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This Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/04 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)” (hereafter referred to as “the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Contract was awarded to China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”) and Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited (MMHK) was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.

The Contract 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 the Contract took place on 13 March 2015 and the construction works commenced on 13 July 2015.

Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited 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 29^th Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 to 30 November 2017 (the “reporting period”).

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

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, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” and Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – 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 AMS6 and AMS7, noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B, water quality monitoring at the twenty-one stations and dolphin monitoring works at the twenty-four transects 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 during the reporting period are listed below:

● Environmental Site Inspection: 8, 15, 20 and 29 November 2017

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 of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7 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.

A total of 16 Action Level exceedances, consisting of 15 Action Level exceedances and 4 Limit Level exceedances of SS for water quality and one Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP for air quality, were recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period and were investigated by the ET of the Contract. It was concluded that the exceedances were not due to the Contract.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for the reporting period) prepared for 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
006	ENPO-C0128	23 November 2017	Air Quality

The complaint was about dust dispersion from HZMB BCF Island works site. According to the complainant, a large amount of dust was generated due to water spray not being provided at every part of the site and was most serious near the toll gate.

The complaint was investigated by the ET of the Contract and the findings are presented in this report.

Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

There were 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:

● Pier column, retaining wall, pump house interior works with E&M works, segment erection, segment delivery (marine-based), excavation with road and drainage works, outfall works (land-based), asphalt paving, in situ deck structure.

1 Introduction

1.1 Background

On 13 March 2015, Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited (MMHK) was commissioned by China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited (also referred to as “the Contractor”) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2013/04 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)” (“the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

This is the 29^th Monthly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under the Contract from 1 to 30 November 2017 (the “reporting period”) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2 Project Description

The Proposed works under this Contract comprise the following:

● Construction of vehicular bridge and at-grade roads at the southern portion of Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities;

● Construction of associated street lighting, street furniture, road marking, road signage, box culverts and outfalls, drainage, sewerage, fresh water and flushing water supply, irrigation, landscape, electrical and mechanical (E&M), utilities and services works;

● Provisioning of civil engineering works and power supply for Traffic Control and Surveillance System (TCSS); and

● Other works in accordance with the Contract.

1.3 Project Organisation

The organisation chart and lines of communication with respect to the on-site environmental management structure together with the contact information of the key personnel are shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1: Contact Information of Key Personnel

Party	Position	Name	Telephone	Fax
Engineer or Engineer’s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)	Chief Resident Engineer	Alfred Cheng	3958 7471	3468 2076
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Environ Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Y H Hui	3465 2888	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker	Raymond Dai	3465 2888	3465 2899
	Environmental Site Supervisor	Ray Yan	5181 8165	3465 2899
Contractor (China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited)	Site Agent	Jason Chung	9127 8369	2459 4336
	Environmental Officer	Xavier Lam	9493 2944	2459 4336
		Billy Lao	6679 1950	2459 4336
Environmental Team (Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Team Leader	Gary Chow	2828 5874	2827 1823
24-hour Complaint Hotline	-	-	5236 7111	-

1.4 Construction Programme

The Construction Works Programme of the Project is provided in Appendix C.

1.5 Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Period

A summary of the construction activities undertaken during this reporting period is shown below:

● Box Culvert D: no works

● Box Culvert C: no works

● Pier Column: no works

● Segment Erection: 54 no. completed

● Segment Delivery: 120 pcs.

● Depressed Road: Bay 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8 (all structures of Depressed Road were completed in November 2017)

● No generation of excavated marine sediment

Marine-based outfall works had not commenced during this reporting month.

2 Air Quality Monitoring

2.1 Monitoring Locations

The air quality and noise monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” and Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – 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 AMS6 and AMS7 as part of EM&A programme if these air quality monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01 and HY/2011/03. Figure 2.1 shows the locations of air monitoring stations.

Table 2.1: Construction Dust Monitoring Locations

Identification No.	Location Description
AMS6⁽¹⁾	Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building
AMS7⁽¹⁾	Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel

Remarks: (1) The ET of this Contract should conduct impact air quality monitoring at the AMS listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.

2.2 Monitoring Requirements

The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology and monitoring schedule are detailed in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2013/01 and HY/2011/03.

The Action and Limit Levels for 1-hr TSP and 24-hr TSP are provided in Table 2.2 and Table 2.3 respectively.

Table 2.2: Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, mg/m³	Limit Level, mg/m³
AMS6 – Dragonair / SNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	360	500
AMS7 – Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel	370	500

Table 2.3: Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, mg/m³	Limit Level, mg/m³
AMS6 – Dragonair / SNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	173	260
AMS7 – Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel	183	260

The event and action plan is provided in Appendix D.

If exceedance(s) at these stations is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the monthly EM&A Report.

2.3 Monitoring Results and Exceedance Investigations

The monitoring results for AMS6 and AMS7 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2011/03 and HY/2013/01 respectively.

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 of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.

Also, one Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP level was recorded at station AMS3B by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period and was investigated by the ET of the Contract.

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Table 2.4: Action and Limit Level Exceedance for Air Quality

Date	Parameter	Station	Exceedance Recorded
28 Nov 2017	24-hour TSP	AMS3B	Action Level

The details of the air quality exceedance can be referred to in the Monthly EM&A report under Contract No. HY/2013/01.

Investigation into the exceedance was conducted and the findings are summarised below.

28 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, the major construction activities conducted under the Contract during the monitoring period included bridge segment delivery and erection, and construction of depressed road.

As informed by the Contractor of HY/2013/04, watering of all main haul roads was provided in accordance with the HY/2013/04 site watering plan. This plan schedules water spraying for at least 8 times per day which follows the recommended mitigation measures in the EM&A Manual and Environmental Permit.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 20 November 2017 (between 14:00 and 15:00) and 29 November 2017 (between 14:00 and 15:30), the haul roads were observed to be watered and no fugitive dust generation from HY/2013/04 works was observed. Photos of these mitigation measures are presented in ET’s investigation report. There were no observations referring to air quality mitigation measures associated with watering of site areas.

The wind data collected at the wind station at Works Area WA2 during the monitoring period on 28 and 29 November 2017 shows that winds were still to very light (maximum wind speed 0.4 m/s) and varying between West-northwest and East during the monitoring period. This indicates that it was unlikely that the source of exceedance could be attributed to HY/2013/04.

Information available on EPD’s Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) website shows that the short-term health risk of air pollution between 08:00 a.m. on 28 November 2017 and 08:00 a.m. on 29 November 2017 was low to very high in Tung Chung (with maximum AQHI of 8 at 19:00), indicating that the background air pollution was relatively high during part of the monitoring period and may have contributed to the high level of TSP recorded. The AQHI data is available online at http://www.aqhi.gov.hk/epd/ddata/html/history/2017/201711_Eng.csv.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

3 Noise Monitoring

3.1 Monitoring Locations

The noise monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building”. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01. Figure 3.1 shows the locations of noise monitoring stations.

Table 3.1: Construction Noise Monitoring Locations

Identification No.	Location Description
NMS2⁽¹⁾	Seaview Crescent
NMS3B^{(1) (2)}	AECOM PRE’s Office

Remarks: (1) The ET of this Contract should conduct impact noise monitoring at the NMS listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according to the latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station(s) is/are no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.

(2) The Action and Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring location.

3.2 Monitoring Requirements

The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are defined in Table 3.2.

Table 3.2: Action and Limit Level for Construction Noise

Parameter	Action Level	Limit Level
07:00 – 19:00 hours on normal weekdays	When one documented complaint is received	75 dB(A)*

Notes: If works are to be carried out during restricted hours, the conditions stipulated in the construction noise permit issued by the Noise Control Authority have to be followed.

* Reduce to 70 dB(A) for schools and 65 dB(A) during school examination period.

3.3 Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3B are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01. No noise exceedances were recorded at stations NMS2 and NMS3B by the ET of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.

4 Water Quality Monitoring

4.1 Monitoring Locations

The water quality monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building”. A total of twenty-one stations (nine Impact Stations, seven Sensitive Receiver Stations and five Control/Far Field Stations) are covered by the current EM&A programme. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct water quality monitoring at these stations as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01. Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 shows the locations of water quality monitoring stations.

Table 4.1: Impact Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Station	Description	East	North
IS5	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	811579	817106
IS(Mf)6	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812101	817873
IS7	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812244	818777
IS8	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814251	818412
IS(Mf)9	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	813273	818850
IS10(N)	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812942	820881
IS(Mf)11	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	813562	820716
IS(Mf)16	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814328	819497
IS17	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	814539	820391
SR3	Sensitive receivers (San Tau SSSI)	810525	816456
SR4(N)	Sensitive receivers (Tai Ho)	814705	817859
SR5(N)	Sensitive receivers (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	812569	821475
SR6	Sensitive receivers (Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park)	805837	821818
SR7	Sensitive receivers (Tai Mo Do)	814293	821431
SR10A	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 1	823741	823495
SR10B(N)	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 2	823683	823187
CS(Mf)3(N)	Control Station	808814	822355
CS(Mf)5	Control Station	817990	821129
CS4	Control Station	810025	824004
CS6	Control Station	817028	823992

4.2 Monitoring Requirements

The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.

The Action and Limit Levels for water quality are provided in Table 4.2.

Table 4.2: Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality

Parameters	Action	Limit
DO in mg L^-1 (Surface, Middle & Bottom)	Surface and Middle 5.0 Bottom 4.7	Surface and Middle 4.2 (except 5 mg/L for FCZ) Bottom 3.6
SS in mg L^-1 (depth-averaged) at all monitoring stations and control stations	23.5 and 120% of upstream control station's SS at the same tide of the same day*	34.4 and 130% of upstream control station's SS at the same tide of the same day and 10mg/L for WSD Seawater intakes*
Turbidity in NTU (depth-averaged)	27.5 and 120% of upstream control station's turbidity at the same tide of the same day*	47.0 and 130% of upstream control station's

Remarks:

* Reference is made to EPD approval of adjustment of water quality assessment criteria issued and became effective on 18 February 2013.

Notes:

1. “depth-averaged” is calculated by taking the arithmetic means of reading of all three depths.

2. For DO, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is lower than the limits.

3. For turbidity, SS, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is higher than the limits.

4. All the figures given in the table are used for reference only and the EPD may amend the figures whenever it is considered as necessary.

5. The 1%-ile of baseline data for dissolved oxygen (surface and middle) and dissolved oxygen (bottom) are 4.2 mg/L and 3.6 mg/L respectively.

4.3 Monitoring Results and Exceedance Investigations

The monitoring results for the twenty-one monitoring stations are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.

A total of 15 Action Level exceedances and 4 Limit Level exceedances (all exceedances of SS) were recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period and were investigated by the ET of the Contract.

Water quality exceedances recorded during the reporting period are summarised in Table 4.3.

Table 4.3: Action and Limit Level Exceedance for Water Quality

Date	Parameter	Station	Depth	Exceedance Recorded during Mid-ebb Tide	Exceedance Recorded during Mid-flood Tide
3 Nov 2017	SS	IS(Mf)11	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		SR5(N)	Depth Average	-	Limit Level
		SR6	Depth Average	Action Level	-
		SR7	Depth Average	-	Action Level
6 Nov 2017	SS	IS(Mf)6	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		IS(Mf)16	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		SR7	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		SR10A	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		SR10B(N)	Depth Average	-	Action Level
8 Nov 2017	SS	IS(Mf)11	Depth Average	-	Action Level
		SR4(N)	Depth Average	-	Limit Level
		SR5(N)	Depth Average	-	Limit Level
		SR6	Depth Average	Action Level	-
13 Nov 2017	SS	IS8	Depth Average	-	Action Level
15 Nov 2017	SS	IS(Mf)6	Depth Average	-	Action Level
20 Nov 2017	SS	SR7	Depth Average	-	Action Level
22 Nov 2017	SS	SR6	Depth Average	Action Level	Limit Level
24 Nov 2017	SS	IS8	Depth Average	-	Action Level

The details of water quality exceedances can be referred to in the Monthly EM&A report under Contract No. HY/2013/01.

Investigations into these exceedances were conducted and the findings are summarised below.

3 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 3 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 3 November 2017 was identified.

The SS exceedance locations, i.e. SR5(N), SR6, SR7 and IS(Mf)11, were located well away from the HY/2013/04 site. Also, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 31 October 2017, HY/2013/04 site shoreline interfacing with open waters was inspected between 14:40 and 15:10. There were no observations referring to water quality mitigation measures associated with that shoreline.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 8 November 2017, HY/2013/04 site shoreline interfacing with open waters was inspected between 09:30 and 09:50 (a.m.). There were no observations referring to water quality mitigation measures associated with that shoreline.

At the next monitoring event on 6 November 2017, while SS exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)6 and IS(Mf)16, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9, i.e. the WQM station closest to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

6 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 6 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 6 November 2017 was identified.

While SS exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)6 and IS(Mf)16, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters. Also, Also, some exceedance locations, i.e. SR7, SR10A and SR10B(N), were located well away from the HY/2013/04 site.

At the next monitoring event on 8 November 2017, while SS exceedance was recorded at SR4(N), no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9, i.e. the WQM station closest to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

8 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 8 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 8 November 2017 was identified.

While SS exceedance was recorded at SR4(N), no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

No further exceedance was reported in the next monitoring event on 10 November 2017.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

13 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works were conducted under the contract on 13 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 13 November 2017 was identified.

Marine-based segment delivery was conducted on the evening of 12 November 2017 to the early morning of 13 November 2017, with the barge vessel arriving at HY/2013/04 loading/unloading point at 01:35 (a.m.) on 13 November 2017. No other marine transportation was conducted under the contract on 13 November 2017.

Given that the sampling time at IS8 where exceedance was recorded was at least several hours after the abovementioned segment delivery, it is considered unlikely that the exceedance recorded could be attributed to this activity.

According to the Contractor, after finishing the unloading operation, the vessel for segment delivery departed from the loading/unloading point at 16:00 on the same day. Since samplings showing exceedances were obtained before this time, it is unlikely that they could be attributed to this activity.

While SS exceedance was recorded at IS8, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 15 November 2017, HY/2013/04 site shoreline interfacing with open waters was inspected between 14:15 and 14:30. There were no observations referring to water quality mitigation measures associated with that shoreline.

At the next monitoring event on 15 November 2017, while SS exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)6, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9, i.e. the WQM station closest to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

15 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 15 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 15 November 2017 was identified.

While SS exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)6, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

No further exceedance was reported in the next monitoring event on 17 November 2017.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

20 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 20 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 20 November 2017 was identified.

While SS exceedance was recorded at SR7, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 20 November 2017, HY/2013/04 site shoreline interfacing with open waters was inspected between 14:00 and 14:15. There were no observations referring to water quality mitigation measures associated with that shoreline.

At the next monitoring event on 22 November 2017, while SS exceedance was recorded at SR6, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9, i.e. the WQM station closest to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

22 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 22 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 22 November 2017 was identified.

While SS exceedance was recorded at SR6, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9 which is the nearest monitoring location to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

At the next monitoring event on 24 November 2017, while SS exceedance was recorded at IS8, no exceedance was recorded at IS(Mf)9, i.e. the WQM station closest to HY/2013/04 loading and unloading point and the shoreline interfacing with open waters.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

24 November 2017

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, no marine-based works were conducted under the contract on 24 November 2017. Furthermore, no discharge originating from any HY/2013/04 site works on 24 November 2017 was identified.

Marine-based segment delivery was conducted on the evening of 23 November 2017 to the early morning of 24 November 2017, with the barge vessel arriving at HY/2013/04 loading/unloading point at 01:33 (a.m.) on 24 November 2017. No other marine transportation was conducted under the contract on 24 November 2017.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 29 November 2017, HY/2013/04 site shoreline interfacing with open waters was inspected between 14:15 and 15:00. There were no observations referring to water quality mitigation measures associated with that shoreline.

No further exceedance was reported in the next monitoring event on 26 November 2017.

It was concluded that the exceedance was not due to HY/2013/04.

5 Dolphin Monitoring

5.1 Monitoring Locations

The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building”. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct dolphin monitoring at the twenty-four transects as part of EM&A programme if these transects are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01. The dolphin monitoring should adopt line-transect vessel survey method. The survey follows pre-set and fixed transect lines in the two areas defined by AFCD as: Northeast Lantau survey area; and Northwest Lantau survey area.

Table 5.1 shows the co-ordinates for the transect lines and layout map.

The revised layout map showing the transect lines have been provided by AFCD and are shown in Figure 5.1.

Table 5.1: Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Co-ordinates (Provided by AFCD)

Transect	HK Grid System		Long Lat in WGS84
	X	Y	Long	Lat
1^#	804671	815456	113.870287	22.277678
	804671	831404	113.869975	22.421696
2^#^	805476	820800	113.877995	22.325951
	805476	826654	113.877882	22.378815
3^	806464	821150	114.030267	22.196697
	806464	822911	114.047344	22.196712
4^	807518	821500	114.033651	22.206219
	807518	829230	114.108618	22.206267
5^	808504	821850	114.037037	22.215126
	808504	828602	114.102523	22.215169
6^	809490	822150	114.039938	22.224033
	809490	825352	114.070995	22.224056
7^#^	810499	822000	114.038474	22.233143
	810499	824613	114.063820	22.233163
8^#	811508	821123	113.936539	22.328966
	811508	824254	113.936486	22.357241
9^#	812516	821303	113.946320	22.330606
	812516	824254	113.946279	22.357255
10*	813525	820827	113.956112	22.326321
	813525	824657	113.956066	22.360908
11^#	814556	818853	113.966155	22.304858
	814556	820992	113.966125	22.327820
12	815542	818807	113.975726	22.308109
	815542	824882	113.975647	22.362962
13	816506	819480	113.985072	22.314192
	816506	824859	113.985005	22.362771
14	817537	820220	113.995070	22.320883
	817537	824613	113.995018	22.360556
15	818568	820735	114.005071	22.325550
	818568	824433	114.005030	22.358947
16	819532	821420	114.014420	22.331747
	819532	824209	114.014390	22.356933
17	820451	822125	114.023333	22.338117
	820451	823671	114.023317	22.352084
18	821504	822371	114.033556	22.340353
	821504	823761	114.033544	22.352903
19	822513	823268	114.043340	22.348458
	822513	824321	114.043331	22.357971
20	823477	823402	114.052695	22.349680
	823477	824613	114.052686	22.360610
21	805476	827081	113.877878	22.382668
	805476	830562	113.877811	22.414103
22	806464	824033	113.887520	22.355164
	806464	829598	113.887416	22.405423
23	814559	821739	113.966142	22.334574
	814559	824768	113.966101	22.361920
24^	805476	815900	113.979368	22.187721
	805476	819100	114.010398	22.187756

Remarks:

(a) * Due to the presence of deployed silt curtain systems at the site boundaries of the Contract, some of the transect lines shown in Figure 5.1 could not be fully surveyed during the regular survey. Transect 10 is reduced from 6.4km to approximately 3.6km in length due to the HKBCF construction site. Therefore the total transect length for both NEL and NWL combined is reduced to approximately 108km.

(b) # Coordinates for transect lines 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 11 have been updated in respect to the Proposal for Alteration of Transect Line for Dolphin Monitoring approved by EPD on 19 August 2015.

(c) ^ The change of transect lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and new transect line 24 were justified and verified by the ET Leader for Contract No. HY/2010/02 and the IEC respectively on 24 March 2017 and it was approved by EPD on 12 May 2017.

5.2 Monitoring Requirements

The Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring are provided in Table 5.2 and Table 5.3, respectively.

Table 5.2: Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring - Approach to Define Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL)

	North Lantau Social Cluster
	NEL	NWL
Action Level	(STG < 70% of baseline) & (ANI < 70% of baseline)	(STG < 70% of baseline) & (ANI < 70% of baseline)
Limit Level	[(STG < 40% of baseline) & (ANI < 40% of baseline)] AND [(STG < 40% of baseline) & (ANI < 40% of baseline)]

Table 5.3: Derived Value of Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring

	North Lantau Social Cluster
	NEL	NWL
Action Level	(STG < 4.2) & (ANI < 15.5)	(STG < 6.9) & (ANI < 31.3)
Limit Level	[(STG < 2.4) & (ANI <8.9)] AND [ (STG < 3.9) & (ANI < 17.9)]

The event and action plan is provided in Appendix D.

If exceedance(s) at these survey transect(s) is/are recorded by the ET of the Contract or referred by the other ET under the HZMB project to the Contract, the ET of the Contract will carry out an investigation and findings will be reported in the monthly EM&A Report.

5.3 Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for dolphin monitoring during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for the reporting period) prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.

6 Environmental Site and Audit

6.1 Site Inspection

Site Inspections were carried out on a weekly basis to monitor the implementation of proper environmental pollution control mitigation measures for the project. During the reporting period, site inspections were carried out on 8, 15, 20 and 29 November 2017.

Particular observations during the site inspections and corrective actions undertaken by the Contractor are described below.

31 October 2017

a. Loose general refuse and construction materials were observed at A801 (Bridge D8) and P910 (Bridge D9c). Subsequently, the loose general refuse was collected and disposed of, and construction matrerials were sorted and stokcpiled at A801 (Bridge D8) and P910 (Bridge D9c). The observation was closed on 8 November 2017.

8 November 2017

a. A stokcpile of unsorted construction waste was observed near Retaining Wall RW1. Subsequently, the construction waste was cleared. The observation was closed on 15 November 2017.

b. Loose general refuse was observd near P1403 (Bridge D14a). Subsequently, the general refuse was cleared. The observation was closed on 15 November 2017.

c. A concrete-mixing area near A1401 (Bridge D14a) was operating without proper dust mitigation measures. Subsequently, the concrete-mixing area was cleared and no concrete-mixing works were observed near A1401 (Bridge D14a). The observation was closed on 15 November 2017.

15 November 2017

a. Loose general refuse was observed near Bridge D8. Subsequently, the loose general refuse was cleared. The observation was closed on 29 November 2017.

b. A concrete-mixing area near P903 was observed without proper dust mitigation measures. Subsequently, the concrete-mixing area was cleared. The observation was closed on 20 November 2017.

20 November 2017

a. General refuse was observed on the ground at P903 and A1502. Subsequently, the general refuse was cleared. The observation was closed on 29 November 2017.

b. A discoloured NRMM for a generator was observed at P8024 (Bridge D8). Subsequently, the generator was suspended from use with “do not use” labelling. The observation was closed on 29 November 2017.

c. The NRMM label for a generator at Box Culvert C did not appear to be of the correct size. Subsequently, the generator was provided with NRMM label in correct size. The observation was closed on 29 November 2017.

d. Chemical drums without drip tray were observed at P802 (Bridge D8) and the segment storage area. Subsequently, the chemical drums were removed. The observation was closed on 29 November 2017.

29 November 2017

a. Loose general refuse was observed near P1406 (Bridge D14). The Contractor was reminded to clear the general refuse as soon as possible. Follow-up actions for the outstanding observation will be inspected during the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

b. Oil drums without drip tray were observed near P803 area. The Contractor was reminded to provide drip tray for the oil drums. Follow-up actions for the outstanding observation will be inspected during the upcoming site inspections and reported in the coming reporting period.

6.2 Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status

The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting. As a practical means, the disposal operation is managed by a single HKBCF contractor who is also responsible for applying dumping permit and its subsequent extension applications from EPD. Contract No. HY/2013/03 has been assigned to coordinate and arrange for disposal of extracted marine sediment from this Contract.

There was no generation of excavated sediment for treatment during this reporting period. Any treatment of excavated marine sediment will be conducted using cement solidification/ stabilization (Cement S/S) techniques and the treated sediment will be reused onsite for either backfilling or landscaping (e.g. berm material).

The monthly summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix E.

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.

6.2.1 Disposal of Marine Sediment Extracted from Bored Piling Works

6.2.1.1 Background

After the acceptance of the review of the approved Sediment Quality Report (SQR) for this Project under EPD letter dated 19 August 2015, an approval to dispose the marine sediment extracted from bored piling for this Project was then approved under memo from Secretary, Marine Fill Committee of CEDD dated 20 August 2015 for the disposal of marine sediment extracted from bored piling works. The disposal sites allocated to this Project are the Mud Pit CMP2 of the Confined Marine Sediment Disposal Facility to the South of The Brothers (or at the East of Sha Chau). As advised by CEDD in the memo dated 19 February 2016, from 00:00 on 22 March 2016 onward, the disposal space at CMP2 of the South of The Brothers is closed and all disposal of contaminated sediment is to be carried out at CMP Vd to the East of Sha Chau (ESC).

As Contract No. HY/2013/01 has commenced treatment of the extracted marine sediment, treatment will continue and the treated marine sediment will be re-used within the HKBCF Island. On the other hand, Contract Nos. HY/2013/02, HY/2013/03 and HY/2013/04 have not commenced the treatment of extracted marine sediment. Therefore the marine sediment extracted from these three Contracts will be disposed to the allocated disposal sites directly without treatment. As a practical means, the disposal operation is managed by one contractor who is also responsible for applying dumping permit and its subsequent extension applications from EPD. Contract No. HY/2013/03 has been assigned to coordinate and arrange for disposal of extracted marine sediment from all three Contracts.

The SQR was further reviewed in mid-2016. EPD has no comment to extend the validity of the SQR to August 2017 under letter dated 18 August 2016.

Based on the actual piling operation, the estimated quantity of marine sediment to be extracted has been revised from 85,000 m³ to 126,000 m³(bulk volume). EPD has no comments on the request as in the letter dated 20 October 2016. The Secretary of Marine Fill Committee, CEDD approved the increasing quantity in the memo dated 10 November 2016.

During the course of reviewing the SQR, it was noted that the contamination level of the marine sediment extracted from the inner part of the HKBCF Island was not identified during the previous sampling and testing. As requested by EPD, sampling and testing are required. The Sediment Sampling and Testing Proposal (SSTP) for the inner area of the HKBCF Island was approved by EPD on 2 June 2016.

As in the agreed SSTP for the inner area of the HKBCF Island, samples were taken from the seventeen batches of stockpiled marine sediments and from five boreholes each in one of the five sampling grids. After conducting chemical tests on samples, six batches of stockpiled samples under Contract No. HY/2013/03 and all eight batches of stockpiled samples under Contract No. HY/20013/04 are classified as Category L sediment. The Secretary of Marine Fill Committee of CEDD allocated disposal sites under memo dated 24 October 2016 and dated 22 November 2016 for disposal of a total of 9,500 m³ in-situ volume of Category L sediment (using a bulk factor of 1.3). The Category L sediment was disposed in December 2016.

One sample from the batch of stockpiled marine sediment under Contract No. HY/2013/03 and samples from all five sampling grids had contamination levels exceeding the Lower Chemical Exceedance Levels (LCEL) and biological screenings were carried out. All samples passed the biological screenings and are classified as Category Mp sediment and to be disposed off site using Type II confined marine disposal method the same method used for marine sediment extracted from other part of the HKBCF Island.

6.2.1.2 Dumping Arrangements

The barge for disposal of marine sediment will morn at the temporary loading and unloading at the east shore of the HKBCF Island, which has been being used by reclamation contractor (Contract No. HY/2010/02) for reclamation activities. In terms of safety consideration, each dumping date will be allocated to one Contract. The quantity of marine sediment disposed on the date is from one Contract.

During dumping, each Contractor is responsible for transporting the marine sediment from his site area to the barge. The estimated quantity of marine sediment in each truck is confirmed by Resident Site Staff of each Contract. The trip tickets for transportation and disposal of marine sediment are collected and checked. Contract No. HY/2013/03 as the dumping permit holder is responsible for reporting to EPD the quantity disposed of as the condition stipulated in the dumping permit.

6.2.1.3 Reporting

AECOM has confirmed that the disposal of excavated marine sediments to allocated dumping site via Contract No. HY/2013/03 has been completed with the last batch disposal on 30 August 2017. The total quantities disposed are presented in the following table (Table 6.1):

Table 6.1: Summary of Marine Sediment disposed to Dumping Site via Contract No. HY/2013/03

	Type of Sediment and Quantity Disposed (m³)
	Cat. L (in Type I)	Type II
Total	3,570	39,814

Note: For monthly breakdown of these quantities, please refer to the waste flow table in Appendix E.

6.3 Environmental Licenses and Permits

The valid environmental licenses and permits during the reporting period are summarized in Appendix F.

6.4 Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures

In response to the site audit findings, the Contractor carried out corrective actions.

A summary of the Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS) is presented in Appendix G. Most of the necessary mitigation measures were implemented properly.

Implementation status of the Regular Marine Travel Route Plan (RMTRP) was checked by ET. Training of marine travel route for marine vessel operator was given to relevant staff and relevant records were kept properly. The marine traffic records and geographical plots of all the vessel tracks to demonstrate the conformance of the vessel to the proposed route in November 2017 would be provided to ER, ETL and IEC/ENPO for checking within the month of December 2017.

The localised silt curtains under this Contract were deployed on 15 July 2017. No dolphins were observed by the trained MMOs during the reporting month. Regarding the implementation of dolphin monitoring and protection measures (i.e. implementation of Dolphin Watching Plan, Dolphin Exclusion Zone and Silt Curtain Integrity Check), regular checking was conducted by the experienced MMOs within the works area to ensure no dolphin was trapped by the enclosed silt curtain systems. Any dolphin spotted within the enclosed silt curtain systems was reported and recorded. Relevant procedures were followed and measures were well implemented. Silt curtain systems were also inspected timely in accordance to the submitted plan. All inspection records were kept properly.

6.5 Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit

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 of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7 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.

Water quality monitoring exceedances were recorded by the ET of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period. The investigation findings are presented in Section 4.3 of this report.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for the reporting period) prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.

6.6 Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

Complaints

There was one complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. The summary of environmental complaints is presented in Table 6.2. The details of cumulative statistics of Environmental Complaints are provided in Appendix H.

Table 6.2: Summary of Environmental Complaints for the Reporting Month

Log No.	Environmental Complaint Ref. No.	Date of Complaint Receipt	Description
006	ENPO-C0128	23 November 2017	Air Quality

The complaint was investigated by the ET of the Contract.

As informed by the Contractor of HY/2013/04, watering of all main haul roads was provided in accordance with the HY/2013/04 site watering plan (as presented in Attachment 1). This plan schedules water spraying for 8 times per day which follows the recommended mitigation measures in the EM&A Manual.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 20 November 2017 (between 14:00 and 15:00) and 29 November 2017 (between 14:00 and 15:30), the haul roads were observed to be watered and no fugitive dust generation from HY/2013/04 works was observed. Photos of these mitigation measures are presented in Attachment 2 and Attachment 3 respectively of ET’s investigation report. There were no observations referring to air quality mitigation measures associated with watering of site areas.

It is also noted that HY/2013/04 works do not include construction of any toll gates or vehicle clearance plazas.

It was concluded that the complaint was unlikely to be related to HY/2013/04.

Although the complaint was unlikely to be related to HY/2013/04, the Contractor is reminded to properly implement the site watering plan for the Contract and implement all necessary air quality mitigation measures identified in the EM&A Manual.

The ET’s investigation report for the abovementioned complaint is presented in Appendix J.

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

No notification of summons or prosecutions was received during the reporting period.

Statistics on notifications of summons and successful prosecutions are summarized in Appendix H.

7 Future Key Issues

7.1 Construction Programme for the Coming Months

As informed by the Contractor, the major construction activities for December 2017 are summarized in Table 7.1.

Table 7.1: Construction Activities for December 2017

Site Area	Description of Activities
HKBCF	● Pier column, retaining wall, pump house interior works with E&M works, segment erection, segment delivery (marine-based), excavation with road and drainage works, outfall works (land-based), asphalt paving, in situ deck structure.

7.2 Environmental Site Inspection Schedule for the Coming Month

The tentative schedule for weekly site inspections for December 2017 is provided in Appendix I.

8 Conclusions

8.1 Conclusions

Commencement of the Contract took place on 13 March 2015 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 13 July 2015.

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 of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7 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.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for the reporting period) prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/01.

Environmental site inspections were carried out on 8, 15, 20 and 29 November 2017. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractor for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

There was one complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. The complaint was investigated by the ET of the Contract. After investigation, it was found that the complaint was not related to the Contract.

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