10.1
The Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) Report presents the EM&A works undertaken in August 2015 in accordance with EM&A Manual.
10.2
No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality and
construction noise.
10.3
There are one Action Level and no Limit Level exceedances for suspended
solids were recorded. No Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved oxygen and
turbidity were recorded. According to the investigation, no pollution discharge
was observed from the site. In addition, sediment plume due to natural
fluctuation of shallow water was observed. Therefore, the exceedances are
considered not due to the Contract.
10.4
Dolphin
transect survey was carried out on 18th and 26th August 2015. No adverse impact on Chinese White Dolphins was noticeable from general
observations.
10.5
Two days of additional Land-based Dolphin Behaviour and Movement Monitoring were conducted on 13th
and 21st August 2015.
10.6
Environmental site inspection was
conducted on 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th August 2015 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 in the reporting month.
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.