References

Useful Resources are available at the Cyber Help Bench website http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/eia/hb

In short, they are:

• A Guide to the EIA Ordinance
• A Guide to the Environmental Impact Assessment (Appeal Board) Regulation
• Advertising Requirements and Public Inspection of Documents
• Modus Operandi of the Environmental Impact Assessment Subcommittee of the Advisory Council on the Environment
• General Notes for the Applications under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Chapter 499)
• Assessment of the Impact on the Sites of Cultural Heritage in Environmental Impact Assessment Studies
• Basic Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Process (GN 1/2002)
• The Role and Operation of Environmental Study Management Group (GN 2/2002)
• Flexibility and Enforceability of Mitigation Measures proposed in an EIA Report (GN 3/2002)
• The Role on Independent Environmental Checker (GN 4/2002)
• Implementation Schedule for Environmental Impact Assessment Process (GN 5/2002)
• Some Observations on Ecological Assessment From the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Perspective (GN 6/2002)
• Ecological Baseline Survey for Ecological Assessment (GN 7/2002)
• Preparation of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (GN 8/2002)

In addition, SEA Reports are available on our website through the link http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/eia_planning/ sea/sea

All the approved EIAs are displayed in the EIAO Register and on the EIAO website. An applicant can get useful resources and references from them, together with collecting relevant site specific information. Nonetheless, an applicant should take note that each project has case specific matter, and references can only be applied after professional consideration.