10           CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions

10.1     The Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report presents the EM&A works undertaken in May 2013 in accordance with EM&A Manual. 

 

10.2     No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality and water quality.

 

10.3     One Action Level exceedance was recorded for noise as one documented complaint was received to complaint the noise nuisance due to loading of metal parts at barge near the seawall of Works Area WA6 early morning (around 8:45a.m) on 18 May 2013 (Saturday) in the reporting month. No Limit Level exceedance for noise was recorded.

 

10.4     Environmental site inspection was conducted on 7th, 14th, 21st and 31st May 2013 by ET in the reporting month. All deficiencies identified during the site inspection have already rectified / improved during the follow-up audit session.

 

10.5     There were three environmental complaints, no notification of summons and successful prosecution received.

 

10.6     The ET will keep track on the EM&A programme to ensure compliance of environmental requirements and the proper implementation of all necessary mitigation measures.

Recommendations

 

10.7     According to the environmental audit performed in the reporting month, the following recommendations were made:

 

Air Quality Impact

 

¡¤          To regularly maintain the quality of machinery and vehicles on site.

¡¤          To implement dust suppression measures on all haul roads, stockpiles, dry surfaces and excavation works.

¡¤          To provide hoarding along the entire length of that portion of the site boundary.

 


Noise Impact

 

¡¤          To inspect the noise sources inside the site.

¡¤          To space out noisy equipment and position the equipment as far away as possible from sensitive receivers.

¡¤          To provide temporary noise barriers for operations of noisy equipment near the noise sensitive receivers, if necessary.

 

Water Impact

 

¡¤     To prevent any surface runoff discharge into any stream course and sea.

¡¤     To review and implement temporary drainage system.

¡¤     To identify any wastewater discharges from site.

¡¤     To ensure properly maintenance for de-silting facilities.

¡¤     To clear the silt and sediment in the sedimentation tanks.

¡¤     To review the capacity of de-silting facilities for discharge.

¡¤     To divert all the water generated from construction site to de-silting facilities with enough handling capacity before discharge.

¡¤     To avoid accumulation of stagnant and ponding water on site.

 

Waste/Chemical Management

 

¡¤          To check for any accumulation of waste materials or rubbish on site.

¡¤          To ensure the performance of sorting of C&D materials at source (during generation);

¡¤          To carry out inspection of dump truck at site exit to ensure inert and non-inert C&D materials are properly segregated before removing off site.

¡¤          To avoid any discharge or accidental spillage of chemical waste or oil directly from the site.

¡¤          To avoid improper handling or storage of oil drum on site.