Environmental Permit No.FEP-01/077/2001
環 境 許 可 證 編 號 FEP-01/077/2001

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 499)
Section 10 & 12

環 境 影 響 評 估 條 例
(第 499章 )
第 10條 及 第 12條

FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A PART OF THE
DESIGNATED PROJECT
就 建 造 指 定 工 程 項 目 其 中 部 份 而 發 出 新 的 環 境 許 可 證

PART A (MAIN PERMIT)
A部 (許 可 證 主 要 部 分 )

Pursuant to Sections 10 and 12 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (the EIAO), the Director of Environmental Protection (the Director) grants this Further Environmental Permit to Gammon Construction Limited (the "Permit Holder") to construct a part of the designated project described in Part B subject to the conditions described in or attached to Part C. The issue of this Further Environmental Permit is based on the documents, approvals or permissions described below:

根 據 環 境 影 響 評 估 條 例 第 10及 第 12條 的 規 定 ， 環 境 保 護 署 署 長 (署 長 )將 本 新 的 環 境 許 可 證 批 予 金 門 建 築 (許 可 證 持 有 人 ) 以 建 造 B部 所 說 明 的 指 定 工 程 項 目 其 中 部 分 ， 但 須 遵 守 C部 所 說 明 或 附 載 的 條 件 。 本 新 的 環 境 許 可 證 的 發 出 ， 乃 依 據 下 列 文 件 、 批 准 或 許 可 條 件 而 簽 發 ：

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:
(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 :

PART C (PERMIT CONDITIONS)

1. General Conditions

1.1 The Permit Holder shall ensure full compliance with all conditions of this Further Environmental Permit (FEP). Any non-compliance with this FEP may constitute a contravention of the EIAO and may become subject of appropriate action to be taken under the Ordinance.

1.2 The Permit Holder shall ensure, from time to time, full compliance with all legislation in force including but without limitation to the Noise Control Ordinance (Cap. 400), Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 311), Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358) and Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354). This Permit does not of itself constitute any ground of defence against any proceedings instituted 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 this Permit readily available at all times for inspection 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.

1.5 The Permit Holder shall display a copy of this Permit on the construction sites 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 sites.

1.6 The Permit Holder shall construct the Project as described in Part B of this Permit.

1.7 The Permit Holder shall ensure that the Project is designed and constructed in accordance with the information and recommendations described in the EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-016/1999); 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, or 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 This Permit shall not remove the responsibility of any person to comply with the conditions set out in Part C of the Environmental Permit No. AEP-077/2000 or where applicable any subsequent environmental permit (EP) amended by the Director under the EIAO.

1.9 All deposited submissions as required under this Permit, shall be rectified and re-submitted in accordance with the comments, if any, made by the Director, within one month of the receipt of the Director's comments or otherwise specified by the Director.

1.10 All submissions approved by the Director, all submissions deposited without comments by the Director, or all submissions rectified in accordance with comments by the Director under this Permit shall be construed as part of the permit conditions described in Part C of this Permit. Any variation of the submissions shall be approved by the Director in writing or as prescribed in the relevant permit conditions. Any non-compliance with the submissions may constitute a contravention of the EIAO.

1.11 The Permit Holder shall release all finalized submissions, as required under this Permit, to the public by depositing copies in the EIAO 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.

1.12 The Permit Holder shall notify the Director in writing the commencement date of construction of the Project at least one month before 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.

1.13 All submissions to the Director required under this Permit shall be delivered either in person or by registered mail to the EIAO Register Office (currently at 27/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong).

2. Special Conditions

2.1 An Environmental Team (ET) shall be established at least one month before the commencement of construction of the Project. The ET shall be headed by the ET Leader who has at least 7 years' experience in environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) or environmental management. The ET Leader shall be responsible for the implementation of the EM&A programme in accordance with the EM&A requirements as contained in the EIA Report and the approved EM&A Manual submitted under Condition 2.4 of this Permit. In addition, the ET Leader shall be responsible for certifying the environmental acceptability of permanent and temporary works, relevant design plans and submissions under this Permit.

2.2 An Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) shall be employed at least one month before the commencement of construction of the Project. The IEC shall have at least 7 years' experience in EM&A or environmental management. The IEC shall audit the overall EM&A programme including the implementation of all environmental mitigation measures, submissions relating to EM&A, and any other submissions required under this Permit. In addition, the IEC shall be responsible for verifying the environmental acceptability of permanent and temporary works, relevant design plans and submissions under this Permit.

2.3 All submissions for approval and deposition under Sections 2 and 3 of this Permit shall be certified by the ET Leader and verified by the IEC as conforming to the information and recommendation contained in the EIA Report before submission to the Director.

2.4 At least 2 weeks before commencement of the construction of the Project, the Permit Holder shall submit an EM&A manual for the construction of the Project to the Director for approval. No construction works shall commence before the Director has approved the EM&A manual. The EM&A manual approved under this condition shall hereinafter be referred to as the "EM&A Manual".

2.5 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.

2.6 No rock crushing, on-site concrete batching or blasting activity shall be carried out throughout the entire construction period.

Measures to Mitigate Landscape and Visual Impacts

2.7 Within 4 weeks after the commencement of construction of the Project, 5 sets of detailed master landscape drawing(s) shall be submitted to the Director for approval. The drawing(s) shall show the locations of trees within the project boundary. (see note 6)

2.8 The Permit Holder shall strictly adhere to the detailed master landscape drawing(s) and the tree felling plan in Annex A (which is derived from section 8 and Appendix F of the EIA Report).

2.9 The compensatory planting (4 times the number of trees felled) and tree transplanting works as recommended in Annex A shall be fully implemented. At least 2 weeks before the project commences operation, 5 sets of detailed landscape as-built drawing(s) showing the final locations of tree plantings within the project boundary to demonstrate compliance with the approved submissions under Condition 2.7 shall be deposited with the Director. (see note 7)

2.10 The Permit Holder shall fully implement all measures described in Annex B to mitigate landscape and visual impacts throughout the entire construction period.

Measures to Mitigate Construction Waste Impacts

2.11 The Permit Holder shall submit three sets of Waste Management Plan for the construction stage of the Project to the Director for approval within 6 weeks after the commencement of construction of the Project. The Plan shall describe the arrangements for avoidance, reuse, recovery and recycling, storage, collection, treatment and disposal of different categories of waste to be generated from the construction activities and shall include the recommended mitigation measures on waste management in section 6 of the EIA Report. Such a management plan shall include the designation of areas for segregation and temporary storage of reusable and recyclable materials and disposal location of different categories of waste. The Permit Holder shall fully implement all measures in the approved Waste Management Plan throughout the entire construction period.

3. Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) during the Construction Period

3.1 The Permit Holder shall take samples and measurements in accordance with the requirements of the EM&A Manual submitted under Condition 2.4 of this Permit by:

(a) conducting baseline air quality monitoring as set out in the EM&A Manual; and

(b) conducting impact monitoring on air quality and construction waste as set out in the EM&A Manual;

3.2 The Permit Holder shall fully and properly carry out remedial actions described in the Event / Action Plans of the EM&A Manual in accordance with the time frame(s) set out in the Event / Action Plan, or as agreed by the Director.

3.3 The Permit Holder shall log and keep records of the details of Conditions 3.1 and 3.2 above, within 3 working days of the collection of data or completion of remedial action(s), for the purpose of preparing and submitting the monthly EM&A Reports and making the information available for inspection on site.

3.4 All EM&A data submitted under this Permit shall be true, valid and correct.

3.5 The Permit Holder shall submit one hard copy and one soft copy of the Baseline Monitoring Report to the Director at least one month before the commencement of any construction works. The Report shall include but without limitation to the details of the baseline air quality monitoring. Additional copies of the submission shall be provided to the Director upon request from the Director.

3.6 The Permit Holder shall submit one hard copy and one soft copy of monthly EM&A Report to the Director within 2 weeks after the end of the reporting month. Additional copies of the submission shall be provided to the Director upon request from the Director.

4. Electronic Reporting of EM&A Information

4.1 To facilitate public inspection of the Baseline Monitoring Report and monthly EM&A Reports via the EIAO Internet Website and at the EIAO Register Office, electronic copies of these Reports, 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 as described in Conditions 3.5 and 3.6 above. For the HTML version, a content page capable of providing hyperlink to each section and sub-section of these Reports shall be included in the beginning of the document. Hyperlinks to all figures, drawings and tables in these Reports shall be provided in the main text from where the respective references are made. All graphics in these Reports shall be in interlaced GIF format unless otherwise agreed by the Director. The content of the electronic copies of these Reports must be the same as the hard copies.

4.2 All environmental monitoring data described in Condition 4.1 above shall be made available to the public via internet access in the form of a website, in the shortest possible time and in no event later than 2 weeks after the relevant environmental monitoring data are collected or become available, unless otherwise agreed with the Director. The Permit Holder shall notify the Director in writing within 6 weeks after the commencement of works the internet address where the environmental monitoring data are to be placed. The internet address and the relevant environmental monitoring data shall be made available to the public via the EIAO Internet Website and the EIAO Register Office.

4.3 The internet website as described in Condition 4.2 above shall enable user-friendly public access to the monitoring data with features capable of:

(a) providing access to all environmental monitoring data collected since the commencement of works;

(b) searching by date;

(c) searching by types of monitoring data (air quality and construction waste); and

(d) hyperlinking to relevant monitoring data after searching;

or otherwise as agreed by the Director.

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 that 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 Environment and Food, suspend, vary or cancel this Permit. The suspended, varied or cancelled Permit shall be removed from the display at the construction site.

5. If this Permit is cancelled or surrendered during the 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. Highways Department (HyD), Holder of the Environmental Permit No. EP-077/2000 (the EP), is required under Condition 2.8 of the EP, or where applicable the equivalent condition in any subsequent EP amended by the Director under the EIAO, to submit 5 sets of detailed master landscape drawing(s) to the Director for approval.

7. HyD is required under Condition 2.10 of the EP, or where applicable the equivalent condition in any subsequent EP amended by the Director under the EIAO, to deposit with the Director 5 sets of detailed landscape as-built drawing(s) showing the final locations of tree plantings within the project boundary to demonstrate compliance with the approved submissions under Condition 2.8 of the EP.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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