China - Yangtze Basin Flood Control Project : environmental impact assessment (Vol. 3 of 3)

E-291 VOL. 3 SUPPLEMENT TO ETA REPORT FOR 'YANGTZE BASIN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT",RENAMED 'YANGTZE DYKE STRENGTHENING PROJECT" MARCH 2000 Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resources Protection With assistance from Hunan Water Conservancy & Hydropower Survey & Design InstitutE Hubei Water Conservancy & Hydropower Survey & Design Institute  SUPPLEMENT TO EIA REPORT FOR "YANGTZE BASIN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT", RENAMED "YANGTZE DYKE STRENGTHENING PROJECT" March 2000 Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resources Protection With assistance from: Hunan Water Conservancy & Hydropower Survey & Design Institute Hubei Water Conservancy & Hydropower Survey & Design Institute  ABBREVIATIONS S/ElA Supplement to Environmental Impact Assessment YBFCP Yangtze Basin Flood Control Project YDSP Yangtze Dyke Strengthening Project CC Construction Contractor CWRC Changjiang (Yangtze) Water Resources Commission ECI Environmental Construction Inspector EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMO Environmental Management Office EMP Environmental Management Plan EPM Environmental Protection Measure P/EMO Provincial Environmental Management Office RIYWRP Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resource Protection RS Resettlement SEI Significant Environmental Issue VEO Village Environmental Officer WB World Bank  SUPPLEMENT TO EIA FOR "YANGTZE BASIN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT", RENAMED "YANGTZE DYKE STRENGTHENING PROJECT" TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of Present Report 1.2 Background on EIA/1999 1.3 Approach to Preparing Supplemental EIA Report 1.3.1 EIA Team 1.3.2 Procedure for Identifying EIA Adjustments 2. Clarification of Project Related Issues 2.1 Definition of Yangtze Project 2.2 Changes in Project Scope/Components 2.3 Changes in Bank Financing 2.3.1 Bank Requirements for Describing Project Components Involving Bank Financing 2.3.2 Changes in Bank Financing 2.3.3 Detailed Description of Project/2000 3. Identification of Needed Adjustments in Project EIA/l999 3.1 Project Scope and Project Components 3.2 Role of EIA/1999 3.2.1 Environmental Setting and SEIs 3.2.2 Scope of EIA/1999 3.2.3 Needed Adjustments in ELA1l999 4. Needed Changes in Project EIA11999 4.1 Environmental Management Plan 4.1.1 Overall Coordination for Participating Provinces 4.1.2 Environmental Monitoring 4.1.3 Environmental Training 4.1.4 Environmental Management Costs 4.2 Environmental Issues Peculiar to Jiangxi Province 4.3 Adjustments in Maps and Drawings 4.4 Adjustments in Project EIA/1999 Executive Summary 5. Summary and Conclusions References Tables: Table 2-1 Comparison of World Bank Financing Involvement In Dyke Sections of Project/l999 and Project/2000 Figures: Figure 2-1 Dike Sections Involving World Bank Financing of Project/1999 Figure 2-2 Dike Sections Involving World Bank Financing of Project/2000 Figure 4-1 Estimated Costs for Monitoring Program Figure 4-2 Training Program Costs  CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Present Report In 1999 the Chinese government and the World Bank prepared reports, including an EIA, for a proposed "Yangtze Basin Flood Control Project", in which the WB contributed to the project financing in the amount of US$ 300 million. Since the government and the Bank have agreed recently to reduce the Bank participation to approximately US$ 235 million, and also to change the name of the project to the "Yangtze Dyke Strengthening Project" and accordingly, new project reports are needed which describe the revised project compared to the 1999 version, including a revised EIA if necessary. The modified project deletes participation of Jiangxi province. The purpose of the present report is to determine whether the modifications in the project will result in any significant changes in the project's environmental impacts and if so to describe these changes in impacts and the corresponding changes which will be needed in the project's Environmental Management Plan. These revisions in the EIA are described as a supplement to EIA/1999, called "S/EIA". 1.2 Background on EIA/1999 The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Yangtze Basin Flood Control Project (YBFCP) was prepared by the Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resources Protection (RIYWRP) with assistance from corresponding institutes in Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces (the EIA/1999). World Bank staff and consultants also assisted with the preparation of the EIA. The EIA is based on the updated provincial EIA reports prepared by the provincial design institutes mentioned above for the project components in each province. The provincial ELAs have been approved by the Provincial EPB's and SEPA. The EIA for the project meets the requirements of both the Government of China and the World Bank. The EIA takes into account the entire spectrum of environmental effects that could result from the Project, including effects on: (i) physical natural resources, (ii) natural ecological resources, (iii) economic development, (iv) quality of life values, and (v) global environmental issues, as they apply to project components in each of the three provinces. The EIA delineates all "Significant Environmental Issues" (SEIs) affected by the Project, describes the potential for each SEI to cause adverse environmental effects if not controlled, and describes recommended control measures, called Environmental Protection Measures (EPMs). The EPMs include (i) Mitigation measures, for lessening  the magnitude of adverse impact, and (ii) Offsetting measures, for offsetting any residual adverse effects not solved by mitigation, so that there will be no or no significant net adverse effect for each SEI. In some instances, where feasible, the EIA recommends a third kind of EMP, namely Enhancement measures, for those situations where a small additional investment would yield valuable environmental benefits. The EIA/1999 includes an overall Enviromnental Management Plan (EMP), which is to be implemented when the project proceeds, including (i) establishment of an Environmental Management Office (EMO) in each participating province, with responsibility for achieving implementation of all EMPs specified in the EIA including environmental monitoring and for carrying out the recommended technology transfer measures, and (ii) establishment of an International Panel of Environmental Experts. 1.3 Approach to Preparing Supplement to EIA Report 1.3.1 EIA Team The present report "supplement to EIA for the Yangtze Dyke Strengthening Project" (S/EIA) has been prepared, like the EIA/1999, by the Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resources Protection (RIYWRP), with the same staff and assistance, except that, because Jiangxi Province is not a participant in the modified project, the S/EIA team does not include participation by the Jiangxi Water Conservancy & Hydropower Survey & Design Institute and Jiangxi Environment Protection Research Institute. 1.3.2 Procedure for Identifying Needed EIA Adjustments To identify the needed adjustments for preparing S/EIA, Chapter 2 first clarifies several project concept related issues. Based on this clarification, Chapter 3 identifies needed adjustments in the ETA/1999. Chapter 4 then presents the discussion for each of the identified adjustments. Chapter 5 gives the Summary and Conclusions for the S/EIA. 2  Chapter 2 Clarification of Project Related Issues 2.1 Definition of Yangtze Project The Yangtze Project, previously called the "Yangtze Basin Flood Control Project", now renamed as "Yangtze Dyke Strengthening Project"(YDSP), is defined as comprising improvements in the dykes and related berms plus the resettlement program, plus other improvements such as in flood forecasting and preparations for emergency flooding relief operations, for those provinces in the Yangtze basin where the improvement program is financed jointly by the Government and the World Bank (WB). This project, corresponding to such financing as planned as of November 1999, thus comprised the improvements in Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces. This is called the Projectll 999. Recently the Government and WB have agreed to reduce the scope of Bank financing to include participation only in Hubei and Hunan provinces, with Jiangxi province no longer included. Hence Project/2000 is defined as the improvement program for Hubei and Hunan provinces. 2.2 Changes in Project Scope/Components Other than for the deletion of the Jiangxi province improvements, the overall Projectl2000 is essentially the same as for Project/i999. There are no changes in the overall project investment program, including (i) no changes in the engineering designs for dyke/berm improvements, and (ii) no changes in the provisions to be made for resettlement, i.e., the resettlement program is to ensure resettlement of all families/facilities which need to be resettled because of the project, including provision of all resettlement community facilities needed for enabling sound environmental protection and associated environmental monitoring. 2.3 Changes in Bank Financing 2.3.1 Bank Requirements for Describing Project Components Involving Bank Financing The EIA for Project/i999, called EIA/1999, covers the entire project program in the participating provinces, regardless of sources of financing. However, for Bank purposes the EIA/1999 project description does identify those portions of the overall project which involve Bank financing, including drawings which identify these components. Table 2-1 has been prepared to compare Bank's involvement in project dike sections for Project/2000 with Projectl1999. Correspondingly, Figure 2-1 shows the dike sections of Projectl1999, and Figure 2-2 shows the dike sections of Project/2000. 3  2.3.2 Changes in Bank Financing Review of Table 2-1, Figure 2-1, and Figure 2-2 show that the main changes in Bank financing are as follows: a. Jiangxi province is no longer included; b. Project underwater components, such as cut-off wall, bank protection works, are no longer included because responsibility for these works has been shifted from provincial governments to the CWRC (Changjiang Water Resources Commission); c. More dyke sections in Wuhan have been included and some dyke sections in other areas in Hubei province are no longer included, and d. As a result of above changes, World Bank financing participation is reduced from US$300 million to US$ 235 million. There is no change in the Bank's involvement in the non-physical components of the overall project except for deletion of Jiangxi province participation. 2.3.3 Detailed Description of Projectl2000 Detailed description of the Projectl2000 is included in a separate project document "Description of Project/2000" (Ref. 1). 4  CHAPTER 3 IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS IN PROJECT EIA/1999 3.1 Project Scope and Project Components Based on the discussion in Chapter 2, the following conclusions can be made: (i) The overall Yangtze dyke strengthening projects in the three provinces, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, remain the same. Regardless of World Bank financing involvement, all the projects will be constructed according to the same basin wide flood control planning and same project design criteria. (ii) The physical aspects and the detailed project components of Project/2000 for Hubei and Hunan provinces are the same as for Project/1999, with no additions to the project's physical components. 3.2 Role of EIA/1999 3.2.1 Environmental Setting and SEIs Because of no changes in overall Yangtze Project and because the physical aspects of Project/2000 fQr Hubei and Hunan provinces are the same as for Project/i999, the environmental setting for Project/2000 for Hubei and Hunan provinces remains the same as for Project/1999. Therefore the Significant Environmental Issues (SEIs) for Project/2000 are the same as for Project/1999, except those specially related to Jiangxi Province such as Saicheng Lake Migratory Birds. 3.2.2 Scope of EIA/1999 The EIA/1999 covers the entire Yangtze project including the impacts of all project components including both World Bank financed and non-World Bank financed components, such as project impacts on downstream hydrology, precious ecology, Dongting Lake flood release, etc. Hence, the EIA/I1999 is fully applicable to Project/2000. The above conclusions include the resettlement (RS) component of the project. While the number of people to be resettled has been reduced from approximately 52,860 to 35,200 due to reduction of WB involvement, the SEIs for the RS component and the EPMs (Environmental Protection Measures) for environmental management in resettlement areas remain the same. 3.2.3 Needed Adjustments in EIA/1999 5  Because of the removal of Jiangxi province in the Project/2000, adjustments are needed in the Project EIA. The following adjustments in EIA/1999 are identified to be necessary to be applicable to Project/2000: a. Adjustments in Environmental Management Plan b. Issues specially related to Jiangxi Province(deleted) c. Adjustments in Maps and Drawings d. Adjustments in EIA/l999 Executive Summary All above adjustments are discussed in detail in Chapter 4 including adjustments in the numbers/figures included in pertinent tables/figures in EIA/1999. 6  CHAPTER 4 ADJUSTMENTS IN PROJECT EIA/1999 Chapter 4 discusses the needed adjustments in the project ELA/1999 as identified in Chapter 3 including the revised environmental management plan, deletion of environmental issues specially related to Jiangxi Province, and adjustments in project maps and drawings, and adjustments in the EIA/1999 Executive Summary. 4.1 Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 4.1.1 Overall Coordination for Participating Provinces In EIA/1 999, an overall EMO coordinator (C/EMO) is recommended to be established to work with the three provincial EMOs to ensure coordination of the environmental operations of all three provinces (See Section 7.4 of EIA/l 999). Because Jiangxi Province is no longer included in Project/2000, the C/EMO is no longer considered to be necessary. Coordination on environmental management issues between the remaining two project provinces will be done by the project management offices (PMOs) in the two provinces with assistance from the International Panel of Experts to be established and the follow-up World Bank missions. 4.1.2 Environmental Monitoring The environmental monitoring program developed in EIA/l999 is fully applicable to Project/2000 except those components specially related to Jiangxi Province such as monitoring on Saicheng Lake migratory birds. Figure 5.3-2 in EIA/1999 has been updated to exclude these monitoring components. This is attached here as Figure 4-1. 4.1.3 Environmental Training The environmental training program was developed for pertinent staff in the three provinces. With exclusion of Jiangxi Province in the Project/2000, the training program needs to be correspondingly adjusted. However, the contents of the training program remain the same and only the number of trainees and the training budget need to be reduced. Table7.6.1-4 in EIAI1999 has been revised and is attached in the S/EIA as Figure 4-2. 7  4.1.4 Environmental Management Costs Because the nature and contents of environmental management in the two provinces involved in Projectl2000 remain the same, the cost estimates for overall environmental management for the two provinces remain unchanged. However, environmental management costs for Jiangxi Province need to be eliminated. 4.2 Environmental Issues Peculiar to Jiangxi Province Because Jiangxi Province is not included in Project/2000, some environmental issues specially related to Jiangxi Province, which are discussed in project EIA/1999, are no longer applicable to Projectl2000. These include environmental assessment on Saicheng Lake migratory birds, impacts of project construction on Xunyang Tower and Pipa Tower in Jiujiang City of Jiangxi Province, and other Jiangxi related issues described in EIA/1999 such as environmental setting, project economic analysis, etc.. 4.3 Adjustments in Maps and Drawings As mentioned in Chapter 2, Figure 2-2 has been prepared to show clearly the World Bank financing involvement for Project/2000. Similarly, slight adjustments are needed in pertinent project maps and drawings in EIA/1999, which have been included in the "Description of Project/2000" (Ref. 1). 4.4 Adjustments in Project EIA/1999 Executive Summary The changes needed in project E4IA/1999 as mentioned above are also needed in EIA/1 999 Executive Summary. As explained in above chapters/sections, these adjustments have not affected the validity of the ELW1 999 as applied to Proj ect/2000. 8  CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The evaluation presented above shows, because EIA/1999 covers the entire Yangtze Project regardless of sources of financing, that the reduction/changes in the Bank's financing participation does not affect the EIA's evaluation of project effects on enviromnental resources, hence EIA/i999 remains applicable to Project/2000 as well as to Project/i999 with respect to these effects. However, deletion of Jiangxi province from the overall project does reduce the scope of the project Environmental Management Plan (EMP) required for ensuring that all of the EPMs specified in the EIA will be duly carried out. Hence S/EIA has been prepared to describe the modified EMP including updating of the associated figures and tables. Some other slight corresponding adjustments such as adjustments in maps and drawings are also identified and discussed in the S/EIA. REFERENCES (1) "Detailed Description of Project/2000 for Yangtze Dyke Strengthening Project", by Research Institute for Yangtze Water Resources Protection, March 2000, available in the Information Center, World Bank. g  Table 2-1 COMPARISON OF WORLD BANK FINANCING INVOLEMENT IN DYKE SECTIONS OF PROJECT/1999 AND PROJECT/2000 In Project/1999 In ProjecV2000 Hubei Province lubei Province Dyke Sections Sub-sections De Length (hn) )yke Sections Sub-sections 5Dyke Length (km) Xiabailizhou Xiabailizhou 37.37 Xiabailizhou Excluded ingnan Main Dyke Songzi 2.24 Jingnan Main Dyke Songci 2.24 Jingzhou 10.26 Jinzhou 10.26 Gongan 96 Gongan 96 Shishou 80.82 Shishou 80.82 Honghu Main Dyke Honghu 133.6 (Excluded) Jianli Main Dyke Jianli 95.34 (Excluded) Xianning Main Dyke Siyigong 40.22 Xianning Main Dyke (Excluded) . _ _ Hannan 47.72 (Excluded) Wujin 20.067 Wuiin 21.62 Chengjiaii 10.5 Shengjiaii 5.7 Xinzhou Dulong 29.25 Xinzhou Dulong 29.25 (Not Included) Wuqing 1.33 (Not Included) Wuhui 19.6 Yangtze Main Dike (Not Included) Yangtze Main Dike Zuoling 1.11 in Wuhan City (Not Included) in Wuhan City Shamao 1.7 (Not Included) lunshan 6.72 (Not Included) Zhulinhu 1.85 (Not Included) Lannihu 6.5 (Not Included) Jiangyong 3.72 (NotIncluded) Yanjiang 10.1 (Not Included) Wuchang 1.77 (Not Included) . Siyigong 17.491 (Not Included) Wuli 4.6 (Not Included) Wuhu 18 (Not Included) Chaihu 5.7 | Main Dyke in Changcheng 30 Main Dyke in Changcheng 30 Huanggang City Dulong 15.5 Huanggang City Dulong 15.5 Changsun 9.77 (Excluded) Bapu Dyke in Ezhou Bapu 43.6 Bapu Dyke in Ezhou Bapu 43.6 Yangxin Main Dyke Yangxin Haikou 30 (Excluded) Hunan Province Hunan Province Hunan Main Dyke U r Section 76.02 Hunan Main Dyke Upper Section 76.02 |Lower Section | 61.024 Lower Section | 61.024 Jiangxi Province ---_ Jiangxi Province liangxi Main Dyke Upper Section 46.46 (Excluded) . - Middle Section 29.76 (Excluded) . - Lower Section 66 58 (Excluded) 10  Figure 4-1 Estimated Costs for Monitoring Program Man-months HUNAN (104Yuan) HUBEl (104Yuan) N.ITEM ____ Construction Operation Construction Operation Construction Operation Period Period Period Period Period period I Resettlement 23 23 8 8 15 15 2 Land use 3 8 1 3 2 5 3 Aquatic species (ECI) 4 Public health 51 28 22 12 29 16 5 Dyke structural stability 0.7 2 0.3 1 0.4 1 6 Downstream impact 1.4 4 0.6 2 0.8 2 7 Emergency program 1.4 4 0.6 2 0.8 2 8 Borrow areas and spoils disposal (ECI) 9 Cultural relics/heritages (ECI) 10 Impacts on Dongting Lake flood 2 6 2 6 releasing _____ 11 Construction operation (ECI) constraints 12 Other SEls 40 16 24 13 Construction supervisor (ECI) 504 108 144 14 VEO 38 5 14 15 Total 163.5 34.5 230 41 16 Total ($US) $200,000 $42,500 $287,500 $51,000 Notes: Construction Period covers an estimated 4 year, and Operation Period covers an estimated 20 years.  FIGURE 4-2: TRAINING PROGRAM COSTS (in US dollars) No. of Training Length of Unit Rate, Subtotal, Travel Total, Program Personnel Classes Time, months $/month $ Expenses $ 1. Training for P/EMO Staff and VEOs in China 1.1 Chinese Faculty 2 1 4,000 8,000 8,000 1.2 P/EMO Staff 30 1 0.3 500 4,500 4,500 1.3 VEOs 30 2 0.3 375 6,750 6,750 Sub-total 19,250 2. Foreign Training Trip for Selected Officials in USA 2.1 Foreign Experts 1 1.0 25,000 25,000 - 25,000 2.2 Chinese trip participants 12 0.5 3,000 18,000 24,000 42,000 Sub-total 67,000 3. Totals 86,250 4. Facilities & Management (20%) _ 15,850 5. Total Cost 102,100 Hunan = 35,000 Hubei 67,100 Notes: 1. Costs for Chinese trip participants include $2,000/person for travelling and $100/person/day for hotel and meals. 2.Costs for foreign expert include costs for 2 weeks (10 work-days) time for trip planning and 15 days with the Chinese group.  Figure 2-1 t it > g a ; tt t m (