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Contract No. HY/2013/04 HZMB HKBCF –
Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)
Quarterly EM&A Report for
December
2019 to February 2020
July
2020
China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited
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MacDonald
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Contents
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 19th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarises findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 (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).
Air Quality
The remaining air quality monitoring works at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B under this Contract were continued during December 2019 and January 2020, and were suspended from 1 February 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Phase 2 and Other Works” is required and continues the full implementation of environmental air quality monitoring commencing on 1 February 2020.
The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2019/01. Also, 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, the ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project 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. However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.
Noise
The remaining noise monitoring works at NMS2 and NMS3C under this Contract were continued during December 2019 and January 2020, and were suspended from 1 February 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Phase 2 and Other Works” is required and continues the full implementation of environmental noise monitoring commencing on 1 February 2020.
A proposal to terminate impact monitoring for noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was justified by the ET Leader of this Contract and verified by the IEC on 13 August 2019, and approved by EPD on 3 September 2019. Therefore, the last noise monitoring event at NMS2 and NMS3C to be reported under this Contract was conducted on 2 September 2019.
Water Quality
and Chinese White Dolphin
The remaining 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. From 1 October 2018 onwards, the ET of Contract No. HY/2013/04 has continued the same implementation of water quality environmental monitoring as well as the reporting of all environmental monitoring.
The same implementation of dolphin monitoring was performed by the ET of Contract No. HY/2011/03 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019 and is being continued by the ET of Contract No. HY/2012/08 from 1 October 2019 onwards.
Monitoring
Activities
A summary of monitoring and audit activities conducted under this Contract in the reporting period is listed below:
● 1-hour Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) monitoring: 12 sessions (Dec 2019 – Jan 2020)
● 24-hour TSP monitoring: 12 sessions (Dec 2019 – Jan 2020)
● Noise monitoring: Nil#
● Impact operation phase water quality monitoring: 3 sessions^
● Post-construction dolphin monitoring: 6 sets of surveys conducted*
● Joint Environmental site inspection: 12 sessions%
% No site inspection
was carried out in the week commencing 27 January 2020 as no construction works
were scheduled from Friday 25 January 2020 to Sunday 2 February 2020 inclusive
during Lunar New Year holidays as advised by the Contractor.
# A proposal to terminate impact monitoring
for noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was justified by the ET Leader of this Contract and
verified by the IEC on 13 August 2019, and approved by EPD on 3 September 2019.
Therefore, the last noise monitoring event at NMS2 and NMS3C to be reported
under this Contract was conducted on 2 September 2019. No noise
monitoring was conducted during the reporting period.
^ Monthly impact operation phase water quality monitoring in accordance with Section 9.9 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0) was conducted during the reporting period.
* Post-construction dolphin monitoring in accordance with Section 10.7 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF was conducted during the reporting period.
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
Air Quality and Noise
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 (Dec 2019 – Jan 2020) |
1-hour TSP |
- |
- |
|
24-hour TSP |
1 |
- |
Noise (Dec 2019 – Jan 2020) |
Leq (30 min) |
- |
- |
One Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP for air quality at AMS7B was recorded and investigated by the ET of the Contract during the reporting period. It was concluded that the air quality exceedance was not due to the Contract.
Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B during February 2020 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Chinese White Dolphin
Post-construction dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.
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
The remaining air quality monitoring works at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B under this Contract were suspended from 1 February 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Phase 2 and Other Works” is required and continues the full implementation of environmental air quality monitoring commencing on 1 February 2020.
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 19th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarises findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 (the “reporting period”).
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.) |
Senior
Resident Engineer |
Peter Lee |
3958 7465 |
3748 8900 |
Environmental
Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong
Limited) |
Environmental
Project Office Leader |
Y H Hui |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
Independent
Environmental Checker |
Ray Yan |
3465 2836 /
5181 8401 |
3465 2899 |
|
Environmental
Site Supervisor (until Dec 2019) |
Harris Wong |
3465 2805 /
5181 8709 |
3465 2899 |
|
|
Environmental
Site Supervisor (from Jan 2020) |
Manson Yeung |
9700 6767 |
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 |
|
|
K P Ng |
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 |
- |
The Construction Works Programme of the Project is provided in Appendix C.
A summary of the construction activities undertaken during this reporting period is shown below:
● Surveying works (land-based)
● Construction of fill slopes and road embankments (land-based)
● Trimming of slopes profile and hydroseeding (land-based)
● Construction of remaining U-channels (land-based)
● Maintenance of temporary traffic arrangements (TTA) associated with the commissioning of HKBCF and Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link Southern Connection (TM-CLKLSC) (land-based), and subsequent removal of TTA upon completion of roadworks (land-based)
● Defects rectification for roads & drainage, bridge, utility drawpit and pillar box (land-based)
● General Clearance Work (land-based)
● 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.
The EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0).
Air Quality
For this reporting period, the remaining air quality monitoring works at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B under this Contract were continued during December 2019 and January 2020, and were suspended from 1 February 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Phase 2 and Other Works” is required and continues the full implementation of environmental air quality monitoring commencing on 1 February 2020. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Also, 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, the ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project 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 quality monitoring locations is presented in Table 2.1. The location of air quality monitoring stations is shown as in Figure 2.1.
Table 2.1: Construction Dust Monitoring Locations
Environmental Monitoring |
Identification No. |
Location Description |
Air Quality |
AMS2 |
Tung Chung
Development Pier |
|
AMS3C |
Ying Tung
Estate Market Rooftop |
|
AMS6(1) |
Dragonair / CNAC
(Group) Building |
|
AMS7B |
3RS Site
Offices |
Remarks: (1) Another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme according to latest notification from ENPO, if this air quality monitoring station is no longer covered under Contract No. HY/2011/03.
Noise
The remaining noise monitoring works at NMS2 and NMS3C under this Contract were continued during December 2019 and January 2020, and were suspended from 1 February 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 “HZMB HKBCF – Phase 2 and Other Works” is required and continues the full implementation of environmental noise monitoring commencing on 1 February 2020.
A proposal to terminate impact monitoring for noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was justified by the ET Leader of this Contract and verified by the IEC on 13 August 2019, and approved by EPD on 3 September 2019. Therefore, the last noise monitoring event at NMS2 and NMS3C to be reported under this Contract was conducted on 2 September 2019.
A summary of noise monitoring locations are presented in Table 2.3. The location of noise monitoring stations is shown as in Figure 2.2.
Table 2.2: Construction Noise Monitoring Locations
Environmental Monitoring |
Identification No. |
Location Description |
Noise |
NMS2 |
Seaview
Crescent |
|
NMS3C(1) |
Ying Tung
Estate Refuse Collection Point |
Remarks: (1) 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.
Water Quality
The water quality monitoring works for HZMB HKBCF under the approved EM&A Manual for the reporting period are covered by this Contract.
Upon completion of all marine-based construction activities, a post-project monitoring exercise on water quality shall be carried out for 4 weeks in the same manner as the Baseline monitoring and was conducted during May 2019. An impact operational phase monitoring exercise on water quality shall also be carried out monthly during the first year of Project operation at all designated monitoring stations including control stations. For post-construction and impact operational phase water quality monitoring, measurement was taken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). A total of four stations (two Sensitive Receiver Stations and two Control Stations) are covered for impact operational phase monitoring by the current EM&A programme.
Application of the alternative water quality monitoring stations at SR3(N) and CS2(A) to impact operational phase water quality monitoring was justified by the ET Leader of this Contract on 14 May 2019, verified by the IEC on 15 May 2019 and submitted to EPD for record on 15 May 2019 for implementation with effect from June 2019.
Table 2.3 and Figure 2.3 show the locations of water quality monitoring stations.
Table 2.3: Impact Operational Phase Water Quality Monitoring Stations
Station |
Description |
East |
North |
SR2(A) |
Sensitive receivers (Sha Lo Wan) |
807810 |
817189 |
SR3(N) |
Sensitive
receivers (San Tau SSSI) |
810689 |
816591 |
CS2(A) |
Control
Station |
805232 |
818606 |
CS(Mf)5 |
Control
Station |
817990 |
821129 |
Post-construction dolphin monitoring in accordance with Section 10.7 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF was conducted during the reporting period.
The transfer of the role of implementation of dolphin monitoring and collection of monitoring data from the ET of Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – Section between Scenic Hill and HKBCF” to the ET of Contract No. HY/2012/08 “Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link – Northern Connection Sub-sea Tunnel Section” was justified by the ET Leader of Contract No. HY/2011/03 and verified by the IEC during August 2019, and approved by EPD during September 2019 for implementation with effect from October 2019.
During the reporting period, the dolphin monitoring works (i.e. implementation of dolphin monitoring and collection of monitoring data) for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2012/08, with the reporting of monitoring results for the whole reporting period presented by the ET of this Contract.
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 (NEL) survey area; and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey area.
Table 2.4 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 2.4: Post-Construction 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.
Landscape and Visual
Landscape and visual bi-monthly checking and reporting on compliance of the planting works is required during the 12-month Establishment Period after completion of the construction works. The 12-month Establishment Period was commenced in November 2018 and was concluded in October 2019.
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, Contract No. HY/2019/01 and Contract No. HY/2011/03.
Air Quality
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 |
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 2.6: Action and Limit Levels for 24-hour TSP
Monitoring Station |
Action Level, mg/m3 |
Limit Level, mg/m3 |
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.
Noise
The Action and Limit Levels for construction noise are defined in Table 2.7.
Table 2.7: 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.
Water Quality
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 |
|
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* |
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.
Chinese White Dolphin
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 |
|
|
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.
The event and action plans for air quality, noise, water quality, dolphin monitoring, and landscape and visual are provided in Appendix D.
Environmental mitigation measures for the contract were recommended in the approved EIA Report. Appendix E lists the recommended mitigation measures and the implementation status.
AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B
December 2019
and January 2020
For December 2019 and January 2020, the monitoring results for AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for December 2019 and January 2020) prepared for this Contract.
During December 2019 and January 2020, a total of one Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP for air quality at AMS7B was recorded and investigated by the ET of the Contract. Following investigation, it was concluded that the exceedance was not related to the HZMB HKBCF project. The detailed investigation results of the exceedance recorded are presented in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2 and AMS3C, and no Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7B by the Environmental Team of this Contract in December 2019 and January 2020.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for February 2020) prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report (for February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
AMS6
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 December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
December 2019
and January 2020
No monitoring results are presented for December 2019 and January 2020, since impact noise monitoring has been terminated as approved by EPD on 3 September 2019.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of construction noise shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Monthly impact operational phase water quality monitoring in accordance with Section 9.9 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0) was conducted during the reporting period on 23 December 2019, 20 January 2020 and 17 February 2020.
The impact operational phase monitoring results for the four monitoring stations are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports (for December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020) prepared for this Contract.
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 post-construction dolphin monitoring at each survey area should be conducted twice per month.
The post-construction 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 post-construction 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 3.1:
Table 3.1: 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 |
781.8 km |
Number of
Sightings |
7 sightings (all
sightings are “on effort” (which are all under favourable condition)) |
Number of
dolphin individual sighted |
17 individuals
(the best estimated group size) |
Dolphin
Encounter Rate# |
NEL: 0 NWL: 2.0 ± 2.23 |
Dolphin Group
Size |
Average of
NEL: 0 Average of
NWL: 4.14 ± 4.41 Varied from 1
to 11 individuals |
Most frequent
dolphin sighting area |
NWL |
Remarks: |
^ |
|
Completion
of line transect survey of NEL and NWL survey area once was counted as one
complete survey. |
||
|
# |
|
Dolphin
Encounter Rate = |
Sum of 1st, 2nd & 3rd
month’s total sighting |
X 100 km |
Sum of 1st, 2nd & 3rd month’s
total effort |
|||||
|
|
|
(encounter rates are calculated using on
effort sightings made under favourable conditions only.) |
Details of the comparison and analysis methodology and their findings and discussions are annexed in Appendix J.
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.
As coordinated between IEC and EPD, arrangements for the monitoring reports for landscape establishment for Contract Nos. HY/2013/01, HY/2013/02, HY/2013/03 and HY/2014/05 with respect to the reporting period are described below.
Bi-monthly landscape establishment monitoring for Contract Nos. HY/2013/01, HY/2013/02, HY/2013/03 and HY/2014/05 was commenced in November 2018 and completed in October 2019.
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.
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.
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.
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 3.2):
Table 3.2: Summary of Marine Sediment disposed to Dumping Site via Contract No. HY/2013/03
|
Type of Sediment and Quantity Disposed (m3) |
|
|
Cat. L (in
Type I) |
Type II |
Total = |
3,570 |
39,814 |
Note: For monthly breakdown of these quantities, please refer to the waste flow table in Appendix G.
The valid environmental licences and permits during the reporting period are summarized in Appendix H.
Air Quality – AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B
December 2019
and January 2020
During December 2019 and January 2020, a total of one Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP for air quality at AMS7B was recorded and investigated by the ET of the Contract. Following investigation, it was concluded that the exceedance was not related to the HZMB HKBCF project. The detailed investigation results of the exceedance recorded are presented in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2 and AMS3C, and no Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7B by the Environmental Team of this Contract in December 2019 and January 2020.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for February 2020) prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report (for February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Air Quality – AMS6
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 December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
Noise
December 2019
and January 2020
No monitoring results are presented for December 2019 and January 2020, since impact noise monitoring has been terminated as approved by EPD on 3 September 2019.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of construction noise shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Water Quality
During the reporting period, monthly impact operational phase water quality monitoring in accordance with Section 9.9 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0) was conducted on 23 December 2019, 20 January 2020 and 17 February 2020.
Chinese White Dolphin
During the reporting period, post-construction dolphin monitoring was conducted in accordance with Section 10.7 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). Post-construction dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.
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.
According to the environmental site inspections undertaken during the reporting period, the following recommendations were provided:
● The Contractor was reminded to repair / replace the damaged chemical waste storage area.
● The Contractor was reminded to provide water spraying on the haul road and exposed works areas regularly to keep them wet.
● The Contractor was reminded to ensure wheel washing of vehicles is properly implemented before leaving site.
● The Contractor was reminded to clear the general refuse and more frequently
● The Contractor was reminded to properly display NRMM label on a generator.
● The Contractor was reminded to properly implement on-site sorting and removal of C&D material.
● The Contractor was reminded to provide suitable bund or drip tray for chemical containers.
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.
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.
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 19th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summarises findings of the EM&A works during the reporting period from 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 (the “reporting period”).
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
Air Quality –
AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B
December 2019
and January 2020
During December 2019 and January 2020, a total of one Action Level exceedance of 24-hour TSP for air quality at AMS7B was recorded and investigated by the ET of the Contract. Following investigation, it was concluded that the exceedance was not related to the HZMB HKBCF project. The detailed investigation results of the exceedance recorded are presented in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, no Action and Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at stations AMS2 and AMS3C, and no Limit Level exceedance of 24-hr TSP level recorded at AMS7B by the Environmental Team of this Contract in December 2019 and January 2020.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are reported in the monthly EM&A Report (for February 2020) prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report (for February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Air Quality – AMS6
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 December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020) prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
Noise
December 2019
and January 2020
No monitoring results are presented for December 2019 and January 2020, since impact noise monitoring has been terminated as approved by EPD on 3 September 2019.
February 2020
For February 2020, the monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01. Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of construction noise shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2019/01.
Water Quality
During the reporting period, monthly impact operational phase water quality monitoring in accordance with Section 9.9 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0) was conducted on 23 December 2019, 20 January 2020 and 17 February 2020.
Chinese
White Dolphin
During the reporting period, post-construction dolphin monitoring was conducted in accordance with Section 10.7 of the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). Post-construction dolphin monitoring results at all transects during the reporting period are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports for this Contract.
Environmental Site Inspections
Environmental site inspections under this Contract were carried out on 4, 11, 16 and 23 December 2019, 2, 9, 15 and 20 January 2020, and 5, 13, 17 and 26 February 2020. (No site inspection was carried out in the week commencing 27 January 2020 as no construction works were scheduled from Friday 25 January 2020 to Sunday 2 February 2020 inclusive during Lunar New Year holidays as advised by the Contractor.) Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractors for the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.
Landscape Establishment Monitoring
Bi-monthly landscape establishment monitoring for Contract Nos. HY/2013/01, HY/2013/02, HY/2013/03 and HY/2014/05 was commenced in November 2018 and completed in October 2019.
Complaints
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 the reporting period.
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. Post-Construction Dolphin Monitoring Survey Findings and Analysis