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 ¡V 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 ¡V 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). Contract No. HY/2013/03 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 31st Monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 March 2018 to
31 March 2018 (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 1 March 2018 to 31 March 2018) (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/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 AMS2, AMS3B, AMS6 and AMS7B, noise
monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B, 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 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 work at these stations.
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) during the reporting period are listed
below:
Environmental
Site Inspection: 1, 8, 16, 22 and 29 March 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
shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No.
HY/2011/03.
There was no Action and Limit Level
exceedance recorded on other monitoring dates at station AMS2, AMS3B and 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.
Summary of
Action and Limit Level exceedance of water quality at the monitoring stations shown as shown
at Table 4.1 shall be
referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/01.
There were Action and Limit Level
exceedances of suspended solids recorded on four days by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2013/01 during 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 recorded on other monitoring dates at the
monitoring stations shown as shown at Table
4.1 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the
reporting period.
Ecological monitoring results at all
transects are reported in the EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/01.
Complaint Log
There
was no complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the
reporting period.
Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
There was 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:
For Contract
No. HY/2013/03
1. Building at
Portion A1, B, G, N, J, STP & Pumping Stations;
2. CUE Construction
at Portion B, C & J;
3. Drainage &
Sewerage Work, Water Main & Cable Duct at Portion A1, B, H1, H2, J, P &
G;
4. Fencing work
at All site Area;
5. Sewerage
Pumping Station at Portion A1 & G;
6. Slope Works at
Portion K;
7. Cover Walkway
at Portion B, C, J & K;
8. Box Culvert B
at Portion N;
9. Shuttle kiosk
& Subway at Portion E;
10. Road Work at
All site area;
11. Landscape work
at All site area.
For Contract
No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area
1.
CUE,
Kiosk & Building 037