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PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT PROPOSED ADVANCED MATERIALS PLANT GEBENG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KUANTAN PAHANG, MALAYSIA VOLUME 1: MAIN REPORT January 2008 Prepared for Prepared by: ENVIRON CONSULTING SERVICES (M) SDN. BHD. A307, PHILEO DAMANSARA II, 15, JALAN 16/11, 46350 PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA TEL: + 60 3 7665 2986 FAX: + 60 3 7665 2987 www.environcorp.com Contract No: MY110311A Issue: Final Report Project Manager (signature): Viji Samuel Project Director (signature): Sheila Sharma Date: 21 January 2008 This report has been prepared by ENVIRON with all reasonable skill, care and diligence, and taking account of the manpower and resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. This report is confidential to the client, and ENVIRON accepts no responsibility whatsoever to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known, unless formally agreed by ENVIRON beforehand. Any such party relies upon the report at their own risk. Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Proposed Advanced Materials Plant within the Gebeng Industrial Estate, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia TABLE OF CONTENTS RINGKASAN EKSEKUTIF LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF EXHIBITS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF APPENDICES LIST OF REFERENCES 1.0 INTRODUCTION…….................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND............................................................................................................1-1 1.3 LEGAL REQUIREMENT ...............................................................................................................1-2 1.4 PROJECT PROPONENT ..............................................................................................................1-3 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT..................................................................................................1-6 1.6 PROJECT CONCEPT ..................................................................................................................1-7 1.6.1 Lanthanides ...................................................................................................................1-7 1.6.2 Industrial Application of Lanthanides .............................................................................1-8 1.6.3 Proposed Advanced Materials Plant in Malaysia ...........................................................1-9 1.7 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ....................................................................................1-11 1.8 STATEMENT OF NEED .............................................................................................................1-11 1.8.1 Global Lanthanides Market Demand............................................................................1-11 1.8.2 Industrial Development in Pahang, Malaysia ...............................................................1-12 1.8.3 Positive Socio-Economic Impacts to Malaysia .............................................................1-13 1.9 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.....................................................................................................1-17 1.10 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ...................................................................................................1-18 1.11 LIMITATIONS OF THE REPORT ...................................................................................................1-19 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .........................................................................................................2-1 2.1 PROJECT LOCATION..................................................................................................................2-1 2.2 PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE .....................................................................................................2-1 2.3 CONSTRUCTION PHASE.............................................................................................................2-2 2.3.1 Temporary Facilities.......................................................................................................2-2 2.3.2 Land Clearing ................................................................................................................2-3 2.3.3 Transportation of Building Materials and Machinery ......................................................2-3 2.3.4 Infrastructure and Utility Development ...........................................................................2-3 2.3.5 Construction Activities....................................................................................................2-4 2.3.6 Landscape and Revegetation ........................................................................................2-5 2.4 OPERATIONAL PHASE ...............................................................................................................2-5 2.4.1 Concentration Plant (Mt Weld, Western Australia) .........................................................2-5 2.4.2 Cracking and Separation Plant ......................................................................................2-6 2.4.3 List of Equipment .........................................................................................................2-11 2.4.4 List of Reagent and Annual Consumption....................................................................2-12 2.4.5 Utilities .........................................................................................................................2-15 3.0 PROJECT OPTION….. ..............................................................................................................3-1 3.1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 SITE SELECTION.......................................................................................................................3-1 3.3 GEBENG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KUANTAN, PAHANG, MALAYSIA......................................................3-2 3.3.1 Strategic Location in the Region ....................................................................................3-3 Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Proposed Advanced Materials Plant within the Gebeng Industrial Estate, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia 3.3.2 Accessibility to Key Infrastructure and Available Utilities................................................3-3 3.3.3 Availability of Local Suppliers.........................................................................................3-5 3.3.4 Availability of Skilled Workforce .....................................................................................3-5 3.4 BUILD-OUT VERSUS NO-BUILD OPTIONS .......................................................................................3-6 3.4.1 Build-Out Options ..........................................................................................................3-6 3.4.2 No-Build Option .............................................................................................................3-8 3.5 RECOMMENDATION ...................................................................................................................3-8 4.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................4-1 4.1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................4-1 4.2 SITE SETTING...........................................................................................................................4-2 4.2.1 Project Site ....................................................................................................................4-2 4.2.2 Topography....................................................................................................................4-3 4.2.3 General Geology, Soil and Hydrogeology......................................................................4-3 4.2.4 Water Resources ...........................................................................................................4-6 4.3 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY....................................................................................................4-7 4.3.1 Wind Speed and Direction .............................................................................................4-7 4.3.2 Temperature ..................................................................................................................4-8 4.3.3 Relative Humidity...........................................................................................................4-8 4.3.4 Rainfall...........................................................................................................................4-8 4.3.5 Seismology ....................................................................................................................4-9 4.4 LANDUSE WITHIN THE ZOI .........................................................................................................4-9 4.4.1 Regional Landuse Pattern .............................................................................................4-9 4.4.2 Gebeng Industrial Estate (GIE)....................................................................................4-12