Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance, Cap. 499
Application for Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental
Permit
Project Title: Natural Terrain Hazard Mitigation Works at Study Area No. 12NW-C/SA1 Above
Leung Fai Tin Along
(Application No. DIR-225/2013)
Conditions Imposed under
Section 5(12) of the Ordinance
for Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental Permit
1.
No works shall be carried out outside the Works Area
boundary as indicated in Figure 3 of the Project Profile (No. PP-480/2013).
2.
All environmental mitigation
measures described in the Project Profile (No. PP-480/2013) submitted with the
application on 6 February 2013 shall be fully implemented.
3.
Plant species of conservation importance found within the
Works Area (i.e. Aquilaria sinensis and
Pavetta hongkongensis) shall be protected, retained in-situ and not be
disturbed.
4.
The Applicant shall submit to
the Director for approval, at least 6 weeks before commencement of
construction, 3 sets of a Landscape and Compensatory Planting Plan showing
details of compensatory plantings and protective measures for existing trees
and plants during construction. The
Landscape and Compensatory Planting plan shall also indicate with the aid of
figures, compensatory re-vegetation/planting by native shrubs/trees, and
locations of re-vegetation of the existing disturbed ground plus other suitable
areas within the Works Area. All
the proposed protective and compensatory measures recommended in the approved Landscape
and Compensatory Planting Plan shall be fully implemented during construction.
5.
An independent checker shall be employed to audit the
implementation of all mitigation measures recommended in the Project Profile
(No. PP-480/2013) and the approved Landscape and Compensatory
Planting Plan,
and to confirm in writing in the monthly report full implementation of the
mitigation measures during and upon completion of the construction works.
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
March 2013