Project Title:
Proposed Joint User
Complex and Wholesale Fish Market at Area 44, Tuen Mun
Reference of the
Approved EIA Report in the Register : AEIAR-070/2003
Conditions of
Approval under Section 8(3) of the EIA Ordinance (the Ordinance)
The
EIA report as exhibited under Section 7(1) of the Ordinance is approved by the
Director on the conditions that –
(a) the following additional requirement
shall form part of the approved EIA Report :
(i) a
submission on the routing arrangement of marine vessels associated with the
operation of the Wholesale Fish Market shall be submitted prior to operation of
the Wholesale Fish Market
(b) to facilitate readers to understand
the key measures in the approved EIA report, a summary table setting out the
following measures recommended in the EIA Report shall be inserted into the
Executive Summary of the EIA Report :
(i)
the
building of the Wholesale Fish Market at Tuen Mun Area 44 shall be a
fully-enclosed design with openings along waterfront to allow for loading of
fish stocks from marine vessels;
(ii)
the
external wall of the Wholesale Fish Market along the Wu Shan Road and facing
the Yuet Wu Villa shall be a blank façade with no opening except for fixed
windows and pedestrian entrance at street level which shall be designed with
double doors and a lobby as to minimize outbreak of noise from the Wholesale
Fish Market;
(iii)
a
minimum of 40 lorry parking spaces shall be provided inside the Wholesale Fish
Market with access from the north side of the building;
(iv)
the
junction at the Wu Shan Road for vehicle access to the Wholesale Fish Market
shall be designed to prohibit traffic entering and leaving the building from
the south of the Wu Shan Road as to avoid traffic noise affecting Yuet Wu Villa
and nearby residents;
(v)
the
Wholesale Fish Market building shall be constructed with a 5m wide and 90m long
canopy along the waterfront as to providing screening for the noise emitted
from loading/unloading activities and berthed vessels;
(vi)
an
induced draft ventilation system with extraction points located at the fish
handling areas and lorry parking area shall be installed to the Wholesale Fish
Market. The exhausts of the ventilation system shall be vented from the
waterfront side of the building. The induced draft ventilation system shall be
operated at a rate of no less than 10 air changes per hour throughout the peak
operating hours from 3:00am to 6:30am;
(vii)
the
building design of the Wholesale Fish Market shall include provision for
retrofitting a de-odorised scrubber system;
(viii)
a
management committee shall be set up by the operator of the Wholesale Fish
Market to closely supervise the operation of the Wholesale Fish Market and to
follow-up on environmental complaints about the operation of the Wholesale Fish
Market; and
(ix)
an
environmental monitoring and audit programme on odour nuisance and marine
traffic noise shall be conducted during the peak operating hours from 3:00am to
6:30am at a frequency of no less than once a week throughout the first 12
months of the operation of the Wholesale Fish Market.
Environmental
Protection Department
March
2003