INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 08/31/2006 Report No.: Basic Project Data Country: China Project ID: P Project Name: Sichuan Urban Development Project Task Team Leader: Hiroaki Suzuki Estimated Appraisal Date: November 30, Estimated Board Date: September 7, Managing Unit: EASUR Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Roads and highways (80%);Sewerage (10%);General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (8%);Sub-national government administration (2%) Theme: Other urban development (P);Other environment and natural resources management (S);Municipal governance and institution building (S);Land administration and management (S);State enterprise/bank restructuring and privatization (S) IBRD Amount (US$m.): IDA Amount (US$m.): 0.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: BORROWER Environmental Category: A - Full Assessment Simplified Processing Simple [] Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) [ ] No [] 2. Project Objectives The project development objective (PDO) is to improve core urban functions in an equitable and resource efficient manner by removing identified infrastructure bottlenecks hampering land development, transport, and environmental conditions in four second-tier cities in Sichuan Province. 3. Project Description Urban Infrastructure Investment Component (US$ million) This component will support spatial planning priorities in the four cities as shown under: Mianyang US$98.70 million The proposed project will fund the construction of trunk and secondary infrastructure, including drainage and environmental improvements, in two new major urban development areas adjacent to Mianyang s city:

2 (a) Pioneer Park: US$49.96 million This subcomponent will fund the construction of: 23.6 km of local access roads and associated bridges, sewers, and drainage, as well as landscaping activities, to expand the park area (483 ha); and 2.6 km section of the Second Ring Road (2RR) within Pioneer Park (including an interchange with Yingbin Avenue), as part of the 2RR. (b) Southern Economic Development Zone (SEDZ): US$48.73 million The subcomponent will support construction of 24.5 km of local access roads within areas A & C of the SEDZ (560 ha), together with associated drainage infrastructure and landscaping. Suining US$64.98 million The proposed project components in Suining are secondary infrastructure, sewerage and roads in the newly developed ining District Area to the west of the city, including an associated link road to the city railway station area. (a) ining District Area: US$58.23 million The ining District Area component will support secondary infrastructure construction to develop an area of 351 ha for mixed residential, administrative and commercial uses. The proposed works include 25 km of access and distributor roads, bridges, river embankments, sewers, and landscaping. (b) ining Road: US$6.75 million The ining Road is proposed as a link northwards from the ining District Area to the North railway station to improve access and connectivity to the new development area. Yibin US$76.35 million The proposed project will fund two river bank roads designed to improve access within the city and enhance the degraded riverbank environment. (a) Route A: US$40.44 million Route A (6.7 km) is a distributor road along the north bank of the Min Jiang and Chang Jiang rivers connecting the old city and existing urban areas with the Tianyuan District and the proposed new industrial development zone. (b) Route B: US$35.91 million Route B comprises a 3.5 km extension of the existing riverbank wall and two-lane local road westwards from the Cultural Square in the center of Nan An District. Panzhihua US$ million The proposed project will support four components designed to accommodate growth of the city by improving access and traffic circulation (two urban roads), and upgrading the city s sewerage systems, riverbanks, and landscape conditions. (a) Bing-Ren Road: US$80.22 million The proposed Bing-Ren Road is a link between the existing central business district (CBD) and the expanding residential district of Renhe. It would comprise a 6.7 km section of a four-lane road linking the recently completed Airport Access Road to Duren Road (West) in Renhe. (b) Bin Jiang Road: US$9.32 million

3 The proposed road improvement (2.7 km) will relieve congestion in the downtown area and will provide additional capacity for longer distance cross-town traffic. (c) Sewerage: US$10.41 million The sewerage component will help develop comprehensive wastewater collection systems (39 km of pipeline) in the Bingcaogang, Geliping, and Qingxiangping catchments, which will be connected to the existing Bingcaogang Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and new Qingxiangping WWTP, to be constructed under a build-operatetransfer (BOT) arrangement. (d) River Embankment and Landscape Improvement: US$25.6 million The proposed project will support a series of measures along the Jinsha River: cleaning up debris; constructing an embankment to prevent slope and soil erosion; and improving landscapes at four scenic spots, including planting trees and bushes along the 15 km of river from inzhuang Bridge to Jinsha railway station. Institutional Development and Capacity Building (IDCB) Component (US$7.00 million) This component consists of: (i) TA for Institutional Development and Capacity Building for the project municipalities (US$3.30 million) and (ii) TA for Project Implementation and Management, including EMP/RAP implementation monitoring (US$3.70 million). The goal of the TA is to help municipalities improve urban planning and management capacities related to spatial planning, land management, transport planning, and utility and asset management. A management information system (MIS) and geographical information system (GIS) will be used as major instruments for municipal institutional development and capacity building. TA will include trainings and workshops linking, via satellite, SUDP cities with other Asian cities and cities worldwide to share information and best practices, with possible advisory and technical support from the Tokyo Development Learning Center. This global linkage will also help the project cities induce foreign direct investment in the project areas, especially in the Economic Development Zones. 4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis Mianyang The city s Master Plan envisages growth in both the north-western section (Pioneer Park Area including a new administration center) and southern section (Southern Economic Development Zone) of the city. This will be achieved by relocating the city administration and hi-tech and science related enterprises and institutions to the northwestern section and directing general manufacturing industries to the southern section from overcrowded inner areas, whilst redeveloping the inner areas for high quality residential, financial and commercial use. Suining The municipality intends to reduce population densities in the overcrowded core area and accommodate growth by developing new urban districts to the east across Fujiang River and to the west in ining District which has access to the highway and a new

4 express railway, connecting the cities with two metropolitan areas, Chengdu and Chongqing. The project components in Suining are designed to assist with the growth of the city in its western part and comprise the ining District Development Area and an associated link road, ining Road, to connect the area with the city station area located northwards from the area. Yibin Yibin is located at the confluence of the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang, which together form the Chang Jiang (Yangtse River). The rapidly growing city is set to become the focus of the prime energy-producing center in Western China with the development of a series of major hydro-electric schemes with generation two times larger than the Three Gorges Dam, on the Jinsha Jiang immediately upstream of the city. The overcrowded old city is situated between the Min Jiang River and Jingshajiang River. The municipality intends to reduce the excessive density in the old city center by developing a new administration center and residential areas across Jinshajiang River and by shifting manufacturing enterprises to the new industrial zone developed in Tianyuan District north of the Min Jiang River. The project in Yibin contains two road components, both of which follow the banks of the rivers, and which are designed to improve access with the city and enhance the previously degraded riverbank environment. Route A (6.7km) is a distributor road along the north bank of the Min Jiang and Chang Jiang rivers connecting the old city and existing urban areas with Tianyuan District and the proposed new industrial development zone. The road additionally connects with the northern bridgehead of the new Chang Jiang Bridge (under construction),which forms part of the Ring Road, and provides a key link within the city. Route B comprises a 3.5 km extension of the existing river-bank wall and 2-lane local road westwards from the Cultural Square in the center of Nan An District. Panzhihua The city, surrounded by mountains, has been developed on both banks of the Jinsha River. The lack of suitable development land within the existing riverside areas requires the development of a new southern area and associated improvements to the transport system. The city s mineral-based heavy industrial activities have taxed the water quality and led to degradation of the river bank which requires mitigation. The proposed Bing-Ren Road is a link between the existing central business district (CBD) and the newly expanding residential district of Renhe: it comprises a 6.7 km section of 4-lane road linking the recently completed Airport Access Road to Duren Road (West) in Renhe. The proposed road improvement (2.7 km) will relieve currently congested streets in the downtown area and will provide additional capacity for longer distance cross-town traffic. The sewer component will help develop comprehensive wastewater collection systems in Bingcaogang, Geliping and Qingxiangping catchments which connected to the existing Bingcaogang WWTP and a new Qingxiangping WWTP which will be constructed on a

5 BOT basis. The project will construct a series of measures along the Jinsha river, which include cleaning up of debris and construction of an embankment in case of slope sliding and soil erosion (selected locations along 30km length on both side of the riever); landscape improvement at four scenic spots; plantation of trees and bushes on places where soil permits up and above the 50 year flood level, along the 15 km of river stretch from inzhuang Bridge to Jinsha railway station. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Mr Bruce M. Harris (QAG) Ms Chongwu Sun (EASEN) Ms Youlan Zou (EASUR) Mr Zhefu Liu (EASSD) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered No Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) Forests (OP/BP 4.36) Pest Management (OP 4.09) Cultural Property (OPN 11.03) Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: The project is classified as Category A under OP The project mainly consists of relatively small-scale urban road construction and service infrastructure for the urban areas expansion in four secondary cities. Environment Assessment has been completed. EA has not revealed any serious environmental issues. The project will bring positive impacts and benefits to the environment and communities. The sewer in Panzhihua, Yibin, and Suining will intercept wastewater currently discharged to the environment without any treatment and thus reduce pollutant loads discharges. This will help improve the water quality of the receiving rivers and important fish habitats and fisheries protection area in the upper Yangtze river system. The river embankments will enforce the river banks to prevent slope sliding and soil erosion and enhance ability for flood control. The landscape component will improve environmental aesthetics in the project cities and provide more leisure and green space for the residents.

6 From the city wide perspective, the road components are expected to contribute to ambient air quality improvement through reduced traffic jams in city centers and increased average driving speeds on a city wide basis. The new and upgraded roads will contribute significantly to community development, attracting outside investment, quality of life of area residents, convenient outings in the city. The urban area development components in Mianyang and Suining will meet the urban demands to accommodate the rapid population growth and urban and economic expansions. The project will improve the basic transportation and environmental infrastructure in the project cities and contribute to continuously improved foundations for sustainable development and improvement of the standard of living for the cities residents. Major potential adverse impacts during the construction of the sewer network, roads, river embankment and landscape improvement include land occupation, airborne dust, noise, soil erosion, discharges to rivers and fish habitats, and traffic and urban service disruptions. Impacts during the operational phase of these facilities include increased noise and motor vehicle emissions along project roads, and surface runoff to receiving rivers. The project roads in Yibin are adjacent to a national level rare fish protection zone. But the impacts of the road construction and operations to the fish habitat, primarily the surface runoff containing suspended solids and possibly oils from construction sites and road surface, are expected to be limited only to less than 1 m from the river bank according to a two dimensional mathematical model about the pollutants dispersion. The fish habitats and fisheries resources are not likely subject to significant impacts from these discharges. The project involves involuntary resettlement. In total, 5,369 mu of land will be acquired, 545,730 m2 of houses will be demolished, 3,046 households will have to move and 396 non-residential units will relocate. The Resettlement Plans are prepared for compensation and rehabilitation of land acquisition and housing demolition. The Provincial PMO will coordinate key issues with the municipal PMOs who shall take the full responsibility in resettlement implementation. The Status Report on Minority Nationalities in Sichuan was prepared. It is showed that the scattering ethnic minorities in the project area of Panzhihua share a similar living modality and production pattern with the Han. The definition of indigenous peoples stated in the Bank s OP4.10 does not suit them. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: The urban expansion components will convert existing agricultural (ining District in Suining and Pioneer Park in Mianyang) and mostly unused land (Economic Development Zone in Mianyang) into urban or industrial land. The original lands will lose their current land features and functions, and the area environment will receive higher pollutant loads

7 from increased population and new industrial operations attracted to the newly developed urban development areas. As an indirect and induced impact, the improved road network in Suining will also result in increased visitors to Guangde temple, a provincial level cultural relic. Compensation funds for land acquisition and resettlement are requested to be timely and fully paid. Rehabilitation programs are further worked out for people affected by land acquisition and relocation. No long term impacts are anticipated if the resettlement activities are successfully completed and the resettlement objective of restoring and improving the livelihood of the affected people is met. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. Alternative road alignments, road configuration designs, pavements, bridge designs, sewer pipe plans, and river embankment designs have been identified. The EA team has worked with the project feasibility study teams to compare and evaluate alternatives and optimal alternatives were selected based on the avoidance or least adverse impacts on the environment and communities as well as engineering and economic considerations. All project cities have considered the without project scenario as an alternative. In the preparation of the feasibility study, the resettlement scale is an important factor in comparison of various schemes. During the project design the principle of avoiding and minimizing resettlement was taken; and during construction, measures are considered to reduce the adverse impact on the surrounding people. For instance, the width of the road and the distance between two bus stations are not fixed in Yibin. 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. The governments of project cities recruited the Chengdu Hydropower Investigation Design and Research Institute to prepare the project EA and EMPs for Panzhhihua and Yibin, and Sichuan Academy of Environmental Sciences for Mianyang and Suining. Each city has its own EA and site specific EMP, prepared by these institute/academy, following diligently the national procedures and standards as well as the Bank safeguard policy requirements. The EA documents such as EA reports, EMPs and a project wide EA Summary have been prepared, incorporating Bank s comments during project preparation and pre-appraisal, and found to be satisfactory. The EA covers the project description, baseline environmental conditions, environmental benefits and project justifications, analysis of alternatives, potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures both at the construction and operation stages, environment management plans, public consultation and information disclosure. The EMP specifies the environmental management and supervision mechanisms, mitigation measures, environmental monitoring plans, training plans and estimated budget allocations necessary for implementing the mitigation measures, monitoring plans and ways to strengthen client capacity. Key environmental mitigation measures during construction include: dust suppression; erosion control; use of low noise construction

8 equipment/machinery, proper arrangement of construction activities to avoid sensitive time and locations, traffic management during construction, borrow pits and spoil materials disposal sites rehabilitation, and use of proper operational procedures by the contractors during construction. Major mitigation measures during operation include installation of noise isolation windows and noise barriers at sensitive receptors and enhancement cities motor vehicle emission control programs. The provincial PMO and all project owners will have environmental specialists on staff during project construction and/or operation as may be appropriate to coordinate and management environmental performance. In addition, the project owners will also engage environmental supervisors for regular inspections and supervision of construction activities to ensure implementation of EMP and compliance with regulatory and project requirements for pollution control and environmental protection. In sensitive locations, such as roads in Yibin which is are near a national level fish protection area, specialists from protection area administration, local fisheries, forest and environmental protection bureaus will be invited to supervise construction activities to ensure minimum impacts to the protected fish habitats. Each project cities have also developed detailed environmental monitoring plans. These plans basically have two tiers: daily and regular monitoring by contractor and construction supervision companies through visual observations and simple apparatus such as hand hold noise meters. This would ensure timely identification of environmental issues during construction so that appropriate mitigation and corrective actions can be taken promptly. The second tier monitoring is periodical compliance monitoring by professional environmental monitoring stations. This monitoring will determine compliance status of construction and operation activities. Considering the lack of environmental knowledge and monitoring methods of contractors and construction supervision companies in general, a mandatory training of all contractors and construction supervision companies have been developed. The training will be held prior to the commencement of construction and will be attended by at least one senior management staff and one environmental staff from each of the contractors and supervision companies. The training programs will include project EA results, introduction of EMPs, technical background about mitigation measures, detailed methodologies for the daily monitoring, mitigative and corrective action designs, and reporting requirements. The cities will also provide training to environmental staff of PMO and individual project owners as part of capacity building. The training programs will include environmental regulations, policies and standards, environmental management, and general pollution control and environmental management technologies. Each project city has prepared a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). In addition, Mianyang and Suining also prepared resettlement policy framework and a set of contracts to ensure the rights of the project affected people. The RAPs define the compensation standard and entitlements for the people affected by the project, and outline the implementation plan, institutional arrangement and budget for the activities.

9 This is the second Bank-supported urban project in Sichuan Province. The Provincial PMO and the external monitor do have some experience in resettlement implementation. However, the borrowers capacity at the city level to plan and implement the measures described in the RAP needs to be improved through the Launch Workshop soon after the approval of the project; through various training of the resettlement staff in each city; and through a close monitoring system. Implementation of the EMP and RAP is closely monitored by the project implementing agencies, and they will submit the monitoring report semi-annually. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Two rounds of public consultation have been conducted in each of the project cities. The consultation is basically through questionnaire surveys supplemented by the focused interviews of key affected people and other stakeholders. In total, over 650 people mostly project directly affected have been consulted for their opinions and concerns about project. In addition, special meetings or interviews were held with Guangde temple in Suining, environmental, hydrology and municipal engineering specialists in Panzhihua and State Upper Yangtze River Rare and Special Fish Protection Areas Administration, local forests, fisheries, and environmental bureaus in Yibin for specific environmental and social issues. Concerns expressed by the public and other stakeholders have been incorporated in the project EA and preparation of the EMP. Project information including major anticipated adverse environmental impact and mitigation measures has been disclosed to the public through public notices in local newspapers in each of the four project cities. The draft EA reports have also been made available to the public at the local project offices and dedicated websites. All cities plan to release the final EA reports and EMPs once these documents to the public are finalized. Municipal and project design staff have consulted with the potentially affected communities when identifying resettlement impacts, formulating resettlement policies, and preparing resettlement plans. Total number of people involved has reached to 3,357 in the 4 cities (Mianyang: 1,560, Panzhihua: 660, Suining: 285, Yibin: 852). This has allowed impacts to be minimized, and identification of remedial plans acceptable to the affected persons. Furthermore, monitoring and grievance procedures will be established and participation will continue during resettlement implementation. Information regarding the project and the resettlement program will be published in local newspapers and through TV programs. To ensure that affected persons are informed about compensation standards, rehabilitation measures, and grievance procedures, resettlement announcements will be posted in the affected villages and neighborhoods. As required by the Bank policy, the full RAP has been available at the City PMOs. The announcement of the RAP disclosure was made in the four cities during the period from Sep. 24 to Oct. 10, 2005.

10 B. Disclosure Requirements Date Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other: Date of receipt by the Bank 10/28/2005 Date of "in-country" disclosure 10/10/2005 Date of submission to InfoShop 11/07/2005 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive 04/14/2006 Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process: Date of receipt by the Bank 10/18/2005 Date of "in-country" disclosure 10/10/2005 Date of submission to InfoShop 10/18/2005 * If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Cultural Property, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting) OP/BP/GP Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Manager (SM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? OP/BP Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process framework (as appropriate) been prepared? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Sector Manager review the plan? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank s Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project

11 cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? D. Approvals Signed and submitted by: Name Date Task Team Leader: Mr Hiroaki Suzuki 11/10/2005 Environmental Specialist: Ms Chongwu Sun 11/10/2005 Social Development Specialist Ms Youlan Zou 11/10/2005 Additional Environmental and/or Social Development Specialist(s): Approved by: Regional Safeguards Coordinator: Mr Glenn S. Morgan 11/23/2005 Comments: Sector Manager: Mr Keshav Varma 11/23/2005 Comments: