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 16 Action Level exceedances and 8 Limit Level exceedances were
recorded for suspended solids. No Action/Limit Level exceedance for dissolved
oxygen and 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)
Localized sediment plume due to the rough water condition was observed;
3)
Monitoring station is situated at the upstream of the construction
sites;
4)
Sediment plume due to natural fluctuation of shallow water was observed;
5)
Control Station value already exceeded either the Baseline
Action or Limit Levels;
6)
Adverse water quality outside the site boundary was observed. Dispersion
of sediment plume to the monitoring stations from the area outside the site
boundary (i.e. works area not under and related to HY/2011/09) was also
observed.
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.