Involuntary Resettlement

PRC: Hebei Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Project
Resettlement Action Plan

The Hebei Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Project will provide 1,000 MW Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Power Plant with one 63 kilometer 500 kV transmission line connecting the plant to the grid. The Project is envisaged to address the power shortage in the Hebei south power grid. When designing the Project, ADB partner Executing Agency, Hebei Electric Power Company (HEP) explored options to minimize the land acquisition and house demolition. Nevertheless, the Project will still require permanent acquisition of 576 hectares and the temporary use of 86 hectares of land and affect approximately 3,254 people.

In order to address the land acquisition and resettlement impacts of the project, HEP prepared this plan based on preliminary technical design of the Project.

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Contents

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1. Project Background [ PDF: 301kb | 42 pages ]

   1.1 Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Power Plant

   1.1.1 Brief Description of the Plant

       1.1.1.1 Power Station and Structures

       1.1.1.2 External Access Roads

       1.1.1.3 Transmission Line and Substation

   1.1.2 Benefits of the Project

       1.1.2.1 Benefits of ZPSPP

       1.1.2.2 Project Impacts and Mitigation Matters

   1.1.3 Social and Economic Background of the Project Area

       1.1.3.1 Environmental Profile of the ZPSPP

       1.1.3.2 Natural Conditions

   1.1.4 Measures to Minimize Resettlement

   1.1.5 Project Design Procedure

   1.1.6 Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan

   1.1.7 Socio-Economic Survey

       1.1.7.1 Detailed Site Investigation

       1.1.7.2 Socioeconomic Surveys

   1.1.8 Ownership and Organization of the Project

   1.1.9 Schedule of Project Construction and Implementation

   1.1.10 Relevant Laws and Regulations

   1.1.11 Ethnic Minorities

   1.1.12 Resettlers of Zhanghewan Reservoir Constructed in 1977

       1.1.12.1 Inundation Impacts and Resettlement

       1.1.12.2 Evaluation

       1.1.12.3 Expectations of Resettlers and Responses

   1.2 Rural Electrification

   1.2.1 Overview

       1.2.1.1 Shijiazhuang City

       1.2.1.2 Xingtai City

       1.2.1.3 Handan City

       1.2.1.4 Baoding City

   1.2.2 Design Procedures

   1.2.3 Description of Beneficiary Areas

   1.2.4 Areas Affected and Served by the Project

       1.2.4.1 Rural Electrification Benefits

       1.2.4.2 Impacts and Mitigation Measures

   1.3 Closure of Small Old Coal-Fired Units

   1.3.1 Brief Description of Project

   1.3.2 Design Procedure

   1.3.3 Environmental Profile

   1.3.4 Project Impact

   1.4 Irrigation

   1.4.1 Brief Description of Project

   1.4.2 Benefits

   1.5 Afforestation Program

2. Project Impacts

2.1 Impacts of ZPSPS [ PDF: 2,268kb | 41 pages ]

2.1.1 Direct Impacts

    2.1.1.1 Reservoir Inundation Impacts

    2.1.1.2 Construction Site Impacts

    2.1.1.3 Impacts of Transmission Line

2.1.2 Indirect Impacts

2.1.3 Socioeconomic Survey of Affected Areas

    2.1.3.1 Socioeconomic survey of the Reservoir Area Socioeconomic Survey

    2.1.3.2 Socioeconomic Surveys of Receiving Areas

    2.1.3.3 The Reservoir and Resettlement Areas: A Comparative Analysis

    2.1.3.4 Areas Affected by Transmission Line

2.1.4 Impact Analysis

    2.1.4.1 Analysis of Reservoir Inundation Impacts

    2.1.4.2 Villages Affected by Project Construction and Mitigation Measures

    2.1.4.3 Villages Affected by Transmission Line and Mitigation Measures

    2.1.4.4 Resettlement Area and Restoration Measures

2.2 Rural Electrification [ PDF: 66kb | 16 pages ]

2.2.1 Major Impact

2.2.2 Mitigation Measures

2.2.3 Socio-Economic Surveys of Affected Area

2.3 Closure of Thermal Power Generation Units [ PDF: 41kb | 5 pages ]

2.3.1 Impacts and Mitigation Measures

2.3.2 Socioeconomic Surveys

3. Legal Framework

3.1 Chinese Laws and Regulations on Resettlement [ PDF: 648kb | 5 pages ]

3.1.1 Regulations For Land Acquisition

3.1.2 Land Administration Law

3.1.3 Design Standard for Inundation Treatment

3.1.4 Other Laws

3.1.5 Laws and Regulations Regarding Public Participation

3.2 Detailed Summary of the Main Laws and Policies for Resettlement Planning [ PDF: 32kb | 6 pages ]

3.2.1 Land Administration Law

3.2.2 Relevant Regulations for Implementing of Land Administration Law

3.2.3 Stipulations of Compensation for Land Acquisition and Resettlement of Large- and Medium-Sized Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power Projects

3.2.4 Law of Villager Committee Organization

3.2.5 Notification of Setting up Later Period Support Fund for Hydroelectric Power Project and Reservoir Area

3.2.6 Specifications for Inundation Treatment Design

3.3 The Legal Basis for the Detailed Site Investigation

3.4 ADB Policies

3.5 Measures proposed to bridge the gap between ADB and China policies

4. Resettlement Action Plan [ PDF: 462kb | 51 pages ]

4.1 ZPSPP Mitigation and Recovery Measures

4.1.1 Planning Methodology

4.1.2 Calculation of Population to be Relocated

4.1.3 Environmental Carrying Capacity of Reservoir and Resettlement Areas

4.1.4 ZPSPP Resettlement Scheme

4.1.5 Construction Plan for the New Villages at the ZPSPP Resettlement Sites

4.1.6 Income Restoration

4.1.7 Social Adjustment for Resettlers

4.1.8 Social Adjustment Support

4.1.9 Comparison of Before and After Living Standards for Resettlers

4.1.10 Planning for Infrastructure of the ZPSPP Reservoir Area

4.2 Resettlement Action Plan for Rural Electrification

4.2 Resettlement Action Plan for Rural Electrification

4.3 Redeployment Plan for Closure of Thermal Power Units

4.3.1 Redeployment Plan

4.3.2 Newly Built and Rebuilt Power Plants

4.3.3 Training Plan for the Resettled Personnel

5. Resettlement Cost and Budget [ PDF: 98kb | 22 pages ]

5.1 Resettlement Cost Estimates

5.1.1 Principles for Resettlement Cost Estimates

5.1.2 Basis for Resettlement Cost Estimates

5.2 Compensation Standards

5.2.1 Compensation Standards for Rural Resettlement

5.2.2 Compensation Standards for Construction of Public Facilities in the ZPSPP Resettlement Areas

5.2.3 Construction Cost for Infrastructures

5.2.4 Clearance of the ZPSPP Reservoir Bed

5.2.5 Tax of Farmland Occupation

5.3 Cost Estimations for the ZPSPP Reservoir Inundation

5.4 Summary of Total Cost of ZPSPP Reservoir Inundation Costs and the Yearly Investment Plan

5.4.1 Summary of Total Cost of ZPSPP Reservoir Inundation

5.4.2 Yearly Investment Plan

5.5 Cost Estimate of Rural Electrification

5.6 Cost estimate of the closure of small old units

6. Implementation Schedule of Resettlement [ PDF: 49kb | 4 pages ]

6.1 ZPSPP Implementation Schedule

6.2 Rural electrification implementation schedule

6.3 Closure of small old coal-fired power plants

7. Institutional Arrangement [ PDF: 38kb | 15 pages ]

7.1 ZPSPP Institutional Arrangement

7.1.1 Executive Organization

7.1.2 Responsibilities of Implementation Management Organization for Resettlement

7.1.3 Staffing

7.1.4 Measures for Strengthening the Capacity of the Resettlement Institutions

7.2 Rural electrification

7.3 Closure of small thermal power plants

8. Participation and Consultation [ PDF: 84kb | 21 pages ]

8.1 Participation and Consultation in the Project Preparation Phase

8.1.1 Socioeconomic Investigations Before 2000

    8.1.1.1 Socioeconomic Investigations Before 1997

    8.1.1.2 Participation and Consultation During 1997~2000 Socioeconomic Investigations

8.1.2 Participation and Consultation during the Socioeconomic Surveys after 2000

8.2 Participation in the establishment of the RAP

8.3 Participation and Consultation with Affected Persons in the Implementation of the RAP

8.4 Women's Participation

8.5 Participation and Consultation in the rural electrification program

8.6 Participation and Consultation in the closure of small coal-fires power plants

9. Grievance and Appeals [ PDF: 13kb | 3 pages ]

9.1 The Mechanisms of Grievance and Appeals

9.2 The Appeal Procedure

10. Monitoring And Evaluation [ PDF: 31kb | 7 pages ]

10.1 Monitoring and Evaluation for ZPSPS Resettlement

10.1.1 Internal Monitoring and Supervision

10.1.2 Independent Monitoring

10.2 Monitoring and Evaluation for Rural Electrification and Closure of Power Plants

10.2.1 Rural electrification program

10.2.2 Closure of small coal-fired units

11. Entitlement Matrix [ PDF: 24kb | 2 pages ]
12. Environmental Impacts [ PDF: 51kb | 15 pages ]

12.1 ZPSPS Environmental Impacts

12.1.1 Inundated Area of ZPSPP Reservoir

12.1.2 ZPSPP Resettlement Sites

12.1.3 Impacts on the Environment and Mitigation Measures

12.2 Environment Impacts and Mitigation Measures for Rural Electrification Program

12.3 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures for the Closure of Small Thermal Power Plants

12.3.1 Major Pollutants and Environmental Impact during Units Dismantling

12.3.2 Polluting Mitigation Measures during Unit Dismantling