1.
This is the 1st monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report prepared by Cinotech Consultants Limited for the project ¡§Contract No.
HY/2011/09 ¡V Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Link Road ¡V Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill¡¨ (hereinafter called the ¡§Contract¡¨). This report documents the findings of EM&A Works conducted between
22nd and 28th February 2013 as the Contract commenced on
22 February 2013.
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
2.
A summary of the monitoring
activities in this reporting period is listed in Table I below:
Table I Summary Table for Monitoring Activities in the Reporting Period
Parameter(s) |
Date(s) |
1-hr TSP Monitoring |
22nd
and 28th February 2013 |
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
22nd
and 28th February 2013 |
Noise Monitoring |
23rd
February 2013 |
Water Quality Monitoring |
22nd,
25th and 27th February 2013 |
19th
and 25th February 2013 |
|
Construction-phase underwater Noise Monitoring |
*N/A |
Dolphin Behaviour Monitoring |
*N/A |
Land-based Dolphin Behaviour and Movement
Monitoring |
*N/A |
Environmental Site Inspection |
26th
February 2013 |
*N/A: No monitoring was conducted in the
reporting period as the bored piling activities have not been started. (The
tentative commencement date of bored piling activities is 18 March 2013)
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
3.
Summary of the
environmental exceedances of the reporting period is
tabulated in Table II.
Table II Summary Table for Events Recorded in the Reporting Period
Environmental Monitoring |
Parameter |
No. of Exceedance |
No. of Exceedance related
to the Construction
Activities
of this Contract |
||
Action
Level |
Limit
Level |
Action
Level |
Limit
Level |
||
Air Quality |
1-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Water Quality |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(Surface & Middle) |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(Bottom) |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
7 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
|
Suspended Solids (SS) |
5 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
1-hour
TSP Monitoring
4.
All 1-hour TSP monitoring
was conducted as scheduled in the reporting period. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
24-hour
TSP Monitoring
5.
All 24-hour TSP monitoring
was conducted as scheduled in the reporting period. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Construction
Noise
6.
All construction noise
monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting period. No Action/Limit
Level exceedance was recorded.
Water Quality
7.
All water quality
monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting period. There are
seventeen Action Level exceedances and six Limit
Level exceedances were recorded for dissolved oxygen.
Seven Action Level exceedances and twenty-six Limit
Level exceedances for turbidity were recorded. Five
Action exceedances and thirty Limit Level exceedances for suspended solids were recorded.
8.
According to the investigation,
no major marine construction activities were conducted during the monitoring
period. Therefore, all exceedances are considered not
due to the Contract.
Complaint Log
9.
No environmental complaint
was received in the reporting period.
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
10.
No notification of summons
and successful prosecution was received in the reporting period.
11.
This report has been
developed in compliance with the reporting requirements for the first monthly
EM&A Report as required by the EM&A Manual for Hong Kong Link Road
(EM&A Manual). There are no reporting changes.
12.
Major site activities for the coming reporting month
will include:
Continue
erection of hoarding & fence and site office area set up in Portion C;
Carry
out slewing work for CLP 11kVA and 132kVA power cable between P108, P109 &
P113;
Construction
of the concrete cable trough for CLP cable slewing;
Slewing
of the tele-communication cable;
Continue
pre-drilling work at western water, along slopping seawall and at Portion C;
Protection
work to the fuel pipes along the access road at Portion C;
Complete
the piling platform for the Kelly method at P48, P0 and P49 and commence bored
piling work;
Erection
of platform at P50 an P52 for preparation of RCD bored piling;
Continue
the setup of casting yard;
Set-up
facilities for marine delivery of concrete from land plants.
Setting up of silt-curtain. (dolphin exclusion
zone and dolphin watching plan will be implemented in accordance with EP
condition 3.4 and 3.5)