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 – 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 31st Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings
of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 August 2022 to 31
August 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 – 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
No
reporting change in the reporting period.
Future
Key Issues
No main construction works will be carried out
in the next reporting period.
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 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 E Implementation
Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Operation Phase)
Appendix F Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions (Not Applicable)
Appendix G Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Month (Not Applicable)
Appendix H Outstanding Issues and Deficiencies (Not Applicable)