1.
This is the 28th monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) Report prepared by Cinotech Consultants
Limited for the project
“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”). This report documents the findings of EM&A Works conducted in May
2015.
Environmental Monitoring
and Audit Progress
2.
A summary of the monitoring activities in this reporting month is listed
in Table I below:
Table I Summary
Table for Monitoring Activities in the Reporting Month
Parameter(s) |
Date(s) |
1-hr TSP Monitoring |
6th, 12th, 18th,
22nd and 28th May 2015 |
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
6th, 12th, 18th,
22nd and 28th May 2015 |
Noise Monitoring |
7th, 13th, 19th
and 29th May 2015 |
Water Quality Monitoring |
2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th,
11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th,
22nd, 25th, 27th and 29th May
2015 |
7th and 15th May 2015 |
|
Additional Land-based
Dolphin Behaviour and Movement Monitoring |
11th and 19th May 2015 |
Environmental Site Inspection |
5th, 12th, 18st and
26th May 2015 |
Archaeological Site
Inspection |
(1) N/A |
Remark:
(1) No archaeological site
inspection was conducted in the reporting month.
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
3.
Summary of the environmental exceedances of the reporting month is
tabulated in Table II.
Table II Summary
Table for Events Recorded in the Reporting Month
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) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(Bottom) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Suspended Solids (SS) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1-hour
TSP Monitoring
4.
All 1-hour TSP monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was
recorded.
24-hour
TSP Monitoring
5.
All 24-hour TSP monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was
recorded.
Construction
Noise
6.
All construction noise monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the
reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Water Quality
7.
All water quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. There are two Action Level and one Limit Level exceedances for suspended
solids were recorded. No Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved oxygen and
turbidity were recorded.
8.
According to the investigation, no pollution discharge was observed from
the site. In addition, 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. Therefore, the exceedances are considered not due
to the Contract.
Complaint Log
9.
No environmental complaints were received in the reporting month.
Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
10.
No notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in
the reporting month.
11.
This report has been developed in compliance with the reporting
requirements for the subsequent monthly EM&A Report as required by the
EM&A Manual for Hong Kong Link Road (EM&A Manual).
12.
Major site activities for
the coming reporting month will include:
WA4
Fabrication of lifting frames
Deliveries of frame structures
WA7
Fabrication of cofferdam frame structures
Maintenance of Reverse Circulation Drill (RCD)
equipment
Marine
Viaduct (P0 to P80)
Reverse Circulation Drill (RCD) Method:
Temporary platform formation
Installation of Jacket
Dismantling of piling jackets
Pile excavation and casing installation
Inter-face tests, full depth coring test
and sonic test
Grouting works
Pile
Cap Construction:
Installation of precast cap shells
Concreting
Kingpost installation and associated steel
welding works
Concreting trimming
Rock excavation
Steel Fixing works of pile cap
Works
with Cofferdam:
Installation of waling strut
Installation of sheet pile
Installation of temporary working platform
Installation of shear pin
Installation of bored pile casing
Excavation works and casting of concrete
plug
Dewatering works and sealing works
Additional welding
Column
Construction:
Lifting works
Lift concreting
Pier head works
Pier head concreting
Precast
Column Erection
Installation of base units and precast
units
Stressing of vertical nailing tendons
Deck
Erection
Setting up of equipment
Segment erection
Precast
Segment
Segment casting
Land
Viaduct (P81 to Abutment at Scenic Hill Tunnel (SHT))
Pile construction
Pouring of column
Excavation works and waling & struts
installation work
Sewage diversion
Pre-bored sheet pile
Pile cap excavation work and waling &
struts installation
Erection of steel girders and cross beams
Erection of vertical formwork and kickers
Steel fixing for portal
Removal of falsework
Formworks
Construction of temporary foundations
Segment deliveries
Segment erection