1. This is the 23^rd Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report prepared by Cinotech Consultants Limited for the project “Contract No. HY/2011/09 – Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill” (hereinafter called the “Contract”). This report documents the findings of EM&A Works (Construction Phase) performed in the period between September and November 2018.

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	3^rd, 7^th, 13^th, ^[1]19^th, ^[1]20^th, 24^th and 28^th September 2018 4^th, 10^th, 16^th and 22^nd October 2018
24-hr TSP Monitoring	3^rd, 7^th, 13^th, ^[1]19^th, ^[1]20^th, 24^th and ^[2]28^th September 2018 ^[2]2^nd, 4^th, 10^th, 16^th and 22^nd October 2018
Noise Monitoring	5^th, 11^th, 20^th and 26^th September 2018 5^th, 11^th, 18^th and 23^rd October 2018
Water Quality Monitoring	1^st, 4^th, 6^th, 8^th, 10^th, ^[3]12^th, 14^th, ^[4]17^th, 19^th, 21^st, 25^th, 27^thand 29^thSeptember 2018 ^[5]2^nd, 4^th, 6^th, 8^th, 10^th, 12^th, ^[5]15^th, 18^th, 20^th and 23^rd October 2018
Dolphin Monitoring (Line-transect Vessel Surveys)	5^th and 11^th September 2018 2^nd and 9^th October 2018
Post-construction Phase Dolphin Monitoring (Line-transect Vessel Surveys)	5^th and 12^th November 2018
Environmental Site Inspection	4^th, 11^th, 18^th and 26^th September 2018 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd October 2018
Archaeological Site Inspection	18^th September 2018

[1] 1hr & 24 hr TSP at AMS1 on 19^th September 2018 was cancelled due to the power supply and rescheduled to 20^th September 2018.

[2] 24 hr TSP at AMS1 on 28^th September 2018 was cancelled due to the power supply and rescheduled to 2 October 2018.

[3] Water quality monitoring (Mid-Ebb) on 12^th September 2018 was cancelled due to adverse weather (Strong Wind Signal No.3)

[4] Water quality monitoring on 17^th September 2018 was cancelled due to adverse weather (Strong Wind Signal No.3)

[5] Water quality monitoring (Mid-Ebb) on 2^ndand 15^th October 2018 were cancelled due to safety reason. The reasons for no alternative include:

a) The tidal ranges of the alternative is less than 0.5m
b) Two sets of monitoring are not less than 36 hours

3. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR) has been commissioned on 24 October 2018. As the Construction Phase EM&A Programme under HY/2011/09 have been terminated since 24th October 2018 as per EPD’s letter to SOR (EPD’s ref.: “( ) in AX(2) to EP771/E1/099” dated 30 November 2018), no impact monitoring (air quality, construction noise, water quality and dolphin) and weekly site audit was carried out starting from 24 October 2018.

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

4. 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
Environmental Monitoring	Parameter	Action Level	Limit Level	Action Level	Limit Level
Air Quality	1-hr TSP	0	0	0	0
Air Quality	24-hr TSP	0	0	0	0
Noise	L_eq_(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)	2	0	0	0
Dolphin Monitoring	Line-transect Vessel Surveys	0	0	0	0

5. 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

6. No environmental complaint was received in the reporting period.

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

7. No notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in the reporting period.

Reporting Changes

8. 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).

Future Key Issues

9. Major site activities for the coming reporting month will include:

Portion A

· Reinstatement of South Perimeter Road (P81-P83)

Pier 115 & Pier 114 Interface Area

· Reinstatement of Slope and drainage works