10.1
The Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) Report presents the EM&A works undertaken in October 2013 in accordance with EM&A Manual.
10.2
No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality and construction
noise.
10.3
For water quality monitoring, there are five Action Level and
three Limit Level exceedances for suspended solids
were recorded. One Action Level exceedance for
turbidity was recorded.
10.4
According to the investigation, no pollution discharge was observed from
the site. In addition, no marine construction works were conducted in vicinity
of monitoring station in which exceedances were
recorded. Therefore, the exceedances are considered
not due to the Contract.
10.5
Dolphin
transect survey was carried out on 9th and 18th October 2013. No adverse impact on Chinese White Dolphins was noticeable from general
observations.
10.6
Environmental site inspection was
conducted on 2nd, 7th, 16th, 22nd and 29th
October 2013 by ET in the reporting month. All deficiencies identified during the site inspection have already
rectified / improved during the follow-up audit session.
10.7
No inspection to the Sha
Lo Wan (West) Archaeological Site was conducted in the reporting month.
10.8
There was no environmental
complaint, no notification of summons and successful prosecution
received.
10.9
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.
10.10 According to the environmental audit performed in the reporting month,
the following recommendations were made:
Air Quality Impact
¡P
To
regularly maintain the quality of machinery and vehicles on site.
¡P
To
implement dust suppression measures on all haul roads, stockpiles, dry surfaces
and excavation works.
¡P
To provide hoarding along the entire length of that
portion of the site boundary.
Noise Impact
¡P
To
inspect the noise sources inside the site.
¡P
To
space out noisy equipment and position the equipment as far away as possible
from sensitive receivers.
¡P
To
provide temporary noise barriers for operations of noisy equipment near the
noise sensitive receivers, if necessary.
Water Impact
¡P
To prevent any surface runoff
discharge into any stream course and sea.
¡P
To review and implement
temporary drainage system.
¡P
To identify any wastewater
discharges from site.
¡P
To ensure properly maintenance
for de-silting facilities.
¡P
To clear the silt and sediment
in the sedimentation tanks.
¡P
To review the capacity of
de-silting facilities for discharge.
¡P
To divert all the water
generated from construction site to de-silting facilities with enough handling
capacity before discharge.
¡P
To avoid accumulation of stagnant and ponding water on
site.
Ecology Impact
¡P
To implement Spill Response Plan in the event of accidental
spillage of or other hazardous chemicals.
¡P
To implement Dolphin Exclusion Zone during the installation of
bored pile casing located in the waters to the west of Airport.
¡P
To implement Dolphin Watching Plan after the bored piling casing
is installed.
¡P
To ensure the acoustically-decoupled measures were implemented for air
compressors and other noisy equipment mounted on construction vessels according
to acoustic decoupling measures plan.
Waste/Chemical Management
¡P
To
check for any accumulation of waste materials or rubbish on site.
¡P
To ensure the performance of sorting of C&D
materials at source (during generation);
¡P
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.
¡P
To
avoid any discharge or accidental spillage of chemical waste or oil directly from the site.
¡P
To
avoid improper handling or storage of oil drum on site.