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/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 period.
Noise
5.4
No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded in the
reporting period.
Water
Quality
5.5
There
are 24 Action Level exceedances and 6 Limit Level exceedances were recorded for suspended solids. 6 Action Level exceedance and 1 Limit Level exceedances
for turbidity were 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)
Sediment plume due to natural fluctuation of
shallow water and movement of
vessel
in the monitoring area; and
3)
The exceeded results were similar or within the
ranges baseline monitoring results.
Dolphin
Monitoring (Line-transect Vessel Survey)
5.7
No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded in the
reporting period.
5.8 Six environmental related complaints were 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-2014-03-001 |
Near Sha Lo Wan |
5 March 2014 |
Chemical / Waste
Management |
|
Com-2014-03-002 |
In the vicinity of the waters outside Sha Lo Wan |
11 March 2014 |
Noise |
|
Com-2014-04-001 |
Construction marine works
by the company Bauer Hong Kong in Tung Chung |
14 April 2014 |
Ecology |
|
Com-2014-05-001 |
At the shore of Sha
Lo Wan |
13 May 2014 |
Ecology |
|
Com-2014-05-002 |
At the shore of Sha
Lo Wan |
27 May 2014 |
Ecology |
|
Com-2014-05-003 |
Pier 39 to 50 |
29 May 2014 |
Water Quality and Waste
Management |
5.9
There
was no prosecution or notification of summons received since the Contract
commencement.