Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance, Cap. 499
Application for Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental
Permit
Application No.: DIR-213/2011
Project Title: South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC) Hong Kong Segment
Conditions Imposed under
Section 5(12) of the Ordinance
for Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental Permit
1.
All
measures described in the Project Profile (PP-444/2011) submitted with the
application shall be fully implemented.
2. Prior to application for environmental
permit of the Project, the Applicant shall submit to the Director for approval
the following –
(i)
A
detailed monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme covering water quality
impact, marine mammals inspection and construction and demolition waste
management, including employing an independent checker to audit the implementation of
all mitigation measures in 1. above and submit weekly EM&A report to the
Director during and upon completion of the construction work;
(ii) A landscape plan showing details of landscape
protection and reinstatement works within the Coastal Protection Area (CPA) for
implementation during construction stage of the Project; and
(iii) A review report
of geophysical survey results supplemented with relevant plans or charts to verify the findings of marine
archaeology within the proposed cable corridor as indicated in the Project
Profile (PP-444/2011). The review and interpretation of the geophysical survey results shall
be carried out by a qualified marine archaeologist.
Note
Under section 17 of the EIA
Ordinance, the Applicant may appeal to the Appeal Board against the above
condition within 30 days of the receipt of this notice of the Director’s
decision.
Environmental Protection
Department
August 2011