Resettlement Plan May 2018 People’s Republic of China: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project --- Yongzhou Subproject Prepared by The People’s Government of Yongzhou City for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 April 2018) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.158 $1.00 = CNY6.3 34 ABBREVIATIONS AAOV – average annual output value ADB – Asian Development Bank DI – design institute EA – executing agency FSR – feasibility study report HD – House demolition IA – implementing agency LA – land acquisition LAR – land acquisition and resettlement LRB – Land and Resources Administration Bureau NDRC – National Development and Reform Commission RP – resettlement plan SES – social and economic survey SPS – ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES m2 – square meter mu – equal to 666.7 m2 km – kilometer NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... I 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PROJECT IMPACT SCOPE AND LOCATION ........................................................................ 1 1.3 MEASURES TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE LAND ACQUISITION .............................................. 3 2. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUSITION AND RESTTLEMENT IMPACTS ................................. 5 2.1 INVESTIGATION METHOD AND PROCEDURES ................................................................. 5 2.2 PROJECT IMPACT SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ....................................................................... 6 3. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF PROJECT AREA ............................................... 8 3.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF AFFECTED AREAS .............................................. 8 3.5 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF AFFECTED VILLAGE GROUPS ...................... 10 4. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS ............................................................................. 12 4.1 INTRODUCTION TO LAWS & REGULATIONS AND POLICIES FOR THE RESETTLEMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2. INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT POLICY OF ADB .......................................................... 13 4.3. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADB POLICIES AND DOMESTIC POLICIES ...................... 13 5. RESETTLEMENT PRINCIPLE AND COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY ........................... 15 5.1. COMPENSATION STANDARDS ............................................................................................. 15 5.1.1 COMPENSATION STANDARD FOR PERMANENT LAND ACQUISITION ..................... 15 5.1.2. COMPENSATION FOR YOUNG CROPS .......................................................................... 16 5.1.3 OTHER SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................... 16 5.2. ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ........................................................................................................... 16 6 RECOVERY AND RESETTLEMENT MEASURES ........................................................... 18 7. ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ...................................................... 20 7.1. ORGANIZATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 20 7.2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS .......................................................................... 20 8. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ................................................................................................ 23 8.1. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ESTIMATES .............................................................................. 23 8.2. RESETTLEMENT FUND MANAGEMENT AND APPROPRIATION .................................. 24 9. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION .......................................................... 25 9.1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ......................................................................................................... 25 9.1.1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING PROJECT PREPARATION .................................. 25 9.1.2. PARTICIPATION PLAN DURING IMPLEMENTATION ................................................... 26 9.2. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .................................................................................. 27 10. RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .................................................................. 30 10.1. RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES .......................................................... 30 10.2. RESETTLEMENT SCHEDULE ................................................................................................ 30 11. MONITORING AND EVALUATION .................................................................................... 32 APPENDIX 1: DUE DILIGENCE REPORT OF RESETTLEMENT ............................................... 33 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 33 2. PREPARATION OF DUE DILIGENCE REPORT .............................................................. 33 3. IMPACT SCOPE ................................................................................................................... 33 4. RANGE OF LAND USE ....................................................................................................... 34 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION ................................................................................. 35 6. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND PARTICIPATION ................................................... 36 7. IMPACT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND GOVERNMENT APPROVAL ......................... 36 8. COMPENSATION FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ......................... 37 9. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................. 37 10. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................. 38 ANNEX 1: RED LINE CHART OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR LANDFILL IN SHANGLINGQIAO TOWN, LENGSHUIJIANG DISTRICT ............................................................................................. 40 ANNEX 2: CONSTRUCTION LAND USE APPROVAL FOR EXISTING LANDFILL OF ZHUGEMIAO IN LINGLING ............................................................................................................. 42 ANNEX 3: CONSTRUCTION LAND USE PERMIT FOR EXISTING LANDFILL OF ZHUGEMIAO IN LINGLING DISTRICT ........................................................................................... 45 ANNEX 4: RED LINE CHART FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR EXISTING LANDFILL OF ZHUGEMIAO IN LINGLING DISTRICT ........................................................................................... 48 ANNEX 5: PERMISSION NOTES FOR LOCATION OF TANTANG WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT (KITCHEN WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT) IN YONGZHOU ............................................................ 51 Executive Summary 1. Overview of Project Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project (Project) consists of six outputs: (i) On-site closures of existing solid waste landfills in nine counties (or districts/county-level cities); (ii) Mining of two existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in two counties; (iii) Urban-rural integrated MSW management systems established in eight counties; (iv) Existing sanitary landfills upgrading in four counties; (v) Kitchen waste treatment in 2 districts; and (vi) Capacity development and institutional strengthening of all 11 project counties 1. The project outputs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) will involve land acquisition or occupation, but no residential house demolition, while Output (vi) will not involve any land acquisition and resettlement. Yongzhou City Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project (Yongzhou Subproject) is one of 10 subprojects of the Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project. Yongzhou Subproject involved four outputs: Outputs (i), (iii), (v) and (vi) in the Project, in which Output (i) On-site closures of existing Lengshuitan and Lingling solid waste landfills; Output (iii) Urban-rural integrated MSW management systems established and Output (v) Yongzhou kitchen waste treatment will involve land acquisition or occupation, but no residential house demolition. Output (i) of Yongzhou Subproject will close two existing landfills, Shanglingqiao Landfill in Lengshuitan district and Zhugemiao Landfill in Lingling district of Yongzhou City. The land for the two landfills were acquired and converted to state-owned land in