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VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE REGULATIONS WERE TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH POWERS CONTAINED IN THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE UNDER WHICH WATER CONTROL ZONES COULD BE DECLARED. AT PRESENT THERE IS ONLY ONE SUCH ZONE, NAMELY THE TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL WATER CONTROL ZONE WHICH WAS DECLARED IN 1982.
THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ESTABLISH THE PROCEDURES WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO BRING UNDER CONTROL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES INSIDE A WATER CONTROL ZONE. THE CONTROLS WILL APPLY ONLY TO A LIST OF TRADES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE PRESCRIBED.
FOR THE TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL WATER CONTROL ZONE, IT IS INTENDED THAT DISCHARGES FROM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO CONTROL:
FOOD MANUFACTURING
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
LEATHER MANUFACTURE
BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES
BASIC METAL INDUSTRIES
LAUNDRIES
MANUFACTURE OF METAL PRODUCTS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
PAPER INDUSTRIES
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
MOTOR REPAIR SERVICES
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS
MANUFACTURE OF NON- METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS
+FROM AN ANNOUNCED DATE ALL EXISTING DISCHARGES WILL, ON NOTIFICATION, BE EXEMPT FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS WHILE ANY OTHER DISCHARGES, THAT IS, THOSE WHICH WILL BE 'NEW' AFTER THE ANNOUNCED DATE, WILL HAVE TO BE LICENSED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE POINTED OUT HOWEVER THAT EXISTING DISCHARGES WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM LICENSING CONTROLS PROVIDED THAT THEY WERE NOTIFIED TO THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD.
+THEY WILL REMAIN EXEMPT SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. NO FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR EXEMPTION BUT EXISTING OPERATORS WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE FORMS WHICH DESCRIBE THE IR PRESENT DISCHARGES. THESE DESCRIPTIONS WILL THEN FORM A REFERENCE POINT FOR SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AND MONITORING,+ HE SAID.
THE REGULATIONS
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