5. COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

5.1 Comments

5.1.1 No site inspection was carried out in the reporting period as all the sections under Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) were handed over to the relevant authorities on 24 October 2018 and the site had been changed to a closed area. No recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified as no site inspection was conducted during the reporting period.

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

5.2 Recommendations

5.2.1 With implementation of the recommended environmental mitigation measures, the contract’s environmental impacts were considered environmentally acceptable.

5.2.2 The recommended environmental mitigation measures, as included in the EM&A programme, effectively minimize the potential environmental impacts from the contract. Also, the EM&A programme effectively monitored the environmental impacts from the construction activities and ensure the proper implementation of mitigation measures. No particular recommendation was advised for the improvement of the programme.

5.3 Conclusions

5.3.1 Commencement of Contract No. HY/2013/03 took place on 10 April 2015 and the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/03 commenced on 29 August 2015 (commencement of Contract No. HY/2013/06 took place on 14 August 2015 and the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 commenced on 13 September 2016 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area). This is the 14th Quarterly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under Contract No. HY/2013/03 from 01 December 2018 to 31 January 2019 (includes the findings of EM&A activities conducted under Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area from 01 December 2018 to 31 January 2019).

5.3.2 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 Reports (for December 2018 and January 2019) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

5.3.3 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.

5.3.4 There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and NMS3C by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.

5.3.5 There were Action Level exceedances recorded at different WQM stations recorded on three days by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the 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 2.2 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/04 during the reporting period.

5.3.6 Ecological monitoring results at all transects are reported in the EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/04.

5.3.7 No site inspection except for bi-monthly landscape establishment monitoring was carried out in the reporting period as all the sections under Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) were handed over to the relevant authorities on 24 October 2018 and the site had been changed to a closed area.

5.3.8 There were no complaints received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.

5.3.9 There were no notifications of summons or prosecutions received during the reporting period.

5.3.10 As informed by the Contractor, all major construction activities for Contract No. HY/2013/03 have been substantially completed and only minor maintenance works will be carried out on site upon request. All land areas have been handed over to relevant responsible parties. The EM&A requirement of landscape soft works for establishment phase was appropriately arranged. After reviewing the existing environmental conditions of the site, it is considered that the potential environmental impacts associated with the remaining works are insignificant and therefore propose to terminate the Construction Phase EM&A Programme under Contract No. HY/2013/03. Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) verified the proposal for termination of EM&A programme under Contract No. HY/2013/03 on 30 November 2018. Environmental Protection Department’s (EPD’s) memo reference ( ) in E771/E1/100 dated 01 February 2019 informing no comment on the proposal for termination of EM&A programme for Contract No. HY/2013/03. With respect to the termination of EM&A programme under Contract No. HY/2013/03 as approved by the authority on 01 February 2019, a shorter cut-off reporting period (from 01 December 2018 up to end 31 January 2019) was stated for this Quarterly EM&A Report. Bi-monthly Landscape Monitoring Report is shown in Appendix H.