Environmental Permit No. EP-179/2004
環境許可證編號 EP-179/2004
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 499)
Section 10
環境影響評估條例
(第499章)
第10條
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A PART OF THE
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 (the EIAO), the Director of Environmental Protection (the Director) grants this Environmental Permit to Architectural Services Department (hereinafter referred to as the “Permit Holder”) to construct and operate; and decommission the designated projects 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第10條的規定，環境保護署署長(署長)將本環境許可證批予建築處(下稱“許可證持有人”) 以建造及運作; 及清拆B部所說明的指定工程項目，但須遵守C部所列明的條件。本環境許可證的發出，乃以下表所列的文件、批准或許可作為根據：
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Application No. 申請書編號：
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AEP-179/2003 |
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登記冊上的文件：
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重置鑽石山火葬場(登記冊編號：
– Volume 1 and Volume 2 [hereinafter referred to as the "EIA Report"] - 環境影響評估最終報告 (2004年1月) -
- 環境監察審核手冊 (2004年1月)
- 摘要 (2004年1月)
(2) The Director’s
letter of approval of the EIA Report dated 署長已於2004年
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(3) Application for
許可證持有人於2003年11月13日提交的環境許可證申請文件(申請書編號AEP-179/2003)
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(Elvis 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) |
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PART B (DESCRIPTIONS OF DESIGNATED PROJECTS)
B部 (指定工程項目的說明)
Hereunder is the description of the designated projects 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 Projects 指定工程項目的名稱
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1) Reprovisioning of Diamond Hill Crematorium 2) Decommissioning of the existing Diamond Hill Crematorium [The above designated projects are collectively referred to as “the Project” hereinafter]
1) 重置鑽石山火葬場 2) 拆除現有鑽石山火葬場及其設施 [以上指定工程項目合稱「工程項目」]
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Nature
of Designated Projects
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Construction and
operation of a new crematorium
建造及營辦一所 |
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Location of Designated Project 指定工程項目的地點 |
Diamond Hill. The location of the project is shown in Figure 1 attached to this Permit. 鑽石山。圖 1 顯示工程項目的位置。
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Scale and Scope of Designated Project(s) 指定工程項目的規模和範圍
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1) Construct and operate
a new crematorium of 6 new cremators 2) Decommission the
existing crematorium after
the satisfactory commissioning of the new one.
1) 建造及營辦一所內設六組火化爐的新火葬場 2) 在新火化爐順利運作後，拆卸現有的火葬場
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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 (EIA) 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)Dumping at Sea Ordinance (Cap.466)and Waste Disposal
Ordinance (Cap.354). This Permit does not of itself (a) constitute any ground
of defence 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 EIA Ordinance Register Office.
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 the construction, operation and
decommissioning of the construction, operation and / or
decommissioning of the Project and shall mean the
same hereafter.
1.5
The Permit
Holder shall display conspicuously a copy of this Permit on the Project Project 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 Project Projectsite(s).
1.6 The Permit Holder shall construct and operate the new crematorium,and decommission the existing crematorium as described in Part B of this Permit.
1.7
The Permit Holder shall ensure that the new crematoriumis designed, constructed and operated, and the existing crematorium is decommissioned, in
accordance with the information and recommendations described in the approved EIA report, EIA Executive Summary,
EM&A Manual (Register No. AEIAR-07653/20042),; and other relevant
documents in the EIA Ordinance Register Office,; and the
information and or mitigation
measures described in this Permit, and 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 EIA Ordinance Register Office 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
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 (Cap.499). All submissions or any variation
of the submissions shall be certified by the Environmental Team (ET) Leader and
verified by the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) referred to in
Conditions 2.12
and 2.32 below, before
submitting to the Director under the Permit.
1.10 The Permit Holder shall release all finalized submissions, as required under this Permit, to the public by depositing copies in the EIA 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.
1.11
The Permit Holder shall notify the Director in writing the commencement
dates
of the the Construction and the Decommissioning of the Project at least one
one month before the
commencement of the respective parts of theProject. The Permit Holder
shall notify the Director in writing immediately if there is any change of the commencement date.
1.12 All submissions to the Director required under this Permit shall be delivered either in person or by registered mail to the EIA 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.
1.13
For the purpose of this Permit, "commencement of
the Project" includes commencement of all new
crematorium construction
and existing crematorium demolition
works except do not include works related to site clearance and preparation, contamination investigations
or other works as agreed by
the Director.
2.1
An Environmental
Team (ET) shall be established by the Permit Holder no later than one two no later
than months before the commencement of the Project. The ET shall not be in any way an associated body
of the Contractor or the IEC for the Project. The ET shall be headed by an ET Leader. The ET Leader shall be a person who has
at least 7 years’ experience in EM&A or, environmental
management plus remediation of contaminated
materials. The ET and 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 EM&A Manual and in the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-076/2004)3EIA report (Register
No. AEIAR-053/2002) and the approved
EM&A Manual submitted under condition 2.5 of this Permit. The ET Leader shall keep a
contemporaneous log-book of each and every instance or circumstance or change
of circumstances which may affect the findings of the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-076/2004) and each and every
non-compliance with the recommendations of the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-053/2002)or
this Permit. The ET Leader shall
notify the IEC within one working day of the occurrence of any such instance or
circumstance or change of circumstance.
This log-book shall be kept readily available for inspection by all
persons assisting in the supervision of the implementation of the recommendations of the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-076/2004) recommendations and this Permit or by
the Director or his authorized officers.
Failure to maintain records in the log-book, failure to discharge the
duties of the ET Leader as defined in the EM&A Manual or failure to comply
with this Condition would entitle the Director to require the Permit Holder by
notice in writing to replace the ET Leader. Failure by the Permit Holder to make replacement, or further
failure to keep contemporaneous records in the log-book despite the employment
of a new ET Leader may render the Permit liable to suspension, cancellation or
variation. The ET
shall not be in any way an associated body of the Contractor
or the IEC for the Project.
2.2
An
Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) shall be employed by the Permit Holder
no later than one two at least months
before the commencement of the Project. The
IEC shall not be in any way an associated body of the Contractor or the ET
for the Project. The IEC shall be a person who has at least 7
years’ experience in EM&A or environmental management plus remediation of contaminated materials.
The IEC shall be responsible for duties defined in the EM&A Manual3EM&A Manual
submitted and approved under Condition 2.5 of this
Permit, and shall audit the overall EM&A programme including described in
the EIA report (Register No. AEIAR-053/2002) for the Project.
The IEC shall
audit the implementation of all environmental mitigation measures
described in the approved EIA report (Register No.: AEIAR-076/2004), submissions required in the EM&A Manual
and any 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. The IEC shall verify the log-book(s)
mentioned in Condition 2.12
of this Permit. The IEC shall notify the Director by fax, within one working day 24 hours of receipt
of notification from the ET Leader of each and every occurrence, change of
circumstances or non-compliance with the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-07653/20042) and or this Permit,
which might affect the monitoring or control of adverse environmental impact from the Project.
In the case wWhere the IEC fails
to so notify the Director of the same, fails to discharge the duties of the
IEC as defined the EM&A Manual or fails to comply with this Condition,
the Director may require the Permit Holder by notice in writing to replace
the IEC. Failure to replace the IEC as directed or further failure to
so notify the Director despite employment of a new IEC may render the Permit
liable to suspension, cancellation or variation. Notification by the
Permit Holder is the same as notification by the IEC for the purpose of this
Condition.
2.3 The Permit Holder shall, at least one week before the commencement of the Project, inform the Director in writing the management organization of the main construction companies and/or any form of joint ventures appointed for the Project. The submitted information shall include at least an organization chart, names of responsible persons and their contact details.
2.4
The Permit Holder shall
deposit a detailed works schedule to the Director at least
one week before the commencement of the Project. The schedule shall include an update work programme indicating dates of
commencement of Phase I and Phase II works, the various milestones start and the anticipated schedule of submissions under Phase
I and Phase II works to
reflect the submission requirements set out in Condtions 3.2, 3.7,
4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 5.10 and 5.17 of this Permit.
2.5 No more than 6 new cremators shall be installed at the new crematorium and their total maximum loading shall not exceed 1180 kg/hour.
2.6 No more than 4 units of joss paper burners, each of a maximum size of 1.5 m (L) x 1.5m (W) x 1.1 m (H), shall be installedatthe new crematorium.
2.7 Non-reflective material finishes with colour tone recessive to the surrounding, shall be used on the new crematorium building.
2.8 The outdoor areas shall be landscaped including planting trees in accordance with the Master Landscape Plan in Figure 3 of this Permit. The Permit Holder shall provide planting at the periphery of the new Crematorium building to screen and soften the overall appearance of the new Crematorium.
2.9 The new underground fuel tank to be installed shall be designed and constructed with the following precautionary measures / features:
s The underground fuel tank shall be placed within a concrete pit to avoid direct contact with soil and the concrete pit shall be accessible to allow annual tank integrity test;
s Diesel fuel pipelines shall be installed aboveground. Underground fuel piping, if unavoidable, shall be contained in concrete lined trenches; and
s Meters shall be installed at two ends of a fuel pipeline to detect any pressure drop or leakage.
2.10 The total capacity of the fuel storage tanks in the New Crematorium shall be limited to 34,000L.
2.4The Permit
Holder shall deposit two sets of the design
details / drawings (in term of air pollution control features) of the new
crematorium to the Director within 6 weeks of award of contract. Details to be provided include the fuel, capacity,
design, operation conditions of the
new cremators and details and performanceof the air
pollution control system. The design
shall be checked and verified by the IEC as specified in Condition 2.x,
as meeting the recommendations of the EIA report(also
reproduced in Conditions 3.2 to 3.x of this Permit) before
submitting to the Director.
3.1
For
the purpose of this Permit, Phase I Works referss to the any construction of the six new cremators and major
ancillary facilities of
the new crematorium including
two service halls and
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demolition structures
including the existing sitting out areas, works at the
southern part of the Project site,, referred as Phase I Area in Figure 2
of this Permit.
3.2
The Permit Holder shall deposit three hard copies and one electronic
copy of a Waste Management Plan for the Phase I Works of the Project,to the Director no later than six weeks after the commencement of Phase I Works. Before submission to the Director, the WMP shall be
certified by the ET Leader and verified by the IEC as conforming to the
information and recommendations contained in the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-076/2004) and in the supplementary contamination assessment report submitted under
Condition 3.7. (s)(s)materials
and excavated spoilThe WMP shall cover the different categories of wastes, excavated material and contaminated soil to be generated from the Phase I Works and shall at least contain:
a) estimated quantity to be generated, reused or disposed; source of generation; and level of contamination and remediation required (if applicable);
b) timing of waste arising; temporary on-site stockpiling / storage areas and arrangement for on-site sorting of C&D materials;
c) possible recycling and reuse of materials and measures to enhance materials reuse / recycling;
d) nature and storage method for chemical wastes generated;
e)
final disposal outletsfor surplus excavated
materials and wastes,
C&D wastes, and
contaminated soil (including
the associated permit requirements for the disposal), transportation route(s) and
meansfor the disposal of various types
of wastes (particularly contaminated / soil) from the project site to the disposal site(s);
f) implementation of the trip ticket system for waste transfer/disposal operations;
g) measures to control nuisances and environmental impacts (such as air quality and water quality) due to generation, handling, storage, remediation andtransportation of waste(s), in particular to avoid loss of contaminated soil; and
h) organization structure and individual responsibility for the implementation of waste management.
3.3 The Permit Holder and any person working on the Project shall fully and properly implement all measures recommended in the Phase I WMP throughout the Phase I Worksperiod.
3.4
No
waste, spoil, soil, excavated materials or materials alike arising from the
Project shall be dumped
in environmentallysensitive areas including designatedcountry parks,
sites of special scientific interest and conservation
areas3.
3.5 Excavated materials or materials alike arising from the Project shall be reused in the Project Site. Surplus excavated materials and wastes, construction and demolition wastes and contaminated materialsshall properly be disposed of at the designated waste disposal facilities as specified in the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap. 354) or other location(s) as agreed with the Director.
3.6 The Permit Holder shall carry out supplementary contamination assessment (SCA) for the existing CLP secondary substation,as shown in Figure 4 of this Permit, to identify the extent of land contamination at this area in particular contamination by Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB).
3.7
The Permit Holder shall submit
a sampling and
analysis plan to the Director for agreement at least two weeks before the commencement of investigation works for the SCA. After
the completion of investigation works, aSCA report detailing the sampling and analysis results, identification of contaminants
and quantity of
contaminated soil shall
be submitted to the Director for approval at least one month before the
demolition of CLP Secondary Substation.
If a contamination exceeding the “Dutch B” standard levelsas listed out in
Appendix AB of this Permit is detected at the CLP Secondary substation area,a remediation proposal with disposal outlet for
contaminated soil shall
also be included in the SCA report.
WorksBefore submission to the
Director, the sampling
and analysis plan and the SCA report shall be certified by the ET
Leader and verified by the IEC as conforming to the information and
recommendations contained in the approved EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-076/2004).
3.8 The Permit Holder shall