Control on Marine Dumping

Following the spirit of the London Convention, the Dumping At Sea Ordinance (DASO) controls the disposal and dumping of substances and articles from vessels, aircraft and marine structures in the sea and under the sea-bed and the related loading operations. All these operations would require a permit to be issued by the Director of Environmental Protection as the Authority under DASO.

Before an application of a marine dumping permit is made, the project proponent should have fulfilled the requirements stipulated in "Environment, Transport and Works Bureau Technical Circular (Works) No. 34/2002" as applicable or "Buildings Department Practice Notes for Authorized Persons and Registered Structural Engineers No. 252" regarding dredged sediments testing and allocation of dumping capacity.

Currently, all dumping vessels to be approved in a marine dumping permit issued under DASO, they have to be installed with an automatic self monitoring device (ASMD). It should be noted that EPD has recently developed a new system named the Real Time Tracking & Monitoring of Vessel (RTTMV) System, and as a result the Front End Mobile Unit (FEMU), a key component of the RTTMV, will gradually replace the existing ASMD.

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