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Theme Park and Associated DevelopmentsFinal Environmental Impact Assessment6.5.1 As detailed in Section 2, the construction of the Theme Park and associated developmentswill involve a wide range of construction activities which will lead to the generation ofsolid wastes. Major construction activities are listed below:• dredging and disposal of the marine sediment at the Penny's Bay Reclamation Stages I and II as well as Yam0 Reclamation;• construction of seawalls and reclamation;« construction of road and drains; and• construction of the Theme Park infrastructure.6.5.2 As described in Section 1.4, an existing shipyard Cheoy Lee Shipyard) will need to bedemolished as part of the Project. However, the potential environmental impacts associatedwith the decommissioning and demolition of the shipyard will be evaluated under a separateEl A to be commissioned by the CED.6.5.3 The Theme Park and associated developments construction activities will result in thegeneration of a variety of wastes which can be divided into distinct categories based ontheir composition, as follows:dredged/excavated marine sediment;excavated material;construction and demolition waste;chemical waste; andgeneral refuse.6.5.4 The nature and quantity of each of these waste types arising from the construction of thePenny's Bay and Yam 0 reclamations and the Theme Park infrastructure are identifiedbelow.Dredged/Excavated Sediment6.5.5 The construction of the Theme Park will involve the reclamation of 280 ha of marine seabed. The reclamation will be undertaken in two stages. Penny's Bay Reclamation Stage Ireclamation has to be completed by Q3 2002 (including dredging, placement of seawall,filling and placement of surcharge) in order to be handed over to Hongkong InternationalTheme Parks Limited (HKITP) for the construction and operation of the Theme Park. Thismeans that the dredging, reclamation and consolidation works have to be finished within 32months. The engineering feasibility of not dredging the marine sediment of the Penny'sBay Reclamation Stage I and increasing the consolidation rate by various groundimprovement techniques has been evaluated. However, taking into account the depth(approximately 20 to 30 m) of the marine sediment to be left in place and the limited timeavailable for undertaking the ground improvement prior to the construction for the ThemePark infrastructure, it is considered necessary to fully dredge the marine sediment ofPenny's Bay Reclamation Stage I. The volume of marine sediment to be dredged for thePenny's Bay Reclamation Stage I is approximately 40 M m 3Scott Wilson (Hong Kong) Ltd in association with ERM Hong Kong 6-6Shankland Cox * Wilbur Smith Associates