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State EIA License No.2606 E4210v2Rev Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment for the World Bank financed Public Disclosure Authorized Qinghai Xining Urban Transport Project (For Appraisal) Public Disclosure Authorized Hubei Provincial Academy of Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Sciences June 2013 QXUTP EIA Report Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... I 1 GENERAL ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND .............................................................................................. 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE EIA .............................................................................................. 5 1.3 APPROACH OF THE EIA ................................................................................................ 6 1.4 EIA PROGRESS ............................................................................................................ 8 1.5 BASIS OF THE EIA ........................................................................................................ 9 1.6 APPLICABLE STANDARDS ........................................................................................... 14 1.7 WORK GRADE OF THE EIA ......................................................................................... 17 1.8 SCOPE OF THE EIA .................................................................................................... 18 1.9 ASSESSMENT METHODS ............................................................................................ 19 1.10 TIMEFRAME OF THE ASSESSMENT .............................................................................. 19 1.11 TARGETS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ............................................................... 20 2 SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT CONTENTS ................................................ 26 2.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ............................................................................................ 26 2.2 FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................... 27 2.3 PROJECT CONTENTS ................................................................................................. 29 2.4 URBAN ROADS .......................................................................................................... 30 2.5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ................................................................................................... 50 2.6 INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMPONENT ..................................................... 74 2.7 INSTITUTIONAL AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................ 74 2.8 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AGENCIES ........................................................................ 75 2.9 LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION .......................................................................... 76 2.10 EARTH WORKS .......................................................................................................... 78 2.11 OVERALL SCHEDULE .................................................................................................. 78 2.12 COST ESTIMATE AND FINANCING PLAN ....................................................................... 79 3 ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND ............................................................. 80 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 80 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION IN THE PROJECT AREA ................................................... 85 3.3 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................... 85 4 ENGINEERING ANALYSIS ........................................................................... 89 4.1 COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLANS ................................................................................... 89 4.2 IDENTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ...................................................... 98 4.3 POSITIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................................... 101 HAES -I- QXUTP EIA Report 4.4 ADVERSE IMPACTS ................................................................................................... 102 4.5 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS AND INDICATORS ............................. 105 4.6 SOURCE INTENSITY ESTIMATE .................................................................................. 108 5 ALTERNATIVES COMPARISON ................................................................ 116 5.1 HUANGSHUI RIVER BRIDGE ...................................................................................... 116 5.2 YUNGUCHUAN BRIDGE ............................................................................................. 117 5.3 BUS CORRIDOR (LT) ................................................................................................ 120 6 BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY .................................................. 124 6.1 AIR QUALITY ............................................................................................................ 124 6.2 SURFACE WATER ..................................................................................................... 128 6.3 SOUND ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................. 131 6.4 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................... 133 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .............................................. 137 7.1 IMPACTS ON THE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM .................................................................... 137 7.2 IMPACTS ON THE WATER ENVIRONMENT ................................................................... 146 7.3 IMPACT ON THE SOUND ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................... 151 7.4 AMBIENT AIR ........................................................................................................... 168 7.5 ACCIDENT RISK ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 188 7.6 SOLID WASTE .......................................................................................................... 196 7.7 SOCIAL IMPACT ........................................................................................................ 199 7.8 ACCUMULATED IMPACTS ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 205 8 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................... 207 8.1 DESIGN PHASE ........................................................................................................ 207 8.2 CONSTRUCTION PHASE ........................................................................................... 208 8.3 OPERATION PHASE .................................................................................................. 221 9 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION ................ 239 9.1 PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION .................................................................. 239 9.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SURVEY ............................................................................... 239 9.3 SURVEY CONTENTS ................................................................................................. 240 9.4 SURVEY METHODS .................................................................................................. 240 9.5 ASSESSMENT OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION RESULTS ............................................ 245 9.6 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ...................................................................................... 257 9.7 FEEDBACK OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ................................................................ 260 9.8 THE ADOPTION OF PUBLIC OPINIONS ......................................................................... 262 10 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................ 264 10.1 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ................................................................................. 264 10.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN ........................................................................ 269 HAES -II- QXUTP EIA Report 10.3 ENVIRONMENT SUPERVISION ................................................................................... 272 10.4 ACCEPTANCE TEST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FACILITIES ............................... 277 10.5 TRAINING PLAN........................................................................................................ 279 11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 281 11.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COST ........................................................................ 281 11.2 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT ANALYSIS ........................................................ 285 12 CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................................... 287 12.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 287 12.2 BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS .................................................................