World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project--

Yangcheng County Gas Utilization Sub-Project

Environmental Impact Assessment

Report

Project Implementing Agency: Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group

Co., Ltd.

EA Agency: Institute of Coal Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences

February 2017, Taiyuan

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Name of Project: World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-- Yangcheng

County Gas Utilization Project

Type of Document: Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Report

EA Agency: Institute of Coal Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Legal Representative: Wang Jianguo (Director, Research Fellow)

Project Leader: Dong Guiyan (Senior Engineer)

Wang Jianhua (Engineer)

Table of Contents

1 Overvierw ................................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Project Background and Origin .................................................................................... 1

1.2 Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment ........................................................ 4

1.3 Screening of Environmental Impact Assessment Factors ............................................ 5

1.4 Assessment Scope ........................................................................................................ 8

1.5 Assessment Period ........................................................................................................ 9

1.6 Assessment Rating ....................................................................................................... 9

1.7 Assessment Methods .................................................................................................. 10

1.8 Key Points of Assessment .......................................................................................... 10

1.9 Assessment Procedures .............................................................................................. 10

1.10 Environmental Protection Objectives ....................................................................... 11

2 Environmental Policies, Framework of Laws and Regulations and Basis for EA Preparation

.................................................................................................................................................. 15

2.1 Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations ...................................................... 15

2.2 Local Regulations ....................................................................................................... 16

2.3 Environmental Protection Technical Specifications .................................................. 16

2.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies and EHS of World Bank Group .............................. 17

2.5 Assessment Standards (Compared with EHS Standards) .......................................... 18

2.6 Urban Planning, Atmospheric Pollution Regulation Planning and Environmental

Functional District Planning Documents ......................................................................... 20

2.7 Analysis of Conformity and Consistency of the Proposed Project with Relevant

Regional Policies and Plans ............................................................................................. 21

3 Project Description ................................................................................................................ 23

3.1 Contents ...................................................................................................................... 23

3.2 Construction Plan and Method ................................................................................... 27

4 Environmental Situation ........................................................................................................ 31

4.1 General Introduction of Natural Environment ........................................................... 31

4.2 Overview of Eco-environment ................................................................................... 34

4.3 Overview of Social-economic Environment .............................................................. 35

4.4 Current Environmental Quality .................................................................................. 37

4.5 Major Environmental Issues ....................................................................................... 38

5 Environmental Impact Analysis and Environmental Protection Measures ........................... 40

5.1 Analysis of Environmental Problems of Domestic Similar Projects ......................... 40

5.2 Ambient Air Impact Analysis and Protective Measures ............................................ 43

5.3 Water Environment Impact Analysis and Protection Measures ................................. 45

5.4 Solid Waste Impact Assessment and Protective Measures ........................................ 47

5.5 Acoustic Environmental Impact Assessment and Acoustic Environmental Protection

Measures ........................................................................................................................... 49

5.7 Social Environment Impact Assessment and Protective Measures ............................ 52

5.8 Impacts on Physical Cultural Resources and Protective Measures ............................ 58

6 Analysis of Regional Cumulative Environmental Impacts ................................................... 62

6.1 Analysis of Cumulative Impacts on Ambient Air ...................................................... 62

6.2 Analysis of Social Cumulative Impacts ..................................................................... 64

6.3 Analysis of Culmulative Impacts of Risks of Gas Pipeline Network in Shanxi

Province ............................................................................................................................ 64

6.4 Measures to Address Cumulative Impacts ................................................................. 65

7 Due Diligence Review .......................................................................................................... 71

7.1 Due Diligence Review of Pipeline related projects ................................................... 71

7.2 Due Diligence of Existing Gas Facilities Upgrading Project ..................................... 72

8 Alternatives Analysis ............................................................................................................ 74

8.1 Alternatives Analysis for “With” and “Without” the Project .................................... 74

8.2Alternatives Analysis of Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Network ............... 75

9 Environmental Risk Analysis and Mitigation Measures ....................................................... 81

9.1. Environmental Risk Identification ............................................................................ 81

9.2 Source Analysis .......................................................................................................... 83

9.3 Analysis of Environmental Risk Consequences ......................................................... 84

9.4 Protection and Mitigation Measures for Environmental Risks .................................. 85

9.5 Emergency Preparedness Plan for Risks .................................................................... 86

9.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 91

10 Analysis of Impacts of Land Acquisition and Relocation................................................... 93

10.1 Land Acquisition and Its Impacts............................................................................. 93

10.2 Resettlement Policies and Compensation Standard ................................................. 93

10.3 Resettlement ............................................................................................................. 94

10.4 Information Disclosure, Public Participation and Consultation ............................... 96

10.5 Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................................... 97

10.6 Institutional Setup .................................................................................................... 98

10.7 Monitoring and Assessment ..................................................................................... 99

10.8 Financing and Implementation Plan ......................................................................... 99

11 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure .............................................................. 101

11.1 Purpose of Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ................................. 101

11.2 Methods for Public Consultation ............................................................................ 101

11.3 Summary of Public Consultation Minutes, Opinions and Feedbacks .................... 106

11.4 Information Disclosure ........................................................................................... 108

12 Environmental Management Plan ..................................................................................... 110

12.1 Purpose of EMP ..................................................................................................... 110

12.2 Contents of EMP .................................................................................................... 110

12.3 Environmental Management System ..................................................................... 110

12.4 Environmental Management Agencies .................................................................. 116

12.5 Environmental Management Training ................................................................... 121

12.6 Environmental Management Regulations .............................................................. 122

12.7 Environmental Protection Investment Estimate ..................................................... 123

12.8 Environmental Reporting System .......................................................................... 139

12.9 Public Complaint Mechanism ................................................................................ 140

13 Conclusion of Environmental Impact Assessment ............................................................ 142

13.1 Compliance with Relevant Policies and Plans ....................................................... 142

13.2 Conclusion of Evaluation on Current Environmental Quality ............................... 143

13.3 Conclusion of Environmental Impact Assessment ................................................. 143

13.4 Mitigation Measures for Environmental Impacts ................................................... 144

13.5 Conclusion of Environmental Benefit Analysis ..................................................... 146

Annex A：Safety Management Plan ..................................................................................... 147

Annex B: Physical Cultural Resources Management Plan .................................................... 165

Annex C:Regulations on Management of Pipe Stacking During the Construction Period .... 168

Annex D： Regulations on Management of Construction Camp of Pipeline network

Component ............................................................................................................................. 170

Annex E: ECOP Checklist ..................................................................................................... 174

Annex F：Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ................................................. 193

Figure 1: Geographical Location of Subprojects ................................................................... 198

Figure 2: Schematic Diagram of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” Project ............................ 199

Figure 3：Yangcheng County Gas Network Planning .......................................................... 200

Figure 4: Geographical Location and Noise Monitoring Points of Yangcheng Gas Utilization

Sub-project ............................................................................................................................. 201

Preface

World bank financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project consists of 6 subprojects, and 2 of which

are CHP subprojects, namey the Xiyang County CHP Subproject and Baode County CHP

Subproject; 4of which are Urban Gas pipeline network subproject, namely the Changzhi

County Gas Utilization Subproject, Xiangyuan County Gas Utilization Subproject, Tunliu

County Gas Utilization Subproject and Qingxu County Gas Utilization Subproject. Shanxi

Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd. is the Project loan subject responsible for the

smooth implementation of the project.in the financing, project construction, staffing and other

aspects.

The project entered the implementation phase in 2014. In November 2016, Shanxi Guoxin

Energy Development Group Co., Ltd. applied for interim adjustment to the bank's inspection

team, planning to cancel the phase II projects of Changzhi, Xiangyuan, Tunliu pipeline

network, and increase the Yangcheng county gas utilization project, with Shanxi Guoxin

Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd.as the main body of construction.

The 3 Gas Utilization Subprojects of Changzhi County, Tunliu County and Xiangyuan

County in the World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project are planning a total of

$16.5 million for World Bank funds, the Feasibility study approved the design and

construction of pipeline length of 222.3 kilometers, with the Changzhi County subproject 52.7

kilometers (25 km in phase I, 27.7 km in phase II), Tunliu County subproject 86.4 kilometers

(40 km, in phase I, 46.4 km in phase II), Xiangyuan County subproject 83.21 kilometers (44

km, in phase I, 39.21 km in phase II). All 3 subprojects are planned to implement in two

phases. At present, the first phase of the world bank project has completed all procurement

bidding, using world bank loans funds of 62.44 million yuan.In recent years, the economic

environment and market environment in Shanxi have changed greatly. The decline of coal

industry, the decrease of resource utilization, the slow development of gas market, and the

relocation of villages and towns have caused insufficient demand for gas market in Changzhi,

Xiangyuan and Tunliu counties.For the rational allocation of world bank funds, to avoid

waste of public resources, Coal Bed Methane (Natural Gas) Co., Ltd proposed to adjusted the

phase II of the world bank project on a comprehensive basis: Cancel the construction of total

of 113 kilometers pipeline of 3 subprojects in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Tunliu, propose the

Yangcheng County gas utilization project instead.

At present, natural gas use in Yangcheng County has a good foundation, 60 thousand

households and more than 200 industrial and commercial users and the public welfare

institutions use natural gas in the 6 villages and towns of Yangcheng County.

Yangcheng County gas utilization project will build a new urban medium pressure pipeline

network 27.79 kilometers, and upgrade some of the arlier constructed gas facilitiese with

hidden danger. The subproject construction unit is Shanxi Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Natural

Gas Co., Ltd.

See Table 0-1 for the specific implementation and changes of World Bank Financed Shanxi

Gas Utilization Project.

The feasibility study report of Yangcheng Gas Utilization project is prepared by CCTEG

Chongqing Engineering Co., Led. According to the requirements of the domestic

environmental impact assessment laws and regulations and the world bank safeguard policies,

Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd. formally commissioned the Institute of

Coal Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences to carriy out the comprehensive

environmental impact assessment work of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization

Project - Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject.

The environmental impact assessment of the project includes the collection of relevant

information on environmental impact assessment, Investigation on the sensitive factors of the

surrounding environment of selection site of Yangcheng subproject, identification, selection

and classification of environmental impact factors, public consultation and disclosure,

environmental impact analysis and environmental protection measures, analysis of regional

cumulative environmental impacts, Alternatives Analysis, environmental risk analysis and

mitigation Measures. Meanwhile, the Yang Cheng subproject will be included in the

environmental management plan of Shanxi Gas Utilization Project.

Tabel 0-1 Subprojects and Distribution Areas

No. Item Subproject Name Prefecture-level

City or County

Construction Unit

Origin

al

project

1

CHP

Xiyang County

CHP Subproject

Xiyang County, Jinzhong

City

Baode thermal power branch,

Shanxi Natural gas Co., Ltd.

2 Baode County

CHP Subproject Baode County, Xinzhou City

Xiyang thermal power

branch, Shanxi Natural gas

Co., Ltd.

3

Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Qingxu Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Qingxu County, Taiyuan City Qingxu County Kaitong

Natural Gas Co., Ltd.

Chang

ed

items

in the

origina

l plan

4

Gas

Utilization

Subproject

ChangzhiGas

Utilization

Subproject

Changzhi County, Changzhi

City Shanxi Coal Bed Methane

(Natural Gas) Gathering and

Transportation Co., Ltd. 5

Tunliu Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Tunliu County, Changzhi

City

6

Xiangyuan Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Xiangyuan County, Changzhi

City

Xiangyuan County

Zhangjiang Coal Bed

Methane (Natural Gas)

Gathering and Transportation

Co., Ltd.

Additi

onal

project

7

Yangcheng county

Gas Utilization

Subproject

Yangcheng County, Jincheng

City

Shanxi Guoxin

Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas

Co., Ltd.

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1 Overvierw

1.1 Project Background and Origin

Lying in the heart of the Yellow River basin, Shanxi Province neighbors Hebei Province in

the east with the Taihang Mountain as a natural barrier, faces Shaanxi and Henan Provinces in

the west and south across the Yellow River, and adjoins Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

in the north with the Great Wall as the boundary. It is named for its location in the west of

Taihang Mountain. The province covers a total area of 156,700km2, with a total population of

36.108 million people. It has 119 counties in 11 prefecture-level cities, including 85 counties,

11 county-level cities and 23 municipal districts.

Shanxi Province’s main energy consumption lies on coal. The coal consumption takes up

more than 98% of the total consumption. As either a major province of resources or a main

province of energy consumption and emission that shoulders arduous energy conservation and

emission reduction tasks, Shanxi Province has an urgent need for changing the energy

consumption structure dominated by coal, and gradually achieving the diversification of

energy consumption. To change the energy consumption structure and realize the leap from

coal to gas, Shanxi vigorously carried out “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” project during the

"12th Five-Year (2011 -2015)" period. As of August 2016, Shanxi province " Building a

Gas-fueled Shanxi " project completed a total investment of 25.5 billion yuan, the cumulative

gas supply reached 15.6 billion cubic meters, gasfueled area covering the province's 104

counties (cities, districts), the gasification rate of 52%, far exceeding the national average.

Successful implementation of Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi has played an important role to

complet the state issued emission reduction targets, improve the environmental quality of

Shanxi Province, and promote regional economic development in the "12th Five-Year"

period.

To continue to consolidate the results of the "12th Five-Year " period, the outline of the 13th

Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for National Economic and Social Development of Shanxi

Province put forward that "Spare no efforts to promote green development.Adhere to the basic

state policy of conserving resources and protecting the environment, adhere to sustainable

development, and vigorously promote the energy revolution". The Outline also proposed to

accelerate the construction of gas pipeline network, and strive to achieve full coverage of the

province's network. By 2020, the total mileage of the provincial pipeline exceeded 15

thousand kilometers".

As the main force and leader in “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi”, Guoxin Energy spares no

effort in the Project under the context that transformation and comprehensive reform

experimental areas are established in the province.So far, Guoxin Energy has been listed as

one of the 12 key provincial-level pilot enterprises by CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

and Shaanxi Provincial Government; the Project of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” also has

been listed as one of the key 30 provincial-levelprojects.

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WB Financed SGUP is an important component of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi”. Upon

completion, the Project will be conducive to improve the current energy consumption

structure overly dependent on coal in the locality, turn the main energy consumption of

resident and industrial users into clean energy gas and power, enhance the energy utilization

efficiency, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, and improve the

atmospheric environment, public quality of life and health level, and even plays an important

role in the sustainable economic and social development of Shanxi Province.

World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project was planning to built 2 CHP

subprojects,and 4 Gas utilization subprojects. In recent years, the economic environment and

market environment in Shanxi have changed greatly. The decline of coal industry, the

decrease of resource utilization, the slow development of gas market, and the relocation of

villages and towns have caused insufficient demand for gas market in Changzhi, Xiangyuan

and Tunliu counties. The phase II of the three subprojects, Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Tunliu,

no longer have the demand for gasification. For the rational allocation of world bank funds, to

avoid waste of public resources, Guoxin Energy plan to cancel the phase II construction of 3

subprojects, and propose to implement the Yangcheng County gas utilization project.

After acceptance of the EIA commission, in November 26, 2016 we conducted a detailed field

investigation along the pipeline. On the basis of various types of relevant information, such as

revised feasibility study reports, social evaluation reports and resettlement plans, etc.,

reference of the comprehensive environmental impact assessment report of World Bank

Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project, and continuous communication with related units,

finally, completed the preparation of this report.

1.1.1 Brief Description of the Project

The implementation uint of Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project（hereinafter referred to as “the

Yangcheng subproject”） is Shanxi Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd., which is a

holding subsidiary of Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Limited.

See Table1-1 for Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project details.

Table1-1 Description of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-Yangcheng

Gas Utilization Project

Project Location PIU Capacity Composition

Yangchen

g Gas

Utilizatio

n Project

Yangche

ng

County,

Jincheng

Shanxi

Guoxin

Zhonghaoshe

ng Natural

Gas Co., Ltd.

Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban

gas pipeline: Total gas supply

is 56.2798 million m3/a

New construction of 20.2 km pipeline

at 0.8 MPa;8 surge tanks;Road crossing

26 times, river crossing twice, channel

crossing once. After completion, it will

supply gas for residents, commercial

and some industrial users along the

pipeline.

3

Lanhua151# valve wells

-Yanli county urban gas

pipeline

New construction of 7.59 km pipeline

at 0.8 MPa; 1 surge tanks; Road

crossing 12 times. After completion, it

will be the second gas source for

residents, commercial business, and

public construction in Yanli township

Upgrading of existing gas

facilities in Yangcheng

To upgrade the membrane meters and

26800 m pipeline behind the meter for

the 13411 residents user of existing gas

project in Yangcheng County.

1.1.2 Development Objectives of the Project

The development objectives of the Project are to enhance gas utilization rate and replace coal

with gas to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emission in Shanxi Province. Meanwhile

to upgrad the existing gas facilities in Yangcheng County and eliminate the hidden dangers of

existing gas facilities.

1.1.3 Overview Of the Project Loan Subject and Construction Units

1.1.3.1 Overview Of the Project Loan Subject

Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd. is the Project loan subject responsible

for the smooth implementation of the project.in the financing, project construction, staffing

and other aspects. Founded in 1981, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group

Co., Ltd. is a large modern state-owned multi-business energy enterprise group with gas and

Chinese medicinal materials and trade as the dominance, owns the leading right to operate the

95% of the province's mixed gas resources, and praised as the main force for “Building a

Gas-fueled Shanxi” by the provincial government.By the end of 2015, the company has total

assets of 32.885 billion yuan, 16 thousand employees on the job, including 48 subsidiaries of

which is a listed companies, has 5 big gas company in gas sector: Shanxi gas company,

Shanxi Natural Gas Co., Ltd., Shanxi compressed gas company, Shanxi Coal Bed Methane

(Natural Gas) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Coal Bed Methane (Natural Gas) Co., Ltd., Taiyuan gas group

and Shanxi gas industry group.

In recent years,Guoxin Energy Corp adhere to the "five service" concept as: service of

low carbon productivity, low carbon consumption, new industrial clusters, the construction of

ecological civilization and the construction of new urbanization, vigorously implement the

Building a gas fuled Shanxi strategy, has built up long distance pipeline 6100 km. So far,

Guoxin Energy Group has built up long-distance transmission pipeline 3,004km, Urban

pipeline 5220 km, total length of over 10 thousand km, 163 CNG/LNG gas stations, 8 gas

peak regualation facilities, 1 gas cogeneration project and 1 carbon four deep processing

project, the annual pipe transmission capacity of more than 28 billion cubic meters, Gas fule

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covers18 million people of 5.5 million households in 104 counties (cities, districts) in the

province, 2200 gas supply towns, 520 industrial users, 10000 commercial welfare users, 120

thousand CNG/LNG vehicles, the gasification rate in the province reaches 52%.

1.1.3.2 Overview of Construction Units

The construction unit of the prposed new Yangcheng County Gas utilization Project is Shanxi

Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd.. which is registered In January 2013 in

Yangcheng County Administration for Industry and commerce registration, the registered

capital of 60 million yuan, is jointly funded by the Jincheng ZhonghaoSheng Industry and

Trade Co., Ltd.and Shanxi province Guoxin Energy Group Co., Ltd.. Among them, Shanxi

province Guoxin Energy Group Co., Ltd. invested 30 million 600 thousand yuan, holds 51%

of the equity, Jincheng ZhonghaoSheng Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. invested 29 million 400

thousand yuan, holding 49% of the shares. ZhonghaoSheng Company has 3 wholly-owned

subsidiaries, Yangcheng County Senzhong Gas Co., Ltd., Yangcheng County, Jinneng Energy

Co., Ltd. and Yangcheng County Zhongtai Gas Co., Ltd. The company's main business is the

investment, construction, operation and management of natural gas stations and natural gas

pipeline network in the Yangcheng County area. As of September 2016, Zhonghaosheng

company has invested nearly 300 million yuan, with the construction and operation of the

urban medium and low pressure grade 2 pipe network of more than 1000 km. Pipeline

network covering 120 villages and residential areas of 6 townships as Fengcheng, Tingdian,

Xihe, Yan Li, Gu Long, Beiliu, serving more than 60,000 households of all types of users.

The compant constructed more than 20 kilometers of gas supply line of Tingdian-Anyang

Industrial Park. 1 Daning CNG compression base station is under construction and 1 Daning

LNG/CNG combined stationi into operation soon. The Tingdian gas distribution (gathering,

transportation, pressurization) station, and Qinshui-Tingdian Gas source filling pipe are under

construction. As the main unit of "Gas fuled Yangcheng" project, the company has

accumulated rich experience in project construction.。

1.2 Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment

(1) Through environmental impact assessment on the proposed project, we have learned about

the current natural and social environmental quality in the plant area and areas along the gas

pipeline network, determined the regional impact scope and impact degree of project

implementation, and demonstrated the rationality of the site and pipeline route selection plans

from the perspective of environmental protection, so as to provide decision-making basis for

the implementation of the Project.

(2) An analytic demonstration is made on the feasibility and rationality of engineering

contents proposed in the engineering design documents, in order to propose environmental

protection measure plans and suggestions for mitigating and avoiding environmental harms.

Meanwhile, considerations are given to strengthen or improve the plans or suggestions for

positive environmental impacts of the Project, and provide feedback and guidance to

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engineering design, so as to realize the synchronic development of the project construction

and environmental protection measures, minimize the negative environmental impacts, and

promote the harmonious development of the project construction in terms of economic benefit,

environmental benefit and social benefit.

(3) Efforts are made to assess positive and negative impacts arising from the project

implementation, and encourage residents living along the pipeline to take an active part in the

project demonstration by means of public investigation, public notification on journals and

websites, publicity announcement, telephone consulting and symposium for public

participation, encourage residents living along the pipeline to take an active part in the project

demonstration, so as to make the demonstration process and assessment conclusion more

democratic and scientific, and play a positive role in publicizing environmental protection

laws and regulations and enhancing the public awareness in environmental protection.

1.3 Screening of Environmental Impact Assessment Factors

1.3.1 Identification of Environmental Impact Factors

The project is relatively simple. Their negative environmental impacts are mainly

concentrated in the construction stage. Because there are a smaller number of workers on the

same site in the same period, the construction camp is not required. In the construction stage,

their impacts include construction dust, materials transportation and storage, pipeline welding,

tail gas of oil-fueled machines, and borrowed and discarded earth. The components have

slight negative impacts on ambient air, land vegetation and nearby residents in the

construction stage. Upon completion of the construction stage, these negative impacts will

disappear. Despite such potential risks as explosion and fire disaster in the operation stage, the

subprojects would still have positive environmental impacts as a result of replacing coal with

gas. According to above analysis, a recognition matrix is developed for environmental

impacts of the project. See Table 1-2 for details, and Table 1-3 shows the indentification

results of environmental impact factors of the project

Table 1-2 Assessment of Environmental Impact Factors of the Project in Different Stages

Engineering Features

Impact Factors

The Construction Stage The Operation Stage

Construct

ion

Site

Cleaning

Construct

ion

Site

Cleaning

Construct

ion

Site

Cleaning

Nat

ura

l

En

vir

onm

ent Ambient Air -○ -○ -○ -☆

Surface Water -○

Groundwater

Acoustic

Environment -☆ -○ -☆ -☆

Ec

ol

og ic al

En

vir on m en t Farm Crops -○ -○

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Soil -○ -○

Land

Vegetation -○

Land Use -○ -○ -○

So

cial

En

vir

on

men

t

Economic

Development +☆ +○

Expansion of

Employment +○ +○ +○

Occupational

Health -○ -○

-★

Quality of

Life

-○ -☆

Environmenta

l Landscape -☆ -☆

Note: + positive impact, - negative impact; ★ significant impacxt, ☆ moderate impact, ○ slight impact

Table1-3 Indentification Results of Environmental Impact Factors of the Project

Behaviors with

Potential Impacts

on Environmental

Resources And

Values

Potential Damages

or Benefits to

Natural or Social

Environment

Basis for Impact

Analysis

Typical Mitigation

Measures

Identification

of Potential

Impact

Factors

1. Potential Environmental Problems of Components in the Construction Stage

Land Occupation

Caused by

Temporary

Storage of

Building

Materials

Impacts on land use

and production

Land occupation

area, purpose,

location

Supervise construction

activities √

Construction

camp renting

camp wastewater,

solid waste, impacts

on health and

surrounding

environment

location, social

impact,

environmental

impact

Stipulate obligations of

contractors

Employment of

Constructors

Employment of

local labor force

could bring direct

benefits to local

residents, there is no

cultural difference

Predicted number of

employees

Stipulate obligations of

contractors to Ensure

the health and safety of

constructors

Elimination of

Vegetation

Damage to forest

land and arable land

Damaged vegetation

type/area, economic

value

Elimination, Restoration

and compensation, methods

√

Earthworks Soil erosion and

nutrient loss

Location of

excavation,

backfilling and

temporarily

earthwork storage,

natural water

discharge mode

Obligations of

contractors

√

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Temporary land

occupation and

damage to water

conservancy

facilities

Location, scope,

purpose of land

occupation

Contractors have the

obligation to submit a

“management plan for

temporary land

occupation and water

conservancy facilities”

√

Emission of

particulate matters

such as dust

Location and

distance of

residential area,

wind direction

Form for engineering

construction progress

Obligations of

contractors (watering in

windy dusty weather)

√

Transportation of

Construction

Materials and

Engineering

Equipment

Particulate matters

and noise

Material volume,

freight volume

Prohibit unconcealed

transportation √

Use of

Construction

Equipment

Impacts of noise and

waste gas on nearby

residents and

physical cultural

resources

Required

construction

equipment,

construction work

plan

Distance to the

nearest residential

area and its

population density

Wind direction and

wind velocity

Noise and waste gas

emission standards

Occupational health

Prohibit construction

operation of large

equipment at night

Inform nearby residents

of the construction

operation time

Select low-noise

equipment

Obligations of

contractors: execution

of EMP

Monitoring

√

Generation of

Solid Waste

Pollution to air, soil

and rivers

Type and number of

wastes: domestic

waste, construction

wastes, discarded

earth

Waste management and

disposal plan

Obligations of

contractors: execution

of EMP

√

Project

Completion

Failure in

recovering the

construction site

Location and area of

temporary land

occupation

Equipment that is

possibly used and

wastes generated

Contractors have the

obligation to submit a

“site recovery plan after

completion”

The recover plan shall

include the recovery

costs

√

2. Potential Environmental Problems in the Components in the Operation Stage

Gas Supply

Substitute coal with

gas to reduce

emission of waste

gas pollutants

Reduce emission of

pollutants —— √

Upgrading of

existing gas

facilities

Eliminate potential

safety hazard and

improve gas safety

—— —— √

1.3.2 Screening of Environmental Impact Factors

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The work is based on environmental impact factors indentified in pollution source analysis for

the project, environmental features of areas where the projects are located, relevant national

and local environmental protection standards, control indicators listed in the regulations, and

relevant World Bank requirements. See Table 1-4 for the assessment and screening results of

the project.

Table 1-4 Screenig Results of Assessment Factors of the Project

Environmental Elements Assessment Factors

Ambient Air Status Quo Assessment Normal pollutant: SO2, NO2, PM10

Regional Surface

Water

Environment

Status Quo Assessment CODCr, BOD5, NH3-N, petroleum

Noise Ambient Noise LAeq

Construction Noise LAeq

Ecology Impact Analysis Vegetation, land use, water and soil erosion

Solid Waste Impact Analysis of Solid Waste

Disposal

Domestic waste, borrowed and discarded earth,

slurry, waste building materials, waste pipes and

waste membrane meters

Environmental

Risk

The operation stage: fire

disaster, explosion Impact analysis of life, property safety

Social Impact

The construction stage: traffic

congestion, stores with street

frontage, schools, residents’

quality of life, impact of land

acquisition and relocation

The operation stage: payment

capacity, gender issues

Impact analysis

1.4 Assessment Scope

This project is Yangcheng County gas utilization project. It includes the construction of two

feeder lines and the upgrading of existing gas facilities. The evaluation scope is as follows:

(1) Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline: The total gas supply is

56.2798 million m3/a, with 20.2 km pipeline at 0.8 MPa;8 surge tanks;road crossing 26 times,

river crossing twice, channel crossing once. After completion, it will supply gas for residents,

commercial and some industrial users along the pipeline.

（2）Lanhua151# valve wells -Yanli county urban gas pipeline:The total gas supply is 2.62

million m3/a, with 7.59 km pipeline at 0.8 MPa;1 surge tank ;road crossing 12 times. After

completion, it will be the second gas source for residents and commercials in Yanli Township.

（3）Upgrading of existing gas facilities in Yangcheng：To upgrade the membrane meters and

26800 m pipeline behind the meter for the 13411 residents user of existing gas project in

Yangcheng County.

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In summary, pursuant to the impact scope, environmental elements, environmental

protection objectives, the assessment scope is determined separately for the construction stage

and the operation stage. See Table 1-5 for details.

Table 1-5 Environmental Impact Assessment Scope of the Project

Works

Assessment Scope

Stage Ambient Air

Acoustic

Environme

nt,

Vibration

Water

Environm

ent

Ecological

Environment

Physical

Cultural

Resources

Social

Environment

Gas

Supply

Pipeline

Constr

uction

Area within

100m at both

sides of the

pipeline

Area

within

100m at

both sides

of the

pipeline

Pass

through

partial

water

body

Wasteland

within 6m, dry

land within

4m, forest land

within 3m and

road within

0.5m at both

sides of the

pipeline

As per the

protection

requirements of

Xingshan

temple, the

assessment

scope is limited

to the

construction

area where

the gas pipeline

through the

Xingshan

temple

Affected urban

area along the

pipeline

Operat

ion None None None None

None

Surge

Tank

Constr

uction

Area within

100m around

surge tanks

Area

within 50m

around

surge tanks

None

Area within

100m around

surge tanks

None

Users within the

gas supply scope

Operat

ion None

Area

within 50m

around

surge tanks

None None None

Upgradi

ng of

existing

gas

facilities

Constr

uction None

Residents

around

membrane

meters

None None None Residents around

membrane meters

upgrading area Operat

ion None None None None None

1.5 Assessment Period

According to the implementation progress of the Project, the assessment period is divided into

the construction stage and the operation stage.

1.6 Assessment Rating

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According to the environmental impact assessment outline of the World Bank Financed

Shanxi Gas Utilization Project(6 components), as well as the minutes of WB’s safety

guarantee conference in the project concept stage, full assessment will be performed for the

two CHP subprojects under the Project, whereas partial assessment will be performed for the

four gas pipeline network subprojects. The project is a gas pipeline network subproject, and

partial assessment performed.

1.7 Assessment Methods

(1) The model forecasting method is adopted for the atmospheric environmental impact

assessment;

(2) The analytical method is adopted for the water environmental impact assessment;

(3) The model forecasting method is adopted for the acoustic environmental impact

assessment;

(4) The combined method of investigation and analogy analysis is adopted for the ecological

environmental impact assessment;

(5) The investigation and analysis method is adopted for the social environment and public

consultation.

1.8 Key Points of Assessment

(1) Impacts of construction activities on nearby sensitive targets;

(2) Disposal of construction waste and domestic waste in the construction stage;

(3) Analysis of social environment impacts;

(4) Alternatives Analysis;

(5) Public consultation and information disclosure;

(6) Risk analysis in the pipeline network operation stage (fire and explosion risks);

(7) Impacts on public facilities;

(8) Environmental management plan of the Project;

(9) Due diligence for industrial users.

1.9 Assessment Procedures

Assessment Procedures see Figure 1-1

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1.10 Environmental Protection Objectives

According to the characteristics investigation of the surrounding environment along the

pipeline, The project, Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline will

pass through Xingshan Temple. According to the investigation, it is not in the list of cultural

relics protection in Yangcheng County. It is a local folk custom building built by the local

villagers with raising funds.

As the Project does not involve such sensitive targets as water resource protection area,

natural protection area and scenic area, environmental protection targets of this assessment are

residential areas along the pipelines, Xingshan Temple and the river crossed by the pipeline,

etc.. See Table 1-6 for details.

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Figure 1-1 Environmental Assessment Procedures of WB Financed SGUP

Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject

EA agency starts environmental assessment.

Field visit

November 2016 - December 2017

Public participation Data collection

Compilation of outline and

report

Public participation

Data collection

Project implementation unit and the project design unit provide the feasibility

study report, relevant assessments and other materials.

Completion of the report, EMP and Environmental

Executive Summary

Early December 2016 – February2017

WB review

Submission of the report to WB

June 2017

Translation of the

report

Modification

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Table1-6 Environmental Protection Targets of Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project

Item Sensitive

Factor No. Period

Protection

Target Direction

Distance

to the

Plant

Boundary

(m)

Remarks A

nyan

g g

as d

istr

ibuti

on s

tati

on

-Dongye

tow

n u

rban

gas

pip

elin

e

Ambient

Air,

Noise

1

Co

nst

ruct

ion

Hongshang

Village S 5 Category 1 Standard in

Acoustic Environment

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for the village

area.

Category 2 Standard in

Acoustic Environment

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for the township

areas.

Category 4a Standard in

Acoustic Environment

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for areas within

30m at both sides of roads

2 Laoquan

Village E 84

3 Qia Village W 7

4 Baisang W 160

5 Shangbaisang W 6

6 Longzhang

Village SW 60

7 Shijiu

Village W 24

8 Beiyao

Village N 68

9 Nanyao

Village S 49

10 Zhaojia

Village N 41

11 Jianping

Village S 138

12 Dongye SE 17

Cultural

Relic 1

Construction

Xingshan

Temple S 25

Xingshan Temple is the

local folk custom building

built by the local villagers

with raising funds.

Surface

Water 1

Construction

River Crosing

Category IV Standard in

Surface Water

Environment Quality

Standards (GB3838－2002)

Ground

water 1

Construction

Drinking

water well

Category III water quality

standard in Groundwater

Quality Standards

(GB/T14848-93)

Trans-

boundary

Works

1

Construction Provincial Rd S229（3 places），

XiMang Road(1place），

YangDong Road（4places），other

roads（18places） Obtain approval from

relevant management

department

2

Construction

Huoze River（1 place）

Xiajie River（1 place）

Ecology Along the

pipeline

Crops,

vegetation

Reduce the impact

on crops

Lanhua151#

valve well

Ambient

Air, 1 Construction

Huwuagou

Village W 110

Category 1 Standard in

Acoustic Environment

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-Yanli

county

urban gas

pipeline

Noise 2

Guaipo

Village E 105

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for the village

area.

Category 2 Standard in

Acoustic Environment

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for the township

areas.

Category 4a Standard in

Acoustic Environment

Quality Standards

(GB3096－2008) is

executed for areas within

30m at both sides of roads

3 Xianyi

Village W 193

4 Shangqingchi

Village NE 93

5 Dongpo

Village W 118

6 Shangli

Village N 58

7

Zhong

Zhuang

S 54

Ground

water 1

Construction

Drinking

water source

Category III water quality

standard in Groundwater

Quality Standards

(GB/T14848-93)

Trans-

boundary

Works

1

Construction Chongli Avenue（1 place

Other road（11 places）

Obtain approval from

relevant management

department

Ecology Along the

pipeline

Crops,

vegetation

Reduce the impact

on crops

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2 Environmental Policies, Framework of Laws and Regulations

and Basis for EA Preparation

2.1 Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations

1) Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (December 26,

1989);

2) Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China (Jan 1,

2016);

3) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and

Control (April 29, 2000);

4) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Ambient

Noise Pollution (October 29, 1996);

5) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Water Pollution Prevention and

Control (February 28, 2008);

6) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of

Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste (April 24, 2015);

7) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Soil and Water Conservation

(December 25, 2010);

8) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics

(Amendment adopted and implemented from December 29, 2007);

9) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting Clean Production (2012

Amendment, came into force from July 1, 2012);

10) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Energy Conservation (April 1, 2008);

11) Renewable Energy Law of the People’s Republic of China (February 28, 2005);

12) Regulations on Environmental Protection Administration of Construction

Projects (November 29, 1998, No. 253 Decree of the State Council);

13) Decisions of the State Council for Implementing the Scientific Development

Paradigm and Strengthening Environmental Protection (Guo Fa [2005] No.39,

December 3, 2005);

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14) Interim Measures of the State Environmental Protection Administration for the

Public Consultation and Information Disclosure of Environmental Impact Assessment

(Huan Fa [2006] No. 28, implemented from March 18, 2006);

15) Guiding Catalogue for Industrial Restructuring (2011) (amended in 2013);

16) Notice on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment Management and

Preventing Environmental Risks (Huan Fa [2005] No. 152, December 16, 2005);

17) Opinions on Improving Industrial Water Conservation (No.1015 [2000] of the

State Economic and Trade Commission, October 25, 2000);

18) Law of the People’s Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics (October

28, 2002).

2.2 Local Regulations

1) Regulations of Shanxi Province on Environmental Protection (July 30, 1997);

2) Regulations of Shanxi Province on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric

Pollution (September 3, 1996);

3) Subproject of Shanxi Province on Regionalization of Surface Water Environment

Management (Jin Huan Fa [2005] No. 208, May 16, 2005);

4) Notice of the General Office of the People’s Government of Shanxi Province on

Forwarding the Guiding Catalogue of Shanxi Development and Reform Commission

for Industrial Investment (2006 Version) (Jin Zheng Ban Fa [2006] No. 1, January 6,

2006);

5) Notice on Printing the Interim Provisions of Shanxi Province on Strengthening the

Environment Management of Development Projects (Jin Huan Fa [2011] No. 160, July

6, 2011);

6) Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of Shanxi

Province on Accelerating the Comprehensive Treatment and Utilization of Coal-mine

Gas (Jin Zheng Ban Fa [2007] No. 125, October 2007);

2.3 Environmental Protection Technical Specifications

1) Technical Guidelines on EIA of Construction project: General Prgramme (HJ

2.1-2016)

2) Technical Guidelines on EIA: Atmospheric Environment (HJ 2.2- 2008);

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3) Technical Guidelines on EIA: Surface Water Environment (HJ/T2.3-93);

4) Technical Guidelines on EIA: Acoustic Environment (HJ2.4-2009);

5) Technical Guidelines on Assessment of Environmental Risks of Development Projects

(HJ/T 169-2004);

6) Technical Guidelines on EIA: Ecological Impacts (HJ19-2011);

2.4 World Bank Safeguard Policies and EHS of World Bank Group

（1）World Bank Safeguard Policies

Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline will pass through Xingshan

Temple. It is a local folk custom building built by the local villagers, and no classification of

cultural relics protection was carried out.

According to the analysis of the sensitivity, environmental impact extent of the project, this

subproject is an integral part of the Shanxi Gas Utilization Project which has been classified

into Category A, hence the environmental impact assessment of this subproject will be carried

out in accordance with the requirement of Category A. According to the analysis of the

correlation between the Project and World Bank safeguard policy documents, policy

documents applicable to the Project include OP4.01 (Environmental Impact Assessment),

OP4.11 (Physical Cultural Resources) and OP4.12 (Involuntary Resettlement); please refer to

Table 2-1 for details.

Table 2-1 Analysis of Correlation between the Project and World Bank Safeguard Policy

Documents

No. World Bank Safeguard

Policy Documents

Correlated to

the Project or

not

Remarks

1

OP4.01 Environmental

Assessment Correlated

The project construction would have some impacts on

the surrounding environment, thus environmental

assessment needs to be conducted. Yangcheng The

project is to replace the 3 components of Changzhi,

Xiangyuan, and Tunliu in the World bank finced

SGUP(6 components), as the SGUP has been

classified as a Category A project, the project will be

assesed as Category A.

2

OP4.04 Natural

Habitats Uncorrelated

No natural reserves in the project areas. The Gas

pipeline network cuts across some rivers, which have

been listed as environmentally sensitive targets to

ensure their safety during the flooding season. In most

months of a year, there is no water in these rivers and

relevant local authorities have confirmed that there are

no rare or precious specicies in the rivers.

3 OP4.09 Pest

Management Uncorrelated

The Project does not involve use or storage of

pesticides

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4 OP4.10 Indigenous

Peoples Uncorrelated No indigenous peoples in the project areas.

5

OP4.11 Physical

Cultural Resources Correlated

The project, Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye

town urban gas pipeline will pass through Xingshan

Temple. It is a local folk custom building built by the

local villagers with raising funds, not in the list of

cultural relics protection.

6 OP4.12 Involuntary

Resettlement Correlated The Project does not involve land acquisition.

7 OP4.36 Forestry Uncorrelated

The Project does not involve forestation or

commercial logging. Woods land where the Gas

pipeline network Component cuts across is small plots

of plantations scattering along the pipeline.

8 OP4.37 Dam Safety Uncorrelated The Project does not involve dams.

9 OP7.60 Projects in

Disputed Areas Uncorrelated The Project is not located in any disputed area.

10 OP7.50 International

Waterways Uncorrelated The Project does not involve international waterways

（2）EHS of World Bank Group

International Finance Corporation: Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines (General

EHS Guidelines), including atmospheric emissions and ambient air quality, energy

conservation, wastewater and environmental water quality, waste management, noise;

occupational health and safety, power transmission and Transformation.

2.5 Assessment Standards (Compared with EHS Standards)

For the purpose of this assessment, comparative analysis would be carried out according to

applicable national standards, International Finance Corporation’s Environment, Health and

Safety Guidelines (General EHS Guidelines)

2.5.1 Environmental Quality Standards

2.5.1.1 Ambient Air

As China consumes large amount of coal, the ambient air quality standards shall be Chinese

standards conforming to China’s national conditions. All 6 subprojects are located in zones

mixed with rural areas, industrial districts and commercial districts, the ambient air functions

of which belong to Category II areas, thus Category II standard in Ambient Air Quality

Standards (GB3095-2012) shall be enforced, as detailed in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 Assessment Standards for Ambient Air Quality (Unit: ug/Nm3)

Item Average time Ambient Air Quality Standards (GB3095-2012)

Category II Standard (ug/m3)

TSP Annual average 200

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24-hour average 300

1-hour average --

PM10

Annual average 70

24-hour average 150

1-hour average --

PM2.5

Annual average 35

24-hour average 75

1-hour average --

SO2

Annual average 60

24-hour average 150

1-hour average 500

NO2

Annual average 40

24-hour average 80

1-hour average 200

NOx

Annual average 50

24-hour average 100

1-hour average 250

2.5.1.2 Surface Water

Category IV Standard in Surface Water Environment Quality Standards (GB3838－2002)

would be enforced for the project, see details in Table 2-3.

Table 2-3 Assessment Standards for Surface Water

No. Item Unit Standard Value Surface Water Standard

1 CODCr mg/L ≤30 Category IV Standard GB3838－2002

2 BOD5 mg/L ≤6 Category IV Standard GB3838－2002

3 NH3－N mg/L ≤1.5 Category IV Standard GB3838－2002

4 pH —— 6-9 Category IV Standard GB3838－2002

5 Petroleum mg/L ≤0.5 Category IV Standard GB3838－2002

2.5.1.3 Acoustic Environment Standards

Category II Standard of Environmental Acoustic Quality Standards (GB3096-2008)

would be enforced for noise at construction site boundary; Category I Standard of

Environmental Acoustic Quality Standards (GB3096-2008) would be enforced for noise in

sensitive spots; Category 4a Standard in Environmental Acoustic Quality Standards

(GB3096-2008) would be enforced for traffic noise. Refer to Table 2-4 for standard values

and noise level standards of EHS.

As shown in the table, domestic noise level standards for residence, office, culture and

education are the same as those in EHS enforced by World Bank; domestic noise level

standards for industrial and commercial facilities are stricter than those in EHS enforced by

World Bank; but there is no provision in EHS as to zones mixed with commercial and

residential areas. Therefore, appropriate domestic standards would be enforced for the Project.

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Table 2-4 Assessment Standards for Acoustic Environment (Unit: [dB(A)])

Acoustic Environment

Environmental Acoustic

Quality Standards

(GB3096-2008)

Noise Level Standards of EHS

Category Daytime Night Time Daytime

(07:00~22:00)

Night Time

(22:00~07:00)

Area along

pipeline(zones mixed

with commercial and

residential)

2 60 50 70 70

Villages and schools at

sensitive spots 1 55 45 55* 45

Arterial traffic 4a 70 55 -- --

Note: *--Residence, office, culture and education facilities.

2.5.2 Pollutant Discharge Standards

This project is a pipeline project, there is no waste gas and solid waste discharge during the

operation stage.

During the construction period, the Emission Standard of Ambient Noise at Construction Site

Boundary (GB12523-2011) would be enforced for noise; for standard limit values, refer to

Table 2-5.

Table 2-5 Emission Standards for Ambient Noise at Construction Site Boundary

Time Interval Daytime [dB(A) ] Night Time [dB(A) ] Scope of Application

Standard value 75 55 All items

2.6 Urban Planning, Atmospheric Pollution Regulation Planning and

Environmental Functional District Planning Documents

1) The 13th Five-Year Plan for National Environmental Protection (December 2011);

2) Master Plan of Yancheng County, Jincheng City of Shanxi Province (2010-2030);

3) Comprehensive Working Program of Shanxi Province for Energy Conservation and

Emission Reduction in the 13th Five-Year Plan Period;

4) Report of Yangcheng County on Ecological Economic Zoning;

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5) Outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for National Economic and Social

Development of Shanxi Province;

6) The 13th Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province (Jin Zheng

Fa [2016] No. 66);

7) Development Planning of Shanxi Province for the Industrial Integration of “Four

Types of Gas” (November 2, 2009);

8) Several Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of Shanxi

Province on Accelerating and Promoting the Industrial Integration of “Four Types of

Gas” in the Province (Jin Zheng Ban Fa [2010] No. 72);

9) Outline of Guoxin Energy on Gas Industrial Development;

2.7 Analysis of Conformity and Consistency of the Proposed Project with

Relevant Regional Policies and Plans

2.7.1 Plan of Shanxi Province on Emission Reduction of Atmospheric

Pollutants

According to the statistic of the13th Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection of

Shanxi Province. During the whole "12th Five-Year" period, Shanxi vigorously promoted the

comprehensive treatment of environmental pollution. By the end of 12th Five-Year, the

average annual concentration of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) decreased by 27.3%

compared with 2013, the average number of ambient air quality in 11 cities with districts

increased by 70 days on average in 2013. Total emissions reduction of sulfur dioxide,

nitrogen oxides, soot and industrial dust were 195.8%, 180.1%, 157.7% and 162.1%,

respectively, of the reduction targets of 12th Five-Year plan, overall excess national and

provincial emission reduction tasks, the overall ambient air quality has been improved.

During 13th Five-Year, the environmental protection targets for air:in the "Shanxi

provincial environmental protection planning" is, by 2020, the quality air environment in

Shanxi will be phased improved, and the total amount of major pollutants discharged will

complete national and provincial emission reduction tasks, and the environmental risks will

be effectively controlled. The average annual concentration of PM2.5 in 11 municipalities

with districts dropped by20%. The proportion of urban air quality in good days reached

75.4%. The main pollutants SO2, NOx will complete the state assigned total emission

reduction task in "13th Five-Year". Smoke and dust emissions decreased by 10% compared

with 2015. The pollutant emission reduction target of Shanxi Province has been decomposed

to the prefecture level, and all pollutant emission reduction projects are being gradually

promoted and implemented. After the implementation of the Project,the utilization of coal of

the residents, industrials, commercials and public buildings along the pipeline will be replaced,

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and the emission of atmospheric pollutants will be reduced in Shanxi Province.

Implementation of the Project conforms to the atmospheric pollutant emission reduction plan

of Shanxi Province.

2.7.2 Analysis of Conformity and Consistency of the project with Relevant

Regional Policies and Plans

According to the National Energy Administration's "energy development strategy action

plan" (2014-2020 years), in these six years, the energy sector will vigorously develop green

low-carbon strategy, gradually reduce the proportion of coal consumption, increase the

proportion of natural gas consumption. By 2020, the proportion of natural gas will reach more

than 10%, and the proportion of coal consumption should be less than 62%. Implementation

of gasification urban livelihood projects. New natural gas should be given priority to protect

residents' living and replace the scattered coal use, and organize the implementation of the

clean utilization plan for urban residents. By 2020, urban residents had access to natural gas.

The overall plan of the county town of Yangcheng County also puts forward the development

target of adopting clean energy and increasing gas ratio.

The project is Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project，includes construction of gas pipelines

and upgrading of existing gas facilities.The construction of the project will help improve the

network system in Yangcheng County, increase the capacity of gas supply and expand the

scope of gas supply.After the completion of the project, it will help reduce the amount of coal

consumed in the region, improve the environment, reduce regional air pollution, and the

project complies with the relevant planning.

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3 Project Description

3.1 Contents

3.1.1 Basic Information

The main contents of this project include two natural gas pipeline networks（Anyang gas

distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline and Lanhua151# valve well -Yanli

county urban gas pipeline）and the construction of relevant facilities, the renovation of the

residents gas meter and the pipe behind the meter.

Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline, starts from the Anyang gas

distribution station on the southwest side of the Anyang village of Yangcheng Town, and the

pipeline is laid to the South after connected to the gas station, it goes by the west side of

Hongshang Village, through the industrial park, after setting valve wells and regional

regulator cabinet in Hongshang village, it goes through Laoquan village to Baisang, setting

setting valve wells and regional regulator cabinet then goes by the west side of Zhangzhuang

to Shangbaisang, setting valve wells and regional regulator cabinet at Shangbaisang, then it

goes southward, setting valve wells and regional regulator cabinet in the north of Longzhang

Village, then set truncated split valve well and regional pressure regulating cabinet to the

north of Shijiu Village, it goes southward, setting valve wells and regional regulator cabinet in

the west of Nanyao village, goes through the the middle land of the village, setting valve well

and regional pressure regulating cabinet in the north of Jianping Village, then goes across Jian

river, reaches Dongye Township, setting valve wells and regional regulator cabinet to the west

of the end point Dongye Township.

Lanhua151# valve well -Yanli county urban gas pipeline connect the pressure lever exitt of

the Lanhua151# gas well then lays to the southeast, it goes by Huwagua Village to Xianyi

Village, then cross the road after Shangqingchi Village to the southeast side of Yanli

township. It will provide gas supply for the resident and commercial users in Yanli Township.

The gas pipeline planning see Figure 4.

The location, scale and main contents of the project are shown in Table 3-1. The route of the

project is shown in figure 4.

3.1.2 Investment and Funding Source

The total investment of the Project is approximately RMB 65.2277 milion yuan, and the fund

consists of self-owned funds of enterprises and loans from the World Bank and domestic

commercial bank.

3.1.3 Project construction period

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The final design period of the project pipe network is to the end of 2030.

Since 2031, the gas supply will reach the design capacity of this project. The project

construction schedule is as follows: April 2017 to August 2018, complete the installation of

the main pipeline network and pressure adjustment and metering facilities; September 2018 to

the end of 2030, complete branch pipeline laying step by step, and complete installation and

commissioning of gas transmission and distribution automation monitoring and management

system in different stages.

3.1.4 Gas Consumption

The construction of the pipeline network can realize the gasification of the villages and towns,

new rural residential areas and major industries in the county area. Table 3-4 shows the gas

consumption of the project.

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Table 3-1 Project Composition

Item

Project

Location and

surrounding

environment

Capacity Composition Gas source Service area

Yangcheng

pipeline

network

Anyang gas

distribution

station-Dongye

town urban gas

pipeline

New

construction of

gas

transmission

and distribution

system, with

annual gas

supply of

5627.98×104N

m3

1) New construction of 20.2 km hypo-high pressure pipeline

at 0.8 MPa; with diameter of D323.9×6.3. The buried

depth of pipeline (depth from pipe top to surface

ground covering soil) shall be carried out according to

the Code for Design of Urban Gas (GB50028-2006),

specifically: Buried in the roadway: ≥1.2m; Buried in

the roadway under non: ≥1.0m. Pipeline

crossingProvincial Rd S229（3 places）Xi-Mang Road

（1 place），Yang-Dong Road（4 places），other road

（18 places）；Huoze river crossing once，Jian river

crossing once, Channel crossing once.

2) 8 surge tanks;

3) 7 Single valve well（DN150）,1 Double valve well

（DN200、DN300）,135 of Mark piles, Mileage stake,

Cross pile, Corner piles and 58 warning signs;

4) Auto-monitoring system for gas network Tin

gdia

n b

oo

ster

sta

tion，

co

nst

ruct

ion h

as b

een c

om

ple

ted

Along the pipeline

network, county residents,

commercial business in

Yangcheng County, and

township residents,

commercial business, new

rural residents and the

surrounding industrial gas

users etc. within the county

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Lan

hua1

51# v

alve

wel

l -Y

anli

county

urb

an g

as

pip

elin

e

New

construction of

gas

transmission

and distribution

system, with

annual gas

supply of

262×104Nm3

1) New construction of 7.59 km hypo-high pressure

pipeline at 0.8 MPa; with diameter of D219.1×5.6.

The buried depth of pipeline (depth from pipe top to

surface ground covering soil) shall be carried out

according to the Code for Design of Urban Gas

(GB50028-2006), specifically: Buried in the roadway:

≥1.2m; Buried in the roadway under non: ≥1.0m.

Pipeline crosses Chongli Avenue once, other road 11

places.

2) 1 surge tanks;

3) 1 Single valve well（DN200）, 51 of Mark piles,

Mileage stake, Cross pile, Corner piles and 24

Warning signs;

4) Auto-monitoring system for gas network

Lan

hua1

51# g

as w

ell

in X

ihe

tow

nsh

ip,

Yan

gch

eng C

ounty

, co

nst

ruct

ion h

as b

een

com

ple

ted Second gas source for

residents, commercial

business, and public

construction in Yanli

township

Upgrading of

existing gas

facilities in

Yangcheng

Replacement of

gas meter and

pipeline behind

the meter in the

resident

houshold

To upgrade the membrane meters and 26800 m pipeline behind the

meter for the 13411 residents user of existing gas project in

Yangcheng County.

——

Residents of the existing

gas pipeline network of

Yangcheng with the

membrane meters and

pipeline behind it to be

upgraded.

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Table 3-2 Gas Consumption

NO. User type

Daily Gas

Consumption

（103m3/d）

Annual Gas

Consumption

（104m3/a）

Proportion（%）

Yangcheng gas Utilization：gas consumption proportion of industrial use to civil use is

88：5.7

1 Residential

users 0.88 322.85 5.74

2 Commercial

users 0.19 70.22 12.48

3 Industrial

users 13.75 4950.00 87.95

4 Unforeseen

consumption 0.78 284.91 5.06

5 Total 16.42 5627.98 100

3.2 Construction Plan and Method

This is a natural gas pipeline project, no need for the the gate station, regional regulator

station engineering. The construction site should be cleaned up before pipeline construction;

The excavation of pipeline ditch adoptes single side dump, assembling and welding should be

done on the top of ditch. After the completion of the trench excavation, road crossing, river

crossing and other basic work, in accordance with the construction specifications, the pipeline

will be sent to the site for welding, pressure testing, interface corrosion prevention, and then

lowered down into the pipe trench.

The project adopts directional drilling to cross the ditch due to the stone masonry slope

protection, and adoptes direct excavation to cross the river. Concrete pressure block shall be

added to the pipe section to stabilize the pipe. The buried depth of the pipeline is in the stable

layer of the river bottom; The buried depth of pipe top is about 1m below scouring layer; The

Pipe jacking should be adopted to cross roads.

After the above construction is completed, the pipeline pressure test will be carried out.

The project uses clean water for atmospheric pressure test, and then backfill soil, clean up the

site, restore the landscape, and restore the vegetation.

3.2.1 List of Construction Methods

The construction methods of the project see Tabel 3-3.

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Table3-3 Construction Methods

Project Subproject Pipelin construction Y

angch

eng

pip

elin

e

Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban gas

pipeline

New construction of 20.2 km pipeline at 0.8 MPa; 8 surge

tanks;

Pipeline crossing Provincial Rd S229（3 place）Xi-Mang

Road（1 places），Yang-Dong Road（4 places），other road

（18 places）；

The pipeline of the project crosses Huoze River once and

Jina river once, ditch once.。

Use pipe jacking when crossing roads

Use dry excavation to cross river

Directional drilling is adopted for canal and ditch crossing.

Lanhua151# valve well -Yanli

county urban gas pipeline

New construction of 7.59 km pipeline at 0.8 MPa;

1 surge tanks;

Pipeline crosses Chongli Avenue once, other road 11 places.

Use pipe jacking when crossing roads

Upgrading of existing gas

facilities in Yangcheng.

To upgrade the membrane meters and pipeline behind the

meter for the 13411 residents user of existing gas project in

Fengcheng toenship,Yangcheng County.

3.2.2 Construction Methods

During the pipeline laying of the project, the direct excavation method is adopted to lay the

crossing works including river, channel crossing and highway crossing. The construction

methods are stated as follows:

1、Roads Crossing

Roads the pipeline engineering goes across include national roads, provincial roads and rural

roads. The engineering for crossing roads adopt the pipe jacking method. The pipe jacking

method doesn’t destroy the road pavement, or block traffic, with small perturbed surface and

slight environmental impacts. The construction method and machinery of pipe jacking method

are as follows:

(1) Construction method: first of all, set up the pedestal and install hydraulic jack in the

operation pit to penetrate tool pipe or heading machine through the earth to the receiving pit

and lift up them by using the propulsive force of main jack oil tank, pipeline room and relay

room; and then follow the tool pipe or heading machine to jack the prefabricated section of

pipe into the ground and bury the pipe between the two pit.

(2) Construction machinery: head (including small oil jack), oil press, main jack oil tank,

bridge crane (hoisting machine), resistance box and other power-supply units, electric welder,

measuring apparatus, pipe-like track, jacking block and back.

2、Channel Crossing

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The project pipeline goes across the channel once. The pipeline construction adopts the direct

excavation method. As for Zhujiachuan River, Songxi River and Zhanghe River, the crossing

engineering adopts the directional drilling method, which is featured by short construction

period, small site disturbance and slight impacts on surroundings and can ensure the buried

depth of the pipeline. Construction method and machinery of directional drilling are as

follows:

(1) Construction method: first, make use of existing roads to transport equipment to the

construction site, and then conduct the excavation of slurry pond in drill site; meanwhile,

calibrate the position of main equipment with gray lines, and then place main equipment in

correct place at time of equipment access; start the construction of guide hole according to the

requirements of codes and design, and then start the construction of pre-reaming hole and

pipeline back dragging in order; after crossing, put equipment in order, clean the construction

site; after mud sedimentation, conduct clean-water discharge and backfill mud with earth to

restore landscape.

(2) Construction machinery and material: drill and drilling bit, back reamer, drill stem and

other accessory equipment, clay, power generator, blender and water pump.

3、River Crossing

(1) Construction method: The pipeline of the project crosses Huoze River once and Jina river

once, both are seasonal small rivers. Pipeline construction adopts the excavation method when

crossing river, and in the first, dry season shall be selected, rainy season shall be avoided; If

there is water flow in the river during construction, the river should be cleaned first, then one

side should be enclosed for diversion and the other side be excavated. After completion of the

whole construction, the river channel should be cleaned.

(2) Construction machinery

Excvavtors, cutting machine and shovels.

4、General routes

Pipe construction adopts the excavation method, which is featured by simple and direct

construction and low construction cost and has no impacts on revegetation and land

reclamation after earth backfilling. Therefore, general pipe section of the subproject adopts

the excavation method. As for excavation method, the Pipeline trench shall be excavated

according to the plane position and elevation stated in the design. In case of manual

excavation without Groundwater, the reservation value of trench bottom shall be 0.05-0.10m;

in case of mechanical excavation with Groundwater, the reservation value of trench bottom

shall be not less than 0.15m. Conduct manual bottom cleaning to elevation before pipeline

installation, and then start pipeline construction.

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(1) Pipe trench backfilling

The pipe trench backfilling shall adopt fine earth to fill the pipe bottom and both sides of the

pipeline first, and then backfill the pipeline to 0.5m above the top of the pipe. The backfilling

soil on both sides of the pipe and 0.5m above the top of pipe shall not include gravel, brick,

litter and other sundries and shall not use frozen soil. The backfilling soil shall be tamped

layer by layer, with the layer thickness of 0.2-0.3m. The backfilling soil on both sides of the

pipe top and 0.5m above the pipe top must be tamped manually. When the height of

backfilling soil exceeds 0.5m of pipe top, small machinery shall be used for tamping. Each

layer of loose soil shall be 0.25-0.4m in thickness.

(2) Construction machinery

Excvavtors, cutting machine and shovels.

3.2.3 Construction Camp

The gas facilities renovation project is located in Yangcheng County, and the construction

workers are all local staff, no need for setting up construction camps. The two pipe network of

the project will be constructed in sections. The design takes 5km as a section, each section has

a construction period of about 50 days, and there will be no more than 8 people during the

peak construction period. Construction camps use the the nearby village rental housing, the

use of local living facilities, set up canteens, the largest number of people eating in the

canteen will be no more than 8. Clean fuel canned liquefied gas should be selected for the

onstruction personnel canteen, coal is strictly prohibited; Workers will produce some

domestic waste, garbage collection barrels will be set, regularly collected and disposed by the

sanitation department; The hand wash water should be spilled to suppress the dust, other

small amount of living water be collected into the bucket, after precipitation, use the upper

clean water to spray the dust and the bottom dregs be dumped into the trash bin. Construction

workers are recruited local personnel, there is no cultural difference. Through the villages

along the pipe network, drinking water is the same as the local villagers, all of which are in

line with the drinking water standard.

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4 Environmental Situation

4.1 General Introduction of Natural Environment

4.1.1 Geographic Location

4.1.1.1 Geographic Location of Shanxi Province

Located in the Loess Plateau in northern China, Shanxi Province is of a mountainous plateau

covered by loess in principle. Standing in the heart of the Yellow River basin, it stretches

from the latitude of 34°34′to 40°44′north and from the longitude of 114°32′to 110°15′east,

adjacent to Hebei Province, Henan Province, Shaanxi Province and Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region in the south, north, east and west, respectively.

Shanxi Province is so named because it largely lies in the west of the Taihang Mountains and

the east of the Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River. Currently, it has jurisdiction over 11

prefecture-level cities of Taiyuan, Datong, Shanxi, Yangquan, Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong,

Linfen, Changzhi, Yuncheng and Jincheng (including 119 counties, cities or districts), with a

total population of 36，108，000. It is 682km long from the north to the south and 385km wide

from the east to the west, covering an area of 156,700 km2, accounting for 1.6% of the total

area of China.

4.1.1.2 Project Location

See Table 4-1 for the geographical location of the WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization

Project –Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project（the Project）.

Table 4-1 Geographical Location of the WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project and

Counties/Cities under the Project

Project Name County/City Geographic Location

Gas pipeline

network

Component

Yan

gch

eng G

as

pip

elin

e net

work

Yangcheng County is located in the

southeastern of Shanxi Province and the

west of the Jincheng City, in between the

three mountains of Taihang, Taiyue and

Zhongtiao, bordering Qinshui County to

the north, Jincheng City to the east,

Qinshui County and Yuanqu County to the

west, and Jiyuan County Henan province

to the south

The pipeline network

would go through

Fengcheng Township,

Baisang Township,

Manghe Township,

Dongye Township and

Yanli Township.

4.1.2 Land Form, Engineering Geology,Hydrogeology and Earthquake

Shanxi Province is featured by complex topographical conditions. With the north part higher

than the middle and south parts, it involves multiple land forms such as mountain land, hill,

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plateau, basin, tableland, etc.The boundary outline shows a parallelogram slanting from the

northeast to the southwest. With the Taihang Mountains as a natural barrier in the east, it is

adjacent to Hebei Province and the north of Henan Province in the north, faces Shaanxi

Province and the south central region of Henan Province across the Yellow River in the west

and south, and is next to the Great Wall and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the

north. Shanxi Province is of a highland area between the middle Yellow River and the

Taihang Mountains, with the mountainous area accounting for 70% of the total. From the

planimetric map, Shanxi Province presents a parallelogram slanting from the northeast to the

southwest, about 380m wide from the east to the west and 680km from the south to the north.

From the land form, it belongs to tableland composed of many complex mountains.

See Table 4-2 for the topographical conditions and land form, engineering geology,

hydrogeology and earthquake conditions in the project areas.

Table 4-2 General Introduction of Natural Environment in the Area of World Bank Financed

Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-- Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject

Category

Gas Pipeline Network Component

Land

Form Engineering Geology Hydrogeology Earthquake

Yangcheng

gas

utilization

subproject

The

general

trend of

Yangcheng

County

terrain is

higher in

the South,

West and

northeast,

lower in

the East,

showing a

semi open

basin

shaped

terrain,

with

mountains,

hills and

basins.

From the tectonic system,

Yangcheng County is located

in the middle of the Xicheng

mountain tilt belt and the

south of Zhanshang Wuxiang

Yangcheng NNE fold belt.

From the perspective of

regional structure, most of the

county are platform

sedimentary cover, area of

Chengguan, Qinchi, Yan Li

mainly are north-south

structure. The southern

margin of Zhanshang

Wuxiang Yangcheng NNE

fold belt extends into the

county from the

Zhengzhuang, Duanshi,

Changdian, and continue

extend to Jialing, Baisang,

which consists of a series of

anticline syncline fold belt.

Groundwater distribution of

Yangcheng County is not

balanced, more in the north

than the south, more in the

east than the west, more in

the periphery than the center.

Groundwater types include

quaternary riverbed impact

sand and gravel.

Groundwater types include

the sand gravel pore water of

the river bed impact, fissure

water of the upper Permian

sandstone, fissure water of

the coal bearing strata of

Lower Permian, Karst fissure

phreatic water of Upper

Carboniferous strata, Karst

fissure phreatic water, and

the fissure water of the

Sinian sandstone and quartz

andesite

The basic

earthquake

intensity is

VI.

4.1.3Mineral Resources

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Shanxi Province is rich in mineral resources, especially in coal, bauxite, iron, etc. The

abundant coal resources scatter more than 90 counties (cities, districts) across the whole

province.

See Table 4-3 for main mineral resources in the area of the World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas

Utilization Project-- Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject.

Table 4-3 Main Mineral Resources in the Project Areas

4.1.4 Meteorology

Located at the mid-latitudes, Shanxi Province is not far from the sea but less affected by the

summer monsoon due to the mountain barrier, with a temperate continental monsoon climate.

The annual average temperature is 3οC ~14οC. There is a big temperature difference between

day and night, and also between the south and the north. The temperature is below 0οC in the

winter throughout the province but always high in the summer, between 21οC and 26οC in

July. The frost-free period in the south is longer than in the north, and that in the plain area is

longer than in the hilly area. The annual precipitation is 400-650mm. The rainfall in June to

August, mainly in the form of torrential rain, is highly concentrated, accounting for 60% of

the annual precipitation. The rainfall is greatly affected by the topographical conditions of

more mountainous areas and fewer basins.

See Table 4-4 for the meteorology in the area of the World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas

Utilization Project-- Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject.

Table 4-4 Meteorology in the Area of the World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization

Project-- Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject

Eleme

nt Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Annu

al

Temp

eratur

e

Average -2.6 0.3 5.8 13.5 18.8 22.9 24.5 23.2 18.3 12.4 5.3 -0.6 11.8

Extreme

Maximum

Temperat

ure (οC)

-16.7 -17.2 -8.0 -3.0 3.2 9.0 13.9 11.2 3.6 -3.6 -13.5 -16.0 -17.2

Extreme

Minimum

Temperat

ure (οC)

14.7 21.6 28.0 35.0 37.0 38.2 38.5 37.8 38.4 32.5 23.7 19.9 38.5

Air

pressu

re

Average

947.7 945.8 942.9 938.5 935.9 932.2 930.8 934.1 940.2 945.0 947.6 948.6 940.8

Project County Mineral Resources

Yangcheng

Gas Utilization

Subproject

Yangcheng

County

Yangcheng County is rich in mineral resources, iron, copper, aluminum

and other metal ores and coal, sulfur, gypsum, quartz and other

non-metallic minerals, especially coal, iron, sulfur has rich reserves,

with proven coal reserves of 5.922 billion tons, iron ore reserves of 0.3

billion tons, 0.2 billion tons of sulfur ore, which lay a a good

foundation for economic development in Yangcheng County.

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Eleme

nt Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Annu

al

（hPa

）

Relati

ve

Humi

dity

(%)

Average

53 54 57 54 57 61 75 77 74 66 60 54 62

Precip

itation

（mm）

Average

62 114 254 333 505 673 1376 1133 711 403 211 65 5839

Evapo

ration

（mm

）

Average

508 686 1244 2045 2550 2589 2084 1783 1340 1149 812 566 17357

Wind

Veloc

ity

(m/s)

Average

1.7 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.9

Recorded in:1971-2000

4.2 Overview of Eco-environment

4.2.1Brief introduction

As one of the provinces with short land resources, Shanxi Province has the characteristics of

complex and diverse landforms, serious soil erosion and multiple land types.

See Table 4-5 for the soil, animals and plants, and other eco-environment conditions in the

project areas.

Table 4-5 Overview of Eco-environment in the Project Areas

Subproject Soil Animals and Plants Soil Erosion

Yangchen

g Gas

Utilization

Subproject

There are 3 main types of soil in

Yangcheng County, including

brown soil, cinnamon soil and

meadow soil, mainly in cinnamon

soil.

There are 8 sub classes, 29 soils

and 46 soil species.

The proposed project is located in the

area already developed or disturbed by

human activities, thus the artificial

ecological characteristics dominate the

project area. There are no rare animals,

plants or large wind animals in the

assessed area.

——

4.2.2 Statistics of Land Use Types along Gas Pipeline

According to the field survey, the pipeline of this project mainly goes through rural areas. The

statistical results of current land use types status along the pipeline see Table 4-6. It should be

noted that the present status of land use in this report is tentative according to the Current

Land Use Classification (GB/T21010-2007). The survey documents of land and resources

department and the planning department shall prevail. According to the statistics of land use

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types along the pipelines provided by the project feasibility study report, the main land use

types crossed by the two branch lines of the project are cultivated land, followed by woodland

and wasteland. Among them, the woodland is planted by local farmers for wind breaking but

not the natural forest.

Table4-6 Statistics of Current Land Use Types along the Pipeline

Pipeline Length（km） Surface vegetation Land occupation

I Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline

Sub high pressure main

pipeline

18.1 Cultivated land Temporary

1.0 Woodland （by farmers） Temporary

0.3 Economic forest Temporary

0.8 Waste land Temporary

Total 20.2

Surge tank 1200m2 Cultivated land/Waste land

(Non basic farmland)

Permanent

occupation (Lease)

II Lanhua151# valve well -Yanli county urban gas pipeline

Sub high pressure main

pipeline

5.7 Cultivated land Temporary

1.5 Woodland （by farmers） Temporary

0.39 Waste land Temporary

Total 7.59

Surge tank 195m2 Cultivated land/Waste land

(Non basic farmland)

Permanent

occupation (Lease)

4.3 Overview of Social-economic Environment

4.3.1 Administrative Division and Population

Shanxi Province currently has jurisdiction over 11 prefecture-level cities: Taiyuan City,

Datong City, Shuozhou County, Yangquan City, Xinzhou City, Luliang City, Jinzhong City,

Linfen City, Changzhi City, Yuncheng City and Jicheng City. Yangcheng subproject is

located in Yangcheng County, Jincheng.

See Table 4-7 for the administrative division and population in the project aeras

Table 4-7 Administrative Division in the Project Aeras

Subproject Administrative Division and Population

Yangcheng

Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Yangcheng County is under the jurisdiction of Jincheng City, Shanxi province. The county

government is now located in Phoenix town. The county has 10 towns, 7 townships, 1

office, 474 administrative villages and 2689 natural villages, the total area is 1968 square

kilometers, the total population is about 416 thousand, and agricultural population

accounted for 87%, non-agricultural population accounted for 13%.

4.3.2 Regional Economy

In 2015, Shanxi province GDP reached RMB1280.26 billion yuan, at comparable prices, an

increase of 3.1% over the previous year. Among them, the value added of primary industry

was RMB 78.81 billion yuan, an increase of 1.0%, accounting for 6.2% of GDP; Second

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industry added value of 522 billion 430 million yuan, down 1.1%, accounting for 40.8% of

GDP; Third industry added value of 679 billion 20 million yuan, an increase of 9.8%,

accounting for 53% of GDP; Per capita GDP of 35018 yuan, according to the average

exchange rate in 2015 was $5624. Throughout the year, the province's public budget revenue

of 164.22 billion yuan, down 9.8%. Tax revenue 105.65 billion yuan, down 6.8%; General

public budget expenditure of 344.34 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; The consumer price

of the province rose by 0.6% over the previous year, and the producer price of industrial

producer dropped by 12.3%. Through out the year in the province, it realized urban new jobs

for 515 thousand people, the transfer of rural labor force 377 thousand people, and at the end

of the year, the urban registered unemployment rate was 3.5%

See Table 4-7 for regional economy in the project areas.

Table4-8 Regional Economy in the area of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization

Project

Subproject Regional Economies

Yangcheng

Gas Utilization

Subproject

In 2015, Yangcheng County GDP reached RMB16.94616billion yuan, an increase of

5.3% over the previous year. The value added of primary industry was RMB

0.992billion yuan, an increase of 7.6% over the previous year, which shares 5.8% of

GDP; The second industry generated RMB 9.77061 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3%

over the previous year, shares57.7% of GDP; The service sector contributed RMB

6.18355billion yuan, increased of 7.7% over the previous year, shares36.5% of

GDP;Per capita GDP is 43329yuan, at an average exchange rate of $6958 in 2015.

4.3.3 Physical Cultural Resources

Xingshan temple is located between the Nanyao village and the Beiyao village, Manghe

Township. It was built by the local villagers with raising funds. The investigation from the

responsible person of Yangcheng County Bureau of cultural relics and the Nanyao and Beiyao

village committee shows that The temple is the local folk custom building but not in the list of

cultural relics protection in Yangcheng County. Xingshan Temple is jointly managed by the

Nanyao and Beiyao Village Committees with the main function of the worship, prayer and

other folk activities, and it will open at the local folk activities.

Xingshan Temple has total of three courtyards with the Jade Emperor Temple in the middle

courtyard, the three Officials hall in the east courtyard and the Guangong Hall in the west

courtyard.

4.3.4 Traffic Facilities

Located in the central region of China, Shanxi Province has the Datong-Puzhou Railway,

Beijing-Baotou Railway, Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway, Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Railway,

Taiyuan-Jiaozuo Railway, Shenmu-Huanghua Railway and other important railways. Its

traffic and geographical location are very important. As an important transportation hub in

North China and even the whole country, it has developed a transportation network, which is

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mainly supported by rail, road and supplemented by air. See Table 4-9 for local transportation

facilities in the project areas.

Table 4-9 Transportation Facilities in the Area of the Project

Subproject Transportation Facilities

Yangcheng

Gas

Utilization

Subproject

Yangcheng County has convenient transportation, the Hou(Houma,

Shanxi)-Yue(Yueshan,Henan) railway runs through the county from north to south, a total

length of nearly 35 km. Yangcheng Railway Station connects Jingle-Guang railway and

Longhai railway southward, and northward, it connects Tongpu line,

Shi(Shijiazhuang)-Tai(Taiyuan) railway. The main trunk road in County area are Jin Han

road, Jin Hou expressway, Yang Ji highway, etc.. The town level road is also more

developed, the total mileage of the County opened to traffic was 950 kilometers. Basically

formed a highway network that taking county as the center, mainly are trunk and county

roads connected by rural and special roads

4.4 Current Environmental Quality

4.4.1 Ambient Air

The ambient air quality data is based on the monitoring data of environmental quality in the

completion of environmental protection acceptance investigation report for the Mine merger

and reorganization integration project of Shanxi coal transportation trade group and

Yangcheng Huiyang Coal Mining Co., Ltd. (450kt/a). See Tabel 4-10 for the results of air

quality monitoring data of Shanxi provincial environmental monitoring stations in the

industrial site monitoring points at Huiyang coal mine from August 26, 2014 to September 1st,

2014. The monitoring results indicate that the TSP、PM10、NO2 in the region did not exceed

the standard of Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-2012) in level 2, while the SO2

concentration failed to meet the required level 2 standard.

Table4-10 Statistics of Current monitoring results

Monitoring factor

Item

Industrial site monitoring points at Huiyang coal mine

TSP SO2 NO2 PM10

Max concentration（mg/Nm3） 0.238 0.26 0.016 0.144

Standard Value（mg/Nm3） 0.30 0.15 0.08 0.15

Up to the standard or not Up to the

standard

Not up to the

standard

Up to the standard Up to the

standard

4.4.2 Water Environment

The pipeline of the project crosses Huoze River and Jina river.

Huoze river is located in the Central County, with 57 kilometers in the county area, watershed

area of 845 square kilometers.

Jian River is a tributary of Qin River, with a total length of 62.5 kilometers, the basin covers

an area of 856.2 square kilometers with a riverbed width of 15~30 meters. Huoze river and

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Jian river that the project crosses by are both seasonal creeks, there is no rare species habitat

in or along the river.

Surface Water Quality data quote from the surface water quality weekly report of

Qinheshangli spring automatic monitoring station, December 19-25, 2016. See Table 4-9. The

Date shows that the water quality in Qinheshangli spring meets the Class II of Surface Water

Quality Standard (GB3838-2002).

Table 4-11 Monitoring data of Qinheshangli spring automatic monitoring station

Time pH DO(mg/L) COD(mg/L) NH3-N(mg/L)

2016.12.19~2016.12.25 8.26 16.51 7.58 0.37

4.4.3 Noise

In this project, representative sensitive points along the pipeline are selected to monitor the

acoustic environmental quality (see Figure 4 for the points). The acoustic environment quality

monitoring time is December 29, 2016, and the monitoring data are shown in table 4-10. The

monitoring results show that the day time noise level at the monitoring points meet the

required standard of Class I in Acoustic Environment Quality Standard (GB3096-2008).

While the night time noise levels at Zhongzhuang Village and Jianping Village exceed the

standard 0.4 and 1.5 dB respectively.

Table 4-12 Monitoring Results of Acoustic Environmental Quality

Monitoring points

Daytime dB（A） Nighttime dB（A）

Monitoring

value Standard

Evaluation

result

Monitoring

value Standard

Evaluation

result

Zhongzuang Village

Yanli Township 50.5 55

Up to the

standard 45.4 45 Fail

Hongshang Village

Baisang township 52.4 55

Up to the

standard 44.4 45

Up to the

standard

Jianping Village

Manghe Town 51.3 55

Up to the

standard 46.5 45

Exceed the

standard

4.5 Major Environmental Issues

As China's energy and heavy industry base, Shanxi Province has a coal-based energy

consumption structure. The main features of ambient air pollution are: 1) typical coal smoke

pollution mainly represented by SO2, NOx, and particulate matters; 2) poor ambient air

quality and high degree of pollution; 3) changes in concentration of major pollutants affected

by seasonal changes; SO2, NO2, and PM10 are the most polluting in winter.

The reasons for environmental pollution include: 1. the heavy polluting industrial structure

and the extensive growth pattern; 2. the irrational energy structure and the enormous coal

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consumption; 3. the location in the Loess Plateau, plus the dry climate and low vegetation

coverage.

With the coal-based energy consumption structure, the coal consumption of Shanxi Province

accounts for more than 98% of the fuels. As a result of large-scale industrial and civil use of

coal, Shanxi Province has become one of the most atmospherically polluted areas in China.

See Table 4-13 for the coal consumption and air pollutant emissions of Shanxi Province in

2010.

Table 4-13 Statistics on Coal Consumption and Air Pollutant Emissions of Shanxi Province in

2010 Unit: 10,000 tons

Coal Consumption SO2 Emission NO2 Emission Soot Emission

Industry 27098 127.87 121.94 66.86

Life 1082 15.93 2.16 10.82

Total 28180 143.8 124.1 77.68

Based on the table, the proportion of industrial coal consumption reached 96%, so it was the

industrial source that mainly caused the air pollution. After the implementation of the WB

Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project, a total of 409,700 tons of coal would be replaced

each year. The CHP Component can achieve a central heating load of 112.72MW. The Gas

Pipeline Network Component can supply natural gas as much as 244,138,200 m3. Industrial

gas would account for more than 80%, so the emissions from local industrial sources would

be effectively reduced. The local irrational energy consumption structure would be changed.

The atmospheric environment would be improved. Both energy conservation and emission

reduction would be promoted.

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5 Environmental Impact Analysis and Environmental Protection

Measures

5.1 Analysis of Environmental Problems of Domestic Similar Projects

5.1.1 Main Problems

Behind the prosperity and development of natural gas pipeline, the safety of pipeline system

has become increasingly prominent as a result of growing pipeline length and increasing

operating pressures. As natural gas is explosive and often goes through densely populated

areas, a wide range of heavy losses would be caused in the event of an accident of natural gas

pipeline. Therefore, good protection and safe operation of natural gas pipeline is an important

task of the petrochemical industry.

The possible problems during operation of pipeline network include: corrosion and leak,

external damage, misappropriation of pipeline, equipment problems, charged steel gas

pipeline, etc.

5.1.2 Experiences and Lessons

A systematic statistics on the accidents of urban gas pipeline network was conducted in

Rizhao City, Shandong Province. The experiences and lessons on gas pipeline network are

shown herein with Rizhao City as an example.

(1) Corrosion and leak of gas: Since the anticorrosion joint of steel gas pipeline is substandard

during the construction or the anticorrosion joint is damaged after the completion of

construction, the metal wall directly contacts with the soil, resulting in chemical corrosion and

electrochemical corrosion. Due to the perforation of metal wall, leak of gas occurs. In 2006,

for example, a community had an odor of tetrahydrothiophene. Upon investigation and

confirmation, the leak site was excavated. The coating layer of the PE pipe was discovered to

have been damaged. The metal wall contacted with soil and had perforation as a result of

corrosion.

(2) External damage: Steam heating has a number of problems, such as enormous energy

consumption of the system, great loss of the pipeline network, and low energy efficiency. To

reduce heat loss and improve the safety and reliability of heat supply, Rizhao Municipal

Heating Company launched the "Changing-gas-to-water" project in 2010, involving the

renovation of major thermal pipeline network, branch pipeline network, and user heat

exchange stations. The natural gas pipes at the construction sites were mostly PE pipes. They

had no tracer lines, or their tracer lines were destroyed. Besides, not fully aware of the layout

of underground pipeline, the construction units which only valued the construction progress

and construction costs caused 39 cases of damaged gas pipeline. The natural gas was cut off

for a short time.

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(3) Misappropriation of pipeline: Rizhao City became a prefecture-level city in 1989 with

urban 89 villages under its administration in the city. The residents have a relatively weak

awareness about the safety of public gas pipeline. The natural gas pipeline laid in the trunk

roads is approved by the Municipal Construction Committee. For the routes and laying of

medium-pressure natural gas pipeline branch and low-pressure pipeline, the agreement by the

construction unit or village committee shall be obtained based on relevant specifications.

However, the property companies, property owners, village committees, or villagers may

possibly build guard rooms, shops or simple board rooms over the gas pipeline. Some illegal

buildings are inhabited; some illegal buildings are used as shops, living rooms, or kitchens.

Once the gas pipeline is damaged, enormous gas leak would be caused, and the consequence

is unforeseeable. There were 44 cases of misappropriation of pipeline in between 2003 and

2010. The gas authority would gradually clear the hazards of misappropriation.

(4) Equipment problems: The failures of natural gas equipment mainly include the following:

(a) Valve: The steel valves in the main urban area of Rizhao City are mainly conventional

oil-lubricated plug valves and fixed ball valves. In the past nearly 10 years of operation, the

conventional oil-lubricated plug valves were found to have leak and failed sealing, and the

fixed ball valves were found to have failed sealing. (b) Regulator: Because the pipeline are

not cleaned during construction, the natural gas carries a certain amount of particles of dust

and mist through the regulator. After a period of use, the clearance of sliding metal parts is

affected, resulting in equipment failure and malfunction.

(5) Charged steel gas pipeline: On the evening of August 8, 2011, when cooking in the

kitchen, a residential user found the slipknot of indoor gas riser was red and hot. The

personnel of Service Center immediately came to the scene. No leak of gas was found after

testing. The valve of the main gas pipeline was shut down. And water was used to cool down

the red and hot slipknot. The electrician and maintenance personnel checked together and

found a 12-volt gas pipeline. After the medium-pressure natural gas pipeline and low-pressure

natural gas pipeline in the community were shut down, they both were charged. The

possibility of improper residential power utilization was initially excluded. Upon careful

investigation by the personnel of the Electric Power Bureau, a 220-volt zero line of a

transformer 1 km from the community was found which caused the charged natural gas

pipeline. After the repair by the personnel of the Electric Power Bureau, the problem of

charged natural gas pipeline was eliminated.

5.1.3 Countermeasures for the Project

When the project was designed and developed, the foregoing experiences and lessons have

been fully taken into account, as stated below:

Strengthen project quality control: Gas engineering construction is the formation of

construction quality. To properly manage and control the quality during construction,

the construction unit shall strictly control the construction quality control points and

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particularly control the important quality characteristics. Key processes and key

parts shall be strictly controlled. Highly skilled construction personnel shall be

selected for the operation. In general, trench excavation and backfilling, pipeline

welding and pressure testing, catholic protection and corrosion protection of steel

pipes, and other processes in the gas pipeline project are key points of quality

control. The construction unit, supervision unit and development unit shall focus on

the important processes. As a basic urban facility, gas is a highly-invested

construction project of enormous consumption of labor and materials. Without a

good integrated management of the project during construction, the desired results

can't be achieved, and a great contribution can't be made to the building of a

harmonious society. Before this goal is achieved, the construction unit shall

constantly improve itself and adhere to a pragmatic attitude and strict quality control.

No defect and hazard are allowed during construction, so as to complete an

intrinsically safe gas project.

Strengthen the detection of pipeline: When underground natural gas pipeline leak

reaches a certain concentration in a relatively confined space, there is a huge safety

risk. Explosion or deflagration would occur in case of fire. Therefore, it is

particularly important to use advanced testing equipment to check the corrosion

layer of natural gas pipeline, and the civil pipeline as well as the ground in the range

of 5 meters from the natural gas pipeline. Where abnormal operating conditions of

the pipeline are found, repairs shall be made in a timely manner to avoid gas

accidents. (1) For the check of corrosion layer, the detection method of pipeline

solenoid current decay rate is recommended. This method can be used to check the

overall quality of the pipeline corrosion layer. RD400-PCM tester produced by

English Reddy is widely used at present. (2) For pipeline leak, auditory detection of

leak, plant detection of leak, plant observation, and snow melting, and instrument

detection can be used. At present, combustible gas leak detector GM3 and laser

methane leak detector are widely used. Laser methane leak detector can penetrate

glass and start remote qualitative detection of gas leaks in the gas facility area. It is

especially applicable to the environment where handheld leak detector generally

fails, such as a yard, river, dangerous rock slide, outdoor high-introduced tube,

floating tube, indoor stuffy ceiling and uninhabited room. It can accurately

determine whether the gas facility in the detection area has leaks.

Strengthen the patrolling of pipeline: The main work of checking the daily operation

of pipeline is patrolling. If misappropriation of pipeline, leak, constructions at the

same time, and other abnormal conditions are found, the operation of pipeline shall

be checked, which can be compared to the periodic medical examination of pipeline.

Since the inspection is a mobile operating model, the accountability, professionalism

and skills of patrollers are particularly important. The supervision of the work of

patrollers shall be strengthened, so that they learn about the quality of inspection in a

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timely manner. Patrolling shall be thorough and ceaseless to guarantee safe and

stable operation of the pipeline.

Strengthen the publicity on natural gas safety: The knowledge and relevant

ordinances and regulations on natural gas safety are publicized through television,

radio, newspapers, bus advertising and other media, so that the public are aware of

the importance of natural gas safety and how to ensure the safety of natural gas

pipeline. With their strengthened awareness of natural gas safety, the cases of

misappropriation of pipeline and external damage may decrease. Meanwhile, the

linkages with the water supply unit, heat supply unit, telecommunication unit, and

municipal construction unit shall be strengthened, and a construction information

liaison mechanism shall be formed, so as to avoid sudden destruction of natural gas

pipeline as a result of barbaric construction.

Intensify law enforcement in collaboration with the gas authority: external damage

and misappropriation of pipeline shall first be handled in accordance with relevant

laws and regulations, rules and professional standards in consultation with the

relevant parties. Relevant parties shall take measures or bear the associated costs

before rerouting. Where relevant parties ignore gas safety and refuse to cooperate,

reporting can be made to the gas authority, so as to gain the enforcement support by

the gas authority, police, and fire authority.

Strengthen emergency drills: A gas accident is characterized by suddenness, rapid

development, profession, wide influence, and others, so effective contingency plans

shall be developed for a variety of emergency situations. The personnel are trained

and drills are conducted according to the plans. Emergency resources are ensured to

be in a good state. Poor organization or chaotic rescue which may delay the

emergency response actions shall be prevented.

5.2 Ambient Air Impact Analysis and Protective Measures

5.2.1 Impact Assessment

5.2.1.1 Assessment of Impact on Ambient Air during Construction

Gas Pipeline Network project belongs to linear engineering, the construction is mobile and

stays in a particular place in a relatively short time with few personnel. Construction camps

use the the nearby village rental housing, set up canteens. Clean fuel canned liquefied gas

should be selected for the onstruction personnel canteen, coal is strictly prohibited; The

impacts of construction period on ambient air are mainly as follows: the trench floor cleaning

up, the building materials piled up dust, construction dust from earthwork excavation and

backfill, dust of long time stacked earthwork which can not be backfilled in time for some

reason, soot from the pipe welding, a small amount of waste gas emissions and transportation

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dust produced by all kinds of fueled machinery in construction, canteen smoke of construction

camp. Fugitive dust emissions during construction period are intermittent and

non-quantitative emissions. Its impact scope is near the construction site and along the

transportation road. In addition, the construction period of the pipe network project is short,

which has less impact on the ambient air

5.2.1.2 Emission reduction estimation

The implementation of this project can reduce the coal consumption of Yangcheng County,

replacing coal with gas, will greatly cut pollutants emissions of SO2, soot and NOx and

reduce emissions of CO2 in Yangcheng County. The local environmental quality will be

significantly improved. See Table 5-1 for the reuction amount of standard coal each year, and

the reduction of SO2、PM10、NOx and CO2 emission after the implementation of the project.

Table5-1 Emmission reduction estimation after the implementation of the project

Project

Amount of coal fired

(equivalent to standard coal) Pollutant emission reduction

Reduction

104t/a

Dust

t/a

SO2

t/a

NOx

t/a

CO2

104t/a

Yangcheng Gas

Utilization Project 7.23 90.8 229.5 299.3 8.13

5.2.2 Ambient Air Pollution Control Measures

5.2.2.1 Ambient Air Pollution Control Measures inconstruction

According to the relevant requirements for the control of dust at construction sites by the

Urban Dust Control Technical Specifications (HJ/T393-2007) and the Circular of Shanxi

Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau on Strengthening the Approval and Collection of

Charges for Construction Dust and Wastewater (JHF [2010] No. 136), the report requires the

project implementation unit to take the following preventive measures:

1) Section construction, spoil at single side of the ditch excavated, if the spoil stays on site for

over 1 week, the dust net should be covered.

2) The construction of pipeline project does not need to use concrete, so there is no building

material that cause dust in the construction process.The excavation of pipeline ditch adoptes

single side dump. In general, a section of the pipeline construction takes about 50 days to

complete, earthwork just dug out contains moisture, basically no dust. In special

circumstances the earth can not be backfilled timely, the earth will be dried, and will cause the

dust of earth, sprinkler and dust control measures shall be adopted. In the period of time

construction can not be done, dust-proof cloth shall be used to cover the earth.

(3)The dry earthworks that easily cause dust shall be sprayed water to reduce dust. The

duration of operation that causes dust shall be minimized. In days with winds of Grade IV or

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higher, earthwork shall be suspended. The operating site shall be covered with a dust-proof

net.

(4) Materials and waste shall be transported without exposure. High altitude throwing, rough

handling, and spill and leak of materials are strictly prohibited to avoid dropping along the

road and secondary dust during transportation. The transport vehicles shall run at low speed in

the sensitive areas to reduce impact on the surrounding environment;

(5) Rent nearby houses as construction camp, clean cooking fuel like bottled gas shall be used.

Coal shall be strictly prohibited. Few people eat in the dining room,and the cooking smoke

has little the impact on ambient air.

After the foregoing preventive measures are taken, atmospheric pollutants generated during

construction would not have a serious impact on the nearby communities.

5.2.2.2 Measures for Ambient Air Pollution Control during Operation

The quality control, pipeline detection, pipeline inspection, and gas safety publicity are

strengthened. Collaboration with the gas authority is made to strengthen law enforcement and

emergency drills. Gas leaks shall be avoided.

5.3 Water Environment Impact Analysis and Protection Measures

5.3.1 Analysis of Surface Water

5.3.1.1 Analysis of Surface Water during Construction

Pipeline construction is mobile and with few people. There will be no more than 8 people

during the peak construction period. Construction camps use the the nearby village rental

housing, set up canteens, the largest number of people eating in the canteen will be no more

than 8.

During the construction of pipeline project, the wastewater is mainly pipe pressure testing

water, construction personnel's domestic sewage, a small amount of equipment flushing water

and pipeline test pressure water.

The pipeline of the project crosses Huoze River once and Jina river once. Pipeline

construction adopts the excavation method when crossing river, and in the first, dry season

shall be selected, rainy season shall be avoided, since both rivers are seasonal small rivers. If

there is water flow in the river during construction, section construction should be adopted,

then one river side should be enclosed for diversion and the other side be excavated for pipe

laying. The excavation may affect the river way and cause an increase of the river water

turbidity in the storm season; if the construction machinery is refueled or oil storage tanks are

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stored in the river way, an oil leakage may occur and pollute the riverbed; the backfilled earth

after the construction completion may also bring about an increase of the river water turbidity.

5.3.1.2 Analysis of Surface Water during Operation

The project would not produce wastewater during operation and thus would not have an

adverse impact on the surface water environment.

5.3.2 Surface Water Protection Measures

5.3.2.1 Surface Water Protection Measures during Construction

Construction personnel domestic wastewater: the hand wash water should be spilled to

suppress the dust, other small amount of living water be collected into the bucket, after

precipitation, use the upper clean water to spray the dust and the bottom dregs be dumped into

the trash bin. During the construction period, the village toilet can be used when

theconstruction site is close to the village. Toilets are dry toilets, no flushing wastewater. The

amount of living wastewater generated is less, and will not discharge to the surface water, has

no impacts on the surrounding surface water environment.

Equipment flushing water：Equipment flushing water containing a small amount of sands and

other sediment, can be directly spilled on the road for dust suppression.

Pipeline pressure testing water: the pipeline pressure testing water is clean water, after the

pipeline pressure test which contains a small amount of suspended matter, there is no other

pollution, after settling tank sedimentation treatment, can be used for dust suppression;

The dry excavation would be adopted when the pipe laying goes through the Huoze and Jian

River The construction shall be carried out in a dry season. The contraction area shall be

strictly controlled, especially for the river crossing section. It is not allowed to refuel the

construction machinery or store oil storage tanks in the river way, or clean the construction

machinery in the mainstream area or floodplain area of the river. In case of any oil leakage of

the mechanical equipment, the scattered oil shall be collected together promptly, and cleared

and shipped uniformly after the end of construction. After the construction is completed, the

river bed of the construction section shall be restored to the greatest extend; the excess earth

after the backfill of pipe ditches can be piled up and compacted on the landside slope of the

river crossing section; the relevant provisions on local river management shall be strictly

followed.

During the construction period, the village toilet can be used when theconstruction site is

close to the village. Toilets are dry toilets, when construction is finished, the feces can be sent

to villagers nearby as fertilizer, and the toilets shall be buried after lime treatment.

5.3.2.2 Surface Water Protection Measures during Operation

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The project does not produce waste water during operation, has no effect on surface water,

and does not need to take protective measures against surface water.

5.3.3 Analysis of Impacts on Groundwater

5.3.3.1 Analysis of Impacts on Groundwater during Construction

The excavation depth of the construction pipeline does not involve the aquifer, so it will not

affect the groundwater.

The peline network construction has the mobile and short-term characteristics, the project

does not set a fixed construction camp, but rents the near village housing. During the

construction period, wastewater mainly are the small amount of pipeline pressure testing

water, construction workers domestic wastewater and equipment flushing water. The pipeline

pressure testing water is clean water, after the pipeline pressure test which contains a small

amount of suspended matter, there is no other pollution, after settling tank sedimentation

treatment, can be used for dust suppression; equipment flushing water can be reused as road

sprinkler. Construction workers rent nearby houses as living facilities, the hand wash water

should be spilled to suppress the dust, other small amount of living water be collected into the

bucket, after precipitation, use the upper clean water to spray the dust and the bottom dregs be

dumped into the trash bin, which will be unified collected by the local sanitation department

and disposed; construction site basically generates no waste water, will not affect the

surrounding groundwater environment.

The dry excavation would be adopted when the pipe laying goes through the Huoze and Jian

River As mentioned previously, such construction would not affect the groundwater.

Strengthen the management on the mobile toilet, waste water collection barrels, emergency

oil waste water collection barrels. Set special person in charge to prevent spilling, timely

dispose to avoid overflowing contaminating soil, and then cause groundwater pollution.

5.3.3.2 Analysis of Impacts on Groundwater during Operation

The project would not have impacts on the groundwater environment during operation.

5.3.4 Groundwater Protection Measures

The project would not have impacts on groundwater during operation and thus no special

protection measures are necessary.

5.4 Solid Waste Impact Assessment and Protective Measures

5.4.1 Impact Analysis

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During construction, temporary excavation would occur. Pipe welding would produce waste

welding rods. And construction workers have droppings in temporary toilets. Improper

disposal of these wastes would have an adverse impact on the environment.

5.4.2 Solid Waste Treatment Measures

5.4.2.1 Measures for Solid Waste Treatment during Construction

（1）Temporary Construction Earth Dump

The pipeline construction project is segmented, Temporary construction earth dump are

mainly from the excavation of pipeline ditch. The excavation of pipeline ditch adoptes single

side dump. Earth pile sites shall be located within the red construction line. In general, a

section of the pipeline construction takes about 10 days to complete, earthwork just dug out

contains moisture, basically no dust. In special circumstances the earth can not be backfilled

timely, the earth will be dried, and will cause the dust of earth, the surface of earth should be

patted to be compact by the workers and regularly sprayed with water. The earth should be

covered with color band cloth in windy or rainy weather, as well as it can not be constructed

for a while . The areas that the project goes through are mainly hills. According to the

feasibility study report, after meeting the requirement that "ditch backfill shall be 0.3m above

the ground", the ditches are evenly filled and no earth is abandoned outside.

(2) Construction Wastes and Waste Welding Rods Generated during Welding

The wastes generated during construction are mainly wastes generated during pipeline

construction. The waste welding rods generated during pipeline welding are collected and

purchased by the waste collection station for treatment, so no impact on the surrounding

environment would be caused.

（3）Waste gas meter and the replaced pipeline

Waste gas meter and the replaced pipeline behind the meter should be centralized collected

and treated by the waste acquisition station.

（4）Mud Waste Produced by Directional Drilling in the River

The project cross the channel once and directional drilling is used. Mud waste is produced

after construction. Mud waste is limited, harmless, and can be backfilled with earth. It has no

impact on the environment.

（5）Garbage Produced by Construction Workers

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The project rent nearby houses as construction camp, which would produce garbage. The

domestic garbage collection bins are arranged by the local government, and the sanitation

authority will collect the garbage for treatment regularly.

This report requires garbage collection bins to be available in the construction area, which

shall be sent to the sanitation authority for treatment regularly.

The feces in temporary toilets of construction workers shall be covered with soil in a timely

manner; after construction, the feces can be sent to local villagers as fertilizer, and toilets shall

be refilled after treatment with lime.

5.4.2.2 Measures for Solid Waste Treatment during Operation

No solid waste are produced during operation, so there is no need to take action.

5.5 Acoustic Environmental Impact Assessment and Acoustic

Environmental Protection Measures

5.5.1 Assessment of Acoustic Environmental Impact

5.5.1.1 Analysis of Acoustic Environmental Impact during Construction

The noise during construction is mainly caused by machinery like Excavators, pipe cranes,

bulldozers etc., construction and vehicles. there are a smaller number of construction

machinery, and the noise source intensity is relatively lower, approximately 80dB(A). The

term of construction is short. It costs about 1 to 2 days to pass a village. The noise will

disappear after the construction.

Machinery and equipment are seldom used. Affected by conditions of some roads, only

artificial excavation can be used. Thus the noise during construction of pipeline is relatively

weak.

Construction noise mainly refers to the sporadic and instant beat sound, crash, cries and

percussion noises of loading and unloading vehicles; the noise of a construction vehicle is

traffic noise.

5.5.1.2 Analysis of Acoustic Environmental Impact during Operation

The project basically has no impacts on the surrounding environment during the operation

period. The surge tank is the only noise source of the project, which will generate lower sound

pressure levels (Compare with the existing Surge tank of Qingxu Pipeline of Guoxin Energe

Group, Co. Ltd., sound pressure level is less than 55dB). It is estimated that the noise level at

3 m from the tanks will meet the Class 1 standard. As the surge tanks are carefully located to

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keep the distance at least 45 m from the residential area, there will not be any impacts on the

acoustic quality in the sensitive receptors.

5.5.2 Noise Pollution Control Measures

5.5.2.1 Noise Pollution Control Measures during Construction

(1) To reduce the noise of construction equipment, regular maintenance shall be made for the

machinery and equipment, so that they remain in good conditions; noise pollution due to poor

operation of equipment shall be lessened; regular maintenance shall be strengthened for the

power machinery and equipment.

(2) The construction site shall have a rational layout to avoid excessively high local sound

level; high-noise construction equipment shall be as far away from sensitive areas to minimize

noises during construction;

(3) When the pipeline construction is near residents, cultural relics, schools, hospitals and

other sensitive targets, the artificial excavation shall as far be used to mitigate the impact

caused by noises and strong vibrations.to the minimum level.

(4) Vehicles on the roads in the vicinity of the sound-sensitive areas shall reduce speed and

reduce or eliminate whistles;

(5) Simultaneous construction of high-noise equipment shall be avoided as much as possible.

The operating time shall be limited; construction is prohibited at night (22:00 - 6:00 the next

day), so that the surrounding residents have a good environment for rest. The working hours

of high-noise equipment shall be strictly controlled to minimize the impact of construction

noise.

Accordance to Article 29 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and

Control of Pollution From Ambient Noise, Article 29 The unit in charge of a construction

project must report, 15 days before commencement of construction, to the competent

administrative department for environmental protection of local people's governments at or

above the county level the name of the project, the construction site, the length of time needed

for completion of the project, the possible level of ambient noise and the measures taken for

prevention and control of such pollution.

5.5.2.2 Noise Pollution Control Measures during Operation

The project basically has no impacts on the surrounding environment during the operation

period. The surge tank is the only noise source of the project, which will generate lower sound

pressure levels. It is estimated that the noise level at 3 m from the tanks will meet the Class 1

standard. As the surge tanks are carefully located to keep the distance at least 45 m from the

residential area, there will not be any impacts on the acoustic quality in the sensitive

receptors.

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5.6.1 Impacts on the Eco-environment

The impact of the project on the ecological environment is mainly concentrated in the

construction period, and the operation period of the project has no impact on the ecological

environment.

The construction process of this project occupies waste land, Cultivated, land and woodland,

except for permanent occupation of Surge tank, the rest of them are temporary occupation. All

the pipelines are all laied in single side. The excavation of pipeline ditch adoptes single side

dump, assembling and welding should be done on the top of ditch； The slope coefficient is

up to the requirements of design and specification, and meet the requirement for machinery

and equipment to enter. During the construction period, the traffic and life of the residents

will be inconvenienced.

During the construction of the project, trenching, earth work and construction materials

stacking sites will cause surface vegetation damages and surface disturbances。 The project

will cause a certain soil erosion when crossing the Jian River, the Huoze river and the channel.

But the pipeline laying time is short, which has less impacts on the ecological environment.

The construction pavement and the inspection route after completion of construction will

basically made use of the existing rural roads and no new temporary land is used.

The above impacts are basically transient and can be resumed after completion of the

project.The remaining earthwork produced by the construction pipe trench needs reasonable

disposal. For the small amount of earth remains after excavation and backfilling. Earth should

be tacked separately according to the immature soil and mellow soil, immature soil deep

buried and mellow tiled on the upper layer. The waste rock and stone produced in the

construction of the asphalt road, should be piled up to the designated place according to the

local sanitation, urban construction department requirements, If there are conditions, sent to

the landfill, and soiled up for reclamation.

5.6.2 Environmental Protection, Water and soil conservation and Adverse

Impact Mitigation Measures

The ecological and environmental protection and adverse effects of the project during the

construction period are as follows:

(1) Take full advantage of the natural topography in the project area to minimize the

temporary excavation area and the affected vegetation area; reduce the cut-and-fill amount to

ensure the self cut-and-fill balance to the greatest extent; adopt the measure of excavation and

backfilling in layers to protect the surface mellow soil.

(2) Strictly follow the design requirements to carry out the construction in crossing of roads,

rivers and other ecologically sensitive areas, enclose the areas easily suffered by water or soil

loss to minimize the scope of impact.

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(3) Formulate strict work standards, establish the ecological environment supervision system

for construction period and prohibit the construction vehicles to randomly open construction

access roads.

(4) Adopt measures to control the water and soil erosion (if any) in the production and

construction process according to the principles of "A unit which develops an area should

protect it, and which brings about soil erosion shall be responsible for the recovery". Adopt

section construction as the first construction technology and clear the construction site

promptly once the construction of it is completed in order to minimize the temporarily

occupied area due to excavation; enclose, cover or spray the earth mass subject to excavation

to control soil erosion or rising; enclose the temporarily piled or stored materials with straw

bags filled with earth for temporary protection, and cover them with grass curtain in windy or

rainy weather to prevent water and soil erosion; the temporary enclosure of the soil mass

subject to excavation is focused in the prevention area for construction area; take water and

soil conservation measures, such as slope protection, retaining wall, discharge ditches, etc.;

adopt different forms of soil preparation based on the slope of lines (the soil preparation

includes the leveling of horizontal ditches, fish-scale pits, and cavernous land, etc. The

affected area shall be re-ploughed or planted with proper plants based on their adaptability.

Temporary prevention measures such as slope protection and temporary discharge ditches are

mainly adopted in the temporary protection zones. After the construction is completed, the

land reclamation shall be carried out to recover the original topography and vegetation.

(5) Water and soil conservation measures for river crossing sections: The pipe ditches after

backfilling have belonged to affected area and the soil would be easily washed away.

Therefore, the water and soil conservation measures such as retaining wall, revetment and

slope protection, shall be taken after the pipe laying across rivers, to prevent the water and

soil erosion, bank slope collapse and avoid the pipeline bareness and destruction hereof.

(6) Directional drilling is adopted for canal and ditch crossing. Most of canals and ditches are

farm irrigation ditches and a small number of them are natural discharge ditches. The

construction crossing the farm irrigation ditches shall avoid the agricultural irrigation season.

The construction waste shall be placed in the ditches during the construction, and promptly

cleared after construction in order not to affect the ditch using function. The construction

crossing the natural discharge ditches shall avoid the rainy season. The construction waste

shall be placed in the ditches during the construction, and promptly cleared after construction

in order not to affect the ditch using function.

（7）Road crossing section：not to affect the local traffic, the pipe jacking is recommend in

construction; the pipeline should be embedded with protective casing, when casing cross the

road, the casing should be out of road land 2m. The protective casing use reinforced concrete

casing, which meets the requirements of Concrete and reinforced concrete drain pipe

(GB/T11836-2009

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5.7.1 Social Impact Analysis

5.7.1.1 Analysis of Impact during Construction

The construction of Gas Pipeline Network would not involve relocation, but may cause traffic

inconvenience in a short time and have a impact on the commercial activities on both sides of

the road. Since it is a township pipeline network, a survey was made and a department shop

was confirmed. According editorial conclusions and identification of sensitive targets of this

project, there are not specially protected cultural relics resources along the network.

(1) Analysis of Impact on Urban Traffic

(a) Some parts of gas pipeline network are laid along roads, some are laid in field. Since the

pipeline are laid along the roads and the construction machinery and transport vehicles

increase local traffic flow, the urban traffic would be interfered.

(b) For the method of pipe jacking crossing the roads, the approval has been obtained. The

impact on traffic is small.

(2) Analysis of Impact on Living and Commercial Activities

When traffic is affected, an adverse affect would be caused to the residents and commercial

activities along the pipeline network, including traffic congestion and declining number of

customers. The construction of a road is short, and its adverse impact is small. According to

the feasibility study report, land acquisition and relocation report, and social impact

assessment report, the project is a township network project, and there are not many ground

and underground pipeline, such as discharge pipes, gas pipes, heat supply pipes,

communication lines, power lines and others. Evasive action will be taken so that laying

would not be affected during construction. Since the construction is near a school, the

stockpiling of pipes and other materials is likely to cause damages to the curious students or

nighttime pedestrians and vehicles passing by. Construction lights have a role of warning but

affect the rest of residents at night.

（3）Analysis of Impact of the Project on Transportation

Traffic accidents have become one of the most serious reasons for injuries and deaths in the

world. All personnel of the project shall maintain traffic safety when they travel to and from

the workplace or operate equipment on free roads or public roads.

5.7.1.2 Analysis of Impact during Operation

(1) Positive Impacts

A. Ensure the safety of the lives and property of the residents

According to the survey，in the existing gas facilities in Yangcheng County, the gas meters

has been used for too long, and the aging and corrosion of the pipes behind the meter are

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serious. The existence of these problems has brought great security risks to local

residents.After the implementation of the project, security risks can be eliminated, and the

lives and property safety of the residents are protected.

B. Improve the living environment

By changing the energy structure of rural household, replacing coal with gas, the life of the

village residents along the pipeline becomes more convenient and more energy efficient. It

will also make rural life efficient and clean. When the rural residents use natural gas, they will

change the traditional way of cooking and heating, and indoor and outdoor will no longer

have pulverized coal ash. The quality of the living environment of urban and rural residents

will be greatly improved, and the lifestyle will be more scientific, modern and healthy.

It will greatly improve the rural household and community environment and improve the

quality of life of the villagers.

C. Reduce household labor and promote women's development

After the completion of the project, the use of highly efficient clean energy will greatly reduce

the amount of housework and labor intensity of women in the family. Women liberated from

heavy housework not only can use the time saved for study and leisure, but also devote more

time and energy to productive labor and business activities. Women's economic income will

be improved, and their status in the family and society will be improved.

D. Reduce occurrence of diseases

After the implementation of the project, using natural gas instead of coal, firewood and other

traditional fuel, can effectively reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution, avoid carbon

monoxide poisoning in residents, thereby reduce the incidence of respiratory diseases in

residents, effectively prevent and control coal-burning fluorosis, improve the health of the

residents.

E. Help enterprises achieve energy conservation, reduce costs, improve product quality

At present, Yangcheng County has the following enterprises intend to use gas: Yangcheng

Ruixing Chemical Industry Co Ltd, Yangcheng Hengli Chemical factory, Both enterprise

intend to use natural gas after the project is completed. Enterprises woll not only achieve

energy-saving emission reduction, but also significantly improve product quality, increase the

qualified rate, reduce the waste of raw materials.

F. Increase employment

During the construction period and the operation period, there are some employment

opportunities with lower technical level, which are available to local residents and promote

the employment of local residents.

G． Promote equalization of public services, shorten the gap between urban and rural areas

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The implementation of this project will help the rural areas to use the same gas as the city,

which will promote equalization of public services and shorten the gap between urban and

rural areas. Rural families along the pipeline will be as clean and sanitary as their urban

counterparts, enjoying a healthy and modern lifestyle.

(2) Negative Impacts

A. Increase the economic burden on poor families

The families need to pay certain initial costs for the gas facilities upgrading and gas pipelines

entering the home, which will bring great economic burden to the local residents, especially

the poor population, including Five Guaranteed households, Low insured households and

marginal families.

B. New pipelines construction requires temporary occupation of cultivated land, and will have

certain impacts on the villagers' production and land fertility

The pipeline project will temporarily occupy an area of more than 500 Mu, of which 357.48

Mu of cultivated land, accounted for 71.46% of the total volume.

During construction, no matter whether the land has been cultivated or not, even if the land

has been reclaimed, it will take some time for the soil fertility to recover. This will have

certain impacts on the production of local villagers and the harvest of the year.

C. Gas facilities upgrading may bring certain troubles to the residents and families

When upgrading the existing gas facilities, people need to stay in their homes, preparing the

placement for the gas meter and the pipe after the meter. , The natural gas will also be

deactivated during the upgrading. To some extent, this will bring some troubles to the daily

life of the residents.

D． Possible inconvenience to the living of nearby residents during construction

During the construction of the project, noise and traffic pressure will inevitably increase, and

at the same time, it brings certain safety risks, and brings inconvenience to the residents' life.

E．Inconvenience to residents life after the gas facilities upgrading

After the gas facilities upgrading, residents using gas and pre storage gas costs will change

accordingly，then there will be some inconveniences in the short run.

5.7.2 Social Environment Protection Measures

5.7.2.1 Social Environment Protective Measures during Construction

(1) Preparatory work shall be fully done before design and construction. For the issues

involved in the project like road, a detailed investigation shall be made. A good construction

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plan is determined in advance in cooperation with relevant departments. Preparations for

emergency shall be made to ensure a normal social life.

(2) To minimize the impact of construction on the life of urban residents and urban traffic, the

routes of vehicles shall be distributed and planned during construction to avoid traffic jams. If

necessary, cooperation is made with the police and traffic control authority to ensure the

smooth flow and normal operation of urban traffic. The public shall also be notified in

advance via radio, television, and newspaper.

(3) Signs are placed at the construction site to notify the construction works and the term, so

that the public understand the inconvenience due to construction. Contact information and

complaint hotline shall also be shown on the notice board.

(4) An enormous amount of power and water would be used during construction, so the

construction unit shall contact in advance with relevant authorities to determine the programs

for pipeline introduction, and make preparations for temporary pipeline introduction. For

insufficient capacity, transformation of water pipeline and power lines shall be made in

advance to prevent temporary cutoff of water and power, which would affect the nearby

residents, industrial and mining enterprises, and institutions.

(5) For the height and direction of construction lights, the rest of residents at night shall be

taken into account.

(6) Construction materials shall be placed in a special venue far away from the school. A

protective isolation area shall be set up. The students shall be prohibited from entering to

prevent accidents.

(7) Although there is not a key cultural relics protection area along the Gas Pipeline Network

Component, the construction shall stop and reporting be made to the cultural relic authority in

strict accordance with the Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Protection of Cultural

Relics, if cultural relics are found during construction of pipeline. The construction shall not

restart until after the cultural relics are fully excavated and the construction permit is obtained.

(8) The laying of gas pipeline network requires temporary occupation of land. In order to

avoid social risks, consultations with farmers shall be first made. A detailed and specific

temporary land compensation standard would be made based on land acquisition

compensation standard of the government. The residents shall be ensured to be paid

compensations in a timely manner.

5.7.2.2 Traffic Safety Measures

Measures for preventing and controlling traffic injuries and deaths shall be designed to protect

project workers and road users, including those who are the most likely to be injured on the

road. According to the scale and nature of activities, the safety measures shall include the

following:

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(1) The best traffic safety practice shall be adopted for all aspects of the operation of the

project to avoid accidents and reduce casualties of project personnel and the public. The

following measures shall be taken:

(a) Safety rules are emphasized to the drivers;

(b) The drivers who shall improve driving skills must have a license;

(c) Restricted driving time and shift table help to avoid over-fatigue;

(d) Dangerous roads and driving a vehicle in dangerous periods are avoided to reduce the

likelihood of accidents;

(e) Regular maintenance of vehicles is made and the parts approved by the manufacturer are

used to avoid serious accidents due to equipment failure or premature component failure.

(2) If the project increases traffic on the existing roads, the following measures are

recommended to be taken:

(a) The possibility that both construction vehicles and pedestrians use a road shall be

minimized;

(b) Cooperation with local communities and authorities is made to improve road signs,

visibility, and overall road safety, particularly the roads near a school and children's area.

Traffic education and pedestrian safety education are given together with local communities,

e.g., publicity in schools;

(c) Coordination with emergency responders is made to provide appropriate first aid in the

event of an accident;

(d) Locally purchased materials as many as possible are used to reduce transport distances.

Related facilities, such as quarters of workers, are built near the project site, and workers are

transported with a large bus to avoid increase of traffic;

(e) Traffic safety control measures are taken; warning signs and signals are used to remind

relevant personnel and vehicles of the dangerous situation.

5.7.2.3 Social Environment Protection Measures during Operation

(1) In order to avoid marginalization of poor families, it is proposed that the past practice of

gasification in other new rural areas be implemented. That is, gas access charges of

"subsistence households" and "households enjoying the five guarantees" are exempted.

During construction of the project, poor families are provided with the excavation, transport

of materials and other temporary unskilled employment opportunities to increase their

incomes. After the project is completed, some poor villagers who have certain knowledge and

ability can be recruited. They can work as patrollers after training. In this way, they shake off

poverty through stable employment.

(2) For the consultation, monitoring and evaluation of the preparation, implementation and

operation of the project, the participation of local women must be ensured. They shall be

consulted and their opinions shall be respected. Agricultural technology and service skills

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trainings are provided for women to promote their development and improve their economic

income levels.

(3) For temporary use of land due to construction of the project, the affected villagers and

owners can be compensated as scheduled. The general compensation standards are: RMB

1,500 yuan/mu for dry land and orchard; RMB 1,000 yuan/mu for unused land; RMB 3,000

yuan/mu for vegetable field; RMB 1,500 yuan/mu for rural dirt road; RMB 5,333.6 yuan/mu

for cement road.

(4) The daily patrolling of lines shall be properly managed. Barbaric construction and illegal

occupation shall be reported in a timely manner. The hazards of gas leak, fire, and explosion

shall be avoided.

5.8 Impacts on Physical Cultural Resources and Protective Measures

The project Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline will pass by

Xingshan Temple neat Nanyao Village. The distance between the project pipeline and

Xingshan Temple is about 20m. Thus the project triggers the WB Safetyguard Policy OP4.11.

The impact of the project construction on Xingshan Temple and the protective measures are

stated in this chapter.

5.8.1 Physical Cultural Resources

Xingshan temple is located between the Nanyao village and the Beiyao village， Manghe

Township. The investigation from the responsible person of Yangcheng County Bureau of

cultural relics and the Nanyao and Beiyao village committee shows that it is the local folk

custom building but not in the list of cultural relics protection in Yangcheng County.

Xingshan Temple was rebuilt in 1980’s by villagers and is jointly managed by the Nanyao

and Beiyao Village Committees with the main function of the worship, prayer and other folk

activities, and it will open at the local folk activities.

Xingshan Temple has total of three courtyards with the Yuhuang Emperor Temple in the

middle courtyard, the three Officials hall in the east courtyard and the Guangong Hall in the

west courtyard. Figure 5-1 shows the position relationship between the pipeline and the

Xingshang Temple.

5.8.2 Impact Analysis

The shortest distance between the project Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban

gas pipeline and Xingshan Temple is about 20m， which will pass by 20m to the north of

Xingshan Temple. The construction of this project has an impact on the Xingshan Temple,

mainly in the construction period, the operation period will not have any impact on it. The

pipeline construction will use the way of laying，construction dust, vibration and artificial

destruction have some negative impacts on the temple.

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The way of laying will be adopt in this section. The construction period is short, there is no

large mining machinery in the construction process, and the landforms will be restored after

the construction immediately. The impact of the pipeline construction on Xingshan temple

can be mitigate at acceptable level.

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Figure 5-1 Position relationship of the project pipeline with Xingshan Temple

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5.8.3 Protective Measures

Construction workers are trained to have an awareness of protection of fossils; the project

supervision unit monitors and take photographs of construction activities and issues

supervision reporting; construction shall be strictly limited within the red line in the plant;

excavation in the areas outside the red line is not allowed.

When the pipeline construction is near the Temple of Xingshan, artificial excavation shall as

far be used to avoid impact caused by strong vibrations. A fence is built between the

construction site and the Temple of Xingshan to prevent construction workers piling earth

outside the range. Construction workers are not allowed to enter.

A qualified supervision unit shall be hired to supervise the whole process of construction. All

construction sites shall be taken photographs in different periods as evidence of not

discovering cultural relics. If underground cultural relics are found, they shall also be

immediately photographed as evidence.

During the process of public consultation, representatives of theNanyao and Beiyao village

agreed that the project pipeline alignment goes by Xingshan Temple, they believe the impact

of the construction period of the project on Xingshan Temple is within the acceptable range,

and the environmental protection measures can effectively prevent the impact of pipeline

construction on Xingshan Temple.

The project has minium impact on the physical and cultural resources after the foregoing

measures are taken, which is acceptable.

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6 Analysis of Regional Cumulative Environmental Impacts

According to the technical requirements of cumulative environmental impacts and in

combination with the characteristics of the Project, the cumulative assessment report places

emphasis on the overlay analysis of the atmospheric environmental impacts of established

projects, projects under construction and proposed projects included in the Project, other 6

subproject of SGUP, the Project of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” and regional air pollutant

emission reduction project. The most remarkable impact of the Project is ambient air

improvement because of central heating and replacement of coal with gas as fuel, as well as

GHG emission reduction effects of the project. Therefore, for the purpose of assessing

regional cumulative environmental impacts, SO2, NOx, smoke dust and CO2equivalent are

used in this chapter as indexes. Moreover, the analysis of cumulative impacts also pays close

attention to the cumulative impact of the Project on the society as well as cumulative impacts

of risks of gas network.

6.1 Analysis of Cumulative Impacts on Ambient Air

6.1.1 Goals of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” and Pollutants Emission

Reduction

Shanxi Province suffers typical coal-smoke pollution, especially serious pollution of NOx,

SO2and smoke dust. Even since 2010, the party committee and government of Shanxi

Province have been implement a project called “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi”, aiming at

gradually promoting the use of gas to replace coal, the traditional fuel, to reduce pollutants at

the source and meetsocial and production demands.

By August 2016, the cumulative gas supply of “building a gas fuled Shanxi” project reached

15.6 billion cubic meters, gasfueled area covering the province's 104 counties (cities, districts),

the gasification rate of 52%, basicly finished the target set in 2010.

After completion of the initial objective of the Project, a total of 22.70 million tons of coal

equivalent can be replaced with gas. According to the pollutants producing coefficients of the

Practical Data Handbook of Environmental Protection (Hu Mingcao, 1990), pollutants

producing coefficients of gas are as follows, NOx: 6.3kg/10000 Nm3, CO2: 2.40t/tCH4;

considering that coal-burning installation is designed with the control facilities of flue gas

pollutant and in line with the efficiencies of denitration, desulfidation and dust removal,

pollutants producing coefficients of coal are as follows, SO2: 3.17kg/tce, NOx: 4.53kg/tce,

flue gas:1.56kg/tce, and CO2: 2.6t/tce. After completion of the intinial objective of the Project,

emission reduction of NOx：93,038t/a、SO2：71,956t/a、flue gas：24,322t/a，CO221.58 million

t/a has benn achieved.

The party committee and government of Shanxi Province have been making great efforts to

promote reduction of pollutant emissions. During the "12th Five-Year" period, SO2, NOx,

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and dust reduction targets in Shanxi province is to reduce emissions by 22.11.%, 25%, 15.8%,

on the basis of 2011 emissions. Shanxi Province has reached an over completion of the 12th

Five-Year emission reduction plan. The "Shanxi provincial environmental protection planning

of 13th Five-Year” developed by Shanxi provincial government makes it clear that on the

basis of 2015 emissions (SO2:1.1206 million t/a、NOx:0.93071 million t/a、Dust：

1.4489million t/a), Shanxi province will achieve the air pollutants SO2, NOx, soot emission

reduction targets in "13th Five-Year" period in Shanxi through the project-based emission

reduction, structural reduction, management-based emission reduction and other measures.

Detail data see Table 6-1.

2016 is the first year of 13th Five-Year planning. The province's emission reduction targets

are gradually being issued to municipalities and counties. Emission reduction projects are

being carried out step by step.

Table 6-1 Indicators of Air Pollutant Emission Reduction of Shanxi Province

Air pollutant emission reduction completed

in "12th Five-Year"

Air pollutant emission reduction

completed in "13th Five-Year"

NOx SO2 Dust NOx SO2 Dust

Emission

reduction ratio 25.0% 22.11% 15.80% 20% 20% 10%

Emission

reduction

quantity

（104t/a）

31.0250 31.7942 18.4575 18.6240 22.4120 14.489

For the Building a gas fueled Shanxi project and the seven subprojects (including the

Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project )involved in the Shanxi gas utilization project, the

pollutant emission reduction project in the region are shown in table 6-2.

6.1.2 Analysis of Cumulative Impacts on Ambient Air

Currently, various subprojects of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” have been gradually

completed, so have various pollutant emission reduction projects. The implementation of the

Project can further promote the course of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” and improve the

gasification rate of Shanxi Province.

（1）The implementation of the Project can achieve emission reduction of the following

pollutants, SO2：229.5t/a，flue gas：90.8 t/a，NOx：299.3t/a，CO2：81,300t/a。After the

implementation of 7 subprojects of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project，it

can reach the emission reduction of SO2: 2354.8t/a, flue gas: 618.5t/a，NOx：1929.2t/a，CO2：

1,067 million t/a，and will make a positive contribution to promote the Shanxi Province in

13th Five-Year during the environmental air quality improvement.

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（2）The "Shanxi provincial environmental protection planning of 13th Five-Year” developed

by Shanxi provincial government determines the province's major pollutant emission

reduction targets in the "13th Five-Year" period as follows: Dust: 0.14489million t/a,

SO2:0.22412 million t/a, NOx: 0.1862409million t/a. Further promotion of Building a gas

fueld Shanxi Project will promote energy reform in Shanxi province and alleviate the pressure

on the economic development of the limited capacity of Shanxi province.

6.2 Analysis of Social Cumulative Impacts

Positive impacts: the implementation of the Project can realize the district heating to replace

coal with gas in this area, improve the living standards and quality of life. The improvement

of ambient air can reduce the occurrence of respiratory diseases and increase the quality of

life. Implementation of the Project can prosper local markets, provide local residents with jobs,

increase employment channels and improve the economic situation of residents.

Negative impacts: after the completion of the Project,the coal will be replace by gas, which

needs local residents to spend more household expenses. the household fuel expenses and gas

access fee will increase the cost of living. In view of local economic situation, such

expenditure will exert slight impact on most homes. However, the increase in expenditure will

increase the cost of living for needy family. Moreover, the construction of multi-gas source

supply network will also cause the unbalanced gas supply problem in Shanxi province.

6.3 Analysis of Culmulative Impacts of Risks of Gas Pipeline Network in

Shanxi Province

Promotion of fuel restructuring and transformation by Shanxi Province has brought new

opportunities for the development of the gas sector in the province, Bulding a “Gas-fueled

Shanxi” was successfully implemented during the "12th Five-Year" period. The outline of the

13th five year plan for national economic and social development of Shanxi province also puts

forward the need to increase the construction of the gas pipeline network".As of 2016, the

Building a Gas Fueld Shanxi Project of Guoxin Energy Group has completed 3600 km

pipeline network construction layout in the province. Gas transmission capacity reached 15.6

billion m3/a. Rapid development and operation of gas pipeline network has significantly

contributed to regional economic development and local livelihoods improvement.

Nevertheless, close attention shall be paid to the safety of the network.

In 2012, Guoxin Energy Group has enganged Beijing Gas and Heating Engineering Design

Institute Co., Ltd. to conduct pre-assessment of safety assurance for the Group’s gas

transmission system. Using available operation data of the Group’s existing network and

adopting the Pipeline Studio for GAS TGNET developed by UK’s ESI, the evaluation report

verifies and analyzes the engineering situation of the pipeline network of the Group’s gas

transmission system and its associated systems under the two scenarios of near-term gas

supply capacity (2012) and mid- and long-term gas supply capacity (2015). Main contents of

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the report includes gas transmission system load analysis, verification of hydraulic

engineering situation of gas transmission system, external gas source assurance analysis and

gas transmission system safety assurance analysis.

The report concludes that the engineering situation of the network in 2012 almost met

relevant requirements, low-pressure areas are expected due to small pipe diameter when the

network reaches its gas supply capacity in 2015, and inadequate gas source and low-pressure

areas are also expected when the network reaches its supply capacity in 2020. Therefore, gas

leakages or explosion will not occur due to excessively high pressure in the pipeline.

6.4 Measures to Address Cumulative Impacts

6.4.1 Measures to Optimize Cumulative Impacts on Ambient Air

(1) Continue to promote the course of subprojects of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” and

make full use of various preferential policies to improve the rate of civil and major

industrialgasification, gradually change the coal-based energy structure of Shanxi Province,

increase the utilization ratio of clean energy, reduce the emission of air pollutants and

improve the ambient air quality of Shanxi Province.

(2) Strictly implement the various subprojects of pollutant emission reduction to ensure the

completion of the emission reduction targets of the 13th Five-year Plan and improve the

ambient air quality of Shanxi Province by project-based emission reduction, structural

emission reduction, management-based emission reduction and other comprehensive

measures.

6.4.2 Measures to Mitigate Social Cumulative Impacts

(1) At time of collecting the gas access fee, owners and relevant governments shall take the

payment difficulty of needy family into consideration. In fact, subsidiaries ofGuoxin

Groupadopt the access fee-free measures for the low-income groups in the completed

gasification projects. Therefore, we suggest the owners continue adopt such measures after

the completion of the Project. Meanwhile, we suggest local governments encourage local

residents to use gas and adopt the mode of district heating by offering gas subsidy, heating

subsidy and other incentives. As for the low-income groups, such part of subsidies can be

offered at an increased rate according to actual situation to alleviate the pressure of life.

(2) One of the reasons for poverty is low labor skills and lack of non-farming operation

capacity and employment opportunities. During implementation of the Project, some

unskilled temporary employment opportunities can be offered to the members of some needy

family to help them increase income. After the completion of the Project, labors with some

knowledge and abilities from needy family can be employed to take the post of line inspectors,

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cleaners and some jobs with low professional and technical requirements to help them get rid

of poverty by stable employment.

6.4.3 Measures to Mitigate Cumulative Impacts of Risks

(1) Create gas supply safety assurance system, establish early warning and emergency

preparedness mechanisms and use information technology to build management, dispatching

and warning systems for pipeline network across the province to address potential gas related

disasters and gas supply accidents and ensure gas supply safety.

(2) The increase of gas load sets higher requirements for gas transmission and distribution

systems. To ensure near-, mid- and long-term gas demand of pipeline network, it is suggested

that the implementing unit further improve data and verify data accuracy to ensure that

verification of the network’s engineering situation could better reflect weaknesses of the

network and to guide network planning and construction.

(3) Before laying of gas pipeline, the layout shall be optimized throughout the province to

reach a balance in gas supply; gas emergency preparedness facilities shall also be taken into

consideration.

(4) Rapid increase of gas load has resulted in more problems with the existing emergency

dispatching system. To ensure safe and steady operation of the network, it is necessary to

complete upgrading of the system and improve emergency handling capacity at an earlier date

and accelerate the planning and construction of an emergency handling and dispatching

center.

(5) Disseminate knowledge about safe use of gas to residents along the pipeline, improve

safety problems reporting and identification system and ensure rapid response to and

addressing of problems such as pipeline leakage to prevent the expansion of accidents.

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Table 6-2 Progress of the “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi” Project and Air Pollutant Emission Reduction Projects

Type Name of Project Main Content Project Objectives Project Progress P

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f “B

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g a

Gas

-fuel

ed S

han

xi”

Urban Gas Pipeline Network

Project by Shanxi Province

Guoxin Energy Group

46 provincial-level natural gas pipeline starting

from Datong in the north and extending to

Yuncheng in the south, with a total length of

2,190km, transportation capacity of above 10

billion m3 per year and actual sale volume of

2.6 billion m3, have been installed to connect

south and north parts of the province and link

up with the national gas main pipe. Currently

this urban gas pipeline network project can

supply gas to 91 counties in 10 cities in Shanxi

Province.

NOx emission reduction by 15,506 tons,

SO2 emission reduction by 11,992 tons,

flue gas reduction by 4,747 tons, replacing

coal equivalent of 3.783 million tons, CO2

by 3.597 million tons.

Completed

Shouyang County Coalbed

Gas Project and Natural Gas

Fueled Industrial Zone Project

by Shanxi Province Natural

Gas Co. Ltd.

Shouyang County 2×40MW+40MW CHP

Subproject

After being put into operation, the

industrial zone will be able to utilize gas

resources totaling 1 billion m3 a year,

reduce coal mine gas emission by 500

million m3, transport 130,000 tons of

LCBM, provide gas-filling for 360,000

vehicle/times, replace coal of 1.455

million tons, NOx emission reduction by

5,964 tons and realize SO2 emission

reduction by 4,612 tons, flue gas emission

reduction by 1,825 tons, and CO2

emission reduction by 1.383 million tons.

Under Construction

Shouyang County Low Concentration Coalbed

Gas Purification and Liquification Project

(LCBM), with a daily capacity of 1.5 million

m3

Under Construction

Shouyang County Comprehensive Coalbed Gas

Development Project Under Construction

Coal Logistic Channel CNG

Stations Project by Shanxi

Province Guoxin Energy

Group

Coal transport vehicles in Shanxi Province are

mostly heavy-duty diesel vehicles. CNG

stations can provide vehicle fuel gas to replace

diesel, the traditional fuel for such vehicles.

Based on amount of CNG that can be

supplied by the stations, altogether 180.6

thousand tons of diesel can be replaced,

and SO2emission reduction will reach 254

tons, NOxemission reduction, 191 tons;

flue gas emission reduction, 15.6 tons; and

CO2emission reduction, 247 thousand

tons.

The construction of

31CNG stations have

been completed;

Out of a total of 478

CNG stations planned,

the remaining

447stations are now

under construction.

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Type Name of Project Main Content Project Objectives Project Progress

Natural Gas Distributed Power

Project of Shanxi Province

Lin County Goalbed Gas (CBM) CHP

Subproject Gas-fueled central heating will be used to

replace dispersed boilers and produce

great environmental benefits and realize

SO2 emission reduction of 3,005t/a, flue

gas emission reduction of 405t/a, NOx

emission reduction of 1,090t/a and CO2

emission reduction of 1.772 million t/a.

In preparation stage,

project implementation

unit now actively contact

regional power and heat

suppliers, and planning

departments to promote

the development of the

project.

Qi County Goalbed Gas (CBM) CHP

Subproject

Qinyuan County Goalbed Gas (CBM) CHP

Subproject

Loufan County Goalbed Gas (CBM) CHP

Subproject

Ji County Goalbed Gas (CBM) CHP Subproject

Air

Poll

uta

nt

Em

issi

on R

educt

ion P

roje

cts

Reconstruction of Baode

County Thermal Power

Desulfurization Facilities and

construction of

Strengthening upgrading of Baode County

Thermal Power Plant Facilities and applying

in-core low nitrogen combustion and smoke

dust denitration techniques

Operation ratio of desulfurization facilities

is targeted at over 95%, desulfurization

ratio 90%, SO2 emission reduction by

3611Otons, and in-core low nitrogen

combustion and smoke dust denitration is

planned.

Reconstruction of

desulfurization facilities

is completed;

construction of

low-nitrogen combustion

facilities is also finished;

and flue gas

denitrification facilities

areunder construction.

Reconstruction of Cement

Kiln Low Nitrogen

Combustion Techniques

ofBaode County

JigangGuanyu Cement Co.

Ltd.

Speeding up application of cement kiln low

nitrogen combustion techniques

Applying low nitrogen combustion

techniques for cement kilns to reduce total

NOx emission

Yicheng coal Limited by

Share Ltd, Shanxi

Yangcheng Yang Tai

Group

Coal-to-gas projects of major

enterprises in Baode County

Replacing coal with gas for 12 limestone

factories, 1 magnesium factory, 1 silicon

calcium factory, 14 brick-making factories in

Baode County. For the factories tentatively not

ready for such replacement, desulfurization

facilities will be required to avoid direct

combustion of raw coal.

Encouraging the enterprises to use gas to

substitute coal, so to reduce emission of

pollutants.

Under Construction

Shutdown of Backward

Cement Manufacturers in Xiyang County

Eliminating the mechanical shaft kiln

production lines of Huafeng Building Material Factory, Daye Cement Factoryand Tongyu

Eliminating outdated production capacity

to reduce emission of pollutants Under Construction

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Type Name of Project Main Content Project Objectives Project Progress

Cement Factory

Installation of Denitrification

Facilities for Heat Supply

Boiler of Changzhi County

Fuxin Heating Company

Installing desulfurization facilities for

coal-fueled boilers

Installation of dual alkali desulfurization

facilities for 4 heating boilers to reduce

emission of SO2

Under Construction

Reconstruction of Dust

Removal Facilities in Multiple

Building Material Factories of

Changzhi County

Installing dust removal facilities or improving

the existing ones for factories producing clay

bricks, tiles and building blocks

Upgrading dust removal efficiency to

reduce emission of smoke dust Completed

Reconstruction of

Denitrification Facilities of

Yian Heating Company in

Tunliu County

Increasing investment in improvement of

desulfurization facilities in the factory

Upgrading SO2 removal ratio of the

facilities and thus reducing the emission

by 66tons

Under Construction;

Reconstruction of Dust

Removers and Construction of

DenitrificationFacilities for

Boilers of the Power

Generation Enterprises in

TunliuCounty

Using bag-type dust removers and installing

denitration facilities for the boilers in the

factories

Upgrading efficiency of dust removers

and installing denitration facilities to

reduce total emission of smoke dust and

NOx

Under Construction

Reconstruction of Dust

Removal Facilities for

HengxiangCharking Factory

in XiangyuanCounty

Improving dust removal facilities Upgrading dust removal efficiency to

reduce emission of smoke dust Completed

Construction of Denitrification

Facilities and Reconstruction

of Desulfurization Facilities of

the Power Plants in

XiangyuanCounty

Installing dust removers, denitration facilities

for all coal-fired units and dismantling flue gas

bypasses

Strengthening control of pollution sources

to reduce total emission of smoke dust,

SO2and NOx

Under Construction

Yicheng coal Limited by

Share Ltd, Shanxi Yangcheng

Yang Tai Group

Full automatic monitoring

system for dust suppression and dust monitoring in Coal

Installation of 4 sets of 100 meter fog sprayer

with corresponding water supply system, power

supply system and control system;

Construction of 10 sets of dust monitor with

control system and power supply system, Online connection with the city and county

Intensify efforts to control pollution

sources and reduce the total amount of

dust pollutants

Under Construction

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Type Name of Project Main Content Project Objectives Project Progress

industry square environmental monitoring departments.

Clean energy alernative

project of coal to gas for

Yangcheng times Ceramic

Co., Ltd.

Lay coalbed gas supply pipeline;

Building ceramic kiln

Construction and installation of coal bed gas

pipeline and pressure reducing stations,

Realize the Coal to Gas renovation for ceramic

kiln

Using gas instead of coal and using clean

energy, reduce the total amount of air

pollutants

Under Construction

Shanxi Huarun Daning Energy

Co., Ltd. Full automatic

monitoring system for dust

suppression and dust

monitoring in Coal industry

square

Installation of 4 sets of 120 meter fog sprayer

with corresponding water supply system, power

supply system and control system;

Construction of 10 sets of dust monitor with

control system and power supply system,

Online connection with the city and county

environmental monitoring departments.

Intensify efforts to control pollution

sources and reduce the total amount of

dust pollutants

Under Construction

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7 Due Diligence Review

7.1 Due Diligence Review of Pipeline related projects

7.1.1 Related projects of Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town

urban gas pipeline

Anyang gas distribution station is the start point of “Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye

town urban gas pipeline”. The gas source is Tingdian Booster station, which is constructed by

Shanxi Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd. It’s natural gas daily processing

capacity is 120×104Nm3/d, can meet the needs of the Project. The EIA approval process has

been completed. It is now under construction, and expected to formally put into operation in

March 2017, which matches with the progress of the Project.

7.1.2 Related projects of Lanhua151# valve well—Yanli township gas

pipeline

The gas source of “Lanhua151# valve wells -Yanli county urban gas pipeline” comes from

Coalbed methane extraction well of Coalbed methane Co., Ltd. in Xihe Xiang, Yangcheng

County, with gas supply capacity of 300,000m3/d. The design pressure of the gas pipeline is

0.6MPa, and the operation pressure is 0.5-0.6Mpa. The Lanhua151#gas well project is under

the approval of the domestic EIA procedures, the construction is also advanced at the same

time. It is expected to put into operation in May 2017, which matches with the progress of the

Project.

7.1.3 Due Diligence of Industrial Users

The project “Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline” will reserved

industrial gas in the long range for Manghe Town Industrial Park with.annual production of

90 thousand tons of carbon disulfide. See Table 7-1 for the industrial gas consumption.

Table 7-1 Industrial gas consumption.

No. Enterprise name Use

Purpose

Near future in 2020 Long term in 2030

Total annual

gas

consumption

（104m3/a）

Annual average

daily gas

consumption

（104m3/d）

Total annual

gas

consumption

（104m3/a）

Annual

average daily

gas

consumption

（104m3/d）

1

Yangcheng

Ruixing

Chemical Co.

Ltd.

Production

and living 475.20 1.32 2376.00 6.60

2 Yangcheng

Hengli

Production

and living 514.80 1.43 2574.00 7.15

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Chemical

Factory

3 Total

990.00 2.75 4950.00 13.75

7.2 Due Diligence of Existing Gas Facilities Upgrading Project

With the promotion of the building a gas fueled Shanxi Project throughout Shanxi,

Yangcheng County now has has gradually completed the gasification work of 6 villages and

towns, such as Fengcheng and Chongqing. It now has approximately 60 thousand existing gas

resident users, and more than 200 households of public welfare users.

The development of urban gas has been gradually on the right track. With the further

promotion of gasification work, the legacy issues of the old pipeline network is gradually

emerging. In particular, problems like too long use gas meter, pipeline aging after the meter is

more prominent. The excessive servic of gas meter will lead to inaccurate measurement,

affect the impartiality and fairness of measurement, during the use it will lead to safety

accident due to aging, meter body damage and other reasons prone to leakage, will direct

threat user life and property security.

This project mainly aims to eliminate hidden dangers, and upgrade the membrane meters and

26800 m pipeline behind the meter for the13411 residents user of existing gas project in

Yangcheng County.

The specific distribution of the residents in Phoenix towns is shown in Table 7-2 below.

Table 7-2 Distribution of the gas facilities upgrading residents in Phoenix towns

Town Community / village Household number to be

upgraded

Gas

connection

time

Remarks

Fengcheng

Shang Qin 525 2008

Xia Qin 810 2008

Shui Village 1884 2008

Yue Zhuang 784 2008

Xi Guan 1064 2008

Feng Huang Xin Village 616 2008 Xi Guan

Bin He Xiao Qu 492 2008 Nan Guan

Re Dian Xiao Qu 263 2008 Nan Guan

Yi Zhong Xiao Qu 145 2008 Nan Guan

Fu Nan Xiao Qu 238 2008

Shui

Village

Wu Zhong Xiao Qu 198 2008 Jiu Zhuang

Rui Fa Xiao Qu 176 2008 Xia Qin

Jin Hua Xiao Qu 200 2008 Xia Qin

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Hua Yang Xiao Qu 127 2008 Xi Guan

Nan Guan Village 1265 2009

Family building of

ceramic factory 156 2008

Shui

Village

Xiao Zhuang Village 440 2008

Shang Kong Village 436 2008

Dong Guan Village 3413 2008

Yang Hua 179 2008

Total 13411

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8 Alternatives Analysis

8.1 Alternatives Analysis for “With” and “Without” the Project

The alternative analysis focuses on the impact degree of whether or not the Project is

implemented on the environment from the perspective of environmental improvement.

(1) Alternative I: Construction of the gas utilization project.

(2) Alternative II: No project alternative.

See Table 8-1 for the comparison between the above two alternatives in advantage and

disadvantage.

Table 8-1 Alternative Comparison of Whether or Not the Project Is Implemented

Item Alternative I Alternative II

Advantage

1. Implementation of the project complies with

the requirements of relevant national industrial

policies.

2. Project implementation complies with the

requirements of the Project’s urban master plan,

as well as the ecological construction plan for the

project areas.

3.Upon completion of its implementation, the

Project will employ some local residents, hence

increasing employment opportunities for local

residents and improving their living conditions.

4. Construction of the gas transmission pipeline

network is conducive to replacing coal with gas,

adjusting fuel structure in the project areas,

reducing coal combustion and air pollution,

protecting the ecological environment, and

promoting local economic development.

5. To upgrade the membrane meters and pipeline

behind the meter for the existing gas facilities in

Yangcheng County, which can eliminate the

hidden danger.

1. Maintain the current

environmental conditions, avoid

various environmental impacts

made by the alternative I in the

construction stage and the operation

stage.

2. No change in current status of

land use, and no land occupation.

Disadvantag

e

1. The construction period of the pipeline network

has a negative impact on the surrounding

environment, air and sound environment, but the

project construction period is relatively short, and

after construction, these effects will disappear;

2. During the operation of the project, the noise of

the surge tank has a certain impact on the

surrounding environment, but because of its low

noise level, it will not affect the lives of the

surrounding residents.

3. Though land use patterns in the occupied areas

would change to some extent, the occupied land

covers a relatively small area, thus have limited

impacts on the regional ecological integrity.

1. The fuel structure for residents

and enterprises in the areas where

CHP subprojects are located is still

dominated by coal combustion,

which causes increased regional

pollutant discharge and severer

environmental pollution.

2.The existing gas meter and the

pipes behind the meters have

potential safety problems and

inaccurate measurements, which

can cause safety accidents

Overall The alternative I is superior to alternative II from social and environmental perspectives.

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analysis

Based on the table, the alternative for no project has no environmental impact that exists in

the alternative I in the construction stage and the operation stage; Whereas the alternative for

the Project would bring certain environmental impacts, but which could be avoided and

mitigated through corresponding environmental protection measures. The Project

implementation can replace coal with gas, reduce the pollutant discharge amount to the

surrounding environment. Improve the living quality of residents, increase employment and

eliminate potential safety hazards of existing gas facilities.

In a word, the project operation would bring huge and long-term social and environmental

benefits. Therefore, from the social and environmental perspective, the project construction is

very essential.

8.2Alternatives Analysis of Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Network

8.2.1 Alternatives Analysis of Local Pipeline Alignment

8.2.1.1 Alternatives Analysis of Local Pipeline Alignment for Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline passing through Hongshang Village and

Laoquan Village

According to process delivery calculation and the definite starting point and terminal position,

it is clear that the overall direction of the Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban

gas pipeline project line is laid for the North-South direction; In addition, considering the

terrain, physiognomy and environment sensitive area along the route, the Anyang gas

distribution station is the starting point of the line, and the Dongye town is the terminal one.

The route is relatively single, there is no overall routing alternative scheme selected. Only

the part of the line through the Hongshang Village and Laoquan Village scheme was selected

for alternatives analysis and optimization. Alternatives of local pipeline alignment see Figure

8-1, and the specific contents see Table 8-2.

According to the figure and table, the Scheme I is longer, but there are 2000m pipeline laying

along the road, which requires no construction temporary road, has less temporary occupation,

and less impact on the local ecological environment.The distance to the two villages

Hongshang and of Laoquan is very close; Scheme II is shorter, but there are more farmland

and flat land, requires more temporary construction occupation. The distance to the two

villages Hongshang and of Laoquan is far; Both plans will cross river once and provincial

leve road once. But the Road management department does not agree to the crossing position

in Scheme II.

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Table 8-2 Alternatives Analysis of Local Pipeline Alignment for Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline

Altanative Scheme

Items

Local Pipeline Alignment forAnyang gas distribution station-Dongye town

urban gas pipeline

Scheme I（Recommended Scheme） Scheme II（Alternative Scheme）

Relocation (number of

households) None None

Villages passing by Laoquan Village, Hongshang Village Laoquan Village, Hongshang

Village

Alternative route length 4555m 4355m

Landform along the alignment The main terrain is flat land, about

2000m sections paved along the road.

The main topography are hills and

flat land,

Construction Conditions Crossing S229 once

Crossing a small creek once

Crossing S229 once (while in view

of management requirements, the

highway department does not

agree to cross the S229 at that

location）

Crossing a small creek once

Technical Difficulty and

Feasibility Technically feasible Technically feasible

Can meet the gas consumption

demand of users? Yes Yes

8.2.1.2 Alternatives Analysis of Local Pipeline Alignment near Xingshan Temple

The project Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline goes by a Folk

custom building Xingshan Temple, Alternatives route selection is carried out for the pipeline

of Xingshan temple section, Figure 8-2 shows the route comparison. See Table 8-3 for

comparison.

As shown in Table 8-3, The scheme I is close to Xingshan temple, but it is easyto construct,

short in line, small in investment, small in temporary occupation, and less damaging to the

local ecological environment;Scheme II although has a far, distance from Xingshan temple,

but the pipeline needs to cross the gully many times, cross through the local country road, it is

difficult to construct, long line, more in temporary occupation, and has more impacts on the

local ecology environment.After comparison of two schemes, under the premise of strict

accordance with the norms of construction and a good protection of Xingshan Temple,

Scheme I is recommended.

Table 8-3 Alternatives Analysis of Local Pipeline Alignment for Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline near Xingshan Temple

Altanative Scheme

Items

Local Pipeline Alignment forAnyang gas distribution station-Dongye town

urban gas pipeline

Scheme I（Recommended Scheme） Scheme II（Alternative Scheme）

Relocation (number of

households) None None

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Altanative Scheme

Items

Local Pipeline Alignment forAnyang gas distribution station-Dongye town

urban gas pipeline

Scheme I（Recommended Scheme） Scheme II（Alternative Scheme）

The nearest distance from the

line to Xingshan Temple 20m 272m

Villages passing by Nanyao Village, Beiyao Village Nanyao Village

Alternative route length 1300m 1800m

Landform along the alignment The main terrain is flat land, about

800m section paved along the road.

The main terrain are more ravines

and hills

Construction Conditions No crossing，paved along the road and

flat land, easy to construct

Needs to cross the local country

road 7 times, and cross the gully

many times, difficult to construct

Investment Small Large

Technical Difficulty and

Feasibility Technically feasible Technically feasible

Can meet the gas consumption

demand of users? Yes Yes

8.2.2 Alternatives Analysis of Pipeline Pressure and material

Alternatives analysis of pipeline pressure and material for Anyang gas distribution

station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline is carried out. The technical and economic indexes

and features are shown in Table 8-4.

As can see from the two schemes: Scheme 1: the investment of sub-high pressure steel pipe is

high, the pipeline strength is large, it is not easy to destroy, and the gas flow remains with

allowance, which is good for the future development. Although it requires to set up Surge

tank, lease land occupation for surge tank sites, and the construction process is tedious,

construction and structure require larger spacing, considering the project pipe is mainly laid in

rural cultivated land, buildings are scarce, the safety distance is easy to meet the requirements,

the surge tank noise range is very small, and the occupied area is less Scheme II: using

medium pressure gas supply pipe, the pipeline investment is larger, and no more gas

transportation margin,which is unfavorable for long-term development. So Scheme I is the

recommended scheme, namely the laying scheme of : the main supply pipe uses sub-high

pressure 0.8MPa gas pipeline, main and branch pipe after surge tank use medium pressure

pipe with PE.

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Figure 8-1 Alternative comparison of local pipeline alignment for Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline

Recommended

route

Alternative

route

Lengend

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Figure 8-2 Alternative comparison of local pipeline alignment for Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline near

Xingshan Temple

Xingshan Temple

Nanyao Village

Beiyao Village

Recommended route

Alternative route

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Table 8-4 Alternatives analysis of pipeline pressure and material for Anyang gas

distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline

Altanative

Scheme

Items Scheme I（Recommended Scheme） Scheme II（Alternative Scheme）

Content (Sub high pressure, steel pipe) （Medium pressure, PE）

Pipe diameter DN300 DN400

Length (m) 20200 20200

Total investment

(10000 yuan) 1210 1616

Engineering

Technology

Advantage：

Large amount of pipeline

transportation, large pipeline

strength, not easy to damage, less

investment.

Advantages: the pipeline does not

need anticorrosive treatment, the

system has no regional surge tank,

the management is simple, the

safety spacing is low.

The construction process is tedious,

construction and structure require

larger spacing, requires to lease land

to set up Surge tank, The

management is more complicated.

The pipeline needs anticorrosive

treatment.

Disadvantages: large investment,

large buried pipe diameter, no extra

gas transportation capacity,

unfavorable for long-term

development.

Environmental Impact

Advantage：The embedment

diameter is small, the construction

temporary land occupation is few,

and has little impact on the

ecosystem.

Disadvantages: need to set the surge

tank, permanent land occupation,

surge tank noise

Advantage：No need to set the surge

tank, no permanent land occupation,

no surge tank noise

Disadvantages: large embedment

diameter, more temporary

construction land occupation, more

impacts on the ecosystem

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9 Environmental Risk Analysis and Mitigation Measures

The Environmental Risk Analysis of Yangcheng Subproject refers to the Environmental Risk

Analysis and Mitigation Measures of pipeline network in the EI report of World Bank

Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project.

9.1. Environmental Risk Identification

9.1.1 Risk Identification during Construction

The project risk identification during construction is as follows:

（1）Corrosion and Gas leakage

Anti-corrosion repaired mouth of the gas pipeline is unqualified in the construction process;

anticorrosion coating is destroyed after completion of construction; the metal pipe wall is in

direct contact with soil. These factors could cause chemical corrosion and electrochemical

corrosion and lead to perforation and gas leakage of the metal pipe wall.

（2）Construction defect

Construction defect mainly refers to poor quality of butt joint welding of pipes. High

occurrence of electric arc burning through, air hole, slag inclusion and lack of penetration is

an important factor causing accidents. Construction defect is also shown in the following

aspects: procedures such as pipeline derusting, cleaning, anticorrosion, site mouth repairing

and the like are not performed according to construction requirements. Anticorroson coating

is in bad bonding with the pipe body due to non-strict management of the coating work in the

field. Anticorrosion coating is impacted and broken by mud and stones due to rough placing

of the pipe and hasty backfilling work. Cathodic protection is not performed together with the

embedding of the pipeline, and the fatigue cracks occur with the pipes due to careless

hanlding.

9.1.2 Risk Identification during Operation

9.1.2.1 Material risk identification

Identified following the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (State Administration of Work

Safety Circular [2003] No. 1), primary hazardous substances of the project are natural gas

(whose main component is methane) and Tetrahydrothiophene.

9.1.2.2Risk Identification for Main Production Facilities

Main risk and hazardous factors of the project are provided in Table 9-1.

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Table 9-1 Risk and Hazardous Factors of the Project

No. Hazard Factor Location Nature

1 Fire and explosion Gas pipe, valve pit and others. Primary

2 Physical explosion Gas pipe and others Secondary

3 Poisoning and

suffocation

Nitrogen blowing during leakage

and maintenance of pipe and valve

Secondary

4 Natural disaster Along the pipeline Secondary

5 Social environment Gas pipe Secondary

9.1.2.3 Identification of Major Hazard Sources

Major hazard sources are identified following Standards for Identifying Major Hazard

Sources of Hazardous Chemicals (GB18218-2009) and Guidelines for Carrying out

Supervision over Major Hazard Sources (State Administration of Work Safety Circular [2004]

No. 56). The results of identification are provided in Table 9-2.

Table 9-2 Identification of Major Hazard Sources

Item

No. Conditions for judging the

constitution of a major hazard source

Whether or not

constitutes a

major hazard

source

Remarks

Sto

rage

Tan

k

1 Critical mass for storage of

flammable gas≥10T No

No natural gas storage tanks

are provided for CHP

Component and Gas Pipeline

Network Component

Pre

ssure

Ves

sel 1

Three types of pressure vessels with

media being extremely, highly or

moderately toxic.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves these

three types of pressure

vessels.

2

Pressure vessels (cluster) with

flammable media and maximum

working pressure≥0.1MPa and with

PV≥100MPa/m3.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves these

three types of pressure

vessels.

Pre

ssure

Pip

e

Long

-dis

tance

tran

smis

sion p

ipe

1

Pipes that transmit toxic, flammable

and explosive gases and whose

designed pressure is higher than

1.6Mpa.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves this

type of pipe.

2

Pipes that transmit toxic, flammable

and explosive media and whose

transmission distance is greater than

200km and metric diameter is equal

to or bigger than 300mm.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves this

type of pipe.

Uti

lity

pip

e

3 Medium and high pressure pipes with

metric diameter≥200mm.

No CHP Component does not

involve this type of pipe.

Yes All pipes used under Gas

Pipeline Network are of

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Item

No. Conditions for judging the

constitution of a major hazard source

Whether or not

constitutes a

major hazard

source

Remarks

medium pressure or

hypo-high pressure and have

metric diameter≥200mm.

Total pipeline length is

74.1km.

Ind

ust

rial

pip

e

4

Pipes transmitting extremely and

highly toxic gases and liquefied

gasses and with metric

diameter≥100mm.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves this

type of pipe.

5

Pipes transmitting flammable gases

with category A and B fire risks and

with metric diameter≥100mm and

designed pressure≥4MPa.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves this

type of pipe.

6

Pipes transmitting other flammable

and toxic liquid media and with

metric diameter≥100mm, designed

pressure≥4MPa and designed

temperature≥400℃.

No

Neither CHP Component nor

Gas Pipeline Network

Component involves this

type of pipe.

Boil

er

Ste

am b

oil

er

1

Boilers whose rated pressure is

greater than 2.5Mpa and rated

evaporation is greater than 10t/h.

Yes

Rated pressure of high

pressure steam in waste heat

boilers used under CHP

Component is 7.11MPa,

which is greater than 2.5MPa

while rated evaporation is

64t/h, which is greater than

10t/h. Therefore, waste heat

boilers under the component

constitute a major hazard

source.

No

No boilers under Gas

Pipeline Network

Component.

Table 9-2 indicates that 27.79km medium and hypo-high pressure pipes with metric

diameter≥200mm constitute a major hazard source; all remaining facilities do not constitute

major hazard sources.

9.2 Source Analysis

9.2.1 Factors Causing the Accident

Factors causing the accident easily are shown in Table 9-3.

Table 9-3 List of Accident Factors

Accident Source Accident Reasons

Leakage and explosion of gas

pipeline

1. External disturbances, which are mainly caused by earthquake,

landslide, mud-rock flow, settlement of loess, collapse, falling,

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Accident Source Accident Reasons

flood or man-made sabotage of the third Party.

2. Corrosion of pipeline

3. Pipe material and construction defects

9.2.2 Accident Probability of Mjaor Hazzard Sources and Protective Radius

In order to reflect the occurrence rate of the accident in the gas pipeline, the accident time of

each gas pipeline with unit length shall be taken as the analogue analysis accident. Overall

level of the occurrence rate of the accident in the gas pipeline shall be calculated according to

the following statistical results on the accident in the pipes at home and aboard:

(1) After 1990s in United States: 1.5×10-4 times/(km·a)

(2) Former Soviet Union: 4×10-4 times/(km·a)

(3) Europe: 5.7×10-4 times/(km·a)

(4) 1990s in domestic: 4.9×10-4 times/(km·a)

In the project, although design, technology, pipe material, construction and management are

better than the construction level of the pipeline in 1960s, from the conservative point, the

occurrence rate of the accident in the pipeline is also considered according to domestic

4.9×10-4 times/(km·a).

Referring to the EI report of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project, the

protective radius of the hypo-high pressure gas pipeline shall be 32.3m.

9.3 Analysis of Environmental Risk Consequences

9.3.1 Analysis of Environmental Risk Consequences during Construction

In the construction process, anticorrosion coating is broken due to the welding quality defect

of the pipe orifice, bad anticorrosion work of the pipeline, that cathodic protection is not

performed together with the embedding of the pipeline, fatigue cracks of the pipes due to

careless handling. These factors may lead to pipeline leakages during operation in the future.

If the concentration of leaked natural gas reaches the explosion limit, fire and explosion

would occur in case of a fire source, and serious casualties and property losses may be caused.

9.3.2 Analysis of Environmental Risk Consequences of Major Hazard

Sources during Operation

In the gas transmission and distribution process, the maximum accident hazard caused by the

various potential accident factors is the breaking of gas transmission pipe to cause serious

leakage of gas. In case of fire, burning or explosion will be generated to form two hazard

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factors such as burning thermal radiation and explosive shock wave resulting in injuries of the

crowds around and even deaths. Thus, on the plan layout of the CHP Component, the gas

pipeline shall be arranged away from buildings with dense population. However, gas pipeline

of the Gas Pipeline Netowrk Component would pass through some villages in the paving

process, the maximum protective radius of the gas pipeline is 32.3m, so the distance from

some villages to the gas pipeline is less than the protective radius, and the hazard could be

caused for villages and residents around the pipeline in case of gas leakage and explosion.

9.4 Protection and Mitigation Measures for Environmental Risks

The protection and mitigation measures for environmental risks of the project are shown in

Table 9-4

Table 9-4 The Protection and mitigation measures for environmental risks of the project

Project Period Prevention and mitigation measures

Yangch

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project

Constru

ction

1. Perform control strictly during phruchasing of the raw materials and permit

the purchasing of unqualified products.

2. Select the unit with rich experience for the construction, select the excellent

third Party to supervise the construction quality powerfully, and reduce the

mis-operation of the construction;

3. Perform the operation according to the construction specifications strictly

and prohibit rough and barbaric construction.

4. Enhance the quality inspection of the pipeline, perform the hydraulic test,

and remove more defects in the weld joint and base materials, so as to increase

the safety of the pipeline;

5. Enhance the supervision to ensure the construction quality of the coating in

the construction process;

6. Establish the construction quality assurance system, improve the level of the

construction inspection personnel and enhance the inspection means;

7. Establish the strict rules and regulations, repair the defect in time, if any, and

make records;

8. Pay special attention to the construction quality of pipeline passing through

villages, rivers and railways.

9.When replacing the existing gas meter and the pipe behind the meter, the

relevant operating procedures shall be strictly observed. Communicate with

residents ahead of time, check the quality of the meter after changing, put an

end to the phenomenon of gas leakage

Operatio

n

1. Clean the pipeline periodically, and remove the water and dirt in the pipeline

to reduce the corrosion in the pipeline;

2. Measure the wall thickness of the pipeline every three years, maintain and

replace the pipe section with the pipe wall thinned seriously in time to avoid

the pipe bursting accident;

3. Inspect the safety protecting system of the pipeline every half year, so that

the pipeline can be handled safely in the overpressure process, and the impact

scope of the hazard is minimized;

4. The signs on crossing points of the railways, highways and rivers shall be

clear and definite, and the setting shall be watched clearly from different

directions and angles;

5. Increase the patrol frequency, improve the patrol validity, inspect the

construction zone of the pipeline every day, look up the earth surface situation,

pay attention to the personnel activity situation in the zone, stop the behaviors

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Project Period Prevention and mitigation measures

of affecting the safety of the pipeline in time, take the corresponding measures

and report the situation to the senior;

6. Inspect the pipeline passing through the rivers, railways, villages and other

sensitive sections for one time every day;

7. Specially pay attention to the safety of the pipeline passing through the

rivers during the flood period.

8. Prohibit the construction in the protection range of the pipeline.

9.5 Emergency Preparedness Plan for Risks

9.5.1 Emergency Preparedness Organization Unit and Responsibilities

（1）Organization

In the project, the emergency preparedness organization unit and the emergency preparedness

command group are established. The plant managers of the various sub-plants shall hold the

post of the group leaders, and the emergency preparedness command group shall follow the

command of the senior emergency preparedness command unit and be responsible for the site

emergency preparedness command work. The emergency preparedness command group shall

adjust and revise the plan in time according to the successful experience and problems of the

plan in the implementation process, and organize the staff to participate in periodic drills of

accident preparedness plan. Meanwhile, the specially-assigned person shall be dispatched to

collect and sort out all emergency preparedness records and other data after the accident and

file the records in the archives. Basic block diagram of the risk accident emergency

preparedness organization system is shown in Figure 9-1.

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Figure 9-1 Risk Accident Emergency Preparedness Organization System

（2）Assignment of Responsibilities

Responsibilities of arious members in the emergency prepredness unit shall be clarified in the

plan, and main contents to be clarified include:

(1) Who shall give an alarm? How to give an alarm? Where the alarm shall be given?

(2) Time and mode (personnel and contact mode) of reporting the accident to the senior;

(3) Who will organize the rescue and control the accident?

(4) Application and distribution of emergency equipment;

(5) Clarify the communication channel with the media and the channel of issuing the accident

information outwards;

(6) Who will announce that the hazard has been removed and that the evacuating personnel in

the accident hazard area can return when the accident site and the surrounding environment is

Company emergency rescue

center

Social emergency rescue

center

Accident emergency

preparedness committee of

experts On-site emergency

prepredness headquarters

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Environmental

monitoring

Public health,

medical treatment

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Information

communication

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in line with the condition without hazard for the human health and recognized by safety and

environmental protection departments?

(7) Explicitly specify the person who will announce the closure of the emergency plane under

the required condition.

9.5.2 Public Awareness and Education Plan

9.5.2.1 Worker Training and Drill

(1) Drill frequency: Perform the drill at least once every quarter.

(2) The personnel responsible for the drill shall arrive at the site within 15min after receiving

the group call or telephone notification and do the registration in the command department.

(3) Various functional groups shall be commanded by the group responsible persons

uniformly, but the group responsible persons shall be commanded by the command

department uniformly.

(4) After completion of the drill, summarize the drill to identify problems, if any.

(5) Review and revise the plan for once every three years in principle, and perform revision in

time according to the technology, change of gas transmission scale or non-compliant drill

items.

9.5.2.2 Training for Gas Users

(1) Residential users

Before construction inception, the company designates staff to conduct “gas knowledge

lectures” at villages along the pipeline to extend commonsense knowledge about safe gas use

to villagers and distribute specially made playing cards with detailed commonsense

knowledge about safe gas use, safety slogans and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

After pipe laying is completed, photos, names and contact numbers of the company’s safety

staff and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline are provided at bulletin boards of villages and

village committees along the pipeline. Safety and alarm signs are hung every 200 meters on

noticeable sections of village walls.

After gas is supplied to households, the company staff distribute safe gas use booklets to each

of the households and put knowledge about safe gas use and 24-hour emergency rescue

hotline on noticeable sections beside the stove.

After households are able to use gas on a routine basis, the company staff inspect safe use of

gas in each of the households on a regular basis, provide guidance on correct and safe use of

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gas, teach them how to detect gas leakages, and provide training on handling emergencies.

Contents of the training are provided in section (3) below.

(2) Industrial and commercial users

Before construction inception, the company designates staff to conduct “gas knowledge

lectures” at places with concentration of commercial users and for each of the industrial users

to extend commonsense knowledge about safe gas use and safety instructions for industrial

and commercial gas use facilities, and notify them of 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

After pipe laying is completed, photos, names and contact numbers of the company’s safety

staff and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline are provided at places with concentration of

commercial users and in each of the industrial users.

After gas is supplied, the company staff distribute safe gas use booklets to each of the

industrial and commercial users and put knowledge about safe gas use, safety instructions and

24-hour emergency rescue hotline on noticeable places.

After these users are able to use gas on a routine basis, the company staff inspect safe use of

gas in each of the users on a regular basis, make sure internal safety management systems of

the users are in place, and teach them how handle emergencies.

(3) Emergency handling

In case of gas leakages, residential users close valves in the first instance, immediately open

windows, do not switch on any electrical appliance or use open fire, and dial the 24-hour

emergency rescue hotline.

Upon detecting gas leakages or other situations which may lead to accidents, industrial and

commercial users immediately cut off gas source, move away from the leakage points, do not

use open fire at places close to leakage points and dial 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

In case of fire, the public shall move away from the fire points, notify people around the fire

points to evacuate, dial 24-hour emergency rescue hotline, and dial 119 and report to the fire

authorities.

9.5.3 Emergency Facilities, Equipment and Apparatuses

Necessary materials and equipment for rushing to repair, rushing to deal with an emergency,

protecting and cleaning the site shall be provided, in particular the emergency equipment not

only shall be provided and prepared in advance near the sensitive area with high fire and

explosion hazard, but also shall be inspected periodically.

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9.5.4 Emergency Communication

Clear communication equipment and networks such as mobile phone, satellite phone and the

like shall be provided. In case of the accident, take the necessary measures such as emergency

shutdown, pressure release and other measures for controlling the accident and reducing its

impacts, contact with relevant emergency, rescue, fire fighting, public security and other

departments to get the rescue fast, and arrive at the accident site to repair and handle in the

shortest time to minimize the impacts of the accident.

9.5.5 Emergency Monitoring

In case of the natural gas leakage accident, the air and human health would be affected, so the

main task of emergency monitoring is to monitor the ambient air.

9.5.6 Emergency Handling Measures

1. Addressing Pipeline Bursting and Leakage of a Large Amount of Natural Gas

(1) Analyze and judge the location of the pipe section with the sudden accident accurately, cut

off the block valves on the upper and lower reaches of the pipe section by the fastest method,

empty the natural gas in the breaking pipe section, simultaneously, organize the manpower to

guard the danger area of the natural gas diffusion, control the possible fire source of all the

combustible materials strictly, and avoid the fire explosion and spreading;

(2) Report the brief accident to the supervisors leadership and production command system

immediately, and notify the local pubic security and fire departments of enhancing the

protective measures;

(3) Organize the rescue team to go to the site rapidly, perform careful organization according

to the established recue plan and the safety technical measures under the uniform organization

and command of the site leading group, and perform the rescue in the division of labor with

individual responsibility under the premise of ensuing the safety;

(4) Notify the various users for the situation that the normal gas transportation and production

cannot be recovered or maintained temporarily. Perform rationing according to different

situations for the production and living characteristics of different users by the residual gas in

the pipeline after the stop of the transportation, and make great efforts to reduce the indirect

loss of the accident.

2、Emergency Plan for Fire and Explosion

(1) The first discoverer shall make the fire alarm call rapidly after the fire accident, and

describe the accident time, location, the situation of the disaster and the like while giving an

alarm;

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(2) After making the fire alarm call, the first discoverer shall give an alarm to the duty room

immediately. The cadre on duty shall start the emergency reaction procedure immediately

after receiving the alarm and deal with the various complex situations in the site

comprehensively;

(3) After the accident, the various post operation personnel shall be dispatched by the

responsible person uniformly;

(4) The cadre on duty shall arrange the rescue task, investigate whether there is the casualty in

the site and organize the implementation of the primary repair work;

(5) The cadre on duty shall report the fire situation and the situation whether there is the

casualty to the dispatching room of the branch company, simultaneously open the road and

prepare the receiving vehicle. The person on duty of the fire pump room shall give an alarm

and call the evacuation of the persons and vehicles, and do the preparations of starting the fire

pump and the like;

(6) In case of the fire due to the leakage, the dispatching room shall stop the transportation

and cut off the flow;

(7) When the full-time fire brigade arrives at the site, the cadre on duty shall introduce the fire

situation and the rescue situation and establish the fire rescue proposal, other persons shall be

evacuated from the rescue site and followed to the uniform command of the cadre on duty to

do the handover flow and the fire extinguishment assistance work;

(8) If the fire water pump and the fire foam pump are started in the fire extinguishment

process, the post person on duty in the fire pump room shall supply the liquid volume of the

fire fighting water tank and foam tank in time to ensure that the liquid volume of the fire

fighting water tank and foam tank is enough;

(9) When the fire behavior cannot be controlled, the personnel shall evacuate outside of the

injury range of the flame thermal radiation rapidly;

(10) The emergency measure group leader shall count the number of persons in time, organize

the personnel to clean the site and remove the emergency state when the fire explosion site is

thoroughly brought under control.

9.6 Summary

Construction period: risks of the project mainly refer to accidents in the operation period

caused by the application of unqualified pipes and mis-operation in the construction process.

Therefore, operation in the construction period shall be performed in strict accordance with

construction specifications and construction management shall be strengthened to prevent

future accients.

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Operation period: risks of the proect mainly refer to fire explosion risks, so in the operation

period, it is critical to prevent the leakage of gas, eliminate fire sources, establish strict safety

management regulations and strengthen management to minimize hazards.

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10 Analysis of Impacts of Land Acquisition and Relocation

The resettlement plan and social impact assessment report have been prepared by the

Sociology Institute of Shanxi Academy of Social Sciences, some contents of which are quoted

in this chapter.

10.1 Land Acquisition and Its Impacts

This project involves 5 townships and 34 villages. Among them, 2 new gas pipelines are

involved in 5 townships and 24 villages.

The impacts of the project mainly are in 4 aspects: the temporary land occupation, affected

families by temporary occupation, a few long-term lease and ground attachments.

（1）Temporary land occupation

Detailed investigation of the impact of the resettlement programme on the project showed: 2

gas pipeline construction requires temporary land occupation 500.22 acres, of which 357.48

acres of dry land, accounting for 71.46% of the the total land occupation; woodland 45 acres,

accounting for 9%; unused land 26.82 acres, accounting for 5.36%; 70.92 acres of rural roads,

accounting for 14.18%. Temporary land occupation affects 5 townships 24 villages.

（2）Permanent land occupation

This project requires long-term land lease of 1.62 acres for the pipeline surge tank.

（3）Ground attachments

The project is currently able to broadly confirm that 45 acres of woodland are temporarily

occupied, dominated by poplar and mixed trees, with about 900 trees.

（4）Affected families by temporary occupation

According to the cultivated land resources and population in the affected areas, it is estimated

that the temporary land occupation will affect 373 households and 858 people when the

pipeline is laid. The project construction does not occupy natural reserve and woodland of

forest park. There is no need to remove buildings and affected populations, no business or

other units affected, no bridges, water conservancy, electricity, telecommunications, cultural

relics and other special facilities affected either.

10.2 Resettlement Policies and Compensation Standard

As to persons who will inevitably be affected, the resettlement goal should be to keep their

income and living standard equivalent to or higher than those prescribed by the Law of the

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People’s Republic of China on Land Administration and World Bank Safeguard Policy on

Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12). Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group

Co., Ltd. has guaranteed that any person who loses his land, other properties or source of

income will be compensated, so as to fully recover his income and living standards.

The compensation standard of this project includes land compensation standards,

compensation standard for temporary land occupation and compensation standard for ground

attachments. The final principles and policies are as follows: （1）Compensation standard for

temporary land occupation and compensation standard for ground attachments will be

determined by the construction unit and the township government, affected villages, the

ownersthrough joint consultations.（2）Construction period of pipeline laying project is

relatively short, generally 3-4 months, the compensation period is 1 years.（3）The owner

should be directly paid the land compensation fees and the land attachments compensation

fees for the the temporary occupation of the collective land villagers contracted.（4）The

compensation fee for temporary occupation of woodland includes the compensation fees for

woodland, the compensation fees for trees and the restoration fees of vegetation;（5）The

compensation fees for woodland, the compensation fees for trees will be collected by the local

forestry authorities. The compensation fees for woodland, the compensation fees for trees wiil

be returned to the owner if the occupied land belonging to individuals. The compensation fees

for trees wiil be returned to the owner if the seedlings or trees on the ground belonging to

individuals. The remaining woodland fees shall be temporarily checked by the local forestry

authorities, Full refund will be paied to the original land ownership unit when the cost of

afforestation for the original ownership unit shall reach the total amount of the compensation

sum and be checked and accepted（6）When the road is to be excavated for laying the pipeline,

apart from the temporary compensation to the road owner, the road should be restored to its

original level.（7）At the end of the construction period, the construction team will be

responsible for restoring the affected land to its original condition.

According to the project resettlement plan, the laws and regulations of the State and the

Shanxi province and the county policy of the project, the resettlement plan of the project

determines the compensation standards as follows: Long term lease compensation standards:

compensation fee for the Surge tank lease, 5000 yuan each; temporary land occupation and

dry land ground attachment: 1440 yuan / mu, unused land: 1440 yuan / mu, woodland:

12535.92 yuan / mu, country road: 14400 yuan / mu, poplar: 50 yuan / plant, vegetation

restoration fee: 6 yuan / square meter.

10.3 Resettlement

10.3.1 Resettlement

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The resettlement of the project mainly covers the compensation of the population affected by

the project temporary land occupation, the implementation of the production conditions and

the restoration of income.

The land occupation of this project is only 1.62 mu for rent, and the rest are temporary

occupation.

During the project construction, the temporary occupation affected villagers and the owners of

the property shall be compensated on time. The project affected 5 townships and 24 villages,

and affected villages will receive a total compensation of 1.7175 million yuan. The cost is

calculated according to the standard of 1440 yuan / mu for various dry land / unused land /

rural roads and 12535.92 yuan / mu for woodland. The actual implementation may differ from

the standard because of whether crops are planted in the field and what crops are planted. In

general average total compensation fee per mu may be higher than the standard. If the

temporary occupied land belongs to the villagers' contracted land, all the land compensation

fees shall be paid to the land contractor. If the land belongs to the village collective and has

not contracted, the land compensation fee shall remain in the village collective.

After consultation with representatives of affected villages and villagers, they agreed with the

compensation standard as the minimum compensation standard. They requested that if the

construction land has not harvested crops, there is also a need to pay through consultation, the

affected villagers certain crop compensation. According to estimates, the average local land

output value per mu is 500 -800 yuan / mu. After the villager cultivated land is affected, the

land compensation fee that can get is higher than the income that they cultivate this piece of

land. As a result, the living level of the people affected by the project temporary occupation

will not be reduced or even improved.

For the temporary construction site, the construction unit shall, in accordance with the laws

and regulations, fulfill the obligations of land reclamation in accordance with the principle of

"who uses and who reclaimes".The construction team approved for the temporary use of

cultivated land should stripped of the cultivated soil. After the temporary use of land, the

construction team is responsible for the smooth formation of land to restore the original

appearance, and apply to the competent department of land and resources of the county

people's government for acceptance. Upon receipt of the application, the competent

department of land and resources shall take the lead, in conjunction with the owners of the

project, the construction team and the village committee of the affected village for acceptance.

If the construction team fails to reclaim the land or fails to pass the acceptance after

rectification, the construction team shall pay the land reclamation fee to the county land and

resources bureau, and the village committee designated by the land department shall organize

the reclamation.

Adequate compensation will be granted to families affected by the temporary occupation of

the project. The project owner will be responsible for restoring the affected land to its former

condition at the end of the project. The project will also create more temporary employment

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opportunities, giving priority to employing the workforce of affected families, and, in

particular, taking care of the vulnerable family population to achieve part of their economic

income.

10.3.2 Implementation of the resettlement plan

The implementation schedule for Yangcheng County gas utilization subproject is: Gas

pipeline laying work starts in May 2017, and will complete in 2018. The project resettlement

work should be carried out in accordance with the progress of resettlement plan.

The scope of land occupation shall be delineated before the resettlement plan is implemented,

the temporary land location, approximate range, area, land type, ground appendages and so on

shall be determined; the land compensation standards and ground attachment compensation

standards shall be determined through consultation. At the same time, the temporary land

compensation agreement and land reclamation agreement shall be signed, and application for

land use should be made to the Land and Resources Bureau of the county.

The main resettlement tasks included: In accordance with the temporary land occupation

compensation agreement, the project owner or the construction unit shall pay the temporary

land occupation fee to the village committee of the affected village 1 month before the

construction or in accordance with the consultation. The village committee of the affected

village shall distribute all the land compensation fees that belong to the villagers' contracted

land to the peasants affected by the temporary land occupation; Ground attachment

compensation is paid to the owner. At the end of the construction period, the construction

team in accordance with the land reclamation program, shall restore the affected land to its

original condition, the administrative departments of land and resources oganizes the

acceptance in conjuction with the agriculture, forestry, environmental protection and other

relevant departments of the local people's government at the county level.

10.4 Information Disclosure, Public Participation and Consultation

During the process of project impact identification, formulation of compensation policies and

resettlement action plan, the project owners and the personnel of the Institute of Sociology

Shanxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences organized extensive public consultation and

community participation activities in project affected areas。

As shown in investigation results, all the interviewees know that the project will be built, 81.8%

expressed the desire to build the project, and 69.1% said the project was conducive to local

economic development, while 90.9% thought the project would benefit the villagers.

During the implementation of the resettlement plan, PMO will make greater efforts to

encourage the population affected to participate more extensively, for example, to enhance the

transparency of the village collective’s use of the remaining land compensation fees, the

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applications of the funds shall be agreed by all villagers and supervised by the agricultural

sector and the audit department of the county and the township government.

According to the laws of the People’s Republic of China and the policies of World Bank,

PMO has made every effort to disclose the content of the RAP and to inform the population

affected of the impacts of the Project, compensation policies and the resettlement plan. Before

land acquisition compensation is made, more detailed information will be disclosed, for

example, resettlement information brochures will be handed out to the population affected, so

that the RAP can be conveniently obtained in the villages.

To make sure all complaints of the population affected will be solved in a timely and efficient

manner, the project has set up an appeal channel. If the population affected is dissatisfied with

the compensation standard or resettlement measures, they may first put forward an oral or

written complaint to the village committee or the RO of each component office. If their

complaint is not solved within two weeks or not solved to their satisfactory, they may appeal

to the township/town resettlement office. If the appeal is not solved within two weeks or not

solved to their satisfactory, they can lodge a complaint to the county resettlement office and

requires for an administrative arbitration, and the administrative arbitration agency shall make

an arbitral decision within ten days. If the arbitral decision is not to the satisfactory of the

population affected, they may file a lawsuit to a competent civil court. The households

affected will be informed of all above appeal approaches through meetings, information

brochures, announcements and other manner, so that they can fully understand the appeal

rights available to them and the exercise methods thereof.

10.5 Vulnerable Groups

Vulnerable groups include poor families with the annual per capita income of less than 3026

yuan, disabled families, elderly families, widows, ethnic minorities families and female

headed households.

In this project, it is still difficult to identify the affected families now, therefore, the

resettlement planning staff conducted a survey in several villages, the Baisang Village, Taitou

Village and Dongye Village, which the pipeline will pass by. Statistics and information are

made on the existing low-income families, minority families(no ethnic minority families in all

villages that the pipeline passes) and female heads of households in each village.

During the implementation of resettlement, the project owner will compare and analyze the

ages, physical conditions, employment, household income and other aspects of household

members affected with the materials grasped by local civil affairs department, so as to further

define the vulnerable groups affected by the Project.

When investigating in villages affected, the preparation personnel of the resettlement action

plan have discussed with leaders of the village committee. The leaders have promised that, as

to vulnerable households affected in hardship, a certain amount of land compensation fees

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received by the collective will be granted as subsidies. However, the specific households to be

granted with subsidies and the exact amount of subsidies shall be determined by villagers’

representative conference through discussion. The Project owner has also undertaken that,

during the Project implementation period, it will negotiate with the committee of villages

affected to define vulnerable households to which temporary employment opportunities shall

be provided preferentially.

10.6 Institutional Setup

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the project land acquisition, land compensation and

resettlement work, A Leading Group of Land Requisition Compensation and Resettlement

of by World Bank Financed Shanxi Coal Bed gas (Natural gas) Utilization Project was

established by the leadership in charge from the Guoxin Energy Group and Shanxi Guoxin

Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd.. Its main responsibility lies in: Strengthen the

leadership of the project construction; Coordinate the relationship with the local government

of each sub project; Ensure the land compensation and resettlement work smoothly. The

leading group has offices to deal with daily affairs, and the office is the WB PMO in Guoxin

Energy Group.

Personel with good communication and coordination skills from WB PMO in Guoxin

Energy Group form the Leading Group Office for Land Acquisition, Compensation and

Resettlement. Its main responsibility lies in: Supervise and check all subprojects to compile

resettlement plan and implement it; Responsible for business training for related staff; Urge

all subprojects to employ external monitoring agencies and check their work.

The construction unit and Yangcheng County jointly set up Land requisition Compensation

and Resettlement Coordination Group formed by the responsible persons of the PMO, the

main government departments of the county and the relevant townships. It is responsible for

coordinating the relationship between the project owner, the construction units and the

affected villages and towns, and accepting and handling immigration complaints and other

matters.

Before Yangcheng County gas utilization subproject filling procedures for temporary land,

relevant townships will set up Resettlement Coordination Office of villages and towns

respectively, responsible for coordinating the relationship between the construction units and

the affected villages, organizing the relevant field research, surveying and demarcation, the

impactidentification, the compensation standards negotiations and accepting and dealing with

immigration complaints and other matters.

Personnel with rich experience in land acquisition and resettlement from the PMO consist of

the Resettlement Department of the Yangcheng Gas Utilization Subproject Management

Office as the compensation and resettlement management organization of the project.

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10.7 Monitoring and Assessment

To ensure smooth RAP implementation and livelihoods restoration for the affectived people,

during the implementation of the entire plan, internal and external monitoring and assessment

will be conducted. The internal monitoring will be carried out by the RO of each component

office and participated by each township/town resettlement office. The internal monitoring

mainly aims to monitor the implementation process of resettlement plans, to make sure the

RAP approved by World Bank be successfully implemented and the interests of the affected

people be safeguarded. The monitoring will cover all aspects of the resettlement action, and

the materials relating thereto will be submitted to World Bank by the Project owner

accompanying with the engineering progress report of the Project.

As to external monitoring and assessment, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development

Group Co., Ltd. will engage a qualified independent institution to carry out external

monitoring. External monitoring and assessment mainly aims to carry out regular monitoring

and assessment of land acquisition compensation and resettlement activities from outside the

resettlement institution, so as to evaluate whether the resettlement target has been achieved or

not. Through external monitoring and assessment, the institution will put forward assessment

opinions and suggestions regarding the overall resettlement process and the restoration of

production and living conditions for the affected people, provide the engineering

administrative department with pre-warning system, and provide the affected people with

feedback channels.

To monitor the implementation process of the RAP and to assess the change to the economic

income of the population affected, primarily the method integrating with sampling survey and

rapid assessment will be adopted for monitoring and assessment activities. The main

indicators for monitoring and assessment include:（1）Progress: including compensation,

preparation, compensation implementation, resettlement and livelihood restoration. （2）

Quality: including immigration satisfaction with land compensation during implementation.（3）

Funds: including the payment and use of land compensation and resettlement funds.（4）

Implementation of the resettlement plan:The implementation schedule for Yangcheng County

gas utilization subproject is: Gas pipeline laying work starts in May 2017, and will complete

in 2018. The project land occupation compensation and resettlement plans schedule to start

temporary land occupation preparation in early 2017, before the pipeline construction, to file

the approval proceduresiIn the County Land Bureau, to consulte with the relevant township

governments and village committees for compensation expenses, and signing compensation

agreements.

10.8 Financing and Implementation Plan

Land acquisition and occupation compensation fees are included in the general budget.. The

general estimate for such fees is RMB7.9789 million Yuan, Will be included in the overall

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estimate budget of the project，assumed by the project construction units。This inclue

90,000yuan of compensation fees for land occupation of surge tanks, and 1.2196million

Yuanli of compensation fees for temporary land occupation, 45,000Yuan of compensation

fees for ground attachments, 1.8million Yuan of Vegetation restoration fee and 1.9639 million

of reclamation fee for temporary occupied land.

According to compensation standards and policies specified in the RAP, the construction unit

or implementation unit will sign a temporary land occupation compensation agreement with

the commity of affected village based on the land boundary survey report. The project land

occupation compensation and resettlement plans to start temporary land occupation

preparation in early 2017, before the pipeline construction, to file the approval proceduresiIn

the County Land Bureau, to consulte with the relevant township governments and village

committees for compensation expenses, and signing compensation agreements. To ensure the

effective, reasonable and legitimate use of land acquisition compensation funds, the related

government departments will audit the use of compensation funds each year.

Land acquisition and resettlement plans will be implemented based on the construction

progress of the Project. In accordance with the temporary land occupation compensation

agreement, the project owner or the construction unit shall pay the temporary land occupation

fee to the village committee of the affected village 1 month before the construction or in

accordance with the consultation. The village committee of the affected village shall distribute

all the land compensation fees that belong to the villagers' contracted land to the peasants

affected by the temporary land occupation; Ground attachment compensation is paid to the

owner.

The implementation progress of resettlement plans shall be subject to the following principles:

(1) make sure the population affected have sufficient opportunity to understand the impact

scale of the Project and their right to receive compensation before land acquisition; (2) make

sure the population affected are compensated in a timely manner; (3) make sure the

population affected get help during the resettlement.

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11 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

11.1 Purpose of Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

Public consultation and information disclosure is an important part of environmental impact

assessment for the project. The purpose of information disclosure is to enable the stakeholders

to know about the project in a timely manner and raise their concerns about the impacts of the

project, or put forward their comments and recommendations on the project. The purpose of

public consultation is to obtain opinions of the people who will be directly impacted by the

project, and thus enable the decision-making departments to identify potential problems and

adjust, improve the design in a timely manner, so that the problems reflected by the public can

be solved fundamentally, and technological design, environmental protection measures and

environmental monitoring and management of the project can be improved and rationalized.

The ultimate purpose is to pursue optimized and unified environmental, social and economic

benefits of the project.

Public consultation and information disclosure is targeted at units and individuals within the

scope of environmental impacts of the project, with special attention paid to needs and request

of schools, hospitals and non-governmental organizations and etc.

11.2 Methods for Public Consultation

Two rounds of public consultation were conducted, one round was at project preparation stage

and before finalization of outlines for the environmental impact assessment (EIA), and

another round was after the EIA report was drafted. The purpose of the first round public

consultation is to inform the stakeholders and the general public of related information and

potential impacts of the project, to understand perception and awareness of the stakeholders

and the general public of the project, as well as their attitude towards the project and

environmental and social concerns. In the first round, through contacting with the

stakeholders, including project impacted people and administrative departments relating to the

river(s), railway(s) and expressway(s) the project may cross, opinions of the stakeholders

were heard and timely feedbacks were given. The second round of public consultation aims at

consultation relating to the draft EIA report of the project, reflecting the comments and

recommendations of the general public to relevant authorities and giving timely feedbacks,

and considering incorporating such comments and recommendations into the report.

In line with requirements stated in “Tentative Method for Public Participation in

Environmental Impact Assessment” (Document of Ministry of Environmental Protection No.

2006 [28]), OP/BP4.01 “Environmental Assessment”, and BP17.50 “Information Disclosure”,

public consultation was done mainly by public consultation meetings, interviews and the

complementary questionnaires. Table 11-1 (summarizes content relating to social evaluation

and public consultation regarding resettlement plans) summarizes activities for public

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consultation for the project. Table 11-2 summarizes the process of consulting related

departments and experts for physical cultural resources (Xingshan Temple).

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Table 11-1 Summary of Activities for Public Consultation

Project EIA Stage Activities Investigator Respondent Time Location

WB

Requirements

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Pro

ject

pre

par

atio

n p

has

e （1）Interview 1：Investigation team ask relevant information

from the representatives of villages along the pipeline and gas

facilities upgrading units about the understandings of the

project, the relevant policies: Understanding of the safety

danger hidden in the existing gas facilities, willingness to

change, willingness to pay, affordability and so on;

Willingness of gas access, willingness and affordability to pay

for the installation fee of all kinds of population; Attitudes,

needs, opinions and suggestions for the project; Types and

incidence of diseases associated with coal combustion, Benefits

to the local environment and the health of the population due to

the use of clean energy, such as natural gas; Population,

composition, distribution and employment, income and living

conditions of ethnic minorities in project area; Time of

gasification, gasification village, number of residents gas users,

related charges and policy basis etc..in 6 gasification townships

of Yangcheng County.

（2）Interview 2：The investigation team took in-depth

interviews with random selected residents in the project area to

understand the impact of the project construction on them, their

attitudes and needs for the project, so as to identify key social

issues.

（3）Participant observation:The investigation team observed

the social life of the people along the project area; the pollution

caused by coal burning; the indoor and outdoor health

conditions of the residents after the use of natural gas energy.

（4）Questionnaire：Through questionnaire, the investigation

group understand the basic social and economic situation of

project area households; households living energy consumption

structure and family expenditure; people’s willingness and

Macro

Research

Institute of

Shanxi

provincial

developme

nt and

reform

commissio

n,

Institute of

sociology,

Shanxi

Academy

of Social

Sciences

Interview1：72 people of

Village committee cadres,

representatives of all types

of villagers from Dongguan

Village, Dongye Village,

Shijiu Village, Taitou

Village; Head people of

institutions, staff and

workers representatives

from Ethnic and

Religious Affairs Bureau,

CDC, Senzhong

subcompany

Interview2：Employees of

small roadside shops, small

restaurants, occasional

residents from Dongguan

Village, Dongye Village,

Shijiu Village, Taitou

Village

Participant observation: Dongguan Village, Dongye

Village, Shijiu Village,

Taitou Village

Questionnaire：Urban and

rural residents from

Senzhong Gas Company,

Dongguan Village, Dongye

Village, Shijiu Village,

Taitou Village

Dece

mber

5-8,

2016

Interview2 ：

Dong Guan

Village, Feng

Cheng Township,

Dongye Village,

Dongye

Township, Taitou

Village, Manghe

Township, and

Shijiu Village

Participant

observation：Dongguan

Village, Dongye

Village, Shijiu

Village, Taitou

Village

Interview：Jiyi

Township,

Questionnaire：Villages along

the pipeline and

representativesof

Senzhong Gas

company

OP

4.0

1:

At

leas

t tw

o p

ubli

c co

nsu

ltat

ion

s, t

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firs

t o

f w

hic

h s

hal

l be

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roble

ms

and b

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re t

he

TO

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s fi

nal

ized

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affordability to pay; people’s attitude and suggestions to the

project construction.

Information disclosure and Interview1：The investigation

team posted the notice along the village, publicized the basic

situation of the project and the ways to understand the relevant

information of the project, and communicated with the local

villagers about the concerns.

Interview2：The investigation group conducted in-depth

interviews with the random selected villagers' representatives in

the project area to introduce the basic situation of the project,

the project construction content, objective, possible

environmental impact and other related content, and the

exchange of mutual concern content.

Institute

of Coal

Chemistry

of Chinese

Academy

of Sciences

Interview：Resident

representatives along the

pipeline, representative of

Residential district with

meter replacing

Dece

mber

22,

2016

Interview：Xianli

Village, Hu Wa

Village, Nanyao

and Beiyao

Village and other

villages along the

pipeline

After the

EIA report was drafted

（1）Public consultation meetings and Interview1：The

investigation team introduced the project EA report to the

concerned public and timely reflected the relevant opinions and

suggestions to the concerned parties and feedback to the people,

and also give consideration to it in the report.

（2）Interview 2：On the basis of the communication between

the PIUs and the administrative departments of the local

administration in preparation phase，investigation team

conducted on-site interviews to Water Authority, Highways

Department, Cultural Relics Departments and Environmental

Protection Departments of Yangcheng County, introduced the

details of the project's basic situation, environmental impact and

environmental protection measures to the representatives of

each unit, and seek their views on related issues.

（3）Questionnaire：The EA unit conducted A questionnaire

survey to the affected villagers along the pipe, to consult the

public about the EA report and to give public comments and

suggestions to the parties concerned and timely feedback, and

give consideration to them in the report.

Institute

of Coal

Chemistry

of Chinese

Academy

of Sciences

Public consultation

meetings and Interview：

representatives of the

villages along the pipeline,

gas enterprises, and relevant

administrative units

Questionnaire：

Representatives of the

villages along the pipeline

and relevant units

2017-

2-12

Public

consultation

meetings and

Interview：Fengcheng

Town,Yangcheng

County,

government hall

of Yangcheng

County

Questionnaire:

Villages along

the pipeline,

neighbourhoods

and villages the

meter replaceing

involved

OP

4.0

1:

Th

e se

con

d p

ub

lic

con

sult

atio

n:

Wit

h r

esp

ect

to c

on

sult

atio

n b

efo

re t

he

dra

ft r

epo

rt i

s fi

nal

ized

, th

e

bo

rro

wer

sh

all

mak

e th

e fu

ll r

epo

rt p

ub

lic

(the

repo

rt t

o b

e d

eposi

ted

in c

om

mit

tees

of

vil

lages

alo

ng

th

e p

ipel

ine)

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Table 11-2 Summary of Consultation on Physical Cultural Resources Xingshan Temple

Subproject EIA

stage Activities Investigator Respondent Time Location

WB Requirements

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct:

Anyan

g g

as d

istr

ibuti

on s

tati

on

-Dongye

tow

n

urb

an g

as p

ipel

ine P

roje

ct p

repar

atio

n p

has

e Interview：The EA unit introduced the basic

background of the pipeline laying to the villagers

around the site, as well as the project content, the

possible impact and mitigation measures taken. At

the same time, asked the villagers about the

construction time and purpose of Xingshan Temple,

and listened to the villagers' views on Xingshan

Temple, also carried out preliminary exchanges on

the issues of concern.

Institute of

Coal

Chemistry of

Chinese

Academy of

Sciences

Interview：Representatives

of the Nanyao

and Beiyao

Village

2016-12-22

Interview：Gecheng

Village,

Cultural and

Sports Bureau

of Baode

County,

Xinzhou

Municipal

Bureau of

culture and

Shanxi

Provincial

Cultural

Bureau

OP

4.1

1:

Co

nsu

lt t

he

rela

ted

dep

artm

ents

an

d e

xp

erts

, so

as

to d

eter

min

e th

e si

gn

ific

ance

of

ph

ysi

cal

cult

ura

l re

sou

rces

, to

id

enti

fy p

oss

ible

pro

ble

ms,

to

an

aly

ze p

ote

nti

al i

mp

acts

, to

exp

lore

mea

sure

s to

av

oid

and

mit

igat

e th

e im

pac

ts.

Aft

er

EIA

rep

ort

dra

fted

Interview 1：EIA unit consulted Cultural Relics

Bureau of Yangcheng County to understand the

specific circumstances of Xingshan Temple.

Interview 2：EIA unit explained the specific circumstances

of the project to the Nanyao and Beiyao Village

representatives, and asked in detail the relevant

circumstances of Xingshan Temple.

Questionnaire：After a further understanding of the project

was made by the villagers representatives of the Nanyao

and Beiyao Village, the EIA unit requested them to fill out

the questionnaire for the public consultation on physical

cultural resources

Institute of

Coal

Chemistry of

Chinese

Academy of

Sciences

Interview：Cultural Relic

Bureau of

Yangcheng

County

2017-2-12

Interview：Government

hall of Cultural

Relic Bureau of

Yangcheng

County,

Representatives

of the Nanyao

and Beiyao

Village

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11.3 Summary of Public Consultation Minutes, Opinions and Feedbacks

The summary of minutes of public consultation is presented in Table 11-3, the summary of

minutes of consultation on physical cultural resources is presented in Table 11-4, and pictures

of public consultation are shown in Annex F.

Table11-3 Summary of Minutes of Public Consultation

Su

bp

roj

ect

Sta

ge

Public Opinions/Questions

Explanations/Responses to Public

Opinions/Questions and Result of Public

Consultation

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Pro

ject

pre

par

atio

n p

has

e

Cash compensation for temporary land

occupation should be adopted as a priority;

The compensation policies and standards of the

subproject should be implemented according to

the essence of related national and provincial

documents.

The investigation team fed the public opinions back

to the subproject implementation unit, and the latter

indicated to implement land acquisition

compensation standards in strict accordance with

related national and provincial document and to

adopt the cash compensation manner.

The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.

90.9% of the residents surveyed thought

the project would benefit the community,

and 69.1% thought the project would

help to improve the quality of the

environment in the neighborhood.

69.1% of the residents surveyed thought

the project would be beneficial to the

development of the local economy. Most

of them expressed their understanding

that the project may have some negative

effects on their life and work.

Questionnaire results show that 81.8% of

the residents support the project

construction and hope to be able to

ventilation as soon as possible.

Personnel of PMO and the investigation team

extensively publicized related laws, regulations and

policies.

All people investigated understood how to lodge a

complaint through legitimate complain mechanism

if their legitimate rights and interests were infringed

on. The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.

The project should be built as soon as possible; The connect fees should be reasonably

collected, hoped the government and enterprises

to give certain subsidies, with due regard to

exempt impoverished families from connect

fees;

Make sure the compensation is reasonable and

will be properly handed out timely; Make as less noise as possible during the

construction period;

Make sure the residents live a normal life and

travel safely during the construction period; The owner should explain to the residents

knowledge on safe gas utilization, and send

specially-assigned persons to their homes for

pipeline safety check at regular intervals, so as

to guarantee gas utilization safety.

After the EIA unit fed the related opinions back to

the subproject implementation unit and related

government units, the subproject implementation

unit promised to establish reasonable compensation

standards and ensure people get it in time.

For the collection of access fees, enterprises

will work with relevant departments to study

and formulate reasonable charging

standards,give consideration to the use of

gas by poor families. Gas safety knowledge,

will be explain in detail to the user during

the installation by the relevant units. In addition, the subproject implementation indicated

to take a series of protective measures to keep the

impacts on the environment acceptable.

The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.。

All the interviewed people indicated support to

the project and hope of speeding up the

implementation

Construction units said that they will do all

the preparations as soon as possible, and

strive for an early completion of the project.

The population investigated indicated their

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satisfaction with the explanation.。

100% of the respondents expressed

support for the project and hoped that the

project would start as early as possible,

while considering the employment of

local residents to increase employment

opportunities.

Construction units said that they will

complete the procedures as soon as possible,

strive for an early start, and consider the

local surplus labour force.

The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.。

Aft

er

EIA

rep

ort

dra

fted

People present at the meeting all indicated

support to the project, hope early completion of

the project and the residents along the route

can use natural gas as soon as possible.

Yangcheng County EPB pointed out that the

project should pay attention to the ecological

environmental impact in the construction

period, and recovery after construction.

Construction units said that they will

complete the procedures as soon as possible,

and strive for an early completion of the

project.

EA unit said that for the ecological

environment impact in construction, specific

environmental protection measures were

proposed:Make use of the existing road as

the construction pavement, reduce the

temporary occupation area. When crossing

sensitive targets such as canals and rivers, it

should be carried out in accordance with the

design plan, timely reclam the temporary

land occupation and so on. The population

investigated indicated their satisfaction with

the explanation.。

100% of the people believe that the

environmental impact analysis of this

project is reasonable and feasible and

effective;

100% agreed to the route selection of the

project;

100% agreed to the construction of the

project;

Respondents wanted to consider hiring

local people

The construction unit said it would consider

appropriate employment of local personnel

to solve the local surplus labour force.

Table 11-4 Summary of Consultations on Physical Cultural Resources Xingshan Temple

along the Project

Pro

ject

Ro

und

No

.

Public Opinions/Questions

Explanations/Responses to Public

Opinions/Questions and Result of Public

Consultation

Yan

gch

eng G

as

Uti

liza

tion

Pro

ject

1

Nan Yao villagers said Xingshan Temple

was constructed in 2015. It mainly opens

during the temple fair time.

Local villagers agreed to build pipelines

and hope gas be connected as soon as

possible

Construction units said that it will start as

soon as possible, and supply gas as early as

possible.

The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.

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2

Yangcheng County Cultural Relics

Bureau said Xingshan Temple is the local

folk custom building but not in the list of

cultural relics protection in Yangcheng

County.

Representative of Nayao and Beiyao

Villages said thar as the management unit

of Xingshan Temple, Nanyao and Beiyao

Village support the construction of gas

pipelines, and we hope to protect

Xingshan Temple.

EIA unit said, pipeline construction through

Xingshan Temple will use the way of direct

laying, The construction period is very

short, and large excavation machines are not

required during construction, The landscape

will recovered immediately after

construction, which will have little impact

on Xiangshan Temple.

The population investigated indicated their

satisfaction with the explanation.

11.4 Information Disclosure

Information disclosure was divided into two rounds, the first round was conducted in the form

of online disclosure and notifications posted, and the second round was conducted after the

EIA report was drafted, when the whole text of draft EIA report and EMP was publicized for

inspection by the public, and copies of the whole text documents were placed at the sites of

relevant village committees for easier access by the public; meanwhile, announcements were

published in local newspapers, telling the public to get to know project related information

through the whole text of draft EIA report and EMP publicized online or going to the closest

place to read and check the documents and express their appeals or opinions in a convenient

way and a timely manner; the public feedbacks were collected by the EIA team from all

disclosure places or channels, and responses were given to the appeals or opinions. Table 11-5

summarizes information disclosure activities conducted.

Table 11-5 Summary of Information Disclosure Activities Conducted

Pro

ject

Methods of Information Disclosure Time Site/Website

Yan

gch

eng G

as

Uti

liza

tion P

roje

ct

pre

par

atio

n

phas

e Online 2016-12-21

~

Guoxin Energy Group Website:

http://www.sxgxny.com/newslist/163.html

Public Notices 2016-12-22 Villages along the pipeline

Residential area of gas meter upgrading

Aft

er

EIA

rep

ort

dra

fted

Newspaper 2017-2-13 Yangcheng Newpaper

Online 2017-1-23 Guoxin Energy Group Website:

http://www.sxgxny.com/newslist/163.html

Placing Documents in

Village Committees 2017-1-25

Villages along the pipeline

Villages of gas meter upgrading

During information disclosure, the first round involved disclosure of basic project information

(such as subproject name, location, scale, contents, potential impacts and mitigation measures,

construction methods of gas pipeline network components, pipeline route map), procedures

and main activities of EIA, main issues to seek public opinions, approaches for the public to

express opinions, and contacts of relevant departments. The second round was to inform the

public that the EIA had been completed and the whole text of the document had been made

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available on website and in village committees, and that they may express their opinions or

suggestions directly via the web or by means of telephone or fax.

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12 Environmental Management Plan

12.1 Purpose of EMP

The purpose of environmental management is to achieve environmental targets, alleviate

adverse impacts and increase favorable impacts by means of planning, organization,

coordination, control and supervision. Environmental management will improve

consciousness of environmental protection among all staff, promote proactive prevention and

control of pollution, and prevent environmental pollution from improper management.

12.2 Contents of EMP

An effective EMP is worked out based on full understanding of project implementation

characteristics and grasp of potential weak links in environmental management. The EMP will

run through the project construction, including establishment of management agencies, prior

period of project construction, construction period and operation period, etc. The EMP mainly

include environmental management system, environmental management agency,

environmental management training, environmental management regulations, environmental

monitoring and water & soil conservation monitoring plan, and environmental protection

investment estimate, etc.

12.3 Environmental Management System

The environmental management system of the WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

consists of external management and internal management. The management will be carried

out by prior period of project construction, construction period and operation period.

This project is a subproject of the WB financed SGUP, and its environmental management

has been incorporated into the overall environmental management system of SGUP.

1) External management: External management will be implemented by environmental

protection authorities at all levels and the World Bank. The standards and requirements

for environmental protection will be determined based on the requirements of the

World Bank and relevant laws and regulations of the Chinese Government. It includes

supervision and examination of work at all stages and final acceptance of

environmental protection.

2) Internal management: Internal management will be implemented by project

implementation unit, including optimization, organization and implementation of

environmental protection measures, to ensure compliance with environmental

protection requirements of the World Bank and national and local environmental

protection authorities. The internal management system is subject to hierarchical

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management by implementation unit, PIUs, supervision agencies, contractors and

monitoring agency.

12.3.1 Environmental Management System in Project Preparation Stage

In the preparation stage, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

would organize implementation of environmental management with coordination of

subproject PMOs, the EIA unit and the design institute under supervision of the Department

of Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province, Environmental protection bureau of cities

and counties where the components are located and the World Bank.

12.3.2 Environmental Management System in Construction Period

See Table 12-1 for environmental management system in the construction period and

responsibilities of the system’s constituent bodies.

Table 12-1 Environmental management system in the construction period and responsibilities

Nature Name Responsibilities

Exte

rnal

Envir

onm

enta

l M

anag

emen

t

Supervisio

n

Yangcheng County EPB

Examination and acceptance of six subprojects;

Supervision and management of issues related to environmental

protection in the project

WB

Supervise and examine EMP implementation in the construction

period

Inte

rnal

Envir

onm

enta

l M

anag

emen

t

Managem

ent

PMO

Project coordination and management, including environmental

management and environmental supervision of the components,

supervision and examination of EMP implementation, and

guarantee of incorporation of environmental protection measures

in bidding documents and civil works contract.

Shanxi Provincial

Guoxin Energy

Development Group Co.,

Ltd

Project implementation unit responsible for supervision and

management of environmental management in the construction

period, including the period from start of construction to final

acceptance, and responsible for project environmental

management

Yangcheng Subproject

PMOs

Coordinate and manage the project, including daily

environmental management in the project, supervise and examine

implementation of the EMP in the construction period

Implement

ation Contractor

Implementing agency responsible for implementing

environmental protection measures in the construction period

Consultin

g Services

Environmental

supervision uint

Strictly control quality of environmental protection work and

supervise contractors in implementation of environmental

protection measures

Environmental

monitoring agency

Entrusted by subproject PMOs to undertake environmental

monitoring tasks

EIA unit Entrusted by the implementation unit to provide consulting

services for problems arising in environmental management

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Figure 12-1 Environmental Management System in Construction Period

Ex

tern

al E

nvir

on

men

tal

Man

agem

ent

Shanxi Province EPB

City and County EPBs World Bank

Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

PMO of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

Yan

gch

eng P

MO

Inte

rnal

En

vir

on

men

tal

Man

agem

ent

Supervise execution of EMP Report execution status of environmental management

EA

Unit

Monitoring Unit Environmental Supervision

Unit

Contractor

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12.3.3 Environmental Management System in the Operation Period

See Figure 12-1 for environmental management system in the operation period and Table

12-2 for responsibilities of the system’s constituent bodies.

Table 12-2 Constituent Bodies of Environmental Management System in the Operation

Period and Responsibilities

Nature Name Responsibilities

Ex

tern

al

En

vir

on

me

nta

l

Man

agem

e

nt Supervision

Yangcheng County EPB Supervise and manage issues related to

environmental protection in the operation period

WB Supervise and examine EMP implementation in

the operation period

Inte

rnal

Env

iro

nm

enta

l

Man

agem

ent Management

Supervise environmental

protection in the

operation period

Supervise environmental protection in the

operation period

Shanxi Guoxin Energy

Development Group Co.,

Ltd.

Supervise environmental protection management

in the operation period and undertake

responsibility for environmental protection

management of the whole project

Implementation Yangcheng Branch

Company

Implement project environmental protection

during the operation period

Consulting

Services

Environmental

monitoring agency

Entrusted by the project implementation unit to

be responsible for environmental monitoring and

compilation of environmental monitoring report

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Figure 12-2 Environmental Management System in Operation Period

PMO of World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

Yan

gch

eng P

MO

Ex

tern

al

En

vir

on

men

tal

Man

agem

ent

Supervise execution of EMP Report execution status of environmental management

Shanxi Province EPB

Inte

rnal

En

vir

on

men

tal

Man

agem

ent

City and County EPBs World Bank

Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

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12.4 Environmental Management Agencies

12.4.1 Environmental Supervision Agencies

The project’s external environmental management involves the World Bank, the Department

of Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province and Environmental protection bureau of

Jincheng city and Yangcheng county.

Environmental protection authorities at all levels are competent environmental authorities that

implement environmental supervision and management of the whole project, including

approval of EIA report, construction period, final acceptance of environmental protection, and

operation period, according to law. The World Bank will supervise and examine

environmental management of the project in the whole process.

12.4.2 Environmental Management Agencies

12.4.2.1 Environmental Management Agency in Prior Period of Project Construction

Agency and staff: During prior period of project construction, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin

Energy Development Group Co., Ltd is the main body of environmental management. During

the prior period of project construction, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development

Group Co., Ltd will appoint one environmental protection commissioner to coordinate

environmental protection.

Capacity requirements: The environmental protection commissioner shall be a graduate of

environmental protection or environmental management or related specialties, have received

training on environmental management, and have environmental management experiences in

similar projects.

Responsibilities: The environmental management agency shall entrust the EIA unit with

report preparation and EIA of the project in construction period and operation period, and

propose various environmental protection measures. It shall make the design institute realize

measures proposed in EIA in the design documents and incorporate investment in

environmental protection into project budget.

12.4.2.2 Environmental Management Agencies in the Construction Period

Environmental management in the construction period involves PMO, supervision agencies

and contractors, and is subject to supervision and examination by the World Bank, the

Department of Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province, and Environmental protection

bureau of cities and counties where the components are located. Contractors implement

environmental protection measures during the construction period, and require cooperation

and services of the EIA unit and the monitoring agency. The supervision agencies will

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supervise and examine implementation and effectiveness of the contractors’ environmental

protection measures.

(1) PMOs at all levels

Project Management Office (PMO) of WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

Staff: During the construction period, the PMO will appoint one environmental protection

commissioner to take full charge of environmental management and supervision.

Capacity requirements: The environmental protection commissioner shall be a graduate of

environmental protection or environmental management or related specialties, have received

training on environmental management, and have environmental management experiences in

similar projects.

Responsibilities:

1) Report to the World Bank and implement World Bank suggestions on EMP;

2) Report to competent government authorities and coordinate with other authorities to solve

environmental problems;

3) Supervise implementation of environmental protection measures required by EIA;

4) Organize implementation of environmental management training plan;

5) Submit reports (statements) to environmental management authorities on an annual basis;

6) Assist the EIA unit and other consulting agencies in work;

7) Provide coordination in examination of environmental work (including World Bank

examination);

8) Ensure realization of environmental protection measures in the bidding documents and

the civil works contract.

Yangcheng Subrpoject PMO

Staff: During the project construction period, each component office shall appoint one

full-time environmental protection commissioner to take charge of environmental

management and supervision of the component.

Capacity requirements: The environmental protection commissioner shall be a graduate of

environmental protection or environmental management or related specialties, have received

training on environmental management, and have environmental management experiences in

similar projects.

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Responsibilities:

1) Report to the PMO and Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

and implement World Bank suggestions on EMPs of the components;

2) Compile and implement environmental management regulations for the components and

carry out daily environmental management of the components;

3) Report to competent government authorities and coordinate with other authorities to solve

environmental problems;

4) Ensure implementation of environmental protection measures required by EIA of the

components;

5) Ensure project construction contracts include environmental protection measures

specified in EMPs;

6) Employ, supervise and coordinate supervision agencies (qualification, responsibilities

and management);

7) Assist the EIA unit and other consulting agencies in work;

8) Record and sort out complaints during project implementation and operation, report to

Guoxin Energy Group PMO and Guoxin Energy Group, explain handling results to the

public and address public complaints;

9) Review environmental supervision and environmental monitoring reports;

10) Provide coordination in environmental examination (including World Bank examination);

11) Document management, departmental coordination, publicity and report, etc.

(2) Environmental supervision

Environmental supervision engineer: Environmental supervision engineer will be employed to

take charge of environmental supervision of the components.

Capacity requirements: The environmental supervision engineers shall have received training

on environmental protection, and shall participate in the project’s environmental management

training, and shall have environmental management qualification.

Responsibilities:

1) Fill out the environmental checklist;

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2) Complete environmental supervision, examine relevant environmental reports, execute

mitigation measures during construction period, and minimize environmental impacts

during construction period;

3) Supervise and examine domestic wastewater treatment, construction wastewater

treatment, soil erosion protection measures, waste gas, dust and noise control measures,

construction and domestic garbage and sludge treatment, and epidemic prevention in

construction areas;

4) Propose solutions to environmental protection problems encountering contractors during

construction;

5) Ensure the contractors compile and submit monthly environmental reports;

6) Examine monthly environmental reports and raise formal or informal opinions on the

handling of various problems in work. When necessary, communicate and coordinate

opinions with contractors via project supervision engineers;

7) Observe impacts of construction activities on people living around the construction areas

and ascertain whether the contractors need to take extra protection measures. Impose a

fine on contractor ineffective in implementation of measures, if any;

(3) Contractor

Staff: Each contractor shall have two full-time or part-time personnel to take charge of

environmental protection during the construction period.

Capacity requirements: Priority will be given to technical personnel who have received

training on environmental protection and have certain environmental management ability, and

they will accept environmental management training in the project.

Responsibilities:

1) Establish environmental protection plans;

2) Examine construction progress, quality and operations of environmental protection

facilities and handle problems arising during implementaion;

3) Communicate and negotiate with the masses in project areas during construction, and set

up bulletin to inform the public of construction activities and hours and provide

information of the contact person and contact method to facilitate public supervision of

construction activities;

4) Conduct the accounting of annual environmental protection funds used;

5) Report execution situation of environmental protection terms in the contract.

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(4) Monitoring Agency

The PMO will entrust a qualified environmental monitoring agency to monitor important

parameters in project construction areas and impacted areas and compile monitoring reports.

(5) EIA Agency

Entrusted by the implementation unit (PIU), the EIA unit will provide consulting services for

issues arising during environmental management.

12.4.2.3 Environmental Management Agencies in Operation Period

In the operation period, PIUs will implement environmental management. In this project,

Yangcheng branch (Shanxi Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Co.,Ltd.) will implement environmental

management.

（1）Implementation Unit: Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

Staff: During the operation period, Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co.,

Ltd will appoint one environmental protection commissioner to take full charge of

environmental management.

Capacity requirements: The environmental protection commissioner shall have received

training on environmental management and have environmental management experiences in

similar projects.

Responsibilities:

1) Report implementation situation of environmental management in the operation period to

the World Bank;

2) Coordinate Yangcheng Subproject to solve environmental problems;

3) Organize implementation of the project’s environmental management training plan;

4) Submit reports (statements) to the PMO of Guoxin Energy and environmental

management authorities on a quarterly basis;

5) Provide coordination in environmental examination (including World Bank examination).

（2）Implementing unit

Yangcheng branch Company

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Staff: During the operation period, Yangcheng branch Company will have one environmental

protection commissioner to take charge of the project environmental management and receive

guidance and supervision of the Department of Environmental Protection of Shanxi Province,

Environmental Protection Bureau of Jincheng City, Environmental Protection Bureau of

Yangcheng County and Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd

Capacity requirements: The environmental protection commissioner shall have received

training on environmental management and have environmental management experiences in

similar projects

Responsibilities:

1) Take charge of environmental management of all subprojects during the operation period;

2) Increase the consciousness of environmental protection and technical level of

management personnel and staff at all levels;

3) Establish environmental management regulations for subprojects during the operation

period;

4) Coordinate with competent government authorities of environmental protection and the

group in environmental management, supervision and examination.

12.5 Environmental Management Training

12.5.1 Objectives of Training

The objectives of environmental management training are to enhance consciousness of

environmental protection among all participants, make all staff actively and effectively

execute EMPs, get familiar with contents and procedures of EMP, and ensure effective

implementation of environmental protection measures in the EMP.

12.5.2 Training Participants

The participants are representatives of PMOs at all levels, environmental supervision staff,

representatives of contractors of Yangcheng subproject, environmental protection

commissioners of the implementation unit, and environmental protection commissioners of

PIUs.

12.5.3 Training Contents

1) Knowledge and application of World Bank environmental policies, domestic

environmental protection laws and regulations, and environmental standards.

2) EIA and EMP of the project.

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3) Environmental management regulations for the project, especially for the construction

period.

4) Pollution control technologies in operation period of the project.

5) Preparation of environmental management report, environmental supervision report,

environmental monitoring report, and contractor’s monthly reports.

12.5.4 Training Program

For smooth and effective implementation of the project, relevant staff must receive training

on environmental protection knowledge and skills. In addition to training on the importance

and significance of the proposed project to all staff, trainings with different emphases shall be

arranged for staff at different posts. See Table 12-3 for the training program.

12.6 Environmental Management Regulations

The environmental management regulations cover the design stage, construction period and

operation period.

The environmental management regulations include environmental management regulations

for the construction period, environmental management regulations for the operation period,

and environmental management regulations for sensitive spots

12.6.1 Environmental Management Regulations for Construction Period

and Operation Period

See Table 12-4 for environmental management regulations for construction and operation of

the project.

12.6.2 Environmental Management Regulations for Sensitive points

See Table 12-5 for environmental management regulations for sensitive points.

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Table 12-3 Training Program for Technical Staff of Environmental Protection

Period Organizer Participant Content Method Number of

Participants

Time

(day)

Cost

(RMB10

,000)

Constructi

on period

Shanxi

Provincial

Guoxin

Energy

Developm

ent Group

Co., Ltd

Representatives

of contractor

and

environmental

protection

commissioners

at construction

sites

EMP of the

project

Domestic

training

2 persons

each

component

3 8

Shanxi

Provincial

Guoxin

Energy

Developm

ent Group

Co., Ltd

Environmental

protection

commissioners

from

Yangcheng

subproject

PMO

World Bank

environmental

protection

policies,

environmental

protection

regulations and

EMP of the

project

Domestic

training

1 person

from

Yangcheng

subproject

PMO

4 12

Shanxi

Provincial

Guoxin

Energy

Developm

ent Group

Co., Ltd

Environmental

supervision

staff

Environmental

protection

regulations,

construction

plans,

environmental

monitoring

codes and

standards, and

EMP of the

project

Domestic

training

All

supervision

staff

3 9

Operation

period

Shanxi

Provincial

Guoxin

Energy

Developm

ent Group

Co., Ltd

Shanxi

Provincial

Guoxin Energy

Development

Group Co., Ltd

environmental

protection

commissioner、thermal power

plant, and

environmental

protection

commissioners

of branches

Monitoring and

pollution

control

technologies in

the operation

period, EMP of

the project, and

preparation of

EMP

implementation

report

Domestic

training

One person

from

Guoxin

Energy,

one person

from

Yangcheng

branch

3 5

Total - - 34

12.7 Environmental Protection Investment Estimate

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Project environmental protection investment estimate is shown in Table 12-6.

Table 12-6 Environmental Protection Investment Estimate

Period Subproject

Name Control Item Control Measures

Investment

(10,000

Yuan)

Yangcheng Gas

Utilization Project

Soil erosion from

ecological restoration

Compensation from crop damage due to

the excavation 50

Implementation of

public awareness and

education plan

Provide lectures on gas use, distribute

handbooks and playing cards on safe gas

use, and inspect gas facilities of

households and communicate knowledge

on safe gas use on a regular basisi

20

Total investment 70

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Table 12-4 Environmental Management Regulations during Construction and Operation

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency Y

angch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Des

ign p

has

e

Pipe Network

Route Selection

Consider route layout of pipe network comprehensively from relocation quantity,

investment, construction difficulty, and cost of land acquisition.

Design

institute

World Bank,

PIUs

Nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent

Aco

ust

ic

Envir

onm

ent

1) In design of pipe network routes, consider noise impacts on residents, hospitals and

schools during construction, and whenever possible, avoid them reasonably.

2) Arrange surge tanks 200m away from residential quarters.

Design

institute，EA

unit

World Bank、PIUs

Soli

d w

aste

Consider earthwork backfill and balance of spoil earth works in the pipeline network

route design.

Design

institute World Bank、PIUs

Ecological

Environment

Whenever possible, lay pipes along roads to reduce destruction of farmland, forest land

and grassland.

Design

institute World Bank、PIUs

Soci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

Cult

ura

l

Res

ourc

es

Investigate whether there are cultural relics and historic sites along pipe network routes in

design.

Design

institute、Cultural relics

departments

World Bank、Local cultural

relics

departments

Lan

d

Acq

uis

itio

n

and

Rel

oca

tio

n

Whenever possible, reduce land acquisition and relocation in route selection to reduce

impacts on the livelihoods of residents.

Design

institute、Social impact

assessment

agency

World Bank、PIUs

Lif

e of

Res

iden

ts,

Tra

ffic

and

busi

nes

s

1) Adopt pipe jacking and directional drilling when crossing roads to reduce impacts on

residents’ life and traffic.

2) Make full preparation and conduct detailed investigation of roads and underground

utilities along the routes.

3) Communication with reside nts in advance, to reasonable arrange the construction

time for the replacement of gas membrane meter to avoid the impact on local

residents

Design

institute World Bank、PIUs

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Life of

Residents,

Traffic

and

business

caused by the meter replacement, interruption of gas, construction noises. Design

institute World Bank、PIUs

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Const

ruct

ion p

has

e

Nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent

Aco

ust

ic E

nvir

onm

ent

1) In order to reduce noise of construction equipment, provide regular repair and

maintenance to machinery, keep them in sound sate, and reduce noise pollution

caused by poor operating status of equipment; strengthen regular overhaul and

maintenance of power machinery and equipment;

2) Reasonably arrange the construction site to prevent too high noise level at some

parts and try to keep high-noise construction equipment far from sensitive areas to

minimize noise during the construction period;

3) When the pipeline construction is near residents, cultural relics, schools, hospitals

and other sensitive targets, the artificial excavation shall as far be used to mitigate

the impact caused by noises and strong vibrations.to the minimum level.

4) Set speed limit for roads near noise sensitive areas and reduce or prohibit horn

blaring;

5) Whenever possible, avoid simultaneous operations of high-noise equipment; restrict

operation hours and prohibit operations during nighttime (22:00-6:00 the next day)

to ensure a good environment for local residents to rest well at night. In particular,

when passing sensitive points along urban pipeline, implement civilized

construction, strictly control working hours of high-noise machinery and try to

reduce the impacts of construction noise.

Construction

units PIUs、Local

EPBs

Continued Tabel 12-4

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency

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Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Const

ruct

ion p

erio

d

Nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent

Atm

osp

her

ic E

nvir

onm

ent

1) Section construction, spoil at single side of the ditch excavated, if the spoil stays on site for over

1week, the dust net should be covered.

2) Set special canopy for building materials prone to cause air-borne dust and cover raw materials using

dust cloth during construction;

3) Suppress dust by sprinkling during earthworks which are dry and likely to cause dust and try to

shorten the time of dusting operations; during windy weather of force 4 or above, stop earth work and

cover dust screen;

4) Materials and garbage shall be shipped in closed containers, do not spread them into the air or handle

them roughly, and guarantee materials will not be spilled or leaked so as to reduce shedding along the

road and re-entrainment from transportation, and transport vehicles shall drive at low speeds in

sensitive areas to reduce impacts on the surroundings.

5) Construction workers will rent houses nearby. They shall use bottled gas to cook and may not use

coal

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

EPBs

Wat

er e

nvir

onm

ent

1) The pipeline pressure testing water is clean water, after the pipeline pressure test which contains a

small amount of suspended matter, there is no other pollution, after settling tank sedimentation

treatment, can be used for dust suppression; equipment flushing water can be reused as road sprinkler.

2) When workers rent nearby houses，the hand wash water should be spilled to suppress the dust, other

small amount of living water be collected into the bucket, after precipitation, use the upper clean

water to spray the dust and the bottom dregs be dumped into the trash bin.

3) The dry excavation would be adopted when the pipe laying goes through the Huoze and Jian River

The construction shall be carried out in a dry season. The contraction area shall be strictly controlled,

especially for the river crossing section. It is not allowed to refuel the construction machinery or store

oil storage tanks in the river way, or clean the construction machinery in the mainstream area or

floodplain area of the river. In case of any oil leakage of the mechanical equipment, the scattered oil

shall be collected together promptly, and cleared and shipped uniformly after the end of construction.

After the construction is completed, the river bed of the construction section shall be restored to the

greatest extend; the excess earth after the backfill of pipe ditches can be piled up and compacted on

the landside slope of the river crossing section; the relevant provisions on local river management

shall be strictly followed.

4) When building temporary toilets, timely bury the feces; when construction is finished, the feces can

be sent to villagers nearby as fertilizer, and the toilets shall be buried after lime treatment.

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

EPBs

128

Soli

d w

aste

1) The pipeline project use sectioned construction method, temporary construction Earth Dump are

mainly the earth when pipeline are laid. The temporary earth pile site is set for each section, which

shall be located within the construction red line. In general, a section of the pipeline construction

takes about 10 days to complete, earthwork just dug out contains moisture, basically no dust. In

special circumstances the earth can not be backfilled timely, the earth will be dried, and will cause the

dust of earth, the surface of earth should be patted to be compact by the workers and regularly

sprayed water. The site is enclosed by straw bags filled with earth. The earth should be covered by

Dust screen in windy or rainy weather. When the pipeline ditch backfilled, there is no spoil genetated

2) The waste and waste welding electrode generated by the pipeline construction and welding process

should be collected by waste acquisition station.

3) Waste gas meter and the replacement of the pipeline behind the meter should be centralized collected

by the of waste acquisition station.

4) Waste mud produced by directional drilling when pipe network crosses ditches is harmless and with

small quantity, which shall be backfilled along with soil.

5) Workers rent the houses nearby the camp, will produce some domestic waste, garbage collection

barrels will be set, regularly collected and disposed by the sanitation department; Set domestic waste

garbage cans at construction sites, collect domestic waste, and public sanitation departments will treat

domestic waste in a unified manner.

6) Timely bury the feces in temporary toilets; when construction is finished, the feces can be sent to

villagers nearby as fertilizer, and the toilets shall be buried after lime treatment.

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

EPBs

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Continued Tabel 12-4

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency Y

angch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on

Pro

ject

Eco

logic

al E

nvir

onm

ent

and

Wat

er a

nd S

oil

Conse

rvat

ion

1) Take full advantage of the natural topography in the project area to minimize the

temporary excavation area and the affected vegetation area; reduce the cut-and-fill

amount to ensure the self cut-and-fill balance to the greatest extent; adopt the measure of

excavation and backfilling in layers to protect the surface mellow soil. The original soil

must be backfilled from 500mm above the pipe top elevation, to ensure the ecological

restoration as soon as possible after construction.

2) Strictly follow the design requirements to carry out the construction in crossing of roads,

rivers and other ecologically sensitive areas, enclose the areas easily suffered by water or

soil loss to minimize the scope of impact.

3) Formulate strict operational standards, establish the ecological environment supervision

system for construction period and prohibit the construction vehicles to randomly open

construction access roads. Const

ruct

ion u

nit

s PIUs、Local EPBs、Water conservancy

bureaus

Continued Table 12-4

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency

130

Eco

logic

al E

nvir

onm

ent

and W

ater

and

Soil

Conse

rvat

ion

4) Adopt section construction as the first construction technology and clear the construction

site promptly once the construction of it is completed in order to minimize the

temporarily occupied area due to excavation; enclose, cover or spray the earth mass

subject to excavation to control soil erosion or rising; enclose the temporarily piled or

stored materials with straw bags filled with earth for temporary protection, and cover

them with grass curtain in windy or rainy weather to prevent water and soil erosion; the

temporary enclosure of the soil mass subject to excavation is focused in the prevention

area for construction area; take water and soil conservation measures, such as slope

protection, retaining wall, discharge ditches, etc.; adopt different forms of soil preparation

based on the slope of lines (the soil preparation includes the leveling of horizontal

ditches, fish-scale pits, and cavernous land, etc. The affected area shall be re-ploughed or

planted with proper plants based on their adaptability. Temporary prevention measures

such as slope protection and temporary discharge ditches are mainly adopted in the

temporary protection zones. After the construction is completed, the land reclamation

shall be carried out to recover the original topography and vegetation.

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

EPBs、Water

conservancy

bureaus

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Continued Table 12-4

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency Y

angch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Const

ruct

ion p

erio

d

Nat

ura

l en

vir

onm

ent

Eco

logic

al E

nvir

onm

ent

and W

ater

and

Soil

Conse

rvat

ion

5) Water and soil conservation measures for river crossing sections: The pipe ditches after

backfilling have belonged to affected area and the soil would be easily washed away.

Therefore, the water and soil conservation measures such as retaining wall, revetment and

slope protection, shall be taken after the pipe laying across rivers, to prevent the water and soil

erosion, bank slope collapse and avoid the pipeline bareness and destruction hereof.

6) The way of directional drilling shall be adopted when crossing the ditch. Construction shall

avoid agricultural irrigation season when crossing the ditch with function of agricultural

irrigation, and construction wastes can’t be stacked in the ditch during the construction. Timely

restoration shall be made after the construction and use function of the ditch can’t be affected.

7) Road crossing section：not to affect the local traffic, the pipe jacking is recommend in

construction; the pipeline should be embedded with protective casing, when casing cross the

road, the casing should be out of road land 2m. The protective casing use reinforced concrete

casing, which meets the requirements of Concrete and reinforced concrete drain pipe

(GB/T11836-2009).

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

EPBs、Water

conservancy

bureaus

132

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Const

ruct

ion p

erio

d

Soci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

Cult

ura

l R

esourc

es

1) Observe local cultural customs, strictly manage construction personnel, and prevent acts

conflicting with local cultural customs during construction.

2) Pay attention to the protection of buildings that reflect local culture along pipeline.

3) Strictly follow the Management Plan for Material and Cultural Resources during pipeline

network construction near Xingshan temple.

4) The construction shall stop and reporting be made to the cultural relic authority in strict

accordance with the Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics, if

cultural relics are found during construction of pipeline. The construction shall not restart until

after the cultural relics are fully excavated and the construction permit is obtained.

5) Pay attention to the protection of buildings that reflect local culture along pipeline.

6) Construction workers should be trained to have an awareness of protection of relics.

7) Construction shall be strictly limited within the red line and the area beyond the red line can’t

be excavated..

8) When the pipeline construction is near Xingshan Temple, the small equipment or labor rather

than large mechanical equipment shall be used as much as possible to mitigate the impact of

noises and strong vibrations caused by large scale excavation machinery.

9) Construction fence should be set between construction site and Xingshan Temple.

Constructors shall not stack earthworks in the enclosed area; moreover, neither be allowed to

enter.

10) The whole construction process shall be monitored by a qualified supervision unit which is

responsible for the supervision of construction activities, photographs and issue the

supervision report; Moreover, picture of the construction site shall be taken and kept as the

evidence of founded or not founded relics. Specific requirement refers to the Physical Cultural

Resources Management Plan.

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

cultural relics

departments、Nanyao and

Beiyao village

committee

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Continued Table 12-4

Subproject Phase Environmental

Factor Mitigation Measures

Implementing

Agency

Supervision

Agency

Yangcheng

Gas

Utilization

Project

Const

ruct

ion p

erio

d

Soci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

Lan

d A

cquis

itio

n a

nd

Rel

oca

tion

Land acquisition for pipe network is temporary. A feedback mechanism for the

construction period is established to collect opinions of people affected. PIUs

World Bank,

Local

governments

Lif

e of

Res

iden

ts

1) Notice boards shall be set up at construction sites to inform the public of the

construction content and construction period, ask for public understanding of

inconvenience caused by the construction, and indicate the contact person and

complaint hotline.

2) Because of large power consumption during construction, the construction units

shall contact relevant departments in advance to determine pipeline connection

scheme, get ready for connection of temporary pipeline, and in sections where

space is not enough, transform the utility lines first to prevent temporary water

and electricity failure and impacts on normal power and water supply to

residents, industrial & mining enterprises and government units along the lines.

3) The hanging height and direction of construction lamps shall not affect the rest of

residents at night.

4) Pipe site selection shall be reasonably designed far from schools, if possible, and

the pipes shall be neatly piled and taken care of by specially designated

personnel.

5) Reasonable arrangement of construction time for the replacement of gas

membrane meter to avoid the impact on local residents like the interruption of

gas, construction noises.

Construction

units

World

Bank,Local

EPBs

134

Tra

ffic

Saf

ety

1) In order to minimize impacts of the project construction on the life of urban

residents and urban traffic, make unified shunt planning for the routes of vehicles

in urban road traffic to prevent traffic jam; when necessary, cooperate with

public security and communications administration authorities to ensure

smoothness and normal operation of urban traffic, and issue a notice to reassure

the public in advance by radio, TV and newspaper

2) Stress safety rules to drivers;

3) Drivers shall improve their driving skills and must hold driving license;

4) Restrict driving time and work out a driver shift schedule to prevent the drivers

from being too tired;

Avoid dangerous roads and driving in dangerous periods of the day to reduce the

possibility of accidents;

5) Regularly maintain vehicles and use parts authorized by manufacturers to avoid

serious accidents due to equipment failure or premature failure of parts;

6) Pedestrians and vehicles should avoid using the road at the same time;

7) Cooperate with local communities and competent authorities to improve road

signs, increase visibility, and enhance overall road safety, especially roads near

schools and other areas with children. Carry out traffic education and pedestrian

safety education jointly with local communities (such as publicity activities at

schools);

Construction

units

PIUs、Local

traffic safety

department、

World Bank

Yan

gch

eng G

as U

tili

zati

on P

roje

ct

Const

ruct

ion p

erio

d

Soci

al e

nvir

onm

ent

Tra

ffic

Saf

ety

8) Coordinate with emergency handling personnel to ensure proper first aid

treatment when accidents happen;

9) Whenever possible, use materials which can be locally purchased to shorten

transportation distance; build relevant facilities (such as workers’ dormitory)

close to project sites and carry workers using buses so as not to increase traffic

flow;

10) Take traffic safety control measures and use road signs and signalmen to warn

people and vehicles of dangers.

Construction

units PIUs、Local traffic

safety department

OHS Use baffles in welding areas and offer welding goggles and/or masks to welding

workers.

Construction

units PIUs、Local EPBs

Oper

atio

n

per

iod

Nat

ura

l

envir

on

men

t Acoustic

Environment Arrange surge tanks 200m away from residential quarters. PIUs Local EPBs

Atmospheric

Environment

Strengthen engineering quality control, pipeline inspection, pipe network inspection

and publicity of natural gas safety knowledge, and cooperate with competent gas authority to strengthen law enforcement and emergency drills to prevent gas leakage.

PIUs Local EPBs

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Water

Environment

Pipeline inspection personnel only, use existing office facilities, domestic waste water

collected and disposed by the city pipe network system, no impact on surface water PIUs Local EPBs

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1) Create gas supply safety assurance system, establish early warning and

emergency preparedness mechanisms and use information technology to build

management, dispatching and warning systems for pipeline network across the

province to address potential gas related disasters and gas supply accidents and

ensure gas supply safety.

2) The increase of gas load sets higher requirements for gas transmission and

distribution systems. To ensure near-, mid- and long-term gas demand of pipeline

network, it is suggested that the implementing unit further improve data and

verify data accuracy to ensure that verification of the network’s engineering

situation could better reflect weaknesses of the network and to guide network

planning and construction.

3) Before laying of gas pipeline, the layout shall be optimized throughout the

province to reach a balance in gas supply; gas emergency preparedness facilities

shall also be taken into consideration.

4) Rapid increase of gas load has resulted in more problems with the existing

emergency dispatching system. To ensure safe and steady operation of the

network, it is necessary to complete upgrading of the system and improve

emergency handling capacity at an earlier date and accelerate the planning and

construction of an emergency handling and dispatching center.

5) Disseminate knowledge about safe use of gas to residents along the pipeline,

improve safety problems reporting and identification system and ensure rapid

response to and addressing of problems such as pipeline leakage to prevent the

expansion of accidents.

PIUs PIUs、Local EPBs

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Table 12-5 Environmental Management Plan for Sensitive Points of the Project

Subproject Environmental protection

targets Environmental pollution mitigation measures

Implementing

agency

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Pipe network construction shall be performed in the daytime and rest period of surrounding

residents shall be avoided. Construction can’t be executed at 22:00~06.00 unless permission

of residents is obtained.

The quality control, pipeline detection are strengthened to ensure the pipeline quality.

Contractor,

supervision

unit

PIUs, Local

EPB

Ditch

The way of directional drilling shall be adopted when crossing the ditch. Construction shall

avoid agricultural irrigation season when crossing the ditch with function of agricultural

irrigation, and construction wastes can’t be stacked in the ditch during the construction.

Timely restoration shall be made after the construction and use function of the ditch can’t be

affected.

Contractor,

supervision

unit

PIUs, Local

EPB

River

When crossing Huoze river and its tributaries, choose the dry season and avoid the rainy

and windy weather;

Dry excavation would be adopted when crossing the river.

Strict control of the scope of construction, especially river crossing section, should control

the construction working face as much as possible;

It is not allowed to refuel the construction machinery or store oil storage tanks in the river

way, or clean the construction machinery in the mainstream area or floodplain area of the

river. In case of any oil leakage of the mechanical equipment, the scattered oil shall be

collected together promptly, and cleared and shipped uniformly after the end of construction.

No dumping of rubbish in the river channel

After the construction is completed, the river bed of the construction section shall be restored

to the greatest extend; the excess earth after the backfill of pipe ditches can be piled up and

compacted on the landside slope of the river crossing section; the relevant provisions on local

river management shall be strictly followed.

Contractor,

supervision

unit

PIUs, Local

EPB

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Subproject Environmental protection

targets Environmental pollution mitigation measures

Implementing

agency

Supervision

agency

department need to be obtained, prevent the damage of the roadbed.

The angle between the pipe and the road is not less than 70 degrees. It is forbidden to cross

the road bridge.

supervision

unit

administrative

departments

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county level

Adopt pipe jacking when crossing roads with large traffic flow, and the approval letter of the

relevant management department need to be obtained, prevent the damage of the roadbed.

The intersection between the pipeline and the road should be vertical or form an angle of no

smaller than 60 degrees in case of oblique crossing; when crossing the road, the pipeline

should be embedded with protective casing, the strength of which should meet with the

requirements of Grade I road load; there should be no less than 1.5m between the top of

protective casing and road subbase; river crossing with highway bridge would be strictly

prohibited; in the section where the pipeline paralleled with the road, the central line of the

pipeline should be more than 20m away from the land range side boundary of the road;

Contractor,

supervision

unit

PIUs, related

administrative

departments

Xingshan

Temple

The construction shall be strictly limited to the designated red line range，Excavation shall

not be carried out in areas other than the red line.

When laying pipeline, it is necessary to avoid the influence of strong vibration and noise on

it. Therefore, it is necessary to use small equipment or manual labor as much as possible

without using large machinery.

A fence of not less than 1.8m is built between the construction site and Xingshan

Temple,with each side 10m beyond Xingshan Temple.Construction workers are forbidden to

pile earth outside the range, and not allowed to enter.

Construction materials stacked away from Xingshan temple.

When the excavated soil is temporarily piled up, the dust net shall be covered as much as

possible to prevent the dust from affecting the temple of Xingshan..

Require the whole process supervision by qualified supervision units. And request to

photograph the construction site.

Other specific measures See Annex the Management Plan for Material and Cultural

Resources

Contractor,

supervision

unit

PIUs, local

cultural relics

department,

Committee of

Nanyao and

Beiyao

Village

Pipeline

operation

period

Resident on

both sides of

pipe network

Strengthen engineering quality control, pipeline inspection, pipe network inspection and

publicity of natural gas safety knowledge, and cooperate with competent gas authority to

strengthen law enforcement and emergency drills to prevent gas leakage and safety accidents.

PIUs Local EPB

Existing gas facilities

Residents of gas membrane

Reasonable arrangement of construction time to avoid the impact on local residents like the interruption of gas, construction noises.

Contractor, supervision

PIUs, related administrative

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Subproject Environmental protection

targets Environmental pollution mitigation measures

Implementing

agency

Supervision

agency

upgrading

project

meter

replacement

area

The waste pipes and meters by the replacement of the membrane meters shall be collected in

a timely manner, sent back to the waste disposal station, and shall not be piled up at will.

unit departments

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12.8 Environmental Reporting System

The project is a subproject of Shanxi Gas Utiliazation Project, and the environmental

reporting system of Shanxi Gas Utilization Projec will be carries out. Details are as follows:

The contractor, monitoring unit, PMO and consulting unit shall record project progress and

management plan implementation, and timely report to related departments, which mainly

includes contents of following parts:

(1) Supervision unit and contractor shall make detailed recording for execution of EMP and

timely report to the PMO.

(2) Progress reports such as monthly report, quarterly report and annual report, etc prepared

by the Yangcheng PMO, Shanxi Guoxin Zhonghaosheng Natural Gas Co., Ltd. and Guoxin

Energy Co., Ltd. must include contents of EMP progress, at least the EMP execution progress

and implementation effectiveness, existing problems and changes etc.

(3) The EMP implementation summarization report of the Yangcheng PMO shall be

submitted to the PMO of Guoxin Energy Development Group Co., Ltd before March 10 each

year, which is the EMP implementation report.

(4) The consulting unit must completed and submitted EMP implementation report of World

Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project to Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group

Co., Ltd. by mid January and mid July. And Shanxi Guoxin Energy Development Group Co.,

Ltd. will submit it to the World Bank.

The EMP implementation report maily include the following contents:

(a) Project overview, implementation and progress of EMP . such as pipe ditch excavation,

pipe network laying progress, locations, etc;

(b) Engineering changes and the extent of the corresponding environmental impacts.

(c) Review of contract bidding documents

(d) Implementation of the environmental management training programme..

(e) Implementation of environmental protection measures.

(f) Public complaint, if complaint occurs, record main contents of complaint, solutions and

public satisfaction

(g) EMP execution plan in the next year

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12.9 Public Complaint Mechanism

In order to ensure problems arising in preparation and implementation of the project can be

timely and effectively solved to ensure smooth land acquisition and implementation of the

project, besides the current petitioning complaint channel of local governments at all levels,

transparent and effective complaint channel is also established for a longer term aimed at

environmental management of the project. Basic complaint channel is shown in followings:

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Stage 1: residents can lodge a complaint to PMO of Guoxin Energy Development Group Co.,

Ltd if the resident is affected in any aspect of the environment and the PMO shall make the

decisions for complaint handling within two (2) week.

Stage 2: if the resident is still unsatisfied with decisions made by the PMO of Guoxin Energy

Development Group Co., Ltd, complaint can be made to the administrative organization with

jurisdiction level by level in accordance with Administrative Procedure Law of the People’s

Republic of China after receiving the decisions for arbitration.

Stage 3: if the resident is still unsatisfied with arbitration, prosecution can be made to the civil

court in accordance with Civil Procedural Law after receiving the arbitral decisions.

The resident can lodge a complaint concerning any aspect of environmental management,

including compensation standard, etc.

Residents will be informed of above complaint means through meeting or other ways to make

them fully understand their complaint rights. Moreover, publicizing and reporting will be

strengthened by using media while opinions and suggestions on all aspects of environmental

management will be collected and compiled and timely studied and handled by land

acquisition management organizations at each level.

Organizations addressing complaints of residents do not charge any fees. Expenses relating to

addressing complaints shall be paid by the PMO from contingency funding.

Complaint feedback mechanism includes standardized recording, tracking and periodical

reporting system.

Standardized recording: complaint record list mainly includes: profile of complainant, basic

information of complaint items, profile of replier, solutions and results achieved.

Tracking: pay a return visit concerning whether complaint items proposed by the complainant

are handled and whether the complainant is satisfied with the handling results

Periodical reporting: for complaint problems, written reporting to the superior management

office shall be periodically made and they also shall be included into the plan of next year to

avoid occurrence of similar events.

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13 Conclusion of Environmental Impact Assessment

13.1 Compliance with Relevant Policies and Plans

World Bank Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project-Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project

belongs to the “storage and transportation, and pipeline delivery facilities and network

construction of crude oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and oil product” of “encouraged

type” in the Guiding Catalogue of Industrial Restructuring. Therefore, implementation of this

project meets the requirements of China’s industrial policies.

The Outline of the 13th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of

Shanxi Province clearly brings forward that, “Efforts to promote green development. Adhere

to the basic state policy of conserving resources and protecting the environment, adhere to

sustainable development, and vigorously promote the energy revolution". The outline

proposed “to accelerate the construction of gas pipeline network. In accordance with the

principle of "priority gas source area, priority population concentrated area, priority tourist

area, priority heavy pollution area and priority large industrial zone" principle, accelerate the

gas pipeline network construction of "eleven horizontal and three vertical, one core, one circle

of multiring". Strive to achieve full coverage of the province's network, full coverage of

highway and traffic trunk, full coverage of the main industrial users, full coverage of

important tourist areas, forming a coordinated urban and rural gas network spatial pattern. By

2020, the total mileage of the provincial pipeline exceeded 15 thousand kilometers". This

project takes gas utilization as the starting point, builds gas pipeline network project, reduces

the regional coal utilization and improves the regional environment. At the same time, the

existing pipe network facilities have been designed and transformed to eliminate the hidden

dangers of the existing facilities. The project conforms to the requirements of 13th Five-Year

for policy of Shanxi province.

The Country Partnership Strategy for the fiscal years 2013-2016 of the World Bank points out

that, the priority of the World Bank Group’s work in China is to “support greener growth,

help China take the pathway to sustainable energy, improve urban environmental services,

and strengthen the management mechanism for addressing climate changes”.

Yangcheng Gas Utilization subproject will construct urban gas pipeline network to achieve

clean fuel utilization, at the same time, upgrade the existing gas facilities. It has positive

environmental benefits, such as reducing the consumption of coal, and the emission of

pollutants and greenhouse gases, and meets the policy requirements of the World Bank.

The site and route selection of Yangcheng Gas Utilization subproject are in line with local

city master plan and city planning requirements. Implementation of this project is conducive

to local energy restructuring, replacing coal with gas, reducing emission of pollutants and

greenhouse gases, improving regional environment, eliminating the hidden danger of existing

gas facilities, and improving people’s livelihoods.

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To sum up, implementation of this project meets relevant industrial policies, laws and rules of

China, the requirements of Shanxi Province’s planning for national economy and social

development, the requirements of the World Bank’s policy for China, and the requirements of

relevant planning for the project areas.

13.2 Conclusion of Evaluation on Current Environmental Quality

13.2.1 Current Situation of Ambient Air Quality

Based on the results of status quo ambient air quality monitoring, the concentration of TSP,

NO2 and PM10 did not exceed the Category II Standard of Ambient Air Quality Standards

(GB3095-2012), while the concentration of SO2 did cxceed the Category II Standard of

Ambient Air Quality Standards (GB3095-2012).

13.2.2 Current Situation of Water Environment Quality

Quoate from the surface water quality weekly report of Qinheshangli spring automatic

monitoring station. The monitoring results show that the water quality in Qinheshangli spring

meets the Class II of Surface Water Quality Standard (GB3838-2002).

13.2.3 Current Situation of Acoustic Environment Quality

In this project, representative sensitive points along the pipeline are selected to monitor the

acoustic environmental quality. The monitoring results show that the day time noise level

meet the required standard of Class I in Acoustic Environment Quality Standard

(GB3096-2008). While the night time noise levels at Zhongzhuang village and Jianping

Village exceed the standard 0.4 and 1.5 dB respectively.

13.3 Conclusion of Environmental Impact Assessment

13.3.1 Environmental Impacts during Construction Period

Impacts of construction period on the ambient air is mainly caused by earthwork excavation,

road transportation will generate dust pollution of regional environment, at the same time, the

construction machinery exhaust and welding fume will have a certain impact on the ambient

air.

The wastewater in the construction period mainly are a few amount of domestic wwastewater

from the rental construction camp, and a small amount of pipes pressure testing water; Toilets

are pit toilet；Washing water is used for sprinkling dust.

The impact on ecological environment in the construction period is reflected by the temporary

land occupation and the destruction of vegetation on the ground; At the same time, the

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construction involves a certain amount of earthwork excavation and backfill. Because of the

gap between excavation and backfill in time, it is possible to cause certain soil erosion;

Some excavating machinery and transport vehicles will be used in construction period,

construction activities will have a negative impact on the noise of the project area, especially

to the villages near the pipeline.

The solid waste during construction period is mainly garbage and spoil. If there is no fixed

place, not cleared up timely, it will breed mosquitoes, and also affect the environment and the

living environment of the surrounding residents.

The impacts of the construction period on the social environment is reflected in the local

traffic congestion, the inconvenience of the residents' travel, and the possibility of disease

transmission by the outside construction personnel.

The above are the impacts of the construction period of the project, the construction period of

the pipeline network project is short, and these impacts can be eliminated at the end of the

construction.

13.3.2 Environmental Impacts during Operation Period

The gas pipeline project does not emit pollutants during the operation period. Meanwhile, the

the replacement of coal with gas will generation a greater positive environmental benefit.

The implementation of this project has a positive impact on the social environment. First of

all, using gas instead of coal and using clean fuel can reduce the emission of air pollutants,

improve the air quality in the local environment, improve the living environment of residents,

and reduce the occurrence of diseases. At the same time, upgrading the existing gas facilities

in Yangcheng County can eliminate the hidden danger of the existing gas facilities and

guarantee the safe use of gas for the local residents.

13.4 Mitigation Measures for Environmental Impacts

13.4.1 Mitigation Measures for Negative Impacts during Construction

Period

In order to reduce construction dust, the construction site should be enclosed, building

materials be reasonably piled up, covered according to requirements, water be sprinkled to

suppress dust, and the management of vehicles transporting dust materials should be

strengthened.

The pipeline pressure testing water is clean water, after the pipeline pressure test which

contains a small amount of suspended matter, there is no other pollution, after settling tank

sedimentation treatment, can be used for dust suppression;

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During construction, the construction personnel were few, and the construction workers

adopted the dry toilet and no flushing wastewater. Construction workers rent nearby houses as

living facilities, the hand wash water should be spilled to suppress the dust, other small

amount of living water be collected into the bucket, after precipitation, use the upper clean

water to spray the dust and the bottom dregs be dumped into the trash bin, unified collected

and disposed by the local environmental sanitation department.

The construction site basically generate little wastewater, and the wastewater has little impact

on the local water environment, and does not affect the surrounding groundwater environment

either.

In view of the impact of noise during construction period on sensitive targets: when

construction within 200 meters of the village, it is required to arrange the reasonable

construction time at first, prohibit night construction, have reasonable construction site layout,

timely maintenance and test the construction machineryto reduce the noise impact.

Solid waste generated during construction: the abandoned earth produced during the pipe

laying should be backfilled in time, and no earth taking or dumping sites are set up; Welding

waste generated from the construction site can be recycled to the local waste collection station;

Trash bins are set in construction camps; Domestic wastes of Construction personnel are

collected and disposed in accordance with local regulations by the sanitation department.

Communicate well with the residents before construction, pipe jacking is adopted to cross the

road to reduce the impact on the local traffic; strengthen the management of construction

personnel during construction; Strict implement physical cultural resources management plan

and construction camp management regulations; All kinds of preparation should be done well

before construction, to guarantee the normal state of social life; Construction near the

residential areas, should strengthen construction management targetedly.

13.4.2 Mitigation Measures for Negative Impact during Operation Period

Create gas supply safety assurance system, establish early warning and emergency

preparedness mechanisms and use information technology to build management, dispatching

and warning systems for pipeline network across the province to address potential gas related

disasters and gas supply accidents and ensure gas supply safety.

Rapid increase of gas load has resulted in more problems with the existing emergency

dispatching system. To ensure safe and steady operation of the network, it is necessary to

complete upgrading of the system and improve emergency handling capacity at an earlier date

and accelerate the planning and construction of an emergency handling and dispatching

center.

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Disseminate knowledge about safe use of gas to residents along the pipeline, improve safety

problems reporting and identification system and ensure rapid response to and addressing of

problems such as pipeline leakage to prevent the expansion of accidents.

13.5 Conclusion of Environmental Benefit Analysis

The construction of this project can adjust the energy structure of the region where the project

is located, and replace the coal with gas to reduce the emission of pollutants and greenhouse

gases, improve the environment and promote the local economic development.

（1）It is conducive to the transformation of energy structure in parts of Yangcheng County,

reducing coal consumption;

（2）It can eliminate the hidden dangers of gas facilities in Yangcheng County, which is

conducive to the safe use of gas by residents, and to improve the accuracy of the residents' gas

measurement;

（3）It will help improve the production and living conditions of local residents, and improve

the quality of life and health of the people;

（4）The use of gas instead of coal is conducive to emission reductions of pollutants and

greenhouse gases, and the implementation of this project can reduce emissions: SO2：229.5t/a，

Dust：90.8 t/a，NOx：299.3t/a，CO2：81300 t/a. When the 7 subprojects of World Bank

Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project completed, it will reduce pollutants emmissions: SO2：

1527.5t/a，Dust：410 t/a，NOx：2045.0t/a，CO2：975000t/a. It will make a positive contribution

to promote the environmental air quality improvement of Shanxi Province during 13th

Five-Year.

（5）The implementation of the project can provide more employment opportunities for local

residents, increase the income of local residents and improve the living conditions of

residents;

（6）It will help promote the coordinated development of local environment, economy and

society, and alleviate environmental pressure. It will create favorable conditions for realizing

the strategy of local sustainable development and building a well-off society in an all-round

way.

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Annex A：Safety Management Plan

1.1 Safety Management Objectives

Safety work is to realize that, in the whole year, there is no severe safety responsibility

accident; there is no accident of personnel’s severe injury and death; there is no accident of

explosion, fire, and poisoning; there is no severe accident of gas stop for users; there is no

severe equipment operation accident; and there is no severe construction safety accident.

1.2 Safety Management System

1.2.1 Safety Management Organization

Safety Management Organization is safety committee.

Chairman of the Committee: General manager of the company

Deputy director of the Committee: Deputy General Manager in charge of Security

Committee members: Other members of the leading group of the company

1.2.2 Safety Management Organization

Figure1 Safety Management Organization Chart of Gas Utilization Subproject

Safety Committee

Safety Inspection department

Site/ station Safety

inspection group

Relevant departments

Safety personnel

Post personnel

General Manager

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1.2.3 Safety Management System

1.2.3.1 Safety Management Responsibility

(1) The Company’s general manager

(a) Learn in earnest and carry out the laws and rules on safety in production, set up the

thought of “safety first, and giving priority to prevention”, examine and approve the issuance

of the Company’s all regulations, specifications, and technical standards, and assume the first

responsibility for the safety in the Company’s production.

(b) Make the best of all safety resources, set up safety institution and personnel according to

national related regulations, and organize and coordinate the relationship among each system

during the work safety process.

(c) Fulfill the outlay for safety measures according to national related regulations.

(d) Take the safety in production, as an important content of the Company’s management,

into the general manager’s work objectives and important agenda. Hold the Company’s safety

meeting periodically, and keep researching and solving significant problems in scientific

management, work safety, and civilized production.

(e) Research and determine the Company’s important policies about safety in production, and

make strategic planning and overall arrangement in line with the principle of sustainable

development.

(f) Take charge of and lead the Company’s safety committee, and develop work actively.

(g) Take safety education into the employees’ overall education system, do a good job in

work safety education for employees, and provide safety education for and execute

assessment earnestly on production management cadres and engineering technical personnel.

(h) Organize and lead the inspection on labor safety and work environment, solve unsafe

factors in production process in time, eliminate danger sources and accident threat, give

priority to prevention, and address and solve problems discovered in time.

(i) Pay close attention to safety during production, keep improving the enterprise’s labor

conditions, and protect employees’ safety and health.

(2) Safety committee

(a) Research and determine the Company’s significant issues concerned with safety, fire

protection, and explosion protection.

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(b) Listen to the Company’s report on safety, fire protection and explosion protection, and

examine the implementation of the Company’s annual plan for safety, fire protection, and

explosion protection supervision and management.

(c) Organize and arrange the safety, fire protection and explosion protection of the

Company’s each department, and execute “the whole staff, overall, full-process, and 24h”

safety supervision and management.

(3) Safety Inspection Department

(a) Learn and carry out national guidelines, policies, decrees and rules about work safety, fire

and explosion protection, labor protection, industrial sanitation, and environmental protection,

etc. in earnest, and supervise and urge the inspection on the implementation of the

abovementioned by each department of the Company.

(b) Make and revise the Company’s work safety rules and regulations under the direct

leadership of the leader in charge of safety, and supervise and inspect the implementation of

such rules and regulations.

(c) Make the (measures) plan for the Company’s work safety, supervise and inspect the

fulfillment of responsible unit.

(d) Take charge of communication and education on work safety towards employees, and

provide business instructions and training for full-time (part-time) safety personnel.

(e) Organize the Company’s major safety inspection (sign and issue the notification on

rectification of accident threats), and assist and supervise the Company’s related departments

and each grassroots unit to rectify accident threats in time and make preventive measures.

(f) Carry out onsite inspection frequently, supervise and assist with the settlement of problems

discovered in time. In case of obvious accident threats or employees’ life safety is endangered,

the safety inspection department is entitled to stop the work of related personnel or evacuate

them from the scene, and report to related leaders immediately.

(g) Cooperate with related departments, prepare the plan of safety technical measures,

research how to improve labor conditions and work environment, reduce industrial harms, and

prevent casualty accidents, occupational diseases and occupational poisoning.

(h) Participate in the design examination, completion acceptance, and operation of new

construction, reconstruction, expansion, and major repair projects (including users’ projects),

and make them meet the requirements of safety and fire protection technical specifications.

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(i) Take charge of introducing and promoting the application of results of scientific research

on fuel gas; take charge of the safety and fire control equipment and products, and their

management. Participate in the examination and identification of the scheme for new

construction, reconstruction, expansion and major repair projects, and make the measures for

safety of construction in the schemes meet the requirements of safety and fire protection

technical regulations. Examine earnestly whether the implementation unit and its personnel

execute the code for safety of construction.

(j) Take charge of industrial health and environmental protection, coordinate with related

departments like technical department, etc. in investigation and research, prevent and control

harms of dust and toxic, and pollutions caused by production to the environment.

(k) Take charge of organizing the investigation of production accidents, identify and carry out

the statistics, summarization and report of industrial injury accidents.

(l) Take charge of communication and education on safety in gas utilization, organize related

departments and personnel to address the rule-violating use of gase, and investigate and

address gas utilization accidents.

(m) Take charge of implementing public awareness and education plan.

(4) Manager of Safety Inspection Department

(a) Develop work under the direct leading of general manager and the concrete leading of the

leader in charge of safety, act as assistant of the Company’s leaders in safety work, supervise,

inspect and summarize safety work, and take charge of overall coordination.

(b) Organize to carry out national related guidelines, policies and rules about work safety,

labor protection, industrial health and environmental protection, and examine the

implementation of the aforesaid frequently.

(c) Prepare the Company’s annual safety work plan and special work scheme.

(d) Organize to prepare and amend the Company’s work safety rules and regulations, organize

to examine and revise the work safety systems of each grassroots’ units, and supervise and

examine the implementation of the aforesaid.

(e) Organize to implement modern safety management methods like safety target management,

safety system engineering, and standardized operation, etc., as well as advanced occupational

safety and health techniques and facilities, keep improving labor conditions, and predict and

prevent accidents.

(f) Organize the ideological education on safety and the communication & education on safety

technology for employees, coordinate with related departments in grade-one safety education

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for new employees and training on safety technology for personnel dealing with special type

of work. Provide business instructions for the Company’s safety work.

(g) Organize to develop work safety activities, analyze the situation of work safety, and bring

forward safety technique protection measures.

(h) Organize periodic and aperiodic work safety inspection, and supervise the timely

rectification of safety threats existing.

(i) Organize cooperation and communication on work safety experiences.

(j) Organize investigation on production accidents, and address accidents together with related

departments.

(k) Take charge of communication and education on safety in gas use, and organize related

department and personnel to address rule-violating use of gas.

(l) Take charge of implementing public awareness and education plan.

(5) Site and Station Safety Inspection Group

(a) Propagate and carry out national laws, rules, and policies about work safety, labor

protection and environmental protection, as well as the Company’s various safety systems and

measures actively, and do well in work safety under the business instruction of safety

inspection department.

(b) Take charge of safety and fire protection education for the Company’s employees and new

comers.

(c) Participate in making or revising work safety management systems and safety technical

regulations, promote standardized management of safety, and supervise and inspect the

implementation of the aforesaid.

(d) Investigate and research the unsafe factors in the production of site, station and team,

bring forward improvement opinions. Inspect employees’ daily operation, restrain

rule-violating operation and command, and be entitled to stop operation, evacuate personnel

and report to the superior level in case any factor is discovered possibly causing accidents.

(e) Participate in the investigation and analysis of various responsibility accidents, find out the

reasons and responsibilities, bring forward preventive measures, carry out statistics and report

the statistics result to the superior level.

(f) Be entitled to reflect the behaviors violating national labor protection rules and enterprise’s

safety systems to the superior.

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(g) Supervise and urge employees to correctly inspect and use fire control and labor

protection articles.

(h) Strengthen the supervision and inspection on line patrol personnel, conduct patrol

inspection on lines, and report to the superior level the hidden troubles discovered in time.

(i) Make the machine account of related equipment, save the safety inspection report of

relevant equipment, and make emergency preplan for special equipment (a hard copy of the

aforesaid contents shall be filed with the safety inspection department).

(6) Safety Personnel

(a) Propagate and carry out national laws, rules, and policies about work safety, labor

protection and environmental protection, as well as the Company’s various safety systems and

measures actively, and do well in work safety under the business instruction of grassroots

leaders and safety inspection department.

(b) Participate in making or revising work safety management systems and safety technical

regulations, promote standardized management of safety, and supervise and inspect the

implementation of the aforesaid.

(c) Investigate and research the unsafe factors in the production, and bring forward

improvement opinions. Persist in frequent patrol inspection, restrain rule-violating operation

and command, and be entitled to stop operation, evacuate personnel and report to the superior

level in case any factor is discovered possibly causing accidents.

(d) Participate in the investigation and analysis of various responsibility accidents, find out

the reasons and responsibilities, bring forward preventive measures, carry out statistics and

report the statistics result to the superior level.

(e) Be entitled to reflect the behaviors violating national labor protection rules and

enterprise’s safety systems to the superior.

(f) Fill out various safety forms on schedule, and report them to superior managers.

(7) Post Personnel

(a) Learn work safety guidelines, policies, rules and systems, and safety know-how in earnest,

and be on top of the safety operation techniques aiming at the present post.

(b) Keep raising the awareness of safety, enriching the knowledge on work safety, and

strengthening the ability of self prevention. Bring forward the opinions on improving work

safety initiatively.

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(c) Surely be concentrated at production post, execute safety technical operation procedures in

earnest, observe labor disciplines, completely eradicate leaving post at working hours,

fighting and bustup, or other phenomena violating labor disciplines.

(d) Be entitled to refuse management personnel’s rule-violating commanding and forced risky

operation; be entitled to criticize, report and accuse the behaviors endangering life safety and

physical health.

(e) Observe the handover systems strictly, and in case of any accident, eliminate them in time,

protect the scene, make detailed records, and report to the superior level immediately.

(f) Strengthen patrol inspection, eliminate any accident threat discovered in time, and reflect

to leaders immediately in case of discovering any accident threat unavailable to solved

personally.

(g) Cherish, care and correctly use fire control apparatuses and safety facilities.

(h) Participate in various safety activities, and bring forward rational suggestions work safety

actively.

1.2.3.2 Safety Patrol Inspection

（1）Preparation for patrol inspection

(a) Patrol inspection personnel shall wear uniforms, and carry with themselves the patrol

inspection drawings, related tools, detector, recording pen, and patrol inspection manual, etc.

(b) Patrol inspection personnel shall maintain the patrol inspection tools like gas detector, etc.,

ensure their good state when being used, and use them strictly according to the operating

manual (operating procedures) of instruments.

(c) Patrol inspection personnel shall be familiar with the location, direction, specification,

model and running state of the gas pipeline, pressure regulation cabinet, station (cabinet),

valve well, household-entering pipes, and neighboring “three ditches” in the area controlled.

(2) Scope of patrol inspection

(a) Medium- and high-pressure gas pipeline;

(b) Pressure regulation boxes, cabinets and stations;

(c) Valve wells;

(d) Cathodic protection pile.

(3) Content of patrol inspection

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(a) Within the safe protection distance of pipeline, there shall not be soil collapse, landslide,

subsiding, artificial earth borrowing, stacking of garbage or heavy objects, exposure of

pipeline, planting of deep-rooted plants and occupation of buildings (structures), etc.

(b) Along pipeline, there shall not be abnormal phenomena like peculiar smell of gas,

bubbling on water surface, withering of trees and grass, and yellow spots on surface of snow

cover, etc., or the sound of gas leakage, etc.

(c) Within the safe protection distance of pipeline, it’s not allowed to start construction

without handling countersignature formalities, or to damage or suspend pipeline due to

construction of other projects, etc.

(d) Within the safe protection distance of pipeline, mechanical equipment like power shovel

and air hammer, etc. shall not be used for construction, and the fittings and marks, etc. of gas

pipeline shall not be moved, covered, lost or damaged.

(e) Whether the gas supply pressure of regulator station (cabinet) meets the requirements of

gas supply, and whether the pressure regulator and affiliated facilities leak.

(f) Whether the valve inside valve well leaks, and whether the ring, cover and external wall of

valve well are sound.

(g) Whether the pressure regulation facilities and affiliated facilities are sound, and whether

the sanitary state meets requirements.

(h) It shall be periodically tested whether the cathodic protection piles meet requirements.

(4) Mode of patrol inspection

Patrol, inspection, and test shall be conducted by means of walkaround inspection, and

leakage test, etc., and the cycle of patrol inspection will be adjusted at proper time according

to change of seasons.

(5) Standard of patrol inspection

All pipeline and affiliated box-type pressure regulators, valve wells, and inlet pipes shall

accept patrol inspection once daily, regulator station and cabinet shall accept patrol inspection

twice daily, in order to check whether there are abnormal situations like gas leakage and

construction, etc.

(6) Test standard

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The test cycle shall be fixed for the “three ditches” wells within the net safe distance 3m of

gas supply facilities in Class-I, Class-II and Class-III areas.

The three types of areas are as shown below according to the actual operating state of outdoor

gas equipment and facilities:

Class-I area indicates the medium-pressure PE pipes at the connecting port, the pipes at the

root of pressure regulation box, all box-type pressure regulator, station (cabinet) and valve

well, and other pipeline having ever been subject to gas leakage.

Class-II area indicates the other tubular products (including steel pipes and PE socket pipes),

and pipeline and inlet pipes of different pressure inside gas supply area (including

non-driveways outside building red line).

Class-III area indicates the annular medium- and high-voltage trunk lines (including steel

pipes and PE socket pipes) at streets and fields.

(7) Requirements on patrol inspection

(a) Patrol inspection personnel execute patrol inspection on schedule at fixed points according

to the line location and point location of “patrol inspection map”, shall never leave post at

working hours or miss any item in patrol inspection, etc., shall ensure 100% proper patrol

inspection, and make records.

(b) Patrol inspection shall give priority to appearance inspection, while leakage detection shall

be conducted by testing ground drilling places, signal pipes, and Underground structures like

“three ditches” nearby pipeline, etc. with instrument.

(c) Patrol inspection personnel shall check the appearance state of valve wells in the area

under their control everyday, and clean up the coverage on valve wells in time, in order to

maintain the smooth air flow inside valve wells and ensure convenient maintenance and

management.

(d) Patrol inspection personnel shall check pressure regulation box, regulator station and

cabinet, maintain their clean appearance, and ensure the existence of warning words and

alarm telephone, etc.

(e) Patrol inspection personnel shall guarantee the quality of patrol inspection, and test eat

point for at least up to 30s.

(f) In special period (such as natural disaster, important holidays or conferences, activities,

folk festivals, the beginning of winter and spring), we shall raise the frequency of inspection

on the Class-II and Class-III areas based on ensuring daily patrol, and execute test once daily;

for important parts (pipeline, facilities, and users, etc.), we shall raise the frequency and force

of patrol inspection.

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(g) The record about patrol inspection shall be filled out in a timely, detailed and standard

way.

(h) Patrol inspection personnel shall replace the attendance record card of patrol inspection on

speed regulator, and relevant onsite inspection sheets, file them and keep them for 2 years.

(8) Abnormality addressing

(a) In case the ring, cover and external wall of valve wells are damaged, we shall report to the

superior competent department for repair, and monitor the valve wells.

(b) In case of discovering the abnormal phenomena like leakage of gas facilities, etc., we shall

report to the superior level immediately, and monitor the safety on the spot.

(c) In case it’s discovered that, gas facilities are occupied or pressed, rule-violating

construction is conducted or mechanical equipment like power shovel and air hammer, etc.

are used within the safe protection distance, etc., we shall resolutely restrain such phenomena,

monitor the safety on the spot, make records, and report to the superior level in time.

(d) If the premonitions like prospection, surveying, positioning, and ground breaking, etc. are

discovered within the net safe distance of pipeline, gas supply equipment and facilities, we

shall send the advice note on the safety supervision of gas facilities (equipment) in time; in

case construction unit is discovered conducting construction wildly, we shall report to the

superior level in time, and compulsively restrain the construction, monitor the scene and make

related records.

(e) During the construction of underground pipeline network projects like water supply and

drainage, thermal power, electric power, telecommunication, and cable, etc., if there is paving

construction which is parallel to or crosses with gas pipeline, patrol inspection personnel shall

execute onsite supervision, inspection and monitoring according to the “countersignature”

requirements of the branch company’s engineering technology department, and assist

construction unit to determine the location, direction and burial depth, etc. of gas pipeline, and

make related records in the precondition of sending out the advice note on the safety

supervision of gas facilities (equipment).

(f) In case of emergency rescue, patrol inspection personnel shall rush to the site and

cooperate with related emergency rescue work immediately after receiving the notification.

1.2.3.3 Safety Education and Training System

1) Training for work safety management personnel at all levels

(1) Work safety management personnel at all levels must have the knowledge on and ability

to manage the

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(2) Work safety education and training shall be provided for all employees, in order to ensure

that, all personnel have necessary knowledge on work safety, are familiar with related work

safety rules, regulations, and safety operation procedures, and command the safety operation

skills for their own post.

(3) New employees must accept three-level safety education and pass related exam. Only

personnel having passed exam and obtained safety work permit can do related work.

(4) Safety education shalled b provided for personnel who are transferred to another type of

work.

(5) Production team shall persist in safety activities once weekly.

(6) Pre-shift and post-shift meetings held by each team shall cover safety contents.

(7) Training shall be strengthened for technical personnel and workers, especially on

emergency rescue, opening for work with gas application, the use and maintenance of

computer and automatic control facilities; collect and learn related operating procedures, and

provide training of basic knowledge on operation of natural gas, etc.

(8) More corresponding safety management personnel shall be arranged based on original

safety management according to new construction projects, and safety management personnel

shall work with certificate.

2) Public awareness and education plan

(1) Implementation department: to be implemented by the company’s safety inspection

department.

(2) Implementation schedule: to be implemented in four stages, namely, before construction,

after pipleline laying, after gas distribution and after normal use of gas by households.

(3) Specific activities:

For residential users:

Before construction inception, the company designates staff to conduct “gas knowledge

lectures” at villages along the pipeline to extend commonsense knowledge about safe gas use

to villagers and distribute specially made playing cards with detailed commonsense

knowledge about safe gas use, safety slogans and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

After pipe laying is completed, photos, names and contact numbers of the company’s safety

staff and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline are provided at bulletin boards of villages and

village committees along the pipeline. Safety and alarm signs are hung every 200 meters on

noticeable sections of village walls.

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After gas is supplied to households, the company staff distribute safe gas use booklets to each

of the households and put knowledge about safe gas use and 24-hour emergency rescue

hotline on noticeable sections beside the stove.

After households are able to use gas on a routine basis, the company staff inspect safe use of

gas in each of the households on a regular basis, provide guidance on correct and safe use of

gas, teach them how to detect gas leakages, and provide training on handling emergencies.

Contents of the training are provided in section (4) below.

For industrial and commercial users:

Before construction inception, the company designates staff to conduct “gas knowledge

lectures” at places with concentration of commercial users and for each of the industrial users

to extend commonsense knowledge about safe gas use and safety instructions for industrial

and commercial gas use facilities, and notify them of 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

After pipe laying is completed, photos, names and contact numbers of the company’s safety

staff and 24-hour emergency rescue hotline are provided at places with concentration of

commercial users and in each of the industrial users.

After gas is supplied, the company staff distribute safe gas use booklets to each of the

industrial and commercial users and put knowledge about safe gas use, safety instructions and

24-hour emergency rescue hotline on noticeable places.

After these users are able to use gas on a routine basis, the company staff inspect safe use of

gas in each of the users on a regular basis, make sure internal safety management systems of

the users are in place, and teach them how handle emergencies.

(4) Emergency handling

In case of gas leakages, residential users close valves in the first instance, immediately open

windows, do not switch on any electrical appliance or use open fire, and dial the 24-hour

emergency rescue hotline.

Upon detecting gas leakages or other situations which may lead to accidents, industrial and

commercial users immediately cut off gas source, move away from the leakage points, do not

use open fire at places close to leakage points and dial 24-hour emergency rescue hotline.

In case of fire, the public shall move away from the fire points, notify people around the fire

points to evacuate, dial 24-hour emergency rescue hotline, and dial 119 and report to the fire

authorities.

1.2.3.4 Safety Accident Handling and Reporting System

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(1) After occurrence of an accident, related personnel at the scene of accident must report to

the superior level by level within one hour according to related stipulations of the Regulations

on the Reporting, Investigation and Disposition of Work Safety Accidents [State Council

Decree 493].

(2) After occurrence of an accident, we shall protect the scene of accident, and take actions to

rescue personnel and properties quickly in order to prevent the expansion of accident.

(3) After occurrence of an accident, in line with the principles of “surely finding out the

reasons for accidents, punishing the persons responsible for accidents, fulfilling rectification

measures, and drawing lessons from accidents”, we shall cooperate with related superior

departments in finding out the reasons for accident through earnest investigation and analysis,

and making feasible rectification scheme.

1.2.3.5 Fire Safety System

(1) The guideline of fire safety is “giving priority to prevention, combining prevention and

fire distinguishing”, and we shall place fire prevention at the first important place.

(2) The Company’s manager is the first person responsible for fire safety. In daily production,

safety personnel shall research, arrange and inspect fire control.

(3) We shall divide the responsible area for flammable and explosive places, arrange

responsibility to every individual person, and control the implementation of responsibilities;

(4) Safety principal shall often inspect the flammable and explosive places, and renovate the

hidden troubles discovered in time.

(5) In case of fire disaster, we shall implement emergency rescue and report to fire department

by dialing “119” immediately;

(6) Fire prevention and explosion protection apparatuses shall be equipped at flammable and

explosive places.

1.2.3.6 Demand on and Preparation of Fireproof and Anti-explosion Materials

Demand of materials: Explosion-proof intercom, portable oxygen content tester, portable

combustible gas detector, precise pressure gauge (precision grade 0.5), fire blanket, dry

powder fire extinguisher, supporting base of fire extinguisher, flash hider, safety helmet,

earplugs, goggles, explosion-proof electric torch, explosion-proof diagonal wrench, common

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diagonal wrench, explosion-proof open spanner, common open spanner, sprinkling can,

generator, gas mask, grease gun, and pipe tongs, etc.

Preparation of materials: Fireproof and anti-explosion materials shall be prepared by Project

Construction Unit, under the supervision of the Safety Committee.

1.2.3.7 Requirements for Fire Protection and Explosion Protection Drills

The Company’s employees shall be organized to accept training and carry out drill on fire

protection and explosion protection, and use of fire protection apparatuses, including the

common sense on the use of fire extinguishers, basic common sense on disaster rescue,

common sense of emergency rescue of injured persons, the methods for disposal of natural

gas leakage, and drill of personnel evacuation. Relevant activities shall be carried out once

every year.

1.2.3.8 Safety Accident Emergency Rescue System

(1) For weak sections where accident will possibly occur, we shall prepare emergency preplan,

which shall ensure the proper actions and prepare fulfillment of responsibilities;

(2) The first person discovering accidents shall report to the superior immediately, and take

active measures. After receiving the report, the superior shall address accidents in time, take

active rescue measures, and meanwhile, evacuate personnel, execute alert on the spot, and

reduce the scope of harms and the degree of impact;

(3) We shall dial “119” in case of fire disaster, and dial “120” in case of casualties and

intoxication accidents immediately for emergency rescue.

(4) Accidents shall be reported by personnel at each level to the superior safety management

personnel and management department in the quickest form, and nobody shall delay the

report or disguise such accidents.

(5) Safety personnel or regional person in charge of safety shall take pictures, collect data, and

fill out records on the spot, in order to provide reliable evidences for investigation of

accidents.

1.2.3.9 Weekly Work safety Meeting System

(1) The project shall establish the weekly work safety meeting system. The meeting shall be

convened by safety personnel, with the attendance of on-duty personnel at each post;

(2) The meeting shall be hosted by safety personnel, and shall pass on the superior’s safety

documents and spirit, analyze and summarize the work safety of present week, and arrange

the work safety of next week.

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1.2.3.10 Safety Rewarding and Punishment System

(1) Employees restraining safety accidents or making outstanding contributions to work safety

shall be rewarded;

(2) Persons responsible for safety accidents shall be punished according to the Company’s

related regulations.

1.2.3.11 Work safety Listing System

(1) The main contents of the project’s safety management organization and work safety

responsibility system, etc. shall be listed at meeting room;

(2) Obvious safety warning marks shall be set up at regulator station and dangerous places of

pipeline network;

(3) Brief safety operation procedures shall be set up at operation posts.

1.2.4 Safety Management Measures

1..2.4.1 Distribution Pipeline Network

(1) Medium-pressure pipeline in distribution system adopt tubular products meeting national

standards. The main equipment pressure regulator among pressure regulation facilities shall

be advanced, in order to ensure the quality and safe operation of products.

(2) Pressure regulation equipment inside stations shall be set up in open air, and the pressure

regulation facilities at township or industrial gas application points shall be set up in the form

of cabinet. The equipment shall be provided with safety cutting device, and shall be avoided

from accidents arising from accumulation of natural gas leakage.

1.2.4.2 Other Comprehensive Measures to be Adopted

(1) The marks indicating the points where pipeline passes through highway shall be perfected

according to related regulations; for local sections of pipeline easy to be destructed by

vehicles, people and livestock, we shall set up warning label, and take protective measures.

(2) We shall make strict and meticulous line patrol system, strengthen the safety guard on

pipeline and their affiliated facilities, and establish joint defence mechanism with local

government and public security department. Also, we shall raise the frequency of line patrol,

enhance the validity of line patrol, and minimize the possibility of third party’s destruction

accidents.

(3) We shall establish perfect rules and regulations, determine strict inspection items and

maintenance methods for important instruments and equipment, and avoid accidents arising

from misoperation.

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(4) We shall additionally arrange full-time and part-time safety personnel to supervise and

control the safety management during construction and operation; establish strict work safety

management system, completely eradicate the phenomena like rule-violating fire use,

smoking, and leaving post at working hours, etc., prepare labor protection articles according

to regulations, and provide education on safety and health protection for employees

frequently.

(5) Emergency system shall consider personnel, equipment, communication, preplan and

other measures, execute personnel training and emergency drills, and attract the attention of

high-level management personnel. Meanwhile, it’s necessary to make emergency preplan

aiming at third party’s destruction.

(6) The Project Construction Unit shall check and accept occupational health, technical safety

and fire fighting facilities when organizing project acceptance.

(7) Implementation units shall deliver complete completion documents to the project

construction unit after successful self inspection. After being examined and confirmed by the

project construction unit, such completion documents shall be submitted to safety, fire

fighting, and occupational health departments, etc. for examination, and after such documents

pass examination, the project may be put into production.

(8) Fire fighting facilities shall be equipped according to the regulations of the Code for Fire

Protection Design of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (GB 50183-2004), Code of

Design on Building Fire Protection and Prevention (GB50016-2006), and the Code for Design

of Extinguisher Distribution in Buildings (GB50140-2005).

(9) Key fire control posts shall be equipped with communication facilities, and ensured to

have smooth circuit.

(10) Fire fighting facilities, fire fighting apparatuses, and fire extinguishing agents shall be

inspected periodically. Fire extinguishing agents shall be tested comprehensively once

annually, and replaced periodically. Each kind of containers, instruments, meters, and

grounding for lightening to be inspected compulsively shall be inspected periodically.

(11) Post on-duty personnel and cadres shall know the principle, theory, structure, purpose, as

well as the utilization, maintenance and inspection methods of fire fighting apparatuses and

fire extinguishing equipment.

(12) Joint defence agreement shall be signed with the local fire control department along

pipeline, in order to make clear the dependence relationship between them.

(13) Pipeline welding and quality acceptance shall be conducted strictly according to related

technical standards, in order to ensure up-to-standard quality.

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(14) The enterprise is suggested to sign agreement with the fire fighting and medical

treatment forces that the society may depend on, and to make related plan for expenses.

(15) Pipeline warning plate shall be set up according to the arrangement of pipeline, various

marks shall be numbered and filed according to type, and the marks shall be increased/

decreased or changed in time according to the change of lines and environment, and shall be

maintained clear.

1.2.4.3 Safety Countermeasures for Reconstruction, Expansion, Overhaul, and Urgent Repair

(1) Before use of fire, the leader in charge of safety of the implementation unit shall organize

production, technology, safety, fire control, and other related business departments to carry

out deep-going onsite investigation and research, and make construction organization design

and scheme for use of fire. The construction organization design shall be approved by the

production unit.

(2) The grade division, examination and approval procedures, and limit of industrial fire use

shall be executed according to the regulations of the Safety Code for Fire Operation in

Petroleum Industry (SY5858-2004).

(3) Make clear the supervision measures and flow for fire use.

(4) Production and implementation unit shall specify construction principal to take charge of

onsite coordination and management.

(5) Implementation unit shall command the underground hidden projects surrounding the

expansion and reconstruction projects.

(6) Implementation unit shall provide safety education on construction personnel, who shall

observe the production unit’s safety regulations.

1.2.4.4 Safety Measures for Design and Construction

(1) Investigation and design unit must have obtained corresponding grades of qualifications

approved by the administrative department in charge of construction under the State Council,

and shall strictly execute national related laws, rules, and technical specifications during

design of gas pipeline engineering.

(2) Construction enterprise must have obtained the certificate of qualification issued by the

administrative department in charge of construction under the State Council or other

institution entrusted by the aforesaid department, and shall conduct construction within the

scope permitted by its qualification, but shall not undertake projects by bypassing its grade or

going beyond the scope.

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(3) The responsibility system of implementation unit’s leader shall be conducted for the

quality of pipeline construction. The implementation unit shall establish the quality

responsibility system, and make clear the quality responsibilities to be assumed by project

manager, technical principal and construction management principal, etc.

(4) Project supervision system shall be executed for pipeline construction according to

regulations, and project supervisor shall be assumed by a third party with corresponding

qualifications.

(5) Pipeline engineering must be conducted pressure test according to design requirements,

and may be put into test run after passing pressure test.

(6) Pipeline engineering must accept completion acceptance according to related regulations,

and may be delivered for use after passing acceptance. Completion acceptance documents

shall be filed according to the regulations on archives management.

(7) The Project Construction Unit shall protect, supervise and inspect the materials during

construction period, construct warehouse for and arrange special personnel to guard such

materials, and prevent the heat-induced damage of PE pipes or severe corrosion of steel pipes,

etc.

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Annex B: Physical Cultural Resources Management Plan

1 Physical Cultural Resources of Yangcheng County Involved in The Project

The project Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban gas pipeline passed by

theXingshan Temple neat Nanyao Village. The distance between the project pipeline and

Xingshan Temple is about 20m.

Xingshan temple is located between the Nanyao village and the Beiyao village, Manghe

Township, built by the local villagers with raising funds. The investigation from the

responsible person of Yangcheng County Bureau of cultural relics and the Nanyao and Beiyao

village committee shows that it is the local folk custom building but not in the list of cultural

relics protection in Yangcheng County. Xingshan Temple is jointly managed by the Nanyao

and Beiyao Village Committees with the main function of the worship, prayer and other folk

activities, and it will open at the local folk activities. Xingshan Temple has total of three

courtyards with the Jade Emperor Temple in the middle courtyard, the three Officials hall in

the east courtyard and the Guangong Hall in the west courtyard. Figure 1 is the general picture

of Xingshan Temple, and Figure 2 shows the position relationship between the pipeline and

the Xingshang Temple.

Figure 1 Profile of Xingshan Temple

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Figure 2 Position relationship of the project pipeline with Xingshan Temple

2 Relevant laws and regulations

2.1 Domestic regulations

Because Xingshan Temple has not been listed in the domestic cultural relic protection ranks,

which belongs to the local folk custom construction built by local villagers with raising funds,

its protection shall refer to the relevant laws and regulations concerning the domestic cultural

relics.

(1) Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics (June 29,

1991)

(2) Measures for the Administration of Culture Relics Preservation Projects (December 8,

2007)

(3) Protection Regulations for Chinese Cultural Relics Sites (2004)

(4) Regulations on Fire Safety Management of Historical And Cultural Relics in Shanxi

Province (January 14, 2007)

2.2 World Bank Policies

OP4.11 Physical Cultural Resources

3 Conclusions of impact analysis

The shortest distance between the project Anyang gas distribution station-Dongye town urban

gas pipeline and Xingshan Temple is about 20m, which will pass by 20m to the north of

Xingshan Temple. The construction of this project has an impact on the Xingshan Temple,

mainly in the construction period, the operation period will not have any impact on it.

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The pipeline construction will use the way of laying，construction dust, vibration and artificial

destruction have some negative impacts on the temple. But the construction period is short,

and the landforms will be restored after the construction immediately. The impact of the

pipeline construction on Xingshan temple can be mitigate at acceptable level.

4 Management organization

The village committee of the Nanyao Village is the management organization of Xingshan

Temple. In addition, other institutions related to Xingshan Temple protection during the

pipeline construction are: PMO of Guoxin Energy Co., Ltd., PMO of Yangcheng Subproject，

Contractor and environmental supervision unit.

5 Protective Measures Avoiding or Reducing Impacts

（1）Training participants

All staff of PMO of Guoxin Energy Co., Ltd., PMO of Yangcheng Subproject, environmental

supervision unit., and representatives of the contractor.

（2）Training contents

(a) Cultural relic protection laws and regulations, and cultural relic protection theory;

(b) Technical specification of related disciplines and basic skills;

(c) Physical cultural resource management plan;

(d) Environmental management provisions of this project, and the emphasis is environmental

management provisions of construction period.

6 Monitoring Plan

Apply for qualified supervision units to supervise the construction process during the

construction process.

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Annex C:Regulations on Management of Pipe Stacking During

the Construction Period

1、Pipe Stacking Area and Stacking Position

One temporary storage yard shall be considered at every 5 km along pipeline during their

construction and occupied area is about 15m×15m. Layer of pipeline to be stacked shall be no

more than 4 layers.

2、Requirements for Material Stacking at the Construction Site

2.1 General requirements

(1) Stacking of construction materials shall be determined by consumption, use time, and

supply and transportation. Materials with large consumption, long use time and convenient

supply and transportation shall be approached by batches;

(2) Safety requirements must be ensured for stacking of tools, structures and materials at the

construction site;

(3) Position shall be selected properly to facilitate transportation and handling, and reduce

re-handling;

(4) Terrain shall be high, solid and flat, backfill shall be compacted layer by layer, discharge

measures shall be available and requirements for safety and fire prevention shall be met;

(5) Stacking shall be made as per type and specification and obvious sign shall be provided,

indicating name, specification and production place, etc;

(6) Various materials and articles must be neatly stacked;

(7) Material storage yard shall be far from surrounding residents and schools, and special

person shall be designated for attending;

(8) If materials are stacked around the residential area or the school, fence shall be

constructed and special person shall be designated for attending.

2.2 Site Clearing

(1) In the operation area, construction site shall be cleaned and residual material shall be

disposed properly when construction work is completed, and the material can’t be

immediately removed shall be put neatly.

(2) All construction wastes shall be taken away and original ecology shall be recovered when

construction work is completed.

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2.3 Material Stacking

(1) Principles for stacking of pipes are to achieve stacking by type and specification under the

conditions of stable stacking and ensuring safety. Materials of different types shall be stacked

individually to avoid mixing and mutual corrosion;

(2) It is forbidden to store articles that have corrosion to pipes around the pipe stack;

(3) Materials of the same type shall be individually stacked according to their entering;

(4) For exposed steel pipes and section steels, wood pad or boulder strip shall be inserted

under the steel pipe and the stack shall have a slight inclination to facilitate discharge;

moreover, straight placing of materials shall be kept to avoid deformation caused by bending;

(5) Pipe stack height shall not exceed 1.2 m for manual operation and shall not exceed 1.5 m

for mechanical operation, and stack width shall not exceed 2.5 m;

(6) Certain channel shall be left between stacks. Check channel is normally 0.5 m, and access

channel shall be subject to material size and transportation machinery and it is normally not

less than 1.5 m;

(7) Stack bottom elevation: if the warehouse has a sun exposure cement floor, 0.1 m can be

elevated; if it has a mud floor, 0.2~0.5 m shall be elevated. If the warehouse is an open area,

0.3~0.5 m shall be elevated for the cement floor and 0.5~0.7 m shall be elevated for the mud

floor.

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Annex D： Regulations on Management of Construction Camp of

Pipeline network Component

1 Rules of Conduct of Construction Camp

During project construction, mutual effect between constructor and local community is the

potential adverse impact that is mainly concerned. Therefore, rules of conduct shall be

formulated to summarize proper behaviors, addictive drug and alcohol prohibitions and

importance of conformity with related laws and regulations. Each employee shall, during the

employment, understand rules of conduct and be restrained by it. The rules of conduct shall be

publicized at the location which is easily accessible, and it shall include (but not limited to)

following measures:

-All workers and Contractor shall follow Chinese laws and regulations.

-Illegal articles, weapons and firearms, and other dangerous goods, etc at the construction

camp are prohibited.

-Pornographic materials at the construction camp are prohibited.

-It is forbidden to whore.

-It is forbidden to get drunk, play Mahjong or have a gambling behavior.

-It is forbidden to quarrel or fight.

-It is forbidden to take addictive drugs, etc.

-It is forbidden to prey on wild animals.

-It is forbidden to keep pets.

-It is forbidden to cause troubles around.

-Behaviors disrespecting to local customs or traditions are prohibited.

-It is not allowed to excavate, resell or plunder fossils.

-It is not allowed to make behavior damaging historical sites of Diaoyutai Ancient Rock

Cave.

-Keep proper dressing and hygienic standards.

-Keep proper hygienic standards of accommodation area.

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-Workers living in the camps shall follow the rules of conduct when going to Local County or

Town.

-The behavior violating related codes of conduct and camp regulations shall be punished.

2 Impacts of Construction Camp Wastewater and Mitigation Measures

The construction of Gas Pipeline Network Component is mobile. The peak number of

workers will be less than 8, private house nearby shall be rented as construction camp.

In the construction area, the pit toilet would be adopted. The feces would be collected by the

nearby villagers for fertilization. After the completion, the pit toilet would be backfilled with

earth. No flushing wastewater produced; Drinking water is same with the local villagers,

water sources that meet local drinking water standards.Fewer construction personnel on site,

the peak number will not exceed 8 people, the amount of waste water discharged is less.

According to per capita production of sewage for 0.04m3/d. the amount of sewage generated

is only 0.32m3/d. Hand washing water can be sprinkled to suppress dust. Other small amount

of living water be collected into the bucket, after precipitation, use the upper clean water to

spray the dust and the bottom dregs be dumped into the trash bin.

Small amount of wastewater can be incorporated into the drainage system of the local villages;

The other wastewater is small amount of Equipment flushing water containing a small amount

of sands and other sediment, which can be directly spilled on the road for dust suppression. It

has no impact on local surface water and ground water.

3 Impacts of Construction Camp Waste and Mitigation Measures

The rented construction camp produces some domestic waste and the number of constructors

at peak time is normally 8 persons, so domestic waste output is 4 kg/d calculated based on the

production of 0.5 kg/person.d.

The local sanitation department has a trash bins for each resident。Domestic wastes shall be

delivered by the local sanitation department to domestic waste disposal site for harmless

disposal. EA requires that lime should be sprayed or commodity drug be purchased for

disinfection in summer, through which living and sanitary environment of constructors are

ensured and incidence of infectious disease of constructors and surrounding environment

caused by domestic wastes are effectively controlled.

By taking the above-mentioned measures to prevent pollution, the environmental impact of

the construction camp waste can be minimized and accepted.

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4. Eating and Drinking Hygiene Impacts of Construction Camp and

Mitigation Measures

（1）Drinking water of construction camp is local residents water source, which is managed

by the designated person. Water containing containers shall be cleaned and disinfected every

day and shall be capped when using; moreover, the containers can’t be placed at the location

that is easily affected by dust, waste gas or wastewater.

(2) The person who is suffered from viral hepatitis, active tuberculosis or diseases that

seriously affect food hygiene can’t be engaged in dining hall works; the person who is

suffered from cough, diarrhea or diseases that affect food hygiene shall immediately leave the

post, and can take the post again only after identifying cause of the disease, removing the

disease or regaining the health.

(3) For purchasing of foods, certificate claiming shall be made in accordance with related

provisions. Moreover, place where foods are purchased shall be relatively fixed to ensure their

quality. Foods that are putrid, oily sour, mildew, worm eaten, dirty, foreign matter mixed or

offensive to sense organs, foods that contain poisonous and harmful substances or polluted by

poisonous and harmful substances as well as foods that are harmful to human health can’t be

purchased. Unacceptable meats and their products, and packaged foods exceeding quality

guarantee period or failing to meet food label shall be checked.

(4) Foods shall be kept by category, shelf, partition wall and lifting, and shall be periodically

checked, and foods that deteriorate or foods exceeding the quality guarantee period shall be

timely handled. Poisonous and harmful goods and personnel living goods can’t be stored at

the food storage site. Raw food, semi-finished food and cooked food shall be stored by larder.

(5) Dining hall managers shall frequently check safety and hygiene of the dining hall to

ensure sanitation and hygiene of rooms, tools and personnel.

(6) Eating and drinking hygiene safety and sanitation education for constructors shall be

strengthened. Hand washing is required before meals to prevent disease entering by the

mouth.

5 Disease Control of Construction Camp

The construction camp is staffed with dedicated or part-time sanitation workers. Garbage cans

are reasonably provided at the construction site and they shall be timely cleaned and

disinfected (sprinkling lime powder or spraying disinfectant, etc). Overflow phenomenon of

the garbage can is not allowed and garbage can’t be arbitrarily put at any corner of the site.

Drinking water collectively supplied for the construction camp shall be managed by the

designated person. Water containing containers shall be cleaned and disinfected every day and

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shall be capped when using; moreover, the containers can’t be placed at the location that is

easily affected by dust, waste gas or wastewater.

The construction camp uses pit toilet, and it shall be far from dining hall and arranged in the

downwind direction of the construction camp. Cleaning shall be made periodically by the

sanitation department. After the construction completes, the pit toilet is disinfected by

spreading lime and buried by covering soil.

For petty dealers and entertainment venues, etc taking the constructors as the main service

objects, approval of local commerce department shall be obtained to prevent and control

communicable diseases.

Construction Contractor shall prepare various first-aid medicines, strictly control purchase

channel and periodically check inventory to prevent use of quack medicines and out-of-date

medicines.

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Annex E: ECOP Checklist

1 Site Checklist Prior to Construction Commencement

Subproject：Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project Contract No. & Location :

Name of Project site: Weather of the day:

Check Person: Date of check:

No. Environmental problems Results (marking “√”) Remarks

1

Whether the project touches security policies

of the World Bank such as natural habitat,

physical cultural resources and involuntary

resettlement?

Yes□ No □ N/A □

2 Whether there are important vegetations or

trees in project land occupancy scope? Yes□ No □ N/A □

3

Whether project pipe network construction

causes significant effects on travel of nearby

residents?

Yes□ No □ N/A □

4

Whether there are publics (residents, schools,

hospitals and office concentration area, etc)

easily to be affected by the project?

Yes□ No □ N/A □

5 May cause living quality deterioration of

nearby towns Yes□ No □ N/A □

6

Whether project construction requires

interruption of municipal services (including

water, electricity, telephone and bus route,

etc)?

Yes□ No □ N/A □

7 Whether project construction requires

Relocation? Yes□ No □ N/A □

8 Whether rainy season may be affected by

floods? Yes□ No □ N/A □

9 Whether temporary land of the project

occupies the land beyond the project area? Yes□ No □ N/A □

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Subproject：Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project Contract No. & Location :

Name of Project site: Weather of the day:

Check Person: Date of check:

No. Environmental problems Results (marking “√”) Remarks

10

Whether construction scope of the project

involves municipal service pipeline such as

water supply and power supply, etc

Yes□ No □ N/A □

11 Whether there is surface water body within

and nearby construction scope of the project? Yes□ No □ N/A □

Others Yes□ No □ N/A □

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2 Environment Checklist of Construction Site

Environment Checklist of WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

I. General

requireme

nts

1.1 Whether effective measures for preventing air,

water and soil, wastewater and noise pollution and

improving environmental health are available in

construction organization design of the project?

1.2 Whether construction site environmental

protection, environmental health management and

inspection systems are established?

1.3 Whether construction site environmental

protection and environmental health management and

inspection records are available?

1.4 Whether necessary protective equipments are

provided for the worker and whether effective

occupational disease prevention measures are taken?

1.5 Whether physical examination and training for

personnel engaging in works with occupational

hazards are periodically conducted (related physical

examination evidence and training record shall be

available)?

1.6 Whether dietetic hygiene and heatstroke

prevention, cold resistance and warmth maintenance,

and epidemic prevention works of the constructor are

well done by combining seasonal characteristics?

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Environment Checklist of WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

1.7 Whether educational training and evaluation for

constructors at the construction site include contents

of environmental protection and environmental health

related laws and regulations (related records and

evidentiary materials shall be available)?

Others (please specify)

II. Site

layout

and

temporar

y facility

constructi

on

2.1 Whether construction area at the construction site

has a clear division with office and living areas and

whether corresponding isolation measures are taken?

2.2 Whether the construction area is clean and tidy?

2.3 Whether the construction site is marked with

company name or has company sign and whether

acceptable project information board is arranged?

2.4 Whether the public is notified in advance when

construction interrupts travel of the residents?

2.5 Whether existing buildings and infrastructures are

used as the temporary facility of the construction site?

2.6 Whether land occupation of temporary building

newly constructed is reasonable and whether it meets

safety and fire prevention requirements (related

evidences shall be available)?

2.7 Whether construction of temporary facilities uses

clay brick?

2.8 Whether oils and articles stored in construction

site are provided with dedicated warehouse and also

warning sign?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

2.9 Whether ground of the oil warehouse has a

anti-seepage treatment and whether emergency

accident treatment materials such as adsorption

bag/sand/sawdust, etc are prepared in the warehouse?

2.10 Whether employee dormitory is built in the

uncompleted building?

2.11 Whether temporarily constructed facilities are

removed within one (1) month after completion of the

construction project?

Others (please specify)

III.

Operating

condition

s and

environm

ental

safety

3.1 Whether the construction site is provided with

closed color steel fence with height no less than 1.8

m?

3.2 Whether the construction site is provided with

acceptable billboard to show information including

environmental protection, civilized construction

system and emergency disposal flow, etc?

3.3 Whether the project construction unit takes

protection measures to ensure safety of underground

pipeline adjacent to the construction project?

3.4 Whether schools and residential areas around the

construction project are taken with safety protection

measures and whether lighting indication device is

provided at the night?

3.5 Whether dangerous sections of construction site

are provided with obvious safety warning sign in

conformity with national standards?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

3.6 Whether fire-fighting equipments are properly

maintained and whether the escape way is smooth?

Others (please specify)

IV.

Raised

dust

pollution

control

4.1 Whether roads at construction site reasonably use

existing or proposed roads at and around the site?

4.2 Whether hardening treatment will be made

according to applications when constructing new

construction access roads and whether the road

section generating dust is sprinkled for dust

suppression?

4.3 Whether materials of the construction site are

collectively stacked?

4.4 Whether site selection for stacking materials is

reasonable?

4.5 Whether site material storage area is flat and

solid?

4.6 Whether bulk materials easily flying and of fine

particles at the construction site have a airtight storage

and handling and whether handling operation is taken

with sheltering measures?

4.7 Whether earth collectively stacked is taken with

measures such as covering, solidifying or greening,

etc?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

4.8 Whether exposed areas in office area and living

area at the construction site are sprinkled for dust

suppression and whether they are greened and

beautified by combining actual conditions?

4.9 Whether closed transport vehicles are used for

transporting soils, mucks and construction wastes?

4.10 Whether facilities for vehicle cleaning is

provided at entrance of the construction site and

whether concrete, asphalt, straw mattress or rubble

cushion courses are laid for the road between vehicle

cleaning equipment and construction site outlet to

avoid bring the mud out of the site?

4.11 Whether commercial concrete is used at the

construction site?

4.12 Whether earth backfill, transport and

construction possibly producing raised dust pollution

are prohibited in case of the weather of stronger than

moderate breeze?

Others (please specify)

V.

Harmful

gas

emission

control

5. Whether various wastes are burned at the

construction site?

5.2 Whether construction vehicles and machinery

equipments, etc are kept in good operation status?

5.3 Whether construction materials select the

acceptable materials tested by qualified testing

organization (conformity certificate shall be available

for the material)?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

5.4 Whether asphalt, coal tar corrosion prevention and

moisture proof treating agents are prohibited to be

used for boards and other wood materials used by

indoor decoration?

5.5 Whether kitchen in construction living area is

installed with oily fume treatment facility?

Others (please specify)

VI. Water

pollution

control

6.1 Whether wastewater of construction site is

provided with sedimentation basin?

6.2 Whether wastewater is directly discharged into

municipal wastewater pipe network or river?

6.3 Whether wastewater is reused or used for dust

falling by sprinkling after being precipitated?

6.4 Whether spoil disposal treatment is taken when

sediment of sedimentation basin reaches 1/4 of its

depth and whether the sediment is transported to the

designated place?

6.5 Whether dining hall is provided with oil separator

and whether a qualified transportation organization is

entrusted for a time cleaning?

6.6 Whether a closed pail is provided outside the

dining hall and whether it is timely cleaned?

6.7 Whether pit toilet at the construction site is

cleaned by the nearby resident?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

6.8 Discharge ditch shall be constructed at the

construction site and whether wastewater is reused for

dust suppression by sprinkling after being

precipitated?

Others (please specify)

VII.

Noise

pollution

control

7.1 Whether requirements of construction time are

strictly followed?

7.2 Whether surrounding residents are notified and

whether related procedures are handled when

constructing continuously at night?

7.3 Whether the construction site is taken with sound

absorption and sound insulation measures such as

sheltering, closing and greening, etc?

7.4 Whether equipments with low noise are used and

whether equipment maintenance is well made?

7.5 Whether equipments producing noise are arranged

at the side far from the residential area?

7.6 Whether equipments producing noise are taken

with sealing and noise reduction measures?

7.7 Whether construction vehicles are taken with

speed limit and no honking measures?

7.8 Whether equipments with large noise are arranged

in closed equipment room?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

VIII.

Waste

control

8.1 Whether closed garbage station is arranged at the

construction site, whether construction wastes and

domestic wastes are stored by category and whether

they are timely removed and handled according to

provisions?

8.2 Whether transportation of construction wastes in

building uses corresponding container, prohibiting

throwing?

8.3 Whether wastes produced from cleaning of

construction site are handled and recycled by

category?

8.4 Whether construction waste transportation unit

holds waste handling qualification proof and business

certificate approved by related departments?

8.5 Whether all construction earths and stones are

back filled?

8.6 Whether construction equipments have obvious

greasy dirt scattering?

8.7 Closed garbage station is provided at the

construction camp to collect domestic wastes of the

staff and it is timely cleaned and handled according to

provisions?

8.8 Pit toilet at the construction camp shall be timely

cleaned and removed and the septic-tank shall be

buried by covering soil after the construction

completes.

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

8.9 Whether all solid waste produced during the

construction are removed after the construction

completes.

Others (please specify)

IX. Soil

erosion

control

9.1 Whether discharge ditch is constructed to lead

water flow formed in rainy season away, thereby

avoiding washout of surface runoff to engineering?

9.2 Whether the temporary storage yard is fenced

around, whether its surface is compacted by manual

and whether sprinkling is made periodically for dust

suppression?

9.3 Whether attention is paid to cleaning and storage

of surface soil to ensure its utilization for vegetation

recovery after the construction completes?

9.4 Whether there is arbitrary excavation or

abandonment phenomenon during the construction?

Others (please specify)

X.

Protectio

n of

cultural

relics

10.1 If cultural relics are discovered or suspected

during the construction, it is necessary to stop

construction immediately and keep the scene intact,

and also report to the local administrative department

for cultural relics at once; construction can be restored

only after handling is made by the administrative

department for cultural relics.

10.2 When constructing, whether the construction is

strictly controlled within the red line?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

Others (please specify)

XI.

Vegetatio

n

protection

11.1 Whether the behavior of arbitrarily cutting down

trees outside the construction area exists?

11.2 Whether layout of the construction site is

reasonable (judged from reducing damage degree of

project implementation to vegetations)?

11.3 Whether effective measures are timely taken for

damaged vegetations and exposed soil caused by

construction to avoid soil erosion (measures of

covering gravel or planting fast-growing grass, etc are

taken)?

11.4 After the construction completes, whether the

original vegetation area damaged is recovered or

reasonably greened?

11.5 Whether alien species are introduced at

vegetation ecological restoration and greening?

Others (please specify)

XII. Risk

preventio

n

12.1 Whether accident prevention measures and

emergency plan are formulated?

Others (please specify)

XIII.

Occupati

onal

13.1 Whether warning signs or warning marks are

provided at operating post and equipment as well as

location easily causing occupational hazards?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

health 13.2 Whether the operator wears earplug for hearing

protection when working in a high noise

environment?

13.3 Whether the operator wears protective mask,

goggles, gloves and personal protective articles when

welding?

13.4 Whether the construction site is equipped with

cooling articles and whether rest time is reasonably

arranged when working in a high temperature

environment?

Others (please specify)

XIV.

Health

and

epidemic

preventio

n

14.1 Whether food, drinking water and rest area of

employees at the construction meet hygienic standard

(hygiene qualification shall be available)?

14.2 Whether dormitory, dining hall, bathroom and

toilet are provided with ventilation and lighting

facilities and whether they are maintained by the

designated person?

14.3 Whether dormitory at the construction site meets

requirements that open window shall be provided, bed

in dormitory shall be no more than 2 layers and no

wide bed is used?

14.4 Whether the dining hall has the effective

hygienic license issued by related department and

whether the cook has effective health certificate?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

14.5 Whether setting of the dining hall meets

requirements that it is far from pollution sources such

as toilet, garbage station and poisonous and harmful

place, etc?

14.6 Whether the dining hall is designed with

independent production room and storeroom, and

whether rat proof baffle no less than 0.2 m is provided

below the door leaf?

14.7 Whether toilet, health facility, discharge ditch

and dark and wet zone are periodically disinfected

(related records shall be available)?

14.8 Whether the living area is provided with closed

container, whether flies are destroyed periodically and

whether the container is timely cleaned?

14.9 Whether time reporting to health and epidemic

prevention department and construction competent

department of the place when the constructor is

suffered from communicable disease, food poisoning

or acute occupational poisoning and whether handling

is made according to related provisions of health and

epidemic prevention department?

Others (please specify)

XV.

Traffic

safety

15.1 Whether safety driving is emphasized to the

driver and whether safety education training is

periodically carried out?

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

15.2 Whether traveling time is restricted and whether

drivers drive by turns; Whether driving at dangerous

road and time is avoided?

15.3 Vehicles shall be periodically maintained.

Whether components approved by the manufacturer

shall be used? Parts shall be timely purchased for the

maintenance of the vehicle.

15.4 Whether separation of pedestrian and vehicles is

achieved?

15.5 Whether the local traffic management

department is cooperated to ensure smooth and

normal operation of the road?

15.6 Whether traffic safety and pedestrian safety

educations are carried out at village, school and the

location where crowds are gathered?

15.7 Whether local materials are purchased

maximally?

15.8 Whether automobile driver takes up the post with

certificate?

Others (please specify)

Others (please specify)

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Component name Site name

Contract No. and

name

Results

(marking“√”)

Remar

ks

Check items Yes No N/A

Construction stage at check: ______________________Check

date:__________________ Check time:________________

Weather

condition:s________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Signature of site checker:____________ Signature of person in charge of environmental

supervision:___________

Notes:

(1) In the column of remarks, information such as problems observed, descriptions for

nonconformities and suggestions for rectification and prevention activities can be filled

in.

(2) When measures are unacceptable or need to be improved at the site inspection, the

environmental supervisor shall immediately issue the “Environmental Protection

Rectification Notice” to the Contractor and mark the number of the Notice in the column

of the remarks. Details of rectification activities of the Contractor shall be additionally

recorded.

(3) This table is Environment Checklist of WB Financed Shanxi Gas Utilization Project

and it can be properly adjusted by combining local environmental conditions and

constructions according to specific subprojects and specific environmental problems to

take proper environmental protection measures.

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3 Environmental Protection Rectification Notice

Environmental Protection Rectification Notice

No.____________________________________________________________

Contract No. and

name_________________________________________________________________

Subproject

name:_________________________________________________________________

Construction site

name:_________________________________________________________________

Current construction

stage:_________________________________________________________________

Problems existed in site inspection:

Inspector:__________ Date:__________

Contractor analyzes problem causes and formulates rectification scheme:

Person in charge of Contractor:__________ Date:__________

Opinions of the environmental supervisor:

Person in charge of environmental supervisor:__________ Date:__________

Opinions of the environmental protection competent department (as necessary):

Contact:__________ Date:__________

Rectification deadline:

Please complete before______ (month) ____ (date) ____ (year).

Person in charge of Contractor:__________ Date:__________

Person in charge of environmental supervisor:__________ Date:__________

Review opinions:

Contact:__________ Date:__________

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4、List Of Environmental Protection Supervision before Project Completion and Delivery

Subproject：Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project Contract No. & Location :

Name of Project site: Weather of the day:

Check Person: Date of check:

No. Inspect Item

Check Result

（Marked

with “√”）

Not

Involve

（Marked

with “√”）

Remark: e.g. the

specific measures

taken by the project,

the inspected

problems, the

non-compliance

situations, the

proposed corrective

measures

Yes No

1

Wether the onsite construction

waste is taken to the project

designated place?

2

Wether ecological restoration

measures have been taken at the

temporary earth or waste dumping

site, if any?

3

Wether the traffic conditions of

rural road used as a construction

site become worse due to the

construction of this project?

4

Wether the stripped surface

mellow soil in project construction

is used for ecological restoration?

5

Wehter the temporary occupied

land during the construction

period is reclaimed?

6 Wether wastewater bins on the

construction site are cleaned?

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Subproject：Yangcheng Gas Utilization Project Contract No. & Location :

Name of Project site: Weather of the day:

Check Person: Date of check:

No. Inspect Item

Check Result

（Marked

with “√”）

Not

Involve

（Marked

with “√”）

Remark: e.g. the

specific measures

taken by the project,

the inspected

problems, the

non-compliance

situations, the

proposed corrective

measures

Yes No

7

8

Wether greening measures are

taken within the temporary

occupation area after the

completion of the pipe network

construction?

10 Whether greening measures are

taken for the sidewalk?

11

Wether the safety training or

education are carried out in the

county where the pipeline project

is located?

12

Is the local public satisfied with

the temporary ecological

restoration of the project?

14 Other (please specify)

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Annex F：Public Consultation and Information Disclosure

Online Disclosure: Public Consultation and Information Online Disclosure

194

Public Notices

Shangli Village Dongye Village

Zhongzhuang Village Shui Village

Nanguan Village BeiyaoVillage

195

Public Consultation and Interview

196

Disclosure of EA and EMP at local village commitee

Baisang Village Bei Anyang Village

Dongye Village NanyaoVillage

Village

Shangli Village Yanli Village

197

Locall Newspaper Announcement

198

Figure 1: Geographical Location of Subprojects

Original Subproject of Sahngi Gas Utilization Project

New Subproject of Sahngi Gas Utilization Project

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Figure 2: Schematic Diagram of “Building a Gas-fueled Shanxi”

Project

Ying County –

Zhangjiagang Line

(PetroChina)

Shaanxi – Beijing Line 1

(PetroChina)

Pipe diameter: 660mm

Length: 330km

Shaanxi – Beijing Line 2

(PetroChina)

Pipe diameter: 1016mm

Length: 260km

Shaanxi – Beijing Line 3

(PetroChina)

Yulin- Jinan Line

(SinoPec)

West-East Natural Gas

Transmission Project

(PetroChina)

Pipe diameter: 1016mm

Length in the province:

328km

West-East Natural Gas

Transmission Line 2

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Figure 3：Yangcheng County Gas Network Planning

Yangcheng County Gas Network

Planning

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Figure 4: Geographical Location and Noise Monitoring Points of

Yangcheng Gas Utilization Sub-project

Geographical Location and Noise Monitoring Points of Yangcheng Gas Utilization

Sub-project