Environmental Permit No

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE

(CHAPTER 499)

SECTION 10

環境影響評估條例

(第499章)

第10條

ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT TO OPERATE

A DESIGNATED PROJECT

營辦指定工程項目的環境許可證

PART A (MAIN PERMIT)

A部 (許可證主要部分)

Pursuant to Section 10 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance, the Director of Environmental Protection (the Director) grants this Environmental Permit to the Yuen Long Fish Merchants’ Association Limited (the "Permit Holder") to operate the designated project described in Part B subject to the conditions described in or attached to Part C.

This Permit of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market will only be valid for a maximum of six months operation period (from 1^st January 2009 to 30^th June 2009). This Environmental Permit will be revoked once the Tenancy Agreement of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market at Yuen Long Planning Area 12 between the Permit Holder and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is terminated by the Lands Authority.

The issue of this Environmental Permit is based on the documents, approvals or permissions described below:

根據環境影響評估條例第10條的規定，環境保護署署長(署長)將本環境許可證批予元朗鮮魚業批發商會有限公司(許可證持有人)以營辦B部所說明的指定工程項目，但須遵守C部所說明或附載的條件。

本供營辦塘魚批發市場的許可證有效期最長為6個月(由2009年1月1日至2009年6月30日)。在地政監督終止許可證持有人與香港特別行政區就元朗第12規劃區塘魚批發市場簽訂的租約時，本許可證將即時撤銷。

本環境許可證乃依據下列文件、批准或許可而簽發﹕

Application No.

申請書編號

AEP-323/2008

Document in the Register :

登記冊上的文件：

1. West Rail – Final Assessment Report West Kowloon to Tuen Mun Centre – Environmental Impact Assessment and its Technical Annexes Report Vol.1 (Register No. EIA-149/BC) [Hereafter referred to as the EIA report]

西部鐵路—最終評估報告

西九龍至屯門中心—環境影響評估及其技術附件報告第一冊
(登記冊檔號：EIA-149/BC)

[下稱“環評報告”]

2. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.:VEP-01/2000/A/EP-047 issued on 13 March 2000.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: VEP-01/2000/A/EP-047 於2000年3月13日簽發

3. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-055/2000 issued on 1 April 2000.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-055/2000於2000年4月1日簽發

4. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-161/2003 issued on 21 March 2003.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-161/2003於2003年3月21日簽發

5. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-188/2004 issued on 1 April 2004.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-188/2004於2004年4月1日簽發

6. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-211/2005 issued on 29 March 2005.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-211/2005於2005年3月29日簽發

7. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-243/2006 issued on 28 March 2006.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-243/2006於2006年3月28日簽發

8. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-259/2006 issued on 13 December 2006.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-259/2006於2006年12月13日簽發

9. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-268/2007 issued on 8 March 2007.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-268/2007於2007年3月8日簽發

10. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-280/2007 issued on 20 June 2007.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-280/2007於2007年6月20日簽發

11. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-299/2007 issued on 27 December 2007.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-299/2007於2007年12月27日簽發

12. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-306/2008 issued on 22 May 2008.

已簽發的環境許可證-許可證編號: EP-306/2008於2008年5月22日簽發

9 December 2008

Date

日期

(Mr WONG Hon-meng)

Principal Environmental Protection Officer

(Strategic Assessment)

for Director of Environmental Protection

環境保護署署長

首席環境保護主任(策略評估)黃漢明代行

PART B (DESCRIPTIONS OF DESIGNATED PROJECT)

B部 (指定工程項目的說明)

Hereunder is the description of the designated project mentioned in Part A of this environmental permit:

下列為本環境許可證A部所提及的指定工程項目的說明:

Title of Designated Project

指定工程項目的名稱

Pond Fish Wholesale Market in Yuen Long

元朗塘魚批發市場

[Hereafter referred to as the Project]

[下稱“工程項目”]

Nature of Designated Project
指定工程項目的性質

Operate a temporary Pond Fish Wholesale Market for 6 months. (from 1^st January 2009 to 30^th June 2009).

營辦一個臨時塘魚批發市場6個月(由2009年1月1日至2009年6月30日止)。

Location of Designated Project

指定工程項目的地點

Yuen Long Area 12. The location of the project is shown in Figure 1 of this Environmental Permit.

元朗第12區。工程項目的地點載於本環境許可證的圖1。

Scale and Scope of Designated Project(s)

指定工程項目的規模和範圍

Operate a temporary dual-storey fish trading market on a site of approximately 6000 m²for 6 months from 1^st January 2009 to 30^th June 2009.

在一幅約6000平方米的土地上營辦一個臨時雙層魚類批發市場6個月(由2009年1月1日至2009年6月30日止)。

PART C (PERMIT CONDITIONS)

1 General Conditions

1.1 The Permit Holder shall ensure full compliance with all conditions of this environmental permit (the Permit). Any non-compliance with this Permit may constitute a contravention of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap.499) and shall be definite ground for enforcement action or permit cancellation where applicable.

1.2 This Permit shall not remove the responsibility of the Permit Holder to comply with any legislation currently in force such as the Noise Control Ordinance (Cap. 400), Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 311), Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358), Dumping at Sea Ordinance (Cap. 466), the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354) and other.

1.3 The Permit Holder shall make copies of this Permit available at all times for inspection by the Director at all sites covered by this Permit.

1.4 The Permit Holder shall give a copy of this Permit to the person(s) in charge of the site.

1.5 The Permit Holder shall display a copy of this Permit at all vehicular site entrances/exits or at a convenient location of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market for public information at all times. The Permit Holder shall ensure that the most updated information about the environmental permit, including any amended permit, is displayed at such locations. If the Permit Holder surrenders a part or the whole of the Permit, the notice he sends to the Director of Environmental Protection shall also be displayed at the same locations as the original Permit.

1.6 A copy of the EIA Report shall be kept in the Pond Fish Wholesale Market’s site office for reference.

1.7 The Permit Holder shall operate the Project in accordance with the conditions described in Part C of this Permit.

1.8 The Permit Holder shall ensure that the Project is operated in accordance with the information and recommendations contained in the EIA Report, the requirements in environmental permit No. VEP-01/2000/A/EP-047 and the requirements of this environmental permit.

2. Measures to Ensure the Environmental Performance of the Project

2.1 Within the six month operation period of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market, the Permit Holder shall permit the staff, and/or the agent, of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC), to enter the site with or without equipment/machinery and install monitoring device(s) to monitor the environmental performance of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market.

2.2 Within the six month operation period of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market, the Permit Holder shall liaise with MTRC and implement any additional environmental mitigation measures to the Director’s satisfaction to ensure the environmental performance of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market.

2.3 Within the six month operation period of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market, should the Director consider the operation of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market unlikely to achieve the requirements of the EIA Study Report for the noise sensitive receiver(s) at Yuen Long Planning Area 12 and 15, the Permit Holder shall allow the staff, and/or the agent of the MTRC, to enter the site at all times, with or without equipment and machinery, to implement additional environmental mitigation measures upon receiving written notice issued by the Director. The additional mitigation measures may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the followings:

i) Relocation of the loading/unloading bays of the Pond Fish Wholesale Market to the east side of the site;

ii) Retrofit the market structure to ensure there is no opening or only insulated opening along the western façade. This may include retrofitting a cover and boundary walls to mitigate noise impacts on adjacent noise sensitive receiver(s);

iii) Provision of additional mechanical ventilation to ensure the dilution of odour and prevent the accumulation of vehicle exhaust fumes.

3. Measures To Be Implemented During the Operation Period

3.1 The Permit Holder shall implement measures described in Annex A to mitigate the air quality impacts.

3.2 The Permit Holder shall implement measures described in Annex B to mitigate noise impacts.

3.3 The Permit Holder shall implement measures described in Annex C to mitigate water quality impacts.

3.4 The Permit Holder shall implement measures described in Annex D to mitigate the waste impacts.

Notes:

1. This environmental permit consists of three parts, namely, PART A (Main Permit), PART B (Description of Designated Project) and PART C (Permit Conditions)

2. The Permit Holder may apply under section 13 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance to the Director for a variation of the conditions of this environmental permit. The Permit Holder shall replace the original permit displayed on the construction site, by the amended permit.

3. A person who assumes the responsibility for the whole or a part of the designated project may, before he assumes responsibility of the designated project, apply under section 12 of the Ordinance to the Director for a further environmental permit.

4. Under section 14 of the Ordinance, the Director with the consent of the Secretary for the Environment, may suspend, vary or cancel this environmental permit. The cancelled permit shall be removed from the display on the operation site.

5. If this permit is cancelled or surrendered during the operation, an environmental permit must be obtained under the Ordinance before the operation of the project could be continued. It is an offence under section 26(1) of the Ordinance to construct or operate a designated project without an environmental permit.