(a) the technical content of a project profile;
(b) the technical content of an environmental impact assessment
study brief or environmental impact assessment report;
(c) deciding whether a designated project is environmentally acceptable;
(d) deciding whether an environmental impact assessment report
meets the requirements of the environmental impact assessment study
brief;
(e) deciding whether the Director will permit an applicant to apply
directly for an environmental permit under section 5(9), (10) or
(11) of the Ordinance;
(f) resolving conflicts on the content of the environmental impact
assessment study brief and the environmental impact assessment report;
(g) taking advice from other authorities;
(h) deciding what is a material change, addition or alteration
to an environmental impact or to a designated project;
(i) the issue of environmental permits;
(j) the imposition of environmental monitoring and audit requirements
for designated projects as conditions in environmental permits.
1.2.2 The Technical Memorandum on the Environmental Impact Assessment
Process is a guide for the Director in deciding on matters under sections
5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14 of the Ordinance. The Director is the Director
of Environmental Protection. He will follow this technical memorandum
as appropriate according to the circumstances of a case.
