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Appendix 3-4







World Bank Financed Project
Hubei Safe, Sustainable and Smart Agricultural Project
Environmental Codes of Practice for Land Leveling









Submitted by: Foreign Cooperation Office of
Hubei Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Prepared by: Central-Southern Safety&Environment Technology Institute Co.,
LTD

November 2019

Table of Contents
1 Overview 1
1.1 Project Background 1
1.2 Relevant Laws and Regulations and WB Safeguard Policies 3
1.3 Main Contents of the Project 3
1.4 Objective of this ECOP 7
1.5 Applicability 8
2. ECOP Management System 9
2.1 Project Implementation Organizations 9
2.2 ECOP Management System 9
2.3 Main Responsibilities of the Agencies in ECOP Management System 11
2.4 Set-up and Tasks of Environmental Management Staff 12
2.5 Environmental Management Tasks at Different Stages 13
2.6 Main Tasks and Flow Chart of Environmental Supervision During
Construction 14
2.7 Documents Management 16
3. General Requirements of ECOP 18
3.1 Environmental Protection Measures to Be Incorporated into Design
Drawings and Bidding Documents 18
3.2 Preparatory Work Before Construction 19
3.3 Environmental Management for Construction Site 20
4. Management on Construction Site 23
4.1 Environmental Impact of Construction Site 23
4.2 Management Measures of Construction Site 23
5. Management of Traffic and Transportation 26
6 Borrow and Spoil 29
6.1 Quarries and Borrow Pits 29
6.2 Spoil Pits 29
7 Water and Soil Conservation 30
7.1 Delivery of Water and Soil Conservation Measures and Schedule of
Construction and Operation 30
7.2 Prevention Zones for Major Civil Works 30
7.3 Preserved Area to Access Road 32
7.4 Preserved Area for Temporary Dumping Site for Aggregates 32
8 Ambient Air Quality Management 34
8.1 Impact Analysis of Ambient Air Quality 34
8.2 Environmental Air Quality Management Measures 35
9 Management of Acoustic Environment 37
9.1 Analysis on Impact Associated with Acoustic Environment 37
9.2 Management Measures to Vibration Environment Quality 37
9.3 Management Measures on Sound Environment 37
10. Management on Surface Water Quality 40
10.1 Analysis on Impacts on Surface Water Quality 40
10.2 Mitigation Measures to Manage Surface Water Quality 40
11. Management on Ecological Conservation and Soil Conservation 42
11.1 Analysis of Impacts on Eco-Environment 42
11.2 Mitigation Measures to Conserve Ecological Resources 42
12. Management on Solid Wastes 44
12.1 Analysis on Impact of Solid Wastes 44
12.2 Management Measures for Solid Wastes 44
13 Hazardous Waste, Inflammables and Explosive Products 46
13.1 Management Measures for Hazardous Waste and Inflammables and
Explosive Products 46
13.2 Risk Preventative Measures and Responding Plan 47
14 Public Consultation 49
14.1 General Requirement to Public Consultation 49
14.2 Methodologies of Public Ponsultation 50
15. Safety and Health during Construction 51
15.1 Analysis of Safety and Health during Construction 51
15.2 Safety and Health Measures during Construction 51
16. Cultural Heritage 53
17 Training and Education 56


Addendum ?: Summary of the Project environmental Supervision and Management
Measures
Annex ?: Site Inspection Checklist
Annex ?: Environmental Site Inspection Checklist
Annex ?: Environmental Supervisor's Notice for Correction
Annex ? Checklist for Environmental Acceptance Approval





1 Overview


1.1 Project Background

Hubei Province is located in the midstream of the Yangtze River in
Central China. It has a fertile Jianghan Plain, bordering Anhui in the
east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in
the South and Henan in the north. Hubei Province is located in the middle
latitude, with a monsoon climate. It has obvious transitional climate
characteristics from north to south. It is one of the important
agricultural production areas in China. The agricultural industry in Hubei
province includes rice, cotton, rape, tea, orange, vegetable, aquaculture
and livestock. In the past few decades, Hubei has experienced strong
economic growth. While its economy is developing rapidly, the resources and
environment constraints are more rigid. The sustainable development of
agriculture is facing a severe challenge. Food safety is of great concern,
and it is a great challenge to ensure the quality and safety of
agricultural products. The impact of global climate change on agriculture
has become more obvious. There is greater pressure to raise the level of
agricultural income. The problems and conflicts are more prominent when it
comes to: ensuring the safety of agricultural products, increasing
production revenue, protecting resources and environment, and carbon
sequestration and emission reduction. In order to solve the current dilemma
of agricultural development in Hubei province and achieve sustainable and
high efficient agriculture under the condition of climate change and
produce safe and high quality agricultural products, it is necessary to
optimize production system, improve the regulations and policies and
improve the investment environment. Hubei Province urgently needs to do
some exploration and practice in these fields.
Financial institutions such as the WB and the Global Environment
Facility (GEF) have long been committed to agricultural demonstration
projects in developing countries to help them solve the problems in
production practices. The project involves a wide range of contents,
including crop production system, animal husbandry production system,
agroforestry composite system, urban agricultural system, grain-energy
comprehensive system, as well as integrated watershed management and soil
erosion control, regional agro-ecosystem optimization and management, etc.
Project activities mainly focus on demonstration of agricultural key
technologies, application of innovative supporting policies, expansion and
promotion of public knowledge. A consensus has been reached to establish a
"food safety and product quality" framework, among China's National
Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the WB. The
framework is listed as the top priority of China's agricultural development
and will involve a series of specific initiatives. At the same time, in
order to accelerate China's agricultural transformation, the Global
Environment Facility Council proposed a framework document entitled
"Innovation and Transformation of China's Food Production System and Agro-
ecological Landscape". The urgent need of Hubei Province to solve the
agricultural dilemma is fully consistent with the long-term goal of the WB
and the GEF. In addition, Hubei Province is located in the transition area
connecting the North and South, the East and West China, which can play a
leading role to other provinces of China. Therefore, a consensus has been
reached, among Hubei Province, WB and GEF through several rounds of
consultations, to implement the Safe, Sustainable and Smart
Agriculture(SSSA) project in Hubei jointly, which is an important part of
China's framework of "food safety and product quality" and the "Innovation
and Transformation of China's Food Production System and Agro-ecological
Landscape ".
The project is led by Hubei Provincial Government and Hubei Department
of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Based on the investigation of current
situation and existing issues in agricultural industry, targeted solutions
were proposed. The project will contribute to improve product quality and
food safety regulatory system and promote sustainable development of
agriculture through implementation of safe, sustainable and smart
agricultural practices. This demonstrative project could be promoted to
other places of Hubei province, national wide and even to worldwide to
improve quality and safety of agricultural product and level of smart
agriculture. ECOPs shall be necessary in the process of implementing the
project.
The main contents of ECOP include: project introduction, setting of
environmental management organizations, implementation plan of
environmental protection measures, environmental supervision plan,
reporting procedure and document management.

1 1.2 Relevant Laws and Regulations and WB Safeguard Policies


1.2.1 Relevant Government Laws & Regulations and Policies

1) Environmental Protection Law of People's Republic of China,(Effective
date: January 1, 2015);
2) Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of People's Republic of
China(Effective date: June 27, 2017);
3) Atmosphere Pollution Prevention and Control Law of People's Republic
of China(Effective date: January 1, 2016);
4) Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law of People's Republic
of China(Effective date: April 24, 2016);
5) Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law of People's Republic of
China(Effective date: December 2018);
6) Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Protection of Cultural
Relics, (Effective date: November 2017);
7) Environmental Impact Assessment Law of People's Republic of
China,(Effective date: December 2018);
8) Regulation on Environmental Protection Management of Construction
Projects(Effective date: