8               ENVIRONMENTAL NON-CONFORMANCE (EXCEEDANCES)

Summary of Exceedances

 

8.1         Summary of exceedance is provided in Appendix L.

8.2         No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality and construction noise.

8.3         All water quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. There are six Action Level and five Limit Level exceedances for suspended solids were recorded. No Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved oxygen and turbidity were recorded.

 

8.4         According to the investigation, the exceedances are considered not due to the Contract due to the following reasons:

1)      Installation work at Pile Cap was carried at near the monitoring stations in which exceedances were recorded. Water quality impact due to this work is not anticipated;

2)      No pollution discharge was observed from the site;

3)      Sediment plume due to natural fluctuation of shallow water was observed but no vessels were observed near the plumes;

4)      Dispersion of sediment plume to the monitoring stations from the area outside the site boundary (i.e. works area not under and related to HY/2011/09) was observed; and

5)      No site activity was carried at near the monitoring stations in which exceedances were recorded.

 

Summary of Environmental Complaint

 

8.5         No environmental related complaints were received in the reporting month. The Complaint Log is attached in Appendix P.

Summary of Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

8.6         There was one prosecution or notification of summons received since the Contract commencement. Summary of successful prosecution as attached in Appendix Q.