Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

Architectural Services Department

EMSD Hong Kong Workshop

at Sheung On Street, Chai Wan

Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report

(Volume 1 of 2 – Main Text)

Prepared by: Meinhardt Infrastructure & Environment Ltd

4/F, Wah Ming Centre
421 Queen's Road West
Hong Kong

Project No.: 91253

Document Ref.: 91253/008
Date: 14 May 2012

Job No. 91253 May 2012

Meinhardt Infrastructure & Environment Ltd
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Table of Contents

Page
Volume 1 of 2

1. INTRODUCTION 1-1
1.1 Background........................................................................................1-1
1.2 The Assignment.................................................................................1-1
1.3 Purpose and Objectives of this EIA Study .........................................1-1
1.4 Approach to EIA Study.......................................................................1-2
1.5 EIA Study Scope................................................................................1-3
1.6 Structure of this Report ......................................................................1-4

2. CONSIDERATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES 2-1

2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................2-1
2.2 Project Need ......................................................................................2-1
2.3 “Without Project” Alternative ..............................................................2-1
2.4 Alternative Options ............................................................................2-1
2.5 Preferred Option ................................................................................2-7

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3-1

3.1 Description of the Site Area ...............................................................3-1
3.2 Design of the Workshop.....................................................................3-1
3.3 Construction Methodology .................................................................3-3
3.4 Project Implementation Programme ..................................................3-3
3.5 Concurrent Projects ...........................................................................3-4
3.6 Identification of Key Environmental Issues ........................................3-4

4. NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT 4-1

4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................4-1
4.2 Environmental Legislation, Standards and Guidelines.......................4-1
4.3 Noise Sensitive Receivers .................................................................4-5
4.4 Baseline Conditions ...........................................................................4-6
4.5 Identification of Potential Noise Impacts ............................................4-6
4.6 Concurrent Projects .........................................................................4-11
4.7 Assessment Approach .....................................................................4-11
4.8 Construction Noise Assessment ......................................................4-14
4.9 Operational Noise Assessment........................................................4-16
4.10 Residual Impacts .............................................................................4-20
4.11 Environmental Monitoring and Audit ................................................4-20
4.12 Conclusion .......................................................................................4-20

5 AIR QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT ......................................................5-1

5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................5-1
5.2 EIA Study Brief ..................................................................................5-1
5.3 Environmental Legislation and Guidelines .........................................5-1
5.4 Existing Environment .........................................................................5-2
5.5 Identification of Air Sensitive Receivers .............................................5-4
5.6 Identification of Potential Air Quality Impacts.....................................5-5

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5.7 Concurrent Projects ...........................................................................5-6

5.8 Construction Phase Assessment Methodology..................................5-7
5.9 Operational Phase Assessment Methodology ...................................5-7
5.10 Construction Dust Impact Assessment ............................................5-18
5.11 Operational Air Quality Assessment ................................................5-19
5.12 Residual Impacts .............................................................................5-21
5.13 Environmental Monitoring and Audit ................................................5-22
5.14 Conclusion .......................................................................................5-22

6. WATER QUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT 6-1

6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................6-1
6.2 Environmental Legislation and Standards..........................................6-1
6.3 Existing Water Quality........................................................................6-3
6.4 Water Sensitive Receivers.................................................................6-4
6.5 Assessment Methodology..................................................................6-5
6.6 Construction Phase Impact Assessment ...........................................6-5
6.7 Operational Phase Impact Assessment ...........................................6-10
6.8 Residual Impacts .............................................................................6-14
6.9 Environmental Monitoring and Audit ................................................6-14
6.10 Conclusion .......................................................................................6-15

7. WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATION AND LAND CONTAMINATION ..7-1

7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................7-1
7.2 Environmental Legislation and Standards..........................................7-1
7.3 Waste Management...........................................................................7-4
7.4 Land Contamination.........................................................................7-12
7.5 Residual Impacts .............................................................................7-16
7.6 Environmental Monitoring and Audit ................................................7-16
7.7 Conclusion .......................................................................................7-16

8. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................8-1

8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................8-1
8.2 Legislation, Standards and Guidelines ..............................................8-1
8.3 Assessment Methodology..................................................................8-2
8.4 Review of Planning and Development Control Framework................8-5
8.5 Landscape and Visual Baseline Study...............................................8-6
8.6 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment .....................................8-19
8.7 Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures.....................................8-28
8.8 Residual Impacts .............................................................................8-28
8.9 Environmental Monitoring and Audit ................................................8-29
8.10 Conclusion .......................................................................................8-29

9. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES .......................................9-1

9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................9-1

10. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT .......................................10-1

10.1 Introduction ......................................................................................10-1
10.2 EM&A Requirements .......................................................................10-1
10.3 Noise................................................................................................10-2
10.4 Air Quality ........................................................................................10-2

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10.5 Water Quality ...................................................................................10-3

10.6 Waste Management and Land Contamination.................................10-3
10.7 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment .....................................10-4

11. CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................11-1

11.1 Introduction ......................................................................................11-1
11.2 Noise Impact....................................................................................11-1
11.3 Air Quality Impact ............................................................................11-1
11.4 Water Quality Impact .......................................................................11-1
11.5 Waste Management Implication and Land Contamination...............11-1
11.6 Landscape and Visual Impacts ........................................................11-2

12. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND RECOMMENDED MITIGATION

MEASURES ...............................................................................................12-1
12.1 Introduction ......................................................................................12-1

TABLES
Table 2.1 Comparison of Servicing Capacity Design Options
Table 2.2 Potential Environmental Benefits and Dis-benefits of Servicing
Capacity Design Options
Table 2.3 Comparison of Building Design Options
Table 2.4 Potential Environmental Benefits and Dis-benefits of Building Design
Options
Table 2.5 Comparison of Local Exhaust Options
Table 2.6 Potential Environmental Benefits and Dis-benefits of Local Exhaust
Design Options
Table 2.7 Potential Environmental Benefits and Dis-benefits of Construction
Methodology Options
Table 3.1 List of Potential Concurrent Projects
Table 3.2 Summary of Works Items and Environmental Issues
Table 4.1 Daytime Construction Noise Limits
Table 4.2 Construction Noise Criteria for Activities other than Percussive Piling
Table 4.3 Area Sensitivity Ratings of NSRs
Table 4.4 Acceptable Noise Level during Operational Phase
Table 4.5 Road Traffic Noise Planning Criteria
Table 4.6 Representative Noise Sensitive Receivers
Table 4.7 PME Identified as Major Noise Sources
Table 4.8 Predicted Unmitigated Construction Noise Levels for Representative
NSRs
Table 4.9 Mitigated Quiet PME
Table 4.10 Mitigation measures Adopted for PME for Construction Works
Table 4.11 Predicted Mitigated Construction Noise Levels for Representative
NSRs
Table 4.12 Operational Noise Levels for Representative NSRs
Table 4.13 Operational Noise Levels for NSR8
Table 4.14 Predicted Cumulative Operational Noise Levels for Representative
NSRs
Table 5.1 Hong Kong Air Quality Objectives
Table 5.2 EPD Air Quality Monitoring Data at Kwun Tong AQMS (2006 to 2010)

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Table 5.3 Representative Air Sensitive Receivers

Table 5.4 Concurrent Projects with Respect to Air Quality
Table 5.5 Potential Emission Sources of Concurrent Projects during Operational
Phase of the Project
Table 5.6 Annual Average Concentrations of Pollutants at EPD’s AQMS (Kwun
Tong)
Table 5.7 Vehicle Classification in EMFAC-HK
Table 5.8 Road Groupings
Table 5.9 Calculated Emission Rates of NOx and RSP for the Project
Table 5.10 Comparison of Emission Inventory
Table 5.11 Predicted Maximum Overall 1-Hour, 24-hour and Annual Average of
NO2 and RSP Concentrations (μg/m3) at ASRs (including Background
levels)
Table 6.1 Summary of WQOs for Eastern Buffer WCZ
Table 6.2 WSD Standards at Flushing Water Intakes
Table 6.3 Marine Water Quality for Eastern Buffer WCZ in 2010 at EM1, EM2,
EM3, ET1 and ET2
Table 6.4 Water Sensitive Receivers within Eastern Buffer WCZ
Table 6.5 Recommended Unit Flow Factor
Table 6.6 Estimated ADWF (in accordance with GESF)
Table 6.7 Recommended Peaking Factors for Sewers and Sewerage Facilities
Table 7.1 Summary of C&D Materials Arising from the Project
Table 7.2 Recommended Waste Disposal Sites
Table 8.1 Matrix of Significance of Landscape and Visual Impact
Table 8.2 Tree Species Composition within Survey Area
Table 8.3 Summary of Proposed Action for Surveyed Trees in Tree Survey Area
Table 8.4 Identified VSRs and Their Sensitivity to Change
Table 8.5 Magnitude of Change for LRs and LCAs and Significance of
Landscape Impacts during Construction and Operational Phases
Table 8.6 Magnitude of Change for Identified VSRs and Significance of Visual
Impacts during Construction and Operational Phases
Table 9.1 Summary of Key Environmental Outcomes
Table 10.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements
Table 12.1 Implementation Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures

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FIGURES
Figure 1.1 Site Location of EMSD Workshop in Chai Wan
Figure 3.1 Ground Floor Layout Plan of the Preliminary Design
Figure 3.2 Roof Layout Plan of the Preliminary Design
Figure 3.3 Elevation of the Preliminary Design
Figure 3.4 Sandwich Roof Cover Typical Section
Figure 4.1 Noise Sensitive Receivers Identified within 300m of the Project
Figure 4.2 Locations of the Bus Depots
Figure 4.3 Locations of Notional Sources for Construction Phase
Figure 4.4 Locations of Notional Sources for Operational Phase
Figure 4.5 Schematic of Noise Mitigation for Speedometer Calibrator for NSR 8
Figure 5.1 Locations of Representative Air Sensitive Receivers

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Figure 5.2 Road Network

Figure 5.3 Road Groupings
Figure 5.4 Overall Cumulative 1-hour NO2 Concentration at 1.5m above Ground
Level
Figure 5.5 Overall Cumulative 24-hour NO2 Concentration at 1.5m above
Ground Level
Figure 5.6 Overall Cumulative Annual NO2 Concentration at 1.5m above Ground
Level
Figure 5.7 Overall Cumulative 24-hour RSP Concentration at 1.5m above
Ground Level
Figure 5.8 Overall Cumulative Annual RSP Concentration at 1.5m above Ground
Level
Figure 6.1 Water Sensitive Receivers within Eastern Buffer WCZ
Figure 6.2 Proposed Preliminary Design Drainage and Sewerage layout Plan
Figure 8.1 Site Location and Environs
Figure 8.2 Review of Planning and Control Development Framework
Figure 8.3 Baseline Landscape Resources
Figure 8.4 Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)
Figure 8.5 Tree Recommendation Plan
Figure 8.6 Visual Envelope (VE)
Figure 8.7 Visual Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) and Vantage Points (VPs)
Figure 8.8 Photomontages
Figure 8.9 Compensatory Planting Location
Figure 8.10 Preliminary Compensatory Planting Plan

APPENDICES
Appendix 3.1 Construction Programme
Appendix 4.1 Details of NSRs Selected for Noise Assessment (Construction and
Operational Airborne Noise)
Appendix 4.2 Brochures for the Equipment Employed within the Workshop
Appendix 4.3 Construction Activities and Plant Inventory for Construction of EMSD
Hong Kong Workshop - Unmitigated Scenario
Appendix 4.4 Construction Schedule with Air-borne Noise Assessment -
Unmitigated Scenario
Appendix 4.5 Construction Activities and Plant Inventory for Construction of EMSD
Hong Kong Workshop - Mitigated Scenario
Appendix 4.6 Construction Schedule with Air-borne Noise Assessment - Mitigated
Scenario
Appendix 4.7 Operation Air-borne Noise Assessment – Unmitigated Scenario
Appendix 4.8 Operation Air-borne Noise Assessment – Mitigated Scenario
Appendix 5.1 Location Plan for EIA Traffic Forecast and Traffic Data
Appendix 5.2 Vehicle Class Details
Appendix 5.3 Implementation Schedule of Vehicle Emission Standards in Hong
Kong
Appendix 5.4 Details of Adjustments on Exhaust Technology Fractions in Each
Vehicle Class
Appendix 5.5 Vehicle Population
Appendix 5.6 Trips per Vehicle-Mile-Travelled (VMT)
Appendix 5.7 Hourly Temperature and Relative Humidity Profile for the Modelling of
EMFAC-HK

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Appendix 5.8 Hourly Speed Profiles and Trips per Vehicle-Mile-Travelled (VMT)
Appendix 5.9 Information of the Emission Rates for the Project
Appendix 5.10 Information of the Emission Rates for Bus Depots
Appendix 5.11 Sensitivity Test of Assessment Year
Appendix 5.12 Emission Factors and Composite Emission Factors for NOx and RSP
in Year 2014
Appendix 6.1 Hydraulic Assessment for the Existing Sewerage Systems
Appendix 7.1 Information on the Present Activities and Past Land Use History for
Possible Land Contamination
Appendix 8.1 Tree Assessment Schedule

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