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 3 Action Level exceedances and no Limit Level exceedances were recorded for
Dissolved Oxygen (bottom depth). No Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved
oxygen (surface and middle depth), turbidity and suspended solids 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) Control Station value already exceeded
either the Baseline Action or Limit Levels. (Please refer to table below);
|
Station(s) |
Tide |
Dissolved
Oxygen at Bottom Depth (
mg/L) |
|
CS1 |
Mid-Flood Tide |
4.6 |
3) Rough
sea condition was recorded during the water quality monitoring. The low
dissolved oxygen results are considered due to the stirring up of bottom
sediments which cause the decomposition of organic matter by bacteria.
Dolphin Monitoring (Line-transect Vessel
Survey)
5.7
No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded in
the reporting period.
5.8
No environmental related complaint was received in
the reporting period. The Complaint Log is attached in Appendix L.
5.9
There was one prosecution or notification of
summons received since the Contract commencement. Summary of successful prosecution is
attached in Appendix M.