1.
This is the 69th monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) Report prepared by Cinotech Consultants
Limited for the project ¡§Contract No. HY/2011/09 ¡V Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Link Road ¡V Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill¡¨
(hereinafter called the ¡§Contract¡¨). This report documents the findings of
EM&A Works conducted in October 2018.
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 |
4th,
10th, 16th and 22nd October 2018 |
24-hr
TSP Monitoring |
[1]2nd,
4th, 10th, 16th and 22nd October 2018 |
Noise
Monitoring |
5th,
11th, 18th and 23rd October 2018 |
Water
Quality Monitoring |
[2]2nd,
4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th,
[2]15th, 18th, 20th and 23rd
October 2018 |
2nd
and 9th October 2018 |
|
Environmental
Site Inspection |
2nd,
9th, 16th and 23rd October 2018 |
[1] 24 hr
TSP at AMS1 on 28th September 2018 was cancelled due to the power
supply and rescheduled to 2 October 2018.
[2] Water quality
monitoring (Mid-Ebb) on 2nd and 15th October 2018 were
cancelled due to safety reason. The reasons for no alternative include:
a) The tidal ranges of the
alternative is less than 0.5m
b) Two sets of monitoring are not less than 36 hours
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 |
||||
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) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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. The 2nd and 3rd 1-hr TSP monitoring results at
AMS1 on 10 October 2018 are considered as voided data due to the filter papers
were contaminated by mold. No Action/Limit
Level exceedances were recorded.
24-hour TSP Monitoring
5.
All 24-hour TSP monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. No Action/Limit Level
exceedances were recorded.
Construction Noise
All construction noise monitoring was conducted as
scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was
recorded.
Water Quality
6.
All water
quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No
Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved oxygen, turbidity and suspended
solid were recorded.
Complaint Log
7.
No environmental complaint was received in the reporting month.
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
8.
No notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in
the reporting month.
9.
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).
10.
Major site activities for the coming reporting month will include:
Portion
A
¡P
Reinstatement of South Perimeter Road
(P81-P83)
Pier
115 & Pier 114 Interface Area
¡P
Reinstatement of Slope and drainage works