Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management ...€¦ · PRC: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project, Private Sector Facility - Phase 1 Prepared

Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report

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Project Number: LN2627 January to December 2013

PRC: Songhua River Basin Water Pollution Control and Management Project, Private Sector Facility - Phase 1

Prepared by

Long Jiang Environmental Protection Group Company, Ltd.

Annual Environmental & Social Performance Report

Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.

Harbin·China

April 30, 2014

Reporting Period: January 2013 to December 2013

Report Completion Date: April 30, 2014

Prepared by LJEP Group Co., Ltd.

Disclaimer

The following information is only for reference instead of serving as formal legal documents or any other professional opinions. This report will not guarantee for statements or implications in any form.

This report is drafted by Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. Unless

specially noted, discoveries, instructions and conclusions herein only represent opinions

from Longjiang Environmental Protection Group instead of ADB board or its working staff.

Environmental & Social Performance Report (FY2013) LJEP Group Co. Ltd

Table of Contents

I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 2

A Background .................................................................................................................................. 2

B Objective ...................................................................................................................................... 7

II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT ..................................................................... 7

A ESPR Prepareration ...................................................................................................................... 7

B Environmental and Social Responsibility .................................................................................... 8

B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement .......................................................................... 12

B.2 Environmental and Social work plan ........................................................................ 15

III Environmental and social requirements compliance.................................................................. 21

A National requirements compliance ............................................................................................. 21

A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System .................................................. 21

A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements ................................. 23

A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection ................................................................. 32

A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues ............................................................ 40

B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements ..................................................................... 42

IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 44

V Summary of safety performance and corrective action .............................................................. 47

VI Important Events .............................................................................................................................. 51

VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange ................................................................... 53

A Utilization of sludge resources .................................................................................................... 53

B Corporation Social Responsibility Report .................................................................................. 57

Annex 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 58

Annex 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 61

Annex 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 63

Annex 4 ..................................................................................................................................................... 68

Annex 5 ..................................................................................................................................................... 75


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GLOSSORY OF TERMS & ACRONYMS

A2/O Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic Biochemical Reactor Process

CASS Cyclic Activated Sludge System

CSRR Corporation Social Responsibility Report

EA Executing Agency

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EPB Environmental Protection Bureau

ESMS Environment al and Social Management System

ESPR Environmental and Social Performance Report

ESA Environmental and Social Affairs

ESU Environmental and Social Unit

IPP Indigenous People Plan

IRP Involuntary Resettlement Plan

LJEP Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd.

QEMS Quality and Environmental Management System

SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor

SEPA State Environmental Protection Agency

SHMP Safety and Health Management Panel

SIA Social Impact Assessment

SMI Safety Management Institution

SRB Songhua River Basin

TTWE Tsinghua Tongfang (Harbin) Water Engineering Co., Ltd.

WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant


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ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

ESPR (2013)

Reporting Period: January 2013 to December 2013

Report Completion Date: April 30, 2014

I INTRODUCTION

A Background

1. Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as

“Longjiang Environmental Protection”), with its predecessor Qinghua Tongfang

(Harbin) Water Affairs Co., Ltd. established in May, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as

“Tongfang Water Affairs”), is a shareholding company mainly engaged in water affairs

environment protection project investment, construction and operation and owns living

sewage level A operation qualification issued by P.R.C Ministry of Environmental

Protection. In order to bring in strategic partners to make the enterprise stronger and

bigger, maximize the economic benefit of Asian Development Bank and Tsinghua

Holdings Co., Ltd. and other investors and maximize the social effect of the enterprise,

Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been adhering to the

human-centered and social service-oriented operation concept and actively fulfilling its

social responsibilities depending on the environmental management system.Through

close cooperation with Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and government and

various regional Committees and governments, the company is committed to

resolving long-term water pollution and worsening water quality issues in Heilongjiang,

SRB based on public services privatization in multiple forms, e.g. BOT, TOT,

cooperation construction and other franchised operation mode.

2. During the Eleventh Five-year Period and the Twelfth Five-year Period, Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company undertook more than 70% water

environment emission reduction tasks in Heilongjiang Province, realizing cumulative

wastewater treatment of 690 million tons, reducing COD by 0.19 million tons, including

cumulative wastewater treatment of 480 million tons, reducing COD by 0.13 million

tons in the capital city Harbin. By the end of 2013, the company had invested in and

operated 23 wastewater treatment factories (including sludge treatment plants) and


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running water companies, with total treatment capacity of 3.063 million cubic meters

per day, involving a total investment amount of 4 billion Yuan in the past 8 years.

3. Based on the water affairs sector and expanding water affairs market, the company is

hanging on to the favorable opportunity of environmental protection industry upgrade

fully implemented by the national government, accelerating the pace of deeply

extending to the environmental protection sector and committed to operating frontline

environmental protection project, including low-carbon economy, renewable resources

development and recycling advocated by the government. According to the

sustainable cooperative development strategy, in order to further improve the

operating efficiency of urban water supply, drainage, wastewater and sludge disposal

facilities, elevate the recycling ability of such resources as discarded electrical and

electronic products and automobile dismantling and improve urban living environment,

Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has signed Heilongjiang

Key Well-known Town Water Project Investment and Strategic Cooperation

Agreement, Heilongjiang Wastewater Treatment Factory Sludge Project Investment

and Strategic Cooperation Agreement, Heilongjiang Water and Recycling Project

Strategic Cooperation Agreement and Heilongjiang Environmental Protection and

Water Facility Entrusted Operation Strategic Cooperation Agreement with

Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Department and Heilongjiang Construction

Department authorized by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government respectively.

The Group has invested the Jiamusi Electrical Appliance Dismantling Project by

means of equity participation, occupying 1% equity of the project company and owning

the priority acquisition right of project equity .

4. On August 21st, 2013, the company won the first prize of Heilongjiang Technological

Invention for the “Theory and Technology for Membrane Pollution Control in Urban

Water Treatment Process with the Low-Pressure Membrane Method”. On August 21st,

2013, the company won the second prize of Heilongjiang Science and Technology

Advancement ward for the “New Biological Low-Temperature Enhanced Integrated

A/O Improved Technology and Sludge Internal Carbon Source Utilization Technology”.

On August 21st, 2013 the company won the second prize of Heilongjiang Science and

Technology Advancement Award for the “Study on the Coordination Rule of Each Link

of the Supply Water Treatment System under Low-Turbidity Water Producing

Conditions”.


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5. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company is deeply aware that

science and technology is the first productivity, so it has been vigorously strengthened

its scientific research team construction. During the report period, Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company’s application for establishing a

state-level post-doctoral scientific research workstation was officially approved by

relevant departments of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the

People's Republic of China and the National Administrative Committee of

Post-Doctoral Researchers, becoming the first environmental protection enterprise

owning a state-level post-doctoral scientific research workstation in Heilongjiang

Province. As an important carrier for bringing together high-end talents and an

important source of enterprise scientific and technological innovation, after the

establishment of the post-doctoral scientific research workstation, the research &

development and innovation work in the Group’s production and operation process will

be accelerated by depending on the doctors in the workstation and the scientific

research force of universities where those doctors are, which will promote the

sustainable development of the enterprise.

6. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been granted the

“Academician Workstation in the Environmental Microbiological Field” by Heilongjiang

Science and Technology Department, which has provided a good development

platform for the in-depth research in the microbiological field and greatly promoted the

scientific research work of the Group. The Group has imported new internationally

advanced physical/chemical/ microorganism analyzers to conduct water quality testing,

analysis and research, including such precision analyzers as PCR polymerase chain

reactors, artificial climate boxes, gel imaging analyzers and super low-temperature

refrigerators. Currently, the team in the Academician Workstation has researched and

developed a number of treatment processes and technologies and put them into real

application by means of research achievement transformation, improving operation

efficiency and reducing maintenance costs. In 2014, the Academician Workstation

plans to apply for one state-level scientific research project and 3 provincial-level

scientific research projects through cooperation with universities and research

institutes, obtain 2 invention patents and 3 utility model patents and publish 10

high-level academic papers.

7. Entrusted by Heilongjiang Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in

2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company operates and


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manages Heilongjiang Urban Water Supply and Drainage Association on behalf of it

and assists it in managing the work related to the routine management of Heilongjiang

Urban Wastewater Treatment Information System. Besides, Entrusted by Heilongjiang

Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Group organizes supply

water quality laboratory technician training in the whole province, elevates those

trainees, grants qualifications to those who have passed evaluation and issues

laboratory technician qualification certificates.

8. On October 24th, 2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company,

as a support unit, organized Heilongjiang Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation

Engineering Technical Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Engineering

Center”), with such units as Northeast Agricultural University and Heilongjiang

Environmental Science Society as joint construction units, involving a total investment

amount of 50.5785 million Yuan. The Engineering Center places focus on China’s soil

remediation market, conducting such work as actual microbial remediation of polluted

soil and improvement and comprehensive utilization of saline alkali land. The

Engineering Center has established two sets of mature technical and development

modes through multipoint small-scale tests in the field and pilot application in the

demonstration area, i.e. the polluted soil microbial remediation technology mode and

the “saline alkali land remediation-crop plantation” industrial chain development mode,

developed biological bacteria agents and soil improving agents and constantly

accelerated the industrialization process, truly realizing the organic combination of

theory and practice. By conducting the abovementioned research work, the

Engineering Center has cultivated a soil remediation and control technology research

& development team and the research in this direction will play a positive role in

protecting black soil resources, improving ecological environment quality and

safeguarding food safety and grain safety.

9. In 2013, there were a total of 3947 urban wastewater treatment facilities in operation in

China, an increase of 111 , compared with 2012, with total treatment capacity of 179

million cubic meters per day, showing additional treatment capacity of 3million cubic

meters per day, compared with 2012, with average daily treated wastewater amount of

148 million cubic meters. In 2013, there were a total of 110 urban wastewater

treatment facilities in operation in Heilongjiang, with total designed treatment capacity

of 4.682 million cubic meters per day and average daily treated wastewater amount of

4.587 million cubic meters, of which the total designed treatment capacity of the water


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factories under Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was 1.965

million cubic meters per day and average daily treated wastewater amount was 1.623

million cubic meters per day, occupying 42% of the total treatment capacity of the

whole province.

10. By the end of 2013, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company had

established 19 wastewater treatment plants and 1 sludge disposal plant and acquired

3 water supply companies: Mudanjiang Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water

Supply Company, Jiamusi Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply

Company and Jixi Running Water Company. Currently, the Group has 16 wastewater

treatment plants in normal operation: Harbin Taiping, Harbin Wenchang, Harbin

Pingfang, Harbin Xinyi, Harbin Taiping Wenchang Upgraded Water Plant1, Acheng

Phases I, Mudanjiang Phases I, Jiamusi East Region, Jixi, Anda, Zhaodong Phases I

and Ⅱ , Heihe Phases I, Ning’an, Fujin and Jiamusi West Region; Mudianjiang

Wastewater Treatment PhasesⅡand Acheng PhasesⅡ are under construction; the

Group will soon be entrusted to operate the Heihe Wastewater Treatment PhaseⅡ(at

the water passing and debugging stage) under entrusted construction management.

The construction of Harbin Sludge Disposal Project has been completed and currently,

it is at the commissioning stage.

11. In 2013 September, the RMB230 million loans from Asian Development Bank (ADB)

arrived, with great favorable conditions offered in terms of the loan period and interest

rate, compared with the loans from domestic banks. The utilization of the loan from

ADB will further elevate the Group’s energy-conservation and emission-reduction level

in terms of fund utilization, technical research & development and management and

play a demonstration and leading role in loan mechanism innovation. During the report

period, the Group obtained approval of Heilongjiang Environmental Protection

Department about the clean production review of Harbin Taiping Wastewater

Treatment Plant and Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant. Experts have agreed

that the wastewater treatment facilities of Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant and

Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant have helped make significant achievements

in terms of energy conservation and emission reduction.the disposal plants affiliated

with LJEP include two sewage disposal plants with sovereignty loan provided by ADB

East Asia Bureau, which are separately Harbin Xinyi Sewage Disposal Plant and Fujin


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Sewage Disposal Plant. Both of them use ADB public sector loan approved in 20081,

constructed by state-owned company and handed over to Longjiang Environmental

Protection for operation, maintenance and management.

12. Attachment I provides basic information of sewage disposal plant and water supply

company affiliated with LJEP , including the current operation status or different stages

governing expansion.

B Objective

13. Environment and social performance report (ESPR) is to disclose the company's

implementation of environment and social management system during the report

period and compliance with ADB environment and social requirements, its sub-project

(or activity)’s adaptation to national and actual local condition and regulations,

including environment monitor plan, environment management implementation,

stakeholder participation, community relation, gender equality, health and occupation

safety. In 2011, the ESPR is mainly centered on the implementation of all stages of

sub-project (or activity) of LJEP, including:

(i) Various sub-project (or activity)'s compliance with environment and social

management requirements;

(ii) Various sub-project (or activity)'s implementation in terms of environment and

social management;

(iii) Occupational health and safety performance and major highlights;

(iv) Sustainable development programme, and community relations.

II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT

A ESPR Prepareration

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Email: [email protected]

Enterprise web site: www.ljep.com.cn

Signature: Piao Yongjian

Date: April 30, 2014

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B Environmental and Social Responsibility

14. In order to meet the requirements of the environmental and social management

system, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established

the Environmental and Social Management Department (hereinafter referred to as

ESU) based on the existing organizational structure. ESU is an organization

specifically engaged in environmental and social affairs management, affiliated to the

Top Management Board of Directors, with main functions including guiding and

coordinating the implementation of each department and subproject in environmental

and social aspects; conducting liaison work with functional agencies of governments

responsible for environmental and social affairs; disclosing information related to

environmental and social affairs on a regular basis; interacting and exchanging with

communities. The chart below is the framework of the Environmental and Social

Management Structure of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company.

Board of directors

Executive vice president

ISO9001:2008ISO14001:2004

ADB’S environment social

management system principle

Investmen departmen

t

Finance department

Production plan

department

Research and development department

Environmental and social management department

Engineering construction management department

Harbin Mudanjiang Jiamusi Jixi Zhaodong Fujin Anda NinganOthercities

Heihe

.

.

Enironmenfal protection and social management department

Vice president

President

Water quality monitor centre

HR rerces departmentsou

Production dispatch centre

R&DTechnical centre

The W ater Q uality

M onitoring Center


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The individuals below (Table 1) hold responsibility for environmental and social

performance in the organizational structure of LJEP and at the subprojects/activities sites.

All the listed staffs in Table 1-1 are also LJEP’s ESU leading group members who together

ensure the corporation performs well in environmental and social front. In Table 1-2 is the list

of environmental and social management working groups of each subproject and in Table

1-3 is the list of members of the Environmental and Social Management Office.


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Table1-1 Environmental and social Management Leading Group

Headman: Piao Yongjian(CEO)

Deputy Head: Yu Xibo(Standing Deputy CEO)

Liu Song(Deputy CEO, In charge of investment and social affairs)

Zhang Fugui(Deputy CEO, In charge of environmental management)

Members:

Name Department Title ContactInformation

Liu Qiang Financial Department General Manager 13845106042

Xu Runzhi Investment Department General Manager 13603656133

Chen

Lingjun Human Resource Department person in charge 13359705598

Dong Peng Chairman office deputy director 18246644777

Liu

Wensheng

Engineering construction

management department General Manager

13339541109

Zhang

Haiyanga

Production plan department deputy general manager 13704816580

LiuLin Scientific Research General Manager 13903608536

Li Xiaowei Dispatch centre director 13633625641

Wang Naa

Environmental protection and social

management union person in charge 13946050289

An Jiuhai Mudanjiang LJEP water supply

company General Manager

13836367905

Wang

Jingyu Jiamusi water supply company General Manager 13555422666

Li

Xiaoqiang Jixi Running Water Company General Manager 13604687977

Wang Jie Mudanjiang WWTP General Manager 13904839088

Zhou

Qingzhu

Jiamusi LJEP Company Jiamusi

Eastern/Western WWTP General Manager

13945460148

Zhu Dejun Jixi Jiguan District WWTP Factory Director 13846009199

Yang

Weidong Heihe WWTP Factory Director 13904560953

Guan Fucai Fujin WWTP Factory Director 13945406588

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director


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Li Yan Ning’an WWTP Factory Director 13604631588

Ma Kuna Anda WWTP Factory Director 18245988620

He

Xiangguo Zhaodong WWTP Factory Director 15246695718

Guan

Zhenguo Harbin Xinyi WWTP Factory Director 15804631684

Zhao Feng Harbin Pingfang WWTP Factory Director 13804500256

a Female employees

Table1-2 Sub-project environmental and social management workgroup list

Name Department Title Contact Information

Shen Xuge Mudanjiang LJEP water supply

company

Minister of Production

Department 13359389838

Guo

Hongtu Jiamusi water supply company

Minister of Production


Yan Hua Jixi Running Water Company Minister of Production


Xu

Zhiqiang Taiping WWTP Process owner 18745068950

Sun Yulong Mudanjiang WWTP Process owner 13766601960

Xue

Kaijing Jiamusi Eastern/Western WWTP Comprehensive administra 13704545082

Liu Chen Jixi WWTP Process owne 13836559745

Cao Han Heihe WWTP Process owne 13845679425

Zhao

Lihong Zhaodong WWTP Process owne 13694621752

Xiao Tie Fuji WWTP Comprehensive administra 15845151755

Wang

Hongbin Anda WWTP Comprehensive administra 13634890133

Huo Xueyu Ning’an WWTP Process owner 13624631221

Hou

Fangzhou Harbin Xinyi WWTP Assistant factory director 15246695775

Sun Jian Harbin Pingfang WWTP Process owne 15331888029

Shi

Shengyu

Harbin Jincheng

Longjianghuanbao Company Comprehensive administra

a Female employees

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director

app:ds:factory

app:ds:director


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Table1-3 Environmental and social management office members list

Name Department Title Contact Information

Wang Naa

Environmental protection and

social management union person in charge

13946050289

Jian Yingyinga Environmental protection and

social management union Assessment Officer

13199513991

Ma Yuntao Quality & Managerial Center deputy director 18845763110

Kang Shuanga Investment Department Project Manager 13703624610

Chen Chao Investment Department Project Manager 13766812433

a Female employees

B.1 Overall Staff and Institutional Arrangement

15. In the aforementioned organizational diagram and table 1, LJEP will entrust a batch of

high qualified staff from various departments to serve as ESU members. All

environmental protection and social management leadership personnel and work staff

has good professional and academic background (the leadership group boasts of 6

senior engineers, 12 engineers and 5 assistant engineers), in 2012,LJEP conducted at

least two internal training concerning environmental and social management plan

implementation, In November, the Group employed Dr. Zhou Jian, a consultant from

ADB to provide the Environmental and Social Management Department and the

Investment Department with training related to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement,

social management systems and corporate social responsibility. In addition, the

Environmental and Social Management Department provided the water factories

under the Group with special poisonous chemicals-related training to enhance their

ability to purchase, use and manage poisonous chemicals. All members are from

LJEP management layer , all function departments and the affiliated branches or

water plant; Further more, each of them have the ability to assume the task of

management study, policy and management rule formulation and organization

authority, implement quality and environmental management system and


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environmental monitor and information disclosure during implementing social

management scheme of all sub-projects (or activity). In order to perform its duties, the

ESU recruits 12 staff owning bachelor or master degree in environmental science,

environmental engineering, water supply and drainage, chemical analysis, ecology,

etc.Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company arranges for

department personnel to receive relevant training on a regular basis to improve

employees’ quality and professional ability. During the report period, in Box 1, the main

duties and responsibilities of the ESU are given.In order to ensure sound management

on safety and occupational health, LJEP establishes safety and health management

panel (SHMP) from group legal person to all sub-projects. In terms of the company's

high-level management, the SHMP is led by chief executive vice president, who is in

charge of operation management and directly report to the president. The SHMP

consists of representatives from security department, project management

department, HR development management department, ESU, finance department

and investment department. With regard to sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually

composed of sub-project company general manager, deputy general manger, HR

principal, safety engineer, technical personnel and safety technicians. All special

safety and health personnel have received training on related regulations, rule, articles

of association, standard and other governing compulsory regulations and are capable

of implementing daily management.


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16. In order to ensure sound management on safety and occupational health, LJEP

establishes safety and health management panel (SHMP) from group legal person to

Column 1. The main tasks and responsibilities of ESU

The research and formulation of environmental and social policies, laws,

regulations and management aspects.

Onsible for the preparation of environmental impact assessment (EIA), social

impact assessment (SIA), environmental management plan (EMP), involuntary

resettlement planning (IRP), and indigenous people plan (IPP), and

environmental and social performance report (ESPR) .

Organizing the completion environmental protection acceptance and operation

qualification and wastewater discharge permit handling of each project

undertaken by the Group Company.

Supervise and inspect the implementation of the ISO9001-14001 system and

ESMS, to put forward the improvement plan for the deficiency identified.

Coordinating the environmental projection management and environmental

protection monitoring work of the Group Company.

Supervision and evaluation of subproject (or activities) on the environmental and

social effect aspects.

Managing energy-saving and emission-reduction work, organizing the

preparation of annual energy-saving and emission-reduction project plans and

monitoring the implementation of such plans.

Communication with government function institutions, general public ,ADB,

stakeholders and other personnal; Coordinate social relations; Information

disclosure and resolve complaints, In response to environmental and social

questions.


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all sub-projects. In terms of the company's high-level management, the SHMP is led

by chief executive vice president, who is in charge of operation management and

directly report to the president. The SHMP consists of representatives from security

department, project management department, HR development management

department, ESU, finance department and investment department. With regard to

sub-project of LJEP, the SHMP is usually composed of sub-project company general

manager, deputy general manger, HR principal, safety engineer, technical personnel

and safety technicians. All special safety and health personnel have received training

on related regulations, rule, articles of association, standard and other governing

compulsory regulations and are capable of implementing daily management.

B.2 Environmental and Social work plan

17. In the reporting period, LJEP mainly focused its environmental and social efforts on

implementation and upgrade of its certified Quality and Environmental Management

System (QEMS based on ISO 9001-14001); enforcement of ESMS according to

ADB’s requirements and integrating it into existing system; environmental monitoring

and reporting; public relationships related to environmental and social affairs; relevant

trainings for environmental and social staff; safety and occupational health care;

development and adoption of innovative technologies in wastewater and sludge

treatment.

18. LJEP Function Departments, major environmental and social work is classified as:

(i) The ESU authorizes to advance the company's overall environmental

management system and social management implementation to maintain

their effectiveness, consistence and continuous update. Another task of the

company is to monitor operation activities, gather, analyze, report and

disclose data related to environment, provide feedback advice to related

department and board and coordinate relief measures taken by various

departments. This department shall also ensure communication among

environmental management departments at various levels and resolve the

public complaint on environmental issues. It is worth mentioning that during

the report period, the three projects, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II

and Harbin Sludge undergone the audit of ADB and submitted relevant

documents, including social audit reports and environmental management

plans, as required. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share


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Company has established its internal project environment and social

management process to facilitate the smooth progress of environmental and

social management work.

(ii) The Security Department is responsible for examining and approving the

structure of the safe production management system of each unit under the

Group; establishing and perfecting the standardized management system for

safe production; organizing the preparation of safe production and safe

construction targets, and implementing safety evaluation; responsible for

evaluating the safety of protective equipment and facilities, setting,

monitoring and managing key points of safety management, organizing

safety inspection and hidden danger rectification and implementation;

organizing each unit’s preparation of emergency rescue plans for work safety

accidents; organizing the drills of such emergency rescue plans for work

safety accidents and the construction of emergency rescue teams;

organizing each unit’s safety publicity, education and training work and

helping relevant departments to publicize safety science and technology and

advance the construction of enterprise safety culture; supervising and

inspecting the safety management of construction projects; organizing the

investigation and treatment of work safety accidents; responsible for safety

management of fire fighting, fire prevention, security, safety facilities and

special equipment; responsible for vehicle management of each unit (please

provide detailed decomposition); responsible for occupational health and

industrial hygiene management, coordinating protective equipment, facilities

and supplies management and monitoring on-site safety management of

production units; responsible for the archiving management of all inner safety

data and inspecting and guiding each unit’s inner safety management.

(iii) The Financing Center is responsible for working out financing resource

planning, preparing and organizing the implementation financing resource

optimization schemes; formulating annual financing plans, working out and

implementing special financing implementation plans; participating in capital

operation and asset reorganization management.

(iv) The production planning department integrates environmental and social

requirements into LJEP’s operational specifications, codes, and production

planning. It is also demanded to take environmental and social requirements

into account when designing investment and operational modalities, which is


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a key task of the department. This department has a command center under

it ,taking care of daily operational activities of all the components of LJEP

including the environmental and social performance. The command center

supervises implementation of QEMS and ESMS in subprojects/activities, and

carries out actions to correct any arising incompliance. It also plays as a

statistician to provide timely and accurate statistics reflecting the

environmental and social achievements.

(v) The human resource department sets up appropriate staffing standard to

ensure adequate and qualified management and/or technical personnel will

be allocated to the positions with environmental and social responsibility. It

also undertakes due diligence on the staff performance. Meanwhile, this

department makes and implements environmental, safety, and occupational

training plans; arranges physicals for the whole staff; and promotes health

care and other welfare for the employees. This department, the

Party-Masses Work Department and the Planning Department works in a

united office, mainly responsible for affairs management, trade union

management and enterprise culture construction and publicity work.

(vi) The investment department is entitled to manage preparation, finalization

and acceptance to operation of the construction projects. Hence it takes

charge of ESAs emerged in the two kinds of phases of the project cycle. This

department also communicates with ADB and other shareholders about

ESAs on behalf of LJEP’s management board. Theoretically, the investment

department may be confronted with resettlement complaint and indigenous

people grievance, therefore a resettlement plan (RP) and a indigenous

people plan would be readily prepared and implemented. However, as

explained in paragraph 26 and 27 below, there were never such challenges

appearing in the reporting period.

(vii) The project management center is commissioned to engage all the ESAs

during the project construction phase. Potential ESAs include conventional

air pollution, wastewater, noise & vibration, impairment on ecosystem, and

any other social impacts that are liable to causing serious complaint and

impedance to the project. Nevertheless, the project staff actually had little

troubles in the reporting period.

(viii) The Scientific Research and Development Department should keep pace

with the times to grasp advanced technologies and conduct production


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process innovations bravely based on the actual situation to make them

closely connected with the subprojects (or activities) of Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company. At the same time, the

Scientific Research and Development Department provides solutions to

process-related problems by means of independent or joint research. During

the report period, the Technical Center has studied a set of optimized sludge

disposal process for considerable reduction and reutilization of sludge. The

study has got success.

(ix) The Water Quality Monitoring Center: mainly involved formulating quality

objectives, organizing the preparation of water supply and wastewater

treatment and water quality management plans, establishing and

consummating water quality management systems, formulating water quality

inspection, monitoring and management rules, regulations and technical

specifications, formulating internal control standards, organizing the water

quality inspection, monitoring, detection and appraisal work of water supply

projects and wastewater treatment projects, taking responsibility for water

quality sampling inspection work, organizing prevention and treatment of

disqualified water quality problems such as abnormal water quality, guiding

water quality inspection and monitoring business, organizing the technical

training of Lab technicians and monitoring personnel, organizing the annual

business performance evaluation of inspection, monitoring personnel and

Lab technicians; assisting relevant government departments in investigating

water pollution incidents, submitting unified water quality monitoring data and

conducting water quality equipment and facility management.

(x) The financial department commits fully to providing financial support for

ESAs as cost of environmental training, expenditure in monitoring, payment

for new techniques of sludge treatment, etc.

(xi) President Office: Under the guidance of President and Vice President, the

President’s Office is mainly responsible for administrative management,

general affairs management, non-investment legal affairs coordination and

management, letter and call management of the Group Company and the

organization and implementation of large-scale theme activities. There is an

archives office under it, working in a united office with the Enterprise

Management Office, mainly responsible for participating in organization


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setting and adjustment and defining responsibilities and duties of each

department; coordinating the construction of rules and regulation systems;

organizing and optimizing the business process of the Group Company;

coordinating the operation performance appraisal of each department and

the units directly under the Group Company; Working out development plans,

establishing management systems and promoting enterprise cultural

construction.

19. For the sewage disposal plants and faucet water plants under operation, major environmental and social tasks within the report period include:

i. Carrying out QEMS and ESMS in their operational and maintenance activities

to ensure satisfactory environmental and social performance.

ii. Keeping wastewater treatment/water supply facilities in good conditions and

working well; tail water/running water meeting regulatory criteria respectively;

sludge being properly disposed; and other significant adverse impacts (e.g.

odor, garbage, sludge, and sewage per se) within allowable limits.

iii. Ensuring the on-line monitoring system doing well and reading out real time

data ceaselessly, as mandatory requirements of the environmental authority.

iv. Formulating environmental monitoring plans and preparing monitoring

reports.

v. Preparing corrective action plans in view of the adverse impact of projects on

the environment and society.

vi. Keeping vigilant and good scores of risk management by ensuring all the

positions and processes subject to potential risks (e.g. equipment failure,

power outage, overflow, pipeline damage, fire incident, and flood/water

logging) closely watch dogged and in control.

vii. Strengthening safety management and staff health care to avoid or minimize

incidental casualties and health hazard.

viii. Enhancing working skills and environmental awareness of the employees by

periodic training and routine education.

ix. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental

administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication,

information disclosure, and transparency.

20. Major environmental and social tasks concerning the ongoing sub-project:


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i. Strengthen environmental and social management and capacity building to

cope with thorny potential or newly emerged issues.

ii. Formulating and implementing mitigation measures against the possible

adverse impact on the environment during the project construction period

and preparing compliance monitoring reports.

iii. Superintending construction activities and ensuring that the contractors

strictly adhere to requirements of the project EIA and the detailed design, and

all the prescribed environmental protection measures (mainly for soil erosion,

noise & vibration, dust pollution, small volume of camp sewage and garbage,

etc.) are put in place according to the time-bound schedule.

iv. Undertaking due diligence on safety and occupational health of construction

labor force and promoting welfare for workers as much as possible;

maximizing social benefits.

v. Maintaining a good relationship with neighboring communities, governmental

administrators, and other stakeholders by proactive communication,

information disclosure, and transparency.

vi. Involuntary immigration and original inhabitant issue: when LJEP obtained

sub-projects, the local government and EA have completed land acquisition

and honored all compensations. According to the agreement signed between

LJEP and local government, when the permanent or temporary land use has

been handed over to LJEP, the power, water supply and road are already

available. The legal responsibilities arising out of immigration, compensation

and claim belong to the local government. On the other hand, among the

projects in 2013, only Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Project

requires land acquisition. The government is responsible for land acquisition

and relocation of the project and relevant costs. Long Jiang Environment

Protection Group Share Company doesn’t bear such costs. Currently, the

land acquisition and resettlement involved in the project has been completed

(The preparation of the land acquisition and resettlement report has been

completed by professional approved by ADB) and the construction of the

project has commenced.


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III Environmental and social requirements compliance

A National requirements compliance

21. From the very beginning when LJEP was founded, environmental and social

commitment has been always the core value of the corporation. Following and being

compliance with environmental and social laws, ordinances, regulations, codes, and

standards of national and local levels should be the first things first of LJEP's

environmental and social management. In fiscal year of 2013, the environmental and

social performances of LJEP and its all subjects/activities scored high points.

A.1 Quality and Environmental Management System

22. Prior to the establishment of environment and social management system required by

ADB, LJEP already established complete quality and environment management

system in 2009, in compliance with ISO9001 and ISO14001. Both systems were

certified on July 17, 2009 by HBQA and passed re-rating in 2013 (see attachment 2),

including all sewage service and related activities. ISO9001-14001 system plays a

very important role in LJEP’s sub-project. Related issues arising out of environmental

and social aspect are seen in column 2.


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23. LJEP's QEMS environmental factor identification needs yearly update2. In 2011, the

environment verification involved 161 items in environment and resources, covering

three major sub-protects, including LJEP Taiping Sewage Disposal Plant, Mudanjiang

Sewage Disposal Plant and Jiamusi East Area Sewage Disposal Plant; thereinto, 9

highlighted environmental factors are classified into 3 categories (e.g. water and soil

pollution, air pollution and energy conservation) which gets adequate attention. For

each environment and resource constraint, the QEMS confirms anticipated impact,

possible operation status and time framework, responsible department (or personnel)

and prevention complaint and relieving measures. Through this set of standard

method, LJEP guarantees quality of three sub-protects and continued improvement of

environmental management system so that different regulations and rules are met. At

the same time, 2013 quality and environmental management system supervision and

examination work is to be conducted in late May 2014 and completed by July 2014.

2 In August 2, 2012, pass HBQA and first re-rating review of quality and environment management system certification.

Column 2. Certified Quality and Environmental Management System

Continuing commitment environment friendly, social responsive and sustainable

development.

Policy framework defining LJEP’s strategy, principles, and objectives in

environmental and social fields and ensuring the national and local statutory

safeguard requirements are fully met.

Environmental, safety and occupational health responsibilities and obligations

assigned to every operation and activity.

Operational instructions to guide and regulate response to environmental,

safety and occupational health stresses for minimizing and mitigating risks and

adverse impacts of subprojects/activities.

Performance inspection and evaluation procedures to ensure due diligence on

and ever lasting improvement of environmental, safety and occupational health

performances.

Prompt, proper and effective correcting action plans for any emerging or

potential faults and defects in environmental, safety and occupational health

fields, including a scrutinized contingency scheme.

Records and reporting system to track the interactions with environmental,

safety and occupational health matters from top to bottom.

Institution for various types of training to promote environmental capacity

building and provide qualified staff with sufficient knowledge and skills in

environmental and safety domains.


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A.2 Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements

24. During the report period, All subprojects of Long Jiang Environment Protection

Group Share Company have been officially put into operation, of which the Phase II

BOT Project of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant has become formally signed,

Phase II of Mudanjiang Project commenced in December, the Construction of the

Expansion Project, Phase II of Harbin Acheng District Wastewater Treatment Plant

has commenced, the civil engineering and equipment installation of Heihe Phase II

with Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company in charge of

construction and management on behalf of the government have been completed,

with water passing and debugging not done yet. The land acquisition-related issues

involved in Phase II of a wastewater treatment plant under Long Jiang Environment

Protection Group Share Company have been solved, with a land certificated obtained

(Please refer to Attachment 3 for detailed information). In Table 2 are the requirements

of main environmental and social laws (regulations) and the compliance of Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company. Longjiang Environmental Protection

has no resettlement issue and/or case of impacting former local inhabitants.


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Table 2. Main Legislative/Regulatory Requirements and Compliance Statuses

Legislative Requirements

Title Title Title Title

Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law Environmental Protection Law

EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law EIA Law

Environmental Protection

Management Ordinance for

Construction Project

EIA requirements for projects. Provisions

on environmental management of the

whole project circle including design,

construction, acceptance to operation,

operation and close down.

Entirely satisfactory. LJEP managed

its subprojects/activities strictly

following stipulated procedures and

requirements.

LJEP mainly engaged itself in

successive construction, acceptance

inspection, and operational mgt.

Water Pollution Control Law;

Air Pollution Control Law;

Noise Pollution Control Law;

Solid Wastes Pollution Control

Law

Provisions on control requirements of

water, air, noise, and solid wastes

pollutions. Focuses are put on locating

pollution sources and relevant

management, pollutants treatment and

disposal, protection of water resource and

other environmental sensitive objectives.

Satisfactory. LJEP per se commits

fully to water pollution control and

preservation of water resources, with

considerate inputs on pollution control

of sludge, odor, and noise.

Large quantity of sludge cumulated in

past years was still causing serious

impacts on surroundings. It is the most

intrusive environmental stress and

LJEP’s first priority of environmental

concerns.

Management Regulation on

Environmental Acceptance

Inspection for Completion of

Construction Project

Procedural, functional, and performance

requirements for the specific

environmental acceptance inspection.

Violation of this SEPA Decree by any

project could result in banning to operation.

Fully satisfied. Operation

qualifications of all projects have been

obtained and environmental

protection acceptance of all projects

has been conducted as required by

laws and regulations. Except for

Phases Ⅱ of Mudanjiang

Wastewater Treatment Plant, Phases

Ⅱ of Acheng Wastewater Treatment

Plant and Phases Ⅱ of Heihe


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Wastewater Treatment Plant, all

projects under operation of Long

Jiang Environment Protection Group

Share Company have passed the

special environmental acceptance

and inspection.

Law of Promoting Clean

Production; Energy Saving

Law; Directive Inventory for

Adjustment of Industrial

Structure (2005)

Promotion of adoption of advanced

technologies and equipment, clean

materials and energy; encouragement of

recycling industries and comprehensive

utilization of resources; improvement of

production/service processes and

enhancement of production efficiency;

strengthening management of energy

consumption and product’s life-time cycle;

reduction of pollution; investment &

technological categories to be encouraged,

limited and banned.

Entirely satisfactory. LJEP has been

pushing clean production and energy

saving cross its all

subprojects/activities. Technologies

adopted by LJEP are listed as

encouraged category in the inventory,

also uptodate or appropriate and

commonly used. The corporation was

entitled with energy saving example of

Harbin Municipal by the government

in the past consecutive two years.

To address the long term sludge

pollution and transform the feces into a

useful resource, LJEP has started a

ambitious project aimed to devour the

huge sludge dump accumulated within

Harbin Wenchang WWTP compound at

a rate of 1,000 t/d by a new composting

technology which mixes the sludge with

straw and then ferments the mixture in

high temperature tank and finally get a

manure. This compost could be used as

an ameliorant for saline soil or for

afforestation.

Land Management Law;

Urban and Rural Planning

Law; Management Ordinance

for House Demolition in Urban

Area3.

Procedures of land acquisition, house

demolition and resettlement, and

application for permits of project locality,

building density, plot ratio, and construction

activities.

Fully met. All land acquisition and

resettlement had been finished with

relevant compensation in place. All

the project designs and constructions

strictly abided by relevant permits.

LJEP has never been involved in land

acquisition and resettlement activities

up till now. All its occupied lands either

permanently or temporarily are

appropriated or sold by local

governments.

Labor Law; Labor Contract Provisions on employment; establishment, Totally satisfactory. As a social LJEP has a staff of 1,480 employees

3 This ordinance will be replaced by Ordinance for House Acquisition and Compensation on State-Owned Land, promulgated by Decree of the State Council No. 590, taking effect from Jan. 21, 2011.


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Law; Women Rights and

Interests Protection Law

alteration, and abolishment of labor

contract; labor dispute arbitration; laborer ’s

rights and obligations, work hour and break

time/vacation, salary, safety and

occupational health; occupational training;

social insurance and welfare; protection of

women and minors; gender equity on

working, payment, welfare, social

insurance, and political interests.

responsive corporation, LJEP fully

respects legislative requirements of

social dimension and commits itself

and its subsidiaries to better fulfillment

of relevant duties. All the employees

have signed the labor contract and

enjoyed stipulated rights and

interests. Safety, occupational health,

training, social insurance and welfare,

and gender equity are highly secured.

No minor was employed. All the staffs

have endowment, medical, work

injury, maternity and unemployment

insurance, as well as other welfare.

among which 455 employees are

female (30.74% of the whole staff).

LJEP ensures every employee

receives fair and equitable treatment.

Most of female employees take on

administrative, technical, financial, and

fare collection positions working on day

shifts only and with middle or upper

level of payment. Female employees

can get more health care. All the

employees have a physical inspection

before engaged in position. Middle and

high level management staff can enjoy

physical on yearly basis.

Constitution of PRC; Law on

Regional National Autonomy;

Ordinance on Religious

Affairs; Relevant Policies of

People’s Government

Provisions on nationality equity, favorable

policies for development of minorities,

freedom of religious belief, etc. In addition,

governmental policies generally give

certain privileges to minority and religious

people.

Fully met. LJEP observes statutory

requirements of indigenous people

protection. LJEP and its subsidiaries

provide indiscriminate service to the

people in service area no matter what

nationality they belong to or what

religion they believe.

Within the corporation, LJEP also

follows an indiscriminate policy in

terms of employment, payment,

promotion, training, health care, and

other welfare. Mr. Piao Yongjian, a

Korean, as the CEO of LJEP, provides

a live example. Many employees are

Manchu, Korean, Hui, and Mongolian.

Law of the People's Republic

of China on the Protection of

Rights and Interests of

Women was passed on April

3rd, 1992

The state shall actively train and select

female cadres. State organs, public

organizations, enterprises and institution

unites must in appointing cadres, adhere to

the principle of equality between men and

women and attach great importance to the

training and selection of female cadres for

Fully compliant, Long Jiang

Environmental Protection Water

Supply Company respects equality

between men and women during the

recruitment and employment process.

The company has 597 female

employees, and unmarried female

employees enjoy marital leave,

maternity leave and special treatment

in the lactation period.


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leading posts. The state shall pay attention

to the training and selection of female

cadres and ethnic minority female cadres.

Requirements of Technical Policies/Guidelines/Codes

Title Title Title Title

Technical Policy for Urban

Wastewater Treatment and

Pollution Control; Technical

Guidelines for Urban

Wastewater Treatment and

Pollution Control

Detailed conditions for localities of

WWTPs, recommendations and

guidelines for wastewater and sludge

treatment technologies; prevention and

mitigation measures for secondary

pollutions on ambient air, water, soil,

acoustic environment, and groundwater.

Generally satisfactory. LJEP and its

subsidiaries all belong in national

encouraged categories. The localities

of LJEP’s WWTPs are sufficiently

separated form water sources, natural

reserves, residential blocks, and other

sensitive areas.

LJEP has so far been rarely engaged

in the location selection and other

earlier project preparation of WWTPs.

While it could happen in the future, this

issue has always been dealt with by

local governments or governmental

EAs till now.

Technical Policy (Tentative) for

Sludge Treatment and

Pollution Control in Urban and

Township Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Technical guidance for sludge treatment

and disposal by adoption of uptodate

technologies; recommendations for

pollution control and proper disposal.

Generally satisfactory. Sludge is

normally dehydrated to certain extent

and sent to landfill or just dumped

within the WWTP compound (e.g.

Harbin Wenchang WWTP).

Sludge dumping to landfill is facing

more and more restrictive conditions. A

sludge composting plant adopting

advanced technology was prioritized

and undergoing construction within

Harbin Wenchang WWTP compound.

Technology Guidance of Urban

Water Supply Facilities

Construction and

Transformation

The Whole-Process Drinking Water Safety

Guarantee Technology System, with its

contents involving 129 articles in 9

chapters, i.e. General Principles,

Technical Countermeasures, Raw Water

System, Water Purification Process,

Special Water Treatment, Emergency

Treatment, Water Supply Network,

Secondary Water Supply and Water

Quality Monitoring.

Complying with the original technical

standards Implementing new methods currently


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Notice of the Ministry of

Environmental Protection on

Strengthening Sludge Pollution

Control Work of Urban

Wastewater Treatment Plants

Strengthen prevention of environmental

risks caused by sludge, encourage rec

overing and utilizing the energy and re

sources in the sludge under the premis

e of safety, environmental protection an

d economy, comply with relevant state

and local pollution control standards an

d technical specifications during the wh

ole process of sludge production, trans

portation, storage, treatment and dispos

al and control sludge dehydration to a

moisture content below 50% before tra

nsporting it out of the plant for the pur

pose of storage (not for treatment and

disposal).

Basically compliant. Currently, the

sludge produced in the projects of

Harbin is transported to the east side

of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment

Plant for temporary solidification

treatment to reduce the moisture

content from 80% to below 50%.

Currently, 100,000.00 tons of solidified

sludge plans to be added to

construction waste and transported to

a landfill plant 7 km away from the

plant for backfilling.

Code of Urban Water Drainage

Engineering

Planning(GB50318-2000);

Operation, Maintenance and

Safety Technical Regulations

for Urban Wastewater

Treatment Plants(CJJ 60-94)

Detailed description and guidance on the

site selection, official network, planning,

preliminary design, construction design,

operation and safety management of

wastewater treatment plants.

Fully compliant. There are optimized

official wastewater collection network

and treated water gates in the local

areas of all wastewater treatment

plants under Long Jiang Environment

Protection Group Share Company.

The whole process of operation,

maintenance and safety management

is well planned.

The wastewater treatment plants under

Long Jiang Environment Protection

Group Share Company are

responsible for wastewater treatment

in main cities in the Songhua River

Basin, with the wastewater treatment

rate increased to over 70% by the end

of 2013. In 2013, the amount of treated

wastewater occupied 56% and 84% of


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the amounts of wastewater treated by

the wastewater plants in Heilongjiang

Province and Harbin City respectively.

Code of Urban Water Supply

Engineering

Planning(GB50282-98); Code

of Drinking Water Sanitation

Management of centralized drinking water,

guidance on water source selection and

health guarantee, production of qualified

drinking water, safety and control

pollution, sanitation requirements,

sanitation requirements for operators and

guidance.

Fully compliant. Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share

Company attaches great importance

to drinking water supply safety. During

the report period, Mudanjiang Long

Jiang Environmental Protection Water

Supply Company, Jiamusi Long Jiang


Supply Company and Jixi Running

Water Company under the entrusted

operation maintained 24-hour clean

running water supply.

Two water pipe burst accidents occurred in the water supply backbone network of Jixi Running Water Company and both accidents were treated in a timely manner, with water supply resumed within 24 hours, with no serious effect produced.

Relevant standard requirements

Relevant laws and regulations provision Compliance Note

Environmental Quality

Standards for Surface

Water(GB3838-2002);

Ambient

Air Quality Standards(GB3095

-1996); Environmental Quality

Standards for Noise

(GB3096-2008); Underground

Water Quality Standards

(GB/T14848-93);

Environmental Quality

Standards for Soil

(GB15618-1995)

Limit values and standards for all quality

indicators including surface water,

underground water, ambient air, acoustic

environment and soil.

Long Jiang Environmental Protection

Water Supply Company is an

environment-friendly enterprise and

has made great contributions to the

water quality improvement in the

Songhua River Basin. At the same

time, in order to ensure that the

environmental quality can meet

relevant standards, all plant under

Long Jiang Environmental Protection

Water Supply Company have been

doing their utmost to minimize

According to relevant laws, industrial

pollution sources should be

responsible for their pollution control

and ensure the emission of pollutants

complies with corresponding

concentration control standards.

Besides, the total emission amount of

pollutants should be less than that

stipulated in the standard of the local

environmental protection bureau. In

principle, a single industrial pollution

source is unable to responsible for the


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secondary environmental impact. environment quality

Standard for Pollutant

Emission

of Urban Wastewater

Treatment Plants

(GB18918-2002); Standard for

Integrated Wastewater

Discharge(GB8978-1996);

Standard for Wastewater

Discharged into Urban Sewers

(CJ3082-1999); Standard f

or Emission of Odor Pollutants

(GB14554-93); Standard for

Integrated Emission of Air

pollutants (GB16297-1996);

Emission Standard for

Industrial Enterprises Noise at

Boundary (GB12348-2008);

Noise Limits for Construction

Site(GB12523-90)

Limit values and standards for emissions

of wastewater, sludge and gas discharged

from different pollution sources, noise

equipment and emission of construction

dust.

Basically compliant. Long Jiang


Supply Company and its subordinate

companies have been making

constant efforts to mitigate and reduce

secondary pollution, including noise,

odor and other air pollution, sludge,

soil pollution and soil erosion as well

as adverse effect caused by

construction. The continuous

environmental monitoring result

shows that all environmental

indicators have met corresponding

standards.

As for some wastewater treatment

plants (such as Harbin Taiping

Wastewater Treatment Plant and

Wenchang Wastewater Treatment

Plant), pollutant control indicator limit

shall be based on specific agreements

and water intake and capacity shall be

considered by the local environmental

protection bureau. Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share

Company is expanding an expansion

project to improve treatment efficiency.

Once the expansion project is

completed, stricter control and higher

standards shall be adopted.

General Principles for the

Requirements of Safety and

Health in Production

Process(GB/T12801-2008);

Hygienic standards for the

Design of Industrial

Enterprises(TJ36-79)

Regulation on safe and healthy production

process, determination of safe and healthy

factors and general requirements for

protective measures for technology and

management safety and health and

suggestions for specific isolation distance

involved in public health and workers’

safety and health.

Fully compliant. Long Jiang


Supply Company and its subordinate

companies have been strictly

complying with safety and sanitation

standards and each detail,

determining all safety and

health-related factors and updating

them on a regular basis, ensuring

safety and sanitation-related

technologies and management

During the report period, no major

safety or health-related problems

occurred.


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measures available at any time.


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A.3 Regular environment monitor inspection

25. According to the above contents, LJEP has established a set of online monitor system, including all its sewage disposal plant and water plant. The monitor system works 24 hours a day so that LJEP's QEMS can respond to over target value to prevent direct or indirect damage on environment. This set of complete monitor system meanwhile provides complete monitor data to provide a sound platform environment performance inspection for LJEP within the report period. Besides, each sewage disposal plant is equipped with professional assay equipment. The following table lists major environment indicator of all sewage disposal plants and water plants. The monitor data shows that all sewage disposal plants and water plants of LJEP meets related standard requirements. Within the report period, there is no over target status

Table 3. Average Daily Air Pollution Monitor Data in 2012

Indicator

Smelly gas1

concentration (no

dimension)

H2S1

mg/m3

Ammonia gas1

mg/m3

Methane2

%

Standard value 20 0.06 1.5 1

Name of sewage

disposal plant

Harbin Wenchang 8~14 0.009~0.026 0.067~0.184 0.08~0.71

Harbin Taiping 8~13 0.010~0.027 0.053~0.220 0.11~0.52

Harbin Pingfang 9~14 0.007~0.011 0.080~0.301 0.10~0.69

Harbin Xinyi 12~15 0.005~0.007 0.061~0.121 0.25~0.27

Harbin Acheng 11~14 0.003~0.005 0.060~0.125 0.24~0.25

Mudanjiang 7~15 0.010~0.026 0.103~0.342 0.06~0.37

Jiamusi East Area 7~13 0.011~0.017 0.006~0.120 0.24~0.55

Jiamusi West Area

10~18 0.011~0.020 0.015~0.024 0.41~0.80

Heihe 9~13 0.005~0.008 0.065~0.209 0.22~0.69

Jixi 7~13 0.005~0.007 0.086~0.322 0.15~0.76

Zhaodong 11~16 0.003~0.005 0.065~0.132 0.21~0.28

Ning’an 12~15 0.014~0.028 0.010~0.024 0.44~0.85

Anda 11~16 0.007~0.015 0.104~0.135 0.11~0.35

Fujin 12~15 0.005~0.009 0.141~0.191 0.20~0.39

Note: 1 Urban sewage disposal plant discharge standard (GB18918-2002), category II 2 Smelly gas emission standard (GB14554-93), category II


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Table 4. Noise Monitor Data in 2013

Indicator Continuous equivalent sound

level in daytime (dBA)

Continuous equivalent sound

level at night (dBA)

Standard value 60 50

Name of sewage disposal

plant

Harbin Wengchang 45.3~54.8 35.8~46.1

Harbin Taiping 43.5~56.4 36.2~45.5

Harbin Pingfang 43.8~52.7 43.8~47.9

Harbin Xinyi 38.4~43.4 35.3~41.2

Harbin Acheng 42.5~52.2 41.8~47.7

Mudanjiang 37.1~52.8 39.7~46.4

Jiamusi East 42.4~49.3 34.6~37.2

Jiamusi West 44.8~48.0 33.4~42.8

Heihe 40.2~53.4 35.2~44.9

Jixi 43.8~54.2 33.3~42.7

Zhaodong 42.8~51.7 42.3~46.4

Ning’an 36.5~44.9 33.0~38.4

Anda 42.5~51.8 36.8~42.4

Fujin 44.2~50.2 42.3~45.3

Note: Industrial Company discharge standard, category II (GB12348-2008)


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Table 5. Sludge Monitoring Data in 2013

Indicator Sludge quantity in 2012 (ton) Sludge water content (%)

Name of sewage disposal

plant

Anda 80422 77.12

Fujin 93066 78.12

Total 18752 78.06

Anda 19832 77.85

Fujin 13036 77.42

Total 31070 79.93

Anda 9881 79.03

Fujin 6663.4 77.40

Total 3484 78.89

Anda 13662 77.83

Fujin 17658 78.43

Total 5904 78.77

Anda 8225 78.71

Fujin 4882 79.16

合计 326537.4

Note: Anda Sludge Disposal Plant was under official operation in November, 2010, with operation of sludge dehydration equipment delayed to April, 2011.


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Table 6. Water Supply Plant's Water Quality Monitor in 2013

(Annual average total analysis on a monthly basis)

Test Items

National

Institute of

Standards

Unit

Annual average treated water

Mudanjia

ng Jiamusi Jixi

smell and taste nought / nought nought nought

Visible objects nought / nought nought nought

pH 6.5 -8.5 / 7.20 6.94 6.84

turbidity 3.00 NTU 1.20 2.65 2.50

color 15 Degree 7.5 3.0 11.5

free chlorine ≥0.3 mg/L 0.35 0.40 0.38

Nitrates 10 mg/L 1.28 0.69 3.95

Total Hardness 450 mg/L 47.4 51.30 134.6

The amount of

oxygen

consumed

3 mg/L 2.85 0.99 1.95

Chlorides 250 mg/L 9.84 6.04 20.30

Iron 0.3 mg/L 0.2 0.18 0.25

Total number of

colonies

100 CFU/mL) 2.45 Not

detected

9.50

Total coliforms Not detected CFU/100mL Not

detected

Not

detected

Not

detected


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Table 7. Average Value of Monitor Data for Sewage Disposal Plant in 2013

Name

Design

disposal

capacity

103m

3/d

Total

disposal

volume

103m

3

COD

(mg/L)

BOD5

(mg/L)

SS

(mg/L)

NH3-N

(mg/L)

TN

(mg/L)

TP

(mg/L)

Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet Inlet Outlet

Standard value (category II)1

350 100 220 30 220 30 30 15 / / 6 3

Harbin

Wenchang 325 10145.5 304 50.1 165 8.07 240 13.0 33.60 2.45 39.12 16.20 4.49 0.54

Standard value (agreement)2

420 100 220 20 250 20 50 15 / / / /

Harbin

Taiping 325 10368.5 285 45.5 163 7.34 235 12.0 31.40 2.36 36.96 16.01 4.24 0.58


350 60 200 20 250 20 35 8（15） 45 20 5 1

Harbin

Pingfang 150 1281.3 251 41.5 123 10.9 253 17.0 38.42 2.50 48.11 16.50 7.05 0.62


500 60 220 20 250 20 40 8（15） 50 20 5 1

Harbin Xinyi 100 2228.1 617 37.9 215 3.92 460 13.5 49.3 1.72 58.53 14.04 7.05 0.62

Standard value (agreement)2 400 60 200 20 240 20 25 8（15） 35 20 6 1

Harbin

Acheng 500 1737.6 359 35.0 181 4.10 427 9.50 19.00 1.20 33.71 12.89 5.50 0.25


400 100 180 20 200 20 / / / 20 4 1

Mudanjiang 100 3633.0 214 44.3 76.5 9.67 175 15.5 20.70 0.76 26.80 18.50 2.82 0.83

Standard value (level II) 350 100 160 30 200 30 35 25 / / / /

Jiamusi

East 60 2310.0 220 21.9 95.5 6.24 146 8.11 21.43 1.33 25.74 7.01 1.83 0.32


350 50 160 10 200 10 35 5（8） 40 15 5 0.5

Jiamusi

West 50 1650.1 268 36.7 129 8.40 279 6.50 28.68 2.90 34.60 6.59 3.40 0.22

Standard value (level I B) 450 60 250 20 300 20 65 8（15） 70 20 7.5 1

Heihe 50 938.0 326 34.40 115 8.20 180 14.5 38.21 2.28 43.10 13.58 3.78 0.35


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Standard value (level I B) 400 60 200 20 200 20 45 8（15） 55 20 6 1

Jixi 50 1809.7 334 36.0 114 11.9 237 14.7 29.60 3.92 38.30 12.90 3.33 0.40

Standard value (level I B) 400 60 180 20 240 20 30 8（15） 40 20 6 1.5

Zhaodong3

50 1825.0 436 44.0 122 9.00 184 14.0 39.00 1.20 46.10 14.47 5.65 0.70

Standard value (level I B) 450 60 200 20 250 20 25 8（15） / 20 5 1

Ning’an4

20 1650.1 262 30.5 110 10.4 210 8.00 21.55 6.80 27.90 14.60 2.84 0.87

Standard value (level I B) 350 60 180 20 250 20 35 8（15） 50 20 5 1

Anda4

20 1034.6 245 44.7 133 11.6 334 15.0 29.18 2.05 38.10 12.60 5.35 0.68

Standard value (level A) 300 50 200 10 250 10 30 5（8） 30 15 4.5 0.5

Fujin4

20 543 217 26.4 102 4.54 169 6.68 21.23 1.74 32.45 11.54 3.08 0.24

Note: 1) According to the agreement between Long Jiang Environmental Protection Water Supply Company and the local government, the ammonia nitrogen limit of treated water of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be reduced to 15mg/L.

2) The agreement with Taiping Sewage Disposal Plant takes into consideration of suction water quality and disposal capacity. 3) According to suction water quality and disposal capacity, the total phosphorous standard is 1.0--1.5mg/l. 4) Ningan, Anda and Fujin were under official operation separately in April, 2010, November, 2010 and December, 2010.


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Table 8. Construction Period of Heihe Sewage Disposal Plant Phase II-Environmental Monitor

Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality Downstream air

quality

Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L)

Oil

category(mg/

L)

TSP (mg/L)

Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3

Monitor value 7.25 13.0 2.4 0.3 0.42 0.06 No inspection 0.17 – 0.30

Table 9. Construction Period of Acheng Sewage Disposal Plant Phase II-Environmental Monitor

Environmental factor Downstream ground water quality Downstream air

quality

Indicator pH COD (mg/L) BOD5 (mg/L) NH3-N (mg/L) TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L)

Oil

category(mg/

L)

TSP (mg/L)

Standard Value* 6 - 9 20 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.05 0.3

Monitor value 7.24 12.7 2.5 0.4 0.53 0.05 No inspection 0.17 – 0.26

Note: Level III water quality standard in GB3838-2002 and level II standard as per GB3096-1996


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26. During the report period, the monitoring of the construction activities of Long

Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company was conducted by the

monitoring station of the local government department. Owing to the perfect

environmental management of the Group, the construction activities fully

satisfied the monitoring requirements of government departments. In Table 8

and Table 9 are data related to environmental performance during the

wastewater treatment plant construction period. Because of similar

characteristics and environment backgrounds, the selection of monitoring data

is typical and representative, with monitoring points in the downstream and

downwind direction of the construction site, with environmental quality data

collected, indirectly reflecting the impact of construction activities. Obviously, the

water quality is very good, showing the water produced at the construction site

has no significant effect on water quality.

27. Generally speaking, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company

has obtained outstanding environmental and social achievements in the

operation and service of water supply and wastewater treatment, with no

records of social complaints caused by major environmental problems. The

wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share

Company have improved the prevention and control of water pollution in the

Songhua River Basin. According to the information of Heilongjiang

Environmental Protection Departments, the wastewater treatment rate has

exceeded 82% in the cities in the Songhua River Basin. Relevant statistics from

the Report on the State of the Environment in China shows that the water quality

of the Songhua River has improved a lot. Of all national monitoring sections

belonging to the Songhua River Basin, Categories I- III water bodies 3 have

increased from 33.8% in 2008 to 45.2% , Categories VI-V water bodies have

decreased from 45.2% to 40.5%, and bad Category V water bodies remain

unchanged, still occupying 14.3%. To a certain extent, these achievements are

attributed to Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company and its

subordinate wastewater treatment plants. The figure below shows the water

quality improvement from 2008 to 2011 and the water quality of the Songhua

River in 2011. By the report period, the report on the state of the environment in

2013hadn’tbeenreleased.


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A.4 Emerging Environmental and Social Issues

28. LJEP has rapidly enlarged its market share in terms of water supply, sewage disposal, sludge disposal and use. With rapid expansion, some new environmental and social issues are emerging, which include:

(i) Currently, the urban wastewater treatment plants across China

produce about 22 million tons of wet sludge (80% water content)

annually, but sludge-related problems haven’t been solved properly,

with a lot of untreated sludge placed in the open air, not only occupying

land, but also causing secondary pollution of water bodies and

atmosphere, becoming a heavy burden on wastewater treatment

plants. During the report period, the Ministry of Environmental

Protection released the 2012 National Total Major Pollutant Emission

Reduction Verification and Penalty. Harbin Wenchang Wastewater

Treatment Plant and Taiping Wastewater Treatment Plant were order

to make rectification within the prescribed period for not having treated

sludge properly. The specific cause for the above issue is: at first,

incineration-based power generation treatment process was adopted

for a sludge treatment project, with Heilongjiang New Century Energy

Co., Ltd as the legal person of the project. Due to the involvement of

some policies, the feasibility study and preliminary design of the project

were not approved by Heilongjiang Provincial Development and

Reform Commission, making it impossible to commence construction

of the project, resulting in the accumulation of some sludge in the plant

over the years. Later, through coordination, the legal person of the

project was changed to Long Jiang Environment Protection Group

Share Company. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share

Company accepted the mission at the critical moment and put forward

the adoption of thermophilic aerobic trough fermentation composting

technology for the sludge treatment project, and Heilongjiang

Environmental Protection Department and Heilongjiang Provincial

Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

Category I - III Category IV-V Category inferior V

Water Quality Improvement of SRB: 2008-2011

2008

2010

2011


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and preliminary design of the project. Long Jiang Environment

Protection Group Share Company was actively involved in the

construction operation of the project and conducted solidification

treatment of the original sludge. Later, the personnel from the National

Evaluation Center visited the construction site of the project and

affirmed the process program for realizing the utilization of sludge

resources by adopting thermophilic aerobic fermentation composting

technology to treat sludge but put forward opinions on correcting the

treatment method for the original sludge stacked at the site. On-site

construction required adjustment of the construction method, resulting

in the delay in treatment the original sludge. Afterwards, Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company conducted repeated

revision and adequate argumentation and suggested that the original

sludge stacked in the plant should be removed after stabilization

treatment and it should not be used for foundation any more. The

revised application material of the project was again submitted to the

National Evaluation Center, with specific detailed information in

Attachment 4. Currently, the Sludge Treatment Project has been

approved by the state and completed, at the commissioning stage, with

daily sludge treatment capacity of 650t/d, and the sludge in the plant

will be properly treated. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group

Share Company has always hoped to create a better environment and

obtain more social benefits. The Sludge Treatment Demonstration

Project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant has finally realized the

environmental benefits of pollution control

(ii) Under most circumstances, the construction of sewage gathering

pipeline lags behind sewage disposal plant. Due to lack of gathering

pipeline, LJEP's Pingfang Sewage Disposal Plant's actual sewage

disposal capacity is inhibited due to inadequate water supply. Although

the main pipeline construction is shouldered by the government, in

order to prevent or strive to reduce such issues, LJEP needs more

communications with the government and design institute with regard

to water volume in the front construction stage and strive to obtain

confirmation by the National Development and Reform Commission.

(iii) It should be noticed that due to the expansion of Harbin City, the

perfection of its piping network and the increase in the amount of

domestic sewage in recent years, highly frequent overload situations

have occurred in Taiping and Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plants

this year. Due to the combined rainwater and wastewater sewer

system in the city, the “sewage overflow” phenomenon occurs in the

case of heavy rain. In view of this, Long Jiang Environment Protection

Group Share Company has submitted a report to the Environmental

Protection Bureau to state the situation.


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(iv) Besides, LJEP's follow up pipeline construction may involve land

acquisition (usually temporary land acquisition) and related

immigration issue. As stated in table 2, on January 21, 2011, the State

Council issued State-owned Land House Acquisition and

Compensation Rule to standardize house relocation and related

compensation, which has replaced the original urban house relocation

management rule. The new rule emphasizes the governmental

management obligations on land acquisition and immigrant and

enhances immigration requirements. Actually, from the perspective of

the company, LJEP basically doesn't involve housing relocation and

compensation issue. However, the well-furnished and proper

mechanism needs to be set to cope with immigration issue in pipeline

construction with regard to LJEP sub-project.

(v) In consideration of different modes of LJEP's sub-project acquisition,

construction or operation, it's necessary to confirm LJEP and its

sub-project's responsibilities, obligations, task and target in terms of

social issues after handover. Besides, LJEP needs to form a set of

active and efficient communication method so that it can interface with

the government in terms of social aspect and honor commitments

regarding social gains.

B Compliance with ADB Safeguards Requirements

29. To satisfy ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of 2009, LJEP put into

effect a tailored ESMS for its relevant subprojects/activities through the help of

ADB’s experts. One of the main purposes of the ESMS is to fill the gaps possibly

existing between the country requirements and ADB’s policies. In general, these

gaps mostly lie in social policies and associated institutional requirements. For

example, in the established ESMS detailed frameworks for involuntary

resettlement and indigenous people are proposed to address land acquisition and

associated house demolition and relocation, compensation for land loss, protection

of affected ethnic minority groups, grievance redressing, and so on. While in the

country system, relevant responsibilities are required by respective laws and other

mandatory rules and not integrated. The most prominent gap could be the

difference in requirements for transparent information disclosure and stakeholder

engagement. In this regard, ADB is more demanding.

30. In the reporting period, LJEP did not handle any involuntary resettlement

issues and was never confronted with indigenous people grievance. As pointed out

in ADB’s environmental and social safeguards compliance audit report, LJEP

primarily relies on the local government to undertake land acquisition and

resettlement as this is done even before a particular concession is brought up for

bidding. LJEP plays a very limited role in land acquisition and resettlement. The


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local governments also promised LJEP would enjoy the same entitlement and

arrangement as prior practices in land acquisition and resettlement for its future

subprojects. With respect to the indigenous people protection, since all LJEP’s

subprojects are located in remote suburbs where local inhabitants are sparsely

distributed and ethnic minority people, if any, mix with Han, the majority nationality,

LJEP’s activities can hardly affect the ethnic people.

31. During the report period, Acheng Phase II, Mudanjiang Phase II and the

Sludge Project have undergone social audit, with the results indicating that the land

acquisition, compensation and fund allocation of the three projects have been

conducted in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People’s

Republic of China and relevant rules of Heilongjiang Province and that all affected

families were very satisfied. Providing various compensation and benefits for all

affected families and people comply with the clause about non-voluntary

immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement. The implementation of all

mitigation measures is consistent with the requirements for non-voluntary

immigration in ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement, with no violation of any clauses.

During the project preparation and implementation stage, a number of activities

with public involvement have been held to understand the issues that the affected

people were concerned about, such as quantity goods investigation, compensation

standards and distribution of compensation fees. The complaining channels

intended for migrants are clear and effective and all migrants are aware of such

channels. All the three subprojects have no effect on ethnic minorities and have no

connection with the provisions about aboriginal people stipulated in the Safeguard

Policy Statement.

32. According to the agreements between local governments and LJEP, for all

subprojects under LJEP, either acquired through particular concession, or

constructed from the beginning, land acquisition and resettlement should be

undertaken by governmental agency or government commissioned corporation

and all the lands permanently or temporarily needed should be appropriated or

sold to LJEP by local governments. For the subproject already acquired, the

governmental agency should continue to take charge of successive formalities

related to resettlement. As the instance of Harbin Xinyi WWTP financed by ADB’s

public loan, Harbin Urban Inland Water Construction & Development Co., Ltd.

(HUIWCDC) has been handling the resettlement, earlier preparation, and

construction management, whenever prior to or after transferring to LJEP. Even

with respect to implementation and monitoring of EMP and RP, HUIWCDC is still

engaged in everything related and responsible to report to ADB.

33. As for future expansion and development, the LJEP will remain the same

approach with the previous land acquisition. On the other hand, pursuant with the

newly enacted Regulation on the Expropriation of Buildings on State-owned Land


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and Compensation, the people’ government at municipal (or county) level and their

authorized EA shall be responsible for the land acquisition, immigration and related

compensation caused by public services (including environmental protection and

resources maintenance). This mandatory command further explains the

reasonable arrangements for LJEP not to directly take charge of land acquisition.

However, it is expected the LJEP may also directly involve the land acquisition and

resettlement when the extended pipeline network (especially part of pipe network

that is not under the public road) is carried out in the future.。During the report

period, Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant was in the

construction commencement period. The local Land Resources Bureau

announced the Notice on Examining and Approving the Implementation Program

for Conversion of Agricultural Land to Another Use and Land Acquisition for Urban

Construction of Issue 8, 2009 in Mudanjiang released by Heilongjiang Provincial

People’s Government in December, 2011 and put up a land acquisition notice at

the construction site.

34. Taking an overview of LJEP’s environmental and social performance, it can

be confirmed that there is no phenomenon noncompliant with ADB’s safeguard

requirements. If to be more stringent, people may complain LJEP’s information

disclosure and stakeholder engagement are not so sufficient. That means there is

room for LJEP to improve its transparency and communication with communities in

accordance with ADB’s Public Communication Policy.

IV PROGRESS OF ONGOING SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES

35. On October 15th, 2013, the construction of Phase II of Mudanjiang

Wastewater Treatment Plant commenced, indicating the further improvement of

urban infrastructure and urban environment and further implementation of

emission-reduction tasks in Mudanjiang city, of great importance for the

sustainable development of the ecological environment construction in Mudanjiang

City.

36. On October 21st, 2013, the upgrading project of Wenchang Wastewater

Treatment Plant under the Group passed the environmental protection acceptance

after project completion with main indicators of the quality of water produced

satisfying GB18918-2002, Class I Standard. So the operation of the upgrading

projects of the Group has greatly reduced the emission of pollutants, with figures

attached.


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Legend

Taiping Sewage Treatment Plant

Phase ⅠProject of Wenchang Sewage Treatment Plant

Phase II Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant

Phase III Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant

Upgrade and Reconstruction Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant

Sludge Disposal Project of Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant

Serial

No. Name Remarks

Serial

No. Name Remarks

1 New A2/O tank Upgrade 38 Phase Ⅱ garage Phase II

2 New blower room Upgrade 39 Phase Ⅲ lifting pump

station Phase Ⅲ

3 Biofilters for

denitrification Upgrade 40

Phase Ⅲ chemical feed

room Phase Ⅲ

4 Methanol storage pool Upgrade 41

三

Phase Ⅲ lifting pump

station and distribution

room ,chemical feed room

Phase Ⅲ

5 Methanol dosing room Upgrade 42 High efficient

sedimentation tank Phase Ⅲ

6 Depth processing and

lifting pump station Upgrade 43 Biological Aerated Filter Phase Ⅲ

7 Mixed flocculation tank Upgrade 44 Distribution room for

biofilter Phase Ⅲ


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8 Filter cloth and filter

chamber Upgrade 45 Sludge storage tank Phase Ⅲ

9 UV disinfection room Upgrade 46 Blower room Phase Ⅲ

10 New administration room Upgrade 47 Fine screen room Taiping

11 Sludge thickening and

dewatering room Upgrade 48 Vortex-type grit chamber Taiping

12 Sludge storage pool Upgrade 49 Primary sedimentation

tank Taiping

13 Phase I sludge thickening

tank Phase I 50 A / O tank Taiping

14 Phase I sludge dewatering

room Phase I 51

Secondary sedimentation

tank Taiping

15 Phase I sewage tank and

sewage pump chamber Phase I 52

Sewage secondary lifting

pump station Taiping

16 Phase Ⅰ sludge tank

and sludge pump chamber Phase I 53 Blower room Taiping

17 Phase I office building Phase I 54 Sludge recycle pumping

station Taiping

18 Phase I clean-water tank Phase I 55 Drainage pumping station Taiping

19 Phase Ⅰ water supply

station Phase I 56

Drainage pumping station

gate shaft Taiping

20 Phase I slagging well

chamber Phase I 57

Spoil disposal pumping

station for primary

sedimentation tank

Taiping

21 Phase I boiler room Phase I 58

Slagging well chamber for

primary sedimentation

tank

Taiping

22 Phase I guard room Phase I 59

Distribution well for

primary sedimentation

tank

Taiping

23 Phase II A / O tank Phase II 60

Distribution well for

secondary sedimentation

tank

Taiping

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Phase II distribution

well for secondary

sedimentation tank

Phase II 61 Sludge thickening and

dewatering room Taiping

25 Phase II secondary

sedimentation tank Phase II 62 Comprehensive building Taiping

26 Phase II blower room Phase II 63 Garage Taiping

27 Phase Ⅱ disinfecting tank Phase II 64 Mail room Taiping

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Phase II Sewage

secondary upgrading

pumping station

Phase II 65 Phase I grit room Phase I

29 Phase Ⅱreturn sludge

pumping station Phase II 66

Phase I primary

sedimentation tank Phase I

30 Phase Ⅱsludge thickening

and dewatering room Phase II 67 Sludge and straw bunker Sludge

31 Phase Ⅱmud hut Phase II 68 Sludge fermentation

workshop Sludge

32 Phase Ⅱdrainage pump

room Phase II 69

Sludge finishing

workshop Sludge

33 Phase Ⅱwastewater

recycle treatment room Phase II 70 Straw storage shed Sludge

34 Phase Ⅱsubstation in the

factory area Phase II 71

Biological deodorization

filter Sludge

35 Phase Ⅱ central control Phase II 72 Fire pool and pump room Sludge


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building

36 Phase Ⅱ machine repair

warehouse Phase II 73

Substation and

distribution room Sludge

37 Phase II canteen Phase II 74 Weighing apparatus and

metering plant Sludge

37. During the report period, the civil construction and equipment installation of Phase II of Heilong Wastewater Project with the Group entrusted for construction and management were completed, with no water coming in, and passed the environmental protection evaluation.

38. During the report period, the construction of Longjiang Environmental

Protection Sludge Treatment Plant was completed, becoming the first large-scale

sludge treatment plant in Heilongjiang Province. The commissioning of the project

was approved by Heilongjiang Environmental Supervision Bureau on December

12th, 2013, during which the emission of pollutants was strictly controlled to

prevent the occurrence of environmental pollution incidents.

V Summary of safety performance and corrective action

39. In 2013, the State Council issued the Notice of the General Office of the

State Council on Forwarding the Measures of the Ministry of Environmental

Protection for the Assessment of Reduction of the Total Emission of Major

Pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” Period (Guobanfa〔2013〕No. 4). In

order to carry out the spirit of the document and realize the target for the reduction

of the total emission of major pollutants during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period,

Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has carefully made its

self-monitoring plan, established a system for monitoring the reduction of the total

emission of major pollutants and constantly improved the system. Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company conducts daily monitoring of

chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen, conducts monitoring of other

pollutants in the wastewater at least once a month; conducts monitoring of sulphur

dioxide and nitrogen oxides at least once a week, conducts monitoring of particles

at least once a month; conducts monitoring of other pollutants in the waste gas at

least once per quarter; conducts monitoring of noise at boundary at least once per

quarter. The Group has established and perfected a monitoring work system and a

quality management system, organizes employees’ participation in monitoring

technology training so that they can work after obtaining required certificates and

conducts real-time monitoring data update to ensure the authenticity and accuracy

of monitoring data. The Group has finished preparing the annual report on

conducting annual self-monitoring during the report period and submitted it to the

competent environmental protection department in charge of record filing.


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40. As set forth under the list of main environmental and social laws (or

regulations) in Table 2, the LJEP and its subsidiary plants are in full compliance

with provisions of the Labor Law, Labor Contract Law, Law on the Protection of

Women’s Rights and Interests and other laws and regulations as well as related

security and occupational health requirements. During the report period, all

subprojects are fully compliance with above-mentioned provisions, and no

significant safety and health event occurs.

41. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company gives priority to

employing local labors and encourages construction project contractors to hire

workers from local communities. The Wenchang Sludge Treatment Subproject will

offer800jobs and Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater Treatment Plant will offer800

jobs.

42. The Trade Union holds the staff conference every year to discuss salaries,

welfare, management rules and regulations and other matters related to

employees and provide suggestions for the management of Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company.

43. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share

Company recruited 690 employees (including the employees in the newly acquired

Jiamusi Running Water Factory), including 148 females, all of which are formal

employees. The data above show that in spite of the industry restrictions, Long

Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company still offers employment

opportunity and the equal treatment to female employees as far as possible,

thereby contributing to the increase in the employment rate of the project location.

44. During the report period, there were 2050 employees (1457 male employees

and 597 female employees) in Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share

Company and the plants under it, including professional management personnel,

engineers, technicians, manpower analysts, mechanics, operators, electrical

engineers, drivers, cleaners, entrance guards and other posts that provide rear

service support. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company

encourages contractors to offer equal employment opportunities to female

employees and is willing to cooperate with contractors without sex discrimination.

Wenchang Wastewater Treatment Plant and Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater

Treatment Plant will create a total of 55 jobs, at least 20% of which will be offered

to females. All employees have signed a labor contract and enjoy relevant rights

and benefits. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company provides

its employees with all legal rights and interests, including salaries, health subsidies

for sewer workers, old-age insurance, medical insurance, unemployment


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insurance, housing allowance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance and

other welfare (such as work clothes, individual protective articles and free lunch).

As for the employees exposed to a harmful environment for a long time, subsidies

occupy 15% of their salaries.

45. Anchored to General Principles for Requirements of Safety and Health in

Production Process (GB/T12801-2008), Hygiene Design Codes for Industrial

Enterprises (TJ36-79), Technical Specification for Operation, Maintenance and

Safety of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (CJJ 60-94), and other applicable

standards related to safety and health management, LJEP set up a Safety

Management Institution (SMI) which covers every position to regulate the

procedures, processes, and activities for ensuring compliance with all the

legislative and other mandatory safety requirements. SMI explicitly defines the

organizational and responsibility aspects of the safety management; and regulates

implementation of safety education and training program, safety inspection,

accident prevention and aftermath treatment mechanism, contingency plan,

rewards and punishment. Through overall screening and identification of key

factors potentially impairing safety performance, SMI specially focuses on overflow,

accidental release of pollutants, fire, flood, equipment breakdown, pipeline crack,

power outage, driving accident, among others. Based on SMI, technical and

management measures for securing safety and health dimensions are readily in

place. In a word, good institution, conscientiousness, due diligence, and vigorous

implementation, all together guaranteed excellent safety performance of LJEP in

the reporting period.

46. In order to strengthen management, supervision and implementation, Long

Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has established safety and

health management teams at all levels and has always implemented

environmental and social management systems, safe and health training plans

every year. The Group has established an internal corresponding training system,

with each department submitting a training plan based on the actual work needs,

the Human Resources Management Department responsible for organizing

corresponding training, with training content including professional training,

management training, general skill training and weekly corporate culture training

for employees. The Group has provided induction training for 690 new employees;

6 sessions of environmental management training courses, with 1925

persons-time involved; 4 sessions of safe production training, with 2056

persons-time involved; safety standardization creation training, with 1245

persons-time involved; refined management training, with 1312 persons-time

involved; drivers’ safe driving education training, with 1210 persons-time involved;

wastewater series production process knowledge popularization training, with 2123

persons-time involved; 11 sessions of vocational education courses training, with

3387 persons-time involved; industrial development trend and industrial policy


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research training, with 1840 persons-time involved, management mode and

operation mechanism construction innovation training, with 1823 persons-time

involved, operation thoughts and innovative awareness training, with 2345

persons-time involved; high-performance team construction, comprehensive

communication ability improvement and high-performance executive capacity

training, with 3387 persons-time involved and target management and

self-management courses training, with 3468 persons-time involved. All these

trainings have produced very positive effects and significantly improved the

Group’s environmental and health capacity construction.

47. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has its procedure

guide and requirement standards, all of which have been clearly archived.

Administrative personnel provide occupational training and situation description

immediately after a new employee is recruited. Through group discussion and the

learning activity, employees can receive further training. On Nov. 30th, 2013, the

employees in the Environmental and Social Management Department received

relevant ability construction training, with the training topics covering the following

several aspects:

i. ADB’s social security policy and procedure;

ii. Steps for land acquisition and resettlement audit;

iii. Domestic laws and regulations about social security guarantee;

iv. Guide for the latest national social impact assessment;

v. Implementation and monitoring of the environmental and social management

system

vi. International success experience in resettlement

48. As the project owner/proponent, LJEP fulfilled construction safety and health

management mainly through specific agreement with the construction contractor.

The project management center took charge of daily superintendence of

construction safety and health. Construction contractors were required to act

following national and local safety/health mandatory rules, and make every effort to

avoid work injury and casualties during construction. Moreover, the contractor had

to guarantee that the laborers (including farmer-turned-workers) would have timely

payment commensurate to their workloads and enjoy necessary social insurance,

medical care, personal safety gadgets, appropriate sanitation, and suitable

accommodation. LJEP’s project center, together with governmental authorities,

supervised and undertook due diligence on the performance of the contractor in

terms of construction safety and health.

49. LJEP and its subsidiaries have also maintained a good record of safety and


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occupational health, but there are still areas that need to be improved. For example,

the annual medical examination should not only cover senior management staff

and new employees, but should extend to in-service staff, especially those in the

harsh conditions. LJEP will expand its health plans and increase the budget so as

to benefit all employees. Another proposal is to arrange for a safety and health

training. For employees who are exposed to hazardous substances and

environmental risk, it is very important that LJEP must ensure that each

employee's health, and fully understand the safety and health threats that may be

encountered, as well as special programs to deal with such emergencies.

Therefore, LJEP should strengthen its training programs to improve the safety and

health awareness of employees, so that employees may be aware of the methods

and requirements to respond to emergencies or potential threat. All employees,

whether new or veteran, are recommended to receive at least once specific safety

and health education or training.

VI Important Events

50. The sludge disposal engineering of wastewater treatment plants of Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company is a national planned project for

water pollution control of the Songhua River Basin during the “Eleventh Five-Year

Plan” period. The project started in 2010, with thermophilic aerobic fermentation

process adopted, a treatment scale of 1000 cubic meters per day, and currently,

the civil engineering, equipment installation and commissioning work of the project

have been completed. The application for the final environmental protection

acceptance of the project was submitted on April 14th, 2014.

51. In June 2013, in view of the resource utilization of sludge involved sludge

treatment plant projects, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share

Company made a plan for sludge aerobic composting product-based saline-alkali

land remediation and comprehensive utilization technology system research and

development, with soil samples taken from the saline-alkali land in Xiyuan

Township, Anda City, followed by agro-chemical analysis in the Lab, remediation

experiment and crop cultivation experiments, with a plan for large-area saline-alkali

land remediation and a plan for economic crop cultivation formulated, providing

theoretical basis for the feasibility of sludge treatment plant projects and resource

utilization of sludge products .

52. Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company has been granted the

“Science and Technology Award”for the New Biological Low-Temperature

Enhanced Integrated A/O Improved Technology and Sludge Internal Carbon

Source Utilization Technology.

53. From June 4th, 2013 to August 29th, 2013, Heihe City, facing Russia across the


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Heilongjiang River went through once-in-a-century extraordinary floods. During the

flood-fighting period, in spite of physical and mental fatigue and treatment of rapidly

changing dangers of various kinds every day, the employees of Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company composed a song of praise for the

members of Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company in the new

era with their practical action and daring spirit of tenacious struggle. Heihe

Municipal Party Committee and Heihe Municipal Government praised Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company for “having high political

consciousness, bearing the overall situation in mind, putting the general interest

above all and being a trustworthy partner” at the flood-fighting commendation

meeting, saying, “Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant is an honorable group

especially good at fighting and struggling and an excellent team with strong

cohesion, no fear of risks or difficulties ”. The municipal government granted Heihe

Wastewater Treatment Plant the honorable title “Advanced Collective for Flood

Fighting and Emergency Rescue”. Heihe Wastewater Treatment Plant is the only

private enterprise wining this special honor in Heihe City. It formally resumed

production on November 5th, with each laboratory indicators within the normal

scope, realizing standard-compliance discharge of treated water.

54. On July 24th, 2013, the “Longjiang Environmental Protection Century Tour

Reporter Interviewing Group” consisting of Heilongjiang Urban-Rural Construction

Environmental Protection Committee, Heilongjiang Environmental Protection

Department and over 10 news media, including Heilongjiang TV Station conducted

a tracking interview with Ning’an Wastewater Treatment Plant, a small wastewater

treatment plant in Mudanjiang, typical example for operation and management, and

Heilongjiang People’s Congress, Heilongjiang Environmental Protection

Department, Mudanjiang Environmental Protection Bureau, Ning’an Municipal

Government and various large media in Heilongjiang fully affirmed and highly

praised the patent technology and such outstanding achievements as Heilongjiang

technical demonstration engineering of Ning’an Wastewater Treatment Plant.

55. On October 15th, 2013, the construction of Phase II of Mudanjiang Wastewater

Treatment Plant commenced, indicating the further improvement of urban

infrastructure and urban environment and further implementation of

emission-reduction tasks in Mudanjiang city, of great importance for the

sustainable development of the ecological environment construction in Mudanjiang

City. Mudanjiang Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant smoothly passed the

acceptance of Mudanjiang Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, becoming a

Class III safety standardization unit in Mudanjiang City.

56. On October 19th, 2013, Heilongjiang Environmental Monitoring Administration

Station visited Anda Wastewater Treatment Plant for inspection, conducted field

inspection and guidance work about the operation and treated water and affirmed

and praised the emission reduction work done by Anda Wastewater Treatment


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Plant after the visit.

VII Sustainable Development Activities and Exchange

A Utilization of sludge resources

57. Sludge, as one of the pollution sources, not only has high moisture content,

perishability and strong odor, but also contains a large amount of pathogenic

bacteria, parasite eggs, such heavy metals as Chromium and Mercury and such

poisonous harmful carcinogenic substances hard to degrade as Dioxin. The sludge

output reaches up to 982t/d in Harbin, but sludge disposal means are insufficient.

Such huge amount of sludge has brought a huge burden to urban wastewater

treatment plants and accumulated sludge has produced a considerable impact on

the surrounding environment. In view of the needs for disposal of a large amount of

sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants in Harbin, Long Jiang

Environment Protection Group Share Company has established Harbin Sludge

Treatment Plant, finally realizing the environmental benefits of pollution control.

58. On December 8th, 2013, the formal operational commissioning of Harbin Sludge

Treatment Plant was conducted. The high-temperature fermentation technology

adopted by the plant can ensure the amount reduction, stabilization and

harmlessness of sludge and can avoid the occurrence of secondary pollution from

the environmental protection point of view. The treatment capacity of the project is

expected reach 1000t/d (80% water content), with 428t/d products produced, daily

sludge treatment capacity reaching up to 340t/d (80% water content)during the

commissioning period, and sludge water content reaching about 30% after

fermentation. Process parameters are: pH regulation, water content, amount of

ventilation, carbon-nitrogen ratio and temperature, with the pH value to be

controlled between 6 and 8, around 8 preferred, the water content required to be

controlled between 55% and 60% to be ready for the aerobic fermentation process.

At the earlier stage of fermentation, the amount of ventilation is mainly aimed to

provide oxygen needed by microorganisms to degrade organic matters and at the

later stage of fermentation, the amount of ventilation should be increased for

evaporation of water to lower the temperature of the compost pile. The most

appropriate C/N for aerobic fermentation is from 25:1 to 35:1 and when

fermentation temperature is between 55℃ and 65℃, the comprehensive result of

fermentation is the best. Below is the schematic drawing of main process and

facilities.


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59. Saline-alkali land has seriously restricted the development of animal husbandry

and forestry production in Heilongjiang Province, making it imminent to conduct

effective control of saline - alkali soil. The products produced from sludge going

through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be applied to saline - alkali land and

play an excellent role in saline - alkali soil remediation. Each year (calculated based

on 360 days) 1500ha saline - alkali land can be remediated. The establishment of

sludge treatment plants can not only realize reutilization of sludge resources but also

bring certain social benefits. The sludge products produced by Harbin Sludge

Treatment Plant can fully satisfy the Disposal of Sludge from Municipal Wastewater

Treatment Plants-Quality of Sludge Used in Land Improvement (GB/T24600-2009),

with each indicator as shown in Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators, Table 11

Pollutant Concentration Limits, Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators and

Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.

Table 10 Physicochemical Indicators

NO. Control indicator National Standard Measured value

1 Water content <50% 35%

2 pH 6.5~10 7.2

3 Odor strength <2 grade（Grade 6 odor

strength）

Grade 1


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Table 11 Pollutant Concentration Limits

No. Control indicator National standard

alkaline soil （pH≥6.5)

（mg/kg dry sludge）

Measured value

（mg/kg dry

sludge） 1 Cadmium and its Compounds

(based on total cadmium)

20 0.246

2 Mercury and its compounds

(based on total mercury)

15 0.022

3 Lead and its compounds

(based on total lead)

1000 24.921

4 Chromium and its compounds

(based on total chromium)

1000 0.2L

5 Arsenic and its compounds

(count by total arsenic)

75 0.218

6 Boron and its compounds

(based on total boron)

15

0

0.314

7 Copper and its compounds

(based on total copper)

1500 25.386

8 Zinc and its compound (based

on total zinc)

4000 128.785

9 Nickel and its compounds

(based on total nickel)

200 26.624

10 Mineral oil 3000 78.323

11 Benzopyrene 3 1.71

12 Dioxins（Unit：ng toxic unit/KG

dry sludge）

100 15.454

13 Adsorbable organic halides

（AOX) in CL

500 20.321

14 Adsorbable organic halides

（AOX) in CL

0.2 0.008

15 Volatile phenol 40 8.65

16 Total cyanides 10 1.45


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Table 12 Epidemic Prevention Safety Indicators

Table 13 Nutrition Indicators.

60. There is lots of inland saline-alkali land distributed on the Songnen Plain of Heilongjiang Province, covering an area of about 2.882×106ha, occupying 39.3% of the total area of saline-alkali land in Northeast China, making the plain one of the world’s three largest concentrated distribution areas of sodic saline soil. The saline-alkali land in the internal flow area of the watershed of the Songliao Plain features large distribution area and high degree of salinity, and particularly, Daqing, Anda and Sanzhao have the most concentrated distribution of saline-alkali land: with the saline-alkali land in Daqing covering an area 13.69 × 104ha, occupying 28.3% of the urban total land area; the saline-alkali land in Anda covering an area 14.76 × 104ha, occupying 41.2% of the total land area; the saline-alkali land in Sanzhao (arid and semi-arid region) occupying 41.20%,of the urban total land area, severe saline-alkali land area occupying 58.5% of the saline-alkali land area. There is nearly 66.7 × 104ha saline-alkali soil in the west of Heilongjiang Province, mainly distributed in Daqing and South Qiqihar, of which more than 10 × 104ha land contains more than 1% salt. The products produced from sludge going through thermophilic aerobic fermentation can be transported to the saline-alkali land for remediation. During the report period, Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company signed strategic agreements with the local governments of Zhaodong and Anda and the Group will use the nutrient soil produced from sludge compost products of Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant to remediate the 5 square kilometers of land provided. After renovation, the pilot plans to be used for agricultural development through cultivation of economic crops such as marigold and lavender and high-density straw crops such as silage corn.

61. Heilongjiang, as a major grain producing province in China, witnesses a total output of grain of 10 billion kg annually, with its main crops including corn, rice and soybean. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the annual output of crop straw is about 5100× 104 in Heilongjiang Province. Except for some sweet sorghum and corn straw used as animal feed and fertilizers by “returning straw to the field”, most part of the straw is wasted or burnt. It is

No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value

1 Fecal coliform（PCS/L） >95.4 120

2 Total bacteria （PCS/L） <108MPN/KG 干污泥 dry

sludge

<108MPN/KG dry sludge

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3 Mortality of ascarid egg >95.4 98.7

No. Control indicator National Standard Measured value

1 Total nutrients ≥1 4.75

2 Organic matter content

(%)

≥10 25.10


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estimated that about 3300 × 104 t of straw is burnt each year. Burning straw not only damages people’s health but easily causes fire, damage to the soil structure and decline in farmland quality. Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant needs 4.9 × 104 t of straw each year and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group Share Company purchases crop abandoned or burned crop straw from farmers for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control and finally returns the organic nutrient soil produced from the crop straw for agricultural and forestry use. The thermophilic aerobic fermentation is for sludge composting treatment in the urban wastewater treatment plants dedicated to environmental control, finally returning organic nutrient soil for agricultural and forestry use, which is just one of the important moves for responding to the energy conservation, emission reduction and resources-oriented utilization and advancing the development strategies of circular economy.

B Corporation Social Responsibility Report

62. As an earlier participant of the sludge plan and sponsor of the first sludge compost

plant of its kind, LJEP will fully commit to fulfillment of the proposed sludge plan in

the next five years. In the reporting year of 2010, LJEP signed an outline

agreement with Zhaodong People’s Government for an arrangement by which

LJEP will reclaim a provided saline plot of 5 square km, using all the sludge

compost produced by Harbin Sludge Treatment Plant. The reclaimed plot is

planned for development of forestry by planting fast-growing poplar trees. In view

of further expansion in sludge treatment, LJEP will copy the modality of Harbin

Sludge Treatment Plant, namely BOT concession arrangement, or explore other

financing, construction and operation modes.

63. For the purpose of better performance in public relations and transparency, LJEP

will re-revise2014 corporate website after its listing application, and make an

Annual CSRR available on the website. The Annual CSRR will cover a summary of

the performance and results of operation and construction, environmental

performance and subproject completion status, public relations, and the

contribution to social benefits, in order to reflect environmental and social impact

as possible. The LJEP even presents the draft about the further improvement in

environmental and social aspects of the Company in its Corporate Social

Responsibility Report.

64. Taking into account the similarities between the CSRR and Annual Environmental

& Social Report submitted to the ADB, the preparation of the annual corporate

social responsibility report may be combined with the report for ADB. The

managers of LJEP have agreed that once the preparation and distribution

mechanisms of the Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report are established

and implemented, LJEP will improve its environmental and social performance and

greatly increase its transparence.Annex1.


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Annex 1

Summary of Longjiang Environmental Protection Subprojects

Name of subprojects

Design capacity (km3/d)

2013 load (km3/d)

Total treatment capacity

(km3) 2013 (km3)

COD pollutant

deduction (t)

Treatment process

Mode and current status

Date of conferme

nt

Date of commence

ment

Time and scheduled completion

date

Remarks

Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation

Harbin Wenchang

325 274.89 97588.00 25399.20 A/O TOT

Operation Dec. 2004 May. 2004 Dec. 2005

Existing, Wenchang plant has experienced with first full year of operation for

2011 since 2010 after the merger

Harbin Taiping 325 295.46 107550.70 25906.80 A/O BOT

Operation Sept. 2010

May.2004 Oct.2005 Existing

Upgrade of Harbin

Wenchang and Taiping

600 570.35 205138.70 /

A/0+ biofilters for denitrificati

on + mechanical filtration +

UV disinfection

BOT Operation

Sept.2011 June 2010 June 2011 Environmental acceptance

in progress

Harbin Pingfang

Wastewater Treatment

Plant

150 23.00 34617.36 5782.09 CASS BOT

Operation Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010

Except the greening project, the main

construction has already been completed.

Harbin Xingyi Wastewater Treatment

Plant

100 61.02 22280.64 12914.53 A2/O BOT

Operation Oct. 2008 Dec. 2008 Sept. 2010 Existing


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Harbin Acheng Phase I

50 47.83 17376.14 5641.60 Improvemen

A2/O TOT

Operation Sept.2012 / 2012 Existing

Mudanjiang Phase I

100 100.00 36330.00 6164.00 A/O TOT

Operation May 2008 NA NA07 Existing

Jiamusi East 60 63.28 23100.55 4576.00 SBR BOT

Operation July 2005 June 2005 Dec. 2006 Existing

Heihe Phase I 50 50.13 18097.63 5455.47 CASS BOT

Operation Nov. 2009 July 2008 Sept. 2009 Existing

Jixi 25 2.57 937.95 2736.36 CASS BOT

Operation Oct. 2009 April 2009 Oct. 2009 Existing

Zhaodong Phase I

30 30.00 10945.14 4299.00 CASS BOT

Operation n June 2009

March 2009 Sept. 2009 Existing, environmental acceptance in progress

Zhaodong Phase II

20 20.00 7302.90 2868.00 CASS BOT

Expansion / Aug. 2010 July 2011

Existing, started to run formally in April 2010.

Ning’an 20 20.00 7336.00 1773.60 Improvemen

A/O BOT

Operation Oct. 2009 Aug. 2009 May 2010

Existing, started to run formally in November 2010.

An’da 45 28.35 10346.00 2004.00 A2/O TOT

Operation Dec. 2010 NA NA10

Existing, started to run formally in December 2010.

Fujin 15 15.00 5458.00 985.00 CAST BOT

Operation Dec. 2009 July 2009 Nov. 2010

Existing, phase Ⅱ is under construction by municipal

government

Jiamusi weast 50 45.00 16508.00 3711.40 CASS BOT

Operation Nov. 2008 June 2009 June 2010

Existing, at trial operation currently, environmental acceptance in progress

Wastewater treatment plants under construction or proposed wastewater treatment plants

Mudanjiang Phase II

100 / / / NA BOT

Initialization NA NA NA Proposed

Heihe Phase II

25 / / / CASS BOT

Under construction

/ Oct. 2010 Sept. 2011 Expansion

Acheng Phase II

50 / / / BOT

construction / Sept.2012 Aug.2014 Expansion


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Wastewater Treatment Plants in operation

Mudanjiang Longjiang

Environmental Water Supply

Company

360 / TOT

Operation April 2010 NA NA Existing

Jixi Water Plant

100 / Operation

under assignment

June 2009

NA NA Existing

Jiamusi Water Plant

200 / Franchise NA NA NA Existing

Sludge Treatment Plant Existing

Harbin Sludge Treatment

Plant 1 / / /

Thermorphilic aerobic

composting

BOT

Operation Sept.2012 Aug. 2010 Dec. 2011 Existing


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Annex 2

Environment Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity and Environment

Management System Certificate of Conformity for Longjiang: ISO9001:2008 and

ISO14001:2004


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Annex 3

Name of

subprojects

Status of land

transaction Land No.

Owner of

land use

right

Location Land type

(application)

Type of

use

right

Area of use

right

Issuance

date Remarks

Wastewater Treatment Plant in Operation

Harbin

Wenchang

Has acquired land

certificate,

renaming

Heilongjiang

State-owned

Land Use

(1997)

Document

No.075

Harbin

Drainage

Co., Ltd.

Tuanjie

Township,

Taiping District

Harbin

Land for

municipal

facilities

Allocati

on of

state-o

wned

land use

right

585169.0m2

July

25,2007

Since both Wenchang,

and Taiping jointly

handled the land

certificate initially, the

area of tenure for

Wenchang Wastewater

Plant include

the usable area of

Taiping Wastewater

Plant.

Harbin Taiping

Acquired,

belonging to the

Group

Harbin

State-owned

Land Use

(2009)

Document

No.

040011557

Tongfang

(Harbin)

Water Co.,

Ltd.

Tuanjie

Township,

Taiping District

Harbin

Municipal

public

facilities

Allocati

on 152141.8m

2

December

18,2009

Upgrade of

Harbin

Wenchang and

Taiping

Included in the

landholding of

Wenchang

Heilongjiang

State-owned

Land Use

(1997)

Document

No.075

Harbin

Drainage

Co., Ltd.

Tuanjie

Township,

Taiping District

Harbin

Land for

municipal

facilities

Allocati

on of

state-o

wned

land use

right

585169.0m2

July

25,2007

Since both Wenchang,

and Taiping jointly

handled the land

certificate initially, the

area of tenure for

Wenchang Wastewater

Plant include

the usable area of

Taiping Wastewater


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Plant.

Harbin Pingfang

Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Acquired,

belonging to joint

project, the partner

holds the

certificate of land

allocation

/ / / / / / /

Harbin Xingyi

Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Acquired,

belonging to joint

project, the partner

holds the

certificate of land

allocation

/ / / / / / /

Harbin Acheng

WWTP

Acquired,

belonging to joint

project

A

State-owned

Land Use

(2011)

Document

No. 00548

Harbin

Acheng

Tengfei

Wastewater

Treatment

Co., Ltd.

/ Public

facilities

Allocati

on 74924.0m

2 June 9,2012

Mudanjiang

Phase Ⅰ Acquired

Mudianjiang

Property

Right

Certificate

Yangming

District

Document

No. 4084828

Mudian-

jiang

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

450-515-3/1-27-

DZ

Yangming

District

450-515-3/1-27-

DZ

Industrial Allocati

on 101026.0m

2 January

2,2010

Jiamusi East Acquired

Jiamusi

State-owned

Land Use(09)

Document

No. 0900800

Jiamusi

Longjiang

Environmen

tal

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

North of Eastern

part of Chang’an

Road Dongfeng

District

Public

infrastruc-

ture

Allocati

on 70807.00m

2 June 9,2009

Heihe Phase I Acquired Heihe

State-owned

Heihe

Longjiang

Two kilometers

south from

Public

facilities

Allocati

on 54000.00m

2

September

30,2011


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Land Use

(2011)

Preliminary

Document

No. 262

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

Changfa village

Jixi Acquired,

renaming

Zhaodong Phase

Ⅰ Acquired

Zhaodong

State-owned

Land Use

(issued in

2010 )

Document

No. 12

Zhaodong

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

West side of

Nanhan River,

the Ninth Middle

School of

Tiedong District

Industrial Allocati

on 44100.00m

2 October

17,2010

Zhaodong Phase

II Acquired

Zhaodong

State-owned

Land Use

(issued in

2010 )

Document

No. 12

Zhaodong

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

West side of

Nanhan River,

the Ninth Middle

School of

Tiedong District

Industrial Allocati

on 44100.00m

2 October

17,2010

Ning’an Not acquired / / / / / / /

An’da Acquired, but in

government name / / / / / / /

Fujin Acquired

Heilongjiang

Fujin

State-owned

Land Use

(2011 )

Document

No. 0102

Fujin

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Co., Ltd.

North side of

industrial park

Land for

environmenta

l sanitation

facilities

Allocati

on 18800m

2

April

25,2011

Jiamusi West

Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Acquired

Jiamusi

State-owned

Land

Use(2011)

Document

Jiamusi

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

No. 100

Committee,

Yonghong

District

Municipal

facilities

Allocati

on 99866m

2

November

25,2011


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No.

201101738

and Water

Co., Ltd.

Wastewater treatment plants under construction or proposed wastewater treatment plants

Mudanjiang

Phase II

In the process of

land acquisition / / / / / / /

Heihe Phase II Acquired,

Heilongjiang

State-owned

Land Use

(2011)

Preliminary

Document

No.262

Heilongjian

g

Longjiang

Environ-

mental

Protection

and Water

Control

Co., Ltd.

Two kilometers

south from

Changfa village

Public

facilities

Allocati

on 54000.00m

2

September

30,2011

Acheng Phase

II

Acquired,

belonging to joint

project

A

State-owned

Land Use

(2011)

Document

No. 00548

Harbin

Acheng

Tengfei

Wastewater

Treatment

Co., Ltd.

/ Public

facilities

Allocati

on 74924.0m

2 June 9,2012

Water supply company in operation

Mudanjiang

Longjiang

Environmental

Water Supply

Company

Acquired,

Ningan

State-owned

Land

Resource(Bra

nch)

Document

No.0072

Mudian-

jiang Water

Supply

Company

Outside

Dongdaemun 4900.00m

2

Jiamusi Water

Supply

Company

Acquired,

HeiJiamusi

State-owned

Land

Resource

Public

Document

No.00773

Jiamusi

Water

Supply

Company

Xiangyang

district No.57

Public

facilities

Allocati

on 1248.23m

2 October

15,2002


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Jixi Water Plant

Operation under

assignment, not

belonging to the

Group

/ / / / / / /

Sludge Treatment Plant in operation

Harbin Sludge

Treatment Plant

Included in the

landholding of

Wenchang

Heilongjiang

State-owned

Land Use

(1997)

Document

No.075

Harbin

Drainage

Co., Ltd.

Tuanjie

Township,

Taiping District

Harbin

Land for

municipal

facilities

Allocati

on of

state-o

wned

land use

right

585169.0m2

July

25,2007

Area of tenure for

Wenchang Wastewater

Plant includes


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Annex 4

《Report on the Sludge Disposal Project of Harbin Wastewater Treatment Plant and instructions

from provincial and municipal leaders»


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Proof copy of instructions from leaders

Instructions from Mayor Song Xibin

Great importance should be attached to this, and it shouldn’t be ignored and should be carefully

implemented in strict accordance with the spirit of Vice Governor Shayan’s instructions. Liu Xin and

Wanping shall be responsible for studying a solution implementation plan, with no delay, and

rectification and plan formulation can be done at the same time, with the report to be submitted to the

mayor symposium for discussion.

Instructions from Liu Xi:

The Environmental Protection Bureau, please urge relevant departments to urge submission and approval,

speed up construction and practically implement supervision functions.

Instructions from Vice Mayor Zhang Wanping:


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Harbin Water Affairs Bureau, please pay attention to implementation of relevant matters in conjunction

with Drainage Group and Long Jiang Environment Protection Group according to Vice Governor

Shayan’s requirements, make preparations for a symposium and listen to a report on sludge disposal at

the symposium as soon as possible.


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Annex 5

Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources

Announcement about Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Collective Land of

Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office

According to the Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 which was

approved by the People’s Government of Heilongjiang in Heilongjiang Government Land [2011]

Document No.169 in October 18, 2011 and re-checking of land collection compensation registration of

villages whose land is collected, Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources protocolled Compensation

and Allocation Scheme for Collecting Land. In accordance with the Article 48 of Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Article 25 of Implementing Regulations for Land Management

Law of the People’s Republic of China, the contents and relevant matters of Compensation and Allocation

Scheme for Collecting Land are as follows:

I. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are

transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310

hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin


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Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including

5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of

Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is

transferred to construction land. The above 19.8212 hectare land altogether is the urban construction land

in this phase.

II. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: the land areas in this phase are within

the comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and

M-24, whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m

2 respectively.

III. Attachments and structures compensation:

For underground and over-ground attachments and structures compensation, compensation and allocation

will be given according to demolition method determined by municipal government.

IV. Farm workers allocation method

Allocation and compensation method will be formulated according to collective economic organizations

whose land is collected and practical situations of the villages in this project.

V. If owners of land ownership and land use right within the four boundaries of the collective land have

different opinions about this scheme, please send opinions in written form to Mudanjiang Bureau of Land

and Resources through Village Committees before January 26, 2012.

VI. After consultation, this scheme will be submitted to the People’s Government of Mudanjiang for

enforcement. According to the regulations in 25th Article of Implementing Regulations for Land

Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, dispute on the approved Compensation and Allocation Scheme for Collection Land will not influence enforcement.

Notice is hereby given.

Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources

Mudanjiang Bureau of Land and Resources (sealed)

December 26, 2011


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Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government

Announcement about Collecting Collective Land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in

Xinxing Street Office

The Notice about Notice about Examination and Approval of Implementation Plan for the Phase VIII

Mudanjiang Urban Construction Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 (Heilongjiang

Government Land [2011] No. 169), provided by Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government, approves

the collection of collective land of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in our

city. In accordance with the Article 46 in “Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China” and

Article 25 in “Implementing Regulations for Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China”,

the issues which are relevant to the land collection are announced as follows:

I. Title of the construction land project: Implementation Scheme of the Phase VIII Urban Construction

Farmland Transference and Land Collection in 2009 in Mudanjiang.

II. Location of the land to be collected: Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in

Mudanjiang. The specific location refers to the block function chart approved by Heilongjiang

Government Land [2011] No. 169 Document.

III. Villages with lands to be collected and the areas: in this phase, 11,4165 hectares of collective land are

transferred to urban construction farmland and collected to be owned by the state (including 4.5310

hectares of collective farmland of Yangming Village and 6.8855 hectares of collective farmland of Yumin

Village; 6.0461 hectares of collective construction land is collected to be owned by the state (including

5.6027 hectares of residential land and 0.4434 hectares of industrial and mineral warehouse land of

Yangming Village); at the same time, 2.3586 hectares of state-owned farmland in the Jiangxi Farm is

transferred to construction land. The above 19.8212 hectare land altogether is the urban construction land

in this phase.

IV. Standards of compensation and allocation for collecting land: carrying out the task in accordance with

the rules described in “Reply of Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government on Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks” (Heilongjiang Government Letter [2010] No. 140)

and “Mudanjiang Municipal People’s Government Announcement about Adjusting the Comprehensive Land Price of Collected Land Blocks in the Whole City”. The land areas in this phase are within the

comprehensive land price blocks of collected land blocks in Mudanjiang and numbered M-22 and M-24,

whose comprehensive land prices are RMB 125/m2 and RMB 175/m

2 respectively.

V. From December 16, 2011 to March 16, 2012, owners of land ownership and land use right in the areas

of collected land shall hold the certificate of land ownership or other relevant certificate materials and go

to the village committee office of Yangming Village and Yumin Village in Xinxing Street Office in

Mudanjiang to deal with the land compensation register.

Notice is hereby given.

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