5.1
Summary
of exceedance is provided in Appendix K. The details of the exceedances
were attached in the Monthly EM&A Report.
Air Quality
5.2
For 1-hour TSP monitoring, no Action Level exceedance was recorded and one Limit Level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.
5.3
For
24-hr TSP monitoring, no Action/Limit Level exceedance
was recorded in the reporting perod.
Noise
5.4
No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded in the
reporting period.
Water
Quality
5.5
There
are 15 Action Level exceedances and 10 Limit Level exceedances were recorded for suspended solids. One Action Level exceedance for turbidity was recorded in the reporting
period.
5.6
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;
2)
No
marine construction works were conducted in vicinity of monitoring station in
which exceedances were recorded;
3)
Sdiment plume due to natural fluctuation of shallow
water and localized plume in the monitoring area were also observed;
4)
The exceedances at the monitoring station which is situated at
the upstream of the site;
5)
The exceeded results were similar or within the
ranges baseline monitoring results; and
6)
Water quality mitigation measures such as casting
and silt curtain were also properly implemented.
Dolphin
Monitoring (Line-transect Vessel Survey)
5.7
No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded in the
reporting period.
5.8 One environmental related complaint was received in the reporting period. The Complaint Log is attached in Appendix L. All investigation reports for complaint of the Contract have been submitted to summarize the investigation results. The summary of environmental complaints is presented in Table 5.1.
Table 5.1
Summary
of Environmental Complaints in the Reporting Period
Complaint Log Ref. |
Location |
Received Date |
Nature of Complaint |
Com-2013-11-001 |
Chek Lap Kok
(CLK) South Road |
16 November 2013 |
Air Quality |
5.9
There
was no prosecution or notification of summons received since the Contract
commencement.