This Quarterly
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 1st Quarterly
EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A
programme during the reporting period from 1 February 2020 to 31 May 2020.
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Progress
The Quarterly 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
No Action and Limit Level
exceedance was recorded for air quality monitoring in the reporting period. Also,
no Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for construction noise
monitoring in the reporting 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 remaining
post-construction dolphin monitoring works under Contract No. HY/2013/04 “HZMB
HKBCF – Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)” were suspended from 1
March 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 is required and continues the
full implementation of environmental monitoring commencing on 1 March 2020.
Contents
Tables
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