SFG2575 REV WB -Funded Project Public Disclosure Authorized Han River Inland Waterway Improvement Project in Hubei (Yakou Navigation Complex Project) Public Disclosure Authorized Supplemental Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized July 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO EARLY EIA PREPARATION ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 PURPOSE AND CONTENTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL ESIA REPORT ......................................................................... 1 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD POLICIES OF WORLD BANK ........................................................................... 4 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMPACT SCREENING ................................................ 6 2.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................... 21 2.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND IMPACT SCREENING ......................................................................................... 21 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SENSITIVE AREAS AND RECEPTORS ............................................................. 51 3 SUMMARY OF ORIGINAL EIA REPORT .................................................................... 60 3.1 MAIN CONCLUSIONS OF DOMESTIC EIA REPORT ......................................................................................... 60 3.2 REVIEW COMMENTS TO EIA REPORT ........................................................................................................... 73 4 ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 74 4.1 ANALYSIS OF ZERO PLAN .......................................................................................................................... 74 4.2 COMPARISON OF ENGINEERING OPTIONS .................................................................................................... 75 4.3 COMPARISON OF CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING ................................................................... 85 4.4 RESETTLEMENT PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 87 5 ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ....................................... 89 5.1 TERRESTRIAL/RIPARIAN ECOLOGY.............................................................................................................. 89 5.2 WANYANGZHOU WETLAND PARK ............................................................................................................. 93 5.3 AQUATIC ECOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................... 98 6 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION ................................. 122 6.1 CASCADE DEVELOPMENT ON HAN RIVER ................................................................................................. 122 6.2 SCOPING OF CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ........................................................................................................... 122 6.3 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 122 6.4 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS AND MITIGATION ................................................................................................... 123 6.5 INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION MECHANISM ............................................................................................ 124 7 PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN... 126 7.1 IMPACT ON PCR AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................................................................ 126 2 7.2 IMPACT ON ORDINARY CEMETERY AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................. 133 7.3 PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGES DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ............................... 133 8 IMPACT OF AUXILIARY WORKS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..................... 135 8.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION LINES ........................................................................ 135 8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOARY WORKS .......................................................................... 139 9. IMPACTS OF RESETTLEMENT AREAS AND MITIGATION MEASURES .......... 147 9.1 IMPACT ASSESSMENT................................................................................................................................. 147 9.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES FOR RESETTLEMENT AREA....................................................... 149 10 SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................ 152 10.1 SURVEY ON WILLINGNESS OF RESETTLEMENT .......................................................................................... 152 10.2 ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL IMPACTS ................................................................................................................ 152 10.3 MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................................................... 158 11 IMPACTS OF EMBANKMENT REINFORCEMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...................................................................................................................... 165 11.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................... 165 11.2 DUE DILIGENCE OF EMBANKMENT REINFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT MANAGMENT ............................... 167 12 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .......................... 175 12.1 PRINCIPLES AND EARLY CONSULTATIONS DURING EIA PREPARATION ..................................................... 175 12.2 PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................................ 176 12.3 METHODS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ESIA ........................................................... 177 12.4 KEY FINDINGS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ESIA .................................................... 179 12.5 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ..................................................................................................................... 192 12.6 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM......................................................................................................................... 194 13 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................ 198 3 Tables: Table 1-1 Comparison between this supplemental ESIA and the original domestic EIA Table 1-2 Analysis on compliance of this project with safeguard policies of World Bank Table 2-1 Characteristics of complexes along mainstream in middle and lower reaches of Han River Table 2-2 Schedule of Yakou project components Table 2-3 Components of Yakou complex Table 2-4 Characteristics of Yakou Navigation Complex Project Table 2-5 Planning of Spoil Sites Table 2-6 Main characteristics of roads in the site Table 2-7 Main works of reservoir embankment reinforcement in river section of Yakou reservoir area Table 2-8 Schedule of sensitive receptors of Yakou Navigation Complex Project Table 4-1 Dam site comparison chart Table 4-2 Normal water level options comparison Table 4-3 Comparison of complex layout configuration options Table 4-4 Comparison of fish pass facilities Table 4-5 Comparison of fish pass options Table 5-1 Fish stock breeding and releasing scale (ten thousand fish) of Yakou Navigation Complex Project Table 6-1 Characteristics of the upper, middle and lower reaches of Han River Basin Table 7-1 General information of cultural heritages in project area Table 8-1 Overview of potential environmental impact of the 100kV transmission line Table 8-2 Environmental and social management framework for construction and operation period of the transmission line project Table 8-3 Impact and mitigation measures of road works Table 8-4 Impact of stockyards and mitigation measures Table 8-5 Impact of waste dump sites and mitigation measures Table 8-6 Impact of construction camps and mitigation measures Table 9-1 Potential environmental and social impacts of the resettlement area Table 10-2 Social Management Plan (SMP) for Yakou Navigation Complex Table 11-1 Yakou Navigation Complex Reservoir Backwater Embankment Reinforcement Project Table 11-2 Reservoir Embankment Project Impact on the Environment and Mitigation Measures Table 12-1 Early Public Consultation on Yakou Project EIA Table 12-2 Yakou Project EIA-Early Information Disclosure Table 12-3 Project stakeholders and their concerns Table 12-4 Public Consultation on Supplemental ESIA for Yakou Navigation Complex Project (by June of 2016) Table 12-5 Visit to the project area Table 12-6 Summary of the public meeting for supplemental ESIA Table 12-7 Interviews with the residents along the Han River for CEA 4 Table 12-8 Opinions of the representatives at the Xiangyang meeting Table 12-9 Opinions of the representatives at the Zhongxiang meeting Table 12-10 Yakou Navigation Complex Project Information Disclosure