Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Ordinance, Cap.499
Application No.: DIR-121/2005
Project Title: Expansion of Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works
Conditions Imposed under Section 5(12) of the EIA Ordinance
For Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental Permit
1.
At
least three months before the commencement of construction of the Project, the
applicant shall submit an Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Manual
to the Director of Environmental Protection for approval. The EM&A Manual
shall provide the details of the monitoring and audit methodologies, procedures
and action plans during the construction and operational stage of the Project.
All recommendations in the approved EM&A Manual shall be fully implemented.
2.
The
exposed area of the facilities of the Project described in Table 1-9 and shown
in Figure Nos. A1-2, A1-3 & A1-4 of Annex 1 of the Project Profile shall be
installed with covers and deodourizers. The covers
shall be air tight to prevent release of odour from the facilities into
atmosphere. Foul air underneath the covers installed according to Table 1-9
shall be drawn through deodourizers and be discharged
after treatment. The deodourizers shall be designed
for odour removal efficiency of at least 99% and according to the requirements
described in Table 2 or otherwise agreed by the Director.
3.
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new trees shall be planted along the site boundary according to Figure A5-2 of
Annex 5 of the Project Profile to provide a shielding effect to the new
facilities.
Note
Under Section 17 of the EIA
Ordinance, the applicant may appeal to the Appeal Board against any of the
above conditions within 30 days of the receipt of this notice of the Director’s
decision.
Environmental
Protection Department
May
2005