This Monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) 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 will be
providing environmental team services for the Contract.
This is the 1st Monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A
programme during the reporting period from 5 February 2020 to 29 February 2020.
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Progress
The monthly EM&A
programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for
HKBCF (Version 1.0). It should be noted that the air quality and noise
monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and
Other Works¡¨. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is
required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and dolphin
monitoring as part of EM&A programme if the impact air quality monitoring
work and the post-construction dolphin monitoring is no longer covered by
Contract No. HY/2011/03 and Contract No. HY/2013/04 respectively. However, this
is subject to ENPO¡¦s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring
work at these stations.
Breaches
of Action and Limit Levels
No Action and Limit Level
exceedance was recorded for air quality monitoring in the reporting month.
Also, no Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for construction noise
monitoring in the reporting month.
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.
Reporting
Change
There were no reporting
changes during the reporting month.
Future
Key Issues
The main works will be
anticipated in the next reporting period are as follow:
¡P
Site
Fence at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Recessed
Cover near building 035 (land-based);
¡P
UPS
room at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) and North Public Transport
Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Minor
Works near building 062 (land-based);
¡P
Site
hoarding at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);
¡P
Excavation
at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);
¡P
Road
& Drain works at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) and North
Public Transport Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Vertical
access at Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) (land-based);
¡P
Site
office renovation at WA3 (land-based).
Contents
6. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE
7. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION
MEASURE
Tables
Table 1.1 Contact
Information of Key Personnel
Table 1.2
Environmental Licenses, Notification and Permits Summary
Table 2.1 Air Quality
Monitoring Equipment
Table 2.2 Air Quality
Monitoring Location
Table 2.3 Summary of
Air Quality Monitoring Results
Table 3.1 Construction
Noise Monitoring Equipment
Table 3.2 Monitoring
Parameters and Frequencies of Noise Monitoring
Table 3.3 Construction
Noise Monitoring Location
Table 3.4 Summary of
Construction Noise Monitoring Results
Figure 1 The Site Layout Plan of the Contract
Appendices
Appendix
A Construction Programme
Appendix B Project
Organization Chart
Appendix C Action
and Limit Levels
Appendix D Calibration
Certificate of Monitoring Equipment
Appendix E Environmental
Monitoring Schedule
Appendix F Air
Quality Monitoring Results and Construction Noise Monitoring Results
Appendix H Event
and Action Plan
Appendix J Implementation
Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Construction Phase)
Appendix K Weather
and Meteorological Conditions during Reporting Month