TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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1-2 |
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1.1 |
Basic Project Information |
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1.2 |
Project Organization |
2 |
1.3 |
Construction Programme |
2 |
1.4 |
Construction Works
Undertaken During the Reporting Period |
2 |
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3-4 |
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2.1 |
Monitoring Locations |
3 |
2.2 |
Monitoring Requirements |
3 |
2.3 |
Monitoring Results |
3-4 |
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3 |
4-5 |
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3.1 |
Monitoring Locations |
4 |
3.2 |
Monitoring Requirements |
4 |
3.3 |
Monitoring Results |
4-5 |
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5-6 |
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4.1 |
Monitoring Locations |
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4.2 |
Monitoring Requirements |
6 |
4.3 |
Monitoring Results |
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5
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6-7 |
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5.1 |
Monitoring Locations |
6 |
5.2 |
Monitoring Requirements |
7 |
5.3 |
Monitoring Results |
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6 |
7-9 |
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6.1 |
Site
Inspection |
7 |
6.2 |
Advice on
the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status |
7-8 |
6.3 |
Environmental Licenses and Permits |
8 |
6.4 |
Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures
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8 |
6.5 |
Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental
Quality Performance Limit |
8-9 |
6.6 |
Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful
Prosecution |
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9 |
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7.1 |
Construction Programme for the Coming Months |
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8 |
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8.1 |
Conclusions |
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Figure 1 |
Air Quality and Noise Monitoring Stations for HKBCF |
Figure 2 |
Water Quality Monitoring Stations (construction phases) |
Figure 3 |
Dolphin
Monitoring Transect Line
and Layout
Map |
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TABLE |
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Table 1.1 |
Contact Information of Key Personnel |
Table 2.1 |
Air Quality Monitoring Locations |
Table 2.2 |
Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP |
Table 2.3 |
Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP |
Table 3.1 |
Construction Noise Monitoring Locations |
Table 3.2 |
Action and Limit Levels for Construction Noise |
Table 4.1 |
Water Quality Monitoring Stations (construction
phases) |
Table 4.2 |
Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality |
Table 5.1a |
Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin
Monitoring ¡V Approach to Define Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) |
Table 5.1b |
Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin
Monitoring - |
Table 6.1 |
Summary of
Quantities of Inert C&D Materials |
Table 6.2 |
Summary of
Quantities of C&D Materials |
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APPENDICES |
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Location of Works Areas |
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Project Organization for Environmental Works |
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Construction Programme |
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Event and Action Plan |
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Monthly Summery of Waste Flow Table & Monthly
Summery of Marine Sediment |
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Environmental Licenses and Permits |
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Implementation Schedule for Environmental
Mitigation Measures (EMIS) |
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Statistics on Environmental Complaints,
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions |
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Environmental Site Inspection Schedule |
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This Monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is
prepared for Contract HY/2013/02 ¡§Hong Kong¡VZhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage I (Western
Portion)¡¨ (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contract¡¨) for the Highways Department
of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Contract was awarded to
China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contractor¡¨)
and ETS-Testconsult Limited was appointed as the
Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
The Contract is part of
Hong Kong¡VZhuhai¡VMacao 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 was started on 25
July 2014 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 24 November
2014.
ETS-Testconsult
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 (Version 1.0) and provide environmental
team services to the Contract.
This is the fiftieth Monthly Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the
EM&A works conducted during the reporting period from 01 January to 31 January 2019.
Site Activities
As confirmed by RSS, the
capital works were substantially
completed on 28
March 2018. Site activities were carried out in this reporting month as informed
by the Contractor:
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Establishment work for Landscape
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
The monthly 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 and noise monitoring works for the
Contract are covered by Contract
No. HY/2011/03 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road ¡V Section between
Scenic Hill and HKBCF¡¨ and Contract
No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion). The ET of the Contract or another ET of the
HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and AMS7B, noise monitoring at NMS2 and
NMS3C, water quality monitoring show in Figure
2 and dolphin monitoring
show in Figure 3 as part of EM&A programme
if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract
No. HY/2011/03 and HY/2013/04. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final decision on which ET should
carry out the monitoring works at these stations.
Due to the commence operation of HKBCF on 24 October 2018, environmental site inspection would only be conducted if
there are any ad-hoc construction works within the construction site of
Contract No. HY/2013/02. In January 2019, there were
no ad-hoc construction works raised by the Contractor and thus no environmental site inspection had been
conducted during the reporting month.
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
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
report 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 station AMS7B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded
at station NMS2 and station NMS3C by
the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
There was
no Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded at the
monitoring stations showed at Table 4.1 by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
Complaint Log
There was no
complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.
Notifications of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
There were no notifications of summons or prosecutions received during
the
reporting period.
Reporting Change
There
were no reporting changes during the reporting period.
Future
Key Issues
The future key
issues to be undertaken in the upcoming month are as follows:
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Establishment work for Landscape
1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1.
Basic Project Information
1.1.1.
This Monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is
prepared for Contract HY/2013/02 ¡§Hong Kong¡VZhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage I (Western
Portion)¡¨ (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contract¡¨) for the Highways Department
of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Contract was awarded to
China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contractor¡¨)
and ETS-Testconsult Limited was appointed as the
Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
1.1.2.
The Contract is part of
Hong Kong¡VZhuhai¡VMacao 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 25 July 2014 and the construction
works of the Contract commenced on 24 November 2014. The works area of the
Contract is shown in Appendix A.
1.1.3.
The proposed works under this
Contract comprise the following:
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Construction of the
viaducts and roads at the western portion of Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities (HKBCF) mainly for connection with the Hong Kong¡VZhuhai¡VMacao
Bridge (HZMB), Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR), Hong Kong International Airport
(HKIA) and the Tuen Mun-Chek
Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL);
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Construction of the road modification at the SkyCity Interchange at Airport Island;
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Construction of associated street lighting,
street furniture, road marking, road signage, drainage, sewerage, fresh water
and flushing water supply, irrigation, landscape, electrical and mechanical
(E&M), utilities and services works;
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Provisioning of civil engineering works and power
supply installation for the Traffic Control and Surveillance System TCSS;
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Other works in accordance with the
Contract.
1.1.4.
This is the fiftieth
Monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report for the Contract which
summaries the audit findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 01 January to 31 January 2019.
1.2.
Project Organization
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 of Key Staff |
Tel. No. |
Fax No. |
Engineer or Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.) |
Resident Engineer |
Mr. Winston Wong |
6330 8293 |
3152 5116 |
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll
Hong Kong Limited*) |
Environmental Project Office Leader |
Mr. Y. H. Hui |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
Independent Environmental Checker |
Mr. Ray Yan |
5181 8401 |
3465 2899 |
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Environmental Site Supervisor |
Mr. Harris Wong |
5181 8165 |
3465 2899 |
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Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd.) |
Environmental Officer |
Mr. Endy Tse |
5977 0594 |
3915 0300 |
Environmental
Team (ETS-Testconsult
Ltd.) |
Environmental
Team Leader |
Mr. C. L. Lau |
2946
7791 |
2695
3944 |
(*) ¡§Ramboll
Environ Hong Kong Limited¡§ was re-branded as ¡§Ramboll Hong Kong Limited¡¨ since 03 January
2018. |
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. As confirmed by RSS, the capital works were substantially completed on 28 March 2018. A summary of the
construction activities undertaken during this
reporting period is shown below:
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Establishment work for Landscape
2.1.
Monitoring Locations
2.1.1.
The air quality monitoring works for
the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern
Portion) and
Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Link Road ¡V 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 AMS7B as part of EM&A programme if these air quality
monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/04 and HY/2011/03. Since the re-location of AECOM PRE's Office
at WA2 to WA3 and suspension of electricity supplies at WA2 after 15 August
2018, wind data monitoring retrieved from the meteorological station situated
at AECOM PRE's Office at WA2, carried out by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01
was proposed to be
carried out at alternative monitoring stations by the ET for Contract No.
HY/2013/04. The alternative
meteorological station (AMS3C) was commenced by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04 since 20 August 2018.Table 2.1 and Figure 1 shows the locations of air monitoring
stations.
Table 2.1 Air
Quality Monitoring Locations
Identification No. |
Location Description |
AMS6(1) |
Dragonair / CNAC (Group)
Building |
AMS7B(1) (2) |
3RS Site Offices |
Remarks: |
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(1)
The ET of this Contract should conduct impact air quality
monitoring at the AMS listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according
to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no
longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project. |
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(2)
Alternative
Air Quality Monitoring
Stations with effect from 06
February 2018 |
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 Reports prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2013/04 and
HY/2011/03.
2.2.2.
The Action
and Limit Levels for 1-hr TSP and 24-hr TSP are provided in Table 2.2 and Table
2.3 respectively.
Table 2.2 Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP
Monitoring Station |
Action Level,mg/m3 |
Limit Level,mg/m3 |
AMS6
¡V Dragnair / SNAC (Group) Building (HKIA) |
360 |
500 |
AMS7B - 3RS Site Offices |
370 |
500 |
Table
2.3 Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP
Monitoring Station |
Action Level,mg/m3 |
Limit Level,mg/m3 |
AMS6
¡V Dragnair / SNAC (Group) Building (HKIA) |
173 |
260 |
AMS7B - 3RS Site Offices |
183 |
260 |
2.2.3.
The event and
action plan is provided in Appendix D.
2.2.4.
If exceedance(s) at these stations 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 monthly EM&A Report.
2.3.
Monitoring Results
2.3.1.
The
monitoring results for AMS6 and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A
Reports prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2011/03 and HY/2013/04 respectively.
2.3.2.
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 report prepared by
Contract No. HY/2011/03.
2.3.3.
There was no
Action and Limit Level
exceedance of
1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7B by
the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
3.1.
Monitoring
Locations
3.1.1. The noise monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract
No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern
Portion). The ET
of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct noise
monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3C as part of EM&A programme if these
monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/04. Since the
re-location of AECOM PRE's Office at WA2 to WA3 and suspension of electricity
supplies at WA2 after 15 August 2018, noise monitoring at NMS3B situated at
AECOM PRE's Office at WA2, carried out by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01 was proposed to be carried out at
alternative monitoring stations by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04. The alternative monitoring stations (NMS3C) was commenced by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04 since 20 August 2018. Table
3.1 and Figure
1.1 and Figure 1.2 shows the
locations of noise monitoring stations.
Table
3.1 Construction Noise Monitoring Locations
Identification No. |
Location Description |
NMS2(1) |
Sea
View Crescent |
NMS3C(1) (2)(3) |
Ying
Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point |
Remarks: |
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(1)
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
latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no longer
covered by another ET of the HZMB project. |
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(2)
The Action and Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this
alternative monitoring location. |
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(3)
Alternative
Noise Monitoring
Station to replace NMS3B with effect from 20 August
2018 |
3.2.
Monitoring Requirements
3.2.1.
The monitoring requirements, monitoring
equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring
methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in
the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04.
3.2.2.
The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are provided in Table 3.2
3.2.3.
The event and action plan is provided in Appendix D.
Table 3.2 Action
and Limit Levels for Construction Noise
Parameter |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
07:00 ¡V 19:00 hours on normal weekdays |
When one documented complaint is received |
75 dB(A)* |
Notes: |
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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. |
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* Reduce
to 70
dB(A) for schools and 65 dB(A) during school examination period. |
3.2.4.
If exceedance(s)
at these stations 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 monthly
EM&A Report.
3.3.
Monitoring
Results
3.3.1
The monitoring
results for NMS2 and
NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A
Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04. There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded
at station NMS2 and station NMS3C by
the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
4.1.
Monitoring
Locations
The water monitoring works for the
Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion).
The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct
water quality monitoring at twenty one
stations (9 Impact Stations, 7 Sensitive Receiver Stations and 5 Control/Far
Field Stations). Due to topographical conditions of SR3,
SR10A and SR10B(N),
the water quality monitoring (WQM) stations was proposed to be monitored at
alternative WQM stations named as SR3(N), SR10A
(N) and SR10B(N2). The proposal for alternation of
water quality monitoring stations for HZMB HKBCF was justified by the ET
Leader for Contract No. HY/2013/01 on 08 November 2017 and verified by the
IEC on 13 November 2017; and submitted to EPD on 29 November 2017, and it was
approved by EPD on 22 December 2017. Table
4.1 and Figure 2 shows the locations of water quality monitoring stations.
Table 4.1 Water Quality
Monitoring Stations (construction phases)
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(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(N)[3] |
Sensitive
receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810689 |
816591 |
SR4(N) |
Sensitive
receivers (Tai Ho) |
814705 |
817859 |
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(N) [1][3] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)1 |
823644 |
823484 |
SR10B(N2) [1][3] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)2 |
823689 |
823159 |
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[2] |
Control Station |
818103 |
823064 |
Note: |
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(1) Additional monitoring station for Ma Wan
FCZ. |
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(2)
Additional
control monitoring station for Ma Wan FCZ (3)
Alternative
WQM Stations with effect from 22 December
2017 |
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Remarks: |
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The ET of this Contract should conduct impact water quality
monitoring at the WQMS listed in the table as part of EM&A programme
according to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s)
is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project. The ET of the Contract
shall communicate and share the monitoring data to the ET(s) of other works
contracts if the water quality monitoring station(s) is/are as part of
EM&A programme. |
4.2
Monitoring
Requirements
The
monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency
and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological
information are detailed in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract
No. HY/2013/04.
4.2.1 The event and action plan is provided in Appendix
D.
4.2.2 The Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality are provided in Table 4.2
Table 4.2 Action and Limit
Levels for Water Quality
Parameters |
Action |
Limit |
DO in mg/L (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 (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. |
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Notes:
1.
"depth-averaged" is calculated by taking the
arithmetic means of reading of all three depths. |
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2. For DO, non-compliance of
the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is lower than the
limits. |
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3. For turbidity, SS, non-compliance of the
water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is higher than the limits. |
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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. |
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5.
The 1%-ile of baseline data for dissolved
oxygen (surface and middle) and dissolved oxygen (bottom) are 4.2mg/L and
3.6mg/L respectively. |
4.2.3 If exceedance(s) at these
stations 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 monthly EM&A Report.
4.3
Monitoring Result
4.3.1 The monitoring results for the monitoring stations showed in Table
4.1 are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04. There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting
period.
5.
DOLPHIN
MONITORING
5.1.
Monitoring Locations
The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF ¡V
Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion). The ET of the Contract
or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct dolphin monitoring at
24 transects as part of EM&A programme if these
transects are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/04. 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. Figure 3 shows
the
co-ordinates for the transect lines and layout map.
5.2.
Monitoring Requirements
The
monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency
and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological
information are detailed in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract
No. HY/2013/04.
5.2.1.
The event and
action plan is provided in Appendix D.
5.2.2.
The Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring are provided in Table 5.1a & Table 5.1b
Table 5.1a Action and Limit
Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring ¡V Approach
to
Define
Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL)
|
North Lantau
Social Cluster |
|
NEL |
NWL |
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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)] |
For North Lantau Social Cluster, action level will be trigger if
either NEL or NWL fall below the criteria; limit level will be triggered if
both NEL and NWL fall below the criteria.
Table 5.1b Derived Value of
Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) for Chinese White
Dolphin
Monitoring
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North Lantau
Social Cluster |
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NEL |
NWL |
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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)] |
5.2.3.
If exceedance(s)
at these transects 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
monthly EM&A Report.
5.3
Monitoring Result
The
dolphin survey results for all transects are reported in the monthly
EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04.
6.
ENVIRONMENTAL
SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT
6.1.
Site Inspection
6.1.1.
Site Inspections
were carried out on a weekly basis to monitor the implementation of proper
environmental pollution control mitigation measures for the project. Due to the commence operation of HKBCF on 24
October 2018, environmental site inspection would only be conducted if there are any ad-hoc
construction works within the construction site of Contract No. HY/2013/02. In January
2019, there were no ad-hoc construction works raised by the Contractor and thus
no environmental site inspection had been conducted during the reporting month.
6.2.
Advice on the Solid and
Liquid Waste Management Status
6.2.1.
The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the
Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse
collection and sorting. The quantities of waste for disposal in this reporting period are
summarized in Table 6.1 and Table
6.2 and monthly summary waste flow table is shown in Appendix
E.
Table 6.1 Summary of Quantities of Inert C&D Materials
Type of Waste |
Quantity |
Hard Rock and Large Broken Concrete (Inert) (m3) |
0 |
Reused in this Contract (Inert) (m3) |
0 |
Reused in other Projects (Inert) (m3) |
0 |
Disposed
as Public Fill (Inert) (m3) |
111 |
Imported Fill (Inert) (m3) |
0 |
Table 6.2 Summary of Quantities of C&D Materials
Type of Waste |
Quantity |
Recycled Metal (kg) |
0 |
Recycled Paper / Cardboard Packing (kg) |
0 |
Recycled
Plastic (kg) |
0 |
Chemical
Wastes (kg) |
0 |
General
Refuses (m3) |
78 |
6.2.2.
There was no excavated marine sediment generated in this reporting period. Since the disposal of excavated marine sediments has been completed
with the last batch disposal on 30 August 2017 as confirmed by RSS, no excavated marine sediment was still remained and stored on site awaiting
disposal during this reporting period under Contract No. HY/2013/02.
6.3.
Environmental Licenses
and Permits
6.3.1.
The valid environmental licenses and permits during the reporting period
are summarized in Appendix F.
6.4.
Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation
Measures
6.4.1.
In response to the site audit findings, the Contractor carried out
corrective actions.
6.4.2.
As confirmed
by RSS, the capital works were substantially completed on 28 March 2018. The establishment of landscape works with
mitigation code G1, G2, G4, G6, G7 & G9 were conducted around the
site while landscape works with mitigation code G5 was mainly conducted at
Portion D. The Contractor was reminded to resolve the potential conflicts between the proposed landscape
measures and any other works of the project. The implementation status of Landscape and
Visual Mitigation Measures is presented in Appendix G.
6.4.3.
A summary of the implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation
Measures (EMIS) is presented in Appendix G. Most of the necessary
mitigation measures were implemented properly.
6.5.
Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit
6.5.1.
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 report prepared by
Contract No. HY/2011/03.
6.5.2.
There was no
Action and Limit Level
exceedance of
1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7B by
the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
6.5.3.
There was no
Action and Limit Level
exceedance for
noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3C by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
6.5.4. The monitoring results for the monitoring stations showed in Table
4.1 are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04. There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
6.5.5. Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A Reports
prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04.
6.6.
Summary of Complaints,
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution
6.6.1.
There were no complaints
received during the reporting period.
6.6.2.
There were no
notifications of summons or prosecutions received during the reporting period.
6.6.3.
Statistics on environmental complaints,
notifications of summons and successful prosecutions are summarized in Appendix H.
7.1
Construction Programme
for the Coming Months
7.1.1 As confirmed by RSS, the capital works were substantially completed on 28 March 2018. Major construction activities for January 2019
as informed by the Contractor:
-
Establishment work for Landscape
7.2
Environmental Site
Inspection Schedule for the Coming Month
7.2.1 The tentative schedule for weekly site
inspections for February 2019 is provided in Appendix I. Due to the commence operation of HKBCF on 24 October 2018, environmental site inspection would only be conducted if
there are any ad-hoc construction works within the construction site of
Contract No. HY/2013/02. In January 2019, there were no ad-hoc construction
works raised by the Contractor and thus no environmental site inspection had been
conducted during the reporting month.
8.1
Conclusions
8.1.1 The site preparation work of the Contract was
started on 25 July 2014 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on
24 November 2014.
8.1.2 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 report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
8.1.3 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP
level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
8.1.4 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded
at station NMS2 and station NMS3C by
the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
8.1.5 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance
recorded at the monitoring stations showed at Table 4.1 by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.
8.1.6 Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A Reports
prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04.
8.1.7 There were no complaints received during the reporting period.
8.1.8 There were no
notifications of summons or prosecutions received during the reporting period.
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