China - PCB Management and Disposal Demonstration Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 2 of 3) : Environmental impact assessment - Shenyang Province

Shenyang Hazardous Wastes Incineration Demonstration Project Environmental Impact Assessment Shenyang Academy of Environmental Sciences March 2005  Table of Contents 1. SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................................................1 2. PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................10 2.1PCBS PHASEOUT IN CHINA.............................................................................................................................................10 2.2THE SHENYANG HAZARDOUS WASTES INCINERATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT..........................................11 2.3NATIONAL POLICYAND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WASTESM ANAGEMENT ...................................12 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:TYPESAND SCOPE.................................................................................................12 3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK....................................................................................................................................................15 3.1RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS ...........................................................................................................................15 3.2BASES FOR EIA PREPARATION........................................................................................................................................15 3.3KEY PROVISIONS OF MAJOR LAWS, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS ..................................................................17 4. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK..............................................................................................................................24 4.1NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS..............................................................................................................24 4.2PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL EPB................................................................................................................................25 4.3 LIAONING PROVINCIAL ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY..............................................................................................28 5. BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................................29 5.1GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.............................................................................................................................................29 5.2NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:A SURVEY...........................................................................................................................29 5.3SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:A SURVEY...............................................................................................................................31 5.4CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ITEMS AND METHODS ........................................................................33 5.5AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT ..........................................................................................................34 5.6UNDERGROUND WATER MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................35 5.7CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE LEVELATTHE PROJECT SITE.........................................................................38 5.8CURRENT SURFACE WATER QUALITY...........................................................................................................................38 5.9SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING ANDASSESSMENT ......................................................................40 6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION..............................................................................................................................................42 6.1BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT .................................................................................................................42 6.2PCBS INCINERATION LINE...............................................................................................................................................46 6.3MEDICAL WASTES INCINERATION PRODUCTION LINE..............................................................................................54 6.4PLASMA DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES....................................................................................59 6.5PUBLIC UTILITIES ..............................................................................................................................................................60 6.6COMPLEMENTARY INFRASTRUCTURE ...........................................................................................................................62 6.7PCBS WASTE STORAGE WAREHOUSE...........................................................................................................................64 6.8HAZARDOUS WASTES TRANSPORTATION AND SLAG LANDFILL.............................................................................66 6.9 ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT..........................................................................................66 7. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PREDICTION.........................................................................................................73 7.1ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PREDICTION..............................................................................................73 7.2WATER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................98 7.3SOLID WASTES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS...............................................................................................98 1  7.4ANALYSIS OF NOISE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT .........................................................................................................99 8. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................................101 8.1MAIN FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR SELECTING TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY.....................................................101 8.2PRINCIPLES TO SELECT CHINESE PCBS WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY ...................................................102 8.3 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE PCBS TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES ..................................................................102 8.4ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES FOR HIGH CONCENTRATION PCBS DISPOSAL............................................................103 8.5 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SITES IN SHENYANG .............................................................................................106 9. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.......................................................................................................108 9.1POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN ....................................................................................................................................108 9.2 ENVIRONMENTAL COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ...............................................................................................112 9.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN.......................................................................................................................115 9.4 EMERGENCY MEASURES ................................................................................................................................................117 9.5CLEANER PRODUCTION PROCESS ON THE PCB INCINERATION LINE.................................................................121 9.6ORGANIZATION, PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING ..............................................................................121 9.7 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES PLAN..................................................................................................123 10. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION..........................................................................................................................................124 10.1OBJECTIVE AND SIGNIFICANCE.................................................................................................................................124 10.2PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONACTIVITIES ..........................................................................................................................124 APPENDIX 1: MEMBERS OF THE EIA TEAM.......................................................................................................125 APPENDIX 2: ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM THE FORESTRY FARM..............................................126 2  1.Summary l GeneralSituationOfTheProject The first stage of the China PCBs Management and Disposal Demonstration Project was initiated based on an inventory investigation in Zhejiang and Liaoning Provinces. In Liaoning, a PCBs incineration facility will be constructed in Shenyang for the demonstration of the disposal of highly concentrated PCBs wastes. The Shenyang Academy of Environmental Sciences developed its PCBs incineration disposal technology in 1995. On this basis, the academy constructed a commercial PCBs incineration facility. The facility has been running for several years, disposed a total of 1,000 m3 of PCBs wastes from all over the country. Based on this facility, a hazardous waste incineration demonstration project was implemented in Shenyang with the financial support from the national government. This demonstration project plans to construct a PCBs incineration line with a capacity of 15 tons/day, and a medical waste incineration line with a capacity of 15 tons/day. The project was initiate d in May 2002. This EIA will assess environmental impacts of this demonstration project, including both the PCBs and medical waste incineration lines. The category and scope of this environmental impact assessment (EIA) are identified, and the detailed standards used for this EIA are also listed. The monitoring, analysis, assessment and compilation of the EIA report have been carried out based on the latest national environmental standards and pollution control standards. This EIA also introduces China 's strategies and plans in hazardous waste management, including the management, treatment and disposal of PCBs and other hazardous wastes. Three PCBs disposal technologies