Executive Summary

This Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract HY/2013/01 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) – Passenger Clearance Building (hereafter referred to as “the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Contract was awarded to Leighton – Chun Wo Joint Venture (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”) and Atkins China Limited was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.

The Contract is part of Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge HKBCF which is a “Designated Project”, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap 499) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared for the Project. The current Environmental Permit (EP) No. EP-353/2009/K for HKBCF was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. Site preparation works of the Contract started on 26 September 2014 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 6 October 2014.

Atkins China Limited has been appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version1.0) and will be providing environmental team services to the Contract.

This is the twelfth Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 July to 31 August 2017 in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review cut-off as per ENPO’s advice in consultation with EPD and AFCD.

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

The EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). It should be noted that the air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works and Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6, AMS7, noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B, water quality monitoring at twenty-one stations (nine Impact Stations, seven Sensitive Receiver Stations and five Control/Far Field Stations) and dolphin monitoring works at twenty-four transects as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations/ transects are no longer covered under Contract Nos. HY/2010/02 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations/transects.

A summary of the monitoring activities during the reporting period are listed below:

Monitoring Items	Date
Monitoring Items	July 2017	August 2017
Environmental Site Inspection	5, 12, 19 and 26	2, 9, 16, 25 and 30

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at station AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A Reports (for July and August 2017) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at NMS2 and NMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

There were two Action Level exceedance of Suspended Solids (SS) recorded by the ET of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period (for July and August 2017). Based on the information from the Contractor of this Contract, no marine transportation and marine works were being done during the relevant water quality monitoring period. Therefore, these exceedances were considered not likely to be caused by this Contract’s activities. No follow-up action is required.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

Implementation of Environmental Measures

Site inspections were carried out on a weekly basis to monitor the implementation of proper environmental pollution control and mitigation measures for the Project. Potential environmental impacts due to the construction activities were monitored and reviewed.

Complaint Log

There was no complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.

There were two complaints received in relation to the environmental impact during the previous reporting period.

A summary of environmental complaints for the previous reporting period is as follows:

Environmental Complaint No.	Date of Complaint Received	Description of Environmental Complaints
007	2 June 2017	Dust Nuisance
008	6 June 2017	Dust Nuisance

For the dust complaint received by EPD and sent to the ET on 2 June 2017, further information was obtained from the meeting with EPD on 6 June 2017. The complaint was focus on the dust generation from the works area at the Northern side of the Island. As confirmed by the Contractor, works area at the Northern side of the Island is not under this contract.

For the dust complaint received by EPD and sent to the ET on 6 June 2017, a weekly site inspection was conducted by the ET and Contractor on 7 June 2017 for the construction site area under Contract No. HY/2013/01. During the site inspection, the access road was observed wet and no adverse dust impact was observed.

Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

There was no notification of summon or prosecution received during this reporting period.

Reporting Change

The reporting period of this Quarterly EM&A Report from 1 July to 31 August 2017 in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review cut-off as per ENPO’s advice in consultation with EPD and AFCD.

1 Introduction

1.1 Basic Project Information

1.1.1 This Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract HY/2013/01 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Passenger Clearance Building (hereafter referred to as “the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Contract was awarded to Leighton – Chun Wo Joint Venture (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”) and Atkins China Limited was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.

1.1.2 The Contract is part of Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) which is a “Designated Project”, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap 499). An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared for the Project. The current Environmental Permit (EP) No. EP-353/2009/K for HKBCF was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. Site preparation work of the Contract started on 26 September 2014 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 6 October 2014. The works areas of the Contract are shown in Appendix A.

1.1.3 This is the twelfth Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 July to 31 August 2017 in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review cut-off as per ENPO’s advice in consultation with EPD and AFCD.

1.2 Project Organisation

1.2.1 The project organization structure and lines of communication with respect to the on-site environmental management structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1 Contact Information of Key Personnel

Party	Position	Name	Telephone	Fax
Engineer or Engineer’s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)	Chief Resident Engineer	Michael Tovey	3958 7339	3468 2076
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Environ Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Y. H. Hui	3465 2888	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker	Raymond Dai	3465 2888	3465 2899
Contractor (Leighton – Chun Wo Joint Venture)	Project Manager	Owen Leung	9232 5750	3621 0180
Contractor (Leighton – Chun Wo Joint Venture)	Environmental Officer	Michael Lee	6461 8635	3621 0180
Environmental Team (Atkins China Limited)	Environmental Team Leader	Keith Chau	2972 1721	2890 6343
24 hours complaint hotline	---	---	3958 7300	---

1.3 Construction Programme

1.3.1 A copy of the Contractor’s construction programme is provided in Appendix C.

1.4 Construction Works Undertaken During the Reporting Period

1.4.1 A summary of the construction activities undertaken during this reporting period is shown below:

Land-Based Work

· Waterproofing

· Suspended Slab Construction

· Backfilling

· Formwork and falsework stripping

· Western and Eastern vertical column

· Column and Wall Construction

· District Cooling System Pipework installation

· Blockwork walls

· Pipework and ductwork installation

· Footings for roof erection/ Footing demolition works

· Hanger rods for cable container

· Wet trade works

· Dry trade works

· Facade Bracket for Cabins

· MEP High Level Containment

· Steel Roof Erection works

· Trolley removal works

· Baring Point loading/ unloading works

· Removal of Temporary Works

· Window wall

· CLP 11KV installation

· Pipework and ductwork installation

· Heat exchanger installation

· District Cooling System (DCS) chilled water pipe installation

· Heavy MEP plant set up in basement

· Box Culvert RC works

· Double Bow Truss installation

· Mullion Frame installation

· Single bow truss

· Curtain wall glaring

· Window wall glaring

· Hanging scaffolding

· Footbridge construction

· Roof cladding

· Refuse collection point

· Southern toilet

· MISC steelwork

· Lift installation

· District cooling system (DCS) outfall construction works

Marine-based work

· Box Culvert Outfall construction work

2 EM&A Requirement

2.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements

2.1.1 The EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1). It should be noted that the air quality and noise monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works and Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and AMS7 and noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract Nos. HY/2010/02 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

2.1.2 The permission to carry out impact air quality monitoring work at AMS7 (Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel) was not granted after 31 January 2015. The impact air quality monitoring location (AMS7) was relocated to a nearby air sensitive receiver, Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd. (AMS7A), from 5 February 2015 to 30 December 2015. The alternative location at Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd. was approved by EPD on 5 February 2015. However, AMS7A was relocated back to its original location (AMS7-Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel) on 30 December 2015. The relocation of air quality monitoring location, AMS7A, back to AMS7 was approved by EPD on 21 December 2015. The baseline and action/limit level for air quality as derived from the baseline monitoring data recorded at Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel (AMS7) was adopted for the air quality monitoring location.

2.1.3 A summary of air and noise monitoring locations are presented in Table 2.1. The location of air quality and noise monitoring stations are shown as in Figure 2.1 and Figure 2.2, respectively.

Table 2.1 Summary of Impact EM&A Requirements

Environmental Monitoring	ID	Location Description
Air Quality	AMS6⁽¹⁾	Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building
Air Quality	AMS7⁽¹⁾^,⁽²⁾	Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel
Noise	NMS2⁽³⁾	Seaview Crescent
Noise	NMS3B^(3),(4)	Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Works Area WA2

Remarks:

(1) The ET of this Contract should conduct impact air quality monitoring at the Air Monitoring Station listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according to the latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.

(2) The original monitoring location was at Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel (AMS7). As the permission to carry out air quality monitoring at Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel was not granted after 31 January 2015, the monitoring location was relocated to Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd. (AMS7A) from 5 February 2015 to 30 December 2015. The alternative monitoring location at Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd. was approved by EPD on 5 February 2015. However, AMS7A was relocated back to its original location (AMS7-Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel) on 30 December 2015. The relocation of air quality monitoring location, AMS7A, back to AMS7 was approved by EPD on 21 December 2015.

(3) The ET of this Contract should conduct impact noise monitoring at the NMS listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according to the latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.

(4) The Action and Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring location.

2.1.4 The water quality monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works. A total of twenty-one stations (nine Impact Stations (IS), seven Sensitive Receiver Stations (SR) and five Control/Far Field Stations (CS)) are covered by the current EM&A programme. The water quality monitoring stations at CS(Mf)3 (Coordinate: 809989E, 821117N), IS10 (Coordinate: 812577E, 820670N) and SR5 (811489E, 820455N) have been occupied by the marine work of a designated project - Expansion of Hong Kong International Airport into a Three-Runway System (3RS Project). The alternative water quality monitoring station at CS(Mf)3(N) (Coordinate: 808814E, 822355N), IS10(N) (Coordinate: 812942E, 820881N) and SR5(N) (812569E, 8201475N) were justified and verified by the ET Leader for Contract No. HY/2010/02 and the IEC respectively on 24 March 2017 and it was approved by EPD on 12 May 2017.

2.1.5 The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct water quality at these stations as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2010/02. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

2.1.6 Table 2.2 and Figure 2.3 show the locations of water quality monitoring stations.

Table 2.2 Impact Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Station	Description	East	North
IS5	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	811579	817106
IS(Mf)6	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812101	817873
IS7	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812244	818777
IS8	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814251	818412
IS(Mf)9	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	813273	818850
IS10	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812577	820670
IS10(N)*	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812942	820881
IS(Mf)11	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	813562	820716
IS(Mf)16	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814328	819497
IS17	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814539	820391
SR3	Sensitive receivers (San Tau SSSI)	810525	816456
SR4(N)	Sensitive receivers (Tai Ho)	814705	817859
SR5	Sensitive receivers (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	811489	820455
SR5(N)*	Sensitive receiver (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	812569	821475
SR6	Sensitive receivers (Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park)	805837	821818
SR7	Sensitive receivers (Tai Mo Do)	814293	821431
SR10A	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 1	823741	823495
SR10B(N)	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 2	823683	823187
CS(Mf)3	Control Station	809989	821117
CS(Mf)3(N)*	Control Station	808814	822355
CS(Mf)5	Control Station	817990	821129
CS4	Control Station	810025	824004
CS6	Control Station	817028	823992
CSA	Control Station	818103	823064

Remarks: * Alternative water quality monitoring stations at CS(Mf)3(N), SR5(N) and IS10(N) were justified and verified by the ET Leader for Contract No. HY/2010/02 and the IEC respectively on 24 March 2017 and it was approved by EPD on 12 May 2017.

2.1.7 The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct dolphin monitoring at the twenty-four as part of EM&A programme if these transects are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2010/02. The dolphin monitoring should adopt line-transect vessel survey method. The survey follows pre-set and fixed transect lines in the two areas defined by AFCD as: Northeast Lantau survey area; and Northwest Lantau survey area. The change of transect lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and new vessel-based transect line 24 for dolphin monitoring have been proposed due to the marine work of a designated project - Expansion of Hong Kong International Airport into a Three-Runway System (3RS Project). It was justified and verified by the ET Leader for Contract No. HY/2010/02 and the IEC respectively on 24 March 2017 and it was approved by EPD on 12 May 2017.

2.1.8 The co-ordinates for the transect lines showing the transect lines have been provided by AFCD and are shown in Table 2.3 and Figure 2.4 shows the layout map.

Table 2.3 Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Co-ordinates (Provided by AFCD)

Transect ID	HK Grid System		Long Lat in WGS84
Transect ID	X	Y	Long	Lat
1*	804671	815456	113.870287	22.277678
1*	804671	831404	113.869975	22.421696
2	805476	820800	113.877995	22.325951
2	805476	826654	113.877882	22.378815
3	806464	821150	114.030267	22.196697
3	806464	822911	114.047344	22.196712
4	807518	821500	114.033651	22.206219
4	807518	829230	114.108618	22.206267
5	808504	821850	114.037037	22.215126
5	808504	828602	114.102523	22.215169
6	809490	822150	114.039938	22.224033
6	809490	825352	114.070995	22.224056
7	810499	822000	114.038474	22.233143
7	810499	824613	114.063820	22.233163
8*	811508	821123	113.936539	22.328966
8*	811508	824254	113.936486	22.357241
9*	812516	821303	113.946320	22.330606
9*	812516	824254	113.946279	22.357255
10*	813525	820827	113.956112	22.326321
10*	813525	824657	113.956066	22.360908
11#	814556	818853	113.966155	22.304858
11#	814556	820992	113.966125	22.327820
12	815542	818807	113.975726	22.308109
12	815542	824882	113.975647	22.362962
13	816506	819480	113.985072	22.314192
13	816506	824859	113.985005	22.362771
14	817537	820220	113.995070	22.320883
14	817537	824613	113.995018	22.360556
15	818568	820735	114.005071	22.325550
15	818568	824433	114.005030	22.358947
16	819532	821420	114.014420	22.331747
16	819532	824209	114.014390	22.356933
17	820451	822125	114.023333	22.338117
17	820451	823671	114.023317	22.352084
18	821504	822371	114.033556	22.340353
18	821504	823761	114.033544	22.352903
19	822513	823268	114.043340	22.348458
19	822513	824321	114.043331	22.357971
20	823477	823402	114.052695	22.349680
20	823477	824613	114.052686	22.360610
21	805476	827081	113.877878	22.382668
21	805476	830562	113.877811	22.414103
22	806464	824033	113.887520	22.355164
22	806464	829598	113.887416	22.405423
23	814559	821739	113.966142	22.334574
23	814559	824768	113.966101	22.361920
24	805476	815900	113.979368	22.187721
24	805476	819100	114.010398	22.187756
Remarks: (a) * Due to the presence of deployed silt curtain systems at the site boundaries of the Contract, some of the transect lines shown in Figure 5.1 could not be fully surveyed during the regular survey. Transect 10 is reduced from 6.4km to approximately 3.6km in length due to the HKBCF construction site. Therefore the total transect length for both NEL and NWL combined is reduced to approximately 108km (b) # Coordinates for transect lines 1, 8, 9 and 11 have been updated in respect to the Proposal for Alteration of Transect Line for Dolphin Monitoring approved by EPD on 19 August 2015. (c) The change of transect lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and new transect line 24 were justified and verified by the ET Leader for Contract No. HY/2010/02 and the IEC respectively on 24 March 2017 and it was approved by EPD on 12 May 2017.

2.2 Monitoring Requirements

2.2.1 The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in the monthly EM&A.

2.3 Action and Limit Levels

2.3.1 The Action and Limit Level for 1-hr TSP and 24-hr TSP are provided in Table 2.4 and Table 2.5, respectively.

Table 2.4 Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, µg/m³	Limit Level, µg/m³
AMS6 – Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	360	500
AMS7 – Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel	370	500

Table 2.5 Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, µg/m³	Limit Level, µg/m³
AMS6 – Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	173	260
AMS7 – Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel	183	260

2.3.2 If exceedance(s) at these station(s) is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the quarterly EM&A Report.

2.3.3 The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are defined in Table 2.6.

Table 2.6 Action and Limit Level for Construction Noise

Parameter	Action Level	Limit Level
07:00 – 19:00 hours on normal weekdays	When one documented complaint is received	75 dB(A)*

Notes :

If works are to be carried out during restricted hours, the conditions stipulated in the construction noise permit issued by the Noise Control Authority have to be followed.

* Reduce to 70 dB(A) for schools and 65 dB(A) during school examination period.

2.3.4 If exceedance(s) at these station(s) is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the quarterly EM&A Report.

2.3.5 The Action and Limit Levels for water quality are provided in Table 2.7.

Table 2.7 Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality

Parameters	Action	Limit
DO in mg L^-1 (Surface, Middle & Bottom)	Surface and Middle 5.0 Bottom 4.7	Surface and Middle 4 .2 (except 5 mg/L for FCZ) Bottom 3.6
SS in mg L^-1 (depth-averaged) at all monitoring stations and control stations	23.5 and 120% of upstream control station's SS at the same tide of the same day*	34.4 and 130% of upstream control station's SS at the same tide of the same day and 10mg/L for WSD Seawater intakes*
Turbidity in NTU (depth-averaged)	27.5 and 120% of upstream control station's turbidity at the same tide of the same day*	47.0 and 130% of upstream control station's turbidity at the same tide of the same day*

* Remarks: Reference is made to EPD approval of adjustment of water quality assessment criteria issued and became
effective on 18 February 2013.
Notes: 1. “depth-averaged” is calculated by taking the arithmetic means of reading of all three depths.

2.For DO, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is lower than the limits.

3.For turbidity, SS, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is higher than the limits.

4.All the figures given in the table are used for reference only and the EPD may amend the figures whenever it is considered as necessary.

5.The 1%-ile of baseline data for dissolved oxygen (surface and middle) and dissolved oxygen (bottom) are 4.2 mg/L and 3.6 mg/L respectively.

2.3.6 If exceedance(s) at these station(s) is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the quarterly EM&A Report.

2.3.7 The Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring are provided in Table 2.8 and Table 2.9, respectively.

Table 2.8 Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring - Approach to Define Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL)

	North Lantau Social Cluster
	NEL	NWL
Action Level	(STG < 70% of baseline) & (ANI < 70% of baseline)	(STG < 70% of baseline) & (ANI < 70% of baseline)
Limit Level	[(STG < 40% of baseline) & (ANI < 40% of baseline)] AND [ (STG < 40% of baseline) & (ANI < 40% of baseline)]

Table 2.9 Derived Value of Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring

	North Lantau Social Cluster
	NEL	NWL
Action Level	(STG < 4.2) & (ANI < 15.5 )	(STG < 6.9) & (ANI < 31.3)
Limit Level	[(STG < 2.4) & (ANI <8.9)] AND [ (STG < 3.9)& (ANI < 17.9)]

2.3.8 If exceedance(s) at these station(s) is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the quarterly EM&A Report.

2.4 Event Action Plans

2.4.1 The Event Actions Plans for air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring are provided in Appendix D.

2.5 Mitigation Measures

2.5.1 Environmental mitigation measures for the Contract were recommended in the approved EIA Report. Appendix E lists the recommended mitigation measures and the implementation status.

4 Summary of Exceedance, Complaint, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

4.1 Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit

4.1.1 Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A Reports (for July and August 2017) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

4.1.2 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

4.1.3 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at NMS2 and NMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

4.1.4 There were two Action Level exceedances of Suspended Solids (SS) recorded by the ET of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period (for July and August 2017). Based on the information from the Contractor of this Contract, no marine transportation and marine works were being done during the relevant water quality monitoring period. Therefore, these exceedances were considered not likely to be caused by this Contract’s activities. No follow-up action is required.

4.1.5 Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

4.2 Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

4.2.1 There was no complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. Two complaints were received in relation to the environmental impact during the previous reporting period. A summary of environmental complaint is presented in Table 4.1. The details of cumulative statistics of Environmental Complaints are provided in Appendix I.

Table 4.1 A Summary of Environmental Complaints for the Previous Reporting Month

Environmental Complaint No.	Date of Complaint Received	Description of Environmental Complaints
007	2 June 2017	Dust Nuisance
008	6 June 2017	Dust Nuisance

Environmental Compliant No. 007 – Dust Nuisance

4.2.1 According to ENPO’s email to the Environmental Team, Engineer’s Representative and Contractor on 2 June 2017, it was noted that EPD received a complaint lodged by a worker regarding the construction dust in the site area.

4.2.2 Based on the further information from the meeting with EPD on 6 June 2017, the complaint is focus on the dust generation from the works area at the Northern side of the Island. As confirmed by the Contractor, works area at the Northern side of the Island is not under this contract. No notification of summons and prosecution was received during the reporting period.

4.2.3 The watering plan, which include the information of watering schedule, routing of trucks for watering and the location of water filling, was prepared and submitted to RE and ENPO. The Contractor was also reminded to implement all necessary mitigation as specified in EIA (Section 5.5.6.3), EM&A Manual (EM&A Log Ref: A3), EMP, Method Statements, General and Particular Specifications of this Project to minimize the potential dust impact during construction activities.

Environmental Compliant No. 008 – Dust Nuisance

4.2.4 According to ENPO’s email to the Environmental Team, Engineer’s Representative and Contractor on 6 June 2017, it was noted that EPD received a complaint lodged by a worker regarding the construction dust in the site area.

4.2.5 A weekly site inspection was conducted by the ET and Contractor on 7 June 2017 for the construction site area under Contract No. HY/2013/01. During the site inspection, the access road was observed wet and no adverse dust impact was observed.

4.2.6 The Contractor have arranged a staff to supervise the haul road condition near PCB building. In case of adverse dust emission, the Contractor should arrange the water truck or front-line staff to enhance the watering. The watering plan, which include the information of watering schedule, routing of trucks for watering and the location of water filling, was prepared and submitted to RE and ENPO. The Contractor was also reminded to implement all necessary mitigation as specified in EIA (Section 5.5.6.3), EM&A Manual (EM&A Log Ref: A3), EMP, Method Statements, General and Particular Specifications of this Project to minimize the potential dust impact during construction activities.

4.2.7 Statistics on notifications of summons and successful prosecutions are summarized in Appendix I.

5 Comments, Recommendations and Conclusion

5.1 Comments

5.1.1 According to the environmental site inspections undertaken during the reporting period, the following recommendations were provided:

· The Contractor was reminded to provide water spraying for the road to avoid dust generation.

· The Contractor was reminded to affix an appropriate NRMM label.

· The Contractor was reminded to provide drip trays for the diesel oil drums and chemical containers.

· The Contractor was reminded to cover the dusty material to prevent fugitive dust emission.

5.1.2 A summary of the Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS) is presented in Appendix E. Most of the necessary mitigation measures were implemented properly.

5.2 Recommendations

5.2.1 With implementation of the recommended environmental mitigation measures, the contract’s environmental impacts were considered environmentally acceptable. The weekly environmental site inspections ensured that all the environmental mitigation measures recommended were effectively implemented.

5.2.2 The recommended environmental mitigation measures, as included in the EM&A programme, effectively minimize the potential environmental impacts from the contract. Also, the EM&A programme effectively monitored the environmental impacts from the construction activities and ensure the proper implementation of mitigation measures. No particular recommendation was advised for the improvement of the programme.

5.3 Conclusions

5.3.1 The site preparation work of the Contract started on 26 September 2014 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 6 October 2014. This is the twelfth Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 July to 31 August 2017 in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review cut-off as per ENPO’s advice in consultation with EPD and AFCD.

5.3.2 Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A Reports (for July and August 2017) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

5.3.3 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

5.3.4 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at NMS2 and NMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

5.3.5 There was two Action Level exceedances of Suspended Solids (SS) recorded by the ET of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period (for July and August 2017). Based on the information from the Contractor of this Contract, no marine transportation and marine works were being done during the relevant water quality monitoring period. Therefore, these exceedances were considered not likely to be caused by this Contract’s activities. No follow-up action is required.

5.3.6 Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

5.3.7 Environmental site inspections were carried out on 5, 12, 19 and 26 July and 2, 9, 16, 25 and 30 August 2017. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

5.3.8 There were two complaints received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. For the dust complaint received by EPD and sent to the ET on 2 June 2017, further information was obtained from the meeting with EPD on 6 June 2017. The complaint was focus on the dust generation from the works area at the Northern side of the Island. As confirmed by the Contractor, works area at the Northern side of the Island is not under this contract. For the dust complaint received by EPD and sent to the ET on 6 June 2017, a weekly site inspection was conducted by the ET and Contractor on 7 June 2017 for the construction site area under Contract No. HY/2013/01. During the site inspection, the access road was observed wet and no adverse dust impact was observed.

Monitoring Station	Monitoring Time	Measured depth averaged (in mg/L)	Level Exceeded	Monitoring Date
Mid-Ebb tide (Suspended Solids) (in mg/L)
SR3	13:49	24.7	Action	12 July 2017
Mid-Flood tide (Suspended Solids) (in mg/L)
IS7	10:17	24.9	Action	14 July 2017