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List of environmental impact assessment released

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (July 22) released a list of completed and on-going statutory environmental impact assessment (EIA) and non-statutory environmental studies for major development projects between April 1, 2004, and June 30, 2004:

Approved statutory EIA

1. Improvement to San Tin Interchange (Highways Department)

2. Yuen Long and Kam Tin Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Stage 2 (Drainage Services Department)

The reports and executive summaries of approved statutory EIAs are now available at the following locations:

* Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) Register Office, EPD, 27th floor, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai;

* Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre, 221 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai;

* Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre, Tak Wah Park, Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan;

* Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, 2nd floor, Government Accommodations, Grand Regentville, 9 Wo Mun Street, Luen Wo Hui, Fanling;

* Public Enquiry Centre of relevant District Office(s); and

* EIAO website - http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia.

Ongoing statutory EIA and non-statutory environmental studies:

Statutory EIA

1. Reclamation of Sai Wan Typhoon Shelter and Associated Engineering Works at Cheung Chau (Territory Development Department)

2. Remaining Development in Tung Chung and Tai Ho - Comprehensive Feasibility Study (Territory Development Department)

3. Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Works Extension (Water Supplies Department)

4. Road P1 Advance Works at Yam O on Lantau Island (Civil Engineering Department)

5. Peng Chau Helipad (Civil Engineering Department)

6. Peng Chau Sewage Treatment Works Upgrade (Drainage Services Department)

7. New Contaminated Mud Marine Disposal Facility at Airport East/East Sha Chau (Civil Engineering Department)

8. Drainage Improvements in Southern Lantau (Drainage Services Department)

9. Flyover at Junction of Che Kung Miu Road/Hung Mui Kuk Road (Highways Department)

10. Proposed Shuen Wan Landfill Golf Course (Home Affairs Bureau)

11. Widening of T6 Bridge, Sha Tin (Highways Department)

12. Widening of Tate's Cairn Highway between Shek Mun Interchange and T6 Interchange (Highways Department)

13. Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works and Sewerage (Drainage Services Department)

14. Drainage Improvement in Sha Tin and Tai Po (Drainage Services Department)

15. Trunk Road T4 in Sha Tin (Territory Development Department)

16. Drainage Improvement in Northern New Territories - Package C (Drainage Services Department)

17. Tseung Kwan O Development Contract No. TK 44/97: Dualling of Hang Hau Road (Territory Development Department)

18. Tseung Kwan O Development Phase 3 - Road P2 connecting Town Centre and Western Coast Road (Civil Engineering Department)

19. Proposed Extension of Public Golf Course of Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung (The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

20. Sai Kung Sewage Treatment Works, Phase II Upgrading (Drainage Services Department)

21. Drainage Improvements in Sai Kung (Drainage Services Department)

22. Planning and Development Study on North East New Territories (Territory Development Department)

23. Road Widening of Hing Wah Street (Highways Department)

24. Drainage Improvement in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel (Drainage Services Department)

25. Widening of Yeung Uk Road between Tai Ho Road and Ma Tau Pa Road, Tsuen Wan (Territory Development Department)

26. Extension of Kwai Chung Crematorium (Architectural Services Department)

27. Shatin to Central Link (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)

28. Tsuen Wan Road Upgrading (Territory Development Department)

29. Animal Cremator (Environmental Protection Department)

30. Flyover and Adjoining Footbridge between Yuen Long On Ling Road and Kau Yuk Road (Highways Department)

31. Feasibility Study of Waste-to-Energy Incineration Facilities (Environmental Protection Department)

32. Planning and Development Study of Potential Housing Site near Area 1 (San Wai Court), Tuen Mun (Territory Development Department)

33. Upgrading of Pillar Point Sewage Treatment Works (Drainage Services Department)

34. Recovery Park in Tuen Mun Area 38 (Environmental Protection Department)

35. Lau Fau Shan Development - Package 4 (Territory Development Department)

36. Yuen Long, Kam Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Tin Shui Wai Drainage Package Stage 1 (Drainage Services Department)

37. San Tin Western Main Drainage Channel (Drainage Services Department)

38. Lau Fau Shan Development - Remaining Engineering Works Phase 1 - Hang Hau Tsuen Channel and Associated Works (Territory Development Department)

39. Planning and Development Study on North West New Territories (Territory Development Department)

40. Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in DD123 (Mutual Luck Investment Limited)

41. Proposed Road A connecting Sin Fat Road and Cha Kwo Ling Road at Cha Kwo Ling, Kwun Tong (Civil Engineering Department)

42. Central Kowloon Route (Highways Department)

43. Kowloon Southern Link (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporations)

44. South East Kowloon Development - Kai Tak Approach Channel Reclamation (Territory Development Department)

45. Distributor Roads under Agreement No. CE 42/2000 South East Kowloon Development, Infrastructure at North Apron Area of Kai Tak Airport, Design and Construction (Territory Development Department)

46. Helipad at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island (Civil Engineering Department)

47. Drainage Improvement in Northern Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel (Drainage Services Department)

48. Western Harbour Submarine Pipeline and Associated Stations (The Hong Kong China Gas Company Limited)

49. Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau and Pok Fu Lam Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Stage II (Drainage Services Department)

50. Tonggu Channel of Shenzhen Port (Shenzhen Port Tonggu Channel Developing Office)

51. Proposed Submarine Pipelines System from Tuen Mun to Tung Chung And Associated Offtake and Pigging Station at Chek Lap Kok (The Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd)

52. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section and North Lantau Highways Connection (Highways Department)

53. Further Development of Tseung Kwan O Feasibility Study (Territory Development Department)

54. Renewable Energy by a Wind Turbine System on Lamma Island (The Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.)

55. West Island Line and South Island Line (Mass Transit Railway Corporation)

56. Northeast New Territories (NENT) Landfill Extension (Environmental Protection Department)

57. Optimized Shatin to Central Link Conforming Scheme (East West Railway Corridor) (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)

58. Optimised Shatin to Central Link Conforming Scheme (North South Railway Corridor) (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)

59. West New Territories (WENT) Landfill Extension (Environmental Protection Department)

60. Expansion of Heliport Facilities at Macau Ferry Terminal (Civil Aviation Department)

Non-statutory Environmental Studies:

1. Dualling of Clear Water Bay Road between Tai Po Tsai and Hang Hau Road (Highways Department)

2. Strategic Environmental Assessment for Territory-wide Implementation Study for Water-cooled Air conditioning Systems in Hong Kong (Electrical and Mechanical Services Department)

3. Strategic Environmental Assessment for Hong Kong 2030: Planning Vision and Strategy (Planning Department)

4. Study on the Long-term Arrangements to Accommodate Inert Construction and Demolition Materials and Dredged Mud - Strategic Environmental Assessment (Civil Engineering Department)

5. Investigation and Preliminary Design for Reconstruction and Improvement of Tuen Mun Road (Highways Department)

6. Sunnyville Estate Development at Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long (Private Developer)

7. Development of an Integrated Arts, Cultural and Entertainment District of at the West Kowloon Reclamation, Hong Kong (Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau)

8. Focus Study on the Early Development of the Proposed Tourism Node Incorporating a Cruise Terminal within the South East Kowloon Area - Cruise Terminal and Tourism Node (Territory Development Department)

9. Urban Design Study for the Planning and Development of Southeast Kowloon (Planning Department)

10. Planning and Engineering Feasibility Study for North of Pamela Youde Hospital, Chai Wan (Civil Engineering Department)

11. Feasibility Study for Development at Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine Site (Civil Engineering Department)

12. Restoration of the East Lamma Channel Marine Borrow Area (Civil Engineering Department)

13. Drainage Improvement in Tuen Mun (Drainage Services Department)

14. Drainage Improvement in East Kowloon (Drainage Services Department)

Information related to the EIAO is also available at the EIAO website at http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia.

Ends/Thursday, July 22, 2004


 
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