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A Guide to the EIA Ordinance

CATEGORY DESIGNATED PROJECTS
D. - ENERGY SUPPLY D.1 Public utility electricity power plant.

D.2 Public utility gas generation plant.
E. - WATER EXTRACTION AND WATER SUPPLY E.1 A primary reservoir.

E.2 Water treatment works with a capacity of more than 100 000 m3 per day.

E.3 A submarine water supply pipeline with a diameter of 1 200 mm or more and a length of more than 1 km.
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---

  1. with an installed capacity of more than 5 000 m3 per day; and
  2. a boundary of which is less than 200 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or planned---
    1. residential area;
    2. place of worship;
    3. educational institution;
    4. health care institution;
    5. site of special scientific interest;
    6. site of cultural heritage;
    7. bathing beach;
    8. marine park or marine reserve;
    9. fish culture zone; or
    10. seawater intake point.
F.3 A sewage pumping station---
  1. with an installed capacity of more than 300 000 m3 per day; or

  2. 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---
    1. residential area;
    2. place of worship;
    3. educational institution;
    4. health care institution;
    5. site of special scientific interest;
    6. site of cultural heritage;
    7. bathing beach;
    8. marine park or marine reserve;
    9. fish culture zone; or
    10. 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.
G. - WASTE STORAGE, TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES G.1 A landfill for waste as defined in the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354).

G.2 A refuse transfer station.

G.3 An incinerator with an installed capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day.

G.4 A waste disposal facility (excluding any refuse collection point), or waste disposal activity, for---

  1. refuse; or
  2. chemical, industrial or special wastes
G.5 A facility for the treatment of construction waste---
  1. with a designed capacity of not less than 500 tonnes per day; and
  2. a boundary of which is less than 200 m from an existing or planned---
    1. residential area;
    2. place of worship;
    3. educational institution; or
    4. health care institution.
G.6 A waste disposal facility for pulverized fuel ash, furnace bottom ash or gypsum.
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.
I. - WATERWAYS AND DRAINAGE WORKS I.1 A drainage channel or river training and diversion works---
  1. with a channel width of more than 100 m; or
  2. which discharges or discharge into an area which is less than 300 m from the nearest boundary of an existing or planned---
    1. site of special scientific interest;
    2. site of cultural heritage;
    3. marine park or marine reserve;
    4. fish culture zone;
    5. wild animal protection area;
    6. coastal protection area; or
    7. conservation area.
I.2 A flood storage pond more than 10 ha in size.
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.
K. - INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES K.1 An industrial estate.

K.2 A brewery works with an annual production capacity of more than 0.4 million hecto litres.

K.3 A tannery or leather finishing factory with an annual production capacity of more than 500,000 m2.

K.4 A metallurgical works with a processing capacity of more than 200,000 tonnes per annum (expressed as metal).

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.

K.6 A chemical or biochemical plant with a storage capacity of more than 500 tonnes and in which substances are processed or produced.

K.7 An oil refinery.

K.8 A petro-chemical plant with an annual production capacity of more than 70 000 tonnes.

K.9 A tobacco or cigarette manufacturing plant in a stand-alone, purpose built building.

K.10 An explosives depot or explosives manufacturing plant in a stand-alone, purpose built building.

K.11 A sand depot with a site area of more than 1 ha in size.

K.12 A bulk chemical storage facility with a storage capacity of more than 80 000 tonnes.

K.13 A dangerous goods godown with a storage capacity exceeding 500 tonnes.

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