EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Quarterly
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). 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 10th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries
findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 01 December
2017 to 28 February 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 01 December 2017 to 28 February 2018) (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/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 (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 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 station (AMS7) have been re-located to the alternative air quality
monitoring station (AMS7B) since 06 February 2018), 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 Nos. 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:
¡P
07, 15, 22 and 28 December 2017
¡P
04, 12, 19 and 25 January 2018
¡P
01, 09, 15 and 22 February 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.
There was one
Action and Limit 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. There
were two Action and Limit 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. 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 and AMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No.
HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
There was no
Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level
recorded at station AMS7 and AMS7B (the air quality monitoring station (AMS7)
have been re-located to the alternative air quality monitoring station (AMS7B)
since 06 February 2018) 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.
There were Action and Limit Level
exceedances of suspended solids recorded on nine days at the monitoring
stations shown at Table 2.2 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 at Table 2.2 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 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
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: