1               INTRODUCTION

 

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.

Purpose of the report

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.

 

Structure of the report

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