1.
This is the 41st 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 June
2016.
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, 10th,
16th, 22nd and 28th June 2016 |
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
6th, 10th,
16th, 22nd and 28th June 2016 |
Noise Monitoring |
1st, 7th,
17th, 23rd and 29th June 2016 |
Water Quality Monitoring |
1st, 3rd,
6th, 8th, 10th, 13th, 15th,
17th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 27th
and 29th June 2016 |
8th and 20th
June 2016 |
|
Additional Land-based
Dolphin Behaviour and Movement Monitoring |
2nd and 16th June 2016 |
Environmental Site
Inspection |
7th, 14th,
21th and 28th June 2016 |
Archaeological Site
Inspection |
28th June 2016 |
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 |
Total
No. of Exceedance |
No. of Exceedance related to the Construction
Activities of this Contract |
Total No. of Exceedance related to the Construction Activities
of this Contract |
||
Action
Level |
Limit
Level |
Action
Level |
Limit
Level |
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Air Quality |
1-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Water Quality |
Dissolved Oxygen
(DO) (Surface & Middle) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dissolved Oxygen
(DO) (Bottom) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Suspended Solids
(SS) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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 three Action Level and no Limit Level exceedances were
recorded for dissolved oxygen (bottom depth). No Action/Limit Level exceedance
for dissolved oxygen (surface and middle depth), turbidity and suspended solids
were recorded.
8.
According to the investigation, the exceedances are considered not due
to the Contract due to the following reasons:
1) No pollution
discharge was observed from the site; and
2) Control Station value already exceeded either the Baseline Action or
Limit Levels.
Complaint Log
9.
No environmental complaint was 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
Cross Beam
Precast Shell construction
Ancillary
and Associated Facilities
E&M
installation
E&M
ducting installation
Installation
of precast parapets
Construction
of median and side barriers
Construction
of sign gantry footing
Marine
Viaduct (P0 to P80)
Precast
Column Erection
Vertical
Tendons Stressed
Grouting
Vertical Tendons
Pier Head
Concrete
Double
Blade Column
Pier head
construction
Deck Erection
Segment
erection
Erection of
SOP segments, movement joint, in-situ RC works
Radar
platform erection
Land
Viaduct (P85 to Abutment at SHT) & Marine Viaduct (P81-P84)
Removal of
filled platform
Reinstatement
of slope area and drainage
Construction
of longitudinal stitching