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4. Environmental Impact Assessment E2711 V2 rev WORLD BANK PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR URUMQI DISTRICT HEATING PROJECT SHAYIBAKE DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK COMPONENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Xinjiang Environmental Technology Consulting Center 2011.1 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Name: Urumqi District Heating Project Project Leader: Xu Yan (Certificated EIA Engineer: A40040130600 EIA Team:: Xinjiang Environmental Technology Consulting Center Legal Representative: Zhou Wei Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Component 1 of UDHP: SHN CONTENTS PREFACE................................................................................................................ 3 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 4 1.1 Background .......................................................................................... 4 1.2 EIA Overview....................................................................................... 4 1.3 Assessment Scope, Protection Objectives, Period and Key Issues ......... 5 1.4 Relevant Laws, Regulations, Technical Guidelines and Standards......... 6 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION............................................................................... 10 2.1 Project Overview................................................................................ 10 2.2 Construction Contents ........................................................................ 11 2.3 Associated Facilities and Activities..................................................... 16 3. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL BASELINE........................................ 17 3.1 Natural Environment and Environmental Quality ............................... 17 3.2 Societal and Economic Status............................................................. 28 3.3 Current Air Pollution Control and Management.................................. 30 3.4 Respiratory Disease Status.................................................................. 36 3.5 Key Environmentally Sensitive and Social Protection Areas............... 37 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................... 41 4.1 Impact Assessment during the Construction Phase.............................. 41 4.2 Impact Assessment during the Operation Phase .................................. 46 4.3 Cumulative impacts of the two components........................................ 50 5. INFORMATION DISLOSURE AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION................. 52 5.1 Objectives, Scope and Approaches ..................................................... 54 5.2 Process of Announcement and Consultation ....................................... 54 5.3 Results and Feedbacks........................................................................ 59 5.4 Conclusions of Public Consultation .................................................... 61 6. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES..................................................................... 62 6.1 Alternatives of “With” and “Without” Project .................................... 62 6.2 Alternatives of Project Locations........................................................ 62 Ã L Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Component 1 of UDHP: SHN 6.3 Alternatives of Technology and Techniques ....................................... 64 6.4 Alternatives of Heating Fuels ............................................................. 65 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................. 67 7.1 Organizations and Responsibilities ..................................................... 67 7.2 Mitigation Measures........................................................................... 70 7.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan and Budget ....................................... 77 7.4 Environmental Training Program........................................................ 79 7.5 Supervision and Reporting Mechanisms ............................................. 80 8. ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ............................................ 85 8.1 Heat Sources ........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. 8.1 Current Status of Heat Sources and the Rectification .......................... 85 8.2 Environmental Problems and Management of Small Boiler Closure .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 9. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................ 90 9.1 Project Specification............................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 9.2 Key Environmental Issues .................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 9.3 Environmental Benefits ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined. 9.4 Integrated Conclusions ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 10 REFERENCES AND ANNEX ............ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 10.1 References........................................................................................ 90 10.2 Annex............................................................................................... 92 Ã LLÃ Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Component 1 of UDHP: SHN PREFACE The concentration of sulfur dioxide and dust significantly exceeds the standards during the heating season in Urumqi, which indicates the coal-smoke pollution. According to the “Urban Heating Plan of Urumqi (2006-2020)”, the Urumqi government proposed a centralized space heating system supplied by Cogeneration of Heat and Power (CHP) plants. The government has initiated Urumqi District Heating Project (UDHP) and applied for the World Bank loan. The CHP includes two components: Component 1: Shayibake District Heating Network Component (SHN) Component 2: Urumqi CHP Shuimogou District Heating Network (UHN) The two components, which are municipal infrastructure projects, are relatively simple and not related to major physical works. The environmental impacts of such project are limited. According to relevant requirements of domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA), Environmental Impact Forms were prepared for the two components. The two forms were reviewed and approved in 2008 and 2010 respectively (see Table 0.1-1). Table 0-1 The Approvals of Domestic EIAs Project Type of EIA EIA Approval Approval time No. Approval document name document Agency Xinjing Department January, 2010 Environmental XinHuanPingHanSh 1 UHN of Environmental Impact Form en No. {2010}14 Protection Former Autonomous December, 2008 Environmental Regional XinHuanJianJianHa 2 SHN Impact Form Environmental n No. {2008}168 Protection Bureau In December 2009, The Xinjiang Environmental Technology Consulting Center (XETCC) was commissioned by the Project Office of Urumqi Heat Reform and Building Energy Efficiency (HRBEE) International Technological Cooperation (POUITC) to prepare two EIA Reports for the components to submit to the World Bank in light of domestic Technical Guidelines of EIA and requirements on EIA in the World Bank safeguard policies. Being commissioned, The XETCC collected relevant information and investigated the proposed sites and the circumstances of the two components. The XETCC analyzed the project features, construction specifications, scales, technologies, main pollution factors and potential environmental impacts, and composed the “EIA Report for Component 1 of Urumqi District Heating Project: Shayibake District Heating Network Component” and the “EIA Report for Component 2 of Urumqi District Heating Project: Urumqi CHP Shuimogou District Heating Network”. In addition, an EIA Executive Summary was also prepared. This document is the “EIA Report for Component 1 of Urumqi District Heating Project: Shayibake District Heating Network Component”. The EIA team would like all those agencies for their support and help, including the Xinjiang Department of Environmental Protection (XDEP), the Urumqi Municipal Construction Commission, the Urumqi Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (UMEPB), the POUITC, the Urumqi Management Office of Heating Industry, the Urumqi District Heating Company (UDHC), EIA teams of the two component, feasibility study teams of the two components and the World Bank China office. Ã Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Component 1 of UDHP: SHN 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background As Urumqi has been experiencing urban expansion, rapid population growth and economic growth in the past decade, industrialization and urbanization have been promoted. In this context, energy consumption would increase significantly. The energy constrains on economic development and energy related environmental issues would become more evident. The concentration of sulfur dioxide and dust significantly exceeds the standards during the heating season in Urumqi, which indicates a typical coal-smoke pollution. The air pollution directly affects human health, traffic safety and sustainable economic development in Urumqi. According to the “11th Five Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of China”, the “Medium and Long Term Special Plan of Energy Conservation of China”, the “Urban Heating Plan of Urumqi (2006-2020)”, the Urumqi government took the resource advantages and environmental features of the city into account and proposed a centralized space heating system supplied by Cogeneration of Heat and Power (CHP) plants. Then, the government decided to initiate the Urumqi District Heating Project (UDHP) and applied for the World Bank loan. When
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