TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 .BACKGROUND
TO THE STUDY
1.2 .PURPOSE
AND SCOPE OF THE EIA
1.3 .EIA
STUDY AREA
1.4 .STRUCTURE
OF THE REPORT
2.1 .PROJECT
DETAILS AND DESIGN CONSIDERATION
2.2 .NEED
OF THE PROJECT
2.3 .CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
2.4 .ALTERNATIVE
CONSIDERATIONS (DRAINAGE OPTIONS AND ALIGNMENTS)
2.5 .PRELIMINARY
DESIGN OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WORKS
2.6 .LANDSCAPE
DESIGN
2.7 .CONSTRUCTION
METHODS AND ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS
2.8 .OPERATION
OF THE PROJECTS
2.9 .WORKS
PROGRAMME
2.10 .INTERACTION
WITH OTHER PROJECTS
3.1 .INTRODUCTION
3.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
3.3 .DESCRIPTION
OF THE ENVIRONMENT
3.4 .AIR
SENSITIVE RECEIVERS
3.5 .IDENTIFICATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
3.6 .PREDICTION
AND EVALUATION OF IMPACTS
3.7 .MITIGATION
MEASURES
3.8 .RESIDUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3.9 .ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
4.1 .INTRODUCTION
4.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
4.3 .DESCRIPTION
OF THE ENVIRONMENT
4.4 .NOISE
SENSITIVE RECEIVERS
4.5 .ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
4.6 .IDENTIFICATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
4.7 .PREDICTION
AND EVALUATION OF IMPACTS
4.8 .MITIGATION
MEASURES
4.9 .RESIDUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4.10 .ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
5.1 .INTRODUCTION
5.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
5.3 .BASELINE
CONDITIONS
5.4 .WATER
SENSITIVE RECEIVERS
5.5 .ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
5.6 .IDENTIFICATION
AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
5.7 .MITIGATION
MEASURES
5.9 .RESIDUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5.10 .ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
6 .WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
6.1 .INTRODUCTION
6.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
6.3 .ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
6.4 .IDENTIFICATION
AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
6.5 .MITIGATION
MEASURES
6.6 .RESIDUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6.7 .ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
7.1 .INTRODUCTION
7.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
7.3 .ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
7.4 .BASELINE
CONDITIONS
7.5 .ECOLOGICAL
VALUE
7.6 .IDENTIFICATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
7.7 .IMPACT
EVALUATION
7.8 .MITIGATION
OF ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
7.9 .RESIDUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
7.10 .ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
8 .CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
8.1 .INTRODUCTION
8.2 .ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
8.3 .ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY
8.4 .BASELINE
CONDITIONS
8.5 .IDENTIFICATION
AND EVALuation of Potential Impacts
8.6 .MITIGATION
MEASURES
9 .ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT
(EM&A) REQUIREMENTS
9.1 .INTRODUCTION
9.2 .AIR
QUALITY IMPACT
9.3 .NOISE
IMPACT
9.4 .WATER
QUALITY IMPACT
9.5 .WASTE
MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
9.6 .ECOLOGICAL
IMPACT
9.7 .CULTURAL
HERITAGE
10.1 .INTRODUCTION
10.2 .AIR
QUALITY IMPACT
10.3 .NOISE
IMPACT
10.4 .WATER
QUALITY IMPACT
10.5 .WASTE
MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
10.6 .ECOLOGICAL
IMPACT
10.7 .CULTURAL
HERITAGE
10.8 .OVERALL
CONCLUSION
11 .IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE OF THE PROPOSED
MITIGATION MEASURES
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Summary
of Existing Drainage Conditions in Mui Wo
Table 2.2 Summary
of Key Continuous Public Involvement
Table 2.3 Summary
of Key Comments/Recommendations from the Public
Table 2.4 Considerations
of Various Drainage Options
Table 2.5 Summary
of Project Elements
Table 2.6 Proposed
Planting Species
Table 2.7 Summary
of Construction Methods and Alternative Consideration
Table 3.1 Hong
Kong Air Quality Objectives
Table 3.2 Representative
Air Sensitive Receivers
Table 4.1 Construction
Noise Criteria for Activity other than Percussive Piling
Table 4.2 Summary
of Representative Noise Sensitive Receivers
Table 4.3 On-time
Percentage Assumptions of PME
Table 4.4 Summary
of Unmitigated Construction Noise Levels During Normal Daytime Working Hours
Table 4.5 Sound
Power Levels for Quiet PME
Table 4.6 Movable
Noise Barrier for Certain Items of PME
Table 5.1 Water
Quality Objectives for Inland Waters
Table 5.2 Summary
of Water Quality Monitoring Data for Tributaries of Mui Wo River in 2002
Table 6.1 Sediment
Quality Classification Criteria
Table 6.2 Contaminant
Levels of Riverbed Soil Samples and Their Categories
Table 6.3 Summary
of C&D Material Volumes
Table 7.1 Avifaunal
Species of Conservation Interest Previously Recorded From the Mui Wo Area*
Table 7.2a Ecological
Value of River Habitats in the Assessment Area.
Table 7.3a Evaluation
of Floral Species of Conservation Interest Recorded Within Assessment Areas
Table 7.3b Evaluation
of Faunal Species of Conservation Interest Recorded Within Assessment Areas
Table 7.4 Habitats
Directly Affected by Proposed Drainage Improvement Works*
Table 7.5 Habitats
Temporarily Directly Affected by Proposed Drainage Improvement Works*
Table 7.6a Overall
Impact Evaluation to Pak Ngan Heung River.
Table 7.6b Overall
Impact Evaluation to Tai Tei Tong River.
Table 7.6c Overall
Impact Evaluation to Luk Tei Tong River.
Table 7.6d Overall
Impact Evaluation to Luk Tei Tong (2) River.
Table 7.6f Overall
Impact Evaluation of Inactive Agriculture (Dry & Wet) and Shrubland Habitats
Table 7.6g Overall
Impact Evaluation of Fishpond and Plantation & Tree/Orchard Habitats
Table 7.6h Overall
Impact Evaluation of Developed Land, Bare Ground & Wasteland Habitats
Table 7.7 Overall
Impact Evaluation to Species of Conservation Interest
Table 7.8 Evaluation
of Residual Ecological Impact To Luk Tei Tong Marsh
Table 7.9 Monitoring
White-shouldered Starlings: of Event and Action Plan
Table 8.1 Requirements
for identified areas of archaeological potential
Table 8.2 Assessment
of Potential Impacts to Recorded Resources
Table 9.1 Monitoring
of White-shouldered Starlings: Event and Action Plan
Table 10.1 Summary
of Key Environmental Outcomes/ Benefits
Table 11.1 Implementation
Schedule for Construction Dust Control
Table 11.2 Implementation
Schedule for Construction Noise Control
Table 11.3 Implementation
Schedule for Water Quality Control
Table 11.4 Implementation
Schedule for Waste Management Implications
Table 11.5 Implementation
Schedule for Ecological Requirements
Table 11.6 Implementation
Schedule for Cultural Heritage
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 .Location
Plan of the Project
Figure 2.1 .General Layout Plan of Pak Ngan Heung
River (1 , 2)
Figure
2.2a .General Layout Plan of Luk Tei
Tong River and Luk Tei Tong By-pass Channel (1,
2)
Figure 2.2b .General
Layout Plan of Tai Tei Tong River
Figure 2.3 .General Layout Plan ?Cross Sections (1, 2)
Figure 2.4 .Preliminary Landscape Plan for Pak
Ngan Heung (1, 2)
Figure 2.5 .Preliminary
Landscape Plan for Tai Tei Tong
Figure 2.6 .Preliminary Landscape Plan for Luk Tei
Tong River and Luk Tei Tong By-pass Channel (1,
2)
Figure 2.7 .Photomontage
?Pak Ngan Heung River
Figure 2.8 .Photomontage
?Pak Ngan Heung River
Figure 2.9 .Photomontage
?Luk Tei Tong By-pass Channel
Figure
2.10 .Locations of Concurrent
Projects (1, 2)
Figure 3.1 .Locations of Representative Air Sensitive
Receivers (1, 2)
Figure 4.1 .Locations of Representative Noise
Sensitive Receivers (1, 2)
Figure 4.2 .Locations of Proposed Temporary Noise
Barriers (1, 2)
Figure 5.1 .Locations
of EPD River Water Quality Monitoring Stations
Figure 5.2 .Schematic
Design for Temporary Drainage Diversion
Figure 6.1 .Sediment Sampling Locations (1, 2)
Figure 7.1 .Habitat Map (1, 2)
Figure 7.2 .Proposed
Compensatory Marsh Habitat within Luk Tei Tong Bypass Channel
Figure 7.3 .Conceptual
Design of Fish-Ladder
Figure 8.2 .Location
of the Yuen Compound at the Luk Tei Tong River
Figure 8.3 .Locations
of the Recorded Resources at the Yuen Compound
Figure 8.4 .Location
of the Luk Tei Tong Watchtower
Appendices
Appendix
2.1 .Photos of Flooding in Mui Wo
Area
Appendix
2.2 .Preliminary Construction
Programme
Appendix
4.5A .Predicted Noise Levels at
Representative NSRs During Various Construction Stages (Mitigated)Appendix 4.5 .Sample
Calculation of Construction Noise Levels at Representative Noise Sensitive
Receiver –Mitigated
Appendix
4.6 .Calculation of Cumulative
Construction Noise Levels from Concurrent ProjectAppendix 7.1 .Representative
Photographs of Habitats Recorded in the Assessment Areas
Appendix 7.2 .Photographs
of Species of Conservation Interest Recorded from the Assessment Areas
Appendix 7.3 .Plant
Species Recorded in the Assessment Areas
Appendix 7.4 .Fauna Recorded Within the Assessment Area
Appendix 7.5 .Nature Conservation Practice Note ?
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