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 33^rd Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 October 2022 to 31 October 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

4. ECOLOGY MONITORING 10

5. SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT 11

6. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE 12

7. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURE 13

8. FUTURE KEY ISSUES 14

9. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 15

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

Appendix J Bi-Monthly Landscape and Visual Audit Checklist

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

1.1.1 Fugro Technical Services Limited was commissioned by China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (also referred to as “the Contractor”) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”.

1.1.2 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. The general layout of the Project area is shown in Figure 1. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.

1.1.3 This is the 33^rd Monthly EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2019/01 from 1 October 2022 to 31 October 2022 (reporting period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2 Project Description

1.2.1 The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2019/01 include the following major items:

· Landscaping and establishment works;

· Irrigation system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;

· Erection and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;

· Public transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point (RCP) and observation guard booths;

· PTI cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;

· Vehicle clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance supporting system (AVCSS).

1.3 Project Organization

1.3.1 The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

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	Mr. K.W. Wong	3748 8967
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (ANewR Consulting Limited)	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
Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)	Environmental Officer	Mr. Matthew Wu	6076 2675
Environmental Team (Fugro Technical Services Limited)	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Mr. Calvin Leung	3565 4441

1.4 Construction Programme and Activities

1.4.1 The site layout plan of the Contract is shown in Figure 1.

1.4.2 The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.

1.4.3 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).

1.5 Works undertaken during the month

1.5.1 No main construction works was carried out in the reporting period.

1.6 Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

1.6.1 A summary of the relevant permits, licenses and/or notifications on environmental protection for this Contract is presented in Table 1.2.

Table 1.2 Environmental Licenses, Notification and Permits Summary

Permit/ Notification/ License	Reference No	Valid From	Valid Till
Environmental Permit	EP-353/2009/K	11-Apr-16	Not Applicable
Notification pursuant to Air Pollution (Construction Dust) Regulation	451380	28-Nov-19	Not Applicable
Billing Account for Disposal of C&D waste	A/C No. 7036097	18-Dec-19	Not Applicable
Chemical Waste Producer Registration	5296-951-C1186-32	6-Feb-20	Not Applicable
Water Discharge License	WT00035721-2020	8-Jun-21	30-Apr 25

2. AIR QUALITY

2.1 Monitoring Requirement

2.1.1 In accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, 1-hour and 24-hour Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) levels should be measured at the designated air quality monitoring stations to indicate the impacts of construction dust on air quality. Impact 1-hour TSP monitoring was conducted for at least three times every 6 days, while impact 24-hour TSP monitoring was carried out for at least once every 6 days.

2.1.2 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.

2.2 Monitoring Locations

2.2.1 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 – Phase 2 and Other Works”

2.2.2 AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – 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.

2.2.3 Due to the existing air quality monitoring location AMS7B would be hand over back to Airport Authority for their construction works. A new alternative air quality monitoring location is still under processing. Air quality monitoring location AMS7B was temporary suspended, effective from 10 December 2020.

2.2.4 According to the email date 11 August 2021, EPD have no comment on the Proposal for Relocation of Monitoring Location AMS 7B, the monitoring location AMS 7B are proposed to be relocated by alternative monitoring location AMS 7C for air quality monitoring. The monitoring location AMS 7C has resumed air quality monitoring on 5 October 2021.

2.2.5 The most updated locations of air quality monitoring are summarized in Table 2.1 and they are shown in Figure 2.

Table 2.1 Air Quality Monitoring Location

Monitoring Station	Location
AMS2	Tung Chung Development Pier
AMS3C	Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop
AMS6	Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)
AMS7C	East Sea Rescue Berth – Airport Fire ContingentThird Runway Site Office

Remarks: 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.

3. NOISE

3.1 Monitoring Requirement

3.1.1 In accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manuals, L_eq (30min) monitoring is conducted for at least once a week during the construction phase between 0700 and 1900 on normal weekdays at the designated monitoring locations.

3.1.2 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.

3.2 Monitoring Parameters and Frequency

3.2.1 The parameters and frequencies of impact noise monitoring is summarized in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1 Monitoring Parameters and Frequencies of Noise Monitoring

Parameter

Frequency

L_eq (30min)

L₁₀ and L₉₀ will be recorded for reference

At each station at 0700-1900 hours on normal weekdays at a frequency of once a week

3.3 Monitoring Locations

3.3.1 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 – Phase 2 and Other Works.

3.3.2 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.

3.3.3 The most updated locations are summarized in Table 3.2 and the locations of the noise monitoring stations shown in Figure 3.

Table 3.2 Construction Noise Monitoring Location

Monitoring Station	Location
NMS2	Seaview Crescent
NMS3C	Ying Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point

Remark: The Limit Levels for schools will be applied for this alternative monitoring location at NMS3C.

4. ECOLOGY MONITORING

4.1 Monitoring Requirements

4.1.1 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.

4.1.2 The CV of the proposed dolphin specialist for this Contract has been submitted to IEC for review prior to submission to AFCD for approval.

4.1.3 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 completed on 1 March 2021.

4.2 Monitoring Locations and Methodology

4.2.1 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.

5. SITE INSPECTION AND AUDIT

5.1 Site Inspection

5.1.1 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.

5.2 Landscape and Visual Site Audit (Establishment Period)

5.2.1 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 will be conducted from 5 January 2022 to 4 January 2023.

5.2.2 A bi-monthly landscape and visual site audit was carried out on 31 October 2022. This was a joint inspection with the IEC, the engineer, the contractor and the ET’s Registered Landscape Architect. The bi-monthly landscape and visual site audit checklist was counter-signed by IEC and presented in Appendix J.

5.3 Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status

5.3.1 The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting.

5.3.2 The monthly summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix D.

5.3.3 If off-site disposal is required, the excavated marine mud from the land-based works shall be disposed of at the designated disposal sites within Hong Kong as allocated by the Marine Fill Committee or other locations as agreed by the Director. The Contractor shall ensure no spilling and overflowing of materials during loading / unloading / transportation is allowed.

5.3.4 The Contractor was reminded that chemical waste containers should be properly treated and stored temporarily in designated chemical waste storage area on site in accordance with the Code of Practice on the Packing, Labelling and Storage of Chemical Waste.

6. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE

6.1 Environmental Exceedance

6.1.1 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.

6.2 Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

6.2.1 No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution were received in the reporting month.

6.2.2 Cumulative complaint log, summaries of complaints, notification of summons and successful prosecutions are presented in Appendix F.

7. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURE

7.1 Implementation Status

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 EM&A programme for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 5 July 2022. The implementation status of the environmental mitigation measures during the reporting period is summarized in Appendix C.

8. FUTURE KEY ISSUES

8.1 Construction Programme for the Next Month

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

8.2 Key Issues for the Coming Month

8.2.1 Potential environmental impacts arising from the above construction activities are mainly associated with construction dust, construction noise, waste management and landscape and visual impact issues.

8.3 Monitoring Schedules for the Next Month

8.3.1 The tentative schedule for environmental monitoring in the coming month is provided in Appendix I.

9. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

9.1 Conclusions

9.1.1 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.

9.1.2 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.

9.1.3 Referring to the Contractor’s information, no environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in the reporting month.