EIA Study Brief No. ESB-104/2002

June 2002

 

Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499),

Section 5(7)

 

Environmental Impact Assessment Study Brief No. ESB-104/2002

 

 Project Title : Recovery Park in Tuen Mun Area 38

(hereinafter known as the "Project")

 

Name of Applicant :            Waste Facilities Business Unit,

Environmental Protection Department, The Government of the HKSAR

(hereinafter known as the "Applicant")

                                                                                                        

1.            BACKGROUND

 

            1.1       An application (No. ESB-104/2002) for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study brief under section 5(1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) was submitted by the Applicant on 13 May 2002 with a project profile (No. PP-169/2002) (the Project Profile).

 

1.2              The proposed Project is to develop a Recovery Park of size 20 hectare at the reclaimed land in Tuen Mun Area 38. The site location is shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 in the Project Profile, reproduced in Appendix A. The development and operation of the proposed Project will comprise the following :-

 

(a)              provision of infrastructure including marine loading/unloading areas, roads, drains, sewers, utilities, etc;

(b)              construction of buildings and facilities for accommodating office and recycling operations;

(c)              provision of on-site wastewater treatment facility or pumping facility for transmitting wastewater to other government facilities for treatment;

(d)              allocation of sites for waste recyclers for construction of recycling facilities;

(e)              delivery and unloading of recyclable materials, recycling operations and loading and transportation of finished products by road and sea;

(f)                maintenance of infrastructure, office buildings, recycling facilities, etc; and

(g)              environmental monitoring and audit as well as implementation of mitigation measures.

           

            1.3           Pursuant to section 5(7)(a) of the EIAO, the Director of Environmental Protection (the Director) issues this EIA study brief to the Applicant to carry out an EIA study.