Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on PCB Temporary Storage in Zhejiang
under China PCBs Management and Disposal Demonstration Project

Bidding Announcement

 

Background

1.      In cooperation with the World Bank, a project titled China PCBs Management and Disposal Demonstration Project has been developed and got GEF approval on May, 2005. This project is considered as a first step of China to substantially address Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the framework of Stockholm Conventions on POPs. The key objective of this demonstration is to identify and demonstrate environmentally-sound and cost-effective policies, procedures and techniques for safely managing and disposing of China’s unique temporarily stored Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and associated PCBs-contaminated wastes (e.g., PCBs-contaminated soils and water). The State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA), through its Convention Implementation Office (CIO/SEPA), and the World Bank will be the national implementing agency and international implementing agency of this four-year demonstration project from early 2006 till the end of 2009, followed by the replication program throughout China.

2.      Zhejiang province has been identified as the demonstration province for PCBs Management, with Shenyang city of Liaoning province as the centre for final PCBs destruction. Zhejiang has found 43 PCBs storage sites and expects to identify 18 more based on preliminary inventory established. The exact locations where the PCBs are stored in the 61 PCBs storage sites will have to be identified, and the contaminated soil and wastes will be sampled and tested, after which the sites will be cleaned up. According to the project design, PCB wastes with high concentration excavated in Zhejiang will be transported to Liaoning for environmental sound management (ESM) and disposal, using facilities of Shenyang Hazardous Waste Incineration Demonstration Engineering. For this purpose, a storage facility will be established in Zhejiang to temporarily store the concentrated PCBs wastes with PCBs content of over 500 ppm until they are transported to Shenyang for final destruction.

3.      According to the ‘Law of Environmental Impact Assessment of the People’s Republic of China’ and safeguard policy of the World Bank, EIA have to be conducted for the construction of PCB storage in Zhejiang in advance. This TOR is for the assignment.

Objective

4.      The objective of this assignment is to prepare an EIA for PCB storage in Zhejiang. The EIA will:

a.       Identify potential environmental impacts of PCBs waste storage facility during both construction and operation;

b.      Analyze alternative sites and/or technical schemes for storage facility;

c.       Develop comprehensive Environmental Management Plan to avoid, minimize, mitigate or otherwise compensate the adverse environmental impacts.

Proposed Activities

5.      A consulting firm will be contracted with Convention Implementation Office, State Environmental Protection Administration (CIO/SEPA). As the project appraisal (PAD) document and Zhejiang Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report of the demonstration project are the basic documents that guide its implementation, this assignment should be closely linked with these documents. Prior to initiating any work on the EIA, the consulting firm will develop a detailed work plan for this assignment for FECO/SEPA’s approval. EIA for the PCB storage facility in Zhejiang should include:

1.        Introduction:

? Discussion on Stockholm Convention and the PCB issue in China;

? Description of the GEF PCB Demonstration Project;

? Piloting of PCB disposal in Shenyang.

? Institutional Framework:

¨        Stockholm Convention and China’s efforts to ratify it;

¨        Roles of SEPA and other national institutions (relative responsibilities of each of them and coordination among them regarding PCB management);

¨        Roles of Provincial EPB and other institutions (relative responsibilities of each of them and coordination among them regarding PCB management);

¨        Roles of Local EPB and other institutions (relative responsibilities of each of them and coordination among them regarding PCB management);

¨        Vertical coordination: Coordination among national, provincial, and local institutions.

 

2.        Legal Framework:

? National policy for managing hazardous wastes, including PCBs;
Examples include:

a.         Law of Pollution Prevention of Solid Waste of the People’s Republic of China (2005);

b.        National Catalogue of Hazardous Wastes (Huanfa[1998]089);

c.         Approval of ‘Construction Program of National Disposal Facilities of Hazardous Wastes and Medical Wastes’ (Guohan[2003]128);

d.        Technical Policies on Pollution Prevention and Control of Hazardous Wastes. (Huanfa[2001]199);

e.         Double Draft Management on the Transfer of Hazardous Waste (SEPA, 1999);

f.          Circular on Changing Impregnant of Power Capacitors [Jidian 226 (74)];

g.         Circular on Preventing Pollution Problems of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Harmful Substance [Jingji (1979) 225];

h.         Regulations on Prevention of Environmental Pollution of Electrical Equipment Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyl and its Wastes [Huguan (91) 050].

? Standards and technical codes of hazardous wastes, including PCBs;

Examples include:

a.         GB18484-2001: The Standard for Pollution Controls on Hazardous Waste Incineration;

b.        Technical requirements for the construction of centralized incineration disposal engineering for hazardous wastes (Huanfa[2004]15);

c.         GB13015-1991: Control Standard on Ploychlorinated Biphenyls for Wastes;

d.        GB18598-2001: Standard for Pollution Control on the Landfill Site for Hazardous Waste;

e.         GB18597-2001: Standard for Pollution Control on the Storage for Hazardous Waste;

f.          GB5085.1,2,3-1996: Identification Standard for Hazardous Wastes: Identification for Corrosively , Screening Test for Acute Toxicity and Identification for Extraction Procedure Toxicity;

g.         GB18218-2000: Identification of Important Hazardous Sources;

h.         GB15562.2-1995: Graphical Signs for Environmental Protection Solid Waste Storage (Disposal) Site;

i.           GBZ2-2002: Criteria for Occupational Exposure from Hazardous Factors in Working Fields.

? Other regulations and standards:

a.         Law of Environmental Impact Assessment of the People’s Republic of China, 2002;

b.        HJ/T2.1-93: Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment ? General;

c.         HJ/T2.2-93: Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment ? Atmospheric Environment;

d.        HJ/T2.3-93: Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment ? Surface Water Environment;

e.         HJ/T2.4-93: Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment ? Voice Environment;

f.          HJ/T19-93: Technical Guideline for Environmental Impact Assessment ? Non-pollution Environment;

g.         GB8978-1996: Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard;

h.         GB3095-1996: Environmental Air Quality Standard;

i.           GB3838-2002: Environmental Surface Water Quality Standard;

j.          GB/T14848-93: Environmental Groundwater Quality Standard;

k.        GB15618-1995: Environmental Soil Quality Standard;

l.           GB12348-90: Noise Criteria for Industrial Enterprises and Plants;

m.       TJ36-79: Sanitary Standard for Industrial Enterprises Design.

 

3.        Description of PCB Waste Storage Facility:

? Detailed description of project scale, investment, plane structure plot, land utilization, construction of buildings, economic indices, etc.

? Description of PCB waste which will be stored: sources, types, quantities, characteristics, etc.

? Detailed description of technology, process and equipment configuration of each unit involved in the PCB storage, which include but not limited to the following items:

a.         Main body part

? main building for PCB storage facility;

? measures to prevent penetration or adsorption;

? fire protection system;

? Central monitoring system;

? Central computing station.

b.        Pretreatment part

? Dedicated loading/unloading equipment;

? Pretreatment area and facilities for PCB wastes;

? Sorting equipment for solid waste;

? Separation equipment for semi-solid waste;

? Pretreatment equipment for liquid waste;

? Cleaning equipment of transformers, and regeneration equipments for the solvents.

c.         Storage area part

? Storage area for sorted PCB wastes;

? Ventilation and air cleaning system;

? Gas monitoring and alarm system.

d.        Supplementary part

? Containers and tools;

? Emergent facilities, equipments and materials;

? Sample preparation room;

? Waste weighing system;

? Related roads and fields.

? Analyze potential environmental issues with regards to the construction and operation of the facility.

 

4.        Baseline Envirnment

? Detailed description of the recommended site (including the proposed facility) for PCB storage in Zhejiang, including

a.         Natural condition: location, landform, climate, geology, hydrology, etc.;

b.        Social condition: residential distribution, natural sources, traffic condition, human culture, agriculture, etc.;

c.         Environmental quality: Status quo of ecological environment, air quality, groundwater quality, ambient voice quality, surface water quality, soil quality, etc. Baseline monitoring of soil, groundwater (and surface water if necessary) of PCBs shall be conducted;

d.        Public service: water supply, power supply, wastewater discharge system, etc.

? Evaluate the extent of the site’s compliance with the applicable legal requirements with respect to sitting, design, and proposed operation and management features, safety protection and monitoring, etc.;

 

5.        Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed PCB Storage Facility in Zhejiang:

? Assessment of potential environmental impacts of the proposed PCB storage facility in Zhejiang, including:

a.         EIA of ambient air: collect local climate information, select appropriate model, and assess the environmental impact using factor index method.

b.        EIA of surface water: collect local rainfall information, according to the location of wastewater treatment facility and the receiver water body, assess the environmental impact and its continuity and persistence.

c.         EIA of groundwater: investigate possible transport of PCB wastes through the sub-surface structure and into the groundwater, assess the environmental impact and its continuity and persistence.

d.        EIA of ambient noise: assess the scope and magnitude of raised noise to local residents.

e.         Impacts on soil

f.          Impacts of staff health and safety

g.         Social impact: transportation route, road safety

h.         Landscaping

? Environmental impact assessment during construction, which should address dust, water, soil erosion, vegetation/ecological impacts, noise, community disturbance, safety, environmental education of workers etc.

? Environmental Risk Assessment:

¨        Risk sources analysis;

¨        Risk effects prediction and assessment;

 

6.        Alternative Analysis

? Alternative sites analysis: comprehensive comparison of environmental, social, technical and financial aspects for optimal decision.

? Alternative storage schemes, site layout

 

7.        Environmental Management Plan

? Management agencies and their responsibilities;

? Comprehensive description of the proposed pollution control measures for those facilities having potential environmental risks as well as their construction plan; (for both construction and operation stages)

a.         Measures for preventing penetration

b.        Measures for exhaust gas

c.         Measures for wastewater

d.        Measures for noise

e.         Measures for new hazardous waste produced in the process

f.          Health and safety

g.         Social impacts

h.         Landscaping

i.           Emergency response

? Monitoring Plan, both emission (as applicable) and ambient

? Staff training plan

? Give the cost estimation of EMP

? Reporting requiremnt

 

8.        Public participation:

? The Consulting Firm should consult the project-affected groups and NGOs (in both the project demonstration area and in Beijing) about the project’s environmental aspects and should take their views into account. This project will be a Category A project according to Bank’s OP4.01 Environmental Assessment, therefore, two rounds of public consultation are required to be carried out, i.e. (a) TORs stage, when basic project/environmental information shall be provided to local people for public opinion collection; and (b) draft EIA report stage when EIA conclusion and recommended mitigation measures should be provided to local public for feedbacks. This should be an informed consultation using meaningful methods, i.e. combination of public meetings/interviews/questionnaires survey.

? The Consulting Firm should assist FECO/SEPA in disclosing the EIA at a local public place accessible to project-affected groups and NGOs.

 

9.        Appendices

? List of EA preparers;

? Records of interagency and consultation meetings, including consultations for obtaining the informed views of the affection people and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);

? Additional relevant data, reports, information.

 

Qualifications

6.      The Consulting Firm should have a second-class certificate for preparing EIAs. The Consulting Firm’s EIA team dedicated to this assignment should have a core team of at least 5 full-time, qualified staff with clearly defined responsibilities. Additional staff for specific tasks should be added as necessary.  The core team should include, at a minimum, the following:

a.         One team leader with proven experience in team management, preparation of EIAs related to hazardous waste management, and environmental compliance issues related to similar international conventions, as well as comprehensive knowledge on POPs and the POPs Convention. Experience on EIAs for GEF or WB projects is preferred.

b.         Each of the other 4 members of the project team should have an EIA Qualification Certificate and enough experience and ability to complete successfully the related investigation work and assessment.

Output

7.      The delivery of this TOR includes:

a.         The work plan for EIA on PCB storage facility in Zhejiang;

b.         Final EIA report for PCBs storage facility in Zhejiang, which fully covering all items described under the Proposed Activities.

 

Please Contact Us At or Before 22/10/2007 at 17：00hrs (Beijing time). Late bids will be rejected.Mr Ren Yong（任永）

 

Tel: 010-88577451

Fax: 010-88577447

Email: ren.yong@sepafeco.org.cn