E4461 V1 REV EIA Report of Shaanxi Zhongsheng Assessment Certificate Category: Grade A SZSHPS-2013-075 Assessment Certificate No.:3607 Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Shaanxi Small Towns Infrastructure Project with World Bank Loan Public Disclosure Authorized (Draft for review) Public Disclosure Authorized Entrusted by: Foreign Loan Supporting Project Management Office of Shaanxi Province Assessed by: Shaanxi Zhongsheng Environmental Technologies Development Co., Ltd. March 2014 Public Disclosure Authorized Content 0 Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 1 0.1 Project Background ................................................................................................................. 1 0.2 Assessment Category .............................................................................................................. 2 0.4 Project Feature ....................................................................................................................... 3 0.5 Major Environmental Problems Concerned in Environmental Assessment ......................... 4 0.6 Major Conclusion in Report .................................................................................................... 4 0.7 Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................. 4 1 General Provisions .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Basis of Preparation ................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Assessment Purpose ............................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Assessment Standard ............................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Assessment Period ................................................................................................................ 14 1.5 Environmental Impact Identification and Selection of Assessment Factor ........................ 15 1.6 Assessment Content and Emphasis....................................................................................... 19 1.7 Grade and Scope of Assessment ........................................................................................... 19 1.8 Environmental Protection Target ......................................................................................... 20 1.9 Assessment Procedure and Method ..................................................................................... 21 1.10 EIA team ................................................................................................................................ 24 2 Project Overview and Engineering Analysis .......................................................................................... 26 2.1 Project Overview ................................................................................................................... 26 2.2 Analysis of Project ................................................................................................................. 45 3.1 Overview of Shaanxi Province Condition .............................................................................. 49 3.2 Current Situation of Natural Environment in Project Area ................................................... 50 3.3 Ecological resource overview ....................................................................................................... 70 3.4 Project Area Social Environment Survey ............................................................................... 70 3.4.1 Overview of regional social and economic situation ................................................................... 70 3.4.2 The general situation of the material and cultural heritage area ................................................ 72 3.5 Investigation of Current Situation of Project Area Infrastructure and Environmental Sanitation .............................................................................................................................................. 73 3.6 That is associated with the project engineering overview of the survey ........................... 78 3.7 Survey of the Present Environment Quality of the Project Area ........................................... 83 3.8 Environment Object Concerned ............................................................................................ 88 4. Analysis of the World Bank's Safeguard Policies ................................................................................... 92 4.1 Screening of the Safeguard Policies ...................................................................................... 92 4.2 Evaluation and Analysis of the Safeguard Policies ................................................................ 92 5. Environment Impact Predictive Assessment and Mitigation Measures ................................................ 95 5.1 Impact on Water Environment .............................................................................................. 95 5.2 Atmospheric Environment Impact ...................................................................................... 102 5.3 Impact on Sound Environment ........................................................................................... 106 5.4 Impact of Solid Waste ......................................................................................................... 133 5.5 Ecological Impacts ............................................................................................................... 135 5.6 Impact of material and cultural resources .......................................................................... 137 5.7 Analysis of Impact on Road Safety ...................................................................................... 139 5.8 Accumulative Environment Impact Analysis ....................................................................... 141 6. Environment Risk Analysis and Preventive Measures ......................................................................... 144 6.1 Environment Risk Identification .......................................................................................... 144 6.2 Environment Risk Analysis .................................................................................................. 145 6.3 Environment Risk Preventive Measures .............................................................................. 147 7. Social Environment Impact Analysis ................................................................................................... 149 7.1 Environment Impact and Mitigation Measures for Resettlement and Removal ................. 149 7.2 Social Impact of Construction Works and the Mitigation Measures ................................... 158 7.3 Social Impact for Project Operation and Mitigation Measures ....................................... 160 8. Analysis of Alternatives ..................................................................................................................... 162 8.1 overall Analysis of Alternatives .......................................................................................... 162 8.2 part Analysis of Alternatives .............................................................................................. 163 8.2.1 mosque in LianFeng Road ...................................................................................................... 163 9. Public Participation and Information Disclosure ............................................................................... 167 9.1 Purpose and Meaning of Public Participation ................................................................... 167 9.2 Methods and Processes of Public Participation............................................................... 167 9.3 Public Participation Process and Its Content ..................................................................... 170 9.4 Public Survey ...................................................................................................................... 170 9.5 Summary of Public Participation........................................................................................ 177 10. Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................................ 179 10.1 Purpose of Preparing the Environmental Management Plan ......................................... 179 10.2 Main Content of Environmental Management Plan ......................................................... 179 10.3 Environmental Management System and Its Responsibility Definition ........................... 179 10.4 Summary of the Main Environment Items of This Project and Environment Protection Measures 187 10.5 Technical Support and Environment Management Training ............................................. 201 10.6 Environment Protection Completion Acceptance ............................................................... 202 10.7 Environment Monitoring Plan ............................................................................................ 203 10.8 Environment Reporting System ........................................................................................