SFG1138 V2 G.H.P.Z.J.Z. No. 2606 Public Disclosure Authorized World Bank Financed Hubei Jingzhou Historic Town Restoration and Protection Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences May 2015 G.H.P.Z.J.Z. No. 2606 World Bank Financed Hubei Jingzhou Historic Town Restoration and Protection Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report (For Appraisal) President : Zhang Gang Vice President : Li Songbing Chief Engineer : Zhang Bin Director of EIAC : Liu Zhe Agency : Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences Address : No. 338 Bayi Road, Wuhan City Post Code : 430072 Tel : 027-87654413 E-mail : [email protected] Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences May 2015 World Bank Financed Hubei Jingzhou Historic Project name : Town Restoration and Protection Project Assessment Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences : agency (official seal) Legal : Zhang Gang (name seal) representative Project leader : Liu Zhe Wang Cong Project : Li Songbing approver Contributors and assignment of responsibilities Member Certificate No. Assignment of responsibilities/chapters Signature Liu Zhe A26060231000 Preface, General, Retrospective evaluation Wang Project Analysis, Analysis of Impact on A26060089 Cong Associated Area Environmental Protection Measures, Kou A26060290700 Environmental Management Plan, Analysis Xueyong of Environment and Economic Profit & Loss Environmental Impact Prediction and Analysis, Public Consultation and Yu Jian A26060370900 Information Publicity, Conclusion and suggestions Luo Comparative Analysis of the Schemes, A26060056 Feng Analysis of Impact on Associated Area Revision checklist Chapter and No. Opinions from World Bank Revised content Page No. According to the content of the latest feasibility report, the Improve the environemental total project investment, assessmentreport according to the project content, earthwork 1 revised version. Make sure the balance, dredging project and Full text environmental assessment is consistent other contents. In addition, with the feasibility report. suggestions on the building of wastewater disposal device of Report Xiongjia Mound are provided Highlight the principles of point layout Add explaination on the and representativeness of sediment principle of distributing the 2 Section 2.5.6 monitoring and testify the scientificity of monitoring points of bottom the selected monitoring points. sediment Add the environmental Add the environmental protection assessment process of the Section 3 procedures of the water diversion works water diversion works from the 7.1.3.1 from the Yangtze River to the Han River Yangtze River to the Han River 1 Add the content of policy frameworks Add the content of frameworks Section 1.6 Management Plan Add the contents on the chracteristics Add the content of cultural 2 Section 3.2.4 ofcultural relics relics protection measures Need to add content of social impact, 1 including land requisition and compensation methods, etc. Verify the authenticity of pictures in the Abstract 2 abstract. Add whole process of disposing bottom 3 sediment CONTENTS PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................ 1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................... 1 PROCEDURES, REQUIREMENTS AND WORK PROGRESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD BANK FINANCED PROJECT ..................................................................... 3 Classification of environmental impact by the World Bank .................................................... 3 Work progress report as required by the World Bank .............................................................. 4 PRELIMINARY WORK SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 4 APPROACH OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................... 6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS ............................................................. 8 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT AND THE MAIN ENVIRONMENT ISSUES CONCERNED10 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 10 1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... 12 1.1 BASIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................... 12 1.1.1 Laws and Regulations ........................................................................................... 12 1.1.2 Entrustment document ........................................................................................... 16 1.1.3 Project documents and related official documents ................................................ 16 1.1.4 Relevant regulations of the World Bank ................................................................ 18 1.1.5 Guidelines and technical specifications ................................................................ 18 1.2 FUNCTIONAL ZONING AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TARGETS .................................... 19 1.2.1 Functional zoning.................................................................................................. 19 1.2.2 Environment protection targets ............................................................................. 20 1.3 APPLICABLE STANDARDS ................................................................................................. 25 1.4 IDENTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ......................................................... 29 1.4.1 Principles .............................................................................................................. 29 1.4.2 Identification of the environmental impacts .......................................................... 29 1.4.3 Selection of evaluation factors .............................................................................. 30 1.5 EVALUATION OF WORK LEVELS ........................................................................................ 32 1.5.1 Evaluation levels ................................................................................................... 32 1.6 SCOPE, PERIOD AND FOCUS OF EVALUATION .................................................................... 33 1.6.1 Scope ..................................................................................................................... 33 1.6.2 Period .................................................................................................................... 35 1.6.3 Focus ..................................................................................................................... 35 2 OVERVIEW OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................. 36 2.1 OVERVIEW OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................... 36 2.1.1 Geographical location .......................................................................................... 36 2.1.2 Climate and weather ............................................................................................. 36 2.1.3 Topography ........................................................................................................... 37 2.1.4 Hydrology .............................................................................................................. 37 2.2 OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................. 40 2.2.1 Economy ................................................................................................................ 40 2.2.2 Cultural relics and historic sites ........................................................................... 41 2.3 PROTECTION PLANNING AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS ..................................... 43 2.4 CURRENT SITUATION AND EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ......... 55 2.4.1 Terrestrial ecological environment ....................................................................... 55 2.4.2 The status and evaluation of aquatic organism ..................................................... 71 2.5 THE EVALUATION OF THE STATUS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY .............................. 72 2.5.2 The Evaluation of Environmental Quality of Surface Water ................................. 73 2.5.3 Status evaluation of atmospheric environment quality .......................................... 75 2.5.4 Status Evaluation of Environmental Quality for Noise ......................................... 77 2.5.5 Status Evaluation of Groundwater Environmental Quality ................................... 79 2.5.6 Status Evaluation of Sediment Environmental Quality .......................................... 81 2.6 EXISTING PROBLEMS IN THE PROJECT AREA ..................................................................... 89 3 PROJECT PROFILE ................................................................................................................ 94 3.1 PROJECT NAME, NATURE AND LOCATION .......................................................................... 94 3.2 PROJECT CONTENT .......................................................................................................... 94 3.3 PROJECT LOCATION ......................................................................................................