SFG1138 V2 REV World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environment Assessment Report (APPRAISAL REVISED) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 2015/7/31 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report Content 1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................18 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 18 1.2 EA Objective .......................................................................................................... 20 1.3 Framework of Applicable Laws and Regulations .................................................. 20 1.3.1 Laws and regulations ................................................................................ 20 1.3.2 Technical specifications ............................................................................ 22 1.3.3 Project-related plannings........................................................................... 22 1.3.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies ................................................................ 23 1.3.5 Project Documents .................................................................................... 24 1.4 Functional Zoning and Sensitive Receptors ........................................................... 25 1.4.1 Functional zoning ...................................................................................... 25 1.4.2 Sensitive receptors .................................................................................... 26 1.5 Applicable Standards ............................................................................................. 30 1.6 Impact Screening.................................................................................................... 35 1.6.1 Identification of environmental impacts ................................................... 35 1.6.2 Screening of Social Impact ....................................................................... 42 1.6.3 Screening of Impact on Cultural Heritage ................................................ 42 1.6.4 Screening of Induced Impacts ................................................................... 42 1.6.5 Conclusion of the Impacts Screening ........................................................ 42 1.7 Evaluation Grade.................................................................................................... 42 1.7.1 Ambient air ............................................................................................... 42 1.7.2 Surface water ............................................................................................ 43 1.7.3 Acoustic environment ............................................................................... 43 1.7.4 Underground water ................................................................................... 43 1.7.5 Ecological environment ............................................................................ 43 1.8 Assessment Scope, Period and Focus .................................................................... 44 Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 2 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report 1.8.1 Evaluation Scope ...................................................................................... 44 1.8.2 Evaluation Period ...................................................................................... 45 1.8.3 Evaluation Focus ....................................................................................... 45 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................46 2.1 General ................................................................................................................... 46 2.1.1 Project Development Objective ................................................................ 46 2.1.2 Project Components .................................................................................. 46 2.1.3 Project Location ........................................................................................ 51 2.2 Project Description ................................................................................................. 53 2.2.1 Component A ............................................................................................ 53 2.2.2 Component B ............................................................................................ 53 2.2.3 Component C ............................................................................................ 54 2.2.4 Component D ............................................................................................ 54 2.3 Project Location ..................................................................................................... 55 2.4 Construction Activities .......................................................................................... 61 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE ........................................................................66 3.1 Natural environment .............................................................................................. 66 3.1.1 Geographical location ............................................................................... 66 3.1.2 Climate and weather ................................................................................. 66 3.1.3 Topography ............................................................................................... 66 3.1.4 Hydrology ................................................................................................. 67 3.2 Social environment ................................................................................................ 69 3.2.1 Economy ................................................................................................... 69 3.2.2 Population and their living conditions ...................................................... 70 3.2.3 Cultural relics and historic sites ................................................................ 72 3.3 Protection planning and protection of cultural relics ............................................. 73 3.3.1 Categories and historic value of regional cultural heritage ....................... 73 3.3.2 Cultural sites in the project areas .............................................................. 84 3.3.3 Protection planning of cultural relics in project areas ............................... 84 Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences 3 World Bank Financed Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Project Environment Assessment Report 3.3.4 Protection and repair of cultural heritage sites .......................................... 84 3.4 Environmental Baseline ......................................................................................... 85 3.4.1 Terrestrial ecological environment ........................................................... 85 3.4.2 Aquatic organism ...................................................................................... 94 3.4.3 Status Quo of Tourism Facilities .............................................................. 95 3.5 Environmental baseline evaluation ........................................................................ 96 3.5.1 Surface water ............................................................................................ 96 3.5.2 Atmospheric environment ......................................................................... 98 3.5.3 Acoustic environment ............................................................................... 99 3.5.4 Groundwater ........................................................................................... 100 3.5.5 Sediment ................................................................................................. 101 3.6 Useful public infrastructure for the project .......................................................... 107 3.6.1 Water supply engineering ....................................................................... 107 3.6.2 Drainage project ...................................................................................... 107 3.6.3 Gas engineering ...................................................................................... 108 3.6.4 Electrical power engineering .................................................................. 109 3.6.5 Solid waste disposal system .................................................................... 109 3.6.6 Current Status of Xiongjiazhong Tomb .................................................. 109 3.6.7 Planned water diversion project .............................................................. 110 3.7 Major environmental problems in the project area .............................................. 110 4 ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................116 4.1 With/without project comparison ......................................................................... 116 4.2 With/without project comparison ......................................................................... 117 4.2.1 Comparison of dredging methods ........................................................... 117 4.2.2 Comparative analysis on sludge dehydration schemes