Environmental Management Plan
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World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Management Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd. October 2013, Taiyuan Public Disclosure Authorized Table of Contents 1 Brief Description of the Project .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Project Background ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Brief Description of the Project ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Development Objectives of the Project .......................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Purpose of EMP .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.5 Contents of EMP ............................................................................................................................................ 4 2 Framework of Policies, Laws and Regulations ..................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Laws and Regulations ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Local Regulations ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Technical Specifications ................................................................................................................................. 9 2.4 Relevant World Bank Policies ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.5 Assessment Standards ..................................................................................................................................... 9 3 Environmental Management System ................................................................................................................ 17 3.1 Environmental Management System in Project Preparation Stage .............................................................. 17 3.2 Environmental Management System in Construction Period ....................................................................... 17 3.3 Environmental Management System in the Operation Period ...................................................................... 19 4 Environmental Management Agencies ................................................................................................................ 21 4.1 Environmental Supervision Agencies ........................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Environmental Management Agencies ......................................................................................................... 21 5 Environmental Management Training ................................................................................................................ 27 5.1 Objectives of Training .................................................................................................................................. 27 5.2 Training Participants ..................................................................................................................................... 27 5.3 Training Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 27 5.4 Training Program .......................................................................................................................................... 27 6 Environmental Management Regulations ........................................................................................................... 29 6.1 Environmental Management Regulations for Construction Period and Operation Period ........................... 29 6.2 Environmental Management Plan for Sensitive Points ................................................................................ 44 7 Environmental Monitoring and Water and Soil Conservation Monitoring Plan ............................................ 56 7.1 Purposes of Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 56 7.2 Monitoring Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 56 8 Environmental Protection Investment Estimate ................................................................................................. 65 9 Environmental Reporting System ........................................................................................................................ 67 10 Public Grievance Complaint Mechanism .......................................................................................................... 68 Annex A: Safety Management Plan ........................................................................................................................ 69 Annex B: Physical Cultural Resources Management Plan ................................................................................... 98 Annex C: Regulations on Management of Construction Camp of CHP Component ....................................... 105 Annex D: Regulations on Management of Pipe Stacking During the Construction Period ............................. 108 Annex E: ECOP Checklist ..................................................................................................................................... 110 1 Brief Description of the Project 1.1 Project Background Lying in the heart of the Yellow River basin, Shanxi Province neighbors Hebei Province in the east with the Taihang Mountain as a natural barrier, faces Shaanxi and Henan Provinces in the west and south across the Yellow River, and adjoins Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north with the Great Wall as the boundary. It is named for its location in the west of Taihang Mountain. The province covers a total area of 156,700km2, with a total population of 36.108 million people. It has 119 counties in 11 prefecture-level cities, including 85 counties, 11 county-level cities and 23 municipal districts. Currently, Shanxi Province’s measured coal resources stand at 267.379 billion tons, which accounts for around 20% of the national measured coal resources. Therefore, it is also known as “Town of Coal”. Shanxi Province’s main energy consumption lies on coal. The coal consumption takes up more than 98% of the total consumption. Meanwhile, the great consumption of coal for industrial and civil use makes Shanxi Province into among areas with the severest atmosphere pollution in China. In 2012, among the 120 key cities in national environmental monitoring, Linfen, Yangquan and Datong of Shanxi Province ranked the last three, and Changzhi and Taiyuan took the 21st and 22nd. Taiyuan’s urban area and Gujiao, Datong’s urban area, Yangquan’s urban area, Shuozhou’s urban area,, Xinzhou, Yuci, Linfen and Yuncheng were included into the sulfur dioxide pollution control area. As either a major province of resources or a main province of energy consumption and emission that shoulders arduous energy conservation and emission reduction tasks, Shanxi Province has an urgent need for changing the energy consumption structure dominated by coal, and gradually achieving the diversification of energy consumption. In brief, the efforts in developing clean energy admit of no delay. Building a green, clean and gas-fueled Shanxi was clearly put forward in the Outline of the 12th Five-year Plan (2011-2015) for National Economic and Social Development of Shanxi Province, as well as the 12th Five-year Plan for Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province. Efforts shall be made to build a gas-fueled Shanxi, with the gas source construction and pipe network construction as the focus, as well as the people’s well-being as the fundamental. Specifically, such clean energies as coal bed methane, coke oven gas, coal-based natural gas and cross-border natural gas (four gases for short) shall be utilized to meet people’s demands in production and life. This marks that Shanxi, as a major coal and energy province, begins ushering into the gas era from the coal era. According to its goals, by 2015, the total supply of four gases attains 15 billion m3/a, and the gas penetration rate achieves 90% in cities divided into districts, 80% in counties, 30% in organic towns and 100% in key industrial users. Meanwhile, the district heating penetration rate is expected to exceed 85% in cities divided into districts and 70% in towns. Besides, small coal-fired boilers with severe pollution shall 1 be prohibited in cities and suburbs. The ambient air quality of all of built-up districts in cities and counties (county-level cities) shall reach Category II Standard in National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Abundant coal bed methane resources are an important guarantee for “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi”. According to the measured coal bed methane reserves, Shanxi Province is the area with the richest coal bed methane resources, as well as the