety and occupational health, LJEP establishes safety and health management panel (SHMP) from group legal person to all sub-projects. In terms of the company's high-level management, the SHMP is led by chief executive vice president, who is in charge of operation management and directly report to the president. The SHMP consists of representatives from security
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department, project management department, HR development management department, ESU, finance department and investment department. With regard to sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually composed of sub-project company general manager, deputy general manger, HR principal, safety engineer, technical personnel and safety technicians. All special safety and health personnel have received training on related regulations, rule, articles of association, standard and other governing compulsory regulations and are capable of implementing daily management.
Column 1. The main tasks and responsibilities of ESU
ò The research and formulation of environmental and social policies, laws, regulations and management aspects.
ò Onsible for the preparation of environmental impact assessment (EIA), social impact assessment (SIA), environmental management plan (EMP), involuntary resettlement planning (IRP), and indigenous people plan (IPP), and environmental and social performance report (ESPR) .
ò Organizing the completion environmental protection acceptance and operation qualification and wastewater discharge permit handling of each project undertaken by the Group Company.
ò Supervise and inspect the implementation of the ISO9001-14001 system and ESMS, to put forward the improvement plan for the deficiency identified.
ò Coordinating the environmental projection management and environmental protection monitoring work of the Group Company.
ò Supervision and evaluation of subproject (or activities) on the environmental and social effect aspects.
ò Managing energy-saving and emission-reduction work, organizing the preparation of annual energy-saving and emission-reduction project plans and monitoring the implementation of such plans.
Communication with government function institutions, general public ,ADB, stakeholders and other personnal; Coordinate social relations; Information disclosure and resolve complaints, In response to environmental and social questions.
18. In order to ensure sound management on safety and occupational health, LJEP
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establishes safety and health management panel (SHMP) from group legal person to all sub-projects. In terms of the company's high-level management, the SHMP is led by chief executive vice president, who is in charge of operation management and directly report to the president. The SHMP consists of representatives from security department, project management department, HR development management department, ESU, finance department and investment department. With regard to sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually composed of sub-project company general manager, deputy general manger, HR principal, safety engineer, technical personnel and safety technicians. All special safety and health personnel have received training on related regulations, rule, articles of association, standard and other governing compulsory regulations and are capable of implementing daily management.
B.2 Environmental and Social work plan
19. In the reporting period, LJEP mainly focused its environmental and social efforts on implementation and upgrade of its certified Quality and Environmental Management System (QEMS based on ISO 9001-14001); enforcement of ESMS according to ADB’s requirements and integrating it into existing system; environmental monitoring and reporting; public relationships related to environmental and social affairs; relevant trainings for environmental and social staff; safety and occupational health care; development and adoption of innovative technologies in wastewater and sludge treatment.
20. LJEP Function Departments, major environmental and social work is classified as:
(i) The ESU authorizes to advance the company's overall environmental management system and social management implementation to maintain their effectiveness, consistence and continuous update. Another task of the company is to monitor operation activities, gather, analyze, report and disclose data related to environment, provide feedback advice to related department and board and coordinate relief measures taken by various departments. This department shall also ensure communication among environmental management departments at various levels and resolve the public complaint on environmental issues. It is worth mentioning that during the report period, the three projects, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II and Harbin Sludge undergone the audit of ADB and submitted relevant documents, including social audit reports and environmental management plans, as required. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established its internal project environment and social management process to facilitate the
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smooth progress of environmental and social management work. (ii) The Security Department is responsible for examining and approving the structure of the safe production management system of each unit under the Group; establishing and perfecting the standardized management system for safe production; organizing the preparation of safe production and safe construction targets, and implementing safety evaluation; responsible for evaluating the safety of protective equipment and facilities, setting, monitoring and managing key points of safety management, organizing safety inspection and hidden danger rectification and implementation; organizing each unit’s preparation of emergency rescue plans for work safety accidents; organizing the drills of such emergency rescue plans for work safety accidents and the construction of emergency rescue teams; organizing each unit’s safety publicity, education and training work and helping relevant departments to publicize safety science and technology and advance the construction of enterprise safety culture; supervising and inspecting the safety management of construction projects; organizing the investigation and treatment of work safety accidents; responsible for safety management of fire fighting, fire prevention, security, safety facilities and special equipment; responsible for vehicle management of each unit (please provide detailed decomposition); responsible for occupational health and industrial hygiene management, coordinating protective equipment, facilities and supplies management and monitoring on-site safety management of production units; responsible for the archiving management of all inner safety data and inspecting and guiding each unit’s inner safety management. (iii) The Financing Center is responsible for working out financing resource planning, preparing and organizing the implementation financing resource optimization schemes; formulating annual financing plans, working out and implementing special financing implementation plans; participating in capital operation and asset reorganization management. (iv) The production planning department integrates environmental and social requirements into LJEP’s operational specifications, codes, and production planning. It is also demanded to take environmental and social requirements into account when designing investment and operational modalities, which is a key task of the department. This department has a command center under it ,taking care of daily operational activities of all the components of LJEP including the environmental and social performance. The command center supervises implementation of QEMS and ESMS in subprojects/activities, and carries out actions to correct any arising
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incompliance. It also plays as a statistician to provide timely and accurate statistics reflecting the environmental and social achievements. (v) The human resource department sets up appropriate staffing standard to ensure adequate and qualified management and/or technical personnel will be allocated to the positions with environmental and social responsibility. It also undertakes due diligence on the staff performance. Meanwhile, this department makes and implements environmental, safety, and occupational training plans; arranges physicals for the whole staff; and promotes health care and other welfare for the employees. This department, the Party-Masses Work Department and the Planning Department works in a united office, mainly responsible for affairs management, trade union management and enterprise culture construction and publicity work. (vi) The investment department is entitled to manage preparation, finalization and acceptance to operation of the construction projects. Hence it takes charge of ESAs emerged in the two kinds of phases of the project cycle. This department also communicates with ADB and other shareholders about ESAs on behalf of LJEP’s management board. Theoretically, the investment department may be confronted with resettlement complaint and indigenous people grievance, therefore a resettlement plan (RP) and a indigenous people plan would be readily prepared and implemented. However, as explained in paragraph 26 and 27 below, there were never such challenges appearing in the reporting period. (vii) The project management center is commissioned to engage all the ESAs during the project construction phase. Potential ESAs include conventional air pollution, wastewater, noise & vibration, impairment on ecosystem, and any other social impacts that are liable to causing serious complaint and impedance to the project. Nevertheless, the project staff actually had little troubles in the reporting period. (viii) The Scientific Research and Development Department should keep pace with the times to grasp advanced technologies and conduct production process innovations bravely based on the actual situation to make them closely connected with the subprojects (or activities) of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. At the same time, the Scientific Research and Development Department provides solutions to process-related problems by means of independent or joint research. During the report period, the Technical Center has studied a set of optimized sludge disposal process for considerable reduction and reutilization of sludge. The study has got success. (ix) The Water Quality Monitoring Center: mainly involved formulating quality
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objectives, organizing the preparation of water supply and wastewater treatment and water quality management plans, establishing and consummating water quality management systems, formulating water quality inspection, monitoring and management rules, regulations and technical specifications, formulating internal control standards, organizing the water quality inspection, monitoring, detection and appraisal work of water supply projects and wastewater treatment projects, taking responsibility for water quality sampling inspection work, organizing prevention and treatment of disqualified water quality problems such as abnormal water quality, guiding water quality inspection and monitoring business, organizing the technical training of Lab technicians and monitoring personnel, organizing the annual business performance evaluation of inspection, monitoring personnel and Lab technicians; assisting relevant government departments in investigating water pollution incidents, submitting unified water quality monitoring data and conducting water quality equipment and facility management.
(x) The financial department commits fully to providing financial support for ESAs as cost of environmental training, expenditure in monitoring, payment for new techniques of sludge treatment, etc.
(xi) President Office: Under the guidance of President and Vice President, the President’s Office is mainly responsible for administrative management, general affairs management, non-investment legal affairs coordination and management, letter and call management of the Group Company and the organization and implementation of large-scale theme activities. There is an archives office under it, working in a united office with the Enterprise Management Office, mainly responsible for participating in organization setting and adjustment and defining responsibilities and duties of each department; coordinating the construction of rules and regulation systems; organizing and optimizing the business process of the Group Company; coordinating the operation performance appraisal of each department and the units directly under the Group Company; Working out development plans, establishing management systems and promoting enterprise cultural construction.
(xii) Equipment Power Department: Responsible for conducting the whole-process dynamic management of model selection, procurement, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance and repair and scrap of production equipment, establishing a
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fixed asset management platform and conducting the platform's management, maintenance and upgrading, preparing plans for taking out insurance for such property as equipment and facilities, conducting insurance claim settlement, establishing and perfecting the consumption quota, spare part quota and maintenance quota of equipment and facilities of Long Jiang Environment Protection, conducting equipment model selection involved in engineering construction projects, assisting the Investment Department in completing equipment tendering documents, the review of the technical part of contracts, assisting manufacturers in completing the supply, installation and commissioning of equipment; organizing the equipment model selection, procurement and business negotiation involved in production and operation, conducting drafting and signing work of relevant contracts; developing preliminary electric power system planning and handing related preliminary formalities of new projects; developing information construction planning and conducting the construction, operation and maintenance of information network platform and information automatic systems.
21. For the sewage disposal plants and faucet water plants under operation, major environmental and social tasks within the report period include:
i. Carrying out QEMS and ESMS in their operational and maintenance activities to ensure satisfactory environmental and social performance. ii. Keeping wastewater treatment/water supply facilities in good conditions and working well; tail water/running water meeting regulatory criteria respectively; sludge being properly disposed; and other significant adverse impacts (e.g. odor, garbage, sludge, and sewage per se) within allowable limits. iii. Ensuring the on-line monitoring system doing well and reading out real time data ceaselessly, as mandatory requirements of the environmental authority. iv. Formulating environmental monitoring plans and preparing monitoring reports. v. Preparing corrective action plans in view of the adverse impact of projects on the environment and society. vi. Keeping vigilant and good scores of risk management by ensuring all the positions and processes subject to potential risks (e.g. equipment failure, power outage, overflow, pipeline damage, fire incident, and flood/water logging) closely watch dogged and in control. vii. Strengthening safety management and staff health care to avoid or minimize incidental casualties and health hazard.
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viii. Enhancing working skills and environmental awareness of the employees by periodic training and routine education. ix. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication, information disclosure, and transparency.
22. Major environmental and social tasks concerning the ongoing sub-project:
i. Strengthen environmental and social management and capacity building to cope with thorny potential or newly emerged issues. ii. Formulating and implementing mitigation measures against the possible adverse impact on the environment during the project construction period and preparing compliance monitoring reports. iii. Superintending construction activities and ensuring that the contractors strictly adhere to requirements of the project EIA and the detailed design, and all the prescribed environmental protection measures (mainly for soil erosion, noise & vibration, dust pollution, small volume of camp sewage and garbage, etc.) are put in place according to the time-bound schedule. iv. Undertaking due diligence on safety and occupational health of construction labor force and promoting welfare for workers as much as possible; maximizing social benefits. v. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication, information disclosure, and transparency. vi. Involuntary immigration and original inhabitant issue: when LJEP obtained sub-projects, the local government and EA have completed land acquisition and honored all compensations. According to the agreement signed between LJEP and local government, when the permanent or temporary land use has been handed over to LJEP, the power, water supply and road are already available. The legal responsibilities arising out of immigration, compensation and claim belong to the local government. On the other hand, among the projects in 2013, only Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Project requires land acquisition. The government is responsible for land acquisition and relocation of the project and relevant costs. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company doesn’t bear such costs. Currently, the land acquisition and resettlement involved in the project has been completed (The preparation of the land acquisition and resettlement
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report has been completed by professional approved by ADB) and the construction of the project has commenced.
III Environmental and social requirements compliance
A National requirements compliance
23. Since Long Jiang Environment Protection was established, it has considered environmental and social commitments as its core concepts. The primary work of Long Jiang Environment Projection in terms of environmental and social management work is complying with and implementing environmental and social laws, rules, regulations and national and local standards. By the report period, all subprojects of Long Jiang Environment have shown excellent environmental and social performance. Fujian Wastewater Treatment Plant has ever been granted the title of Heilongjiang Urban Water Supply and Drainage Advanced Unit, Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant has been awarded the title of Contaminant Emission Reduction Advanced Enterprise, Mudanjiang Water Company has been awarded the titles of Economic Development Environment Optimization Advanced Unit and "Focusing on People's Livelihood and Serving Development" Satisfactory Unit and the Group has been granted the honorary title of National Emission Reduction Advanced Collectives.
A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System
24. Prior to the establishment of environment and social management system required by ADB, LJEP already established complete quality and environment management system in 2009, in compliance with ISO9001 and ISO14001. Both systems were certified on July 17, 2009 by HBQA and passed re-rating in 2013 (see attachment 2), including all sewage service and related activities. ISO9001-14001 system plays a very important role in LJEP’s sub-project. Related issues arising out of environmental and social aspect are seen in column 2.
Column 2. Certified Quality and Environmental Management System
ò Continuing commitment environment friendly, social responsive and sustainable development.
ò Policy framework defining LJEP’s strategy, principles, and objectives in environmental and social fields and ensuring the national and local statutory safeguard requirements are fully met.
ò Environmental, safety and occupational health responsibilities and obligations assigned
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to every operation and activity.
ò Operational instructions to guide and regulate response to environmental, safety and occupational health stresses for minimizing and mitigating risks and adverse impacts of subprojects/activities.
ò Performance inspection and evaluation procedures to ensure due diligence on and ever lasting improvement of environmental, safety and occupational health performances.
ò Prompt, proper and effective correcting action plans for any emerging or potential faults and defects in environmental, safety and occupational health fields, including a scrutinized contingency scheme.
ò Records and reporting system to track the interactions with environmental, safety and occupational health matters from top to bottom.
ò Safety standardization, with manpower, machine, material, method and environment in a good production state, constantly improving, enterprise safe production standardized construction constantly strengthened.
ò Institution for various types of training to promote environmental capacity building and provide qualified staff with sufficient knowledge and skills in environmental and safety domains.
25. LJEP's QEMS environmental factor identification needs yearly update1. In 2014, the environment verification involved 161 items in environment and resources, covering three major sub-protects, including LJEP Taiping Sewage Disposal Plant, Mudanjiang Sewage Disposal Plant and Jiamusi East Area Sewage Disposal Plant; thereinto, 9 highlighted environmental factors are classified into 3 categories (e.g. water and soil pollution, air pollution and energy conservation) which gets adequate attention. For each environment and resource constraint, the QEMS confirms anticipated impact, possible operation status and time framework, responsible department (or personnel) and prevention complaint and relieving measures. Through this set of standard method, LJEP guarantees quality of three sub-protects and continued improvement of environmental management system so that different regulations and rules are met. At the same time, 2014 quality and environmental management system supervision and examination work is to be conducted in late May 2015 and completed by July 2015.
1 In 2014, pass HBQA and second re-rating review of quality and environment management system certification.
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26. Since 2013, 7 companies under the Group, i.e. Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Co., Ltd., Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., Harbin Jincheng Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., Fujin Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., Anda Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., and Ning'an Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Affairs Co., Ltd., have passed the evaluation of the national safety supervision and administration departments and obtained certificates of safe production standardization Grade 3 and plaques. See Appendix 3 for detailed information. The Group will plan headquarters-based joint company in 2015, and Pingfang, Xinyi, Hulan, Zhaodong, Heihe and Shuangyashan wastewater plants, a total of 7, will conduct safe production standardization work and promise to obtain certificates and plagues by the end of this years.
A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements
27. During the report period, All subprojects of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company have been officially put into operation, of which Shuangyashan Phase II had began construction, Acheng Phase II was in construcing. Land expropriation problem of Long Jiang Environment Protection’s subproject had been solved or was solving. (Please refer to Attachment 3 for detailed information). In Table 2 are the requirements of main environmental and social laws (regulations) and the compliance of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. Longjiang Environmental Protection has no resettlement issue and/or case of impacting former local inhabitants.
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Table 2. Main Legislative/Regulatory Requirements and Compliance Statuses
Legislative Requirements
Title Title Title Title
Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law
EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law
EIA requirements for projects. Provisions on
Environmental Protection environmental management of the whole Entirely satisfactory. LJEP managed its LJEP mainly engaged itself in successive
Management Ordinance for project circle including design, construction, subprojects/activities strictly following construction, acceptance inspection, and Construction Project acceptance to operation, operation and close stipulated procedures and requirements. operational mgt. down.
Provisions on control requirements of water, Satisfactory. LJEP per se commits fully to Large quantity of sludge cumulated in past Water Pollution Control Law; Air air, noise, and solid wastes pollutions. Focuses water pollution control and preservation years was still causing serious impacts on Pollution Control Law; Noise are put on locating pollution sources and of water resources, with considerate surroundings. It is the most intrusive Pollution Control Law; Solid relevant management, pollutants treatment and inputs on pollution control of sludge, environmental stress and LJEP’s first Wastes Pollution Control Law disposal, protection of water resource and odor, and noise. priority of environmental concerns. other environmental sensitive objectives.
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Fully satisfied. Operation qualifications of all projects have been obtained and
environmental protection acceptance of
all projects has been conducted as required by laws and regulations. Except
Procedural, functional, and performance for Phases of Mudanjiang Management Regulation on requirements for the specific environmental Wastewater Treatment Plant, Phases Environmental Acceptance acceptance inspection. Violation of this SEPA of Acheng Wastewater Treatment Plant Inspection for Completion of Decree by any project could result in banning and Phases of Heihe Wastewater Construction Project to operation. Treatment Plant, all projects under operation of Long Jiang Environment
Protection Group Share Company have
passed the special environmental acceptance and inspection.
Promotion of adoption of advanced Entirely satisfactory. LJEP has been To address the long term sludge pollution
Law of Promoting Clean technologies and equipment, clean materials pushing clean production and energy and transform the feces into a useful Production; Energy Saving Law; and energy; encouragement of recycling saving cross its all subprojects/activities. resource, LJEP has started a ambitious
Directive Inventory for industries and comprehensive utilization of Technologies adopted by LJEP are listed project aimed to devour the huge sludge
Adjustment of Industrial resources; improvement of production/service as encouraged category in the inventory, dump accumulated within Harbin Structure (2005) processes and enhancement of production also uptodate or appropriate and Wenchang WWTP compound at a rate of
efficiency; strengthening management of commonly used. The corporation was 1000 t/d by a new composting technology
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energy consumption and product’s life-time entitled with energy saving example of which mixes the sludge with straw and then cycle; reduction of pollution; investment & Harbin Municipal by the government in ferments the mixture in high temperature
technological categories to be encouraged, the past consecutive two years. tank and finally get a manure. This compost
limited and banned. could be used as an ameliorant for saline soil or for afforestation.
Land Management Law; Urban Fully met. All land acquisition and LJEP has never been involved in land Procedures of land acquisition, house and Rural Planning Law; resettlement had been finished with acquisition and resettlement activities up demolition and resettlement, and application Management Ordinance for relevant compensation in place. All the till now. All its occupied lands either for permits of project locality, building density, House Demolition in Urban project designs and constructions strictly permanently or temporarily are plot ratio, and construction activities. Area2. abided by relevant permits. appropriated or sold by local governments.
Totally satisfactory. As a social LJEP has a staff of 2, 180 employees Provisions on employment; establishment, responsive corporation, LJEP fully among which 602 employees are female alteration, and abolishment of labor contract; respects legislative requirements of social (28% of the whole staff). LJEP ensures labor dispute arbitration; laborer’s rights and dimension and commits itself and its every employee receives fair and equitable Labor Law; Labor Contract Law; obligations, work hour and break subsidiaries to better fulfillment of treatment. Most of female employees take Women Rights and Interests time/vacation, salary, safety and occupational relevant duties. All the employees have on administrative, technical, financial, and Protection Law health; occupational training; social insurance signed the labor contract and enjoyed fare collection positions working on day and welfare; protection of women and minors; stipulated rights and interests. Safety, shifts only and with middle or upper level gender equity on working, payment, welfare, occupational health, training, social of payment. Female employees can get social insurance, and political interests. insurance and welfare, and gender equity more health care. All the employees have a
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are highly secured. No minor was physical inspection before engaged in employed. All the staffs have endowment, position. Middle and high level
medical, work injury, maternity and management staff can enjoy physical on
unemployment insurance, as well as other yearly basis. welfare.
Within the corporation, LJEP also follows Fully met. LJEP observes statutory an indiscriminate policy in terms of Constitution of PRC; Law on Provisions on nationality equity, favorable requirements of indigenous people employment, payment, promotion, Regional National Autonomy; policies for development of minorities, protection. LJEP and its subsidiaries training, health care, and other welfare. Ordinance on Religious Affairs; freedom of religious belief, etc. In addition, provide indiscriminate service to the Mr. Piao Yongjian, a Korean, as the CEO Relevant Policies of People’s governmental policies generally give certain people in service area no matter what of LJEP, provides a live example. Many Government privileges to minority and religious people. nationality they belong to or what religion employees are Manchu, Korean, Hui, and they believe. Mongolian.
The state shall actively train and select female cadres. State organs, public organizations,
enterprises and institution unites must in Fully compliant, Long Jiang Law of the People's Republic of The company has 602 female employees, appointing cadres, adhere to the principle of Environmental Protection Water Supply China on the Protection of Rights and unmarried female employees enjoy equality between men and women and attach Company respects equality between men and Interests of Women was marital leave, maternity leave and special great importance to the training and selection and women during the recruitment and passed on April 3rd, 1992 treatment in the lactation period. of female cadres for leading posts. The state employment process. shall pay attention to the training and selection
of female cadres and ethnic minority female
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cadres.
Requirements of Technical Policies/Guidelines/Codes
Title Title Title Title
Generally satisfactory. LJEP and its Detailed conditions for localities of WWTPs, LJEP has so far been rarely engaged in the Technical Policy for Urban subsidiaries all belong in national recommendations and guidelines for location selection and other earlier project Wastewater Treatment and encouraged categories. The localities of wastewater and sludge treatment technologies; preparation of WWTPs. While it could Pollution Control; Technical LJEP’s WWTPs are sufficiently separated prevention and mitigation measures for happen in the future, this issue has always Guidelines for Urban Wastewater form water sources, natural reserves, secondary pollutions on ambient air, water, been dealt with by local governments or Treatment and Pollution Control residential blocks, and other sensitive soil, acoustic environment, and groundwater. governmental EAs till now. areas.
Sludge dumping to landfill is facing more Generally satisfactory. Sludge is normally Technical Policy (Tentative) for Technical guidance for sludge treatment and and more restrictive conditions. A sludge dehydrated to certain extent and sent to Sludge Treatment and Pollution disposal by adoption of uptodate technologies; composting plant adopting advanced landfill or just dumped within the WWTP Control in Urban and Township recommendations for pollution control and technology was prioritized and undergoing compound (e.g. Harbin Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant proper disposal. construction within Harbin Wenchang WWTP). WWTP compound.
The Whole-Process Drinking Water Safety Technology Guidance of Urban Guarantee Technology System, with its Water Supply Facilities Complying with the original technical contents involving 129 articles in 9 chapters, Implementing new methods currently Construction and Transformation standards i.e. General Principles, Technical
Countermeasures, Raw Water System, Water
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Purification Process, Special Water Treatment, Emergency Treatment, Water Supply
Network, Secondary Water Supply and Water
Quality Monitoring.
Strengthen prevention of environmental risk s caused by sludge, encourage recovering
and utilizing the energy and resources in t
he sludge under the premise of safety, env Basically compliant. Currently, the sludge ironmental protection and economy, comply Notice of the Ministry of produced in the projects of Harbin is Currently, 100,000.00 tons of solidified with relevant state and local pollution co Environmental Protection on transported to the east side of Wenchang sludge plans to be added to construction ntrol standards and technical specifications Strengthening Sludge Pollution Wastewater Treatment Plant for waste and transported to a landfill plant 7 during the whole process of sludge produ Control Work of Urban temporary solidification treatment to km away from the plant for backfilling. ction, transportation, storage, treatment and Wastewater Treatment Plants reduce the moisture content from 80% to disposal and control sludge dehydration t below 50%. o a moisture content below 50% before tr
ansporting it out of the plant for the purp
ose of storage (not for treatment and disp osal).
Code of Urban Water Drainage Detailed description and guidance on the site Fully compliant. There are optimized The wastewater treatment plants under Engineering selection, official network, planning, official wastewater collection network Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Planning(GB50318-2000); preliminary design, construction design, and treated water gates in the local areas Share Company are responsible for
Operation, Maintenance and operation and safety management of of all wastewater treatment plants under wastewater treatment in main cities in the
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Safety Technical Regulations for wastewater treatment plants. Long Jiang Environment Protection Songhua River Basin, with the wastewater
Urban Wastewater Treatment Group Share Company. The whole treatment rate increased to over 60% by
Plants(CJJ 60-94) process of operation, maintenance and the end of 2014. In 2014, the amount of
safety management is well planned. treated wastewater occupied 58% and 85% of the amounts of wastewater treated by
the wastewater plants in Heilongjiang
Province and Harbin City respectively.
Fully compliant. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company
attaches great importance to drinking Two water pipe burst accidents occurred in Management of centralized drinking water, water supply safety. During the report the water supply backbone network of Jixi Code of Urban Water Supply guidance on water source selection and health period, Mudanjiang Long Jiang Running Water Company and both Engineering guarantee, production of qualified drinking Environmental Protection Water Supply accidents were treated in a timely manner, Planning(GB50282-98); Code of water, safety and control pollution, sanitation Company, Jiamusi Long Jiang with water supply resumed within 24 Drinking Water Sanitation requirements, sanitation requirements for Environmental Protection Water Supply hours, with no serious effect produced. operators and guidance. Company and Jixi Running Water
Company under the entrusted operation maintained 24-hour clean running water
supply.
Relevant standard requirements Relevant laws and regulations provision Compliance Note Environmental Quality Standards Limit values and standards for all quality Long Jiang Environmental Protection According to relevant laws, industrial
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for Surface indicators including surface water, Water Supply Company is an pollution sources should be responsible for Water(GB3838-2002); Ambient underground water, ambient air, acoustic environment-friendly enterprise and has their pollution control and ensure the
Air Quality Standards(GB3095-1 environment and soil. made great contributions to the water emission of pollutants complies with
996); Environmental Quality quality improvement in the Songhua corresponding concentration control Standards for Noise River Basin. At the same time, in order to standards. Besides, the total emission
(GB3096-2008); Underground ensure that the environmental quality can amount of pollutants should be less than
Water Quality Standards meet relevant standards, all plant under that stipulated in the standard of the local (GB/T14848-93); Environmental Long Jiang Environmental Protection environmental protection bureau. In
Quality Standards for Soil Water Supply Company have been doing principle, a single industrial pollution
(GB15618-1995) their utmost to minimize secondary source is unable to responsible for the environmental impact. environment quality
Standard for Pollutant Basically compliant. Long Jiang As for some wastewater treatment plants
Emission of Urban Wastewater Environmental Protection Water Supply (such as Harbin Taiping Wastewater
Treatment Plants Company and its subordinate companies Treatment Plant and Wenchang (GB18918-2002); Standard for have been making constant efforts to Wastewater Treatment Plant), pollutant Limit values and standards for emissions of Integrated Wastewater mitigate and reduce secondary pollution, control indicator limit shall be based on wastewater, sludge and gas discharged from Discharge(GB8978-1996); including noise, odor and other air specific agreements and water intake and different pollution sources, noise equipment Standard for Wastewater pollution, sludge, soil pollution and soil capacity shall be considered by the local and emission of construction dust. Discharged into Urban Sewers erosion as well as adverse effect caused environmental protection bureau. Long
(CJ3082-1999); Standard for by construction. The continuous Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Emission of Odor Pollutants environmental monitoring result shows Company is expanding an expansion
(GB14554-93); Standard for that all environmental indicators have met project to improve treatment efficiency.
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Integrated Emission of Air corresponding standards. Once the expansion project is completed, pollutants (GB16297-1996); stricter control and higher standards shall
Emission Standard for Industrial be adopted. Enterprises Noise at Boundary (GB12348-2008); Noise Limits for Construction
Site(GB12523-90)
Fully compliant. Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply
General Principles for the Regulation on safe and healthy production Company and its subordinate companies
Requirements of Safety and process, determination of safe and healthy have been strictly complying with safety Health in Production factors and general requirements for protective and sanitation standards and each detail, During the report period, no major safety Process(GB/T12801-2008); measures for technology and management determining all safety and health-related or health-related problems occurred. Hygienic standards for the safety and health and suggestions for specific factors and updating them on a regular Design of Industrial isolation distance involved in public health and basis, ensuring safety and
Enterprises(TJ36-79) workers’ safety and health. sanitation-related technologies and
management measures available at any time.
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A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection
28. According to the above contents, LJEP has established a set of online monitor system, including all its sewage disposal plant and water plant. The monitor system works 24 hours a day so that LJEP's QEMS can respond to over target value to prevent direct or indirect damage on environment. This set of complete monitor system meanwhile provides complete monitor data to provide a sound platform environment performance inspection for LJEP within the report period. Besides, each sewage disposal plant is equipped with professional assay equipment. The following table lists major environment indicator of all sewage disposal plants and water plants. The monitor data shows that all sewage disposal plants and water plants of LJEP meets related standard requirements. Within the report period, there is no over target status.
Table 3. Average Daily Air Pollution Monitor Data in 2014 Smelly gas1 H S1 Ammonia gas1 Methane2 Indicator concentration (no 2 mg/m3 mg/m3 % dimension) Standard value 20 0.06 1.5 1 Harbin Wenchang 8~14 0.008~0.027 0.069~0.185 0.09~0.74
Harbin Taiping 8~13 0.011~0.026 0.054~0.223 0.12~0.50
Harbin Pingfang 9~14 0.008~0.010 0.082~0.302 0.11~0.68
Harbin Xinyi 12~15 0.006~0.008 0.062~0.123 0.24~0.26
Harbin Acheng 11~14 0.004~0.006 0.066~0.124 0.25~0.27
Mudanjiang 7~15 0.011~0.025 0.104~0.343 0.05~0.36
Jiamusi East Area 7~14 0.012~0.016 0.007~0.123 0.25~0.57
Jiamusi West Area 10~18 0.015~0.024 0.016~0.025 0.43~0.82
Heihe 9~13 0.004~0.007 0.064~0.206 0.25~0.79
Jixi 7~13 0.006~0.008 0.087~0.325 0.16~0.75
Zhaodong 11~16 0.004~0.006 0.066~0.133 0.24~0.27
Ning’an 12~15 0.015~0.027 0.011~0.025 0.45~0.87
Anda 11~16 0.006~0.014 0.103~0.134 0.12~0.34
Fujin 12~15 0.006~0.008 0.143~0.194 0.22~0.38 Hulan(newly 13~15 0.008~0.009 0.086~0.198 0.14~0.72 increased) Shuangyashan 12~14 0.006~0.008 0.067~0.135 0.25~0.29 (newly increased) Note: 1 Urban sewage disposal plant discharge standard (GB18918-2002), category II 2 Smelly gas emission standard (GB14554-93), category II 3 Hulan WWTP start to run formally on on April 16, 2014 4 Shuangyashan WWTP start to run formally on on November 25, 2014
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Table 4. Noise Monitor Data in 2014 Continuous equivalent sound Continuous equivalent sound Indicator level in daytime (dBA) level at night (dBA) Standard value 60 50 Harbin Wengchang 54.8~53.4 42.5~43.1
Harbin Taiping 54.8~53.4 42.5~43.6
Harbin Pingfang 52.9~54.0 42.7~43.2
Harbin Xinyi 54.2~55.0 42.7~43.3
Harbin Acheng 52.9~54.0 43.8~44.7
Mudanjiang 47.1~52.8 43.7~46.4
Jiamusi East 51.7~53.2 44.6~47.2
Jiamusi West 54.8~52.0 43.4~45.8
Heihe 52.2~53.4 45.2~47.9
Jixi 51.8~53.7 43.3~45.7
Zhaodong 51.8~52.7 44.4~45.7
Ning’an 46.7~45.9 46.3~47.4
Anda 45.5~51.8 47.8~48.4
Fujin 47.2~51.2 42.3~45.3
Hulan(newly increased) 52.9~56.4 43.2~45.1 Shuangyashan (newly 52.9~54.9 43.5~45.3 increased) Note: Industrial Company discharge standard, category II (GB12348-2008)
Table 5. Sludge Monitoring Data in 2014 Indicator Sludge quantity in 2014 (ton) Sludge water content (%) Anda 97879 78.02
Fujin 61688 78.09
Total 12074 78.17
Anda 11584 77.68
Fujin 7814.39 60.30
Total 38064 78.86
Anda 13240 79.3
Fujin 6663.4 77.40
Total 5548 78.76
Anda 13859 77.9
Fujin 17678 78.26
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Ning’an 5785 78.77
Anda 8489 78.74
Fujin 4991 78.2
Hulan(newly increased) 4012.5 79
Total 309369.29
Table 6. Water Supply Plant's Water Quality Monitor in 2014 (Annual average total analysis on a monthly basis) Annual average treated water National Institute Test Items Unit Mudanjia of Standards Jiamusi Jixi ng smell and taste nought / nought nought nought
Visible objects nought / nought nought nought
pH 3.00 NTU 1.21 2.58 2.47
turbidity 15 degree 7.49 3.23 11.34
color ≥0.3 mg/L 0.32 0.42 0.39
free chlorine 10 mg/L 1.25 0.67 3.97
Nitrates 450 mg/L 47.3 51.22 133.7
Total Hardness 3 mg/L 2.83 0.97 1.92
The amount of 250 mg/L 9.83 6.02 20.28 oxygen consumed
Chlorides 0.3 mg/L 0.19 0.18 0.24
Iron 100 CFU/mL) 2.49 未检出 9.56
Total number of 100 CFU/mL) 2.45 Not 9.50 colonies detected Total coliforms Not detected CFU/100mL Not Not Not detected detected detected
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Table 7. Average Value of Monitor Data for Sewage Disposal Plant in 2014
Design Total COD BOD5 SS NH3-N TN TP disposal disposal Name (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) capacity volume 103m3/d 103m3 Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Standard value (level I B)1 350 60 220 20 220 20 30 8(15) / / 6 3 Harbin 325 10176 282.87 45.06 184.13 7.88 230.01 13.09 33.58 3.27 38.57 14.71 4.34 0.55 Wenchang Standard value (agreement)2 420 100 220 20 250 20 50 15 / / / / Harbin 325 9149.89 303 45.06 173.77 7.88 220.2 13.00 31.55 3.27 36.08 15.05 4.03 0.55 Taiping Standard value (agreement)2 350 60 200 20 250 20 35 8 15 45 20 5 1 Harbin 150 1215.77 215 41.9 101 6.00 208 16 37.97 1.89 45.53 15.42 4.62 0.68 Pingfang Standard value (agreement)2 500 60 220 20 250 20 40 8 15 50 20 5 1 Harbin Xinyi 100 2332 532.75 46.31 174.42 4.47 324.45 14.92 46.16 1.88 61.52 14.03 5.70 0.68 Standard value (agreement)2 400 60 200 20 240 20 25 8 15 35 20 6 1.5 HarbinAchen 50 1561.95 530 41.9 203 5.3 565 11.7 18.69 1.6 37.17 15.98 8.40 0.49 g phase Standard value (agreement)2 400 100 180 20 200 20 / / / 20 4 1 Mudanjiang 100 3650 204 42.63 74.67 8.89 177.17 15.5 18.35 0.84 23.92 17.86 2.23 0.77 phase Standard value (level I B) 350 60 160 20 200 20 35 8(15) / / / / Jiamusi East 60 2290.86 212.23 22.7 92.29 7.02 134.17 7.43 19.36 2.29 19.98 6.34 1.91 0.40 phase Standard value (agreement)2 350 50 160 10 200 10 35 5 8 40 15 5 0.5 Jiamusi West 50 1314 268 36.7 129 8.40 279 6.50 28.68 2.90 34.60 6.59 3.40 0.22 Standard value (level I B) 450 60 250 20 300 20 65 8 15 70 20 7.5 1 Heihe 50 880.7 377 32.25 134.4 9.34 194.48 12.2 46.2 2.57 51`.32 12.47 5.65 0.28
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Standard value (level I B) 400 60 200 20 200 20 45 8 15 55 20 6 1 Jixi 50 1755.89 287.58 36.02 104.57 11.26 222 14.9 23.3 3.79 30.85 13.12 2.78 0.29 Standard value (level I B) 400 60 180 20 240 20 30 8 15 40 20 6 1.5 Zhaodong3 50 1825 442 44.05 115 10.92 183 14 38.93 0.8 45.56 12.67 5.15 0.58 Standard value (level I B) 450 60 200 20 250 20 25 8 15 / 20 5 1 Ning’an4 20 733.62 232.33 34.61 81.49 11.57 207.75 12.25 16.86 4.35 27.31 13.87 3.55 0.81 Standard value (level I B) 350 60 180 20 250 20 35 8 15 50 20 5 1 Anda4 45 1000.5 305.01 45.48 140 9.97 304 14 41.91 3.11 52.15 13.17 5.55 0.63
Standard value (level A) 300 50 200 10 250 10 30 5 8 30 15 4.5 0.5 Fujin phase 15 522.74 250.1 25.59 120.17 4.1 184.72 5.93 26.27 1.39 35.26 11.09 3.25 0.27 4 Standard value (level I B) 400 60 200 20 300 20 30 8(15) 40 20 4 1
Hulan5 20 458.12 256 37 / / 201 13 40.08 3.14 52.76 16.73 2.82 0.56 Note: 1) According to the agreement between Long Jiang Environment Protection and the local government, the ammonia nitrogen limit of treated water of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be reduced to 15mg/L. 2) The agreement of Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant gives consideration to inlet water quality and treatment capacity. 3) Based on the inlet water quality and treatment capacity, total phosphorus criteria is 1.0--1.5mg/l. 4) Hulan Wastewater Treatment Plant was officially put into operation on April 16th, 2014, the data were obtained between April 16th, 2014 to Dec 31st, 2014. 5) Shuangyashan Water Plant Phase I was officially put into operation on Nov. 25th, 2014, and no statistical data of it are given here. 6) Mudanjiang Wastewater Phase II is at the water passing and debugging stage and Acheng Wastewater Phase II is under construction, no statistical data of them are given here.
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Table 8. Construction Period of Acheng WWTP Phase II-Environmental Monitor Downstream air Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality quality Oil
Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L) category(mg/ TSP (mg/L) L) Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3 Monitor value 7.22 13.1 2.4 0.35 0.41 0.07 无检出 0.18 – 0.30
Table 9. Construction Period of Mudanjiang WWTP Phase II-Environmental Monitor Downstream air Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality quality Oil
Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L) category(mg/ TSP (mg/L) L) Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3
Monitor value 7.25 12.9 2.4 0.42 0.52 0.06 无检出 0.16– 0.26 Note: Level III water quality standard in GB3838-2002 and level II standard as per GB3096-1996
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29. During the report period, the monitoring of the construction activities of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was conducted by the monitoring station of the local government department. Owing to the perfect environmental management of the Group, the construction activities fully satisfied the monitoring requirements of government departments. In Table 8 and Table 9 are data related to environmental performance during the wastewater treatment plant construction period. Because of similar characteristics and environment backgrounds, the selection of monitoring data is typical and representative, with monitoring points in the downstream and downwind direction of the construction site, with environmental quality data collected, indirectly reflecting the impact of construction activities. Obviously, the water quality is very good, showing the water produced at the construction site has no significant effect on water quality.
30. Generally speaking, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has obtained outstanding environmental and social achievements in the operation and service of water supply and wastewater treatment, with no records of social complaints caused by major environmental problems. The wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang Environment Protection have improved the prevention and control of water pollution in the Songhua River Basin. According to the information of Heilongjiang environmental protection departments, the wastewater treatment rate has exceeded 82% in the cities in the Songhua River Basin. Relevant statistics from the Report on the State of the Environment in China 1 shows that the water quality of the Songhua River has improved a lot. Of all national monitoring sections belonging to the Songhua River Basin, Categories I- III water bodies 2 have increased from 33.8% in 2008 to 45.2% , Categories VI-V water bodies have decreased from 45.2% to 40.5%, and bad Category V water bodies remain unchanged, still occupying 14.3%. In 2013, the overall water quality of the rivers across Heilongjiang Province was slight pollution, with a compliance rate of 60.0%, with Categories I- III water bodies occupying 53.3%, bad Category V water bodies occupying 5.7%, down 3% from a year earlier. The compliance rate of lakes and reservoirs points in the whole province was 57.6%. To a certain extent, these achievements are attributed to Long Jiang Environment Protection and its subordinate wastewater treatment plants. The figure below shows the water quality improvement from 2008 to 2011 and the water quality of the Songhua River in 20133. By the report period, the report on the state of the environment in 2014 hadn’t been-released. 3
3 1The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China, Bulletin of Environmental Status of China for the Years of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. 2In accordance with the Environmental Quality Standard for Surface Water (GB3838-2002). 3 Bulletin of Environmental Status of Heilongjiang Province for the Year of 2013.
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A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues
31. LJEP has rapidly enlarged its market share in terms of water supply, sewage disposal, sludge disposal and use. With rapid expansion, some new environmental and social issues are emerging, which include:
(i) By 2015, urban wastewater treatment plants across China will produce about 33.59 million tons of wet sludge (80% water content) annually, but sludge-related problems haven’t been solved properly, the with a lot of untreated sludge placed in the open air, not only occupying land, but also causing secondary pollution of water bodies and atmosphere, becoming a heavy burden on wastewater treatment plants. During the report period, the Ministry of Environmental Protection released the 2012 National Total Major Pollutant Emission Reduction Verification and Penalty. Harbin Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant were order to make rectification within the prescribed period for not having treated sludge properly. The specific cause for the above issue is: at first, incineration-based power generation treatment process was adopted for a sludge treatment project, with Heilongjiang New Century Energy Co., Ltd as the legal person of the project. Due to the involvement of some policies, the feasibility study and preliminary design of the project were not approved by Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, making it impossible to commence construction of the project, resulting in the accumulation of some sludge in the plant over the years. Later, through
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coordination, the legal person of the project was changed to Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company accepted the mission at the critical moment and put forward the adoption of thermophilic aerobic trough fermentation composting technology for the sludge treatment project, and Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department and Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study and preliminary design of the project. Long Jiang Environment Protection was actively involved in the construction operation of the project and conducted solidification treatment of the original sludge. Later, the personnel from the National Evaluation Center visited the construction site of the project and affirmed the process program for realizing the utilization of sludge resources by adopting thermophilic aerobic fermentation composting technology to treat sludge but put forward opinions on correcting the treatment method for the original sludge stacked at the site. On-site construction required adjustment of the construction method, resulting in the delay in treatment the original sludge. Afterwards, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company conducted repeated revision and adequate argumentation and suggested that the original sludge stacked in the plant should be removed after stabilization treatment and it should not be used for foundation any more. The revised application material of the project was again submitted to the National Evaluation Center, with specific detailed information in Appendix 5. During the report period, the sludge treatment project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant was officially resumed in April 2014 and entered the civil works closure and equipment installation stage; all equipment installation was completed and bacterial culture and sludge acclimation started in the leaching tank at the intermediate stage; the trial production of plate-and-frame filter press began, and the trial production of sludge fermentation was completed, smoothly passing the environmental protection acceptance by Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department in October 2014 and beginning to enter the completion acceptance and formal production stage.
(ii) In most cases, the construction of wastewater collection pipeline networks lags behind the construction of wastewater treatment plants, causing the lack of wastewater collection pipeline. Due to insufficient inlet water amount, the actual treatment capacity of Pingfang Wastewater Treatment Plant under Long Jiang Environment Protection has been restricted. Though the main body of pipeline network construction is generally borne by the government, in order to avoid and try to reduce such problems as much as possible, Long Jiang Environment Protection should conduct full communication concerning such water amount problems with the government and design units at the early construction stage and obtain the confirmation of development and reform departments.
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(iii) It needs to be noted that due to the urban expansion and drainage pipeline network improvement in the provincial capital city of Harbin, the amount of domestic sewage has increased in recent years. This year, Taiping and Wenchang wastewater treatment plants have seen overloads of high frequency. As a combined rainwater and sewage system is currently used in the city, in case of excessive precipitation, "Sewage Overflow" will occur. For this, Long Jiang Environment Protection will submit timely and truthful reports on such problems to the Environmental Protection Bureau to explain the situation.
(iv) Moreover, Long Jiang Environment Protection may encounter land acquisition (usually temporary land acquisition) problems and relevant resettlement problems in future collection pipeline network construction. As stated in Table 2, on Jan.21st, 2011, the State Council promulgated the Regulation on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land and Compensation to regulate building demolition and relevant compensation. This regulation has replaced the original urban house demolition management regulation, and this new regulation stresses the government's management obligation of house expropriation persons and has increased resettlement requirements. Actually, Long Jiang Environment Protection, as an enterprise, basically involves no house demolition and compensation issues; but it still should establish a fully functional and appropriate mechanism to deal with the resettlement issues that may occur during construction or pipeline laying in the subprojects of Long Jiang Environment Protection.
(v) Considering Long Jiang Environment Protection's different modes for obtaining, constructing and operating subprojects, it is necessary to determine the duties, obligations, tasks and targets of Long Jiang Environment Protection and its subprojects in terms of social issues. In addition, Long Jiang Environment Protection needs to develop a set of initiative and effective communication methods to allow its work in social aspect to dock with government departments and fulfill its social benefit-related commitments.
B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements
31. To satisfy ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of 2009, LJEP put into effect a tailored ESMS for its relevant subprojects/activities through the help of ADB’s experts. One of the main purposes of the ESMS is to fill the gaps possibly existing between the country requirements and ADB’s policies. In general, these gaps mostly lie in social policies and associated institutional requirements. For example, in the established ESMS detailed frameworks for involuntary resettlement and indigenous people are proposed to address land acquisition and associated house demolition and relocation, compensation for land loss, protection of affected ethnic minority groups, grievance redressing, and so on. While in the country system, relevant responsibilities are required by respective laws and other mandatory rules and not integrated. The most prominent gap could be the difference
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in requirements for transparent information disclosure and stakeholder engagement. In this regard, ADB is more demanding.
32. In the reporting period, LJEP did not handle any involuntary resettlement issues and was never confronted with indigenous people grievance. As pointed out in ADB’s environmental and social safeguards compliance audit report, LJEP primarily relies on the local government to undertake land acquisition and resettlement as this is done even before a particular concession is brought up for bidding. LJEP plays a very limited role in land acquisition and resettlement. The local governments also promised LJEP would enjoy the same entitlement and arrangement as prior practices in land acquisition and resettlement for its future subprojects. With respect to the indigenous people protection, since all LJEP’s subprojects are located in remote suburbs where local inhabitants are sparsely distributed and ethnic minority people, if any, mix with Han, the majority nationality, LJEP’s activities can hardly affect the ethnic people.
33. During the report period, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II and the Sludge Project have undergone social audit, with the results indicating that the land acquisition, compensation and fund allocation of the three projects have been conducted in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China and relevant rules of Heilongjiang Province and that all affected families were very satisfied. Providing various compensation and benefits for all affected families and people comply with the clause about non-voluntary immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement. The implementation of all mitigation measures is consistent with the requirements for non-voluntary immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, with no violation of any clauses. During the project preparation and implementation stage, a number of activities with public involvement have been held to understand the issues that the affected people were concerned about, such as quantity goods investigation, compensation standards and distribution of compensation fees. The complaining channels intended for migrants are clear and effective and all migrants are aware of such channels. All the three subprojects have no effect on ethnic minorities and have no connection with the provisions about aboriginal people stipulated in the Safeguard Policy Statement.
34. According to the agreements between local governments and LJEP, for all subprojects under LJEP, either acquired through particular concession, or constructed from the beginning, land acquisition and resettlement should be undertaken by governmental agency or government commissioned corporation and all the lands permanently or temporarily needed should be appropriated or sold to LJEP by local governments. For the subproject already acquired, the governmental agency should continue to take charge of successive formalities related to resettlement. As the instance of Harbin Xinyi WWTP financed by ADB’s public loan, Harbin Urban Inland Water Construction & Development Co., Ltd. (HUIWCDC) has been handling the resettlement, earlier preparation, and construction management, whenever prior to or after transferring to LJEP. Even with respect to implementation and monitoring of EMP and RP, HUIWCDC is still engaged in
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everything related and responsible to report to ADB.
35. As for future expansion and development, the LJEP will remain the same approach with the previous land acquisition. On the other hand, pursuant with the newly enacted Regulation on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land and Compensation, the people’ government at municipal (or county) level and their authorized EA shall be responsible for the land acquisition, immigration and related compensation caused by public services (including environmental protection and resources maintenance). This mandatory command further explains the reasonable arrangements for LJEP not to directly take charge of land acquisition. However, it is expected the LJEP may also directly involve the land acquisition and resettlement when the extended pipeline network (especially part of pipe network that is not under the public road) is carried out in the future.。During the report period, Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant was in the construction commencement period. The local Land Resources Bureau announced the Notice on Examining and Approving the Implementation Program for Conversion of Agricultural Land to Another Use and Land Acquisition for Urban Construction of Issue 8, 2009 in Mudanjiang released by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government in December, 2011 and put up a land acquisition notice at the construction site.
36. Taking an overview of LJEP’s environmental and social performance, it can be confirmed that there is no phenomenon noncompliant with ADB’s safeguard requirements. If to be more stringent, people may complain LJEP’s information disclosure and stakeholder engagement are not so sufficient. That means there is room for LJEP to improve its transparency and communication with communities in accordance with ADB’s Public Communication Policy.
IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
37. On Oct.15th, 2013, the construction of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase II commenced, marking the further improvement on Mudanjiang's urban infrastructure and urban environment and further implementation of the emission reduction task, of great importance for the ecological environment construction and sustainable development of Mudanjiang. During the report period, this project saw water passing on Oct.30th, 2014 and is currently at the water passing and debugging stage.
38. On July 10th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection won the bid for Phases I and II of Shuangyashan Wastewater Treatment Plant, of which Shuangyashan Phase I was formally handed over on Oct. 1st, 2014 and put into operation on Nov. 25th, complying with the discharge standard, and Shuangyashan Phase II saw construction commencement on Oct. 1st and plans to be put into operation by the end of October 2015.
39. Harbin Hulan Old Town Wastewater Treatment Plant was formally handed over on
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April 16th, 2013, an entrusted operation agreement was signed in November 2014, and in April 2014, it formally began commercial trial operation.
40. During the report period, the construction of Long Jiang Environmental Protection Sludge Treatment Plant was completed, becoming the first large-scale sludge treatment plant in Heilongjiang Province. The commissioning of the project was approved by Heilongjiang Environmental Supervision Bureau on December 12th, 2013, during which the emission of pollutants was strictly controlled to prevent the occurrence of environmental pollution incidents. The sludge treatment project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant was officially resumed in April 2014 and entered the civil works closure and equipment installation stage; all equipment installation was completed and bacterial culture and sludge acclimation started in the leaching tank at the intermediate stage in August; the trial production of plate-and-frame filter press began in September, and the trial production of sludge fermentation was completed in October, smoothly passing the environmental protection acceptance by Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department in October 2014 and beginning to enter the completion acceptance and formal production stage.
V Summary of safety performance and corrective action
41. In 2013, the State Council issued the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding the Measures of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Assessment of Reduction of the Total Emission of Major Pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” Period (Guobanfa 2013 No. 4). In order to carry out the spirit of the document and realize the target for the reduction of the total emission of major pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has carefully made its self-monitoring plan, established a system for monitoring the reduction of the total emission of major pollutants and constantly improved the system. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company conducts daily monitoring of chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen, conducts monitoring of other pollutants in the wastewater at least once a month; conducts monitoring of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides at least once a week, conducts monitoring of particles at least once a month; conducts monitoring of other pollutants in the waste gas at least once per quarter; conducts monitoring of noise at boundary at least once per quarter. The Group has established and perfected a monitoring work system and a quality management system, organizes employees’ participation in monitoring technology training so that they can work after obtaining required certificates and conducts real-time monitoring data update to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of monitoring data. The Group has finished preparing the annual report on conducting annual self-monitoring during the report period and submitted it to the competent environmental protection department in charge of record filing.
42. As set forth under the list of main environmental and social laws (or regulations) in
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Table 2, the LJEP and its subsidiary plants are in full compliance with provisions of the Labor Law, Labor Contract Law, Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests and other laws and regulations as well as related security and occupational health requirements. During the report period, all subprojects are fully compliance with above-mentioned provisions, and no significant safety and health event occurs.
43. Long Jiang Environment Protection gives priority to the employment of local workforce and encourages construction project contractors to employ workers from local communities. Wenchang Sludge Subproject construction has offered more than 800 job opportunities, Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Phase II construction has offered more than 1000 job opportunities, Acheng Wastewater Project Phase II construction has offered more than 600 job opportunities and Heihe Sludge Project has offered more than 400 job opportunities.
44. The Trade Union holds staff meetings every year to discuss salaries, benefits, administrative regulations and other staff-related affairs and offer suggestions to the management of Long Jiang Environment Protection.
45. During the reporting period, Long Jiang Environmental Protection hire a total of 187 new employees. Despite being limited by the industry, Long Jiang Environmental Protection still provided employment opportunities and equal treatment to the female employees as far as possible, and made contribution to promote employment rate, where the project is located.
46. During the report period, there were 2180 employees (1578 male employees and 602 female employees) in Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company and the plants under it, including professional management personnel, engineers, technicians, manpower analysts, mechanics, operators, electrical engineers, drivers, cleaners, entrance guards and other posts that provide rear service support. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company encourages contractors to offer equal employment opportunities to female employees and is willing to cooperate with contractors without sex discrimination. Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant will create a total of 55 jobs, at least 20% of which will be offered to females. All employees have signed a labor contract and enjoy relevant rights and benefits. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company provides its employees with all legal rights and interests, including salaries, health subsidies for sewer workers, old-age insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, housing allowance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance and other welfare (such as work clothes, individual protective articles and free lunch). As for the employees exposed to a harmful environment for a long time, subsidies occupy 15% of their salaries.
47. Anchored to General Principles for Requirements of Safety and Health in
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Production Process (GB/T12801-2008), Hygiene Design Codes for Industrial Enterprises (TJ36-79), Technical Specification for Operation, Maintenance and Safety of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (CJJ 60-94), and other applicable standards related to safety and health management, LJEP set up a Safety Management Institution (SMI) which covers every position to regulate the procedures, processes, and activities for ensuring compliance with all the legislative and other mandatory safety requirements. SMI explicitly defines the organizational and responsibility aspects of the safety management; and regulates implementation of safety education and training program, safety inspection, accident prevention and aftermath treatment mechanism, contingency plan, rewards and punishment. Through overall screening and identification of key factors potentially impairing safety performance, SMI specially focuses on overflow, accidental release of pollutants, fire, flood, equipment breakdown, pipeline crack, power outage, driving accident, among others. Based on SMI, technical and management measures for securing safety and health dimensions are readily in place. In a word, good institution, conscientiousness, due diligence, and vigorous implementation, all together guaranteed excellent safety performance of LJEP in the reporting period.
48. In order to strengthen management, supervision and implementation, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established safety and health management teams at all levels and has always implemented environmental and social management systems, safe and health training plans every year. The Group has established an internal corresponding training system, with each department submitting a training plan based on the actual work needs, the Human Resources Management Department responsible for organizing corresponding training, with training content including professional training, management training, general skill training and weekly corporate culture training for employees. The Group has provided induction training for 187 new employees; 5 sessions of environmental management training courses, with 1756 persons-time involved; 4 sessions of safe production training, with 1977 persons-time involved; safety standardization creation training, with 1245 persons-time involved; refined management training, with 1311 persons-time involved; drivers’ safe driving education training, with 1214 persons-time involved; wastewater series production process knowledge popularization training, with 2123 persons-time involved; 11 sessions of vocational education courses training, with 3087 persons-time involved; industrial development trend and industrial policy research training, with 1745 persons-time involved, management mode and operation mechanism construction innovation training, with 1723 persons-time involved, operation thoughts and innovative awareness training, with 2355 persons-time involved; high-performance team construction, comprehensive communication ability improvement and high-performance executive capacity training, with 3045 persons-time involved and target management and self-management courses training, with 3068 persons-time involved. All these trainings have produced very positive effects and significantly improved the Group’s environmental and health capacity construction.
49. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has its procedure guide
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and requirement standards, all of which have been clearly archived. Administrative personnel provide occupational training and situation description immediately after a new employee is recruited. Through group discussion and the learning activity, employees can receive further training. On Sep. 23th, 2014, the employees in the Environmental and Social Management Department received relevant ability construction training, with the training topics covering the following several aspects:
i. ADB’s social security policy and procedure;
ii. Steps for land acquisition and resettlement audit;
iii. Domestic laws and regulations about social security guarantee;
iv. Guide for the latest national social impact assessment;
v. Implementation and monitoring of the environmental and social management system
vi. International success experience in resettlement
50. As the project owner/proponent, LJEP fulfilled construction safety and health management mainly through specific agreement with the construction contractor. The project management center took charge of daily superintendence of construction safety and health. Construction contractors were required to act following national and local safety/health mandatory rules, and make every effort to avoid work injury and casualties during construction. Moreover, the contractor had to guarantee that the laborers (including farmer-turned-workers) would have timely payment commensurate to their workloads and enjoy necessary social insurance, medical care, personal safety gadgets, appropriate sanitation, and suitable accommodation. LJEP’s project center, together with governmental authorities, supervised and undertook due diligence on the performance of the contractor in terms of construction safety and health.
51. LJEP and its subsidiaries have also maintained a good record of safety and occupational health, but there are still areas that need to be improved. For example, the annual medical examination should not only cover senior management staff and new employees, but should extend to in-service staff, especially those in the harsh conditions. LJEP will expand its health plans and increase the budget so as to benefit all employees. Another proposal is to arrange for a safety and health training. For employees who are exposed to hazardous substances and environmental risk, it is very important that LJEP must ensure that each employee's health, and fully understand the safety and health threats that may be encountered, as well as special programs to deal with such emergencies. Therefore, LJEP should strengthen its training programs to improve the safety and health awareness of employees, so that employees may be aware of the methods and requirements to respond to emergencies or potential threat. All employees, whether new or veteran, are recommended to receive at least once specific safety and health education or training.
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VI Important Events
52. In 2014, through level-by-level recommendation, online voting and expert review, Piao Yongjian, Vice Chairman and President of the Group, passes level-by-level selection and won the "China Water Industry Figure" Management and Industrial Contribution Award. "China Water Industry Figure" selection activities are jointly sponsored by China Civil Engineering Society, the University Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering Discipline Professional Guidance Committee, China Architectural Society Water Supply and Wastewater Branch and China National Water Supply and Drainage Information Network, and organized by the Water Supply and Drainage Journal Publishing House, with the aim to commend the people from all walks of life who have made outstanding contributions to China's water supply and drainage industry.
53. The sludge disposal engineering of wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company is a national planned project for water pollution control of the Songhua River Basin during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. The project started in 2010, with thermophilic aerobic fermentation process adopted, a treatment scale of 1000m3 per day. The project was officially resumed in April 2014 and entered the civil works closure and equipment installation stage; all equipment installation was completed and bacterial culture and sludge acclimation started in the leaching tank at the intermediate stage in August; the trial production of plate-and-frame filter press began in September, and the trial production of sludge fermentation was completed in October, smoothly passing the environmental protection acceptance by Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department in October 2014 and beginning to enter the completion acceptance and formal production stage.
54. Mudanjiang Project Phase II was a key project of Long Jiang Environment Protection in 2014, and aroused widespread concern of the leaders of Long Jiang Environment Protection after its formal construction commencement on April 18th. The president held a number of meetings to listen to reports and coordinated the project in person. The Engineering Management Department of Long Jiang Environment Protection arranged for the main force to take overall responsibility for engineering construction work at the frontline. Main leaders resided at the frontline of the project for command for a long time and Vice President Yu Xibo visited the site for inspection and guidance a number of times. The Engineering Construction Headquarter overcame numerous difficulties such as short construction duration, heavy tasks and equipment' failure to arrive at the site due to long equipment order cycle, striving to complete the project waster passing target set by the government by Sept.26th. Through the efforts of each relevant department, the project has met all the construction targets required for commercial operation starting from Jan. 1st, 2015
55. Acheng Wastewater Project Phase II commenced construction in March 2014 and completed the water passing target in Dec.1st, fulfilling the Group's commitment to the
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government. At the same time, with the production and operation in Phase I as the main line, numerous difficulties were overcome and every effort was made to advance the construction of Phase II and now the handling of the Planning Permit for Phase II Expansion Project and reporting on construction work to the construction bureau have been completed, laying a solid foundation for handling various procedures for the construction involved in Phase II.
56. In October 2014, Shuangyashan Wastewater Treatment Plant formally began TOT mode-based M&A operation by Long Jiang Environment Protection. At the early M&A period, the plant suffered such problems as excessive personnel, loose management, obsolete equipment, mostly in a state of paralysis and effluent quality seriously exceeding the standard limits. Under the care and support of the leaders of Long Jiang Environment Protection and the assistance of various departments, the plant's production and operation was back on track in a mere of two months. During which, no employees had a day off work, proving the employee team of the plant is a team good at overcoming difficulties and getting success. By the end of November, the plant saw normal operation of all equipment, normal transmission of on-line instruments and monitoring systems and effluent quality meeting the Class 1 B discharge standard in a mere of two months, highly recognized by relevant departments of the local government, construction bureau and environmental protection bureau, not only earning a good reputation for Long Jiang Environment Protection but also laying a solid foundation for the investment and operation of Long Jiang Environment Protection in Shuangyashan area.
57. In March 2014, at the 30th meeting of the first session of the Board of Direction and the first provisional shareholders' meeting in 2014, a resolution was passed that Zhanya International Co., Ltd. controlled by SIIC Environment will acquire the stock equity of 4 small shareholders. On April 25th, 2014, FIPB approved the acquisition of 4 small shareholders of Long Jiang Environment Protection by Zhanya International Co., Ltd., which officially became one of the shareholders of Long Jiang Environment Protection. In August 2014, at the 38th meeting of the first session of the Board of Direction and the third provisional shareholders' meeting in 2014, a resolution was passed that Jinyi Investment Co., Ltd. controlled by SIIC Environment will acquire the stock equity held by ADB. On October 30th, 2014, FIPB approved the acquisition of the stock equity held by ADB by Jinyi Investment Co., Ltd., which officially became one of the shareholders of Long Jiang Environment Protection.
58. On April 16th, 2014, Hulan Branch of Long Jiang Environment Protection was formally established, and Long Jiang Environment Protection got the entrusted operation right of Hulan Wastewater Treatment Plant, indicating Long Jiang Environment's business's formal entry into Hulan District.
59. On June 25th, 2014, Green-Environment Investment (Shenzhen) Co, Ltd., increased capital by 20 million Yuan in the electrical appliance dismantling project, and Long Jiang Environment Protection increased capital by 10 million Yuan, indicating the company's an
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important step in financing innovation capacity and equity structure reform.
60. On November 2014, Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Phase II as listed in the first batch of PPP demonstration projects by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China. The implementation of this project indicates that Long Jiang Environment Protection is further carrying out the PPP pattern to which China attaches great importance in Heilongjiang Province and will play an important role in advancing the urbanization construction process.
61. On Dec. 8th, 2014, Long Jiang Environment Protection signed a supplementary agreement for Ning'an Wastewater Treatment Plant Project with Ning'an Municipal Government and both parties reached a consensus on the issues concerning the pricing mechanism and price adjustment of wastewater treatment service charges, laying a solid foundation for the steady operation of the wastewater treatment plant.
62. Long Jiang Environment Protection adhering to the concept of "Social and Enterprise Joint Construction, Repaying Society", Group President Piao Yongjian, as a successful entrepreneur and NPC delegate, attended the donation ceremony for subsidizing impoverished students in Nanzhi Community, Daowai District , Harbin City and offered 8000 Yuan's tuition and living expenses to impoverished students, saying that Long Jiang Environment Protection Group, as an enterprise with courage to assume social responsibility, will help impoverished college as much as possible to enable them to receive good education and better contribute to society, which embodies the human-centered development principle of the Group. The Group will also form a long-term help and double-support unit together with Nanzhi Community to do its best to help poor people and students in the community, participate in community construction and make due contribution to the construction of a harmonious community.
VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange
A Utilization of sludge resources
63. Sludge, as one of the pollution sources, not only has high moisture content, perishability and strong odor, but also contains a large amount of pathogenic bacteria, parasite eggs, such heavy metals as Chromium and Mercury and such poisonous harmful carcinogenic substances hard to degrade as Dioxin. The sludge output reaches up to 982t/d in Harbin, but sludge disposal means are insufficient. Such huge amount of sludge has brought a huge burden to urban wastewater treatment plants and accumulated sludge has produced a considerable impact on the surrounding environment. In view of the needs for disposal of a large amount of sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants in Harbin, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant, finally realizing the environmental benefits of pollution control.
64. In terms of sludge composting and sludge resource utilization experiments, seen from
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the angle of the investigation of sludge characteristics of Harbin Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant, sludge composting and municipal landscaping, turning sludge into organic fertilizer for landscaping by means of sludge composting treatment can not only comply with the national energy-saving and emission-reduction policies but also reduce the expenditure of landscaping departments. Through the physicochemical indicators test and heavy metal content analysis of dewatered sludge, sludge composting test and the application to sludge compositing to growth response test have been conducted based on the following technical routes, with the main conclusions and suggestions as follows: (1) The basic physicochemical properties of the sludge composting products of Harbin Wenchang Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant can satisfy the application to landscaping and their rich fertilizer composition, organic matter content and nitrogen and phosphorus content can compare with traditional organic fertilizer. (2) In terms of the heavy metal content of the sludge composting products of Harbin Wenchang Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant, all indicators comply with the requirements for application on alkaline soil specified in GBT23486-2009 Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Quality of Sludge Used in Gardens and Parks. (3) After aerobic composting, sludge becomes loose, free from odor, with volume decreases. (4) The effect of sludge fertilizer on plant growth depends on the application amount, and the sludge fertilizer application amount should be determined based on the nature of different plants. (5) After the application of sludge composting products, soil fertility can be improved significantly, which can not only ensure adequate nutrients but also provide quickly effective nutrients for plant growth, suitable for land reclamation and suitable as lawn base fertilizer , grass, trees and flower fertilizer, etc.
65. Saline-alkali land has seriously restricted the development of animal husbandry and forestry production in Heilongjiang Province, making it imminent to conduct effective control of saline - alkali soil. The products produced from sludge going through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be applied to saline - alkali land and play an excellent role in saline - alkali soil remediation. Each year (calculated based on 360 days) 1500ha saline - alkali land can be remediated. The establishment of sludge treatment plants can not only realize reutilization of sludge resources but also bring certain social benefits.
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The sludge products produced by Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant can fully satisfy the Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants-Quality of Sludge Used in Land Improvement (GB/T24600-2009), with each indicator as shown in Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators, Table 11 Pollutant Concentration Limits, Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators and Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.
Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators
NO. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Water content <50% 35%
2 pH 6.5~10 7.2
3 Odor strength <2 grade Grade 6 odor Grade 1 strength
Table 11 Pollutant Concentration Limits
No. Control indicator National standard alkaline Measured value
soil pH≥6.5) mg/kg dry mg/kg dry 1 Cadmium and its Compounds 20 0.246
2 Mercury and its compounds 15 0.022
3 Lead and its compounds (based 1000 24.921
4 Chromium and its compounds 1000 0.2L
5 Arsenic and its compounds 75 0.218
6 Boron and its compounds 15 0.314
7 Copper and its compounds 1500 25.386
8 Zinc and its compound (based on 4000 128.785
9 Nickel and its compounds 200 26.624
10 Mineral oil 3000 78.323
11 Benzopyrene 3 1.71
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12 Dioxins Unit：ng toxic unit/KG 100 15.454
13 Adsorbable organic halides 500 20.321
14 Adsorbable organic halides 0.2 0.008
15 Volatile phenol 40 8.65
16 Total cyanides 10 1.45
Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators
No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Fecal coliform PCS/L >95.4 120
2 Total bacteria PCS/L <108MPN/KG 干污泥 dry 56
3 Mortality of ascarid egg >95.4 98.7
Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.
No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value
1 Total nutrients ≥1 4.75
2 Organic matter content (%) ≥10 25.10
66. There is lots of inland saline-alkali land distributed on the Songnen Plain of Heilongjiang Province, covering an area of about 2.882×106ha, occupying 39.3% of the total area of saline-alkali land in Northeast China, making the plain one of the world’s three largest concentrated distribution areas of sodic saline soil. The saline-alkali land in the internal flow area of the watershed of the Songliao Plain features large distribution area and high degree of salinity, and particularly, Daqing, Anda and Sanzhao have the most concentrated distribution of saline-alkali land: with the saline-alkali land in Daqing covering an area 13.69 × 104ha, occupying 28.3% of the urban total land area; the saline-alkali land in Anda covering an area 14.76 × 104ha, occupying 41.2% of the total land area; the saline-alkali land in Sanzhao (arid and semi-arid region) occupying 41.20%,of the urban total land area, severe saline-alkali land area occupying 58.5% of the saline-alkali land area. There is nearly 66.7 × 104ha saline-alkali soil in the west of Heilongjiang Province, mainly distributed in Daqing and South Qiqihar, of which more than 10 × 104ha land contains more than 1% salt. The products produced from sludge going through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be transported to the saline-alkali
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land for remediation. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company prepared to sign strategic agreements with the local governments of Hulan Group and will use the nutrient soil produced from sludge compost products of Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant to remediate the land provided. After renovation, the pilot plans to be used for agricultural development through cultivation of economic crops such as marigold and lavender and high-density straw crops such as silage corn.
67. Heilongjiang, as a major grain producing province in China, witnesses a total output of grain of 10 billion kg annually, with its main crops including corn, rice and soybean. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the annual output of crop straw is about 5100× 104 in Heilongjiang Province. Except for some sweet sorghum and corn straw used as animal feed and fertilizers by “returning straw to the field”, most part of the straw is wasted or burnt. It is estimated that about 3300 × 104 t of straw is burnt each year. Burning straw not only damages people’s health but easily causes fire, damage to the soil structure and decline in farmland quality. Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant disposes sludge 36.5×104t a year and needs 4.9 × 104 t of straw each year and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company purchases crop abandoned or burned crop straw from farmers for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control and finally returns the organic nutrient soil produced from the crop straw for agricultural and forestry use. The thermophilic aerobic fermentation is for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control, finally returning organic nutrient soil for agricultural and forestry use, which is just one of the important moves for responding to the energy conservation, emission reduction and resources-oriented utilization and advancing the development strategies of circular economy.
B Corporation Social Responsibility Report
68. At present, in the aspect of public relations, LJEP bears the social responsibility, by keeping the environment friendly, the image of good style and popular by the public, maintaining a harmonious relationship with the local people.
69. For the purpose of better performance in public relations and transparency, LJEP will re-revise 2014 corporate website after its listing application, and make an Annual CSRR available on the website. The Annual CSRR will cover a summary of the performance and results of operation and construction, environmental performance and subproject completion status, public relations, and the contribution to social benefits, in order to reflect environmental and social impact as possible. The LJEP even presents the draft about the further improvement in environmental and social aspects of the Company in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report. At the same time, LJEP
70. Taking into account the similarities between the CSRR and Annual Environmental & Social Report submitted to the ADB, the preparation of the annual corporate social
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responsibility report may be combined with the report for ADB. The managers of LJEP have agreed that once the preparation and distribution mechanisms of the Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report are established and implemented, LJEP will improve its environmental and social performance and greatly increase its transparence.Annex1.
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Annex 1
Summary of Longjiang Environmental Protection Subprojects Total COD Time and Design treatment Date of Name of 2013 load pollutant Treatment Mode and Date of scheduled capacity capacity commencem Remarks subprojects (km3/d) deduction process current status conferment completion (km3/d) (km3) 2013 ent (t) date (km3) Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation Existing, Wenchang plant has Harbin TOT experienced with first full 325 274.89 97588.00 25399.20 A/O Dec. 2004 May. 2004 Dec. 2005 Wenchang Operation year of operation for 2011 since 2010 after the merger BOT Harbin Taiping 325 295.46 107550.70 25906.80 A/O Sept. 2010 May.2004 Oct.2005 Existing Operation A/0+ biofilters for Upgrade of denitrificatio Harbin n + BOT Environmental acceptance in 600 570.35 205138.70 / Sept.2011 June 2010 June 2011 Wenchang and mechanical Operation progress Taiping filtration + UV disinfection Harbin Except the greening project, Pingfang BOT 150 23.00 34617.36 5782.09 CASS Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010 the main construction has Wastewater Operation already been completed. Treatment Plant Harbin Xingyi BOT Wastewater 100 61.02 22280.64 12914.53 A2/O Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010 Existing Operation Treatment Plant Harbin Acheng Improvemen TOT 50 47.83 17376.14 5641.60 Sept.2012 / 2012 Existing Phase I A2/O Operation Mudanjiang TOT 100 100.00 36330.00 6164.00 A/O May 2008 NA NA07 Existing Phase I Operation
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BOT Jiamusi East 60 63.28 23100.55 4576.00 SBR July 2005 June 2005 Dec. 2006 Existing Operation BOT Heihe Phase I 50 50.13 18097.63 5455.47 CASS Nov. 2009 July 2008 Sept. 2009 Existing Operation BOT Jixi 25 2.57 937.95 2736.36 CASS Oct. 2009 April 2009 Oct. 2009 Existing Operation Zhaodong BOT Existing, environmental 30 30.00 10945.14 4299.00 CASS June 2009 March 2009 Sept. 2009 Phase I Operation n acceptance in progress Zhaodong BOT Existing, started to run 20 20.00 7302.90 2868.00 CASS / Aug. 2010 July 2011 Phase II Expansion formally in April 2010. Improvemen BOT Existing, started to run Ning’an 20 20.00 7336.00 1773.60 Oct. 2009 Aug. 2009 May 2010 A/O Operation formally in November 2010. TOT Existing, started to run An’da 45 28.35 10346.00 2004.00 A2/O Dec. 2010 NA NA10 Operation formally in December 2010. Existing, phase Ⅱ is under BOT Fujin 15 15.00 5458.00 985.00 CAST Dec. 2009 July 2009 Nov. 2010 construction by municipal Operation government Existing, at trial operation BOT Jiamusi weast 50 45.00 16508.00 3711.40 CASS Nov. 2008 June 2009 June 2010 currently, environmental Operation acceptance in progress Hulan 20 458 198 CASS Shuangyashan BOT 50 / / / A2/O July 2014 NA NA Existing Phase I Operation BOT Heihe Phase II 25 / / / CASS Under / Oct. 2010 Sept. 2011 Expansion construction Wastewater treatment plants under construction wastewater treatment plants Mudanjiang BOT 100 / / / NA NA NA NA Proposed Phase II Initialization Acheng Phase BOT 50 / / / / Sept.2012 Aug.2014 Expansion II construction BOT Shuangyashan 50 / / / A2/O Under July 2014 Oct 2014 July 2015 Under construction Phase II construction
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Wastewater Treatment Plants in operation Mudanjiang Longjiang TOT Environmental 360 / April 2010 NA NA Existing Operation Water Supply Company Operation Jixi Water Plant 100 / under June 2009 NA NA Existing assignment Jiamusi Water 200 / Franchise NA NA NA Existing Plant Sludge Treatment Plant in Operation Thermorphil Harbin Sludge 1 / / / ic aerobic BOT Sept.2012 Aug. 2010 Dec. 2011 Existing Treatment Plant composting Operation Plate-and-fra Heihe Sludge BOT 1 / / / me filter Dec.2014 Sept. 2014 May.2015 Existing Treatment Plant Operation press Sludge treatment plant and wastewater treatment plants under construction or proposed Agreement BOT has not Jixi Phase I 50 / / / CASS To be To be constructed been signed constructed yet 40000 Agreement BOT Jiamusi East Grade 2 has not / / / CASS To be To be constructed Region Phase II 60000 been signed constructed depth yet TOT Shuangyashan 50 A2/O To be July 2014 To be constructed Phase I Upgrade constructed BOT Agreement Fujin Phase II 1.5 A2/O To be has not To be constructed constructed been signed
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yet Hydrotherma l medium Agreement Mudanjiang BOT temperature has not Sludge 1 / / / To be To be constructed anaerobic been signed Treatment Plant constructed digestion yet process Agreement BOT Jiamusi Sludge To be has not 1 / / / To be To be constructed Treatment Plant determined been signed constructed yet Agreement Plate-and-fra BOT Ning'an Sludge has not 1 / / / me filter To be To be constructed Treatment Plant been signed press constructed yet
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Annex 2
Environment Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity and Environment Management System Certificate of Conformity for Longjiang: ISO9001:2008 and ISO14001:2004
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Annex 3
安全标准化证书
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Annex 4
Owner of Type of Name of Status of land Land type Area of use Issuance Land No. land use Location use Remarks subprojects transaction (application) right date right right Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation Since both Wenchang, and Taiping jointly Heilongjiang Allocati handled the land State-owned Tuanjie on of certificate initially, the Has acquired land Harbin Land for Harbin Land Use Township, state-o July area of tenure for certificate, Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 Wenchang (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Wastewater renaming Co., Ltd. facilities Document Harbin land use Plant include No.075 right the usable area of Taiping Wastewater Plant. Harbin State-owned Tongfang Tuanjie Acquired, Land Use Municipal (Harbin) Township, Allocati December Harbin Taiping belonging to the (2009) public 152141.8m2 Water Co., Taiping District on 18,2009 Group Document facilities Ltd. Harbin No. 040011557 Since both Wenchang, and Taiping jointly Heilongjiang Allocati handled the land Upgrade of State-owned Tuanjie on of certificate initially, the Included in the Harbin Land for Harbin Land Use Township, state-o July area of tenure for landholding of Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 Wenchang and (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Wastewater Wenchang Co., Ltd. facilities Taiping Document Harbin land use Plant include No.075 right the usable area of Taiping Wastewater Plant. Harbin Pingfang Acquired, / / / / / / / Wastewater belonging to joint
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Treatment Plant project, the partner holds the certificate of land allocation Acquired, belonging to joint Harbin Xingyi project, the partner Wastewater / / / / / / / holds the Treatment Plant certificate of land allocation A Harbin State-owned Acheng Acquired, Harbin Acheng Land Use Tengfei Public Allocati belonging to joint / 74924.0m2 June 9,2012 WWTP (2011) Wastewater facilities on project Document Treatment No. 00548 Co., Ltd. Mudianjiang Mudian- Property jiang 450-515-3/1-27- Right Longjiang DZ Mudanjiang Certificate Environ- Yangming Allocati January Acquired Industrial 101026.0m2 Phase Yangming mental District on 2,2010 District Protection 450-515-3/1-27- Document and Water DZ No. 4084828 Co., Ltd. Jiamusi Jiamusi Longjiang North of Eastern State-owned Environmen Public part of Chang’an Allocati Jiamusi East Acquired Land Use(09) tal infrastruc- 70807.00m2 June 9,2009 Road Dongfeng on Document Protection ture District No. 0900800 and Water Co., Ltd. Heihe Heihe State-owned Longjiang Two kilometers Public Allocati September Heihe Phase I Acquired Land Use Environ- south from 54000.00m2 facilities on 30,2011 (2011) mental Changfa village Preliminary Protection
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Document and Water No. 262 Co., Ltd. Acquired, Jixi renaming Zhaodong Zhaodong State-owned Longjiang West side of Land Use Environ- Nanhan River, Zhaodong Phase Allocati October Acquired (issued in mental the Ninth Middle Industrial 44100.00m2 on 17,2010 2010 ) Protection School of Document and Water Tiedong District No. 12 Co., Ltd. Zhaodong Zhaodong State-owned Longjiang West side of Land Use Environ- Nanhan River, Zhaodong Phase Allocati October Acquired (issued in mental the Ninth Middle Industrial 44100.00m2 II on 17,2010 2010 ) Protection School of Document and Water Tiedong District No. 12 Co., Ltd. Ning’an Not acquired / / / / / / / Acquired, but in An’da / / / / / / / government name Heilongjiang Fujin Fujin Longjiang Land for State-owned Environ- North side of environmenta Allocati April Fujin Acquired Land Use mental 18800m2 industrial park l sanitation on 25,2011 (2011 ) Protection facilities Document and Water No. 0102 Co., Ltd. Jiamusi Jiamusi State-owned Longjiang No. 100 Jiamusi West Land Environ- Committee, Municipal Allocati November Wastewater Acquired Use(2011) mental 99866m2 Yonghong facilities on 25,2011 Treatment Plant Document Protection District No. and Water 201101738 Co., Ltd. Hulan Entrusted operation
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Under the name of Shuangyashan Shuangyashan Changyuan Water Acquired Phase I Drainage Co., Ltd. and renaming procedure is being handled Heihe Long Jiang Heihe Environmen Guoyong tal 2km south of Allocat Sept. 30th, Heihe Phase II Acquired Public facility 54000.00m2 2011 Protection Changfa Village ed 2011 No.pre-262 Water Control Co., Ltd. Wastewater Treatment Plant under Construction and to Be Constructed Mudanjiang In the land / / / / / / / Phase II acquisition process Harbin Acheng Aguoyong District Acquired, Land for Allocat July 12th, Acheng Phase II 2011 No. Tengfei / 74924.0m cooperative project public facility ed 2011 00548 Wastewater Treatment Co., Ltd.
Shuangyashan Handing Upgrade
Sludge Treatment Plant in operation Heihe Heihe Long One land shared with Guoyong Jiang 2km south of Allocat Sept. 30th, Heihe Sludge Acquired Public facility 54000.00m2 Heihe Wastewater 2011 Environme Changfa Village ed 2011 Treatment Plant No.pre-262 ntal
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Protection Water Control Co., Ltd. Heilongjiang Allocati State-owned Tuanjie on of Included in the Harbin Land for Area of tenure for Harbin Sludge Land Use Township, state-o July landholding of Drainage municipal 585169.0m2 Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant (1997) Taiping District wned 25,2007 Wenchang Co., Ltd. facilities Plant includes Document Harbin land use No.075 right Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sludge Treatment Plant to Be Constructed or proposed Fujin Phase II Handing Jixi Phase II Handing Shuangyashan Handing Upgrade Jiamusi East Handing Region Phase II Ning'an Sludge Handing Mudanjiang Handing Sludge Jiamusi Sludge Handing
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Annex 5
《Report on the Sludge Disposal Project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant and instructions from provincial and municipal leaders»
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Proof copy of instructions from leaders
Instructions from Mayor Song Xibin
Great importance should be attached to this, and it shouldn’t be ignored and should be carefully implemented in strict accordance with the spirit of Vice Governor Shayan’s instructions. Liu Xin and Wanping shall be responsible for studying a solution implementation plan, with no delay, and rectification and plan formulation can be done at the same time, with the report to be submitted to the mayor symposium for discussion.
Instructions from Liu Xi:
The Environmental Protection Bureau, please urge relevant departments to urge submission and approval, speed up construction and practically implement supervision functions.
Instructions from Vice Mayor Zhang Wanping:
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Harbin Water Affairs Bureau, please pay attention to implementation of relevant matters in conjunction with Drainage Group and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group according to Vice Governor Shayan’s requirements, make preparations for a symposium and listen to a report on sludge disposal at the symposium as soon as possible.
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Annex 6
Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources
Announcement about Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Collective Land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office
According to the Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 which was approved by the People’s Government of Heilongjiang in Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] Document No.169 in October 18, 2011 and re-checking of land collection compensation registration of villages whose land is collected, Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources protocolled Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Land. In accordance with the Article 48 of Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Article 25 of Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, the contents and relevant matters of Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Land are as follows:
I. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310 hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including 5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is
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II. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: the land areas in this phase are within the comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and M-24, whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m2 respectively.
III. Attachments and structures compensation:
For underground and over-ground attachments and structures compensation, compensation and allocation will be given according to demolition method determined by municipal government.
IV. Farm workers allocation method
Allocation and compensation method will be formulated according to collective economic organizations whose land is collected and practical situations of the villages in this project.
V. If owners of land ownership and land use right within the four boundaries of the collective land have different opinions about this scheme, please send opinions in written form to Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources through Village Committees before January 26, 2012.
VI. After consultation, this scheme will be submitted to the People’s Government of Mudanjiang for enforcement. According to the regulations in 25th Article of Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, dispute on the approved Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collection Land will not influence enforcement.
Notice is hereby given.
Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources
Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources (sealed)
December 26, 2011
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Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government
Announcement about Collecting Collective Land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office
The Notice about Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 (Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] No. 169), provided by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government, approves the collection of collective land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in our city. In accordance with the Article 46 in “Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China” and Article 25 in “Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China”, the issues which are relevant to the land collection are announced as follows:
I. Title of the construction land project: Implementation Scheme of the Phase VIII Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 in Mudanjiang.
II. Location of the land to be collected: Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in Mudanjiang. The specific location refers to the block function chart approved by Heilongjiang Government Land [2011] No. 169 Document.
III. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310 hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including 5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is transferred to construction land. The above 19.8212 hectare land altogether is the urban construction land in this phase.
IV. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: carrying out the task in accordance with the rules described in “Reply of Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government on Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks” (Heilongjiang Government Letter [2010] No. 140) and “Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government Announcement about Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks in the Whole City”. The land areas in this phase are within the comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and M-24, whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m2 respectively.
V. From December 16, 2011 to March 16, 2012, owners of land ownership and land use right in the areas of collected land shall hold the certificate of land ownership or other relevant certificate materials and go to the village committee office of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in Mudanjiang to deal with the land compensation register.
Notice is hereby given.
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