1.
This is the 13th 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 March and May 2016.
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 |
2nd, 8th, 14th,
18th, 24th and 30th March 2016 5th, 11th, 15th,
21st and 27th April 2016 3rd, 9th, 13th,
19th, 25th and 31st May 2016 |
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
|
Noise Monitoring |
3rd, 9th, 15th,
21st and 31st March 2016 6th, 12th, 22nd
and 28th April 2016 4th, 10th, 20th
and 26th May 2016 |
Water Quality Monitoring |
2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th,
11th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 21st,
23rd, 25th, 29th and 31st March
2016 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th,
11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th,
22nd, 25th, 27th and 29th April
2016 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th,
11th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th,
23rd, 25th, 28th and 30th May
2016 |
4th and 14th March 2016 7th and 20th April 2016 13th and 25th May 2016 |
|
Additional Land-based
Dolphin Behaviour and Movement Monitoring |
2nd and 16th March 2016 21st and 29th April 2016 9th and 16th May 2016 |
Environmental Site
Inspection |
1st, 8th, 15th,
22nd and 29th March 2016 5th, 12th, 19th
and 26th April 2016 3rd, 10th, 17th
, 24th and 31st May 2016 |
Archaeological Site
Inspection |
29th March 2016 |
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) |
6 |
3 |
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
Cross Beam Precast Shell construction
Ancillary
and Associated Facilities
E&M installation
Preparation works for installation of precast precast parapets
Construction of side barriers
Marine
Viaduct (P0 to P80)
Precast
Column Erection
Vertical Tendons Stressed
Grouting Vertical Tendons
Pier Head Concrete
Double
Blade Column
Pier head construction
Deck
Erection
Segment erection
Erection of canilever
Erection of SOP segments, movement joint,
in-situ RC works
Cross Beam Precast Shell construction
Land
Viaduct (P81 to Abutment at SHT)
Removal of filled platform
Reinstatement of slope area at P115
Construction of longitudinal stitching