Hunan Urban Mott MacDonald Development Project Hunan Provincial Development and Planning Commission E877 Volume 2 Public Disclosure Authorized Hunan Urban Development Project Consolidated Environmental Assessment Public Disclosure Authorized February 2004 Public Disclosure Authorized Mott MacDonald Public Disclosure Authorized Demeter House Station Road &Am 0 Cambridge CB1 2RS u Tel 01223 463500 |O E ? Fax 01223 461007 Coiisolidated Environmen[al Assessment DRAFT 03/3/Febnjarv 2004 Hunan Urban Mott MacDonald Development Project Hunan Provincial Development and Planning Commnission Hunan Urban Development Project Consolidated Environmental Assessment Issue and Revision Record Rev Date Originator Checker Approver Description (Print) (Print) (Print) (Signature) (Signature) (Signature) CAP JFS B February 2004 Second Issue (Draft) Consolidated Environmental Assessment DRAFT 03/B/February 2004 Hunan Urban Mott MacDonald Development Project Hunan Provincial Development and Planning Commission Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................... 1-1 1.1 Hunan Urban Development Project (HUDP) Background ................................................. 1-1 1.1.1 Flooding Problems in the TThree Cities ................................................. 1-2 1.1.2 Surface Water Pollution in Hunan Province ................................................. 1-3 1.1.3 Pollution Control Action Plan of Hunan Provincial Government ................................................. 1-3 1.1.4 Relationship of HUDP and Tenth Five-Year Plan Objectives ................................................. 1-8 1.1.5 EA Production ................................................. 1-8 1.2 Description of the Study Area ................................................. 1-9 1.2.1 Economy of Hunan Province ................................................. 1-9 1.2.2 Regional Water Resources ................................................. 1-10 1.2.3 Water Resources of Project Cities ................................................. 1-10 1.2.4 Domestic Water Supplies and Utilisation ................................................. 1-11 1.2.5 Sewerage Systems ................................................. 1-12 1.2.6 Solid Waste Disposal ................................................. 1-13 1.2.7 Flood Prevention ................................................. 1-14 1.2.8 Energy Structure ................................................. 1-15 1.3 Policy, Legal and Admninistrative Framework ................................................. 1-16 1.3.1 Laws and Regulations ................................................. 1-16 1.3.2 Project Documents ................................................. 1-17 1.3.3 EIA Category ................................................. 1-18 1.3.4 EIA Scope ................................................. 1-18 1.3.5 EIA Standards ................................................. 1-19 1.4 Sensitive Points and Protection Targets ................................................. 1-22 1.5 The Need for the Project ................................................. 1-25 1.5.1 Necessity of PC I ................................................. 1-25 1.5.2 Necessity of PC2 ................................................. 1-25 1.5.3 Necessity of PC3 ................................................. 1-26 1.5.4 Necessity of PC4 ................................................. 1-26 1.5.5 Necessity of PC6 ................................................. 1-27 1.6 Assessment Objectives, Criteria, Parameters ................................................. 1-27 1.7 World Bank EA Preparation Requirements ................................................. 1-28 1.8 EA Participants................................................. 1-29 1.9 EA Organisation ................................................. 1-29 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ........................................ 2-1 2.1 HUDP Project Components ........................................ 2-1 2.1.1 Component Summary ................................................ 2-1 2.1.2 Functional Planning of CZT Corridor ................................................ 2-1 2.1.3 Related Projects ................................................ 2-2 2.2 Project Development ................................................ 2-3 2.2.1 World Bank Water Resources Principles ................................................ 2-3 2.2.2 Final Component Selection and EA Categorisation ................................................ 2-4 2.2.3 Role of the HUJDP Project in Achieving Provincial Objectives ................................................ 2-4 Consolidated Environmental Assessment DRAFT 03/B/February 2004 Hunan Urban Mott MacDonald Development Project Hunan Provincial Development and Planning Commission 2.3 Details of HunanHUD C P omponenProjectst .......................................... 2-5 2.3.1 PC 1, Corridor Component .......................................... 2-5 2.3.2 PC2, Changsha Wastewater Component .......................................... 2-10 2.3.3 PC3, Zhuzhou Clean Coal Component .......................................... 2-17 2.3.4 PC4, CZT Logistics Centre Component ........................................... 2-18 2.3.5 PC 6, Zhaoshan Scenic Area Component .......................................... 2-19 2.3.6 Technical Assistance .......................................... 2-21 2.4 Finance and Economics of Proposed Projects .......................................... 2-22 2.4.1 General .......................................... 2-22 2.4.2 Capital Costs .......................................... 2-22 2.4.3 Operating Costs .......................................... 2-22 2.4.4 Cost Estimate Summary .......................................... 2-22 2.4.5 Financial and Economic Analyses .......................................... 2-24 2.4.6 Implementation Programme .......................................... 2-25 2.4.7 Institutional Issues .......................................... 2-26 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT .3-1 3.1 Physical Environment ............................ 3-1 3.1.1 Geographical Location ............................ 3-1 3.1.2 Geology/Soils and Topography ............................ 3-1 3.1.3 Climate and Meteorology ............................ 3-2 3.1.4 Air Quality ............................ 3-4 3.1.5 Noise ............................ 3-7 3.1.6 Surface and Groundwater Hydrology ............................ 3-9 3.1.7 Regional Water Pollutant Sources ............................ 3-13 3.2 Biological Environment ............................ 3-14 3.2.1 Flora ............................ 3-15 3.2.2 Fauna ............................. 3- 15 3.2.3 Mineral Resources ............................ 3-16 3.2.4 Scenic Resources ............................ 3-16 3.2.5 Special Issues ............................ 3-16 3.3 Socio-cultural Environment ............................ 3-16 3.3.1 Hunan Province ............................ 3-16 3.3.2 Changsha ............................ 3-17 3.3. 3 Xiangtan ............................ 3-17 3.3.4 Zhaoshan ............................ 3-18 3.3.5 Zhuzhou ............................ 3-18 3.4 Areas of Special Designation ............................ 3-18 3.4.1 Endangered Flora and Fauna ............................ 3-18 3.4.2 Historic and Cultural Sites ............................ 3-19 3.4.3 Parklands or Other Special Sites ............................ 3-19 3.4.4 Watershed Protection Zones ............................ 3-19 4 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROBLEMS .4-1 4.1 Water and Environmental Institutional Arrangements .......................................... 4-1 4.1.1 The National Level .......................................... 4-1 4.1.2 The Provincial Level .......................................... 4-3 4.1.3 The City and County Level .......................................... 4-3 4.2 Attainment of Goals, Standards, Regulations .......................................... 4-3 4.2.1 Flood Protection and Drainage Standards .......................................... 4-4 4.2.2 Road Standards .......................................... 4-5 4.2.3 Surface Water Quality .......................................... 4-6 Consolidated Environmental Assessment DRAFr 03/B/February 2004 Hunan Urban Mott MacDonald Development Project Hunan Provincial Development and Planning Commission 4.2.4 Water Supplies, Treatment and Distribution ............................................. 4-8 4.2.5 Wastewater Collection and Septic Tanks ............................................. 4-8 4.2.6 Wastewater Discharges - Domestic Sewage ............................................. 4-9 4.2.7 Wastewater Discharges - Industrial Pollution ............................................. 4-12 4.2.8 Sludge Disposal for Septic Ta nksand WWTP .............................................. 4-12 4.2.9 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal ............................................. 4-13 4.2.10 PC2 Water Quality Improvements ............................................. 4-13 4.2.11 PC3 Air Emission Control ............................................. 4-13 4.2.12 Policy Attainability Due to HUDP Components ............................................. 4-14 4.2.13 Summary ............................................. 4-17 5 DETERMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT . 5-1 5.1 Typical Impacts of Flood Control Projects ............................................. 5-2 5.1.1 Positive Impacts ............................................