CONTENTS
1.1 Background
1.2 The Assignment
1.3 Purpose and Objectives of this EIA
1.4 Approach to EIA Study
1.5 EIA Study Scope
1.6 Structure of this Report
2. CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Project Need
2.3 Siting
2.4 “Without Project” Alternative
2.5 Alternative Options
2.6 Preferred Option
3.1 Description of the Site Area
3.2 Design of the Depot
3.3 Construction Methodology
3.4 Project Implementation Programme
3.5 Concurrent Projects
3.6 Identification of Key Environmental
Issues
3.7 Environmental Benefits
3.8 Public Concerns
4. AIR QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
4.1 Introduction
4.2 EIA Study Brief
4.3 Environmental Legislation and
Guidelines
4.4 Existing Environment
4.5 Identification of Air Sensitive
Receivers
4.6 Potential Sources of Impacts
4.7 Concurrent Projects
4.8 Assessment Methodology
4.9 Determination of Vehicular Emissions
from Open Roads
4.10 Determination of Vehicular Emissions
within the Depot
4.11 Determination of Odour Emissions
4.12 Construction Phase Impact Assessment
4.13 Operation Phase Impact Assessment
4.14 Cumulative Impacts
4.15 Mitigation Measures
4.16 Residual Impacts
4.17 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
4.18 Conclusions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Environmental Legislation and
Guidelines
5.3 Noise Sensitive Receivers
5.4 Identification of Potential Noise
Impacts
5.5 Assessment Methodology
5.6 Prediction and Evaluation of Noise
Impacts
5.7 Proposed Noise Mitigation Measures
5.8 Assessment of Noise Impacts with the
Application of Mitigation Measures
5.9 Residual Impact
5.10 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
5.11 Conclusions
6. WATER QUALITY AND SEWERAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Environmental Legislation and
Guidelines
6.3 Existing Environment
6.4 Identification of Water Sensitive
Receivers
6.5 Potential Sources of Impacts
6.6 Assessment Methodology
6.7 Construction Phase Impact Assessment
6.8 Operation Phase Impact Assessment
6.9 Cumulative Impacts
6.10 Mitigation Measures
6.11 Residual Impacts
6.12 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
6.13 Conclusions
7. WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATION AND LAND
CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Environmental Legislation and
Guidelines
7.3 Assessment Methodology
7.4 Identification of Potential Waste
Management Implication
7.5 Waste Management Implication
7.6 Mitigation Measures
7.7 Land Contamination Assessment
7.8 Preventive Measures
7.9 Residual Impacts
7.10 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
7.11 Conclusions
8. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Environmental Legislation and
Guidelines
8.3 Planning and Development Control
Framework
8.4 Assessment Methodology
8.5 Baseline Study
8.6 Landscape Impact Assessment
8.7 Visual Impact Assessment
8.8 Mitigation Measures
8.9 Residual Impacts
8.10 Cumulative Impact
8.11 Environmental Monitoring and Audit
8.12 Conclusions
9. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Summary of Measures Adopted to Minimize
Environmental Impacts
10. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT
REQUIREMENTS
10.1 Introduction
10.2 EM&A Requirements
10.3 Air Quality
10.4 Noise
10.5 Water Quality
10.6 Waste Management and Land Contamination
10.7 Landscape and Visual
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Air Quality Impact
11.3 Noise Impact
11.4 Water Quality Impact
11.5 Waste Management Implication and Land
Contamination
11.6 Landscape and Visual Impacts
12. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND RECOMMENDED
MITIGATION MEASURES
12.1 Introduction
List of Tables
Table 3-1 List
of Potential Concurrent Projects
Table 4-1 Hong
Kong Air Quality Objectives
Table 4-2 Representative
Air Sensitive Receivers
Table 4-3 List
of Potential Concurrent Projects
Table 4-4 Background
Air Quality (2007 to 2011)
Table 4-5 Vehicle
Classifications in EMFAC – HK
Table 4-6 Road
Groupings
Table 4-7 Summary
of Odour Emission
Table 4-8 Total
NOx Emission Inventory for the Selected Years
Table 4-9 Total
PM10 Emission Inventory for the Selected Years
Table 4-10 Summary of NO2 Concentrations
Table 4-11 Summary of RSP Concentrations
Table 5-1 Area
Sensitivity Rating Criteria Specified in the GW-TM
Table 5-2 Basic Noise
Levels (in Leq,30min, dB(A))
Table 5-3 Acceptable
Noise Levels for Percussive Piling Specified in the PP-TM
Table 5-4 Acceptable
Noise Level during Operational Phase
Table 5-5 Road Traffic
Noise Assessment Criteria Specified in the EIAO-TM
Table 5-6 Summary of the Identified Existing and Planned NSRs near the
Project
Table 5-7 Identified
Area Sensitivity Ratings of NSRs
Table 5-8 Measured
Prevailing Background Noise Levels for NSRs and Recommended Fixed Plant Noise
Assessment Criteria
Table 5-9 Summary of Selected Noise Assessment Points at Each
Representative NSR
Table 5-10 PME identified
as Major Noise Sources
Table 5-11 Summary of Workshop Equipment and Repair Activity
Table 5-12 Estimated
Quantity of Identified Fixed Plant Noise Sources
Table 5-13 Summary of Anticipated Works of XRL
Table 5-14 Predicted
Cumulative Construction Noise Levels at Selected NSRs during Normal Daytime
Working Hours under the Unmitigated Scenario
Table 5-15 Predicted
Construction Noise Levels at Selected NSRs during Normal Daytime Working Hours
under the Unmitigated Scenario due to the Project ONLY
Table 5-16 Summary of Predicted Operational Levels at NSRs
Table 5-17 Year 2017
Traffic Forecast
Table 5-18 Year 2032
Traffic Forecast
Table 5-19 Predicted
Noise Levels for “with project” and “without project”
Scenarios during AM Peak Off-site Traffic of FEHD Depot (0700 – 0800) in Year
2017, L10,(1-hr)
Table 5-20 Predicted
Noise Levels for “with project” and “without project”
Scenarios during PM Peak Off-site Traffic of FEHD Depot (1500 – 1600) in Year
2017, L10,(1-hr)
Table 5-21 Predicted
Noise Levels for “with project” and “without project”
Scenarios during AM Peak Off-site Traffic of FEHD Depot (0700 – 0800) in Year
2032, L10,(1-hr)
Table 5-22 Predicted
Noise Levels for “with project” and “without project”
Scenarios during PM Peak Off-site Traffic of FEHD Depot (1500 – 1600) in Year
2032, L10,(1-hr)
Table 5-23 Maximum SWLs
for Selected “Quiet” and Alternative Plants
Table 5-24 Predicted
Cumulative Construction Noise Levels at Selected NSRs during Normal Daytime
Working Hours under the Mitigated Scenario
Table 5-25 Predicted
Construction Noise Levels at Selected NSRs during Normal Daytime Working Hours
under the Mitigated Scenario due to the Project ONLY
Table 6-1 Summary of
WQOs for Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) WCZ
Table 6-2 WSD Standards
at Flushing Water Intakes
Table 6-3 Marine Water
Quality for Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) WCZ in 2011 at VM7, VM15, VT12 and
VT10
Table 6-4 List of
Potential Concurrent Projects
Table 7-1 Summary of
C&D Materials Arising from the Project
Table 7-2 Summary of
Chemical Waste Arising from the Project
Table 7-3 Tentative
Estimated Timing of Waste Arising
Table 7-4 Summary of
Historical and Current Land Uses
Table 8-1 Significant
Threshold of Landscape Impact
Table 8-2 Significant
Threshold of Visual Impact
Table 8-3 Summary of
Existing Landscape Resources and their Amenity Values and Sensitivities in the
Study Area
Table 8-4 Changes of
Landscape Resources with Planned Development
Table 8-5 Summary of Existing
Landscape Character Area and their Amenity Values and Sensitivities in the
Study Area
Table 8-6 Changes of
Landscape Character Areas (LCAs) with Planned Development
Table 8-7 Tree Species
Composition within the Site
Table 8-8 Identified
VSRs and Their Sensitivity (Existed and Planned)
Table 8-9 Summary of
Proposed Action for Surveyed Trees in the Site
Table 8-10 Magnitude of
Change for LRs and Significance of Landscape Impacts during Construction and
Operational Phases
Table 8-11 Magnitude of
Change for LCAs and Significance of Landscape Impacts during Construction and
Operational Phases
Table 8-12 Magnitude of
Change for VSRs during Construction and Operational Phases
Table 8-13 Significance
Visual Impacts during Construction and Operational Phases
Table 9-1 Summary of Key Environmental
Outcomes
Table 9-2 Summary of Measures Adopted to
Minimize Environmental Impacts
Table 10-1 Summary of
EM&A Requirements
Table 12-1 Implementation
Schedule of the Project
List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Site Layout Plan
Figure 2-1 Location Plan of Alternative Site
Figure 2-2 Location Plan of Alternative
Routings
Figure 3-1 Outline Layout Plan
Figure 4-1 Location Plan of Air Sensitive
Receivers
Figure 4-2 Major Roads related to the Project
Figure 4-3 Contours of Highest Hourly Average
Concentrations of NO2
Figure 4-4 Contours of 24-Hour Average
Concentrations of NO2
Figure 4-5 Contours of 24-Hour Average
Concentrations of RSP
Figure 4-6 Contours of Annual Average
Concentrations of NO2
Figure 4-7 Contours of Annual Average
Concentrations of RSP
Figure 5-1 Locations
of Project Boundary and Identified Noise Sensitive Receivers (NSRs)
Figure 5-2 Locations
of Background Noise Measurements
Figure 5-3 Locations
of Assessment Points of Each NSRs
Figure 5-4 Locations of Works Front, NSRs and
Corresponding Notional Points for NSRs
Figure 6-1 Water Sensitive Receivers
Figure 6-2 Proposed Sewerage Layout Plan
Figure 8-1 Existing
Landscape Resources (LRs)
Figure 8-2 Landscape
Resources (LRs) with Planned Development
Figure 8-3 Existing
Landscape Character Area (LCAs)
Figure 8-4 Landscape
Character Area (LCAs) with Planned Development
Figure 8-5 Trees
Recommendation Plan
Figure 8-6 Existing
Visual Envelope (VE)
Figure 8-7 Existing
Visual Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)
Figure 8-8 Visual
Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) with Planned Development
Figure 8-9 Existing
Views and Photomontages from Block 1 of Metro Harbour (Viewpoint 2)
Figure 8-10 Existing Views and Photomontages from
Block 1 of Hampton Place (Viewpoint 3)
Figure 8-11 Existing
Views and Photomontages from Nam Cheong Station Exit on Yen Chow Street West
(Viewpoint 1)
Figure 8-12 Examples
of Temporary Landscape Treatment for Construction Phase
List of Appendices
Appendix
3-1 Preliminary Construction
Programme
Appendix
4-1 Hourly In/Out Traffic Volumes
Appendix
4-2 Correspondence with Transport
Department
Appendix
4-2a Conversion Breakdown of the
Vehicle Types
Appendix
4-3 Estimation of Composite Emission
Factors (Open Roads)
Appendix
4-4 Estimation of Composite Emission
Factors (Within Depot Area)
Appendix
4-5 Estimation of Idling Emission
Factors within Depot Area
Appendix
5-1 Corresponding MLP of Planned
Development at Nam Cheong Station and Correspondence with MTRC
Appendix
5-2 Photographs of the Identified
existing NSRs
Appendix
5-3 Split Type A/C Observed at NSR1
and NSR2
Appendix
5-4 Construction Programme
Appendix
5-5 Latest Layout and Elevation Plan
Appendix
5-6 Photos of Identified Workshop
Vehicle Repair Activities
Appendix
5-7 Summary of Estimated Off-site Traffic
Generation (Inbound and Outbound) from FEHD Depot and Summary of Traffic
Forecast
Appendix
5-8 Detailed Calculation of
Construction Noise Impact Assessment and Complete PME Inventory (Unmitigated
Scenario)
Appendix
5-9 Construction Noise Levels due to
XRL project according to AEIAR-143/2009
Appendix
5-10 Detailed Calculation of Fixed
Plant Noise Impact Assessment
Appendix
5-11 Detailed Calculations of
Construction Noise Impact Assessment and Complete PME Inventory (Mitigated
Scenario)
Appendix
6-1 Catalogue of Automatic Vehicle
Washing Machine
Appendix
6-2 Preliminary Layout and Schematic
for Foul Water Drainage System
Appendix
6-3 Estimate of Sewage Flow and
Hydraulics of Sewerage
Appendix
7-1 Drillhole
Record (BH6) from Ground Investigation for the Site
Appendix
7-2 Aerial Photograph Review
Appendix
7-3 Correspondence with Local
Authorities and Company on Record Request
Appendix
7-4 Site Walkover Checklists
Appendix
8-1 Aerial Photograph of Landscape
Resources
Appendix
8-2 Photographs of Key Landscape
Resources
Appendix
8-3 Aerial Photograph of Landscape
Character Areas
Appendix
8-4 Trees Species Composition within
the Survey Area and Assessment Schedule
Appendix
8-5 Recommended Tree and Shrub
Species for Landscape Design
Appendix
8-6 Examples of Landscape Finishes
Appendix
8-7 Conceptual Master Landscape
Design