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 28 April 2017 by the representatives of Engineer, Contractor, ET and IEC (IEC for 28 April 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

 

30 Mar 2017

1.  The Contractor was reminded to remove food waste accumulated at Building 033. Subsequently, food waste was removed. The observation was closed on 05 April 2017.

2.   The Contractor was reminded to remove the stagnant water accumulated at the drip tray of the chemical container of Building 033. Subsequently, stagnant water at the drip tray was removed. The observation was closed on 05 April 2017.

          

           5 April 2017

1.       The Contractor was reminded to increase watering for dust suppression on site. Subsequently, watering was increased for dust suppression. The observation was closed on 12 April 2017.

2.       The Contractor was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at Building 037. Subsequently, stagnant water was removed. The observation was closed on 12 April 2017.

3.       The Contractor was reminded to remove construction waste accumulated at Building 054, 041 and 042. Subsequently, construction waste was removed. The observation was closed on 12 April 2017.

 

12 April 2017

1.       The Contractor was reminded to remove general waste accumulated at CUE works area. Subsequently, general waste was removed. The observation was closed on 20 April 2017.

2.       The Contractor was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at CUE works area. Subsequently, stagnant water was removed. The observation was closed on 20 April 2017.

 

20 April 2017

1.     The Contractor was reminded to provide drip tray for the chemical containers at Building 037. Subsequently, drip trays were provided. The observation was closed on 28 April 2017.

2.     The Contractor was reminded to increase watering for dust suppression on site. Subsequently, watering was increased for dust suppression. The observation was closed on 28 April 2017.

 

28 April 2017

1.    The Contractor was reminded to remove stagnant water accumulated at drip trays at CUE works area. Follow-up actions for outstanding observation will be checked in the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

2.    The Contractor was reminded to improve housekeeping at Bridge A7. 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 April 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

12 April 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

20 April 2017

1. Nil findings.

 

28 April 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    1.288 (in‘000m3) of excavated marine sediment (from Contract No. HY/2013/03), 0.043 (in‘000m3) of Inert C & D Wastes and 1.073 (in‘000m3) of Non-inert C & D Wastes were generated (from Contract No. HY/2013/03) in this reporting period. 0.043(in‘000m3) of Inert C & D Wastes was disposed as public fill. No Inert C & D Wastes and 0.005 (in tonnes) of Non-inert C & D Wastes were generated (from Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) in this reporting period. 0.000 (in tonnes) paper/cardboard packaging and 0.005 (in tonnes) metals 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 April 2017 would be provided to ER, ETL, IEC/ENPO for checking within the month of May 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, no 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.