1. INTRODUCTION

Background

1.1 ENSR Asia (HK) Ltd. (formerly Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Ltd.) (hereinafter referred as the “ET”) was appointed by Hongkong International Theme Park Ltd. (HKITP) (hereinafter referred as the “Operator”) to carry out operational Environmental Monitoring and Audit at the Water Recreation Centre since its operation on 16 August 2005. Under the requirements of Section 4 of the Environmental Permit EP-01/097/2001/C, EM&A programme is required to be implemented in accordance with the Operational EM&A Plan approved by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on 31 August 2005.

1.2 The WRC is a portion of the Contract for “Theme Park and Associated Infrastructures at Penny’s Bay”, which encompasses an area of approximately 12 ha and contains a multi-function artificial lake, water-based and land-based recreational facilities and ancillary facilities. Apart from recreation purpose, the lake water is a source of irrigation water for the entire Penny’s Bay.  The location of the WRC is given in Figure 1.1.

1.3 Following approval of the EIA, an Environmental Permit (EP) was issued to the Civil Engineering Department (CED) (now Civil and Engineering Development Department (CEDD) and the subsequent variation of the permit no. EP-097/2001/B and EP-138/2002/C contain the requirements and obligations on the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) during the operation of the WRC. Under the Contract for “Theme Park and Associated Infrastructures at Penny’s Bay”, the WRC and ancillary facilities were designed and constructed under the supervision of CEDD and the WRC would be turned over from CEDD to HKITP for operation upon completion of construction. Environmental permit no. EP-01/097/2001/C was issued to the HKITP for the operation of WRC.

1.4 This report presents the results of environmental audit works conducted between 16 December 2007 and 15 January 2008.

Project Organisation

1.5 The structure of the environmental management team is shown in Figure 1.2. Contacts of key environmental staff of the Project are shown in Appendix A.

Summary of the EM&A Requirements

1.6 The latest EM&A programme requires environmental audit at the WRC. The purpose of the audit was to ensure all environmental mitigation measures, as recommended in the EIA report, Operational EM&A Plan and EP-01/097/2001/C, were properly implemented.

1.7 Site audit and the status of environmental licensing and permits are described in Section 2.

1.8 Summary of the advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures is summarised in Section 2 of the Report.