1.
This is the 11th Quarterly 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 performed in the
period between September and November 2015.
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
2.
A summary of the monitoring activities in this reporting period is
listed in Table I below:
Table I Summary
Table for Monitoring Activities in the Reporting Period
Parameter(s) |
Monitoring Date(s) |
1-hr TSP Monitoring |
4th, 10th, 16th,
22nd and 28th September 2015 2nd, 8th, 14th,
20th, 26th and 30th October 2015 5th, 11th, 17th,
23rd and 27th November 2015 |
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
|
Noise Monitoring |
1st, 11th, 17th,
23rd and 29th September 2015 9th, 15th, 22nd
and 27th October 2015 6th, 12th,18th and
24th November 2015 |
Water Quality Monitoring |
2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th,
11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 21st,
23rd, 25th, 28th and 30th
September 2015 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th,
12th, 14th, 16th, 20th, 22nd,
24th, 26th, 29th and 31st October
2015 2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th,
11th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th,
23rd, 25th, 27th and 30th November
2015 |
7th and 10th September 2015 7th and 15th October 2015 13th and 19th November 2015 |
|
Additional Land-based
Dolphin Behaviour and Movement Monitoring |
4th and 23rd September 2015 2nd and 14th October 2015 4th and 20th November 2015 |
Environmental Site
Inspection |
1st, 8th, 15th,
22nd and 30th September 2015 6th, 13th, 20th and
28th October 2015 3rd, 10th, 17th and
25th November 2015 |
Archaeological Site
Inspection |
21st
September 2015 |
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
3.
Summary of the environmental exceedances of the reporting period is
tabulated in Table II.
Table II Summary
Table for Events Recorded in the Reporting Period
Environmental Monitoring |
Parameter |
No. of Exceedance |
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 |
24-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Water Quality |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(Surface & Middle) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(Bottom) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Suspended Solids (SS) |
14 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dolphin Monitoring |
Line-transect Vessel
Surveys |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.
Environmental monitoring works were performed in the reporting period
and all monitoring results were checked and reviewed. The details of each exceedance were
attached in the Monthly EM&A Reports.
Complaint Log
5.
No environmental complaint was received in the reporting period.
Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
6.
No notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in
the reporting period.
7.
This report has been developed in compliance with the reporting
requirements for the quarterly EM&A Summary Report
as required by the EM&A Manual for Hong Kong Link Road (EM&A Manual).
8.
Major site activities for
the coming reporting month will include:
WA4
Fabrication of lifting frames
Deliveries of frame structures
WA7
Fabrication of cofferdam frame structures
Marine
Viaduct (P0 to P80)
Remove rockfill
platform for rock breaking for
cofferdam installation
Completed concrete plug, cutting steel casing
and blinding concrete
Enhancement work to cofferdam to improve water
tightness
Pile testing
Pile
Cap Construction:
Installation of precast cap shells
Concreting
Kingpost installation and associated steel
welding works
Concreting trimming
Column
Construction:
Lifting works
Lift concreting
Pier head works
Pier head concreting
Precast
Column Erection
Installation of base units and precast units
Stressing of vertical nailing tendons
Vertical Tendons Stressed
Grouting Vertical Tendons
Pier Head Concrete
Deck
Erection
Setting up of equipment
Segment erection
Precast
Segment
Segment casting
Land
Viaduct (P81 to Abutment at Scenic Hill Tunnel (SHT))
Commencement of reinstatement works
Removal of falsework
Removal of steel bracket system
Construction of upper bearing plinths