CONTENTS
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose and Objectives of this EIA Report
2.
CONSIDERATION
OF ALTERNATIVES
2.1 Consideration of Alternative Site Locations for the PAFF
2.1.2 Comparison of Alternative Sites
2.1.3 Comparative Environmental Assessment
2.1.4 Preferred Site
2.2 Pipeline Route Selection from Tuen Mun Area 38 to the Airport
2.2.2 Comparative Assessment of Options during the Construction Phase
2.2.3 Comparative Assessment of Options during the Operational Phase
2.2.4 Environmental Performance of the Existing Pipeline
2.2.5 Conclusions
2.2.6 Environmental Conditions in the Absence of the Project
2.2.7 References
3.
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND ASSUMPTIONS
3.1 Background
3.2 Tank Farm and Onshore Facilities
3.3 Berthing Jetty
3.4 Pipeline
3.6 Emergency Backup Facilities
4.
AIR QUALITY
4.1.2 Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation
4.1.3 Specified Process
4.4 Key Issues
4.5 Construction Phase Impact Assessment
4.5.2 Construction Air Quality Assessment
4.5.3 Mitigation Measures During Construction
4.6 Operational Air Quality Impact Assessment
4.6.2 Odour Modelling Methodology
4.6.3 Odour Modelling Results and Assessment
4.7 Operational Mitigation Measures
4.10 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
4.11 References
5.
NOISE
5.1.1 Construction Noise Criteria During Non-restricted Hours
5.1.2 Construction Noise Criteria During Restricted Hours
5.5 Key Issues
5.9 Residual Impacts
5.10 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
6.1.1 Water Pollution Control Ordinance
6.1.2 WPCO Technical Memorandum on Effluent Discharges
6.1.3 EIAO Technical Memorandum on EIA Process
6.1.4 Works Bureau Technical Circular on
Management of Dredged Sediment
6.2.2 Existing Pollution Sources and Activities
6.2.4 Baseline Water Quality Conditions
6.2.5 Baseline Sediment Quality
6.3 Key
Issues
6.3.1 Construction Phase
6.3.2 Operational Phase
6.4 Construction Phase Impact Assessment
6.4.1 Assessment Approach
6.4.2 Computer Models
6.4.3 Model Parameters
6.4.4 Modelling Scenarios
6.4.5 Environmental Assessment Criteria
6.4.6 Impact Assessment
6.5 Operational Phase Impact Assessment
6.5.1 Assessment Method
6.6 Consideration of Alternatives
6.7.2 Operational Phase
6.8 Residual
Impacts
6.10 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
6.11 References
7.
ECOLOGY
7.2 Key
Sensitive Ecological Receivers
7.3 Objectives of the ecological Impact
Assessment
7.4 Description of Existing Conditions
7.4.1 Literature Review
7.4.2 Present Eco-Physical Characteristics of
the Study Area
7.4.3 Present Pollution Status
7.4.4 Benthic Macro-Infauna
7.4.5 Benthic Macro-Epifauna Invertebrates
7.4.6 Horseshoe Crab
7.4.7 Corals
7.4.8 Cetaceans (Dolphins and Porpoises)
7.4.9 Marine Habitat Quality
7.5 Ecological Impact Assessment Methodology
7.6 Prediction and Evaluation of Construction
Phase Impacts
7.6.1 Potential Ecological Impacts
7.6.2 Alteration of Water Quality
7.6.3 Disturbance to the Benthic Habitat and
Habitat Loss
7.6.5 Disturbance to Indo-Pacific Hump-backed
Dolphin
7.6.6 Sha Chau and
7.6.7 Cumulative Ecological Impacts (Marine
Ecology and Indo-Pacific Hump-backed dolphin)
7.7 Prediction
and Evaluation of Operational
Phase Impacts
7.7.1 Aviation Fuel Spill
7.7.2 Disturbance to the Benthic Habitat
7.7.3 Disturbance to Indo-Pacific Hump-backed
Dolphin
7.8.1 Marine Ecology
7.8.2 Indo-Pacific Hump-backed dolphin
7.9 Conclusions and Recommendations
7.10 Residual Ecological Impacts
7.11 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
Requirements
7.12 References
8.
LANDSCAPE
AND VISUAL ASSESSMENT
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Principal
Environmental Legislation and Guidelines
8.3.1 Background
8.3.2 Baseline Landscape and Visual Resource Study
8.3.3 Review of the Planning and Development Control Framework
8.3.4 Landscape Impact Assessment
8.3.5 Visual Impact Assessment
8.3.6 Night-time Glare Assessment
8.3.7 Recommendation for Mitigation Measures
8.3.8 Residual Landscape and Visual Impacts
8.4.1 General
8.4.2 Tank Farm and Onshore Facilities
8.4.3 Berthing Jetty
8.4.4 Pipeline
8.4.5 Tanker Visit Frequency
8.5 Baseline
Study of Landscape and Visual Resources
8.5.1 Background
8.5.2 Baseline Landscape Resources
8.5.3 Baseline Visual Resources
8.6 Review
of Planning and Development Control Framework
8.7 Landscape
and Visual Impact Assessment during Construction
8.7.1 Background
8.7.2 Prediction and Evaluation of Landscape Impacts during
Construction
8.7.3 Prediction and Evaluation of Visual Impacts during Construction
8.8 Landscape
and Visual Impact Assessment during Operation
8.8.1 Background
8.8.2 Prediction and Evaluation of Landscape Impacts during Operation
8.8.3 Prediction and Evaluation of Visual Impacts during Operation
8.9 Night-time
Glare Assessment
8.10 Recommended
Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures
8.10.1 Background
8.10.2 Landscape Mitigation Measure 1 (LMM1) – Managed Construction
Programming and Soil Conservation
8.10.3 Landscape Mitigation Measure 2 (LMM2) – Advanced Transplantation
and Boundary Planting Buffer/Perimeter Landscape Bund
8.10.4 Landscape Mitigation Measure 3 (LMM3) – Compact Site Planning and
Sensitive Design
8.10.5 Landscape Mitigation Measure 4 (LMM4) – Minimise the Night-time
Glare
8.11 Residual
Impacts and Acceptability of the Proposed PAFF
8.11.1 Analysis of Impacts
8.11.2 Residual Landscape Impacts
8.11.3 Residual Visual Impacts
8.11.4 Acceptability of Development
8.12 Conclusion
and Summary of Findings
8.13 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
9.
CULTURAL
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
9.1.1 Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance
9.1.2
9.1.3 Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
9.1.4 Cultural Heritage
9.1.5 Marine Archaeology
9.2 Objectives
of the Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment
9.3.1 Background
9.3.2 Terrestrial Cultural Heritage
9.3.3 Marine Archaeology
9.4 Marine
Archaeology Baseline Review
9.4.1 Background
9.4.2 Early Maps of the Study Area
9.4.3 Archive Search
9.4.4 Historical Background of Tuen Mun
9.4.5 Lung Kwu Chau and
9.4.6 Urmston’s Harbour
9.4.7 Urmston Road
9.5 Marine
Archaeological Potential
9.5.1 Tuen Mun
9.5.2 Sha Chau
9.6 Potential
Impact of the PAFF Construction
9.6.1 Background
9.6.2 Tuen Mun
9.6.3 Sha Chau
9.7 Marine
Archaeological Field Investigation
9.7.1 Geophysical Survey
9.7.2 Visual Diver Survey
9.9 Residual
Impacts
9.10 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
9.11 References
10.1 Introduction
10.1.1 Background
10.1.2 Overview of PAFF Hazards
10.1.3 Purpose
10.1.4 PAFF Location and Facilities
10.1.5 PAFF Safety Systems
10.1.6 Safety Features of PAFF Tanks
10.1.7 Note on Quantitative Risk Assessment
10.1.8 Population
10.2 Identification of
Hazardous Scenarios
10.2.1 Hazardous Substances and Properties
10.2.2 Safety Distances and Ignition Source Control
10.2.3 Potential Hazardous Scenarios
10.2.4 Ignition Probabilities
10.2.5 Harm Criteria
10.2.6 Smoke Dispersion
10.2.7 Vapour Dispersion
10.3 Risks Due to Marine
Transport
10.3.2 Summary of release size distributions and spill probabilities
10.3.3 Fire due to rupture/leak of Jet A1 from loaded vessel (M1)
10.3.4 Vessel sinking due to collision involving tanker (M2)
10.3.5 Cargo explosion on tanker (M3)
10.4 Risks due to Jetty Transfer
10.4.1 Introduction
10.4.2 Fire due to rupture/leak of Jet A1 from loaded vessel (J1)
10.4.3 Fire due to rupture/leak of loading arm during uploading (J2)
10.4.4 Fire due to rupture/leak of jetty equipment (J3)
10.4.5 Fire due to rupture/leak of jetty riser (J4)
10.4.6 Fire due to rupture/leak of Submarine pipeline from jetty to Tank
Farm ESDV (J5)
10.5 Risks due to Tank Farm
Storage
10.5.1 Introduction
10.5.2 Fire due to discharge from tank vent (T1)
10.5.3 Tank head fire / explosion in tank head space (T2)
10.5.4 Multiple tank head fires (T3)
10.5.5 Tank failure due to overpressure (T4)
10.5.6 Explosion in empty tank (under maintenance) (T5)
10.5.7 Bund Fire (T6)
10.5.8 Fire outside bund due to rupture/leak of pumps, pipework and
fittings (T7)
10.5.9 Fire on Sea due to release through drainage (T8)
10.5.10Fire due to 100% instantaneous release from
of a tank (T9)
10.5.11Fire due to multiple
simultaneous tank failure (T10)
10.5.12Boilover (T11)
10.5.13Fire due to release from top
of tank due to overfilling (T12)
10.5.14Vapour cloud explosion /
flash fire (T13)
10.5.15Fire due to 10% instantaneous
release from the top of a tank
(T14)
10.6 100% Instantaneous
Release from a tank and Subsequent Fire (T9)
10.6.1 Introduction
10.6.2 Potential Causes
10.6.3 Frequency of Instantaneous Tank Failure
10.6.4 Fill Level
10.6.5 Ignition Probability
10.6.6
10.6.7 Effects of an Instantaneous Tank Failure
10.6.8 Risk Calculation
10.7 Risks Due to Pipeline
Transfer of Aviation Fuel
10.7.1 Introduction
10.7.2 Fire on sea due to release/leak from submarine pipeline (P1)
10.8 Summary of Scenarios
10.9 Comparison of Risk Levels with Criteria
10.9.2 Individual Risk
10.9.3 Societal Risk
10.10 Risk Mitigation Measures
10.10.1Cost Benefit Analysis
10.10.2Recommendations
10.11 Conclusion
10.12 Residual Impacts
10.13 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
10.14 References
11.
FUEL SPILLAGE
RISK ASSESMENT
11.1 Existing Conditions
11.2 Key
Issues
11.3 Prediction
and Evaluation of Impacts
11.3.3 Predicted Ecological
Impacts from an Aviation Fuel Spill
11.6 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
11.7 References
12.
FISHERIES
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Relevant
Legislation and Assessment Criteria
12.3 Baseline Conditions
12.3.1 Description of Physical Habitat
12.3.2 Capture Fisheries
12.3.3 Fisheries Resources
12.3.4 Culture Fisheries
12.4 Sensitive
Receivers
12.5 Key
Issues
12.5.1 Background
12.5.2 Potential Impacts
12.6 Impact
Evaluation
12.6.1 Construction and Operational Phases
12.6.2 Impact from Suspended Solids on Fisheries Resources
12.7 Conclusions
12.8 Mitigation Measures
12.9 Residual
Impacts
12.10 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
12.11 References
13.1 Relevant
Environmental Legislation
13.1.1 EPD ProPECC Note No. 3/94
13.1.2 Hong Kong Code of Practice for Oil Storage Installations, 1992.
13.2 Description
of Existing Conditions
13.3 Key
Issues
13.5 Mitigation
Measures
13.6 Residual
Impacts
13.7 Environmental
Monitoring and Audit
14.
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
14.1 Principal Environmental Legislation
14.1.1 Dumping at Sea Ordinance
14.1.2 Environment, Transport and Works Bureau ETWB
34/2002
14.1.3 Waste Disposal Ordinance
14.1.4 Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General)
Regulation
14.1.5 Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance
14.1.6 Public Health and Municipal
Services Ordinance – Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances By-laws
14.2 Description of Existing Conditions
14.3 Key Issues
14.5 Construction
Phase Waste Management Assessment
14.5.1 Background
14.5.3 Excavated Materials
14.5.4 Construction and
Demolition Waste
14.5.5 Chemical Waste
14.5.6 General Refuse
14.5.7 Sewage
14.6 Operational Phase
14.7 Mitigation Measures
14.8 Waste Disposal Recommendations
14.9 Residual Impacts
14.10 Monitoring and Audit Requirements
14.11 Conclusions
15.
ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT
15.1 Introduction
15.2 EM&A Requirements
15.3 Baseline Monitoring
15.3.1 Water Quality
15.3.2 Landscape/Visual Resources
15.4 Construction
Phase Impact Monitoring
15.4.1 Action and Limit Levels
15.4.2 Water Quality
15.4.3 Noise, Air, Waste
15.4.4 Landscape and Visual
15.4.5 Ecology
15.4.6 Cultural Heritage
15.5 Operational
Impact Monitoring
15.7 Reporting
16.
SUMMARY
OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES
16.1 Overview
16.2 Summary of Principal Mitigatory
Measures Identified
16.3 Summary of Key Findings and
Recommendations
Figures
Figure 2.1 PAFF Site Alternatives
Figure 2.2 Proposed Tuen Mun Area 38 PAFF
Location and Pipeline Options
Figure 2.3 Constraints on Eastern Pipeline Routes
Figure 2.4 Key Areas of Seabed Disturbance
Figure 2.5 Distribution of Chinese White Dolphin
Densities
Figure 3.1 Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility Study
Area
Figure
3.2d Cross Section showing Shiu
Wing Steel
Figure
3.2e Cross Section showing EcoPark
Figure 4.1 Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure
4.2a TSP (1 hour) Contours during
Construction (Active Area Closest to Shiu Wing Steel)
Figure
4.2b TSP (1 hour) Contours during
Construction (Active Area Closest to EcoPark)
Figure
4.3a TSP (24 hour) Contours during
Construction (Active Area Closest to Shiu Wing Steel)
Figure
4.3b TSP (24 hour) Contours during
Construction (Active Area Closest to EcoPark)
Figure 4.4 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU)
plot at 1.5m above ground (at day-time)
Figure 4.5 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot
at 23m above ground (at day-time)
Figure 4.6 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU)
plot at 30m above ground (at day-time)
Figure 4.7 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU)
plot at 1.5m above ground (at night-time)
Figure 4.8 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU)
plot at 23m above ground (at night-time)
Figure 4.9 Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU)
plot at 30m above ground (at night-time)
Figure
5.1 Adjacent Land Uses and
Location of NSRs
Figure
6.1 Key Areas of Seabed
Disturbance and Sewage Outfalls
Figure
6.2 Water Quality and Ecological
Sensitive Receivers
Figure
6.3 Location of EPD Marine Water
and Sediment Sampling Stations
Figure
6.4 Summary of Sediment Quality
Studies Results
Figure
6.5 Sediment Sampling Stations
for East Sha Chau CMP Monitoring 1997-1999
Figure
6.6 Cumulative Sediment Sampling
Stations for East Sha Chau IVb CMP Programme (2000-2005)
Figure
6.7 Sediment Sampling Station for
AFRF Pipeline and Access Channel
Figure
6.8 AAHK Environmental Monitoring
Locations of Sediment Sampling Stations 1999-2003
Figure
6.9 PAFF pipeline sediment
quality monitoring stations (2005)
Figure
6.10 Pearl Estuary Showing update
Model Boundary and Western Harbour Model Boundary
Figure
6.11 Detail of the Western Harbour
Model Mesh
Figure
6.12 Location of Sensitive
Receivers in the Water Quality Model
Figure 6.13 Suspended Solids
Concentration, Kadoorie Beach
Figure 6.14 DO Deficit
(mg/L) at Kadoorie Beach
Figure 6.15 Predicted
Minimum DO Concentrations (mg/L)
Figure
6.16a Schematic Diagram - Stormwater
Drainage of Tank Farm and Tanks Bunded Areas
Figure 6.16b Layout Plan - Stormwater Drainage of Tank Farm and Tanks Bunded Areas
Plate 7.1 Reclaimed
Area and Seawall at Tuen Mun Area 38
Figure
7.1 Ecological Characteristics
Present in the Northwestern Study Area
Figure 7.3a Line
Transects for Dolphin Monitoring
Figure 7.4 Individual Pipe Bubble Jacket
Figure
7.5 The Extent of Urmston Road at
the Subsea Pipeline Alignment
Figure
7.6a-d Photographs of Habitats Present
within the Study Area
Figure
8.1 Proposed Permanent Aviation
Fuel Facility
Figure
8.2 Planning and Development
Control Framework
Figure 8.3.1-2 Landscape Character
Units (LCUs)
Figure
8.4 Landscape Resources
Figure
8.6.1 Landscape Impact Study
Figure
8.6.2 Visual Impact Study
Figure 8.7.1-5 Landscape and
Visual Mitigation Measures
Figure 8.8.1-10 Photomontage
: Proposed Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility
Figure
9.1 Location of Archaeological
Sites in the Study Area
Figure
9.2 Late 16th Century
Map of Kwang Tung By Kwok FEI
Figure
9.3 1730 Map of the Coastline by
Chan Lun Kwing
Figure
9.4 East India Company Chart 1810
Figure
9.5 British Admiralty Chart 1853
Figure
9.6 British Admiralty Chart 1856
Figure
9.7 British Admiralty Chart 1888
Figure
9.8 British Admiralty Chart 1899
Figure
9.9 British Admiralty Chart 1966
Figure
9.10 Location of Sub-seabed
Anomalies Requiring Watching Brief
Figure 10.1 PAFF Tank Farm
Layout
Figure 10.2 PAFF
Tank and Bund Cross-Sectional Layout
Figure 10.3 Plan
Layout of HR Wallingford Tests for Instantaneous Releases
Figure 10.9: Societal Risk From The PAFF For Initial Development (8 Tanks)
Figure 10.10: Societal Risk From The PAFF For Final Development (12 Tanks in
2025-30)
Figure
11.1 Spill Modelling Scenarios –
Spill Release Points
Figure
12.1 Distribution of Fishery
Production in Northwest Hong Kong
Figure
12.2 Location of the Demersal Trawl
Sampling Stations
Figure
13.1 Typical Tank Section
Figure
14.1 Sediment Quality Assessment
Framework for Dredged Sediment
Tables
Table 1.1 Summary of AAHK Key Stakeholder
Communication / Public Consultation
Table 1.2 Summary of Construction Undertaken
Before Suspension of Works
Table 2.1a Construction Phase Environmental
Comparison
Table 2.1b Operational Phase Environmental Comparison
Table 2.1c Summary
of Environmental Comparison Results: Construction and
Operational Phases
Table 2.2 Comparison of Sites Based upon Non-Environmental Factors
Table 2.3 Pipeline Options 1 and 2 Pipeline Lengths and Dredge Volumes
Table 2.4 Predicted Temporary loss of Macro-infauna Biomass
Attributed to Each Pipeline Option
Table 3.1 Summary
of Key Standards, Guidelines and Codes of Practice for PAFF Design and
Construction
Table 3.2 Summary of Tank Farm Improvements
Table 3.3 Tanker Frequency Estimate
Table 4.1
Table 4.2 Air Sensitive Receivers
Table 4.3 Particle Size Distribution
Table 4.4 1-hour and 24-hour maximum TSP
concentrations (µg/m3) at ASRs (including background
level)
Table 4.5 Maximum
(5-second) concentrations (OU) at ASRs
Table 5.1 Recommended Construction Noise Levels (Non-restricted Hours)
Table 5.2 Acceptable Noise Levels for Percussive Piling
Table 5.3 Acceptable Noise Level during the Construction Phase (Restricted Periods)
Table 5.4 Typical Equipment Requirements
Table 5.5 Sound Power Level of Equipment for Predicted Construction Scenarios
Table 6.1 Water Quality Objectives for the North Western Waters Water Control Zone
Table 6.2 ETWB 34/2002 Sediment Quality Criteria for the Classification of Sediment
Table 6.3 Summary
of EPD data for Suspended Sediments and Dissolved Oxygen in 2003 and 2004
Table 6.4 EPD
Routine Sediment Quality Data for North Western Waters (1995-99)
Table 6.5 EPD
Routine Sediment Quality Data for North Western Waters (2000-2004)
Table 6.6 Comparison
of historical Class A Criteria with current LCEL Criteria
Table 6.7a Wet
Season Estimated Elevations in Contaminant Concentrations Based on the Maximum
Predicted Depth Averaged Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Table 6.7b Dry
Season Estimated Elevations in Contaminant Concentrations Based on the Maximum
Predicted Depth Averaged Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Table 7.1a Summary
of the Macro-infauna Collected in August 2000
Table 7.1b Summary
of the Macro-infauna Collected in May 2001
Table 7.1c Summary
of the Macro-infauna Collected in August 2001
Table 7.1d Summary
of the Macro-infauna Collected in 2005
Table 7.2 Summary
of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau (Jan-Dec 1995)
Table 7.3 Summary
of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau Collected in May 2001
Table 7.4 Summary
of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau Collected in 2005
Table 7.5 Horseshoe
Crab Sightings and Landings in the Study Area between June 1987 and January
2005
Table 7.6 Ecological
Evaluation of Soft-bottom Benthic Habitat Within the Study Area
Table 7.7 Ecological
Evaluation of Hard Substrate Benthic Habitat Within the Study Area
Table 8.1 Significance Threshold of Landscape Impact
Table 8.2 Adverse / Beneficial Impacts of
Landscape Impact
Table 8.3 Significance Threshold of Visual Impact
Table 8.4 Adverse
/ Beneficial Impacts of Visual Impact
Table 8.5a Landscape Character Units (LCUs)
Table 8.5b Landscape Resources
Table 8.6 Sensitive Visual Receivers
Table 8.7 Viewpoint Options from the Nearest Residents
Table 8.9a Summary of Disturbance to Landscape Character Units
Table 8.9b Summary of Disturbance to Landscape Elements
Table 8.10a Summary
of Landscape Impacts on LCUs (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.10b Summary
of Landscape Impacts on Landscape Elements (without Landscape Mitigation
Measures)
Table 8.11a Assessment
of Visual Magnitude of Change (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.11b Assessment
of Visual Impacts (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.12a Summary of
Residual Landscape Impacts on LCUs (with Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.12b Summary of Residual Landscape Impacts on Landscape Elements (with
Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.13 Summary of Residual Visual Impacts (with Landscape Mitigation Measures)
Table 8.14 Summary Landscape Mitigation Measures,
Programming, Funding, Implementation, Management and Maintenance
Agents
Table 9.1 Sub-Surface Targets
Table 10.1 Properties of Jet A1
Table 10.2 Potential Hazardous Scenarios for the PAFF
Table 10.3 Proposed Building Height Restrictions Adjacent to the PAFF
Table 10.4 Release Size Distributions From Pipelines, Tankers and Jetty
Table 10.5 Release Probabilities for Marine Incidents
Table 10.6 Collision Frequency for Initial Development
Table 10.7 Collision Frequency for Final Development
Table 10.8 Grounding Frequency for Different Size Tankers (Initial Development)
Table 10.9 Grounding Frequency for Different Size Tankers (Final Development)
Table 10.10 Frequency of Scenario M1 (Initial Development)
Table 10.11 Frequency of Scenario M1 (Final Development)
Table 10.12 Effect Distances for Sea Surface Pool Fires (M1 and J1)
Table 10.13 Fatalities for Sea Surface Pool Fires (M1 and J1)
Table 10.14 Scenario M1 Risk Summary (Initial Development)
Table 10.15 Scenario M1 Risk Summary (Final Development)
Table 10.16 Frequency Distribution of Scenario M2
Table 10.17 Marine Fire and Explosion Frequencies (Initial Development)
Table 10.18 Marine Fire and Explosion Frequencies (Final Development)
Table 10.19 Effect Distances and Estimated Fatalities for Marine Explosion Scenario (M3)
Table 10.20 Frequency of Strikings (Initial Development)
Table 10.21 Frequency of Strikings (Final Development)
Table 10.22 Frequency of Impacts With Jetty (Initial Development)
Table 10.23 Frequency of Impacts With Jetty (Final Development)
Table 10.24 Frequency of Scenario J1 (Initial Development)
Table 10.25 Frequency of Scenario J1 (Final Development)
Table 10.26 Risk Summary for Scenario J1 (Initial Development)
Table 10.27 Risk Summary for Scenario J1 (Final Development)
Table 10.28 Risk Summary for Scenario J2
Table 10.29 Parts Count for Jetty Area
Table 10.30 Release and Fire Frequencies for Jetty Area
Table 10.31 Risk Summary for Scenario J3
Table 10.32 Frequency of Scenario J4 (Initial Development)
Table 10.33 Frequency of Scenario J4 (Final Development)
Table 10.34 Risk Summary for Scenario J4 (Initial Development)
Table 10.35 Risk Summary for Scenario J4 (Final Development)
Table 10.36 Frequency of Scenario J5
Table 10.37 Risk Summary for Sub-sea Jetty Pipeline Releases (Scenario J5)
Table 10.38 Component Release Frequencies for Small and Large Hole Sizes
Table 10.39 Parts Count for Tank Bunds
Table 10.40 Parts Count for Pump Platform and Pipework Outside Bunds
Table 10.41 Component
Release Frequencies for Pump Platform and Pipework Outside Bunds
Table 10.42 Scenario T10 (Multiple Tank Failure) Risks – Final Development
Table 10.43 Summary of Risks for Scenario T14
Table 10.44 Applicability of Failure Causes Identified to Instantaneous Failures
Table 10.45 Tank Population Estimates
Table 10.46 Estimates of Instantaneous Release Frequency for PAFF Tanks
Table 10.47 Summary
of Probability of Fill Level and Spill Extent for Instantaneous Failures
Table 10.48 Summary of Instantaneous Release Experiments
Table 10.49 Summary Results From Instantaneous Release Experiments
Table 10.50 Hazard Areas from Instantaneous Release Fires Contained on Site
Table 10.51 Generic Pipeline Failure Frequencies
Table 10.52 Pipeline Leak Sizes, Proportions and Frequencies
Table 10.53 Risk Summary for Pipeline Rupture Scenario (P1)
Table 10.54 Event
Frequencies and Potential Fatalities Excluding Instantaneous Tank Failure
(Initial Development)
Table 10.55 Event
Frequencies and Potential Fatalities Excluding Instantaneous Tank Failure
(Final Development)
Table 10.56 Event
Frequencies and Potential Fatalities for Instantaneous Failure of Tank 001
Table 10.57 Summary
of Location Specific Individual Risk (LSIR) Levels for Final Development
Table 10.58 Some Examples of Events Associated With Various Frequencies
Table 10.59 Potential Loss of Life (PLL) and Breakdown Between Areas
Table 10.60 PLL for Population Affected due to Instantaneous Tank Failure
Table 11.1 Breakdown
of Global Oil Losses to Marine Waters
Table 11.2 Summary
of Fuel Spill Scenarios to Marine Waters
Table 11.3 Summary of Minimum Times of Travel to Sensitive Receivers
Table 12.1 Fisheries Production in Each Fishing Area
(all fishing vessels)
Table 12.2 Most
Abundant Adult Fisheries Resources from the Study Area (by Biomass)
Table 12.3 Catch
Statistics of Sha Chau and Tap Shek Kok, Port Survey 2001/2002
Table 12.4 Species
Composition and Abundance of Individuals (Total Counts) from Trawling in Dry
Season (January-February 2005)
Table 12.5 Species
Composition and Abundance of Individuals (Total Counts) from Trawling in Wet
Season (October 2005)
Table 12.6 Impact
Evaluation
Table 13.1 Spill
Management Plan Rationale
Table 14.1 Estimate of Excavated Material Generated on Site
Table 14.2 Recommended Waste Disposal Sites
Table 15.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements
Table 15.2 Framework for Environmental Monitoring Plan
Table 15.3 Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality
APPENDICES (under separate cover)
Volume 1 of
3
Appendix A0 Details of Public Consultation
Appendix A00 Key Standards, Guidelines and Codes of
Practice for PAFF Design and Construction
Appendix A Review of Previous Studies
Appendix A(i) Confirmed 55th ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper
48/98
Appendix A(ii) Confirmed 81st ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper 38/2000
Appendix A(iii) Confirmed 91st ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper 50/2001
Appendix A(iv) Qualitative Environmental Assessment of Alternative Sites
Appendix B Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedules
Appendix C1 Construction Dust Modelling Results
Appendix C2 Odour Modelling Results
Appendix D Summary Statistics of EPD Routine Water Quality Monitoring Programme for 2003 and 2004
Appendix E Water Quality Modelling Results
Appendix F1 Bubble Jacket Trail Summary Report
Appendix F2 Selection of Bubble Jacket Submission to ACE and ACE approval letter
Appendix F3 Pre-construction Dolphin
Abundance Monitoring Report
Appendix F4 Event / Action
Plan for Post Construction Dolphin Abundance Monitoring
Appendix G Marine
Archaeological Investigation
Volume 2 of
3
Appendix H1 Technical Memorandum Hazard to Life
Criteria [20]
Appendix H2 Marine Releases and Fires
Appendix H3 Instantaneous Tank Failure Frequency
Appendix H4 Review of Catastrophic Failure Incidents
Appendix H5 Ignition Probability
Appendix H6 Pool Fire Analysis
Appendix H7 Pool Spread Areas for Instantaneous Tank
Failure
Appendix H8 Population Estimates
Appendix H9 Instantaneous Tank Failure Event Tree
Analysis
Appendix J1 Fuel Spill Modelling Results (Scenario 1)
Volume 3 of 3
Appendix J1 Fuel Spill Modelling Results
(Scenario 2 Scenario 4)
Appendix J2 PART-Oil Model Details
Appendix J3 Outline Fuel Spill Contingency
Plan