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Certification No:No.2834 EIA Certification
Environmental Impact Assessment Report
Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Development Demonstration in
Poor Areas Project (Gansu)
Prepared by: Guangzhou EP Environmental Engineering Ltd
In May, 2014
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Table of Content
1 GENERAL .............................................................................................................................................................- 1 -
1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................... - 1 - 1.2 COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... - 2 - 1.3 SUPPORTING EVIDENCE AND STANDARDS FOR ASSESSMENT ............................................................................... - 1 - 1.4 ASSESSMENT GATEGORY, CLASS, SCOPE AND TIME........................................................................................... - 12 - 1.5 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................... - 16 -
2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................... 18
2.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND COST ........................................................................................................................... 18 2.2 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ..................................................................... 18 2.3 TECHNICAL STANDARDS OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTIONS ........................................................................................ - 35 - 2.4 DUE DILIGENCY INVESTIGATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ - 38 -
3 THE BASELINE SITUATION OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND SOCIAL STATUS ......................- 41 -
3.1 NATURAL CONDITION OF PROJECT SITES .............................................................................................................. - 41 - 3.2 THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS IN PROJECT AREA ....................................................................................... - 45 - 3.3 NATURAL RESERVES, CULTURAL RELICS AND WATER SOURCE PROTECTION AREAS IN PROJECT AREAS ............ 47 3.4 SURVEY AND EVALUATION ON THE STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ............................................................. 48
4 ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION .......................... 57
5 IMPACT ANALYSIS ON AGRICULTURE ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................... 58
5.1 PLANTING ACTIVITY ................................................................................................................................................. 58
5.2 ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION ON LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT .............................. 74 5.3 PRODUCT PROCESSING .......................................................................................................................................... 86 5.4 RESOURCES CARRYING CAPACITY ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 87 5.5 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 95
6 ALTERNATIVE SCHEME ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 101
6.1 PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMPARISON ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 101 6.2 ZERO SCHEME ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................................... 101 6.3 COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MANURE TREATMENTS OF SMALL-SCALE HUSBANDRY ........................................ 104 6.4 COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MANURE TREATMENTS OF LARGE SCALE ANIMAL FARM ......................................... 108 6.5 COMPARISON OF RESIDUE FROM FARMLAND AND ORCHARD ......................................................................... 112
7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................ 114
7.1 DISCLOSURE ........................................................................................................................................................ 114 7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ...................................................................................................................................... 114 7.3 RESULTS.............................................................................................................................................................. 117
8. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN(EMP) ................................................ 132
8.1 INSTITUTE AND DUTY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT........................................................................... 132 8.2 MITIGATION MEASURES ...................................................................................................................................... 134 8.3 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING PLAN ................................................................................................... 166 8.4 ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN ........................................................................................................................ 169
9 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................................... - 174 -
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1 General
1.1 Background
1.1.1 Project Location and It’s Characteristics
Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Development Demonstration in Poor Areas Project covers
16 counties or districts of Dingxi, Qingyang, Tianshui, Pingliang, Linxia and Wuwei cities including
Longxi, Weiyuan, Tongwei, Lintao, An’ding, Huachi, Zhengning, Heshui, Huanxian, Zhang Jiachuan,
Zhuanglang, Jinning, Yongjing, Dongxiang and Gulang counties or districts totalling 56 townships
and 241 villages with comparative advantages for developing industries with special local features
and for income increasing industries in the Liupan Mountains of Gansu.
Gansu Province is an inland province located at the northwest and on the conjection of Losses
Plateau, Inner Mongolia Plateau and Qinghai and Tibetan Plateau with the crossing of inland river,
the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. It is one of the poorest provinces in China. The total land
area of Gansu is 454 thousand km2. Gansu has 14 cities or prefectures governing 86 counties or
cities, districts. By the end of 2012, the total population was 26570 thousand including 17830
thousand of rural population making up 67% of total provincial population. Gansu is a province
where many different Chinese ethnic groups lived. Population of 54 minority groups making up
9.3% of total provincial population. Among which, Dongxiang, Yugu and Baoan are the minorities
which only live in Gansu. In 2011, the GDP was CNY502 billion growing 12.5%. The fiscal
revenue was CNY45.04 billion growing 27.4%. The per capita disposable income of urban resident
was CNY14988 increasing 13.6%. The per capita net income of rural resident was CNY3909
increasing 14.2%. The province has abundant human resources with 12770 thousand labors including
5 million of surplus workforces (see more details in Annex 1), which is favorable for developing
labor-intensive industries. Moreover, the province has large areas of land and diversified ecologies
and climates, and is rich in light and heat resources. The temperature ranges differently between day
and night. And the province has little environment pollutions. It is favorable for agriculture with
local features and processing of green foods. And Gansu is the biggest provice for potato production,
the important areas for the production of apple, herbal medicine and plateau summer vegetables, and
is one of the biggest pastural provinces.
Besides those, Gansu has poor natural condition, small economic outputs with low per capita
GDP and high proportion of poverty. Those are the important factors for constraining the
development.
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1.1.2 Project Justifications
Chinese government will spend the World Bank loans to support 27 national designated poverty
stricken counties of three western provinces namely Guizhou, Sichuan and Gansu to implement
poverty alleviation and agriculture development demonstration in poor areas project. And in
accordance with relevant environment protection policies of Chinese government and the safeguard
policies of the World Bank, the environment assessment report and environment management plan
are required.
In order to take full consideration of environment impacts during project implementation and
mitigating negative impacts at project design, construction and operation stages, and in accordance
with Environment Protection Law of China, Environment Assessment Law of China, Environment
Management Regulation of Capital Project, the Circular on Improving Environment Assessment of
Project Financed by International Financial Institutions and OP4.01 of the World Bank, Guangzhou
EP Environment Engineering Ltd is contracted for the environment assessment of Poverty
Alleviation and Agriculture Development Demonstration in Poor Areas Project. Since assignment,
the company has made site surveys, collected data and carried out environment assessment in
accordance with Project Environment Assessment Outline with the considerations of project
characters, World Bank requirement and national procedures and requirement. The environment
assessment team has drafted the environment assessment report with the considerations of
environment assessment outline and comments of World Bank Pre-appraisal mission by analyzing
project activities and implementation plans, making in-depth site surveys, collecting lots of social,
economic and environmental data and monitoring environment quality.
1.1.3 Project Management Offices and Executive Agencies
1. Project Management Offices
Project management offices are consisted of the Project Leading Group, Foreign Capital Project
Management Center of Gansu Poverty Reduction Office and poverty reduction office in 16 counties
of 6 cities.
2. Project executive agencies: cooperative units, farmers and enterprises of 16 counties.
1.2 Compliance Analysis
1.2.1 Compliance with Sector Policies
State Council’s Opinions on Developing Modern Agriculture and Promoting the Building of
New Socialist Countryside has pointed out: 1. the development of modern agriculture and promotion
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of the building of new socialist countryside is the essential of adopting scientific development
outlook and the building of harmonious society, and is the important task for accelerating socialist
modernization; 2. to enhance constructions of rural infrastructure; 3. to development agriculture with
local features. It is to develop the tangible and intangible products and industries in complying with
local situations with special attentions on the hoticulture, breeding of special animals and rural
tourism; 4. to construct circulation facilities and develop new type of circulation system for
agricultural products. It is to construct a batch of markets for whole sale of agricultural products with
advanced infrastructures, sound founctions and regulated marketing standards; 5. to develop rural
cooperative units. It is to support the development of farmers’ cooperatives in accordance with the
Law of Farmers’ Professional Cooperatives. And it is to increase the investment of demonstrative
projects which were implemented by farmers’ cooperatives, and to support the activities including
marketing, technical training, processing and storage of agricultural products, and selling of
production materials of agriculture by adopting preferential tax and financial policies. Besides
those, starting from establishing modern agriculture and improving comprehensive agricultural
productions, the Decision made by the third plenary of 17th
CPC meeting has required to adopt large
scale of land consolidation activities and to greatly increase the proportion of stable high-yeild
farming lands.
The project is to improve infrastructures, construct the supporting field facilities, and build
markets for sale of livestocks and agricultural products. And the project is to develop productions
with special local features such as the breeding of cattles, sheeps and pigs, and the production of
potatoes, astragas, and codonopsis. Besides those, it is to support farmers’ professional cooperatives,
provide technical trainings, and encourage farmers’ participations in project activities to improve the
coverage of cooperatives and the level of technical skills.
In accordance with the Catalogue of Guidance on the Adjustment of Industrial Structure (2011
version and 2013 revision), project activities belong to the catalogue of encouraged agriculture and
forestry development including constructions of bases for agricultural productions, tractor roads
(bridges), rehabilitation of low-yield farm lands and construction of stable and high-yield farm lands;
and the catalogue of encouraged water conservancy projects including the development of efficient
water distribution and supple system, the adoption of water-saving irrigation technologies, and the
constructions of water conservancy facilities (field canals, culverts and pumping stations. Therefore,
the project meets the requirement of national sector policies and belongs to the catalogue of
encouraged projects.
As the results, project implementation is to fullfill the spirits of the Opinions and the Decision,
and meets the relevant government policies.
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1.2.2 Compliance with Plannings
The analysis of compliance with the 12th
Five-year Plan on Economic and Social Development of
China and the Master Plan on Rural Poverty Alleviation of China (2011 to 2020) is the same as those
of Sichuan Province.
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Table 1.2-1 Compliance with the 12th Five-year Plan on Economic and Social Development of Gansu Province
Plan Content of the Plan Project Activity Compliance
Analysis
The 12th
Five-year
Plan on
Economic
and Social
Development
of Gansu
Province
Rural
infrastructure
To provide safe drinking water to 8.9 million rural
population; the coverage of tap-water in administrative
villages reach to 70%; to provide biogas to 700 thousand
households; concrete roads in administrative villages reach
to 80%; to accelerate the progress on rural power net and
small hydropower with electricity coverage at townships
and villages reach to 100%; to complete rehabilitation of
dangerous houses for 1.2 million households; to provide
houses for 15 thousand herdsmen; to complete environment
improvement tasks of 100 demonstration townships and
1000 demonstration villages.
The project includes activities such as rural and
production roads construction and concretions, which
are to improve local environment and promote
industrial development.
Complied
with the
Plan.
Modern
agriculture
To protect farmlands and improve grain production; to
promote the development of local competitive agriculture
such as potato production; to promote the animal breeding
such as pigs and dairy cows and the aquatic production; to
promote ecological agriculture such as pollution-free
product, green product and organic products; to support of
farmer’s professional cooperation and local leading
agricultural enterprises; and to improve the application of
science and technologies in agriculture.
The project will not occupy any farmland for
infrastructure construction. The forage and fruit trees
will be planted in wasted areas. And as located in
Mountain Liu Panshan, the project areas have good
foundations for animal breeding and crop plantation.
Besides those, the project is to develop green
products and promote the development of local
competitive industries through training, the
establishment of farmer cooperation and the building
of local brands etc.
Complied
with the
Plan.
New socialist
countryside
To improve the planning of new countryside; to improve
rural environments, promote scientific application of
fertilizer, pesticide and plastic mulching film, and control of
pollutions from large-scale animal farms.
The project is to strengthen technical training,
develop pest management plan, promote appropriate
application of fertilizers and pesticides and control
pollutions of large-scale animal farms.
Complied
with the
Plan.
Income of rural
people
To execute agriculture related policies; to improve the skills
of farmers; to increase rural incomes; and to expand more
income-generating sources for farmers.
The project is to promote the development of local
industries, increase the incomes of farmers, promote
local economic development and reduce poverty
through the development of rural infrastructure.
Complied
with the
Plan.
Table 1.2-2 Compliance with the Master Plan on Rural Poverty Alleviation of Gansu Province (2011 to 2020)
Plan Content of the Plan Project Activity
Compli
ance
Analysi
s
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The
Mast
er
Plan
on
Rura
l
Pove
rty
Alle
viati
on of
Gans
u
Provi
nce
(201
1 to
2020
)
Obje
ctives
As described in the Implementation Regulation, the
poverty reduction of Gansu is: to improve the capacity on
development in poor areas; to set up the system of local
competitive industries; to improve the equal access to
basic health; to improve the living conditions to
provincial average; the ecological environment is
improved greatly. Besides those, the growth of per capita
net income of targeted farmers is higher than provincial
average by 2% to 3%; to provide compulsory education,
basic health services and houses to the targeted people.
Moreover, by 2015 and 2020, the water conservation
projects, the development of local competitive industries,
transportation, drinking water facilities, power
infrastructure for both living and production, the
rehabilitation of rural dangerous houses, education,
medical services, family planning, culture, and social
security should be improved by a large margin.
The project is to support the development of farmer’s cooperation, promote
the development of local competitive industries, expand local industrial
chains and reduce poverty by exploring new mechanisms.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Targe
ts
Based on the consecutive poverty stricken areas(including
Mountain Liu Panshan, Mountain Qinba and Tibet
areas), to promote regional development through
poverty reduction efforts.
The majority of 16 project counties are the designated counties for poverty
reduction in Mountain Liu Panshan. The counties are of characters such as
large number poor population, poor infrastructure, and weak capacity in
resisting the natural disasters. And its agriculture is of poor technologies and
poor management.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Pover
ty
reduc
tion
by
secto
r
To improve infrastructure, develop local competitive
industries, carry out poverty reduction through spreading
science and technologies, promote education, public
health and population management, improve social
security system and give priority to energy and
eco-environment.
The project is to promote the development of potatoes, herbal medicine,
apples and animal breeding, support farmer cooperation on brand registration,
transportation, processing and marketing to expand industrial chain and
improve pollution control under the conditional grant component.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Inter
natio
nal
coop
eratio
n
In accordance with regional poverty reduction principles,
to accelerate the promulgation of regional master plan on
poverty reduction; to strengthen cooperation with
Tianjian and Xiamen on the twinning assistance program;
and to encourage and support non-government
organizations and individual person to join in poverty
reduction programs through twinning assistance arrangements.
The project financing consists by the World Bank lending and the counterpart
funds. Under the cooperation with the World Bank, the project is to be the
showcase for more international supports on poverty reduction. Besides the
funding inputs, the project is to learn best international practice and explore
new mechanism on reducing poverty in China in complying with domestic
situations.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Table 1.2-3 Compliance with the Master Plan on Regional Development and Poverty Alleviation in Mountain Liu Panshan (2011
to 2020)
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Plan Content of the Plan Project Activity
Compli
ance
Analysi
s
M
aster
Plan
on
Regio
nal
Devel
opme
nt and
Pover
ty
Allevi
ation
in
Moun
tain
Liu
Pansh
an
(2011
Coverage
The consecutive poverty stricken areas of Mountain Liu
Panshan cover four provinces including Shanxi, Gansu,
Qinghai and Ningxia. It is the key areas in national
poverty reduction efforts. The master plan covers 69
counties including 61 counties in Mountain Liu
Panshan. Besides those, there are 49 national designated
poverty stricken counties, 12 old revolutionary bases
and 20 ethnic minority counties in these areas.
The majority of 16 project counties are the designated counties for
poverty reduction in Mountain Liu Panshan. The counties are of
characters such as large number poor population, poor infrastructure, and
weak capacity in resisting the natural disasters. And its agriculture is of
poor technologies and poor management.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Developm
ent
objective
To reduce poverty stricken population by half and build
solid foundation for a prosperous society by 2015; and
to ensure access to compulsory education, basic health
services and houses by 2020.
The project is to support the development of farmer’s cooperation,
promote the development of local competitive industries, expand local
industrial chains and reduce poverty by exploring new mechanisms.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Industrial
developm
ent
To develop market-oriented industrial development,
promote industry restructuring and recycle economy,
and accelerate regional development.
To take considerations of the industrial development in long-term and
the increase of income in short-term, and the protection local
eco-environment. The production potatoes, herbal medicines, apples
and animal breeding are selected as the leading industries for
development.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Improvem
ent on
rural
production
and living
conditions
To improve the living quality of rural people and the
living conditions with the priority on improving
agricultural production conditions, living environment
and the establishment of small towns and villages.
The project activities include rural roads construction and concretion,
water conservation projects, power facilities and trading markets, which
are of great importance in improving rural living and production
conditions.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
Job
generation
and
human
resources
developm
ent
To adjust employment structure, expand source of jobs,
and improve related services. And to improve
vocational training and develop rural human resources
by consolidating various training resources.
The project will generate more jobs during construction period. And
with the input of funds and trainings, the vocational skills of rural people
can be improved and their incomes will be increased after project
completion.
Compli
ed with
the Plan.
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to
2020)
Eco-envir
onment
protection
To strengthen eco-environment protection through the
conservation of natural forestry, returning farmlands to
forestry and grasslands and de-desertification measures,
and with the adoption of policies on national functional
zones, and the prevention of natural disasters and
climate changes.
The project will not occupy any farmland for infrastructure construction.
The forage and fruit trees will be planted in wasted areas. And as located
in Mountain Liu Panshan, the project areas have good foundations for
animal breeding and crop plantation. Besides those, the project is to
propose feasible measures to reduce pollutions in project design,
implementation, operation and maintenance.
Compli
ed with
the
Plan.
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1.2.3 Compliance with Water Conservancy Plans
National Water Conservancy Development Plan (2011 to 2015) requires to increase the
farmland with effective irrigations. It requires to increase 40000 thousand mu of farmland with
effective irrigations by 2015 in complying with the plan to increase 100 billion kg of grain capability.
And it requires to accelerate the constructions of small water conservancy project giving priority to
major grain and agriculture counties, to improve the field irrigation facilities focusing on the
combination of project constructions with farming, mechanical and chemistry methods, and to
strengthen the engineering support between water irrigation and discharge, main cannals and field
canals. Besides those, it requires to develop middle and small scale water conservancy projects that
suit local conditions, and support to construct five types of small scale water conservancy projects
including small water cellar in hilly areas, small pool, small water pond, small pump station and
small canal. Besides those, it requires to improve water saving in agricultural production. It requires
to take water saving irrigation as the basic measure and important strategy in developing modern
agriculture, and expand the usage of water saving technologies in line with local conditions such as
anti-seepage measure, canal irrigation, micro-irrigation, drip-irrigation and spray-irrigation. It
requires to develop dry-land farming by adopting technologies such as plastic mulching, deep
loosening and deep ploughing, and conservation tillage. It requires to promote the scale and
industralization of water saving efficiency technologies and support water saving projects giving
priority of water shortage area, ecological vanerable area and major grain production area. Besides
those, it plans to increase 50000 thousand mu of effective irrigation area within 5 years. And the
effective coefficient of irrigation water usage for farmland will reach 0.53 or higher. Moreover, it
requires to develop water conservancy projects in pastoral areas and construct forage bases with
effective irrigations.
12th Five-year Plan on National Water Saving Irrigation requires to scale up the usage of
effective irrigation technologies in effective irrigated areas such as anti-seepage technology,
low-pressure piping irrigation, spray irrigation and micro-irrigation. And it requires to scale up the
constructions of field canals and pipes and the upgrading of water saving facilities in large and
middle irrigation areas (mainly in 13 major grain production areas and in the north especially in the
northwest which are short of water).
The irrigation canal constructions component of the project meets the requirement of the
relevant water conservancy plans such as the National Water Conservancy Development Plan (2011
to 2015) and the 12th Five-year Plan on National Water Saving Irrigation Development.
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1.2.4 Compliance with Environment Protection Plans
The 12th Five-year Plan on National Environment Protection requires to strengthen
environment protection in rural areas and improve the control and prevention of pollutions from crop
production and animal husbandary. It requires to use biological pesticides and pesticides with low
toxic and low residue. And it requires to adopt pollution-free disposal method for pesticide packages.
It requires to scale up the formula fertilization. Besides those, it requires to develop the ecological
agriculture and organic agriculture. Moreover, it requires to improve the utilization of agriculture
wastes such as wasted plastic mulch and staws.
The construction of apple production bases and potato production bases and the adoption of the
formula fertilization under the project are in compliance with the 12th Five-year Plan on National
Environment Protection.
1.2.5 Compliance with Local Plans
The project mainly consists of crop production, animal husbandary, infrastructure construction
and processiong of herbal medicines. And it fully meets the relevant local plans including the 12th
Five-year Plan on Comprehensive Agriculture Development of Gansu, the 12th Five-year Plan on
Agriculture Development of Gansu, the 12th Five-year Plan on Water Conservancy Development of
Gansu, and the 12th Five-year Plan on Environment Protection of Gansu.
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1.3 Supporting Evidence and Standards for Assessment
The supporting evidence and standards for assessment include national laws, regulations,
environment protection laws and regulations, sector regulations and technical standards, and the
policies and guidelines of the World Bank, which are the same as those of Sichuan Province.
1.3.1 Local Laws and Regulations
(1) Decisions of Gansu Provincial People’s Government on Environment Protection, No.12
document issued by the Provincial Government in 1997;
(2) Plan on Regional Development and Poverty Reduction in Areas of Liu Panshan
Mountains (2011 to 2020);
(3) Regulations on Environment Protection of Gansu Province, revised in 2004;
(4) Opinions of Gansu Provincial People’s Government on Strengthening Environment
Protection with the Adoption of Scientific Development Outlook, No.73 document issued
by the Provincial Government on September 9th
, 2006;
(5) Notice on the Adoption of the Interim Measures of Public Participation in
Environmental Impact Assessment, No.98 document issued by Gansu Provincial
Environment Protection Bureau in 2001;
(6) Plan on Surface Water Functional Areas of Gansu Province (2012 to 2030), issued by
the Provincial Government in January of 2013;
(7) Some Opinions on Further Supporting Social and Economic Development of Gansu;
(8) 12th
Five-year Environment Protection Plan of Gansu Province, issued on July 16th
,
2012;
(9) Notice of Gansu Provincial Environment Protection Bureau on the Implementation of
the 12th
Five-year Environment Protection Plan of Gansu Province, issued on October 10th
,
2012;
(10) Notice of the General Office of Gansu Provincial People’s Government on the
Publication of the Implementation Plan of the 12th
Five-year Provincial Priority Specific
Plans of Gansu Province, No.52 document issued by the General Office of Provincial
Government;
(11) Circular Economy Master Plan of Gansu Province;
(12) Plan of Ecological Function Areas of Gansu Province;
(13) Regulations on Nature Reserve Administration of Gansu Province, issued on September
26th
, 1999;
(14) Regulations of Gansu Province on the Implementation of Wildlife Animal Protection
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Law (revised in 2004);
(15) Regulations on Wetland Protection of Gansu Province, enforced on February 2nd
, 2004;
(16) Regulations of Gansu Province on the Implementation of Land Management Law
(amendement), passed by the Fourth Session of the 7th
Provincial CPPCC Meeting on
September 20th
1988;
(17) Regulations on Forst Land Conservation of Gansu Province, passed by the 11th
Session
of the 11th
Provincial CPPCC Meeting on September 25th
2009;
(18) Technical Standards on Animal Epidemic Prevention of Livestock and Poultry
Breeding of Gansu Province;
(19) Notice on the Publication of the Technical Standards on Animal Epidemic Prevention
of Livestock and Poultry Breeding of Gansu Province, No.35 document of Provincial
CDC;
(20) Revitalization Plan of Revolutionary Base in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, No.781
document of the Western Department of the National DRC in 2012;
(21) Regulations on Conservation Areas Administration for Drinking Water in Linxia Hui
Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, No.11 Announcement of the 13th
Prefecture
CPPCC Meeting issued and enforced on August 5th
2010;
(22) Regulations on Food Safety Traceability of Gansu Province (trial version), issued on
February 17th
2014;
(23) Regulations on Agricultrual Product Safety Traceability of Gansu Province (trial
version), issued on February 17th
2014;
(24) Regulations on Waste Mulch Film Recycle of Gansu Province, passed by the 6th
Plenary Session of the 12th
Provincial CPPCC Meeting on November 29th
2013;
(25) Regulations on the Administration of Forage and Livestock Balance of Gansu Province,
issued on November 1st 2012;
(26) Regulations on Grazing Prohibitation in Grasslands of Gansu Province, No.95 Order of
Provincial Government issued on January 1st 2013;
(27) Regulations on Rural Poverty Reduction of Gansu Province, issued on May 1st 2007;
(28) Agricultural Plan Quarantine Regulations of Gansu Province, issued on December 1st
2007;
(29) Regulations on Agricultural Ecological Environment Protection of Gansu Province,
No.61 annoucement of Provincial CPPCC issued on March 1st 2008;
(30) Regulations on Rural Energy Development Management of Gansu Province, amended
on June 4th
2004;
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(31) Regulations on Management of Large and Middle Scale Biogas Projects for Animal
Breeding Farm of Gansu Province, No.512 document of Provincial DRC in 2009;
(32) Agricultural Pesticides Management Regulation of Gansu Province, No.8 Order of
Provincial Government issued on January 1st 2004;
(33) Regulations on Forest Environment Protection of Gansu Province, No.41 announcement
of Provincial CPPCC issued on June 1st 2011;
1.3.2 Project Documents
(1) The 12th Five-year Plan on Economic and Social Development of China;
(2) The 12th
Five-year Plan on Economic and Social Development of Gansu Province;
(3) The Rural Poverty Alleviation Outline of China (2011 to 2020);
(4) The Rural Poverty Alleviation Outline of Gansu Province;
(5) The Plan on Regional Development and Poverty Alleviation in Mountain Liu
Panshan (2011-2020);
(6) Feasibility Study Report of Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Development
Demonstration in Poor Areas Project (Gansu);
(7) Environment Impact Assessment Outline of Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture
Development Demonstration in Poor Areas Project (Gansu);
(8) Aid Memorandums of the Identification, Preparation and Pre-appraisal Missions
of the World Bank.
1.3.3 Assessment Standard
Most general standards are the same as those of Sichuan Province. The standards are described
as follows for easy reference during implementation.
1. Standards on Surface Water
(1)Standard: class III standards of Standard on Surface Water Quality (GB3838-2002)
will be referred. The details are shown in Table 1.3-1.
Table 1.3-1 Surface Water Quality Standard (extract) Unit: mg/L except pH value
Item pH DO CODCr BOD5
Amm
onia
nitro
gen
SS LAS petroleu
m Total phosphorus
II 6~9 ≥6 ≤15 ≤3 ≤0.5 ≤20 ≤0.2 ≤0.05 ≤0.1(lake and reservoir
water≤0.05)
III 6~9 ≥5 ≤20 ≤4 ≤1.0 ≤30 ≤0.2 ≤0.05 ≤0.2(lake and reservoir
water≤0.025)
IV 6~9 ≥3 ≤30 ≤6 ≤1.5 ≤60 ≤0.3 ≤0.5 0.3(lake and reservoir
water≤0.1)
Remarks: SS standards are referred to standard values of Class II, III and IV in Surface Water Quality Standard.
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(2)Discharge standard: the project will be implemented in rural areas in which there is no
sewage facility besides digestion tanks. The waste water will be used for irrigation purpose only after
preliminary treatment during project implementation. And the combination of pre-treatment and
irrigation measures will be used for the waste water of animal farms during operation period. The
class I specifications of the Discharge Standard of Waste Water(GB8978-1996)will be referred for
animal farms with sewage treatment facilities. And the Standard on Irrigation Water Quality
(GB5084-2005)will be referred to those without sewage treatment facility.
Table 1.3-2 The Discharge Standard of Waste Water (extract) unit: mg/L(except pH)
Item pH COD BOD5
Animal or
Plant
Oil
Petroleum NH3-N SS
Class I 6~9 100 20 10 5 15 70
Table 1.3-3 The Standard on Irrigation Water Quality (extract)
unit: mg/L(except pH)
Item Indicator
GB5084-2005
For dry-land irrigation
(mg/L)
GB18596-2001(mg/L)
Project Standard
(mg/L)
1 pH 5.5-8.5 — 5.5-8.5
2 CODCr≤ 200 400 200
3 BOD5≤ 100 150 100
4 SS≤ 100 200 100
5 Ammonia
Nitrogen≤ — 80 80
6 Total
Phosphorus≤ — 8.0 8.0
8 Total Coliform
groups≤ 4000 pieces/100mL 1000 pieces/100mL 1000 pieces/100mL
9 Ascaris eggs≤ 2.0 pieces/L 2.0 pieces/L 2.0 pieces/L
Table 1.3-4 The Standard for Drinking Water Quality (GB5749-2006)
Name of
Disinfectant
Contact Time
with Water
Limitation of Effluent
Water/(mg/L)
Residual Limitation of
Effluent Water/(mg/L)
Residual Limitation
of Tap
Water/(mg/L)
Chlorine and free
chlorine preparation
(free chlorine)
≥30min 4 ≥0.3 ≥0.05
Monochloramine
(TN)
≥120min 3 ≥0.5 ≥0.05
Ozone ≥12min 0.3 - 0.02
If chlorine is added,
TN≥0.05
Chlorine dioxide ≥30min 0.8 ≥0.1 ≥0.02
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2. Standard on Ambient Air Quality
The class II criteria of the Standard on Ambient Air Quality (GB3095-1996) and the Hygienic
Standard for the Design of Industrial Enterprises (TJ36-79) are referred under the project. And the
standard values are shown in Table 1.3-5.
Table 1.3-5 Ambient Air Quality Standard Value (extract) Unit: mg/m3
Item Indicator GB3095-1996 Class II
1 hour average Daily average Annual average
1 CO 10.00 4.00 —
2 SO2 0.50 0.15 0.06
3 NO2 0.24 0.12 0.08
4 PM10 — 0.15 0.10
5 TSP — 0.30 0.30
(2)Discharge standard
The class II criteria of the Emission Standard of Odorous Pollutants (GB14554-1993) and the
class II criteria of the Standard of Atmospheric Pollutants Emission(GB16297- 1996) are referred
for management of waste gas. The standard values are shown in Table 1.3-6.
Table 1.3-6 The Standard of Atmospheric Pollutants Emission unit: mg/m3,the
concentration of odorous gas is dimensionless
Pollutant
Maximum Allowable Emission
Rate
(15m Exhausting Pipe)
Concentration Limit at
Fugitive Emission Reference
Point Standard
Concentration
(mg/m3)
Rate(kg/h) Reference
point
Concentration
(mg/m3)
SO2 550 2.6 Maximum
concentration
point outside
perimeter
0.40
Class II criteria,
GB16297-1996 NO2 240 0.77 0.12
TSP 120 3.5 1.0
Ammonia / 4.9
Concentration
limit at
boundary
1.5
Class II criteria,
GB14554-1993
Hydrogen
sulfide / 0.33 0.06
Odorous gas
concentration / 2000 20
The Emission Standard of Cooking Fume (trial version, GB18483-2001)will be referred under
the project. The criteria are shown in Table 1.3-7 and Table 1.3-8.
Talbe 1.3-7 The Emission Standard of Cooking Fume (GB18483-2001)by Different Scale
of Enterprises
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Scale Small Middle Large
Number of standard stove ≥1, <3 ≥3,<6 ≥6
Total efficiency (108J/h) 1.67 ,<5.00 ≥5.00,<10 ≥10
Total projected area (m2) ≥1.1,<3.3 ≥3.3,<6.6 ≥6.6
Table 1.3-8 The Highest Concentration Permitted and the Lowest Eliminating Efficiency
of Purifying Facilities
Scale Small Middle Large
The highest concentration permitted
(mg/m3)
2.0
The lowest eliminating efficiency(%) 60 75 85
3. Standard on noise
(1)Quality standard
The project will be implemented in rural areas. And the class II criteria of the Environment
Quality Standard on Noise(GB3096-2008) will be referred under the project. The criteria are
shown in Table 1.3-9.
Table 1.3-9 Noise Assessment Standard unit: dB(A)
Class Day Time(dB) Night Time(dB) Source of Standard
I 55 45 Environment Quality Standard on Noise
(GB3096-2008)
Discharge standard: the class I criteria of the Emission Standard of Environment Noise at
Boundary of Construction Site(GB12523-2011)will be referred. The criteria are shown in Table
1.3-10.
Table 1.3-10 Emission Standard of Environment Noise at Boundary of Construction Site unit:dB
(A)
Day Time Night Time
70 55
The class I criteria of the Emission Standard for Community Life (GB22337-2008) will be
referred under the project. The criteria are shown in Table 1.3-11.
Time
Standard Day Time Night Time
GB22337-2008 Class I 55 45
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4. Standard on underground water quality
The class III criteria of the Standard on Underground Water Quality GB/T14848-93)will be
referred under the project. The criteria are shown in Table 1.3-12.
Table 1.3-12 The Standard on Underground Water Quality
Standard Item Class of
Protection Criteria
Class of
Execution
Criteria Class of
Execution
Criteria
Standard on
Undergroun
d Water
Quality
(GB/T1484
8-93)
pH
Ⅲ
6.5~8.5
Ⅳ
5.5~6.5,
8.5~9
Ⅴ
<5.5,>9
Permanga
nate index ≤3.0g/L ≤10g/L >10 g/L
Total
hardness ≤450mg/L ≤550mg/L >550mg/L
Iron ≤0.3mg/L ≤1.5mg/L >1.5 mg/L
Manganes
e ≤0.1mg/L ≤1.0 mg/L >1.0 mg/L
Sulfate ≤250mg/L ≤350mg/L >350 mg/L
Chloride ≤250mg/L ≤350mg/L >350 mg/L
Nitrate ≤20mg/L ≤30 mg/L >30 mg/L
Nitrite ≤0.02mg/L ≤0.1 mg/L >0.1 mg/L
Fluoride ≤1.0mg/L ≤2.0mg/L >2.0 mg/L
Arsenic ≤0.05mg/L ≤0.05mg/L >0.05 mg/L
Hg ≤0.001mg/L ≤0.001mg/L >0.001mg/L
The comparisons between the discharge standard of pollutants for livestock and poultry breeding
with that of the World Bank, between the standard of crop plantation with that of the World Bank,
and between the standard of food product processing with that of the World Bank are the same as
those of Sichuan Province. The details are shown as follows for easy reference under the project.
5. The discharge standards for livestock and poultry breeding farms
(1)The Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Livestock and Poultry Breeding
The above standard(GB18596-2001)is to manage pollutants of large livestock and poultry
farms and breeding areas, and the environment impact assessment, design and acceptance
inspection of those farms and breeding areas and the discharges during operation period. The
criteria for different scale of farms are shown in Table 1.3-13 and Table 1.3-14.
Table1.3-13 Livestock and Poultry Farm by Scale (number in stock)
Type Pig (head) Chicken(head) Cattle(head)
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Scale (more than
25kg) Egg chicken Meat chicken cow Beef cattle
ClassⅠ ≥3000 ≥100000 ≥200000 ≥200 ≥400
Class Ⅱ 500≤Q<3000 15000≤Q<100000 30000≤Q<200000 100≤Q<200 200≤Q<400
Table1.3-14 Livestock and Poultry Breeding Areas by Scale (number in stock)
Type
Scale
Pig (head)
(more than
25kg)
Chicken(head) Cattle(head)
Egg chicken Meat chicken cow Beef cattle
ClassⅠ ≥6000 ≥200000 ≥400000 ≥400 ≥800
Class Ⅱ 3000≤Q<6000 100000≤Q<200000 200000≤Q<400000 200≤Q<400 400≤Q<800
Remarks: Q represents the number of breeding.
The maximum numbers of breeding such as cattle breeding (maximum 12 heads/farm),
household sheep breeding (maximum 100 heads/household), household pig breeding (maximum 3
heads/household) are less that the minimum criteria of the standard(GB18596-2001). Therefore, the
standard is not applied to the management of pollutants of livestock and poultry breeding activities
under the project. Based on site visits, the waste water from livestock and poultry breeding will be
collected and fermented for irrigation. The Standard on Irrigation Water Quality (GB5084-2005)
will be applied to waste water management in accordance with the flow of discharge. Besides those,
the solid wastes will be composted as manure.
In order to supervise waste water management, the comparison between the Standard on
Irrigation Water Quality (GB5084-2005) with the Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines in
Mammal, Livestock and Poultry of the World Bank was made. The results are shown in Table 1.3-15.
Table 1.3-15 Standards Comparison – proportion in waste water
Pollutant Unit ESH GB5084-2005
Water land Dry land Vegetable
pH pH 6~9 5.5~8.5
BOD mg/L 50 60 100 40a,15
b
Oxygen demand mg/L 250 150 200 100 a,60
b
Total nitrogen mg/L 10 / / /
Total phosphorus mg/L 2 / / /
Oil and grease mg/L 10 / / /
Total suspended solids mg/L 50 80 100 60a,15
b
Temperature rise ℃ <3b / / /
Total coliform groups MPNa/100mL 400 / / /
Remarks: a and b in ESH. A: MPN= most probable number; b在综合考虑环境水质、承受水域用途、潜在接受体和同化能力的基础上,按科学方法认定一个
混合区,此为混合区边缘的温度升高。
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A in irrigation water quality standard means the processing, and cooking of pickled vegetable;
B means the edible vegetable, melon and fruit.
The Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines in Mammal, Livestock and Poultry of the
World Bank is to manage the waste water which is discharged to the surface water after sediment +
biological treatment (anaerobic and aerobic) + disinfection processing. The indicators of pollutants
are higher than those of the Irrigation Water Quality Standard(GB5084-2005). The project will be
implemented in rural areas that where the waste water treatment facilities are poor. As the results, the
World Bank standard is inapplicable to the project.
Based on site visits, there are a lot of farmlands and forestry close to livestock and poultry farms.
And the waste water of the livestock and poultry farm will be used for irrigation after sediment and
simple anaerobic treatment. Besides those, the Irrigation Water Quality Standard is applicable to
surface water, underground water and waste water from animal farms. With the considerations of
waste water discharge, the project location and the execution of standards, the Irrigation Water
Quality Standard (GB5084-2005)will be applicable to the project.
(2)Standard on harmless treatment of wastes of livestock and poultry breeding
① The breeding farm should set up fixed facilities or places for wastes with the adoption of
measures to avoid fecal leakage and overflow.
② The harmless treatment must be adopted to animal fecal before being used as manure in
farmlands.
③ The discharge of wastes into surface water or other environments is forbidden. The amount of
animal fecal can not exceed the maximum load of the farmlands to avoid the non-point source
pollution and underground water pollution.
④ The proportion of pollutants in wastes after harmless treatment should meet the following
standards.
Table 1.3-16 Standard on Harmless Treatment of Wastes (GB18596-2001)
Item Indicator
Ascaris eggs Mortality ≥95%
Coliform groups ≤105 pieces/kg
(3)Odorous pollutants in livestock and poultry breeding
The emission of odorous pollutants in livestock and poultry breeding of large scale will refer to
the standards in Table 1.3-17.
Table 1.3-17 Standard on Emission of Odorous Pollutants in Livestock and Poultry
Breeding of Large Scale GB18596-2001)
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Control Item Standard Value
Odorous gas concentration (dimensionless) 70
6. Standards on agricultural production
The inappropriate irrigation and fertilization will bring negative impacts upon the environment.
The water quota for agricultural production has been set up with the considerations of location of
production activities. The Water Quota by Industry of Gansu Province is referred for the assessment.
The details are shown in Table 5.4-1. The amount of waste water/urine and fecal in unit land is
calculated based on the Rules on Total Emission of Major Pollutants in 12th Five-year Plan Period.
The details are shown in Chapter 5.5 (environment capacity analysis).
The amount of water and the amount of fertilizer are set up in the Environment, Health and
Safety Guidelines for Annual Crops of the World Bank by the nutritional requirement of annual crops
and the water consumption of specific annual crops. The details are shown in Table 1.3-18 and Table
1.3-19.
Table 1.3-18 Nutritional Requirement of Annual Crops (EHS
of the World Bank)
Annual Crop Nutrition/yield(kg/100kg)b
N P2O5 K2O MgO
Grain 2.30~3.15 0.94~1.37 1.88~3.62 0.30~0.46
Potato and beetroot for
forage 0.31 0.10~0.15 0.42~0.79 0.02~0.11
Maize for forage 0.38 0.14 0.70 0.08
Clove and alfalfa 0.80 0.16 0.70 0.08
Mix of green grasses 0.40 0.14 0.60 0.05
Remarks: institute of soil science and plant cultivation, pulawy, Poland,1999.
b bby-product.
Table 1.3-19 Water Consumption of Specific Annual Crops (EHS of the World Bank)
Annual crop
Water consumption b
(mm,whole growth
period)
Typical yield and efficiency a
Maize 500~800
With irrigation, the economic productivity of good maize ranges 6~
9t/hm2(including 10%~13% of wet). The water efficiency of
economic yield varies based on different varieties ranging 0.8~
1.6kg/m3
Sorghum/broom
com millet 450~650
The maximum yield (including 12% to 15% of wet) can be achieved
when water consumption ranges from 3.5t to 5t for each ha of land.
The water efficiency of economic yield ranges between 0.6 to 1.0kg/m3
Potato 500~700
With irrigation, the yield of crops which have 120 days of growth is
around 25t to 35t for each ha of land in temperate and subtropical
zones and 15to to 25t in tropical zone. The water efficiency ranges 4 to
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7kg/m3 based on fruits with 70% to 75% of wet.
Wheat
450~650(high yield)
With irrigation, a good yield of wheat ranges between 4t to 6t/hm2
(12%~15% wet). The water efficiency ranges between 0.8 to 1.0
kg/m3
Remarks:aFAO(2002a)。
bFAO AGL(1991)。
Because of different units used in the EHS of the World Bank and the Water Quota by
Industry in Gansu, the comparison is irrelevant. With full considerations, the Water Quota by
Industry in Gansu and the Rule on Total Emission of Major Pollutants in 12th Five-year Plan
Period will be referred under the project.
7. Standards on food processing
The food processing mainly includes the preliminary processing of codonopsis and astragalus
(cleaning, selecting, slicing, airing, packaging and storing).
In according to the EHS of the World Bank, the emission of particulate from food processing
industry should not exceed 50mg/m3, which is higher than the emission limits (TSP<120 mg/m3)of
national standard(GB16297-1996). For environment protection and sustainable development of
enterprises, the environment impact assessment suggests to adopt ≤50 mg/m3 as the standard for
emission of particulate in waste gas. The class II criteria of the Emission Standard on Atmospheric
Pollutant (GB16297- 1996)will be applied to other pollutants. The standard on waste water
discharge for food and beverage industry is shown in Table 1.3-20.
Based on the relevant regulations, the codonopsis and astragalus processing enterprises are not
required to be equipped with waste water treatment facilities due to small amount of investment. The
waste water will be collected, pre-treated in digestion tank and used to irrigate farmlands. As the
results, the irrigation water quality standard will be applied under the project.
Table 1.3-20 Comparison between the World Bank Standard and the National Standard –
Proportion of Pollutants in Waste Water of Food and Beverage Industry
Pollutant unit EHS National Standard(GB5084-2005)
Irrigated land Dry land vegetable
pH pH 6~9 5.5~8.5
BOD mg/L 50 60 100 40a,15
b
Oxygen demand mg/L 250 150 200 100 a,60
b
Total nitrogen mg/L 10 / / /
Total phosphorus mg/L 2 / / /
Oil and grease mg/L 10 / / /
Total suspended
solids mg/L 50
80 100 60a,15
b
Temperature rise ℃ <3b / / /
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Total coliform
groups MPN
a/100mL 400
/ / /
Remarks: a and b in ESH. A: MPN= most probable number; b在综合考虑环境水质、承受水域用途、潜在接受体和同化能力的基础上,按科学方法认定一个
混合区,此为混合区边缘的温度升高。
A in irrigation water quality standard means the processing, and cooking of pickled vegetable;
The Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines in Food and Beverage Industry of the World
Bank is to manage the waste water which is discharged to the surface water after sediment +
biological treatment (anaerobic and aerobic) + disinfection processing. The indicators of pollutants
are higher than those of the Irrigation Water Quality Standard(GB5084-2005)except COD. And the
project will be implemented in rural areas that where the waste water treatment facilities are poor. As
the results, the World Bank standard is inapplicable to the project.
1.4 Assessment Gategory, Class, Scope and Time
1.4.1 Assessment Category
In accordance with the Notice on Improving Environment Impact Assessment Administration of
Projects Financed by International Financial Institutions (No.324 in 1993) and the OP4.01, the
environmental sensitivity can be classified into three grades. See more details in Table 1.4 -1.
Table 1.4-1 Environment Impact Category
Category Environment Impact Content of Assessment
A Possible serious impacts upon environment due
to project development
A complete environment impact
assessment is required.
B Possible limited impacts upon environment. And the
impact can be mitigated through advanced
technologies and measures.
A special environment impact assessment or
environment impact analysis is required
based on characters of project and
environment.
C Possible limited impact upon environment
Normally there is no requirement on
environment impact assessment or
environment impact analysis. And the
environment protection plan is required to
record.
Due to project characters, scale, degree of impact and its location, the impact upon environment
is short, limited and invertible. As the result, the project is classified as category B on environment
impact assessment.
1.4.2 Assessment Parameters
1. Identification of environment impact
The identifications of environment impact assessment are shown in the following table.
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Table 1.4-2 Identification of Environment Impact Assessment
Time Project Activity Environment Impact
Con
stru
ctio
n
peri
od
Prepara
tion for
constru
ction
Preparation for construction
and construction of access
roads etc.
● Impact upon transportation;
● Fugitive dust or muddy road, negative impact upon air
quality and scenery;
● Construction wastes such as earthworks;
● Impact upon people’s living and working.
constru
ction
Construction of plant and
office building
● The impact of land occupancy, construction waste,
construction roads and sites upon eco-environment;
● Noise, fugitive dust, waste water and solid wastes.
Road construction
●he impact of land occupancy, construction waste,
construction roads and sites upon eco-environment;
● Noise, fugitive dust, waste water and solid wastes.
Seedling and plantation ● Destroy of farmland and vegetation;
● Water and soil losses.
Ope
rati
on
peri
od
Negativ
e
impact
Seedling and plantation ● non-point source pollution due to application of
pesticide and fertilizer.
Road ● Noise, waste gas of vehicles etc.
Breeding
● Pollution of fecal of livestock and poultry
● Demand of forage for breeding
● Odorous gas
Processing workshop ● Three Wastes such as noise and wastewater
Positive
impact
Seedling and plantation
● To improve the structure of economic crops and
increase income;
● To improve farming technologies and reduce
pollutions and the impact upon eco-environment.
Road
● To improve transportation;
● To improve local infrastructure environment for
sustainable development.
Breeding
● To provide manure for breeding;
● To improve construction of animal pens and facilitate
fecal treatment.
● To make preliminary processing of economic crops
and increase income.
Processing workshop
In summary, the impacts upon local environments are the waste water, solid waste, waste
gas as well as noise of roads and the three-waste of processing workshops. And the impacts upon
local eco-environment are the impacts upon natural environment (land utilization, water and soil
losses, and the impact upon plant and animal) as well as the impacts upon social environment
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(transportation, scenery and economy).
The details of impacts are shown in Table 1.4-3.
Table 1.4-3 Matrix on Environment Impact Identification and Selection
Phase Project
Activity
Degree
of
Impact
Eco-environment Physical—Chemical
Environment
Social and Economic
Environment
Scenery Vegetation
People’s
Living
Water and
Soil
Conservation
Noise Air
Surface
Water
Solid
Waste
Industry
Local
Economy
Public
Transportation
Employment
Degree of Impact -Ⅰ -Ⅱ -Ⅱ -Ⅲ -Ⅲ -Ⅱ -Ⅰ -Ⅰ +Ⅰ +Ⅱ +Ⅲ +Ⅲ
Preparation
Preparation
for
construction
-Ⅲ -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 +1 -2 -3 -1
Construction
Period
Workshop and
office
building
-Ⅲ -2 -2 -2 -3 -2 -2 -1 -1 +3 +3 -2 +3
Road -Ⅲ -2 -3 -2 -3 -2 -1 -1 -1 +3 +3 -2 +3
Land
Preparation -Ⅰ -2 -1 -1 -3 -2 -1 -3 -1 +3 +3 -2 +3
Material
Transportation -Ⅰ -1 -1 -2 -1 -2 -2 -1 +3 +3 -3 +3
Operation
Transportation -Ⅰ -2 -1 +3 +1 -3 -2 -1 -1 +3 +3 +3 +3
Plantation +Ⅱ +2 +3 +2 +3 +1 +2 -1 +1 +1 +3 +2 +3
Breeding -Ⅱ -2 -1 +3 -2 -1 -2 -2 -3 +1 +3 +3
Processing
Workshop -Ⅰ -1 +2 +1 -2 -1 -2 -1 +3 +3 +3
Remarks:(1)single impact identification represents the impact of one specific project upon one specific
environment, which is described as +:positive impact; -:negative impact;1:slight impact;2:general impact;
3:great impact.(2)Integrated (or accumulated) impact identification represents the impact of one specific work
upon all environments or the impact of one specific environment upon all works, which is used for the selection of
parameters. And it can be described as:Ⅰ:slight impact;Ⅱ:general impact;and Ⅲ:great impact.
During constructions, the roads, workshops and office buildings are the long term impacts. And
others are temporary impacts. The impacts are mainly on the eco-environment, water and soil losses,
social environment, water, acoustical environment and air.
The impacts in operation period are long term impacts including acoustical environment, water,
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air, ecology, social and economic environment..
2. Selection of assessment parameters
Based on the impact identification and environment sensitivity, the parameters are shown in
the following table.
Table 1.4-4 The Identified Environment Assessment Parameters of Each Project Component
Project
Stage
Environmen
t Factor Environment Impact Factor Assessment Parameter
Implemen
tation
stage
Noise Transport noise noise
Water
Water resources Water balance
Agricultural pesticide, fertilizer Nitrogen, phosphorus, agricultural pesticide
(irrigation runoff)
Atmospheri
c
environmen
t
Emissing gas during pesticide usage,
manure Gaseous pesticide, odor pollutants
Solid waste
General wastes Manure, package of chemicals, wasted film,
straw etc.
Dangerous wastes Wasted package of chemicals, dead animal
bodies, medical wastes
Ecology Biodiversity Vegetation, animal, soil and landscape etc.
Constructi
on Stage
Water Water and soil erosion Factor of erosion
Waste Gas Fugitive dust Fugitive dust
Noise Construction and transport noise Noise
Solid Waste Construction wastes and site cleaning earthstone
1.4.3 Assessment Class and Scop
The class and scope of environment assessment are determined in accordance with the General
Priciples of Technical Guidline of Environment Impact Assessment (HJ 2.1-2011), the Surface
Water Environment of Technical Guidline of Environment Impact Assessment (HJ/T 2.3-93), the
Atmospheric Environment of Technical Guidline of Environment Impact Assessment (HJ/T2.2-
2008), the Sound Environment of Technical Guidline of Environment Impact Assessment (HJ
2.4-2009) and the Ecological Environment of Technical Guidline of Environment Impact
Assessment (HJ T19-2011) and in complying with project chanarters and local conditions. More
details are shown in the following table.
Table 1.3-1 The Class and Scope of Environment Impact Assessment
Content Class Scope for Current Situation Assessment Assessment Scope
Social
Environme
nt
First Project counties and townships Project counties and townships
Ecological
Environme
nt
Third Project areas and areas 1km outside of
boundary
Project areas, areas 1km outside of
boundary and the sensitive areas (natural
preservation areas in project counties)
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Water Third
Project areas and the neiboring surface
water areas
Project areas and the major neiboring surface
water areas
Ambient
Noise First
Project areas and areas 200m outside of
boundary
Project areas and areas 200m outside of
boundary
Undergroun
d Water Third
The concerned underground water supply
areas
The concerned underground water supply
areas
Atmospheri
c
Environme
nt
Third Areas 500m outside of project boundary Areas 500m outside of project boundary
Solid
Wastes -- The concerned project areas The concerned project areas
1.4.4 Assessment time
The project will be implemented within five years. And the assessment will cover both
implementation and operation periods including five years of implementation and five years of
operation.
The impacts upon eco-environment are the long term impact during implementation period. And
the Three-waste Impacts are the short term impacts. Besides those, the impacts varies due to the
adoption of different technological process and different measures for pollutant treatment during
operation period. And the impacts are the long term impacts. As the results, the operation period will
be the priority for assessment.
1.4.5 Assessment Priority
Based on project characters and the identification of environment impacts, the impacts upon
eco-environment and the social and economic development, the utilization of land and water
resources, the measures and management plan on ecology and water protection will be the priorities.
The priorities of eco-environment impact assessment cover the impacts upon agriculture,
forestry and grasslands before and after project. The assessment mainly includes land utilization,
animal and plant protection, ecological recovery, vegetation, control of water and soil losses and
the improvement of plants.
The priorities of water impact assessment cover the source of water for agriculture and animal
breeding, the impact upon surface water and the impacts of pesticide and fertilizer application upon
water before and after project.
1.5 Environment Protection Objectives
1.5.1 Objectives of Pollutants Control and Environment Protection
Environment protection objectives and the relevant assessment indicators are identified in
accordance with the preliminary environment impact assessment. More details are shown in Table
1.5-1.
Table 1.5-1 Environment Protection Objectives and the Relevant Assessment Indicators
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ber Environment Factor Environment Protection Objective Assessment Indicator
1
Water Resources
and Water
Environment
It is to make full usage of water
resources and control the exploitation of
underground water for irrigation purpose to
achieve sustainable usage of water. And the
discharge of irrigation water may pollute the
surface water at sensitive sites.
Water resources balance, water area
and environment function of the
sensitive sites; water pollutants such
as nitrogen; and water quality
changes after using pesticide.
2
Land
Resou
rces
Land
Utilization
To reduce unreasonable land usage and
the land requisition due to project
construction.
Type of development, and type of
land requisition
Soil
To protect the quality and quantity of
soils and reduce land requisition and
exploitation.
Soil pollution (amount of pesticide) ,
water and soil loss
3
Ecolo
gical
Envir
onme
nt
Bio-diversi
ty
To reduce the damage to animal and
plants, protect biodiversity and avoid the
invasion from alien species.
Biodiversity, and type and
distribution of affected animal and
plant
Soil
Ecosystem
Soil deterioration and secondary
salinization
Land erosion and secondary
salinization
Water
Ecosystem Water for ecological purpose
To determine reasonable amount of
irrigation water and irrigation quota
4 Atmospheric
Environment
To control the usage of pesticide and
odor pollutants of animal breeding farm to
meet the atmospheric standard; and to
control the impacts of excessive usage of
nitrogen fertilizers upon the atmospheric
environment.
The amount of pesticide usage; the
treatment of manure
5 Solid Waste Harmless treatment of wasted film,
pesticide package and bottles.
The recycle of reuse of plastic film
and pesticide package, and the
collection and treatment of pesticide
bottles.
1.5.2 Environment Protection Objectives
The sensitive objectives including natual reserves which may be affected by project
implementation are identified in project areas. The major environment protection objectives in
administration areas of project counties are shown in Table 3.3-1.
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2 Project Description
2.1 Project Objectives and Cost
2.1.1 Project Objective
a. General objective
It is to increase the income of rural households through the development of sustainable
agriculture production system, improving institutional arrangements, increasing the inputs from
private sectors and setting up development models in destitute areas.
b. Specific Objectives
1. To establish modern, effective and sustainable agriculture production model in destitute
areas;
2. To improve the self-organization of poor people and strengthen their capacities for
self-development;
3. To develop specific measures for improving market access and technical support;
4. To demonstrate and scale up the successful poverty reduction models.
2.1.2 Project Cost and Financing
The project cost totals to CNY720000 thousand (US$1 equals to CNY6) including US$60
million (with the equivalent to CNY360 million) of the World Bank loans making up 50% of total,
and CNY360 million of counterpart funds making up the other 50%. Of which, the amount of cost
for cooperative development is CNY46054.5 thousand including CNY26100 thousand for civil
works and CNY2580 thousand for equipment; the amount of cost for training is CNY17374.5
thousand; the amount of cost for infrastructure and service supports is CNY93500.3 thousand; the
amount of cost for institutional and policy studies on poverty reduction is CNY600 thousand; and the
amount of cost for project management and monitoring is CNY19614 thousand.
2.2 Project Components and Proposed Implementation Progress
a. Construction period
The project will be implemented for 5 years from 2014 to 2019. In accordance with the
implementation plan, the disbursement progress will be 20% at the first year, 50% at the second
and third years, 20% at the fourth year and 10% at the fifth year.
b. Project components
In accordance with the construction conditions, the design principles, industry development
models and the industry selection principles, the project covers four components including the
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integrated value chain development component, the public infrastructure and service support
component, the institutional and policy studies on poverty reduction component, and the project
management and monitoring component.
(1) The Integrated Value Chain Development
This component will mainly support the cooperative development, the activities being carried
out by the cooperatives, and training and technical services for households. And it is to establish
215 farmers’ professional cooperatives for cattle, sheep and pig breedings, and patato and apple
productions in 241 project villages of 16 counties.
(2) Pbulic Infrastructure and Service Support
This component will mainly support the constructions of roads, tractor roads, irrigation and
drainage facilities, public market facilities and incubation centers, and provide financial services
and trainings.
(3) The Institutional and Policy Studies on Poverty Reduction
This component is to support the studies on poverty reduction and rural pillar industry
development, and wrap-up project implementation experience. It includes: the study on industry
development model by supporting cooperatives in Liu Panshan Mountains; the study on policy
arrangements and the pathway of service supports of cooperatives and the financial supports to
households; the study on the benefit sharing arrangement for sustainable cooperative development;
the study on models for setting up public markets, extending value chain, avoiding risks and
achieving industrial upgrading; and the study on the roles and responsibilities of incubation center,
cooperative, financial institution and household in poverty reduction.
(4) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Component
This component is to establish the project management institutions at provincial, city, county
and township levels, establish the management, monitoring and evaluation arrangements and
regulations, develop the indicator system, and to purchase relevant equipment including 428 sets of
office equipment and 21 vehicles.
More details are shown in Table 2.2-1
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Project Location Map
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Table 2.3-1 Key Project Activities and Costs
Project
Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Total 72000
Integrated value chain
development
Cooperative development To set up 215 cooperatives.
Management facilities
An’ding
District
Civil works
To set up 16 cooperatives with the provision of 100m2
of offices, 7000m2 of
animal sheds, 640m2 of forage storages, 320m
2 of epidemic prevention station
and 6000m3 of silage pit for each cooperative.
990 24.89
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 19.2 0.48
Other equipment
To purchase 96 silage cutters, 32 sterilizing machines, 7 TMRs, 33 sets of
epidemic prevention equipment, 112 grounders, 112 silage mixers, 64 kneading
machines and 16 farming vehicles.
994.9 25.01
Management training To provide training for 8263 person-times.
20 0.50
Household training 78.63 1.98
Gulang
County
Civil works
To set up 15 cooperatives with the provision of 100m2
of offices, 600m2 of
animal sheds,600m2 of epidemic prevention station and 15000m
3 of silage pit for
each cooperative.
711.6 20.29
Office equipment To provide 15 cooperatives with 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office
furniture for each. 18 0.51
Other equipment To purchase 1 harvester, 1 refrigerator, 5 TMRs and 50 sets of epidemic prevention
equipment for each of 15 cooperatives. 324.5 9.25
Management training To provide 400 person-times of management training. 20 0.57
Household training To provide 7160 person-times of household training. 71.6 2.04
Heshui
Civil works To set up 12 cooperatives with provision of 100m
2 of offices and 12 epidemic
prevention stations with each of 30m2.
234 8.93
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative 14.4 0.55
Other equipment To purchase 12 farming vehicles, 288 film mulching machines and 120 sprayers. 90 3.43
Management training To provide 400 person-times of management training. 20 0.76
Household training To provide 9121 person-times of household training. 91.21 34.67
Huachi Civil works To set up 16 cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices, 8799m
2 of
animal sheds, 1600m2 of forage storages, 480m
2 of epidemic prevention station
1031.9 32.94
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
and 8799m3 of silage pit for each cooperative.
Office equipment To provide 16 computer, 16 printer and 16 sets of office furniture. 19.2 0.61
Other equipment To purchase 16 silage cutters, 16 silage paching machines, 16 pellet machines, 16
sets of epidemic prevention equipment (including injector and refrigerator), 16
refrigerators and 2 TMRs. 138.4 4.42
Management training To provide 402 person-days of management training. 20.1 0.64
Household training To provide 2539 person-times of household training. 25.39 0.81
Huanxia
n
Civil works To set up 16 cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices, 2700m
2 of
animal sheds, 800m2 of forage storages and 960m
2 of collection room.
493 16.85
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 19.2 0.66
Other equipment To purchase 16 film mulching machines, 16 harvesters, 16 silage paching machines,
16 TMRs and 16 sets of epidemic prevention equipment. 611.2 20.89
Management training To provide 400 person-times of management training for each cooperative each year. 20 0.68
Household training To provide 1003 person-times of household training. 10.03 0.34
Jinning
Civil works To set up 10 cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of office for each
cooperative. 150 4.18
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 12 0.33
Other equipment To purchase 100 cultivators, 100 film mulching machines, 50 sprayers and
construct 65ha of hail protection net. 653.75 18.20
Management training To provide 375 person-times of management training at the first two years of project
implementation. 18.75 0.52
Household training To provide 9367 person-times of technical training. 93.67 2.61
Longxi
Civil works To set up 12 cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices for each
cooperative. 180 5.32
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 14.4 0.43
Management training To provide 300 person-times of management training. 15 0.44
Household training To provide 5095 person-times of household training. 50.95 1.50
Minxian
Civil works To set up 20 cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices, 10000m
2 of animal
sheds, 2000m2 of forage storage and 500 m
2 of epidemic prevention station for each
cooperative. 1175 33.27
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 24 0.68
Other equipment To purchase 100 silage cutters, 20 sterilizing machines, 2 TMRs, 20 sets of 284 8.04
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
epidemic prevention equipment, 20 refrigerators and 100 grounders.
Management training To provide 500 person-times of management training. 25 0.71
Household training To provide 7400 person-times of household training. 74 2.10
Tongwei
Civil works To set up cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices and 10340m
3 of
silage pit for each cooperative. 520.2 13.70
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 16.8 0.44
Other equipment To purchase 14 silage cutters, 14 kneading machines, 14 harvesters, 14 sterilizing
machines, 14 silage packing machines and 14 sets of epidemic prevention equipment. 288.4 7.59
Management training To provide 276 person-times of management training. 13.8 0.36
Household training To provide 4671 person-times of household training. 46.71 1.23
Weiyuan
Civil works
To set up 18 cooperatives with the provision of 100m2
of offices, 6300m2 of
animal sheds, 3000m2 of forage storages, 360m
2 of epidemic prevention station,
600m2 of collection room and 6300m
3 of silage pit for each cooperative.
1194 30.01
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 21.6 0.54
Management training To provide 450 person-times of management training. 22.5 0.57
Household training To provide 5350 person-times of household training. 53.5 1.34
Yongjin
g
Civil works
To set up 12 cooperatives with the provision of 100m2
of offices, 5000m2 of
animal sheds, 142m2 of forage storages, 140m
2 of epidemic prevention station
and 900m3 of silage pit for each cooperative.
560.1 15.18
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 14.4 0.39
Management training To provide 300 person-times of management training. 15 0.41
Household training To provide 7014 person-times of household training. 70.14 1.90
Zhang
Jiachuan
Civil works
To set up cooperatives with the provision of 100m2 of offices, 14200m
2 of animal
sheds, 720m2 of forage storages and 180m
2 of epidemic prevention station for
each cooperative.
1237 34.35
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 14.4 0.40
Other equipment To purchase 60 silage cutters, 12 sterilizing machines, 24 silage packing machines,
23 sets of epidemic prevention machines, 12 refrigerators, 24 grounders and 24
kneading machines. 289.1 8.03
Management training To provide 500 person-days of management training. 25 0.69 Household training To provide 11279 person-days of household training. 112.79 3.13
Zhengni Civil works To set up 13 cooperatives with the provision of 100m2
of offices for each 195 7.45
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
ng cooperative.
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 15.6 0.60
Other equipment To purchase 39 cultivators. 19.5 0.75
Management training To provide 400 person-times of management training. 20 0.76
Household training To purchase 8840 person-times of household training. 88.4 3.38
Zhuangl
ang
Civil works To set up cooperatives with the provision of 100m
2 of offices for each
cooperative in 11 villages. 165 4.58
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 13.2 0.30
Other equipment To purchase hail protection nets for 114ha of orchards and 66 cultivators. 1059 29.37
Management training To provide 400 person-days of management training. 20 0.55
Household training To provide 7750 person-days of household training. 78 2.16
Dongxia
ng
Civil works To build 100m
2 of offices, 18000m
2 of animal sheds, 14200m
2 of forage storages,
300m2 of epidemic prevention station and 3000m
3 of silage pits.
1542 39.21
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 7.2 0.18
Other equipment
To purchase 6 cultivators, 6 silage cutters, 6 sterilizing machines,6 silage packing
machines, 6 grounders, 6 TMRs, 6 sets of epidemic prevention equipment, 6
refrigerators and 6 farming vehicles.
173.4 4.21
Management training To provide 325 person-times of management training. 16.25 0.41
Household training To provide 8312 person-times of household training. 83.12 2.12
Lintao
Civil works
To set up cooperatives with the provision of 1200m2
of offices,21017m2 of
animal sheds, 486m2 of forage storages, 360m
2 of epidemic prevention station
and 14000m3 of silage pits.
2149.49 54.40
Office equipment To provide 1 computer, 1 printer and 1 set of office furniture for each
cooperative. 14.4 0.36
Other equipment
To purchase 25 silage cutters, 24 sterilizing machines, 12 grounders, 6 TMRs, 12
sets of epidemic prevention equipment, 12 refrigerators, 25 pellet machines, 12
silage mixers and 12 kneading machines.
272.3 6.89
Management training To provide 400 person-times of management training. 20 0.51 Household training To provide 7841 person-times of household training. 102.4 2.36
Conditional grant to cooperatives
An’ding Sheep breeding To purchase 12604 ewes fro 16 villages of 2 township, set up 80 domestration
households and provide supports to 2420 poor households. 1512.48 38.03
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 488 poll dorest or sulffork ram for hybridizing with 12604 local ewes or
small tail han sheep. 292.8 7.36
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 49.4 1.24
Gulang
Sheep breeding To develop 17779 small tail han ewes for 16 villages of Huang Yangchuan Town,
Hengliang Township and Gancheng Township. 2133.48 60.82
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 125 dorset or sulffork rams for 3 fine variety reproduction farms. 75 2.14
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 64 1.82
Heshui
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 174 6.64
Standard orchard management To adopt standard management measures in the low-yield apple orchard and built
629.12ha of standard apple orchard. 1041.1936 39.73
Storage pit for apples To build 312 apple storage pits. 936 35.71
Huachi
Procurement of fine variety ewe 1500 households will be included into the sheep breeding scheme. And the
cooperatives will adopt the sustainable development approach by giving sheep and
returning with lamb. The cooperatives will provide 9185 small tail han sheep. 1102.2 35.18
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 300 rams for reproduction of fine variety. 180 5.75
Grass production To plant 600ha of alfafa. 255.6 8.16
Storage facilities To build one meat storage room (including acid discharge room, fast cooling room
and freezing room). 70 2.23
markets To build one market for live animal and poultry trading (including information
platform, trading area, service area and parking lot etc.). 300 9.58
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 174 5.55
Huanxia
n
Procurement of fine variety ewe
The cooperatives will adopt the sustainable development approach by providing
sheep for breeding and returing with lamb. And the cooperatives will provide 12246
sheep with one ram for 10 ewes. The cost of ewe will be shared by project,
cooperative and household at 50%, 30% and 20% separately. And the cost of ram
will be beard by the project. And the cooperatives will set up the platform for ram
exchanging.
1469.52 50.22
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 100 fine variety rams. 60 2.05
Storage facilities Fresh meat storage room: to select 2 cooperatives for establishing the storage rooms. 140 4.78
markets To set up 3 markets for live animal and poultry trading. 750 57.74
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and fo food safety; information platform maintenance. 83 2.84
Jinning Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and 77 2.14
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance.
Standard orchard management To develop 913.87ha of orchards for standard management. 1542.2 42.93
Formula fertilization To apply formula fertilization for 828ha of lands. 1024.65 28.52
Longxi
Codonopsis pilosula seedling To develop 92ha of colonopsis pilosula seedling bases in 12 villages of Shouyang,
Fuxing, Kezhai, Shuangquan and Dexing townships. 1012.92 29.91
Astragalus mongholicus seedling To develop 121.37ha of astragalus mongholicus seedling bases in 12 villages of
Shouyang, Fuxing, Kezhai, Shuangquan and Dexing townships. 782.84 23.12
Codonopsis pilosula production
To develop 105ha of codonopsis pilosula production as the GAP demonstration in 12
villages of Shouyang, Fuxing, Kezhai, Shuangquan and Dexing townships with the
adopting of biological usage of straws to improve soil erosion.
481.95 14.23
Product processing
To set up 12 workshops for preliminary processing of herbal medicines in each
cooperative of Shouyang Town (36 workshop in total); and to set up 7 workshops in
each cooperative of Fuxing, Kezhai, Shuangquan and Dexing townships (63
workshops in total), totaling to 99 workshops.
198 5.85
Storage facilities To build one storage room for storing of herbal medicine for each cooperative (12
storage rooms for 12 cooperatives) with the capacity of 400t to 500t. 576 17.01
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 54 1.59
Minxian
Sheep breeding To develop 8379 Tibetan ewes. 1005.48 28.47
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 276 Tibetan rams with the coverage of 2000 households. 165.6 4.69
Pig breeding To breed 4000 herbal medicine pigs with the coverage of 800 households. 640 18.12
Tongwei
Cattle breeding
To purchase 2745 Qinchuan or Simmental cowes to produce fine variety of cattle for
5 villages of Biyu Township including Shitan, Nancha, Lichuan, Biyu and
Zhuchuan villages.
2196 57.81
Market analysis and development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 150 3.95
PPP To provide training and technical services up to 400 person-times. 4 0.09
Weiyuan
Sheep breeding To purchase 6399 small tail han ewes for 10 viilages of Qingyuan, Shangwan,
Wuzhu and Huichuan townships. 768 19.30
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 150 dorest or surfollk rams for 10 villages of Qingyuan,
Shangwan,Wuzhu and Huichuan townships. 90 2.07
Grass production To produce 203.81ha of grasses in 10 villages of Qingyuan, Shangwan, Wuzhu
and Huichuan townships. 86.82 2.00
Breeding of the 1st class potato
seeds
To reproduce 400ha of the 1st class potato seeds in 12 villages of Huichuan and
Wuzhu towns. 445.2 10.26
Breeding of the origin potato seeds To reproduce 350ha of origin potato seeds in 12 villages of Huichuan and Wuzhu
towns. 739.73 17.04
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Storage room for potatos To set up 8 storage rooms in Huichuan and Wuzhu towns. 400 9.21
Storage room for fresh meat To set up one fresh meat storage room in Shi Tougou village of Wuzhu Town. 70 1.61
Yongjin
g
Sheep breeding
To purchase 6371 small tail han sheep for 18 villages of 4 townships with 5
sheep for each household. And it will support 1500 households in breeding and
set up 90 demonstration households.
764.52 20.72
Breeding of the 1st class potato
seeds
To produce 140ha of the 1st class of No.3 Long potato in 18 villages of 4
townships with 5mu of production for each household. And it will support 3000
households in production and establish 100 households as the demonstrations.
1113 25.72
Breeding of the origin potato seeds
To produce 1000ha of the 1st class of No.3 Long potato in 5 villages of Yangta
township with 3mu of production for each household. And it will support 1200
households in production and establish 50 households as the demonstrations.
295.89 8.02
Storage room for potatos It will build 75 storage rooms with the capacity of 10t for each in 12 villages of 4
townships. 75 2.03
Zhang
Jiachuan
Cattle breeding To purchase 190 cows for fine variety reproduction and expand the Honghua Cattle
of Zhang Jiachuan. 1772.8 49.23
Grass production To produce 230ha of sainfoin and improve the animal breeding method by adopting
the shed breeding. 97.98 2.26
Market for live animal and poultry
trading (average unit price)
To build one market for live animal and poultry trading by relying on the cattle
breeding cooperative of Jinchuan Village of Malu Township with the coverage of
65906 people, 12619 households and 4 townships. The market will occupy 12mu of
lands including traing area, breeding area, service area, waste treatment area and
parking lot.
290 6.70
Market for potato trading One market. 290 6.70
Zhengni
ng
Upgrading of the old orchard To upgrade 4382ha of apple trees in 13 villages. 558.705 21.35
Formula fertilization 171ha 211.6125 8.09
Storage room for apple 150 storage rooms 450 17.20
Zhuangl
ang
Standard orchard management 1320.89ha 2186.07 60.63
Market development
CNY350 thousand for product package, design and certification;
CNY250thousand for quality standard, label, certification and tracing; CNY50
thousand for information platform maintenance.
65 1.80
Dongxiang
Sheep breeding To purchase 15671 ewes. 1880.52 47.93
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 300 rams (10 rams for each cooperative per year, totaling to 60 rams
for eachcooperative). 180 4.37
Market development Product package, design and certification; quality standard, label, certification and
tracing; logistics and food safety; information platform maintenance. 21 0.51
Lintao Procurement of fine variety ewe To purchase 9311 ewes. 1117.32 28.28
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Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Procurement of fine variety ram To purchase 372.44 rams for reproduction. 223.464 5.66
PPP To provide training and services up to 1000 person-days. 10 0.25
Market development
CNY350 thousand for product package, design and certification;
CNY250thousand for quality standard, label, certification and tracing; CNY50
thousand for information platform maintenance.
46 1.16
Public infrastructure and service
support
An’ding
Office building rent To rent 80m2 office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.25
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To provide consultation service by employing staff. 24 0.60
Guarantee fund To establish the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY7 million. 700 16.11
Gulang
Irrigation and drainage To build one water tank. 385 8.70
Public service Food safety examination and control. 22 0.50
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 9.44
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To provide consultation service by employing staff. 10 0.23
Payment of cooperative facilitator 72 1.63
Heshui
Road concrete To concrete road pavement up to 40km. 1280 90.01
Office building rent To rent buildings for incubation center at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To provide consultation service by employing staff. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To establish the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY4 million. 400 9.19
Huachi
Production roads and terrace lands
In order to improve the transportation for sheep breeding, it is to construct
12kmof roads with sand surface, 4.5m wide of road base, 3.5m wide of surface
and 18cm thick of sand surface in 4 villages of 2 townships; and to build 130ha
of terrace lands to provide straws for sheep breeding.
271.44 29.87
Irrigation and drainage To construct 530 wells to provide drinking water for sheep breeding. 106 11.66
Powere facilities To build 20km of electricity lines to meet power shortage of cooperatives. 160 17.6
Office building rent To rent buildings for incubation center at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
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Project
Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To provide consultation services by employing staff. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY4 million. 400 9.19
Huanxia
n
Production roads and terrace lands To construct 16km of roads with sand surface. 101.92 7.85
Irrigation and drainage—water tand To construct 1500 water tanks with 15m3 of each tank to meet increased water
demand of sheep breeding. 300 6.53
Powere facilities To build 6km of rural power lines for 16 cooperatives. 48 3.70
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 9.61
Jinning
Production roads and terrace lands
To expand 70km of field roads with sand surface including a 6km road each in
Michaand Wacha villages of Xixiang township, a 8km road in Xiwan village and
a 10km road in Gaoliu village of Gucheng township, a 6km road each in
Yuhuang and Zhangzi villages of Hongsi township, a 4km road each in Sifu and
Weiwan villages of Jie Shipu town, and a 8km road in Yangchuan village and a
12km road in Shangma village of Siqiao township. The roads will be constructed
for three years and started at the third year of project implementation with 20km
roads completed in the third year, 30km roads in the fourth year and 20km roads
in the fifth year.
445.9 9.76
Office building rent CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.22
Office equipment To purchase 3 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 1 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 9.1 0.20
Longxi
Production roads and terrace lands To concrete 24km of production roads for herbal medicine production. 384 8.38
Office building rent To rent office buildings at the cost of CNY100 thousand. 10 0.22
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.22
Minxian
Production roads and terrace lands
To concrete 10km of production roads in villages: Qingtu to Gashan (2km),
Zhujia village to Qiao Jiagou village (1.5km), Baoshe village to Xiaolin village
(1km), No.1 group of Dujia village to No.2 group of Dujia village (1km), No.5
group to No.6 group of Zhuan Tazhai village (1km), 1km road in Yucao village,
a 1km road in Hongya village and a 1.5km road in Chatao village.
320 7.37
Office building rent To rent office buildings. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Public services Food safety examination and control, product promotion, information platform,
and cooperative facilitator, CNY400 thousand in total. 40 7.98
Tongwei Office building rent To rent office buildings. 10 0.23
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Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY6 million. 600 13.8
Payment of consultants and employed
staff CNY100 thousand for consultation with CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Weiyuan
Production roads and terrace lands To construct 5km of roads with sand surface. 31.85 0.73
Market facilities To build 1 market at Wuzhu Town for potato trading. 136 3.13
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Public services Food safety examination and control, product promotion, information platform,
and cooperative facilitator, CNY670 thousand in total. 67 0.23
Yongjin
g
Production roads and terrace lands
To construct 12 roads with the total length of 16.91km in 12 villages of 4
tonwhsips. The roads will be constructed with 4.5m wide of base, 3.5m wide of
road surface and 18cm thick of sand pavement.
107.7167 2.49
Office building rent To rend office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Payment of consultants and
employed staff CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with the amounty of CNY5 million. 500 11.55
Zhang
Jiachuan
Office building rent To rent 100m2 of office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Payment of consultants and
employed staff
To pay the consultants and the employed staff at the cost of CNY20 thousand per
year. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with amount of CNY5 million. 500 11.55
Zhengni
ng
Production roads and terrace lands To concrete 7km of roads with cement pavement and 22km roads with sand
pavement. 364.14 8.37
Irrigation and drainage To build 20km of irrigation pipes. 80 1.84
Office building rent To rent office buildings for incubation center at the cost of CNY20 thousand per
year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures.
10.1 0.23
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To provide consultation service once a year. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with amount of CNY5 million. 500 11.49
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Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Zhuangl
ang
Production roads and terrace lands To construct 50km of roads with sand pavement. 318.5 7.36
Office building rent To rent office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0. 23
Office equipment To purchase 3 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 3 sets of office furnitures. 6.9 0.16
Payment of consultants and
employed staff
To engage consultants to provide consultation services on the production, storage
and marketing of fruits. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY4 million. 400 9.24
Dongxia
ng
Incubation center To establish one incubation center in Dongxiang County. 97.5 2.37
Office building rent To rent office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.24
training To delivery training for 50 person-times. 17.5 0.42
Payment of consultants and
employed staff
To engage consultants to provide consultation services on the production, storage
and marketing of fruits. 10 0.24
Payment of cooperative facilitator 60 1.46
Lintao
Office building rent To rent office buildings at the cost of CNY20 thousand per year. 10 0.23
Office equipment To purchase 5 computers, 2 laptop computers, 2 printers, 1 projector, 2 digital
cameras, 1 photocopier and 5 sets of office furnitures. 10.1 0.23
Payment of consultants and
employed staff To engage one consultant per year. 10 0.23
Guarantee fund To set up the guarantee funds with the amount of CNY4 million. 400 9.21
Project management, monitoring
and evaluation
An’ding
Vehicle 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study 846 training in the province and 574 domestic study tours 1 0.025
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in
total).
105 2.42
Gulang
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 10 person-time/year, 50 person-times in total;
cost: CNY80 thousand/year, CNY400 thousand in total. 40 0.90
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500
thousand in total); consultation (10 people/county/year, 50 people in total,
CNY20 thousand/year, CNY100 thousand in total); CNY250 thousand for
project inspection.
85 1.92
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
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Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
Heshui
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total. 41 0.94
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.41
Huachi
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total. 41 0.94
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.41
Huanxia
n
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.39
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.89
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.29
Jinning
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.39
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.90
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.30
Longxi
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.39
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.89
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.29
Minxian Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2 41 0.94
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Project
Locatio
n
Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.42
Tongwei
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.94
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.42
Weiyuan
Training and study Domestic training and study tours: 10 person-time/year, 50 person-times in total;
cost: CNY80 thousand/year, CNY400 thousand in total. 40 0.92
Operation cost
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(10 people/year, 50 people in total, CNY20 thousand/year, CNY100 thousand in
total); project inspection (CNY50 thousand/year, CNY250 thousand in total).
85 1.96
Monitoring and evaluation One in 2016 and one in 2018 10.4 0.24
Yongjin
g
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.42
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total. 41 0.95
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.43
Zhang
Jiachuan
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.42
Taining and study
Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.95
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.43
Zhengni
ng
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total.
41 0.94
Project management Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation 105 2.41
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Locatio
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Name of
Component/Sub-component Activities
Cost
( CNY1,
000)
Propor
tion
(%)
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
Zhangla
ng
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.42
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 20 person-time/year, 100 person-times in total;
cost: CNY70 thousand/year, CNY350 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total. 41 0.95
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.43
Dongxia
ng
Training and study Domestic training and study tours: 10 person-time/year, 50 person-times in total;
cost: CNY80 thousand/year, CNY400 thousand in total; overseas study tours: 2
person-time, cost: CNY60thousand in total. 46 1.12
Operation cost
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(10 people/year, 50 people in total, CNY20 thousand/year, CNY100 thousand in
total); project inspection (CNY50 thousand/year, CNY250 thousand in total).
85 2.06
Monitoring and evaluation 13.17 0.32
Lintao
Transportation tool 1 vehicle 18 0.41
Taining and study Domestic training and study tours: 80 person-time in total; overseas study tour: 2
person-time. 34 0.78
Project management
Meeting (twice/year, 10 times in total; CNY500 thousand in total); consultation
(5people/year, 25 people in total, CNY10 thousand/year, CNY50 thousand in
total); project management (CNY100 thousand/year, CNY500 thousand in total).
105 2.42
Other costs Contingency, interests during construction period, the front-end fee
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2.3 Technical Standards of Project Constructions
2.3.1 Concrete Road Pavement
Road with sand pavement: sands requirement per km is 1000m*8m*0.2m=1600m3; road
base: 4.5m wide; road surface: 3.5m wide; sand pavement: 18cm thick. The minimum bending
radius: 8-10/m; the transverse slope: 1.5%; designed load: BZZ-100 and the maximum speeding
rate: 12km/h。
The national standards on class IV roads: C30 cement (30Kmt compressive strength,
4.8Kmt flexual strength), C30 cement surface + 15cm thick, 5% cement stablizing grave-sand
base + 15cm thick, natural grave sub-base, 4m wide *18cm thick.
2.3.2 Room for potato storage
In accordance with the wet and temperature required, the brick and concrete structure with
semi-underground or above-ground will be selected for the construction. The storage room will
be constructed with the construction area more than 550m2, 4m of height and the utilization area
more than 500m2 to reach 500t of storage capacity. Besides those, the storage room will be
equipped with ventilation facilities to ensure good ventilation and easy discharge of water
outside the storage room.
1. Ceiling: option1: three types of materials will be used in construction. The insulting layer
will be the bottom base with 20cm thick of vermiculites. The buffer layer will be at the middle
with 0.08mm to 0.12mm thick of plastic films. And the waterproof layer will be at the top with
herringbone structure of color coated steel sheet or other waterproof materials at 30 degrees of
slope Option 2: the top layer can be constructed with concrete pouring.
2. Thick requirement for external wall: the adoption of 24cm brick wall with 10cm of thick
polystyrene board or other insulting materials to meet temperature requirement.
3. Ventilation requirement: the ventilation facilities are required at the top and both ends of
the room. The top ventilator will be established with 5m of separating space and 2m of row space.
And one ventilator will be established at each end at 40*40cm or 60*60cm.
2.3.3 The room for fruit storage
1. The structure and size
1.1 Based on local temperature, the underground structure will be adopted with 1m of soil
coverage at the top of storage room (the local frozen soil layer is between 80cm to 82cm).
1.2 Size: 16.8m long X 3.6m wide X 2.8m high. The size can be adjusted based on local
landform. But the horizontal span should be less than or equal to 3.6m.
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2. Earthworks
The machinery excavation will be used for foundation ditch with 4.5m of excavation depth.
Strip excavation will be used for surroundings with 1.2m of wide and 0.8m of excavation depth.
The bar wall foundation trench will be established with 30cm thick lime soil compaction at 1:3
sloping coefficient.
3. Terrace
The terrace will be constructed with the adoption of trinity mixture fill (cement: lime: soil =
1:2:7) at 30cm of depth and two layer compaction.
4. Ventilation
4.1 Natural ventilation will be adopted.
4.2 The ventilating duct will be constructed with 24cm thick of brick wall at 30cm high,
30cm wide and 6cm thick of fence coverage. The location of ventilating duct is shown in the
floor map (P29 to 29 in operation manual).
4.3 Exhaust duct outside the storage room
The exhaust duct will be constructed at the 2/3 height of the wall opposite to the door and
connected with the outside ventilation duct. The size is 1mX1m. The intake will be equipped
with the air shield to adjust the size of intake. The exhaust duct is square or cylinder shaped with
1.0cm of bottom diameter and 0.8cm of top diameter. The exhaust duck is 4 to 5m higher than
the ceiling of storage room. The air conditional pit with 1m of diameter and 0.5 deep will be
excavated at the bottom of the exhaust duct. And the pit will be constructed with its wall at 24cm
thick with M7.5 grouting mortar and M10 bricks.
2.3.4 Plastic Ceiling Sheep Shed
The sheep shed is designed as semi-closed, which is convenient for covering with plastics at
winter seasons. And it faces the sun and can keep warm. The ground can be either solid or slotted.
And the floor can be produced with brick, wood or slotted wood etc. The ventilation window is
40cm high and 60cm wide and constructed at the 1.4m height of the back-wall. The feeding
trough for meat sheep is the fixed trough with 23cm high, 23cm wide and 14cm thick. The shed
area depends on the number of sheep in the sheds. The adult sheep occupies 0.8m2 to 1.2m2.
Besides those, the lambing chamber will be considered with the construction of sheep sheds. The
number of lamb can be calculated by 20% to 25% of total ewe. And each ewe will occupy the
area of 2m2 to 2.5m2.
2.3.5 Silage Ammonia Pool
The pool will be constructed by 10m3 for each and with brick and cement structure. The
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inner wall will be screeded with cement. The four angles of the wall will be screeded as arches,
which can allow silage to sink evenly during fermentation. And a small piece of land will be
left at the bottom of the pool, which can discharge the extra juice of forage. Each household
will construct one pool.
2.3.6 Market for Live Animal and Poultry Trading
(1)Requirement: the market is divided into office area, trading area and temperary
breeding area.
(2)Construction specifications:
1)To concrete the ground, build 2m high brick wall and open a sterilizing pool of 3m wide,
6m long and 0.1m deep at the entrance.
2)To build the guard room and the epidemic examination room at the sides of the entrance.
The office area will be built at the side of the epidemic examination room. And the insulated
breeding area will be built at the side of guard room with tap-water and drainage facilities inside.
3)The trading area will be built at the middle with easy access from all directions and is
convenient for cleaning and sewage discharge.
4)3m wide tree belts will be built at the oopsite of the entrance. 2 slope concreted platforms
will be built at one side of the trading area (vehicle exist) for loading and unloading of animals,
which is far away from trading area and has waste water treatment facilities, toilets, water and
electricity facilities.
5) To build one concrete pillar for each 5m2 in trading area with four hoops to plug the
animal;
6)To assign 3 to 4 veterinarians to the trading area for animal examination and carry out
regular sterilization;
7)The market dealers is responsible for the transportation and the adoption of animals.
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2.4 Due Diligency Investigation and Related Activities
Based on project activities and investigation, no other project will take or compete
resourceswith the proposed project in project areas.
The due diligency investigation has been carried out to all down-reach enterprises. The
majority of enterprises are involved in simple selection and packaging of fruits. Only a few
enterprises will bring environment impacts. Therefore, the due diligency investigation is carried
out to those enterprises. The results are shown in Table 2.5-1.
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Table2.5-1 Due Diligency Investigation on Relevant Institutions
Name Scale
Time in
Commi
ssion
Technical Process Relation to
Project
Current
Situatio
n
Diligency Investigation
Lv Ye
Animal
Husbanda
ry Co.
Ltd of
Huachi
County
It has 2 standard sheep sheds
with the area of 2320m2, 3
plastic ceiling sheds with the
area of 1400m2, 2
greenhouses for forage
production with the area of
780m2, 2 silage
ammoniatation pools with
the area of 500m2 and 8
store rooms with the area of
200m2. And it has 1
comprehensive office
building with the area of
900m2. Besides those, it has
55 bred rams and 660 sheep.
2011
To purchase ram and
ewe--reproduction—breedin
g—provide the sheep
breed—provide technical
services—collect
lamb—breeding--fattening
To provide
livestock and
poultry.
Construc
ted
To clean the animal fecal regularly and
the fermented fecal will be sold to the
neighborhood for farming; to provide
harmless treatment of dead sheep and
carry out regular disinfection; to keep
the environment clean and hygene. The
noise meets the class II criteria of the
sandard (GB12348-2008).
Renovati
on of
cooked
meat
productio
n line of
Yi Wei
Zhen
Muslism
Food Co.
Ltd of
Zhang
Jiachuan
county
It is to construct one
low-temperature
pretreatment workshop with
the area of 324m2 and one
switch board room with the
area of 22m2. After the
completion, the company
can process 694 tons of meat
and produce 500 tons of
meat products annually.
2007
Slaugher, processing, packaging
and marketing of livestock and
poultry products (the company
has the muslim brand called Yi
Weisi).
The slaughter and
processing of
livestock and
poultry is
supported under
the project.
construct
ed
The six indicators in processed waste
water including pH、COD、SS、BOD5,
ammonia and petroleum meet the
standard(GB13457-92);
(2) The waste gas emission meet the
criteria of the standard
(GB13271-2001);
(3) The monitoring results on four
points with one each on the east, the
west, the north and the south meet the
standard (GB12348-2008).
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3 The Baseline Situation of Environment Quality and Social Status
3.1 Natural Condition of Project Sites
Project
area Natural Status
Anding
district
Dingxi city is located in the central of Gansu, connecting Lanzhou and Baiyin city in the north, adjacent
Pingliang, Tianshui to the east, bordering Longnan city to the south and crossing Gannan, Linxia
prefecture to the west. The total area of Dingxi city is 19609km2, with about about 1640 ~ 3900 meters
high. Its terrain is covered by the hilly-gully loess plateau, with a total area of 3638km2. Divided by the
Wei River, it separately has two types of natural status including loess hilly-gully region in the northern
and cold damp area in the southern. It is 1750-2580 meters above sea level, with annual average rainfall
of 380 mm or so, the evaporation capacity up to 1526 mm, which is a typical arid and semi-arid region.
The average annual temperature 7 ℃, frost-free period 100-160 days.
Gulang
county
GuLang county is located at the east side of the hexi corridor in Gansu province, the north of Qilian
mountains and the southern margin of Tengger desert. It is positioned in the east longitude 102 ° 38 '-
103 ° 54', north latitude 37 ° 09 'to 37 ° 54', and respectively connects JingTai county and Tianzhu
county in the southeast, bordering Liangzhou district of Wuwei city in the northwest, linking tengger
desert in the north and connected with the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The total length of the
county is about 102 km long extending from east to west, and about 88 km wide from north to south,
with total area of 5103 square kilometers. GuLang County is located in the center of inland, belongs to
the arid desert natural area. Its geological structure is diversified as the successive mountains along to
Qilian mountains in the south, the alluvial diluvia fan plain in the middle frequently flooded by Gulang
River and Dajing River etc, and the vast Tengger desert in the north. Its terrain tilts from south to north,
with 1550-3770 m high above sea level, which successively is distributed following 4 different type
zone including the highland of Qilian mountain, hills along the lower mountains, the alluvial diluvia fan
plan, and the wind erosion desert area in the north. On the landform, it has formed 3 types of natural
zones, covering the Qilian mountain area in the southern (high and damp mountain area, lower
mountain arid zone), the central plains irrigated area (river irrigation area, well irrigation area, and
Yellow River irrigated area) and Tengger desert in northern area. Generally, mountains, lower land and
desert respectively accounts for one third of its total terrain. In Gulang county, its average temperature is
6.5 ℃, extreme maximum temperature 35 ℃, extreme minimum temperature - 29 ℃, the annual sunshine
hours 2678.9 hours, and 10 ℃ accumulated temperature days is 149 days, annual average rainfall of
345.4 mm, annual evaporation is 1892.1 mm, frost-free period 177 days, annual average wind speed of
5 to 7 m/s, windy days 187 days, sandstorm days 47 days.
Huachi
county
Huachi county is located in the east of Gansu and northeast of Qingyang city, bordering the counties of
Zhidan, Wuqi and Dingbian in Shaanxi province in the northeast, and adjoining the counties of Huan
county, Qingcheng and Heshui in the southwest. It is positioned in east longitude 107 ° 29 '- 108 ° 33',
latitude 36 ° 07 '- 36 ° 51'. Totally, there are 4 urban towns, 11 rural townships attached to the county,
including Yuele town, Rouyuan town, Yuancheng town, Nanliang town, Chenghao township, Wujiao
township, Shangliyuan township, Wangzhuizi township, Baima township, Huaian township, Qiaochuan
township, Qiaohe township, Shanzhuang township, Linzheng towns, Zifangpan township.
The county government office is located in Rouyuan township. Its total land area is 3776 square
kilometers, with a total population of 131000, which consists 13 minority ethnics including Han,
Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Mia, Zhuang, Man, Dong, Tu, Yi, Buyi and Korea. The economy
growth of the county is based on semi farming-grazing agriculture production. The natural secondly
forest is mostly distributed in the eastern mountain of the county, while grassland mostly in the western
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area of the county. Huachi county is geologically located in the hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau,
combining mountains, lower land and hills etc interlocked. The county is in the height of 1100-1100
meters above sea level, annual average rainfall of 510 mm, annual average temperature 8.7 ℃, and
frost-free period 178 days. The county is divided into three categories area: the northern farming and
pastoral areas, which processes broad meadows and ought to develop animal husbandry; South central
plain agricultural areas, where loose soil is fertile and adaptable to the development of agriculture,
where is also a major farming area and breadbasket county; Plain damp area in the east, where the
terrain is lower and flat, enjoying fertile land and humid climate, with superior condition for farming
and grazing. There are 4 rivers passing through the county, which respectively are Yuanchengchuang
River, Rouyuanchuan River, Chenghaochuan River, Erjiangchuan River, which contributes over
4million m3 of total annual runoff.
Heshui
county
Heshui county, located in the southeast of Qingyang city, Gansu province, the west of Ziwuling
mountains. It borders Fu county, Shaanxi province in the east, Links Qingcheng county in the west,
connects Ning county in the south and adjoins Huachi county and Zhidan county of Shaanxi province in
the north. Heshui county is positioned at the Loess Plateau, the east of Gansu, at the location of
the longitude 107 ° 51 '- 108 ° 42', latitude 35 ° 36 '- 36 °37', an average elevation of 1450 meters. The
terrain of Heshui county is interlocked by the high mountains and flat area, and is higher in the northeast
and lower in the southwest, passed through by the famous Ziwuling mountains which separates the
whole county into the east and west two parts, and appears the phenomenon of rivers flowing to the east
in the eastern area and flowing to the west in the western area of the county. Heshui county is located
in the mid-latitudes, with outstanding continental climate, which typically is cold and dry in the winter
and spring, and warm and humid in summer and autumn. Raining and hot weather appear at the same
period of year, enjoys sufficient sunlight and big temperature difference between day and night.
Affected by monsoon, northwest wind always appears in the winter, and southeast wind appears in the
summer, with hot summer and rainy autumn, humid climate. Annual average temperature is 9.4 ℃, with
annual extreme minimum temperature of 16.2 ℃, annual average frost-free period 160 days, maximum
frozen soil depth 920 mm, annual average sunshine hours of 2450 hours.
The average annual rainfall is about 588 millimeters, with variation annually ranges 309-101.4
millimeter, annual average precipitation days for 85-95 days, rainfall mainly concentrated in July,
August, September three months, which nearly takes about 65% of annual rainfall, the average annual
evaporation is 1460 mm, relative humidity ranges 35-95%. Rivers in Heshui county is divided by
Ziwuling mountain, including Jinghe rivers scheme and Luohe rivers scheme. Malianghe river,
Xianchuan river, Gucheng river belongs to the tributaries of Jinghe rivers scheme; Hulu river, Miaocun
river belong to the tributaries of Luohe river scheme, with annual average total runoff volume of 55
million cubic meters. Malian River is one of the biggest rivers in the county, which originates from
Ziwuling mountain, with the total length of 186 kilometers, the annual runoff is 37.5 million cubic
meters, average annual flow of 1.89 cubic meters per second. The natural resource of groundwater
amounts 98.25 million cubic meters per year, the mineable groundwater resource is about 41.6 million
cubic meters per year, with average depth of 15 to 60 meters. There is not any industrial pollution in the
county, which enables the quality of local water could meet the required standard both for drinking and
irrigation.
Minxian
MinXian is located in the conjunction area of the Loess Plateau, the east of Gansu, and Gannan pasture
area and Longnan high mountain area. Its total area is about 3500 square kilometers, of which: the
cultivated land area of 644900 mu, forest land area of 720000 mu, and grassland area of 2.17 million
mu. There are over 9 townships in rural area, 9 townships in urban area, 310 villages (communities)
committees, with a total population of 476100, hui, including 9 minority ethnics of Tibetan, Dongxiang,
Sarah, Yugu, Man etc. Inside the county, it generally is higher than 2040-3754 meters above sea level,
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with annual average temperature of 6.1 degrees, rainfall of 556.3 mm.
Zhuang
lang
county
Zhuanglang county belongs to the hilly-gully loess plateau area, covered by the territory of mountains
with the topography of higher in the east and lower in the west. The LiuPanShan mountain stands high
in the east, and interlocked among its 6 brunches of the mountains, passing through the whole county.
Bedrock mountain and hilly gully accounted for 93.5% of the total area of the county. Within the
territory, its altitude mostly ranges between 1405-2857 m. The weather in the county belongs to the
continental monsoon climate, with a big temperature difference between the north area and the south
area. The annual average temperature is 8.4 ℃, sunshine hours 2075.9 hours, frost-free period 198 days.
The area in the county, with the altitude ranging from 1405-1840 meters, enjoys the annual average
rainfall of 659 mm, with sufficient sunlight, big temperature difference between day and night, which is
a continental monsoon climate. Hydrologically, the county is poor in hydro resource. The type of its
vegetation for the county belongs to the transition type changing from forest steppe vegetation to
semi-arid vegetation.
Zheng
ning
county
Zhengning county is located in the southeast of Qingyang city, Gansu province, with vast land
resources. Its total area is 374 square kilometers, wholly covered by forests and grasses. It belongs to
the temperate continental monsoon humid and humid climate. Due to its relatively flat topography, and
affected by the summer monsoon, It has a relative less changes of climate elements. The whole terrain
of the county has been divided into 4 flat hills and flatland by 3 rivers of Zhidang river, Silang river and
Jiayu river. The general elevation of the county ranges from 880 meters to 1756meters, with average
temperature 8.7 ℃, annual average rainfall of 616.7 millimeters, frost-free period 158 days, which is a
typical rainfed agricultural county. The average annual rainfall of the county is 623.5 mm, with total
annual precipitation 851 million cubic meters.
Tong
wei
county
Tongwei county is located in the southeast of Gansu province, the east of Dingxi city, belongs to the
middle and upper reaches of the tributary of Weihe river-Niugu river. It is located in east longitude
104 ° 48 '- 105 ° 39', latitude 34 ° 55 '- 35 ° 30'. The length from the east to the west of the county is
about 78 km, width from the north and south about 64 km wide, with a total area of 2908.5 square
kilometers. The county is characterized by a distinct seasons, raining and heat weather basically appears
in the same period, with significant precipitation variability, sufficient sunlight. Its average temperature
is 7.2 ℃, extreme minimum temperature of -27.1 ℃, extreme maximum temperature 33.9 ℃, annual
average frost-free period 146d, ranging from 191 days to 99 days. The shortest average annual sunshine
hours is 2113.6 days, accounted for 48% of duration of all possible sunshine, annual total radiation
128.6 kcal/cm squared, 0 ℃ above duration of 247.8 days, annual average rainfall of 390.6 mm, rain
days 96 days. The extreme maximum rainfall is 610.6 mm, minimum 253.9 mm of rainfall, rainfall
mainly concentrated in three months, July, August, September, and often happens in the form of
rainstorm, taking about 57% of its annual rainfall. The annual average relative humidity in the county is
70%, with the average wind speed 1.8 m/s, the average evaporation 1337.9 mm. The main
meteorological disasters are drought, hail and frost. The total volume of water resource in the County is
about 96.9 million cubic meters, of which the surface water of 80.92 million cubic meters and 15.98
million cubic meters of groundwater, the salt water which is difficult to use of 2200 cubic meters, the
useable water of 7490 cubic meters, and the surface water flowed-in of 1296 cubic meters.
Zhangji
achuan
county
Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County is located in the southeast of Gansu province, the northeast of
Tianshui city, and the west of Long mountain. It belongs to the transition zone of the two tectonic units
of Liupan geosyndine and Longxi platform, where is the conjunction of Liupanshan mountain
meridional tectonic and Qinling mountain zonal tectonic, and geographically located at the longitude
105 ° 54 '- 106 ° 35', latitude 34 ° 44 '- 35 °11'. Its terrain leans from northeast to southwest, and slightly
oblique triangle. The total area of the county is 1311.8 square kilometers, stretching 62 km in the length
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from the east to the west, and 48 kilometers in the width from the north to the south. The climate in the
county is a temperate continental monsoon climate. Due to the complex diversity of its terrain, it has
clearly formed the obvious geographic stereo microclimate environment. In the middle and west area of
the county, it belongs to the moderate semi-arid zone, cold arid zone and temperate cold semi-arid zone,
mild climate, sufficient sunshine, frost-free period is long, but less rainfall; In the northeast area of the
county, it performs as temperate cold semi-humid zone, temperate cold humid zone, with slightly cold
weather, relatively poor sunshine, much short frost-free period, adequate rainfall etc. It has diversified
climates in the county, with annual average temperature 7.5 ℃, frost-free period 163 days, annual
sunshine hours 2044 hours, annual average rainfall of 600 mm. Its features are: short summer without
heat, long and cold winter. Raining and hot weather appears in the same season, with humid summer
and dry winter, cold early autumn, large temperature difference during day and night, without extreme
hot weather in the summer.
Huan
county
Huan county is located at the conjunction of three provinces, including Gansu, Shanxi and Ningxia, the
center of Ordos Basin, which is the pivot of Giant Northwest Economic Circle. And the railway from
Yingchuan to Sichuan passes through the whole county. There are over 20 townships, 1 tourism
development office, 250 administrative villages attached the county, with a total land area of 9236
square kilometers and a population of 351000, of which 93% agricultural population, 3.07 million mu
arable land. Within the territory of the county, generally, its altitude ranges from 1200-2089 meters,
average annual rainfall 300 mm, annual average sunshine hours of 2600 hours.
Jinning
county
Jingning county is located in the hilly-gully loess plateau, the terrain tilts from the northwest to
southeast, with elevation of 1600-2245 meters. Its terrain has been divided into Hulu River valley and
flat area, valley basin, hilly slopes, ridge and loess hills, including about 1098 ridges and loess hills. The
total length of ridge mountain amounts 1652km and 13 of them are the main barriers. Divided by Hulu
river as the boundary, the east side is the branch of LiuPanShan mountain, and the west side is of the
remaining hills of Huajialin mountain. Stratum is mainly the continental faces stratum, partially
distributed by igneous rock in some area. It has 6types of soil in the county, including Loess Soil, Helu
Soil, Red Clay, Alluvial Soil, Boggy Soil etc, of which the Loess Soil is the main soil in the county
accounting for 91.18% of the county soil area, and widely distributed in all hills and ridge mountain of
the townships and villages in the county. For the Loess Soil, the organic matter content was 0.92%, total
nitrogen (0.072%); available Phosphorus was 8.24 PPM, rapidly-available Potassium 170.1 PPM.
Jingning county belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid and semi-arid climate, with clearly
different weather in four seasons. It enjoys mild climate, with sufficient sunshine, frost-free period 159
days, annual average sunshine hours of 2238 hours. Annual average temperature is 7.1 ℃, and the
hottest weather appears in July, average month temperature 19.6 ℃; The coldest weather occurs in
January, the monthly average temperature -7.0 ℃. Precipitation is unevenly distributed in the seasons
and space, which happens more in summer, and less in winter and spring. The average annual rainfall is
450.8 mm, and the maximum value is 690.4 mm in 1964, the minimum value is 228.5 mm in 1971. The
reliable value of precipitation is 383 mm; the average annual evaporation is 1469 mm. The runoff in the
County mainly is produced mainly by precipitation, with average runoff depth of 28.1 mm, the total
annual flow of 286.21 million cubic meters, of which 224.51 million cubic meters is flowed-in from
other counties. The county itself only produced 61.7 million cubic meters of runoff. Within the county,
the Hulu river is the main river scheme, with the additional 9 tributaries running from the east and west,
successively gathers from north to south. Within the territory of the county, there is not any natural lake.
Yongjin
g county
Yongjing county is located in Longxi Loess plateau, with the terrain of higher in the west and east,
lower in the middle. Its altitude ranges from 1560-2851 meters, with the relative elevation difference of
1291 meters. Within the county, territory is interlinked by hills and mountains. From the view of
landscape, it could be divided into 4 types of landscape, including valley plains, loess hilly mountain,
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the mountain basin, and rocky mountain. Because of its location in the inland, it enjoys the typical
continental climate, with temperate semi-arid and partial drought climate type, the average sunshine
hours 2534.6 hours, annual average rainfall of 260 mm or so, evaporation capacity of about 1500 mm.
Weiyua
n county
The total area of Weiyuan county is 2065 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction of 8 rural townships, 8
urban townships, 3 communities, with a total population of 350100, the total land area of 800000 mu.
Generally, the elevation of its terrain ranges from 1930 m to 1930 meters above sea level, and 2080
meters above sea level in the downtown of the county. Annual average temperature is 5.8 ℃, annual
average rainfall of 507 mm, frost-free period 157 days.
Dongxia
ng
county
Dongxiang Hui autonomous county is located in the middle of Gansu province, the North-East of Linxia
prefecture, and is famous for its birthplace of Dongxiang ethnic minority and its important south
channel of silk road. It is the unique Dongxiang ethnic minority residence and the only Dongxi
Autonomous county in China. The Autonomous county is located in the transition area of Qinghai-Tibet
plateau and the loess plateau, occupied by the territory of mountains and hills. The highest elevation
within the county is 2664 meters, and the lowest 1735 meters above sea level, with 350 mm annual
average rainfall, enjoying a temperate semi-arid climate; The total area of the county is 1510 square
kilometers, with the arable land area of 367800 mu, of which hill dry land accounts for 87.3%. Within
the whole county, its altitude ranges from 1735 to 2664 meters above sea level, with annual average
rainfall of 350 mm, annual evaporation capacity up to 1387 mm.
Lintao
county
Lintao county, called as Didao, is located in east longitude 103 ° 29 '- 104 ° 19', latitude 35 °03 '42' 46 ''
- 35 ° 56 ', the central of Gansu province, the west of Dingxi city. It connects Lanzhou city in the north,
links Weiyuan county in the south, and borders the counties of Dongxiang, Guanghe and Kangle,
Linxian Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the west. Its terrain is long and narrow, in the length of 103km
from north to south, the width of 78 km from east to west, and the terrain tilts from southeast to
northwest. The county is about 80km away from Lanzhou, the provincial capital city of Gansu. The total
area of the county is 2851 square kilometers, and its altitude ranges from 1730 to 3670 meters above sea
level, annual average temperature 7 ℃, annual precipitation 317-760 mm, and frost-free period 80-190
days.
Longxi
county
Longxi county is located in the southeast of Gansu, and the south of Dingxi city, with the geological
position ranges from longitude 104 °18 ' to 104 ° 54', latitude 34 ° 50 '- 35 ° 03'. It is located in the west
of Longshan mountain, the upper reaches of Weihe river. It borders Tongwei county in the east,
connects Dingxi city in the north, connects Weiyuan county in the west and links Zhang county and
Wushan county in the south. Its elevation ranges from 1700 meters to 2300. The county has a total area
of 2400 square kilometers, enjoying very convenient transportation access passed by Longhai railway
and the highway of G316. Mahe township is located at the north end of Longxi county, with 52km
distance to the downtown. In Mahe township, it has 7903 hectares of administrative region covering the
whole townships.
3.2 The Social and Economic Status in Project area
See table 3.2-1 about the social and economic status in project area.
Table 3.2-1 The Social and Economic Status in Project Area
County
Total
population
(0000’)
Rural
population
(%)
Total area
(km2)
Population
density
(person/km2
)
Average
Farmland
(Mu)
Ratio in total
GDP of the three
industries
Average
net
income
for
Average net
income for
poor
household
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farmers
Anding
district 45.40 79.74 3638.00 124.79 4.90 21 :28 :51 3632.00 3625.00
Gulang
county 39.82 89.35 5103.00 78.03 2.85 18 :56 :26 3559.00 2610.00
Heshui
county 17.71 86.62 2933.37 60.37 2.18 17 :66 :17 4120.00 3200.00
Huachi
county 13.46 85.44 3776 35.65 6.38 7 :81 :12 4155 2440.00
Huan
county 35.18 92.64 9236.00 38.09 8.75 16 :62 :22 3636.00 2059.00
Jinning
county 48.89 91.78 2201.00 222.13 3.01 38 :35 :27 3642.00 1652.00
Longxi
county 50.51 86.91 2408.00 209.76 2.33 26 :35 :39 3924.00 3208.00
Min
county 47.61 93.17 3500.00 136.03 1.35 37 :25 :37 3384.00 2805.00
Dongwe
i county 44.67 91.74 2908.50 153.58 4.10 38 :12 :50 3365.12 2883.00
Weiyua
n
county
34.49 95.13 2066.51 166.90 2.32 53 :10 :37 3517.00 2430.00
Yongjin
county 20.56 78.79 1112.20 184.86 1.73 15 :63 :21 3160.70 2230.00
Zhangji
achuan
county
33.28 93.36 1312.00 253.66 1.69 24 :24 :52 3343.00 1964.00
Zhengni
ng
county
23.96 90.07 1322.60 181.16 1.79 36 :9 :55 4624.00 3819.00
Zhuangl
ang
county
44.76 92.56 1553.14 288.19 2.05 38 :23 :39 3529.60 2236.00
Lintao
county 53.91 49.26 2851.00 189.09 2.19 28:34:38 3841.00 2920.00
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3.3 Natural Reserves, Cultural Relics and other Protection Areas
The list of natural reserves (station), key water source areas and cultural relics is shown in Table
3.3-1 and Table 3.3-2, based on the available date.
Table 3.3-1 List of Natural Reserves in Project Areas
Name County Level of
Protection
Area
(ha) Protected Objects
Location and
Distance
Wetland
protection
area of Three
gorges of the
Yellow River
Yongjing Provincial
level 19500
The national protected objects
include forest musk deer,
Yangcheng Sheep, lynx, black
necked crane, whooper swan,
goshawk, kite, owl and
Chrysolophus pictus.
Located at
102°58′-103°23′
east longitude
and
35°47′-36°7′
north latitude.
Distance from
project area:
2.91km
Brachymystax
lenok
protection
area
Zhang
Jiachuan
National
level In plan
Brachymystax lenok is a specie of
lenok
Distance from
project
area:1.9km
Table 3.3-2 List of Key Ancient Relics in Project Areas
Name of
Ancient
Relics
County Level of
Protection
Size
(km2) Key Protected Object
Location and
Distance
Great
Wall of
Qin
Dynasty
and
beacon
fire sites
Lintao,
Weiyuan,
Longxi,
Tongwei,
Jinning,
Huanxian
and
Huachi
counties
Provincial 640
The west part of Qin Great Wall starts from Xintian
Township of Lintao County. It is running across
five townships of Lintao, then crossing Weiyuan,
Longxi, Tongwei and Jinning counties to Xiji,
Guyuan and Pengyang counties of Ningxia Hui
Autonomous province, and then to Zhenyuan,
Huanxian and Huachi of Gansu. And it is 640km
long and running 8 counties in Gansu and 3
counties in Ningxia.
30km from
Weiyuan, 12km
from Longxi, 15km
from Jinning, 40km
from Tongwei,
100km from
Huachi, 2km from
Lintao, 30km from
Huanxian.
Great
Wall of
Ming
Dynastry
and
beacon
fire sites
Gulang
County Provincial 122.5
It is a section of great wall built to solid Han Great
Wall. It is started from the east bank of Gulang
river to Qing Shiwan. And it is connected with the
Han Great Wall with a total length of 12.5km. And
there is another section of Ming Great Wall. It
starts from Sishui township and ends at Shuangdun
with a total length of 110km.
Distance from the
project: 5.4km at
the south.
Nongmeng Village of Lintao County is the closest project area and is 2 km away from the great
wall of Qin dynasty. But there is no infrastructure construction such as road. Other infrastructure
constructions under the project are even far away therefore will not have negative impact.
The animal production supported under the project is mainly pen-breeding by the farmers’
cooperatives or the farmers themselves. And there is no range breeding. The ancient relics are far
away from the production areas. Therefore, there will no negative impact upon the great walls.
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3.4 Survey and Evaluation on the Status of Environment Quality
All the data adopted in this EIA report refers the original ordinary monitoring data prepared by each
proposed project county. Due to the economic development status for each project county is
diversified, it might causes the unbalanced analysis result of EIA because of the unevenly provision
of monitoring data.
3.4.1 The status of environment quality in Anding district
1. The status of environment quality for the underground water in Anding district
This environment quality evaluation is conducted without the monitoring of the environment
status. It plans to use the existing conventional monitoring data, according to the Report of
Environment Quality Monitoring in Anding District provided by Anding district Environment
Protection and Monitoring Station, it shows that the water quality indicators monitored for the
underground water in Anding is qualified, and indicates that the water quality of underground water
in Anding district has met the standard III based on The Standard of Environment Quality for
Underground Water(GB/T-14848-93).
2. The status of air environment quality in Anding district
According to the monitoring data in 2013 provided by Anding District Environment Protection
Monitoring Station, the density of SO2, NO2, and PM of air in Anding district could meet the
standard II based on The Standard of Environment Quality for the Air (GB3095-96). It shows the air
environment quality is pretty better.
3.4.2 The status of environment quality in Gulang county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Gulang county
According to the Report on the Ecological Environment Quality of County in the State Key
Ecological Functional Zone of Gansu in 2012, provided by Wuwei City Environment Protection
Monitoring Station, all the monitoring indicators of water in Shibali reservoir could meet the
required standard. It shows that the water quality in Shibali reservoir has reached the standard III
based on The Standard of Environment Quality for the Surface Water (GB3838-2002)...
2. The status of air environment quality in Gulang county
According to the data provided by Wuwei City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep. 2013,
based on the analysis for over 60 times of sampling year-around for the monitoring of SO2, NO2 and
PM, it shows only once the value of TSP is beyond the required standard, accounting for 1.67% of
ratio beyond standard,and the concentration of the rest indicators have met the standard II based on
The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows the air environment quality in
Gulong county is pretty better. There is only once incidence for TSP to be beyond standard, which
might be caused by the serious dusting weather.
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3. The status of noise quality in Gulang county
According to the data provided by Wuwei City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep. 2013,
it finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet the
qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Gulang is general good.
3.4.3 The status of environment quality in Huachi county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Huachi county
The general status of the quality for surface water
According to the Report submitted by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station, it finds
that the water quality at the outlet section (the conjunction of Yele township in Huachi county to
Xuanma township of Qingchen county) of Rouyuanchuan river in Huachi county meets grade V,and
is regarded as the medium pollution. The main contaminants include COD, nitrogen, petroleum etc.
The water quality in the water section of Yuanchengchuan Shangpuziqiao is in grade IV, as the light
pollution, with the main contaminants of ammonia nitrogen petroleum etc. At the water section of
Lianggoumen, Huangqu village, Linzhen township along Hulu river (the lower reach of the
conjunction of Erjiangchuan river and Liyuanpuchuan river), and the quality of water is classified as
Grade II, basically without pollution.
According to the monitoring report submitted by Qingyang City Environmental Monitoring
Station, the result of monitoring indicators for Rouyuandonggou Drinking Water Sources Protection
Zone and Yaerwa Drinking Water Source Protection Zone could meet the standard III based on The
Standard of Environment Quality for the Surface Water (GB3838-2002); the result of monitoring
indicators for the Third Drinking Water Source Protection Zone of the County (Hulu river) could
meet the standard II based on The Standard of Environment Quality for the Surface Water
(GB3838-2002). Water qualification rate reaches 100%.
Of total 25 drinking water sources in all 14 towns and townships of the county, it shows that the
water quality status in 3 townships of the project area respectively are: (concentration of ammonia
nitrogen in water is beyond 0.2 times of the standard) in Lijiawan, Yuele township; (concentration of
COD in water is beyond 0.14 times of the standard) in Xiaochuangou, Yuele township;
(concentration of ammonia nitrogen, total hardness and nitrite in water respectively is beyond 1.02
times, 0.3 times and 1.1 times of the standard) in Yujiafa, Chenghao township; (concentration of
ammonia nitrogen and sulfate, respectively is beyond 0.23 times and 0.04 times of the standard) in
Jiangchagou, Baima township; (concentration of total hardness, hexavalent chromium, sulfate and
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chloride, respectively is beyond 0.2 times, 0.02 times, 0.2 times and 0.3 times of the standard) in
Baimaquan; (concentration of hexavalent chromium, nitrite and sulfate, respectively is beyond 0.1
times, 0.01 times and 0.01 times of the standard) in Tanigou, Wujiao township. It shows that the
monitoring result for some indicators could not meet the standard III based on the The Standard of
Environment Quality or Underground Water(GB/T14848-93). The rest of the monitoring items are
up to standard.
The status of air environment quality in Huachi county
According to the data submitted by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station in Oct,
2013, it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of the county has met the
standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows the quality of
air environment is pretty good in Huachi county.
3.4.4 The status of environment quality in Heshui county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Heshui county
In according to the data about the quality of surface water in Heshui county submitted by
Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station in Oct, 2013, it finds that the concentration of
ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, COD is respectively beyond the standard in Lichuan village (at the
site of 200m to Tielichuan Bridge), Jixian township, and the rest indicators generally meet the
standard. It shows that the quality of surface water in Heshui county could not meet the standard III
based on the Standard of the Surface Water Quality (GB3838-2002).
2. The status of air environment quality in Heshui county
According to the data submitted by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep,
2013, it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of the county has met the
standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows the quality of
air environment is pretty good in Heshui county.
3. The status of the noise quality in Heshui county
According to the data provided by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station in Oct.
2013,it finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet
the qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Heshui is general good.
3.4.5 The status of environment quality in Minxian county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Minxian county
In according to the data about the quality of surface water in Minxian county submitted by
Minxian County Environment Monitoring Station in Oct, 2013, it finds that the concentration of the
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total nitrogen is beyond the standard, and the rest indicators generally meet the standard. It shows
that the quality of surface water in Minxian county could meet the standard III based on the Standard
of the Surface Water Quality (GB3838-2002).
2. The status of air environment quality in Minxian county
According to the data successively submitted by Minxian County Environment Monitoring
Station in Oct,Nov, Dec., with consecutive monitoring for 5 days each month, it finds that the
concentration of SO2, NO2, PM in the air of Minxian county could meet the standard II based on
The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air environment
in Minxian is pretty good.
3.4.6 The status of environment quality in Zhuanglang county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Zhuanglang county
In according to the report about the environment quality in Zhuanglang county submitted by
Zhuanglang County Environment Monitoring Station, it finds that all monitoring indicators for
drinking water are qualified in Zhuanglang county. At Xucheng village, water section of Shuiluo he
river in Zhuanglang county, the monitoring indicators show that concentration of potassium
permanganate, COD, BOD, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus and total nitrogen are all beyond the
standard; at the site of Nanping bridge, the monitoring indicators of total nitrogen, total phosphorus
are beyond standard, but the monitoring indicators in the rest sections are all qualified. It shows that
the water quality in the water section of Xucheng village and Nanping Bridge is poor, and the water
quality in the section of Zhuanglang for Shuiluo river could not meet the standard III based on the
Standard of the Surface Water Quality (GB/T-14848-93).
2. The status of air environment quality in Zhuanglang county
According to the data successively submitted by Zhuanglang County Environment Monitoring
Station in March, June, August, Nov, with consecutive monitoring for 5 days each month, it finds
that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Zhuanglang county could meet the standard
II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air
environment in Zhuanglang is pretty good.
3. The status of noise quality in Zhuanglang county
According to the data provided byZhuanglang County Environment Monitoring Station in Oct.
2013,it finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet
the qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Zhuanglang is general good.
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3.4.7 The status of environment quality in Zhengning county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Zhengning county
In according to the data about the quality of surface water in Zhengning county submitted by
Zhengning County Environment Monitoring Station, it finds that all indicators generally meet the
standard. It shows that the quality of surface water in Zhengning county could meet the standard III
based on the Standard of the Surface Water Quality (GB3838-2002).
2. The status of air environment quality in Zhengning county
According to the data successively submitted by Zhengning County Environment Monitoring
Station in Sep, with consecutive monitoring for 5 days, it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2,
and PM in the air of Zhengning county could meet the standard II based on The Standard of
Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air environment in Zhengning is
pretty good.
3.4.8 The status of environment quality in Tongwei county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Tongwei county
According to the data submitted by Tongwei County Environment Monitoring Station, which
was collected from the monitoring sites along Niuguhe river at Jingping bridge where is for the entry
monitoring of water and Dianzi village of Pingxiang township where is for the exit monitoring of
water. It shows that all the monitoring indicators are qualified in Tongwei county, and identifies that
the water quality within Tongwei county could meet the standard III based on the standard of
environment quality for the surface water(GB/T-14848-93).
2. The status f air quality environment in Tongwei county
According to the data successively submitted by Tongwei County Environment Monitoring
Station in Feb, May, August, with consecutive monitoring for 5 days each month, it finds that the
concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Tongwei county could meet the standard II based
on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air
environment in Tongwei County is pretty good.
3.4.9 The status of environment quality in Zhangjiachuan county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface environment in Zhangjiachuan county
According to the data provided by Zhangjiachuan County Environment Monitoring Station in
the 2nd
quarter of 2013, which was collected by the sampling at Chuangxia village along Houchuan
river and Zhangjiachuan Water Plant, it shows that the water is qualified. It indicates that the water
quality at the section of Changxia village along Houchuan river in Zhangjiachuan and Zhangjiachuan
Water Plant could not meet the standard III based on the Standard o Environment Quality for the
Surface Water (GB/T-14848-93).
2. The status of air environment quality in Zhangjiachuan county
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According to the data submitted by Zhangjiachuan County Environment Monitoring Station in
2013, it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Zhangjiachuan county could
meet the standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that
the quality of air environment in Zhangjiachuan is pretty good.
3.4.10 The status of environment quality in Huanxian county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Huanxian county
According the data submitted by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station, the data
on the drinking water quality in Huanxian indicates that the drinking water quality in Huanxian
county could meet the standard III based on The Standard of Qualification for the Surface Water
(GB/T148-93). Inside the project area of Huanxian county, Malianhe river basin runs through Mubo
township, Quzi township. At the water sampling site of Quzi bridge, the monitoring indicators show
that: COD34.4 mg/L, BOD2.65 mg/L, pH8.00, dissolved oxygen (DO) 8.03 mg/L, hexavalent
chromium 0.149 mg/L, ammonia nitrogen 0.501 mg/L, anionic surfactant 0.197 mg/L. Water
Capacity 4.251 m3 / s, annual runoff 167.4 million square meters.
2. The status of air environment quality in Huanxian county
According to the data submitted by Huanxian County Environment Monitoring Station in Oct,
it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Huanxian county could meet the
standard II based on The Standard of Evnironment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the
quality of air environment in Huanxian County is pretty good.
3. The status of noise quality in Huanxian county
According to the data provided by Qingyang City Environment Monitoring Station in Oct.
2013,it finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet
the qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Huanxian County is general good.
3.4.11 The status of environment quality in Jinning county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Jinning county
In according to the data provided by Pingliang City Environment Monitoring Station, collected
at the site of Yanmiao of Hulu river and Renda of Liujiachuan river, it shows that the concentration
of potassium permanganate, COD, ammonia nitrogen, mercury etc in the water of Yanmia are all
beyond the standard in 20th
Nov, while all monitoring indicators show the qualification of water in
the rest monitoring time. At the site of Renda of Liujiachuan river, all the monitoring indicators show
the qualification of water. The monitoring indicators on drinking water quality in Jinning county has
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showed that the drinking water in Jinjing county could meet the standard III based on the Standard of
the Underground Water Quality (GB/T148-93).
2. The status of air environment quality in Jinning county
According to the data submitted by Pingliang City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep, it
finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Jinning county could meet the
standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the
quality of air environment in Jinning County is pretty good.
3. The status of noise quality in Jinning county
According to the data provided by Pingliang City Environment Monitoring Station in Oct.
2013,it finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet
the qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Jining county is general good.
3.4.12 The status of environment quality in Yongjing county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Yongjing county
In according to the data provided by Yongjin County Environment Monitoring Station,
collected at the site of Yanmiao of Hulu river and Renda of Liujiachuan river, it shows that the
concentration of potassium permanganate, COD, ammonia nitrogen, mercury etc in the water of
Yanmia are all beyond the standard in 20th Nov, 2013, while all monitoring indicators show the
qualification of water in the rest monitoring time. At the site of Renda of Liujiachuan river, all the
monitoring indicators show the qualification of water. The monitoring indicators on drinking water
quality from Huangshui River in Yongjing county has showed that the drinking water from the
Huangshui river could meet the standard II based on the Standard of the Surface Water Quality
(GB3838-2002).
2. The status of air environment quality in Yongjing county
According to the data submitted by Linxia City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep, it finds
that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Yongjing county could meet the standard II
based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air
environment in Yongjing County is pretty good.
3. The status of noise quality in Yongjing county
The level of regional environment noise and traffic noise from main trunk road in Yongjing
county respectively amounts 52.9 decibels and 67.4 decibels, which both are controlled within the
targets for the province and prefecture.
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According to the data provided by Linxia City Environment Monitoring Station in Sep. 2013,it
finds that the average equivalent noise level of the regional environment noise could meet the
qualified day-night standard I identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality
(GB3096-2008), and the average equivalent noise level of the traffic noise could meet the qualified
day-night standard IV identified in The Standard of Sound Environment Quality (GB3096-2008). It
shows that the quality of noise environment in Yongjing county is general good.
3.4.13 The status of environment quality in Weiyuan county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Weiyuan county
The evaluation result shows that:Among 5 main rivers inside Weiyuan county, water quality
for the 3 river section of them could meet the grade II according to the standard of environment
quality for the surface water, accounting for 60% of the total evaluated river sections. In addition, in
one river section of them, its water quality only could meet the grade III, accounting for 20% of the
total evaluated river sections. However, in one river section, the water has been serious polluted in
the poor grade V, accounting for 20% of the total evaluated river sections.
Based on the data provided by Weiyuan County Environment Monitoring Station, collected at
the river sections of Xiakou reservoir, Shanhekou river section in Luyuan township, it shows that the
concentration of total nitrogen checked at Shanhekou river section of Luyuan township in 9th
April,
2013 is beyond the standard, while the rest items checked in monitoring period meet the standard.
All monitoring indicators for the water section of Xiakou reservoir meet the required standard.
2. The status of air environment quality in Tongwei county
According to the data successively submitted by Weiyuan County Environment Monitoring
Station in March, June, Sep, with consecutive monitoring for 5 days each month, it finds that the
concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Weiyuan county could meet the standard II based
on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air
environment in Weiyuan County is pretty good.
3.4.14 The status of environment quality in Dongxiang county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Dongxiang county
Regarding the monitoring data provided by Dongxiang County Environment Monitoring Station,
collected at the water sections of Gaxiyuan, the demolished bridge of Daxiahe, and Yehuxia gorge of
Daxiahe river, it shows that the concentration of total nitrogen in Gaxiyuan is beyond the standard,
while the rest items checked in monitoring period meet the standard.
2. The status of air environment quality in Dongxiang county
According to the data submitted by Dongxian County Environment Monitoring Station in Oct, it
finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of Dongxian county could meet the
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standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality (GB3095-96). It shows that the
quality of air environment in Dongxiang County is pretty good.
3.4.15 The status of environment quality in Lintao county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Lintao county
According to the monitoring data provide by Lintao County Environment Monitoring Station,
collected at the water section of Yujing and Tayuan bridge, it shows that all monitoring indicators for
those two river sections are qualified, and could meet the standard III based on the Standard of
Environment Quality for the Surface Water (GB/T-14848-93).
2. The status of air environment quality in Lintao county
According to the data successively submitted by Lintao County Environment Monitoring Station
in March, May, August, Nov., it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air of
Lintao county could meet the standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality
(GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air environment in Lintao County is pretty good.
3.4.16 The status of environment quality in Longxi county
1. The status of environment quality for the surface water in Longxi county
According to the monitoring data provided by Longxi County Environment Monitoring Station,
collected at Xiershilipu, Shouyang of Weihe river, the water section at Tudianzi of Wenfeng
township, it shows that the concentration of total nitrogen checked at both river sections are beyond
the standard. At the monitoring site of the river section of Tudianzi in Wenfeng township, it found
that the concentration of COD conducted monitoring in 8th
April was beyond the standard. The rest
of the monitoring items are up to standard.
2. The status of air environment quality in Longxi county
According to the data successively submitted by Longxi County Environment Monitoring
Station in March, May, August, Nov., it finds that the concentration of SO2, NO2, and PM in the air
of Lintao county could meet the standard II based on The Standard of Environment Air Quality
(GB3095-96). It shows that the quality of air environment in Longxi County is pretty good.
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4 Environment Impact Assessment of Infrastructure
Construction
The infrastructures include roads, terrace lands, water conservation projects, product storage
and market facilities, production facilities (including animal pen, storage room, epidemic prevention
room and silage pit ets), office buildings and industrial improvements. The infrastructures will bring
certain extent of environment impacts in both the construction and the operation periods. The
activities are similar with those of Sichaun Province. And the environment analysis is the same as
that of Sichuan.
The fugitive dust which is caused due to terrace land construction is the main difference from
the impacts of Sichuan. The measures as road construction will be adopted to mitigate the impact.
And the terrace land development is mainly to level the lands to reduce water and soil losses. That
will not damage the eco-environment.
There is no new constructed road in Gansu. The roads constructions include 215km sand
pavement and 104km cement pavement for roads.
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5 Impact Analysis on Agriculture Activities
5.1 Planting Activity
Plantation process and impact analysis
The crop production of this project mainly includes planting potatoes, apples, Chinese herbal
medicine (namely Codonopsis pilosula(Dangshen); astragalus membranaceus(Huangqi)).It would
conduct an impact analysis to the whole plantation process of the above mentioned crops in
following sections.
1. Cultivation technical standards for improved varieties (breeding seed) of potatoes
① Site selection: Regarding the site selection for the plantation of proposed crops, it has
considered the nature of varieties. The climate condition is suitable for the cultivation of the above
mentioned crops. In order to avoid water and soil erosion, land reclamation is forbidden at the slope
over 20 degrees, while trying to avoid the reclamation in too much large scale. It should simply
conduct land preparation, in order to reduce the potential ecological destroying and water soil
erosion which might caused by the implementation of the proposed project.
②Land preparation, soil preparation, crop rotation: To select arable land with loose soil, good
fertility and thick cultivation soil; to have autumn deep plough and sun bathing, with tillage depth of
25--30 cm, without solanaceae crops, ginger in rotation practice for more than 3 years.
③ To apply fertilizer in a scientific manner, to improve fertilization effectiveness. Fertilization
for potatoes should give priority to organic manure, chemical fertilizers are complementary one;
Base fertilizer is the main fertilization instrument, and top dressing is a supplementary instrument. The specific fertilizer
application dose per mu is as follows: farmyard manure1500-1500 kg per mu, 16 kg urea fertilizer (among which 30%
as top dressing ), calcium superphosphate 60 kg per mu, 16 kg potassium sulphate per mu. When
fertilization are carried out about 1/2 or 1/3 of the organic fertilizer is applied to plough layers in
combination with autumn plough or before spring sowing cultivation, and the rest of fertilizers can
be applied in seeding season. When volume of base fertilizer is small, it can be applied into sowing
ditches in a concentrated manner.
④Selection of improved potato variety, make reasonable processing. Prior to accelerating
potato germination 1-2 days before, potato pieces with smooth surface, with no lesion, no injury,
neat shape, are chosen, centering on potato sprouting bud eye to cut potatoes into blocks, each block is
30g--50g, with 1--2 sprouting bud eyes. Cutting knives should be disinfected with 3% potassium
permanganate or 75% alcohol, after every cutting knives should be disinfected. Cutting knives also
can be disinfected with 50% of boiled salt water, after cutting of potato pieces washing with boiling
salt water for disinfection can be applied to knives and base plates several times. Sowing quantity per
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mu is 150 kg -- 200 kg. Stock seed breeding can be directly made with selection of disease-free
whole potato, to make direct seeding, 4000 pieces per mu.
⑤Planting In suitable season, keeping reasonable density. Generally soil temperature maintains
at 7-8 ℃ for 10 cm soil in depth is suitable for sowing, sowing is finished in late April and early May.
A regular sowing depth is between 8-15 cm.
⑥Inter-tillage ridging, irrigation and drainage in a timely manner. After good seedling
emergence the first inter-tillage is carried out, with 8--10 cm depth, 10-15 days later the second
inter-tillage and shallow ridging are carried out, with appearance of early budding flowering the
second inter-tillage and ridging are carried, to make "wide shoulder ridge" with total soil thickness
not more than 20 cm. The hoe ridging process must be in the right time and depth, in order to avoid
damage to bud germ and underground body. 10-15 days before harvest irrigation should not be
applied in order to promote the potato skin aging, and it is easy to harvest.
⑦Diseases and pests control, chemical control. When non-disease resistant varieties or disease
epidemic are in vogue, bactericide should be applied timely for disease prevention. When underground pest
population in the soil is large, and density is high, it is needed to make chemical control to improve
potato production and commodity rate. Main pest control of aphids is usually carried out in June -
August with imidacloprid and other chemicals in spraying alternately for pest prevention and control,
pest disease is started in the morning and evening in late June, Antracol (in a role of zinc supplementation)
is used for prevention, after late blight is found a frost spirit of the reoccupy manganese zinc, Oxadixyl
(antivirus alum) and other chemicals are sprayed alternately.
⑧To make timely harvest and safe storage. Harvest should be carried out according to actual
needs. But at the time of harvest a sunny day should be chosen to avoid harvest in rainy day for easy
harvesting and transporting. Rainy days are inconvenient, and easily lead to bacteria invasion by
potato skin abrasion, rot or storage. To reduce the occurrence of mechanical trauma on potatoes in
harvest, 7-10 days prior to the harvest plants must be destroyed and make plant skin corkification.
Especially when plants are infected with late blight, plants should be destroyed in advance as early as
possible, disease infected plants should be moved out of fields, to make soil exposure to kill soil
surface pathogenic bacteria, to reduce the chance for tubers infected with late blight in harvest time.
Before storage, harvested tubers should be cleaned and selected, rotten and damaged tubers should
be thoroughly removed to reduce the chance of disease expansion during tubers in storage.
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Diagram 5.1-1 Whole process of potato planting
2. Construction standards for planting high quality apples
① Apple tree cultivation: Big sapling transplantation is the main method, 40 saplings per mu is
planted, the unit price for each tree is 20 yuan, manual cost is 50 yuan/mu, mulch 3 kg/mu cost is 50
yuan, organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer 100 yuan/mu, in total 1000 yuan/mu.
② Orchard site selection: Orchard site should be chosen in shelter sunny bottomland, tableland
and mountain plateau tableland with elevation below 1800 meters, with average annual temperature
7 ℃ above, deep and fertile soil, have certain irrigation conditions for optimality.
③Varieties selection and pollination tree configuration: According to local climate
characteristics and the market demand, apple cultivation variety is given priority to Fuji apple series.
In the process of planting, pollination varieties should be distributed evenly in the orchards, the
maximum distance between main variety and pollination varieties does not exceed 60 meters.
④ Reasonable planting density: Row planting density in this county should be spaced 5 meters,
sapling planting distance is of 3 meters, per mu 44 saplings is advisable.
⑤ Row direction and planting mode: Row direction in north and south is preferred, no strict
requirements. To facilitate the operation, row direction must be vertical to main roads in orchards.
⑥ Orchard construction period and planting techniques: Spring and autumn is the ideal Orchard
construction season. In order to ensure the high survival rate and growth, the following techniques
should be taken: (1) to plant in big pits. Planting pits dimension is 1 meters across and 80 cm in
Manual
labor
Land level
Water & soil, plant damage
Seeds, organic
manure
To select
improved
varieties、seeding
Water, fertilizer, pesticides
Fertilization、Weeding、
Integrated pests management
Fertilizer, pesticide pollution
Harvesting
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depth. In excavation, topsoil is put aside, subsoil is put the other side, in backfill, topsoil and applied
farmyard manure are backfilled to pit bottom, subsoil is backfilled to the top. (2) Deep digging and
shallow planting. Planting depth is controlled, the original soil printing of saplings in nursery is taken
as the criterion, should not be too deep. (3) Transferred nursery stock must be soaked in clean water
for more than 12 hours before planting to complement moisture loss in the process of transfer. (4)
Before engraftment pruning treatment must be applied to seedling roots, the roots must be soaked in
0.5% rooting liquid, to promote root wound healing and promote development of new roots. (5) To
supply adequate water for foot engraftment. In case of no irrigation conditions, at least one barrel of
water for each seedling should be provided. (6) stop shot and cap bags must be set, to set the bar
height in between 80-100㎝, to set branch membrane bags, after germination, when buds are tight
against film bags the bags an be removed at one time to ensure survival. (7) coating, at least a piece
of plastic in size of 1 meter square should be used to cover each seedling in the engraftment, passage
coating can be applied if conditions are available, in order to keep soil moisture, to improve ground
temperature, to ensure survival and growth in the year.
⑦ Plant management: After engraftment 1 meter across fruit tree belts or 1 m fruit band
spacing must be reserved, in the phase of sapling tall stem crops should not be planted in orchards,
intercropping with melons, beans, and vegetables is the best; this practice can secure income at early
stage, and does not affect growth of the young trees.
3. Codonopsis pilosula (Dangshen)seedlings cultivation
① Site selection: to choose site as nursery base with altitude of 1700 m - 2500 m in semi-arid
areas, with deep soil and loose texture, good drainage and irrigation conditions, or close to water
sources, area with relatively humid and shady slope less than 20 degrees is the ideal nursery site.
② Seeding: After seedling ground is leveled during mid to late April, per mu seeds used is
around 9 kg - 11 kg, the seeds and the equivalent amount of plant ash, fine sand, or fine soil are
evenly mixed, they the mixture is broadcasted in seedling bed, and then gently pat, to be covered
with a layer of thin soil and be compacted, the seeds and soil are tightly combined, this is favorable
for seedling emergence.
③ Field management: after sowing seeding zone must be immediately covered with straw cover,
advisable thickness is of 2 cm - 3 cm, then spraying water to wheat straw till soil surface wet, to hold
down with branches, in high temperature time sun-shade nets should be set up for overshadow.
When codonopsis pilosula seedlings grow out of the ground about 5 cm weeding should be carried
out timely. When weather is dry, arid with less rainfall, water sprinkling on straw should be applied
in a timely manner. Autumn in combination with rainfall it is needed to apply topdressing urea 2 kg
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to 3 kg per mu every time, 1-2 times of urea topdressing is sufficient.
④ Pests control: to use 5% phoxim granules 2-3 kg/mu, mix with equivalent amount of fine soil,
to spread on sapling stem leaves and straw cover, with a wooden stick to stir or jitter straw cover and
seedlings leaf, then medicament shall fall into earth's surface. With 50% carbendazim wettable
powder or 36% methyl sulfur bacteria spirit wettable powder 800 times liquid to spray alternately,
once every seven days, to continuously spray for 2-3 times.
⑤ Excavation: including time and method, after soil thaw the sooner the better, the best
excavation time is in late March next spring, Before the excavation 1-2 days, to sprinkle a small
amount of water on earth surface, to keep soil light wet. To dig seedlings with medical forks, to
prevent injury or damage on roots of seedlings. Excavation starts from filed rand, to excavate deep
ditch nearby seedlings, then gradually to dig in, to protect seedlings, do not cut roots.
⑥ Classification: Excavated codonopsis pilosula seedlings are bundled according to standard
and gradation, to put root apexes in one direction and make small bundles with 5-7 cm in diameter, a
small amount of fine wet earth remain in between, then small bundles are placed in a cool, moist
cellars, covered with wet soil for storage, get ready for transplanting or sales. Classification standard
should meet the requirements of table 5.1 1.
Table 5.1-1 Classification standard for Seedlings
specification root length(cm) Root diameter(cm)
Big seedlings greater than 20 greater than 3
Medium seedlings 15-20 2-3
Small seedlings 10-15 1-2
⑦ Storage and transportation: In short-term codonopsis pilosula are stored in dry, ventilated,
clean shady area, in long-term they are stored in warehouses that are disinfected with quick lime
spread around, clean and dry straw or wooden plates are used for moisture proof purpose, to keep
medicinal herbs and surrounding walls in 1~ 2 m distance, medicinal materials piled up with
dimension of 5 m x 5 m x 5 m, 1m pile spacing between heaps, pile layers are separated with rafters
or wood planks, to keep warehouse temperature at 5 ℃ ~ 1 0 ℃, to make ted during June to July, to
safely store for 1 ~ 2 years.
4. Astragalus membranaceus (Huangqi) seedlings cultivation technical procedures
① Site selection: Land in higher terrain, with deep loose soil, good drainage, neutral or alkaline
sandy loam or soft sand land, can be chosen for planting Astragalus membranaceus, high wow
should be arranged for rainy waterlogged land. To avoid rotation with leguminous crops, elevation at
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1800 m - 2300 m above sea level, rainfall in 400 mm - 500 mm, accumulated temperature greater
than or equal to 10 degrees Celsius is at 1840 - 2323 degrees Celsius , soil layer thickness is more
than 50 cm, to avoid stubble cropping. Autumn deep plough shall be carried out during August to
the end of October, Autumn deep plough depth is at 25 cm to 30 cm, with random plough, random
raking, to remove residual roots and rocks, to rake flat and rake carefully.
② Seeding: The optimum time for seedling is in the middle of March and April. When ground
temperature is stabilized at 10 degrees Celsius in 5 cm deep soil, sowing can be started. Seeding
planting quantity is 7.5 -10 kg/mu. Seeds are spread in raked flat surface, to make a shallow tillage in
3 cm - 5 cm, to rake and level flat again, to make seeds enter into soil in 1 cm - 2 cm, to suppress soil
again, and immediately to cover with thick sand in 2 cm - 3 cm depth or straw to keep soil moisture.
③ Field management: To apply winter irrigation or early spring irrigation water, to observe soil
moisture at any moment, to irrigate once it is dry. It is best to use drip irrigation or spray irrigation
where conditions are available. Usually to irrigate three times, after seedlings are out to apply first
irrigation, once seedling height is at 10 cm to apply second irrigation, late if it is dry to apply third
irrigation. To apply topdressing twice or no application, topdressing with urea 2.5 kg to 3 kg / mu is
applied in combination with the first irrigation or rainfall. When seedling height is up to 10 cm
inter-tillage weeding should be carried out timely, to make soil loose, in 5 cm depth. Weed control
should be applied early and completely, weed control should be applied in 4 times at least in the
growth period.
④ Excavation: The time for seedling excavation is the best time of seedlings transplanting, it is
in the middle of March and April next year. After soil thaw the sooner the better. Before the
excavation seedling fields must be damp and soft to keep integral seedlings, for seedling fields in dry
and hard soil before the excavation it is needed to irrigate fields to keep soil light wet. Excavation
starts from filed rand, to excavate deep ditch nearby seedlings, then gradually to dig in, to protect
seedlings, do not cut roots.
⑤ Classification: astragalus membranaceus seedlings quality shall be at the age of 1 year, mass
growth reaches class 3 above then they can be excavated for transplantation. Excavated astragalus
membranaceus seedlings are bundled according to standard and gradation, excavated astragalus
membranaceus seedlings must be timely covered to prevent from water loss. It is needed to put root
apexes in one direction and make small bundles with 5-7 cm in diameter, a small amount of fine
earth remain in between, then small bundles are placed into bags mixed with soil to prevent heating,
to get ready for transplanting in other places. Classification standard should meet the requirements in
table 5.1-2
Table 5.1-2 Classification standard for seedlings
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Standards
Specification
Length(cm) transverse diameter(mm)
first class greater than 30 greater than 5
second class 25-30 3-5
third class 20-25 2-3
Seedling root length is less than 20 cm, diameter less than 2 mm, they are regarded as
disqualified seedlings
⑥ Preservation and transportation: Seedlings not transported or cultivated on time should not
be stayed in open air for a long time, should be heeled in temporary planting timely to prevent from drying up. In
the long-distance transportation seedlings should be covered with tarpaulins to prevent drying up and
water loss. At the same time attention should also paid to ventilation to prevent seedling roots from
heating and rotting.
5、Forage grass plantation techniques
Take the variety of forage alfafa as an example here, because it has a vast area of cultivation,
enjoying similar cropping techniques with sainfoin and alfalfa.
① Site selection and preparation: The selected plantation site for alfafa should be flatted and
with convenient access of irrigation, without weeds on the ground. The most suitable soil should be
in ph7---7.5, loosen structured, flat, without large blocks or film residual, and weeds etc. It should
meet the 6 of standards for the site selection, which are adequate in loosen structured, flat, clean,
fine prepared, moisture etc.
② Selection of seed varieties:It should select the Chinese standardized alfafa seeds varieties,
which enjoys the genetic advantage of disease resistance, various free, high quality, high yield etc,
with the eligible grades of I, II, and III. The clearance of the seeds should meet the standards of
90%、95%、85% and the germination rate of 90%、85%、80%.
③Sowing:During the scattered sowing of alfafa, it needs 1-2kg alfafa seeds per mu of land, but
only 0.75kg alfafa seeds needed per mu of land for the stripped sowing. Best by mixing the alfafa
seeds with rhizobia before the seed sowing, and should be lightly flatting the surface ground after
sowing.
④ Fertilization. It should apply manure deeply, generally, 4000-5000kg of manure per mu, with
10kg DAP, or 50kg of ordinary P。
⑤Irrigation:the frequency and quota of irrigation could keep flexibility according to the growth
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condition of alfafa, the temperature and climate drought etc.
⑥ Harvesting:generally, the best harvest season of alfafa is the beginning of blossom, while it
is the best time for alfafa in its quality and yield. Normally, alfafa could be harvested twice or 3
times a year. At the beginning year of harvesting, the best height of stubble should be 3—5 cm;
after matured of alfafa, the height of stubble should keep about 3cm. The proper time of harvesting
alfafa seeds should be the 3rd
or 4th
years of growth. During the year, the first harvest of alfafa
seeds could have highest yield.
5.1.1 The environmental impact analysis on pesticide application
1. The status analysis to the application of pesticide in project area
In order to prevent, kill, drive or to mitigate the distroying of crops and cash trees which would be
caused by any of pests, mites, fungi, nematodes, weeds, rodents and molluscs etc harmful organisms, it
needs to often spray pesticides on the crops or plants during the different growth periods of plants.
Pesticide classified by source mainly include: mineral source pesticides, biological pesticides and
organic synthesis pesticide. According to field investigation in poor rural area of project location, it
notices that there is fewer pesticides applied, and variety of pesticides is single.
2. Pesticides dose analysis
Pesticide usage after project implementation in the project counties is based on 80% of dose
applied before project development , by the calculation and verification, total amount of pesticides
applied before project implementation is 1995.7 tons, total amount of pesticides applied after project
implementation is 1596.6 tons. Details are shown in table 5.1-1.
County name Project county Project village
Before
application
of pesticides
After
application
of pesticides
Decrement
Before
application
of pesticides
After
application
of pesticides
Decrement
Yongjing
County 40.9 32.7 8.2 5.7 4.6 1.1
Dongxiang
County 34.6 27.7 6.9 3.1 2.5 0.6
Gulang County 105.7 84.5 21.1 8.2 6.5 1.6
Weiyuan
County 67.7 54.1 13.5 6.9 5.5 1.4
Longxi County 139.4 111.5 27.9 8.4 6.7 1.7
Tongwei
County 164.6 131.6 32.9 6.5 5.2 1.3
Minxian County 66.2 53.0 13.2 11.7 9.4 2.3
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Anding District 217.0 173.6 43.4 19.2 15.4 3.8
Lintao County 151.3 121.0 30.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zhangjiachuan
county 59.5 47.6 11.9 4.4 3.5 0.9
Zhuanglang
County 101.3 81.0 20.3 3.1 2.5 0.6
Jingning
County 168.2 134.5 33.6 4.6 3.7 0.9
Huan County 412.1 329.6 82.4 51.1 40.9 10.2
Huachi County 148.6 118.9 29.7 25.4 20.3 5.1
Zhengning
County 53.2 42.6 10.6 7.9 6.3 1.6
Heshui County 65.6 52.5 13.1 11.9 9.6 2.4
Total 1995.7 1596.6 399.1 178.2 142.6 35.6
3. Fertilizer environmental impact analysis
(1) The impact on the soil
The main pollution sources in soil include insecticide, fungicide and herbicide, applied for
control of crop diseases, insect pests and weeds, these pollutants can be directly applied into soil, they
may also be leached into the soil via spraying. Due to large amount of pesticide use, pesticides can
cause accumulation of harmful substances in soil, cause harm to plant growth, or pesticide residues in
crops may enter food chain and harm people's health, and pesticides can cause soil pollution.
When applying pesticides, most of the pesticides will drop on soil surface. pesticides attached
to crop surface can also fall to earth surface by wind blowing and rain leaching. In addition, pesticide
applying approaches such as seed immersion and seed mixing, can cause pesticides directly enter
into soil. Pesticides are directly applied into soil by means of soil treatment with herbicides and soil
disinfection with fungicide. Pollution level of pesticides in farmland is associated with crop types
and cultivation conditions. For farmland with higher cultivation management level and multiple
cropping indexes more pesticides are applied, its degree of pesticide pollution is more serious. If no
strict selection of pesticide varieties and strict control of pesticide dose were carried out, and
management on pesticide use were neglected pesticide residual would contaminate soil, change soil
physical properties, cause soil structure hardening and lead to soil degradation and decline of crop
yield and quality. Soil contaminated with pesticides for a long time there will be obvious
acidification, along with the increase of pollution degree soil nutrients will be decreased, and
residuals also cause heavy metal pollution. Moreover, soil pollution can affect human and livestock
through food chain entering into human and livestock body, and deleterious phenomenon could be
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occurred, sometimes in the process of production poisoning accidents could happen due to careless
use of pesticides.
Because 80% of pesticide residuals are distributed in 0 ~ 20 cm thick topsoil. With the increase
of soil depth, the concentration of pesticide residuals are gradually reduced, it is hard to check out
pesticide residuals below 50 cm soil layer. The project area is mostly located in hilly and
mountainous region, phreatic water is deep and concentrated in the valleys and depression location,
and there is no possibility for large amount of agricultural irrigation water infiltration. Therefore, in
general, non water-soluble pesticides or light water soluble pesticides will not infiltrate with soil into
groundwater to cause groundwater pollution in the evaluation areas.
(2)Impact on water body
Pesticides can enter into surface water body through the way such as farmland water recession
and atmospheric precipitation, residuals probably can stay in aquatic organisms, and produce harmful
effects to aquatic organisms, and produce the risk of indirect entering into human body. In addition,
pesticides may adversely affect the growth and breeding of fish and crustaceans, result in killing and
death of fish and crustaceans individuals, or affect their species continuation.
With a large number of nutrients of fertilizers entering into water body, nitrogen, phosphorus
and other nutrients in the water body are increased, this may cause eutrophication of water body, to
affect biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystem. In addition, pesticides may cause pollution of surface
water but it also can cause serious pollution of underground water, under normal circumstances, the
scope of pesticide pollution in water body is small, but with the relocation and diffusion of pesticides,
pollution scope is gradually expanded.
(3) Impact on air environment
During the spraying of pesticides, some form of tiny droplets suspended in the air, causing air
contamination. Generally, there are about 40% of the sprayed pesticide might attach on the surface of
plants, which only about 1-4% could be absorbed by insects, 40% would fail on the surface of soil,
and 20% suspending in the air. Finally, there are about 60% of the pesticides suspending in the air
would fail on the ground, and 40% would be directly absorbed in the air.
(4)The impact on the biont & organism
Pesticide use can significantly cause decline in the number of insects, soil invertebrate species ,
species in farmland is decreased, thus affect birds breeding, feeding and population development. The
dangers and threats of pesticides on birds are mainly manifested in two aspects: one is as pesticide
dosage accumulated in bird body reaches a certain degree poisoning accidents can happen, cause individual
bird death or serious impact on breeding birds; The second aspect is use of pesticides can cause
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diversity of weeds and animals declined, thus affect survival of birds.
With implementation of the agricultural supporting measures such as land leveling, deep tillage and sub
soiling, balanced fertilization, increasing organic fertilizers, straw turnover, integrated pest management
etc., farmland is improved, soil organic matter content is increased, soil structure is improved,
pesticides dose is reduced, the species and quantity of soil microorganisms, tiny animals, insects etc
are increased, biological diversity of farmland system can be improved.
5.1.2 The environment impact analysis on fertilizer application
1 The status analysis of fertilization in project area
During the nursing and cultivation of crops and cash trees, it needs apply adequate fertilizer to
the plants in order to meet the need of growth and breeding, such as the application of N, P, K and
compound fertilizers etc.
In line with the field survey, it notices that currently in the proposed project area, it seriously is
lack of necessary agriculture technical instruction in the poor rural area. Chemical fertilizers have
been intensively and most solely applied in project area, which has easily led to soil hardening and
soil microorganisms is inhibited, with less efficiency of fertilization. In order to increase the yield
of crops, it has to heavily increase the dosage of fertilization, which is highly beyond the demand of
crop for its normal necessary nutrients. It has caused a vicious cycle and led a serious of negative
impact to local environment.
2、The analysis of fertilization dosage
After introduction of soil testing and formulated fertilization in the project area, comparing
with traditional fertilization, fertilizer dose is decreased by an average value of 84.3 kg/hm2, out of
which: 75.5 kg/hm2 nitrogen fertilizer is reduced, phosphate fertilizer is reduced by 26.2 kg/hm2,
17.3 kg/hm2 potash fertilizer is increased. Total amount of fertilizers is decreased by 192214.0 ton.
Details are shown in table 5.1 1.
Table 5.1-2 the Table of the decrement of chemical elements after the application of
formulated fertilization in project area
Fertilizer N P K
Existing kg/hn2 151 131 173
After formulated
fertilization
kg/hm2
75.5 104.8 190.3
Increment and
decrement
-50% -20% +10%
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Table 5.1-3 The dosage of chemical fertilizer application before and after the
implementation of the proposed project in project area
County
name
Project county Project village
Before
application
of pesticides
After
application
of pesticides
Before
application
of pesticides
After
application
of pesticides
Before
application
of pesticides
After
application
of pesticides
Yongjing
County 17928.0 10756.8 7171.2 850.0 510.0 340.0
Dongxiang
County 11688.0 7012.8 4675.2 612.0 367.2 244.8
Gulang County 48952.0 29371.2 19580.8 1252.0 751.2 500.8
Weiyuan
County 31000.0 18600.0 12400.0 2940.0 1764.0 1176.0
Longxi County 50690.0 30414.0 20276.0 2800.0 1680.0 1120.0
Tongwei
County 13856.3 8313.8 5542.5 1357.0 814.2 542.8
Minxian County 21784.3 13070.6 8713.7 1456.0 873.6 582.4
Anding District 60267.2 36160.3 24106.9 8378.0 5026.8 3351.2
Lintao County / / / / / /
Zhangjiachuan
county 3114.0 1868.4 1245.6 1443.0 865.8 577.2
Zhuanglang
County 54600.0 32760.0 21840.0 1196.0 717.6 478.4
Jingning
County 23185.1 13911.1 9274.0 1941.9 1165.1 776.7
Huan County 70974.2 42584.5 28389.7 7069.0 4241.4 2827.6
Huachi County 14288.0 8572.8 5715.2 2941.0 1764.6 1176.4
Zhengning
County 32838.0 19702.8 13135.2 5200.0 3120.0 2080.0
Heshui County 25370.0 15222.0 10148.0 5953.0 3571.8 2381.2
Total 480535.1 288321.1 192214.0 45388.9 27233.3 18155.5
3. Environmental impact analysis on fertilizer application
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(1)The impact on the soil environment
Long-term excessive and continuous use of chemical fertilizers will lead to the introduction of
main nutrients into soil, such as sulfuric acid root of thiamine, chloramine chlorine in root etc. A large
number of long-term use of nitrogen fertilizer, especially substantial application of ammonium
fertilizer, ammonium ions enter into soil, in the process of nitrification hydrogen ions are released, this
makes soil gradual acidification. Ammonium ions can replace calcium ions that have coupling effect
on soil colloid particles, lead to soil particles dispersion, which destroys the soil granular structure. A
large amount application of nitrogen fertilizer into soil can introduce a number of non key nutrients or
toxic substances, such as sulfuric acid root ion in ammonium sulphate and chloride ion in ammonium
chloride, urea or toxins biuret, they can restrain or poison the normal activities of soil microbial. In
addition, among mineral raw materials and chemical raw materials for manufacturing fertilizers, some
of them contain a variety of heavy metals, reflective material and other harmful ingredients, they may
cause soil pollution with fertilization into the soil. Such as application of phosphate fertilizer can
inevitably bring cadmium, fluoride and other harmful substances into soil, overuse of phosphate
fertilizer can lead to soil cadmium content much higher than the average soil cadmium content. Not
only destroy soil properties, soil acidification can promote the release and migration of some
poisonous and harmful pollutants in the soil or enhance toxicity, to reduce soil organisms including
microbial and earthworm, also to accelerate the loss of some soil nutrition elements. According to the
survey, some farms in northeast China are kept long-term use of nitrogen fertilizer, in the early 1950
s soil organic matter content was about 5% to 5%, it is now decreased to 1% - 2%. Ammonium
nitrogen fertilizers were applied in red soil in Jiangxi, two years later topsoil PH value was decreased
from 5.0 to 4.3, soil compaction is generally serious. Long-term substantial application of nitrogen
fertilizers instead of organic fertilizers in some tropical farmlands has caused serious soil hardening
and eventually lost the value of farming.
(2)Impact on water body
The increase of nitrogen, phosphorus and other nutrients in the environment leads to water
environment pollution, the most serious consequence is to cause eutrophication of water bodies. A
large number of chemical fertilizers are used in agricultural production, nitrogen, phosphorus and
other nutrients move into water body, this can cause water body eutrophication. According to relevant
data, it is shown that nitrogen entering into surface water bodies with farmland runoff accounted for
51% nitrogen that discharged by all human activities into the water, nitrogen loss in nitrogen
application regions is 3 to 10 times higher than that in non-application region. According to urban
surface water environment monitoring data from 1983 to 1987, ammonia nitrogen is increased by 2.1
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times, nitrite is increased by 1.4 times.
According to the survey data, among 532 rivers throughout the country, 82% of rivers are at
different levels of nitrogen pollution, pollution of first level tributaries of the major rivers is
widespread, the higher the level of tributaries the heavier pollution is. Ammonia nitrogen and nitrate in
the waters of lakes and rivers are the main pollutants, eutrophication is increasingly serious, at the
same time groundwater pollution is caused.
5.1.3 Environmental impact analysis on plastic mulch application
Because common mulching films are not degradable, along with the increased farming time,
agricultural residues in the soil will also be multiplied cumulative, eventually lead to serious
deterioration of soil physical properties, production performance of soil will be badly damaged , the
sustainable development of agricultural production is affected in the project area.
1) Soil permeability is the phenomenon of free gravity water moving to deep soil, because
residual membrane fragments in the soil change or cut off soil pore continuity, the movement of
gravity water encounters larger resistance, gravity water moves down more slowly, so that the
moisture infiltration capacity is decreased due to increase of membrane residues, soil water content is
decreased, drought-resistant ability of cultivated land is weaken. This even leads to difficult
groundwater infiltration, leads to soil secondary salinization and other serious consequences. And
uneven distribution of the residual film also can cause uneven irrigation water distribution and
nutrient distribution, soil aeration performance is decreased, normal soil microbial activity and soil
structure formation are affected, and eventually soil fertility level is reduced.
2)The danger to the crops
Due to the film residues in the field would destroy the physical structure f soil, and would
hamper the growth and development of plants roots. As long as the film residues are kept in the soil,
it would surely prevent the root collusion, and impact the normal absorption of water and nutrients f
roots. During the fertilization conducted between plants, since the existing of film residues in the soil,
it would segregate the fertilizer and impact the effect of fertilization and lead to the decrement of
yield.
3) The impact of residual film on the rural landscape: due to the limitation of the recovery of
residual film, processing and recycling of residual film is not complete, recycling methods are
limited, some residual film cleared are discarded at fields, water canals and forests, with strong wind
the residual films are blown to the fields and trees, rural landscape is influenced to cause "visual
pollution".
(4)The danger to animals
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Since the bared film residues on the surface of soil mixing with the pasture grass, cattle and
sheep might eat the film residues with grass by mistake, the film residues taken by animals would
isolate the esophagus impacting digestion or even dying of the animals.
5.1.4 Cropping project impact analysis on ecological system
The proposed project area is located in rural area, its land usage mostly include arable land,
forest land, and pasture land, with pretty good vegetation coverage. The main cropping varieties in
the project area are potato, maize, wheat, forage etc. The forest vegetation mainly includes Cypress
trees and wild shrub etc. The cropping impact on ecological system is to change the land utilization
and ecological function, as well as the changes of landscape and living environment, in addition to
the creation of contaminant source from the application of fertilizer etc.
1. Water and soil erosion impact
With the increment of cropping area in the proposed project area, it needs to conducet some
land reclamation and the bared mountain treatment and counterpart road construction, which might
lead to the situation of loosened and bared ground surface. It would set a basis for the occurrence of
water erosion caused by ground water flooding, while create a condition for the occurrence of wind
erosion. During the preparation and treatment of bared mountain area, the preparation of site might
block the discharging ditches, but the planned discharging ditch could not yet play a sound role if it
could not be put into practice, it would be strongly attacked by the sudden flood at some
development area, and would lead to a serious water and soil erosion.
2、Changes of land utilization
The project land originally belongs to farmland and bared land, which would not involve new
reclamation land, only needs to prepare bared land. During the process of land preparation and
treatment, it should try to reserve its original topography, rather than the leveling and site preparation
in a large scale. The original plantation crops mainly include potatoes, apples, dangshen, forage grass,
weeds etc. After project implementation,there would not be too much any changes after plantation,
crops without big changes, only address the original usage of bared pasture land, which would lead
to a less change for the utilization of land.
After the implementation of the proposed project, through the reasonable irrigation, cultivation,
fertilization, plantation and other human activities, it would change the original characteristics of
natural soil, and would accelerate soil maturation, and might improve the production performance
function of soil.
3、Impact on biodiversity
The improperly introducing of any new variety would cause the rapid growth of a single species,
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which would destroy its ecological balance. Regarding this proposed project, there is no any new
species introduction, but needs to avoid the plantation of single species of crop in a large scale, and
try to select local varieties with advantage of diseases resistance, such as apply etc. For the
introduction of any new species, it needs to take quarantine so as to prevent from the bringing of
pests and diseases.
This proposed cropping project is based on local features, supporting the plantation and
development of its local adoptive varieties, which originally grows largely in local region. After the
implementation of this proposed project, it would not basically change its original biodiversity of
ecological environment.
5.1.5 Solid waste impact analysis
The solid wastes in project operating period mainly include the discarded wastes in the process of
for agricultural production, such as discarded fertilizer packaging materials, waste plastic film, waste
irrigation pipes and abandoned pesticide packaging materials, etc.
Residuals of mulching films: The primary contents of agricultural film material are polymer
compound that are difficult to decompose under natural conditions. Its long-term retention in
cultivated land affects the soil permeability, prevents movement of soil water and fertilizer, affects
the normal activities of soil microbial and soil structure formation, thus they can reduce the soil
fertility level and drought-resistant ability of cultivated land, affects crop root growth and
development, leads to crop failure. Residual mulching films even leads to difficulty for groundwater
infiltration, leads to soil secondary salinization and other serious consequences. In addition, due to
the limitation of the recovery of residual film, processing and recycling of residual film is not
complete, recycling methods are limited, some residual film cleared are discarded at fields, water
canals and forests, with strong wind the residual films are blown to the fields and trees, rural
landscape is adversely influenced.
Before and after the project implementation, agricultural film can be basically recycled. This
project should further strengthen farmers' training, to help farmers to realize and understand the
influence of residual agricultural films for agricultural production, to achieve the initiatives to collect
membrane, to reduce agricultural film residues in soil, especially in the region with poor land
conditions, it is necessary to improve the quality of agricultural film, to improve agricultural
technology, to improve agricultural film recycle rate, to ensure the sustainable development of
agricultural production.
Plastic pipes and irrigation facilities: before and after the project implementation, the used pipes
for micro dripping irrigation are recycled by manufacturers to realize comprehensive utilization of
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the used plastic material, they have little impact on the environment.
Abandoned fertilizer packaging wastes: After introduction of soil testing and formulated
fertilization in the project area, comparing with traditional fertilization, fertilizer dose is decreased,
fertilizer packaging wastes are reduced correspondingly. Fertilizers are generally packed in
packaging bags, the used packaging materials are recycled directly by farmers, they are not discarded
in fields, and then they are recycled for comprehensive utilization by waste materials recycling
companies.
Abandoned pesticide packaging: With implementation of measures for prevention and control
of plant diseases and insect pests in the project area, pesticide usage will be reduced correspondingly.
This part of solid wastes has certain risks, in status quo production process, they are usually
discarded in fields, they has certain environmental risk to local agricultural soil and surface water
and underground water bodies, it is suggested that according to relevant measures for management of
hazardous wastes proper collection, storage and timely delivery should be arranged by relevant
qualified units for recycling.
In conclusion, it is needed to strengthen publicity and training and environment management
during project operation, a variety of solid wastes will be recycled and processed for reasonable use,
solid wastes produced in project area are of small environmental impact.
5.2 Environment impact analysis and evaluation on livestock development project
5.2.1 Livestock breeding process and impact analysis
Livestock development under the project mainly involves pigs, sheep and cows, the farming
areas are of rich forage grass resources, and certain local breeding habits are formed. Livestock
breeding project is mainly focused on fattening livestock, aquaculture process wastewater mainly
comes from livestock excrement and urine, livestock and poultry sheds washing wastewater; Stench
largely comes from livestock and poultry dung and urine stench, stench produced by excrement
composting; Solid wastes mainly come from livestock and poultry feces, dead livestock occurred in
the process of raising livestock etc.; Noise mainly comes from the livestock and poultry.
Housing and ancillary facilities ins
tallation
vegetation deterioration
ecologic
al
noise construction equipment
construction waste
solid
waste
household garbage
construction wastewater
domestic wastewater exhaust
gas
Construction dust
exhaust of vehicle Waste
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Diagram 5.2.1-1 Breeding process and pollutants diagram
5.2.2 Water environment impact analysis
Based on the above analysis of this project production process and wastes production link,
water pollution sources include waste water from livestock sheds flushing, wastewater from
disinfection, wastewater from cleaning utensils and domestic sewage, etc.
(1)Waste water from washing animal shed
It would take the cleaning process of animal shed by the dry cleaning. The water quota used for
the washing of animal shed is respectively based on 2.26m3/100 cattle,d, 0.4m
3/100 sheep·d,and
1.2m3/100 pigs, d. Based on the calculation of the maximum quantity of animal for sale, in the
project area, there are ordinary 4961 heads of cattle, 97945 heads of sheep, 2111 heads of stock ram,
4000 heads of pigs (newly increased). The water quota for washing all animals per day would be
560.3 m3/d,and 204509 m
3/a annually. It is to calculate the washed waste water by taking 80% of
total water quota, it would create 448.2m3/d of washed waste water per day, and 163607 m
3/a
annually. The main pollutants in the washed waste water are COD, BOD5, SS, NH3-N, coliform
bacteria.
(2)Urine of animals
By taken the analogy survey to sheep, it notices that the total urine discharged by sheep daily is
1L per day for each sheep. According to the Technical Specifications of Livestock and Poultry
water and soil erosion
silage smash
batching
Housing breeding
Slaughter
take-out
Green sound insulation measures
Methane
pool
Agricultural irrigation
exhaust gas
exhaust of vehicle
Breeding stink
Washing wastewater
Manure Waste
water
waste water
domestic sewage
carrier vehicle
辆
Cattle, sheep and pigs
cry
Feed crashing
noise
Solid
waste
excrement
domestic garbage
placenta
Dead bodies
Centralized collection & shipped to sanitary landfill dumps
After composting as farmland organic fertilizer
Delivery sale or landfill
safety well landfill
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Breeding Pollution Control Engineering (HJ497-2009) in appendix A table A. 2, it would take the
standard of (cattle urine output 10 kg/A, d) and the reference data from the First National Pollution
Census Handbook of Livestock and Poultry Breeding Industry Sources Pollution Coefficient table 2
northwest beef cattle production coefficient (431kg weight fattening cattle urine volume of 8.32
L/d, and 65 kg weight fattening pig urine volume of 2.44 L/head, d), combined with the actual
situation of this animal breeding project, it plans to take 9 L/d per day of discharged urine output for
the cattle, and 3L/head per day of discharged urine output for pigs. Thus, the total discharged urine
output for this proposed animal raising project is 156.8 m3 / d per day and 57232 m3 / A annually.
5.2-1 Gansu province livestock water use quota table
Category
fixed unit
water consumption
norm remarks
Domestic Animals L/head.day 60 Horses, cows, donkeys, mules and camels, etc
swine L/head.day 40
sheep L/ head. day 10
poultry L/ head. day 1 Chickens, ducks, geese, etc
Livestock wastewater includes livestock urine and livestock house washing wastewater, with
high concentration of organics, containing large amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended
solids, bad smell, high pollution load, with breeds raising and management level, climate, season
change there are significant differences. This project adopts dry night soil treatment, in terms of
wastewater concentration, it is based on data in table A2 “ Main water pollutants and properties in
livestock and poultry breeding” that are specified in “the best feasible technical guide on pollution
prevention and control for scaled livestock and poultry farms” (for trial implementation). Waste
water and pollutants can be found in following table 5.2-2.
Table 5.2-2 Project wastewater and pollutants generation table
Types of
wastewater
wastewater
quantity
(m3/a)
indicators
Contaminants
COD BOD5 SS NH3-N TP
Cattle
wastewater 40923.3
concentration(mg/L) 1800 970 2000 80 20
quantity generated
(t/a) 73.7 39.7 81.8 3.3 0.8
Urine of cattle 16296.9
concentration(mg/L) 1200 1100 800 400 60
quantity generated
(t/a) 19.6 17.9 13.0 6.5 0.98
Sheep 146081.8 concentration(mg/L) 750 400 1200 30.6 6.32
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wastewater quantity generated
(t/a) 109.6 58.4 175.3 4.47 0.92
Urine of sheep 36520.4
concentration(mg/L) 900 850 300 270 40
quantity generated
(t/a) 32.9 31.0 11.0 9.86 1.46
swine wastewater 17520
concentration(mg/L) 2300 1050 2500 100 40
quantity generated
(t/a) 40.3 18.4 43.8 1.75 0.7
Urine of pig 4380
concentration(mg/L) 4000 3000 4000 1200 180
quantity generated
(t/a) 17.5 13.1 17.5 5.26 0.79
Note: wastewater concentration of sheep raising is derived by analogy.
(3)disinfected wastewater
Livestock enterprises in terms of health and epidemic prevention will construct disinfection
rooms in the inlet of livestock production area, to make disinfectant liquid mixture with disinfectant
and water for spray, people entering the production area must be disinfected.
According to field survey on livestock farming enterprises, disinfectants used by the livestock
farming enterprises include sodium dichloro cyanurate (C3O3N3Cl2Na) or trichloroisocyanuric acid
(C3O3N3Cl3), the mix ratio with water is 1:8 00, dosage is small, at the same time, different
cyanuric acid salt is of the phenomenon including no residue, high safety, no resistance and cross
resistance to drugs.
After investigation it is found that there is no drainage facilities in disinfection rooms, therefore,
there will be no disinfectant liquid discharged into the environment. Only clean water and
medicament reagent are added regularly, it is not considered as sources of pollution in this
assessment.
5.2.3 Water environmental impact analysis
1)Impact on surface water
If the project is in full implementation fecal sewage after treatment under this the project will
be returned into fields as organics, in accordance with the principles such as combining planting with
sewage recycle, using wastewater as resource. The processed livestock wastes can be sold and
applied into farmland.
With completion of the project roads are hardened, feces are often collected so as to reduce
permeability loss or surface runoff loss. Thus the project activities may produce minor impact on
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surface water resources. In fact, if the project is at comprehensive implementation, compared with
the current way of livestock production, project impact on the surface water sources should be
positive.
2)The impact on groundwater
Since the drinking water for the livestock under this proposed project would be supplied by the
self-constructed water pond, without consideration of fetching underground water. Thus, it would
not generate any impact to the underground water table and available underground water resource
volume in the project area. There will be the following approaches which might cause underground
water contamination during the operation period for the livestock raising projects:
(1)Since the animal breeding project is to collect animal urine and dung by the construction of
ruin collection pool and dung heaping ground as a temporary storage and processing facilities, some
factors such as the cracking of urine collection pool impervious layer, sealing adhesive seam is not
thick, or sewage pipeline rupture caused the pollutants such as seepage, and shallow groundwater
pollution. Possibility of this pollution pathway is lesser, once it happened, very different to find the
pollution, suffering from a larger influence of pollution. Thus, it needs to strengthen management.
(2)If it is to improperly take prevention measures to the temporarily heaped animal dung on
the ground, it would cause leakage and contaminate underground water.
(3)During sound rainstorm, if the rain sewage is un-smoothly discharged, the rain water
containing harmful poisoning rain water, would slowly flow into the animal shed and the ground,
which would cause the pollution of underground water.
(4)The sewage from animal raising would not be discharged, which should be recycled to be
used for irrigation after treatment. Thus, it might cause a certain of impact to the underground water
in a specific area.
The excessive use of livestock and poultry manure may exceed land absorptive load, residual
materials in soil such as N and P can infiltrate into groundwater (mainly for N), or they can be
brought into nearby water body (mainly for P) by earth's surface water flow, this will lead to
increased concentration of N mixture (nitrite, nitrate) in groundwater, if human drank this kind of
water for a large amount or for a long time, this would induce cancer. If mixture of manure and dirt
in the project area were badly managed, or ground were not hardened with calcareous soil,
infiltration of N into groundwater or N and P pollution of groundwater body nearby could cause
water eutrophication.
If the proposed project activities are fully implemented, the project will not have obvious
effects on underground water sources. In fact, if the project is comprehensively implemented,
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comparing with the current way of livestock production, the project influence on surface water
sources should be positive.
5.2.4 Atmospheric impact analysis
Malodorous gas produced during project construction mainly comes from unorganized
emissions, main sources include livestock housing, storage cesspool, feces.
Waste air pollution mainly comes from livestock farm housing both inside and outside,
dunghill, cesspool, livestock play ground. The air pollution are mainly from stench via organic
matter decomposition and harmful gases (such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, mo acid, skatole) and
dust carrying pathogenic microorganisms. Stink produced in livestock farms are mainly of two kinds
of materials, namely carbohydrate and nitrogenous organic matter. These foul-smelling substances
can affect human and animal physiology, in addition pasture stench may directly or indirectly make
harm to human and livestock health, also can cause decline of livestock productivity, worsen pasture
ecological environment .
If waste management related activities under the project are not yet fully implemented it is
likely that a large number of livestock and poultry wastes will not be handled in time, poisonous and
harmful gas including methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, methyl sulfide, dimethylamine and
various low-level fatty acids etc. also can be produced to pollute the air and cause relative decline of
oxygen in the air, to result in immunity decline of human and animals, frequent occurrence of
respiratory diseases, to affect the quality of livestock and poultry products.
This evaluation is based on the reference of “foul-smelling substances emission standards” and
“health standards for design of industrial enterprises”, etc. This animal breeding project belongs to
the individual farming, with the maximum scale of cattle breeding 12 heads, sheep breeding 100 per
household and pig raising 3 heads per household. According to the Large-scale Farms Stink Material
Urgently to Be Solved in the Biological Control Technology "(ke-chun zhang cheng-rong ye) and
analogy survey research data, it notices that a ten thousand head of pig would discharge into the
atmosphere of 15.9 kg/h NH3, 1.45kg/h H2S. According to the conversion ratio of pigs and other
livestock animals, it finds that cattle farming zone would maximum discharge NH3 emissions of 95.4
g/h, the largest emissions of H2S 8.7 g/h. As for the sheep farmers, it would maximum discharge
emission of 10.6 g/h NH3, H2S emissions of 0.97 g/h; Pig raising farmers would maximum
discharge NH3 emissions of 4.77 g/h, H2S emissions of 0.02 g/h.
The project area is located in the rural areas, with better environment quality situation. Based on
the ordinary cleaning of animal shed, timely cleaning of animal wastes, it would effectively mitigate
the environment impact of surroundings which might be caused by the odor.
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5.2.5 Solid wastes
Solid wastes produced in the project mainly include pigs, cattle and sheep excrement, dead pig
carcasses, afterbirth, sludge, waste desulfurizer, medical wastes etc.
1、Solid waste pollution sources
(1)Cow, sheep and pig excrement
Annual slaughter output in the project is 4961 heads of cattle, 97945 sheep, 4000 pigs, in
accordance with the "livestock and poultry breeding industry pollutant discharge standard"
(GB18596-2001), in terms of intensive sheep farm and breeding area, to convert sheep cultivation
quantity into pig quantity, conversion ratio is: 3 sheep converting into 1 pig, after conversion
according to the amount of farming lamb the scale level of sheep farm and breeding area is
determined, with reference to the standard the provisions are applied. According to the reference data
in the “National large-scale livestock and poultry breeding pollution survey and control
counter-measures”, pig manure index is 2.0 kg/d, excretion output of 3 sheep is equivalent to a pig
excretion, that is : each sheep manure index is 0.67 kg/d, sheep excretion quantity in the project is
23952.45 t/a. Each cattle manure index is 20.0 kg/d, cow excretion quantity in the project is 36215.3
t/a. Each pig manure index is 2 kg/d, pig excretion quantity in the project is 2920 t/a. Dry night soil
process is applied to cow, sheep and pig housing, 63087.75 t/a of excrement and urine are collected
in a unified form, then they are discharged into biogas generating pool.
(2)Biogas residue and comprehensive utilization measures
Biogas residue contains rich nutrients and organic matter, including 36-49.9% organic matter,
10.1-- 24.6% humid acid, 5-9% crude protein, total nitrogen 0.8-- 1.5%, 0.4-- 0.6% total phosphorus,
total potassium 0.6 --1.2%, also some minerals, it is a high quality organic fertilizer. If biogas residue
is used as a basic fertilizer its effect is very good, and combined with biogas slurry soaking seed and
foliage top-dressing better effects can be produced, also they can basically make crops and fruit trees
free of plant diseases and insect pests during reproductive period, to reduce the application of
chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Each project household has 0.08 ton biogas residue, total annual
output in the project is 148 ton/annum, they are all used for potato and apple fertilization etc.
(3)Impact of livestock manure heaping up and reconstruction
Livestock feces are easily fetid, breeding flies, causing atmospheric pollution environment. If it
would not be handled in time, it would be easily mixed with water into a paste, and easily cause the
loss of manure; And as the rain washed out, it is easily to generate leachate, which contains high
concentration of pollutants leaking into the surface water or groundwater and soil.
Therefore, the solid waste should be properly handled in time, and should set up special location
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for the temporarily storage by setting rain proofing shed and taking a set of anti-seepage measures.
During summer time, it should periodically spray disinfectant on the manure heaping ground.
During the design of the needed capacity of manure heaping ground, it could refer the relevant
requirement specified in the Detailed Regulation for the Accounting of Total Emission Reduction of
the Main Contaminants during the 12th
Five Year Planning Period, issued by the national
environment protection ministry.
2. food residue
Annual livestock on hand and slaughter output in the project is 4961 heads of cows, 97945
sheep, 2111 introduce stock rams and 4000 pigs, according to analogy data, food residue produced in
the project is 670t/a , they are collected by manual, then they are discharged into biogas generating
pool.
3. Dead cow sheep and parturition wastes
1) Dead animals
Regarding the disposal of the dead infected animals, it should strictly follow with the relevant
requirements of health and sanitation for the processing, and should hand over it to the qualified and
certificated unit for the disposal; Farmers should keep all relevant document and certificates etc
relating to the proposal of the dead infected animals, in order to facilitate the supervision and
management of the environmental protection department.
According to analogy of same type livestock farm, livestock death rate is at 0.1 ~ 0.3%, amount
of project annual livestock on hand is 4961 heads of cows, 97945 sheep, 2111 head of introduced
breeding sheep, 4000 pigs. Annual death number is 2 pigs, 1 sheep and 1 cow. According to analogy
data, project delivery waste output is 8.4 / annum.
Dead livestock and poultry are hazardous wastes, belonging to Category HW01waste, waste
code 900-001-01. according to the “innocent disposal procedures for livestock and poultry disease
and meat and its products”, they should be disposed in landfill well safely. According to the
provisions in the “pollution control standard for land filling hazardous waste” (GB18598-2001) the
site of landfill wells should be selected. It is proposed in this EIA that 2 safe landfill wells with 10
m3 single capacity should be installed for each livestock farmer, safe landfill wells should be of
impervious measures, at the same time they should be disinfected with quick lime.
2)The new-born livestock deaths
Due to the factors lacking of oxygen, dystocia, cow/ewes viral diarrhea virus infection, low
primary livestock immune factors, easy causing new born livestock deaths etc, it is easily to cause
the deaths of the primary born animals. According to the general animal breeding experience,
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through strengthening management, calf mortality rate is about 5% ~ 5%. The dead new born
livestock might contain some bacteria, which may endanger the health of human and should be
unfavorable for eating. Therefore, by following the suggestions with reference to the Technical
Specification of Livestock and Poultry Breeding Pollution Prevention (HJ/T81-2001) on the
treatment of bodies of dead livestock and poultry and the disposal requirements, it should take
landfill treatment to the dead new-born animals.
4、The placenta
Livestock produces the placenta after reproduction. Placenta is consisted of amniotic membrane,
leaf chorionic (also called CongMi chorionic) and bottom decidua. According to the Analysis of the
Bovine Placenta Nutrition (China dairy industry Li Lulong, Liu Yuewen, Mr Yu), it specifies that
bovine placenta contains plenty of high protein and essential amino acid needed for human body,
proved by clinical trials with tonifying qi and nourishing blood, beneficial health functions; Have
adjust endocrine and enhance the immune function, delaying menopause syndrome; Have cosmetic
effect, can eliminate facial brown spots and age spots, etc. Placenta has good health care effect.
Therefore, the recommendations from EIA are as follows: project implementation village should
actively contact the local grocery or other acquirers, placenta can be used as a health food or
medicine to be sold, which could increase the economic income of households on one hand, on the
other hand, it can reduce environmental pollution; Under the circumstance of temporarily the
placenta of animals have not yet be acquired, it could consult ill cattle landfill disposal measures of
processing. Placenta should be related to inspection before sale, so as to avoid bringing bacteria,
viruses and other microbes, which would be harmful to human health.
5、medical wastes
In the process of project livestock and poultry breeding it is needed regularly to inject vaccine.
Certain amount of medical wastes will be produced , mainly including vaccine and packing of the
drugs and syringes for pig cow barn, belonging to national hazardous waste list HW01 medical waste
– non-specific industry. Medical waste output is about 38 tons per year, it is needed to entrust a
qualified unit for processing.
The proposed project area is located at the remote rural area, and some activities such as
the prevention and treatment of animal epidemic diseases have to be conducted in the
households of farmers, and the medical treatment wastes always are freely disposed, without
concentrated collection and transportation; the overdue medicines or wasted medical
instruments in vet station should be united and stored, and to be periodically transported to
burying sites. The burying sites mostly should be selected far away from the source of water,
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without much sensitive sites, such as residential zone, schools etc at the surroundings. It
should cautiously select the site of burying, where should have stable geological condition,
lower underground water table, high coefficient of seepage proofing. However, currently, the
treatment in burying site is still quite simple, suffering from a quite high risk, in addition to
the environment impacts of underground water contamination, soil pollution etc. It might
cause a quite large environment danger.
6、Impact analysis
Livestock and poultry excrement are delivered to project biogas septic tank for fermentation,
meeting the livestock and poultry breeding industry waste residue harmless requirements in “the
livestock and poultry breeding industry pollutants emission standards” , that is ova of roundworm
mortality of 95% or higher, number of fecal coliform is less than 105 / kg or less, to do composting,
waste harmless disposal should meet the requirements of “the waste harmless disposal health
standard ”(GB 7959-1987) standards.
The Project will produce a certain amount of dead bodies, dead livestock and poultry with
infectious diseases and feces belong to strict control wastes in the province, they should be strictly
processed in accordance with the control requirements in “the innocent disposal procedures for dead
livestock and poultry meat and its products” (GB16548-1996), "the livestock and poultry breeding
pollution control technical specifications" (HJ/T81-2001) and "livestock and poultry breeding
industry pollutant discharge standards" (GB18596-2001). The farmer household shall set up 2
landfill wells, landfill method is used for dead pig body treatment. Landfill well is a concrete
structure, with depth of 5 m, 1 m in diameter, wellhead affix a lid seal. Dead pig is put into airtight
pressure cooker, under a 112 kpa pressure for cooking 1.5 ~ 2 h for landfill. After each pig body is
put into the landfill well, the pig body is covered a layer of 10 cm slaked lime, after landfill the
landfill well is compacted with earth and seal out.
In the process of livestock and poultry breeding it is needed regularly to inject vaccine. Certain
amount of medical wastes will be produced, belonging to national hazardous waste list HW01
medical waste. It is needed to entrust a qualified unit for processing these medical wastes.
Through the above measures, proper disposal and utilization of solid wastes are carried out in
the project construction, there is no emission and disposal to the environment, there is no harmful
effects produced to the environment. In addition, the places for heaping garbage and each functional
buildings should be cleaned regularly, to pay attention to foresting and greening the surrounding
environment, to keep the surrounding environment clean, through a series of effective control
measures, project solid wastes will not have adverse impact on the surrounding environment.
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5.2.6 Noise environment impact analysis and projection
The main source of noise from the proposed animal raising project is the moo of cattle, with
75~85dB(A)of noise source intensity, which could be regarded as the point sound source and
might be reduced by keeping a certain distance away from the source of noise by the calculation of
contribution value for the source of noise to the protected sensitive objectives, followed by the
analysis to the contrition value. The model of noise degrading is shown as follows:
Lp=Lpo-20lg(r/ro)-△L
Of which:Lp——the projected value of construction noise from the source of noise within
distance of r meters,dB(A);
Lpo——the reference noise level at the location of ro meter away from the source of
noise,dB(A);
ro——Lpo the distance (5m or 1m) between the source of noise and the measured
point,m。
△L——The decreased noise after taking various mitigation measures,dB(A)。
Based on the projection model of degrading noise from the source of noise, the
calculated distances with degrading noise reduced from the noise source are shown in the
following table.
Table 5.2-2 The Projected Value of Noise with Different Distance to the Source of Cattle Moo
Source of
noise
Original
noise
Noise reduced dB(A)
dB(A) 10m 15m 20m 40m 60 m
Animal moo 80 60 56.5 54.0 47.9 44.4
5.2.7 Impact analysis on human and animal health
Livestock and poultry dung pollutants contain a large number of pathogenic microorganism
and parasite eggs and flies, disease varieties are increased in the environment, disease pathogens and
parasites are multiplied, the spread of human and livestock infectious disease is prevailing, especially
lead to the outbreak of zoonoses to have harmful effect on human and animals. The solid and liquid
waste treatment in the Project proposal will minimize the impact on human health or prevent it from
happening. Therefore, the project does not produce any harmful impact on human and livestock
health, compared with the present situation, it will also help to reduce these problems.
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5.2.8 The impact of epidemic diseases
Human and animal excrements contain a large number of pathogenic microorganism, basically
include typhoid bacillus, paratyphoid bacillus, dysentery bacillus, polio virus, coli bacillus,
schistosome eggs, hook worm eggs, ova of roundworms eggs, etc., in the process of anaerobic
fermentation, due to inadequate pathogen inactivated, they will spread with the use of biogas manure,
cause human health risk.
5.2.9 Impact on soil by using livestock poultry wastewater for agricultural
irrigation
At present the main way of fecal treatment on livestock and poultry manure is to apply them in
farmland as organic fertilizers, many animal husbandry developed countries will also use farmland as
a load carrier of poultry and animal feces to absorb the nutrients, farmland absorption capacity for
poultry and livestock feces is depended on soil quality and soil fertility.
(1)Impact on soil environmental effects
Zhu Zhaoliang (the loss of nitrogen in farmland and countermeasures, soil and environment,
2000, 9 (1) : 1-6) studies have shown that in large use of chemical fertilizers nitrogen (N) amount
should be controlled in 150 ~ 180 kg/hm2, beyond this level environmental pollution will be caused.
In terms of annual manure application, N application rate is related with soil texture, fertility and
climate and other natural conditions, considering these factors, the EU's agricultural policy sets out
that, the limit standard of nitrogen (N) amount in annual manure dose is 170 kg/hm2, nitrogen
content in irrigation water is this project is (7.98 * 7.98 = 28/31) 7.98 t/a, it is used to irrigate 3450
mu irrigation area, nitrogen (N) amount in the agriculture irrigation area is 31.30 kg/hm2, below the
standard, it shows that agricultural irrigation area can completely digest and absorb poultry and
livestock feces, risk of soil pollution in agriculture irrigation area is very small.
(2)Impact on soil physical and chemical properties
Soil physical and chemical properties is very important for crop growth and nutrient effective
absorption, in addition to a large number of organic matter and quick nutrient content available in
biogas slurry, also contain organic acids, amino acids, they can significantly change soil intrinsic
physical and chemical properties, consequently affect crop growth and nutrient uptake. Research data
of Zhang Wudi et in "Biogas slurry impact on soil organic matter content and fertilization effect "
(Zhang Wudi, the Renewable Energy, 2008, 26 (6)) shows that the impact of biogas slurry
application on soil organic matter content and soil improvement and fertilization effects, the results
show that biogas slurry application can significantly increase soil organic matter, ammonia nitrogen,
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rapid available potassium and rapid available phosphorus content, biogas slurry application is helpful
to adjust soil pH value. Other reports (Wang Yuexia, “Biogas slurry farmland utilization technology
and its study of soil environmental effect”, Zhejiang agricultural university) points out that biogas
slurry irrigation can improve microbial populations of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in soil,
fertilizer application and biogas slurry with nitrogen the effect is obvious; biogas slurry application
can also improve dominance index, richness and uniformity of the three types of microorganisms in
soil, and soil microbial diversity is increased.
(3) Impact on soil heavy metals
At present due to the influence by adding heavy metals more or less in the process of livestock
and poultry breeding, livestock and poultry waste contains a certain amount of heavy metals. Soil
zinc, the content of Cu in top layer 0 ~ 20 cm > 20 ~ 40 cm soil layer, relevant data shows that
biogas slurry irrigation will increase Cu and zinc content in soil at all levels, but the heavy metal
content does not exceed the national soil environment quality standard limit, it is indicated that
biogas slurry application has less effect on the soil heavy metal accumulation.
5.3 Product processing
Chinese herbal medicine processing project is mainly focused on primary processing, the
primary processing simply refers to process of picking, kneading, drying process, process description
is as follows:
It is required to make classification of Chinese medicinal materials in certain time and store in
raw material storehouse to maintain good quality of medicinal materials, some of Chinese herbal
medicine are then taken out from the warehouses to select and organize, inappropriate medicinal
materials or disqualified medicinal materials are removed out, and the selected medicinal materials
will be trimmed and shaped up. It is needed to arrange medicinal materials into washing machine for
cleaning, to remove dirt and impurities, to cut medicinal materials to meet the requirements of slicing,
to cut all into small flakes, to make into slices, and put into oven for drying, inappropriate pieces are
smashed into medicinal powder, to dry them in oven, with high pressure steam sterilization, then
packaging. The main impact analysis
(1) Waste water environmental impact analysis
The sources of production wastewater in the project mainly include water used for cleaning
medicinal materials, cleaning mechanical equipment, they have little impact on the environment.
(2)Atmospheric environmental impact analysis
In the process of medicinal material crushing, sieving, packaging a certain amount of dust will
be produced, but mechanical devices used in these processes are closed ones, through bag dust
collectors, the dust is scanty, less impact will be produced on external environment. Sterilization
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equipment are tight sealing equipment, only after the process of sterilization medicinal materials will
be taken out with very small amount of water vapor as fugitive emissions, they have little influence
upon external environment.
(3) Acoustic environmental impact analysis
Noise reduction measures are designed and taken on noisy equipment, such as installing rubber
damping pads on processing equipment, to install sound insulation devices on the motor of
processing equipment, with above measures, through comparison and analogy of similar enterprises,
the sound level of sound source overlay does not exceed 84 db (A); In equipment arrangement layout,
produce equipment are installed far away from the sensitive area, double insulated glass are installed,
to reduce noise impact on the environment. The workshop attenuation value will be at 15 dB (A),
double insulated glass value will be at 8 dB (A). With above measures, project factory area can meet
the threshold requirements of day and night noise reduction.
(4) Solid waste environmental impact analysis
Primary wastes in the project production process are detritus of raw medicinal materials,
packages of raw medicinal, domestic garbage, and so on. Herbs clastics in the process of project
production must be recycled as far as possible. In case they can not be recycled they must be
processed by local sanitation departments. Domestic garbage are non-toxic harmless wastes, they are
collected in the factory, the local environmental sanitation stations will collect and treat them on a
regular basis.
5.4 Resources carrying capacity analysis
5.4.1 Water resources carrying capacity analysis
1. Water used in the irrigation for crops
Irrigation is the main approach using water in project area. The irrigated crops include forage
grass, apple, potato, Chinese medicine herbs. Referring the irrigation quota specified in Gansu
Sector Water Using Quota for the quota in agriculture irrigation. The water using condition for this
proposed additional cropping activities are described in the following table 5.4-1.
Table 5.4.1 Water Consumption in the Additional Agriculture Cropping Activities
Project
county Crops
Irrigatio
n Quota
/(m3/mu)
scale/ha
Water
consumption/
(m3/a)
Water source and usage
Longxi Dangs
hen 50 105 78750
Implementation of water division from
Taohe river project
Subtotal 105 78750
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Weiyuan Potato 40
750 450000
Yongjing 1140 684000 Harvest rain water for irrigation
Subtotal 1890 1134000
Weiyuan
grass 50
203.81 152857.5
Huachi
county 600 450000 Construction water cisterns 530
Zhangjiac
huan 230 172500
Subtitle 1033.1 775357.5
Total 1988107.5
2、Water consumption in animal raising
Referring the Water Quota Used in Irrigation by Sectors in Gansu, water consumption quota in
animal raising is shown in the following table:
Table 5.4-2 Water Consumption in Animal Raising in the Proposed Project Counties
Project county Animal
name
Water consumption quota
( m3/100head•day) Scale (head)
Water
consumption
(m3/d) Animal drinking Shed washing
Tongwei Cattle 6 2.26
2745 226.7
Zhangjiachuan 2216 183.0
Huanxian
Sheep 1 0.4
12346 128.4
Huachi 9485 98.6
Dongxiang 15971 166.1
Yongjing 6371 66.3
Gulang 17904 186.2
Anding 13092 136
Lintao 9683 100.7
Minxian 8646 89.9
Tongwei 6549 68.1
Miinxian Pigs 4 1.2 4000 208
Total water consumption (m3/d) 1658
3、Water resource balance analysis
All data used in balance analysis of water resource is provided by counties PMOs in each
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project counties. Table 5.4.3 shows the balance of water resource in project area before and after
project implementation.
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Table 5.4-3 The Table of Water Resource Usage and Balance
No County
name
Before project implementation
Problem
solving
approach
After project implementation
Water availability (0000m3) Water demanded
Water in
short
(0000
m3)
Water availability (0000m3) Water demanded
Water
in short
(0000
m3)
Assuranc
e rate
75% of
water
volume
Availabl
e water
usage
Existin
g water
divisio
n
volume
Effective
irrigatio
n area
(mu)
Water
usage
(0000
m3)
Assuranc
e rate
75% of
water
volume
Available
water
usage
Existin
g water
division
volume
Effecti
ve
irrigati
on area
(mu)
Water
usage
(0000
m3)
1 Huan
county 167.83 143.1 117.8 67500 141.9 1.2
Water
supply
project,
water pond
167.83 143.1 117.8 67500 143.5 -0.4
2 Gulang
County 857.55 1550 1550 32852 1143.4 406.6 865.8 1550 1550 32852 1154.4 395
3 Anding
district 869.4 766.9 713.2 22043 711 55.9 1173.7 1035.3 962.8 131265 962.8 72.2
4 Weiyua
n county 238.4 133.1 40.3 90572 109.5 23.6 238.4 143.1 40.3
104879 139.5 3.6
5 Longxi
county 337.2 134.9 101.1 41352 113.6 21.3 337.2 134.9 101.1
42927 133.6 1.3
6 Tongwei
county 408.6 338.4 97.5 6500 306 32.5 408.6 338.4 97.5 6500 325 13.4
7 Lintao
county 679.7 634.4 587.5 21368 457.6 176.8 679.7 634.4 587.5 21368 461.6 172.8
8 Dongxia
n county 132 132 7.98 18750 78 54 132 132 7.89 18750 80 52
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9 Yongjin
g county 879.3 868.9 793.6 17857 689.2 179.7 879.3 868.9 793.6
34957 694.2 174.7
10 Jinning
county 68.47 82.15 36.2 6060 81.37 0.78 68.47 82.15 36.2 6800 82.43 0.28
11 Heshui
county 643.86 321.91 12 9000 198 115 643.86 321.91 54 9000 190 124
12 Huachi
county 320 274 126 28800 173 101 220 274 126
37800 178 96
13 Minxian 16535 16535 0 0 365 16170 16535 16535 0 0 377 16158
14
Zhengni
ng
county
138 138 4.68 17970 56 82 138 138 4.68 22000 57 81
15
Zhuangl
ang
county
76.3 90.4 41.8 6600 89.5 0.9 76.3 90.4 41.8 7480 89 1.4
16 Zhangjia
chuan 126.1 187.6 142.5 33200 132.8 54.8 126.1 187.6 142.5
36650 150.8 36.8
Notes:the available sources of water:It includes the water from river, wells, water pond(water division quota), which could be used
in cropping, except rain water.
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5.4.2 The impact on local pasture burden
In consideration of specific implementation of the project components in project area, grass
bearing capacity analysis are shown in table 5.4 4. It can be seen from the table that livestock
development project counties, including Yongjing county, Dongxiang county, Gulang county,
WeiYuan county, Tongwei county, MinXian county, Anding district, Zhangjiachuan county,
Jingning county, Huang county, Huachi county , have enough grass to support the amount of
livestock under the project., the implementation of project, project support the development of
livestock, total
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Table 5.4-3 Summary table of grass and livestock in project area
No. County name
Total number of
existing livestock
(Sheep unit)
Livestock
development
supported by the
project
(Sheep unit)
total
(Sheep
unit)
Amounts of grass
required (ton)
Amount available for grass
surplus and
deficiency
amount (ton) sub-total
cultivated
grassland native pasture crop residues
wild grass
ground
Miscellane
ous
1 Yongjing County 29000 1500 30500 20038 26200 8160 5440 10200 0 2400 +6162
2 Dongxiang County 19600 50000 59600 17780 44603 75 0 33264 0 11264 +26823
3 Gulang
County 49599 22000 71599 47040.54 53280.00 0 0 53280.00 +6239
4 Weiyuan
County 18495 5200 23695 15567.62 14836 6480 5000 3356 +731.62
5 Longxi
County 575042 0 575042 630000 1960000 160000 0 1800000 0 0 +1330000
6 Tongwei County 650000 6000 656000 700000 2680000 280000 2400000 +1980000
7 Min County 191600 14000 205600 81047 92000 15000 55800 20700 500 0 +10953
8 Anding District 97961 8441 106402 69906.11 125343 3159 122184 -55436.89
9 Lintao
County 493700 16810 510510 335405.1 426908.3 287300 0 139608.3 0 +91503
10 Zhangjiachuan county 62120 15504 77624 50998.968 51893.9 3537 10602.37 33433.75 4320.78 0 +894.93
11 Zhuanglang County 0
12 Jingning County 14957 4000 18957 12454.749 28540.2 9336.6 0 13587.6 0 5616 +16085.45
13 Huan
County 189050 6830 194183 157528 190417 59346 131071 +32889
14 Huachi
County 16000 9300 25300 26500 458500 32500 400000 26000 0 +432000
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15 Zhengning County 14800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Heshui
County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Above all, it can be seen from the table above livestock development in total supported under the project in16 counties
have enough grass.
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5.5 Environmental Assimilative Capacity Analysis
5.5.1 Overview
Environmental bearing capacity is also called environmental tolerance or environmental
endurance, which is the environmental capacity. It means that in a certain period, under certain
environmental condition, the supporting capacity limit for a regional environment of the human
society, economic activity. The environment for human survival and development is a large system,
it provides space and carrier for human activities, and it also provides resources for human activities
and accommodate wastes. For human activities, the value of environmental system embodied in it
can provide support for existence and development of human society an activity. As the
environmental system’s material proportion is of certain quantity relationship, have certain
distribution rule in space, so it's ability to support human activities has certain limit.
A variety of environmental problems of today show that to large extent there are conflict
between human activities and environmental bearing capacity. When human society economic
activities impact on the environment exceed the supportive limit of the environment, namely the
"stimulus" exceeds the capacity of the environmental system to maintain the dynamic balance and
anti-interference ability, which means that human social behavior force exceeds the carrying capacity
of the environment. Thus, it could use human environmental capacity as a scale to evaluate the
coordinated extent of the human society economy and the environment. The bearing capacity of
various pollutants is the bearing capacity of the environment, it is needed to analyze the bearing
capacity of the environment from the perspective of Composition elements, including analysis on
atmospheric environmental capacity, water environmental capacity, soil bearing capacity.
5.5.2 Livestock and poultry breeding environment capacity analysis
The main pollutants under the project include excrement and urine of cattle, sheep and pigs,
dead animals, medical wastes from animal epidemic prevention, a variety of packaging for plant
pests control, one of the biggest environmental impacts in project area is dung of cattle, sheep and
pigs. Thus environmental capacity analysis is mainly aimed at the analysis on excrement and urine of
cows, sheep and pigs, to consider whether the total cultivated land in the project area can absorb
livestock and plantation wastes from the existing and new breeding activities.
Animal urine will immediately enter methane tanks or natural evaporation, carcasses of sick
animals and medical wastes will be treated through special process, there is no environmental
capacity problem. Animal wastes mainly used as organic fertilizer are applied into farmland, so it is
needed to carry out environmental capacity analysis.
Reference to The Detailed Regulation on the Accounting of the Reduction of Main
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Contaminants Total Emission in “the twelfth five-year plan” Period, the utilization of agriculture
sewage/urine should construct a fixed rain anti-seepage sewage pool/urine. Under normal
circumstances, the pool size should be able to accommodate more than 2 months of sewage
discharged/urine (not less than 0.3 m3 of sewage would be generated by 1 sale pig), and shall
provide a clear certificate demonstrating where the sewage/urine has been transported or the
certificate of users. In general, the absorbed and digested sewage/urine or manure by the soil per mu
annually would not excess the total volume of excrement produced by 5 pigs (for sale), 0.2 heads of
cattle (for sale), 15 sheep (for sale).
Inside the animal breeding farms, generally it would construct the specific urine collection and
storage tanks and temporary heaping ground of dry manure. It plans to take brick-concrete structure
to construct the tank, and the bottom and walls of the tank would be pint by limes so as to avoid the
seepage of urines. Urine and feces after the fermentation and the degradation, it could be used as
farmland fertilizer. The detailed statistic table 5.5-2 shows the status of fertilization application by
using animal urine and dung.”
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Table 5.5-1 Arable land area in project county & villages
County name Project counties (ha) Project village (ha)
Arable land Orchard area Arable land Orchard area Arable land Orchard area Arable land Orchard area
Yongjing
County 23747.0 2367.0 6533.0 32647.0 3871.0 7.7 672.0 4550.7
Dongxiang
County 24467.0 2330.0 855.0 27652.0 2212.6 87.2 173.0 2472.8
Gulang County 75533.3 4769.9 4109.9 84413.1 5053.0 0.0 1458.8 6511.8
Weiyuan
County 53380.0 0.0 685.3 54065.3 5480.0 0.0 57.1 5537.1
Longxi County 78457.0 2216.0 30667.0 111340.0 4928.5 100.0 1710.0 6738.5
Tongwei
County 122186.1 5000.0 4273.4 131459.5 4841.0 46.6 275.0 5162.6
Minxian
County 42996.0 167.0 9733.0 52896.0 5132.0 0.0 4218.0 9350.0
Anding
District 114504.2 2049.0 56800.0 173353.2 8751.0 210.0 6367.2 15328.2
Lintao County 120886.6 / / 120886.6 / / / /
Zhangjiachuan
County 37600.0 3000.0 6947.0 47547.0 3354.0 0.0 163.3 3517.3
Zhuanglang
County 61103.0 9297.0 10517.0 80917.0 2096.0 368.4 42.2 2506.6
Jingning
County 98032.0 34974.0 1347.0 134353.0 3228.2 300.0 159.4 3687.6
Huan
County 205133.0 6153.0 117906.0 329192.0 18806.0 0.0 22043.0 40849.0
Huachi County 68908.0 94.3 49746.7 118749.0 16414.0 911.0 2988.9 20313.9
Zhengning
County 28627.0 13213.0 666.7 42506.7 4534.0 1778.0 0.0 6312.0
Heshui County 25703.0 14705.0 12000.0 52408.0 4555.0 4000.0 980.0 9535.0
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Total 1181263.3 100335.2 312787.0 1594385.4 93256.3 7808.9 41307.9 142373.1
Table 5.5-2 Arable land carrying capacity of livestock farming manure quantity in project counties
Project
county sheep cow swine
Total land
area
carrying
the total
livestock
manure
(mu)
The
existing
farmlan
d in
project
counties
(mu)
Satisfiab
ility
Predicted
number in
2014
(head)
Increase
d
amount
under
the
project
(head)
Total
(head)
Predicted
number in
2014
(head)
Increased
amount
under the
project
(head)
Total
(head)
Predicted
number in
2014
(head)
Increased
amount
under the
project
(head)
Total
(head)
Predicte
d
number
in 2014
(head)
Increased
amount
under the
project
(head)
Total
(head)
Yongjing
County 17944 7500 25444 1696.3 1804 0 1804 9020 0 0 0 0 10716.3 356205
S
Dongxiang
County 21828 15600 37428 2495.2 3192 0 3192 15960 0 0 0 0 18455.2 367005
S
Gulang
County 75019 12120 87139 5809.3 10513 0 10513 52565 32794 0 32794 6558.8 64933.1 1133000
S
Weiyuan
County 23864 6150 30014 2000.9 16215 0 16215 81075 52431 0 52431 10486.2 93562.1 800700
S
Longxi
County 35631 0 35631 2375.4 12146 0 12146 60703 47549 0 47549 9509.8 73488.2 1176855
S
Tongwei
County 8585 0 8585 572.3 11035 1804 12839 64195 22257 0 22257 4451.4 69218.7 1832792
S
Minxian
County 43363 10310 53673 3578.2 55161 0 55161 275805 49734 4000 53734 10746.8 290130 1356982
S
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Anding
District 38306 12992 51298 3419.9 15276 0 15276 76380 8521 0 8521 1704.2 81504.1 1717563
S
Lintao
County 53978 16810 70788 4719.2 24130 0 24130 120650 42687 0 42687 8537.4 133906.6 1813300
S
Zhangjiachu
an county 0 0 0 0 0 2280 2280 11400 0 0 0 0 11400 564000
S
Zhuanglang
County 585 0 585 39 8342 0 8342 41710 27952 0 27952 5590.4 47339.4 916545
S
Jingning
county 557 0 557 37 34422 800 35222 176110 30752 0 30752 6150.4 182297.4 1470480
S
Huan County 181763 6830 18859
3 12572.9 22821 0 22821 114105 24547 0 24547 4909.4 131587.3 3076995
S
Huachi
County 39001 9300 48301 3220.1 8682 0 8682 43410 10221 0 10221 2044.2 48674.3 1033620
S
Zhengning
County 5820 0 5820 388 3821 0 3821 19105 10724 0 10724 2144.8 21637.8 429405
S
Heshui
County 3676 0 3676 245.1 1786 0 1786 8930 0 0 0 0 9175.1 385545
S
There for, the total arable land area in the 16 project counties could fully “digest”the manure of cattle and sheep produced in all
project counties respectively, there is no more than environmental capacity. If the manure of cattle and sheep would also be “digested”
in other land of these counties, it would make manure in average per mu land is far less than the maximum environmental capacity, also
there is not the problem of environmental capacity. In addition, and animal breeding is scattered in project households, and it will not
form centralized pollution in the certain area.
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6 Alternative scheme analysis
6.1 Purposes and principles of comparison analysis
Purposes of alternative scheme comparison analysis are to compare programs that can be taken to
optimize the project from the environmental point of view and minimize environmental impacts.
General principles of alternative scheme comparison analysis are:
1) Quantified comparison: quantify impacts of project implementation on the environment, as much
as possible.
2) Comprehensive comparison: compare and analyze from environmental, technological, and
social-economic aspects.
3) Compliance: programs selected have to be in compliance with relevant development plans,
standards and local conditions;
6.2 Zero scheme analysis
This is a pilot demonstration project of World Bank poverty reduction projects through industrial
development and it has no other alternative project. So the assessment is only related to the project
scenario and no project scenario. The project scenario refers to the implementation of this poverty
reduction scheme, while the no project scenario means not implementing this scheme, i.e. zero
scheme. The comparison analysis under project and no project scenarios are carried out in terms of
environmental profit and loss as well as social-economic aspect (Table 6.2-1).
Table 6.2-1 Comparison analysis under no project
Type Project implementation No project (zero scheme)
Main
advantages
(1) After the implementation of the
project, terraces, embankment projects,
irrigation works will be established,
improving condition for farm work,
making full use of land and reducing
waste of water resources due to
adoption of water saving irrigation
facilities.
(2) After the implementation of the
project, new technologies, new
varieties will be extended such as
(1) Maintain the status of the project site, for
instance, the vegetation will not be disturbed.
(2) There will be no change in land use value of
the region where the project site is located (not
occupying land).
(3) There will be no impacts to the
environment, such as, noise, waste gas, waste
water, solid waste and so on, brought during
construction period from infrastructure
facilities.
(4) There will be no noise, waste gas, waste
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formula fertilization, raising the yield
per unit area, increasing outputs,
improving land use efficiency, and
reducing pollution of environment
around due to farming activities;
(3) After the project implementation,
waste from planting and animal raising
will be properly treated; cycling
agricultural models such as fruit
tree-biogas-animal,
vegetable-biogas-animal will be
extended to pursue interests and avoid
risks, promoting the formation of
special industries; and a large amount
of organic fertilizer will be returned to
farmland, which will raise the organic
content of farmland, as a result,
fertilizing the land and ameliorating
the soil texture.
(4) After the project implementation,
the extensive operation will be altered
and local pillar economy will be
promoted with modern agricultural
idea, resulting in good use and
conservation of sunlight, heat, water,
and land; optimizing agricultural
interior structure and reasonable
resource allocation, and optimizing the
planting structure of agriculture;
(5) After the project implementatiom,
orchard area will be increased by 200
ha through apple planting,
consequently conserving water source,
reducing water and soil loss, regulating
local micro-climate, and raising forest
coverage rate;
(6) After the project implementation,
local roads will be hardened, reducing
product loss during transports and fuel
consumption, and significantly
water, solid waste etc. during the operation of
various infrastructure facilities.
(5) Water resource use will not be strained due
to professional raising of cattle, sheep and pigs,
mitigating local shortage of water resources.
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reducing solid waste and gas,
favourable for local environmental
protection as a consequence;
(7) After the project implementation,
the vegetation disturbed by
infrastructure construction will be
restored to improve the environment
around;
(8) After the project implementation,
relevant environmental protection
measures will be made for items and
links that may bring about impact to
the environment, to minimize the
impact.
Main
disadvantages
(1) After the implementation of the
project, the construction of facilities
such as office place, animal raising
stable, store, trading market will
occupy land, and some land use
changes are irreversible.
(2) During the implementation of the
project, the vegetation will be
destroyed; floating dust, noise, waste
water, waste gas, and solid wastes
produced will impact the environment
around.
(3) After implementation of the
project, during the operation period,
floating dust, noise, waste water, waste
gas, and solid waste will be produced,
impacting the environment around.
(4) After the implementation of the
project, the number of sheep, cattle,
and pigs will be increased and the
planting area of Astragalus,
codonopsis pilosula, potato, apple etc.
will change the original land use, thus,
affecting the ecological equilibrium to
some extent.
(1) The zero scheme implementation is easily
leading to seeking economic benefits
one-sidedly, resulting in environmental
pollution and ecological disturbance.
(2) The level of resources development and use
of leading industries in all project areas is low
with mono-industrial structure, short industrial
chain, which will leads to serious waste of
resources, and easily cause environmental
pollution.
(3) Poor infrastructure will increase product
loss during transports; floating dust is prone to
bringing during transports and waste gas from
transporting vehicles will be increased.
(4) Farmlands will not be connected together,
which will increase the use of farm implements,
pesticides, and fertilizers, and pollution as well.
(5) Poor water conservation infrastructure,
weak management, poor awareness of water
conservation, low water use efficiency and
large waste of water.
(6) Advanced technology in management can’t
be used in planting and animal breeding, which
will give rise to environmental pollution and
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have a low contribution to economic growth.
(7) Improper composting of plant stalk and
leaves and stable manure, and inappropriate
treatment of animal urine will go on, resulting
in environmental pollution by lost nutrients
from animal manure;
(8) Awareness of environmental protection of
urban and rural residents would be weak, waste
from planting and animal raising will not be
treated and applied to farmland instead; and
environmental protection facilities will be
distributed unevenly particularly not enough in
rural areas.
(9) There will be no monitoring plan and
measures for environmental protection. When
an environmental pollution incident occurs, it
would be difficult to immediately control it.
Comprehensive
analysis
Implementation of this project scheme is superior to the zero scheme from the
environmental and social point of view.
6.3 Comparison of Different Manure Treatments of Small-scale Husbandry
Small-scale animal raising by individual farms will produce less manure due to limited number of
animals, particularly sheep manure is small and difficult to collect (especially raising by individual
farms). Therefore there are 4 ways to dispose animal manure from small scale raising by individual
farms: composting, biogas, burning for heating and zero-treatment. The 3 ways are compared (Table
6.3-1)
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Table 6.3-1 Comparison of composting, biogas, burning manure for heating, and no treatment
Type Composting Biogas Burning manure for heating Zero treatment
Advantages
(1) Improving excrement
treatment. Composting can
reduce the weight, moisture, and
activity of excrement and is easy
to operate. Compost can be well
stored without odor and flies,
which can decrease run-off and
N loss.
(2) Improving land use.
Composting will transfer N in
excrement into more stable
organic N. Excrement of great
litter and feces has a high C/N
ratio. Heat from composting
processes will reduce quantity of
weed seeds. Compost used for
farming can raise soil organic
matter, better soil texture, and
reduce application of other
fertilizers.
(3) Reducing pollution risk and
odour complaints. The features
that compost can be treated and
stored allow for its farther
(1) Solving the energy supply in the rural
area. A biogas tank of 10 m3 can supply
a household of 3-4 people with the
energy for lighting and cooking if raw
materials for fermentation are enough
and management is good, which will
reduce smog, solid waste and waste gas
from burning biomass and coal.
(2) Promoting agricultural development.
Incorporation of animal waste into
biogas tanks for fermentation will
produce biogas and a great amount of
organic manure, expanding source of
organic manure.
(3) Crops fertilized with biogas manure
will have a strong capability for
anti-drought and avoiding freeze injury,
and a high survival rate, which will
economize on chemical fertilizers and
pesticides, and is good for environmental
protection.
(4) Boosting development of animal
husbandry. Biogas development will be
in favor of solving fuel, feed and
(1) Drying manure can be burnt
for heating, which will reduce
not only use of coal but solid
waste, smog and waste gas.
(2) Burning manure for heating
can reduce costs.
(1) Simple work. It only
needs to carry manure to
farmland or collecting
sites even not carrying
and leaving it to
decomposing naturally.
(2) It doesn’t need
investment in
infrastructure
construction, reducing
residents’ economic
inputs.
(3) Manure will be
scattered on fields, which
will also improve the soil
quality.
(4) Proving edibles or
shelter for organisms
around will ensure the
environment of project
site to some extent.
(5) Part of big manure
can be used as fuel to be
burnt after drying.
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transportation. Well-managed
composting facilities will not
produce odour and attract flies
and can kill pathogenic bacteria,
restraining plant disease
spreading through soil.
Composting can transform N
into the form that will not be
prone to penetrating into
groundwater or washed away by
run-off.
(4) Simple operation. After
simple treatment, it will be
mixed with crop stalks and
leaves, disposing part of waste
from cultivation.
(5) Occupying a small area, not
needing big investments, only
requiring seepage control and
drainage.
(5) The organic matter in
excrement is most easily
decomposable, which will
reduce pollution of the
groundwater.
fertilizer and accelerate livestock
development.
(5)Improving sanitation condition.
Providing energy through biogas tanks,
clean and easy, will better rural hygiene,
beneficial to the health of people and
animals.
(6) Protecting the environment. Biogas
use will solve the farmer household
energy problem, resulting in slowing
deforestation, protection of grassland,
accelerating tree planting, reducing water
and soil loss, and improving the
agricultural ecological environment.
(7) Small –sized biogas tanks are mainly
built underground, occupying a small
area.
(8) Biogas as energy and its waste as
manure will make multiple-use of animal
feces, reducing pollution as a result.
Disadvantage
s
(1) Seepage control and drainage
in rainy seasons are needed;
(1)Construction of biogas tanks raises
residents’ economic inputs, accentuating
(1) When there is a big amount
of excrement with high moisture
( 1)The exposure of
excrement to the air is
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otherwise it will bring about
water pollution after strong rain.
Composting in winter is quite
slow.
(2) If exposed to the air,
compost is easy to produce odor,
effecting people’s health.
(3) A certain amount of
infrastructure construction is
needed, such as seepage control
and drainage, increasing
residents’ economic inputs and
occupying a certain amount of
land.
(4)N is prone to loss. Unless
feces is mixed with soil and
properly stored, N in feces will
release into the atmosphere
soon, and will be left less than
the amount left in the compost.
(5) The delivering of nutrients is
slow. The initial application is
large, requiring quite an amount
of time and labours.
poverty of residents in the project area.
(2) Consider the use of liquid manure
during rainy seasons and the non-manure
use time
(3) The production process is prone to
bringing toxic gases, such as H2S, as well
as some mixed gases and odour.
(4) It needs to put in raw materials and
get out waste regularly. So the
complicated operation will increase
labour of residents.
(5) Due to implementing underground
construction, the application is confined.
content, it is difficult to dry and
can’t directly be used for
burning.
(2) If excrement is kept for a
long time without disposal, it
will impact ambient air.
(3) Burning excrement for
heating is only in winter with
seasonal restrictions.
prone to producing
odour, affecting the
health of people around.
(2) It is apt to bring
harmful bacteria,
mosquito and flies,
increasing incidence of
disease of people and
animals around.
(3) It is easy to go into
water body after strong
rainfall, resulting in
pollution of water. The
decomposing process is
slow in cold season.
(4) It is unsightly to the
residential area and its
surrounding environment
and impacts plant growth
in the site with massive
piling of manure.
(5) The organic matter in
excrement is recalcitrant,
increasing pollution of
groundwater after
application.
Comprehensi
ve analysis According to existing situation of project area and animal raising sites, and advantages and disadvantages
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of disposal ways, burning excrement for heating is recommended first , biogas second, composting
third and zero treatment last.
6.4 Comparison of Different Manure Treatments of Large Scale Animal Farm
Large scale animal raising involves large numbers of animals with great amounts of feces produced. So feces has to be treated. Large scale
raising has 2 ways to dispose feces, i.e. composting and biogas. The comparison of the 2 ways is as follows: Table 6.4-1.
Table 6.4-1 Comparison of composting and biogas
Type Composting Biogas Burning manure for heating
Advant
ages
(1)Improving excrement treatment. Composting
can reduce the weight, moisture, and activity of
excrement and is easy to decompose. Compost can
be well stored without odor and flies, and be used
at any time in a year, decreasing run-off and N
loss.
(2) Improving land use. Composting will transfer
N in excrement into more stable organic N. Heat
from composting processes will reduce quantity of
weed seeds. Compost is a good soil amendment. It
will be used for farming, raising soil organic
matter, bettering soil texture, reducing application
of other fertilizers, and lightening potential erosion
of soil.
(3) Reducing pollution risk and odour complaints.
(1)Solving the rural energy supply. It can supply
energy for lighting and cooking if raw materials for
fermentation are enough and management is good,
which will reduce smog, solid waste and waste gas
from burning biomass and coal.
(2)Promoting agricultural production development.
Incorporation of animal waste into biogas tanks for
fermentation will produce biogas and a great
amount of organic manure, expanding source of
organic manure and disposing a great quantity of
stalks and leaves from cultivation.
(3) Crops fertilized with biogas manure will have a
strong capability for anti-drought and avoiding
freeze injury, and a high survival rate, which will
economize on chemical fertilizers and pesticides,
and is good for environmental protection.
(1)Drying excrement can be burnt for heating,
reducing coal consumption, and solid waste, waste
gas, and smog.
(2) Burning coal for heating can also cut down
costs.
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The features that compost can be treated and stored
allow for it being transported farther than where
the excrement and raw materials are produced.
Well-managed composting facilities will not
produce odour and attract flies and can kill
pathogenic bacteria, restraining plant disease
spreading through soil. Composting can transform
N into the form that will not be prone to
penetrating into groundwater or washed away by
run-off.
(4) Simple operation. It only needs be mixed with
simply treated crop stalks and leaves, decomposing
a lot of waste from cultivation, and doesn’t need
complicated management in the late stage.
(5) The treatment of excrement from animal
raising will cut down pollution to the environment.
(6) The organic matter in excrement is most easily
decomposable, which will reduce pollution of the
groundwater.
(4) Boosting development of animal husbandry.
Biogas development will be in favor of solving
fuel, feed and fertilizer, and accelerate livestock
development and protect the environment.
(5)Improving sanitation condition. The use of
biogas as fuel is smokeless, dustless, clean and
easy with feces as raw material for fermentation.
The bacteria and parasite ova will go into the tank
and be eradicated during the fermentation, thus
bettering rural sanitation conditions, beneficial to
the health of people and animals.
(6) Protecting the environment. Biogas will solve
the farmer household energy supply problem,
resulting in slowing deforestation and vegetation
disturbance by sheep and cattle, which is favorable
to protection of grassland, accelerating tree
planting, reducing water and soil loss, and
improving the agricultural ecological environment.
(7) Timely incorporation of excrement into the
biogas tank reduces its exposure to the air,
improving sanitation of the raising site as well as
reducing the incidence of disease of animal raised.
(8) Biogas as fuel and its residue as manure will
realize multiple use of feces, consequently
decreasing pollution.
Disadv
antages
(1)Composting sites, storage of raw materials,
and finished compost storing will occupy quite an
(1)Large scale raising produces large amounts of
excrement, whose treatment through biogas
(1) Excrement contains a great amount of moisture,
is difficult to dry and can’t be burnt directly.
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amount of land even construction land with certain
infrastructure, such as seepage control, drainage,
which will increase economic inputs of enterprises,
and take a certain amount of land.
(2) Seepage control and drainage in rainy seasons
need to be considered; otherwise it will bring about
water pollution after strong rain. Cold weather will
reduce temperatures for composting; make the
composting process slow, which is not easy to
handle in a short time, hence needing to increase
composting sites.
(3)Exposure of compost to the air with poor
management is prone to producing odor, attracting
mosquito and flies, effecting people’s health
around even the environment.
(4) In order to reduce labour costs, feces needs
accumulating to certain amount then put to
composting, in such a case feces will be exposed to
the air for a long time, and needs facility for
storing, which will increase inputs.
(5) N is prone to loss. Unless feces is mixed with
soil and properly stored, N in excrement will
release into the atmosphere soon, and will be left
less than the amount left in the compost.
(6) The delivering of nutrients is slow. The initial
application is large, requiring quite an amount of
production requires a large amount of land. For
example, a pig farm of 10,000 pigs needs 10,000
mu of land to reuse feces, so the use is confined.
(2) Consider how to use liquid residue during rainy
seasons and non-manure use seasons. Take into
account the percentage of feeding and discharge
in winter and summer.
(3) It needs to feed in raw materials and get out
waste regularly. So the complicated operation will
increase labour of residents. The construction
needs a great amount of funds and takes into
consideration geological condition.
(4) The production process is prone to bringing
toxic gases, such as H2S, as well as some mixed
gases and odour.
(5) The process of biogas production and period of
its storing are possible to leak, then explode and
catch fire, which will cause casualty, property loss,
and environmental pollution.
(2) If feces is kept for a long time without
treatment, it will impact ambient air.
(3) Burning feces for heating is only in winter with
a seasonal restriction.
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time and labours.
Differe
nce
from
raising
by
individ
ual
farms
Large scale animal raising produces a large amount
of feces, and composting occupies more land. If
management is poor, it is more prone to producing
water and air pollution, even affects the health of
residents, or impacts the environment. In addition,
it needs to take into consideration the use scope of
residue application. Composting sites need strict
management, which increases enterprises inputs,
but can be offset by sales of organic manure.
Large scale animal raising produces a lot of feces,
which needs large biogas project facilities and
occupies more land with some confinement. The
consequence of leakage during its operation is far
more serious than that of raising by individual
farms. Furthermore it needs to take into account the
scope of biogas application, and disposal of solid
and liquid residue. Biogas sites need more strict
management, which will increase enterprises’ input
but can be offset by sales of biogas, solid and
liquid wastes.
Larger scale animal raising produces a great
quantity of feces, which contains much moisture,
so drying will take far more land compared with
raising by individual farms.
Compr
ehensiv
e
analysi
s
According to existing situation of project area and animal raising sites, and advantages and disadvantages of disposal ways, excrement treatment through
biogas production is recommended first, then composting, and finally burning feces for heating.
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6.5 Comparison of Residue from Farmland and Orchard
Residue from farmland and orchard includes stalks, remnant plants, weeds, litters, fruit shells,
vines, tree branches, and others. Residue can be used for biogas and compost, also is coarse fodder
and cushion materials for stables of animals, and can be left on field without treatment. Comparison
of coarse fodder, cushion materials, and no treatment is given in Table 6.5-1. Advantages and
disadvantages of biogas and composting are given in the comparison of different feces treatment
ways of small scale animal raising by individual farms (Table 6.3-1). Table 6.5-1 explains
comparison of coarse fodder, cushion materials, and no treatment. Treatments of coarse fodder and
cushion materials are almost going on side by side, so they are bracketed together, combined with the
comparison of biogas and composting in Table 6.3-1 and the comparison of coarse fodder, cushion
materials and no treatment in Table 6.5-1 to make comprehensive analysis.
Table 6.5-1 Comparison of coarse fodder/cushion materials and no treatment
Type Composting Biogas Coarse fodder/ cushion materials No treatment
Advant
ages
See Table
6.3-1
See Table
6.3-1
(1) Increase forage source of
cattle, sheep, and pigs, decrease
vegetation disturbance by
animals, conserving grassland in
the project area, and maintaining
the ecological balance, as a
result, cutting down farmers’
input to fodder and raising the
quality of cattle, sheep, and pigs
in the local area.
(2) This treatment is equivalent
to the early treatment of biogas
production or composting,
reducing labor costs, and in
favour of biogas production and
composting.
(3) It will dispose residue from
cropland and orchard, reducing
the impact of residue to the local
landscape.
(1) It doesn’t need operation but
leaving residue to cropland or
orchard to decompose naturally,
reducing labour and energy
consumption during residue
transportation.
(2)There is no need to invest in
infrastructure, reducing residents’
economic inputs.
(3) Residue from cropland and
orchard is left in situ, which will be
organic manure and improve soil.
(4) Providing edibles and shelter for
organisms around ensures the
environment of the project area to
some extent.
(5) Residue can be used as fuel for
residents after natural drying
Disadv
antages
See Table
6.3-1
See Table
6.3-1
(1) Residue left in stables is
likely to pollute local water
(1) Residue from cropland and
orchard left in situ is prone to
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source with rain if management
is poor.
(2) More redundant residue left
in stables will increase the
incidence of disease of cattle,
sheep, and pigs. Frequent
cleaning of stables will waste
water and improper treatment of
waste water from cleaning will
pollute surface water in the area.
bringing harmful bacteria, mosquito
and flies, increasing the probability
of incidence of disease of residents
around.
(2) It will go into water body after a
lot of rain, causing pollution as a
consequence. Its decomposing is
slow in cold weather while prone to
catching fire in drought condition,
leading to ecological and
atmospheric impacts.
(3) Its use as fuel after drying, is
prone to polluting the atmosphere,
impacting the environment.
(4) It will impact the sight of
residential areas and their
surroundings as well as growth of
crops and fruit trees next year.
Compr
ehensiv
e
analysi
s
According to existing situation of project area and animal raising sites, and advantages and
disadvantages of disposal ways, it is recommended that residue from cropland and orchard should be
used as coarse fodder and cushion materials for cattle, sheep and pigs, then mixed with feces of the
animals and people for composting. After short fermentation, pathogenic bacteria, parasite ova in feces
of animals and people, and plant pests hidden in stalks and weed seeds will be killed, then the residue is
put in biogas tanks for producing biogas, the solid and liquid waste from biogas production is put to
cropland or orchard for reuse, realizing multiple-use and bring about more benefits as well.
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7 Public Consultation and Disclosure
Based on the requirement of the Environment Protection Minitry and the World Bank on public
consultation, the project and EIA information should be released at each EIA stage. And the project
should set up a smooth communication channel to the public. Besides those, it should make
adjustment on project arrangements based on public consultation results. The project information
has been released through the following procedures:
(1)The project information had been released on the provincial media at the initial assessment
stage. The information covered project components, contacts of project executive agency and EIA
agency, the outline of EIA report and potential impacts both positive and negative for public
comments and recommendations.
(2)The brief EIA report will be released on the media of project area at the later
assessmentstage stage for more comments and recommendations. And the EIA report will be be
revised based on public consultation results.
7.1 Disclosure
Based on the Interim Measures of Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment,
theDisclosure of Environment Information (trial version), the Environmental Assessment
(OP/BP4.01) and the Information Disclosure (BP17.50), the EIA information had been released to
the public througn various channels including newspapers and bulletins. The information had been
disclosed twice. The first round of disclosure had been carried out at the stage of the completion of
EIA of each sub-project and the outline the EIA. And the second round of disclosure had been
carried out at the completion of the draft EIA report.
7.2 Public Consultation
7.2.1 Public Participants
In accordance with project environment characters, the neighborhood residents have been
selected as the public participants for EIA.
7.2.2 Public Consultation Plan
Based on the Interim Measures of Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment,
and relevant project information, the public consultation has been carried out as follows:
(1) To release EIA information;
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(2) To seek public comments;
(3) To collect and analyze public comments;
(4) To response to the public comments;
(5) To draft the chapter of public consultation.
7.2.3 EIA Information Disclosure
The EIA information had been released to the public form comments through various channels
such as newspapers, questionnaires and household visits.
7.2.3.1 The First Disclosure
After entrusted by the project executive angency, the EIA information had been released to the
public firstly on February 22nd
2014. The information includes project name and components, name
and contact of project executive agency, name and contact of EIA institute, EIA procedure and
activities, key items for public comments and main channels for seeking public comments.
The information is firstly disclosed from February 22nd
to March 7th
2014 shown as in Photo
7.2-1.
Photo 7.2-1 Public Notification at Project Township (in Kangwang Village of Malu Township)
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7.2.3.2 The Second Disclosure
The Environment Impact Report is released to the public on the Poverty Reduction Website of
Gansu Poverty Reduction Office and is printed in PMOs. The bulletin board is made for public
notification at project townships and villages. And farmers are informed that the report is available in
PMOs.
The information is secondly released to the public by two periods. One is from April 19th
to
May 12th
2014 (report printing and bulletin board). The other is from April 30 th to May 14th
(on
website). The details are shown in Photo 7.2-2, 7.2-3 and 7.2-4.
Photo 7.2-2 The Second Disclosure
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Photo 7.2-3 Bulletion Board at Project Township (Xucheng Village, Wanquan Township,
Zhuanglang County)
Photo 7.2-3 Bulletion Board at Project Township (Zhuchuan Village, Biyu Township, Tongwei
County)
7.3 Results
7.3.1 Public Notification
There is no comment and recommendation during the first and the second disclosures.
7.3.2 Questionary Analysis
The residents living in the neighborhood had been selected as the individual participants. And
the village committees close to the project had been selected as the institution participants. The
project had distributed 879 questionnaires to the individual participants and collected 835
questionnaires with the collection rate of 95%. And the project had distributed 91 questionnaires to
the institution participants and collected 91 questionnaires with the collection rate of 100%. The
disclosure meets the Interim Measures of Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment.
The questionanaire is shown in Table 7.3-1. The participants list is shown in Table 7.3-2. The
distribution of questionnaire is shown in Table 7.3-3. The background of individual participant is
shown in Table 7.3-4. And the public consultation results are shown in Table 7.3-5.
Table 7.3-1 The Table of Public Participatory Survey for the WB Loaned Pilot Project of the Industrialized
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Poverty Reduction Program in Poverty Stricken Area of Gansu
The general status of the proposed project:The proposed WB loaned Pilot Project of the
Industrialized Poverty Reduction Program in Poverty Stricken Area of Gansu, covers 241 villagers,
56 townships, 16 counties, 6 prefectures attached to the state designated Liupanshan Contiguous
Extreme Poverty Stricken Area in Gansu. The proposed project counties respectively include 16
counties of Longxi, Weiyuan, Tongwei, Minxian, Lintao, Anding, Huachi, Zhengning, Heshui,
Huanxian, Zhangjiachuan, Zhuanglang, Jingning, Yongjing, Dongxiang, Gulang etc. The total
project investment is 72million Yuan of RMB, which consists of 50% of the World Bank loan
(60million USD, converted into 360million Yuan in RMB) and 50% of the counterpart fund
(360million Yuan in RMB). All project counties would mainly focus on 4 project components
which respectively are the component of value chain development for the modernized industry, the
component of public infrastructure and service supporting, the component of industrialized poverty
reduction mechanism research and extension, the component of project management and M & E.
The proposed project activities mainly include: the establishment of 215 farmer’s cooperatives (17
newly established cooperatives and 42 re-established cooperatives) respectively specialized for the
cropping of Potato, Apple tree and animal breeding of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs etc in 241 project
villages and 16 project counties; to construct 100m2 of civil work for each new established
cooperative, and construct 29900m2 of animal shed, 6360m2 of beverage storage, 2590m2 of
epidemic disease prevention house, and 216 sets of relevant instruments; to feeding cattle 4884
heads, sheep 95730 heads, 2132 heads of ewes, pigs 4000 heads, grassland plantation 1967ha, the
construction of 50ha nursery for new variety apple seedling, old orchard replacement 2567 ha, the
construction of standardized orchard management 1600ha, seedling nursery of Dangsheng 120ha,
seedling nursery of Huangqi 120ha, the standardized cropping of Dangsheng 100ha, potato seeds
nursery 3345ha, the origin of potato seeds nursery 1030ha;72 sites of Chinese herb processing; 4
sites of potato storage, 12 sites of Chinese herb storage warehouse, 5 potato storage pits, 306 apple
storage pits, 1 air-conditioned fruit storage, 5 air-conditioned fresh meat storage warehouses; to
construct 1 trading market for potato, 6 trading markets for living livestock; to construct 64km of
concreted road, 170.91km pebbled road, 130ha terrace; to construct water-saving irrigation pipes
20km, 2030 cisterns of safe drinking water; to construct agro-products processing factory and
trading market, construction of 65km power line for the farmer’s cooperatives; to industrialized the
development of agriculture industries with perspective market, so as to generate its new economic
growth engineer and the incubation centers of the polar industries in the proposed 16 project
counties in 5 years; to conduct industrialized poverty reduction mechanism research and extension
project component which includes to explore the industrialized poverty reduction scheme mobilized
by the development of farmer’s cooperative in poor villages attached the state designated
Liupanshan Contiguous Extreme Poverty Stricken area so as to create a reliable canal for poor
households to increase stable income;and to explore the mechanism and path of the improvement
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of farmer’s cooperative service and its mobilization of the financial service to the household; to
explore the dynamic mechanism of the sustainable development for the farmer’s cooperatives and
the mechanism of profit allocation; to explore the feasible scheme of the establishment of the
trading market and extension of industry value chain as well as the evasion of market risks so as to
achieve the upgrading of industry development;to identify the relevant duties and positioning
respective for the incubation centers, farmer’s cooperatives, financial institute and famers etc.; to
conduct training, capacity building, office equipment, project monitoring and evaluation etc. The
implementation of the proposed project would greatly improve the living and production conditions
for poor households in rural area, and promote the development of agriculture industry and the
adjustment of the cropping pattern. It would generate a significant economic and poverty reduction
effort after the implementation of the proposed project, and would strongly promote the
development of the second and tertiary industries, newly increase a great amount of employment
opportunities and would mobilize its regional development and 6.9million poor population getting
rid of poverty.
Basic information of the individual
interviewee
Basic information of the interviewee
unit
Name: Age: Name of
unit:
Gender: Occupation: Tel:
Education Tel: Nature of
the unit:
Administrative
department:
Home
address:
County township
village
Address:
1、Do you know if your county (township, village) will implement the pilot project of industrialized
poverty reduction demonstration project in Gansu?
□ Yes □ No □ don’t remember □ other
2、If you know it, where do you get the information about the project?
□ government dissemination □ TV, newspaper □ internet □ other
3、What is your favorite way to get the information about the project?
□ government dissemination □ TV, newspaper □ internet □ other
4、Do you concern this project?
□ very much concern □general concern □ don’t concern
5、Based on your understanding, how do you think the environment impact might be generated by
the implementation of the project?
□ serious □ large □ general □ small □ don’t know
6、What do you think of the biggest environment impact which might be caused by the project?
□ water environment □air environment □ecological environment □ noise □solid waste
7、What do you think of the social and economic impact which might be generated by the project?
□ very positive □ general □ less impact □ negative impact
8、What do you think of the impact which might cause to individual and household?
□ very positive □ general □ less impact □ negative impact
9、If your house needs to be demolished during project construction, would you support it or not?
□ firmly support it □ support it with condition □ don’t care □ against it
10、What is your attitude to the implementation of this proposed project?
□firmly support it □ support it with condition □ don’t care □ against it
11、What method do you wish participate to the environment protection action of the project?
□ questionnaire □ interview □ consultation meeting □ other
12、What is your suggestion to the environment protection of this proposed project?
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Table7.3-2 The Detailed Statement of the Public Participation Respondent
(Units)
No Unit name Telephone Nature Unit address
1
Zhengjia village committee,
Dashu township / / /
2 Dashu village committee 13519007660 other Dashu village
3
Nanyangwa village committee,
Dashu township, Dongxiang
county / / Nanyangwa third community
4
Qilu village committee, Dashu
township, Dongxiang county / / /
5
Dashu township people’s
government, Dongxiang
nationality autonomous county / / /
6
Xiangquan township food and
drug control station / / /
7 Xiangquan post office / / Xiangquan
8 Xinglong breeding factory 15193224949 /
Nanchuan 7th community,
Lujiagou township
9 Xiangquan office of justice / / Xiangquan
10 Eggs breeding factory 18693204955 /
Nanchuan 2th community,
Lujiagou township
11
Taisheng waste agricultural film
processing plant 13830297648 /
flood land in Nanchuan 6th
committee, Lujiagou township
12
Dingxi jiandong livestock
breeding limited company 18093200577 /
Nanchuan village 2nd
community Lujiagou township
13 Lujiagou people’s government 0932-8856223 /
14
Yueyuan waste agriculture film
processing plan 18993227766 /
Nanchuan 1st committee,
Lujiagou township
15 Lujiawan township government 0934-4696100 Administration
Lujiagou township, Huan
county
16
Maojing township people’s
government, Huan county / /
17
Yanwu township people’s
government 0934-4619406 /
Yeguojv village, Yanwu
township
18
Mubo township people’s
government / /
19
Quzi township people’s
government 0934-4451214 Administration
Beijie 63, Quzi township,
Huanxian county
20
Xinmin village, Haizitan
township 13519355474
Village
community
Xinmin village, Haizitan
township, Gulang county
21
Xiabing village, Haizitan
township /
Village
community
Second community, Xiabing
village
22
Haizitan township people’s
government 0935-5524318 Administration
Tanjiajing street, Haizitan
township
23 Longquan village community 15101376532 /
24 Shangtan village community 15095637244 / Shangtan village community
25 Zhitan village community / / /
26
Dongxin village, Haizitan
township 18809357667
Village
community Dongxin village
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Zhitan township people’s
government 5511003 / /
28 Heshui county coal bureau 0934-5522980 /
Fukong east road 8#, Heshui
county
29
Heshui county agricultural and
Animal Husbandry Bureau l 0934-5521762 /
Xihua north street 180#,
Heshui county
30
Heshui county agricultural and
Animal Husbandry Bureau
Energy Office 0934-5521762 /
Xihua north street 180#,
Heshui county
31 Hejiapan township government 0934-5551003 Administration
Hesui county hejiapan
township government
32
Banqiao township people’s
government 0934-5556003 /
Heshui county banqiao
township
33
Huachi county bureau of animal
husbandry and Vet 0934-5121764 Enterprise Huachi county huawu road 1#
34
Huachi county environment
protection bureau 0934-5124828 / Huachi county jiancai road
35
Huachi county wujiao township
people’s government 0934-5250093 Administration
Huachi county wujia township,
wujiao middle street
36
Huachi county yueyue township
people’s government 13884114325 /
Huachi county yueyue
township
37
Huachi county baima township
people’s government / / /
38 Jiashipu township government 2780216 / Jieshipu jianjiang village 208#
39
Jingning county xixiang township
people’s government 0933-2750216 Office
Jingning county xixiang
township, xixiang village
40 Xixiang credit cooperative 15293325889 Xixiang township xixiang road
41
Jingning county hongsi township
people’s government 9332-730005 Office
Jingning county hongsi
township, hongsi village
42
Jingninggucheng township
people’s government 0933-2430005 Enterprise Gucheng zouhe street 6#
43
Lingtao county lianerwan
township people’s government 0932-2561000 /
Lingtao county lianerwan
township, lianerwan village
44
Lingtao county bureau of
veterinarian and animal
husbandry 2244108 /
Agricultural mansion third
floor
45
Lingtao county zhantan township
people’s government 0932-2530000 /
Lingtao county zhantan tan
township, shangtan community
46
Lingtao county poverty relief and
development office 9322243494 /
Lingtao county lingtao
township agricultural mansion
sixth floor
47
Lingtao county manwa township
people’s government 2551002 /
Lingtao county manwa
townships manwa village
48
Longxi county party committee
agricultural working division 0932-6600322 xianmen street 1#
49
Longxi county kezhai township
people’s government 0932-6670003 Office
Longxi county kezhai
township, kezhai street 1#
50 Longxi county statistical bureau 0932-6622330 Administration
Longxi county gongchang
township xianmen 1#
51
Longxi county women’s
federation 0932-6622267 Administration
Longxi county gongchang
township xianmen 1#
52
Longxi county development and
reform bureau 0932-6622177 /
Longxi county gongchang
township xianmen 1#
53
Shendu township people’s
government 18793210054 Administration
Shendu townshipe shendu
village
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Puma township animal husbandry
and veterinary station / / /
55 Puma township financial station / / Puma township puma village
56
Shendu township economy
management station / Administration
Shendu township shendu
village
57
Shendu township animal
husbandry and veterinary station 13919697859 Administration
Shendu township shendu
village
58
Puma township civil
administration / / /
59
Tonwei county people’s
government office 0932-5552586 Administration
Gansu province tongwei
county pingxiang town west
street 64#
60 Development and reform bureau 5552723 Administration
Gansu province pingxiang
township south street 64#
61 Tongwei county statistical bureau 0932-5525576 Administration
Gansu province pingxiang
township south street 64#
62
Tongwei county rural energy
office 0932-5552575
Gansu province pingxiang
township south street 64#
63 Auditing bureau 0932-5551810 Administration
Gansu province tongwei
county south 22#
64
Weiyuan county agriculture and
economic station 0932-4134125 / Qingping station 118#
65
Weiyuan county territorial
resource bureau 0932-4132507 /
Qingyuan township shouyang
road 97#
66
Weiyuan county animal
husbandry and veterinary center 0932-4132902 / Shouyang road 124#
67
Weiyuan county housing and
urban-rural construction bureau 0932-4132187 /
Weiyuan county shouyang
road 111#
68
Weiyuan county potatoes
industrial office 0932-4134310 / Weiyuan town shangbei 209#
69
Weiyuan county environment
protection bureau 0932-4135070 /
Weiyuan county qingyuan
township xingjie 36#
70 Weiyuan county civil bureau 4132279 /
Weiyuan county qingyuan
town xingjie 37#
71 Hongquan credit cooperative / /
Hongquan township hongquan
village
72 Hongquan health center 15209304521 /
Hongquan township hongquan
village
73 Hongquan local police station 13830105183 /
Hongquan township hongquan
village
74
Yangta township center primary
school / /
75
Yangta township veterinary
station / / Yangya township
76 Yangya township health center / /
77
Zhangjiachuan county bureau of
animal husbandry and veterinary 0938-7816826 /
Zhangjiachuan county jiefang
east street 22#
78
Zhangjiachuan county agriculture
bureau 7816166 /
Zhangjiachuan county jiefang
east street 22#
79
Zhangjiachuan county
environment protection bureau 7817522 /
Zhangjiachua county
administration square waquan
road
80
Zhangjiachuan county malu
township people’s government 7991013 /
Malu township people’s
jinchuan village 27#
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81
Zhangjiachuan county Yanjia
township people’s government 7931002 / Yanjia township yanjia village
82 Zhengning county forestry bureau 6121146 Administration
Zhengning county chengnan
street 08#
83
Zhengning county environment
protection bureau 0934-6122379 Administration County business east side
84
Zhengning county financial
bureau 6121242 Administration
Zhengning county chengxi
street 8#
85
Zhengning county development
and reforming bureau 0934-6121015 Administration
Zhengning county west street
12#
86
Zhengning county poverty relief
and development office 0934-6123905 Administration County west street 12#
87
Zhuanglang county yangchuan
middle school 0932-4134125 / Qingping station 118#
88
Zhuanglangcounty yangchuan
agriculture science station / /
Yangchuan township liuwan
street
89
Zhuanglang county yangchuan
primary schoo / /
Yangchuan township liuwan
street
90 Yangchuan credit cooperative / /
Yangchuan township liuwan
street
91
Yangchuan townwhip central
health center / /
Yangchuan township liuwan
street
Table 7.3-3 The Allocation Table for the Public Participation Survey
No Name of survey spot number occupy proportion
1 Anding county lujiawan township 34 0.0407
2 Anding county xiangquan township 20 0.0240
3 Dongxiang county dashu township 40 0.0479
4 Dongxiang county xiashu township 13 0.0156
5 Gulang county haitanzi township 24 0.0287
6 Heshui county banqiao township 24 0.0287
7 Heshui county hejiapan township 25 0.0299
8 Huachi county baima township 20 0.0240
9 Huachi county wujiao township 36 0.0431
10 Huachi county yueyue township 6 0.0072
11 Huan county lujiawan township 10 0.0120
12 Huan county luwan township 10 0.0120
13 Huan county maojing township 28 0.0335
14 Jingning county gucheng township 10 0.0120
15 Jingning county honsi township 10 0.0120
16 Jingning county shipu township 9 0.0108
17 Jingning county siqiao township 10 0.0120
18 Jingning county xixiang township 10 0.0120
19 Lingtao county lianerwan township 12 0.0144
20 Lingtao county longmen township 14 0.0168
21 Lingtao county manwa township 12 0.0144
22 Lingtao county zhantan township 11 0.0132
23 Longxi county kezhan township 49 0.0587
24 Ming county lujing township 17 0.0204
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25 Ming county puma township 14 0.0168
26 Ming county shendu township 17 0.0204
27 Tongwei county pingxiang township 16 0.0192
28 Tongwei county pingrang township 38 0.0455
29 Tongwei county huichuan township 19 0.0228
30 Weiyuan county wuzhu township 31 0.0371
31 Yongjing county hongquan township 25 0.0299
32 Yongjing county yangta township 24 0.0287
33 Zhangjiachuan malu townhip 32 0.0383
34 Zhangjiachuan yanjia township 6 0.0072
35 Zhengning county yongzheng township 50 0.0599
36 Zhuanglang county yangchuan
township wangyuan village 62 0.0743
37 Others 35 0.0419
38 Not quite clear 12 0.0144
Table 7.3-4 Basic Statistic Table for the Public Participation of Individual
Public participation respondent Number of people
(people)
occupied proportion in
participation number
of people
Gender
Male 768 0.9198
Female 49 0.0587
Not quite clear 18 0.0216
Career
Village secretary、leaders 51 0.0611
farmers 656 0.7856
Others 10 0.0120
Not quite clear 118 0.1413
Standard of
culture
Illiteracy 18 0.0216
Primary school 191 0.2287
Junior school 405 0.4850
Senior school、technical
secondary school 142 0.1701
Junior college 25 0.0299
Undergraduate and above 2 0.0024
Not quiet clear 52 0.0623
Age
21~30 61 0.0731
31~40 220 0.2635
41~50 330 0.3952
51~60 149 0.1784
Over 60 34 0.0407
Not clear 41 0.0491
Table7.3-5 The Statistic Table of the Survey Result for the Public Consultation and Participation
Survey contents Options
Numb
er of
people
Occupied
proportion
Unit
numbe
rs
Occupi
ed
proport
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ion
1、Do you know if the
demonstration project for
industrial poverty alleviation
program will be implemented
in Gansu ?
Know 763 0.9138 89 0.98
Do not know 31 0.0371 1 0.01
Have no idea 37 0.0443 1 0.01
Others 4 0.0048 0 0.00
2、If you know, where do you
learn about the information of
the project from?
Government
publish 611 0.7317 72 0.79
Television and
broadcasting、newspapers
158 0.1892 10 0.11
Internet 24 0.0287 4 0.04
Others 69 0.0826 5 0.05
3、What is your best way to
know the information?
Government
publish 460 0.5509 51 0.56
Television and
broad casting、newspaper
308 0.3689 26 0.29
Internet 71 0.0850 13 0.14
Other 76 0.0910 3 0.03
4、Do you concern about this
project?
Very concern 666 0.7976 84 0.92
Normal 152 0.1820 7 0.08
Do not care 17 0.0204 0 0.00
5、According to you have
learned, to what extent you
think this project shall impact
environment?
Serious 16 0.0192 0 0.00
Larger 45 0.0539 2 0.02
Normal 182 0.2180 16 0.18
Less 540 0.6467 72 0.79
Have no idea 53 0.0635 1 0.01
6、What do you think which is
the largest impact on
environment in this project?
Water
environment 115 0.1377 13 0.14
Air environment 50 0.0599 9 0.10
Ecological
Environment 457 0.5473 41 0.45
Noise 71 0.0850 3 0.03
Solid waste 156 0.1868 25 0.27
7、What do you think this
project shall affect to local
economic development?
Positive impact 702 0.8407 84 0.92
Normal 86 0.1030 5 0.05
Less impact 43 0.0515 2 0.02
less Harmful
effect 4 0.0048 0 0.00
8、What do you think this
project shall affect to
individuals and family living?
Positive impact 665 0.7964 76 0.84
Normal 93 0.1114 7 0.08
less Harmful
effect 74 0.0886 8 0.09
Harmful effect 4 0.0048 0 0.00
9、If this project need your
demolition in construction
process, do you agree?
Firmly support 477 0.5713 50 0.55
Conditional
agree 316 0.3784 40 0.44
Have no idea 33 0.0395 1 0.01
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Against 9 0.0108 0 0.00
10、What is your attitude to this
project?
Firmly support 603 0.7222 74 0.81
Conditional
agree 200 0.2395 17 0.19
Have no idea 30 0.0359 0 0.00
Against 2 0.0024 0 0.00
11、Which approach you would
wish to take part in the
ecological environment
protection for this proposed
demonstration project?
Questionnaire 249 0.2982 33 0.36
Interview 177 0.2120 16 0.18
consultation
meeting 334 0.4000 28 0.31
Others 81 0.0970 15 0.16
The public consultation results are shown as follows:
(1)91.4% of individual participants knew the project, 3.7% of individual participants did not
know this project, and 4.4% of individual participants did not remember this project; 98% of
institution participants knew this project, 1% of institution participants did not know this project,
1% of institution participants did not remember this project. As the results, the majority of local
people and institutions are well of this project.
(2)73.2% of individual participants got the information from government source, 19% of
individual participants got the information from TV or broadcast programs, 3% of individual
participants got the information from the internet; and 79% of institution participants got the
information from government source, 11% of institution participants got the information from TV
or broadcast programs, 4% of institution participants got the information from the internet. As the
results, the project information had been released from various sources.
(3)55% of individual participants preferred to be informed by government source, 37% of
individual participants preferred to be informed by TV or broadcast programs, 8.5% of individual
participants preferred to be informed through the internet. And 56% of institution participants
preferred to be informed by government source, 29% of institution participants preferred to be
informed by TV or broadcast programs, 14% of institution participants preferred to be informed
througn the internet. As the results, the majority of individuals and institutions preferred to get the
project information from government source.
(4)79.7% of individual participants showed great concerns about the project, 18.2% of
individual participants showed average concerns about the project, and 2% of individual participants
showed no concern about the project; And 92% of institution participants showed great concerns
about the project and 8% of individual participants showed average concerns about the project. As
the results, both individual and institution participant are cared about this project.
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(5)1.92% of individual participants believed that project implementation may have serious
environment impacts, 5.4% of individual participants believed that project implementation may
have great environment impacts, 21.8% of individual participants believed that project
implementation may have average environment impacts; and 64.8% of individual participants
believed that project implementation may have little environment impacts. And 2% of institution
participants believed that project implementation may have great environment impacts, 18% of
institution participants believed that project implementation may have average environment
impacts; and 80% of individual participants believed that project implementation may have little
environment impacts. As the results, most people and institutions believed that project
implementation may have little environment impacts.
(6)13.77% of individual participants believed that the project may have great impacts upon
water environment, 6% of individual participants believed that the project may have great impacts
upon the atmospheric environment, 54.7% of individual participants believed that the project may
have great impacts upon the ecological environment, and 8.5% of individual participants believed
that the project may have great noise impacts. And 14% of institution participants believed that the
project may have great impacts upon water environment, 10% of institution participants believed
that the project may have great impacts upon the atmospheric environment, 45% of institution
participants believed that the project may have great impacts upon the ecological environment,
and 3% of institution participants believed that the project may have great noise impacts. As the
results, the majority of people and institutions believed that the project may have great impacts
upon the ecological environment.
(7)84% of individual participants believed that the project may have great benefit for
economic development, 10.3% of individual participants believed that the project may have
average benefit for local economy, 5.15% of individual participants believed that the project may
have little benefit for local economy, and 0.5% of individual participants believed that the project
may have adverse effect on local economy. And 92% of institution participants believed that the
project may have great benefit for economic development, 5% of institution participants believed
that the project may have average benefit for local economy, 2% of institution participants believed
that the project may have little benefit for local economy, and 1% of institution participants
believed that the project may have adverse effect on local economy. As the results, the majority of
people and institutions believed that the project may have great benefit for local economy.
(8)79.6% of individual participants believed that the project may have favorable impacts on
individuals and families, 11.1% of individual participants believed that the project may have
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average impacts, 8.9% of individual participants believed that the project may have little impacts,
and 0.5% of individual participants believed that the project may have negative impacts. And
84% of institution participants believed that the project may have favorable impacts on
individuals and families, 8% of institution participants believed that the project may have
average impacts, and 8% of institution participants believed that the project may have little
impacts. As the results, the majority of people and institutions believed that the project would
have favorable impacts on individuals and families.
(9)57% of individual participants were supportive to land requisition, 37.8% of individual
participants were supportive to conditional land requisition, 4% of individual participants were
indifferent to land requisition, and 1% of individual participants were against land requisition.
And 55% of institution participants were supportive to land requisition, 44% of institution
participants were supportive to conditional land requisition, and 1% of institution participants
were indifferent to land requisition. As the results, the majority of people and institutions were
supportive to land requisition.
(10)72.2% of individual participants were supportive to the project, 24% of individual
participants were conditionally supportive, 4% of individual participants were indifferent to the
project, and 0.2% of individual participants were against the project. And 81% of institution
participants were supportive to the project, and 19% of institution participants were conditionally
supportive. As the results, the majority of people and institutions were supportive to the project.
(11)30% of individual participants wanted to participate in environment protection through
answering the questionnaires, 21% of individual participants wanted to participate in the
environment protection through household visits, 40% of individual participants wanted to
participate in the environment protection through consultation meetings, and 9% of individual
participants wanted to participate in the environemtn protection through other channels. And 36% of
institution participants wanted to participate in environment protection through answering the
questionnaires, 18% of institution participants wanted to participate in the environment protection
through institution visits, 31% of institution participants wanted to participate in the environment
protection through consultation meetings, and 16% of institution participants wanted to participate in
the environemtn protection through other channels.
7.3.3 Responses on Public Consultation Comments
In order to reduce public concerns on environment impacts, the project executive agency
responses as follows:
(1)Environment protection will be the top priority in project planning and design. It is to
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mitigate and avoid the negative impacts upon the environment, to build the project as the
environment-friendly image, and to develop the project in a sustainable way.
(2)It is to strengthen the publicity of environment prevention and control measures, to
communicate actively with neighboring residents, and to reduce their concerns and win their
supports.
(3)It is to strengthen environment management and monitoring, improve the capacity of
emergency managment, and guarantee the smooth implementation. And it is to include the
recommendations of local residents into project planning and design to minimize the negative
impacts. Besides those, it is to incorporate public consultation throughout project constructions and
increase the environment protection awareness of local enterprises and residents through regular
visits and publicity activities.
Public consultation shows that the public is very active in participation. It means that the
environment protection awareness of the public is improving with social progress. The majority of
participants is supportive to the project and expresses great concerns on local environment and the
impacts. And the participants hope to protect environment during project implementation and
mitigating the negative impacts at lowest level.
The public consultation shows that there is no objection to the project. Because the project is
located in the neighborhood of commercial areas and close to residential buildings, parks and
commercial centers, the consultation results are reasonable. The construction agencies must adopt
various environment protection measures, to improve the treatment of wastes and to forbide secret
discharges. And the construction agencies need to strengthen the publicity of environment protection
measures adopted during constructions, seek public comments and to get public supports.
7.3.4 Volunteer Inspection Regulation
In accordance with the Notice on the Interim of Public Participation in Environmental Impact
Assessment, each county should select one volunteer inspector to supervise the pollution control
during project construction and operation periods. And 16 people were selected as the volunteer
inspectors during public consultation.
Table 7.3-6 List of Volunteer Inspector
Name Gender Age Occupation Contact Address
Ma Weiliang Male 49 Farmer 18219805718 Dashu village, Dashu
Township of Dongxiang
County
Ding Xiaopeng Male 41 Farmer
15101819414
Ziyun village, Lu Jiawan
Town of An’ding District
Shi Zhiqi Male 38 Village 15393429686 Miao Erzhang village,Lu
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officer Jiawan Township of
Huanxian County
Zhang Yisheng Male 52 Farmer
13893544033
Dongxing village, Hai
Zitan Town of Gulang
County
Yang
Zhongyong
Male 29 Farmer
13993441370
Tianyao village, Banqiao
Township of Heshui
County
Du Hongguang Male 45 Farmer
15101863483
Ji Zhaizi village, Baima
Township of Huachi
County
Ma Bupeng Male 56 Farmer
15209331644
Shangma village, Siqiao
Township of Jinning
County
Zhang Guiping Male 36 Village
secretary 13993200506
Po Jitai village, Manwa
Township of Lintao County
Li Tianci Male 34 Farmer
18293083005
Kezhai village, Kezhai
Township of Longxi
County
Chen Xingping Male 36 Farmer
13809321072
Yongjing village, Shendu
Township of Minxian
County
Yao Honggang Male 43 Farmer
15593260711
Shuangbao village,
Pingxiang Town of
Tongwei County
Yue Jiwen Male 44 Farmer
18719689163
Shi Tougou village, Wuzhu
Township of Weiyuan
County
Song Wenju Female 43 Farmer
15293906347
Song Shuwan village,
Yangta Township of
Yongjing County
Li Youxue Male 53 Farmer
15293872014
No.6 group, Dayang
village, Yanjia Township of
Zhang Jiachuan County
Li Licheng Male 43 Farmer
13830420441
Dong Longtou village,
Yongzheng Township of
Zhengning County
Chen Faxi Male 35 Farmer
13993334231
Xiwan village, Yangchuan
Township of Zhuanglang
County
7.3.5 Public Consultation Conclusion
The public is actively participated in the consultation. It shows that the awareness on
environment protection is improved. The majority of participants is supportive to the project. And
they also express their concerns about local environment and the potential impacts. As the results,
local environment protection institutions and the construction agencies are required to carefully
adopt the environment protection measures, to incorporate public comments and recommendations,
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and to promote harmonious economic and social development.
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8. Environment Management and Monitoring Plan(EMP)
During the period of project implementation and operation for the proposed project, it might
cause certain of impacts to its surrounding area and local environment. It must take a set of
pragmatic measurements to prevent, eradicate, mitigate or compensate the negative impacts. Thus, in
order to ensure the effectiveness of the project, and achieve the synchronous efforts environmentally,
socially and economically for the proposed project, it should enhance environment management and
environment monitoring, so as to promote the construction of this proposed project could conform to
the principle of the national economic construction and environment construction for the country in
the form of synchronously planning, development and implementation.
This EMP report includes 4 sections, including the duty of environment management and
institute arrange, environment impact mitigation measurements and action plan, environment
monitoring plan, and the training plan n environment protection.
8.1 Institute and Duty for the Environment Management
Because there is significant difference on the environment management content respectively in
project preparation period and operation period, with the management period of temporary and long
term. Therefore, regarding the different requirements of environment management in different
phases, the contractor and operator have respectively set institutes which will be responsible for the
environment management in different phases. After the completion of project, the responsible
institute will withdrawn, and the new institute will come into operation. Based on the actual status, it
allows have overlapping for a certain period. Chart 8.1-1 shows the structure of institute.
Provincial Project
Leading group
Prefecture Project
Leading group
Provincial PMO
Township PMO
Prefecture PMO
County incubation center
Farmers’ cooperative
County PMO
Village committee
County Project Leading
group
Contracted consultant
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Chart 8.1-1 Institute Structure for Project Management
Table 8.1-1 The Overall Table of the Institutional Mechanism for Environment Management
Phase Responsible parties Duty of Environment Management
Civil works
Pro
ject
pre
par
atio
n p
has
e
Project owners or
PMO
1.Be responsible for the project design, supervision, implementation and
procurement of equipment and material.
2.Be responsible for the bidding and approval procedures of EA.
Designing institute,
EA institute
Designing institute is responsible for the project survey; EA institute is
responsible for the preparation of EA report.
Environment
Protection Bureau
Be responsible for checking the availability of pollution controlling equipment,
and check if the design could meet the standard, and be responsible for the
environment monitoring, statistic and information dissemination.
County Construction
Bureau, Water
Bureau,
Transportation Bureau
To supervise the rational of the engineering design, the procedures of project
bidding, review, supervision, quality and safety control etc.
Pro
ject
Im
ple
men
tati
on p
has
e Project owners or
PMO
1.To supervise the implementation of EMP in project implementation period;
2.To conduct training and propaganda on the mitigation measures of EMP in
project implementation period.
County Construction
Bureau, Water
Bureau,
Transportation Bureau
To supervise the implementation of all management measures, safety etc
during project implementation.
Contractor,
implementation
company
Concretely implement the measures required in EMP in project
implementation period.
household/village To supervise the implementation of project, by coordinating with village
committee to protect the legal rights and benefits of local villagers.
Pro
ject
Oper
atio
n p
erio
d
Project owner and
operation unit
1. Concretely implement the measures in EMP in project implementation
period;
2. To conduct environment protection, project progressing, quality and safety
control etc in project operation period.
3. Be responsible for the environment monitoring.
4. Be responsible for the reporting periodically to high level PMO and the
WB
Household,
cooperative, village
collectives
1.Concretely implement the measures in EMP in project operation period;
2.Project supervision:Protecting environment, reducing consumption of
material.
Environment
Protection Bureau
Water Bureau::Be responsible for organizing, coordinating, supervising,
monitoring and instructing the implementation of project.
Environment Protection Bureau: be responsible for the supervision.
County Road Bureau,
Water Bureau,
Transportation Bureau
Instruction and supervision
Agriculture project
activities
Forbidden to use the pesticides, chemical fertilizer etc under the standard of
safety, and to properly settle the disposal.
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Pro
ject
Pre
par
atio
n P
erio
d
PMO Be responsible for the approval of proposed project, conducting training and
mobilizing local farmers etc
County Agriculture
and Animal
Husbandry Bureau,
and attached Botanic
Protection Stations
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau: to introduce the rational
adjustment of cropping pattern, and reasonable reallocation of agriculture
resources.
Botanic protection station: Be responsible for preparing fertilizer composition
based on soil test, the monitoring of pests and epidemic diseases and insect
pests, so as to provide the dynamic information of local insect and, timely
release the situation of diseases and pests.
Vet Service Station To conduct technical propaganda and training.
Household Apply to join the cooperative, recommended by the management staff from the
cooperatives, to participate in the construction of project.
Farmer’s cooperative To apply project, review the establishment of the Cooperative and working
group,and design the sewage discharging facilities for the Cooperative.
Village collectives Farmers for mobilization.
EA institute To conduct scientific analysis of the environment impact by the
implementation of project.
Pro
ject
Im
ple
men
tati
on p
erio
d
PMO
1. Periodically check the implementation of EMP and PMP;
2. Conduct relevant training on EMP and PMP.
3. Be responsible for organizing environment monitoring;
4. Be responsible for periodically reporting the progress to high level PMO
and the WB.
County Agriculture
and Animal
Husbandry Bureau,
and attached Botanic
Protection Stations
Botanic Protection Station: To instruct local farmer the prevention technology
on controlling pests, diseases, and provide instruction on the application of
chemical fertilizer with low residuum and manure to conduct harmless
cropping.
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau: To organize agriculture
production, introduction the experiment, demonstration and extension of
seedlings, fertilizer, vet drugs etc, as well as the quality control and
supervision for the agriculture production material.
Vet Service Station
To conduct all kinds of service for the industry production of animal
husbandry in all process of before, during and after production, and to instruct
local technicians to perform demonstration to local villagers and households
who are engaged in intensive production.
Household
Refuse to use the illegal pesticides, chemicals etc in cropping activities, and
to properly dispose the living garbage, and actively participate in the
implementation of project.
Farmer’s cooperative To participate the implementation, management of project, and periodically
supervise the key production process which might cause environment impact.
Village
collectives/processing
company
Based on the requirement of environment protection, the project will be
implemented in according to the relevant requirement for enterprise on the
standard of discharging sewage, and conduct comprehensive treatment by
introduce new technology, new species, the technical training and cooperation,
consultation service etc.
County Environment
Protection Bureau
To conduct monitoring and supervision of environment, and organize and
instruct project counties or townships to disseminate knowledge on
environment protection, environment science and relevant law etc.
County Forest Bureau To extend the technical instruction on the standardized orchard construction,
harmless agriculture production techniques etc.
8.2 Mitigation Measures
In order to minimize or mitigate the potential environment impact which might be caused by the
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project construction and operation, so as to ensure the achievement of the proposed ecological and
environment effort objectives for the project, it has suggested the following environment impact
mitigation measurements and environment protection code.
During the preparation of this environment protection code for the proposed project, it has
borrowed the experiences learned from the similar project which has been completed in China, and
fully followed the requirements from the relevant national or provincial laws, regulations,
specifications or code etc, in addition to refer the guilds of the General Safeguard of Environment,
Health issued by the World Bank, and the Safeguard of Environment and Health for the Mammals
Livestock Feeding, Safeguard of Environment and Health for the Therphyte Agro-products, and the
Safeguard of Health and Environment for the Processing of Food and Beverage.
Based on the project categories of infrastructure, cropping, livestock breeding, Chinese
medicine herb processing etc, it has respectively suggested a set of mitigation measures in this EIA
report. The concrete mitigation measures are listed in the Table 8.3-1~ Table8.3-4.
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8.2.1 The mitigation measures of environment impact for the construction of infrastructure project
The infrastructure project activities include the construction of road, water irrigation facility, trading market and animal shed, which have
great similarity of EI during project construction, with the similar mitigation measures. Thus, it gives a unified explanation of their common EI
and the general mitigation measures in follow table.
The EI and mitigation measures for the infrastructure project during project construction are as same as that in Sichuan. For the
convenience of project implementation in Gansu, it has been reserved. The concrete measures are shown as Table8.2-1
Table 8.2-1 The Mitigation Measures of EI during the Implementation of Infrastructure Project
Ph
ase
s
Main negative
impact Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
施
Pro
ject
const
ruct
ion P
erio
d
段
Water and soil
loss, ecological
destroy
1、Arranging construction period reasonable, trying to avoid making earth excavation and
backfilling in large scale in heavy raining seasons as far as possible. To construction the project
activities in a rational order, which is to timely reuse the excavated earth and stones in order to
reduce the time of the temporary exposure of earth and stones.
2、During project construction, it should press the refilled earth before raining, and reduce the
accumulation of loosen earth by transforming the earth, pressing the earth and covering the earth
as soon as possible.
3. In accordance with the geological condition of project construction site, it needs to dig
earth-based rain discharge ditch surround the site, and set the earth-based sands sediment pond at
the outlet of ditch, to reduce the flowing speed of the gathered water and for sediment in the sand
sediment pond.
4. To rational plan the yard for heaping up and disposal of the wasted solids. The construction unit
would refill the excavated earth so as to avoid the serious water and soil erosion. The earth which
needs to be transported outside should be disposed at a designated site in order to avoid the second
contamination.
5. By the integration of the key treatment of water and soil erosion and the general water
conservation, to combine the engineering measures and biological measures. It should prioritize
the implementation of engineering measures so as to exert the efficiency and protection role of the
engineering measures. By taking the biological measures as the assist measures for the protection
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County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection
Bureau
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of water and soil erosion, it would exert its role of sustaining water and soil erosion in a long term.
Meanwhile, it would green and beautify the surrounding environment of the project area.
The pollution
of dust and
exhausted fuel
emission in the
air of the
project
construction
site
1、It will set fence in the distance over 2.0m away from the border of the environmental
protected object during project construction. The distance of fencing also could be increased
based on the distance between the construction site and the environmentally protected object.
2、If the construction material is powdery and easily floating, like sands, earth or the wastes,
it should be sealed for transformation. If these material would be stored in the construction site,
they should by covered by dust proofing clothe or nets, in addition to periodically spray dust
inhibitors to prevent the occurrence of wind erosion.
3、The temporary road constructed for entering or exiting project construction site should be
concreted based on actual demand, or periodically spray dust inhibitors to sustain a lower dust on
the surface of the road.
4、Regarding the bare land at the construction site, it should take one of the following
measures to prevent the dust: covered by dust proofing cloth or nets;paved by Steel plate,
Concrete, Asphalt concrete, fine stones or other similar material;greening;pressing the ground
surface and spraying water;periodical spray dust inhibitors.
5、It should set the vehicle washing platform at the inner of the entrance and exit for the
heavy loading and transportation vehicles transforming construction material and excavated earth.
The setting of such facilities should meet the following requirements:it should set the overflow
proofing seat around the vehicle washing platform to avoid the washed waste water overflowing
out of the construction site;it should set the washed water collection pond and the sediment pond.
Before the vehicle drives away from the construction site, the wheels and body of vehicle should
be washed at the washing platform to clean the attached sludge. Vehicles loading construction
material and wastes of earth, whose height of the loaded vehicle should not be beyond the upper
edges of the ledge, and the hopper should be covered by clothe or to be sealed.
6. During the construction period, the construction unit should take the responsibility to clean
and wash the roads surrounding the construction site.
7. During the construction period, it should timely refill the excavated earth and restore the
function of vegetation, as the progressing of project construction, so as to reduce scenario of
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tion unit
County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection
Bureau
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baring ground and the heaping up of temporary excavated earth.
8、It should stop the earth excavation at the scenario of the windy weather in grade 4 wind.
Water and soil
erosion caused
by the solid
waste, dust
population,
contamination
of ground
water, the
destroying of
ground
vegetation
Earthwork:
1、At the beginning of project implementation, it should excavate the ground at construction
site. It should fully make use of the topography advantage and avoid the heavy excavation and
deep refilling of earthwork.
2、The excavated earth could be used for land preparation for the cropping activities in the
late project implementation, the excavated stone and sands could be used as the base stones for the
construction of irrigation canals and ditches. These excavated earth and stones should not be
disposed freely to the farmland or irrigation canals, which would impact the ordinary operation of
irrigation canals and agriculture production.
3、It should rational arrange the temporary heaping of the earth and stones, and try to be far
away from the environmental sensitive site (household) in the surrounding (especially the lower
wind direction) area. In addition, it should take pressing, rolling compaction, covering by clothe,
and set earth break wall and discharge facilities etc, so as to minimize the dusting and water and
soil erosion caused by the heaping of excavated earth and stones.
4、It should set earth-based water discharge ditch at the surrounding area for temporary
heaping up the waste earth. Besides, it would set earth-based sediment pond at the outlet of
discharging ditches, so as to reduce the flowing speed for the collected water in the sediment pond
for the sediment of sands in the water.
Solid waste created in project construction:
1、It would comprehensively classify and recollect the recycled usable wastes (waste steel,
waste iron, material and bags etc would be sold to the waste collection station, and the waste
bricks would be reused as the base material for the road construction);
2、Those waste which could not be recollected, should be timely cleaned and transformed to
the designated site for heaping up construction waste. During the transformation, it should be
sealed in order to avoid scattered during transportation;
3、For the temporary storing of the waster, it should take the prevention measures for the
protection of rain and wind etc.
Living garbage collected by the project implementation staff:
After bagging the collected living solid garbage, it should timely transform the garbage to the
temporary heaping site located in the townships and villages. Based on the punishment to the
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tion unit
County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection
Bureau
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transportation and civil work conducted by the transportation administrative sector, it is
forbidden to bury the living garbages.
Ground water
environment
contamination
1、It should not install the living facilities for the staff during project implementation. The
living waste water produced by a few of project constructors, should be collected in the dry toilet,
and would be treated as fertilizer after the completion of the project;
2、Regarding the waste water accumulated in the construction base hole, it would be pumped
to the ground and flow into the sediment pond for the sediment treatment;
3、In order to prevent the impact to the surrounding ground water environment caused by the
waste water produced by the project construction, it should respectively construct the sediment
ponds for the waste water produced in project construction in the sewage treatment plant and the
construction site for the excavation of pipes. The waste water produced in project construction
should be treated by the sediment pond for recycling usage to ensure the waster construction
water should not be discharged outside;
2 Construc-
tion unit
County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection
Bureau
Underground
water
contamination
and the water
table
depression
1. To enhance the observation to the fall of ground and buildings in surrounding area. Once it
would be noticed, it should immediately stop the pumping of underground water and the
construction;
2. During the project construction, it should keep the cleaning of the construction site so as to
avoid the sewage and contaminant flowing into the excavated ditch leading the sewage
infiltration;
3. If the fuel needs to be restored in the construction site, it must take infiltration proofing
treatment to the warehouse and take the relevant measures in its storage and usage, in order to
prevent the occurrence of oil leaking, dripping etc to contaminate water resource.
4. It needs to take prevention measures to the place where the living garbage restored, to
avoid the leaking of sewage from the garbage to contaminate underground water.
5. During the construction of the base in project site, it should nearly conduct the
construction work in the non-flooding period as far as possible, which would reduce the impact to
the project construction caused by the depth of underground water table.
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tion unit
County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection Bureau
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Impact of noise
contamination
1. It should rationally arrange the construction time. During the night hours, it should avoid
the construction or only conduct the construction work with lower noise. It should stop the
operation of the construction machine with strong noise (such as pile driver) at night (22∶ 00-
6∶ 00). Regarding some noise sensitive site near roads, it should not implement any construction
work or arrange the operation work with lower noise as far as possible. Meanwhile, By taking the
measures reducing the construction noise, it could greatly minimize the noise impact to the
residents;If the continuous construction work especially is needed, it should be approved in
advance by the relevant administrative department and coordinate with local residents.
2. Regarding the noise sensitive sites near project construction area, it should take mitigation
measures by setting walls around the site to reduce the noise. Regarding the noise sensitive sites
like school, clinics etc, beside the setting of noise prevention wall, it should arrange the schedule
of construction work with stronger noise at holiday or weekend as far as possible;
3. By optimizing construction plan and reasonably arranging construction scheme, it could
minimize the harmfulness of construction environmental noise. During the bidding of construction
project, it should integrate the measures of minimizing environment noise into the content of
institutional design for the construction work, and clearly to be identified in the contract.
4. It would rationally design the transportation routine and scheme, the operation of
construction facilities with high noise would be set beyond the distance of over 200m away from
the residential area; at the noise inevitable sites, it should take the mitigation measures to reduce
or isolate the noise, in addition to periodically maintain the condition of the construction
machines, and strictly following the operational procedures;
5. During the construction period, it should coordinate the scheme of construction vehicle
transportation. Under the existing heavy traffic condition, it should enhance the coordination
among the owner of project, construction unit and traffic administrative department, to avoid the
possible traffic jam. During the transportation at night, it should take the measures of reducing
speeding and forbidding hocking etc; the routine of transforming construction material should
avoid passing townships and villages as far as possible, so as to minimize the noise impact caused
by project construction.
6. Based on the criteria of labor hygiene standards, in order to protect the health condition of
construction workers, the construction unit should rationally arrange the shifts of workers to
alternatively operate road construction machines, or inter-cross the arrangement of work with
lower noise and high noise in order to sustain a proper interval for the recovering of hearing for
the workers. Meanwhile, it should mind the protection of machines by the reasonable operation, to
minimize the level of noise caused by the road construction machines. During the operation of
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tion unit
County Planning
& Construction
Bureau
County Water
Resource
Bureau,
Township
Environment &
Sanitation
Comprehensive
Administrative
Department
County
Environmental
Protection
Bureau
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machine, workers should wear ear musk and helmet.
Social impact
Traffic impact:
1、The vehicles frequently driven in or out should follow the designed routine. Vehicles
should be washed before driving into the roads of townships, and should be sealed during
transportation if the loaded construction materials are scattered and spilling, so as to effectively
prevent the pollution of dusting.
2. Strictly forbidding the over loading or driving with unwashed mud for the vehicles, in
order to prevent the contamination of roads and reduce the second dusting pollution to air
environment.
3. At the site of road with single driving path and the place near the entrance or exit of the
construction yard, it should designate a person to instruct the traffic, so as to avoid the traffic jam
which might be caused. Especially, at the narrow site of road, and without setting f relevant traffic
signs, it should set alarming signs for safe driving at the turning site of road, the lower slope of
road while arranging the traffic inspectors to instruct or commend the traffic for safety driving.
4. Before construction, it should disseminate relevant information on the construction of
project at the public mass medias, to inform publics in advance about the possible traffic jam
which might be caused by construction, and provide relevant traffic suggestion etc (such as )
(timed releasing etc).
5. The traffic alarming signs such as “constructing in front”, “slow down”, “turning around
ahead” etc. should be set by project construction unit, in order to remind drivers for their
convenient traffic.
6. For the convenience of driving of drivers at night, and reducing the incidence of traffic
accidents, it should set alarming lighters at the road section under construction, to guide the traffic
of vehicles.
Landscape impact:
1.After the completion of project construction, it should finish the counterpart project
construction, such as cleaning of site, greening and recovering of roads etc. to harmonized its
environment.
Land occupation impact:
1. Regarding the project which needs land occupation, it should conduct recovered plough
after the completion of project, in order to reduce the land occupation;
2. To truly carry out the policies of land acquisition and compensation, ensuring the level of
4
Construc-
tion
unit
Traffic
administrative
bureau, culture
relics protection
bureau, urban
administrative
bureau, township
environmental
comprehensive
administrative
department,
health bureau.
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livelihood for the affected farmers should not fell to the level before land acquisition.
Culture relics impact:
Based on the field survey conducted along the routine of the construction project and its
surrounding area, there is no any location of culture relics protected units and culture relics sites.
Concerning the possibility of the discovery of new culture relics during the excavation of project
construction, project construction units are required to stop project implementation once any new
culture relics might be discovered, and preparing for the protection. While, it should coordinate
with local culture relics protection bureau to further excavate and collect the remains etc.
Vegetation
destroying and
ecologic impact
Agriculture resources protection measures:
1. To reasonably planning the earth excavation and the transportation vertically, so as to
reduce the temporary land occupation;
2. To enhance the education on the awareness of environment protection to the construction
workers, abuse logging is not allowed, and the disposal of the wasted solid garbage should follow
the designed requirement;
3. Regarding the occupied arable land, after the completion of project construction, it should
timely conduct re-farming the temporary occupied land and the waste occupied land in order to
reduce the occupation of arable land. Meanwhile, it should truly carry out the land acquisition and
compensation policies, enabling the level of livelihood for the affected farmers should not fell to
the level before land acquisition, with the implementation of cropping patter adjustment.
4. Project construction unit should strictly control the site of occupied land for temporary
usage during construction, and to balance the concerning of the outlay of the accessible road for
construction, material storage yard and precast yard based on the project construction progress. It
should try to make full use of road construction area or bared slopes, or the abandoned land, rather
than to occupy arable land. During project construction, it should take effective measures to
prevent farmland contamination. After the completion of project construction, it temporarily
occupied land should be recovered based on the items in the contract.
The protection measures for the terrestrial plants:
1、For the outlay of construction arrange, the selection of the sites for the construction of
living facilities, construction site and any other processing factories etc, it should avoid the forest
area or basic arable land area which have high production productivities, and the routine of easy
accessible road for construction and permanent road construction should not pass the forests in a
large area;
2、During the construction conducted at the road section of forestland and arable land, the
construction activities should be conducted only within the land scope by acquisition. It should
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tion unit
Forestry
administrative
department,
county
environment
protection
bureau, township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
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minimize the occupation area for the construction of easy accessible road and temporarily
occupied land, and reduce the occupation of forestland and arable land. The temporarily occupied
land for construction should prior select bare pasture land.
3、The measure of vegetation recovery is the main measure protection vegetation. It should
conduct vegetation recovery based on its local climate characteristics. Regarding the vegetation
recovery measures, it should focus on: reserving the curing soil of the permanently occupied
forestland and the temporarily occupied land, so as to provide a better quality of soil for the
recovery of vegetation;collecting and reserving the surfacing soil of the permanently occupied
forestland during construction, to be used in the plantation of trees at the site with poor soil
fertility; and reserving the curing soil of the temporarily occupied land before construction, to be
used for the recovering, loosening and cleaning after construction, in the re-plantation or greening
after recovering by the suitable plants.
4. Ecological environmental monitoring or investigation should be conducted during project
construction period and operation period. During construction period, it mainly focuses on the
monitoring of the construction site in forestland or fire alarming monitoring. In addition, project
construction unit should enhance the inventory to the key protected plants or ancient tree species
in the construction area. During the construction period, if any key protected objectives would be
discovered, it should timely report to the administrative department to take relevant protection
measures.
5. During construction period, it would strictly take management measures to control the
possible fire during construction, and enhance the management to the construction workers.
During the fire alarming period, firing outdoors would be strictly forbidden.
The protection measures for the terrestrial animals:
1、Enhance the awareness of animal protection for the construction workers, and the wild
animal hunting is strictly forbidden;
2. Properly prepare construction method and scheme, so as to reduce the construction noise
disturbing wild animals and avoid the construction in the early morning or noon;
3、Enhance the treatment to the solid, liquid and gas wastes during project construction
period, to maximize the protection of animal habitat;
4、Enhance the recovery of ecological environment after the completion of project, so as to
reduce the negative impact caused by the construction by the destroying of vegetation and soil and
water erosion, water quality and aquatic organisms.
The protection measures for the aquatic organisms:
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1、Try to avoid the construction in the water. When it is inevitable, the construction of bridge
pier in the rivers should try to avoid the breeding seasons of fishes from March to July;
2、The heaping up of construction material also should avoid water source or other water
area, and select the heaping place where is difficult in flooding during rainstorm. If some
construction material have to be heaped near bridge, it should dig ground ditch around the
material piling yard and set protection walls etc, in case of the runoff of rainstorm flowing into the
river, which might impact water quality. All materials should be attached with the facilities
proofing rains or water etc.
3. To prepare the ecologic recovery after project construction, and reduce the destroying of
plants as far as possible, so as to minimize the impact to the aquatic organism caused by water and
soil erosion;
4、To reasonably organize construction procedures and the selection of construction
machines, and enhance the education and propaganda to the construction workers on the
necessary ecological protection knowledge;
6、To regular the treatment measures for the waste water and sewage produced during project
construction. It is not allowed to directly discharge the waste water into the rivers nearby without
treatment.
The protection measures for the landscape environment:
1、Based on the characteristic of project construction, regarding the natural condition of the
side slope, steepness, local climate and terrain, it should select the rough grass and bush plants
where have strong adaptive capacity to its local condition for the recovery of vegetation excavated
along the slopes, and reduce the maintenance after the completion of construction;
2. It could take the art designing to the fixture along the side slope, such as the construction
of lattic beam, anti-slide pile etc, enabling them to be functional in the fixation of water and soil
erosion, in additional the beautifying sculpt along the side slope;
3. Regarding the side slope along the key road section, if it is especially needs to set retaining
wall or high facing wall , the floating sculpture could be designed on the wall, to centralized
demonstrate local culture and history.
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8.2.2 Measures of the mitigation of EI for road construction project
Besides the general mitigation measures listed in Table 8.2-1, the special mitigation measures of EM for road construction project in
Gansu project area are shown in the following Table 8.2.2.
Table 8.2-2 The Mitigation Measures of EI during the Implementation of Road Construction Project
Ph
ase
s
Main negative
impact Mitigation measures
Cost
estim
ation
0000’
yuan
Executo
rs Supervisors
Project
design
phase
The types of land
occupation and
its impact to the
surrounding area
The selection of road routine:
1.Since the proposed road construction project is to concrete and sands-pave the original road
sections, without any construction of new road, there is not any issue concerning the selection of
road routine.
The site selection of waste yard:
1、The proposed project area is located in rural area, which mostly is blocked by natural
galley. Concerning the site selection of the waste yard, it should be set near the area crossing the
river as so to avoid the transportation of wastes across river;
2、In order to reduce the land occupation for the construction of temporary road, the difference
of the height of waste heaping and the height of roadbed for each road sections should not be too
large;
3. It should select the plat area as the site of waste yard as far as possible, so as to meet the
need for the piling f waste. The volume of the waste should be calculated by road section, based
on the types and quantity of excavated earth, the types and quantity of refilled earth etc;
4. The site selection of the waste yard should mind and avoid to be set in the area where
suffers frequent geological disasters such as landslide, collapse etc and disaster impacted area;
5. Based on the characteristic of rural road construction, in principle, the transportation
distance of waste should be controlled within the scope of 5~l0km, in order to ensure that there
are adequate and relevant independent waste yards for each road construction road section during
project construction, avoiding to be disturbed;Meanwhile, to reasonably control the transportation
distance of waters so as to reduce the possible water and soil erosion brought by the transportation
of waste;
The
cost
shoul
d be
integr
ated
into
the
proje
ct
desig
n fee,
rather
than
indivi
duall
y
estim
ation.
Consulta
nt
company
for the
preparati
on of
FSR
EIA agency
The
administration
department for
the approval of
FSR
Construction
unit
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7、Regarding the natural erosion caused by project construction and the temporarily excavated
earth etc, it should be timely cleaned and transported to the waste yard nearby;
8、The selection of waste yard should sustain a certain of distance to the surrounding
buildings. Especially, when there is important buildings, villages or irrigation facility located at
the lower reaches of the selected site, it should be carefully selected and even could increase land
occupation rather than cause serious damage or losses caused by the collapse of waste yard;
9. The water yard should not occupy the drinking water resource protection area, natural
reserves, scenery spots and basic farmland protection area etc;
10 At each proposed waste yard, it would take the construction of sewage discharge ditches,
waste prevention wall etc. Before heaping up waste in the waste yard, it should complete the
construction of sewage discharge ditches and waste prevention walls around the yard, so as to
prevent the eroding to the waste by the gathering rainwater etc
11. Before putting waste in the waste yard, it should remove the surface soil on the waste yard
ground, and to be heaped at the corner of waste yard. The ground surface should be recovered by
the removed vegetation, and the foot of slope should be prevented and blocked by the bags filled
with earth or stones.
Project
operati
on
phase
Ground water
contamination
caused by runoff
of the road
1、It needs to design rainstorm discharge system of road, to enhance the maintenance and
management of the side ditch and embankment;
2、To reasonably plan the drainage scheme of road for the runoff, and strictly forbidden to be
directly discharged into fish pond or drinking water sources.
3、It needs to enhance the management of sewage produced in project construction, and try to save
the use of water, so as to reduce the production of sewage produced in construction.
3
Execute
d by
contract
or, and
written
in the
technical
specifica
tion
Construction
unit
Environment
Engineer of the
supervision
company
Local
environment
protection
bureau
Motor vehicle
exhaust
1、It should enhance the street greening along the road, so as to increase the absorption of exhaust
and reduce the emission of dusts and exhaust.
2、To periodically check the condition of the controlling system and exhausting system for the
transportation vehicles, and constrain the entry of vehicle in poor condition.
2 Same as
above Same as above
Traffic noise
pollution
1、By enhancing the traffic management of road and safety education for the drivers, it could
effectively control the traffic noise. It should often maintain the leveling of road surface, and set
speed down facilities near the important sensitive sites, and set the signs of forbidden honking,
no-overloading, and should time remove the scattered goods on the road etc.
2、To sustain the levelling of road surface, so as to ensure the smooth transportation and reduce
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traffic noise.
3、To enhance the arrangement of scheme and management for the transportation vehicles, and
should avoid vehicle transportation during peak traffic hours. Transportation should be avoided
from 22:00-8:00.
The
contamination of
ground water,
soil and air
caused by the
environment
risks, like traffic
accident
1、Regarding the road sections crossing the bridge by the proposed road, it should set
anti-collision pier at two sides of bridge and enhance the measures of anti-collision and prevent
vehicles in traffic accident from dropping into river;
2、It should set alarming signs of speed limits and no-overtaking etc at the marked two sides of
bridge passed by river, to remind drivers and passengers go by to improve their awareness of
environment protection;
3、At the road sections with frequent sharp turns, it should additionally set relevant traffic
alarming signs, to remind drivers to speed down at the special sharp turning road section;
4、It should enhance the training and education on the relevant law for the transportation of
dangerous goods to the drivers and relevant administrative staff, enabling them to strictly follow
the operation procedures and technical specification on the transportation of relevant dangerous
goods, and to learn the relevant regulations issued by the relevant national sectors;
5、It should strictly follow the Traffic Law on the Road in PRC, and prepare emergency
management plan (EMP)on the risk of traffic accident for the road transportation. The plan has
integrated the duties and obligation of the commending institute; the selection of emergence
response technology and treatment procedures; the provision and allocation of human resources,
fund input and physical support; the distribution and division of relevant equipment and tools etc.;
the establishment of the dynamic monitoring system for the accident.
5 Operatio
n unit
Operation unit
Local
environment
protection
bureau
Community
surpervision
Civil road
administrative
unit
Operat
ion
phase
Solid waste
1、It should seal the cargo during transportation of vehicle, so as to reduce the scattering of goods
during transportation;
2、Regarding the transportation of vehicle, it should be equipped with scattering proof facilities,
and should not be overloaded so as to ensure the loaded goods should not be scattered during
transportation; in addition, it should properly arrange the routine and schedule for the
transportation vehicles, so as to avoid the driving in the sensitive area, such as the busy
downtown and the front of residential.
3、The transportation vehicle should be covered and washed before departure from the loading or
unloading yard, so as to reduce the scattering goods attached on the wheels and the bottoms of
vehicle.
4、It should timely remove the scattered garbage on road during transportation, so as to reduce the
solid waste contamination during transportation.
2 Operatio
n unit
Operation unit
Local
environment
protection
bureau
Community
surpervision
Civil road
administrative
unit
8.2.3The mitigation measures of EI for the construction of irrigation project
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Besides the general mitigation measures listed in Table 8.2-1, the special mitigation measures of EM for irrigation facility construction
project in Gansu project area are shown in the following Table 8.2.2.
Table 8.2-3 The Mitigation Measures of EI during the Implementation of Irrigation Facility Construction Project P
hase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimation
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Proje
ct
desig
n
phase
Landscape
impact
During the construction of water storage pool and water-saving irrigation pipes, with
comprehensive consideration of environment protection, greening and landscape, it would
make a overall landscape design for the water storage pool and water-saving irrigation pipes,
enabling the coordination of water storage pool and surrounding building and the greening
belt, which would greatly increase the beauty of rural environment, and make a basic
preparation of the eco-tourism development driven by the industrialized agriculture park at
late stage;
Integrated
into the cost
of project
design fee,
without
individually
estimation
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
municiple
county,
project
township,
project
village,
project
design unit
Planning and
construction
bureau, National
Land Resources
Administrative
bureau, Water
administrative
bureau,
Environment
protection bureau
Landslide or
water and
soil erosion
1、It should conduct geographic and topographic inventory, and select a suitable construction
process etc;
2、It should be less or not occupy farmland, forestland etc.
8.2.4 The mitigation measures of EI for the construction of non-linear infrastructure project
During project construction, mitigation measures of EI caused by the construction of the trading markets and storages could refer to the
table 8.2.1, and the special mitigation measures of EI for the non-linear infrastructure project construction could be shown in table 8.2.4.
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Table 8.2-4 The mitigation measures of EI for the construction of non-linear infrastructure project
Ph
ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs Supervisors
Project
design
phase
Odor,
noise,
dung and
sewage etc
1、The location of living animal trading market should be set at the lower wind direction, and
separated with other trading markets, with far distance to the sensitive sites of
surroundings, so as to reduce the impact of odor to local surrounding environment;
2、It should properly plan the land occupation for the surrounding area near livestock trading
markets, where is not suitable for the location of centralized residential area or
entertainment place;
3、It is relative large crowded in the animal trading market, WC and relevant pollution
treatment facilities should be designed: digestion tank(collection of living sewage and
animal urine), dung heaping ground, counterpart sewage pipelines;
Integrate
d into
the cost
of
project
design
fee,
without
individu
ally
estimatio
n
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
municipl
e county,
project
township
village,
project
design
unit
Planning and
construction bureau,
National Land
Resources
Administrative
bureau, Livestock
bureau, Environment
protection bureau
Project
operati
on
phase
Noise
from
Commerci
al
operation,
and
animal
trading etc
Commercial noise(trading shop):
1、To rationally design the location of commercial shops, by keeping adequate distance to the
living zone, and enhancing the internal noise-breaking measures, reducing outdoor noise by
the plantation of greening belt in surrounding area;
2、To prepare strict management regulation, preventing the commercial noise from residents;
Vehicle noise:
1、Hocking is forbidden to all vehicles entering or outing the ground parking yard, and
should reduce the frequent starting up and slowing speed of motor vehicles;
2、To enhance management of noise, and regulate the parking order in parking ground;
Noise of equipment:
1、Except the installation of air condition, the rest facilities with high noise should be
installed underground;
2、The room placing equipment should be set with sound-eliminating measures by installing
sound proofing shed, and taking the measures of reducing noise;
3、Air condition is the main source of noise. The noise impact to its surrounding environment
4
Commer
cial
property
manage
ment
unit
County environment
bureau, Township
environment
comprehensive
Administrative
department, Industry
and commercial
administrative bureau
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could be reduced by the selection of air condition equipment with lower noise, installing
spring vibrating reduction device at the foot of water pump and the hub parts of air condition,
installing the Damping Spring Hanger shock absorber, setting single or double balls rubber
soft attaches at the water tubs of taking-in or taking-out, taking sound proof treatment to the
pipes by covering sound breaking blanket etc as well as by installing sound eliminating
devices at the key parts of noising etc;
Animal sound:
1、It should properly arrange the schedule of dinning for the animals, so as to avoid the
generation of intensive sound source caused by the hungry of animals;
2、It should take necessary sound-breaking measures in animal shed, such as the installation
of sound-breaking windows and doors etc.
Ground
water
impact by
the
discharge
of sewage
produced
by the
project
implement
ation
1、All wastes of animals should be separated by the dried and wetted, then should conduct
treatment to the animal sewage;
2、The location of trading markets is not decided yet, and without the construction of
necessary public facilities at its surroundings. If the scale of trading market is relative small
with less discharging of sewage, where is largely surrounded by farmland, forestland, the
sewage after treated in digestion tank could be used in irrigation and fertilization of
farmland. The treated waste water used in irrigation should meet the relevant standard of the
Criteria of Water Quality in the Irrigation of Farmland (GB5084-2005);If the scale of
trading market is relative large with intensive discharging of sewage, where is unsuitable for
irrigation, the sewage treatment stations should be constructed by relevant department there.
The sewage from residents and production should be treated before it is discharged;
5
Commer
cial
property
manage
ment
unit
County environment
bureau, Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
Environm
ent impact
produced
by odor,
dusts from
forage
Odor:
1. It should set garbage collection sites and hire workers to be responsible for the cleaning
and sterilizing the garbage by local administrators, and timely transform the collected
garbage to the civil garbage treatment station, so as to reduce the production and emission of
odor in air;
2. It should enhance the greening by the plantation of arbor trees and bushes surrounding the
animal treading market. The multiple forest belt would greatly reduce the odor in air;
3、It should enhance the management to the odor pollution by timely cleaning dung and
sewage of animals, and periodically cleaning animal sheds. By the improvement of sanitation
management and ventilation measures to the animal shed, it would greatly mitigate the
impact of odor to the surrounding area;
8
Commer
cial
property
manage
ment
unit
County environment
bureau, Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department, Health
bureau, Industry and
commercial
administrative bureau
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4. By the application f deodorant, it would greatly reduce the source of odor;
5. In order to mitigate the impact of odor to the surrounding area, it would take the measures
to improve sanitation management and ventilation to the animal shed; by managing and
cleaning to the animal storage ground, to reduce the heaping of animal waste. The odor
isolation measures include the sealing of container and setting of negative pressure etc;
Motor vehicle exhaust:
It would enhance traffic management and reduce the idling driving, so as to reduce the
emission of exhaust in air;
The exhaust produced in agro-products trading market:
1、By integrating the natural ventilation and indoor convulsions, to enhance the air recurrence
in the agro-products trading market and shops;
2、To timely clean the solid garbage and enhance the sanitation management to shops;
Dust from forage:
By greening measures or installation of equipment to reduce the dust emission.
Environm
ent impact
of the
solid
waste
Animal waste:Referring the requirement of animal waste management for livestock raising
project;
Forage warehouse:To sustain the proper temperature and humidity for the forage
warehouse, and take anti-rats measures to reduce the solid waste caused by the ruin forage.
The solid waste produced in the forage warehouse could be put into the animal shed as the
rough fodder for cattle, sheep and pigs etc(except warehouse for the storage of fresh meat).
It should periodically clean the warehouse to ensure its sanity and reduce the ruining of
restored goods, so as to further reduce the production of solid waste. It also should put the
solid waste produced in warehouse into the biogas tank for treatment, or composting
treatment as organic fertilizer to be sold or applied in the field;
5
Commer
cial
property
manage
ment
unit
County environment
bureau, Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department, Health
bureau, Industry and
commercial
administrative bureau,
Environment
sanitation department
Medical
treatment
waste
1、 It would classify and collect the medical waste, and timely take immunization
vaccination to the fed animals in order to diagnose diseases early for early treatment, so
as to reduce the production of solid medical waste;
2、The collected medical waste should be handled to the special qualified unit for the safe
disposal.
2 Operatio
n unit
Operation unit
Local environment
protection bureau
Social supervision
from surrounding
communities
8.2.5 The mitigation measures of EI for the implementation of agriculture cropping projects
Table 8.2-5 The Table of Mitigation Measures of EI for the Implementation of Cropping Project
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Ph
ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Selection of
project
construction
site
Water
and soil
erosion
caused
by the
imprope
r
selection
of sites,
seedling
and
plantatio
n
Water and soil erosion:
1、To prepare the planning and appraisal of the utilization of water resource during project
construction, to ensure there will adequate water resource for development in project area,
and avoid the blindness development of land resource without concerning the possible issue
of the overdevelopment of water resource;
2、To strictly follow the relevant laws or regulations such as Water and Soil Conservation Law,
so as to avoid and constrain the behavior of deterioration of ecologic environment destroying;
1
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Local
environment
protection
bureau
Social
supervision by
surrounding
commnities
Site
preparation
1、It should follow the basic principle of reserving original slope or planting protection forest
before the development of farmland and gradually development, so as to reduction water and
soil erosion during land development.;
2、During terracing, it should properly reserve slope land to avoid water and soil erosion;
3、Excessive land reclamation of the slope should be forbidden, slope protection engineering
should be reserved during cropping, in order to avoid water and soil erosion;
2.5
Selection of
Seeds To plant the adaptable crops which are suitable of the local climate and soil conditions; 0.5
Cultivation
1、In areas where the slope is steep, it should decide the plantation area and direction according
the terrain in order to avoid water and soil erosion caused by rainfall or irrigation.
2、It would adopt appropriate machinery to prevent compaction due to the heavy equipment.
3、By using vegetation, crops intercropping or plantation of forest, it plans to break the wind
and reduce water and soil erosion caused by storm.
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Ph
ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Irrigation
Impact
to water
environ
ment,
caused
by
irrigatio
n etc
1、When taking ground surface water from rivers for irrigation and drinking, it should
comprehensively conduct appraisal by relevant departments to review the feasibility of the
selected outlet sites, so as to ensure the implementation of water diversion project would not
affect fish habitat "three sites", while ensure the normal operation of shipping channel in
project area
2、During the implementation of cropping activities, it would conduct the application research
on water-saving irrigation technology so as to greatly promote the dropping irrigation
technology in the economic consumption of water, so as reduce the quota of water in irrigation.
3、To rationally develop water resource in irrigation area, and promote the utilization rate of
water so as to keep the balance of water resources in irrigation area;
4、To scientifically prepare the scheme of water utilization, based on the natural law of growth
for the plants, the demanding quota of water for crops and water content in soil, as well as the
spatial distribution of water, so as to actually make a sound plan of water utilization and water
distribution. Water allocation accuracy should reach more than 95%, enabling the standard of
the irrigated water amount would not be retrieved, and prevent the underground water from
overexploitation and pollution caused by deep seepage.
5、To establish a strict maintenance and management system for the facilities, and periodically
check the performance status of the equipment to ensure the proper operation for all types of
water-saving facilities.
6、To keep a rational density of plantation and increase the coverage of land, would decrease
the size of bare land and time of exposure for the land, and would suppress the increment of
soil moisture and the salinization of soil, to increase soil desalting effect.
4
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
Geologic
disaster
administrative
department
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ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Contami
nation of
chemical
fertilizat
ion
1、It encourages the application of organic manure. Taking the organic manure as base
fertilizer , it would reduce the loss of fertilizer and improve soil quality and fertility so as
improve the quality of agro-products and achieve the modern agriculture with food safety
and sustainable agriculture development strategy;
2、The application of chemical fertilizer and organic manure, would greatly improve the
nutrient of crops, improve soil fertility, reduce the cost of fertilization, improve the efficiency
of fertilization, improve the yield and quality of crops, and reduce the environment
contamination;
3、Based on the condition of crops and soil, it properly compose the proportion of N, P and K,
integrated with the reasonable application of micro elements fertilizer for the balanced
nutrient of soil, and fully motivate the inter compensation among types of fertilizers;
4、Before fertilization, it should comprehensively consider the efforts of the mixed
inter-activated factors such as the concentration of nutrients, dissolvable degree, PH, by-side
effect etc, so as to fully achieve its economic benefits;
5、Before fertilization, it should exam the condition of soil by the indicators such as the organic
matter content in soil, soil quality, PH of soil, soil maturation degree etc, so as to identify the
most properly suitable variety of fertilizer, and decide the rational method of fertilization;
6、It needs to improve the techniques of fertilization, so as to improve the utilization rate of the
fertilizer. Firstly, it should follow the principle of “N controlled, P saved and K increased”;
secondly, it should improve the method of fertilization, popularizing the centralized
fertilization techniques of “applying N deeply, P shallowly” etc, and applying fertilizers based
on the condition of soil, crops or variety of fertilizers, and to strongly promote the new
method of fertilization based on the condition of tested & diagnosed soil;
7、By the application of crop residuum, compost and manure which contains a great amount
organic matter to increase the content of organic matter in soil, to prevent soil from erosion
caused by sunshine, raining or wind erosion, and to sustain the balance of the ecological
system for soil. However, before the application, it should consider the possibility of spreading
plant diseases and insect pests;
8、It could consider to add the right amount of lime in soil, to control soil acidification which
might be caused by acid precipitation or fertilizer application, and stabilize the value of PH in
soil.
9、Before to apply manure or mud etc waster in soil in order to increase the fertility of soil, it
should conduct evaluation of the potential impact to the soil and water after the application.
Since it might bring some contaminants to the soil, such as heavy metals, nitrogen, phosphorus
and pathogenic substances.
5
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
Geologic
disaster
administrative
department
Fertilization
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ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Contami
nation of
pesticide
,
mulch
pollution
1、To select the species of crops with the genetic advantage of anti-pests and disease, and
perform quarantine of seeds during introduction so as to prevent the spreading of pests and
diseases. When pests and diseases are popularized, it should take physical method (artificially
taking off the infected plants, and culling, luring insects etc), so as to meet the goal of applying
less pesticide on crops.
2、It should pay attention on the physical prevention measures in dealing with pests. For
example, the prevention of fruit worm should base on the principle of “focusing on the
prevention, treated comprehensively”. By conducting a large scaled field survey on the
identification of the fruit worm varieties and development trends, it could take a relevant
targeting effective counterpart measure to control the pests;
3、It should reduce the dosage of chemical fertilizers application, and recommend the
prevention measures biologically, agriculture prevention practices and comprehensive
prevention and treatment. It suggests to apply lower toxic pesticides, to control the application
of pesticide with medium toxicity, and strictly forbid the high toxic fertilization;
4、It should apply the pesticides with lower toxicity and less chemical residual, and forbidden
the application of pesticides listed in the Name List of Pesticides Nationally Forbidden or
Constrained Application;
5、It should strengthen the monitoring of pests and disease, providing scientific basis for the
prevention and treatment of the diseases and pests in apple orchard. .
6、By the provision of technical training and equipment, it should promote the application of
safely controlling pests technology and the lower dosage for less residuals of fertilization;
7、Before sawing, it would conduct deep tilling of soil in hot summer or cold winter.
8、To recommend farmers to apply mineral agents, biological agents, and low toxic agent. It
suggests using the pesticide and chemical fertilizer with moderate toxicity if the above
mentioned agents used are invalid.
9、To strictly control the concentration of pesticide, content, form, frequency and method.
10、To conduct training to farmers in according to the application specification of pesticides.
11、To strictly apply the pesticide based on the specification of the usage of the drugs, and to
select a shining day to sprinkle the drugs in order to prevent the diffusion of pesticides
polluting environment, when it is necessary, in did.
5
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
Geologic
disaster
administrative
department
Pests and
diseases
controlling
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ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
1、To properly remove the mulch:It suggests taking the measures of removing mulch before
harvesting rather than after harvesting. The concrete time of removing mulch should be
decided as the clear day after raining or the early morning with the moist soil. The properly
remove mulch, could greatly reduce the film residuals in the soil of the land;
2、It should take an integrated measure of artificially or machinery recollecting of the used
mulch, and enhance the recollection of film residuals on the ground:Besides the removal of
mulch before raining, it also organizes labors manually or by taking tools to recollect the film
residuals on the ground. By the operation of mulch collection machine before tiling, land
preparation and sowing and after harvesting, it also is effective in removing mulch residuals;
3、To optimize farming system:It should enhance the rotational cropping system to reduce the
average coverage of mulch residuals per unit farmland, so as to reduce the danger of mulch
residuals contamination;
4、It strictly forbid the freely disposal of relevant plastic bags, such as the empty bags of seeds
and pesticides etc should be recollected;.
3
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
Geologic
disaster
administrative
department
Other
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ase
s Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estima
tion
0000’
yuan
Executors Supervisors
Crop
residuals
and
other
solid
waste
1、To keep crop residues and other organic matter in soil, plow or composting for recycling
application. Before the implementation of these measures, it should firstly consider the
potential possibility of the spreading of diseases and insect pests.
2、To take the crop residues as biological energy facilities of the thermal energy fuels, the
substrate of fermentation equipment, and the biological refining raw materials.
3、To conduct cleaning (such as triple washing technology) and disposal (for example, by
shredding, chopped, or return to vendor) of pesticide packing bags and containers, in order to
avoid the recycling use of them as food and water containers. It should follow the regulations,
in accordance with the provisions, to recycling use the washed solution as diluents, or stored
for final disposal.
4, For the expired and redundant pesticides, should be disposed in accordance with the relevant
guidelines of expiration and the management scheme for excess pesticide.
1
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefectures
and
counties,
project
townships,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department,
Geologic
disaster
administrative
department
Harvest
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8.2.6 Mitigation measures of EI for the implementation of livestock breeding project
Table 8.2-6 The Table of Mitigation Measures of EI for the Implementation of Livestock Breeding Project P
hase
s
Main
negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Design
and site
selection
Impact
of odor
and
under
-ground
water
1、It is forbidden to construct project at the sites where is the core or near area of drinking water
resource protection zone, famous scenery spots, natural reserve etc;
2、Project is forbidden to be constructed in the rural residential area, where the population is
centralized and divided as culture, education and technology district, hospital treatment district,
commercial zone, industry zone and tourism zone etc;
3、The treatment engineering for the prevention of animal sewage contamination should be located
with a certain of distance to the buildings of animal production district of the farm and residential
area. It should be set at the lower direction of the main air recurrence or its side wind direction;
4、It should plan to construct urine or dung storage tank for individual household who raise
livestock, and the leakage proofing design should be conducted to the tanks;regarding the
centralized animal raising farm, it should design the dung heaping ground equipped with biogas
pond, and the location of animal waste storage facility should keep over 400m far away from the
groundwater;
5、The animal shed is designed with the dry cleaning process, so as to reduce the usage of water for
washing the shed. It plans to separate the animal waste with the dry dung part and wet urine part,
for the convenience of contamination treatment.
Integrate
into the
cost of
design
fee,
without
individu
al cost
estimate
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Planning
&construction
bureau,
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau,
National land
resources
administrative ,
Forest bureau
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Whole
life period
of project
Water
environ
ment
impact
1.The collected urine and the washed water are discharged into the sewage tank, sustaining at least
20 days in warm days, and 30 days in cold days (November to march). Then, it will be applied as
liquid fertilizer on farmland after treatment.
2.It should strictly manage the storage tank and pipeline for the liquid fertilizer, and strictly beware
of the leakage which might cause the pollution of land, surface water and groundwater.
3.It must take anti-seepage treatment to the facility of sewage in livestock breeding nursery.
4.By using notoginseng lime soil, to take anti-seepage measures on the ground of stadiums. Timely
cleaning up the solid manure for composting. The liquid urine will be collected into the sewage
pool for treatment.
5.According to the size of the farms, it will put the collected sewage for treatment and discharge it
into the fields matching with nutrients.
6.The waste water collected from washed water, sewage and animal urine in the animal breeding
nursery, would be discharged into biogas pool for treatment, not allowed to be discharged outside.
3
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,
prefectur
es and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
Impact
of
undergro
und
water
1、The waste water discharged from animal raising farm could be used for land irrigation by drop
irrigation or artificial irrigation. The over irrigation should be avoided in unit land;
2、It should rational arrange the layout of drainage pipes or discharging ditch. The anti-corrosion
PVC pipe is suitable to be adopted as the pipe of collecting waste water, and the interface of
pipes should be closely sealed so as to ensure the sewage could be properly discharged;
3、The bottom of animal shed, compost ground, urine collection pond and ditch should be
concreted, equipped with anti-seepage treatment measures. Meanwhile, it should periodically check
the condition of ground rupture and the sealing of drainage pipes so as to avoid the leakage of
sewage. During the treatment of anti-seepage, it should follow relevant specification for the
construction of concrete,and concrete compressive strength, impermeability, antifreeze
performance must meet the design requirements;Wall constructed vertically and leveling, which
should closely connect the sealing part of concrete. The thickness of protection layer should be
standardized: Before pouring concrete pool wall, concrete construction joints should be cut rough
and carefully cleaned. Concrete joins should be close-grained, without leakage.
4、The ground of compost area should be constructed by the material with strength, anti seepage and
corrosion resistant, and should set the part of blocking leakage and the collection device for the
leakage sewage.
5、It should take the dry cleaning process for the collection and treatment of animal dung for its
timely cleaning and transportation. For the temporary heaping site, it should construct specific
building, provide cleaning and sterilization equipment, and discharging pipe connecting the
drainage pipe system so as to prevent the seepage of the leaked sewage from solid waste.
12
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
prefectur
es and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Odor
impact
1. It should enhance the greening by the plantation of arbor trees and bushes surrounding the animal
feeding farms. The multiple forest belt would greatly reduce the odor in air;
2、It should enhance the management to the odor pollution by timely cleaning dung and sewage of
animals, and periodically cleaning animal sheds. By the improvement of sanitation management and
ventilation measures to the animal shed, it would greatly mitigate the impact of odor to the
surrounding area;By taking procedure control and cleaning management to the storage of dung and
sewage and the pond of collecting, to reduce the heaping of animal waste. The odor isolation
measures include the sealing of container and setting of negative pressure etc;In order to mitigate
the impact of odor to the surrounding area,
3. By the application of deodorant, it would greatly reduce the source of odor; It also would take the
compound feed which is mixed by straw and the effective microbial agents.
3
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
Environ
ment
impact
caused
by
animal
waste
Heaping and transportation measures:
1、It should set special location for the temporary storage of animal waste, covered by rain proofing
shed and equipped with anti-seepage measures. During summer time, it would periodically spray
sterilizing fluid on the heaping ground. During the designing of the stock capacity for the dung
heaping ground, it has considered the relevant specification required in The Detailed Regulation
on Controlling the Total Emission of Main Contaminants During the Phase of 12th
Five Year
Plan;
2、During the transportation of animal waste, it should set the leak proofing packing at the vehicles
transforming solid waste so as to avoid the second pollution. By covering canvas on the top of
vehicle, it would not only avoid the impact to the landscape of countryside, but also would avoid
the scattering of the waste during transportation. Meanwhile, it should rational select the
transportation routine and schedule, so as to reduce the environment impact to the resident
surrounding;
Treatment measures:
All animal waste should be collected and composted to be as manure, it could be apply in the field
as fertilizer after the relevant treatment;
2
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Environ
ment
impact
caused
by the
infected
dead
animals
1、Household who raising animals should check the condition of animals each day. If any infected
animal is identified and dead, it must timely report to the vet. If the infected animal is able to be
cured, the treatment of animals should be instructed by vet;
2、If the livestock and poultry died of severe disease, it should burn the dead body in landfill site,
and then the surface of the burned dead body should be covered by lime and buried. If the animals
died of rest reasons, it also should be safely buried.
3、The dead animal and its excrement should be put into the empty forage bags which should have
water proofing plastic film internally, and its shed should be thoroughly sterilized.
4、Common infected dead animals must be sent to a veterinary clinic, the vet would be responsible
for the inspection, the autopsy, the inspection work and so on; Any suspicious serious disease
incidence must be promptly report to the responsible personnel, and appealed to the local veterinary
inspection departments for confirmation.
5、The infected dead animals must be disposed by the responsible household with the assistance of
local vet administrative department; Regarding any suspected seriously infected case or the
suspected human-animal infection case, anatomy must be banned, and the dead infected animals
must be buried deeply;
6、Any infected dead animal must be recorded for reference. If the anatomy is needed for the dead
animals, it must clearly keep all relevant records;
7、Because this proposed project would be implemented in rural area, most animals would be
scattered in feeding, which is ineligible of burning if it is dead. Thus, the deeply filling of the dead
cattle will be a safe way in disposal. Under this proposed project, it must set more than one burying
wells. After each dropping of the dead animal body into the well, it must cover the lime with the
thickness over 10cm. After the filled well is full, it must be compacted and sealed with sticky earth.
5
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,
prefectur
es and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Public
health
impact
caused
by the
epidemic
disease
Ordinary prevention measures:
1、It should separate animal breeding zone and local residents. Animal shed must be sterilized, with
the application of medicine in high efficiency and less stimulation. The ground can use 2% sodium
hydroxide solution or 0.5% peracetic acid for disinfection;
2、It strictly control the non-workers come into animal feeding zone. Work uniform and shoes must
be put on and sterilized by passing the disinfection house for anyone if the entry must happen;
3、Workers who are responsible for feeding animals have to make a health check at least once a
year. If any suspicious cases which might be infected by animal or human being is identified, it
should timely take the measure of isolation for the prevention of spreading;
4、It should timely keep animal shed cleaning, leveling, drying, without contaminants (such as
bricks, stones, waste of fuel, wasted plastic bags etc);
5、At the spring and autumn every year, it should respectively take once health check and trim the
whole foot of animal. The cattle which have suffered from the limb hoof disease should be timely
treated. During the breakout season of Limb hoof disease, it should spray the foot of cattle with 5%
copper sulfate solution s 2 times a week, in order to reduce the happening of the limb hoof disease.
Regarding the cattle herds which highly suffer from the limb hoof disease, great attention should be
paid to the status of the whole cattle herds;
6、It is forbidden to breed by ball sperm, which might suffers from the genetic fail of the disease;
7、To periodically check the ingredients of each forage to ordinary exam, adjust and balance the
nutrients of forage, especially during the incidence of limb hoof disease amounts over 15%;
8、Prepare for brucellosis regular inspection, to guarantee the health of the flock. Sheep can be
randomly 2% a year to monitor brucella disease by bicolor antigen flat condensation reaction.
Vaccination for the immunization of goat would be planned and organized conducted, to prevent
and control the spreading of infectious diseases.
9、Insecticide and pesticide regularly, by the integration of spray, oral, injection etc;
10
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,
prefectur
es and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
The emergency action when epidemic diseases breakouts:
1、It should establish diseases prevention working group immediately, for quick and accurate
diagnosis, and quickly report to the diseases administrative sector;
2、Rapid isolation is needed, to block the infected area where should be sterilized. The elimination
of isolation only could be conducted when the last infected cattle have been cured, or there is not
any new incidence of the disease identified for two latent terms after slaughter. Only large scale
disinfection has been taken, and report approved by the above administrative department after the
submission, the block could be dismissed.
3、Regarding the seriously infected animal and the animals blocked, it should take a comprehensive
prevention method and measure, including emergency vaccination, antibiotic therapy, the
specificity of the higher serum free therapy, chemotherapy, the adjuvant therapy enhancing
physical and physiological function of animals etc; 4、The dead infected animals should be properly disposal by strictly following the instructions of
epidemic disease prevention;
5、During the heavy epidemic diseases breakouts, it most strictly executive the relevant regulation
required in The Emergence Actions for Key Major Animal Epidemic, and The Technical
Specification for the Settlement of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak.
The
impact
of
animal
placenta
Project village should actively contact local drugstores or other vendors to sell the animal placenta
as health care products or nutrient medicines. On one hand, it could increase income for household,
on the other hand, it would greatly reduce the environment contamination; If temporary, the vendors
animal placenta have not yet contracted, it should bury the animal placenta referring the disposal
measures for the dead infected cattle. Before selling the animal placenta, it should conduct relevant
exam, so as to avoid the harmfulness to human health which might be caused by bacteria, viruses
and other organisms.
1.5
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Agriculture &
animal
husbandry
bureau, County
environment
bureau,
Township
environment
comprehensive
administrative
department
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negative
impact
Mitigation measures
Cost
estimati
on 0000’
yuan
Executo
rs
Supervisors
Noise
pollution
1、To enhance the management measures;
2、It should adopt necessary sound isolation measure indoor of animal shed, such as the installation
of sound breaking windows and doors etc;
3、For the transportation vehicles, it should be equipped with the required facilities to prevent the
scattering of goods during transportation;And should make the transportation route and schedule in
advance, to avoid passing the sensitive area such as driving in front of the prosperous area and
residential buildings.
2
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Local
environment
protection
bureau,
Social
supervision by
the surrounding
communities
Ecologic
impact
1、It would mainly focus on rearing animals in pens, and currently, the supply of artificial forage
could basically meet the demand;
2、It would take the straw of maize as the forage feeding sheet and cattle. Animal waste could be
applied in soil as organic fertilizer so as to improve the fertility of soil, which would generate a fine
ecological recycling, and be good for the agriculture development;
3、Single variety of the grass would reduce the biodiversity, it suggests to extend the rotational
pasturing in order to improve the yield of grass and reduce the incidence of disease and pests;
2
Local
environment
protection
bureau,
Social
supervision by
the surrounding
communities
Harmful
organis
ms
1、Fly, mosquito, especial the pig excrement in the nursery should be cleaned up, collected and
sterilized. It could wipe out the maggots of flies by spraying strain pesticides. In addition, it suggests
setting a great number of electronic eliminators of flies, electronic eliminators of mosquito etc. It also
requires to timely sweep the water accumulated on the ground, and to spray the environmental
friendly pesticides at the presence of the landscape pool.
2. At the site where the rat frequented, it will set mousetrap and promptly remove dead rat. The rat
poison would be put around the feed warehouse of pigs and other facilities twice a month, but should
pay attention to avoid the contamination of feed. The living and production sewage would be cleaned
up timely, so as to maintain the cleanness of external environment.
1
Poverty
reductio
n center
in
province
,prefectu
res and
counties,
project
townshi
ps,
project
villages
Local
environment
protection
bureau,
Social
supervision by
the surrounding
communities
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Table 8.2-7 Mitigation Measures of EI for the Processing of Chinese Medicine Herbs
Phase
Main
negative
impact
Mitigation / protection measures
Cost
estimatio
n(0000’
yuan)
Executor Supervisor
Th
e w
hole
pro
cess
of
the
ind
ust
ry.
Air
environment
impact
1、To filter the dust, particles in the air by using the filter, and to enhance ventilation
in workshop by placing exhaust fan. 3
Poverty reduction
center in province,
prefectures and
counties, project
townships, project
villages
Local environment
protection bureau;
Supervised by the
surrounding
communities
Water
environment
impact
1、It will adopt the countercurrent washing technology to firstly clean up the raw
material. Firstly, to clean up the equipment by using scraper cleaning device and the
broom, followed by water washing, while reducing the transmission of waste
moisture.
2、It will construct sedimentation tank, grilled pool, regulating pond, hydrolysis
pond etc to conduct pretreatment to the living sewage and washed waste water.
6
Sound
environment
impact
1 It will enhance the greening of the factory campus by the plantation of tall
broad-leaved trees in order to beautify the environment. As for the measures of
reducing noise, it would procure the equipment with lower noise and take the
measures of sound insulation, noise elimination, sound absorption, vibration
isolation.
2、All types of machinery and equipment will be installed in indoor. The EA
requires selecting the equipment with lower noise and needs to install the base of
vibration reduction at the bottom of the machine, and install sound insulation door
and window in workshop as well as the factory building sound insulation to
naturally reduce the noise.
3
Poverty reduction
center in province,
prefectures and
counties, project
townships, project
villages
Local environment
protection bureau;
Supervised by the
surrounding
communities
Solid waste
environment
impact
1、In order to reduce the lose caused by the ruined material, it will shorten the
storage period of the material in the storage.
2、In order to reduce the quantity of the organic waste and the off-grade raw
material accumulated inside the factory, it will conduct the cleaning, screening and
classification of raw materials at the early stage of processing (such in the farms).
3、The unqualified raw materials will be collected and used for the production of
other products. It will seal and pack the collected solid waste and liquid waste, and
separately place the by-products of each product and isolate them from the wastes,
in order to maximize the effects and minimize the waste.
1.5
Poverty reduction
center in province,
prefectures and
counties, project
townships, project
villages
Local environment
protection bureau;
Supervised by the
surrounding
communities
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8.3 Environment management training plan
8.3.1 The objectives of environment protection
It plans to conduct training activities focusing on the relevant environment protection
knowledge and skill training to project management staff of all levels and project households,
farmers’ cooperates, to enable them fully understand the positive and negative impact caused by the
implementation of project. The plans, measures and relevant operation techniques proposed in EMP
would enable them to carefully follow the guards and accurately executive the implementation of
environment protection policies.
The training on environment protection would target the trainees including three categories of
management training to the management staff from province, county, county, and technical staff of
project construction technician, project construction supervisor, agriculture technician, and farmers
and workers etc.
8.3.2 Environmental protection plan
The environment training would be concentrated starting from the beginning of project
implementation, and continued by integrating it with other project activities, rather than
individually,so as to ensure all project participants could fully understand their responsibility on
environment protection, and better understand the ration of the executive EMP and the important role
played by EMP for ensuring a long term economic growth and healthy development.
The training on improving environment protection awareness should include project
management staff from PMOs, project households, to enable them better understand the evaluation
of environment impact, EMP and the positive influence to the their livelihood affected by the project
implementation. The training plan is clearly specified in table 8.3-1.
Table 8.3-1 Training Plan to Environment Protection Staff
Trainee Training activities and content Quantity
(person)
Period
(day)
Cost
(0000
yuan)
The
responsible
chiefs,
Environment
management
Relevant laws, regulations, code etc on environment
protection specified by the WB and Chinese
government.
5 person
each
counties,
totally 80
persons
5 4.5
Environment protection and impact mitigation
measures, including the positive and negative impact
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and technical
staff in PMOs
of municipal,
county in
project area
caused by project implementation, environment
protection regulations, the organization,
implementation and supervision of environment
management.
The principle, plan and implementation of the pests
and disease management plan, the dosage of
pesticide and application method etc
The planning and implementation of environment
monitoring, including the setting of monitoring sites,
the selection of monitoring indicators and the
determination of monitoring frequency.
The
responsible
chiefs,
Environment
management
and technical
staff in
township PMO
Environment protection and impact mitigation
measures, including the positive and negative impact
caused by project implementation, environment
protection regulations, the organization,
implementation and supervision of environment
management.
2persons per
township,totally
112person
4 8.16 The pests and diseases management plan and its
implementation
The planning and implementation of environment
monitoring, including the setting of monitoring sites,
the selection of monitoring indicators and the
determination of monitoring frequency.
The
responsible
chiefs,
Environment
management
and technical
staff in project
villages
Environment protection and impact mitigation
measures, including the positive and negative impact
caused by project implementation, environment
protection regulations, the organization,
implementation and supervision of environment
management.
2persons
each village,
Totally 480
persons
4 25.08
The pests and diseases management plan and its
implementation
The planning and implementation of environment
monitoring, including the setting of monitoring sites,
the selection of monitoring indicators and the
determination of monitoring frequency.
Animal shed design and the planning of the
prevention of animal waste pollution
Fine variety breeding techniques, fertilization
management plan.
The preparation and edition of environment
management report, environment supervision report,
and environment monitoring report etc.
Contractors,
chiefs and
environment
protection staff
on-site of the
project
construction.
The mitigation measures during project construction
specified in EMP, integrated in the training on
environment protection and on-job training for
security etc.
2 persons in
each project
construction
period
2~3
days
5
Easy monitoring methods and mitigation method to
the noise pollution in project construction period
(self testing).
2 persons in
each project
construction
period
2~3
days
Supervision
engineers
The relevant measures and requirement specified in
EMP;relevant environment protection laws,
construction plan, the detailed supervision regulation
etc.
1-2 persons
in each
project
construction
period
2~3
days 3
The techniques on environment air monitoring and 2 persons in 2~3
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mitigation measures, the techniques on noise
monitoring and mitigation measure.
each project
construction
period
days
Project
owner/project
operator and
environment
management
staff
All contents mentioned above, measures specified in
EMP taken in project operation period,and the
operation of environment protection facilities and the
maintenance.
100 persons
(primary
estimation)
2~3
days 4
Individual
farmers
EMP and the implantation of EMP for individual
household in the implementation of cropping and
animal raising.
692 persons
(primary
estimation)
7days 15
Total / / 64.74
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8.4 Environment Monitoring Plan
8.4.1 The objectives of environment monitoring
Environment monitoring should be respectively conducted during project construction period
and operation period, with the objectives to timely and dynamically control the trends of pollution
caused by the proposed project, and learn the extent of environment quality changes, the scope of
impact in project construction period and the dynamic changes of environment quality in project
operation period in project area. These monitoring data and results will be timely submitted to the
environment administrative department, which would provide the scientific base for the environment
management of the project.
8.4.2 Environment monitoring institute
During the project implementation period and operation period, the environment monitoring
would be conducted by local environment monitoring stations located in project prefectures or cities
entrusted by the project contractors or project operators. These environment monitoring stations
should be certificated by the National Environment Quality Monitoring Institute, equipped with
advanced technical equipment and technology, and should be capable to undertake the monitoring
tasks for this proposed project.
Based on the projected results of environment impact, it would take the sensitive sites where are
possible significantly polluted as the monitoring sites, to track and monitor the contamination
situation in project area during project implementation period and operation period. The monitoring
contents the monitoring of noise, air environment and ground water, which might have significant
environment impact. Monitoring indicators will be decided in according to the characteristics of
contamination of the project. It will adopt the monitoring and analysis methods identified in the
Specifications of Environment Monitoring Technology issued by the National Environment
Protection Bureau. The evaluation criteria will take the nationally recognized standard of EA for all
project activities.
8.4.3 Environment monitoring plan
Environment monitoring will be respectively conducted during project construction period and
operation period, with the objectives to timely and dynamically control the trends of pollution caused
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by the proposed project, and learn the extent of environment quality changes, the scope of impact in
project construction period and the dynamic changes of environment quality in project operation
period in project area. These monitoring data and results will be timely submitted to the environment
administrative department, which would provide the scientific base for the environment management
of the project.
The focuses of environment impact monitoring for this proposed project are the monitoring to
water quality, environment noise and environment air. The ordinary monitoring includes the
integration of the monitoring at the fixed sites and the non-fixed sites, the regular monitoring and
irregular monitoring. Monitoring institutes should be the local environment monitoring station or the
qualified and certificated environment monitoring institutes. PPMO will be the responsible unit and
the county environment protection bureaus in all project counties will be the supervision agencies.
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Table 8.4-1 Environment Monitoring Plan in Gansu Project Area
Monitoring
items Monitoring indicator
Monitoring
frequency Monitoring site Monitoring agency
Responsible
part
Estimation
0000’
yuan
Soil erosion Soil erosion modulus,
runoff
The 1st, 3rd and 6th
year during project
implementation, and
once a year
Respectively set one monitoring site in the new plantation
area of Weiyuan county, Huachi county, Longxi county,
Heshui county and Zhangjiachuan county
Municipal agriculture
environment monitoring
station, water and soil
erosion monitoring
station
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefecture
4.5
Water
contamination
PH, Dissolved oxygen
(do) , CODCr, BOD5,
NH3-N, total coliform
bacteria, SS(Suspended
solids)
The 2nd, 5th year
during project
implementation, and
once a year
Respectively set one monitoring site at the sewage outfalls
from animal raising farms in(Huanxian county, Minxian
county, Tongwei county, Gulang county and Lintao county)
Municipal and county
environment monitoring
stations
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefecture
4.8
Drinking
water for
human and
animal
Chroma, PH, Dissolved
oxygen (do) , CODCr,
BOD5, NH3-N, total
coliform bacteria, Odor
and taste, total hardness,
nitrate, total number of
bacteria
The 1st, 3rd and 6th
year during project
implementation, and
once a year
Respectively set one monitoring site where would newly
implement drinking water supply project and ,in Huanchi,
Huanxian and Gulang 3 counties, and individually set one
monitoring site where would mewly implement water
cistern construction project
Municipal and county
environment monitoring
stations, municipal and
county health and
epidemic disease
prevention station
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefecture
7.2
Underground
water
Chromaticity and
turbidity, odor and taste,
pH, total hardness, nitrate,
total number of bacteria,
total coliforms
The 1st, 3rd and 6th
year during project
implementation, and
once a year
To respectively set on monitoring site near wells where
newly have more household raising animals in Dongxian
county, Gulang county and Anding district
Municipal environment
monitoring stations,
municipal health and
epidemic disease
prevention station
Poverty
reduction
center in
province,
prefecture
10
Total 26.5
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8.4.4 Environment Monitoring Report
This proposed project is designed with large-scaled investment, comprehensively covering large
area with various e project activities. The implementation of the proposed project would generate a
long term, potential and uncertain impacts to the environment elements of ground water, vegetation,
soil and land utilization, energy supply and social economy etc. Thus, it needs to take monitoring
actions during the period of project design, project implementation and operation, to assess the actual
impacts caused by project implementation and track the dynamic negative impact and influence
caused by project implementation, in order to provide a reliable basis for environment monitoring,
counterpart measures study and environment management in the different phases of project.
Environment monitoring stations located in project counties, prefectures or the Provincial
Agriculture Environment Protection and Monitoring Station would be contracted by project counties
to undertake the relevant monitoring tasks. It plans to take the monitoring and analysis method
identified in the Specifications of Environment Monitoring Technology issued by the State
Environment Protection Bureau and the methods used in the classified monitoring technology,
following the criteria of the identified national standard in EA.
During the period of project construction, the environment impacts mainly include the pollution
of noise, floating dust, waste water etc. The living sewage generated during project construction will
be treated at the surrounding houses septic tank before to be discharged into sewage pipeline.
Because of the influence of construction period is short, by strengthening the environment
management during project implementation, it could avoid the problem of environmental pollution.
The involved pollution factors such as TSP (total suspended particulate matter), SS (suspended
solids), petroleum, noise etc, all visually and sensually noticed, could be controlled by taking
environment monitoring, supervision and mitigation measures conducted by environment
supervision department in project period.
Thus, the main monitoring tasks for this proposed project will take place in project operation
period. The main project activities cover cropping, livestock breeding, agro-products process etc.
The monitoring scope for this proposed project contains the project villages, project townships in 16
project counties .PPMO would periodically compile Project Monitoring Report, including the main
monitoring items, monitoring indicators and monitoring frequency etc.
PMOs would arrange the designated staffs who have received training on environment
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monitoring and management to randomly conduct check and supervision, in order to identify the
potential problems in advance and find proper solution. The ordinary monitoring activities include:
to conduct noise monitoring at project sites and the selected sensitive sites by taking the portable
instrument. By visual observation, to check the negative environment impact caused by project
implementation, eg. It happen a serious water and soil erosion etc.
Regarding the implementation progress on environment mitigation measures, training activities,
data collection and conclusion etc, county PMO would be responsible for the supervision, collection
and summary during the ordinary route work, which would be periodically submitted to PPMO.
PPMO would be responsible for drafting the general project progress report on environment
management, and periodically submit to the central PMO, then finally submit to the WB.
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9 Conclusions
Based on the comprehensive assessment of EA, it has been approved that the selection of the
project sites and the general layout of the proposed project is rational. The positive impact caused to
agriculture ecological system plays a dominant role rather than its negative impact. And its
irreversible environment impact is small and most of the negative impacts could be mitigated or
eliminated by the implementation of the proposed environment protection measures. In addition, the
selected project area will not involve the location of natural reserves, the protection area of rare
animals etc, and also will not impact its local culture relics while fully respect local ethnic minority
custom. The pollution mitigation measures proposed in the PIP is technically feasible, economically
rational, and consistent with the requirements in the relevant national and local planning. During
project construction, it should strictly follow the regulations of “3 simultaneous” in environment
prevention, and strictly carry out the national or local standard of discharging relevant pollutants, so
as to firmly implement all suggestions of mitigation measures proposed in addition to meet the
concrete requirement from the EA. By enhancing the environment management during project
implementation period, it would minimize the degree of all kinds of environment impacts including
dust, noise, to be an acceptable level in project implementation period. It shows that from the point
view of environment protection, this proposed project is environmental friendly feasible.