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WB Loans Hunan Integrated

Economic Development Of Small

Towns Project

Yueshan Town Waste Water

Treatment Plan

Environmental Management Plan

(EMP)

Consigned by: PPMO of Hunan Provincial

Development and Reform Commission

Compiled by: Changsha Environmental Protection

Career Technical College

December, 2011

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Table of Contents

1 General.................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Project Introduction ....................................................................................................1

1.2 EMP Targets...............................................................................................................1

1.3 EMP Compilation .......................................................................................................3

1.4 EMP Design ...............................................................................................................3

1.5 Compilation Details ....................................................................................................4

2. Policies, Laws and Administrative Management Framework........................... 5

2.1 Environmental Policies, Laws and Regulations.........................................................5

2.1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................... 5

2.1.2 Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations ..................................................... 5

2.1.3 Regulations, Specifications and Local Laws Relevant to Environmental Protection 6

2.1.4 EIA Technical Guidelines and Specifications ............................................................ 7

2.1.5 Environmental Quality Standards.............................................................................. 8

2.1.6 Pollutant Emission Standards ................................................................................... 8

2.1.7 WB’s Safeguard Policies........................................................................................... 9

2.1.8 Relevant Project Documents .................................................................................... 9

2.2 Environmental Management Agency and Duties.......................................................9

3. Project Description......................................................................................... 12

3.1 Project Name and Composition ...............................................................................12

3.2 Project Implementation Schedule ............................................................................13

3.2.1 Construction Period ................................................................................................ 13

3.2.2 Progress Schedule.................................................................................................. 13

3.3 Project Overview......................................................................................................13

3.3.1 Construction Content and Scale ............................................................................. 13

3.3.2 Process Design ....................................................................................................... 15

3.3.3 Service Range......................................................................................................... 16

4 Summary of Environmental Impacts and Environmental Protection Measures

of the Project ......................................................................................................... 18

4.1 Impacts due to the Resettlement, Land Acquisition and Relocation .......................18

4.2 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures in the Project Construction

Process ..........................................................................................................................22

4.2.1 Construction Period ................................................................................................ 22

4.2.2 Operation Period ..................................................................................................... 30

5. Environmental Management Organization of the Project ............................ 36

5.1 Brief Introduction ......................................................................................................36

5.2 Environmental Protection Organization during the Construction Period.................38

5.2.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Organization............ 38

5.2.2 Positions and Duties of the Personnel Arranged .................................................... 40

5.3 Environmental Management Agency during the Operation Period .........................43

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6. EMP Implementation ......................................................................................... 44

6.1 Project Management ................................................................................................44

6.1.1 Overall Management............................................................................................... 44

6.1.2 Management Supervision ....................................................................................... 45

6.2 Detailed EMP Implementation Tasks .......................................................................48

6.3 Contract Requirements on Environmental Management ........................................52

6.4 Information Communication and Inconsistency Solutions.......................................53

6.5 Training-Necessary Capacity and Means Building ..................................................54

6.5.1 Training requirements ............................................................................................. 54

6.5.2 Training Content...................................................................................................... 54

6.5.3 Budgetary Estimate for Personnel Training Fees ................................................... 56

6.6 Compensation for Land Acquisition .........................................................................57

6.7 Ethnic Minorities.......................................................................................................58

6.8 Temporary Site Restoration .....................................................................................58

7. Environmental Monitoring Plan..................................................................... 59

7.1 Monitoring Purposes ................................................................................................59

7.2 Environmental Monitoring Agency ...........................................................................59

7.3 Detailed Environmental Monitoring Requirements ..................................................62

8. Environmental Management Expenses Estimation and Fund Sources...... 63

8.1 Budget Distribution...................................................................................................63

9. EMP Information Management....................................................................... 65

9.1 Information Exchange ..............................................................................................65

9.2 Recording Mechanism .............................................................................................65

9.3 Reporting Mechanism ..............................................................................................65

Annex 1 Environmental Standards Involved with the Project ............................ 68

Annex 2 Detailed Environmental management Specifications for the Project

Contractor.............................................................................................................. 71

Annex 3 Detailed Environmental management Specifications for the Project

Operation Department........................................................................................... 79

Annex 4 Environmental Monitoring Plan and Detailed Budget of the Project... 81

Annex 5 Associated Works of the Project (Environmental Monitoring Plan of

Quanhu Urban Refuse Landfill, Xiangxiang City) ............................................... 83

Annex 6 Summary of the Project EMP................................................................. 85

ABBREVIATIONS

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CEA Consolidated Environmental Assessment

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CSE Construction Supervision Engineer

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CSEE Construction Supervision

Environmental Engineer

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CSEMP Construction Site Environmental

Management Plan

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DI Design Institute

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EA Environmental Assessment

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EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

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EMC Environmental Manager Coordinator

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EMP Environmental Management and Monitoring

Plan

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EMS Environmental Monitoring Station

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EPB Environmental Protection Bureau

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IA Implementation Agency

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PO Project Owner

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PMO Project Management Office

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PRC The People’s Republic of China

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SE Supervision Engineer

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WB World Bank

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WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant

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HNPMO Hunan Project Management Office

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CSEPCTC Changsha Environmental Protection Career Technical College

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CURRENCIES & OTHER UNITS

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MU Area Unit �1MU�0.0667ha�

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RMB Chinese Yuan �Renminbi�

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USD United States Dollar

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Conversion rate 1 USD�6.3RMB

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CHEMICAL ABBREVIATIONS

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ABR Anaetobic Bafflted Reactor

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A²/O Anaerobic-anoxic-oxic biologic phosphorus

& nitrogen

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BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand �5 days�

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CASS Cyclic Activated Sludge System

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COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

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NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen

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SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor Processing

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SS Suspended Solids

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TN Total Nitrogen

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TP Total Phosphorus

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TSP Total Suspended Particulates

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UASB Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Bed

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General

1.1 Project Introduction

With the social economy development of Yueshan Town and further

acceleration of the urbanization process, the urban construction takes on a

new look. However, some problems arising from the urban development are in

urgent need of solutions, including undeveloped town economy, small

aggregated economic volume, low industrial management level, delayed

infrastructure and public facility construction of small towns, depressed urban

visitor flowrate and logistics, poor attraction effect, serious environment

pollution, and insufficient construction funds; especially, as the production and

domestic wastewater of Yueshan Town is randomly discharged without any

treatment or directly drained into adjacent channels and there are no uniform

drainage pipelines, the water body and adjacent areas are seriously polluted,

the living of residents in adjacent towns is significantly impacted, and the

inhabitation environment quality of the towns declines increasingly. In order to

further promote the healthy and sustainable social and economic development

of Yueshan Town as well as enhance the urban habitation environment quality

and the status of insufficient construction funds for the infrastructures, it is

determined to utilize the WB loans to construct the integrated economic

development demonstration town project of Hunan Province and faithfully

accelerate the rapid and sustainable economic and social development of

Yueshan Town by means of the site reconnaissance of the provincial,

municipal, and county-level development and reform departments and experts

based on the tenets of WB loans of “improving the environment and

enhancing the sustainable development” and the actual conditions of Yueshan

Town.

In December 2010, Yueshan Town initially completed the identification

reporting information of Hunan Province Utilizing WB Loans to Construct the

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Integrated Economic Development Demonstration Town. In January 2011, in

order to accelerate the progress of Hunan Province Utilizing WB Loans to

Construct the Integrated Economic Development Demonstration Town, the

People’s Government of Yueshan Town entrusted Hunan Provincial

International Engineering Consultation Center to compile the Feasibility

Study Report on Hunan Integrated Economic Development

Demonstration Town Utilizing WB Loans. In February 2011, the expert

group went to the site and performed investigation and survey, according to

the actual conditions of Yueshan Town, the construction scheme and content

were prepared and it was also determined to utilize the WB loans to develop

the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and supporting projects,

industrial development research of small towns, small town management

research, staff training, and other construction projects through discussions

and negotiations with the government of Yueshan Town. Currently, all

preliminary preparations of the project are in smooth progress.

The project is a newly-built one, with the total investment of RMB 41.0469

million yuan and land occupation area of 8529m2 (12.8mu). The newly-

increased wastewater treatment scale is 6000m3/d, (to be constructed in two

stages, the assessment this time is focused on the stage I, with the scale of

3000m3/d), and the wastewater collection pipe networks of the town area are

reconstructed and perfected.

The main technical indices for Yueshan Town Subproject of Xiangxiang City

under Hunan Integrated Economic Development Demonstration Town Project

utilizing WB loans are shown in Table 1.

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Table 1-1 Main Technical Indices of the Project

No. Content Index Remarks

1 Service range Central town

area of Yueshan Town

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2 Service area 2.03km2 in short

term 3.22 km2 in short term (2013) and long term

(2020)

3 Service population 13500 persons in short term

25500 persons in short term (2013) and long term (2020)

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Total land occupation area of the Wastewater

Treatment Plant 8529 m2 Totaling 15.29mu

5 Land occupation area of the building (structure)

3150 m2 Totaling 4.73mu

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Construction scale of the Wastewater Treatment Plant

3000 m3/d The land with a scale of 6000 m3/d is

reserved

7 Water disinfection

process Ultraviolet light

disinfection /

8 Treatment process DEST process /

9 Sludge disposal Sanitary and safe landfill

Safe landfill of the sludge by means of the integrated mechanical thickening and

dehydration treatment

10 Pipe network construction

13.52 km Wastewater pipe network paving length

11 Total investment of the

project 41.0469 million

yuan In short term (2013)

1.2 EMP Targets

Based on the inevitable environmental impacts of the project, the EMP is

compiled to formulate a set of environmental protection countermeasures,

which is technologically feasible, and financially sustainable and operable,

and make clear the environmental mitigation and management measures, and

institutional establishment and arrangement that the project Contractor,

Supervisor, Operator and environmental management departments shall

implement so as to eliminate or compensate for the negative social and

environmental impacts caused by the project to minimize the impacts to the

acceptable level. Specific targets include:

(1) Make clear the environmental management obligations of the Contractor

and Operator

The Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City, environment

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assessment unit, and Design Institute has made specific site checking and

confirmation to the environmental protection target, put forward the effective

environment mitigation measures and incorporated them into the project

design, which are regarded as the contractual obligation of the project

construction Contractor and Operator.

(2) Take it as the operation guideline for the environmental management

The EMP during the construction period and the operation period described in

the Environmental monitoring Plan can ensure the effective implementation of

the environment mitigation measures, which will be made as the

environmental protection text and submitted to the construction supervision

unit, environmental supervision unit, and other relevant units during the

construction period and the operation period, so as to define the

responsibilities and effects of relevant functional departments and

management agencies as well as put forward the communication and

exchange channels and modes of all departments.

(3) Expenditure to ensure the environmental management action

The EMP has estimated the expenditures for the mentioned environmental

management, environmental supervision, and capability building and

described the expenditure source, so as to ensure all environmental

management actions can be implemented. The management expense

includes the staff salaries, office expense, and traveling expense.

The EMP is intended to avoid and control the environmental impact during the

project implementation and operation, and put forward the impact mitigation

measures, monitoring measures, legal supervision means, and guarantee

measures of above measures to be performed, which is a key link between

the impact mitigation measures and the alternative measures assessed and

described in the environmental impact and environment assessment. And, the

EMP also specifies the technical annotations, investment estimate,

implementation plan, functions of the governmental agency, fund source, and

monitoring scheme for each environmental management measure. To reach

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the reduction target, all methods involved with the environmental impact

assessment report and the EMP shall be implemented.

1.3 EMP Compilation

The report is compiled by Changsha Environmental Protection Career

Technical College entrusted by Hunan Project Management Office; during

compilation, all participators are subjected to relevant training and technical

guidance. The EMP of the project will be compiled in strict accordance with

the national and provincial environmental management laws and regulations.

In the premise of meeting the Chinese environment assessment

requirements, the requirements of the security regulations of the WB shall be

paid special attention; see relevant stipulations in the operation article 4.01 for

details.

The information source of the project EMP is as follows:

(1) Project environmental impact assessment report (EIA)

(2) Project feasibility study report

(3) Project resettlement plan

(4) Seminar jointly participated by Hunan Project Management Office, WB

representatives, Changsha Environmental Protection Career Technical

College, and relevant staff

1.4 EMP Design

In order to concretely describe the content of the environmental management,

environmental supervision, and environmental monitoring, the compiled EMP

is the guideline for the environmental management during the project

implementation, and its action plan mainly includes following four parts:

(1) Environmental impact and mitigation measures: The main impact during

the project construction period and the operation period is the environmental

impact; the environmental impact and mitigation measures refer to the

engineering measures and management measures to prevent or mitigate the

negative environmental impact brought by the project.

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(2) Environmental management and supervision plans: The environmental

supervision activity to ensure the synchronous implementation of the

environmental protection measures and the project.

(3) Environmental monitoring Plan: The environmental supervision activity to

eliminate the environment pollution during the construction period and the

operation period and ensure the safe operation of the project and the

improvement of the environment status.

(4) Capability building (namely the staff training) plan: The knowledge and skill

training to the management staff, environmental supervisor, and full-time or

part-time environmental management staff during the project implementation

to ensure the performance of the EMP.

1.5 Compilation Details

The EMP is compiled based on the Environmental Impact Assessment

Report for the Yueshan Town (Xiangxiang City) Integrated Economic

Development Demonstration Town Project Utilizing WB Loans and

assessment opinions of the WB experts. As an independent document, the

EMP includes all environmental management actions to be implemented

during the project construction period and the operation period, which offers

the action guideline and working framework to the negative impact mitigation

measures, environmental supervision, environmental management, and

environmental monitoring during the project construction period and the

operation period.

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2. Policies, Laws and Administrative Management

Framework

2.1 Environmental Policies, Laws and Regulations

2.1.1 Overview

Through the comprehensive analysis on the project type and scale, siting,

environment sensitivity, and potential environmental impact characteristics

and size, the main basis of the project environmental assessment and the

involved laws, regulations and rules, and standards include:

(1) Environmental protection laws and regulations;

(2) Regulations, specifications, and local rules and regulations related to the

environmental protection;

(3) Technical Guideline for the Environmental Impact Assessment and

Specifications;

(4) Environment quality standard;

(5) Pollutant emission standard;

(6) Safety control policies of WB.

The above policies, laws, rules and regulations, and standards constitute the

framework of the policies, laws, rules and regulations, and documents to

guide and standardize the project environmental assessment work (EIA and

EMP).

2.1.2 Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations

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

December 26, 1989;

(2) Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of

China, September 1, 2003;

(3) Water Pollution Control Law of the People’s Republic of China, June

1, 2008;

(4) Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of

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China, September 1, 2000;

(5) Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic

of China, March 1, 1997;

(6) Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Law of Solid Wastes

of the People’s Republic of China, April 1, 2005;

(7) Rules for the Implementation of the Water Pollution Control Law of

the People’s Republic of China, March 20, 2000;

(8) Rules for the Implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention and

Control Law of the People’s Republic of China, May 8, 1991;

(9) Water Law of the People’s Republic of China, October 1, 2002;

(10) Soil and Water Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China,

March 1, 2011;

(11) Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China, August 28,

2004;

(12) Town and County Planning Act of the People’s Republic of China,

January 1, 2008;

(13) Cultural Relics Preservation Law of the People’s Republic of China,

October 28, 2002;

2.1.3 Regulations, Specifications and Local Laws Relevant to

Environmental Protection

(1) Guideline Catalogue for Industrial Restructuring (2011’ version) (No.

40 Decree of the National Development and Reform Committee, June 1,

2011);

(2) Environmental Protection Management Regulations for the

Construction Project, November 29, 1998;

(3) Provisional Method for Public Participation of the Environmental

Impact Assessment, February 22, 2006;

(4) Disclosure Method of the Environment Information (Trial), April 21,

2007;

(5) Notice of Reinforcing the Environmental Impact Assessment

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Management Work of the Construction Project Utilizing Loans from the

International Financial Organization, June 21, 1993;

(6) Notice of Reinforcing the Check and Approval of the Environmental

Impact Assessment Management Work of the Construction Project by

Different Levels, December 02, 2004;

(7) Notice of Reinforcing the Supervision and Management Work of the

Environmental Impact Assessment of the Urban Construction Project,

September 18, 2008;

(8) Catalogue of Classified Management of the Environmental Impact

Assessment Management Work of the Construction Project (No. 2

Decree of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of

China);

(9) Document of the General Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection

of the People’s Republic of China Notice of Reinforcing the Sludge

Pollution and Control Work of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant

(HB [2010] No. 157), November 26, 2010;

(10) Reform of the Sludge Treatment and Disposal and Pollution Control

Technology of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant (Trial), February 18,

2009;

(11) Urban Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control Technology

Policy (CJ [2000] No. 124), May 29, 2000;

(12) Document of the Department of Construction of Hunan Province Notice

of Further Reinforcing the Construction Management Work of the Urban

Wastewater Treatment Facilities of Hunan Province (XJC [2008] 160), May

12, 2008.

2.1.4 EIA Technical Guidelines and Specifications

(1) Technical Guideline for the Environmental Impact Assessment-

General Principle HJ/T2.1-1993;


Atmospheric Environment HJ2.2-2008;

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Surface Water Environment HJ/T2.3-1993;


Acoustic Environment HJ2.4-2009;

(5) Technical Guideline for the Environmental Impact Assessment-Non-

pollution Ecological Impact HJ19-2011;

(6) Guideline for the Environment Risk Assessment Technology of the

Construction Project HJ/T169-2004.

2.1.5 Environmental Quality Standards

(1) Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-1996) class II standard;

(2) Surface Water Environment Quality Standard (GB3838-2002) class IV

(section of Xinqiao River in Yueshan Town);

(3) Acoustic Environment Quality Standard (GB3096-2009) class 2;

(4) Designed Hygienic Standard of the Industrial Enterprise (TJ36-79).

2.1.6 Pollutant Emission Standards

(1) The dust during construction period will be subjected to the fugitive

emission monitoring concentration limit specified in the Comprehensive

Emission Standard of the Atmospheric Pollutant (GB16297-1996);

(2) The ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and odor concentration during the

operation period will be subjected to the class II (new construction,

reconstruction, and extension) standard specified in the Emission Standard

of the Odor Pollutant (GB14554-93);

(3) The tail water emission during the operation period will be subjected to the

class I standard B specified in the Emission Standard of the Pollutant of

the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant (GB18918-2002);

(4) The noise emission during the construction period will be subjected to the

boundary limit during the construction period specified in the Noise Limits for

the Construction Site (GB12523-90);

(5) The boundary noise emission during the operation period will be subjected

to the class II standard specified in the Ambient Noise Emission Standard

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at the Boundary of Industrial Enterprises (GB12348-2009);

(6) Pollution Control Standard of the Storage and Disposal Yard for

General Industrial Solid Wastes (GB18599-2001).

2.1.7 WB’s Safeguard Policies

(1) OP/BP4.01 Environmental Assessment;

(2) OP/BP4.04 Natural Habitats;

(3) OP4.09 Pest Management;

(4) OP4.37 Safety of Dams;

(5) OP4.11 Physical Cultural Resources;

(6) OP/BP4.12 Involuntary Resettlement;

(7) OD4.20 Indigenous Peoples;

(8) OP7.50 Projects on International Waterways;

(9) BP17.50 Information Disclosure.

The safety control policies of the World Bank related to the project are items

(1), (6), and (9).

2.1.8 Relevant Project Documents

(1) Feasibility Study Report of Yueshan Town Subproject, Xiangxiang

City under Hunan Integrated Economic Development Demonstration

Town Project Utilizing WB Loans compiled by Hunan Provincial

International Engineering Consultation Center (October 2011);

(2) Resettlement Plan of the Yueshan Town (Xiangxiang City) Integrated

Economic Development Demonstration Town Project (October 2011);

(3) General Planning of Yueshan Town of Xiangxiang City (2006—2020)

(August 2009);

(4) Feasibility Study Report of the Vast Rural Environment Renovation

Demonstration Area Project of Yueshan Town, Xiangxiang City (August

2010).

2.2 Environmental Management Agency and Duties

The central people’s government of China and the people’s governments of all

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provinces (municipalities directly under the central government and

autonomous regions), cities (prefectures), and counties (districts) have all

established the environmental management agencies according to the law

and perform the corresponding legal environmental management

responsibilities. The main environmental management agencies related to the

project include the Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City, the

Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City, etc.

(1) Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City

The Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City was established in

1975, which is a department under the control of the municipal government

responsible for the environmental protection work of the whole city. Its main

responsibilities are as follows: implement and carry out the national

environmental protection guidelines, policies, laws, and regulations; perform

the laws and regulations, policies, and systems issued by the provincial

government and provincial Department of Environmental Protection; draw up

and supervise the implementation of the municipal environmental protection

rules, regulations, and policies; prevent and control the environment pollution

and environment damages in terms of the sources; perform the emission

reduction target of the whole city; take charge of the environmental

supervision and environmental protection enforcement of the whole city; take

the responsibility for the environment pollution control work of the whole city;

guide, coordinate, and supervise the ecological protection work; take charge

of the supervision and management of the nuclear safety and radiation safety;

undertake the environmental monitoring and information disclosure work;

develop the science and technology work for the environmental protection;

organize, guide, and coordinate the environmental protection propaganda and

conduction work of the whole city; prepare and organize the performance of

the environmental protection propaganda and conduction planning; develop

the propaganda and conduction work related to the civilization construction

and construction of the environmentally-friendly society; promote the social

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public and the social organization to participate in the environmental

protection; develop the foreign cooperation and exchange regarding the

environmental protection; raise suggestions problems arising from the

municipal foreign cooperation and exchange regarding the environmental

protection; launch the foreign information exchange work regarding the

environmental protection; participate in the foreign environmental protection

affairs, and undertake other issues and matters assigned by the municipal

people’s government.

(2) Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City

The main responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Bureau of

Xiangxiang City are as follows: implement and carry out the national

environmental protection guidelines, policies, laws, and regulations; perform

the laws and regulations, policies, and systems issued by the provincial

government and provincial Department of Environmental Protection; supervise

the implementation of the environmental protection rules, regulations, and

policies of Xiangxiang City; prevent and control the environment pollution and

environment damages in terms of the sources; take charge of the

environmental supervision and environmental protection enforcement of the

whole city; take the responsibility for the environment pollution control work of

the whole city; guide, coordinate, and supervise the ecological protection

work; undertake the environmental monitoring and information disclosure

work; develop the science and technology work for the environmental

protection; organize, guide, and coordinate the environmental protection

propaganda and conduction work of the whole city; promote the social public

and the social organization to participate in the environmental protection, and

undertake other issues and matters assigned by the People’s Government of

Xiangxiang City.

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3. Project Description

3.1 Project Name and Composition

Project name: Yueshan Town Subproject (Xiangxiang City) of Hunan

Integrated Economic Development Demonstration Town Project Utilizing WB

Loans

Construction nature: newly-built

Construction Unit: Yueshan Town government of Xiangxiang City.

Construction site: The location is Yingxiongling group, Xinqiao Village,

Yueshan Town, Xiangxiang City

Project investment: The total investment of the project is RMB 41.0469 million

yuan, and all required funds are self-raised.

Project composition: The land occupation area of the project is 8529m2

(totaling 12.8mu) and designed scale is 6000m3/d, which will be built in two

stages. The construction scale this time is determined as 3000m3/d and the

supporting wastewater pipe network is 13520m, which can meet the

requirements of the development planning of Xiangxiang Yueshan Town; the

underground DEST is selected as the wastewater treatment process of the

project. The main economic and technical indices of the project are shown in

Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 Main Economic and Technical Indices of the Project

No. Index Unit Quantity Remarks

1 Total land occupation area m2 8529 The land with a scale of 3000m3/d is reserved

2 Construction scale m3/d 3000 /

3 Urban wastewater pipeline m 13520 /

4 Afforestation rate % 32.7 Afforestation area of 2793m2

5 Total investment of the

project 10000 yuan

4104.29 /

6 Fixed staff number of the

whole plant Person 13 /

7 Number of production days

of the whole year Day 365 /

8 Construction time limit Year 5 From July 2012 to June

2017

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3.2 Project Implementation Schedule

3.2.1 Construction Period

Yueshan Town Subproject (Xiangxiang City) of Hunan Integrated Economic

Development Demonstration Town Project Utilizing WB Loans had been listed

into the Optional WB Loan Projects Program of the Fiscal Year

2009�2011 at the end of 2008. According to the construction period of WB

projects, through analysis on the construction scale and property, project

complexity, local construction conditions, management level and personnel

quality of the proposal project of Yueshan Town, and by reference to the

construction progress of similar projects, the construction period of the project

is determined as 5 years, namely 60 months.

3.2.2 Progress Schedule

It is planned that the preliminary preparations of Hunan integrated economic

development demonstration town project utilizing WB loans will be completed

in August 2011, with the project construction time limit of 5 years; namely from

July 2012 to June 2017.

February- August 2011: Complete the compilation, check, and approval of the

Project Feasibility Study Report;

September 2011: Preliminary design bidding invitation;

October- December 2011: Preliminary design;

January 2012: Construction drawing bidding invitation;

February- June 2012: Construction drawing design;

July 2012 – June 2015: Project construction;

July 2012 – June 2017: Trainings, investigations, and relevant activities by the

year;

The end of June 2017: Complete the project acceptance.

3.3 Project Overview

3.3.1 Construction Content and Scale

The project is with the land occupation area of 8529m2 (12.8mu), and the

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construction scale is 3000m3/d and the supporting wastewater pipe network is

13520m this time. See Table 3-2 and Table 3-3 for details of the main

construction content and scale of the project.

Table 3-1 Conditions Related to the Project Construction

Drainage System

Drainage Direction Construc

tion Time Limit by

Stage

Designed Service

Population (Person)

Estimated Wastewater

Amount in the Service Area

(m3/d)

Design Scale (m

3/d)

Current

Status

After Establishm

ent

Current Status

After Establishme

nt

Short term

(2013) 15600 2941 3000

Long term

(2020) 25500 5880 6000

Confluenc

e

Incomplete separation syste

m

Xinqiao

River

Xinqiao

River

Note: The construction content of the long term (2020) in the table is

included in the stage II, which is not covered by the assessment this

time.

Table 3-2 Main Construction Content and Scale of the Project

No. Name Unit Quantity Remarks

1 Construction scale m3/d 3000 The land with a scale of 3000m3/d is reserved

2 Urban wastewater

pipeline m 13520 /

3 Road and turning ground

area m2 1840

Including partial exterior road out of the bounding wall

4 Sidewalk area m2 76 /

5 Afforestation area m2 2793 Afforestation rate of 32.7%

6 Hardening area m2 440 /

7 Paving site m2 820 /

8 Complex building m2 324 Two floors, 21.6×7.5×6m

9 Blower house m2 75.6 12.6×6×3.5m

10 Dewatering house m2 135 15×9×4.5m

11 Power distribution room m2 75.6 12.6×6×3.5m

12 Grill well m2 20 8×2×4m

13 Pump house m2 29.6 7×4×4m

14 Collector well m2 29.6 7×4×6m

15 DEST reaction tank m2 632.8 35.5×17.6×6.8m

16 Mud storage tank m2 9.9 3×3×3m

17 Ultraviolet light

disinfection tank m2 19.3 3×5×2m

Table 3-2 and Table 3-3 show that:

(1) The Wastewater Treatment Plant of the project will be constructed in two

stages in terms of short term and long term, and the design scale of the

Wastewater Treatment Plant will be determined based on the current

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population status and its growth rate. In order to ensure that the domestic

wastewater can be effectively treated, the designed treatment scale of the

Wastewater Treatment Plant is larger or equals to the estimated wastewater

output generally. In addition to the above, the supporting sewage pipes,

wastewater trunks, drainage pipes, rainwater pipes, water-break pipes, and

other pipe networks will be constructed as well. It meets the regulations that

“the final scale of the construction of the urban wastewater treatment facilities

shall be determined based on the short term planning and its short term scale

shall be determined based on the current water amount specified in the Urban

Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control Technology Policy (CJ

[2000] No. 124).

(2) After the project implementation, the drainage direction will be changed to

the condition that the it will be drained into the surface water body after being

collected by the pipe network and being qualified after being treated by the

urban Wastewater Treatment Plant from the current status of directly draining

into the surface water body, which will largely reduce pollutants entering into

the surface water body and enhance the water environment quality.

3.3.2 Process Design

The underground DEST (low power bio-membrane process) is selected as the

wastewater treatment process of the project.

The DEST process is a kind of urban wastewater treatment and purification

system which is developed based on the USB process; it is also regarded as

a kind of process focused on anaerobic biochemistry and supplemented by

the aerobic biochemistry, which is characterized by the multi-cell anoxic tank,

anaerobic tank, and aerobic tank. And, this treatment system is composed of

the down-flow anaerobic organism contact pond, up-flow anaerobic organism

contact oxidation pond, and biological contact oxidation pond. By setting the

high surface area filler in the anaerobic organism contact oxidation pond, the

attached biomass will be significantly larger than the suspended one; thus, the

treatment capability can be improved and the treatment cycle can be

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shortened. By applying the interior return-flow system, the working stability is

increased. And, the wastewater after the anaerobic treatment will flow into the

biological contact oxidation pond by gravity. Also, this tank is a kind of

biological treatment device focused on bio-membrane process, which is

supplemented by the active sludge method. By means of the oxygen source

offered by the air blower, the organisms in the device is absorbed and

degraded by microorganisms and the water quality is further purified. The

biological contact oxidation pond is equipped with the elastic polythene filler,

which is aerated by the perforated pipe.

3.3.3 Service Range

3.3.1.1 Designed time limit and drainage system of the wastewater

(1) Designed time limit

Based on the General Planning of Yueshan Town of Xiangxiang City

(2006—2020), the Code for Planning of the Urban Water Supply Project,

the town development level, perfectness of the water supply and drainage

facilities, and other factors, the designed time limit of the project is determined

as:

Short term: 2013

Long term: 2020 (The construction content is included in the stage II, which is

not covered by the assessment this time.)

(2) Drainage system

Currently, the production and domestic wastewater of Yueshan Town is freely

drained, and as there are no uniform drainage pipelines, it is directly drained

into adjacent channels. According to the planning, the central town area of

Yueshan will be applied with the combined rain-wastewater system in short

term and incomplete rain-wastewater separation system in long term.

3.3.3.2 Service range of the Wastewater Treatment Plant

The service range of the wastewater treatment project is the central town area

of Yueshan Town; according to the general planning, the construction land in

2010 and 2020 will be 1.34 km2 and 3.22 km2. Up to the end of 2010, the

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existing as-built area of the central town is 1.5 km2, which is basically

consistent with the planned construction land. As the land will be mainly

developed towards the northeast part of the existing one, it is estimated that

the construction land in 2013 and 2020 will be 2.03 km2 and 3.22 km2.

Accordingly, the service range of the project is 2.03 km2 in short term and

3.22 km2 in long term (the construction content is included in the stage II,

which is not covered by the assessment this time).

The Wastewater Treatment Plant will only accept the domestic wastewater,

industrial wastewater with approximate water quality to that of the domestic

wastewater, and industrial wastewater after treatment up to the specified

national emission standard which can be merged with the domestic

wastewater for treatment.

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4 Summary of Environmental Impacts and

Environmental Protection Measures of the Project

4.1 Impacts due to the Resettlement, Land Acquisition and

Relocation

Cooperated with the local governments, administrative villages, cadres of the

villagers’ groups, and relocatees with different levels, and the project Design

Institute, the Project Owner, on the basis of the preliminarily-planned land

acquisition processing range, has investigated the affected population,

houses, auxiliary facilities, land, special facilities, and other main physical

indices one by one. According to the newest feasibility study design

achievements, review and investigation results of the physical indices, and

field investigation results, try to consider the impact of the project construction

on the local society and economy upon the scheme optimization comparison

and selection and make it as the key factor. In order to reduce land acquisition

and relocatee to the minimum, the Design Institute and the Project Owner

have taken some effective measures, so as to avoid the residential area,

reduce relocatees, occupy few cultivated land, and follow the local planning

and opinions of the local government in aspects of the scheme selection and

arrangement of other supporting facilities.

The project is not involved with the house demolition, and the main impact

type covers land acquisition, with the affected area of Yingxiongling group of

Xinqiao Village of Yueshan Town. The land acquisition and relocation affected

by the project after the site investigation is shown in Table 4-1.

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Table 4-1 List of Project Affected Areas

Permanent Land Acquisition Temporary Land Occupation

Project

Area

Total land

acquisition area (mu)

Total of the

affected rural househ

olds and

population

Collectively-

owned land

acquisition (mu)

Number of the affecte

d business men (household)

Cultivated land area (mu)

Total of the

affected rural househ

olds (household)

Number of

relocatees

(household)

Number of the affecte

d businessmen (household)

Xinqiao

Village

(Yingxiongl

ing group

)

12.8 11/46 12.8 0 0 0 0 0

According to the table 4-1 and table 4-2, the basic data of the land

acquisitioned affected by the project are: the collectively-owned land to be

acquisitioned is 12.8mu and 11 households (46 persons) are affected by land

acquisition.

(1) Collectively-owned rural land acquisition

According to investigations and statistics, the Wastewater Treatment Plant of

the project will occupy the land of 12.8mu, and all land is the rural collectively-

owned land and belongs to Xinqiao Village, and there is no state-owned land.

All the collectively-owned land to be acquisitioned is the cultivated land

(including the fertile farmland), and there is no uncultivated land.

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Table 4-2 Type and Quantity of the Collectively-owned Land Expropriated (mu)

Project

Affected

Village

Type of the Land Expropriated Area (mu)

Affected

Household

(Household)

Affected

Population

(Person)

Dry land (cotton-rape rotation)

0 0 0

Paddy field 12.8 11 46 Orchard 0 0 0

Vegetable land 0 0 0

Cultivated land

Subtotal 12.8 11 46

Yueshan Town

Wastewater Treatment

Plant

Xinqiao Village

Uncultivated land

Uncultivated land 0 0 0

(2) Demolition of the rural residential house

The project is not involved with the rural house demolition.

(3) Affected business storefront

The project is not involved with the business storefront.

(4) Impact of the temporary land occupation

As all temporarily-piled facilities of Yueshan wastewater treatment project are

all within the delimitation range of the project area (planned afforestation area

of 2783m2), the project is not involved with the temporary land occupation

problem.

(5) Affected population

Yueshan Town Wastewater Treatment Plant Project (Xiangxiang City) of

Hunan integrated economic development demonstration town project utilizing

WB loans will directly affect 11 rural households and 46 persons. Viewing

from the affecting types, there is only the land acquisition impact, and its direct

impact refers to the population impacted by land acquisition, which is not

involved with house and business storefront demolition or the affected

enterprises and institutions. See Table 4-3 for details of the investigation on

the population directly affected by the project.

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Table 4-3 Affected Population

Affect Content Yueshan Town

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Household 11 Land acquisition

Population 46

Household 0 House demolition

Population 0

Household 0 Business storefront demolition due to rural house reconstruction

Population 0

Household 0 Operation of the business storefront Population 0

Household 0 Demolition of shopping booths on sidewalks Population 0

(6) Affected vulnerable groups

The project is only involved with people from Han Nationality; the residents in

the project area have no main difference from the traditional cultural,

economic, social, or political systems of the dominant society and culture, and

they also don’t think they are special. Therefore, the project is not involved

with the indigenous group.

According to the rural house investigation and villagers’ assessment, there is

vulnerable group in the population affected by the project, which is entitled to

the subsistence allowances. See Table 4-4 for details of the vulnerable

families affected by the project.

Table 4-4 Vulnerable Families Affected by the Project

Name Family

Member Difficulty Descriptions Source of Income

Gan Shixia

ng 4

63 years old, divorced, has one married daughter who is unemployed, and his daughter also has one daughter. He is weak and sickish and fails to earn his own living. And, his family is difficult. (his family is assessed as a poor one

by the villagers’ assessment).

All family members are engaged in agriculture,

the income from the agricultural plantation is their main source, and

they have no other revenues.

Note: The above vulnerable group is determined based on three group

interviews between the villagers’ committee and the relocatees.

(7) Affected ground attachments and special facilities

The project is not involved with the ground attachments and special facilities.

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4.2 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures in the Project

Construction Process

4.2.1 Construction Period

See Table 4-5 and Table 4-6 for details of the negative environmental impacts

and proposed mitigation measures during the project construction period.

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Table 4-5 Possible Negative Environmental Impacts during the Project Construction Period

No. Source Item Negative Environmental Impacts

1 Construction dust It is produced during the project excavation and construction as well as material conveyance and treatment; generally, the main impact range is within 100m of the worksite.

Pipe network

The production wastewater during the construction period mainly comes from washing water and repair for the vehicle and mechanical equipment, with the main pollutants including SS and petroleum.

2 Construction wastewater

Plant area

Due to the site cleaning, concrete preparation and curing, and implementation of the construction and installation projects, certain construction wastewater will be produced; in addition, as numerous construction workers are required during the construction period, certain domestic wastewater will be produced as well.

Pipe network

The construction machinery and transportation machinery will cause potential impacts to the adjacent residential areas, especially hospitals, schools, and other sensitive targets, with the impact area of 0~100m. 3 Noise

Plant area

It refers to the noise due to the construction machinery and transportation vehicle in the plant area during the construction period, which will impact the adjacent sensitive points.

4 Traffic jam

It refers to the impact of the temporary piling of earth during the construction period on the traffic of the road adjacent to pipeline construction; when the pipeline crosses the road and the slotting mode is taken, vehicles on the road will be easily jammed, which will lead a larger impact on the traffic; the transportation of raw materials (sand and stone, cement, etc.) and spoil during the construction period will increase the traffic volume in a short term.

5 Construction waste Certain construction wastes, spoil, and waste oil will be produced during the construction period,

which shall be disposed.

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Pipe network

During the pipe network construction, the earth and stone will be excavated and residual vegetations will be removed; accordingly, the existing vegetations in the area will be impacted adversely and the surface soil in the project area will be exposed; The places for earth and stone excavation and available spoil storage and the low depression for fill will change the original landform and physiognomy and produce soil erosions, which will increase the water and soil loss in the project area within rainy seasons inevitably. 6

Vegetation destroy and land and soil loss

Plant area

The surface excavation will destroy vegetations and produce erosions during rainfall; various kinds of temporary land occupations will destroy original vegetations and worsen the local water and soil loss. For example, if the raw material yard and temporary spoil pile yard are improperly managed, the water and soil losses including the sheet erosion and shallow liner erosion will easily occur.

7 Land occupation

The temporary land occupation of the project will damage the corresponding vegetations to some extent; as the permanent land occupation has to remove agricultural crops and soddings, the vegetation coverage rate will be lowered and few water and soil losses will be easily caused; the cut or fill of the permanent land occupation will change the soil structure, reduce the soil maturation degree, and impact the soil productivity after reclamation, but it will not affect the land utilization mode.

8 Landscape ecology

Due to road breaking and excavation and earth piling during the pipe network project construction, the pipe network paving district will become messy; though there are enclosures for separation, persons around will feel the project is disordered. The splashed spoil during the transportation will pollute the road, cause dust, and bring negative impact to the adjacent landscapes.

9 Road damage The transportation by heavy trucks will seriously damage the pavement, especially during rainy season and when the surface is wet.

10 Health and safety As the dwelling and hygiene conditions of the construction worksite are relatively poorer and the labor is intensive, it is easy to lead to prevalent diseases.

11 Cultural relic The excavation construction may be involved with cultural relics.

Table 4-6 List of Pollution Control Measures during the Project Construction Period

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Environmental impact Factor

Construction Area

Pollution Factor

Pollution Control Measures

Pipe network

Dust

a. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction; construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently;

b. The vehicles for transporting the limestone, sand and stone, and cement which easily produce dust shall be covered with the paulin; c. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed construction shall be conducted; d. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered and covered with the covering network to prevent dust.

Atmospheric environment

Plant area

Dust

a. The transportation management during the construction period shall be reinforced; the vehicles shall be covered with ceilings, and overload is not allowed;

b. Frequently water the roads for dedusting and reducing dust pollutions; c. It is forbidden to pile up construction wastes randomly; especially wastes within the construction line; d. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed construction shall be conducted; e. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered and covered with the covering network to prevent dust; f. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction; construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently; g. It shall ensure that no overload during transportation and no splashing along the transportation road. Prior to driving the vehicle out of the worksite, mud on wheels shall be completely removed to avoid splashing along the road; h. Do well in labor protection of construction workers, including wearing dustproof mask, etc.

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Construction Area

Pollution Factor


Pipe network

Construction wastewater

a. According to the actual construction conditions of the project pipe network, the vehicles and mechanical equipment will not be washed in the construction site, which will be performed by special car washing centers. b. Try to avoid performing the construction work in rainy seasons. c. The leaked oil shall be received by barrels for recycling; after having been collected by special plastic barrels and dumped into waste oil reservoir, it will be purchased by the special waste oil procurement department; if the waste oil drips on the ground, timely wipe it off with a piece of cotton yarn.

Construction wastewater

a. The construction unit shall establish the sedimentation tank in the plant area during the construction period so as to ensure that the rainwater, wastewater, wash water, and accumulated water during the construction period can be deposited and recycled for washing and watering.

Water environment

Plant area

Domestic wastewater

a. Simple living facilities shall be established in the construction site; domestic wastewater shall be used for watering the plant area after having been subjected to the oil separation and sedimentation treatment; the temporary pit toilet shall be prepared, which shall be cleaned periodically.

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Construction Area

Pollution Factor


Pipe network

Construction noise

a. The work time of all kinds of construction machinery during the construction period shall be rationally arranged; try to avoid simultaneous construction of lots of equipment with loud noise. In addition, the equipment with loud noise shall be operated in daytime as much as possible, and try to reduce transportation at night. Also, it is forbidden to make construction at night (22:00~6:00); with the approval from local environment departments, the sound insulation barriers shall be set between the sound source and the sensitive spot with regard to the construction activities which must be conducted at night; b. With regard to construction in road sections where schools are located, the construction unit shall consult with the school leaders, and try to arrange the loud noise construction in the corresponding winter holidays, summer holidays, two-day weekends, or after-class time; in addition, the construction progress shall be quickened; time limit shall be shortened, and the impact degree and duration shall be reduced. When performing the crash loud noise construction in two-day weekends, try to avoid disturbing the learning environment of the school; c. With regard to construction in road sections where hospitals are located, the construction unit shall consult with the hospital leaders and establish the moveable sound insulation barriers.

Acoustic environment

Plant area

Construction noise

a. Rationally arrange working hours of all kinds of construction machinery; it is forbidden to operate the machinery with loud noise for construction at night; b. The construction of different stages will be based on stipulations of the Noise Limits for the Construction Site (GB12523-90); establish enclosures, select equipment with low noise, and take other measures to strictly control the noise during the construction period. c. Try to select the equipment with low noise; for example, the hydraulic machinery can substitute the fuel machinery and the mixer can be equipped with the muffler.

d. The fixed mechanical equipment and earth excavation and earth moving machinery (including the bulldozer, etc.) can be equipped with the vent pipe muffler and the engine vibration parts can be isolated for noise reduction.

e. Make periodical repair and maintenance to the power machinery and equipment.

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Construction Area

Pollution Factor


Solid waste

a. After the domestic wastes are put in bags and collected by different classification, they will be uniformly cleared and transported by the environment sanitation department. b. The pit toilets shall be prepared in the construction area of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, which shall be cleaned periodically. After having been uniformly collected, excrement will be conveyed to the adjacent farmland and made as the fertilizer.

c. The construction wastes shall be treated by different classifications; the one which can be recycled shall be timely recycled by specially-assigned persons, and the one which can’t be recycled shall be used for the site backfill of the Wastewater Treatment Plant as much as possible. d. The construction wastes will be treated by the building unit based on the Management Regulations of Urban Construction Wastes. Prior to disposal, the building unit shall submit the application to the environment sanitation authority and transport the wastes according to the specified transportation routes and time. The waste disposal shall follow principles of minimization, recycling, and hazardfree; according to construction conditions of the urban projects, the application of preferably using the wastes for backfill of other urban facilities and on-site disposal shall be submitted to the municipal urban construction and environment sanitation authorities; the wastes can’t be completely disposed shall be properly stored in the appointed points out of the urban area.

Ecological environment

a. Select the proper spoil yard and slag yard for rational storage; try to make a direct use. The construction of different project section shall be conducted by sections, so as to reduce impact on the landscapes. b. Try to avoid performing the earth excavation and backfill in rainy seasons; try to complete backfill for excavations and side slope treatment prior to rainy seasons; c. The ditches around the spoil yard shall be well done to avoid water and soil losses during rainy seasons. The temporary pile yard shall be returned to its original status after completing construction. d. Assign the environmental protection supervision agency and full-time environmental protection staff, so as to reinforce the construction management and environmental protection propaganda and remind the people of the ecological environment protection; the construction workers are not allowed to chop down trees without permission; the contract stipulates that the Contractor shall make the construction work in strict accordance with the land acquisition range for construction; and all slag shall be conveyed to the appointed slag yard for storage.

Social environmen

(1) The pipe network construction shall be notified to the adjacent residents in advance; the traffic diversion due to the pipe network construction shall be reported to relevant departments for instructions, which shall be notified to the

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Construction Area

Pollution Factor


environment

pipe network construction shall be reported to relevant departments for instructions, which shall be notified to the adjacent residents in advance as well. (2) The overlapping problems and conflicts between the pipe network project and the urban water supply and power and municipal public administration facilities shall be fully discussed and consulted with relevant units and authorities in advance; construction plans shall be prepared according to different bid sections to notify possible damages of the municipal public administration facilities as well as avoidance and solutions to the construction unit. (3) Coordinate with the traffic police and traffic management department for the urban traffic organization during the construction period; specially-assigned persons will be dispatched to assist the traffic management and time limit will be shortened to mitigate the traffic pressure during the construction period to the large extent. (4) Set the temporary transition plates and construction fences for the horizontal road sections to reduce the construction impact on the traffic. (5) In order to guarantee a smooth urban drainage during the construction period, the river diversion and water pumps will be applied. If condition allows, the road section will be applied with the river diversion; if not, the road section will be applied with water pumps. (6) The scientific construction plan will be prepared; construction activities will be rationally arranged, the pipe network modification will be conducted by section, and the scheme of closely linking recovery with excavation will be followed, so as to mitigate heave excavations in the urban area and subsequent visual pollution, traffic jam, and negative impact on business activities. In addition, increase the propaganda of the pipe network modification project to get understanding from urban residents. In the later stage of construction, resume the damaged vegetations. (7) The road sections with schools, hospitals, and environmentally sensitive objects at both sides shall be made as the key environmental protection road section, and do well in watering, dedusting, noise control, and traffic dispersion.

(8) Improvement of temporarily-occupied road: optimize the design scheme and construction route; try to temporarily occupy less land and reduce occupation of afforestation belts. The soddings and trees on the occupied land shall be transplanted, which shall not be destroyed randomly; the surface shall be subjected to timely afforestation after the spoil backfill. (9) Protection to the physical cultural resources: Once cultural relics, ancient tombs, and cultural relics are discovered during the construction period, the site construction shall be paused; such conditions shall be notified to relevant departments; specially-assigned persons shall be dispatched to investigate the site and determine if rescue or excavation is needed.

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4.2.2 Operation Period

See Table 4-7 and Table 4-8 for details of the negative environmental impact and proposed mitigation measures during the project

operation period.

Table 4-7 Analysis on the Environmental Impacts during the Project Operation Period

No. Source Item Impact Analysis

1 Odor pollution Odors will diffuse during the operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will bring negative impact to the surrounding sensitive spots.

2

Tail water, domestic water of employees, and sludge wash water

The processed water from the Wastewater Treatment Plant will reduce total pollutants of the receiving water body, which will be beneficial to the water quality; the domestic wastewater and sludge wash water shall be treated by the Wastewater Treatment Plant in the plant area.

3

Sludge disposal waste and domestic wastes of employees

The sludge from the Wastewater Treatment Plant and the domestic waste of the staff will be rotten and smelly under the microbial action and become the breeding place for mosquitoes and flies as well as the disease spreading source; in addition, it will also easily produce the percolate and pollute the surface water and underground water.

4 Noise It refers to the mechanical noise produced by the wastewater treatment facilities.

5 Ecological impact It refers to the changed land functions due to project construction; the original agricultural landscape in the project area is substituted by buildings (structures).

6 Risk

It refers to the methane, hydrogen sulfide, and other gases produced during the pipe network operation; risk impact of the damaged or broken wastewater pipeline; environment risk due to sudden accidents and abnormal emissions; risk impact of the regional industrial pollution sources on the Wastewater Treatment Plant, etc.

Table 4-8 List of Pollution Control Measures during the Project Operation Period

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Environmental Impact Factor

Pollution Factor


Atmospheric environment

Odor

(1) Based on the actual characteristics that the summer is with the heavier odor and the prevailing wind direction in summer, the mode of optimizing the plane arrangement of the plant area will be arranged and the main facilities (including the silt basin and dewaterer room) will be arranged in the downwind direction or sidewind direction of the local prevailing wind direction in summer to guarantee the sanitary protection zone width between the sensitive object.

(2) After the project is completed and put into operation, the production management shall be practically reinforced; the pollution source shall be well controlled; all production and process links producing odor shall be strictly controlled, and the post responsibility system and monitoring mechanism shall be established and perfected as well. (3) Safety management. After the project is established and put into normal operation, the accident disposal training shall be conducted to employees; all kinds of monitoring instruments shall be subjected to periodical maintenance to ensure its normal operation and monitoring and control effects to odor. When persons enter into the pump house, the indoor ventilation shall be paid attention to, so as to avoid personal injuries due to excessive content of H2S and NH3. (4) Do well in land utilization planning. According to the determined sanitary protection zone width, the planning department shall replan the land within the range and define that it is not allowed to newly establish residential areas, schools, medical establishments, and other sensitive facilities within such range. (5) Afforestation reinforcement. As the Wastewater Treatment Plant will contain odors inevitably, the afforestation project is vital to improve its environment quality, and the plant area afforestation design shall be simultaneously completed along with the construction drawing design. The plant area afforestation will follow the principle of completely eliminating the exposed ground and flowers, grasses, and trees will be widely planted. Roads within the plant will be planted with shrubs and pine trees and boundary edges will be planted with poplars and Chinese scholar trees to form the multilayer shelter belt and mitigate the impact due to the odor pollution.

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Pollution Factor


Water environment

Tail water

(1) Prior to entering the Wastewater Treatment Plant, the industrial wastewater shall be subjected to pretreatment, which can be drained into the Wastewater Treatment Plant after having reached the grade III standard specified in the Water Quality Standard of the Wastewater to be Drained into the Urban Sewer (CJ18-86) and the Comprehensive Wastewater Emission Standard (GB8978-1996); the harmful and toxic class I pollutants which can accumulate in animal bodies and seriously damage the personal health shall be strictly controlled and treated in the workshop, which can be drained into the Wastewater Treatment Plant after reaching the specified standard. (2) The wastewater drained by the pollutant emission unit of the medical establishment shall meet the corresponding pollutant limit specified in the GB18466-2005 Emission Standard of Water Pollutants of the Medical Establishment before flowing into the pipe network. (3) Reinforce the project construction and operation management, so as to ensure that the wastewater treatment facilities and efficiency meet the designed standard and requirements and the tail water which meets the standard is discharged after long-term, stable, and normal operation and treatment. (4) Establish and perfect all kinds of environmental management rules and systems, and thoroughly implement the post business training plan of all staff. (5) Carefully do well in equipment repair and maintenance; reduce and timely eliminate abnormal operation conditions; avoid discharging pollutants over the limit, and prevent the accident risk emission. (6) Perform the standardized management to drain outlets; the end drain outlets shall be equipped with the automatic wastewater amount metering device and automatic proportioning sampling device; the on-line monitoring devices shall be applied for pH, water temperature, COD, and main water quality indices. (7) Establish the standby equipment; prepare emergency plan to avoid negative effects due to problems.

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Pollution Factor


Domestic wastewater and sludge wash water

After the domestic wastewater and sludge wash water passes through the interior wastewater pipelines and enters into the wastewater treatment facilities, they will be discharged after having been treated together with project wastewater.

Acoustic environment

Equipment noise

(1) The wastewater pump, sludge pump, air blower, dewaterer room, and other production workshops with loud noise shall be equipped with the standard low noise products; upon installation, the shock pad or flexible connector and other noise reduction measures shall be taken. (2) The sound insulation treatment shall be made to partition walls and windows and doors in and between the equip rooms, attended operation rooms, and equipment houses, so as to reduce its impact on human bodies. (3) Design to mitigate the noise impact with the sound-distance principle and keep a maximum distance between the sound source and the building in the overall layout, so as to ensure that the staff of the Wastewater Treatment Plant have a good working environment. (4) Based on the project construction, plant the shelter belt mixed with high trees and shrubs, so as to expand the afforestation area of the plant area and reach the effect of sound absorption and noise reduction with vegetations.

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Pollution Factor


Solid waste Sludge

(1) The solid wastes in the Wastewater Treatment Plant, especially sludge shall not be disposed randomly, which shall be properly collected and stored. Above wastes shall be periodically conveyed to the refuse landfill for sanitary landfill. (2) It is forbidden to drain the project sludge to the surface water bodies, banks, valleys, depressions, karst caves, farmland, and other spoil areas not for special purpose. (3) The temporary sludge storage yard in the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be applied with the anti-seepage, rain-protection, and erosion-protection measures and other measures to prevent loss and secondary pollution due to rich and concentrated odors in the shed. (4) The Wastewater Treatment Plant shall faithfully perform the sludge treatment and disposal responsibility; perform whole-process management to the sludge production, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal; prepare and implement the sludge environmental management rules and regulations, work flows, and requirements, and appoint the special monitoring department or full-time (part-time) staff to ensure that the sludge is properly treated and disposed. It is forbidden to dump, pile up, throw, or drop sludge without permission. (5) The sludge disposal shall follow principles of minimization, recycling, and hazardfree; the sludge treatment facilities shall be planned, built, and put into operation together with the wastewater treatment facilities. (6) Establishment of the sludge management inventory and transfer manifest systems. The Wastewater Treatment Plant shall establish the sludge management inventory; record the sludge generation amount, transfer amount, treatment and disposal amount, and purpose and report them to the Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City periodically. In addition, establish the sludge transfer manifest system, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall faithfully fill in the transfer manifest upon transferring the sludge. (7) Standardization of the sludge transportation. The unit responsible for sludge transportation shall be capable of relevant road cargo operation qualification; individuals and units without relevant operation qualifications are forbidden to take charge of sludge transportation. Also, the sludge transportation vehicles shall be subjected to seal, waterproof, anti-seepage, and anti-drop measures. (8) The top of the sludge shed in the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be equipped with the rain shelter and its ground shall be subjected to the hardening treatment; cofferdams, ditches, and collector wells shall be prepared around the shed, so as to drain water arising from sludge storage into the wastewater treatment system. (9) The enclosed tank truck shall be applied for sludge transportation. (10) The advanced sludge thickening equipment shall be applied for the sludge minimization; the sludge shall be dewatered till the water content is below 60% to reduce the sludge generation.

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Pollution Factor


Domestic waste

After the domestic wastes are put in bags and collected by different classification, they will be uniformly cleared and transported by the environment sanitation department.


(1) As for afforestation of the plant area, trees, shrubs, and grasses shall be planted based on certain proportions to keep certain hierarchical structure. Try to use indigenous species, and reduce foreign species. Upon afforestation, priority shall be given to the indigenous species. (2) Management reinforcement. The plant shall dispatch specially-assigned staff to do well in the campus afforestation and management and prepare corresponding rules and regulations to protect the greenbelt and ecological environment. (3) After the wastewater pipeline is processed with earthing, the one in the town area shall be hardened and the one in the field shall be subjected to timely afforestation and rush-planting to recover the exposed surface along the pipeline. The advantageous grass species shall be adopted. Also, the key areas shall be surrounded by wire meshes; timely management and control shall be made to avoid damages due to the cattle and sheep or artificial factors. (4) Reinforce inspection and management to the wastewater pipeline and periodically check the wastewater pipeline to timely discover leakage problems, make timely treatment, and avoid possible underground water pollution due to leakages of the wastewater pipe network.

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5. Environmental Management Organization of the Project

5.1 Brief Introduction

According to the management authority specified by the Environmental

Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Environmental

Protection Management Regulations for the Construction Project, the

environment assessment report of the project will be checked and approved

by the Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City. And, the

Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City is the Environmental

Management Agency of the project, which is mainly responsible for putting

forward the environmental protection requirements, coordinating

environmental protection management of all departments, and organizing the

“three meanwhiles" acceptance work of the environmental protection facilities

according to the environmental impact assessment report of the project.

Under the overall administrative management organization framework, Hunan

Project Management Office is responsible for the whole project

implementation under the guidance of the government of Hunan Province. In

order to ensure the successful implementation of the project environmental

management action, Hunan Project Management Office will entrust the

special Environmental Management Agency to cooperate with the Project

Management Office, Project Owner, Contractor, and Operator to carry out the

EMP of the project during the construction period and the operation period.

Hunan Project Management Office is responsible to plan and design the

project; supervise and manage the environmental protection procedures of the

project, organize the skill training of the project environmental management

staff within the whole province; the Environment Protection Bureau of

Xiangxiang City is mainly responsible for the daily supervision of the project

environmental management; entrusted by the Project Owner, the

environmental monitoring station of Xiangxiang City is responsible for the

project area environment quality monitoring during the construction period and

the operation period; the Environmental Supervision Engineer who is

entrusted by the Owner is responsible for the environmental supervision

during the project construction.

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The Project Owner plans to dispatch the specially-assigned environmental

management staff to take charge of the environmental management of the

project; implement and carry out the environmental protection laws and plans;

check the progress of the environmental protection measures of the project;

popularize the application of the advanced environmental protection

technologies and experience; organize and launch the environmental

protection technology training on relevant staff to improve the personnel

quality. As there are large differences between the environmental

management during the construction period and the operation period and their

time limits are different in the temporality and long term property, the

Contractor and the Operator will establish the organization and perform the

staged responsibility system according to different stages. After the

construction is completed, the corresponding management agency will be

revoked immediately and the management agency during the operation period

will begin operation. According to the specific work conditions, certain

overlapping work is allowed. The organization chart is shown in Figure 5-1.

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Figure 5-1 Environmental Protection Organization of the Project

5.2 Environmental Protection Organization during the Construction

Period

5.2.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Environmental Protection

Organization

Technical level: With regard to the technical level of the environmental

Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City

Project Owner

Local environment monitoring station

Environment assessment unit

Design Unit

Construction Contractor

Environmental Supervision Engineer

Local environment monitoring station

Owner or Operator

Environmental management and Executing Agency During the Design and Construction Periods

Environmental management and Executing Agency during the Operation Period

County level

PPMO

Xiangxiang PMO

Hunan Province level

WB

Enterprise level

Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City

Municipal level

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management, Hunan Project Management Office will employ experts to

participate in the management project.

Hunan Province level: Hunan Project Management Office will entrust one

Project Environmental Manager to supervise the implementation of the EMP

and solve all problems concerning the environment and being involved with

the World Bank. In addition, Hunan Project Management Office will entrust the

special Environmental Management Agency to make cooperation to supervise

the implementation of the EMP.

Municipal level: The Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City will be

responsible for check and approval of the environmental impact assessment

document and daily environmental supervision and management.

County level: The Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City will be

responsible for daily environmental supervision and management during the

construction period and the operation period of the project as well as the

environmental protection acceptance and daily monitoring upon completing

the project; the Project Management Office of Xiangxiang City will entrust one

Project Environmental Manager to supervise the implementation of the EMP

and keep records and report the progress of the EMP to the Project

Environmental Manager of Hunan Project Management Office.

Contractor level: Prepare 1~2 Environmental Manager Coordinators, who will

be responsible for the implementation and supervision of environmental

protection measures during the construction period; in addition, they shall also

take the responsibility to solve environment problems with surrounding

residents and communicate with the Project Management Office and the

Environmental Supervision Agency.

Operator level: Each enterprise will establish the environmental management

office, which is composed of two full-time environmental protection staff. The

regular staff of the company will help these two Engineers to do well in the

environmental management work during the operation period. Also, the

company will prepare the network, telephone, and other communication

facilities to keep contact with the environmental management supervision

agency.

Environmental Supervision Engineer level: Each Project Owner will employ

one Environmental Supervision Engineer for the project, who will take charge

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of the site environmental management supervision during construction.

5.2.2 Positions and Duties of the Personnel Arranged

(1) Environmental technology expert

The Environmental technology expert is the technical support of Hunan

Project Management Office, who will be responsible for the whole process

tracking during the preliminary period and periodical service (twice quarterly)

in the following four-year project implementation period.

The technology environment expert shall ensure that all necessary

requirements are met at the project beginning, so as to ensure that the

environment laws, rules, regulations, and systems, WB’s security regulations,

and environmental management systems are all fully and effectively

implemented.

A. He shall provide the Environmental Manager of the Project Management

Office, and environmental management staff and Environmental Supervision

Engineer of the Contractor and the Operator with the necessary training.

B. He shall provide the Project Management Office, Owner, Contractor, and

Operator with expert consultations.

C. He shall help the environmental management staff of the enterprise to

organize monitoring activities.

(2) Project Management Office: Environmental Manager

Hunan Project Management Office shall establish one Environmental

Manager, who will be responsible to report project conditions to WB and

supervise the project environment. Also, the Environmental Manager will

assist the land management agency and resettlement and relocation agency

to eliminate such obstacle problems. His responsibility is as follows:

A. With the help of the assistant, provide the Environmental management

manager with training.

B. With the help of the assistant, prepare the monitoring plan.

C. Communicate with the Environmental management manager and

construction workers with following methods:

—Provide the Project Management Office and WB with regular

monitoring report per month

—If the second and third conditions occur, provide the special

inconformity report

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—If solutions are found, communicate with the construction unit and the

operation unit orally to reach solution agreements

—If inconformity is found, put forward correction measures together with

the Environmental management Engineer and the Environmental

management manager

D. Participate in the joint meeting which is participated by the Environment

Engineer and Environmental management manager of the Project

Management Office, construction unit, and operation unit.

E. Coordinate the communication report made by the environmental

management expert and WB.

(3) Project Owner: Environmental Manager Coordinator (EMC)

The Owner will prepare the EMC to take the responsibility for the

environmental monitoring and report the conditions of the environmental

protection measures which are implemented by the Project Management

Office and the governmental agency. The EMC’s specific responsibilities are

as follows:

A. With the help of the technical assistant, prepare the environmental

management rules, monitoring rules, and environmental protection

procedures of the construction unit and operation unit as well as collect

outlines of the project management and design staff in the preliminary stage

of the project.

B. Entrust the projects in need of special equipment monitoring, such as the

atmosphere and water environment quality monitoring.

C. Provide the Project Management Office with the monthly monitoring report,

project and feasibility study implementation conditions, and remedy measures.

Hold the monthly meeting with the Project Management Office to report the

project monitoring conditions and discuss the project conformities.

D. Select the experts and consultants from colleges and agencies and consult

them about training methodologies and technologies as required.

E. Organize the special study and public investigations to special construction

requirements and necessary changes.

F. Report the solution measures and emergency treatment measures in

conformity with the feasibility study to the Environmental Manager of the

Project Management Office and the Environmental Supervision Agency.

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G. Hold the information disclosure with the local media through meetings.

(4) Environmental Supervision Engineer

The Environmental Supervision Engineer will take the main responsibility for

the construction activities of the Supervisor as well as other relevant activities

including the land occupation and conformity between environmental

protection requirements, environmental protection investment, and

environmental protection target and coordinate relations between the land

management department and the environmental monitoring department, and

his main responsibilities are as follows:

A. Ensure all project permits and requirements and the EMP are put in place

before project commencement.

B. Verify if all staff of the construction unit and the operation unit perform the

environmental protection measures in accordance with contract stipulations.

C. Prepare the monthly salary standard report based on environmental

protection efforts and contributions made by the construction unit and the

operation unit.

D. Prepare the environmental protection monitoring summary.

E. Identify conditions in need of special study and special activities; exchange

with EMC, and implement special measures periodically and effectively.

F. Exchange with the construction workers to help explain the site

environment requirements; give suggestions to the remedy measures for

solving inconsistent projects, and release the formal guidelines to the

construction unit and the operation unit as required.

G. Exchange with the construction unit, the operation unit, and the

construction consultant to promote exchanges; get some opinions about

special problems to quickly reflect some problems arising from the

implantation to the construction management engineer for solutions; if the

project will potentially damage the sensitive target or there lies serious

inconformity, the production stop application shall be submitted.

H. Exchange with the project construction supervision engineer and

construction workers; prepare the weekly monitoring report; prepare

inconformity records; put forward remedy measures with the project designer

in case of project design inconformity.

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5.3 Environmental Management Agency during the Operation

Period

(1) Responsibility of the environmental management office

The Project Operator will establish the special environmental management

office to take charge of the implementations of the EMP during operation. The

specific responsibilities of the environmental management office are as

follows:

a. Manage the performance of the project environmental protection measures;

b. Coordinate relevant environment problems with the environmental

supervision and management department and surrounding residents;

c. Entrust the environmental monitoring station to make regular monitoring to

“three-waste” emitted by the project facilities and regional environment quality;

d. Make the emergent disposal to the environment risk in case of environment

accidents;

e. Duly report relevant environmental management information of the

enterprise to Xiangtan Environment Protection Bureau and Hunan Project

Management Office;

f. Record and sort the environmental management files of the enterprise.

(2) Setting of the Environmental Management Agency

The settings of the Project Environmental Management Agency are shown in

Table 5-1 and Table 5-2.

Table 5-1 Arrangement of the PMO Management Staff

Agency Environmental Manager Environment Expert

Hunan Project Management Office

1 1

Project Management Office of Xiangxiang City

1 1

Yueshan Town Project Management Office (Owner)

1 1

Total 3 3

Table 1-1 Staff Setting of the Environmental Management Agency

Construction Contractor Operator

Environmental Manager

Coordinator

Environmental Supervision

Engineer

Environmental management

staff

Risk Emergency Staff

Subtotal

2 2 2 1 5

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6. EMP Implementation

6.1 Project Management

6.1.1 Overall Management

Entrusted by WB and Hunan Provincial Government, the Project Management

Office of Hunan Integrated Economic Development Demonstration Town

Project Utilizing WB Loans takes the responsibility for the overall

management, coordination, and supervision of the environmental

management; assisted by the Environmental Supervision Engineer, the

Project Owner is responsible for the implementation of the Project EMP; one

environmental supervision engineer will be prepared for the project at least.

The responsibility of the agencies for implementation and supervision of the

EMP is as follows:

� The Project Management Office is mainly responsible for the project

environmental protection work management and feasibility study of the project

construction; prepare the project environmental protection work plan;

coordinate the environmental management work of the competent department

and building units; guide the building unit to perform all management

measures, and coordinate project preparation and operation affairs;

� The full-time environmental management staff of the Project Management

Office will take the responsibility for the environmental protection plan and the

environmental management during the design period;

� The Project Owner will take the responsibility for implementation and

management of the environmental protection measures during the

construction period and the operation period;

� The Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City will take the

responsibility for the supervision of the implementation of the project EMP.

The specific implementation agencies of the EMP are the Owner and the

Project Contractor, and their responsibilities are shown in the Table 6-1.

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Table 6-1 Main Responsibilities of the Project Implementation Agency

Agency Name

Main Responsibilities

Owner

a. Accept the environmental protection supervisions from the environmental protection departments at all levels, Project Management Office, and WB b. Entrust the qualified environment assessment unit to prepare the environmental impact report and the EMP c. Implement the environmental protection measures specified in the environmental protection laws and regulations and environment assessment report as well as the environmental protection work plan d. Ensure the normal operation of environmental protection facilities; its environmental protection department will make the self-inspection, establish the environmental protection files, and report relevant conditions to the Project Management Office and environmental protection management departments at all levels e. Sign the mandatory monitoring agreement (contract) with the environmental monitoring department and carry out the EMP f. Fund the (random) environmental protection inspection. During the project construction, the Contractor will play a key role in implementing the environmental management and pollution prevention and control measures g. Entrust and carry out the environmental supervision work; include the Environmental monitoring Plan into the contract h. Select the powerful and qualified Contractor; include the EMP into the contract to ensure the effective implementation of the EMP

Contractor

a. Request the Contractor and construction supervisor to accept the training regarding the environmental protection and environmental management

b. The environmental impact mitigation measures during the construction period shall be included in the bid document of the Contractor, which shall also be included in the construction contract and made as the contract requirements of the Project Contractor c. The Contractor is asked to monitor his environment activities and provide one environment achievement log. The Project Management Office and the construction supervision team shall supervise and check these records d. The Contractor shall prepare one full-time environment staff for the project, and these staff shall be subjected to the plan training to be competent for the respective work

6.1.2 Management Supervision

The Environmental Supervision Agency of Yueshan Town Subproject

(Xiangxiang City) of Hunan Integrated Economic Development Demonstration

Town Project Utilizing WB Loans is composed of Hunan Project Management

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Office, Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City, and Environment

Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City. Hunan Project Management Office will

take charge of the overall environmental supervision and management work,

and the Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City and the

Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City will take charge of the

specific supervision work. The management supervision functions of all

organizations and agencies in different periods are shown in Table 6-2.

The supervision agency will perform following responsibilities in different

periods:

(1) Feasibility study period: The Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan

City and the Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City will take the

corresponding responsibility. The Environmental Protection Bureau of

Xiangtan City will be responsible to manage the project environment work;

check and approve the environmental impact assessment documents; guide

the Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City to perform all laws and

regulations, and carry out the completion acceptance to the environmental

protection facilities.

The Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City will be responsible to

manage the project environment work; check and approve the environmental

impact assessment documents; supervise and manage the project

environmental protection work; organize and coordinate relevant agencies to

serve the project environmental protection work, and guide the Environment

Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City to provide the environmental supervision

management during the construction period and the operation period.

(2) Design period: The environmental protection department of the Project

Management Office will take the corresponding responsibility; the Department

of Construction of Hunan Province will be responsible for the supervision

during the joint review of the project preliminary design.

(3) Construction period: The Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan

City will take the corresponding responsibility. The Environment Protection

Bureau of Xiangxiang City will accept the guidance from the Environmental

Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City and supervise the environment action plan

of the building unit and perform relevant environmental management laws and

standards; in addition, it shall coordinate the environmental protection work

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between different departments, and take charge of the construction,

completion acceptance, operation inspection, and supervision management of

the project environmental protection facilities.

(4) Operation period: Hunan Project Management Office, Environmental

Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City, and Environment Protection Bureau of

Xiangxiang City will take the corresponding responsibility. Xiangxiang City will

take the responsibility to carry out the environmental protection laws and

standards; prepare and supervise the implementation of the environmental

protection rules and systems; comprehend the project environment conditions;

compile the environment quality control targets convenient for assessment;

put forward control and harnessing measures and submit them to the superior

environmental protection department and industrial authority; organize the

assessment regarding the employment with certificate system and training of

the environmental protection staff, and develop the environmental protection

technology exchange and scientific research.

(5) The environmental monitoring station of Xiangxiang City will take charge of

the environmental monitoring during the construction period and the operation

period. The project-located supervision company will take the responsibility for

the environmental supervision work. After the project completion, the

Environmental Management Agency will be established and the full-time staff

will be assigned to take charge of the project environmental protection work.

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Table 6-2 Environmental Protection Supervision Plan of the Project

Period Agency Supervision Content Supervision Purpose

Feasibility study period

Environmental Protection Bureau of

Xiangtan City and

Environment Protection Bureau of

Xiangxiang City

Check, approve, and reply the environmental impact assessment

documents

1. Ensure that the environment assessment is

with complete content , proper topic, and

emphasized key point; 2. Ensure that all possible

serious and potential problems of the project are

reflected; 3. Ensure that the specific

and feasible implementation plans are prepared for the

environmental impact mitigation measures.

Design and

construction

periods

Hunan Project Management

Office, Environmental

Protection Bureau of

Xiangtan City, and


Xiangxiang City

1. Check and approve the preliminary design of the environmental protection measures;

2. Check the temporary land occupation recovery, vegetation

recovery, and environment recovery;

3. Check the dust and noise pollution control measures and decide the construction time;

4. Check emissions of air pollutants; 5. Check emissions and treatment of the domestic wastewater and

construction wastewater from the construction site.

1. Strictly perform the principle of “three-simultaneity”; 2. Ensure that these sites all

meet the environmental protection requirements;

3. Reduce the construction impact on the surrounding

environment; perform relevant environmental

protection laws and standards;

4. Reduce the construction impact on the surrounding

environment; perform relevant environmental

protection laws and standards;

5. Avoid water and soil losses.

Operation period

Hunan Project Management

Office, Environmental

Protection Bureau of

Xiangtan City, and


Xiangxiang City

1. Check the implementation of the monitoring plan;

2. Check the sensitive spot in need of further environmental

protection measures (environment problems which are

not estimated may occur); 3. Check if the environment quality

of the environmental sensitive spots meets the corresponding quality standard requirements;

4. Reinforce supervision; prevent sudden accident, and prepare the emergency solution in advance to

timely eliminate dangers.

1. Carry out the monitoring plan; 2. Faithfully protect the environment;

3. Reinforce the environmental management, and protect the population

health; 4. Ensure that the pollution

emission is up to the emission standard.

6.2 Detailed EMP Implementation Tasks

The project will cause the environmental impact during the construction period

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and the operation period; the corresponding environmental protection

measures are taken based on the environmental impact characteristics during

the construction period and the operation period, which are intended to

minimize the impacts to the acceptable level. In order to ensure that the

environment countermeasures can effectively play a role, the environmental

management and monitoring procedures are made.

The WB Project Management Office, on the basis of performing its

management functions, will track and report the monitoring conditions of the

project environment measures. In this chapter, the common environment

measures and responsibilities of relevant units are introduced. The Project

Management Office will take the responsibility to track and report the

implementation conditions of all environmental monitoring measures of the

project. The list of activities responsible for the environment countermeasure

implementation management and monitoring is shown in Table 6-3.

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Table 6-3 List for Detailed Activities of the Environmental Management

Organization

Responsibility Plan Activity Impleme

ntation Supervision Source

Remarks

Preliminary construction period

One year

Establish the environmental

management design team and make

recruitment

Company

PMO PMO/company

Make mobilization; select office, purchase traffic equipment, and raise

operation funds

One year

Each CSE will select or appoint one environmental

supervision

EMD CSE CSE /

One year

Environmental supervision training to be performed by

each CSE

EMD CSE CSE /

One year

Prepare and implement the

training plan to the EMD and PMO Environmental

Manager

(TA) calculatio

n assistant

PMO PMO/

company Make partial global

exercise for the project

One year

Prepare the work plan for EMD and

environmental supervisor

Technical assistant

PMO/ company

PMO/ company

It includes clear roles and responsibilities of EMD

and environmental supervisor

One year

Prepare the work document: standard and site inspection form and formats of

different activity reports

EMD PIUS/PMO PMO/company

Properly adjust the original document mode and make adjustment

upon site use

One year

Prepare the detailed procedures

regarding the unconformities discovered in

supervision and report for EMD

(TA) PIUS/PMO PMO/

company /

One year

/ TA

assists EMD

PMO/WB PMO/

company /

One year

EMB prepares the mandatory contract for the monitoring

activities (in need of special monitoring

equipment, such as the water quality and

atmosphere monitoring)

EMD Company PMO/

company

Report the process implementation and

conformity between the work plan and the land

use

Construction period

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Remarks

One year (0-

3months)

The environmental supervisor discusses

the project adjustment and improvement document and

process with EMD

EMD/environment

al supervisi

on

PIUS/PMO / Adjust the process to improve the efficiency

requirements

One year (0-

3months))

Every project contract shall

appoint one full-time staff with rich environment

responsibility to wok together with the environmental

supervisor and EMD

Contract PIUS/PMO Contract

party Permitted by the

enterprise

One year

Every project construction unit and operation unit shall organize their own

labor teams to learn the environment knowledge and

measures

Contract EMD/environ

mental supervision

Contract party

The EMD will introduce the site management and

environment problems

One year

Organize the public exchange and

provide supporting materials

TA assists EMD

Company PMO/company

Establish the exchange regulations and process; prepare official notices

and small gift for the site and off-site safety criteria;

establish the exchange regulations and process on the broadcasting and

television

One year

Standardize the cooperation with

other provincial and municipal agencies

EMD Company PMO/company

All projects are subjected to cooperation

Operation period

/

Confirm the environment

problem report procedures during

the operation period

Owner


Xiangtan City

/ /

/

Confirm that the sludge from the

project is uniformly piled up and safely

disposed

Owner and

sanitation

department


Xiangtan City

/ /

/

Monitor the discharged tail water

after having been treated in the

operation unit


Xiangtan City

operation unit

/

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Remarks


6.3 Contract Requirements on Environmental Management

During the project construction, the Contractor will play an important role in

the implementation of the environmental management and pollution

prevention and control measures; therefore, the requirements of the

Contractor are as follows:

(1) Select the powerful Contractor to ensure that the EMP can be effectively

implemented;

(2) The Contractor and construction supervisor are asked to receive the

environmental protection and environmental management training prior to

construction;

(3) The above environmental impact mitigation measures during the

construction period shall be included in the bid document of the Contractor,

which shall also be included in the construction contract and made as the

contract requirements of the Project Contractor.

(4) The Contractor is asked to monitor his environment activities and provide

one environment achievement record report daily or weekly. The Project

Management Office and the construction supervision team will take the

responsibility to supervise and review these records.

(5) The Contractor shall prepare one full-time environment staff for the project,

and these staff shall be subjected to the plan training to be competent for the

respective work.

(6) During construction, the Contractor shall communicate and consult with

the project-located crowds; establish the bulletin boards in each construction

blocks, and notify the specific construction activities and construction time.

Also, the contact person and telephone shall be offered to ensure that the

public can make complaints and suggestions to construction activities.

(7) The Contractor will reserve the environmental management guarantee

deposit from the project contract expenditure based on the annual budget,

with an amount of about 3% of the budgetary resources.

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6.4 Information Communication and Inconsistency Solutions

The environmental supervisor shall disclose the information to the site

environmental supervisor, Environmental management manager of the

enterprise, and Project Management Office. In order that the management will

focus on the most important problem, the project nonconformance will be

classified into following three levels based on the importance.

Level I: definition: The nonconformance status is defined as the condition

nonconforming to the original requirements, which will not cause short term

impact to the most important resource. The level I will occur repeatedly; if

attention is not paid to, the level II will be caused. Measures: by proper

cooperation and common exchange, the level I status can be properly treated.

For example, if the staff of the construction unit discuss with the staff of the

operation unit, the remedy measures can be quickly performed; the typically

formal exchange mode means the monthly report submitted to the

Environmental management manager of the enterprise and the Site Building

Manager by the Environmental Supervision Engineer.

Level II: definition: This nonconformance status doesn’t cause damages and

irreversible impact to the sensitive and important resources. However,

immediate remedy and site disposal are required to prevent the above impact.

The level II will occur repeatedly; if attention is not paid to, the level III will be

caused. Measures: If the level II event shall be reported by the Environmental

management manager of the enterprise to the Environmental Manager of the

Project Management Office and the Site Building Manager, the remedy

measures shall be made as soon as possible; generally, the remedy

measures will be put forward within one week after discovery.

Level III: definition: This level includes the damages to the sensitive spot with

special attention or the predictable and coming damages. The special

behavior which is banned internationally is also included in the level III.

Measures: Upon discovery, it shall be immediately reported by the

environmental management manager to the Environmental Manager and the

Site Building Manager of the Project Management Office, the remedy

measures shall be made as soon as possible; generally, the remedy

measures will be put forward within three days after discovery; especially

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special conditions need longer time. If necessary, the Environmental

management manager of the enterprise is entitled to ask the Building

Manager to stop some special projects prior to implementing the remedy

measures for resource protection.

6.5 Training-Necessary Capacity and Means Building

6.5.1 Training requirements

The main object of the environment capability building covers the

environmental management staff and environmental supervisor, and the

training to them is one part of the technical support of the project. During the

project implementation, the building party and workers will also be trained.

Prior to the project constructions, all construction units and operation units

and construction supervision staff will participate in the compulsive

environment, health, and safety training.

6.5.2 Training Content

(1) Environmental management staff and Environmental Supervision Engineer

The training will be organized by Hunan Project Management Office to the

Environmental Manager of the Project Management Office, Project

Environmental Manager Coordinator, Environmental Supervision Engineer,

and other relevant staff one year prior to the project implementation; the

Environmental technology expert will take the responsibility for the specific

implementation task. The training content is shown in Table 6-4.

Table 6-4 Training for the Environmental Manager and Environmental Supervision

Engineer

Problem Training Content Duration

Operation capability

(Environmental Manager and environmental

supervisor)

Quick view and identify the hot key functions of the word, excel and powerpoint; learn the security policies of WB;

reinforce learning and study and prepare the environmental protection rules for the building party; the environmental

protection list prepared by the technical consultant shall be included in the monitoring description. Also, study the

project environmental impact and environment project in need of monitoring.

4 days

Conformance monitoring


supervisor)

The training on the project site mentoring process includes the organization, exchange, role and responsibility, decision-making process, and report and standard

observation procedures.

1 day

Emergency The process to seek after the medical assistance and other 1/2 days

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rescue and medical

assistance (Environmental Manager and environmental

supervisor)

relevant medical assistance under emergency and non-emergency. (Such as the long-distance call and medical

treatment consultation)

Health and safety check and

application process


supervisor)

Health and safety problems; health and safety requirements; how to carry out the health and safety

inspection; process to report and solve problems 1 day

Water quality, air and noise

monitoring and analysis


supervisor)

The equipment use includes the standard, test, method, sample transportation, and data quality control; monitoring

and report requirements 1/2 days

(2) Contractor and construction worker

The Project Management Office or the Project Building Owner will organize

the staff to launch the training in the project location prior to the project

implementation, and the environmental management expert or the trained

Environmental Manager of the enterprise can take charge of the specific

implementation task. See Table 6-5 for details of the specific training content

and time limit.

Table 6-5 Training for the Construction Workers

Training Mode

Training Content Training Time Limit

Common environment knowledge

of the construction

worker

Introduction to the environmental impact factors related to the environment and environmental

protection measures; Introduction to the environmentally sensitive spot and problems in the construction area as well as adjacent

areas; Roles and responsibilities of the Environmental management Design Engineer, environmental

supervisor, and building supervisor and essentials of the environment problem report;

Management of wastes in the construction camp and construction site;

Pollution control measures of the construction site; Penalty for behaviors against regulations and laws;

Holding the half-day training class in Yueshan Town

Common health and

It includes the transportation and protection approaches, HIV/AIDS and STD prevention;

Holding the half-day training class in

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safety of the construction

worker

Prohibition against alcoholic drinks and drugs; The process to seek after the medical assistance and other relevant medical assistance under emergency

and non-emergency. (Such as the STD detection and consultation);

The health and safety knowledge covers some basic processes: traffic safety, power use safety, explosion,

and fire hazard; Application of the personal protection appliances;

penalty for behaviors against regulations and laws;

Yueshan Town

(3) Operator

The Project Management Office or the Project Building Owner will organize

the staff to launch the training in the project location prior to the project

operation, and the environmental management expert or the trained

Environmental Manager of the enterprise can take charge of the specific

implementation task. See Table 6-6 for details of the specific training content

and time limit.

Table 6-6 Training for the Operator’s Environmental Management Staff

Object Training Content Training Time Limit

WB project management procedure;

Environment information filing, disclosure, exchange,

and report mechanism; Environment risk emergency

disposal; Health and safety inspection

and declaration process

Holding the one-day training class

Environmental management staff

Advanced process and environmental management

investigation

Investigation of the domestically advanced


Environment work staff

The equipment use includes the standard, test, method, sample transportation, and

data quality control; monitoring and report

requirements Environment risk emergency disposal: potential leakage and overflow; impact of the

leakage and overflow on the personnel; the emergency

reaction process includes the prior reaction and position

and use of the reaction facilities

Holding the two-day training class

6.5.3 Budgetary Estimate for Personnel Training Fees

The budget of the project capacity building expenses is shown in Table 6-7.

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Table 6-7 Training Plan for the Project Environmental Protection Staff

Stage Type Person

(Population) Time

Expense (10000 yuan)

Training of the Project Manager

1 Prior to the

project implementation

2

Project Manager Coordinator

2 Prior to the

project implementation

2

Environmental Supervision

Engineer 2

Prior to the project

implementation 2

construction worker

All workers of the Contractor

Prior to commencement

30

Construction period

Subtotal 36 Training of the

full-time environmental management

staff of the enterprise

2 Enterprise

operation period 4

Skill training of the environment work staff of the

enterprise

6 Prior to the enterprise operation

6

Operation period

Subtotal 10

Expense Total 46

6.6 Compensation for Land Acquisition

(1) Based on the land acquisition compensation methods of the national and

local governments, the compensation will be made to the villagers whose land

is acquisitioned and house is demolished rationally. In addition, their opinions

will be carefully considered, so as to ensure their working and living conditions

will not be lower than the current ones. The resettlement scheme is as follows:

� Yueshan Town will organize the professional skill training to peasants

annually as well as provide them with employment information and

opportunities.

� During the resettlement investigation and resettlement plan preparation,

Yueshan Town government and the land and resources organization have

made deep communication with villages affected by land acquisition and

determined the land acquisition compensation base applicable for the project.

Based on the Notice of Publishing the Land Acquisition Compensation

Standard of Xiangxiang Section of Shanghai-Kunming Highspeed Rail

Line for Passenger Traffic by the People’s Government of Xiangxiang

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City (XZBF [2010] No. 77 document), the land acquisition compensation

standard is determined as RMB 31857 yuan/mu according to the paddy field

compensation standard after fully discussing and negotiating between

Yueshan Town government and villagers.

(2) The pipeline, road, and riverway shall be constructed by section;

excavation and backfill shall be completed as soon as possible. The

temporary accesses shall be built for the adjacent hospitals, schools, and

other public facilities, and traffic warning signs shall be prepared as well.

During the traffic peak, traffic polices shall be assigned to take charge of

dispersion and dispatching to ensure smooth traffic flow; the material

transportation shall avoid traffic peak period to mitigate the urban traffic flow

pressure.

(3) Reinforce the training on the cultural relic protection conduction and

awareness cultivation of the management staff and construction workers. As

the project is of huge earthwork excavation amounts, attention shall be paid

to. The discovered cultural relics and ancient tombs shall be timely notified to

the local cultural relic preservation department; in addition, the site shall be

well protected and the construction shall be continued after proper treatments

are made.

(4) If the strong vibration construction (such as the oscillatory roller operation)

is made near the residential area, the monitoring shall be made to old private

houses near the construction site to prevent accidents. The necessary remedy

measures shall be taken to private houses which are largely impacted by the

construction vibration.

6.7 Ethnic Minorities

None

6.8 Temporary Site Restoration

The Contractor shall take the responsibility to timely recover the ecological

conditions of the temporarily-occupied areas which have been used; recover

all temporarily-occupied areas prior to complete the project construction to

ensure no water and soil loss will occur.

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7. Environmental Monitoring Plan

7.1 Monitoring Purposes

The environmental monitoring includes two stages covering the project

construction period and the operation period, which is intended to completely

and timely master the pollution trends of the proposed project; know about the

environment quality change degree and impact range of the project-located

area as well as the environment quality status during the operation period;

timely feed back the information to the authority, and provide the project

environmental management with the scientific basis.

7.2 Environmental Monitoring Agency

The Project Contractor or the Operator will entrust Xiangxiang environmental

monitoring station to take charge of the environmental monitoring during the

construction period and the operation period; the undertaking unit shall be a

unit certified by the national environment quality monitoring bureau, which

could do well in the environmental monitoring tasks with complete equipment

and powerful technical strength.

According to the estimated environmental impact result, the sensitive spot

with obvious pollution will be made as the monitoring point; track the pollution

conditions of the monitoring projects during the construction period and the

operation period, and the monitoring will focus on the louder noise, air

environment, and surface water environmental impacting the environment.

And, the monitoring factor will be determined based on the project pollution

characteristic factors. The corresponding monitoring analysis method

specified in the Technical Code for Environmental Monitoring issued by

the National Environment Protection Bureau will be applied. The assessment

standard will be subjected to the national standard confirmed by the

environment assessment of all subprojects.

The necessary key procedures for effective monitoring of the construction site

and activities are shown in Table 7-1.

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Table 7-1 Monitoring during the Operation Period and the Construction Period

Responsibility

Plan Activity Implementation

Supervision

Fund

Raising

Remarks

Construction period

One year (1-

2 months)

Prepare the site EMP Contract

party EMC/PIU/EPB

Contract part

y

Prepare the plan within one month after signing the contract; complete the final plan and get

approval from EMC within two months

Construction

period

The project construction unit and the operation unit will propose the project implementation boundary

and get approvals

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / The construction unit and the operation unit are

required to draw maps prior to the project implementation

One year (1-

3 months)

Prepare the pollution, air pollution, and noise control plan

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB

Contract part

y

After consulting with relevant agencies and relocatees, it will be checked and approved by

EMC

Construction

period Atmosphere, noise, and water monitoring It refers to the special part

Construction

period

The pollution control plan and all pollution control measures put forward by CSEMP shall be carried

out; the construction unit and the operation unit are asked to do well in all mitigation measures in

advance and perform the weekly inspection to all construction camps and facilities

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / CSEE will perform the daily visit to the

construction camp and facilities for 2 months

Construction

period

The environmental protection measures of the construction unit and the operation unit shall be filled in the monthly report and reported to the

superior level

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / CSE’s suggestion is the basis for the final

payment by PIU/PMO

construction

According to the process and different severities, observe and report the project nonconformance

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / Level I: EMC

Level II: EMC and PIU

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Responsibility


Supervision

Fund

Raising

Remarks

period Level III: EMC, PIU, PMO

Construction

period

Determine if postpone or refuse to pay the project fund to the construction unit and the operation unit

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / /

Construction

period

Ensure that the land acquisition process can meet the building plan requirements

Contract party

POIU / /

Construction

period

Provide the traffic information related to the construction project

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB

Contract part

y

Final approval by EMC; the project building party will subject the newest traffic information, which

will be checked by CSEE&EMC together with the traffic department and approved by EMC

Construction

period

If the public facilities shall be temporarily paused, the notice shall be given in public three days in

advance at the least

Contract party

EPB and concerned Agencies

Contract part

y

The building party will submit the newest plan, which will be jointly reviewed by relevant agencies

and EMC

Construction

period Declare it every day

Field site inspectors

EMC/PIU/EPB / Weekly report the site conditions and monthly

report SRS

Construction

period Declare it daily, weekly, and monthly

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB / Weekly report the site conditions and monthly

report SRS

Construction

period Declare it quarterly

Contract party

To PIU / If requested by relevant project organization, the

declaration is also required

Construction

period Declare it half a year

Contract party

EMC/PIU/EPB /

Complet Recover the temporarily-occupied land and Contract EMC/PIU/EPB Cont /

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Responsibility


Supervision

Fund

Raising

Remarks

ion in the

construction

period

withdraw all building materials and equipment party ract part

y

Completion in the

construction

period

Replant trees chopped down due to pipe networks Contractor PIUs

Contract part

y

All chopped trees shall be replanted

Operation period

/ After completing the construction; namely one year

after recovering the temporarily-occupied site Operator and EPB

PIU / The declaration is consistent and final payment is

demanded

/ Summarize the project experience and apply it for

similar projects Operator and EPB

/ /

Standardize the process and organize the participation in the training class of the

intermediary agency, show the project outcome and income as well

7.3 Detailed Environmental Monitoring Requirements

The detailed environmental monitoring plan and expense budget of the project are shown in Annex 1; Associated Works of the Project

－Environmental Monitoring Plan of Quanhu Urban Refuse Landfill, Xiangxiang City is shown in Annex 2.

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8. Environmental Management Expenses Estimation and Fund Sources

8.1 Budget Distribution

The implementation of EMP measures is involved with numerous units;

therefore, the fund source channels are different. A majority of environmental

protection activities are regarded as the engineering measures; accordingly,

they shall be offered by the project construction unit and the operation unit,

which shall be included in the project costs, and such project costs will be

defined and listed in the competitive bid.

The EMP expense is mainly used for the environmental management during

the construction period and the operation period, which mainly covers the

environmental monitoring expense, environmental supervision expense, staff

training expense, and operation expense and risk prevention expense of the

Environmental Management Agency. And, the EMC’s activity expense, water

quality, atmosphere, and noise monitoring expense, and CSEE’s expense are

all covered by the project management expense of the PMO. The local

environmental monitoring station, on the basis of the assigned tasks by the

Project Owner, will take charge of the water, gas, and noise monitoring during

the project operation, and the Project Owner will bear the monitoring expense.

If the common monitoring of the local environmental protection department is

synchronous with the project, the common monitoring data of the

environmental protection department can be applied.

8.2 Fund Sources and EMP Budget

The summary of the environmental management expense during the

construction period and the operation period is shown Table 8-1.

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Table 8-1 Summary of the Project Environmental Management Budget

Average Annual Expense during the Construction Period (10000 yuan)

Annual Expense during the Operation Period (10000 yuan)

PMU operation PMU operation

Name

Salary

Office expense

Traveling expense

Environmental monitorin

g

Environment

al supervision

Staff environmental

protection

training

construction period

Total expense

during the constructi

on perio

d

Salary

Office expense

Traveling expense

Environmental

monitoring

Staff environmental protection traini

ng

Expense

during the operation

period (3

years)

Total

Wastewater Treatment

Plant 3.6 2 2 0.4 3 36 3 69 3.6 3 2 22 10 101.8 170.8

Fund source

PMC PMC PMC PMC CMSC TAC / PMC PMC PMC PMC PMC PMC PMC PMC

Based on the implementation period of the project, and aiming at each

construction period, the annual budget shall be guaranteed, and part of

building fund in the budget is the deposit for the completion of management

requirements by the construction and operation units. And the deposit

weighting of different activities is shown in Table 8-2 as the percentage of the

building contract funds.

Table 8-2 Percentage Distribution of the Environmental Management Expense

Deposit in the Budget Required by the Construction Party

No. Requirements of the

Building Party Percentage of the Project Fund

Budget (%) Fund Source

1 Environmental protection

management 0.5

Construction contract fund

2 Labor organization and

occupational health management

0.5 Construction contract fund

3 Public safety management 1 Construction contract fund

4 Social management 1 Construction contract fund

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9. EMP Information Management

9.1 Information Exchange

It is required to make necessary environmental management information

exchange among different departments and posts of the Project Management

Office, Owner, Contractor, and Operator; in addition, relevant information shall

also be notified to the outside (relevant parties and social public). The interior

information exchange can be made through meetings, interior briefings, and

other modes; however, one formal meeting shall be held monthly at the least,

and all exchange information shall be recorded and filed. One exterior

information exchange shall be made per half year or 1 year; the minutes and

records shall be made after the information exchange with the coordinating

unit.

9.2 Recording Mechanism

For the effective operation of the environmental management system, the

organization shall establish one perfect record system and keep following

records:

(1) Law and legal requirements;

(2) Permit;

(3) Environment factors and relevant environmental impacts;

(4) Training;

(5) Inspection, calibration, and maintenance activities;

(6) Monitoring data;

(7) Effectiveness of the correction and prevention measures;

(8) Information of relevant party;

(9) Examination and verification;

(10) Review.

In addition, necessary control shall also be done to the above records,

including the record identification, collection, catalogue, filing, storage,

management, maintenance, query, storage life, disposal, and other links.

9.3 Reporting Mechanism

During the project implementation, the Contractor, Operator, monitoring unit,

Environmental Supervision Engineer, and Project Management Office shall

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record the project progress, EMP implementation conditions, and

environmental monitoring results and timely report them to relevant

departments. It mainly covers following six parts:

(1) The Project Environmental Supervision Engineer will record the EMP

implementation conditions monthly and timely submit the weekly report and

monthly report to the Project Owner and Xiangtan Project Management Office;

the weekly report and the monthly report shall cover the implementation

conditions of the environmental protection measures, environmental

monitoring progress, and monitoring data.

(2) The Contractor and the Operator will quarterly record the project progress

and EMP implementation conditions and timely report them to Xiangtan

Project Management Office; in addition, above content shall be copied to the

Environmental Protection Bureau of Xiangtan City quarterly.

(3) After completing the mandatory monitoring task, the monitoring unit shall

timely submit the monitoring report to the Contractor (Operator) and the

Environmental Supervision Engineer.

(4) The Project Management Office shall timely submit the project progress

report to Hunan Project Management Office, which shall be copied to the

Environment Protection Bureau of Hunan Province as well. And, the project

progress report (such as the monthly report, quarterly report, annual report,

etc.) which is prepared by the Project Management Office shall include the

EMP progress content, such as the EMP implementation progress and effect,

especially the environmental monitoring result, etc.

(5) When events seriously against the rules occur in the environmental

protection field, the Environmental Supervision Engineer and the Project

Management Office shall notify such conditions to the environmental

protection administration authority; if necessary, such conditions shall be

reported step by step.

(6) The annual EMP implementation report of the project shall be submitted to

WB prior to March 31 of next year. The EMP implementation report can

include following content:

a. Implementation conditions of the training plan;

b. Project progress status, such as the completed pipe network paving length

and construction progress of the Wastewater Treatment Plant;

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c. The implementation conditions of the project environmental protection

measures; environmental monitoring development conditions, main monitoring

results, etc.;

d. If there are public complaints; if yes, record the main complaint content,

solutions, and public satisfaction;

e. EMP implementation plan of next year.

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Annex 1 Environmental Standards Involved with the Project

Table 1.1 Atmospheric Environment Quality Assessment Standard

No.

Number and Name of the Environment Quality Standard

Pollutant Name

Valuing Time

Concentration Limit Specified by Grade II Standard (mg/m3)

Annual average

0.20 Total Suspended Particulates(TSP)

Daily average

0.30

Annual average

0.10

1

GB3095-1996 Ambient Air Quality Standard

Inhalable particles (PM10)

Daily average

0.15

Ammonia (NH3)

Momentary maximum allowable concentration

0.20

2

TJ36-79 Designed Hygienic Standard of the Industrial Enterprise

Hydrogen sulfide(H2S)

Momentary maximum allowable concentration

0.0l

Table 1.2 Water Environment Quality Assessment Standard Unit: mg/L

Standard and Name pH

COD

BOD5

NH3-N

TN

TP

Petroleum

Number of Fecal

Coliform Class IV in GB3838-2002 Surface

Water Environment Quality Standard

6-9

30 6 1.5 1.5

0.3

0.5 20000

(piece/L)

Table 1.3 Acoustic Environment Quality Standard

Period Class of the Acoustic Environment Function Zones

Daytime Nighttime

Class 2 in GB3096-2008 Acoustic Environment Quality Standard

60 50

Table 1.4 Atmospheric Pollutant Emission Standards

Standard Number and Name Pollutant Project and Standard Limit (mg/m3)

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Fugitive Emission Monitoring Concentration Limit

GBl6297-1996 Comprehensive Emission Standard of the Atmospheric Pollutant

Particle

Concentration of the highest concentration point out of the boundary: 1.0

Boundary standard value of the odor pollutant (mg/m3)

Pollutant Grade II (new construction, reconstruction, and expansion)

Ammonia (NH3)

1.5

Hydrogen sulfide(H2S)

0.06

GBl4554-93 Emission Standard of the Odor Pollutant

Odor concentration (1)

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Note: (1) Dimensionless.

Table 1.5 Pollutant Emission Standard of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant

(GB18918-2002)

Assessment Factor

Pollutant Class

SS

COD

BOD

5 NH3-N

Total Phosphorus

Total Nitrogen

Water pollutant (daily average mg/L)

Grade I B

20 60 20 8(15) 1 20

Grade

Ammonia

Hydrogen sulfide

Odor concentration (dimensionless)

Methane (max. volume concentration in the plant area /%)

Max. allowable boundary waste emission concentration (mg/m3)

Grade II

1.5 0.06 20 1

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Control item

Organic degradation rate (%)


Water content (%)


Worm egg death rate (%)

Colititre of fecal coliform (piece/L)

Stabilization control index of the sludge C

ontrol index

>40 >40 <65

>50

>95 >0.01

Table 1.6 Noise Emission Standard Unit: dB(A)

Standard Number and Name

Class Daytime

Nighttime

GB12348-2008 Ambient Noise Emission Standard at the Boundary of Industrial Enterprises

Class 2 60 50

Construction period

Main noise source Daytime

Nighttime

Earth and stone

Bulldozer, excavator, loader, etc.

75 55

Piling All pile drivers, etc. 85 Construction is prohibited

Structure

Concrete mixer, vibration rod, electric saw, etc,

70 55

GBl2523-90 Noise Limits for the Construction Site

Fitment Crane, lifter, etc. 65 55

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Annex 2 Detailed Environmental management Specifications for the Project Contractor The Contractor shall take charge of the environmental protection during the

construction period. The article 19.1 of the civil works assessment contract of

the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) specifies that:

“during the project construction, completion, and other defect repair periods,

the Contractor shall take all rational procedures to protect the site and

adjacent environment and avoid personal or financial injuries or obstructions

due to pollutions, noises, or other consequences due to construction.”

1. Air environment pollution control measures

(1) Pipe network construction

a. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction;

construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently;

b. The vehicles for transporting the limestone, sand and stone, and cement

which easily produce dust shall be covered with the paulin;

c. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed

construction shall be conducted;

d. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered and

covered with the covering network to prevent dust.

(2) Plant area construction

a. The transportation management during the construction period shall be

reinforced; the vehicles shall be covered with ceilings, and overload is not

allowed;

b. Frequently water the roads for dedusting and reducing dust pollutions;

c. It is forbidden to pile up construction wastes randomly; especially

wastes within the construction line;

d. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed

construction shall be conducted;

e. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered

and covered with the covering network to prevent dust;

f. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction;

construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently;

g. It shall ensure that no overload during transportation and no splashing

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along the transportation road. Prior to driving the vehicle out of the worksite,

mud on wheels shall be completely removed to avoid splashing along the

road;

h. Do well in labor protection of construction workers, including wearing

dustproof mask, etc.

2. Water environment pollution control measures


a. According to the actual construction conditions of the project pipe network,

the vehicles and mechanical equipment will not be washed in the construction

site, which will be performed by special car washing centers.

b. Try to avoid performing the construction work in rainy seasons.

c. The leaked oil shall be received by barrels for recycling; after having been

collected by special plastic barrels and dumped into waste oil reservoir, it will

be purchased by the special waste oil procurement department; if the waste

oil drips on the ground, timely wipe it off with a piece of cotton yarn.

(2)Plant area construction

a. The construction unit shall establish the sedimentation tank in the plant

area during the construction period so as to ensure that the rainwater,

wastewater, wash water, and accumulated water during the construction

period can be deposited and recycled for washing and watering.

b. Simple living facilities shall be established in the construction site; domestic

wastewater shall be used for watering the plant area after having been

subjected to the oil separation and sedimentation treatment; the temporary pit

toilet shall be prepared, which shall be cleaned periodically.

3. Noise environment pollution control measures


a. The work time of all kinds of construction machinery during the construction

period shall be rationally arranged; try to avoid simultaneous construction of

lots of equipment with loud noise. In addition, the equipment with loud noise

shall be operated in daytime as much as possible, and try to reduce

transportation at night. Also, it is forbidden to make construction at night

(22:00~6:00); with the approval from local environment departments, the

sound insulation barriers shall be set between the sound source and the

sensitive spot with regard to the construction activities which must be

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conducted at night;

b. With regard to construction in road sections where schools are located, the

construction unit shall consult with the school leaders, and try to arrange the

loud noise construction in the corresponding winter holidays, summer

holidays, two-day weekends, or after-class time; in addition, the construction

progress shall be quickened; time limit shall be shortened, and the impact

degree and duration shall be reduced. When performing the crash loud noise

construction in two-day weekends, try to avoid disturbing the learning

environment of the school;

c. With regard to construction in road sections where hospitals are located,

the construction unit shall consult with the hospital leaders and establish the

moveable sound insulation barriers.

(2) Plant area construction

a. Rationally arrange working hours of all kinds of construction machinery; it is

forbidden to operate the machinery with loud noise for construction at night;

b. The construction of different stages will be based on stipulations of the

Noise Limits for the Construction Site (GB12523-90); establish enclosures,

select equipment with low noise, and take other measures to strictly control

the noise during the construction period.

c. Try to select the equipment with low noise; for example, the hydraulic

machinery can substitute the fuel machinery and the mixer can be equipped

with the muffler.

d. The fixed mechanical equipment and earth excavation and earth moving

machinery (including the bulldozer, etc.) can be equipped with the vent pipe

muffler and the engine vibration parts can be isolated for noise reduction.

e. Make periodical repair and maintenance to the power machinery and

equipment.

4. Ecological environment pollution control measures

a. Select the proper spoil yard and slag yard for rational storage; try to make a

direct use. The construction of different project section shall be conducted by

sections, so as to reduce impact on the landscapes.

b. Try to avoid performing the earth excavation and backfill in rainy seasons;

try to complete backfill for excavations and side slope treatment prior to rainy

seasons;

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c. The ditches around the spoil yard shall be well done to avoid water and soil

losses during rainy seasons. The temporary pile yard shall be returned to its

original status after completing construction.

d. Assign the environmental protection supervision agency and full-time

environmental protection staff, so as to reinforce the construction

management and environmental protection propaganda and remind the

people of the ecological environment protection; the construction workers are

not allowed to chop down trees without permission; the contract stipulates that

the Contractor shall make the construction work in strict accordance with the

land acquisition range for construction; and all slag shall be conveyed to the

appointed slag yard for storage.

5. Solid waste pollution control measures

a. After the domestic wastes are put in bags and collected by different

classification, they will be uniformly cleared and transported by the

environment sanitation department.

b. The pit toilets shall be prepared in the construction area of the Wastewater

Treatment Plant, which shall be cleaned periodically. After having been

uniformly collected, excrement will be conveyed to the adjacent farmland and

made as the fertilizer.

c. The construction wastes shall be treated by different classifications; the one

which can be recycled shall be timely recycled by specially-assigned persons,

and the one which can’t be recycled shall be used for the site backfill of the

Wastewater Treatment Plant as much as possible.

d. The construction wastes will be treated by the building unit based on the

Management Regulations of Urban Construction Wastes. Prior to

disposal, the building unit shall submit the application to the environment

sanitation authority and transport the wastes according to the specified

transportation routes and time. The waste disposal shall follow principles of

minimization, recycling, and hazardfree; according to construction conditions

of the urban projects, the application of preferably using the wastes for backfill

of other urban facilities and on-site disposal shall be submitted to the

municipal urban construction and environment sanitation authorities; the

wastes can’t be completely disposed shall be properly stored in the appointed

points out of the urban area.

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6. Social environment guarantee measures

a. The pipe network construction shall be notified to the adjacent residents in

advance; the traffic diversion due to the pipe network construction shall be

reported to relevant departments for instructions, which shall be notified to the

adjacent residents in advance as well.

b. The overlapping problems and conflicts between the pipe network project

and the urban water supply and power and municipal public administration

facilities shall be fully discussed and consulted with relevant units and

authorities in advance; construction plans shall be prepared according to

different bid sections to notify possible damages of the municipal public

administration facilities as well as avoidance and solutions to the construction

unit.

c. Coordinate with the traffic police and traffic management department for the

urban traffic organization during the construction period; specially-assigned

persons will be dispatched to assist the traffic management and time limit will

be shortened to mitigate the traffic pressure during the construction period to

the large extent.

d. Set the temporary transition plates and construction fences for the

horizontal road sections to reduce the construction impact on the traffic.

e. In order to guarantee a smooth urban drainage during the construction

period, the river diversion and water pumps will be applied. If condition allows,

the road section will be applied with the river diversion; if not, the road section

will be applied with water pumps.

f. The scientific construction plan will be prepared; construction activities will

be rationally arranged, the pipe network modification will be conducted by

section, and the scheme of closely linking recovery with excavation will be

followed, so as to mitigate heave excavations in the urban area and

subsequent visual pollution, traffic jam, and negative impact on business

activities. In addition, increase the propaganda of the pipe network

modification project to get understanding from urban residents. In the later

stage of construction, resume the damaged vegetations.

g. The road sections with schools, hospitals, and environmentally sensitive

objects at both sides shall be made as the key environmental protection road

section, and do well in watering, dedusting, noise control, and traffic

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dispersion.

h. Improvement of temporarily-occupied road: optimize the design scheme

and construction route; try to temporarily occupy less land and reduce

occupation of afforestation belts. The soddings and trees on the occupied land

shall be transplanted, which shall not be destroyed randomly; the surface shall

be subjected to timely afforestation after the spoil backfill.

i. Protection to the physical cultural resources: Once cultural relics, ancient

tombs, and cultural heritages are discovered during the construction period,

the site construction shall be paused; such conditions shall be notified to

relevant departments; specially-assigned persons shall be dispatched to

investigate the site and determine if rescue or excavation is needed.

7. Environmental monitoring measures

Observe the Project Environmental monitoring Plan; entrust the prefecture-

level and municipal environmental monitoring stations to monitor the main

environmental impact and quality conditions of surrounding environment

during the construction period based on the frequency and distribution

requirements specified in the monitoring plan.

Record the environmental monitoring development conditions and monitoring

report results; timely submit them to the local Project Management Office and

send a copy to the local Environment Protection Bureau.

8. Environmental supervision measures

The environmental supervision is a new demand for the environmental

protection. The environmental supervision work shall run through the whole

project construction process, so as to ensure the smooth development of the

environmental protection work and effective implementation of the

environmental protection measures. In order to ensure that the project

environmental protection measures can be completed as planed and

guarantee the environment project quality, the staff with the environment

project supervision qualification will be entrusted by the Owner to serve as the

supervision staff. According to the fact that the project is developed by section

and by period, it is preliminarily determined that 2 full-time environmental

supervision staff will be appointed; the working staff will be dispatched to

serve as the part-time staff of other departments; the number will be

determined based on actual conditions.

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8.1 Environmental supervision method

1) The environmental supervisor will be included in the project supervisor

category, who will be subjected to the uniform management of the supervision

management department of the project headquarters; in addition, he shall

participate in the monthly meeting of the chief project supervisor and submit

the weekly report and monthly report to the chief supervision office.

2) Periodically hold the environmental supervision work meeting; based on the

short term environmental supervision work, solve existing problems and put

forward the work plan of next stage.

3) All environmental supervision sections shall hold the regular environmental

supervision meeting monthly.

4) Form the perfect site environmental protection management system, and

establish the environmental protection leading group in the participating

project departments to take charge of the environmental protection leading

work. The organizations will be extended to all construction teams and groups

and shifts; responsibility zones will be divided, and the person in charge will

be put into practice.

8.2 Environmental supervision content

1) Environmental supervision during the project preparation period:

Check and review the environmental protection clauses in the Project

Construction Organization Plan prepared by the construction unit; check the

rationality of the environmental protection system established by the

construction unit; participate in check and review of the Unit Project

Commencement Report, and supervise the implementation of all pollutant

treatment projects.

2) Environmental supervision during the construction period:

Based on the construction organization designs of all bid section, prepare the

Emphasis in the Environmental Protection Work, propagandize the

environmental protection work to the construction unit; point out the

environmental pollution sensitive spot for the construction unit; put forward the

specific environmental protection measures based on main pollutants during

construction; check and review the Environmental Protection Scheme During

the Project Construction submitted by the construction unit; check the

rationality of the operation of the environmental protection system of the

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construction unit and the implementation conditions of the environmental

protection measures, and supervise the water and soil conservation

measures. In addition, supervise the implementation conditions of the

Environmental Monitoring Plan and the supervision results.

3) Environmental supervision during the project operation period: check and

review the Summary Report on the Environmental Protection Scheme during

the Project Construction prepared by the construction unit; sort the

environmental protection completion report and the environmental protection

acceptance, and prepare the Summary Report on the Environmental

supervision Work.

8.3 Environmental supervision responsibilities

1) The supervision staff shall strictly perform the corresponding

responsibilities; play the supervision and management role; make ensure the

environmental protection measures applied for the site construction process

are effectively implemented, and guarantee the effective implementation of the

environmental protection work.

2) Do well in the propaganda and implementation of the environmental

protection laws and regulations; enhance the environmental protection

awareness of all participators to make them willingly do well in the

environmental protection work.

3) Prepare the staged environmental supervision acceptance planning; make

the environmental supervision acceptance to the completed unit project; make

sure that the environmental protection procedures are complete and all data

are intact after the project completion.

4) Sign the environmental protection contract clauses of the construction

project not covered by bid invitation in the contract; check and review the

environment protection content in its construction organization design, and

increase the details of the environmental protection chapters.

5) Record details of the EMP implementation conditions of the project EMP;

prepare the weekly report and monthly report and timely submit them to the

local Project Management Office and the Environment Protection Bureau.

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Annex 3 Detailed Environmental management Specifications for the Project Operation Department The environmental management during the operation period mainly covers

followings:

I. Operation technology management measures

1) Establish the operation management and operation responsibility system

for the treatment facilities;

2) Train the management and operation staff; establish the technical

assessment files; the unqualified staff can’t take the job;

3) Employ the experience and professional technical staff to take charge of

the technology management work;

4) Reinforce the maintenance and management of the equipment and

facilities; standby machine shall be prepared for the key equipment;

5) The patrol inspection to the water conveyance pipelines shall be reinforced

during the project operation, so as to prevent unqualified industrial wastewater

from entering into the wastewater treatment facilities; timely discover

problems and make timely solutions; the sludge arising from the wastewater

treatment shall be timely conveyed to the waste landfill for sanitary landfill

after having met the landfill requirements after the thickening and dewatering

in the plant area; the main constituent of the sludge shall be periodically

detected during operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

6) Periodically interview adjacent residents and collect opinions; notify

relevant environment information to them and coordinate relations with them.

II. Environmental monitoring measures

Observe the Project Environmental monitoring Plan; entrust the prefecture-

level and municipal environmental monitoring stations to monitor the main

environmental impact and quality conditions of surrounding environment

during the construction period based on the frequency and distribution

requirements specified in the monitoring plan.

Record the environmental monitoring development conditions and monitoring

report results; timely submit them to the local Project Management Office and

send a copy to the local Environment Protection Bureau.

III. Accident emergency plan of the Wastewater Treatment Plant

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1) After occurrence of the accident or emergency, the involved party or finder

of the accident will report the conditions to the chief operator and emergency

accident treatment leading group in one minute, and take emergency

measures to prevent the accident expansion.

2) After receiving the report, the chief operator will notify the corresponding

emergency treatment team member; after the emergency treatment team

members receive the notice, they will wear the labor protection articles, carry

the emergency treatment appliance, and come to the site to treat the

environment accident or emergency.

3) The emergency accident treatment leading group members will come to the

site in 5 minutes and guide and assist the accident or emergency treatment.

4) Once the wastewater treatment facilities have accidents, try to ensure the

normal operation of the grating and grit chamber to reduce the SS and COD in

water to some extent; in addition, find out the main pollution cause of the

water collection system and apply emergency measures to control the

emissions of the toxic microorganism substances;

5) Once irresistible exterior causes happen (including power cut of dual-circuit

and undrained wastewater due to sudden natural disasters), partial or whole

drainage enterprises shall be asked to stop drain wastes into the pipelines to

ensure the safety of the water body;

6) When the accident occurs, the local environmental monitoring station shall

be timely entrusted to implement the accident emergency monitoring plan;

7) During the accident occurrence and treatment period, the symbols shall be

hung at the water area near the discharging outlet for warning and reminding

all relevant parties about application of prevention measures.

8) When the chief operator receives the report upon the accident occurrence,

the chief operator shall timely report it to the local Project Management Office

and the Environment Protection Bureau, and report it to higher levels one by

one according to the accident nature.

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Monitoring

Period

Environmen

t Factor

Arrangement of the Monitoring Point (Number)

Monitoring Items Monitoring Frequency

Unit Pric

e (yuan/Period)

Annual Expense (yuan/Year)

Staged Expense (yuan)

Total (yuan)

Monitoring

Agency

Ambient air

4 monitoring points will be established: Xinqiao Village,

Hongyang Village, Town Central Hospital, and Xianfeng Middle

School

TSP 4 periods/year,2 day 480 1920 5760

Water

quality

1 monitoring point will be established: wastewater sump

in the construction site pH, suspended matter, and petroleum

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, once/day

130 520 1560

Noise


Hongyang Village, Town Central Hospital, and Xianfeng Middle

School

LeqdB(A) 4 periods/year, 1 day/period,

twice/day, once in the daytime and night

480 1920 5760

Construction

period (3 years)

Subtotal (yuan) 4360 13080

13080

Operation period (3 years)

Ambient air


Hongyang Village, and 4 boundaries in the Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Concentration of H2S, NH3, odor 4 periods/year, 1 day/period,

four times/day 1584

0 6336

0 190080

256740

Qualified environmental monitori

ng station

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Water

quality

3 monitoring points will be established: main discharging

outlet of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 800m of the

lower reaches of the discharging outlet, and 2000m

of the lower reaches of the discharging outlet

pH, DO, COD, BOD5, Ammonia Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen, suspended

matter, plant and animal oil, petroleum, chroma, and fecal coliform

4 periods/year, 1 period will be monitored quarterly, 3 days/period, once/day

4620 1848

0 55440

Noise


Hongyang Village, and 4 boundaries in the Wastewater

Treatment Plant

LeqdB(A) 4 periods/year, 1 day/period,

twice/day, once in the daytime and night

720 2880 8640

Sludge

1 monitoring point will be established: sludge drained

from the silt basin Heavy metal (As, Hg, Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu)


430 860 2580

Subtotal (yuan) 8552

0 256740

Total (yuan) 269820

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Annex 5 Associated Works of the Project (Environmental Monitoring Plan of Quanhu Urban Refuse Landfill, Xiangxiang City)

Annex 5 Environmental monitoring Plan of Quanhu Urban Refuse Landfill, Xiangxiang City

Monitoring

Period

Environment

Factor

Arrangement of the Monitoring Point

(Number) Monitoring Items Monitoring Frequency

Monitoring Agency

Unit Price (yuan/Peri

od)

Annual Expense

(yuan/Year)

Staged Expense (yuan)

Total (yuan)

Ambient air

3 monitoring points will be established: 1 will be established in the boundary of the upward direction of

the annually prevailing wind direction and 2 will be established in the boundary of the

downward direction of the annually prevailing

wind direction.

Particle, odor strength,

Ammonia, Hydrogen

sulfide, and methane

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, four

times/day

Environmental protection monitoring station of

Xiangxiang City

12560 50240 150720

Noise Boundary noise (2) LeqdB(A)

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, twice/day, once in the daytime

and night


Xiangxiang City

240 960 2880

Operation period (3 years)

Underground water

The monitoring point is the well of the

villager of Quanhu village, and the

quantity is undetermined

Ammonia Nitrogen, pH,

COD, and ionized

ammonia

3 periods/year, 1 period in low-water,

high-water, and normal-water seasons, 1 day/period, once/day


Xiangxiang City

5880 17640 52920

239460 (the monitoring

expense will be paid by the owner of the waste landfill site, which is

excluded from the project expense)

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Sludge Sampling in the site

pH, organic mater, water content, Total

Zinc, Total Copper, total Lead, Total

Cadmium, Total Hg, Total

Arsenic, and Total Chrome

3 periods/year, 1 day/period, 3

times/day

Pesticide chemistry detection center of Hunan

Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2400 7200 21600

Percolate

Discharging outlet of the percolate

treatment facility (1)

Chroma, COD, BOD5, SS, Ammonia

Nitrogen, fecal coliform, Total Nitrogen, and

hexavalent chromium

3 periods/year, 1 period in low-water,

high-water, and normal-water seasons,

3 days/period, once/day


Xiangxiang City

1260 3780 11340

Subtotal 22340 79820 239460

Total (yuan) 239460

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Monitoring Factor

Monitoring Factor Frequency

Monitoring Factor Point

Environmental management Budget (yuan)

/

a. According to the actual construction conditions of the project pipe network, the vehicles and mechanical equipment will not be washed in the construction site, which will be performed by special car washing centers; b. With regard to land acquisition and demolition, the detailed land acquisition and relocation plans shall be quickly put forward after determining the design scheme; consult with the local mass in advance, so as to do well in harmonious relocation and negotiated compensation; c. Put emphasis on the protection of surrounding residents and sensitive targets; put forward feasible pollution control measures, and reduce disturbance to the sensitive targets; d. Optimize the earth-rock balance, and try to do well in balance of the cut and fill in the design. The arising spoil shall be stored in the site or conveyed to the Wastewater Treatment Plant for recycling; if recycling is not available, the slag transportation procedures shall be arranged as specified or the slag shall be conveyed to the appointed site.

Design period

Contractor

Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City

/ / / /

Waste gas

Pipe network construction

a. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction; construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently; b. The vehicles for transporting the limestone, sand and stone, and cement which easily produce dust shall be covered with the paulin; c. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed construction shall be conducted; d. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered and covered with the covering network to prevent dust.

Construction period

Contractor


TSP

4 periods/year, 2 days/period, once/day

4 monitoring points will be established: Xinqiao

113080 (including the monitoring expense of 13080)

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Plant area construction

a. The transportation management during the construction period shall be reinforced; the vehicles shall be covered with ceilings, and overload is not allowed; b. Frequently water the roads for dedusting and reducing dust pollutions; c. It is forbidden to pile up construction wastes randomly; especially wastes within the construction line; d. The construction site shall be enclosed with color steel plates and closed construction shall be conducted; e. The place for temporarily storing the excavated earth shall be watered and covered with the covering network to prevent dust; f. It shall reinforce the management and perform civilized construction; construction materials shall be loaded and unloaded gently; g. It shall ensure that no overload during transportation and no splashing along the transportation road. Prior to driving the vehicle out of the worksite, mud on wheels shall be completely removed to avoid splashing along the road; h. Do well in labor protection of construction workers, including wearing dustproof mask, etc.

Village, Hongyang Village, Town Central Hospital, and Xianfeng Middle School


a. According to the actual construction conditions of the project pipe network, the vehicles and mechanical equipment will not be washed in the construction site, which will be performed by special car washing centers; b. Try to avoid performing the construction work in rainy seasons; c. The leaked oil shall be received by barrels for recycling; after having been collected by special plastic barrels and dumped into waste oil reservoir, it will be purchased by the special waste oil procurement department; if the waste oil drips on the ground, timely wipe it off with a piece of cotton yarn.

Wastewater Plant

area construction

a. The construction unit shall establish the sedimentation tank in the plant area during the construction period so as to ensure that the rainwater, wastewater, wash water, and accumulated water during the construction period can be deposited and recycled for washing and watering; b. Simple living facilities shall be established in the construction site; domestic wastewater shall be used for watering the plant area after having been subjected to the oil separation and sedimentation treatment; the temporary pit toilet shall be prepared, which shall be cleaned periodically.

pH, suspended matter, petroleum


1 monitoring point will be established: wastewater sump in the construction site

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Solid waste

Construction of the pipe network and plant area

a. After the domestic wastes are put in bags and collected by different classification, they will be uniformly cleared and transported by the environment sanitation department; b. The pit toilets shall be prepared in the construction area of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, which shall be cleaned periodically. After having been uniformly collected, excrement will be conveyed to the adjacent farmland and made as the fertilizer. c. The construction wastes shall be treated by different classifications; the one which can be recycled shall be timely recycled by specially-assigned persons, and the one which can’t be recycled shall be used for the site backfill of the Wastewater Treatment Plant as much as possible; d. The construction wastes will be treated by the building unit based on the Management Regulations of Urban Construction Wastes. Prior to disposal, the building unit shall submit the application to the environment sanitation authority and transport the wastes according to the specified transportation routes and time. The waste disposal shall follow principles of minimization, recycling, and hazardfree; according to construction conditions of the urban projects, the application of preferably using the wastes for backfill of other urban facilities and on-site disposal shall be submitted to the municipal urban construction and environment sanitation authorities; the wastes can’t be completely disposed shall be properly stored in the appointed points out of the urban area.

/ / /

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a. The work time of all kinds of construction machinery during the construction period shall be rationally arranged; try to avoid simultaneous construction of lots of equipment with loud noise. In addition, the equipment with loud noise shall be operated in daytime as much as possible, and try to reduce transportation at night. Also, it is forbidden to make construction at night (22:00~6:00); with the approval from local environment departments, the sound insulation barriers shall be set between the sound source and the sensitive spot with regard to the construction activities which must be conducted at night; b. With regard to construction in road sections where schools are located, the construction unit shall consult with the school leaders, and try to arrange the loud noise construction in the corresponding winter holidays, summer holidays, two-day weekends, or after-class time; in addition, the construction progress shall be quickened; time limit shall be shortened, and the impact degree and duration shall be reduced. When performing the crash loud noise construction in two-day weekends, try to avoid disturbing the learning environment of the school; c. With regard to construction in road sections where hospitals are located, the construction unit shall consult with the hospital leaders and establish the moveable sound insulation barriers.

Noise

Plant area construction

a. Rationally arrange working hours of all kinds of construction machinery; it is forbidden to operate the machinery with loud noise for construction at night; b. The construction of different stages will be based on stipulations of the Noise Limits for the Construction Site (GB12523-90); establish enclosures, select equipment with low noise, and take other measures to strictly control the noise during the construction period; c. Try to select the equipment with low noise; for example, the hydraulic machinery can substitute the fuel machinery and the mixer can be equipped with the muffler; d. The fixed mechanical equipment and earth excavation and earth moving machinery (including the bulldozer, etc.) can be equipped with the vent pipe muffler and the engine vibration parts can be isolated for noise reduction; e. Make periodical repair and maintenance to the power machinery and equipment.

Construction period

Contractor


LeqdB(A)

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, twice/day, once in the daytime and night

4 monitoring points will be established: Xinqiao Village, Hongyang Village, Town Central Hospital, and Xianfeng Middle School

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(1) Select the proper spoil yard and slag yard for rational storage; try to make a direct use. The construction of different project section shall be conducted by sections, so as to reduce impact on the landscapes; (2) Try to avoid performing the earth excavation and backfill in rainy seasons; try to complete backfill for excavations and side slope treatment prior to rainy seasons; (3) The ditches around the spoil yard shall be well done to avoid water and soil losses during rainy seasons. The temporary pile yard shall be returned to its original status after completing construction; (4) Assign the environmental protection supervision agency and full-time environmental protection staff, so as to reinforce the construction management and environmental protection propaganda and remind the people of the ecological environment protection; the construction workers are not allowed to chop down trees without permission; the contract stipulates that the Contractor shall make the construction work in strict accordance with the land acquisition range for construction; and all slag shall be conveyed to the appointed slag yard for storage.

/ / /

Waste gas

(1) Based on the actual characteristics that the summer is with the heavier odor and the prevailing wind direction in summer, the mode of optimizing the plane arrangement of the plant area will be arranged and the main facilities (including the silt basin and dewaterer room) will be arranged in the downwind direction or sidewind direction of the local prevailing wind direction in summer to guarantee the sanitary protection zone width between the sensitive object; (2) After the project is completed and put into operation, the production management shall be practically reinforced; the pollution source shall be well controlled; all production and process links producing odor shall be strictly controlled, and the post responsibility system and monitoring mechanism shall be established and perfected as well; (3) Safety management. After the project is established and put into normal operation, the accident disposal training shall be conducted to employees; all kinds of monitoring instruments shall be subjected to periodical maintenance to ensure its normal operation and monitoring and control effects to odor. When persons enter into the pump house, the indoor ventilation shall be paid attention to, so as to avoid personal injuries due to excessive content of H2S and NH3; (4) Do well in land utilization planning. According to the determined sanitary protection zone width, the planning department shall replan the land within the range and define that it is not allowed to newly establish residential areas, schools, medical establishments, and other sensitive facilities within such range; (5) Afforestation reinforcement. As the Wastewater Treatment Plant will contain odors inevitably, the afforestation project is vital to improve its environment quality, and the plant area afforestation design shall be simultaneously completed along with the construction drawing design. The plant area afforestation will follow the principle of completely eliminating the exposed ground and flowers, grasses, and trees will be widely planted. Roads within the plant will be planted with shrubs and pine trees and boundary edges will be planted with poplars and Chinese scholar trees to form the multilayer shelter belt and mitigate the impact due to the odor pollution.

Operation period

Operator


H2S, NH3, and odor concentration

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, four times/day

6 monitoring points will be established: Xinqiao Village, Hongyang Village, and 4 boundaries in the Wastewater Treatment Plant

406740 (including the monitoring expense of 256740)

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Noise

(1) The wastewater pump, sludge pump, air blower, dewaterer room, and other production workshops with loud noise shall be equipped with the standard low noise products; upon installation, the shock pad or flexible connector and other noise reduction measures shall be taken; (2) The sound insulation treatment shall be made to partition walls and windows and doors in and between the equip rooms, attended operation rooms, and equipment houses, so as to reduce its impact on human bodies; (3) Design to mitigate the noise impact with the sound-distance principle and keep a maximum distance between the sound source and the building in the overall layout, so as to ensure that the staff of the Wastewater Treatment Plant have a good working environment; (4) Based on the project construction, plant the shelter belt mixed with high trees and shrubs, so as to expand the afforestation area of the plant area and reach the effect of sound absorption and noise reduction with vegetations.

Operation period

Operator


LeqdB(A)

4 periods/year, 1 day/period, twice/day, once in the daytime and night

6 monitoring points will be established: Xinqiao Village, Hongyang Village, and 4 boundaries in the Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Wastewater

(1) Prior to entering the Wastewater Treatment Plant, the industrial wastewater shall be subjected to pretreatment, which can be drained into the Wastewater Treatment Plant after having reached the grade III standard specified in the Water Quality Standard of the Wastewater to be Drained into the Urban Sewer (CJ18-86) and the Comprehensive Wastewater Emission Standard (GB8978-1996); the harmful and toxic class I pollutants which can accumulate in animal bodies and seriously damage the personal health shall be strictly controlled and treated in the workshop, which can be drained into the Wastewater Treatment Plant after reaching the specified standard; (2) The wastewater drained by the pollutant emission unit of the medical establishment shall meet the corresponding pollutant limit specified in the GB18466-2005 Emission Standard of Water Pollutants of the Medical Establishment before flowing into the pipe network; (3) Reinforce the project construction and operation management, so as to ensure that the wastewater treatment facilities and efficiency meet the designed standard and requirements and the tail water which meets the standard is discharged after long-term, stable, and normal operation and treatment; (4) Establish and perfect all kinds of environmental management rules and systems, and thoroughly implement the post business training plan of all staff; (5) Carefully do well in equipment repair and maintenance; reduce and timely eliminate abnormal operation conditions; avoid discharging pollutants over the limit, and prevent the accident risk emission; (6) Perform the standardized management to drain outlets; the end drain outlets shall be equipped with the automatic wastewater amount metering device and automatic proportioning sampling device; the on-line monitoring devices shall be applied for pH, water temperature, COD, and main water quality indices; (7) Establish the standby equipment; prepare emergency plan to avoid negative effects due to problems; (8) After the domestic wastewater and sludge wash water passes through the interior wastewater pipelines and enters into the wastewater treatment facilities, they will be discharged after having been treated together with project wastewater.

Operation period

Operator


pH, DO, COD, BOD5, Ammonia Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Total Nitrogen, suspended matter, plant and animal oil, petroleum, chroma, and fecal coliform

4

periods

/year, 1

period

will be

monitor

ed

quarterl

y, 3

days/p

eriod,

once/d

ay

1 monitoring point will be established: main discharging outlet of the Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Sludge

(1) The solid wastes in the Wastewater Treatment Plant, especially sludge shall not be disposed randomly, which shall be properly collected and stored. Above wastes shall be periodically conveyed to the refuse landfill for sanitary landfill; (2) It is forbidden to drain the project sludge to the surface water bodies, banks, valleys, depressions, karst caves, farmland, and other spoil areas not for special purpose; (3) The temporary sludge storage yard in the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be applied with the anti-seepage, rain-protection, and erosion-protection measures and other measures to prevent loss and secondary pollution due to rich and concentrated odors in the shed; (4) The Wastewater Treatment Plant shall faithfully perform the sludge treatment and disposal responsibility; perform whole-process management to the sludge production, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal; prepare and implement the sludge environmental management rules and regulations, work flows, and requirements, and appoint the special monitoring department or full-time (part-time) staff to ensure that the sludge is properly treated and disposed. It is forbidden to dump, pile up, throw, or drop sludge without permission; (5) The sludge disposal shall follow principles of minimization, recycling, and hazardfree; the sludge treatment facilities shall be planned, built, and put into operation together with the wastewater treatment facilities; (6) Establishment of the sludge management inventory and transfer manifest systems. The Wastewater Treatment Plant shall establish the sludge management inventory; record the sludge generation amount, transfer amount, treatment and disposal amount, and purpose and report them to the Environment Protection Bureau of Xiangxiang City periodically. In addition, establish the sludge transfer manifest system, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall faithfully fill in the transfer manifest upon transferring the sludge; (7) Standardization of the sludge transportation. The unit responsible for sludge transportation shall be capable of relevant road cargo operation qualification; individuals and units without relevant operation qualifications are forbidden to take charge of sludge transportation. Also, the sludge transportation vehicles shall be subjected to seal, waterproof, anti-seepage, and anti-drop measures; (8) The top of the sludge shed in the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be equipped with the rain shelter and its ground shall be subjected to the hardening treatment; cofferdams, ditches, and collector wells shall be prepared around the shed, so as to drain water arising from sludge storage into the wastewater treatment system; (9) The enclosed tank truck shall be applied for sludge transportation; (10) The advanced sludge thickening equipment shall be applied for the sludge minimization; the sludge shall be dewatered till the water content is below 60% to reduce the sludge generation; (11) Ensure that the sludge disposal rate is 100%; (12) After the domestic wastes are put in bags and collected by different classification, they will be uniformly cleared and transported by the environment sanitation department.

Operation period

Operator


Heavy metal (As, Hg, Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu)


1 monitoring point will be established: sludge drained from the silt basin

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(1) As for afforestation of the plant area, trees, shrubs, and grasses shall be planted based on certain proportions to keep certain hierarchical structure. Try to use indigenous species, and reduce foreign species. Upon afforestation, priority shall be given to the indigenous species; (2) Management reinforcement. The plant shall dispatch specially-assigned staff to do well in the campus afforestation and management and prepare corresponding rules and regulations to protect the greenbelt and ecological environment; (3) After the wastewater pipeline is processed with earthing, the one in the town area shall be hardened and the one in the field shall be subjected to timely afforestation and rush-planting to recover the exposed surface along the pipeline. The advantageous grass species shall be adopted. Also, the key areas shall be surrounded by wire meshes; timely management and control shall be made to avoid damages due to the cattle and sheep or artificial factors; (4) Reinforce inspection and management to the wastewater pipeline and periodically check the wastewater pipeline to timely discover leakage problems, make timely treatment, and avoid possible underground water pollution due to leakages of the wastewater pipe network.

Operation period

Operator


/ / /

Risk prevention

(1) With regard to the process design, certain backflow treatment and buffering capabilities and facilities shall be reserved in the treatment system and proper treatment equipment shall be equipped to ensure that the buffering and backflow equipment can be started to reprocess the unqualified water till reaching the emission standard if the system operation is affected due to the equipment malfunction;

(2) The vulnerable equipment will be applied with numerous sets of standby equipment, and sufficient spare parts will be prepared for repair and update. There shall be two electromechanical equipment in the treatment system; one for use and one for standby; (3) Select the high-quality equipment. The machinery, electric appliance, instrument, and other equipment with high quality and low malfunction rate which meet the design requirements and match with the requirements of long term operation and convenient maintenance shall be adopted for the treatment facilities; (4) During operation, the in-service operators shall strictly follow the rules and regulations of the treatment facilities; frequently inspect the equipment, and make timely repair and maintenance to reduce the equipment malfunction rate; (5) The electric equipment shall be operated according to the grounding protection regulations, which shall be equipped with the automatic tripping circuit. The main equipment operation shall be monitored by the computer data for timely alarm; the accident site, accident nature, and time shall be recorded for convenient and timely repair; (6) The dual circuit will be applied for power supply to ensure normal operation of power supply facilities and lines;

(7) Try to ensure the normal operation of the grating and grit chamber to reduce the SS and COD in water to some extent; (8) Find out the main pollution cause of the water collection system and apply emergency

Operation period

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measures to control the emissions of the toxic microorganism substances; (9) Once irresistible exterior causes happen (including power cut of dual-circuit and undrained wastewater due to sudden natural disasters), partial or whole drainage enterprises shall be asked to stop drain wastes into the pipelines to ensure the safety of the water body; (10) During the accident occurrence and treatment period, the symbols shall be hung at the water area near the discharging outlet for warning and reminding all relevant parties about application of prevention measures; (11) Prior to operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, the safety conduction shall be made to the operation and management staff; in addition, the safe operation regulations and management systems shall be prepared; strict implementation shall be performed and frequent inspection shall be made after operation; (12) The building design shall consider the drainage, heating and ventilation, lighting and illumination, and other sanitary requirements; the site where workers operate for long time shall be equipped with air conditioners. Some sites with sealed structures and poor ventilation conditions shall be applied with the mechanical ventilation; (13) The plant area shall be equipped with the life jackets, life buoys, safety belts, safety helmets, and other labor protection appliances. The workers who operate in the underground pipelines shall wear necessary protection equipment to avoid poisoning. Two workers shall work together at the least; (14) The tank passage edges will be equipped with guardrails and illumination facilities for the sake of the pedestrian safety; (15) The installation protection of all electric appliances and equipment shall meet relevant safety stipulations; do well in the grounding protection of the high pressure equipment. (16) The dangerous parts of the mechanical equipment (including the driving belt, gear, and grinding wheel) shall be equipped with the protection device; (17) The warning boards shall be erected at all dangerous sections in the plant area; the platform higher than 1.2m shall be equipped with the guardrail. The place with poisonous and harmful gases shall be applied with the ventilation equipment; (18) According to actual demands of all work sections and convenient use, the sanitary rooms for production (toilets, washrooms, and storage rooms) shall be prepared; the work section with bad environment and open area shall be applied with the reinforced ventilation facilities and restrooms. The bathrooms will be established in the plant uniformly; (19) The workers directly contacting with the wastewater, sludge, and domestic waste shall make physical examination and get relevant vaccinum periodically.

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