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This Quarterly 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/I, was issued on 17 July 2015. 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 2^nd Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015 (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/2010/02 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works” 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 AMS7A and noise monitoring at NMS2 and NMS3B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract Nos. HY/2010/02 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:

¡ 8, 15, 19 and 29 October, 5, 12, 16 and 26 November, and 3, 10, 17, 21 and 31 December 2015

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 AMS7A by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 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/2010/02 during the reporting period.

Complaint Log

There was no complaint 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

There was no reporting change during the reporting period.

1 Introduction

1.1 Basic Project Information

This is the 2^nd Quarterly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under the Contract from 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015 (the “reporting period”).

1.2 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	Eddie Tang	9863 7686	2459 4336
	Environmental Officer	Gary Ng	9475 6832	2459 4336
Environmental Team (Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Team Leader	Terence Kong	2828 5919	2827 1823
24-hour Complaint Hotline	-	-	5236 7111	-

1.3 Construction Programme

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

1.4 Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Period

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

¡ 39 nos. predrilling holes completed on HKBCF Island;

¡ Preliminary bored pile and loading test for Pile No. P908;

¡ Inclinometer installation; and

¡ Setting up Contractor’s accommodation, material storage area and stockpile area.

2 EM&A Requirements

2.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements

A summary of air and noise monitoring locations are presented in Table 2.1. The location of air quality and noise monitoring stations are shown as in Figure 1 and Figure 2, respectively.

Table 2.1: Construction Dust Monitoring Locations

Environmental Monitoring	Identification No.	Location Description
Air Quality	AMS6⁽¹⁾	Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building
	AMS7A⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd
Noise	NMS2⁽³⁾	Seaview Crescent
	NMS3B^{(3) (4)}	Site Boundary of Site Office Area at Works Area WA2

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) A proposal to relocate this air quality monitoring station back to the original monitoring location stated in the Updated EM&A Manual, i.e. AMS7 (Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel), with effect from January 2016 was approved by EPD on 21 December 2015.

(3) 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.

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

2.2 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 Nos. HY/2010/02 and HY/2011/03.

2.3 Action and Limit Levels

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
AMS7A – Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd.	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
AMS7A – Chu Kong Air-Sea Union Transportation Co. Ltd.	183	260

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.

The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are defined in Table 2.4.

Table 2.4: 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.

2.4 Event and Action Plans

The event and action plans for air quality and noise are provided in Appendix D.

2.5 Mitigation Measures

Environmental mitigation measures for the contract were recommended in the approved EIA Report. Appendix E lists the recommended mitigation measures and the implementation status.

3 Environmental Monitoring and Audit

3.1 Air Quality Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for AMS6 and AMS7A are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for October, November and December 2015) prepared for Contract Nos. HY/2011/03 and HY/2010/02 respectively.

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 Reports (for October, November and December 2015) 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 AMS7A by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

3.2 Noise Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3B are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for October, November and December 2015) prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

No noise exceedances were recorded at stations NMS2 and NMS3B by the ET of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

3.3 Implementation of Environmental Measures

In response to the site audit findings, the Contractor carried out corrective actions. Details of site audit findings and the corrective actions during the reporting period are presented in Appendix F.

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

The Contractor waters 8 times per day on all exposed soil within the project site and associated works areas when construction activities are being undertaken.

3.4 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.

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

The summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix G.

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.

3.5 Environmental Licences and Permits

The valid environmental licences and permits during the reporting period are summarized in Appendix H.

4 Summary of Exceedances, Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

4.1 Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS7A by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 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/2010/02 during the reporting period.

4.2 Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

There was no complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. No notification of summons or prosecutions was received during the reporting period.

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

5 Comments, Recommendations and Conclusions

5.1 Comments

According to the environmental site inspections undertaken during the reporting period, the following recommendations were provided:

¡ The Contractor was reminded to provide water spraying for the haul road regularly and for each concrete breaking period continuously to prevent fugitive dust emission.

¡ The Contractor was reminded to provide drip trays for chemical containers.

¡ The Contractor was recommended to clear any soil contaminated by oil stain and handle it as chemical waste.

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

5.2 Recommendations

With implementation of the recommended environmental mitigation measures, the contract’s environmental impacts were considered environmentally acceptable. The weekly environmental site inspections ensured that all the environmental mitigation measures recommended were effectively implemented.

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

Commencement of the Contract took place on 13 March 2015 and the construction works of the Contract commenced on 13 July 2015. This is the 2^nd Quarterly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under the Contract from 1 October to 31 December 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 Reports (for October, November and December 2015) 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 AMS7A by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 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/2010/02 during the reporting period.

Environmental site inspection was carried out on 8, 15, 19 and 29 October, 5, 12, 16 and 26 November, and 3, 10, 17, 21 and 31 December 2015. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

There was no complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. There were no notifications of summons or prosecutions received during the reporting period.