China - Liaoning Environmental Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 6 of 12) : Report on EI : BF gas dry electrostatic precipitation project for nos 1-4 blast furnaces in Benxi City

Environmental Assessment/Analysis Reports ___ ___ * Report E0040 China - Liaoning Environmental Proj ect EA Category B Environmental Assessment 6 of 12 September 1993 This report has been prepared by the Borrower or its Consultant  :~~ *1~~~~~~~~~~~~~P *:r .;z-: -:~~~--s ;:: - : e 3... . . .,;- -. , :X - kr . -- *''. . . - ENVIRONMENTAL JRAMP - * BF GAS DRY. ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION PROJECT ,-;:. -. NOS. 1,2, 3 AND 4 BLAST FURNACES- IN. c BENXI CITY 3=. . .. ,! - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eok2EU - JUN OS A BEIJING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT CORPORATION BEIJING OCT. 1992  Written By Zhang Yongming Checked By Li Zaigong Technical Director Zhang Yongming Project Manager Mu Taiqin General Manager Wu Zhicheng PARTICIPANT PERSONNEL NAME TITLE SPECIALITY Li Zaigong Director Engineer Environment Senior Engineer Assessment Zhang Yongming Senior Engineer Environmental Engineering Li Youliang Senior Engineer Environment Management  ( ont.ents 1. lntrod tLetiorn ......................... I , . 2. Relevant policy, regulation and management system.. 4 3. Description of the engineering for the proposed project.... 6 3.1 General conditions of the project... 6 3.2 Process flow .. ... ..................... 8 3.3 Main processing equipment. ..... .... .......... 10 3.4 Budget estimation.. ...... 11......... 3.5 Planned construction schedule .....1 4. Environmental conditions ................................ ;. 15 4.1 Natural environmental conditions ... 15 4.2 s_ _ conditions .... 16 5. Analysis of environmental impact . 18 5.1 Description of the production ............ 18 .A): I . 5.2 4ei pollutants discharged during production .18 5.3 ............. 19 prn;-4;r,) gi-f s. C4 -f4, Prcposk-d 7-,cjc'cf 5.4 .................... , 20 5.5 Analysis of environmental benefit of the project .21 5.6 Analysis of social and economical benefit of the project..28 5.7 Conclusion .30 6. Analysi.s of comparative alternatives .34 7. Environmental impact NOI4i:-i-program .38 8. Environment management and trainin .39 9. Monitoring and supervision of environment .41 10. Par-ticipating of public and unofficial institutions-...43 Reference document .47 Annexes. 48  *J . I N'TOkDUCT1 ON Benxi City is an industrial city located at the east -Tt part of Liaoning Province, China (Fig.1). .She is one of the main production bases forAraw and processed material industry in China and has made great contribution to the national economi 'tt _ Due to the neglecting of environmental protection -a- dur ina A4^; past economical development, the atmosphere is very -.A Y./ d4 Can seriously polluted' -lede cityYnot ^ ~ ~~~~ Cn 3S n. Y; C;fM able- t-o be seen from the satellit6-.-The Taiz1-7TIver,i 1S also seriously polluted. The living conditicnSand health of the people ek.F.. seriously effected and economical development is restricted by environmental pollution. It isAconcerned -. State Council that Apv4 abatelg _6ar of pollution and b-e improveine't CA n nO+t be ,nA (c: environmental quality -ill Lrk -o delayA A seven-year projection to abate major pollution source is also formulated sBenxi City. At present,Aconventional wet process is utilized for/.BF gas cleaning system of Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 blast furnaces in Benxi City. 1i-+ f untreated gas washing water is directly discharged intoATaizi River to make_i) river water seriously polluted. Due to . L-nIr'zv'1X q k-s BEF gas cleaning process, cleaned BF gas is uselesskas Ls dust content does not meet zAe<required gas qualit-' ZAShe- e gas is exhausteBF 1X*_ T1-eeYre) +LA(S  1Eu e u t IS l-f,I~4. riot o?i.y atmospheric envi ronment polluted but alsoi;ene gy {e' Benxi City Government hias decided to change the existing BF gas wet cleaning process into, dry electrostatic precipitation process for Nos. I to 4 blast furnaces,.-w h is rehabilitation project iA'pvtAinto the Seven-Year Plan to abate major pollution source. According to the "Mhemorandum of World Bank Project Preparation Delegation For Environmental Protection Project in Liaoning Province, China" and the Application Report for Loan of Environmental Pollution Abatement submitted by Benxi City on Dec. 10, 1991, it -^s decided that the BF gas dry electrostatic precipitation project for Nos. 1 to 4 blast furnaces in Benxi City shal-l be submitted to,iWorld Bank <ea_ 6 fxL*l ~ v_ot for,environmental pollution abatement loan. As required byAenvironmental protection administration of L-u45 'P,CFW- Benxi City .and the World Bank it Le necessary tolhal"s 4(r11b-u-'----- .<d.ri 'Environmental Protection Bureau of Liaoning Province was entrusted by the World Bank to organize and make/.assessment of this work. After the work of AEIA 'f-Ath1s project was accepted by Beijing Environmental Impact Assessment Corp. of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, the working outline ofETEI. was submitted in Feb. 1992 and in May 1992, this outline was examined by experts 'and finally approved by &Environmental IProtection Bureau of Liaoning Province. 2  Thijs EIA is written according to the approved outline and,be submitted in both Chinese and English versions. 3  Fig. I Geographical Location of Benxi City, Liaoning Province u ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Beij The PeopLe's RepubLic of ina Q1o-.w River \ < ~~~~~Yangtze River3 r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - 5  2. IUt:ELLVANT l'OLICY, IlGULAT-ION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Following documents are used reference for this 1) Guideline of Chinese science and technology policy -- related to the technical policy of environmental protection. 2) Law of Prevention and Abatement for Water Pollution in the People's Republic of China. 3) Law of Prevention and Abatement for Atmosphere Pollution in the People's Republic of China. 4) Quality Standard of Atmosphere Environment (GB3095- 82). 5) Type IV Standard in the Quality Standard of Ground Surface Water Environment (GB3838-88). 6) Second Class ini Standard of Sewage and Waste Water Discharge for l.iaoning Province (DBZI-60-89) Second Class Standard for Maximum Allowable Discharge .Concentration of Water Pollution. 7) Pollutant Discharge Standard for Iron and Steel Industry (GB4911-85). For the management system of environmental protection in Benxi City, the People's Government of Benxi City shall be the administrator and leads the Environmental Protection Bureau where different departments and sections are established; Many kinds of environmental 4  Protection instructions are issued to factories, .mine fields, enterprises and businesi institutions; byv the - Bureau. The structure ofAmanagem. nt system in detail is . shown in Table 2.1. .; , . * ' .. . * _ - A-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .... D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.* e4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __. _.. _.-.-,,,*-  _ 1 1~~~~~~~5 parsons a Engineering Dept 6 persons n _ , _ 6 persons 0 0 Planning ~Dept. 16 persons n oIl)evelopment Sectlo no- f r 7 persons