China - Qinba Mountains Poverty Reduction Project (Vol. 3 of 4)

ECCt Appendix II ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CHINA QINBA MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT SICHUAN PROVINCE Sichuan Research Institute of Environmental Protection September 1996, Chengdu  China QBPRP-Environrnenta Impact Statment_ Overall Project Marnagenent: Sichuan Project Management Office Under China Qnba Pevrty Ructiom Project Supported by the Wodd Bank Excutived by: Sichuan Research Inttute of Environmental Protection The Level of Certficate of Environental Impact Asseasment: * Level -A-, No. 0924, Issued by State Envirornmental Protection Agency Person in Charge. r.Huag Shi-da & Mr. Yang yu-yi Prepaed by: Mr. Huang shi-da, Senior Engineer Mr. Yang Yu-yi, Senior Engineer Ms. Luo Meng-hua, Senior Engineer Mr. Qian iun. Engtneer MAr. Ren Yong, Engineer MW. Zhang Tie-hu, senior Engineer 0 Persons in Charg of Pilot ETA Subprojects: 1). Cangxi FrvlTvea Procs*s1ng Factory: Mr. Qaxjun ,Enginear 2). Jian Jinbao RiFe Nvodle Factyy Mr. Cheng Xipmg, SMor Engner 3).Techrical Renovation of Yilong Yellow Rioe Winery: W. Dern XNnhua, Senior Enieer * 4). CangKi Shale Brickyard: Ms.Zang in ,Engine 5). Techncal Renovaion of Pig slaghtering producon Line of Wangoag Pork Ccmplex: Mr. Ren Yong, Engineer 6). 3,4,5-Tynmethoxy Benzaldehyde Production in Tongoang Fore(st Product& chemcfA Plant: Mr. Ye Horg, Seior Engineer 7.% Jialin Carburet Plant. Ms. Liang Ting, Engineer * 8). Xt8XuanhanFwfucPlwant: Mr.Ding Houchan, SeniorEngineer 9). Pilot Village Planing of Lutopso Village, XuanAan Coity: Ms.Lvo Mengha, Senior Engineer I 0 Pilot Village Plannin of Shegmiaoya Village, Jialing District: Ms. Chen Yixuani, Senior Engineer 2  . China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement Table of Contelt II ProjeftBack-o--nd3 - ----------------------------------- 6 1.2 Basis for the Report - ---------- -------- 7 1.3 The Scope, Key point, Standards and Protect Goals of A --EA 8 k1.4 Assessment Methods and Techniques ---- ----------------------- I 1 1.5 Brief htroetuction of the Assessment Unit --- i I 2. Project Characteristics -------------------------- ------------- ------ - 12 2.1 Lnvestment framnework ----------------------------- - I 2 2.2 Project Objectives -------------------------------------------------- 22 -2.3 Development Strategy and Pla"nung -- ------- 13 2A4 Descriptions of the Project ----------------------- ----- i4 2.5 Years Ananigement ------------ ---------- 20 2.6 Cost Estimate ---- ------------------------------- -- ------ - - 2- 0 T 0* 3. Environment Condition and B ackground ------------------------- 22 3.1 Natural Ciondition (geographic, land,climatic,water resource, mineral resources) ---------------------------------------------- ----- 22 3.2 EcologicCal Environment -------------------------------------------- - 23 3.3 Environmental Quality (air, surface water, noise) ---------------- 24 * 3.4 Social Econcmic Profile (population, labor, infrastructure, education, health, extension service, agricultural, rural enterprise) --------------------------------------------------- 26 3.5 The Quality ofliving --------------- -- 28 4. Environmental Irnpact and the Mitigating Measures. ------------ 28 4.1 Identification of influential factors and Assessment Category .- 28 4.2 EIA Analysis of Rural Enterprises ----------------------------------------- 32 4.2.1 The Determnination of the Pilot ELA Subprojects. -_--A32 4.2.2 Environmental Impact Assessmnent of Rural Enterprises --------- 32------ i 4.2.3 Conclusion of Fsnvironmental Inpact Assessment of Rural Enterqprise-- -32 0.r 4.2.4 Important MeIeasures for Pollution --------------------------------------- - 3 4.3 Environmental Impact Analysis of land and Farmer Household Development and Rural Infrastructure Construction --- 34 4.3.1 Determination of the Environmental Assessment for Pilot villages -- 34 4.3.2 Environmental Impact Analysis of the component of La3nd ancl * Farner development- - - 35 4.3.2.1 Impact on Soil Erosion 4.3.2.2 Impact of Chemical Pesticide Application on Environment 43.2.3 The Impact of Chemical Fertilizer Application on Envirorunent 4.3.2.4 The Impact of Plastic Mul ch for Agriculture on Environment 4.4 Risk Analysi ---- - - ----- 40 3  . China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement * 5. Case Study - 41 5.1 Case One: 3,4,5-Trimethoxy Benzaldehyde Production in Ton&jiang Chemical Plant of Forest Products - ---- 41 5.1.1 Technical Processing 5.1.2 Pollutant Discharge and its Control * 5.13 Prediction of the impact on Ecological Environennt 5.1.4 Accident Analysis 5.1.5 Conclusion end Suggestions 5.2 Case Two: Xuanhar furfural plant ---------- 47 5.2.1 Key Technical Processing: * 5.2.2 Analysis of Pollutant Discharge 5.2.3 Prediction of the Inpact of Pollutant Discharge 5.2.4 Cotrol Measures for Pollutant Discharge 5.2.5 Conclusion. and Suggestion 6. Analysis of Environmental Lost and Benefit -- --- -- 52 7. Environmental Management Plan And Enviromental Monitoring And Control Plan - -- ----------- - -2 7.1 Environmental Management Plan 7.2 Environmental Monitoring 7.3 Environmenital Monitoring and Assessment in the Proces of Project Imnlementation 7.4 Budgetary Estimate 8.0 Public Participation - ------- 52 * 9.0 Conclusion ----- ----------------------53------*- 6 Appendix: Appendix I :Document from Environmenat Assessment Center Under Stat Environment Protect Agency '`he Outline of Environmental Inpact Asesment for the Sichuan QBPRP' * Appendix2:Document from NationalEnvironmentProtect.Agency (1996, No. 146of Environment Monitoring) "The Granting Letter to The Sichuan Assessment Program of Environment Impact of QBPRPH Appendix 3:List of Expert Members of Sichuan Environment Impact Assessmnent Group for Q13PRP Appendix 4: The Environment lmpact Statements(EIS) of Pilot 'Sub-project: 1). EIS of Cagi Fruit/Tea Processing Factory; 2). EIS of halin Jinbao Rice Noodle Factory, 3).EIS of Techtnical Renovation of Yilong Yellow Rice Wmiery; 4). EIS of CanWd Shale Brickyard; 5). EIS of Technical Renovation of Pig Slaughtering Production Line of Wangcang Pork Complex; 6). EIS of 3,4,5-Trimethoxy Benzaldehyde Production in Tongiang Forest ProductS Chemical Plant; 7). EIS of Jialn Carburet Plant; 8). EIS of Xuahan Furfurol Plant:; 9). EIS of Pilot Village Planning of Luopo Village, Xuanhan County,, 10). EIS of .Pilot Village Planning of Shengniaoya Village, Jialing Distri3t; 4  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statement . Tables: Table 1-I Components And Cost Table 2-1. The Working Plan for Income and Grain Objectivus Table 2-2: Processing Enterprises of Rural Enterpris;e Component * Table 2-3: Dischalge Estinate of Main Pollutants of Rurnl Enterprises (Sichuan QBPRP) Table 2-4: Unit Investment Estimate of the Subproject Table 3-1 The Land Resources of the Project Townships Table 3-2: The Meteorological Data of the Sichuan Project Area Table 3-3: The Monitoring Result for SOz, N10x and TSP in Project Area Table 3-4: The Monitoring Result of Surface Water Quality of Some Rivers * Table 3-5. Monitoring Result for Noise of Some Cities Table 4-1 Environmental Influence Factors and EIA Category Table 4-2: The Analysis of the Main Environmental Impact of the Rural Enterprises Table 4-3: Envirormental Impact Assessment of Pilot EIA Rural Erterprises in Sichuan ? Table 4-4: Envirorunental Impact Analysis of Component of Laid and Farner Development Table 4-5: Enviroiunental Impact Analysis of Pilot Village Planning I Case I Village of Sichuan Mountair Area ) Table 4-6: Environmental Impact Analysis of Pilot Village Planing ( Case 2: Vilage of Sichuan Hilly Area ) Table 5-1: Predidcon of the ipact of the Wastewater on, Zhouhe River Table 5-2: Noise Prediction of Xuanhan furiural plant Table 7-1: Envioromental Monitoring Plan and Budgeta Estimate for Pilot EIA Subprojects of Rural Enterprises Table 7-2: Enviromnental Monitoring Plan and Budgeta"r Estimte fbr Pflot FIA Subprojects of the Component of the Land & Farmer Developnent * Table7-3: Budgetary Estinate of Enviromnental Monitoring and Assessment of Component of Rural Enterprises , Land and Farmer Development Figures: Figure I-1:Map of Province Figure 2-1: Distribution of Rural Enterpnses * Figure 2-2: Ten-ace and Micro Irigation Figure 5-1: Flowsheet of Trimethoxy Benzene Fonmhydrazide Figure 5-2: Flowsheet of 3,4,5 Trimethoxy Benzaidelhyde Figure 5-3: Flowsheet of the Treatment Process (Tonijiang Checmical Plant of Forest Products); Figure 5-4: FlIcwsheet of Furfural Production Figure 7-1. The C)peration Flowsheet Of Environmer tal Management: . 0 :5  . China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement 0 1. Preface 1.1 Project Background The total amount of investment of Sichuan Project of The China Qinba Mountains Area * Poverty Reduction Project Supported by the World Bank (Sichuan QBPRP) is 1,494,000,000 RMB. Yuan, of which, the loan of the World Bank is 747,000,1000 RMI yuan (or 90,000,000 USD). The aim of the project is to reduce the poverty. It will support 12 poor counties and district, covering the land of 73,501 7 ha with the population of 1,117,664. The Wet group are poorest farmer households living in the poorest area of the poor counties. The implemetion of this project * will benefit to solve the food and clothing problem of poor famers. The project will take an agretigative approch with multi nput The basic executive ut of the project are special poor villages of the project area.The 7 comnponents of the project are "Land and FErmer Development", -Rural Infrastructure", "Rural Entrprises Development", "Labor Mobility", "Rural Micro Credit7, "Institution Building" '"Project & Poverty Monitoin". The implemenitation of the project plays a citical role in fufilling "The Province 7-118 Poverty Reduction Plan". It will have remrkable economic and social benefit. In accordance with the Enviromnental Protection Law of the people's Republic of China and Regulations relating to environmental management of construcion projects, enrusted by The Project * Management Office of Sichuan Provnce(Province PMO), Sichuan nstitute of Environmental Protection (SIEP) undertakes the task of Environmental Inpact Assernment (ETA) of the Sichuan QBPRP. In the light of the regulations relating to environmental protection of our country, and requirement of environmnental protection fron the World Bank , Sichuan Ihstitute of Environmertal protection studies a great number of the basic material concernig this project and combines the * original material of the pioject area. We also make the on-the -spot survey, consulted with the provincial experts and identified the ELA types of the subproject . After doing a great amount of work, SIEP draws up "The Program of Environmental Impact Assessmnent for ihe Sichuan QBPRP". It has gone through the exammation of Environmental Protection Bureau of Province and the evaluation of Envirormental Engieering Center underThe State Environmental Protection Agency. Apil, 1996, the technical mission for the QBPRP, headed by Mr. Alen Piazza, came to Sichuan to check the work. Mr. Zhang Chong-hua, the official in charge of the envroment protection orgaized the examinton and discussion upon "The Prognun of Environmental Impact * Assessment for the Sichuan QBPRP". He also gave a demand on making EIA Statenent of the 10 Pilot EIA subprojects selected from 68 subprojects of the component of " Rural Enterprises" and "Land and Farmer Development" and on overall report This report is drawn up basing upon "The Program of vironmental Impact Assessment for  . China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statment the Sichuan QBPRP", the opwnons of the State Environmental Plrotectoni Aency and Memorandum of the World Bank Technology Mission. The Statement of Pilot EIA sub project shows more detailed envionmental impact of the project and mitigton measures. After taking survey on-the-spot, studying materials, analysis of data,, public interiew and consultation with exprs, and hard work of SIEP, the lilA report of this project are shiow you here. * We are heartily hankful to the Provincial Environmental Protection Bueau and PMO at Provincial and county levels as well as relevant Administrative Departmen: and loxal resource persons for their support and help in the course of drawig up the report. 1.2 BasI For The Rteport 0 1.2.1 Feasibility Report (1) Feasibilitr Report Sichuan QBPRP ( September, 1996); (2) Technical Standards of Sichuan QBPRP (April, 1996); (3) Feasibilitr Report of the 12 project counties and districts and! the relevant naterial supplied by local department. 1.22 Laws and Rewsations (1).The Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1 982); 0 (2).The Environmental Protection Law of the People's Rlepublic of China (1989); (3).The Law of Prevention and Care of Air Pollution of the peop]le's Republic of China (1995); (4).The Law of prevention, and care of Water Pollution of the people's rep.ublic of China 0 (1996); (5).The Forestry Law of the People's republic of China (1984); (6). The Grassland Law of the Peoples Republic of China (1985); (7).The Water Law of the People's Republic of China (I 988); * (8).The Law of water and soil conservation of the People's Republic of China(i 991); (9).The Law of Conservation of Wildlife of the People's Republic of china (1988); (10) The Law of Environmental Prevention and care of Social Waste Material Pollution of the People's Republic of China(1995); (1 1I)The Management Regulation of Environrnental Protection of Construction projects 0. (1986) (from State Environment Protection Commitite, National Planming Committee, National Economic Committee); (12).Proposals abort the Environmental Management Problem of Constuction 1roject (1988) (from State E1nvironment Protection Agency); (13) Proposals about Taking Fnather stps to fulfill the Management of Construction Project 5 (1993) (from State Enviromnent Protection Agency); (1 4)."Circular on strengthening Envirownental Assessment Management of the constraction Projects Loaned by Intemational Financial Organization" (1993) (from State Environmt Protection Agency, National Planing Commiittee, The Ministry of * Finance ,China People's Bank). 7  China QBPRP--Environmentl Impact Statment 1.2.3 Teeical of Assment (1) JGF projec of the World Bank, NO 1-8: -The lManual of Agriculure Environment Ilpat Assessment kn China", (from The Development and supervision Department of the State Environmental Projecion Agency, The Environmental Scientific Research & Monitorng nstitute under The Ministry cf agriculture, May 1995); * (2) The Technical Regulation upon Ecological Impact Assessment of the Netuaal Resource Development construction Project (provisionalXDec. 1995); (3)The Technical Guiding Principles of the Environmental Itupact Asessment (HJ/T2. 1- 2,3-93); (4) The World Bank Operational Manual --Operational Directive 4.01: Environmental Assessment issued by the World Bank in July 1992; (5) Environmental Assessment Sourcebook, the World Bank Tecanical Paper No.139 (October 1993). ..4 Aointment let for Environmt PO of Sichuan Province (1996). 1.3 The scope ,key points, standards, and goals of the EtA 1.3.1 SCopepf te BA (see Figure 1-1): There are 12 project counties and districts of Sichuan provinoe .They are Wangcang county, Cangxi county, Chaotian district under Guawgyuan city; Tongiang coty ,Nanjiang county under Bazhong prefecture; Jialing district, Nanbu county ,Langzhng cowuny and Yilong county under Nachong city; Xuanhan county, Quxian county under Dachuan. city, Guangan county under Guangn Prefecture.There are 1,194 administrative villages under 129 towmns with population of 1,117,664. 1. 3.2 Key points of EIA In the light of components (and subprojects) of the project (see, Table 1-1) and the related * regulations of environmental management of the basic construction project, the main assessmnent issues are: the environment impact of component of rural enterprises, land and farmer development and the infrastructue, and the prevention and mitigating measure to adverse impact. Tne focal points are the impact of subproject of the rural enterprise and some subproject of land and farner development component on local ecosystem, draft the preventing strategr and mitigation measures. .3.3 picable National Standards (1) Air: Overall air quality in the project area should meet the class 3 standards of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-96).The enviromnental, protection sensitive goods near the subproject waea should meet the class 2 standards (2)Surface water: Surface water quality in the project area should meet the class 3 standards of the Environmental Quality standards of Surface Water(GB.3938-88). (3)Acoustics Enironment. The noise should meet The Noise Standard of Urban Environment (GB309,6-93) and The Noise Environmental Standard of the Factories and Enterprise * Area. 8  * 9 -9t China/(inBa poverty Reducfon Project Supp9Tted by he Wod Bank I- *AW.44W ~ V j I 3~f A - A *V r ~ ~~~ \- < P t, \- sI4 OZfgES**lXt*-tJ10I*M4!WXX+ 37 7 ~~~M*4*a-kI*tA700g X ~ ~~~~ 74 0 <J ll 5 Ao+ ^tw s " " * 4X*t#X Fe~~~~~~~~~~~~ I . o _w t ,4 " . -i 7 k O-V ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~iAW93~  China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement Table t-l: Components and Cost *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o of c-Ncost - - R te it onent "hat to do _ bojt tRB _YuanWL f I Land & Farmer grain, cash crop, cash trees, Development fitw tree, animal-raising, 174 532, 106,32S 46.98 * _______________ improvement of low-yield lan 2 Rural Enterprise & agricultral & by-product Farmer Market processing, construction 68 190, 528,987 16.82 _ material, Farmer market, ete. __= _ 3 Rural drinking water, rural road, 89 J86,684,S34 1648 Infrastructure irrigation channel, electrical wire, land conservation, rural ______ ______ ene. __ 4 Labor Mobiliy_ Labor export 14 180, 313,792 15.92 * 5 Poverty & Projeci monitoring, feedback, 1.3 20,183,277 1.78 Monftoring sUadstmen . ____ __ __ 6 Institution Mfanagement system 1 120,303,558 0.91 Buildine _ _ 7 Micro Rural Credit Encourage household 1 122,580,523 1.11 develo.pment 8 Direct Cost 360 _ 1132700.996 100 9 Management Fee _6__ 1g3212 10 Physical and Price 344,765, 792 ___ Contingency_ ____ 11 Total Cost ____ _94 000 000 *(4)Waste Gas: Waste gas discharge should meet thie class 3 Standards of Atmosphere Pollutant Discharge Standard in Sichuan Province. -iside the sensitive wrea should meet the class 2. (5)Waste water discharge should meet The Sichuan Provinee Discharqe Standard of Waste Water (DB 51/190-93). 1.3.4 Protectedoals of the EIA (l)Surface wPater quality in project area: the area of the drinking water source of the inhabitants and peasants. (2)air quality in the prqiect area: especially the atmosphere environmient of the area with * high density population, the inhabitant area and locations of schools. (3)the requirement of ecological environment in project area:lmproving the local ecological envionment and promote sustainable developnent activities, which wil'l profitable to local ecosystem and living conditions of local people. 10  China QBPRP--Environment'al Impact Statement _____ * 1.4 EIA Techniques Anid Working Methods (I) Collecting exiting materials and data; surveying on-the-spxt; public intrview, experts consulting, scientific analysis and assessment according to the relevent laws and regulations of country; (2)With the method of combining the macroanalysis with assessment of the pilot subproject. ** 10 pilot subproject are chosen to make detail assessment. Their E3A. statements are as appendix document of this report . On the basis of the pilot EIA statements drft the overall project EIA statement. (3)The main tasks of this report are proposals of the anti-polution slraey include main * mitigating measures, the environmental management and monitornng plan, advanced treatment technology recomnended. 1.5 Brief lntroduction of the Assessnment Units(SEEP) * Sichuan Institute of environmental Protection was foxnded in 1977. It is a comprehensive research institute of environmental science under Sichuan 'Provincial environmental Protection -Bureau, It has 12 technical sections, such as environmental engiering section, environmental assessment section, Ecological environment section and environmental policy section, etc. There is faculty with 213, including 183 scientific staffs, among them, 110 senior and middle degree technicians and 2 experts accepted subsidy of the state government. Sichuan lnusttute of Environmental Protection holds the "A' level Ceitification of EIA, which issued by State Environmental Protection AgenCy, an "A' level Certification of Environmental Pollution Control, which issued by Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau and a "C" level Certification of Environmental Engineering Designation issued by Sichuan Provincial Construction Committee. Since its foundation in 1977, the institute has undertake a rtumber of the national and * provincial key project in the area of environmental pollution control, such as investigation of water and soil background value, pollution and people's health investigation in Three Gorges Reservoir area, research of acid rain, province environmental division, etc. And SEEP understood a lot of ETA tasks such as EIA of "Sichluan Agriculture Comprehensive Development and Poverty Reduction in Qianjiang Prefecture", "The Development of Moxi Natural Gas", "Ertarn Electricity Transformation Project in SichuanChins" ,etc. STEP has the practical experiences to undeitake environmental assessment for large-scale project. It will be able to complete EIA tas]k of this project. 0 11  China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement * 2. Project Characteristics 2.1 Investment framework The total investment of the Sichuan project are.a is 1,494 million RMB yuan, of * which, the total direct cost is 1,13237 million yuan. The investmrent framework is as Table 1- 1. Project area covers 12 poor counties of Sichuan Province, i129 administrative townships, 1,194 project villages and population of 1,128,494 as well as land area of 573,501.7 ha. 2.2 Project Objectives 2.2.1 General objective * To solve effectively the feeding and clothing problems of poor household who inhibDited inside the project villages. To improve the basic living andl production conditions of farmers. To fulfill objecting of National 8-7 Poverty Reduction Plan &; Province 7-1-1-8 Poverty Reduction Plan in the project area. 2.2.2 The Ouantified Obiectives of the Proiect (by the end of 6th year) (1) Income and grain objectives: 295,905 farm-households in the project area will get the annual average per capita net income over 500 yuan based on the price of 1990 and the annual average per capita grain over 400 kg ( see table 2-1). The households with normal labor force and having their annual average per capita neRt income less than 400 yuan will not exceed 10% of the total households. Table 2-1: The Work Plan for Income and grain Objectives Ob1g~yetiv Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 200) * _ _ _ _1990 Per capita Constant 312 334 356 414 465 522' 575 Price Net Income 1995 Current 542 708 787 874 965 1,038 1,078 *, Price1 . _ _ _ __ (2) Resources Objectives: 0.6 mu or so of cultivated land and one mu or so of * economic woods per farmer on the average in the 6th year after implementation of the project. (3) Extension objectives: One labor force from each of the 273,464 households of the project villages will master one practical rural skill apart from crop-growing. (4) Infrastructure Objectives: In the 6th year after implementing the project, all the townships and 80% of the administrative villages will be linked by simply-built highways; the * drinking-water problem being solved in 90% of administrative villages ancd electricity-supply 12  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statement * given to the townships having market-fair function. 2.3 Development Strategy and Planning (1) Development Strtegy: The basic strategy are comprehensive approaches and investment through various x channels and sustainable development . Priority are given to the sub-project of gsin-production and cash earning oriented activities . Then giving the priority to solvre the problems which is blamed by most poor, such as the well and water pond construction for drinring water. To solve food shortage problems in mountain area3, techniques for food production * increasing will be usedc there such as terrace making, irrigation levelopLng, improved strains of seed introducing, plastic covering for corn cultivation and multiple crop index. To increasing short-tern benefits to local people, livestock and cash trees and surplus labor earn money off farm will be effective in the area. At the same time, To develop resources of tlhe long term incomes, non fresh fruit trees and medical tree are recommended. * To the hill areas, key efforts should be highlighted t) improfv the low & middle yields paddy for solving food problem. At the same time raising more pigs and domestic fowls and more fruits. Enlarge labor mobility and strengthen the towm-ship and village enterpnses(TVEs). *= To have a stable and long term benefits for local people there are tow ways could be taken too, in there as labor migration and rural enterprise developments. To solLve the problem of drinking water shortage in the project vilLages, number of wells, water ponds and irrigation projects will be made in there. To enhance abilities of people for against drought and flood, water channels, dams and _ -lvwater ponds will be built in there. To make better condition on communication and energy supply in the project area through rural roads electronic wire constructions. The land and farner development should pay attention to the balance of land, water resource, soil fertilizer and the balance of labor forces. * (2) Principles of Projects Selection (a) The selection of sub-projects should be closely connected with the 4 objectives and having resource advantages and market demand and able to help solve the feeding and clothing problems of the local poor and focus on increasing the income of the farmers get them free from poverty or to become well off. (b) Projects should based on local conditions. The poorest farmers must be involved in the project. To encourage poor famers choose project for themselves. The projects should help local farrrmers increasing production capacity sustainablely. Pay attention to the activities which especially suitable to the women. Encourage rural women to carry out small scale animal or poulty raising, mulberry growing and silkworm breeding ,manual knitting or weaving and others. HIillside fields should be pay back to develop forestry, pomiculture ard husbandry, when slope more an 25 degree. Design two kinds of project: one is for earning of shorlt term incomes ( diversified economy * and husbandry ) and another is for earning of long-term sources of incomes ( fruit trees and 13  China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement pomiculture), so that poor farmer can be lift out of poverty stable. Design two kinds of household model for gett rid of poverty, according to the different characteristics of mountain areas and hilly areas. To reduce the risks of the poor farners, encouraging households take diversified activities. v At the same time, help the farmers with training of practice technologies, extension support. The projects selected should have active effects on the ecologica[ enviroument. Especially to the TVEs, deleted all projects which will cause serious pollution. 2.4 Description of the project . Based on the objectives ,target groups ,local conditions and design considerations, 360 sub-projects of 7 component was selected (Table 1-1,. X (1) Land and Farmer Development Component: It's a key component of the project. The basic cost of the componient is 540,087.92 thousand yuan, accounts for 46.98% of the total basic cost of the total project. The basic principle in selecting sub-projects is to base on resources and face the market and to take income-increase of the farmers as the first objective. Of the 174 sub-projects selected, those X- of grain corps are the majority and have the largest area. The scales of the sub-project in this component is respectively: 32,849 hectares for grain-crops, 773 hectares for economic crops, 14,381 hectares for orchards, 207,026 of pigs 26,499 of cattle, 151,433 of goats, 325,978 of ducks, 40,860 of rabbits, 1,758 hectares of grass planting. (2) Rural Enterprise and Farmer Market: The basic principles for selecting processing enterprise are: (a)Make highLer values for local farm production, (b) benefit to the poor farmers; (c) feasible for commerce; (d) lowest cost of employment opportunity; (e)Reliable source of know-how; (f) labor security and environment protection. Besides, Local infrastructure and technical feasibility should also be considered. Based on these principles, 68 processing enrterprises and farmer market were selected. For their major raw materials, products and investment refer to Ta.ble2-2. All of the sub-projects of the component are rural enterprises in small scale, include Agricutural & By Product Processing, Mining & Processing, Tea Processin% Fruit Processing, Handicraft, Construction Material, Animal Product Processing, Forest Product Processing, Fodder Processing, Farmer Mtarket and Other Product Processig. Th1e distribution of the subproject are showed in the Figure 2-1. The total emission amount of the component refer to the Table 2-3. All the discharge of the Table 2-3 should list in The Total Discharge Conitrol Planning and The Environmental Management Planning of the project couanties. 0 14  China QBPRP-Environmentai Impact Statement ___ * Table 2-2: Processrng tepise o rural enterprise corn onent processing Nlo. of Locality of enterprisel Major Major T Direct Cost entervrise enterprise Material Product (yuan fining & 3 Wangcang,Nanjiang, granite grite, I206,133 Processing Xuanhan { * ~~~~gricultura iNanbu,jialing, wheat potaito our ,starcht I & By MNanjiang. Yilong, sweet potato vermicelli.. I Product 15 Guangan,Chaotian. pickled 36,470,544 Processing Langzhong, Quxian, vegelables FactorFr yTong/zano * Fodder } bran oke Processing j I Yiiong 1prickly ashi fodder 3,789,314 Factory j _ _ j _ ___ Tea ' Quxian,Xuanhan, Processing 3 Nanjiang Fresh Tea gree.N tea 1 5,615,764 Face Tory heaves I -__ 3 {Fruit !Langzhong, Quxian, I Processing i S Cangxi,Tongiang, Vresh & diy freshi & dry 11,861.518 i-____ 1XGuangan it n-ruit _ jQuxian,Nanbu, Igreen jhandicraft, Handicraft 5 jLangzhong, Guangan, bamboo, si.kklarticles 16,196,932 * | I Cangxi wool blanket, silk I i~ ~ ~ ~ Cnx _aes j_________7g Constructio iCangxi, Guangan, Imable, shaie mable plate, nAaterial | 5 Yilong, Jialing shale brick, 12,,787,041 ___ ___ _ _____ ___ __ ___ __ __ _ _ _ Mloor i rinck _ _ _ _ Animal Tongi ang, Yilong, pig, cattle, Product jLangzhong, Quxian, goat, poultry Processing 10 ,JialingNanjiang, 42,465,714 Chaotian, t___ _ -- Wangccang, Nanbu I _ ____ _ Forest T Tongiang, wood, bamoo, benzoic, * Product Wangcang.Langzhon white fungus, aldehYde, Processing 7 g, Guangan ginkgo, bark eucommia 21,678,172 of eucommia tea. 0fivor __ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ _ _ ____ _ ._._ ._ ___ c.a _ _ _ _ _ Other Xuanhan, Cangxi, medicine Product Jialing, Aranbu plasti c-cover, 23,905,640 Processing 8 Naiang -- Furfurol __ Wangcang, Tongliang, 15 market I Farmer 6 luanhan, Yilong, 34,650 m2 u,fural 855,225 Market IialingNanbu 15  ~~qL(j- ~~ QCina/Qinba poverty Reductioi Project Supp,erted by the World Bank L ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ * v q r * Lb * Fj A -'t -- It m WE,.Fannr Wrkot &Labour moebility Project PlanWnig ?v1p of Sichuan Proudet Areas A:IODO Legend.Proudct Nlm ber (|1118~ A I II O0 0 700 0 "It 0 oow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~P=ueeing of Agzi-ud Sile Pm ,roI Eomllg ht X _ Tea Pea '(2lit T pmUib Peeaeu( 1t7be) AninalPodc Proes (Unit Too) 7 EF- a2inese Gin PxcctmUitTo i1Ewrc=ada Process (LUnt Tca) / - Il~~~~~anidcra1t Pzoce (U Ik ) L FJ r 3make (1kit M) F skcu L*w MA*1 O.AO kiePssi (Lidt Pace) FO Labour M-iilty Insid asubide Crmty (tkitYasa) s~~~~o l( 0  . China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statement _ _ *Table 2-3: Discharge EstimaoMain Pollutants ofRuralEnterprises (Sichuai QBRP) Tc.wtal Discharge of Discharge of waste water 'Investment waste gas i__ _ i Item fThousand 50_2 TSP Amount D55 COcr b5DSiVH43--N isolid- * I Yuan) Wi|aste ________ ____ ota -j, m3taa) (tl'a ) I(t/a) a IMining andt Z206 ! Processing I "5.6 1243 4 , 12,500 A.4gri-and i i * iby product 36,471 29 102 81.1 25 4.5 13.2 10 P rocessini ' i-I Fodder 1 | Processing 13,789 35 3.8 ! T Tea Processing 5,616____ _____ ___ ____ Dry andV I 1 T Fresh Fruit1L,862 139.3 5.5 i30.5 11.5 14.S .51 105 Processing _____-- - ___ ___ ____ -IHandicrnfl I6197 7 _ r _ _+ ____ Constmetu T VreMateriall12,787 93.5 26.2 0.02 _____ |Livestock- I 21. I 4 Products 142,466 2& 180 j21.6 2r7 4600 tProcessing , _ _ _ _ I--__- ] 1------ - -l Forest i Products 121 678 1190 11.5 8.5 31.5 5,! 18@.15 Processing | _ _ _ _ _ I _ Others: it i ,Medicine, j ! ICarburet, I'23,906 160 '5 9 Mfethanol II . 12 4 8.7 ((C5H402) I *adthSers --_ ,_ I _ _ i RRural I i Market ___ ______ _ ____ ___ _ -_ Total 19,529 183481348 ^J744.26 1120 '173.2 S8S6_ 0 . S~~~~~~~~~~~~~  -'igucr7 24Z- :1 -itrace with Stone Waill 0  Vp tie>1 *~~ * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  . China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement (3) Rural Ilnfrastructure: (a) Traffic: 70 rural road of 449 km will be built covering 74 townships, 276 villages and a population of 317,990 people. The direct cost of the rural road is 41,519,689 yuan, (b) Drinking water: To solve the drinking water problem for 246,162 people and * 236,678 livestock at 969 administrative villages the direct cost is 39,588,988 yuan; (c). The direct cost of rural irrigation is 22,933,838 yuan. k'd) Rural Electricity supply: The direct cost is 10.422,976 yuan; (e) The direct cost of rural energy is 1 .460,572 yuan; (f) Fundamental land: 9,547.6 ha of terrace (paddy) land with stone wail and 1560 * hectares of terrace (paddy) land with soil wall will be built covering 851 villages and a population of 488.557. The direct cost of fundameTItal lands is 70,758,471 yuan.(see Figure 2-2) (4) Labor Mlobility: There are 13 projects in all l one for each of 12 counties and one for the province level). Labor export within the province and out of county is jointly carried out by the PMOIO of county and province. Labor export out of the province will be joirLtly implemer.ted by West China Labor force Resources Center and the Provincial PMO. In the first 6 years the total 3 labor exported will be 83,2f)0 people. of which those exported to other provinces are 69,500 and those in the province being 13,700. Starting from the 6th year 20,000 peopie will be exported each year and 75,000 people exported will reInain at post. The labor mobility component covers 12 counties and 1 194 administrative villages. The direct cost is 180,313,792 yuan accounting for 15.92? o of the direct cost of total. project (5) Institution Building and project management: To ensure the success of project, achieve the objectives of project, a flexible and high effective managemernt svstem for the project is needed. The direct cost of the component is 29.228,783 yuan and the main activities of the component are: (aa) Organization construction: Project Leading Groups at P'rovince, prefecture, county and township levels; PMO at Province and County levels; Project Work Station at township level; Project executive groups at village level. *- (b) management regulations; (c)Poverty monitoring; (d) Project monitoring; (e) Training, (f) Technical assistance; *(g) Hardware construction: vehicles and equipment. (6) Poverty Monitoring: The task of the component is to built an independent monitoring system include * evaluation and feedback. The direct cost of the component is 1,258,052 yuarn, 0. II% of the total direct cost. 19  . China QBPRP--Environmental Impact Statement (7) lMicro Rural Credit: The direct cost of the micro rural credit component is 1,258,052 yuan, accounts for 1. I 1% of direct cost of total project. The target group is organized in farmer groups by free * willing of the farmers. Each group will be composed of five farmer-households. And each 6 groups will form a central group which will be responsible for the delivery and repaving of the loans. Micro credit takes the poorest farmers who have business ability but lack necessary starting funds for its cash earning. The activities supported by micro credit could be in forms of crop-growing and animal-raising or small transport, small trade, small restaurants, In a * word the activities of low cost and quickly benefit. The experience of loan operation of rural micro credit may be extended to the management of poverty reduction loan in China. 2.5 Year Arrangement The construction period of the Sichuan Qinba Project Aea is 6 years and the investment is arranged in 6 years: The investment (direct cost)of theI st year is 171,162,103 yuan accounting for 15.1 1% of the total, that for the 2nd year is 227 424,841 yuan, 20.08% of the total; that of the 3rd year is 223,978,455 yuan, 19.77% Df the total; that of the 4th year is 225,182.979 yuan. 19.88%So of the total; that of the 5th year is 172,594,853 yuan, 15.24%' of the total: and that of the 6th year is 11 2,357,765 yuan. 9.92% of the total. 2.6 Cost Estimate (1) unite investment estimates: The unit investment of each sub-projecf was estimatedby dhe model design. The unit * investment estimate of each project counti' can be different basing on difference qf natural condition and prQiect scale. The unit investnment estimate of main subproject fSichuxan Prcject) can be seen Table 0 2) Sichuan project area include 12 counties. It covers 1,194 project villages and population of 1, 128, 494. The total amount of investment is 1, 494, 000, 000 yuan (Of which 1, 1 32, 700,996 yuan is direct cost). 20  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statment Table 2-4: Unit Investment Estimate of the Sub-Proecis _ Item I Hill Coma# MONaIO Ceaity It11# Ceut MN Yalaia CO517 Gmls cp: I_Ac ntdiaceae (peach) 21,500 Padj nrovement J ___0 __ 6,725 Shaddock 21,00 0 Ra d land improvement j 2,520 2,880 9,allnt 9,266 __ Wheat L 1.45 1,515 JRo . ._ ______ _______ 2,085 _ _ 1,935 320 f 320 h__c_ __ -_ 2,010 _ 2,145 !__ ___ 1,28 _ Potatoe.s 980 ,OIS _ Cattle 1,220 1,220 _ _ ________ _______ ______________u_ 4.5 13 Wood rmedicine _l___ 12,815 Rabbit 98 Pegetabies,_ 3,745 coat 300 _ 315 Rape 2,065 | 3S e*e Technieal SN i Gastrodia __ seedn_ 1 21,910 22,000 Forest erop:. {Seed breeding (corn) 5,115 5115 Euscomorua 54,4.. 00,000 Seed breediri (qflO, 6,440 6440- Miuberry and .s-il worm 1.50 I 15000 Seed breeding- (wheat) 2,970 _ d d5,Q00~~~ _ ~ __} _ _ _________|______ WaMMut 9 o,39.s 7,500 Micro farm eouivment 3.000 I.000 r ~ ~ ______ -r r -- t estnut I _ |__7,500 14antin.. l 1,680 1,680 _____________________ ~9,770 L 10,210 ~ Pig,goat mating~-___________ 8,00 Tea j 14,133 .16,00 1,440 _____ 1chzne:epr*ckiy aM { f 6,395 DriFing Well 1 1,440 __________________ I _____________ 1,924 i ,ounfamn Ponds i, 2.147 _Chinese gallI2 2,800 | ural Road 89.800 98,260 -L 2J-1,0 2135877 L __ _____J 21  China QBPRP--Environmentalimpact_Statement 9 3. Environment C(7endition and Background 3 ' Natural Condition 3.1.1I Geoaraphic Posation The project area locates between 301lS'--32'31 7' north latitude and l(-l35.6'- * I W.8SU '. '' east longitude, and province borders with ShanNi Province- Based on the land form it can be divided ninto two categories: mountains area and hillv land. 5 counties include Chaot!an. 1angcang NanJiang, Tonjoilang and Xuanhan counties located at mountains area. 7 counties included ( angxi.Y flong. Langzhong. Nanbu. Jialirg Quxian and Gyuangan counties, situajed at h 1 l areas. T he lowest elevation of project is 207nm above sea-level while the highest * Dbeing 2,.57 m. 3.1.2 Land Resources The total 1and area of the project townships is 579,502 hectares(see table 3-1), of which cultivated land accounts for 73,170 hectares, gardenis 2,309 hectares, forest 255,070 hectares. grassland 109.957 hectares. waters 20,388 ha. The land resources are concentrated on the following features: 11, The cultivated land per-capita is sm.all, being only 0.064 hectares and the per- capita area of gardens or orchards is only 0.002- hectares. * 2` The utihtv rate of the land resource is low. 31 AreaI of low or medium-yield fields in the project towxnships are up to 51,166 hectares about 69.93)% of the total area of cultivated land, and the effectively irrigated area is 19,339.7 hectares accounting only for 26.43%!- of the total cultivated land- The slope-growing land suffering from soil erosion is 27.866 hectares. being 38.1 o of the cultivated land. * i4) The sodl fertilitv is Iovw The soil is mainlv sticky .zlay effloresced from red sandstone, whose pH value is 5.5--8 . The land over 700mii above sea-level belongs mainly to 10ess so0i, brown fihmerized soil andi grassv marshland, whose l.aver is thin, whose organic content is low and vhose quality is poor seriouslv lacking potassium and phosphorus. ",S There are still potentialities to be developed. Fir stly there are vast waste lands amounting to 57.052 hectares with .0W5 hectares per-capita, of which 31 472 heciares can be cultivated into arable land, orchards, forests or pastures. Secondly, the grassland.; which cain be utilized. amount to 87904 hectares. making up 79.94% of the total grasslands hirdlv, of the 5,5-.70 hectares of forest land , 160,2259.6 hectares are forested tak-ing only 62.83% of the total forest land, leaving 94,810.4 hectares to be developed. Tablt 3-1 Thfe Land Resources oftge Project Townships _Unit: Ha T otal lo Ulich Item LOand Area C zaIz ardern tivt};' Forest IGX>J7 ta|(fiers lUnuszed t1 _ dV Land i --and - Area _573,50 ` 73,1I70O 12,309 255,0 0 1 09,957, i9,388 i5 7052 * LRater)_ .T??2__ I 6 a t0 'J44. __ _ _I'3 j5 6 j9.P  . China QBPIP--EnvironmenWa Impact Statement 3.1. 3 CIlmat ilTe project area belongs to the sub-tropic wet monsoon cl:imate zone, showing clear season a:.d a vertical cubic distribution, According to the meteorological data ( see Table 3-2) in the past 401 years; the annual average temperature of the project area is 15.6 C 17.7 'C witl the i-,west being - 'C and the highest 41A6 'C, The annual temperature accumulated * I>=l 'i Is 4,X%4 i I'C 5r399,7, 'C. For many years. the annual frost-free periods 2f81 days on the average. The annual rainfall of the project area is 1,1 00 - 1,252 mm. The inversion layer of temperature are often appears, which is of special significance for the local crops and economic woods. Ihe crops are focused mainly on the places 800m below sea level. In the zones l:Ot:.no above the sea level, the low temperature. rain2ng days in autusmn and flood affect greati the growing of crops. The zones 1 .000nm above the sea level are suitable for the growth of tea- forest and grass. 3.1 4 Water Resourles * T1he Jialinijang River and Qujiang River systems. Within the area there are 137 rivers big or small with an annual volume of 15.9 billion cubic meters of which 4.16 billion cubic meters can be utilized. However, the water-volume is unevenly distributed in the vear with the rainfall concentrated in June - September (accounting for 60-70C% of the whole year).In March--lav which is the seaso n when much water is needed, the ,rainfall only accounts for I 5-2i3% 01' that of the whole year ( See table 3-2 I.The capacity of water conservancies is weak; the seasonal drau,ht affects greatlv the electricity-generation as well a's the agricultural productinn. 3.1.5 Mineral Resources The mineral resources in the project area are abun,dant w-ith relatively large deposit. Natural gas, coal, iron, graphite, marble, granite, nepheline, aluminum, quartz, silicon, rock salt etc, The deposit of coafl oil and gas amounts to 23.5 million tons while that of nonferrous metais to I 6. t)u tons. that of ferrous metals to 134.2 million tons and that of construction * materials o 16,762 3 million tons. There are concentrated deposits suitable for state exploitation such as coal, iron, marble. limestone. dolomite; and small, rich mines easy to exploit such as Feldspar, graphite, talcum, sulfur, copper etc. But most of the mineral resoWrces -are not e:ploited. some small scale exploit activities have only poor economic benentzt. 3.2 Ecological Environment The plant and animal resources in the project area are very n-ch. For agricultural crops there arc rice, corn, sorghum, wheat, sweet potato,, horsebean, pea, soybean etc. The major forest crops are pine. bamboo. cypress. alder etc while the economic fruit trees include tung-tree. tea, chestnut, walnut, shaddock. persimmon etc.- the wood medicines are: the bark e f eucomnm a. bark of official magnolia, Chinese angelica.. tuber of elevated gastrodia etc.. Besides. there are also a lot of aromatic plants starch piants, fibber plants, tannic plants. The animal re sources are of marnv kinds, of which the domestic ones are pig, sheep, ox. poultry and Table 3-2: The Meteorological Data of the Sichuan Pro el A.4rea 23  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Staetment _ ____ _ ___ fAverag fMe nv Years) Item1 zX Fzeb.3rAr f Jul 3t, U.f-g SeiS.2 Ofct., YO ,c ear Item -- _ __ _ ____ (mmJ) 7.6 10.0 121.2 48.4 84.0 1105.1 237 1183.6 I0O950.4 2N.2 D.9 1t091 1959- i * 1982 _ i I_ _ 1 i 98 Evapora .-----t--- t - t tion i44- I4. 7 f7.2123.3 161.9[166.61144.5 l'55.001.270.6|56.7 44.5 1,210.9 1952- jS.1L7.5. 1982 ___ _____-- Tempea i -ture(Z 7AS5 74 12.3 17.4 21.5 ,24.5 26.3 26.0 21.6 1 7.j f11.8 7f3 16.5 1959- ' * 1982 - _----f L----L Sunshine (hour) 179.2169.3 194.6118.4 13.21139.0i169.4 180.991.1 75.5174.0 76.0 1,298.1 1954- 1980 1 ___ - t - -- __ Relative I Ifumidity I I } f%f) 176.0176.0 74.0 74.0 72.0 77.0 83.0 84.0 82.0 83.-0 79.0 80.0 78.0 1954- 3~17 ] 1.<l LL silkworm, and the wildlife, according to incomplete statistics, includeS mo're than 90 species of wild animals, 240 species of birds, 27 species of reptiles, 20 species of amphibians, 5 species * of fish. And there are more than 30 Species of wildlife which are listed as rare and precious animals under state protection under the national law. 3.3 Environmental Quality 3.3.1 Air qality: The industry in pIoject area i.s at undevelepment level, so the air quality is not bad. * The second class standards of " The National Ambient Air of Envirornment Quality (GB3095-96) are be satisfied in rural project areas and the third class standards are reached in countyseat areas (see Table 3-3) 3.3.2 Surface Watex Environment: 24  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statement O Surface water in project area meets the second and third cllass standard of" National Surface Standard of Environment Quality"(GB3838-88) (see Table 3-4). Table 3-3: The Monitoring Result for S02, NOx and TSP in Project Area *9194: Inside cities at Prefecture levI Unit:m,g_/m3_ S02 NOVOX TSP Ciy 6(Annual (Annual (Annual L____ ________ Aver -.A verpf -. A ve rg NahongCity ._1__e 014 0.04 0. 30 * 1 D - _ ee_ _tDachuan_Cit'y _ 035J 0.087 -0.5O r ngyyan9j 0.11 0O.02 0. 29 "National Ambient Air Class 2 0.06 1.0 O.20 Quality Standard" _____.1_.05 . ____ (GB3095-.96) __ Class 3 0 1I0 0.10 10.30 _ Table 3-4: The Mo,nitorin Result oufacter Qu alt,j e River.s River IpH DO CODcr BOD5 Nvon- S (Mgmlzn) Cm-g13-) (PTo3jl S/X)t:S i __ __ee_M____ _ m/r3 fi l=_~ _$_ _ __ Raiiiyiave 6.5-S8.9 8.411.0 6.4-10. S0.6-3.6 0 tse Cng River Couilty - -______ I e__ __e_e__ ______- Cw Donghe River 6.15--88 6.3- a.5 5.6-120.5-2.4 0 Insicle Cangxi * ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~County I)CJ;shtJ7(/ T',8:v}J (' ' l0.1 1.89 8.V01 20 Inside __-I _ ___ _{ _~ Wangcang Zhouhe River 6.97-8.52 12.6 4.0 0.023 26.5 InsideXuanhan I I t | I I 0,&~~~~~~~~~ounSy i7The 7Third I tCEass of iNationa1 6.-85,5 >=5 15 1 4 0.02 * fiStandard- j I I GB3838-L _ 33.3 Noise Because ol industries are not developed in project areas, the main sources of noise is * the vehicles on the road. But because of shortage of road, the environment noise can meet 0 class standards of "The National Noise Standards of Urban Environment" (GB3096-93), that is under 50 dB dur:wng daytime and under 40 dB at night. Noise of the towsn3 with high density population can meet the second level. Noise of the center cities, such as Nanchon, Dachuan and Guangyuan, etc.., can meet the 2-3 class standards( see Table 3-5). 25  China QBPRP=-Environmental Impact Statement Table 3-5: Monitoring Resultfor Noise o me Cities _(Unit:dB12L City Daytime (Ld,) Night (n) Day and Night N hong _ 1_ 56.8 50.9 _59.4 !Dachuan 65 S. 2 56.8 66.1 iGuangyuan city 54.6 44.9 55.0 The Noise class 2 60 50 tStandqrds o - w | Urban lEnvironment class 3 65 55 |G3096-93 L - -_I 3.4 Social-Economic Profile 3.4.1 Population and Labor-powers (1) The project area covers 12 counties, 129 tovnships and 1,194 administrative X villages, whose total households are 2,959,905 and Nvhose total population is 1,128,494 of which the agricultural population accounts for 11 1,7,664, 99.0% of the total. The majority of the population belongs to the Han nationality while the minorities accouit only for 12,277. (2) The poor households whom net income under 320 yuan are 252,999, making up 85.5% of the total; the poor population is 961,396, making up 86.07% of the total population. (3) The total rural labor-powers in the area are 615,685 making up 53.13% of the total, of which the rates of manforces and woman-powers in the total 'laborfoce are 53.35% and 46 65% respectively. * (4) The natural population growth rate of the project area is 0.62%. 3.4.2 Infrastructures (1) The project villages linked by rural road are 643, 53% of the total project villages. However, the highways are very poor and often blockecl by rains. The; villages without highways are mostly located in the mountains and the living necessities are transported only by manual means. The backwardness in communications and transportation has suffered local farmers. (2) Electricity supply: The villages having electlicity in the area number 1,022, 84.25% of the total project villages and the per-capita use of electricity is 16.51 Kwh on the average. (3) Agricultural infrastructure. The effective irrigated area only accounts for 26.43% of the cultivated land in rhe project area, 10 percentage points lower than that of the poor regions of the province. The motorized irrigation and drainage capacity is 4,900 kws per * 10,000 mu of cultivated land, only 1. 1% of the province level. 26  . China QEPRP-Environmental Impact Statement _ _ _ * (4) By 1995, there were still 276,395 people and 267,368 livestock whose drinking water problem was unsolved in the project area. 3.4.3 Education. Healthand Extension Services (1) Education: the primary education network has formed in the project counties. The * schools were primarily equipped with necessary tools or instruments. Thus having created basic schooling facilities for the children. In 1994 teachers in the project area numbered 7,192, of which 1,897 serves at junior middle schools, 5,292 serves at lover primary school. The children of schooling age in the area are 150,102 of which 133,509 are enrolled, the, rate being 0 82.32%. the rate of primary school graduates are 77.22%. Primary education has laid a fairly good foundation for the future education and cultivation of tCle childxen. (2) Hlealth: Medical networks are not well established at both the village and the township level. Village doctors are seriously lacking and their outflow is heavy. There are 2.5 medical a personnel per 1,000 people on the average. The hospital beds per 1,000 people is 1.25 on the average at county level, but only 0.55 in the project townships. Medical funds are seriously lacking; medical centers and treatment rooms are badly equipped. Health education is weak and the people's masses lack health-care consciousness. In 1994 the death rate of pregnant women was 3.05 9o4; the infant mortality was 64.32 %o ;, The rate of new method baby delivering was 58.47%; the incidence of high fluorine 15.23 94c; and incidence of iodine deficiency 87.09%- (3) Scientsftc Services: Of the 821,000 people at the age of 16-50, and 144,341 are illiterate, the rate being 16.27%. Of the illiterates women illiterates account for 62% and their own illiteracy rate is 37.2%. The technical personnel of the project area are 1,159 of which 80% are working at the county level; The technical service units are 379 cctnsisting of 141 agricultural technology stations, 129 livestock stations, 7 crop protection stations, 57 mulberry and silkworn stations, 13 tea and fruit stations, 32 mating/ breeding stations. e 3.4.4 Azricultural Products (1) Grain Production: In 1993--1995 the sown area of tle agriculitural crops of the project area was averagely 10,197.34 ha, of which the sown area of grain was 105,332.71 ha. The total grain output was 341,057.53 tons with the -unit output being 3.24 T/lia. (2) The Production of Economic Crops and Other Crops: Thie economic crops of the project area mainly are oil crops, vegetables, tea, tobacco, medicinal materials and fruits, whose sown area is 18,624 hectares. (3) The forest land area is 160,259.6 hectares; the forest coverage is 27.9%; and the per-capita orchard is 0.002 hectares. * (4) Animal Husbandry: By the end of 1995 the per-capita livestock in the project area was 0.12 big animal, 0.55 pig, 0.07 sheep and 1.18 chickens on the average. The grassland which can be utilized is 87,904 hectares. (5) The machine cultivated land of the project area is 145.41 hectares, being 0.02% of the total cultivated land. The annual electricity-consumption per hectare of land is 384.76 * kwh/ha., the annual utilization of chemical fertilizers per hectare of land being 706.2 kg. 27  China QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statement 3. 4.5 Rural Enterprise The gross output of the township enterprises of the project counties 132.97 million yuan with the per-capita output valuing 114.7 yuan, of which the value of rural industry . * output is 31.612 million yuan, the per-capita value being 27.27 yuan.. 3.5 The Quality of living (1) The local faner live in the backward mountain area and suffered with food and cloth problem, drinking water problem, poor traffic and communication, frequent natul catastrophe such as drought, floodirg, low temperature. Another problem is the lack of educational and health facilities, and they have no money for their preliminary social senices. 4. Environmental Impact and the Mitigating Measures. 4.1 Identilication of influential factors and Assessment Category According to the experts consultation, the possibie influence factors and influence intensity of the individual subproject were identified. Then, the categories of EIA was deltrmined after *i discussed with provLnce environmental protection bureau. Table 4-1 list the maim environmental influence intensity and ELA categories identified. From table we can see, all subprojects of component "labor mobility", "institution Building7, aproject and poverty monitoring", "rural m'cro credit" have no adverse inpact on environtment. Most subprojects of "Land and farmer development", "rural infrastructure" have only few or no adverse G impact. They are profitable to local ecological environment or they are soil ani water consevation subproject themselves. They belonge to category "A' of EL\, that means they don't need ELA Statement or EIA Form. Part subprojects of the components of "rura enterprises development" have disadvantageous impact on environment, but they are in a small scale and locate in remote area which are far away from the center cities with high density population. Therefore, the disadvantageous impact on environment is not great. They belong to category "C" of EJ0A. They need detailed EIA analysis and draft EUA Statements. More han half of subprojects of comniponent of "rural enteiprises develepnent5' and some of "land and farmer development", 'rural infrastructure" have relatively environment impact, they need to fill ETA Forms. 0. 28  CNia QBPRP-Environmental Impact Statment Table 4-1: Enviromental Influence Factors and Classi cation a EU_ No. of Rate Nt ural Environ ment Ecolo logcal Environ mant Social Environment LivinS QuIlity Cateow" of toatl - - -- - __ ___ of NO. lem What to do Sub dffrrt coo Soil Air Surface Under- Fishery Aquatic Wildlif Vegetation Induair Agnculturl Land Employ Infta- Public Nt Income Education & Public Ermuxxtal project ( Water ground animaI Utilization Opportunity atucture Facility Per Capita Smitation Heakh Aaaait Water _ I Lad and Famrer grain, economic crop .fs-tu_ O 0 l 0 0 0 0 +2 +2 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 Dewlopment mre, antmal-ratiing. 174 46.98 f O 1 I I I J O J I I J 1 0 1 1 J C-B ___________ improvement of low-yIeld land _ +3 +2 + 1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 - +3 +2 +2 2 uraa ogr,cultlrol & bproduct 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 -1 -_ +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 1- aiee7rise& roee.eng. conmtrction 68 16.82 10 0 J 1 J O O 1 J 1 1 1 B-A _marke material, Farmer markel -l -2 -2 -I +1 -I +2 +1 -2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 3 LoborMobility Labor-export 14 1648 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O +2 +1 +2 +1 I 0 0 1 0 1 1 I O C +1 +3 +2 +3 +2 4 ural drinkng waler, rural road Inf raurcitrre irrigation channel, eleirtrcal 89 15-92 0 -1 I I1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 -I +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 wire, land conservaiion, rural I I I I I I I I +1 1 1 I I I 0 1 1 C-il enery -1+1 +2 +1 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 5 Insitute and 2.69 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 Management& Management jy.tem 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 J I I 0 1 0 C Poverty +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 W o i oring __ _ __ _ _I___ _ _I_ _ 6 Icro Rural Encourage houzehold 1 11 +1 +1 +1 1 +2 Credit deeelopmeif 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 C ______ - - _ - - - _-+ +2 +2 +2 +2 _~ ___ +3 ____ ____ Remnarks: (i). -+ Poalive impact; " Negative impact; 0": Non impact; 1": Sli4ht impact '2: Medium impact; '3: Significant impact. (ii) lnftoixtu include we rmurce. wae wae hetmant anti-flood, dexistWetc. (ii) Pubbc facility inclide water and ekcicity uply. road. trafl and comanlciiou. etc. (iv). Cteory of Enviromna=tal A _ment 'A: The anbproject bave igificant advee impact on environin. They need deitmd manment any and mnviromneat impact tent (EIS) B