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 12th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries
findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 01 June 2018 to
31 August 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 June 2018 to 31 August 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/AMS3C, AMS6 and AMS7B, noise monitoring at NMS2 and
NMS3B/NMS3C (According to the notification from IEC,
the air quality monitoring at AMS3B, noise monitoring at NMS3B, and wind data
monitoring retrieved from the meteorological station situated at Site Boundary
of Site Office Area at Work Area WA2, being carried out by the ET for Contract
No. HY/2013/01, under the EM&A programme for the HZMB HKBCF Project have
been proposed to be carried out at alternative monitoring stations by the ET
for Contract No. HY/2013/04 as a result of the re-location of Site Boundary of
Site Office Area at Work Area WA2 to WA3 and suspension of electricity supplies
at WA2 after 15 August 2018. The implementation of environmental monitoring for
air quality, noise have been conducting by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01
of which the air quality monitoring station (AMS3B) and noise monitoring
station (NMS3B) have been re-located since 20 August 2018 to air quality
monitoring station (AMS3C) and noise monitoring station (NMS3C)),
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, 14,
20 and 28 June 2018
¡P
05, 13, 20
and 26 July 2018
¡P
02, 06, 17,
23 and 30 August 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 no Action and Limit Level
exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS2, AMS3B/AMS3C
(AMS3B re-located to AMS3C since 20 August 2018) 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/NMS3C (NMS3B
re-located to NMS3C since 20 August 2018) 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 2.2
shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No.
HY/2013/01.
There
were Action and Limit Level exceedances recorded at different WQM stations recorded
on twenty-seven 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 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 was one complaint received in
relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.
Log No. |
Environmental
Complaint Ref. No. |
Date of
Complaint Receipt |
Description |
015 |
ENPO-C0135 |
13 June 2018 |
Water pollution |
After investigation, Complaint No. 015
was not related to Contract No. HY/2013/03.
Notifications
of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
There were no notifications of summons
or prosecutions received during this reporting period.
Reporting
Changes
According
to the notification from IEC, the air quality monitoring at AMS3B, noise
monitoring at NMS3B, and wind data monitoring retrieved from the meteorological
station situated at Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Work Area WA2, being
carried out by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01, under the EM&A programme
for the HZMB HKBCF Project have been proposed to be carried out at alternative monitoring
stations by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/04 as a result of the re-location
of Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Work Area WA2 to WA3 and suspension of
electricity supplies at WA2 after 15 August 2018.
The
implementation of environmental monitoring for air quality, noise have been
conducting by the ET for Contract No. HY/2013/01 of which the air quality
monitoring station (AMS3B) and noise monitoring station (NMS3B) have been
re-located since 20 August 2018 as shown below:
Air
Monitoring Station |
Location |
AMS3B |
Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Work
Area WA2 |
AMS3C |
Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop |
Remarks: AMS3C is the alternative AQM Station.
Noise
Monitoring Station |
Location |
NMS3B |
Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Work
Area WA2 |
NMS3C |
Ying Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point |
Remarks: NMS3C is the alternative NM Station.
Figure for Current and Alternative AQM and NM Stations: