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Global Environmental Facility

China: Dioxins Reduction from Pulp and

Paper Industry Project

Environmental and Social Management

Framework

Foreign Economic Cooperation Office,

Ministry of Environmental Protection, PRC

May, 2016

SFG2286

ABBREVIATIONS

缩略语

BAT/BEP

Best Available Technologies and Best Environmental Practices

最佳可行技术和最佳环境实践

ECF

Elemental Chlorine Free

无元素氯漂白技术

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

环境影响评价

EMP

Environmental Management Plan

环境管理计划

ESMF

Environmental and Social Management Framework

环境评价框架

NGO

Non-government Organization

非政府组织

NIP

National Implementation Plan

国家实施计划

NWPM

Non-wood Pulp and Paper Making

非木浆造纸

TCF

Totally Chlorine Free

全无氯漂白技术

TOR

Terms of Reference

工作大纲

UPOPs

Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants

无意产生的持久性有机污染物

WB World Bank

世界银行

CHEMICAL ABBREVIATIONS

化学缩略词

AOX

Absorbable Organic Halogen

可吸附有机卤素

BOD5

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5days)

5日生化需氧量

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand

化学需氧量

DBD

Dibenzo-p-dioxins

二苯并二恶英

DBF

Dibenzo-p-dioxins

二苯并呋喃

PCDD

Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins

多氯二苯并对二恶英

PCDF

Polychlorinated Dibenzo-furans

多氯二苯并呋喃

POPs

Persistent Organic Pollutants

持久性有机污染物

SS

Suspended Solids

悬浮固体物

PM10

Particulate Matters with diameters less than 10µm

可吸入颗粒物

TSP

Total Suspended Particulates

总悬浮颗粒物

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Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 2

2 Purpose and Scope of ESMF ............................................................................................ 3

3 Project Description ................................................................................................................... 3

4 Law and Regulation Framework...................................................................................... 4

4.1 NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ............................................................................................. 4

4.2 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES AND ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY (EHS)

GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................... 8

5 Potential Environmental and Social Impacts ................................................................ 10

5.1 TYPICAL NON-WOOD PULPING PROCESSES .................................................................................. 10

5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ...................................................................................... 13

6. Procedures to Address Environmental and Social Issues ..................................................... 14

6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SCREENING (STEP 1) ............................................................................... 14

6.2 PREPARING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DOCUMENTS (STEP 2) ............................................................ 14

6.3 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE (STEP 3) ............................................................ 15

6.4 REVIEW AND APPROVAL (STEP 4) ....................................................................................................... 15

6.5 IMPLEMENTATION (STEP 5) ............................................................................................................... 15

7 Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................................ 15

8 Institutional Arrangement and Capacity Building ................................................................. 16

Annex 1 Environmental and Social Screening Form ................................................................ 17

Annex 2 Generic Terms of Reference for Environmental Assessment ..................................... 19

Annex 3 Generic Environmental Management Mitigation Measures ..................................... 23

I. Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Design Stage .............................................. 23

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1 Introduction

This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) serves as a

supplemental environmental assessment document for the China GEF Dioxins

Reduction from Pulp and Paper Industry Project (P125528). The project has been

under implementation since 2012 and is being restructured to include new activities

that are in line with the project development objective. To this end, the ESMF is

prepared to ensure environmental and social considerations will be properly

incorporated into the design and implementation of proposed new activities.

The National Implementation Plan (NIP) of the People’s Republic of China for

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has listed pulping and paper

industry as one of the country’s six priority industries for POPs reduction. Due to the

scarcity of timber resources, non-wood fiber pulping enterprises take a considerable

proportion in this sector in China. Lack of Best Available Technologies sand Best

Environmental Practices (BAT/BEP) for small scale non-wood pulp and paper mills

has been identified as a key barrier for the sector to control dioxins releases, as well as

to improve the sector’s overall environmental performance. In this context, the

Dioxins Reduction from Pulp and Paper Industry Project was prepared by the Foreign

Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) of Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

in collaboration with World Bank in 2012.

The project was assigned Category A per World Bank safeguard policy OP4.01

Environmental Assessment. For each mill that has been financed by the project, full

EIA and EMP was prepared following domestic regulations and OP4.01

Environmental Assessment. As of May 2016, the project has provided grants to

finance three mills which have either completed or nearly completed their

BAT/BEP-based technical renovation.

Drawing on the experiences learnt from the already-made BAT/BEP investments,

it is proposed the project will further promote the BAT/BEP application in the sector

and help China achieve the objective of eliminating UPOPs (i.e. dioxins) releases

from the sector. Specifically, it is proposed that the project will support the

preparation of feasibility study and safeguards documents for BAT/BEP investment

for up to 4 non-wood pulp mills. It is expected that these additional mills will

subsequently make BAT/BEP investments on their own following the technical and

safeguard standards set out in the FSR and safeguards documents. The project will not

finance these mills’ BAT/BEP implementation. In addition, these mills will be selected

through evaluation of their potential for BAT/BEP-based technical renovation and

meeting environmental standards, and their economic and financial sustainability.

Therefore, an ESMF is an appropriate safeguard instrument according to the OP4.01.

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2 Purpose and Scope of ESMF

The purpose of this Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)

is to guide the selection of mills, screening of environmental and social issues, and

preparation of environmental assessment reports for the selected mills.

The scope of the ESMF covers screening of environmental and social issues,

procedures to address the issues, public consultation and institutional armament. The

ESMF also includes a general terms of reference for environmental assessment, and a

generic Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

3 Project Description

The project development objectives are to: (a) demonstrate the result of adoption of best

available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) in four selected non-wood

pulp mills; and (b) support China in developing and adopting a long-term action plan to guide

the promotion of a sector-wide BAT/BEP adoption.

This project has supported four selected non-wood pulp mills to adopt BAT/BEP pr following

Stockholm Convention guidelines, including investments in process substitution and process

optimization and replacing the elemental chlorine-based bleach process by the elemental

chlorine-free (ECF) process to minimize dioxins releases. Investments in other aspects of pulp

production will aim at reducing pollutant loads in water discharge, water use, and energy use.

The four demonstration mills typify the production line for the most common non-wood

fibers (reed, straw, bagasse and bamboo) and are located in different provinces (Sichuan,

Hunan, Henan, and Guangxi, respectively).

The Sichuan Leshan Jinfu Paper Mill (hereafter Jinfu) planed to build a 52,000 ton/a

bamboo pulp ECF bleaching line and associated material preparation, cooking, bamboo

joint removal, screening, oxygen delignification, and a 4 ton/day chlorine dioxide

generation facility.

The Nanning Sugar Company Pumiao Paper Mill(hereafter Pumiao) has built a 98,000

ton/a bagasse pulp ECF bleaching line and an associated 8 ton/day chlorine dioxide

generation facility, and an 11,000 m3/d anaerobic wastewater treatment system for

bagasse material preparation. The project planned to support its pilot operation and a

40,000t/d tertiary wastewater treatment facility.

The Henan Baiyun Paper Mill planned to build a 37,000 ton/a ECF bleaching and oxygen

delignification system and expand the associated chlorine dioxide generation facility

from a capacity of 6 ton/day to 8ton/day.

The Hunan Linyuan Paper Mill planned to build a 51,000t/a ECF bleaching and oxygen

delignification system and an associated 3ton/day chlorine dioxide generation facility.

In 2015, the Pumiao Paper Mill in Nanning City dropped out from the project though it had

substantially completed the planned BAT/BEP investments, because its parent company

decided to stop the mill’s operation permanently due to poor market situation and its own

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financial difficulties. As of May 2016, the other three mills have either been under stable

operation or are ready for trial operation. The project hence is restructured to include

promotion of BAT/BEP investment in other mills by supporting the development of feasibility

studies and safeguard documents. The new mills will be selected after careful evaluation of

their technical, financial and environmental performances. FECO and China Paper

Association (CPA)

Besides, the project also supports technical assistance activities including national action plan

for sector-wide replication, monitoring and evaluation, and project management.

4 Law and Regulation Framework

For each mill that will be supported for FSR development, a full Environmental Assessment

(EA) should be carried out following the Chinese EIA regulations as well as the World Bank

safeguards policies. Bank operational policies OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment and

requirements regarding information disclosure and public consultation also apply to the

project. In addition, the World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines

(EHS Guidelines hereafter) were thoroughly taken into account in the EA process.

4.1 National Laws and Regulations

Tables 1, 2 and 3 summarizes the Chinese national and sectoral policies and regulations,

environmental quality and pollutants discharge/emission standards, technical guidelines,

cleaner production directives.

Of particular importance is the wastewater discharge standards for pulp and paper sector

(GB3544-2008) promulgated in 2008. Table 2 of the standards, effective on July 1st, 2011,

specifies more stringent effluent discharge limits for conventional pollutant parameters, and

introduces AOX and dioxins indicators, as presented in Table 4.

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Table 1 Relevant Chinese Environmental Laws and Regulations

Title Relevant article

Environmental Protection

Law of the People's Republic

of China

Pollutants discharger must meet certain national or local standards. EIA must be prepared for new development project and submitted for review and

approval by responsible environmental authority. No commencement of construction before the approval. Environmental protection work must be

planned for enterprises that produce pollution. New industrial development or technical renovation must adopt new equipment or technologies that use

resource more efficiently and discharge less pollutants. Pollutants. Pollution control facilities shall be designed, built and put into use simultaneously

with the production facilities (“Three Simultaneous”) and shall be inspected before being issued with completion acceptance.

Circular Economy Promotion

Law of the People’s Republic

of China

The country closely monitors and supervises the water and energy consumption of paper making industry. The state council, in together with national

environmental authority and others, regularly issue list of technologies, equipments, materials and products that will be encouraged, limited or

eliminated.

Law of the People’s Republic

of China on the Promotion of

Cleaner Production

The country enforces phase-out of obsolete production technologies, equipment and products. New, renovation or expansion project shall carry out

EIA that must evaluate resource consumption and use, recycling and waste treatment. Resource efficient and pollution reduction processes shall be

given priority. Enterprises shall monitoring resource consumption and pollution producing and take cleaner production audit as needed.

Law of the People's Republic

of China on Environmental

Impact Assessment

Environmental impact assessment refers to analysis, prediction and evaluation of the environmental impacts as result of implementation of plans and

constructions projects. In addition, prevention or mitigation plans or measures shall be developed, and follow-up and monitoring shall be conducted.

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Table 2 Relevant Paper Sector Policies

Title Relevant policies and rules

Policy on Wastewater

Pollution Control

Technology in Straw Pulp

Papermaking Industry

II. Control target

6. According to the principle of integrating development with environmental protection and given the properties of NWPM wastewater treatment,

pollution treatment of NWPM enterprises need to be above certain size: 34,000t pulp/a for newly constructed wheat straw pulping enterprises, 50,000t

pulp/a for other NWPM enterprises; while 17,000t/a is the minimum size required for the construction of alkali recovery facilities for alkaline chemical

pulping mills.

III. Technical measures

8. For technical transformation and pollution treatment, papermaking enterprises shall use clean production technologies that consume less energy

and has a lower pollution load; the technology threshold shall be raised, for instance, straw pulp raw materials that contain less silicon and more fiber

are preferable.

9. For technical transformation and pollution treatment, papermaking enterprises shall use clean production technologies that consume less energy

and has a lower pollution load. Straw pulp raw materials having a lower silicon content and a higher fiber content shall be used; automatic baling

technique, lean-chlorine or chlorine-free bleaching technology shall be employed.

National Implementation

Plan of the People’s

Republic of China for

Stockholm Convention on

Persistent Organic

Pollutants

China has been performing unintentional POPs monitoring in chlorophene derivatives, tetrachlorobenzoquinone, chlorobenzene, wastewater treatment,

cement, iron & steel, papermaking, medical waste incineration, etc., and papermaking (chlorine bleaching) has been included in key industries to be

firstly put under control. This plan proposes the action targets of reducing and eliminating unintentional POPs release and analyzes the gap with POPs

Convention and necessary measures to be taken. Meanwhile, the stress is laid on the implementation of BAT/BEP management system.

Development Policy of

Papermaking Industry

Article 21 The emphases of pulping and papermaking equipment R&D are: research and development of new processes, new technologies, and

new equipment that use non-wood raw materials for pulping and papermaking, particularly the development of straw pulp alkali recovery technologies

and equipment; water-saving and energy-saving technologies and equipment.

Article 22 Technologies of papermaking industry shall develop toward high level, low energy consumption, and less pollution. It should be

encouraged to develop high yield pulping technologies, biotechnologies, low-pollution pulping technologies, moderate enriching technologies,

elemental chlorine free (ECF) or totally chorine free (TCF) bleaching technologies, low energy-consumption mechanical pulping technologies,

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high-efficiency waste paper deinking technologies, and associated equipment.

Article 23 Pulping technologies and equipment such as chemical straw pulp production facilities and rotary spherical digester with an annual

output of 34,000t or less shall be deselected; narrow width and low-speed papermaking machines known to be high energy-consuming and of low-level

shall also be deselected. Lime process pulping shall be prohibited and new projects are not allowed to use elemental chlorine bleaching technique

(existing enterprises shall phase out this technique). It is forbidden to import deselected and outdated second-hand pulping equipment.

Table 3 Relevant domestic environmental standards

Standard title Enforceable as of Main contents

Environmental Quality Standard

for Surface Water

(GB 3838-2002)

June 1, 2002

This standard, on the basis of environmental function category and protection target of surface water, specifies the items and

limit values to be controlled for water environment quality; it also defines the analysis method of water quality assessment

and water quality items and stipulates the implementation and supervision of this standard. It is applicable to surface water

bodies serving certain purposes like river, lake, canal, channel, and water reservoir within the borders of the P. R. China.

Ambient Air Quality Standard

(GB 3095-1996) October 1, 1996

This standard defines the classification of ambient air quality function area, standard class, pollutants, measuring time &

concentration limits, sampling & analysis method, and validity of statistics. It is applicable to ambient air quality assessment

in China.

Environmental Quality

Standard for Soils

(GB 15618-1995)

March 1, 1996

This standard specifies the allowable maximum pollutant concentration indices in soil and the monitoring and measuring

methods according to the function, the protection targets, and the main properties of the soil. This standard applies to soils of

cultivated field, vegetable field, tea plantation, orchard, pasture, forest, and natural reserve.

Discharge Standard of Water

Pollutants for Pulp and Paper

Industry

(GB 3544-2008)

August 1, 2008

This standard sets pollutant discharge limit values for pulping and papermaking enterprises or their production facilities. In

addition to water pollutant discharge limit values for existing and newly constructed enterprises; this standard has also

specified special water pollutant discharge limit values for places where special precautions are needed in order to avoid

serious water environment pollution. Water pollutants dealt with in this standard include pH-value, chromaticity, suspended

substance, BOD, COD, ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, absorbable organic halogens (AOX), and dioxin.

This standard also includes the criteria for water pollutant concentration measurement methods.

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Table 4: National discharge standards (Table 2, GB3544-2008）applicable to the project

Parameters Units

Water discharge t/ t product

(absolutely dry pulp)

pH /

Chroma Times

SS mg/L

BOD5 mg/L

CODcr mg/L

NH3-N mg/L

TN mg/L

TP mg/L

AOX-workshop mg/L

Dioxins-workshop pgTEq/L

4.2 World Bank Safeguard Policies and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)

Guidelines

Two safeguard policies are applicable to the project as result of the environmental and social

screening during the project preparation, i.e. OP4.01 Environmental Assessment and OP4.12

Involuntary Resettlement. Since the project supported BAT/BEP activities are taken place

within an existing mill, mostly it is not anticipated that any natural habitats, physical cultural

resources or other policy issues will be involved.

OP4.12 was triggered because of the four existing project mills, i.e. Nanning Pumiao Mill,

had a piece of barren and hilly land (about 80 mu, equivalent to 5.3 hectares) taken in 2010

before the project identification. As the land was later been used for its BAT/BEP investment

activities, the World Bank’s OP 4.12 was triggered. A due diligence review for this piece of

land was conducted and a due diligence review report was prepared during the project

preparation. The mill has dropped from the project.

The World Bank EHS Guidelines on pulp and paper sector provide comprehensive design,

operation and waste management measures and performance levels that are generally

considered to be achievable in new facilities by existing technology at reasonable costs.

Application of the EHS guidelines to existing facilities may involve the establishment of

site-specific measures, with appropriate timetable for achieving them.

A comparison key measures that should be adopted by the project and the EHS Guidelines is

presented in Chapter 3. Of particular importance, the EHS Guidelines explicitly indicate that

when Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) or Total Chlorine Free (TCF) bleaching technologies

are used, the concentrations of dioxins and furans in the effluents are below the detection

limits. The proposed project is in line with this principle.

A comparison of the EHS effluent guidelines and Chinese standards on wastewater discharge

from pulp and paper mill (Table 2 of GB3544-2008) has been carried out. It is noted that for

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most wastewater discharge parameters, the Chinese standards are expressed as pollutant

concentrations (mg/L) and the EHS Guidelines are expressed as pollutant mass flow rates

(kg/ton of air dry pulp1). As each of the mill has a different “wastewater-to-pulp production”

rate, mill specific comparison was made and presented in Chapter 5 Impact assessment and

mitigation measures. However, an initial comparison can be made using the maximum

allowed wastewater discharge per dry pulp produced as indicated in the Chinese standards, as

is shown in Table 5a.

Table 5a Comparison between EHS effluent guidelines and GB3544-2008, Table 2

Parameters Units GB3544-2008, Table 2

Non-wood

World Bank EHS Guidelines [Non-wood, Annex B-Table 1(l)]

pH 6~9 6~9

color Times 50 /

TSS kg/Adt 1.62 2

BOD5 kg/Adt 1.08 2

CODcr kg/Adt 4.86 30

NH3-N kg/Adt 0.43 /

T-N kg/Adt 0.65 0.5

T-P kg/Adt 0.04 0.05

AOX-Workshop kg/Adt 0.65 /

Dioxin-Workshop TEQ ng/Adt 1.62 /

Wastewater

discharge* t/Adt 54 50

* The EHS Effluent Guidelines does not include in the wastewater discharge the cooling water and other clean

water while the national standards do. Since cooling water and other clean water are recycled in the mills to the

extent possible, resulting very small amount of final discharge (1-2 m3/Adt) into the wastewater system.

Therefore the comparison is the considered made on the same basis.

It is noted from the comparison study that the applicable non-wood EHS effluent guidelines

does not have requirements on dioxins or AOX. The results show that generally the Chinese

GB3544-2008 standards are more stringent than the EHS effluent guidelines, except that the

Total Nitrogen (TN) and wastewater discharge slightly surpass the EHS effluent guidelines.

Mill specific comparison of the discharge compliance is presented in the impact assessment

chapter.

Further, a study on international dioxins standards for pulp production is conducted. Table 5b

shows that the Chinese dioxin standard is comparable with internal standards for the pulp

sector in general.

Table 5b Comparison of Chinese and International Dioxin Standards for Pulp Production

Country Dioxin Effluent Standard

Canada* 15 pg/L;

1 air dry pulp refers to dry pulp that is 90% dry

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USA** TCDD 10 pg/L; TCDF 31.9 pg/L

EU *** no specific limit values; ECF “eliminates 2,3, 7, 8 TCDD/F to non detectable limits

World Bank

Group****

No specific limit values. ECF processes are acceptable and will bring TCDD/TCDF

below detection limits.

* Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Regulations (SOR/92-267); Reference Method

for the Determination of Polychlorinated Dibenzoparadioxins (PCDD) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans

(PCDF) in Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents (Report EPS 1/RM/19, 1991)

** USEPA, 40 CFR Parts 63, 261, and 430 (Effluent Guidelines - Pulp and Paper Rulemaking Actions - Final

Pulp and Paper Cluster Rule)

*** EU, 2001, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPCC Directive).

**** World Bank Group, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Pulp and Paper Sector

For air emissions, the assessment should addresses a review of actual monitoring data of the

malodorous gases, Particulate Matters (PM), SO2 and NOx in the process gases (recovery

boiler) and flue gases (steam/power generation boilers). Several relevant EHS emissions

guidelines should be used for the comparison, including the Pulp and Paper Guidelines for

process gases emitted from recovery boilers, EHS General Guidelines for boilers whose total

rated heat input capacity is less than 50MWt; and EHS Thermal Power Plants Guidelines for

boilers whose total rated heat input capacity is more than 50MWt.

For noises, noises from mechanical equipment such as vacuum pump, transport and

other physical activities should be compared against applicable national and EHS Guidelines

as well.

5 Potential Environmental and Social Impacts

5.1 Typical Non-wood Pulping Processes

The non-wood pulping process varies slightly depending on the type of raw materials. Figures

1to 4 show the flowchart of pulping process of bamboo, bagasse, straw, and reed.

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Figure 1 Typical Process Flowchart of Bamboo Pulping Process

Figure 2 Typical Process Flowchart of Bagasse Pulping Process

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Figure 3 Typical Process Flowchart of Straw Pulping Process

Figure 4 Typical Process Flowchart of Reed Pulping Process

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5.2 Environmental and Social Impacts

Waste streams from a pulp and paper mills normally include wastewater, air emissions and

solid wastes, as described in below.

Wastewater discharge before and after the project. The primary driver for pulp and paper mills

to implement the project is to ensure compliance with the more stringent national wastewater

discharge standards for pulp and paper sector (Table 2, GB3544-2008), as discussed in Table

4 of in Chapter 4. The standard listed elevated requirements for COD, NH3-N, water

consumption and dioxins. Through implementing ECF based technical upgrading, the mills

will be able to substantially avoid or reduce the generation of dioxins that otherwise can be

produced in the elemental chlorine based bleaching process. The overall wastewater effluent

quality should be improved through the application of Stockholm Convention BAT/BEP.

Solid waste. The typical solid wastes produced in pulp and paper mills include residuals from

raw materials preparation process, white sludge (lime mud) produced in the alkali recovery

process, wastewater treatment sludge, and other residuals and wastes from production process.

These wastes are non-hazardous in accordance with national standards and the EHS

Guidelines; and are either recycled in the mills or disposed of safety in line with relevant

regulations. Other potentially hazardous wastes, such as chemical residues or grease are very

small in terms amount. Classification, segregation and disposal of the hazardous wastes are

carried out in line with relevant regulations.

Air emissions. Stockholm Convention BAT/BEP on pulp and paper mills normally do not

address air emissions. Nevertheless, considering the overall environmental compliance and

the World Bank EHS guideline requirements, the air emission assessment should addresses

malodorous gases, Particulate Matters (PM), SO2 and NOx in the process gases (recovery

boiler) and flue gases (steam/power generation boilers).

Noises. Noises from mechanical equipment such as vacuum pump, transport and other

physical activities should be effectively mitigated through engineering and other reduction

measures.

Emergency prevention and response. Risks associated with pulp and paper mills’ operation

include a) the accidental leakage of black liquid and cooking liquid, b) releases of chemicals

such as methanol, c) accidental breakdown of waste management system, and d) fire or

explosion. Risk prevention and mitigation measures and emergency response should be built

into mills’ regular management system and the project EMPs.

EHS management system. Comprehensive environmental, health and safety mangment

system is critical for the operation of any pulp and paper mills. These include an

environmental and safety office with dedicated staff, environmental management and

occupational safety regulations, operational monitoring and emergency management plan etc.

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6. Procedures to Address Environmental and Social Issues

6.1 Environmental and Social Screening (Step 1)

Pulp and Paper mills to be supported for FSR development under the project will be

identified through environmental and social screening, technical and financial

performance evaluation. Only those mills that meet the conditions set out in the

eligibility criteria in this ESMF will be funded.

The project is assigned Category A for environmental purpose, given the nature and

potential scale of the project’s potential impacts. Experiences learnt from the

already-appraised mills show that normally BAT/BEP based technical renovations

take place within a mill and close to other production processes. Workshop for

accommodating new process equipment can be built within or next to existing

buildings in a mill.

Therefore, it is not expected that any mill to be supported by the project will involve

additional land acquisition, natural habitats or physical cultural resources issues. If the

environmental and social screening practices for a specific mill indicate any such

safeguard policies may be triggered, the mill is not eligible for the project.

Annex 1 to this EMSF provides an environmental and social screening form for identify

safeguard policy issues and determination of needed safeguard instrument.

FECO will be responsible for filling the form and submit to the World Bank for review and

clearance, as part of its evaluation report of mill selection.

6.2 Preparing Environmental and Social Documents (Step 2)

Annex 2 provides a generic terms of reference (TOR) for EA preparation. Annex 3

provides a generic EMP. The two documents are guidance on how to prepare

environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental management plan (EMP)

for specific pulp and paper mills.

The EA should include the following aspects:

Task 1: Project Description and Environmental Screening;

Task 2: Review of Legal and Regulation Framework

Task 3: Review of Current Mill Operation, its Environmental, Health and

Safety (EHS) Management System and Performance

Task 4: Alternative Analysis

Task 5: Environmental and Social Baseline

Task 6: Project Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation

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Task 7: Information Disclosure and Public Consultation

Task 8: Environmental Management Plan

FECO will work with selected pulp and paper mills to engage qualified environmental

impact assessment consultant to prepare the EIA and EMP.

6.3 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure (Step 3)

There are two documents to be considered for public consultation and disclosure: this

ESMF document and future EIAs and EMPs. FECO has discussed with China Paper

Association and provincial Environmental Protection Departments to discuss the

ESMF. A summary of these discussions, and suggested ESMF modifications have

been incorporated into the ESMF. The full draft ESMF was disclosed at the website of

FECO on June 20, 2016.

In future when specific mills are identified and in the course of EA preparation, draft

EIA and EMP should be locally disclosed and public consolation should be carried out

in accordance with domestic EIA law and OP4.01. Since the project is assigned

Category A, at least two rounds of public consultation should be carried out, i.e. (1)

TORs stage and (2) after draft EIA is available. People to be consulted should include

local affected communities/institutions/business, local governments, plant workers etc.

The means of consultation should cover public meetings, individual interviews and

questionnaire survey. The EIA and EMP should be fully disclosed locally and at the

Bank’s InfoShop.

6.4 Review and Approval (Step 4)

Within the project management framework, FECO will be responsible for review and

approval of all EIA and EMP. As per Chinese EIA law, local environmental protection

bureau will be responsible for the review and approval of the EIA as well. The Bank

will review and provide clearance to the EIA and EMP if the quality is satisfactory to

the Bank safeguard requirements.

Designed BAT/BEP investment should not start prior to the approval of the EIA and

EMP by FECO, the World Bank and local environmental protection bureaus.

6.5 Implementation (Step 5)

The selected mills will be responsible for the implementation of its specific EMP. The

selected mill, in turn, will require the construction contractor to be response for

mitigation and monitoring activities during construction.

7 Grievance Redress Mechanism

Grievance redress refers the mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of affected

peoples’ concerns, complaints, and grievances about the project’s performance,

including concerning environmental and social impacts and issues. The grievance

mechanism should address affected people's concerns and complaints promptly, using

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a transparent process that is responsive, culturally appropriate, and readily accessible

to all segments of the affected people at no costs and without retribution. The

mechanism should not impede access to the country’s judicial or administrative

remedies. The redress mechanism should be communicated to the communities and

included in relevant project documents. A mill specific grievance redress mechanism

should be included in the EMP of a selected mill.

8 Institutional Arrangement and Capacity Building

FECO: FECO as the central PMO will take overall responsibility for conducting

selection and evaluation of candidate mills based their technical and financial

performance and environmental and social track records. FECO will also in

collaboration with selected pulp and paper mills to select consultants for the

preparation of FSR and environmental assessment documents. FECO has built a

dedicated project management team to manage the project including safeguards

aspects.

Pulp and Paper Mills: The mills have the duty to conform to the latest national or

local discharge standards for dioxin and other conventional pollutants and carry out

necessary BAT/BEP technical renovation. Prior to BAT/BEP renovation, the mill shall

work with FECO to hire EIA consultant to prepare EIA and EMP. Technical

renovation can only start after the EIA and EMP have been reviewed and approved by

environmental protection authority. The mills also need to make available to the

public the BAT/BEP renovation content, the expected degree of clean production after

renovation, the potential impacts and mitigation measures. Environmental information

shall be disclosed to the public in a timely fashion during the course of construction

and operation. Mills are obliged to carry out environmental protection works and

measures as suggested in the approved EIA report and shall ensure the proper

operation of environmental protection facilities.

EIA Consultant. An environmental impact assessment agency shall perform EIA

pursuant to state laws, regulations, policies, and relevant administrative requirements

and Bank safeguards policies. An EIA consultant shall analyze and describe, in a

scientific and professional manner, potential environmental and social impacts the

BAT/BEP plan taken by mills and shall propose feasible mitigation measures to

manage negative environmental and social impacts and risks.

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Annex 1 Environmental and Social Screening Form

Screening Form for Potential Environmental & Social Safeguards Issues

This form is to be used by the Implementing Agency for to screen potential environmental

and social safeguards issues of proposed BAT/BEP renovation for a candidate mill, Bank policies

triggered, determine mill eligibility, and the instrument to be prepared for the mill.

Subproject Name

Subproject Location

Subproject Proponent

Start/Completion Date

Questions Answer If Yes

WB Policy

triggered

Documents

requirement if

Yes yes no

Are the proposed BAT/BEP technical renovation

likely to have potentially significant adverse

environmental and social impacts that are

sensitive2

, diverse of unprecedented? Please

provide a brief description.

OP 4.01

Environmental Assessment

EIA and EMP

Will the proposed BAT/BEP technical renovation

adversely impact physical cultural resources?3

Please provide brief justification:

OP 4.11 Physical

Cultural Resources

If Yes, the mill

is not eligible


involve the conversion or degradation of

non-critical natural habitats? Please provide brief

justification:

OP 4.04 Natural

Habitats

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible


involve the significant conversion or degradation

of critical natural habitats4?

OP 4.04 Natural

Habitats

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible

Does the proposed BAT/BEP technical renovation

involve procurement of pesticides (either directly

through the project, or indirectly through

on-lending, co-financing, or government

counterpart funding), or may affect pest

management in a way that harm could be done,

even though the project is not envisaged to

procure pesticides?

OP4.09 Pest

Management

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible

2 Sensitive (i.e., a potential impact is considered sensitive if it may be irreversible - e.g., lead to loss of

a major natural habitat, or raise issues covered by OP 4.04, Natural Habitats; OP 4.36, Forests; OP 4.10,

Indigenous Peoples; OP 4.11, Physical Cultural Resources; or OP 4.12, Involuntary Resettlement; or in

the case of OP 4.09, when a project includes the manufacture, use, or disposal of environmentally

significant quantities of pest control products); 3 Examples of physical cultural resources are archaeological or historical sites, including historic urban

areas, religious monuments, structures and/or cemeteries particularly sites recognized by the

government. 4 Subprojects that significantly convert or degrade critical natural habitats such as legally protected,

officially proposed for protection, identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value,

or recognized as protected by traditional local communities, are ineligible for Bank financing.

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Does the proposed BAT/BEP technical renovation

involve involuntary land acquisition, loss of assets

or access to assets, or loss of income sources or

means of livelihood? Please provide brief

justification:

OP 4.12

Involuntary Resettlement

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible

Are there any ethnic minority communities present

in the candidate mill area and are likely to be

affected by the proposed sub-project negatively or

positively? Please provide brief justification:

OP 4.10

Indigenous

People

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible


have the potential to have impacts on the health

and quality of forests or the rights and welfare of

people and their level of dependence upon or

interaction with forests; or aims to bring about

changes in the management, protection or

utilization of natural forests or plantations? Please

provide brief justification:

OP4.36 Forestry

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible


have the potential to have significant impacts or

significant conversion or degradation of critical

natural forests or other natural habitats?

OP4.36 Forestry

If Yes, the

sub-project is not

eligible

Conclusion and Safeguards Instruments Required:

The proposed BAT/BEP technical renovation for the mill is eligible or ineligible, and the

following safeguards instruments will be prepared:

1. _______________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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Annex 2 Generic Terms of Reference for Environmental Assessment

1. Background

The National Implementation Plan (NIP) of the People’s Republic of China for Stockholm

Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has listed pulping and papermaking industry as one of the

country’s six priority industries for POPs reduction. Due to the scarcity of timber resources, non-wood

fiber pulping enterprises take a considerable proportion in this sector in China. Lack of Best Available

Technologies sand Best Environmental Practices (BAT/BEP) for small scale non-wood pulp and paper

mills has been identified as a key barrier for the sector to control unintended POPs (UPOPs) releases,

as well as to improve the sector’s overall environmental performance. In order to help China implement

its responsibility under the Convention, achieve reduction of UPOPs and other pollutants and

eventually facilitate the sustainable development of the sector, Ministry of Environmental Protection

(MEP) and the World Bank (WB) are working together to implement UPOPs reduction from non-wood

pulping and papermaking sector through promoting BAT/BEP. In accordance with PRC Environmental

Impact Assessment Law and World Bank operational policies and procedures, environmental

assessment is required for the application of BAT/BEP at participating pulp and paper mills.

2. Objective

The objective of the program is to help each participating mill prepare or revise the Environmental

Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan in a manner that is satisfactory to China’s

national regulations as well the World Bank safeguard policies and procedures as well.

Note: The EA ToR should be specific to each participating mill to meet its specific conditions and

BAT/BEP requirements, and s

3. Scope of Work

The proposed BAT/BEP activities of the mill may include: raw material pretreatment, renovation

of pulping, installing O2 and ClO2 production system; decommissioning of existing pulping system and

other applicable Stockholm Convention BAT/BEP.

Task 1: Project Description and Environmental Screening:

Project Description: Clearly spell out what the existing facilities and processes are, what specific

changes are proposed under the project (technical process and facilities both), and what new facilities

will be added and what facilities will be decommissioned. Well-designed flow charts are needed to

present such information.

Environmental screening and scoping: including impacts associated with operational and

construction stages as well. The potential impacts of the BAT/BEP application upon the natural

environment, ecological environment and social environment are to be identified based on the relevant

general environmental impacts of the mill activities and POPs-specific environmental impacts.

Following the screening, identify assessment scope of the EIA, the pattern and scale of certain impacts.

Identify key project environmental impacts and risks, such as the characteristic pollutants, hazardous

and those sensitive to the environment, health and safety.

Based on project content and its environmental screening and scoping, this chapter shall indicate

the area of influence of the mill activities, the EIA category (Category A), EA document type (an EIA,

an EMP and an Executive Summary).

Good quality map of the project location and paper mill layout shall be included.

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Task 2: Review of Legal and Regulation Framework:

Domestic: Environmental protection, circular economy, clean production, EIA, water pollution

control, hazardous material management, discharge fee, industrial/sector development policy,

environmental standards, technical guidelines, etc.

World Bank: OP4.01 Environmental Assessment and screening of other World Bank safeguards

policies and procedures; Information Disclosure; World Bank Group Environmental Health and Safety

Guidelines: including the General Guideline and specific guideline for Pulp and Paper Mills.

A review on the comparison between China National Standard: Pulp and Paper Water Pollution

Discharge Standard GB3544-2008 and other international standards, including EU, HELCOM=17/9,

US, Germany, etc shall be included in this chapter.

A review on the punishment methodology on exceeding-standard discharge shall be included in

this chapter, including review of the Condition 74 of PRC Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law

and relevant Ningxia regional/local regulations, if any, in this respect.

A review of national and provincial or local financial/policy support to encourage such BAT/BEP

practices shall be included in this chapter.

Task 3: Review of Current Mill Operation, its Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Management System and Performance

An overall and systematic review of the current production process of the mill, using well

designed flow chart, to demonstrate all the material balance and waste streams throughout the process.

Good quality map and photos are needed.

Then the EIA shall review the treatment of all these wastes, and verify the compliance status with

applicable national regulations and standards. A quantitative review of the waste generation and

discharge is needed (including dioxin if information available)

The EIA shall also review the environmental, safety and health management system and capacity

of the project mill, in terms of its institutional arrangement, current performance, monitoring and

compliance status, environmental protection budget, any certification obtained such as ISO14001

obtained, safety emergency response procedure. If any gap is identified, then specific capacity building

measures shall be built in the EMP of the project.

Task 4: Alternative Analysis

EIA will need to describe alternative analysis in terms of comparisons between “with and without

project” scenario, applicable technologies relevant to BAT/BEP and dioxins reduction, compatibility

with national, industrial, local and sector development plans, different resource conservation and waste

control strategies, and technical designs.

Alternative analysis on substitute technologies, and waste control and/or resource saving measures

shall be addressed, through comprehensive comparison of environmental, social, technical and

economic considerations.

Task 5: Environmental and Social Baseline

The EIA shall provide clear description of the ambient environment of the project, including

natural, ecological and social-economics, using good quality maps and photos to present the current

surrounding environment of the project site, in particular water quality situation of effluent receiving

water body. Sensitive receptors, if any, such as the nearby households, receiving water bodies,

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protected areas, shall be clearly described and mapped.

Task 6: Project Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation

Based on the review of the existing operations, the renovation shall be described in detail with the

specific changes: what new process will adopted, what new facilities will be required, what the waste

streams will be, and what the discharge level and amount of waste are foreseen during furture operation.

These data will be used to demonstrate the environmental benefits of BAT/BEP (reduction of discharge

level and total amount) compared with the existing operation.

Analysis should be made as to the potential impacts after the application of BAT/BEP, including

the change in release of TSS, COD/BOD, ammonia nitrogen, AOX and Dioxins and other pollutants

and the change in consumption of raw materials and resources; in addition, prediction should be made

about the trend of the environmental impacts. This should include any significant impacts on the

ambient environment including potential downstream effects as well as cumulative impacts with in the

area of influence of the project.

Construction impacts shall be addressed too. The EIA shall address the potential impacts related to

decommissioning, including proper handling of dismantlement, transportation, disposal of

material/waste. Special attention should be given to hazardous waste/materials if any.

The EIA shall address the potential impacts (or demonstrate no impact) on nearby sensitive sites,

e.g. residential areas.

Besides normal operation, the EIA shall also address the accidental break-down scenario in terms

of potential pollution emissions, impacts and mitigation measures.

Note: in additional to typical environmental impacts, this chapter shall clearly spell out the health

and safety considerations.

Task 7: Information Disclosure and Public Consultation

Two rounds of public consultation as per World Bank policy OP4.01 and national regulations are

needed, i.e. (1) TORs stage and (2) after draft EIA is available. People to be consulted: local affected

communities/institutions/business, local governments, plant workers etc. Means of consultation: public

meetings, individual interviews and questionnaire survey.

Information disclosure: initial disclosure of project information and potential environmental issues

on newspaper, second disclosure of full draft EIA/EMP reports with newspaper announcement. Internet

information disclosures are encouraged.

It is important to record the details of these two rounds of consultation in the EIA report (the

consultation process, i.e. date, locations, number/type of people participated, key issues raised and how

these issues are addressed in EIA and the project design). The draft EIA shall be disclosed in publicly

accessible places (e.g. local government and/or internet) with announcement published through local

newspaper.

Task 8: Environmental Management Plan

Note: A stand-alone Environmental Management Plan report needs to be prepared. A summary of

the EMP needs to be included in the EIA report.

EMP will serve as a tool for the paper mill to ensure effective environmental management during

project construction and operation, as well as a tool for the Bank to supervise the environmental

performance of the project mill.

The EMP includes the following aspects: implementation arrangement, mitigation measures and

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the schedule coordinated with operation and construction, institutional responsibilities(environmental

management and supervision organization setup, institutional arrangements for each party involved,

responsibilities and staff capacity requirements); for implementation, environmental supervision and

monitoring program, and trainings of related personnel in pollution control, monitoring technologies,

environmental management budget, training and capacity building plan. Occupational health, safety

issues, emergency response procedures shall also be included in the EMP.

The mitigation measures are suggested to be grouped into the following parts:

1. Impacts that require mitigation measures related to the operation of the new technology

including future EMS and safety considerations.

2. Impacts and measures related to decommissioning of old facilitites.

3. Remedial measures and/or environment management measures to address pre-existing

impacts that should be addressed in the future to ensure full environmental compliance or improve

environmental performance. These will include measures to strengthen the existing environmental

management system (EMS) based on the review of EMS and proposed mitigation activities so

that the EMS could function effectively to address EM issues after the BAT/BEP adoption.

In particular, the monitoring plan for dioxins, as part of the project component, shall be clearly

referenced in the EMP.

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Annex 3 Generic Environmental Management Mitigation Measures

I. Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Design Stage

Table 1 Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Design Stage

Activity Impact Measures Implem

entation

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

Pulp making bleaching Water

pollution Apply ECF bleaching technology

P&P

Mill / /

Waste water discharged from

waste water treatment station

Water

pollution

Treated with preliminary sedimentation pool+ regulation pool +selection

pool+ aeration pool+ secondary sedimentation pool+ coagulative

precipitation pool

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

Final effluent of waste water Water

pollution

Waste water emitted from waste water treatment station after meeting the

requirements in GB 3544-2001 “Discharge standard of water pollutants for

paper making industry” shall enter oxidation pond for further treatment.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

Emission of smoke from alkali

furnace

Air

pollution

Current alkali recovery system is equipped with three alkali liquor furnace,

the dust in the smoke from 1 # and 2# alkali recovery furnace is removed

through 3-electric field, and the dust in the smoke from 3# alkali recovery

furnace is removed through spraying, washing and water film method.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

Emission of dust of raw materials Air

pollution

The dust is removed through precipitator, wheat straw and dust enter duct

collection room for temporary storage and are sent to reuse

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

/

Emission of waste gas from

chlorine dioxide preparation

workshop

Air

pollution

This technical renovation programme used R8 to produce chlorine dioxide,

the process is simple; the equipments are mature, easy to operation and

regulate. The tail gas after washing in chlorine dioxide absorption tower is

little. And nearly no pollutants will be generated during preparation process.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

/

Fugitive emission of waste gas Air The coal in the factory is stored outdoor, and the measure of spraying is P&P Environmental /

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entation

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

pollution conducted to prevent dust in coal yard. Mill Protection

Bureau

Raw materials scraps generated in

Material preparation workshop,

pulp residues generated in pulp

making section, white mud, green

mud and a small amount of lime

residue generated in alkali

recovery section, sludge generated

in waste water treatment station

SW (Solid

waste)

pollution

Raw materials scraps and dust is used as fertilizer; pulp residues is used in

paper making workshop; white mud is temporarily stored in SW storage

yard and planned to be used as desulfurizer; green mud and lime residue is

land-filled, household waste is transported by environmental health

department; sludge generated in waste water treatment station is used as

fertilizer in forest base.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

/

The operation of equipments

generating noise such as

chaff-cutter, grass chopper, pump

and millstone in material

preparation section

Noise

Pollution

1. equipments with low noise level shall be used to reduce noise from the

source; assign equipments with noise reasonably, separate low noise area

from high noise area; place equipment with high noise level away from

office area and residential area to reduce the impact of noise.

2. Strengthen the maintenance of mechanical equipment, and take sound

insulation and sound-proofing measures on mechanical equipments as major

noise sources. Install silencer on air hoses according to the spectral

characteristics of noise. For key noise sources like air blower room, se noise

elimination measure such as noise insulation room or green belt noise

insulation screen can be taken under the condition without influencing

operation. For pumps or electrical machines, shock absorption measures

shall be taken.

3. The noise control in workshop shall refer to the allowable noise level

standard of special workshops to select equipments or change working time.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

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entation

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

Sound insulation operation room can be set up when conditions permit.

Workers working in high noise level environment shall wear necessary

protection tools and reduce working hours according to stipulation of labor

protection standards.

4. Submersible sewage pump shall be used for waste water pump and sludge

pump.

5. Transportation of sludge shall comply with specified transportation lines

and time to reduce the impact of transportation noise on area near

transportation lines.

6. Green belts shall be set in factory or at factory boundary. Plant

broad-leave tree species at factory boundary and increase the height of

factory wall thus to reduce noise.

II Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Construction Period

Table 2 Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Construction Period

Activity Impact Measures

Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

Dust from dismantling and transportation

of waste or old equipments and facilities,

site smoothing and clearing, piling,

excavation and backfill of earth and stone,

Dust,

tail gas,

and

volatile

1. During dismantling and transportation of waste or old equipments and

facilities, land excavation and drilling, water shall be sprayed at dry land

of dismantling, excavation and drilling area to maintain certain humidity;

during earth and stone backfill, water shall be sprayed at dry surface earth

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

road pouring, movement of construction

equipments, loading and unloading,

transportation and storage of contraction

materials, tail gas from all types of

mechanical equipments and transportation

vehicles; volatile gas from the painting

and coating used in construction period

gas to prevent dust during backfill operation.

2. Transport waste such as soil in time, solid road surface and spray

regularly.

3. The vehicles transporting construction materials and dismantled waste

such as lime, cement, earth and stone, construction garbage and

dismantled waste shall be in good conditions, be covered tightly with

canvas, be loaded too fully thus to ensure no dropping during

transportation. Closed tank truck shall be used to transport dry cement to

cement storage warehouse through closed system.

4. Transportation vehicles is prohibited to overload shall move at low

speed or under limited speed to reduce dust. Transportation roads in

construction area shall be cleaned and washed in time.

5. Regularly wash the wheel and under-pan of vehicles to reduce the soil

left on land. The soil left on land during transportation shall be cleared in

time to prevent much dust in road and thus reduce the dust during vehicles

transportation.

6. Use semi-finished products, finished products such as commercial

concert, commercial (wet) cement and pre-cast cement parts as much as

possible, reduce use of dry cement, reduce the use and storage of coarse

materials (sand, cement, etc) easy to generate dust.

7. Avoid outdoor storage of materials easy to generate dust. Concrete

mixing plant shall be set indoor. Cement and other fine particle materials

shall be stored in warehouse or covered tightly.

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

8. It is suggested that closed construction method is used and set screen at

the construction boundary which not only prevent the entry of irrelevant

people, but play the role of noise insulation, dust prevention and reducing

visual pollution.

9. In case of weather with 4th

scale wind or above, dismantling and

excavation work shall be stopped.

10. Strengthen the maintenance of mechanical equipments and vehicles,

do not use poor fuel, ensure no black smoke of incomplete combusted is

emitted and tail gas is emitted after meeting requirements.

11. Construction unit and unit undertaking the project shall assign

necessary full-time or part-time environmental protection supervisor,

responsible for supervising the implementation of air pollution prevention

and treatment measures, and properly solveing problems in time.

Dismantling,earth and stone work,

foundation, structure and fitment, etc

Noise 1. set the fixed noise sources with noise level above 80dB(A) such as air

compressor, electronic saw in room and the room’s sound insulation effect

shall be better than 15dB(A). For those must set outdoor, temporary sound

insulation room or sound insulation screen shall be set.

2. Work such as transportation of construction materials and construction

waste, excavation, piling, land clearing, pneumatic pick shall be done at

day, a screen of 6-8 m shall be set at the construction boundary to reduce

noise., and hard material shall be used at the outside of the screen.

3. Only work of low noise level such as lifting shall be done at night. The

use of pile driver, soil shifter, excavator. If continuous operation is needed

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

for special reasons, approval from government department shall be gained

in advance.

4. Avoid many motive power machines working at the same construction

site thus to avoid high sound level in certain part.

5. When conditions permit, equipment of high noise level shall be set far

away from sensitive areas (especially Xiangjiazhuang in Jiaqu Village

closely near at the southeast of the programm).

6. Use the exist buildings in the factory as sound screen to reduce noise.

7. Equipment of low noise level shall be selected as much as possible, for

example, use hydraulic machines to replace fuel machines, use

high-frequency vibrator.

8. Fix mechanical equipments and earth excavating and transporting

machines such as excavator and soil shifter. Noise can be reduced by

silencer at exhaust pipe and insulating the vibrating parts of motor.

9. The noise level of equipment may be increased for the vibration of

loose parts or damage of silencer, thus motive power machines shall be

regularly maintained and repaired.

10. Unused equipment shall be turned off in time to reduce the working

time of noise sources.

11. Transportation vehicles shall move at low speed and decrease times of

whistle after entering construction site.

12. Mechanical equipment as noise sources shall be operated according to

operation procedures to reduce noise generated by faulty operation.

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

13. Replace the whistle, clock, and flute with modern communication

equipment to command work.

14. sound insulation screen shall be set at northwest of Xiangjiazhuang in

Jiaqu Village, east of Zhaojia Shaofang in Shimiao Village, north of

programme boundary, and south of Shimiao Village to minimize the

adverse impact of construction noise on nearby sensitive points.

15. Optimize construction plan, reasonably arrange construction time, thus

to minimize the adverse impact of construction noise. At the stage of

programme tendering and bidding, the measures to reduce noise pollution

shall be set as the design content and clarified in contract.



responsible for supervising the implementation of noise pollution

prevention and treatment measures, properly solving problems in time and

cooperating local environmental protection departments in their law

enforcement work.

Household waste water of construction

workers, waste water containing sludge

generated from washing of transportation

vehicles, waste water containing sludge

generated from washing of stored

construction materials by rain, waste

water containing oil generated from

Waste

water

1. Waste discharge pipeline shall be prepared before construction;

household waste water of construction workers after treated in Digestion

tank and waste water generated from construction work after treated in

sedimentation pool shall enter waste water treatment station through

prepared waste discharge pipeline for treatment. Waste water shall not

run without control and is prohibited to emitted to water bodies such as

Yellow River.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

Monitoring

Station

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

leakage of construction mechanical

equipment, waste water containing oil

generated from washing of outdoor

mechanical equipment by rain.

2. Mechanical equipment and transportation vehicles shall not be washed

in construction area and shall be covered with canvas in case of rain.

3. Maintain mechanical equipment regularly to minimize the possibility of

leakage.



responsible for supervising the implementation of waste water pollution

prevention and treatment measures.

SW from dismantling and waste earth and

stone in building project, metal waste

from installation, waste cement, brick,

lime and sand during construction,

household waste of construction workers

such as kitchen waste, waste water bottle

and daily waste in office area.

Constru

ction

garbage

and

househo

ld

garbage

1. The land get and fill are equal, the waste earth and stone can be filled or

poured in road.

2. Construction and household waste shall be cleared in time, freely

discard and storage is not allowed. 3. Temporary closed garbage station

shall be set in construction area and be cleared in time.

4. Metal waste from dismantling and installation, waste cement, brick,

lime and sand during construction, equipment package shall be sent to

relevant department for recycling.

5. Household waste during construction period shall be treated separated

by environmental protection department and shall not be mixed with

construction garbage.

6. Waste in digestion tank shall be cleared regularly to avoid polluting

environment.

7. Minimize the pollution of leaked oil to soil.


P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

/

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party


responsible for supervising the implementation of SW pollution

prevention and treatment measures.

Change of natural feature caused by

excavation of earth and stone project,

damage of natural and artificial vegetation

on surface, water and soil loss,

degradation of soil fertility, damage of

natural landscape

Ecology 1. Strictly comply with “three the same time” system in “Law of Water

and Soil Conservation” , i.e. water and soil conservation facilities shall be

to designed, constructed and finished at the same time with main project.

2. Strengthen the protection of water and soil conservation facilities such

as land surface and vegetation. Do not discard waste residue and soil

freely.

3. Close and beautify construction area, enclose the buildings in structure

period to decrease visual pollution.

4. Avoid earth and stone excavation work in rainy season to reduce water

and soil loss.

5. plant trees after construction to recover landscape.

P&P

Mill

Environmental

Protection

Bureau

/

Trucks are needed to transport dismantled

waste equipments and SW during

construction from construction site and

transport cement, stone, lime, earth and

brick needed for construction to

construction site

traffic 1. Reasonably arrange transportation time, avoid heavy transportation

work at traffic peak.

2. Special entrance and exit for transportation vehicles shall be set and

special traffic supervisor shall be assigned to command traffic.

P&P

Mill

交通部门

Transportation

department

/

The drop, movement, turning and break of

dismantled waste equipments and

facilities as well as constructing

Safety

risk

1. Install platform receiving dropped articles on passageways and under

conveyer.

2. The walking surface shall be water-proofing and retains no water.

P&P

Mill

有关安全部门

Relevant

safety

/

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Constr

uction

party

Supervision

Party

Monitoring

Party

equipments and facilities, crash and

falling of people when transporting

dismantled waste equipments and

facilities and operating equipments and

facilities

3. Install handrail on the channel near the constructing equipments and

facilities or at high level. The lines for vehicles and people shall be clearly

marked.

4. For moving equipment, overturn prevention measures shall be taken.

5. Stipulate the work procedures on crane not lift heavy articles above

human head.

6. For moving equipment parts (such as the involving points of chain and

chain sprocket of conveyer; rotary drum, conveying belt, pulley and roller

of conveyer; rotary drum of paper making machine, and feed belt of

grinder), safety protection device or interlock device which can prevent

workers form contact these moving parts shall be installed.

7. Conduct training to operators on safe use of construction equipments.

8. Reasonably arrange the dismantling procedures to reduce the possibility

of damage of broken fragments on human beings.

9. Regularly check and maintain construction equipments to prevent the

failure of equipments.

10.. The temporary storage yard for dismantled equipments and facilities

shall be clearly defined and the vehicles entry and leaving shall be closed

controlled.

11. The temporary storage yard for dismantled equipments and facilities

shall be equipped with shelter, chain and other device preventing

dismantled equipments and facilities from falling.

department

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Table 3 Measures to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Operation Period


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Emission of waste water Water

pollution

Waste water of proposed programme shall be treated in waste water

treatment station with preliminary sedimentation pool+ regulation pool

+selection pool+ aeration pool+ secondary sedimentation pool method.

Waste water emitted from waste water treatment station after meeting the

requirements in GB 3544-2001 “Discharge standard of water pollutants

for paper making industry” shall enter oxidation pond for further

treatment and after mixing with water from Yellow River, the water

quality can meet the requirements for day farming in GB 5084-1992

“Standards for irrigation water quality”

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Emission of smoke from alkali furnace Air

pollution

Current alkali recovery system is equipped with three alkali liquor

furnace, the dust in the smoke from 1 # and 2# alkali recovery furnace is

removed through 3-electric field, and the dust in the smoke from 3# alkali

recovery furnace is removed through spraying, washing and water film

method. Both dust and emitted SO2 from the outlet of furnaces meet the

requirements for level II in “Emission standard of air pollutants for

industrial kiln and furnace” (GB9078-1996)

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Emission of dust from raw materials scraps Air

pollution

The dust is removed through precipitator, raw materials and dust enter

duct collection room for temporary storage and are sent to reuse.

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Emission of waste gas from chlorine dioxide

preparation workshop

Air

pollution

This technical renovation programme used R8 to produce chlorine

dioxide, the process is simple; the equipments are mature, easy to

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operation and regulate. The tail gas after washing in chlorine dioxide

absorption tower is little. And nearly no pollutants will be generated

during preparation process.

Fugitive emission of waste gas Air

pollution

The coal in the factory is stored outdoor, and the measure of spraying is

conducted to prevent dust in coal yard.

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Raw materials scraps generated in material

preparation workshop, pulp residues

generated in pulp making section, white

mud, green mud and a small amount of lime

residue generated in alkali recovery section,

sludge generated in waste water treatment

station

SW

pollution

Raw materials scraps and dust is used as fertilizer; pulp residues is used in

paper making workshop; white mud is temporarily stored in SW storage

yard and planned to be used as desulfurizer; green mud and lime residue is

land-filled, household waste is transported by environmental health

department; sludge generated in waste water treatment station is used as

fertilizer in forest base.

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The operation of equipments generating

noise such as chaff-cutter, grass chopper,

pump and millstone in material preparation

section

Noise

pollution

1. Equipments with low noise level shall be used to reduce noise from the

source; assign equipments with noise reasonably, separate low noise area

from high noise area; place equipment with high noise level away from

office area and residential area to reduce the impact of noise.

2. Strengthen the maintenance of mechanical equipment, and take sound

insulation and sound-proofing measures on mechanical equipments as

major noise sources. Install silencer on air hoses according to the spectral

characteristics of noise. For key noise sources like air blower room, se

noise elimination measure such as noise insulation room or green belt

noise insulation screen can be taken under the condition without

influencing operation. For pumps or electrical machines, shock absorption

measures shall be taken.

3. The noise control in workshop shall refer to the allowable noise level

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standard of special workshops to select equipments or change working

time. Sound insulation operation room can be set up when conditions

permit. Workers working in high noise level environment shall wear

necessary protection tools and reduce working hours according to

stipulation of labor protection standards.

4. Submersible sewage pump shall be used for waste water pump and

sludge pump.

5. Transportation of sludge shall comply with specified transportation

lines and time to reduce the impact of transportation noise on area near

transportation lines.

6. Green belts shall be set in factory or at factory boundary. Plant

broad-leave tree species at factory boundary and increase the height of

factory wall thus to reduce noise.