1.1
Cinotech
Consultants Limited (Cinotech) was appointed by Dragages -China Harbour-VSL JV (hereinafter
called “the Contractor”) as the
Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) programme during construction phase of the
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”) in
accordance with EP Conditions 2.1.
1.2
This is
the 1st Quarterly EM&A report which summarises
the impact monitoring results and audit findings for the EM&A programme in the period between 22nd
February and 31st May 2013. In order to compare the data analysis
for dolphin monitoring results to the baseline monitoring results and the
AFCD’s quarterly monitoring results, this first quarterly report will contain four
months’ monitoring data instead of three. The Quarterly EM&A reports
thereafter will contain three months’ monitoring data.
1.3
The
structure of the report is as follows:
Section 1: Introduction - purpose and structure of
the report.
Section 2: Contract Information - summarises background and scope of the Contract, site
description, project organization and contact details, construction programme, the construction works undertaken and the status
of Environmental Permits/Licenses during the reporting month.
Section 3: Environmental Monitoring and Audit
Requirements - summarises the monitoring
parameters, monitoring frequency, monitoring locations, Action and Limit
Levels, Event / Action Plans, site audit summary and environmental mitigation
measures.
Section 4: Environmental Monitoring Results - summarises the environmental monitoring results in terms of
air quality, noise, underwater noise, water quality, dolphin and waste
management.
Section 5: Environmental Non-conformance - summarises any monitoring exceedance,
environmental complaints, environmental summons and successful prosecutions
within the reporting period.
Section 6: Conclusions and Recommendation