Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance
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Technical Memorandum on Environmental Impact Assessment Process (Gazette version)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PRELIMINARY

1.1 Citation and Commencement

1.2 Application and Scope

1.3 Interpretation

2. PROJECT PROFILE

2.1 Purpose of a Project Profile

2.2 Specified Information in Project Profile

3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY BRIEF

4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT

4.1 General

4.2 Objectives and Contents of an EIA Report

4.3 General Approaches and Methodologies for Assessment

4.4 The Review of the EIA Report

4.5 Approval of the EIA Report

5. PERMISSION TO PROCEED DIRECTLY TO APPLY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT

6. MATERIAL CHANGE TO A DESIGNATED PROJECT OR TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

7. ISSUING ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT

8. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS

9. TAKING ADVICE FROM OTHER RELEVANT AUTHORITIES

10. RESOLVING CONFLICTS UNDER SECTION 16(1) OF THE ORDINANCE

11. USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EIA REPORTS

12. HAZARD ASSESSMENT


LIST OF ANNEXES

Annex 1 Project Profile for Designated Projects

Annex 2 Project Profile for Material Change to a Designated Project

Annex 3 Factors for Consideration in Identifying Adverse Environmental Impacts

Annex 4 Criteria for Evaluating Air Quality Impact and Hazard to Life

Annex 5 Criteria for Evaluating Noise Impact

Annex 6 Criteria for Evaluating Water Pollution

Annex 7 Criteria for Evaluating Waste Management Implications

Annex 8 Criteria for Evaluating Ecological Impact

Annex 9 Criteria for Evaluating Fisheries Impact

Annex 10 Criteria for Evaluating Landscape and Visual Impact, and Impact on Sites of Cultural Heritage

Annex 11 Contents of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report

Annex 12 Guidelines for Air Quality Assessment

Annex 13 Guidelines for Noise Assessment

Annex 14 Guidelines for Assessment of Water Pollution

Annex 15 Guidelines for Assessment of Waste Management Implications

Annex 16 Guidelines for Ecological Assessment

Annex 17 Guidelines for Fisheries Impact Assessment

Annex 18 Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Annex 19 Guidelines for Assessment of Impact on Sites of Cultural Heritage and Other Impacts

Annex 20 Guidelines for the Review of an EIA Report

Annex 21 Contents of an Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Programme

Annex 22 Relevant Authorities for Hazard Assessment

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Last revision date: 5 July 2023