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E4011 V1 Rev E4011 V1 rev World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Public Disclosure Authorized Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Management Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics Beijing Huaqing Lishui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Engineering Technology Development Center, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences Septembrer 2012 Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project Environmental Management Plan Owner: Jiangxi Provincial Office of Foreign Capital Utilization for Urban Construction Assessment Institute: Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics Beijing Huaqing Lishui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. Environmental Engineering Technology Development Center, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences Certificate Category: B Certificate No.: National EIA Certificate No. 2317 Date of EMP Preparation: September 2012 Table of Contents 1 Brief Introduction of the Project ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Background.................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 EMP Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 EMP Preparation ........................................................................................................................ 3 2 Policies, Framework of Laws and Regulations and Basis for EMP Preparation ............ 4 2.1 Environmental Policies, Laws and Regulations ......................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Relevant National Laws and Regulations ............................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Relevant Local Regulations ................................................................................................. 5 2.1.3 Technical Guidelines ............................................................................................................ 6 2.1.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies and Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines ............ 6 2.1.5 Relevant Project Documents ................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Standards for EIA ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Environmental Quality Standards ........................................................................................ 6 2.2.2 Pollutant Discharge Standards ............................................................................................ 10 2.2.3 Ecological Environment ..................................................................................................... 14 2.2.4 Other Standards .................................................................................................................. 14 3 Project Contents .................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Development Objectives of the Project ................................................................................... 15 3.2 Project Contents ....................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Project Identificaiton................................................................................................................ 20 3.3.1 Identification of Environmental Tools ................................................................................ 20 3.3.2 Identification of Environmental Media .............................................................................. 22 3.3.3 EIA Factor Screening ......................................................................................................... 24 4 Environmental Impact Analysis ......................................................................................... 25 4.1 Road Subproject ....................................................................................................................... 25 4.1.1 Analysis of Key Environmental Impacts ............................................................................ 25 4.1.2 Key Environmental Pollution Control Measures ............................................................... 45 4.2 Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns….. ....................................................................................................................................... 48 4.2.1 Key Water Environment Impacts ....................................................................................... 49 4.2.2 Main Solid Waste ............................................................................................................... 51 4.2.3 Environmental Risks .......................................................................................................... 52 4.3 Flood Control Subproject ......................................................................................................... 55 4.3.1 Jinxian County Qinglan Lake (Inner Part) Flood Control and Waterlogging Management Subproject ................................................................................................................................... 55 4.3.2 Jiujiang County Integrated Urban Infrastructure Demonstration and Flood Control Subproject ................................................................................................................................... 68 4.3.3 Jinggangshan City Longjiang River Integrated Management Subproject .......................... 80 4.4 Survey of Physical Cultural Resources .................................................................................... 84 5 Environmental Management System ................................................................................ 85 5.1 Setup of Environmental Management Agencies ...................................................................... 85 5.2 Roles and Responsibilities and Staff Establishment ................................................................ 87 5.3 Environmental Management Tasks at Different Project Stages ............................................... 90 5.4 Environmental Supervision ...................................................................................................... 91 5.4.1 Purpose of Supervision ...................................................................................................... 91 5.4.2 Roles and Responsibilities of Environmental Supervision Engineer ................................. 92 5.4.3 Procedures for Implementing EMP during Construction by Environmental Supervision Engineer ...................................................................................................................................... 92 i 5.5 Environmental Management Training ..................................................................................... 94 5.5.1 Objectives of Training ........................................................................................................ 94 5.5.2 Training Participants .......................................................................................................... 94 5.5.3 Training Contents ............................................................................................................... 94 5.5.4 Training Program ............................................................................................................... 94 5.6 Public Grievance Redress and Feedback Mechanisms ............................................................ 95 5.6.1 Public Grievance ................................................................................................................ 95 5.6.2 Feedback ............................................................................................................................ 96 6 Environmental Management Plan ..................................................................................... 97 6.1 Road Subproject ....................................................................................................................... 97 6.1.1 Common Mitigation Measures for Adverse Environmental Impacts ................................. 97 6.1.2 Specific Mitigation Measures for Adverse Environmental Impacts ................................... 97 6.2 Luxi County Water Supply Subproject for Urban Areas and Surrounding Villages and Towns…. ...................................................................................................................................... 101 6.3 Flood Control Subproject ....................................................................................................... 106 6.3.1 Common Mitigation Measures for Adverse Environmental Impacts ............................... 106 6.3.2 Specific Mitigation Measures for Adverse Environmental Impacts ................................. 115 7 Environmental Monitoring Plan ...................................................................................... 127 7.1 Objectives of Monitoring ......................................................................................................
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