7.         ENVIRONMENTAL SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT

 

7.1       Site Inspection

 

7.1.1    Site audits were carried out by ET on weekly basis to monitor the implementation of proper environmental management practices and mitigation measures in the Project site.

 

7.1.2    The joint site audits for Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) were conducted on 05, 12, 20 and 26 January 2017 by the representatives of Engineer, Contractor, ET and IEC (IEC for 26 January 2017).

 

7.1.3    Particular observations during the site inspection and corrective actions undertaken by the Contractor are described below:

 

For Contract No. HY/2013/03

 

29 Dec 2016

1. CHEC was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at CUE works area and Building 037. Subsequently, stagnant water was removed from CUE works area and Building 037. The observation was closed on 05 January 2017.

2.        CHEC was reminded to increase watering for dust suppression at STP area. Subsequently, watering was increased at STP area. The observation was closed on 05 January 2017.

3. CHEC was reminded to remove general refuse on site. Subsequently, general refuse was removed on site. The observation was closed on 05 January 2017.

 

05 Jan 2017

1. CHEC was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at trays at CUE works area. Subsequently, stagnant water was removed from the trays at CUE works area. The observation was closed on 12 January 2017.

2.                CHEC was reminded to remove general refuse accumulated at CUE works area. Subsequently, general refuse was removed from CUE works area. The observation was closed on 12 January 2017.

 

12 Jan 2017

1. CHEC was reminded to remove general refuses at Building 057 and 049. Subsequently, general refuse was removed from Building 057 and 049. The observation was closed on 20 January 2017.

2. CHEC was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at drip tray for chemical containers at Building 049. Subsequently, stagnant water was cleared from drip tray for chemical containers at Building 049. The observation was closed on 20 January 2017.

3. CHEC was reminded to remove food waste on site. Subsequently, food waste was removed on site. The observation was closed on 20 January 2017.

 

20 Jan 2017

1. CHEC was reminded to remove general refuse accumulated at A2 Bridge. Subsequently, general refuse was removed from A2 Bridge. The observation was closed on 26 January 2017.

 

26 Jan 2017

1. CHEC was reminded to improve housekeeping at CUE works area and STP works area. Follow-up actions for outstanding observation will be checked in the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

2. CHEC was reminded to remove chemical container at STP works area. Follow-up actions for outstanding observation will be checked in the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

3. CHEC was reminded to remove stagnant water at drip tray for generator at STP works area. Follow-up actions for outstanding observation will be checked in the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

4. CHEC was reminded to remove stagnant water at Building 037. Follow-up actions for outstanding observation will be checked in the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

 

            For Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area

 

05 Jan 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

12 Jan 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

20 Jan 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

26 Jan 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

7.2    Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status

 

7.2.1... The Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/03 registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting.

 

7.2.2    The monthly summary of waste flow table for Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) are detailed in Appendix E.

 

7.2.3    0.656 (in‘000m3) of excavated marine sediment (from Contract No. HY/2013/03), 0.000 (in‘000m3) of Inert C & D Wastes and 0.580 (in‘000m3) of Non-inert C & D Wastes were generated (from Contract No. HY/2013/03) in this reporting period. No Inert C & D Wastes and 0.002 tonnes of paper/cardboard packaging were generated and recycled (from Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) in this reporting period.

 

7.2.4    The excavated marine mud from the land-based works was disposed of at the designated disposal sites within Hong Kong as allocated by the Marine Fill Committee. The Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/03 shall ensure no spilling and overflowing of materials during loading / unloading / transportation is allowed.

 

7.2.5... The Contractor was reminded that chemical waste containers should be properly treated and stored temporarily in designated chemical waste storage area on site in accordance with the Code of Practice on the Packing, Labelling and Storage of Chemical Waste.

 

7.2.6... Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/03’s site arrangement for disposal of bentonite slurry to Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank was checked by ET and formal consent has been obtained from Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank for receiving used bentonite slurry generated from Contract No. HY/2013/03.

 

7.3       Environmental Licenses and Permits

 

7.3.1    The valid environmental licenses and permits for Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) during the reporting period are summarized in Appendix F. The Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/06 was advised to register as a chemical waste producer when chemical waste is expected to generate for the foreseeable future from the operations (For Registration as Waste Producer Pursuant to Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation).

 

7.4       Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures

 

7.4.1... In response to the site audit findings, the Contractor carried out corrective actions.

 

7.4.2... A summary of the Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS) is presented in Appendix G. All necessary mitigation measures at this stage of works were implemented properly.

 

7.4.3... Implementation status of Regular Marine Travel Route Plan (RMTRP) was checked by ET. Training of marine travel route for marine vessels operator was given to relevant staff and relevant records were kept properly. The marine traffic records and geographical plots of all the vessels tracks to demonstrate the conformance of the vessel to the proposed route in January 2017 would be provided to ER, ETL, IEC/ENPO for checking within the month of February 2017.

 

7.4.4... With respect to condition 3.26A of EP-353/2009/K approved by EPD on 11 April 2016, the numbers and operating periods of floating grout production facilities and floating concrete batching plants on-site to review on the compliance to this EP condition were checked. Under Contract No. HY/2013/03, one floating concrete batching plant was operated on-site during the reporting period.

 

7.5       Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit

 

7.5.1    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.

 

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

 

7.5.3    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.

 

7.5.4    There was no marine works conducted during the reporting period and therefore, no relevant monitoring result is reported.

       

7.5.5    There was no marine works conducted during the reporting period and therefore, no ecology monitoring result is reported.

 

7.6...... Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

 

7.6.1    There were no complaints received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. The details of cumulative statistics of Environmental Complaints are provided in Appendix H.

 

7.6.2    There was no notification for summons or prosecutions received in relation to the environmental impact during this reporting period.

 

7.6.3   Statistics on environmental complaints, notifications of summons and successful prosecutions are provided in Appendix H.