CONTENTS

 

 

1.                  INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background

1.2       Purpose and Objectives of this EIA Report

1.3       Structure of this Report

 

2.                  CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES

2.1       Consideration of Alternative Site Locations for the PAFF

            2.1.1    Background

            2.1.2    Comparison of Alternative Sites

            2.1.3    Comparative Environmental Assessment

            2.1.4    Preferred Site

2.2       Pipeline Route Selection from Tuen Mun Area 38 to the Airport

            2.2.1    Pipeline Route Options

            2.2.2    Comparative Assessment of Options during the Construction Phase

            2.2.3    Comparative Assessment of Options during the Operational Phase

            2.2.4    Environmental Performance of the Existing Pipeline

            2.2.5    Conclusions

            2.2.6    Environmental Conditions in the Absence of the Project

            2.2.7    References

 

3.                  DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND ASSUMPTIONS

3.1       Background   

3.2       Tank Farm and Onshore Facilities

3.3       Berthing Jetty

3.4       Pipeline

3.5       Tanker Visit Frequency

3.6       Emergency Backup Facilities

 

4.                  AIR QUALITY

4.1       Environmental Legislation

            4.1.1    Air Quality Objectives

            4.1.2    Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation

            4.1.3    Specified Process

            4.1.4    Odour

4.2       Air Sensitive Receivers

4.3       Background Air Quality

4.4       Key Issues

4.5       Construction Phase Impact Assessment

            4.5.1    Assessment Methodology

            4.5.2    Construction Air Quality Assessment

            4.5.3    Mitigation Measures During Construction

4.6       Operational Air Quality Impact Assessment

            4.6.1    General

            4.6.2    Odour Modelling Methodology

            4.6.3    Odour Modelling Results and Assessment

4.7       Operational Mitigation Measures

4.8       Cumulative Impacts

4.9       Residual Impacts

4.10     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

4.11     References

 

5.                  NOISE

5.1       Environmental Legislation

            5.1.1    Construction Noise Criteria During Non-restricted Hours

            5.1.2    Construction Noise Criteria During Restricted Hours

5.2       Noise Sensitive Receivers

5.3       Existing Conditions

5.4       Construction Activities

5.5       Key Issues

5.6       Impact Assessment

5.7       Mitigation Measures

5.8       Cumulative Impacts

5.9       Residual Impacts

5.10     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

 

6.                  WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT

6.1       Environmental Legislation

            6.1.1    Water Pollution Control Ordinance

            6.1.2    WPCO Technical Memorandum on Effluent Discharges

            6.1.3    EIAO Technical Memorandum on EIA Process

            6.1.4    Works Bureau Technical Circular on Management of Dredged Sediment

            6.1.5    Others

6.2       Existing Conditions

            6.2.1    Introduction

            6.2.2    Existing Pollution Sources and Activities

            6.2.3    Sensitive Receivers

            6.2.4    Baseline Water Quality Conditions

            6.2.5    Baseline Sediment Quality

6.3       Key Issues

            6.3.1    Construction Phase

            6.3.2    Operational Phase

6.4       Construction Phase Impact Assessment

            6.4.1    Assessment Approach

            6.4.2    Computer Models

            6.4.3    Model Parameters

            6.4.4    Modelling Scenarios

            6.4.5    Environmental Assessment Criteria

            6.4.6    Impact Assessment

6.5       Operational Phase Impact Assessment

            6.5.1    Assessment Method

6.6       Consideration of Alternatives

6.7       Mitigation Measures

            6.7.1    Construction Phase

            6.7.2    Operational Phase

6.8       Residual Impacts

6.9       Cumulative Impacts

6.10     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

6.11     References

 

7.                  ECOLOGY

7.1       Environmental Legislation

7.2       Key Sensitive Ecological Receivers

7.3       Objectives of the ecological Impact Assessment

7.4       Description of Existing Conditions

            7.4.1    Literature Review

            7.4.2    Present Eco-Physical Characteristics of the Study Area

            7.4.3    Present Pollution Status

            7.4.4    Benthic Macro-Infauna

            7.4.5    Benthic Macro-Epifauna Invertebrates

            7.4.6    Horseshoe Crab

            7.4.7    Corals

            7.4.8    Cetaceans (Dolphins and Porpoises)

            7.4.9    Marine Habitat Quality

7.5       Ecological Impact Assessment Methodology

7.6       Prediction and Evaluation of Construction Phase Impacts

            7.6.1    Potential Ecological Impacts

            7.6.2    Alteration of Water Quality

            7.6.3    Disturbance to the Benthic Habitat and Habitat Loss

            7.6.4    Disturbance to Corals

            7.6.5    Disturbance to Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin

            7.6.6    Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park

            7.6.7    Cumulative Ecological Impacts (Marine Ecology and Indo-Pacific Hump-backed dolphin)

7.7       Prediction and Evaluation of Operational Phase Impacts

            7.7.1    Aviation Fuel Spill

            7.7.2    Disturbance to the Benthic Habitat

            7.7.3    Disturbance to Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin

7.8       Mitigation Measures

            7.8.1    Marine Ecology

            7.8.2    Indo-Pacific Hump-backed dolphin

7.9       Conclusions and Recommendations

7.10     Residual Ecological Impacts

7.11     Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements

7.12     References

 

8.                  LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ASSESSMENT

8.1       Introduction

8.2       Principal Environmental Legislation and Guidelines

8.3       Assessment Methodology

            8.3.1    Background

            8.3.2    Baseline Landscape and Visual Resource Study

            8.3.3    Review of the Planning and Development Control Framework

            8.3.4    Landscape Impact Assessment

            8.3.5    Visual Impact Assessment

            8.3.6    Night-time Glare Assessment

            8.3.7    Recommendation for Mitigation Measures

            8.3.8    Residual Landscape and Visual Impacts

8.4       Project Description

            8.4.1    General

                        8.4.2    Tank Farm and Onshore Facilities  

            8.4.3    Berthing Jetty

            8.4.4    Pipeline

                        8.4.5    Tanker Visit Frequency        

8.5       Baseline Study of Landscape and Visual Resources

            8.5.1    Background

            8.5.2    Baseline Landscape Resources

            8.5.3    Baseline Visual Resources

8.6       Review of Planning and Development Control Framework

8.7       Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment during Construction

            8.7.1    Background

            8.7.2    Prediction and Evaluation of Landscape Impacts during Construction

            8.7.3    Prediction and Evaluation of Visual Impacts during Construction

8.8       Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment during Operation

            8.8.1    Background

            8.8.2    Prediction and Evaluation of Landscape Impacts during Operation

            8.8.3    Prediction and Evaluation of Visual Impacts during Operation

8.9       Night-time Glare Assessment

8.10     Recommended Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures

            8.10.1  Background

            8.10.2  Landscape Mitigation Measure 1 (LMM1) – Managed Construction Programming and Soil Conservation

            8.10.3  Landscape Mitigation Measure 2 (LMM2) – Advanced Transplantation and Boundary Planting Buffer/Perimeter Landscape Bund

            8.10.4  Landscape Mitigation Measure 3 (LMM3) – Compact Site Planning and Sensitive Design

            8.10.5  Landscape Mitigation Measure 4 (LMM4) – Minimise the Night-time Glare

8.11     Residual Impacts and Acceptability of the Proposed PAFF

            8.11.1  Analysis of Impacts

            8.11.2  Residual Landscape Impacts

            8.11.3  Residual Visual Impacts

            8.11.4  Acceptability of Development

8.12     Conclusion and Summary of Findings

8.13     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

 

9.                  CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

9.1       Environmental Legislation

            9.1.1    Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance

            9.1.2    Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines

            9.1.3    Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

            9.1.4    Cultural Heritage

            9.1.5    Marine Archaeology

9.2       Objectives of the Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment

9.3       Assessment Methodology

            9.3.1    Background

            9.3.2    Terrestrial Cultural Heritage

            9.3.3    Marine Archaeology

9.4       Marine Archaeology Baseline Review

            9.4.1    Background

            9.4.2    Early Maps of the Study Area

            9.4.3    Archive Search

            9.4.4    Historical Background of Tuen Mun

            9.4.5    Lung Kwu Chau and Sha Chau Islands

            9.4.6    Urmston’s Harbour

            9.4.7    Urmston Road

9.5       Marine Archaeological Potential

            9.5.1    Tuen Mun

            9.5.2    Sha Chau

9.6       Potential Impact of the PAFF Construction

            9.6.1    Background

            9.6.2    Tuen Mun

            9.6.3    Sha Chau

9.7       Marine Archaeological Field Investigation

            9.7.1    Geophysical Survey

            9.7.2    Visual Diver Survey

9.8       Mitigation Measures

9.9       Residual Impacts

9.10     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

9.11     References

 

10.              HAZARD TO LIFE ASSESSMENT

10.1     Introduction

            10.1.1  Background

            10.1.2  Overview of PAFF Hazards

            10.1.3  Purpose

            10.1.4  PAFF Location and Facilities

            10.1.5  PAFF Safety Systems

            10.1.6  Safety Features of PAFF Tanks

            10.1.7  Note on Quantitative Risk Assessment

            10.1.8  Population

10.2     Identification of Hazardous Scenarios

            10.2.1  Hazardous Substances and Properties

            10.2.2  Safety Distances and Ignition Source Control

            10.2.3  Potential Hazardous Scenarios

            10.2.4  Ignition Probabilities

            10.2.5  Harm Criteria

10.2.6  Smoke Dispersion

10.2.7  Vapour Dispersion

10.3     Risks Due to Marine Transport

            10.3.1  Introduction

            10.3.2  Summary of release size distributions and spill probabilities

            10.3.3  Fire due to rupture/leak of Jet A1 from loaded vessel (M1)

            10.3.4  Vessel sinking due to collision involving tanker (M2)

            10.3.5  Cargo explosion on tanker (M3)

10.4     Risks due to Jetty Transfer

            10.4.1  Introduction

            10.4.2  Fire due to rupture/leak of Jet A1 from loaded vessel (J1)

            10.4.3  Fire due to rupture/leak of loading arm during uploading (J2)

            10.4.4  Fire due to rupture/leak of jetty equipment (J3)

            10.4.5  Fire due to rupture/leak of jetty riser (J4)

            10.4.6  Fire due to rupture/leak of Submarine pipeline from jetty to Tank Farm ESDV (J5)

10.5     Risks due to Tank Farm Storage

            10.5.1  Introduction

            10.5.2  Fire due to discharge from tank vent (T1)

            10.5.3  Tank head fire / explosion in tank head space (T2)

            10.5.4  Multiple tank head fires (T3)

            10.5.5  Tank failure due to overpressure (T4)

            10.5.6  Explosion in empty tank (under maintenance) (T5)

            10.5.7  Bund Fire (T6)

            10.5.8  Fire outside bund due to rupture/leak of pumps, pipework and fittings (T7)

            10.5.9  Fire on Sea due to release through drainage (T8)

            10.5.10Fire due to 100% instantaneous release from of a tank (T9)

            10.5.11Fire due to multiple simultaneous tank failure (T10)

            10.5.12Boilover (T11)

            10.5.13Fire due to release from top of tank due to overfilling (T12)

            10.5.14Vapour cloud explosion / flash fire (T13)

            10.5.15Fire due to 10% instantaneous release from the top of a tank

                        (T14)

10.6     100% Instantaneous Release from a tank and Subsequent Fire (T9)

            10.6.1  Introduction

            10.6.2  Potential Causes

            10.6.3  Frequency of Instantaneous Tank Failure

            10.6.4  Fill Level

            10.6.5  Ignition Probability

            10.6.6  Hazard Range and Escape

            10.6.7  Effects of an Instantaneous Tank Failure

            10.6.8  Risk Calculation

10.7     Risks Due to Pipeline Transfer of Aviation Fuel

            10.7.1  Introduction

                        10.7.2  Fire on sea due to release/leak from submarine pipeline (P1)

10.8     Summary of Scenarios

10.9     Comparison of Risk Levels with Criteria

            10.9.2  Individual Risk

            10.9.3  Societal Risk

10.10   Risk Mitigation Measures

            10.10.1Cost Benefit Analysis

            10.10.2Recommendations

10.11   Conclusion

10.12   Residual Impacts

10.13   Environmental Monitoring and Audit

10.14   References

 

11.              FUEL SPILLAGE RISK ASSESMENT

11.1     Existing Conditions

11.2     Key Issues

11.3     Prediction and Evaluation of Impacts

            11.3.1  Assessment Approach

            11.3.2  Results of Assessment

            11.3.3  Predicted Ecological Impacts from an Aviation Fuel Spill

11.4     Mitigation Measures

11.5     Residual Impacts

11.6     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

11.7     References

 

12.                  FISHERIES

12.1     Introduction

12.2     Relevant Legislation and Assessment Criteria

12.3     Baseline Conditions

            12.3.1  Description of Physical Habitat

            12.3.2  Capture Fisheries

            12.3.3  Fisheries Resources

            12.3.4  Culture Fisheries

12.4     Sensitive Receivers

12.5     Key Issues

            12.5.1  Background

            12.5.2  Potential Impacts

12.6     Impact Evaluation

            12.6.1  Construction and Operational Phases

            12.6.2  Impact from Suspended Solids on Fisheries Resources

12.7     Conclusions

12.8     Mitigation Measures

12.9     Residual Impacts

12.10   Environmental Monitoring and Audit

12.11   References

 

13.                  LAND CONTAMINATION

13.1     Relevant Environmental Legislation

            13.1.1  EPD ProPECC Note No. 3/94

            13.1.2  Hong Kong Code of Practice for Oil Storage Installations, 1992.

13.2     Description of Existing Conditions

13.3     Key Issues

13.4     Assessment of Impacts

13.5     Mitigation Measures

13.6     Residual Impacts

13.7     Environmental Monitoring and Audit

 

14.                  WASTE MANAGEMENT

14.1     Principal Environmental Legislation

            14.1.1  Dumping at Sea Ordinance

            14.1.2  Environment, Transport and Works Bureau ETWB 34/2002

            14.1.3  Waste Disposal Ordinance

            14.1.4  Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation

            14.1.5  Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance

                        14.1.6  Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance – Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances By-laws

14.2     Description of Existing Conditions

14.3     Key Issues

14.4     Assessment Methodology

14.5     Construction Phase Waste Management Assessment

            14.5.1  Background

            14.5.2  Dredged Marine Mud

            14.5.3  Excavated Materials

            14.5.4  Construction and Demolition Waste

            14.5.5  Chemical Waste

            14.5.6  General Refuse

            14.5.7  Sewage

14.6     Operational Phase

14.7     Mitigation Measures

14.8     Waste Disposal Recommendations

14.9     Residual Impacts

14.10   Monitoring and Audit Requirements

14.11   Conclusions

 

15.                  ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT

15.1     Introduction

15.2     EM&A Requirements

15.3     Baseline Monitoring

            15.3.1  Water Quality

            15.3.2  Landscape/Visual Resources

15.4     Construction Phase Impact Monitoring

            15.4.1  Action and Limit Levels

            15.4.2  Water Quality

            15.4.3  Noise, Air, Waste

            15.4.4  Landscape and Visual

            15.4.5  Ecology

            15.4.6  Cultural Heritage

15.5     Operational Impact Monitoring

15.6     EM&A Responsibilities

15.7     Reporting

15.8     Implementation Schedules

 

16.                  SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES

16.1     Overview

16.2     Summary of Principal Mitigatory Measures Identified

16.3     Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations

 

Figures

 

Figure 2.1            PAFF Site Alternatives

Figure 2.2            Proposed Tuen Mun Area 38 PAFF Location and Pipeline Options

Figure 2.3            Constraints on Eastern Pipeline Routes

Figure 2.4            Key Areas of Seabed Disturbance

Figure 2.5            Distribution of Chinese White Dolphin Densities

 

Figure 3.1            Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility Study Area

 

Figure 3.2a          Previous Concept Layout of Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility Tank Farm and Jetty at Tuen Mun Area 38

Figure 3.2b          Layout of Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility Tank Farm for Variation to Environmental Permit.

Figure 3.2c          Current Concept Layout of Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility Tank Farm and Jetty at Tuen Mun Area 38

Figure 3.2d          Cross Section showing Shiu Wing Steel

Figure 3.2e          Cross Section showing EcoPark

Figure 3.3            Pipeline Sections

 

Figure 4.1            Air Sensitive Receivers

Figure 4.2a          TSP (1 hour) Contours during Construction (Active Area Closest to Shiu Wing Steel)

Figure 4.2b          TSP (1 hour) Contours during Construction (Active Area Closest to EcoPark)

Figure 4.3a          TSP (24 hour) Contours during Construction (Active Area Closest to Shiu Wing Steel)

Figure 4.3b          TSP (24 hour) Contours during Construction (Active Area Closest to EcoPark)

Figure 4.4            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 1.5m above ground (at day-time)

Figure 4.5            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 23m above ground (at day-time)

Figure 4.6            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 30m above ground (at day-time)

Figure 4.7            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 1.5m above ground (at night-time)

Figure 4.8            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 23m above ground (at night-time)

Figure 4.9            Maximum 5 – second odour level (OU) plot at 30m above ground (at night-time)

 

Figure 5.1            Adjacent Land Uses and Location of NSRs

 

Figure 6.1            Key Areas of Seabed Disturbance and Sewage Outfalls

Figure 6.2            Water Quality and Ecological Sensitive Receivers

Figure 6.3            Location of EPD Marine Water and Sediment Sampling Stations

Figure 6.4            Summary of Sediment Quality Studies Results

Figure 6.5            Sediment Sampling Stations for East Sha Chau CMP Monitoring 1997-1999

Figure 6.6            Cumulative Sediment Sampling Stations for East Sha Chau IVb CMP Programme (2000-2005)

Figure 6.7            Sediment Sampling Station for AFRF Pipeline and Access Channel

Figure 6.8            AAHK Environmental Monitoring Locations of Sediment Sampling Stations 1999-2003

Figure 6.9            PAFF pipeline sediment quality monitoring stations (2005)

Figure 6.10          Pearl Estuary Showing update Model Boundary and Western Harbour Model Boundary

Figure 6.11          Detail of the Western Harbour Model Mesh

Figure 6.12          Location of Sensitive Receivers in the Water Quality Model

Figure 6.13          Suspended Solids Concentration, Kadoorie Beach

Figure 6.14          DO Deficit (mg/L) at Kadoorie Beach

Figure 6.15          Predicted Minimum DO Concentrations (mg/L)

Figure 6.16a        Schematic Diagram - Stormwater Drainage of Tank Farm and Tanks Bunded Areas

Figure 6.16b        Layout Plan - Stormwater Drainage of Tank Farm and Tanks Bunded Areas

 

Plate 7.1              Reclaimed Area and Seawall at Tuen Mun Area 38

Figure 7.1            Ecological Characteristics Present in the Northwestern Study Area

Figure 7.2a          Distribution of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Study Areas (1995-1998)

 

Figure 7.2b          Distribution of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Study Areas (2004-2005)

Figure 7.3a          Line Transects for Dolphin Monitoring

Figure 7.3b          Sightings of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) during Pre-construction Monitoring

Figure 7.4            Individual Pipe Bubble Jacket

Figure 7.5            The Extent of Urmston Road at the Subsea Pipeline Alignment

Figure 7.6a-d      Photographs of Habitats Present within the Study Area

 

Figure 8.1            Proposed Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility

Figure 8.2            Planning and Development Control Framework

Figure 8.3.1-2     Landscape Character Units (LCUs)

Figure 8.4            Landscape Resources

Figure 8.5.1-4     Sensitive Visual Receivers (SVRs)

Figure 8.6.1         Landscape Impact Study

Figure 8.6.2         Visual Impact Study

Figure 8.7.1-5     Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures

Figure 8.8.1-10   Photomontage: Proposed Permanent Aviation Fuel Facility

 

Figure 9.1            Location of Archaeological Sites in the Study Area

Figure 9.2            Late 16th Century Map of Kwang Tung By Kwok FEI

Figure 9.3            1730 Map of the Coastline by Chan Lun Kwing

Figure 9.4            East India Company Chart 1810

Figure 9.5            British Admiralty Chart 1853

Figure 9.6            British Admiralty Chart 1856

Figure 9.7            British Admiralty Chart 1888

Figure 9.8            British Admiralty Chart 1899

Figure 9.9            British Admiralty Chart 1966

Figure 9.10          Location of Sub-seabed Anomalies Requiring Watching Brief

 

Figure 10.1          PAFF Tank Farm Layout

Figure 10.2          PAFF Tank and Bund Cross-Sectional Layout

Figure 10.3          Plan Layout of HR Wallingford Tests for Instantaneous Releases

Figure 10.4:         Event Tree for Evaluating Consequences of an Instantaneous Release Due to Floor Seam Failure of One of the PAFF Tanks

Figure 10.5:         Event Tree for Evaluating Consequences of an Instantaneous Release Due to Unzipping of One of the PAFF Tanks

Figure 10.6:         Location Specific Individual Risk Levels for the PAFF Showing All Identified Scenarios for the Final Development (12 Tanks)

 

Figure 10.7:         Location Specific Individual Risk Levels for the Submarine Pipeline to the AFRF atSha Chau for the Final Development (12 Tanks)

Figure 10.8:         Location Specific Individual Risk Levels Around the Tank Farm From All Tank Farm Scenarios for the Final Development (12 Tanks)

Figure 10.9:         Societal Risk From The PAFF For Initial Development (8 Tanks)

Figure 10.10:       Societal Risk From The PAFF For Final Development (12 Tanks in 2025-30)

 

Figure 10.11:       Breakdown of Societal Risk From Instantaneous Tank Failures Between Affected Populations For Initial Development (8 Tanks)

Figure 10.12:       Breakdown of Societal Risk From Instantaneous Tank Failures Between Affected Populations For Final Development (12 Tanks in 2025-30)

Figure 10.13:       Sensitivity of Societal Risk From Instantaneous Tank Failures to Basis of Assessment For Final Development (12 Tanks in 2025-30)

 

Figure 11.1          Spill Modelling Scenarios – Spill Release Points

 

Figure 12.1          Distribution of Fishery Production in Northwest Hong Kong

Figure 12.2          Location of the Demersal Trawl Sampling Stations

 

Figure 13.1          Typical Tank Section

 

Figure 14.1          Sediment Quality Assessment Framework for Dredged Sediment

 

Tables

 

Table 1.1             Summary of AAHK Key Stakeholder Communication / Public Consultation

Table 1.2             Summary of Construction Undertaken Before Suspension of Works

 

Table 2.1a           Construction Phase Environmental Comparison

Table 2.1b           Operational Phase Environmental Comparison

Table 2.1c           Summary of Environmental Comparison Results: Construction and Operational Phases

Table 2.2             Comparison of Sites Based upon Non-Environmental Factors

Table 2.3             Pipeline Options 1 and 2 Pipeline Lengths and Dredge Volumes

Table 2.4             Predicted Temporary loss of Macro-infauna Biomass Attributed to Each Pipeline Option

 

Table 3.1             Summary of Key Standards, Guidelines and Codes of Practice for PAFF Design and Construction

Table 3.2             Summary of Tank Farm Improvements

Table 3.3             Tanker Frequency Estimate

 

Table 4.1             Hong Kong Air Quality Objectives

Table 4.2             Air Sensitive Receivers

Table 4.3             Particle Size Distribution

Table 4.4             1-hour and 24-hour maximum TSP concentrations (µg/m3) at ASRs (including background level)

Table 4.5             Maximum (5-second) concentrations (OU) at ASRs

 

Table 5.1             Recommended Construction Noise Levels (Non-restricted Hours)

Table 5.2             Acceptable Noise Levels for Percussive Piling

Table 5.3             Acceptable Noise Level during the Construction Phase (Restricted Periods)

Table 5.4             Typical Equipment Requirements

Table 5.5             Sound Power Level of Equipment for Predicted Construction Scenarios

 

Table 6.1             Water Quality Objectives for the North Western Waters Water Control Zone

Table 6.2             ETWB 34/2002 Sediment Quality Criteria for the Classification of Sediment

Table 6.3             Summary of EPD data for Suspended Sediments and Dissolved Oxygen in 2003 and 2004

Table 6.4             EPD Routine Sediment Quality Data for North Western Waters (1995-99)

Table 6.5             EPD Routine Sediment Quality Data for North Western Waters (2000-2004)

Table 6.6             Comparison of historical Class A Criteria with current LCEL Criteria

Table 6.7a           Wet Season Estimated Elevations in Contaminant Concentrations Based on the Maximum Predicted Depth Averaged Suspended Sediment Concentrations

Table 6.7b           Dry Season Estimated Elevations in Contaminant Concentrations Based on the Maximum Predicted Depth Averaged Suspended Sediment Concentrations

 

Table 7.1a           Summary of the Macro-infauna Collected in August 2000

Table 7.1b           Summary of the Macro-infauna Collected in May 2001

Table 7.1c           Summary of the Macro-infauna Collected in August 2001

Table 7.1d           Summary of the Macro-infauna Collected in 2005

Table 7.2             Summary of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau (Jan-Dec 1995)

Table 7.3             Summary of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau Collected in May 2001

Table 7.4             Summary of Invertebrate Trawl Catch in the Vicinity of Sha Chau Collected in 2005

Table 7.5             Horseshoe Crab Sightings and Landings in the Study Area between June 1987 and January 2005

Table 7.6             Ecological Evaluation of Soft-bottom Benthic Habitat Within the Study Area

Table 7.7             Ecological Evaluation of Hard Substrate Benthic Habitat Within the Study Area

 

Table 8.1             Significance Threshold of Landscape Impact

Table 8.2             Adverse / Beneficial Impacts of Landscape Impact

Table 8.3             Significance Threshold of Visual Impact

Table 8.4             Adverse / Beneficial Impacts of Visual Impact

Table 8.5a           Landscape Character Units (LCUs)

Table 8.5b           Landscape Resources

Table 8.6             Sensitive Visual Receivers

Table 8.7             Viewpoint Options from the Nearest Residents

Table 8.9a           Summary of Disturbance to Landscape Character Units

Table 8.9b           Summary of Disturbance to Landscape Elements

Table 8.10a         Summary of Landscape Impacts on LCUs (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.10b         Summary of Landscape Impacts on Landscape Elements (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.11a         Assessment of Visual Magnitude of Change (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.11b         Assessment of Visual Impacts (without Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.12a         Summary of Residual Landscape Impacts on LCUs (with Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.12b         Summary of Residual Landscape Impacts on Landscape Elements (with Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.13           Summary of Residual Visual Impacts (with Landscape Mitigation Measures)

Table 8.14           Summary Landscape Mitigation Measures, Programming, Funding, Implementation, Management and Maintenance Agents

 

Table 9.1             Sub-Surface Targets

 

Table 10.1           Properties of Jet A1

Table 10.2           Potential Hazardous Scenarios for the PAFF

Table 10.3           Proposed Building Height Restrictions Adjacent to the PAFF

Table 10.4           Release Size Distributions From Pipelines, Tankers and Jetty

Table 10.5           Release Probabilities for Marine Incidents

Table 10.6           Collision Frequency for Initial Development

Table 10.7           Collision Frequency for Final Development

Table 10.8           Grounding Frequency for Different Size Tankers (Initial Development)

Table 10.9           Grounding Frequency for Different Size Tankers (Final Development)

Table 10.10         Frequency of Scenario M1 (Initial Development)

Table 10.11         Frequency of Scenario M1 (Final Development)

Table 10.12         Effect Distances for Sea Surface Pool Fires (M1 and J1)

Table 10.13         Fatalities for Sea Surface Pool Fires (M1 and J1)

Table 10.14         Scenario M1 Risk Summary (Initial Development)

Table 10.15         Scenario M1 Risk Summary (Final Development)

Table 10.16         Frequency Distribution of Scenario M2

Table 10.17         Marine Fire and Explosion Frequencies (Initial Development)

Table 10.18         Marine Fire and Explosion Frequencies (Final Development)

Table 10.19         Effect Distances and Estimated Fatalities for Marine Explosion Scenario (M3)

Table 10.20         Frequency of Strikings (Initial Development)

Table 10.21         Frequency of Strikings (Final Development)

Table 10.22         Frequency of Impacts With Jetty (Initial Development)

Table 10.23         Frequency of Impacts With Jetty (Final Development)

Table 10.24         Frequency of Scenario J1 (Initial Development)

Table 10.25         Frequency of Scenario J1 (Final Development)

Table 10.26         Risk Summary for Scenario J1 (Initial Development)

Table 10.27         Risk Summary for Scenario J1 (Final Development)

Table 10.28         Risk Summary for Scenario J2

Table 10.29         Parts Count for Jetty Area

Table 10.30         Release and Fire Frequencies for Jetty Area

Table 10.31         Risk Summary for Scenario J3

Table 10.32         Frequency of Scenario J4 (Initial Development)

Table 10.33         Frequency of Scenario J4 (Final Development)

Table 10.34         Risk Summary for Scenario J4 (Initial Development)

Table 10.35         Risk Summary for Scenario J4 (Final Development)

Table 10.36         Frequency of Scenario J5

Table 10.37         Risk Summary for Sub-sea Jetty Pipeline Releases (Scenario J5)

Table 10.38         Component Release Frequencies for Small and Large Hole Sizes

Table 10.39         Parts Count for Tank Bunds

Table 10.40         Parts Count for Pump Platform and Pipework Outside Bunds

Table 10.41         Component Release Frequencies for Pump Platform and Pipework Outside Bunds

Table 10.42         Scenario T10 (Multiple Tank Failure) Risks – Final Development

Table 10.43         Summary of Risks for Scenario T14

Table 10.44         Applicability of Failure Causes Identified to Instantaneous Failures

Table 10.45         Tank Population Estimates

Table 10.46         Estimates of Instantaneous Release Frequency for PAFF Tanks

Table 10.47         Summary of Probability of Fill Level and Spill Extent for Instantaneous Failures

Table 10.48         Summary of Instantaneous Release Experiments

Table 10.49         Summary Results From Instantaneous Release Experiments

Table 10.50         Hazard Areas from Instantaneous Release Fires Contained on Site

Table 10.51         Generic Pipeline Failure Frequencies

Table 10.52         Pipeline Leak Sizes, Proportions and Frequencies

Table 10.53         Risk Summary for Pipeline Rupture Scenario (P1)

 

Table 10.54         Event Frequencies and Potential Fatalities Excluding Instantaneous Tank Failure (Initial Development)

Table 10.55         Event Frequencies and Potential Fatalities Excluding Instantaneous Tank Failure (Final Development)

Table 10.56         Event Frequencies and Potential Fatalities for Instantaneous Failure of Tank 001

Table 10.57         Summary of Location Specific Individual Risk (LSIR) Levels for Final Development

Table 10.58         Some Examples of Events Associated With Various Frequencies

Table 10.59         Potential Loss of Life (PLL) and Breakdown Between Areas

Table 10.60         PLL for Population Affected due to Instantaneous Tank Failure

 

Table 11.1           Breakdown of Global Oil Losses to Marine Waters

Table 11.2           Summary of Fuel Spill Scenarios to Marine Waters

Table 11.3           Summary of Minimum Times of Travel to Sensitive Receivers

 

Table 12.1           Fisheries Production in Each Fishing Area (all fishing vessels)

Table 12.2           Most Abundant Adult Fisheries Resources from the Study Area (by Biomass)

Table 12.3           Catch Statistics of Sha Chau and Tap Shek Kok, Port Survey 2001/2002

Table 12.4           Species Composition and Abundance of Individuals (Total Counts) from Trawling in Dry Season (January-February 2005)

Table 12.5           Species Composition and Abundance of Individuals (Total Counts) from Trawling in Wet Season (October 2005)

Table 12.6           Impact Evaluation

 

Table 13.1           Spill Management Plan Rationale

 

Table 14.1           Estimate of Excavated Material Generated on Site

Table 14.2           Recommended Waste Disposal Sites

 

Table 15.1           Summary of EM&A Requirements

Table 15.2           Framework for Environmental Monitoring Plan

Table 15.3           Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality

 

 

APPENDICES (under separate cover)

 

Volume 1 of 3

 

Appendix A0       Details of Public Consultation

 

Appendix A00     Key Standards, Guidelines and Codes of Practice for PAFF Design and Construction

 

Appendix A         Review of Previous Studies

Appendix A(i)         Confirmed 55th ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper 48/98

Appendix A(ii)        Confirmed 81st ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper 38/2000

Appendix A(iii)        Confirmed 91st ACE Meeting Minutes and ACE Paper 50/2001

Appendix A(iv)       Qualitative Environmental Assessment of Alternative Sites

 

Appendix B         Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedules

 

Appendix C1       Construction Dust Modelling Results

Appendix C2       Odour Modelling Results

 

Appendix D         Summary Statistics of EPD Routine Water Quality Monitoring Programme for 2003 and 2004

 

Appendix E         Water Quality Modelling Results

 

Appendix F1       Bubble Jacket Trail Summary Report

Appendix F2       Selection of Bubble Jacket Submission to ACE and ACE approval letter

Appendix F3       Pre-construction Dolphin Abundance Monitoring Report

Appendix F4       Event / Action Plan for Post Construction Dolphin Abundance Monitoring

 

Appendix G         Marine Archaeological Investigation

 

Volume 2 of 3

 

Appendix H1       Technical Memorandum Hazard to Life Criteria [20]

Appendix H2       Marine Releases and Fires

Appendix H3       Instantaneous Tank Failure Frequency

Appendix H4       Review of Catastrophic Failure Incidents

Appendix H5       Ignition Probability

Appendix H6       Pool Fire Analysis

Appendix H7       Pool Spread Areas for Instantaneous Tank Failure

Appendix H8       Population Estimates

Appendix H9       Instantaneous Tank Failure Event Tree Analysis

 

Appendix J1        Fuel Spill Modelling Results (Scenario 1)

 

Volume 3 of 3

 

Appendix J1        Fuel Spill Modelling Results (Scenario 2 Scenario 4)

Appendix J2        PART-Oil Model Details

Appendix J3        Outline Fuel Spill Contingency Plan

 

Appendix K        Sediment Quality Report