EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

This Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) 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)” (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 (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”) and MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.

 

The Contract 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/I, was issued on 17 July 2015. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register.

 

Commencement of the Contract took place on 10 April 2015 while the construction works and the EM&A programme of this Contract commenced on 29 August 2015.

 

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 4th Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 December 2015 to 31 December 2015 (the “reporting period”). 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/2010/02 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works” and Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF”. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and AMS7A and noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2010/02 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

 

The dates of site inspection during the reporting period are listed below:

 

Environmental Site Inspection: 3, 10, 17, 23 and 31 December 2015.

 

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 AMS7A by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

 

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

 

There was no marine works conducted during the reporting period and therefore, no water quality impact monitoring result is reported.

 

There was no marine transportation and operation during the reporting period and therefore, no ecology monitoring result is reported.

 

Complaint Log

 

There were no complaints 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 this reporting period.

 

Reporting Changes

 

There was no reporting change during the reporting period.

 

Future Key Issues

 

The future key issues to be undertaken in the upcoming month are:

 

§   Site Investigation at Portion A1 & J;

§   Piling work at A1, A6, A7a & STP;

§   Building at Portion A1; and

§   CUE Construction at Portion B.