EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Final Environmental Monitoring and
Audit (EM&A) Review Report is prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/03 “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Vehicle Clearance
Plazas and Ancillary Buildings and Facilities” (includes the construction works
of Contract No. HY/2013/06 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary
Crossing Facilities – Automatic Vehicle Clearance Support System” within
Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (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. Limited (construction
works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 was awarded to ATAL Technologies Limited within
Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”)
and MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) was
appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the
construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03
works area) is part of the “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary
Crossing Facilities” (HZMB HKBCF) Project which is a “Designated Project” under
Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499)
and for which an EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared and
approved. The current Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No.
EP-353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available
through the EIA Ordinance Register. Commencement of Contract No. HY/2013/03
took place on 10 April 2015 while the construction works and the EM&A
programme of Contract No. HY/2013/03 commenced on 29 August 2015 (commencement
of Contract No. HY/2013/06 took place on 14 August 2015 while the construction
works and the EM&A programme of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area commenced on 13 September 2016).
MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) 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 will be providing environmental
team services for the Contract. This is the Final EM&A Review Report for
the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the
reporting period from 29 August 2015 to 31 January 2019 (includes the findings
of the EM&A programme of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03
works area during the reporting period from 13 September 2016 to 31 January
2019) (the “reporting period”).
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/2010/02 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation
Works” (from September 2015 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” (from September 2017 to September 2018),
Contract No. HY/2013/04 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF - Infrastructure
Works Stage II (Southern Portion)” (from October 2018 to January 2019) and Contract
No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between
Scenic Hill and HKBCF” (from September 2015 to January 2019). The ET of the
Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air
quality monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C, AMS6 and AMS7B, noise monitoring at NMS2 and
NMS3C, water quality monitoring at the locations shown in Figure 3 and ecological monitoring as shown in Figure 4 as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations
are no longer covered under Contract Nos. HY/2013/04 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.
The following tables state the specific air
quality and noise monitoring stations at which the responsibilities for
implementation of the corresponding environmental monitoring were undertaken by
which Environmental Teams during specific periods between September 2015 and
January 2019.
Air Quality
Monitoring
|
Contract No.
(Environmental Teams responsible for implementation of the corresponding
environmental monitoring) |
Air Quality
Monitoring Station and Monitoring Period |
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|
AMS2 |
AMS3B |
AMS3C# |
AMS6 |
AMS7 |
AMS7A |
AMS7B |
|
|
HY/2010/02 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
From Jan 2016 to Aug 2017 |
From Sep 2015 to Dec 2015 |
N/A |
|
HY/2013/01 |
From Sep 2017 to Sep 2018 |
From Sep 2017 to Aug 2018 |
N/A |
N/A |
From Sep 2017 to Jan 2018 |
N/A |
From Feb 2018 to Sep 2018 |
|
HY/2013/04 |
From Oct 2018 to Jan 2019 |
N/A |
From Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
From Oct 2018 to Jan 2019 |
|
HY/2011/03 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
From Sep 2015 to Jan 2019 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
# The monitoring data for AMS3C and NMS3C recorded between 20
Aug 2018 and 30 Sep 2018 were reported in the relevant EM&A reports
prepared under Contract No. HY/2013/01 though the
implementation of air quality and noise monitoring at such monitoring stations was undertaken by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04
Noise
Monitoring
|
Contract No. (Environmental
Teams responsible for implementation of the corresponding environmental
monitoring) |
Noise Monitoring Station and
Monitoring Period |
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|
NMS2 |
NMS3B |
NMS3C# |
|
|
HY/2010/02 |
From Sep 2015 to Aug 2017 |
From Sep 2015 to Aug 2017 |
N/A |
|
HY/2013/01 |
From Sep 2017 to Sep 2018 |
From Sep 2017 to Aug 2018 |
N/A |
|
HY/2013/04 |
From Oct 2018 to Jan 2019 |
N/A |
From Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 |
# The monitoring data for AMS3C and NMS3C recorded between 20
Aug 2018 and 30 Sep 2018 were reported in the relevant EM&A reports
prepared under Contract No. HY/2013/01 though the
implementation of air quality and noise monitoring at such monitoring stations was undertaken by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04
The dates of site inspection for
Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area and start from 15 September 2016) during the reporting
period are listed below:
Environmental Site Inspection:
l
02,
11, 17 and 25 September 2015
l
02,
08, 15, 23 and 29 October 2015
l
05,
13, 20 and 23 November 2015
l
03,
10, 17, 23 and 31 December 2015
l
07,
14, 20 and 28 January 2016
l
04,
12, 18 and 26 February 2016
l
04,
11, 17, 24 and 31 March 2016
l
07,
14, 22 and 29 April 2016
l
06,
13, 20 and 27 May 2016
l
03,
10, 17, 24 and 30 June 2016
l
08,
15, 22 and 29 July 2016
l
05,
12, 19 and 26 August 2016
l
01,
08, 15, 22 and 28 September 2016
l
06,
13, 27 and 28 October 2016 (Environmental site inspection of 21 October 2016
was cancelled due to hoisting of typhoon signal no. 8 on 21 October 2016 and
re-scheduled to 28 October 2016)
l
03,
10, 17 and 25 November 2016
l
02,
08, 15, 22 and 29 December 2016
l
05,
12, 20 and 26 January 2017
l
02,
09, 16 and 24 February 2017
l
02,
09, 16, 24 and 30 March 2017
l
05,
12, 20 and 28 April 2017
l
05,
11, 18 and 26 May 2017
l
01,
08, 15, 22 and 30 June 2017
l
06,
13, 21 and 27 July 2017
l
03,
10, 18, 25 and 31 August 2017
l
08,
15, 21 and 25 September 2017
l
06,
12, 19 and 27 October 2017
l
02,
09, 16, 23 and 30 November 2017
l
07,
15, 22 and 28 December 2017
l
04,
12, 19 and 25 January 2018
l
01,
09, 15 and 22 February 2018
l
01,
08, 16, 22 and 29 March 2018
l
06,
12, 20 and 26 April 2018
l
03,
10, 17, 25 and 31 May 2018
l
07,
14, 20 and 28 June 2018
l
05,
13, 20 and 26 July 2018
l
02,
06, 17, 23 and 30 August 2018
l
06,
14, 20 and 27 September 2018
l
04,
11, 18 and 25 October 2018
l
As
all the sections under Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No.
HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) were handed over to the
relevant authorities on 24 October 2018 and the site had been changed to a
closed area, no site inspection was conducted from November 2018.
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 is reported in the monthly
EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03 (from September 2015 to
January 2019).
There was one Action Level exceedance of
24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/01 on 28 November 2017, one Action Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP
level recorded at station AMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No.
HY/2013/01 on 23 December 2017, and two Action Level exceedances of 24-hr TSP
level recorded at station AMS2 and AMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2013/01 on 17 January 2018 during the reporting period. After
investigation, it was concluded that all exceedances were not relevant to
Contract No. HY/2013/03.
There was no Action and Limit Level
exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded on other monitoring
dates at station AMS2, AMS3B/AMS3C, and AMS7/AMS7A/AMS7B by the Environmental Team of Contract
No. HY/2010/02 (from September 2015 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01 (from September
2017 to September 2018), Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from October 2018 to January
2019) during the reporting period.
There was no Action and Limit Level
exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3B/NMS3C by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from September 2015 to August
2017), Contract No.
HY/2013/01 (from September 2017 to September 2018), Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from
October 2018 to January 2019) during the reporting period.
Summary of Action and Limit Level
exceedance of water quality at the monitoring stations as shown at Table 2.2 shall be referred to the
monthly EM&A Reports (marine works were conducted as silt curtain was
installed on 11 May 2017 for Contract No. HY/2013/03 and therefore, water quality
impact monitoring result is reported from May 2017) prepared by Contract No. HY/2010/02
(from May 2017 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01 (from September 2017 to
September 2018) and Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from October 2018 to January 2019).
There were Action and Limit Level
exceedances recorded at different WQM stations recorded on 90 days by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from May 2017 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01
(from September 2017 to September 2018) and Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from
October 2018 to January 2019) during reporting period. The following table
summarized the number of exceedance on each sampling date:
|
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
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|
DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
||||
|
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
|
|
12 Jul 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 Jul 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total: 2 Days |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
01 Sep 2017 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
06 Sep 2017 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
08 Sep 2017 |
24 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
11 Sep 2017 |
30 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 Sep 2017 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 Sep 2017 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 Sep 2017 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 Sep 2017 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22 Sep 2017 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 Sep 2017 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
27 Sep 2017 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 Sep 2017 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
02 Oct 2017 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
04 Oct 2017 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
06 Oct 2017 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
09 Oct 2017 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 Oct 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 Oct 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
23 Oct 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
03 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
06 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
08 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
13 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
24 Nov 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total: 27 Days |
144 |
34 |
5 |
1 |
28 |
5 |
|
04 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
06 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
08 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
11 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
13 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22 Dec 2017 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
31 Jan 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
02 Feb 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Total: 9 Days |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
02 Mar 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 Mar 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
21 Mar 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
30 Mar 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
02 Apr 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
18 Apr 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
20 Apr 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
23 Apr 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
13 May 2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sampling Date |
No. of Exceedances |
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|
DO |
Turbidity |
SS |
||||
|
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
Action |
Limit |
|
|
25 May 2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
28 May 2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total: 11 Days |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
01 Jun 2018 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 Jun 2018 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 Jun 2018 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 Jun 2018 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 Jun 2018 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
27 Jun 2018 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 Jun 2018 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
02 Jul 2018 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
04 Jul 2018 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
06 Jul 2018 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
09 Jul 2018 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 Jul 2018 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 Jul 2018 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
16 Jul 2018 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
27 Jul 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
06 Aug 2018 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
08 Aug 2018 |
23 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 Aug 2018 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
13 Aug 2018 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 Aug 2018 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 Aug 2018 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 Aug 2018 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22 Aug 2018 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 Aug 2018 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
27 Aug 2018 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 Aug 2018 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 Aug 2018 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total: 27 Days |
150 |
42 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
03 Sep 2018 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
05 Sep 2018 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
07 Sep 2018 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 Sep 2018 |
48 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 Sep 2018 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 Sep 2018 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
28 Sep 2018 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 Oct 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
24 Oct 2018 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
23 Nov 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
26 Nov 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Total: 11 Days |
153 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
07 Dec 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
10 Dec 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 Dec 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
Total: 3 Days |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
After investigation, it was concluded that
all exceedances were not relevant to Contract No. HY/2013/03.
There was no Action and Limit Level
exceedance recorded on other monitoring dates at the monitoring stations shown
at Table 2.2 by the Environmental
Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from May 2017 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01
(from September 2017 to September 2018) and Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from
October 2018 to January 2019) during
the reporting period.
Ecological monitoring results at all
transects are reported in the EM&A Reports (marine works were conducted as
silt curtain was installed on 11 May 2017 for Contract No. HY/2013/03 and
therefore, ecological monitoring result is reported from May 2017) prepared by
Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from May 2017 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01
(from September 2017 to September 2018) and Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from
October 2018 to January 2019).
Eight Limit Level exceedances were recorded
for ecological monitoring at all transects by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from May 2017 to August 2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01
(from September 2017 to September 2018) and Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from
October 2018 to January 2019) during the reporting period. The following table
summarized the number of exceedance during the reporting period:
Dolphin
Monitoring
|
Parameters |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Mar 2017 to May 2017) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Jun 2017 to Aug 2017) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Sep 2017 to Nov 2017) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Dec 2017 to Feb 2018) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Mar 2018 to May 2018) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Jun 2018 to Aug 2018) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Sep 2018 to Nov 2018) |
0 |
1 |
|
Quarterly Analysis (Dec 2018 to Feb 2019) |
0 |
1 |
There was no Action Level exceedance
recorded on other monitoring dates for ecological monitoring at all transects by
the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 (from May 2017 to August
2017), Contract No. HY/2013/01 (from September 2017 to September 2018) and
Contract No. HY/2013/04 (from October 2018 to January 2019) during the reporting period.
Complaint Log
There were fifteen complaints received
in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period (Log No.
001 was received after the commencement of Contract No. HY/2013/03 on 10 April 2015
and before the construction works and the EM&A programme of Contract No. HY/2013/03
which commenced on 29 August 2015).
|
Log No. |
Environmental
Complaint Ref. No. |
Date of
Complaint Receipt |
Description |
|
001 |
ENPO-C0086 |
11 July 2015 |
Noise |
|
002 |
ENPO-C0093 |
23 October 2015 |
Air & Noise |
|
003 |
ENPO-C0100 |
22 September 2016 |
Water |
|
004 |
ENPO-C0102 |
10 November 2016 |
Water |
|
005 |
ENPO-C0107 |
14 December 2016 |
Noise |
|
006 |
ENPO-C0108 |
28 December 2016 |
Hygiene on site |
|
007 |
ENPO-C0110 |
21 March 2017 |
Water pollution |
|
008 |
ENPO-C0113 |
28 March 2017 |
Noise and water
pollution |
|
009 |
ENPO-C0119 |
01 June 2017 |
Air pollution |
|
010 |
ENPO-C0120 |
02 June 2017 |
Air pollution |
|
011 |
ENPO-C0121 |
06 June 2017 |
Air pollution |
|
012 |
ENPO-C0122 |
09 August 2017 |
Air pollution and
water discharge |
|
013 |
ENPO-C0127 |
27 October 2017 |
Water discharge |
|
014 |
ENPO-C0128 |
23 November 2017 |
Air pollution |
|
015 |
ENPO-C0135 |
13 June 2018 |
Water pollution |
After investigation, it was concluded
that all the complaints were not related to Contract No. HY/2013/03.
Notifications of Summons
and Successful Prosecutions
There were no notifications of summons
or prosecutions received during this reporting period.
Reporting Changes
The environmental impact assessment
(EIA) reports (Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities – EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) (HKBCFEIA) and the
environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) Manual for the Project was
approved by Environmental Protection Department (EPD) in October 2009. EPD
subsequently issued the Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF in November 2009
(EP-353/2009) and the Variation of Environmental Permit (VEP) in June 2010
(EP-353/2009/A), November 2010 (EP-353/2009/B), November 2011 (EP-353/2009/C),
March 2012 (EP-353/2009/D), October 2012 (EP-353/2009/E), April 2013
(EP-353/2009/F), August 2013 (EP-353/2009/G), January 2015 (EP-353/2009/H),
July 2015 (EP-353/2009/I), February 2016 (EP-353/2009/J) and April 2016 (EP-353/2009/K).
The following table summarized the
environmental permits and valid in the reporting period.
Environmental
Permit Summary for Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area)
|
Permit No. |
Work
Area |
Application
Date |
Issue
Date |
Valid
Date |
Status |
|
|
From |
To |
|||||
|
EP-353/2009/H |
HKBCF |
16 Jan 2015 |
19 Jan 2015 |
19 Jan 2015 |
Nil |
Superseded |
|
EP-353/2009/I |
HKBCF |
30 Jun 2015 |
17 Jul 2015 |
17 Jul 2015 |
Nil |
Superseded |
|
EP-353/2009/J |
HKBCF |
18 Feb 2016 |
25 Feb 2016 |
25 Feb 2016 |
Nil |
Superseded |
|
EP-353/2009/K |
HKBCF |
24 Mar 2016 |
11 Apr 2016 |
11 Apr 2016 |
Nil |
Valid |
The relocation of air monitoring station
AMS7A (Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd.) back to the original
location AMS7 (Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel) was
approved by EPD. The relocation was completed in 30 December 2015 and the air
monitoring at AMS7 was started from January 2016.
Changes on
the EM&A programme 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. The changes to the EM&A programme for the
HKBCF project effective from 15 May 2017 are shown in the following:
Water Quality
Monitoring
Current
and Alternative WQM Stations
|
WQM Station |
Description |
East |
North |
|
CS(Mf)3 |
Control Station |
809989 |
821117 |
|
CS(Mf)3(N) |
Control Station |
808814 |
822355 |
|
SR5 |
Sensitive receiver (Artificial Reef in NE Airport) |
811489 |
820455 |
|
SR5(N) |
Sensitive receiver (Artificial Reef in NE Airport) |
812569 |
821475 |
|
IS10 |
Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site) |
812577 |
820670 |
|
IS10(N) |
Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site) |
812942 |
820881 |
Remarks:
CS(Mf)3(N), SR5(N) and IS10(N) are alternative WQM
Stations.
The
locations of current and alternative WQM stations are shown in Figure 3.
Dolphin
Monitoring
Co-ordinates
of Vessel-based Transect Lines (changes are underlined):
|
Line
No. |
Easting |
Northing |
|
|
2 |
Start Point |
805476 |
820800 |
|
2 |
End Point |
805476 |
826654 |
|
3 |
Start Point |
806464 |
821150 |
|
3 |
End Point |
806464 |
822911 |
|
4 |
Start Point |
807518 |
821500 |
|
4 |
End Point |
807518 |
829230 |
|
5 |
Start Point |
808504 |
821850 |
|
5 |
End Point |
808504 |
828602 |
|
6 |
Start Point |
809490 |
822150 |
|
6 |
End Point |
809490 |
825352 |
|
7 |
Start Point |
810499 |
822000 |
|
7 |
End Point |
810499 |
824613 |
|
24 |
Start Point |
805476 |
815900 |
|
24 |
End Point |
805476 |
819100 |
Remarks:
Line No. 24 is a new vessel-based transect line for dolphin monitoring
The original
co-ordinates for the transect lines and layout map before the changes of the
EM&A programme are shown in Figure 4
and the new co-ordinates for the transect lines and layout map after the
changes of the EM&A programme with effect from 15 May 2017 are shown in Figure 4.
The implementation of environmental
monitoring for air quality, noise, water quality and marine ecology (dolphin
monitoring) have been conducting by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01 of which
the noise monitoring station (NMS3B) and the meteorological station have been
slightly re-located to AECOM PRE's Office without re-branding since 01
September 2017 as shown below:
The
implementation of environmental monitoring for air quality, noise, water
quality and marine ecology (dolphin monitoring) have been conducting by the ET
for Contract No. HY/2013/01 of which the water quality monitoring stations
(SR3, SR10A and SR10B(N)) have been slightly
re-located since 22 December 2017 as shown below:
|
WQM Station |
Description |
East |
North |
|
SR3 |
Sensitive receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810525 |
816456 |
|
SR3(N) |
Sensitive receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810689 |
816591 |
|
SR10A |
Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 1 |
823741 |
823495 |
|
SR10A(N) |
Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 1 |
823644 |
823484 |
|
SR10B(N) |
Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 2 |
823683 |
823187 |
|
SR10B(N2) |
Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 2 |
823689 |
823159 |
According to the revised Contract
Specific EM&A Manual (Rev. 9), the monitoring results for AMS2 and AMS3B
will be reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract Nos.
HY/2013/03 start from February 2018. The locations of AMS2 and AMS3B are shown
as below:
|
Air
Monitoring Station |
Location |
|
AMS2 |
Tung Chung
Development Pier |
|
AMS3B |
Site Boundary of Site
Office Area at Work Area WA2 |
The implementation of environmental
monitoring for air quality, noise, water quality and marine ecology (dolphin
monitoring) have been conducting by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01 of which
the air quality monitoring stations (AMS7) have been re-located since 06
February 2018 as shown below:
|
Air
Monitoring Station |
Location |
|
AMS7 |
Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel |
|
AMS7B |
3RS Site Offices |
Remarks: AMS7B is the
alternative AQM Station.
Figure for Current and Alternative AQM
Stations:
According to the notification from IEC,
the air quality monitoring at AMS3B, noise monitoring at NMS3B, and wind data
monitoring retrieved from the meteorological station situated at Site Boundary of
Site Office Area at Work Area WA2, being carried out by the ET for Contract No.
HY/2013/01, under the EM&A programme for the HZMB HKBCF Project have been
proposed to be carried out at alternative monitoring stations by the ET for
Contract No. HY/2013/04 as a result of the re-location of Site Boundary of Site
Office Area at Work Area WA2 to WA3 and suspension of electricity supplies at WA2
after 15 August 2018.
The implementation of environmental
monitoring for air quality, noise have been conducting by the ET for Contract
No. HY/2013/01 of which the air quality monitoring station (AMS3B) and noise monitoring
station (NMS3B) have been re-located since 20 August 2018 as shown below:
|
Air
Monitoring Station |
Location |
|
AMS3B |
Site Boundary of Site
Office Area at Work Area WA2 |
|
AMS3C |
Ying Tung Estate
Market Rooftop |
Remarks: AMS3C is the alternative
AQM Station.
|
Noise
Monitoring Station |
Location |
|
NMS3B |
Site Boundary of Site
Office Area at Work Area WA2 |
|
NMS3C |
Ying Tung Estate
Refuse Collection Point |
Remarks: NMS3C is the
alternative NM Station.
Figure for Current and Alternative AQM
and NM Stations:
The Contract taking up the impact air
quality monitoring at AMS2 and AMS7B, noise monitoring at NMS2, water quality
monitoring at the locations shown in Figure
3 and ecological monitoring as shown in Figure 4 has been changed from Contract No. HY/2013/01 to
HY/2013/04 commencing on 01 October 2018 (air quality and noise monitoring at
AMS3C and NMS3C are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/04 since 20 August 2018).
As informed by the Contractor, all major
construction activities for Contract No. HY/2013/03 have been substantially
completed and only minor maintenance works will be carried out on site upon request.
All land areas have been handed over to relevant responsible parties. The
EM&A requirement of landscape soft works for establishment phase was
appropriately arranged. After reviewing the existing environmental conditions
of the site, it is considered that the potential environmental impacts
associated with the remaining works are insignificant and therefore propose to
terminate the Construction Phase EM&A Programme under Contract No.
HY/2013/03. Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) verified the proposal for
termination of EM&A programme under Contract No. HY/2013/03 on 30 November
2018. Environmental Protection Department’s (EPD’s) memo reference ( ) in
E771/E1/100 dated 01 February 2019 informing no comment on the proposal for
termination of EM&A programme for Contract No. HY/2013/03.