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List of environmental impact assessment reports released

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (April 20) released a list of environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports for major development projects approved between January 1 and March 31, 2001.

I. Statutory EIA Reports:

1. West Kowloon Reclamation Contract No. WK-30 Remaining Roadworks Stage 4, Link Roads G & L - EIA (Territory Development Department)

2. Proposed RMC Concrete Batching Plant at Telegraph Bay for Cyber-Port Development - EIA (Cyber-Port Limited)

The reports and executive summaries of approved statutory EIAs are available at the following locations :

1. the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) Register Office, EPD, 27th floor, Southern Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong;
   

2. Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre, 221 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong;

3. Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre, Tak Wah Park, Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan;

4. Public Enquiry Centre of relevant District Office(s); and

5. EIAO Website - http://www.info.gov.hk/epd/eia.

In addition, a list of EIA study briefs issued under the EIAO and ongoing non-statutory environmental assessment (EA) studies is also available at the EIAO Register Office and the EPD's Environmental Resource Centres for public inspection.

They include :

I. Statutory Studies

1. 132kV Overhead Pole Line and Underground Cables from Tung Chung Town Substation to Cheung Sha Substation - EIA (CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)

2. 132kV Supply Circuit from Pui O via Chi Ma Wan Peninsula via Sea Crossing towards Cheung Chau - EIA (CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)

3. Construction of Lung Kwu Chau Jetty - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

4. Outlying Islands Sewerage Stage 1 Phase I, Ngong Ping Sewerage Scheme - EIA (Drainage Services Department)

5. Peng Chau Typhoon Shelter - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

6. Reclamation of Sai Wan Typhoon Shelter and Associated Engineering Works at Cheung Chau - EIA (Territory Development Department)

7. Remaining Development in Tung Chung and Tai Ho - Comprehensive Feasibility Study - EIA (Territory Development Department)

8. Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Works Extension - EIA (Water Supplies Department)

9. Feasibility Study for Housing Development at Whitehead and Lee On in Ma On Shan, Sha Tin - EIA (Territory Development Department)

10. Flyover at Junction of Che Kung Miu Road/Hung Mui Kuk Road - EIA (Highways Department)

11. Proposed Shuen Wan Landfill Golf Course - EIA (Home Affairs Bureau)

12. Widening of T6 Bridge, Sha Tin - EIA (Highways Department)

13. Widening of Tate's Cairn Highway between Shek Mun Interchange and T6 Interchange - EIA (Highways Department)

14. Feasibility Study for Intensification and Extension of Tseung Kwan O New Town - EIA (Territory Development Department)

15. Feasibility Study for Tseung Kwan O Port Development at Area 131 - EIA (Territory Development Department)

16. Tseung Kwan O Development Contract No. TK 44/97: Dualling of Hang Hau Road - EIA (Territory Development Department)

17. Tseung Kwan O Development Phase 3 - Road P2 connecting Town Centre and Western Coast Road - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

18. Tseung Kwan O Roads D1, D8 and D10 - EIA (Territory Development Department)

19. 132 kV Overhead Line From Tsuen Wan to Sham Tseng - EIA (CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)

20. Demolition of Kwai Chung Incineration Plant - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

21. Planning and Engineering Feasibility Study for Development on Sham Tseng Further Reclamation - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

22. Proposed Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex, Phase II - EIA (Architectural Services Department)

23. Road Widening of Hing Wah Street - EIA (Highways Department)

24. The Decommissioning of Underground Fuel Tanks at Tsuen Wan No. 1 Pumping Station - EIA (Water Supplies Department)

25. Tsuen Wan Road Upgrading - EIA (Territory Development Department)

26. Widening of Yeung Uk Road Between Tai Ho Road and Ma Tau Pa Road, Tsuen Wan - EIA (Territory Development Department)

27. Animal Cremator - EIA (Environmental Protection Department)

28. Aviation Fuel Supply System : Tsing Yi Pipeline to Chek Lap Kok Airport - EIA (Airport Authority)

29. Deep Bay Link - EIA (Highways Department)

30. Feasibility Study of Waste-to-Energy Incineration Facilities - EIA (Environmental Protection Department)

31. Improvement to Castle Peak Road Between Ka Loon Tsuen and Siu Lam - EIA (Highways Department)

32. Lau Fau Shan Development - Package 4 - EIA (Territory Development Department)

33. Planning and Development Review of The Harbour Centre in Area 27, Tuen Mun - EIA (Territory Development Department)

34. Planning and Development Study of Potential Housing Site near Area 1 (San Wai Court), Tuen Mun - EIA (Territory Development Department)

35. Planning and Development Study on North West New Territories - EIA (Territory Development Department)

36. Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in DD123 - EIA (Mutual Luck Investment Limited)

37. Siu Lam Typhoon Shelter - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

38. Uploading and Expansion of San Wai Sewage Treatment Works and Expansion of Ha Tsuen Pumping Station - EIA (Drainage Services Department)

39. Hong Kong Space Island - EIA (Mass Ocean International Limited)

40. Widening of Yuen Long Highway between Lam Tei and Shap Pat Heung Interchange - EIA (Highways Department)

41. Yuen Long and Kam Tin Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Stage 1 Package 1A-1T and 1B-1T - Kam Tin Trunk Sewerage Phase I and II - EIA (Drainage Services Department)

42. Yuen Long, Kam Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Tin Shui Wai Drainage Package Phase 1 - EIA (Drainage Services Department)

43. Choi Hung Road Widening Feasibility Study - EIA (Highways Department)

44. Comprehensive Feasibility Study for the Revised Scheme of South East Kowloon Development - EIA (Territory Development Department)

45. Lei Yue Mun Road Underpass Modification at Junction with Yau Tong Road and Associated Improvement Works - EIA (Highways Department)

46. Proposed Road A connecting Sin Fat Road and Cha Kwo Ling Road at Cha Kwo Ling, Kwun Tong - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

47. Yau Tong Bay Development - Engineering Feasibility Study for the Comprehensive Development at Yau Tong Bay - EIA (Maunsell Consultants Asia Ltd)

48. Yau Tong Bay Development - Reclamation of Yau Tong Bay - EIA (Maunsell Consultants Asia Ltd)

49. Yung Shue Wan Development, Engineering Works, Phase 2 - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

50. Outlying Island Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2, Package J - Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection, Treatment and Disposal (previously known as Outlying Island Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Treatment Works and Submarine Outfall) - EIA (Drainage Services Department)

51. Central Reclamation Phase III - Studies, Site Investigation, Design and Construction - EIA (Territory Development Department)

52. Central/Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link - EIA (Highways Department)

53. Demolition of Buildings and Structures in the Proposed Kennedy Town Comprehensive Development Area Site - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

54. Development at Mount Butler Quarry Site - EIA (Civil Engineering Department)

55. Dredging Works for Cruiser Operation in North Point - EIA (Super Winner Development Limited)

56. Green Island Development - Dredging Study for New Fairway and Reprovisioning of Mooring Buoys - EIA (Territory Development Department)

57. Green Island Development - Engineering Investigation and Planning Review Study - EIA (Territory Development Department)

58. Green Island Development - Studies on Ecological, Water Quality and Marine Traffic Impacts - EIA (Territory Development Department)

59. Investigation and Preliminary Design of Route 7 - Section between Kennedy Town and Aberdeen - EIA (Highway Department)

60. Planning and Development Study on Hong Kong Island South and Lamma Island - EIA (Territory Development Department)

61. Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme - EIA (Environmental Protection Department)

62. Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme Stage III/IV - EIA (Environmental Protection Department)

63. Wan Chai Development Phase II - Studies, Site Investigation, Design and Construction - EIA (Territory Development Department)

64. Decommissioning of Cheoy Lee Shipyard at Penny's Bay (Civil Engineering Department)

65. Proposed Joint User Complex and Wholesale Fish Market at Area 44 Tuen Mun (Architectural Services Department)

66. Modification to MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station (MTRC Corporation Limited)

67. North Hong Kong Island Line (Mass Transit Railway Corporation)

68. Proposed Extension of Public Golf Course of Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung (The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

69. Proposed Citybus Headquarters and Bus Maintenance Depot in Chai Wan (Citybus Limited)

70. Improvement to Tung Chung Road between Lung Tseng Tau and Cheung Sha (Highways Department)

71. Sai Kung Sewage Treatment Works, Phase II Upgrading (Drainage Services Department)

72. Tung Chung - Ngong Ping Cable Car Project (Territoy Development Department)

73. Planning and Development Study on North East New Territories - EIA (Territory Development Department)

II.Non-Statutory Studies

1. Study on Revitalisation of Tai O (Planning Department)

2. Kwai Chung Public Filling Barging Point (Civil Engineering Department)

3. Stage II Study on Review of Metroplan and the Related Kowloon Density Study Review (Planning Department)

4. Study on Village Improvement and Upgrading of Lei Yue Mun Area (Planning Department)

5. Planning and Engineering Feasibility Study for North of Pamela Youde Hospital, Chai Wan (Civil Engineering Department)

6. Planning and Development Study on Hong Kong Island South and Lamma Island - EA (Territory Development Department)

7. Feasibility Study for Development at Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine Site (Civil Engineering Department)

8. Sunnyville Estate Development at Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long - EA (Private Developer)

9. Strategic Assessment and Site Selection Study for Contaminated Mud Disposal (Civil Engineering Department)

10. Study on South East New Territories Development Strategic Review - EA (Planning Department)

11. Extension of Existing Landfills and Identification of Potential New Waste Disposal Sites (Environmental Protection Department)

12. Strategic Environmental Assessment for Territory-wide Implementation Study for Water-Cooled Air Conditioning Systems in Hong Kong (Electrical and Mechnical Services Department)

13. Strategic Environmental for Hong Kong 2030 : Planning Vision and Strategic (Planning Department)

Information relating to the EIAO is available at the EIAO Website (http://www.info.gov.hk/epd/eia).

End/Friday, April 20, 2001