Project title:
Reference of the Approved EIA Report in the Register:
AEIAR – 140/2009
Condition of Approval under Section 8(3) of the EIA
Ordinance (the Ordinance)
The EIA report as exhibited under
Section 7(a) of the Ordinance is approved by the Director of Environmental
Protection with the following conditions:
1. The applicant shall submit to the
Director for approval, before the commencing the construction of the Project,
the final layout of the wind farm turbines with demonstrations that the final
layout, among the possible alternative layouts, has minimized the footprint of
the project and maximized the distance of the turbines from Ninepin Group and
Ung Kong Group.
2. The applicant shall submit to the Director
for approval, before commencing the construction of the project, a fisheries
enhancement plan incorporating measures, including deployment of artificial
reefs, in consultation with the fishery sector and the Agriculture, Fisheries
and Conservation Department.
3. The applicant shall enhance the
Environmental Monitoring and Audit on marine water quality covering the
following items (as shown in Figure 1):
(a)
For
the construction phase monitoring:
(i)
Adjust
the location of the control station from C2 to C
(ii)
An
additional station M10 to monitor the construction impact to the ecologically
important
(iii)
Additional
four tidal current stations TC1 to TC4 to monitor the impact of the wind farm
on the surrounding tidal current and salinity-temperature structure (hourly
measurements for tide and current based on moored instruments, and vertical
conductivity-temperature-depth profiles).
(b)
For
operational phase monitoring:
(i)
Same
measurements at TC1 to TC4 at least for one year; and
(ii) Similar measurements in two locations (TC5 and TC6) within the wind farm.
4. To facilitate communications and consultation in respect of
environmental impacts of the project, the applicant shall, within six months
upon the issue of this Environment Permit, set up a Stakeholder Liaison Group
comprising representatives of concerned parties, including those related to
fishery sector, environmental and hiking groups, to advise on the design,
construction and operation of the project, and shall inform the Advisory
Council on the Environment (ACE) and the Director in writing the membership and
terms of reference of the Stakeholder Liaison Group and should take into
account ACE’s views. The applicant shall place all minutes of meetings,
relevant documents and associated papers of the Stakeholder Liaison Group on
the dedicated website set up by the applicant, within one month of the dates of
the meetings.