SFG1219 v3 World Bank-financed Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns Project （IEDSTP）in Xiantang Town Dongyuan County，Heyuan City Environmental Impact Assessment Xiantang town Government in Dongyuan County Guangzhou Research Institute of Environment Protection June 2015 - 1 - Abbreviations and Acronyms CSEE Construction Supervision Environmental Engineer CDD Community Driven Development DI Design Institute EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMS Environmental Monitoring Station EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EMC Enviornmental Management Coordinator IA Implementation Agency MEP Ministry of Environmental Protection PO Project Owner PMO Project Management Office PRC The People's Republic ofChina SE Supervision Engineer TOR Terms of Reference WB World Bank XIEDTSP World Bank-funded Xiantang Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns Project CURRENCIES & OTIIER UNITS MU Area Unit (JMU=O.0667hm2) RMB Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) USD United States Dollar Exchange rate 1 USD=6.78 RMB CHEMICAL ABBREVIATIONS BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 days) COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CODMn Permanganate Index NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen SS Suspended Solids TN Total Nitrogen TP Total Phosphorus TSP Total Suspended Particulates TSS Total Suspended Solids Leq Equivalent Continuous Noise Level - 2 - Contents 1 General ................................................................................................................................ - 1 - 1.1 Project Overview ...................................................................................................... - 1 - 1.2 Objectives, Contents and Organization of the Environment Assessment (EA) ....... - 3 - 1.3 Environment Impact Identification and Assessment Factor Screening .................... - 4 - 1.4 Main Points of Assessment ...................................................................................... - 6 - 1.5 Environment Assessment Team ................................................................................ - 7 - 1.6 Ideas and Methods of EIA ........................................................................................ - 8 - 1.7 Classification and Rate of the Assessment ............................................................... - 9 - 1.8 Scope of Assessment .............................................................................................. - 10 - 1.9 Evaluation time period ........................................................................................... - 10 - 1.10 Environment Protection Goals ............................................................................. - 10 - 1.11 Procedure of Environment Impact Assessment .................................................... - 17 - 2 Environmental Policies, Framework for Laws and Regulations, Compilation Basis ....... - 18 - 2.1 National Laws and Regulations, Ministry and Commission Regulations .............. - 18 - 2.2 Local Regulations ................................................................................................... - 20 - 2.3 Other Regulatory Documents ................................................................................. - 23 - 2.4 Technical Specifications and Standards ................................................................. - 23 - 2.5 World Bank Safeguard Policies .............................................................................. - 40 - 2.6 Rationality and validity Analysis of Construction Project ..................................... - 41 - 3 Project Overview ............................................................................................................... - 51 - 3.1 Construction Project Overview .............................................................................. - 51 - 3.2 Road Direction and Important Construction Point ................................................. - 52 - 3.3 Major Construction Content ................................................................................... - 56 - 3.4 Technical standard .................................................................................................. - 56 - 3.5 Design Situation of Sub Construction .................................................................... - 57 - 3.6 Road Construction Scheme and Construction Organization .................................. - 67 - - 3 - 3.7 Traffic Volume Forecast ......................................................................................... - 70 - 4 Overview of Natural Environment .................................................................................... - 73 - 4.1 Overview of natural environment........................................................................... - 73 - 4.2 Social Environment .............................................................................................. - 101 - 4.3 Survey of Xian Tang New District ....................................................................... - 103 - 4.4 Social Environment Impact Assessment and Protective Measures ...................... - 107 - 5 Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Protection Measures .................... 110 5.1 Analysis on Safeguard Policies of the World Bank .................................................. 110 5.2 Analysis of environmental impact factors ................................................................ 113 5.3 Forecast and assessment of noise environment impact and environmental protection measures ................................................................................................................................. 116 5.4 Forecast and evaluation of atmospheric environment impact and environmental protection measures ............................................................................................................ - 147 - 5.5 Forecast and evaluation of water environmental impact and environmental protection measures ............................................................................................................................. - 166 - 5.6 Forecast evaluation of solid waste environmental impact and environmental protection measures ............................................................................................................ - 175 - 5.7 Forecast and evaluation of ecological environmental impact and environmental protection measures ............................................................................................................ - 177 - 5.8 Impact Assessment and Protect Measures of Social Environment ...................... - 185 - 5.9 Impact Analysis of Water Loss and Soil Erosion and Conversation of Water and Soil- 187 - 6 Environmental Risk Analysis and Mitigation Measures ................................................. - 201 - 6.1 Environmental Risk Analysis ............................................................................... - 201 - 6.2 Analysis of Environmental Impact ....................................................................... - 202 - 6.3 Environmental Risk Prevention and Mitigation Measures .................................. - 203 - 7 Demolition and Resettlement .......................................................................................... - 209 - 7.1 Project Introduction .............................................................................................. - 209 - 7.2 Project Impact ...................................................................................................... - 210 - - 4 - 7.3 Legal Framework ................................................................................................. - 210 - 7.4 Project Impact ...................................................................................................... - 211 - 7.5 Production and Livelihood Restoration Programs for Displaced Persons ........... - 216 - 7.6 Organization and Implementation Progress ......................................................... - 224 - 7.7 Grievance Redress ................................................................................................ - 226 - 7.8 Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements ........................................................... - 227 - 7.9 Budget and Funding Sources ................................................................................ - 231 - 8 Public Participation and Information Disclosure ................................................................ 232 8.1 Purposes of Public Participation .............................................................................. 232 8.2 Survey Methodology and Process ............................................................................ 232 8.3 Process and Contents of Public Participation ........................................................... 234 8.4 Results of Public participation ............................................................................. - 260 - 9 Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................... - 261 - 9.1 Objectives of Environmental Management .......................................................... - 261 - 9.2 EMP Contents ....................................................................................................... - 261 - 9.3 Environmental Management System ................................................................... - 261 - 9.4 Environmental Management Agencies ................................................................. - 264 - 9.5 Environmental