___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Existing Environment 6.15 Landuse and Sensitive Receptor 6.15.1 Landuse within the Project Site The existing landuse within the entire Phase 3 Project site is the matured old oil palm plantation. The Project site is surrounded by the existing irrigation drain, provides natural boundary demarcation to the site. The existing landuse within the Project site is shown in Plate 6.32 below. The Project site was inhabitant with exception of 24 plantation quarters which consists of 20 households and a Hindu Temple resided towards the edge of eastern boundary of the Project site. The location of the quarters and Hindu temple is shown in Figure 6-59. The 20 households and the Hindu Temple have been temporary relocated to area near Kg Sg Byram by the plantation owner. The Phase 3 Project site is generally residing on a flat coastal plain with a buffer range of 500m to 1300m from the coastline on the western boundary of the Project site. The immediate northern boundary of the Project site is the existing Phase 1 & 2 of Pulau Burung Landfill while the immediate eastern towards the southern boundaries are palm oil plantation. The existing landuse map within the Project site up to 5 km radius from the Project site as derived from JPBD Pulau Penang is presented in Figure 6-60 while the satellite image of the Study area is presented in Figure 6-61. Plate 6.32: Oil Palm Trees within the Project site Matured old palm tree within the Phase 3 Project site and the plantation is surrounded with irrigation drain at the site boundary. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-146 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 6-1 Figure 6-1 Table 6-2 Figure 6-2 Table 6-3 Figure 6-3 Table 6-4 Figure 6-4 Table 6-5 Figure 6-5 Table 6-6 Figure 6-6 Table 6-7 Figure 6-7 Table 6-8 Figure 6-8 Table 6-9 Figure 6-9 Table 6-10 Figure 6-10 Table 6-11 Figure 6-11 Table 6-12 Figure 6-12 Table 6-13 Figure 6-13 Table 6-14 Figure 6-14 Table 6-15 Figure 6-15 Table 6-16 Figure 6-16 Table 6-17 Figure 6-17 Table 6-18 Figure 6-18 Table 6-19 Figure 6-19 Table 6-20 Figure 6-20 Table 6-21 Figure 6-21 Table 6-22 Figure 6-22 Table 6-23 Figure 6-23 Table 6-24 Figure 6-24 Table 6-25 Figure 6-25 Table 6-26 Figure 6-26 Table 6-27 Figure 6-27 Table 6-28 Figure 6-28 Table 6-29 Figure 6-29 Table 6-30 Figure 6-30 Table 6-31 Figure 6-31 Table 6-32 Figure 6-32 Table 6-33 Figure 6-33 Table 6-34 Figure 6-34 Table 6-35 Figure 6-35 Table 6-36 Figure 6-36 Table 6-37 Figure 6-37 Table 6-38 Figure 6-38 Table 6-39 Figure 6-39 Table 6-40 Figure 6-40 Table 6-41 Figure 6-41 Table 6-42 Figure 6-42 Table 6-43 Figure 6-43 Table 6-44 Figure 6-44 Table 6-45 Figure 6-45 Table 6-46 Figure 6-46 Table 6-47 Figure 6-47 Table 6-48 Figure 6-48 Table 6-49 Figure 6-49 Table 6-50 Figure 6-50 Table 6-51 Figure 6-51 Table 6-52 Figure 6-52 Table 6-53 Figure 6-53 Table 6-54 Figure 6-54 Table 6-55 Figure 6-55 Figure 6-56 Figure 6-57 Figure 6-58 KediamanNote : RK – Rumah Kediaman Figure 6-59 Location of Plantation Quarters and Indian Temple within the Project site (these structural have been relocated since 2014) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-147 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Source : Existing Landuse (base year 2012) retrieved from Penang Geoportal, JPBD Pulau Pinang & info Figure 6-60 Existing Landuse of the Study Area based on site verification survey in June 2014 and June 2016 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-148 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PF PF IF IF FM PF FM PF IF PF IF PF Legend PF: Poultry Farm FM: Furniture Mill IF : Industry/ yard Figure 6-61 Satellite Image of the Study Area _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-149 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6.15.2 Regional Landuse of the Study Area Information on regional landuse were derived based on the existing landuse information from Geoportal JPBD Pulau Pinang, satellite image from Google earth as well as findings from landuse verification survey conducted onsite in June 2014 and June 2016 respectively. The overview of the landuse within 5km radius from the Project boundary could be broadly categorised into 3 broad categories i.e. agriculture, residential and minimal industrial landuses. Overall, approximately 60% of the study area covers land however the other 40% is made up of sea being the Strait of Malacca. Approximately 80% of the land within the study area is agriculture while residential/commercial occupied around 15%. Only approximately 5% of the existing landuse within the study area are occupied for industrial landuses including the existing Phase 1 and 2 landfill. However during the site verification conducted in June 2016, rapid development was observed in progress at Batu Kawan area, northern of study area across Sg Tengah. Detail landuse surrounding the Project site will be described in the radius ranges of 0 – 500 m from the Project boundary, 500 m to 1 km, 1 km to 3 km and 3 km to 5 km. For the purpose of this study, the landuse radius plotted taken into consideration of the existing Phase 1 and Phase 2 landfill thus the existing landfill will formed part of the Project boundary in landuse study. 6.15.2.1 Landuse Within 0 – 500 m Radius of the Project site Landuse within 500 m radius from the Project site boundary are generally occupied by agriculture activities from the north eastern towards the eastern boundary of the Project site. The immediate northern boundary of the Project site hosted the existing Phase 1 and 2 of Pulau Burung Landfill. A narrow strip of swampy forest are located at the immediate northern boundary of the existing Phase 1 and 2, provided a vegetation buffer belt before reaching Sg Tengah at a distance of approximately 250 m from the existing landfill boundary. (Refer Plate 6.33). Plate 6.33: Landuse within 500m at the northern boundary of study area Swampy forest buffering the northern of Phase 1 Sg Tengah and 2 from Sg Tengah Similarly, the north western tip to the central western boundary of the Project site is covered with vegetation belt i.e. Hutan Simpan Byram, buffering the Project site to the Strait of Malacca. The distance of the mangroves forest to the Project boundary ranges within 200 m at the northern tip to approximately 600 m at the central western of the site (Refer Plate 6.34). _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-150 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Plate 6.34: Hutan Simpan Byram Hutan Simpan Byram at the western of Existing Hutan Simpan Byram towards the western of Phase 1&2 Landfill Proposed Phase 3 Landfill A significant area at the south western quadrant of the Project boundary hosted numerous pond aquaculture activities. The pond aquacultures occupied the area from the Project boundary to the shoreline area. Seawater was seen drawn for these aquaculture activities. (Plate 6.35) Plate 6.35: Pond Aquacultures Activities Project Site Pond Aquaculture at the western boundary Sea water drawn for aquaculture activities Generally there is no significant settlement area within the 500 m radius from the Project boundary except Kg Sg Byram which is located at approximately 250 m eastern of the Project site. Kg Sg Byram hosted mainly the workers from the nearby oil palm plantation as well as the relocated 20 households of plantation quarters which were previously residing within the Phase 3 Project site. Besides Kg Sg Byram, a Tamil School and a Hindu Temple is located around 50 m near the junction of Jalan Byram connecting to the Project site. (Refer Plate 6.36). _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEIA for the Proposed Phase 3 Development of Sanitary Landfill at Pulau Burung, Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang 6-151 ___________________________________________________________________________________________