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CATEGORY |
DESIGNATED
PROJECTS |
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A - ROADS,
RAILWAYS AND DEPOTS |
A.1 A road which is an expressway, trunk
road, primary distributor road or district distributor road
including new roads, and major extensions or improvements to
existing road
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A.2 A
railway and its associated stations.
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A.3 A
tramway and its associated stations.
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A.4 A
railway siding, depot, maintenance workshop, marshalling yard or
goods yard.
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A.5 A tram depot located less than
100 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or planned‑‑‑
(a)
residential
area;
(b)
place of
worship;
(c)
educational
institution; or
(d)
health care
institution.
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A.6 A transport depot located less
than 200 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or planned‑‑‑
(a)
residential
area;
(b)
place of
worship;
(c)
educational
institution; or
(d)
health care
institution
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A.7 A
road or railway tunnel more than 800 m in length between portals.
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A.8 A
road or railway bridge more than 100 m in length between abutments.
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A.9 A road fully enclosed by decking above
and by structure on the sides for more than 100 m.
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B - AIRPORTS
AND PORT FACILITIES |
B.1 An
airport (including its runway and the development and activities
related to aircraft maintenance, repair, fueling and fuel storage,
engine testing or air cargo handling).
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B.2 A
helipad within 300 m of existing or planned residential development.
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B.3 A
container terminal (including its container backup facility).
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B.4 A
public cargo working area‑‑‑
(a)
of more than
1,000 m cargo working length; or
(b)
with a cargo
working length between 500 m and 1,000 m and within 50 m of an
existing or planned‑‑‑
(i)
residential
area;
(ii)
place of
worship;
(iii)
educational
institution; or
(iv)
health care
institution.
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B.5 A container backup area, container storage, container
handling or container packing area (including a container vehicle
parking area) more than 5 ha in size and within 300 m of an existing
or planned‑‑‑
(a)
residential
area;
(b)
place of
worship;
(c)
educational
institution; or
(d)
health care
institution.
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B.6 A
facility for ship building or ship repairing yard more than 1 ha in
size or with a lifting capacity in excess of 20 000 tonnes.
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B.7 A
river trade terminal.
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B.8 A
mid‑stream operation facility. |
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C -
RECLAMATION, HYDRAULIC AND MARINE FACILITIES, DREDGING AND DUMPING |
C.1
Reclamation works (including assciated dredging works) more than 5
ha in size.
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C.2
Reclamation works (including associated dredging works) more than 1
ha in size and a boundary of which‑‑‑
(a)
is
less than 500 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or
planned‑‑‑
(i)
site of special scientific interest;
(ii)
site of cultural heritage;
(iii)
bathing beach;
(iv)
marine park or marine reserve;
(v)
fish culture zone;
(vi)
wild animal protection area;
(vii)
coastal protection area;
(viii)
conservation area;
(ix)
country park; or
(x)
special area;
(b) is less than 100 m from a seawater intake point; or
(c) is less than 100 m from an existing residential area.
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C.3
Reclamation works‑‑‑
(a)
resulting in 5% decrease in cross sectional area calculated on the
basis of 0.0 mPD in a sea channel; or
(b)
occupying an area on plan in excess of 10% of any enclosed or
semi‑enclosed waterbody.
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C.4 A breakwater more than 1 km in length
or a breakwater extending into a tidal flushing channel by more than
30% of the channel width.
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C.5 A
typhoon shelter designed to provide moorings for not less than 30
vessels.
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C.6 A dam
more than 10 m in height.
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C.7 A land
borrow area of more than 200,000m3.
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C.8 A land
borrow area of more than 50,000 m3 of which‑‑‑
(a) a boundary of which is less than 500 m from the
nearest boundary of an existing or planned‑‑‑
(i) residential area;
(ii) place of worship;
(iii) educational institution;
(iv) health care institution;
(v) country park; or
(vi) special area; or
(b)
wholly or partly within a‑‑‑
(i)
site of special scientific interest; or
(ii) wild animal protection area.
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C.9 A
marine borrow area.
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C.10 A marine dumping area.
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C.11 A public
dumping area of not less than 2 ha in size.
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C.12 A
dredging operation exceeding 500,000 m3 or a dredging
operation which‑‑‑
(a)
is less than 500 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or
planned‑‑‑
(i) site of special
scientific interest;
(ii) site of cultural
heritage;
(iii) bathing beach;
(iv) marine park or
marine reserve;
(v) fish culture zone;
(vi) wild animal
protection area;
(vii) coastal protection
area; or
(viii) conservation area;
or
(b)
is less than
100 m from a seawater intake point.
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D - ENERGY
SUPPLY
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D.1
Public utility electricity power plant.
D.2
Public utility gas generation plant.
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E - WATER
EXTRACTION AND WATER SUPPLY |
E.1 A
primary reservoir.
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E.2 Water treatment works with a capacity of more than 100,000
m3 per day.
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E.3 A submarine water supply pipeline with a diameter of 1,200
mm or more and a length of more than 1 km.
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F - SEWAGE
COLLECTION, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL AND REUSE |
F.1
Sewage treatment works with an installed capacity of more than
15,000 m3 per day.
F.2
Sewage treatment works‑‑‑
(a)
with an installed capacity of more than 5,000 m3 per day;
and
(b)
a boundary of which is less than 200 m from the nearest boundary of
an existing or planned‑‑‑
(i)
residential area;
(ii)
place of worship;
(iii)
educational institution;
(iv)
health care institution;
(v) site
of special scientific interest;
(vi) site
of cultural heritage;
(vii)
bathing beach;
(viii)
marine park or marine reserve;
(ix) fish
culture zone; or
(x)
seawater intake point.
F.3 A
sewage pumping station‑‑‑
(a) with an installed capacity of more than 300,000 m3
per day; or
(b) with an installed capacity of more than 2,000 m3
per day and a boundary of which is less than 150 m from an existing
or planned‑‑‑
(i)
residential area;
(ii)
place of worship;
(iii)
educational institution;
(iv)
health care institution;
(v) site
of special scientific interest;
(vi) site
of cultural heritage;
(vii)
bathing beach;
(viii)
marine park or marine reserve;
(ix) fish
culture zone; or
(x)
seawater intake point.
F.4 An activity for the reuse of treated sewage effluent from
a treatment plant.
F.5 A submarine sewage pipeline with a diameter of 1,200 mm or
more and a length of 1 km or more.
F.6 A
submarine sewage outfall.
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G - WASTE
STORAGE, TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES |
G.1 A
landfill for waste as defined in the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap.
354).
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G.2 A
refuse transfer station.
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G.3 An
incinerator with an installed capacity of more than 50 tonnes per
day.
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G.4 A waste disposal facility (excluding any refuse collection
point), or waste disposal activity, for‑‑‑
(a)
refuse; or
(b)
chemical,
industrial or special wastes
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G.5 A
facility for the treatment of construction waste‑‑‑
(a)
with a designed capacity of not less than 500 tonnes per day; and
(b)
a boundary of which is less than 200 m from an existing or
planned‑‑‑
(i)
residential area;
(ii)
place of worship;
(iii)
educational institution; or
(iv)
health care institution.
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G.6 A waste disposal facility for pulverized fuel ash, furnace
bottom ash or gypsum.
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H - UTILITY
PIPELINES, TRANSMISSION PIPELINES AND SUBSTATIONS |
H.1 A
400 kV electricity substation and transmission line.
H.2 A
submarine gas pipeline or submarine oil pipeline.
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I -
WATERWAYS AND DRAINAGE WORKS |
I.1 A
drainage channel or river training and diversion works‑‑‑
(a)
with a channel width of more than 100 m; or
(b)
which discharges or discharge into an area which is less than 300 m
from the nearest boundary of an existing or planned‑‑‑
(i)
site of special scientific interest;
(ii) site of cultural heritage;
(iii) marine park or marine reserve;
(iv)
fish culture zone;
(v)
wild animal protection area;
(vi)
coastal protection area; or
(vii)
conservation area.
I.2 A
flood storage pond more than 10 ha in size.
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J - MINERAL
EXTRACTION |
J.1 An oil
or gas extraction activity.
J.2 A
mining operation.
J.3 A
quarrying or quarry rehabilitation.
J.4 A coal industry works with a handling capacity of more
than 100 tonnes per day.
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K -
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES |
K.1 An
industrial estate.
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K.2 A brewery works with an annual production capacity of more
than 0.4 million hecto litres.
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K.3
A tannery or
leather finishing factory with an annual production capacity of more
than 500,000 m2.
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K.4
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metallurgical works with a processing capacity of more than 200,000
tonnes per annum (expressed as metal).
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K.5
A cement
works or concrete batching plant with a total silo capacity of more
than 10,000 tonnes in which cement is handled and manufactured.
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K.6
A chemical or
biochemical plant with a storage capacity of more than 500 tonnes
and in which substances are processed or produced.
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K.7 An
oil refinery.
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K.8 A
petro‑chemical plant with an annual production capacity of more than
70,000 tonnes.
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K.9 A
tobacco or cigarette manufacturing plant in a stand‑alone, purpose
built building.
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K.10 An
explosives depot or explosives manufacturing plant in a stand‑alone,
purpose built building.
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K.11 A sand
depot with a site area of more than 1 ha in size.
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K.12 A bulk
chemical storage facility with a storage capacity of more than
80,000 tonnes.
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K.13 A
dangerous goods godown with a storage capacity exceeding 500
tonnes.
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L -
STORAGE, TRANSFER AND TRANS‑SHIPMENT OF FUELS |
L.1 A storage, transfer and trans‑shipment of liquefied
petroleum gas facility with a storage capacity of not less than 200
tonnes.
L.2 A
storage, transfer and trans‑shipment of liquefied natural gas
facility with a storage capacity of not less than 200 tonnes.
L.3 A
storage, transfer and trans‑shipment of coal or ore facility with a
storage capacity of not less than 200 tonnes.
L.4 A
storage, transfer and trans‑shipment of oil facility with a storage
capacity of not less than 1,000 tonnes.
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M -
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ACTIVITIES |
M.1 A
fish culture zone‑‑‑
(a)
more than 5 ha in size; or
(b)
a boundary of which is less than 500 m from the nearest boundary of
an existing or planned‑‑‑
(i) marine
park or marine reserve; or
(ii)
bathing beach.
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N -
COMMUNITY FACILITIES |
N.1 An
abattoir with a daily slaughter capacity of more than 500 numbers of
livestock.
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N.2 A
quarantine station, or quarantine lairage, for animals.
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N.3 A
wholesale market.
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N.4 A
crematorium.
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O - TOURIST
AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS |
O.1 An
outdoor golf course and all managed turf areas.
O.2 A
marina designed to provide moorings or dry storage for not less than
30 vessels used primarily for pleasure or recreation.
O.3 A horse racing course.
O.4 A
motor racing circuit.
O.5. An
open firing range.
O.6 An
open air concert venue with a capacity to accommodate more than
10,000 persons.
O.7 An
outdoor sporting facility with a capacity to accommodate more than
10,000 persons.
O.8 A
theme park or amusement park with a site area of more than 20 ha in
size [Amendment Order under section 4(2) of the EIA Ordinance and
gazetted on 26 July 1999]
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P -
RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS |
P.1 A
residential or recreational development, other than New Territories
exempted houses, within Deep Bay Buffer Zone 1 or 2.
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P.2 A
residential development‑‑‑
(a)
of not
less than 2,000 flats; and
(b) not served by public sewerage networks by
the time a flat is occupied.
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Q -
MISCELLANEOUS |
Q.1 All projects including new access roads, railways, sewers,
sewage treatment facilities, earthworks, dredging works and other
building works partly or wholly in an existing or gazetted proposed
country park or special area, a conservation area, an existing or
gazetted proposed marine park or marine reserve, a site of cultural
heritage, and a site of special scientific interest, except for the
following‑‑‑
(a) minor maintenance works to roads, drainage, slopes and
utilities;
(b) minor public utility works including the installation
of telecommunications wires, joint boxes, power lines with a voltage
level of not more than 66 kV, and gas pipelines with a diameter of
120 mm or less;
(c) education and recreational facilities not otherwise
designated projects listed in Parts A to P and approved by the
Country and Marine Parks Authority;
(d) all earthworks relating to forestry, agriculture,
fisheries and the management of vegetation;
(e) New Territories exempted houses;
(f) footpaths and facilities relating to sitting out
areas;
(g) minor facilities relating to the management and
protection of marine parks, marine reserves, country parks and
special areas;
(h) all works not otherwise designated projects listed in
Parts A to P undertaken by the Country and Marine Parks Authority
under section 4 of the Country Parks Ordinance (Cap. 208) or section
4 of the Marine Parks Ordinance (Cap. 476) for developing and
managing country parks and special areas, marine parks and marine
reserves;
(i) maintenance of existing waterworks installations; or
(j) minor works including‑‑‑
(i) improvements to catchwaters;
(ii) the provision of‑‑‑
(A) water pipes and valves of
diameter 450 mm or less;
(B) water tanks;
(C) hydrological stations and
associated structures; and
(D) village supply schemes.
Q.2
Underground rock caverns.
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