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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (July 24) released a list of environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports for major development projects approved between April 1, 2003 and June 30, 2003.
Statutory EIA reports
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1 Tung Chung - Ngong Ping Cable Car Project - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
2 Cement Silos Addition Work in Tai Po Cement Depot -
EIA
(K. Wah Materials Limited)
3 Upgrading and Expansion of San Wai Sewage Treatment
Works and Expansion of Ha Tsuen Pumping Station -
EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
4 Proposed Submarine Gas Pipelines from Cheng Tou Jiao
Liquefied Natural Gas Receiving Terminal, Shenzhen
to Tai Po Gas Production Plant, Hong Kong - EIA
(The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited)
For non-statutory studies, the environmental assessment (EA) for the following projects were also completed.
1 Stage II Study on Review of Metroplan and the
Related Kowloon Density Study Review
(Planning Department)
2 Yuen Long, Kam Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Tin Shui Wai
Drainage Package Stage I - EA
(Drainage Services Department)
3 Preliminary Feasibility Study on Provision of Cycle
Track and Related Development Facilities between
Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan - EA
(Territory Development Department)
The reports and executive summaries of approved statutory EIAs are available at the following locations:
(a) Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO)
Register Office, EPD, 27th floor, Southorn Centre,
130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai;
(b) Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre, 221 Queen's
Road East, Wan Chai;
(c) Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre, Tak Wah
Park, Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan;
(d) Public Enquiry Centre of relevant District
Office(s); and
(e) EIAO website - http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia.
In addition, a list of EIA study briefs issued under the EIAO and ongoing non-statutory EA studies is also available at the EPD's EIAO Register Office and environmental resource centres for public inspection.
They include:
I. Statutory Studies
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1 Reclamation of Sai Wan Typhoon Shelter and
Associated Engineering Works at Cheung Chau - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
2 Remaining Development in Tung Chung and Tai Ho -
Comprehensive Feasibility Study - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
3 Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Works Extension - EIA
(Water Supplies Department)
4 Road P1 Advance Works at Yam O on Lantau Island
(Civil Engineering Department)
5 Peng Chau Helipad - EIA
(Civil Engineering Department)
6 Peng Chau Sewage Treatment Works Upgrade - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
7 New Contaminated Mud Marine Disposal Facility at
Airport East/East Sha Chau - EIA
(Civil Engineering Department)
8 Drainage Improvements in Southern Lantau - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
9 Flyover at Junction of Che Kung Miu Road/Hung Mui
Kuk Road - EIA
(Highways Department)
10 Proposed Shuen Wan Landfill Golf Course - EIA
(Home Affairs Bureau)
11 Widening of T6 Bridge, Sha Tin - EIA
(Highways Department)
12 Widening of Tate's Cairn Highway between Shek Mun
Interchange and T6 Interchange - EIA
(Highways Department)
13 Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works and Sewerage - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
14 Planning and Development Study on North East New
Territories - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
15 Drainage Improvement in Sha Tin and Tai Po - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
16 Trunk Road T4 in Sha Tin - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
17 Drainage Improvement in the Northern New Territories
- Package C - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
18 Tseung Kwan O Development Contract No. TK 44/97:
Dualling of Hang Hau Road - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
19 Tseung Kwan O Development Phase 3 - Road P2
connecting Town Centre and Western Coast Road - EIA
(Civil Engineering Department)
20 Proposed Extension of Public Golf Course of Kau Sai
Chau, Sai Kung - EIA
(The Hong Kong Jockey Club)
21 Sai Kung Sewage Treatment Works, Phase II Upgrading
- EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
22 Drainage Improvements in Sai Kung - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
23 Road Widening of Hing Wah Street - EIA
(Highways Department)
24 Drainage Improvement in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and
Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
25 Widening of Yeung Uk Road between Tai Ho Road and Ma
Tau Pa Road, Tsuen Wan - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
26 Extension of Kwai Chung Crematorium
(Architectural Service Department)
27 Shatin to Central Link - EIA
(Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)
28 Animal Cremator - EIA
(Environmental Protection Department)
29 Route 10 (North Lantau to Yuen Long Highway)
Northern Section - EIA
(Highways Department)
30 Feasibility Study of Waste-to-Energy Incineration
Facilities - EIA
(Environmental Protection Department)
31 Planning and Development Study of Potential Housing
Site near Area 1 (San Wai Court), Tuen Mun - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
32 Planning and Development Study on North West New
Territories - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
33 Upgrading of Pillar Point Sewage Treatment Works -
EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
34 Recovery Park in Tuen Mun Area 38 - EIA
(Environmental Protection Department)
35 Lau Fau Shan Development - Package 4 - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
36 Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at
Lot 1457 R.P. in DD123 - EIA
(Mutual Luck Investment Limited)
37 Yuen Long, Kam Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Tin Shui Wai
Drainage Package Stage 1 - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
38 San Tin Western Main Drainage Channel - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
39 Yuen Long and Kam Tin Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
Stage 2 - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
40 Lau Fau Shan Development - Remaining Engineering
Works Phase 1 - Hang Hau Tsuen Channel and
Associated Works - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
41 Improvement to San Tin Interchange - EIA
(Highways Department)
42 Proposed Road A connecting Sin Fat Road and Cha Kwo
Ling Road at Cha Kwo Ling, Kwun Tong - EIA
(Civil Engineering Department)
43 Central Kowloon Route - EIA
(Highways Department)
44 Kowloon Southern Link - EIA
(Kowloon Canton Railways Corporations)
45 South East Kowloon Development - Kai Tak Approach
Channel Reclamation - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
46 Distributor Roads under Agreement No. CE 42/2000
South East Kowloon Development, Infrastructure at
North Apron Area of Kai Tak Airport, Design and
Construction - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
47 Reprovisioning of Diamond Hill Crematorium - EIA
(Architectural Services Department)
48 Outlying Island Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2, Package J
- Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection, Treatment and
Disposal (previously known as Outlying Island
Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 Sok Kwu Wan Sewage
Treatment Works and Submarine Outfall) - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
49 Helipad at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island - EIA
(Civil Engineering Department)
50 Drainage Improvement in Northern Hong Kong Island -
Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel- EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
51 Western Harbour Submarine Pipeline and Associated
Stations - EIA
(The Hong Kong China Gas Company Limited)
52 Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau and Pok Fu Lam Sewerage and
Sewage Disposal Stage II - EIA
(Drainage Services Department)
53 Tonggu Channel of Shenzhen Port
(Shenzhen Port Tonggu Channel Developing Office)
54 Tsuen Wan Road Upgrading - EIA
(Territory Development Department)
II. Non-statutory Studies
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1 Dualling of Clear Water Bay Road between Tai Po Tsai
and Hang Hau Road
(Highways Department)
2 Development of an Integrated Arts, Cultural and
Entertainment District of at the West Kowloon
Reclamation, Hong Kong
(Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau)
3 Focus Study on the Early Development of the Proposed
Tourism Node Incorporating a Cruise Terminal within
the South East Kowloon Area
(Territory Development Department)
4 Planning and Engineering Feasibility Study for North
of Pamela Youde Hospital, Chai Wan
(Civil Engineering Department)
5 Feasibility Study for Development at Cha Kwo Ling
Kaolin Mine Site
(Civil Engineering Department)
6 Urban Design Study for the Planning and Development
of Southeast Kowloon
(Planning Department)
7 Sunnyville Estate Development at Nam Sang Wai, Yuen
Long - EA
(Private Developer)
8 Yuen Long, Kam Tin Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
Stage I, Package 1A-1T and 1B-1T Kam Tin Trunk
Sewerage Phase I and II - EA
(Drainage Services Department)
9 Extension of Existing Landfills and Identification
of Potential New Waste Disposal Sites
(Environmental Protection Department)
10 Strategic Environmental Assessment for Territory-
wide Implementation Study for Water-cooled Air
conditioning Systems in Hong Kong
(Electrical and Mechanical Services Department)
11 Strategic Environmental Assessment for Hong Kong
2030: Planning Vision and Strategy
(Planning Department)
12 Study on the Long-term Arrangements to Accommodate
Inert Construction and Demolition Materials and
Dredged Mud - Strategic Environmental Assessment
(Civil Engineering Department)
13 Investigation and Preliminary Design for
Reconstruction and Improvement of Tuen Mun Road - EA
(Highways Department)
Information related to the EIAO is also available at the EIAO website at http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/eia.
End/Thursday, July 24, 2003
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