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 is
providing environmental team services for the Contract.
This is the 9th Monthly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A
programme during the reporting period from 1 October 2020 to 31 October 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, 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¡¨. 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 the impact air quality
monitoring work is no longer covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 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
Security
measure at existing gate at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Recessed
Cover at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) and North Public Transport
Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Minor
Works at Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) (land-based);
¡P
Excavation
at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) and WA3 (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
Covered
Walkway at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) and North Public
Transport Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Public
Toilet at North Public Transport Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);
¡P
Kiosks
Construction at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);
¡P
Landscape
Works at G1 and G5;
¡P
Conceal
Conduits Works at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);
¡P
Resurfacing
Works at Boundary Crossing Facilities (BCF) (land-based);
¡P
Ground
Investigation at G1 and near Sea Wall (North &
West) (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
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 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