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List of environmental impact assessment released

The Environmental Protection Department today (April 10) released a list of completed and on-going statutory environmental impact assessment (EIA) and non-statutory environmental studies for major development projects between January 1, 2006 and March 31, 2006.

Completed statutory EIA and non-statutory environmental studies:
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A.   Statutory EIA:
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1.   Helipad at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

2.   Expansion of Heliport Facilities at Macau Ferry Terminal
     (Civil Aviation Department)
 
3.   Proposed Karting Track in D.D.134, Lung Kwu Sheung Tan, Tuen Mun
     (HGH Limited)

4.   Main Arena of the 2008 Olympic Equestrian Event
     (The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

5.   Lamma Power Station Units L4 & L5 Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plant Retrofit Project
     (The Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd.)

     The reports and executive summaries of the above-mentioned approved statutory EIA are now available at the following locations:-

a)   EIA Ordinance Register Office, EPD, 27th floor, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai;

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

c)   Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre, Tak Wah Park, Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan;

d)   Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, second floor, Government Accommodations, Grand Regentville, 9 Wo Mun Street, Luen Wo Hui, Fanling;

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

f)   EIA Ordinance website at
www.epd.gov.hk/eia.

B.   Non-statutory Environmental Studies:
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     Nil

Ongoing statutory EIA and non-statutory environmental studies:
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A.   Statutory EIA:
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1.   Reclamation of Sai Wan Typhoon Shelter and Associated Engineering Works at Cheung Chau
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.   Tseung Kwan O Development Contract No. TK 44/97: Dualling of Hang Hau Road
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

11.  Planning and Development Study on North East New Territories
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

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

14.  Shatin to Central Link
     (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)
 
15.  Animal Cremator
     (Environmental Protection Department)

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

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

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

19.  Lau Fau Shan Development - Package 4
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

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

22.  PWP Item No. 471CL (Part) - Lau Fau Shan Development, Remaining Engineering Works, Phase 1 - Hang Hau Tsuen Channel and Associated Works
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

23.  Planning and Development Study on North West New Territories
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

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

26.  Central Kowloon Route
     (Highways Department)

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

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

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

30.  Proposed Submarine Pipelines System from Tuen Mun to Tung Chung And Associated Offtake and Pigging Station at Chek Lap Kok
     (The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited)

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

32.  West Island Line and South Island Line
     (MTR Corporation Limited)

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

34.  Optimised Shatin to Central Link Conforming Scheme (East West Railway Corridor)
     (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)
           
35.  Optimised Shatin to Central Link Conforming Scheme (North South Railway Corridor)
     (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation)

36.  West New Territories (WENT) Landfill Extensions
     (Environmental Protection Department)

37.  Southeast New Territories (SENT) Landfill Extension
     (Environmental Protection Department)

38.  Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) - Provision of Disinfection Facilities at Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works
     (Drainage Services Department)

39.  Lantau Logistics Park Development
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

40.  Upgrading of Pillar Point Sewage Treatment Works (EIA Study Brief no. ESB-122/2004)
     (Drainage Services Department)

41.  Relocation of Yiu Lian Floating Dock No. 3
     (Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited)

42.  Repositioning and Long Term Operation Plan of Ocean Park
     (Ocean Park Corporation)

43.  Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities
     (Castle Peak Power Co. Ltd.)

44.  "Provision of Additional Interchange Connecting Tuen Mun Road and Castle Peak Road Near Sam Shing Estate" and "Widening of Tuen Mun Road at Tsing Tin Interchange"
     (Highways Department)

45.  Proposed Development Phase IV at CRC Oil Terminal, Tsing Yi-Refrigerated Storage Tanks for Liquefied Gas
     (China Resources Petrochems (Group) Co. Ltd.)

46.  Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A
     (Drainage Services Department)

47.  West Island Line
     (MTR Corporation Limited)

48.  Proposed Comprehensive Development at Wo Shang Wai, Yuen Long
     (Profit Point Enterprises Limited)

49.  Laying of Western Cross Harbour Main and Associated Land Mains from West Kowloon to Sai Ying Pun
     (Water Supplies Department)
 
50.  Emissions Control Project at Castle Peak Power Station "B" Units
     (Castle Peak Power Company Limited)

51.  Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Atrium Link Extension
     (Hong Kong Trade Development Council)

52.  Development of a Bathing Beach at Lung Mei, Tai Po
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

53.  Widening of Yeung Uk Road Between Tai Ho Road and Ma Tau Pa Road, Tsuen Wan (EIA Study Brief no. ESB-139/2005)
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

54.  Provision of Cremators at Wo Hop Shek Crematorium
     (Architectural Services Department)

55.  Tsuen Wan Bypass, widening of Tsuen Wan Road between Tsuen Tsing Interchange and Kwai Tsing Interchange, and associated junction improvement works
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

B.   Non-statutory Environmental Studies:
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1.   Dualling of Clear Water Bay Road between Tai Po Tsai and Hang Hau Road
     (Highways Department)

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

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

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

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

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

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

8.   Restoration of the East Lamma Channel Marine Borrow Area
     (Civil Engineering and Development Department)

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

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

11.  Kai Tak Planning Review
     (Planning Department)

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

Ends/Monday, April 10, 2006


 

 

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