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NOTE:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991

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APCO: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE NCO: NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE

DASO: DUMPING AT SEA ACT 1974 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1975 WPCO: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE

ON THE PROVISION OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE RELATING NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE, THREE PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE EMITTING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM DOMESTIC PLACES, WITH FINES OF EACH.

TO

FOR

$250

WAS

CASE 51 WAS THE FIRST CASE IN WHICH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE FOR OFFENCE OF DISCHARGING MUDDY WASTEWATER INTO STORMWATER DRAINS FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK.

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID WASTEWATER ARISING FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES HAVE LONG BREN PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION AND HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOCKAGE OF PUBLIC DRAINS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THE WIDENING OF THE AMBIT OF THE WPCO BY THE AMENDMENT IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR HAS ENABLED THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL ALL EFFLUENTS, OTHER THAN DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND UNPOLLUTED WATER, DISCHARGED TO PUBLIC SEWERS.

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT WASTEWATER FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE UNDERGO SEDIMENTATION FACILITIES TO REMOVE THE SOLIDS BEFORE DISCHARGING IT INTO ANY PUBLIC DRAINS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

ENQUIRIES ON SPECIFIC CASE CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS :

APCO

MR FRANKLIN CHUNG

TEL NO. 835 1046

NCO

MR STEVEN HO

TEL NO. 835 1123

DASO

MR PATRICK LEI

TEL NO. 782 7280

WPCO CASK 44

DR DANIEL LAU

TEL NO. 782 7282

WPCO CASE 51

MR PERRY LAI

TEL NO. 417 4100

HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON

GENERAL ISSUES

SHOULD CONTINUE

BE

DIRECTED TO THE EPD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION.

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