Project Title : Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility

For Hong Kong International Airport

Reference of the Approved EIA Report in the Register : AEIAR-062/2002

Conditions of Approval under Section 8(3) of the EIA Ordinance (the Ordinance)

The EIA Report as exhibited under Section 7(1) of the Ordinance is approved by the Director on the condition that the following requirements shall form part of the approved EIA Report :

1. The applicant shall take measures to reduce the underwater piling noise as much as possible and in any case shall reduce noise by 3 to 5 dB(A). In addition, the results of the bubble jacket noise attenuation trial and test shall be reported to the EIA Subcommittee of the Advisory Council on the Environment before piling commences.

2. The applicant shall acoustically decouple the piling and related equipment installed on the piling barge such that the underwater noise emitted from the hull of the barge will not be higher than that from the percussive piling itself.

3. The applicant shall set up additional water quality monitoring points during the dredging phase.

Environmental Protection Department

July 2002