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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/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 8^th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017 (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 AMS7 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:

● 5, 12, 19 and 26 April, 4, 10, 17, 22 and 31 May and 7, 14, 19 and 28 June 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 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 AMS7 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.

One Action Level exceedance of SS was recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period. After investigation, it was concluded that the exceedance was not related to Contract No. HY/2013/04.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for April, May and June 2017) prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

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

On 15 May 2017, IEC/ENPO notified ET of changes to the EM&A Programme regarding some water quality monitoring stations and vessel-based transect lines for dolphin monitoring being conducted by Contract No. HY/2010/02. These changes were certified by the ETL of Contract No. HY/2010/02 and verified by the IEC on 24 March 2017, and approved by EPD on 12 May 2017. The changes are summarised in Table ES.1 and Table ES.2 below.

Table ES.1: Changes to Impact Water Quality Monitoring Stations (with effect from 15 May 2017)

Station	Description	East	North
IS10*	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812577	820670
IS10(N)^#	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812942	820881
SR5*	Sensitive receivers (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	811489	820455
SR5(N)^#	Sensitive receivers (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	812569	821475
CS(Mf)3*	Control Station	809989	821117
CS(Mf)3(N)^#	Control Station	808814	822355

Remark: Three monitoring stations, namely IS10, SR5 and CS(Mf)3 (marked *), were replaced by IS10(N), SR5(N) and CS(Mf)3(N) respectively (marked ^#, shown in bold red font).

Table ES.2: New Coordinates of Vessel-based Transect Lines (with effect from 15 May 2017)

Transect	HK Grid System
	X	Y
2	805476	820800
	805476	826654
3	806464	821150
	806464	822911
4	807518	821500
	807518	829230
5	808504	821850
	808504	828602
6	809490	822150
	809490	825352
7	810499	822000
	810499	824613
24	805476	815900
	805476	819100

Remark: New coordinates shown in bold red font.

1 Introduction

1.1 Basic Project Information

This is the 8^th Quarterly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under the Contract from 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017 (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 1.3: 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 (until 29 May 2017)	9863 7686	2459 4336
		Jason Chung (from 29 May 2017)	9127 8369	2459 4336
	Environmental Officer	Jason Chung (until 29 May 2017)	9127 8369	2459 4336
		Xavier Lam	9493 2944	2459 4336
		Billy Lao (from 26 Jun 2017)	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	-

1.3 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:

● Box Culvert: 4 no. bays completed.

● Box Culvert C: Bay 5 Base slab, wall and roof completed; Bay 4 base slab completed.

● Box Culvert D: Bay 3 Base slab, wall and roof completed; Bay 4 Wall and roof slab completed.

● Pile Cap: 7 no. completed.

● Pier Column: 24 no. completed.

● Segment Erection: 155 no. completed.

● Segment Delivery: 323 no. completed (marine-based).

● No generation of excavated marine sediment.

2 EM&A Requirements

2.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements

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 AMS7 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.

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 2.1 and Figure 2.2, respectively.

Table 2.1: Construction Dust and Noise Monitoring Locations

Environmental Monitoring	Identification No.	Location Description
Air Quality	AMS6⁽¹⁾	Dragonair/CNAC (Group) Building
	AMS7⁽¹⁾	Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel
Noise	NMS2⁽²⁾	Seaview Crescent
	NMS3B^{(2) (3)}	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) 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.

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

The water quality monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works”. 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 at these stations as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2010/02. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

Table 2.2 and Figure 2.3 show the locations of water quality monitoring stations.

Table 2.2: 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*	Impact Station (Close to HKBCF construction site)	812577	820670
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*	Sensitive receivers (Artificial Reef in NE Airport)	811489	820455
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*	Control Station	809989	821117
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

Remark: On 15 May 2017, IEC/ENPO notified ET of changes to the EM&A Programme regarding some water quality monitoring stations being conducted by Contract No. HY/2010/02. These changes were certified by the ETL of Contract No. HY/2010/02 and verified by the IEC on 24 March 2017, and approved by EPD on 12 May 2017. Three monitoring stations, namely IS10, SR5 and CS(Mf)3 (marked *), were replaced by IS10(N), SR5(N) and CS(Mf)3(N) respectively (marked ^#, shown in red bold font).

The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2010/02 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HKBCF – Reclamation Works”. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct dolphin monitoring at the twenty-three transects as part of EM&A programme if these transects are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2010/02. 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.

On 15 May 2017, IEC/ENPO notified ET of changes to the EM&A Programme regarding some vessel-based transect lines for dolphin monitoring being conducted by Contract No. HY/2010/02. These changes were certified by the ETL of Contract No. HY/2010/02 and verified by the IEC on 24 March 2017, and approved by EPD on 12 May 2017. Due to these changes, the number of transect lines was revised to twenty-four.

Table 2.3 shows the co-ordinates for the transect lines and layout map until 15 May 2017. The co-ordinates for those transect lines which were changed on 15 May 2017 are summarised in Table 2.4 below.

The revised layout map showing the transect lines have been provided by AFCD and are shown in Figure 2.4.

Table 2.3: Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Co-ordinates (Provided by AFCD) (until 15 May 2017)

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^#	805475	815913	113.878079	22.281820
	805477	826654	113.877896	22.378814
3	806464	819435	113.887615	22.313643
	806464	822911	113.887550	22.345030
4	807518	819771	113.897833	22.316697
	807518	829230	113.897663	22.402113
5	808504	820220	113.907397	22.320761
	808504	828602	113.907252	22.396462
6	809490	820466	113.916965	22.323003
	809490	825352	113.916884	22.367128
7^#	810499	820880	113.926749	22.326757
	810499	824613	113.926688	22.360464
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

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 2.4 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.

Table 2.4: New Co-ordinates of Revised Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transects (with effect from 15 May 2017)

Transect	HK Grid System
	X	Y
2	805476	820800
	805476	826654
3	806464	821150
	806464	822911
4	807518	821500
	807518	829230
5	808504	821850
	808504	828602
6	809490	822150
	809490	825352
7	810499	822000
	810499	824613
24	805476	815900
	805476	819100

Remark: New coordinates shown in red bold font.

2.2 Monitoring Requirements

The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in the quarterly 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 2.5 and Table 2.6 respectively.

Table 2.5: 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 2.6: 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

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 quarterly EM&A report.

The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are defined in Table 2.7.

Table 2.7: 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.

The Action and Limit Levels for water quality are provided in Table 2.8.

Table 2.8: 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.

The Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring are provided in Table 2.9 and Table 2.10, respectively.

Table 2.9: 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 2.10: 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)]

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.

2.4 Event and Action Plans

The event and action plans for air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring 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 AMS7 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for April, May and June 2017) 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 April, May and June 2017) 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/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 April, May and June 2017) 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 Water Quality Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for these stations are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for April, May and June 2017) prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

One Action Level exceedance of SS was recorded by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2010/02 during the reporting period.

The Action Level exceedance of SS was recorded at monitoring station IS(Mf)11 during flood tide on 28 April 2017 and was investigated by the ET of the Contract. According to the Contractor, no marine-based works and no marine-based transportation were conducted under the contract on 28 April 2017. It was concluded that the exceedance was not related to Contract No. HY/2013/04. Although the exceedance was considered to be not related to HY/2013/04, the Contractor was reminded to implement all necessary water quality mitigation measures identified in the EM&A Manual.

The details of water quality exceedances can be made reference to the monthly EM&A report under Contract No. HY/2010/02.

3.4 Dolphin Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for dolphin monitoring during the reporting periods are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for April, May and June 2017) prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

3.5 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.

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. Marine traffic records which indicated the number of trips data for crane barge, flat top barge and tug boat on the implementation of RMTRP for March 2017, April 2017 and May 2017 were checked by ET within the reporting period. Marine traffic records of March 2017, April 2017 and May 2017 were provided by Contractor to ER, ETL and IEC/ENPO for checking within the months of April 2017, May 2017 and June 2017 respectively. The checking of marine traffic records of June 2017 will be reported in the next Quarterly EM&A Report. The implementation of marine traffic follows the Regular Marine Travel Route Plan with respect to ET’s checking on the marine traffic records for the reporting period.

3.6 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 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.

3.6.1 Disposal of Marine Sediment Extracted from Bored Piling Works

3.6.1.1 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.

3.6.1.2 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.

3.6.1.3 Reporting

No marine sediment extracted from bored piling in this Contract was disposed to allocated dumping site via Contract No. HY/2013/03 during the reporting period. The quantities disposed up to end of June 2017 are in following table (Table 3.1):

Table 3.1: Summary of Marine Sediment disposed to Dumping Site via Contract No. HY/2013/03

Month/Year	Type of Sediment and Quantity Disposed (m³)
	Cat. L (in Type I)	Type II
Up to end March 2017	3,570	39,814
April 2017	0	0
May 2017	0	0
June 2017	0	0
Total =	3,570	39,814

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

3.7 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

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 April, May and June 2017) 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/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 were no complaints received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. The details of cumulative statistics of Environmental Complaints are provided in Appendix H.

Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

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 suitable bund or drip tray for a chemical container.

● The Contractor was reminded to keep a panel door of a generator closed during operation to reduced noise impact.

● The Contractor was reminded to tidy up a works area and remove all loose waste items.

● The Contractor was reminded to clear the oily water from a drip tray and handle it was chemical waste.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide suitable bunding for oil drums.

● The Contractor was reminded to place loose general refuse items in general refuse bins.

● The Contractor was reminded to clear the stagnant water from a drip tray and provide a suitable label for the oil drum inside this drip tray.

● The Contractor was reminded to check if a NRMM label was required for a small air blower.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide a NRMM label of the correct colour for a generator.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide a drip tray for a small generator to contain any oil spill.

● The Contractor was reminded to keep a drip tray free from obstruction by some excavated C&D material.

● The Contractor was reminded to remove a NRMM label which had faded in colour from a generator.

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 8^th Quarterly EM&A Report summarising the findings of EM&A activities conducted under the Contract from 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017.

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 April, May and June 2017) 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/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.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for April, May and June 2017) prepared for Contract No. HY/2010/02.

Environmental site inspection was carried out on 5, 12, 19 and 26 April, 4, 10, 17, 22 and 31 May and 7, 14, 19 and 28 June 2017. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

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