Environmental Permit No. EP-292/2007

環境許可證編號 EP-292/2007

 

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 AND OPERATE

A DESIGNATED PROJECT

 

建造及營辦指定工程項目的環境許可證

 

PART A (MAIN PERMIT)

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 the Environmental Infrastructure Division of Environmental Protection 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環境保護署環境基建科(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部所說明的條件。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：－

 

Application No.

申請書編號：

AEP-277/2007

 

Document in the Register :

登記冊上的文件：:

 

(1)  North East New Territories (NENT) Landfill Extension :

–         Environmental Impact Assessment Report

–         Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual

–         Environmental Impact Assessment Executive Summary

(Register No. AEIAR-111/2007) [Hereinafter referred to as the “EIA Report”]

(1) 新界東北堆填區擴建計劃：

–         環境影響評估報告

–         環境監察及審核手冊

–         環境影響評估行政摘要

(登記冊編號 : AEIAR-111/2007) [下稱 “環評報告”]

 

(2) The Director’s letter of approval of the EIA Report dated 20 September 2007, ref.: (16) in Ax(1) to EP2/N7/G/36 VI.

(2) 署長於二零零七年九月二十日發出批准環評報告的信件，檔案編號：(16) in Ax(1) to EP2/N7/G/36 VI。

 

 

 

 

 

 26 November 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

日期

 

(Maurice YEUNG)

Principal Environmental Protection Officer

(Assessment and Noise)

for the Director of Environmental Protection

環境保護署署長

(首席環境保護主任(評估及噪音)楊國良代行)

 

 

 

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 (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：

 

Title of Designated Project

指定工程項目的名稱

 

North East New Territories (NENT) Landfill Extension

新界東北堆填區擴建計劃

 

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

[本指定工程項目下稱 “工程項目”]

 

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

 

Construction and operation of a landfill for waste as defined in the “Waste Disposal Ordinance” (Cap. 354)

建造及營辦一個<<廢物處置條例>>(第354章)所界定的廢物堆填區

 

Location of Designated Project

指定工程項目的地點

 

Ta Kwu Ling, North East New Territories

新界東北打鼓嶺

 

The location of the Project is shown in Figure 1 of this Permit.

指定工程項目的位置載於本許可證圖1。

 

Scale and Scope of Designated Project

指定工程項目的規模和範圍

 

The Project mainly consists of the followings:-

工程項目主要範圍包括以下各項：－

 

Construction and operation of a landfill extension of about 70 hectares with a target void space of at least 19 million cubic metres on the eastern side of the existing NENT Landfill, including the followings:-

(i)               Site formation and preparation;

(ii)             Installation of liner system;

(iii)            Installation of leachate collection, treatment and disposal facilities;

(iv)           Installation of gas collection, utilization and management facilities;

(v)             Utilities provisions and drainage diversion;

(vi)           Landfilling operation;

(vii)          Restoration and aftercare in subsequent stages; and

(viii)        Measures to mitigate environmental impacts as well as environmental monitoring and auditing to be implemented.

 

在現有新界東北堆填區的東面建造及營辦目標容量約1900萬立方米、佔地約70公頃的堆填區擴建工程，包括：－

(i)              工地平整及預備工程；

(ii)            裝設防滲漏層系統；

(iii)           裝設滲濾污水收集、處理及排放設施；

(iv)          裝設堆填氣體收集、應用及管理設施；

(v)            提供公用設施及排水渠改道；

(vi)          堆填區的營運；

(vii)         繼後的修復及修復後的護理工程；以及

(viii)       環境影響緩解措施及執行環境監察及審核。

 

PART C (PERMIT CONDITIONS)

 

1                        General Conditions

1.1                 The permit holder and any person working on the Project shall comply with all conditions of 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) and Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap.354).  This Permit does not of itself constitute any ground of defence against any proceedings instituted under any legislation or 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 authorised 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 operation 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 site(s) at all vehicular 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 site(s).

1.6                 The permit holder shall construct and operate the Project in accordance with the project descriptions 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 all recommendations described in the EIA Report, other relevant documents in the Register; and the information 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 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 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 Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (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 2.1 and 2.2 below before submitting to the Director under this Permit.

1.10             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.

1.11             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.

1.12             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.

1.13             For the purpose of this Permit, “commencement of construction” does not include works related to site clearance and preparation or other works as agreed by the Director.

2                        Special Conditions

Submissions or Measures before Commencement of Construction

 

Employment of Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Personnel

 

2.1                 An ET shall be established by the Permit Holder no later than one month before the commencement of construction 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 of experience in environmental monitoring and auditing (EM&A) or environmental management.  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 of the Project.  The ET Leader shall keep a contemporaneous log-book of each and every instance or circumstance or change of circumstances, which may affect the compliance with the recommendations of the EIA Report and 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 circumstances. The ET Leader’s log-book shall be kept readily available for inspection by all persons assisting in supervision of the implementation of the recommendations of the EIA Report 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.

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