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Contract No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF – Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)

Quarterly EM&A Report for October 2018 to November 2018

June 2019

China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited

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Contents

Executive summary 2

1 Introduction 5

1.1 Basic Project Information 5

1.2 Project Organisation 5

1.3 Construction Programme 6

1.4 Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Period 6

2 EM&A Requirements 7

2.1 Summary of EM&A Requirements 7

2.2 Monitoring Requirements 10

2.3 Action and Limit Levels 10

2.4 Event and Action Plans 11

2.5 Mitigation Measures 12

3 Environmental Monitoring and Audit 13

3.1 Air Quality Monitoring Results 13

3.2 Noise Monitoring Results 13

3.3 Water Quality Monitoring Results 13

3.4 Dolphin Monitoring Results 14

3.5 Implementation of Environmental Measures 15

3.6 Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status 15

3.6.1 Disposal of Marine Sediment Extracted from Bored Piling Works 16

3.7 Environmental Licences and Permits 17

4 Summary of Exceedances, Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution 18

4.1 Summary of Exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit 18

4.2 Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution 18

5 Comments, Recommendations and Conclusions 20

5.1 Comments 20

5.2 Recommendations 20

5.3 Conclusions 21

Figures

Figure 2.1: Location of Air Quality Monitoring Stations

Figure 2.2: Location of Noise Monitoring Stations

Figure 2.3: Location of Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Figure 2.4: Impact Dolphins Monitoring Line Transect Layout Map

Appendices

Appendix A. Location of Works Areas

Appendix B. Project Organization for Environmental Works

Appendix C. Construction Programme

Appendix D. Event and Action Plan

Appendix E. Implementation Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS)

Appendix F. Site Audit Findings and Corrective Actions

Appendix G. Waste Flow Table

Appendix H. Environmental Licences and Permits

Appendix I. Statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

Appendix J. Impact Dolphin Monitoring Survey Findings and Analysis

Appendix K. Incident Report on Action Level or Limit Level Non-compliance

Tables

Table 1.1: Contact Information of Key Personnel 5

Table 2.1: Construction Dust and Noise Monitoring Locations 7

Table 2.2: Impact Water Quality Monitoring Stations 7

Table 2.3: Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Co-ordinates (Provided by AFCD) 8

Table 2.4: Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP 10

Table 2.5: Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP 10

Table 2.6: Action and Limit Level for Construction Noise 10

Table 2.7: Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality 10

Table 2.8: Action and Limit Levels for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring - Approach to Define Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) 11

Table 2.9: Derived Value of Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL) for Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring 11

Table 3.1: Summary of Water Quality Exceedances during Reporting Period 13

Table 3.2: Summary of Key Dolphin Survey Findings in the Reporting Period 14

Table 3.3: Summary of STG and ANI encounter rates in the Reporting Period 14

Table 3.4: Summary of Marine Sediment disposed to Dumping Site via Contract No. HY/2013/03 17

Table 4.1: Summary of Environmental Complaints for the Reporting Period 18

Executive summary

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 14^th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarises findings of the EM&A works for air quality, noise, water quality and waste management for October to November 2018 and the impact dolphin monitoring data and analyses for September to November 2018 (which together form the “reporting period”) in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review 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).

The remaining air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring works under Contract No. HY/2013/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” were suspended from 1 October 2018. The ET of Contract No. HY/2013/04 is required and continues the full implementation of environmental monitoring commencing on 1 October 2018.

Air quality monitoring stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are covered by this Contract. It should be noted that the air quality monitoring station AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF”. If the impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 is no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2011/03, it is required to continue such monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

Noise monitoring stations NMS2 and NMS3C, water quality monitoring works and dolphin monitoring works under HZMB HKBCF are covered by this Contract.

A summary of monitoring and audit activities conducted in the reporting period is listed below:

● 1-hour Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) monitoring: 23 sessions

● 24-hour TSP monitoring: 17 sessions

● Noise monitoring: 10 sessions

● Impact water quality monitoring: 25 sessions

● Impact dolphin monitoring: 6 surveys conducted

● Joint Environmental site inspection: 9 sessions

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.

A summary of environmental exceedances for the reporting period as recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract are listed below:

Environmental Monitoring	Parameters	Action Level	Limit Level
Air Quality	1-hour TSP	-	-
	24-hour TSP	-	-
Noise	Leq (30 min)	-	-
Water Quality	Suspended Solids (SS)	6	-
	Turbidity	1	-
	Dissolved Oxygen (DO)	-	-
Dolphin Monitoring	Quarterly analysis	-	1

The ET of this Contract conducted investigations into the exceedances of impact water quality monitoring and impact dolphin monitoring, and the findings are presented in this report.

Furthermore, impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during September 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for Contract No. HY/2013/01, while impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during October 2018 and November 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.

Complaint Log

There was one new complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period.

Log No.	Environmental Complaint Ref. No.	Date of Complaint Receipt	Description
010	ENPO-C0139	3 October 2018	Air Quality

The complaint referred to a large amount of dust generated due to lack of water spraying on dirt road at HKBCF Island site. As informed by EPD, the location under complaint was near the exit/entrance of Contract No. HY/2013/04 as advised by the complainant.

The complaint was investigated by the ET of this Contract and the findings are also 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

The remaining air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring works under Contract No. HY/2013/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” were suspended from 1 October 2018. The ET of Contract No. HY/2013/04 is required and continues the full implementation of environmental monitoring commencing on 1 October 2018.

It should be noted that the air quality monitoring station AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF”.

A proposal by ET to temporarily suspend the water quality monitoring under the EM&A programme during a scheduled period of no marine works under HZMB HKBCF was verified by IEC on 26 October 2018 and approved by EPD on 21 November 2018. Subsequently, the water quality monitoring programme was temporarily suspended by ET after completion of water quality monitoring on 26 November 2018.

1 Introduction

1.1 Basic Project Information

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. The works areas of the contract are shown in Appendix A.

This is the 14^th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarises findings of the EM&A works for air quality, noise, water quality and waste management for October to November 2018 and the impact dolphin monitoring data and analyses for September to November 2018 (which together form the “reporting period”) in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review 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 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
		Desmond Ho (until 20 Oct 2018)	6351 3811	2459 4336
		K P Ng (from 22 Oct 2018)	9626 9961	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:

● Erection of sign gantries

● Erection of precast segments

● Erection of precast bridge structures

● Construction of parapets for bridge structures

● Construction of Abutment A1601 and associated retaining walls

● Construction of Retaining Wall RW16N and RW16S

● Construction of Bridge D16 in-situ deck

● Construction of utilities cross-over frame under Bridge D9c

● Backfilling walls and formation of fill slopes and road embankment

● Drainage works and watermains laying

● Roadworks and road furniture

● Maintenance of TTA associated with the commissioning of HKBCF and TM-CLKLSC

● No marine-based segment delivery (all segments stored at segment storage yard on HKBCF island site)

● No generation of excavated marine sediment

During this reporting period, temporary soft landscaping works were conducted and marine-based outfall works had not commenced.

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).

For this reporting period, the remaining air quality, noise, water quality and dolphin monitoring works under Contract No. HY/2013/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” were suspended from 1 October 2018. The ET of Contract No. HY/2013/04 is required and continues the full implementation of environmental monitoring commencing on 1 October 2018.

Air quality monitoring at stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, and noise monitoring at station NMS2 and NMS3C, are covered by this Contract. It should be noted that the air quality monitoring station AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF”. If the impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 is no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2011/03, it is required to continue such monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme 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	AMS2^(3)	Tung Chung Development Pier
	AMS3C	Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop
	AMS6^(1)	Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building
	AMS7B^(^3)	3RS Site Offices
Noise	NMS2^(3)	Seaview Crescent
	NMS3C^(^2)	Ying Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point

Remarks: (1) The ET of this Contract should conduct impact air quality monitoring at station AMS6 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 Action and Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring location.

(3) Monitoring works at this location by the ET of this Contract commenced on 1 October 2018.

The water quality monitoring works for HZMB HKBCF under the approved EM&A Manual for the reporting period are covered by this Contract. 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.

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(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(N)	Sensitive receivers (San Tau SSSI)	810689	816591
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(N)	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 1	823644	823484
SR10B(N2)	Sensitive receivers (Ma Wan FCZ) 2	823689	823159
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
CSA	Control Station	818103	823064

The dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF” with the reporting of reporting results presented by the ET of Contract No. HY/2013/04. 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 2.3 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 2.4.

Table 2.3: 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 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.

(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.

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 this Contract and Contract No. 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 2.4 and Table 2.5 respectively.

Table 2.4: Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, mg/m^3	Limit Level, mg/m^3
AMS2 – Tung Chung Development Pier	374	500
AMS3C – Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop	368	500
AMS6 – Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	360	500
AMS7B – 3RS Site Offices	370	500

Table 2.5: Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP

Monitoring Station	Action Level, mg/m^3	Limit Level, mg/m^3
AMS2 – Tung Chung Development Pier	176	260
AMS3C – Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop	167	260
AMS6 – Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)	173	260
AMS7B – 3RS Site Offices	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 2.6.

Table 2.6: Action and Limit Level for Construction Noise

Monitoring Station	Time Period	Action Level	Limit Level
NMS2	07:00 – 19:00 hours on normal weekdays	When one documented complaint is received	70 dB(A)
NMS3C			70/65 dB(A)*

Remark: Limit Level for schools will be applied for NMS3C. Day time noise Limit Level of 70 dB(A) applies to education institutions, while 65 dB(A) applies during the school examination period.

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 water quality are provided in Table 2.7.

Table 2.7: 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.

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 Chinese White Dolphin Monitoring are provided in Table 2.8 and Table 2.9, respectively.

Table 2.8: 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 2.9: 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 AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.

The monitoring results for AMS6 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.

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 and November 2018) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

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

3.2 Noise Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for October and November 2018) prepared for this Contract.

No noise exceedances were recorded at stations NMS2 and NMS3C by the ET of this Contract during the reporting period.

3.3 Water Quality Monitoring Results

The monitoring results for the twenty-one monitoring stations are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for October and November 2018) prepared for this Contract.

During the reporting period, a total of seven exceedances of water quality (consisting of 6 Action Level exceedances of suspended solids and one Action Level exceedance of turbidity) were recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract during October and November 2018. Following investigations, it was concluded that the exceedances were not related to the HZMB HKBCF project. The detailed investigation results of these exceedances recorded are presented in Appendix K.

Water quality exceedances recorded during the reporting period are summarised in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1: Summary of Water Quality Exceedances during Reporting Period

Date	Parameter (Units)	Station	Depth	Exceedance Recorded during Mid-ebb Tide	Exceedance Recorded during Mid-flood Tide
10 Oct 2018	SS	SR6	Depth Average	-	Action Level
24 Oct 2018	TURB	IS(Mf)6	Depth Average	Action Level	-
23 Nov 2018	SS	IS10(N)	Depth Average	-	Action Level
23 Nov 2018	SS	IS(Mf)11	Depth Average	-	Action Level
23 Nov 2018	SS	SR7	Depth Average	-	Action Level
26 Nov 2018	SS	SR10A(N)	Depth Average	-	Action Level
26 Nov 2018	SS	SR10B(N2)	Depth Average	-	Action Level

3.4 Dolphin Monitoring Results

In accordance with the updated EM&A Manual, pre-set and fixed transect line vessel based dolphin survey was required in two AFCD designated areas (Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas). The impact dolphin monitoring at each survey area should be conducted twice per month.

The impact dolphin monitoring conducted is vessel-based and combines line-transect and photo-ID methodology, which have adopted similar survey methodologies as that adopted during baseline monitoring to facilitate comparisons between data sets.

The layout map of impact dolphin monitoring has been provided by AFCD and is shown in Figure 1 of Appendix J.

The effort summary and sighting details during the reporting period are shown in the Appendix J. A summary of key findings of the dolphin surveys completed during the reporting period is shown below in Table 3.2:

Table 3.2: Summary of Key Dolphin Survey Findings in the Reporting Period

Parameter	Findings
Number of Impact Surveys Completed^	6
Survey Distance Travelled under Favourable On-Effort Condition	795 km
Number of Sightings	6 sightings (all sightings were recorded during “on effort” search)
Number of dolphin individual sighted	14 individuals
Dolphin Encounter Rate^#	NEL: 0.00 NWL: 1.5 ± 2.25
Dolphin Group Size	Average of NEL: 0 Average of NWL: 2.3 ± 1.03 (n = 6) Varied from 1 – 4 individuals
Most frequent dolphin sighting area	NWL, in waters around Lung Kwu Chau

Remarks:	^	Completion of line transect survey of NEL and NWL survey area once was counted as one complete survey.
	#	Dolphin Encounter Rate =	Sum of 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd month’s total sighting	X 100 km
			Sum of 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd month’s total effort
		(encounter rates are calculated using on effort sightings made under favourable conditions only.)

. Event and Action Plan for Impact Dolphin Monitoring was triggered. For details of investigation, please refer to Appendix K.

Table 3.3: Summary of STG and ANI encounter rates in the Reporting Period

	NEL	NWL	Level Exceeded
STG*	0.0	1.5 ± 2.25	Limit
ANI**	0.0	3.0 ± 3.89

Remarks:	*	Quarterly Average Encounter Rate of Number of Dolphin Sightings (STG) presents averaged encounter rates of the three monitored months in terms of groups per 100km per survey event.
		STG Encounter rate =	(Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 1^st month + Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 2^nd month + Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 3^rd month)	X 100km
			3
	**	Quarterly Average Encounter Rate of Total Number of Dolphins (ANI) presents averaged encounter rates of the three monitored months in terms of individuals per 100km per survey event.
		ANI Encounter rate =	(Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 1^st month+ Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 2^nd month + Average of (total number of Individual/total effort) of 1^st and 2^nd completed survey^# of 3^rd month)	X 100 km
			3

Details of the comparison and analysis methodology and their findings and discussions are annexed in Appendix J.

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) including checking of Contractor’s marine traffic records by ER, ETL and IEC/ENPO would be conducted in the event of Contract-related marine traffic taking place during the reporting period.

According to the Contractor of HY/2013/04, all marine-based segment deliveries were completed in January 2018 and no marine-based works were conducted under the contract during the reporting period.

Implementation status of the Dolphin Watching Plan (DWP) was checked by ET. Training of marine mammal observer (MMO) was given to relevant staff and relevant records were kept properly. Silt curtains were provided at each box culvert for marine works areas in accordance with the approved Dolphin Watching Plan. The silt curtains were inspected regularly by ET and Contractor and the implementation was found to be in working order.

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

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 3.4):

Table 3.4: Summary of Marine Sediment disposed to Dumping Site via Contract No. HY/2013/03

Month/Year	Type of Sediment and Quantity Disposed (m^3)
	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 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 October and November 2018) 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 stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B by the Environmental Team of this Contract the reporting period.

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3C by the Environmental Team of this Contract during the reporting period.

During the reporting period, a total of seven exceedances of water quality (consisting of 6 Action Level exceedances of suspended solids and one Action Level exceedance of turbidity) were recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract during October and November 2018. Following investigations, it was concluded that the exceedances were not related to the HZMB HKBCF project.

Furthermore, Limit Level exceedance of impact dolphin monitoring during September to November 2018 was recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during September 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for Contract No. HY/2013/01. Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during October 2018 and November 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.

4.2 Summary of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

There was one complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period and investigated by the ET of the Contract. The summary of environmental complaints is presented in Table 4.1. The details of cumulative statistics of Environmental Complaints are provided in Appendix H.

Table 4.1: Summary of Environmental Complaints for the Reporting Period

Log No.	Environmental Complaint Ref. No.	Date of Complaint Receipt	Description
010	ENPO-C0139	3 October 2018	Air Quality

Environmental Complaint Ref. No. ENPO-C0139

The complaint referred to a large amount of dust generated due to lack of water spraying on dirt road at HKBCF Island site. As informed by EPD, the location under complaint was near the exit/entrance of Contract No. HY/2013/04 as advised by the complainant.

The relevant mitigation measures for access roads for the HZMB BCF Island site, as required in the EMIS and statutory requirements in the Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulations and other applicable environmental legislation, are consolidated as follows:

● Immediately before leaving a construction site, every vehicle shall be washed to remove any dusty materials from its body and wheels and to ensure that no earth, mud or debris is deposited by them on roads.

● Vehicle washing facilities with high pressure water jet should be provided at every discernible or designated vehicle exit point. The area where vehicle washing takes place and the road section between the washing facilities and the exit point should be paved with concrete, bituminous materials or hardcores.

● Every main haul road shall be paved with concrete, bituminous materials, hardcores or metal plates, and kept clear of dusty materials, or sprayed with water or a dust suppression chemical so as to maintain the entire road surface wet.

● The portion of any road leading only to construction site that is within 30m of a vehicle entrance or exit should be kept clear of dusty materials.

● The Contractor should undertake proper watering on all exposed spoil (with at least 8 times per day) throughout the construction phase.

The Contractor’s site watering record for 2 and 3 October 2018 as checked by ET was normal with watering provided 8 times per day.

As informed by the Contractor of HY/2013/04, water spray was provided by water truck for the HY/2013/04 site on the morning of 3 October 2018.

During ET’s regular weekly site inspection on 3 October 2018 (between 14:00 and 15:00), a site observation regarding air quality was made, namely dust emission was observed along haul road near bridge D12 area; the Contractor was reminded to provide water spraying to ensure wet surface. Other haul roads within HY/2013/04 site were found to have been provided with water spray.

The vehicular entrance of and the wheel wash facility at the vehicular exit of HY/2013/04 site boundary were also inspected and found to be operating normally with no fugitive dust observed.

The Contractor’s site watering plan (annotated with locations of the abovementioned photos) and wheel wash facility are presented in Attachments 3 and 4 respectively of the investigation report.

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 reinstate the silt curtains.

● The Contractor was reminded to clear the C&D waste as soon as possible.

● The Contractor was reminded to sort the C&D waste and clear the general refuse as soon as possible.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide water spraying on the haul road regularly to keep the road surface wet.

● The Contractor was reminded to clearly sign and designate the C&D waste collection area.

● The Contractor was reminded to clear the loose general refuse as soon as possible.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide drip tray for chemical containers.

● The Contractor was reminded to ensure that all vehicles exited the site area via the wheel wash area.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide the required labels for chemical containers.

● The Contractor was reminded to provide a new NRMM label for the generator.

● The Contractor was reminded to properly designate the temporary storage area for construction materials.

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 ensured the proper implementation of mitigation measures. No particular recommendation was advised for the improvement of the programme.

5.3 Conclusions

General

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 14^th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A works from 1 October 2018 to 30 November 2018, as well as the EM&A works for dolphin monitoring from 1 September 2018 to 30 November 2018 (which together form the “reporting period”) in order to tally with the project dolphin monitoring quarterly review period.

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

Air Quality

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B by the Environmental Team of this Contract during the reporting period.

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 and November 2018) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

Noise

There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance for noise recorded at stations NMS2 and NMS3C by the Environmental Team of this Contract during the reporting period.

Water Quality

During the reporting period, a total of seven exceedances of water quality (consisting of 6 Action Level exceedances of suspended solids and one Action Level exceedance of turbidity) were recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract during October and November 2018. Following investigations, it was concluded that the exceedances were not related to the HZMB HKBCF project.

Chinese White Dolphin

Limit Level exceedance of impact dolphin monitoring was recorded by the Environmental Team of this Contract for the period of September 2018 to November 2018.

Impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during September 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for Contract No. HY/2013/01, while impact dolphin monitoring results at all transects during October 2018 and November 2018 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.

Environmental Site Inspections

Environmental site inspection was carried out on 3, 10, 18, 22 and 31 October and 7, 14, 19 and 28 November 2018. Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

Complaints

There was one new complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting period. The complaint referred to a large amount of dust generated due to lack of water spraying on dirt road at HKBCF Island site. As informed by EPD, the location under complaint was near the exit/entrance of Contract No. HY/2013/04 as advised by the complainant. The complaint was investigated by the ET of this Contract.

Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

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

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Appendix A. Location of Works Areas

Appendix B. Project Organization for Environmental Works

Appendix C. Construction Programme

Appendix D. Event and Action Plan

Appendix E. Implementation Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS)

Appendix F. Site Audit Findings and Corrective Actions

Appendix G. Waste Flow Table

Appendix H. Environmental Licenses and Permits

Appendix I. Statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

Appendix J. Impact Dolphin Monitoring Survey Findings and Analysis

Appendix K. Incident Report on Action Level or Limit Level Non-compliance