Environmental
Permit No. EP-146/2002
環境許可證編號EP-146/2002
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 499)
環境影響評估條例
(第499章)
第10條
A DESIGNATED PROJECT
建造及營辦指定工程項目的環境許可證
A部 (許可證主要部分)
Pursuant to Section 10 of the
Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO), the Director of Environmental
Protection (the Director) grants this environmental permit to the TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (hereinafter referred to as the
"Permit Holder") to construct and operate the designated project
described in Part B subject
to the conditions specified in Part C. 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》(環評條例)第10條的規定，環境保護署署長(署長)將本環境許可證批予拓展署 (下稱”許可證持有人”)，以建造及營辦B部所說明的指定工程項目，但須遵守C部所列明的條件。 本環境許可證是依據下列文件、批准或許可而簽發：
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Application No. 申請書編號 |
AEP-146/2002 |
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Document in the Register 登記冊上的文件 |
(1) Comprehensive Feasibility
Study for the Revised Scheme of South East Kowloon Development (Register No. AEIAR-044/2001) 東南九龍發展修訂計劃的整體可行性研究 (登記冊編號：AEIAR-044/2001) - Environmental Impact
Assessment Report (July 2001) [hereinafter referred to as the "EIA Report"] - 環境影響評估報告 (2001年7月) [下稱 「環評報告」] - Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Manual (July 2001) - 環境監察審核手冊 (2001年7月) - Executive Summary
(July 2001) - 摘要 (2001年7月) |
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(2) The Director’s letter of
approval of the EIA Report dated 25.9.2001 in (46) in EP2/K19/S3/10 Ax(1)
Part 3 署長已於2001年9月25日發出該環評報告的批准信，檔案編號 (46) in EP2/K19/S3/10
Ax(I) Part 3 (3) Project Profile of Sewage Pumping
Stations under Agreement No. CE 42/2000 (CE) South East Kowloon Development,
Infrastructure at North Apron Area of Kai Tak
Airport, Design and Construction (Register No.: PP-172/2002) (the Project
Profile) 顧問合約編號 CE 42/2000(CE) 東南九龍發展計劃-啟德機場北面停機 坪之污水泵站工程項目簡介(登記冊編號：PP-172/2002)(工程項目簡 介) (4) Application documents
including all attachments submitted by the Permit Holder on 17 September 2002
(Application No.: AEP-146/2002) 許可證持有人於2002年9月17日提交申請文件包括所有附件(申諸書 號碼：AEP-146/2002) |
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Director’s
Permission to Apply Directly for Environmental Permit 署長准許直接申請環境許可證 |
Letter Reference: (44) in Annex (2) in
EP2/K19/F/15 信件檔號：(44) in
Annex (2) in EP2/K19/F/15 Dated: 10 September 2002 日期：2002年9月10日 |
15 October 2002
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Date 日期 |
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(Elvis W. K. AU) Assistant Director (Environmental Assessment and Noise) for Director of Environmental Protection 環境保護署署長 助理署長(環境評估及噪音)區偉光代行 |
PART B (DESCRIPTION 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 (hereinafter referred to as “the Permit”):
下列為本環境許可證(下稱“許可證”)A部所提述的指定工程項目的說明:
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Title of Designated Project 指定工程項目的名稱 |
Sewage Pumping Stations under Agreement No. CE
42/2000 (CE) South East Kowloon Development, Infrastructure at North Apron
Area of Kai Tak Airport, Design and Construction
[This designated project is hereinafter referred to as “the Project”] 顧問合約編號 CE 42/2000(CE) 東南九龍發展計劃-啟德機場北面停機坪之污水泵站工程項目 [本指定工程項目下稱“工程項目”] |
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Nature of Designated Project 指定工程項目的性質 |
Five sewage pumping stations. 五個污水泵站。 |
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Location of Designated Project 指定工程項目的地點 |
The five sewage pumping stations are located at
the north apron of the disused Kai Tak
Airport. The location of
the project site is shown in Drawing No. 1 of
this Permit. 五個位於已停用啟德機場北面停機坪上之污水泵站。工程項目的地點展示於本許可證圖1內。 |
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Scale and Scope of Designated Project |
Construct five sewage pumping stations, namely
PS1, PS1A, PS2, PS3 and PS4 of peak capacity 1.09 m3/sec,
0.66 m3/sec, 1.87 m3/sec, 0.16 m3/sec, 2.24
m3/sec, respectively. 興建五個污水泵水站,名為 PS1, PS1A, PS2, PS3 及PS4其峰值流量分別為每秒1.09, 0.66, 1.87, 0.16 及 2.24 立方米。 |
1. General Conditions
1.1 The Permit
Holder and any person working on the Project shall comply with all conditions set
out in this Permit. Any non-compliance by any person may constitute a
contravention of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap.499) and
may become the subject of appropriate action being taken under the Ordinance.
1.2 The
Permit Holder shall ensure full compliance with all legislation from time to
time in force including without limitation to 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). This Permit does not of itself (a)
constitute any ground of defense against any proceedings instituted under any
legislation or (b) imply any approval under any legislation.
1.3 The
Permit Holder shall make copies of this Permit together with all documents
referred to in this Permit or the documents referred to in Part A of
the Permit readily available at all times for inspection by the Director or his
authorized officers at all sites/offices covered by this Permit. Any reference
to the Permit shall include all documents referred to in the Permit and also
the relevant documents in the Register.
1.4 The Permit
Holder shall give a copy of this Permit to the person(s) in charge of the
site(s) and ensure that such person(s) fully understands all conditions and all
requirements incorporated by the Permit. The site(s) refers to site(s) of construction
and/or operation of the Project(s) and shall mean the same hereafter.
1.5 The Permit
Holder shall display conspicuously a copy of this Permit on the construction
site(s) at all vehicular site entrances/exits or at a convenient location for
public information at all times. The Permit Holder shall ensure that the most
updated information about the 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 shall also be
displayed at the same locations as the original Permit. The suspended, varied
or cancelled Permit shall be removed from display at the construction site(s).
1.6 The Permit Holder shall construct and operate the Project as
described in Part B of
this Permit.
1.7 The Permit
Holder shall ensure that the Project is designed, constructed and operated in
accordance with the information and recommendations described in the Project
Profile (Register No. PP-172/2002); the EIA Report (Register
No. AEIAR-044/2001); other relevant documents in the Register; and the
information or mitigation measures described in this Permit, or mitigation measures
to be recommended in submissions that shall be deposited with or approved by
the Director as a result of permit conditions contained in this Permit, and
mitigation measures to be recommended under on-going surveillance and
monitoring activities during all stages of the Project. Where recommendations
referred to in the documents of the Register are not expressly referred to in
this Permit, such recommendations are nevertheless to be implemented unless
expressly excluded or impliedly amended in this Permit.
1.8 All
submissions, as required under this Permit, shall be rectified and resubmitted
in accordance with the comments, if any, made by the Director within one month
of the receipt of the Director's comments or otherwise as specified by the
Director.
1.9 The
Permit Holder shall release all finalized submissions, as required under this
Permit, to the public by depositing copies in the Environmental Impact
Assessment Ordinance Register Office, or in any other places, or any internet
websites as specified by the Director, or by any other means as specified by
the Director for public inspection. For this purpose, the Permit Holder shall
provide sufficient copies of the submissions.
1.10 The Permit Holder
shall notify the Director in writing the commencement date of construction of
the Project no later than one month prior to the commencement of construction
of the Project. The Permit Holder shall notify the Director in writing
immediately if there is any change of the commencement date of the construction.
1.11 All submissions to
the Director required under this Permit shall be delivered either in person or
by registered mail to the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Register
Office (currently at 27/F, Southorn Centre, 130
Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong). Electronic copies
of all finalized submissions required under this Permit shall be prepared in
Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) (version 4.0 or later) and in Portable
Document Format (PDF version 4.0 or later), unless otherwise agreed by the
Director and shall be submitted at the same time as the hard copies.
2. Submissions or Measures before
Commencement of Construction of Certain Parts of the Project
2.1 The Permit Holder shall submit,
at least two months before construction of each of the sewage pumping station
covered under this Project, a set of detailed landscape plans for the
Director’s approval. The
landscape plans shall include landscape layouts of scale 1 to 200, typical
sections, building elevations, details of architectural aspects of the sewage
pumping station (including colour scheme, types of
external finishes of the buildings and/or structures) and detailed landscape
treatment. The Permit
Holder shall seek prior agreement from the Director before submission if the
landscape layouts are of scale other than 1 to 200.
2.2 The Permit Holder shall deposit
at least two months before construction of each of the sewage pumping stations
covered under this Project, relevant final design drawings to be included in
tender documents for the sewage pumping station to demonstrate the
incorporation of environmental mitigation measures as proposed in the Project
Profile and summarized in the following appendices:-
(a) measures
to mitigate potential operational water quality impacts as summarized in Appendix A;
(b) measures
to mitigate potential operational noise impacts as summarized in Appendix B; and
(c) measures
to mitigate potential operational odour impacts as
summarized in Appendix C.
3. Submissions or Measures for the
Construction of Certain Parts of the Project
3.1 The Permit Holder shall, within
4 weeks after the commencement of construction of the Project, inform the
Director in writing the management organization of the main construction
companies and/or any form of joint ventures associated with the construction of
the Project. The submitted
information shall include at least an organization chart, names of responsible
persons and their contact details.
3.2 The Permit Holder shall ensure
that each of the sewage pumping station covered under the Project is
constructed in accordance to the detailed landscape plans submitted and
approved under Condition 2.1 and the design drawings as deposited under
Condition 2.2.
4. Submissions or Measures for the
Operation of the Project
4.1 The Permit Holder shall ensure
that the operation of the sewage pumping stations do
not exceed the capacities specified below:-
(a) 1.09 m3/s for sewage
pumping station PS1;
(b) 0.66 m3/s for sewage
pumping station PS1A;
(c) 1.87 m3/s for sewage
pumping station PS2;
(d) 0.16 m3/s for sewage
pumping station PS3;
(e) 1.75 m3/s for sewage
pumping station PS4 before 1 January 2012; and 1.97 m3/s
for sewage pumping station PS4 thereafter.
4.2 The Permit Holder shall carry out
all packing operations for sewage screenings within the sewage pumping station
structure.
Notes:
1. This Permit consists of three parts, namely, PART A (Main Permit), PART B (Description of Designated Project) and PART C (Permit Conditions)
. Any person relying on this permit should
obtain independent legal advice on the legal implications under the Ordinance,
and the following notes are for general information only.
2. The Permit Holder may apply under
Section 13 of the Ordinance to the Director for a variation of the conditions of
this 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 may with the consent of the Secretary for the Environment and Food,
suspend, vary or cancel this Permit. The
suspended, varied or cancelled Permit shall be removed from display at the
construction site.
5. If this Permit is cancelled or surrendered
during construction or operation of the Project, another environmental permit
must be obtained under the Ordinance before the Project could be continued. It
is an offence under Section 26(1) of the Ordinance to construct or operate a
designated project listed in Part I of Schedule 2 of
the Ordinance without a valid environmental permit.
6. Any person who constructs or operates
the Project contrary to the conditions in the Permit, and is convicted of an
offence under the Ordinance, is liable: -
(i) on a first conviction on indictment to a fine of $ 2 million
and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(ii) on a second or subsequent conviction on indictment to a fine
of $ 5 million and to imprisonment for 2 years;
(iii) on a first summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to
imprisonment for 6 months;
(iv) on a second or subsequent summary conviction to a fine of $1
million and to imprisonment for 1 year; and
(v) in any case where the offence is of a continuing nature, the
court or magistrate may impose a fine of $ 10,000 for each day on which he is
satisfied the offence continued.
7. The Permit Holder may appeal against any
condition of this Permit under Section 17 of the Ordinance within 30 days of
receipt of this Permit.
8. The Notes are for general reference
only and that the Permit Holder should refer to the EIA Ordinance for details
and seek independent legal advice.
Appendix A (as referred to in Condition 2.2(a))
Measures to Mitigate
Potential Operational Water Quality Impacts
(a) the emergency overflows of the sewage pumping stations
covered under the Project shall not be located within the Kwun Tong Typhoon
Shelter, any embayment areas, and within 150m from any existing or proposed
seawater intakes point(s)[1];
(b) the incorporation of standby pumps and screens for each
sewage pumping station covered under the Project;
(c) the incorporation of back-up power supply for each sewage
pumping station covered under the Project;
(d) the
incorporation of telemetric system for sewage pumping station(s) covered under
the Project which is/are not manned 24-hour and connection of the sewage
pumping station(s) to other 24-hour manned station;
(e) the incorporation of a manual clean bar screen at the
overflow bypass of each sewage pumping station covered under the Project; and
(f) the overflow discharge pipe of each sewage pumping station
covered under the Project shall be connected to an enclosed culvert at a point
below the low water level.
Appendix B (as referred to in Condition 2.2(b))
Measures to Mitigate
Potential Operational Noise Impacts
(a) The
exhaust of the ventilation system and any opening of each sewage pumping
station covered under the Project shall be positioned to avoid as far as practicable
direct line of sight to nearby existing and planned surrounding sensitive
receivers;
(b) the exhausts of each sewage pumping station covered under
the Project shall be equipped with acoustic louvres;
and
(c)
the pump(s) and mechanical ventilation system of each
sewage pumping station covered under the Project shall be located underground
or enclosed within a structure or building.
Appendix C (as referred to in Condition 2.2(c))
Measures to Mitigate
Potential Operational Odour Impacts
(a) the
odour sources of the sewage pumping stations,
including the wet well, inlet chamber and screening chamber of each sewage
pumping station covered under the Project, shall be fully enclosed; and
(b) each sewage pumping station covered under the Project shall
be equipped with odour scrubbing device for treating the odour emissions prior
to discharging to the atmosphere.
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[1] The locations of the emergency overflows of the proposed sewage pumping
stations covered under the Project shall be included as part of the design
drawing submitted under Condition 2.2.