This
Final Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Review Report is prepared
for Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary
Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨ (hereafter referred to as ¡§the
Contract¡¨) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR). Contract No. HY/2019/01 was awarded to China Harbour
Engineering Co. Limited and Fugro Technical Services Limited (FTS) was appointed
as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
Contract
No. HY/2019/01 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
4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early
February 2020.
Fugro
Technical Services Limited (FTS) 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 is providing environmental team services for the Contract.
This
is the Final EM&A Review Report for the Contract which summaries findings
of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 5 February 2020 to 4
January 2023 (the date of the contract ends).
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Progress
The
EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A
Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). It should be noted that the air quality, noise and the post-construction dolphin monitoring works for
the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨.
Air
Quality Monitoring
In accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, four air
quality monitoring locations, namely AMS2, AMS3C, AMS6 and AMS7B were set up at
the proposed locations. AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are covered by Contract No.
HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨
AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) ¡V Section between Scenic Hill and
HKBCF¡¨. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to
conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme if
this air quality monitoring station is no longer covered by Contract No.
HY/2011/03. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final
decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations. The monitoring results for AMS6 are reported in the monthly EM&A
Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.
Due to the existing air quality monitoring location AMS7B would be
hand over back to Airport Authority for their construction works. Air quality
monitoring location AMS7B was temporary suspended, effective from 10 December
2020 to 30 September 2021. According to the email date 11 August 2021, EPD have
no comment on the Proposal for Relocation of Monitoring Location AMS7B, the
monitoring location AMS7B are proposed to be relocated by alternative
monitoring location AMS7C for air quality monitoring. The monitoring location
AMS7C has resumed air quality monitoring on 5 October 2021.
According to the EPD¡¦s reply email, EPD has no comment on the
Proposal for Termination of Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the air quality
monitoring for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022.
The last monitoring was completed on 24 March 2022.
Noise Monitoring
In accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, two noise monitoring
locations, namely NMS2 and NMS3C are covered under Contract No. HY/2019/01
¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2
and Other Works.
Due to rejection from Ho Yu College (NMS3) for setting up a noise
monitoring station at their school, an alternative location at site boundary of
the site office area at Works Area WA2 (NMS3B) is proposed. Impact noise
monitoring has been relocated from NMS3B to Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop
(NMS3C) on 20 August 2018 under Contract No. HY/2013/04. The same baseline and
Action and Limit levels for noise, as derived from the baseline monitoring data
recorded at Ho Yu College, are adopted for this alternative noise monitoring
location.
According to the EPD¡¦s reply email, EPD has no comment on the
Proposal for Termination of Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the noise
monitoring for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022.
The last monitoring was completed on 24 March 2022.
Ecology Monitoring
All marine-based construction activities for the HKBCF project were
completed in January 2019. No marine-based construction activities will be
undertaken under this Contract. However, the ET of this Contract or another ET
of the HZMB is required to conduct post-construction dolphin monitoring in
accordance with Section 10.7 of the updated EM&A Manual.
In accordance with the requirements of the updated EM&A manual,
the dolphin monitoring programme have adopted the standard line-transect method
(Buckland et al. 2001) to survey the pre-set and fixed transect lines defined
by AFCD in the Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas.
The layout map of the transect lines provided by AFCD is presented in Figure
4.
The ecological monitoring works for the HKBCF project are covered by
Contract No. HY/2013/04 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao-Bridge HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure
Works Stage II (Southern Portion)¡¨. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the
HZMB project is required to conduct post-construction dolphin monitoring at 24
transects as part of EM&A programme if these transects are no longer
covered by Contract No. HY/2013/04.
The dolphin survey results for all transects are reported in the
monthly EM&A Reports prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/04 for February 2020.
From March 2020, the role of dolphin monitoring and data collection
are under Contract No. HY/2012/08 ¡§Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link ¡V Northern Connection Sub-sea Tunnel Section¡¨. To avoid redundancy in
the monitoring effort, the findings of Contract No. HY/2012/08 were used from
March 2020 to February 2021.
According to the Proposal on Post-construction Dolphin Monitoring
(PCDM) prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/04 which has been verified by ENPO and
approved by EPD on 8 March 2019 (EPD ref. () in Ax(5) to E771/E1/100) , the
completion date of the PCDM is in February 2021. Therefore, the reporting of
Chinese White Dolphins monitoring works under this contract was suspended on 1
March 2021.
Dolphin Final Review Report was submitted on 28 November 2022 and
verified by IEC on 2 December 2022. Details of the final review of dolphin
monitoring for HKBCF are presented in Quarterly EM&A Report for December
2020 to February 2021.
Site Inspection
Site audits were carried out by ET on weekly basis to monitor the
implementation of proper environmental management practices and mitigation
measures in the Project site.
According to the EPD¡¦s letter (EPD ref. () in AX(12)
in EP771/E1/100), EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
EM&A Programme in Construction Phase, the site inspection for Contract No:
HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 5 July 2022. The last inspection was
completed on 29 June 2022.
Landscape and Visual Site Audit
To monitor and audit the implementation of landscape and visual
mitigation measures, Bi-weekly landscape and visual site audits were carried
out by a Registered Landscape Architect from July 2020 to January 2022.
As informed by AECOM, the commencement date of the 12-month
establishment period for the landscape monitoring under this contract is 5
January 2022. Bi-monthly landscape and visual site audits would be conducted
from 5 January 2022 to 4 January 2023.
Breaches
of Action and Limit Levels
No Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality
monitoring in the reporting period. Also, no Action and Limit Level exceedance
was recorded for construction noise monitoring in the reporting period.
Complaint
Log
No
complaints were received in the reporting period.
Notifications
of any Summons and Successful Prosecutions
No
notifications of summons and prosecutions were received in the reporting
period.
Contents
Figures
Figure 1 The Site Layout Plan of the
Contract
Figure 2 The Location of the Air Quality
Monitoring Station
Figure 3 The Location of the Noise Monitoring
Station
Figure 4 Post-Construction Dolphin Monitoring
Line Transect Layout Map
Appendices
Appendix A Construction Programme
Appendix B Project
Organization Chart
Appendix C Action
and Limit Levels
Appendix D Event
and Action Plan
Appendix F Implementation
Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Construction Phase)
Appendix G Implementation
Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Establishment Period)
Appendix H Summary
of Site Audit in Reporting Period
¡P
Landscaping
and establishment works;
¡P
Irrigation
system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;
¡P
Erection
and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;
¡P
Public
transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point
(RCP) and observation guard booths;
¡P
PTI
cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;
¡P
Vehicle
clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance
supporting system (AVCSS).
Table 1.1
Contact
Information of Key Personnel
Party |
Position |
Name |
Telephone |
Engineer or Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.) |
Senior Resident Engineer |
Mr. Jason Yu |
3748 8903 |
Resident Engineer (until
31 December 2021) |
Mr. Winston Wong |
3748 8918 |
|
Resident Engineer (until
31 August 2022) |
Mr. Gordon Kok |
3748 8967 |
|
Resident Engineer (from
1 September 2022) |
Mr. K.W. Wong |
3748 8967 |
|
Environmental Project Office / Independent
Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited) (until 30 September
2022) |
Environmental Project Office
Leader |
Mr. Y. H. Hui |
3465 2888 |
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) (until
17 May 2020) |
Mr. Ray Yan |
34652836 |
|
Independent Environmental
Checker (IEC) (from
18 May 2020 to 11 April 2021) |
Mr.
Manson Yeung |
9700
6767 |
|
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Mr. Brian Tam |
9700 6767 |
|
Independent Environmental
Checker (IEC) (from 1
May 2022 to 30 June 2022) |
Mr.
Adi Lee |
9700
6767 |
|
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) (from
1 July 2022) |
Mr. Brian Tam |
9700 6767 |
|
Environmental Site Supervisor (until
17 May 2020) |
Mr. Manson
Yeung |
9700
6767 |
|
Environmental Site
Supervisor (from
18 May 2020) |
Mr. K. C. Chan |
3465 2882 |
|
Environmental Project Office / Independent
Environmental Checker (ANewR Consulting
Limited) (from 1 October
2022) |
Environmental Project Office
Leader |
Mr.
Louis Kwan |
2618
2836 |
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Mr. James Choi |
2618 2836 |
|
Environmental Site Supervisor |
Mr.
Ricky Lau |
2618
2836 |
|
Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd) |
Environmental Manager |
Mr. Marko Chan |
9427 2879 |
Environmental Officer |
Mr.
Matthew Wu |
6076
2675 |
|
Environmental Team (Fugro Technical Services Limited) |
Environmental Team
Leader (ETL) |
Mr. Calvin Leung |
3565 4441 |
Table 2.1 Air
Quality and Noise Monitoring Location
Environmental
Monitoring |
Monitoring
Station |
Location |
Air Quality |
AMS2 |
Tung
Chung Development Pier |
AMS3C |
Ying
Tung Estate Market Rooftop |
|
AMS6 |
Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building
(HKIA) |
|
AMS7B |
Third Runway Site Office |
|
AMS7C |
East Sea Rescue Berth ¡V
Airport Fire Contingent |
|
Noise |
NMS2 |
Seaview Crescent |
NMS3C |
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 is no
longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.
2.
The Limit Levels for schools will be applied for NMS3C.