TABLE OF
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1.1 |
Basic Project Information |
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1.2 |
Project Organization |
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1.3 |
Construction Programme |
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1.4 |
Construction
Works Undertaken During the Reporting Period |
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2.1 |
Summary of EM&A Requirements |
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2.2 |
Monitoring
Requirements |
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2.3 |
Action and Limit Levels |
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Event Action plans |
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Mitigation Measures |
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3.1 |
Air Quality Monitoring Result |
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3.2 |
Noise Monitoring Results |
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3.3 |
Water Quality Monitoring Results |
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3.4 |
Dolphin Monitoring |
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3.5 |
Implementation Status of
Environmental Mitigation Measures |
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3.6 |
Advice on the
Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status |
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3.7 |
Environmental
Licenses and Permits |
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Summary of Exceedance,
Complaint, notification of summons and sucessful prosecution |
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4.1 |
Summary of Exceedance of the
Environmental Quality Performance Limit |
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4.2 |
Summary
of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution |
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5.1 |
Comments |
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5.2 |
Recommendations |
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Conclusions |
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Figure 1 |
Air Quality and Noise Monitoring Stations for HKBCF |
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Figure 2 |
Water Quality Monitoring
Stations(construction phases) |
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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 and Noise Monitoring Locations |
Table 2.2 |
Water Quality Monitoring Stations (construction phases) |
Table 2.3 |
Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP |
Table 2.4 |
Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP |
Table 2.5 |
Action and Limit Levels for Construction Noise |
Table 2.6 |
Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality |
Table 2.7 |
Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring ¡V
Approach to Define Action |
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Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) |
Table 2.8 |
Derived Value of Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) for
Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring |
Table 3.1 |
Summary of marine sediment disposed to dumping site via Contract
No. HY/2013/03 |
APPENDIX |
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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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Implementation
Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS) |
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Site Audit Findings and Corrective Actions |
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Waste
Flow Table |
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Environmental
Licenses and Permits |
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Statistics
on Environmental Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful
Prosecutions |
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Complaint Investigation Report |
This Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract HY/2013/02
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-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 ¡V Zhuhai ¡V 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 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 fourteenth Quarterly 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 March 2018 to 31 May 2018.
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 and noise monitoring works for the
Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
HKBCF ¡V Passenger
Clearance Building¡¨ 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, noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B show
in Figure 1, 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/2013/01 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to
ENPO¡¦s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring works at
these stations.
The dates of environmental site inspections
during the reporting period are listed below:
Environmental Site Inspection Date |
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March 2018 |
April 2018 |
May 2018 |
01, 08, 15, 22 and 29 |
04, 12, 19 and 26 |
03, 10, 17, 24 and 31 |
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/2013/01 during the reporting period.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
For water quality monitoring, there were 9 action level
exceedances of suspended solids, 2 action
level exceedances of turbidity and 2 action
level exceedances of dissolved oxygen during
the reporting period. The following table summarized the number of
exceedances on each sampling date:
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
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DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
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Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
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02/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
30/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
02/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13/05/2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
Since the removal
of temporary loading and unloading point by Contract No. HY/2013/02, which
involved marine work, was completed on 10 September 2017 and the area was
handed back to Reclamation Contractor with Contract No. HY/2010/02 on
11 September 2017 for subsequent seawall construction as confirmed by RSS, there
was no marine works or barge of this Contract worked at HKBCF reclamation site
near the sea area or area near the monitoring station under Contract No.
HY/2013/02 during March 2018, April 2018 and May 2018. Hence,
specific investigation shall be referred to other ET¡¦s report(s) under the HZMB
Projects in which the respective contract(s) with remaining marine works
on-going for the exceedances recorded in water quality monitoring during this
reporting month. There was no
Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded on other monitoring date at the
monitoring stations showed at Table 4.1 by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects were reported in the EM&A Report prepared for Contract
No. HY/2013/01.
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 a follow up complaint received on 09 March 2018 in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.
Follow-up action to the complaint received by Environmental
Protection Department on 05 February 2018 and
referred to the ENPO on 05 February 2018. Then the ENPO forwarded the complaint by
email to the R.E. (AECOM), the Contractor (China Harbour) and the ET
(ETS-Testconsult Ltd.) of Contract No. HY/2013/02 at 11:26 on 05 February 2018. After received the details of the
complaint from the ENPO on 05 February 2018,
a related follow-up inspection was conducted by ET and the Contractor of
Contract No. HY/2013/02 to investigate this event. The inspection was
concentrated to check if washing facilities provided
after 19:00. After checked with the Contractor of
Contract No. HY/2013/02, the washing
facilities were provided after 19:00 and vehicles were cleaned before leaving
the construction site. Besides, the washing facilities were also provided
before receiving the complaint (see
attached photo 180208_002 & 180208_003).
Hence, the complaint received on 05
February 2018 was found non-related to Contract No. HY/2013/02.
A follow up complaint with details as follows: ¡§´N¤W¦¸§ë¶D«ü¥X´ä¯]¿D¤j¾ô¤H¤u®q©ó±ß¤W¤C®É«áµL¤H¬~¨®¤ÎºI¤ô¡A¸gÀô«O¸p¸ò¶i«áÁöµM¦³©Ò§ïµ½¡A¦ý¬ùºû«ù¤@Ӥ륪¥k¡A²{®É¬~¨®¦À¤´µM¸g±`µL¤H²M¬~½ü軚¡B¥H¤ÎºI¤ô±¡ªp¨ÌµMµL§ïµ½´N¥»¤H´¿¸gµo²{¤ô³ï¡A¹Á¸Õ¦Û¦æ²M¬~½ü軚®É¡A³Q¤¤°ê´äÆW¤Hûªý¤î¡AºÙ¦³CCTV¿ý¼v¡A¤£¥i¦Û¦æ²M¬~¡¨ received by Environmental Protection Department and
referred to the ENPO on 09 March 2018.
Then the ENPO forwarded the complaint by email to the
R.E. (AECOM), the Contractor (China Harbour) and the ET (ETS-Testconsult Ltd.)
of Contract No. HY/2013/02 at 17:38 on 10 March 2018. A related follow-up inspection was
conducted on 12 March 2018 to investigate this event. The washing facilities were provided after 19:00
during inspection. Besides, the washing facilities were also provided before
receiving the follow up complaint.
After checking with the contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/02, there were no night works after 19:00 by Contract
No. HY/2013/02 on 08 March 2018. The wheel washing facilities would only be
provided if there were works conducted within the site area of Contract No.
HY/2013/02. Hence, the follow up complaint
received on 09 March 2018 was
found non-related to Contract No. HY/2013/02.
The complaint investigation report (Log No. 018) was provided in Appendix J.
Notifications of Summons and Successful
Prosecutions
There were no
notification of summon or prosecution received during the reporting period.
Reporting Change
There were no reporting
changes during the reporting period.
1.1
Basic Project Information
1.1.1
This Quarterly 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 ¡V Zhuhai ¡V Macao Bridge HKBCF which is a ¡§Designated Project¡¨, under
Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap 499)
and 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 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
This is the fourteenth Quarterly 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 March 2018 to 31 May 2018.
1.2
Project Organization
1.2.1
The project
organisation 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. Raymond Dai |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
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Environmental Site Supervisor |
Mr. Ray Yan |
5181 8165 |
3465 2899 |
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Contractor (China Harbour Engineering
Co., Ltd.) |
Environmental Officer |
Mr. Richard Ng |
5977 0593 |
3915 0300 |
Environmental Officer |
Mr. Paper Chan |
6486 8967 |
3915 0300 |
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Environmental Supervisor |
Mr. Endy Tse |
5512 2662 |
3915 0300 |
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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
A
summary of the construction activities undertaken during this reporting period is
shown below:
l
Road Furniture
& Fit out;
l
Landscaping work
l
Establishment
work for Landscape
2.1
Summary of EM&A Requirements
2.1.1 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/2013/01
¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF ¡V Passenger
Clearance Building¡¨
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, noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B
show at Figure 1 and Table
2.1, water quality monitoring stations show at Figure 2 and Table 2.2
and dolphin monitoring show at Figure 3 as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no
longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final decision
on which ET should carry out the monitoring works at these stations.
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/2013/01. 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.
2.1.2 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 1.
Table 2.1 Air
Quality and Noise Monitoring Locations
Environmental Monitoring |
Identification No. |
Location Description |
Air Quality |
AMS6(1) |
Dragonair / CNAC (Group)
Building |
AMS7B(1)(2) |
3RS Site
Offices |
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Noise |
NMS2(4) |
Seaview Crescent |
NMS3B(4)(5) |
Site Boundary of Site Office Area at
Works Area WA2 |
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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 |
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(3) 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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(4) The Action and Limit Levels
for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring location. |
2.1.3 The water monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract
No. HY/2013/01 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF ¡V Passenger Clearance
Building. 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 2.2 and Figure 2 shows the locations of water quality monitoring stations.
Table 2.2 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
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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
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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
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Sensitive
receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810525 |
816456 |
SR3(N)[3] |
Sensitive
receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810689 |
816591 |
SR4(N)
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Sensitive
receivers (Tai Ho) |
814705 |
817859 |
SR5(N) |
Sensitive receiver (Artificial
Reef in NE Airport) |
812569 |
821475 |
SR6
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Sensitive
receivers (Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park) |
805837 |
821818 |
SR7
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Sensitive
receivers (Tai Mo Do) |
814293 |
821431 |
SR10A[1] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)1 |
823741 |
823495 |
SR10A(N) [1][3] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)1 |
823644 |
823484 |
SR10B(N)[1] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)2 |
823683 |
823187 |
SR10B(N2) [1][3] |
Sensitive
receivers (Ma Wan FCZ)2 |
823689 |
823159 |
CS(Mf)3(N) |
Control Station |
808814 |
822355 |
CS(Mf)5
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Control
Station |
817990 |
821129 |
CS4
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Control
Station |
810025 |
824004 |
CS6
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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. |
2.1.4
The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract
No. HY/2013/01 Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF ¡V Passenger Clearance
Building. Figure 3 shown the layout map
for the vessel-based transect lines.
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/2013/01 and HY/2011/03.
2.3
Action and
Limit Levels
2.3.1
The Action
and Limit Levels for 1-hr TSP and 24-hr TSP are provided in Table 2.3 and Table
2.4 respectively. The Action and Limit Levels of AMS7B are as same as the original levels of AMS7.
Table
2.3 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 ¡V 3RS Site Offices |
370 |
500 |
Table 2.4 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 |
2.3.2
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 provided in Table 2.5
Table
2.5 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. * 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 2.6
Table 2.6 Action
and Limit Levels for Water Quality
Parameters |
Action |
Limit |
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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 |
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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* |
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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* |
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*Remarks: |
Reference is made to EPD
approval of adjustment of water quality assessment criteria |
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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. |
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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 2.7 & Table 2.8
Table 2.7 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 |
|
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 2.8 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)] |
The ET
of this Contract should conduct impact dolphin monitoring as part of EM&A
programme according to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring transect(s) is/are no longer covered by
another ET of the HZMB project.
2.3.8
If
exceedance(s) at these transect(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 and
action plan is 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.
3
Environmental Monitoring and Audit
3.1
Air Quality Monitoring
Results
3.1.1 The monitoring results for AMS6 and AMS7B were reported in the monthly EM&A
Reports (March
2018, April 2018 and May 2018) prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2011/03 and
HY/2013/01 respectively.
3.1.2 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.
3.1.3 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/2013/01 during the reporting period.
3.2
Noise
Monitoring Results
3.2.1 The monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3B were
reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (March 2018, April 2018 and May 2018) prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/01.
3.2.2 There was no exceedance of noise recorded at station NMS2 and
station NMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
3.3
Water
Quality Monitoring Result
3.3.1 The monitoring results
for the monitoring stations
showed in Table 2.2 were
reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (March 2018, April 2018
and May 2018) prepared for
Contract No. HY/2013/01. There were 9 action level exceedances of suspended
solids, 2 action level exceedances of turbidity and 2 action level exceedances of dissolved oxygen during the reporting period. The
following table summarized the number of exceedances on each sampling date:
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
|||||
DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
||||
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
|
02/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
30/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
02/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13/05/2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
3.3.2. Since the removal of temporary loading and unloading point by
Contract No. HY/2013/02, which involved marine work, was completed on 10
September 2017 and the area was handed back to Reclamation Contractor with
Contract No. HY/2010/02 on 11 September 2017 for subsequent seawall
construction as
confirmed by RSS, there was no marine works or
barge of this Contract worked at HKBCF reclamation site near the sea area or
area near the monitoring station under Contract No.
HY/2013/02 during March 2018, April 2018
and May 2018. Hence, specific
investigation shall be referred to other ET¡¦s report(s) under the HZMB Projects
in which the respective contract(s) with remaining marine works on-going for
the exceedances recorded in water quality monitoring during this reporting
month. There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded on other
monitoring date at the monitoring stations showed at Table 4.1 by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
3.3.3 Although the exceedances were not
relevant to this Contract, the Contractor was reminded to provide appropriate water pollution
mitigation measures, such as ensure all construction activities that would
deteriorate the water quality was collected by sedimentation tanks or package
treatment systems for proper treatment prior to disposal.
3.4
Dolphin monitoring Result
3.4.1
Impact dolphin
monitoring results at all transects were reported in the EM&A Report prepared
for Contract No. HY/2013/01. One limit level exceedance was recorded in the monitoring
period (March 2018 ¡V May 2018).
3.4.2
During this
reporting period, there was no marine works or barge of this
Contract worked at HKBCF reclamation site near the sea area under Contract No. HY/2013/02 during March 2018,
April 2018 and May 2018.
3.4.3
The exceedance is still under investigation
by Contract No. HY/2013/01. The Investigation Report (including the causes of exceedance, action
taken and recommendation for mitigation) for Action or Limit Level
Non-compliance will be prepared by the ET of Contract No. HY/2013/01 and detailed in the quarterly
EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.
3.4.4
Although the exceedances were not relevant to
this Contract, the Contractor was reminded to provide appropriate water
pollution mitigation measures, such as ensure all marine based activities were carried out within the silt curtain.
3.5
Implementation
of Environmental Measures
3.5.1
In response to the site
audit findings, the Contractor carried out corrective actions. Details of site
audit findings and the corrective actions during the reporting period are
presented in Appendix F.
3.5.2
The Contractor waters 8
times per day on all exposed soil within the project site and associated works
areas when construction activities are being undertaken.
3.5.3
The
Contractor was reminded to resolve the potential conflicts
between the proposed landscape measures and any other works of the project. The landscape works with mitigation code G1, G2
and G4 were mainly conducted in Portion D under construction stage. The other
mitigation measures with
mitigation code G5, G6, G7 & G9 were not yet started. The implementation
status of Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures is presented in Appendix E.
3.5.4
The Contractor was reminded
to provide well-maintained plant operated on-site and plant served
regularly;
3.5.5
The Contractor was
reminded to switch off vehicles and equipment while not in use;
3.5.6
The Contractor was
reminded to schedule the construction works to minimize noise
nuisance etc.
3.5.7 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.
3.6
Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management
Status
3.6.1
The Contractor
registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of
receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting.
3.6.2
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.
3.6.3
The summary of waste flow
table is detailed in Appendix G.
3.7
Environmental Licenses and Permits
3.7.1 The valid environmental licenses and permits during
the reporting period are summarized in Appendix H.
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 report 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 station AMS7B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
4.1.3 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance
of noise recorded at
station NMS2 and station NMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
4.1.4 For water quality monitoring, there were 9 action level
exceedances of suspended solids, 2 action
level exceedances of turbidity and 2 action
level exceedances of dissolved oxygen
during the reporting period. The following table summarized the number of
exceedance on each sampling date:
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
|||||
DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
||||
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
|
02/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
30/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
02/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13/05/2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
4.1.5 Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects
were reported in the EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.
4.2
Summary of Complaints,
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution
4.2.1 There
was a follow up complaint received on 09 March 2018 in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.
4.2.2 Follow-up action to the
complaint received by Environmental
Protection Department on 05 February 2018 and referred to the ENPO on 05 February 2018. Then the ENPO forwarded the complaint by email to the
R.E. (AECOM), the Contractor (China Harbour) and the ET (ETS-Testconsult Ltd.)
of Contract No. HY/2013/02 at 11:26 on 05 February 2018. After
received the details of the complaint from the ENPO on 05 February 2018, a related
follow-up inspection was conducted by ET and the Contractor of Contract No.
HY/2013/02 to investigate this event. The inspection was concentrated to check
if washing facilities provided after 19:00. After checked with the Contractor of Contract No.
HY/2013/02, the
washing facilities were provided after 19:00 and vehicles were cleaned before
leaving the construction site. Besides, the washing facilities were also
provided before receiving the complaint (see
attached photo 180208_002 & 180208_003). Hence, the complaint
received on 05 February 2018 was
found non-related to Contract No. HY/2013/02.
4.2.3 A follow up complaint with details as follows:
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Protection Department and referred to the ENPO on 09 March 2018. Then the ENPO forwarded the complaint by email to the
R.E. (AECOM), the Contractor (China Harbour) and the ET (ETS-Testconsult Ltd.)
of Contract No. HY/2013/02 at 17:38 on 10 March 2018. A related follow-up inspection
was conducted on 12 March 2018 to investigate this event. The washing facilities were
provided after 19:00 during inspection. Besides, the washing facilities were
also provided before receiving the follow up complaint. After checking with the contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/02, there were no night works after 19:00 by Contract
No. HY/2013/02 on 08 March 2018. The wheel washing facilities would only be
provided if there were works conducted within the site area of Contract No.
HY/2013/02. Hence, the
follow up complaint
received on 09 March 2018 was
found non-related to Contract No. HY/2013/02.
4.2.4 The complaint investigation
report (Log No. 018) was provided in Appendix J.
4.2.5 Although the complaints were non-related to Contract No.
HY/2013/02, the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/02 was reminded to provide appropriate
mitigation measures such as:
1. Provide
notices at the intersection between muddy area and haul roads in order to
remind the vehicles to pass through the washing facilities before leaving the
site;
2. Provide
wheel washing facilities with high pressure water jet
at the intersection
with other contract and the site exit (East Coast Road gate) in order to prohibit any un-cleaned vehicles from leaving the
construction site;
3. Arrange
water
lorries regularly to clean the road section between
washing facilities and site exit
4.2.6
There were no notifications of summons
or prosecutions received during the reporting period.
4.2.7
Statistics
on environmental complaints,
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 inspection undertaken during the
reporting period, the following recommendations were provided:
l The
Contractor was reminded to collect the general refuse properly;
l The
Contractor was reminded to sort the C & D materials and general
refuse;
l The
Contractor was reminded to provide drip tray for the chemical
containers;
l The
Contractor was reminded to provide appropriate
NRMM label for the machines;
l The
Contractor was reminded to cover the stock of cement with impervious
cover;
l The
Contractor was reminded to provide impervious cover for dusty materials
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 was started on 25 July 2014 and
the construction works of the Contract commenced on 24 November 2014. This is
the fourteenth Quarterly EM&A Report which summaries findings
of the EM&A work during the reporting period from 01 March 2018 to 31 May
2018.
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 report 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 station AMS7B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
5.3.4 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
5.3.5 For water quality monitoring, there were 9 action
level exceedances of suspended solids,
2 action level exceedances of turbidity
and 2 action level exceedances of dissolved
oxygen during the reporting period. The following table summarized the number of
exceedance on each sampling date:
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
|||||
DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
||||
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
|
02/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
30/03/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
02/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23/04/2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13/05/2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28/05/2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
5.3.6
Impact
dolphin monitoring results at all transects were reported in the EM&A
Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.
5.3.7
Environmental site inspections were carried out on 01, 08, 15, 22 & 29 March 2018, 04, 12, 19 & 26 April
2018 and 03, 10, 17, 24 & 31 May
2018. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for
the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.
5.3.8
There was a follow up complaint received on 09
March 2018 in relation to the
environmental impact during the reporting period. The
complaint investigation report (Log No. 018) for the complaint received on 05 February 2018 was provided in Appendix J.
5.3.9
There was no notification of summons and
successful prosecution received during the reporting period.
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