Lists of Abbreviation

 

A&MO            Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

AFCD              Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

AMO               Antiquities and Monuments Office

ANL                Acceptable Noise Level

APCO              Air Pollution Control Ordinance

AQOs              Air Quality Objectives

ASR                 Air Sensitive Receiver

BHIA               Built Heritage Impact Assessment

BOD                Biochemical Oxygen Demand

C&D                Construction and Demolition

C&DMMP       Construction and Demolition Material Management Plan

CA                   Conservation Area

CEDD              Civil Engineering & Development Department

CHIA               Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment

CNP                 Construction Noise Permit

COD                Chemical Oxygen Demand

CPI                  Continuous Public Involvement

DIA                 Drainage Impact Assessment

DLO                District Lands Office

DMP                Drainage Master Plan

DO                   Dissolved Oxygen

DO/N               District Office (North)

DP                   Designated Project

DSD                 Drainage Services Department

DSD/MN          Drainage Services Department / Mainland North

DWF                Dry Weather Flow

EIA                  Environmental Impact Assessment

EIAO               Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance

EIAO-TM        Technical Memorandum on Environmental Impact Assessment Process

EIS                   Ecologically Important Stream   

EM&A             Environmental Monitoring and Audit

EMP                Environmental Management Plan

EP                    Environmental Permit

EPD                 Environmental Protection Department

ER                   Environmental Review

ES                    Environmental Study

ET                    Environmental Team

ETL                 Environmental Team Leader

ETWB              Environment, Transport and Works Bureau

FEHD              Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

FSD                 Fire Services Department

GA                   General Arrangement

GI                    Ground Investigation

HAD                Home Affairs Department

HKPSG            Hong Kong Planning Standard and Guidelines

HOKLAS         Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme

IEC                  Independent Environmental Checker

KFBG              Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden

LandsD            Lands Department

LCA                 Landscape Character Area

LCEL               Lower Chemical Exceedance Limit

LCSD               Leisure and Cultural Services Department

LIA                  Landscape Impact Assessment

LMH                Lin Ma Hang

LVIA               Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

LWCS              Livestock Waste Control Scheme

LYT                 Lung Yeuk Tau

MFC                Marine Fill Committee

MUP                Man Uk Pin

NCO                Noise Control Ordinance

NDC                North District Council

NENT              North East New Territories

NSR                 Noise Sensitive Receiver

OZP                 Outline Zoning Plan

PAH                Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons

PER                 Preliminary Environmental Review

PFC                 Public Fill Committee

PlanD               Planning Department

PME                Powered Mechanical Equipment

PNL                 Predicted Noise Level

PPFS                Preliminary Project Feasibility Study

QPME              Quality Powered Mechanical Equipment

RNSR              Representative Noise Sensitive Receiver

RSP                 Respirable Suspended Particulate

SMP                 Sewerage Master Plan

SPL                  Sound Pressure Level

SPS                  Sewage Pumping Station

SQR                 Sediment Quality Report

SS                    Suspended Solid

SSSI                 Site of Special Scientific Interest

STKRC            Sha Tau Kok Rural Committee

SWL                Sound Power Level

TIN                  Total Inorganic Nitrogen

TM                   Technical Memorandum

TM-GW           Technical Memorandum on Noise from Construction Work other than Percussive Piling

TN                   Total Nitrogen

TOF                 Total Observed Frequency

TPH                 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

TSP                  Total Suspended Particulate

UCEL              Upper Chemical Exceedance Limit

VIA                 Visual Impact Assessment

VR                   Village Representative

VSR                 Visual Sensitive Receiver

WAPO             Wild Animals Protection Ordinance

WBTC             Works Branch Technical Circular

WCZ                Water Control Zone

WDO               Waste Disposal Ordinance

WMP               Waste Management Plan

WPCO             Water Pollution Control Ordinance

WQO               Water Quality Objective

WSR                Water Sensitive Receiver