Hong Kong Regulations

DUMPING AT SEA (EXEMPTION) ORDER - SCHEDULE 1

OPERATIONS NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT

[section 3]

1. Disposal from an aircraft, vehicle, vessel or marine structure of sewage
originating on the aircraft, vehicle, vessel or marine structure.

2. Disposal from, or incineration on, an aircraft, vehicle, vessel or marine
structure of garbage originating in or on the aircraft, vehicle, vessel or
marine structure; and for this purpose 'garbage' means any kind of victual or
domestic waste, but does not include bulky or industrial waste.

3. Disposal from a vessel of cooling water and of ballast water, tank washings
or other residues resulting from tank cleaning or tank ballasting after
carriage of a substance other than a substance deposited or incinerated under
a permit.

4. Deposit of cable, pipe, watermain, outfall or utility and associated
equipment (other than to dispose of it) in the course of laying or
maintenance.

5. Deposit of a substance from a vessel, vehicle, aircraft or marine structure
in fighting a fire or preventing the spread of a fire.

6. Disposal (by way of return to the sea) of fish or shellfish or parts of
fish or shellfish in the course of fishing operations or fish processing at
sea.

7. Disposal (by way of return to the sea) by a fishing vessel of an article
(other than a fish or shellfish) taken from the sea by the vessel in the
course of normal fishing operations.

8. Disposal (by way of return to the sea) of a substance or article dredged
from the sea-bed in the propagation or cultivation of shellfish.

9. Deposit of a substance or article (other than to dispose of it) in the
course of salvage operations.

10. Deposit of an article to provide moorings or aids to navigation-

   (a)  by a harbour authority or lighthouse authority; or

   (b)  by any other person with the consent of a harbour authority or
        lighthouse authority.

11. Deposit of a substance or article in constructing or maintaining bridges,
harbour, coast protection (other than beach replenishment), submerged tunnels,
drainage or flood control works, if made on the site of the works.

12. Deposit to treat oil on the surface of the sea of a substance produced for
that purpose subject to the conditions-

   (a)  that the Authority has approved the use of the substance; and

   (b)  that the substance is used in accordance with the conditions to which
        the approval was subject.

13. Deposit of equipment to control, contain or recover oil, mixtures
containing oil, flotsam or algal blooms on or near to the surface of the sea.

14. Deposit of an instrument, article, material or associated equipment (other
than to dispose of it) for scientific experiment or survey, habitat or marine
life management.

15. Launching or undocking of vessels or marine structures.

16. Deposit under the sea-bed of a substance or article (other than to
disposal of it) to construct or operate a bored tunnel subject to the
conditions-

   (a)  that notice of intention to construct the tunnel is first given to the
        Authority; and

   (b)  that the approval of the Authority is first obtained to carry out
        anything which might disturb the marine environment or the living
        resources which it supports.