Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites Project Profile Main Wealth Development Ltd. Project Profile for Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites Contents 1 BASIC INFORMATION ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Title ................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Purpose and Nature of the Project ............................................................................. 1 1.3 Name of Project Proponent ........................................................................................ 1 1.4 Location and Scale of Project and History of Site ...................................................... 1 1.5 Number and Types of Designated Projects to be covered by the Project Profile ...... 1 1.6 Name and Telephone Number of Contact Person ..................................................... 2 2 OUTLINE OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENATION PROGRAMME ..................................... 2 2.1 Project Implementation Time Table ............................................................................ 2 2.2 Interactions with Other Projects ................................................................................. 2 3 USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EIA REPORTS ............................................................ 2 4 MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT......................................... 3 5 POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................... 3 6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN AND ANY FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ................................... 4 6.1 Environmental Implications of Unconcealed Contaminated Sediment ...................... 4 6.2 Proposed Mitigation Measures ................................................................................. 11 7 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 13 7.1 Overall Conclusion ................................................................................................... 13 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary of Sediment Quality Data Collected in YTB and KTAC / KTTS LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Site Location Plan Figure 2 Previous Sediment Sampling Locations at YTB LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Recent Sediment Sampling and Testing in YTB in 2009 Appendix B Summary Statistics of the Levels of Toxic Substances in Marine Water, Sediments and Biota Appendix C Baseline Odour Survey at Yau Tong Bay i Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites Project Profile Main Wealth Development Ltd. 1 BASIC INFORMATION 1.1 Project Title 1.1.1 Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites 1.2 Purpose and Nature of the Project 1.2.1 The Project is situated along the shore of Yau Tong Bay (YTB) in East Kowloon within the Kwun Tong District and the Project Area is zoned as a Comprehensive Development area (“CDA”) on the Draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) No. S/K15/18. 1.2.2 The Project area comprises of a number of marine lots, with a total area of over 1 hectare (ha), that are currently or are suspected been used as shipyards. The Project is to decommission these past and existing shipyard lots in the area. 1.3 Name of Project Proponent 1.3.1 Main Wealth Development Ltd. 1.4 Location and Scale of Project and History of Site 1.4.1 The Project Site is located along the shore of YTB (which is also known as Kwun Tong Tsai Wan) in East Kowloon within the Kwun Tong District. It faces Victoria Harbour to the southwest and is bounded by the Eastern Harbour Crossing Ventilation Building to the west, Cha Kwo Ling Road to the north and east, and Ko Fai Road to the south. The Site is also adjacent to the former Yau Tong Industrial Area, which is at present mainly occupied by obsolete industrial buildings. 1.4.2 There are a total of 47 Marine Lots along the shore of YTB, of which 39 of those are under the control of the Project Proponent and covered in this Project Profile. For the purpose of this Project Profile, these 39 lots (or the ‘concerned lots’) as listed below and highlighted in Figure 1 are hereinafter referred to as the ‘Project Site’. The land uses for the Project Site had been industrial and various land uses including shipyards, timber yards, sawmills and concrete batching plant. YTML No. 1 YTMLs No. 5-14 YTML No. 15 YTMLs No. 19-24 YTMLs No. 27-38 YTMLs No. 41-46 YTML No. 54 1.4.3 The Project Site is located within the CDA on the Draft OZP No. S/K15/18. It should be noted that there are a number of marine lots along the shore of YTB that are not under the control of the Project Proponent. These marine lots are thus not covered under this Project Profile and are excluded in the above list. 1.5 Number and Types of Designated Projects to be covered by the Project Profile 1.5.1 The Project falls under Schedule 2, Part II - Item 17 (decommissioning projects with facility for ship building or repairing more than 1 ha in size or with a lifting capacity in excess of 1 Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites Project Profile Main Wealth Development Ltd. 20,000 tonnes), of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO). 1.6 Name and Telephone Number of Contact Person 1.6.1 All enquiries regarding the project can be addressed to: Ms. Cheng Che Weng Assistant to Manager Main Wealth Development Limited Tel. No.: 2908 8307 Fax No.: 2530 1402 Ms. Ng Hoi Ling Assistant to Manager Main Wealth Development Limited Tel. No.: 2908 8720 Fax No.: 2530 1402 2 OUTLINE OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENATION PROGRAMME 2.1 Project Implementation Time Table 2.1.1 The Project Proponent will engage consultants to undertake design and supervision of the decommissioning works for the Project. Actual decommissioning works will be carried out by contractor(s). 2.1.2 The tentative implementation programme is as follows: Detailed Design and Tendering ..................................................................... early to mid 2011 Decommissioning .......................................................................................... mid 2011 to 2012 2.2 Interactions with Other Projects 2.2.1 It is not anticipated that the Project would have any major interaction with other projects in the surrounding area during its implementation period. 3 USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EIA REPORTS 3.1.1 The following approved EIA Report has been referred to in this Project Profile: • EIA for Yau Tong Bay Development – Reclamation of Yau Tong Bay (EIAO Register No. AEIAR-053/2002 approved with conditions on 8 April 2002), hereinafter referred to as YTB-EIA. 3.1.2 The YTB-EIA addressed two Schedule 2 Designated Projects namely reclamation of more than 5 ha in size and decommissioning of ship building and repairing facilities more than 1 ha in size. The purpose of the YTB-EIA is to assess the environmental issues arising from the construction and operation phases of the Reclamation of Yau Tong Bay and to propose 2 Yau Tong Bay – Decommissioning of Shipyard Sites Project Profile Main Wealth Development Ltd. mitigation measures for all identified adverse environmental impacts. The scope of works covers in the YTB-EIA includes both marine-based (e.g. reclamation of Yau Tong Bay and construction of seawall) and land-based (e.g. decommissioning and demolishing of existing building structures including shipyards) works. 3.1.3 The environmental aspects assessed in the YTB-EIA includes noise, water quality, waste management and mud contamination, biogas risk, land contamination as well as landscape and visual impacts. The YTB-EIA had adequately addressed the environmental impacts associated with this Project and the findings of the YTB-EIA indicated that there would be no insurmountable environmental impact arising from the works in YTB, provided that the recommended mitigation measures for the adverse impacts during the different reclamation phases are implemented. Environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) are required to verify the efficacy of the proposed mitigation measures and to ensure that the adverse impacts are minimised and the relevant standards are complied with at all times. 3.1.4 Subsequent to the YTB-EIA, there are no major changes to the existing / planned land uses assumed in the YTB-EIA in the surrounding area of the Project. As such, the findings of the YTB-EIA are considered to remain valid. For this Project, although there would be no reclamation works, the activities associated with the decommissioning of shipyard sites would be the same as those covered in the YTB-EIA and thus the findings of the YTB-EIA that associated with shipyard decommissioning are considered to be applicable for this Project. 4 MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 4.1.1 Existing developments in the surrounding areas mainly comprise high rise public and private residential buildings, vacant industrial buildings and warehouses. Specifically, the land uses surrounding the Project Site include the following: Residential buildings (largely public housing estates), e.g. Yau Tong Estate, Yau Mei Court, Yau Lai Estate and Yau Tong Centre to the east / southeast across Cha Kwo Ling Road / the MTR Yau Tong Station; Educational institutions, including Kei Faat Primary School, Kei Hin Primary School, St. Antonius Primary School, Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School and Po Chiu Catholic Secondary School, to the east / northeast; Yau