Futher Environmental Permit No. FEP-04/033/2002

新的環境許可證編號 FEP-04/033/2002

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE

(CHAPTER 499)

Section 10 &12

環境影響評估條例

(第499章)

第10 與12條

FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT TO OPERATE A DESIGNATED PROJECT

就營辦指定工程項目而發出的

新的環境許可證

PART A (MAIN PERMIT)

A部 (許可證主要部分)

Pursuant to Section 10 and 12 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance, the Director of Environmental Protection (the Director) grants this Further Environmental Permit to the Highways Department (the “Permit Holder”) to operate 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與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路政署(「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。本新的環境許可證的發出﹐乃以下表所列的文件、批准或許可作為根據﹕-

Application No.

申請書編號:

FEP-055/2002

Document in the Register:

登記冊上的文件 :

Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation – West Rail Essential Public Infrastructure Works (EPIW) – Final EIA Report (August 1999) (Register No. AEIAR-012/1999)[hereinafter referred to as the “EIA report”]

The Director’s letter of approval of the EIA Report dated 20 August 1999, ref ( ) in EP2/G/A/94 An(1).

Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-033/1999 issued on 20 August 1999.

Application for Variation of an Environmental Permit No. VEP-023/2000. [Hereafter referred as “the Application for Variation No. VEP-023/2000].

Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: VEP-023/2000/A/EP-033 issued on 1 September 2000.

	Application for Variation of an Environmental Permit No. VEP-023/2000/A/EP-033. [Hereafter referred as “the Application for Variation No. VEP-068/2002]. Environmental Permit Issued – Permit No.: EP-033/1999/B issued on 29 July 2002. 九廣鐵路公司 – 西鐵主要公共基本建設工程 – 最終環境影響評估報告 (1999年8月) (登記冊編號：AEIAR-012/1999) [下稱環評報告]。環境保護署署長於1999年8月20日發出批准環評報告的信件。檔案編號: ( ) in EP2/G/A/94 An(1)。已簽發的環境許可證 – 許可證編號:EP-033/1999; 於1999年8月20日簽發。更改環境許可證 – 申請編號VEP-023/2000。[下稱「更改申請編號VEP-023/2000」] 已簽發的環境許可證 – 許可證編號: VEP-023/2000/A/EP-033; 於2000年9月1日簽發。更改環境許可證 – 申請編號VEP-068/2002。[下稱「更改申請編號VEP-068/2002」] 已簽發的環境許可證 – 許可證編號: EP-033/1999/B; 於2002年7月29日簽發。

Date 日期		(Elvis W.K. AU) Assistant Director of Environmental Protection (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 (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

Essential Public Infrastructure Works Associated with West Rail Stations in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun Centre

[This designated project is hereinafter referred to as "the Project"]

與西鐵元朗站、天水圍站及屯門市站有關的主要公共基本建設工程。 [下稱「工程項目」] 。

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

Roads improvement and modification to serve future West Rail stations in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun Centre

配合未來西鐵元朗、天水圍及屯門站所進行的道路改善及改路工程。

Location of Designated Project

指定工程項目的地點

The locations of the road project are shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3 of this permit.

道路工程項目的地點見載於本許可證的圖則1–3。

Scale and Scope of Designated Project(s)

指定工程項目的規模和範圍

The designated project involves the operation of the modified and improved existing roads and newly constructed highways in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun serving the future West Rail stations in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun New Town. The extent and limit of the road works are shown in Fig.1 to Fig.3 of this permit and described below:-

指定工程項目包括現時位於元朗、天水圍及屯門各市的已修改及改善道路的以及興建新公路，以配合日後在元朗、天水圍及屯門新市鎮所設的西鐵車站。有關的道路工程規模及範圍，見載於本許可證圖1至圖3，說明如下：

Subsection – Yuen Long

分段 — 元朗

1. Re-alignmented Long Yat Road to provide access to the proposed Public Transport Interchange (PTI) at ground level below the future station related Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) south of Sun Yuen Long Centre, and provision of Emergency Vehicle Access (EVA) for West Rail Yuen Long station;

已變更的朗日路為座落於新元朗中心以南未來車站綜合發展區之下擬建的地面公共交通轉車處，提供所需通道，及為西鐵元朗站提供緊急車輛通道；

2. Operate new roads L1, L2 and L3 to accommodate the existing traffic using Long Yat Road; and

營辦新道路L1, L2及L3，供現時使用朗日路的車輛改用；及

3. Operate junctions at L1/L2, L2/L3 and widening of junction at Long Yat Road/Castle Peak Road.

營辦 L1與L2及L2與L3道路交接處及已擴闊的朗日路/青山公路交接路口。

Subsection – Tin Shui Wai

分段 — 天水圍

1. Re-aligned Tin Fuk Road/Ping Ha Road and junction moved approximately 25m to the north to accommodate for development of the West Rail station ;

已變更的天福路/屏夏路路線，交接路口已北移約25米以供西鐵站進行發展；

2. Widen approximately 400m of the existing Tin Fuk Road, to the east of the Tin Fuk Road/Ping Ha Road junction to dual two lanes. Westbound carriageway of Tin Fuk Road will be gradually increased to four lanes towards the Tin Fuk Road/Ping Ha Road junction.

天福路/屏夏路交接處以東約400米長之天福路已擴闊至雙線雙程。已逐漸擴闊至四線的天福路向天福路/屏夏路交接處方向之西行線。

3. Re-aligned and modified Tin Yiu Road.

已變更及修改的天耀路。

Subsection – Tuen Mun

分段 — 屯門

1. Widened of roads and junctions at Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Yan Ching Street, Pui To Road and Ho Pong Street.

已擴闊的屯門鄉事會路、仁政街、杯渡路及河傍街的路面及交接處。

2. Widened carriageway at junction of Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road and Yan Ching Street - the existing Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road will be widened to dual two lanes both directions.

已擴闊的屯門鄉事會路及仁政街交接處的行車線 — 屯門鄉事會路兩個行車方向已擴闊至雙線。

3. At junction of Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road and Pui To Road, each carriageway approaching the junction widened to four lanes with an additional lane at the exits of the junction. The improvement works included the widened at Ho Pong Street and Pui To Road junction.

駛向屯門鄉事會路及杯渡路交接處的行車線已擴闊至四線。駛離該交接處的各出口已多增一條行車線。已擴闊的河傍街及杯渡路交接處。

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 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 others.

1.3 The Permit Holder shall make copies of this Permit available at all times for inspection by the Director at the Permit Holder’s office.

1.4 The Permit Holder shall operate the Project in accordance with the Project Descriptions in Part B of this Permit.

1.5 The Permit Holder shall ensure that the Project is operated in accordance with the information and recommendations contained in the EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-012/1999).

1.6 All deposited submissions as required under this Permit, shall be rectified 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.

1.7 The Permit Holder shall release all finalized submissions, as required under this Permit, to the public, if requested by the Director, by depositing copies in the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Register Office or any other places 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.

1.8 The Permit Holder shall notify the Director 4 weeks prior to the commencement of operation of the Project.

2. Submissions or Measures for the Operation of the Project

2.1 The Permit Holder shall provide and maintain the following mitigation measures for the operation of the Project to mitigate the noise impacts:

Yuen Long

(a) a 3m high, 35m long noise barrier on Road L1 as shown on Figure 4 to protect the residence of Nam Ping Wai.

Tin Shui Wai

(b) a 5m high, 135m long noise barrier on the outside edge of drainage reserve and next to the eastbound carriageway of Ping Ha Road as shown on Figure 5.1

(c) a 70m long noise barrier of varying height next to the eastbound carriageway of Ping Ha Road to integrate with the proposed footbridge as shown on Figure 5.1 and Figure 5.2

(d) low noise road surfacing on the Ping Ha Road West (east and west bound carriageway, approximately 240m long at location shown on Figure 5.1), the eastbound carriageway of Tin Fuk Road (approximately 290m long, at location shown on Figure 6) and Tin Yiu Road (north and south bound carriageway, approximately 120m long, at location shown on Figure 6).

(e) a 4.5m high, 35 m long noise barrier integrated with the proposed footbridge at Tin Fuk Road, as shown on Figure 6.

2.2 Before the commencement of operation of the Project, the Permit Holder shall notify the Director that the indirect technical remedies (ITR), in the form of suitable window glazing and air-conditioning, to protect the QE School Old Student’s Association Primary School and the affected noise sensitive receivers at the Sun Yuen Long Centre have been implemented.

2.3 The Permit Holder shall deposit, at least six months before the operation of the project, to the Director a monitoring plan for the purpose of assessing the accuracy of traffic noise predictions by comparing the project noise impact predictions with the actual impacts. The monitoring plan shall contain monitoring locations, monitoring schedules, methodology of noise monitoring including noise measurement procedures, traffic counts and speed checks, and methodology of comparison with the predicted levels. The recommended monitoring locations are detailed in the Implementation Schedule of the EIA Report and additional monitoring locations may be required by the Director. At least three sets of measurements at each monitoring location shall be conducted and the monitoring shall be done within the first year of operation of the project.

2.4 Monitoring shall be conducted in accordance with the deposited monitoring plan unless with prior justification. Monitoring details and results including the comparison between the measured noise levels and the predicted levels shall be recorded in a report to be deposited with the Director within one month of the completion of the monitoring. Before depositing with the Director, the report shall be certified by the Permit Holder.

2.5 Mitigation measures in Annex A shall be maintained to mitigate the landscape and visual impacts of the Project.

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 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 Environment, Transport and Works, may suspend, vary or cancel this environmental permit.

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 operate a designated project without an environmental permit.

6. All submissions as required under this permit shall be deposited in the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Register Office on the 27/F of Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Annex A

Measures to Mitigate Landscape and Visual Impacts

To mitigate the landscape and visual impacts, the following mitigation measures shall be implemented:

Yuen Long

(a) Maintain the noise barrier at Road L1 with careful choice of materials, colours and textures and associated planting;

(b) Maintain the compensatory tree and shrub planting for the Project and amenity roadside tree and shrub planting to screen the road alignment and associated structures, particularly along new Road L1 and L2.

Tin Shui Wai

(d) Maintain the compensatory tree and shrub planting for the Project and amenity roadside tree and shrub planting to screen the road alignment and associated structures.

Tuen Mun Centre

(e) Maintain the compensatory tree and shrub planting for the Project and amenity roadside tree and shrub planting to screen the road alignment.

(f) Maintain the additional screen planting at riverside open areas and at Tuen Mun Town Park, the reinstated edge of the Deacon Chui Park and street trees and shrub planting adjacent to the proposed West Rail Station along Pui To and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road.