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REVISED MARINE DUMPING ACTION PLAN
REVISED IT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS MARINE DUMPING ACTION PLAN TO APPLY STRICTER CONTROL TO MARINE DUMPING ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR JOHN BOXALL, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE REVISED PLAN, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON HAD BEEN DRAWN UP IN CONSULTATION WITH THE HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MARINE DUMPING INDUSTRY.
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HE SAID THE REVISED PLAN HAD INCORPORATED OFFENCES IN ADDITION TO THOSE LISTED IN THE FIRST ACTION PLAN WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN MAY 1991.
NEW POSSIBLE MARINE DUMPING
"IT DEFINES MORE CLEARLY THE PENALTIES AGAINST OFFENDERS ACCORDING TO THE GRAVITY OF THE OFFENCES.
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"THERE ARE STIFFER PENALTIES CONTAMINATED MUD."
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MR BOXALL SAID: "THE REVISED PLAN HAS ALSO INCORPORATED THE REQUIREMENT FOR DUMPING VESSELS TO INSTALL AN
SELF. AUTOMATIC MONITORING SYSTEM WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
CONTRACTORS "MOREOVER,
ARR ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP
WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM
SETS OUT CLEARLY THEIR EMPLOYEES THE PROCEDURES TO MANAGE THE DUMPING OPERATION AND PREVENT ANY ILLEGAL ACT BY THE BARGE OPERATOR, HE ADDED.
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THE MARINE DUMPING ACTION PLAN ENABLES THE EPD TO APPLY CONTROL TO MARINE DUMPING ACTIVITIES AND то DETER CONTRACTORS' MALPRACTICES.
MR BOXALL SAID: "FOR ANY OFFENCE SEEN, THE DEPARTMENT WILL THE PROSECUTE THOSE CONSIDERED TO BE RESPONSIBLE. IT MAY ALSO DELETE VESSELS INVOLVED IN MALPRACTICE FROM THE LICENCE CONCERNED.
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REVOKE CONTRACTORS' LICENCES, HE ADDED.
REPEATED, THE DEPARTMENT CURRENT LICENCES AND REFUSE ΤΟ ISSUE NEW
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IN THE ACTION HAS ADOPTED A DUMPING IN THE PAST TWO
"THROUGH THE TIGHTENED ENFORCEMENT STIPULATED PLAN, MR BOXALI. SAID, "THE MARINE DUMPING INDUSTRY MORE RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS YEARS.
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THE DEPARTMENT SPOTTED 41 ILLEGAL MARINE DUMPING CASES IN 1991.
HE SAID: "THE NUMBER OF CASES DETECTED DROPPED TO 24 IN 1992 IN SPITE OF AN INCREASE IN DUMPING ACTIVITIES AND MORE FREQUENT MARINE PATROLS BY EPD.
THE IMPROVED CONTROL FFFORT HAS ALSO HELPED IN REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FLOATING REFUSE AT THE SEA.
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