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Project Title

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works (Contract No. HY/2019/01)

Document Title

Monthly EM&A Report (July 2022)

Fugro Project No.

0002/20

Fugro Document No.

0002/20/ED/0505

Issue Number

03

Client Information

Client

China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. - Contract No. HY/2019/01

Client Address

China Harbour Building, 370-4 King¡¦s Road, North Point Hong Kong

Client Contact

Matthew Wu

Environmental Team

Initials

Name

Role

Signature

MP

Calvin M.P. Leung

Environmental Team Leader

 

 

CY

Cyrus C.Y. Lai

Senior Environmental Consultant

KH

Toby K.H. Wan

Environmental Consultant

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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 30th Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 July 2022 to 31 July 2022.

 

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

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 and noise monitoring for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022, no Action / Limit Level exceedance for air quality and noise monitoring was recorded during the 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.

 

Reporting Change

The Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase (0002_20_ED_0467_04) was verified by IEC on 13 June 2022 and approved by EPD on 5 July 2022 (EPD ref. () in AX(12) in EP771/E1/100).

 

Future Key Issues

No main construction works will be carried out in the next reporting period.

 


 

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  1

1.        INTRODUCTION   Error! Bookmark not defined.

1.1      Background  5

1.2      Project Description  5

1.3      Project Organization  6

1.4      Construction Programme and Activities  6

1.5      Works undertaken during the month  6

1.6      Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits  7

2.       AIR QUALITY  Error! Bookmark not defined.

2.1      Monitoring Requirement 8

2.2      Monitoring Locations  8

3.       NOISE  Error! Bookmark not defined.

3.1      Monitoring Requirement 9

3.2      Monitoring Parameters and Frequency  9

3.3      Monitoring Locations  9

4.       ECOLOGY MONITORING   Error! Bookmark not defined.

4.1      Monitoring Requirements  10

4.2      Monitoring Locations and Methodology  10

5.       SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT  Error! Bookmark not defined.

5.1      Site Inspection  11

5.2      Landscape and Visual Site Audit (Establishment Period) 11

5.3      Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status  11

6.       ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE  Error! Bookmark not defined.

6.1      Environmental Exceedance  12

6.2      Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution  12

7.       IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURE  Error! Bookmark not defined.

7.1      Implementation Status  13

8.       FUTURE KEY ISSUES  Error! Bookmark not defined.

8.1      Construction Programme for the Next Month  14

8.2      Key Issues for the Coming Month  14

8.3      Monitoring Schedules for the Next Month  14

9.       CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION   Error! Bookmark not defined.

9.1      Conclusions  15

9.2      Comment and Recommendations  15



Tables

Table 1.1  Contact Information of Key Personnel

Table 1.2 Environmental Licenses, Notification and Permits Summary

Table 2.1 Air Quality Monitoring Location

Table 3.1 Monitoring Parameters and Frequencies of Noise Monitoring

Table 3.2 Construction Noise Monitoring Location

 


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  Event and Action Plan

Appendix D Waste Flow Table

Appendix E  Implementation Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Operation Phase)

Appendix F  Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

Appendix G Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Month

Appendix H Outstanding Issues and Deficiencies

Appendix I   Environmental Monitoring Schedule