Nomenclature and abbreviation

Abbreviations (General)

Abbreviations

Description

AAHK

Airport Authority Hong Kong

A

Amenity

AAP

Archaeological Action Plan

ACE

Advisory Council on the Environment

ACM

Asbestos Containing Materials

AFCD

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

AFS

Archaeological Field Survey

AGR

Agriculture

AL

Archaeological Survey Location

AMO

Antiquities and Monuments Office

APA

Archaeological Potential Area

ArchSD

Architectural Services Department

BMP

Best Management Practices

BOD

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BOD5

5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BSAP

Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

C

Commercial

C&D

Construction and Demolition

C&DMMP

Construction and Demolition Materials Management Plan

C&I

Commercial and Industrial

C/R

Commercial/Residential

CA

Conservation Area

CAP

Contamination Assessment Plan

CAR

Contamination Assessment Report

CBD

The Convention on Biological Diversity

CDA

Comprehensive Development Area

CEDD

Civil Engineering and Development Department

CO

Carbon Monoxide

CEPT

Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand

CPA

Coastal Protection Area

CWTC

Chemical Waste Treatment Centre

DBL

Deep Bay Link

DCS

District Cooling System

DfD

Design for Deconstruction

DO

Dissolved Oxygen

DO

District Open Space

DP

Designated Project

DSD

Drainage Service Department

DWFI

Dry Weather Flow Interceptors

E

Education

E&TP

Enterprise and Technology Park

ECP

Emergency Contingency Plan

EFTS

Environmentally Friendly Transport Services

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EIAO

Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance

EIAO-TM

Technical Memorandum on Environmental Impact Assessment Process

EMP

Environmental Management Plan

ENPO

Environmental Project Office

EP

Environmental Permit

EPD

Environmental Protection Department

ER

Engineer¡¦s Representative

ET

Environmental Team

ETWB TC

Environment, Transport and Works Bureau Technical Circular

EV

Electric Vehicle

FCZ

Fish Culture Zone

FLN

Fanling North

FLWSR

Flushing Water Service Reservoir

FSD

Fire Services Department

FSP

Fine Suspended Particulates

FWSR

Fresh Water Service Reservoir

G

Government

G/IC

Government, Institution or Community

GB

Green Belt

GFA

Gross Floor Area

GTC

Green Transit Corridor

HA

Housing Authority

HGV

Heavy Goods Vehicle

HKPSG

Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines

HKSAR

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

HSK

Hung Shui Kiu

HSK NDA

Hung Shui Kiu New Development Area

HSK STW

Hung Shui Kiu Sewage Treatment Works

HT

Ha Tsuen

HT SPS

Ha Tsuen Sewage Pumping Station

HyD

Highways Department

I

Industry

I/R

Industrial/Residential

IC

Institution/Community

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

IEC

Independent Environmental Checker

IT&T

Information Technology and Telecommunications

IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature

KSWH

Kong Sham Western Highway

KTN

Kwu Tung North

LAOI

Land Administration Office Instruction

LCA

Landscape Character Area

LO

Local Open Space

LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LR

Landscape Resources

LRT

Light Rail Transit

LWCS

Livestock Waste Control Scheme

MSW

Municipal Solid Waste

NBA

Non-building Area

NIMBY

Not In My Backyard

NO2

Nitrogen Dioxide

NWNT

North West New Territories

O

Open Space

O3

Ozone

ODP

Outline Development Plan

OS

Open Storage

OU

Other Specified Uses

OU

Odour Unit (in Air Quality Chapter)

OU(C&R)

Other Specified Uses (Commercial and Residential)

OU(E+TP)

Other Specified Uses (Enterprise and Technology Park)

OU(LF)

Other Specified Uses (Logistics Facility)

OU(PBU+STW)

Other Specified Uses (Port Back-up, Storage & Workshop Uses)

OU(Regional Plaza)

Other Specified Uses (Regional Plaza)

OVT

Old and Valuable Tree

OZP

Outline Zoning Plan

PATH

Pollutants in the Atmosphere and their Transport over Hongkong

PBU

Port Back-up

PDA

Planned Development Area

PFC

Public Fill Committee

PlanD

Planning Department

PODP

Preliminary Outline Development Plan

PP

Project Proponent

PR

Plot Ratio

PRC

The People's Republic of China

PRD

Pearl River Delta

ProPECC PN

Professional Persons Environmental Consultative Committee Practice Note

PTI

Public Transport Interchange

PV

Photovoltaic

R1c

Residential Zone 1 (with Commercial)

R2

Residential - Zone 2

R2*

Residential - Zone 2

R2c

Residential - Zone 2 (with Commercial)

R3

Residential - Zone 3

R3*

Residential - Zone 3

R3c

Residential - Zone 3 (with Commercial)

R4*

Residential - Zone 4

RAP

Remediation Action Plan

RBRG

Risk-Based Remediation Goal

RCP

Refuse Collection Point

REC

Recreation

RLP

Recommended Layout Plan

RO

Regional Office

RO

Regional Open Space

RODP

Recommended Outline Development Plan

RR

Remediation Report

RR4

Rural Residential - Zone 4

R2(SSF)

Subsidized Sales Flat

R2(SSF)c

Subsidised Sales Flat (with Commercial)

R2(SSF)c*

Subsidised Sales Flat (with Commercial)

RSc

Special Residential ¡V Public Rental Housing (with commercial)

RSc*

Special Residential ¡V Public Rental Housing (with Commercial)

RSP

Respirable Suspended Particulates

RTS

Refuse Transfer Station

SAI

Site of Archaeological Interest

SGA

Strategic Growth Area

SI

Site Investigation

SO2

Sulphur Dioxide

SPS

Sewage Pumping Station

SS

Suspended Solids

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

STF

Sludge Treatment Facility

STW

Sewage Treatment Works

SW STW

San Wai Sewage Treatment Works

SWC

Shenzhen Western Corridor

SWPS

Salt Water Pumping Station

SWSR

Salt Water Service Reservoir

SWU

Storage & Workshop Uses

T&C

Testing & Certification

TDSR

Territory Development Strategy Review

HKBWS

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

TIN

Total Inorganic Nitrogen

TM

Technical Memorandum

TM-DSS

Technical Memorandum on Standards for Effluents Discharge into Drainage and Sewerage Systems, Inland and Coastal Waters

TMWB

Tuen Mun Western Bypass

TN

Total Nitrogen

TOD

Transit-oriented Development

TP

Total Phosphorus

TSE

Treated Sewage Effluent

TSP

Total Suspended Particulates

TSW

Tin Shui Wai

U

Undetermined

UIA

Unionized Ammonia

V

Village Type Development

VKT

Vehicle-Km-Travel

VSR

Visually Sensitive Receivers

WCZ

Water Control Zone

WDO

Waste Disposal Ordinance

WEL

Western Express Line

WENT

West New Territories

WMP

Waste Management Plan

WPCO

Water Pollution Control Ordinance

WQO

Water Quality Objectives

WRL

West Rail Line

WRS

West Rail Station

WSD

Water Supplies Department

WSR

Water Sensitive Receivers

WTW

Water Treatment Works

YLS

Yuen Long South

ZVI

Zone of Visual Influence

* Land uses and development parameters based on the provisions in the existing OZP / approved development schemes