MONDAY, JULY 6, 1987
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EPCOM ENDORSES AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS CHANGES
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EPCOM) AT ITS MEETING TODAY (MONDAY) ENDORSED THE DRAFT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (FURNACES, OVENS AND CHIMNEYS) (INSTALLATION AND ALTERATION) (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) REGULATION 1987.
THE AMENDMENTS SEEK TO RECTIFY AN INADEQUACY IN THE EXISTING REGULATIONS DISCOVERED DURING AN APPEAL BY EIGHT FACTORY OWNERS WHO HAD BEEN REFUSED PERMISSION UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE TO INSTALL CHIMNEYS AT TSING YI INDUSTRIAL CENTRE.
UNDER THE AMENDMENT ΤΟ THE REGULATIONS, THE AUTHORITY (DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION} IS EMPOWERED TO REJECT AN APPLICATION INVOLVING THE INSTALLATION AND ALTERATION OF A FURNANCE, CHIMNEY OR OVEN IF IN HIS OPINION THE RELEVANT PLANT CANNOT BE OPERATED WITHOUT=
A)
CAUSING OR CONTRIBUTING TO AN AIR POLLUTANT NUISANCE; OR
EXCESSIVE OR OTHER
B) EMITTING EXCESSIVE AIR POLLUTANTS BY REASON OF UNSUITABLE
DESIGN, DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE, WEAR AND TEAR OR THE USE OF UNSUITABLE FUEL MATERIALS: OR
C)
CONTRAVENING THE ORDINANCE
PROPOSED MINOR
AMENDMENTS TO OTHER AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS WERE ALSO ENDORSED. THESE AMENDMENTS RELATE PRIMARILY TO METRICATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY EPD STAFF ON THE CURRENT PROCEDURES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT FOR HANDLING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA) FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
DETAILS OF EIAS FOR THE PROPOSED TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT AND WERE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS TO
FOR THE TAI PO GAS PRODUCTION PLANT ILLUSTRATE THE PROCEDURES.
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