1.
2.
3.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT
3.1.1
1-hour
TSP and 24-hour TSP impact monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B were carried out
in the reporting period, the monitoring results are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared
for this Contract.
3.1.2
There
was no Action / Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP
level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B was recorded during the reporting period.
3.1.3
The
monitoring results for AMS6 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared
for Contract No. HY/2011/03.
3.1.4
Summary
of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level
at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract
No. HY/2011/03.
3.2.1
Construction
noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting period, the monitoring
results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports
prepared for this Contract.
3.2.2
There
was no Action / Limit Level exceedance for construction noise at NMS2 and NMS3C
was recorded during the reporting period.
3.2.3
School
calendar of Ho Yu College was checked against noise
monitoring days at NMS3C.
3.3.1
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.
3.3.2
The
post-construction dolphin monitoring conducted is vessel-based and combines
line-transect and photo-ID methodology, which have adopted. To avoid redundancy
in the monitoring effort, the findings of Contract No. HY/2012/08 were used for
this reporting month. The details are presented in Appendix I.
3.4
Site
Inspection
3.4.1
Site
inspections were carried out weekly to monitor the implementation of proper
environmental pollution control and mitigation measures for the Project. A
summary of the mitigation measures implementation schedule is provided in Appendix E.
3.4.2
13
weekly environmental site inspections were carried out in the reporting period.
Details of observations recorded during the site inspections are presented in Appendix F.
3.4.3
4
Bi-weekly Landscape and Visual Site audits were carried out by a Registered
Landscape Architect in the reporting period.
3.5.1
The
Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient
numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and
sorting.
3.5.2
The
summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix
G.
3.5.3
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.
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.