China National Enviromental Impact Assessment Certificate: No. 3701 LDHP 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Report on Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project, supported by World Bank Loan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Lanzhou University December 2011 Project Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project, supported by World Bank Loan Entrusting party Management Office for Qingyang Infrastructure Project, Gansu Province, supported by World Bank Loan Project type Community construction EIA department Environment Impact Assessment Research Center, Lanzhou University Legal Representative Zhou Xiuhong Director of EIA Professor Pan Feng Center Certificate Duty Name Title Signature number Project Yuan Jiuyi Professor A37010081000 managing Chen Min Lecturer A37010037 Report making Yang Hong Lecturer A37010028 Examining Pan Feng Professor A37010020400 Contents 1. INTRODCTIION ................................................................................................ ................................ 1.1 P ROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 A SSESSMENT PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 A SSESSMENT BASES ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 A SSESSMENT CONTENTS AND GUIDANCE ....................................................................................................... 7 1.5 E NVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION ZONING ............................................................................................................. 8 1.6 A SSESSMENT RATING ..................................................................................................................................... 9 1.7 A SSESSMENT SCOPE ......................................................................................................................................12 1.8 A SSESSMENT CRITERIA .................................................................................................................................13 1.9 W ORK FOCUS ................................................................................................................................................17 1.10 E NVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GOALS AND SENSITIVE SPOTS .....................................................................18 1.11 A SSESSMENT METHODOLOY ........................................................................................................................20 1.12 A SSESSMENT PROCESS ................................................................................................................................21 2. A SURVEY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND RELEVANT ANALYSES .......................................... 1 2.1 P ROJECT LOCATION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 2.2 P ROJECT CONSTITUENTS ................................................................................................................................ 1 2.3 T HE SURVEYS OF CONSTITUENT PROJECTS ..................................................................................................... 3 2.4 T HE LAND ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................52 2.5 T HE BALANCE OF THE EARTH -ROCK WORKS ...............................................................................................59 2.6T HE GEOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................60 2.7 M ATERIAL SOURCES AND TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS .............................................................................61 2.8 P ROJECT INVESTMENT ESTIMATION AND FINANCING .....................................................................................61 2.9 C ONSTRUCTION PERIOD ARRANGEMENT ......................................................................................................62 2.10 T HE DISCRIMINATORY ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FACTOR OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ............63 3. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROFILE AND EVALUATION OF CURRENT SITUATION .............73 3.1G EOGRAPHIC LOCATION .................................................................................................................................73 3.2 N ATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROFILE ................................................................................................................73 3.3 O VERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................79 3.4 O VERVIEW AND EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT ..........................................................................84 3.5 O VERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENT ..........................................................92 3.6 O VERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER ENVIRONMENT.................................................................98 3.7 P RESENT AMBIENT AIR QUALITY AND THE EVALUATION ..............................................................................105 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION............................................................ 109 4.1 E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ............................109 4.2 E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT IN PERATION ...........................................................127 5. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ................................................................ ................................ 5.1 S TATUS QUO OF SOIL EROSION IN THE REGION ...........................................................................................175 5.2 G ENERAL SITUATION OF SOIL EROSION CONTROL AND TREATMENT ..........................................................178 5.3 E STIMATION OF THE SOIL EROSION .............................................................................................................178 5.4 A NALYSIS OF ESTIMATION RESULT OF THE SOIL EROSION ............................................................................181 6. PROGRAM COMPARISON AND SELECTION ................................................................ ...................... 6.1 P ROGRAM OF HUOXIANG DITCH .................................................................................................................182 6.2 R OAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ZERO PROGRAM ANALYSIS .........................................................................184 6.3 P IPELINE NETWORK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ZERO PROGRAM ANALYSIS ...................................................185 6.4 P ROGRAM COMPARISON AND SELECTION FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT IN DONGCHENG DISTRICT OF QINGYANG .........................................................................................................................................................................185 6.5 COMPARISON AND SELECTION FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PROCESSING PROCEDURE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ...........................................................................................................................................190 6.6 C OMPARISON AND SELECTION OF THE SLUDGE HANDLING PROGRAM ........................................................198 7. MEASURES TO REDUCE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT.................................................................... 202 7.1 M EASURES TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT DURING THE STAGE OF DESIGN ......................................................202 I 7.2 M EASURES TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT DURING THE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION .........................................202 7.3 M EASURES TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT DURING THE STAGE OF OPERATION ................................................202 7.4 E STIMATION OF INVESTMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION .................................................................202 8.RATIONALITY OF THE PROJECT ................................................................ ................................ 8.1 F EASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT ......................................................................................................................203 8.2 A NALYZING THE RATIONALITY OF THE PROJECT ..........................................................................................204 8.3 A NALYSIS OF ITS ACCORDANCE WITH ROAD NETWORK PLANNING IN QINGYANG CITY ................................204 8.4 A NALYSIS OF ITS ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING IN QINGYANG CITY ...........................205 8.5 R ATIONALITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER -SUPPLY FACILITIES ..........................................................206 8.6 A NALYZING THE RATIONALITY OF DRAINAGE PROJECT ...............................................................................208 8.7 A NALYSIS OF ITS ACCORDANCE WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEM PLANNING IN QINGYANG ....................................211 8.8 A NALYSIS OF ITS ACCORDANCE WITH SEWAGE SYSTEM PLANNING IN QINGYANG .......................................211 8.9 F EASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF DISCHARGE STANDARD OF THE EAST SEWAGE PLANT .........................................212 8.10 F EASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF DISPOSING DRY SLUDGE IN THE SECOND LANDFILL SITE IN