Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Project
Environmental Management Framework
Beijing Guohuan Tiandi Environmental Technology Development Center Co., Ltd.
October 2012
Contents
I.Projects includedin environmental management framework
II. Compilation basis
2.1 The laws and regulations for environmental protection
2.2 Technical specifications of the environmental assessment
III. Environmental management procedures
3.1 Project classification
3.2 The preparation and requirements of environmental documents
3.3 Public consultation and information disclosure
3.4 Complaint mechanisms
3.5 Audit and approval
3.6 Supervision
3.7 Reporting
IV. Environmental impact recognition
4.1. Recognition content of environmental impact
4.2 Essential environmental problems recognition
4.3 Selection of environmental assessment tools
4.4 Requirements of selecting locations and routes
V. Environmental management process and organization
5.1 Environmental management process
5.2 Environmental management organization and responsibilities
VI. Environmental management regulations
Appendix 1 Site checklist before construction into the site
Appendix 2 Environment checklist of construction site
Appendix 3 Environmental rectification notice
I. Projectsincludedin environmental management framework
Shangrao airport projects include the airport project, the external matching projects and related projects, etc.At present, the main project of the airport has been determined and in the phase of the feasibility study.Other off-site matching works and related projects (see table below) are in the planning and design phase, so the details for the facilities are not determined yet.The EA has conducted a preliminary screening showing that the offsite facilities: 4.65 km access road and associated utility pipelines will not causes any significant environmental impacts, but minor general impacts related to construction. Although the zone of impact is known, the precise sitting alignments cannot be determined with sufficient precision because of the rugged topography of the area which requires detailed engineering that goes beyond the feasibility study results, to be able to determine with sufficient precision the location of environment impacts, land acquisition and any involuntary resettlement. The project management agency has commissioned an advisory body to establish a framework of environmental management. More specific EMPs will be developed as per the EMF after the detail design is available.
The framework will provide project management agencies and relevant departments with environmental management guidance to ensure that the environmental management shall be in line with the Chinese government and local government policies and legal requirements, in line with the environmental assessment policies and procedures provided by the World Bank environmental assessment business policies / programs (OP/BP4.01). Environmental management framework provides environmental management contents, procedures, and responsibilities of all parties.
Specific contents included in the environmental management framework are shown in Table 2-1-1.
Table 1 the project contents included in the environmental management framework
Content of the project / Project description / PropertyAirport Connecting Road and associated utility pipelines / -~4.65 km road connecting Shangrao city and the Airport;
-~7.6 km (DN 500) water supply pipeline connecting with the trunk pipeline in Shangrao city to the Airport;
-~5km natural gas pipeline to be laid along the connecting road;
-~10km sewer to be laid along the connecting road; / Non-World Bank Loan Projects, still in the planning and design phase and put into the framework of environmental management
Construction of two electric power transmission lines. / -One ~7.5km 10 kV power line from Maojialing transformer substation to the Airport
-One ~8km 10 kV power line from Zaotou transformer substation to the Airport; / Non-World Bank Loan Projects, the environmental impacts and measures are put in the framework of environmental management
Burrow pits, disposal sites, temporary access roads to be determined during detail design stage. / To further determine in the design / Non-World Bank Loan Projects, the framework of environmental management
II. Compilation basis
2.1 The laws and regulations for environmental protection
(1)Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China,December 26, 1989;
(2) Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution,April 29, 2000;
(3)Law of Water Pollution Prevention of PRC, June 1,2008;
(4)Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, April 1, 2005;
(5)Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Pollutionfrom Environmental Noise, March 1, 1997;
(6)Law of the People’s Republic of China on Environment Impact Assessment, September 1, 2003;
(7)Law of the People’s Republic of China on Water and Soil Conservation, March 1, 2011;
(8)The Law of LandAdministration ofthe People’s Republic of China, January 1, 1999;
(9)Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China, June 29, 2002;
(10)Regulations on the Administration of Construction Project Environmental Protection (98)Decree No. 253 of the State Council, November 29,1998;
(11)List of Category Management of Environmental Impact Assessment for Construction Projects (SEPA Order No. 2) put into effect on October 1, 2008;
(12)List of Category Management of Environmental Impact Assessment for Construction Projects (SEPA Order No. 5), March 1, 2009;
(13) Comments on Strengthening the Ecological Protection, Environment and Development [1997] No. 785 by National Environmental Protection Agency, November 28, 1997;
(14) Notice on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment Management and Prevention of Environmental Risks, the document of the State Environmental Protection Administration, Environment and Development [2005] No. 152;
(15)State Council’s Decision on Implementing Scientific Development Concept to Enhance Environmental Protection [2005] No. 39, December 3, 2005;
(16) Notice on Strengthening the International Financial Organization Loan Construction Project Environmental Impact Assessment Management, the State Environmental Protection Administration, the State Development Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, People's Bank of China, June, 1993;
(17) The command of Ministry of Communications [1990] No. 17, Transportation Construction Project Environmental Protection Management Practices, 1990;
(18) The document of Ministry of Communications Highway Transportation Development [2004] No. 164, Notice on Issuing Several Opinions on the Strictest Farmland Protection System in Highway Construction, April 6, 2004.
2.2 Technical specifications of the environmental assessment
(1) HJ2.1-2012 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment General Provisions;
(2)HJ/T2.3-93 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment Surface Water Environment;
(3) HJ2.4-2009 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment Sound Environment;
(4) HJ610-2011 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment Underground Water Environment;
(5) HJ2.2-2008 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact AssessmentAtmospheric Environment;
(6)HJ19-2011 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment-Ecological Impact;
(7) HJ/T87-2002 Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact AssessmentConstructional Project of Civil Airport;
(8) HJ14-1996 Principle and Technical Methods for Regionalizing Ambient Air Quality Function;
(9) GB/T15190-94 Technical Specifications to Determinate the Suitable Areas for Environmental Noise of Urban Area;
(10)February 14, 2006, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), the Environment and Development, 2006 No.[28] Interim Measures for the Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment;
(11) GB50433-2008 Technical Regulation on Water and Soil Conservation Plan of Development and Construction Project;
(12) MH/T5105-2007 Surrounding Aircraft Noise Calculation and Prediction of Civil Airports;
(13) GB18218-2009 Identification of Major Hazard Installations for Dangerous Chemicals;
1.2.3Safeguard policies of the World Bank
(1) Business policies of the World Bank- OP 4.01: Environmental Assessment
(2) Business policies of the World Bank- OP 4.12: Involuntary Resettlement
(3) Business policies of the World Bank- OP 4.11: Physical Cultural Resources
(4) Environmental, health, safety guidelines of the World Bank - EHS:
GENERALEHS GUIDELINES:NTRODUCTION,
(5) Environmental, health, safety guidelines of the World Bank - EHS: AIRPORTS
(6) Environmental, health, safety guidelines of the World Bank - EHS: WASTEWATER AND AMBIENT WATER QUALITY,water and health
(7) Environmental, health, safety guidelines of the World Bank - EHS: ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
(8) Environmental, health, safety guidelines of the World Bank - EHS: WASTE MANAGEMENT,
III. Environmental management procedures
Environmental management procedures of the off-site works include project preparation and 5 steps of construction phase as well as 2 steps of implementation phase.Requirements and responsibilities of each step are as follows:
A. Phases of project preparation and construction
- Screening and classification of the off-site works
- Preparation of all the environment documents
- Public consultation (consultation of the public opinion and information disclosure)
- Complaint mechanisms
- Audit and approval
B. Implementation phase
- Supervision
- Reporting
- The requirements of the implementation progress of each project (some shall be completed before the preparation of the airport project, such as farmland irrigation project and off-site power supply project, etc. Implementation schedule requirements shall be listed for each project)
3.1 Project classification
The project contains the following activities in total:
Type 1 New construction project
Project 1: New-built approach route projects;
Project 2: New-built off-site water supply pipeline projects;
Project 3: New-built gas supply pipelines;
Project 4: New-built sewage lines;
Project 5: New-built Off-site power supply project
3.2 The preparation and requirements of environmental documents
The project borrower shall provide environmental documents and the relevant approval documents in accordance with the requirements of the following table:
Table 1.1 Environmental documents
Project type / Requirement of environmental documents*New construction project / Environmental assessment documents and environmental management plans;
Environmental assessment documents have been approved by the local environmental protection agencies.
Environmental impact assessmentdocument
This project borrower shall be responsible forthe preparation of the environmental impact assessment document. The project borrower should entrust the qualified and experienced environmental impact assessment agencies approved by the environmental protection administration department to carry out the environmental impact assessment and prepare environmental impact assessment documents.
Environmental management plan
This project borrower shall be responsible for the preparation of the environmental management plan.The environmental management plan shall include the environmental protection measures in the project design, construction and implementation phases. These measures shall eliminate or compensate the negative impacts of the activities on the environment and society, or reduce them to an acceptable level at least.
3.3 Public consultation and information disclosure
The project borrower shall be responsible for public consultation according to the national and World Bank's requirements.The primary responsibilities include: a) Issuing environmental documents; b) Collection of ideas; c) Recording important findings, summary, and recommendation and feed backing. The project borrower or its entrusted environmental impact assessment organizations shall issue information announcement, disclose the environmental documents and collect inhabitant's opinions in public. Public consultation methods include questionnaires, seminars, hearings and others. The purpose of the public consultation is to collect the views of affected residents on the project environmental impacts to determine the important environmental issues held by the affected residents. Any important views in the public consultation will be included in the environmental assessment documents.
Environmental management agencies or their hired consultant shall be responsible for auditing the records of public consultation, determining whether to provide feedback of comments and suggestions from the public and giving full consideration in the preparation of the environmental documents.
Public consultation requirements of each project are as follows:
Table 1.2 Public consultation requirements
Projecttype / Relevant requirementsProject 1: New-built approach route projects / Carry out the public consultation
Project 2: New-built off-site water supply pipeline projects / Carry out the public consultation together with the new approach route projects
Project 3: New-built gas supply pipelines / Carry out the public consultation together with the new approach route projects
Project 4: New-built sewage pipelines / Carry out the public consultation together with the new approach route projects
Project 5: New-built off-site power supply project / Carry out the public consultation
Procedures and methods of the project information issuing and public consultation should be formulated in accordance with the requirements of the national and World Bank park public consultation and information distribution. The first round of public consultation and information distribution shall publish the project information, major environmental impacts and mitigation measures after the completion of the environmental screening and before the completion of the draft environmental documents in the affected areas, and collect the opinions and suggestions on environmental impacts of the project by public meetings and feedback. The second round of public consultation and information distribution shall publish the full text of the environmental assessment after the completion of the draft environmental documents in the affected areas, and collect the opinions and suggestions on environmental impacts of the project by public meetings and feedback.
3.4 Complaint mechanisms
In order to continue to follow the public opinions during the project implementation, make the information public and ensure the community involvement,the project borrower shall establish the complaint mechanisms.
EIA documents should include a complaints mechanism to ensure a timely response to complaints of all affected groups or individuals. The project borrower shall inform the affected groups or individuals of the complaint channels in the public consultation. Complaint mechanisms shall include: (I) Recording and reporting systems, including 2 forms of written and oral complaints; (II)) Person in charge of handling complaints; (III) Time limits and procedures of dealing with complaints. The complaint processes include: Groups or individuals suffering from adverse environmental impacts can make a complaint directly to the project borrower in the oral or written form, and the sub-borrower shall reply within the prescribed time limit after receiving the complaint. If the complainant is not satisfied with the treatment results of the borrower, he can make complaint to the local environmental protection administration agencies. If the complainant is still not satisfied with the results, he can take legal action in the local People's Court.
3.5 Review and approval
Domestic review and approval: The borrower shall be responsible for the domestic approval of the environmental documents. The borrower shall ensure simultaneously that the requirements of the World Bank's related business policies and guidelines and the procedures have been taken into consideration in the preparation process of the environmental documents.
Review and approval of the World Bank: The World Bank will review environmental documents, so as to ensure that the content of the environmental documents meet the domestic requirements, and also comply with the requirements of the World Bank.
The implementation phase of the project: The borrower shall ensure the comprehensive effective implementation of the environmental management plans,and shall invite the external environment agency to monitor the environment according to the environmental management plans, and submit the execution progress report of the environmental management plans.
3.6 Supervision
In the project implementation process, the World Bank will work jointly with the local environment protection administration agencies and the project borrower to monitor the implementation of the project, to ensure the implementation of the environmental management plan comply with the requirements.
3.7 Reporting
During the project execution, the project borrower shall request the project construction superior to report the implementation of the environmental management plan. The project construction superior shall record the monitored results carefully according to the monitoring plan of the environmental management plan, and at the same time confirm the correction or protective measures that must be taken in the monitoring period. Progress reports submitted by the project construction superior shall include the implementation of the environmental management plan (such as slow-down measures and monitoring), whether there are significant environment problems as well as the solutions to the corresponding problems. The project borrower shall submit the project implementation report about the environmental management to the World Bank once every six months. The report includes 1) The implementation of the environmental management plan, 2) The environmental problems occurred; 3) The processing of environmental issues and the results.
IV. Environmental impact recognition
4.1. Recognition content of environmental impact
The projects included in this framework are mainly divided into the following categories: 1) Approach route projects, 2) Off-site pipeline projects, including water supply, gas supply and sewage pipelines, 3) Off-site power supply and reconstruction of electric transmission lines, 4) Water replacement projects.
(1) Recognition of the approach route project environmental impacts
Recognition of the approach route project environmental impacts in the phases of construction and operation is shown in Table 4-1-1.
Table 4-1-1 Recognition of approach route project environmental impact factors
Phase / Impact activities / Ambient air / Surface water / Ground water / Sound / Soil / Soil and water losses / Vegetations / Animal / Scenery / Environmental risksConstruction period / Land acquisition and property demolition / / / / /
Earthworks project / / / / / / / /
Subgrade and pavement projects / / / / / / /
Bridge engineering / / / /
Materials transportation / /
Drainage project / /
Construction personnel and vehicle activities /
Operation period / Vehicle traffic and transportation / / / /
(2) Recognition of the off-site pipeline project environmental impacts
It includes off-site water supply, gas supply, and sewage pipeline projects.The environmental impacts in the phases of the construction and operation are similar.The recognition of the environmental impacts is shown in Table 4-1-2.
Table 4-1-2 Recognition of the off-site pipeline (water supply, gas supply, sewage pipelines) project environmental impacts factors
Phase / Impact activities / Ambient air / Surface water / Ground water / Sound / Soil / Soil and water losses / Vegetations / Animal / Scenery / Environmental RisksConstruction period / Temporary land occupation and permanent land occupation / / / / /
Earthworks project / / / / / / / /
Construction personnel and vehicle activities / /
Operation period / Running of the pipelines (gas supply, sewage) /
(3) Off-site power supply and electric transmission line reconstruction project environmental impact identification