1               INTRODUCTION

 

1.1         Cinotech Consultants Limited (Cinotech) was appointed by Dragages -China Harbour-VSL JV (hereinafter called “the Contractor”) as the Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) programme during construction phase of the Contract No. HY/2011/09 – Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill” (hereinafter called the “Contract”) in accordance with EP Conditions 2.1.

Purpose of the report

1.2         This is the 15th EM&A report which summarises the impact monitoring results and audit findings for the EM&A programme in April 2014.

Structure of the report

1.3         The structure of the report is as follows:

 

Section 1:  Introduction - purpose and structure of the report.

 

Section 2:  Contract Information - summarises background and scope of the Contract, site description, project organization and contact details, construction programme, the construction works undertaken and the status of Environmental Permits/Licenses during the reporting month.

 

Section 3:  Air Quality Monitoring - summarises the monitoring parameters, monitoring programmes, monitoring methodologies, monitoring frequency, monitoring locations, Action and Limit Levels, monitoring results and Event / Action Plans.

 

Section 4:  Noise Monitoring - summarises the monitoring parameters, monitoring programmes, monitoring methodologies, monitoring frequency, monitoring locations, Action and Limit Levels, monitoring results and Event / Action Plans.

 

Section 5:  Water Quality Monitoring - summarises the monitoring parameters, monitoring programmes, monitoring methodologies, monitoring frequency, monitoring locations, Action and Limit Levels, monitoring results and Event / Action Plans.

 

 Section 6:  Dolphin-Related Monitoring - summarises the monitoring parameters, monitoring programmes, monitoring methodologies, monitoring frequency, monitoring locations and monitoring results.

 

Section 7:  Environmental Site Inspection - summarises the audit findings of the weekly site inspections undertaken within the reporting month.

 

Section 8:  Environmental Non-conformance - summarises any monitoring exceedance, environmental complaints, environmental summons and successful prosecutions within the reporting month.

 

Section 9:  Future Key Issues - summarises the impact forecast and monitoring schedule for the next three months.

 

Section 10:  Conclusions and Recommendation