Executive Summary
1.1
Background
1.2
Scope
of Report
1.3
Organization
Structure
1.4
Summary
of Construction Works
2.1
Air
Quality
2.2
Noise
Monitoring
2.3
Water
Quality Monitoring
2.4
Dolphin
Monitoring
2.5
EM&A
Site Inspection
2.6
Waste
Management Status
2.7
Environmental
Licenses and Permits
2.8
Implementation
Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures
2.9
Summary
of Exceedances of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit
2.10
Summary
of Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
3.1
Construction
Programme for the Coming Month
3.2
Key
Issues for the Coming Month
3.3
Monitoring
Schedule for the Coming Month
4
Conclusions and Recommendations
4.1
Conclusions
List of Appendices
Appendix A Project Organization for Environmental Works
Appendix B Three Month Rolling Construction Programmes
Appendix C
Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS)
Appendix D Summary of Action and Limit Levels
Appendix E EM&A Monitoring Schedules
Appendix F Impact Dolphin Monitoring Survey Results
Appendix H Monthly Summary of Waste Flow Table
Under Contract
No. HY/2012/07, Gammon Construction Limited (GCL) is commissioned by the
Highways Department (HyD) to undertake the design and construction of the
Southern Connection Viaduct Section of the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link Project
(TM-CLK Link Project) while AECOM
Asia Company Limited was appointed by HyD as the Supervising Officer. For
implementation of the environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme
under the Contract, ERM-Hong Kong, Limited (ERM) has been appointed as the
Environmental Team (ET). Ramboll Hong Kong Ltd. was employed by the HyD
as the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) and Environmental Project Office
(ENPO) in accordance with Environmental Permit No. EP-354/2009/A. Further
applications for variation of environmental permit (VEP), EP-354/2009/B,
EP-354/2009/C and EP-354/2009/D, were granted on 28 January 2014, 10
December 2014 and 13 March 2015, respectively.
The southern
landfall of TM-CLK Link lies alongside the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) where a reclamation area is
constructed by Contract No. HY/2010/02 under Environmental Permit No.
EP-353/2009/K and EP-354/2009/D. Upon the agreement and
confirmation between the Supervising Officer Representatives and Contractors of
HY/2010/02 and HY/2012/07 in September 2015, part of the
reclamation area for southern landfall under EP-353/2009/K and
EP-354/2009/D was handed-over to Contract No. HY/2012/07.
Another part of the southern landfall area under EP-354/2009/D was
handed-over to Contract No. HY/2012/07 after completion of reclamation
works by Contract No. HY/2010/02 in June 2016.
The construction phase of the Contract
commenced on 31 October 2013. The impact monitoring of the EM&A
programme, including air quality, noise, water quality and marine ecological
monitoring as well as environmental site inspections, commenced on 31 October
2013.
This is the seventy-fifth Monthly
EM&A report presenting the EM&A works carried out during the period
from 1 to 31 January 2020 for the Southern Connection Viaduct Section in accordance with the Updated EM&A
Manual of the TM-CLK Link
Project. As informed by the Contractor, there are no major works to be
undertaken in the monitoring period of January 2020.
A summary of monitoring and audit activities
conducted in the reporting period is listed below:
Impact Dolphin
Monitoring
2 sessions
Joint Environmental Site Inspection ([1])
3 sessions
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels for
Air Quality
No air quality monitoring was scheduled
for the reporting month as construction works was substantially completed on 31
July 2019. Notification of temporary suspension of air quality monitoring
has been approved by EPD on 28 August 2019.
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels for
Noise
No noise monitoring was scheduled for
the reporting month as construction works was substantially completed on 31
July 2019. Notification of temporary suspension of noise monitoring has
been approved by EPD on 28 August 2019.
Impact Dolphin Monitoring
During this month of dolphin monitoring,
no unacceptable impact from the construction activities of the TM-CLKL Southern
Connection Viaduct Section on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis
(i.e. Chinese White Dolphin) was noticeable from general observations.
Due to monthly variation in dolphin occurrence within the Study Area, it would
be more appropriate to draw conclusion on whether any impacts on dolphins have
been detected related to the construction activities of the TM-CLKL Southern
Connection Viaduct Section in the quarterly EM&A reports, in which
comparison on distribution, group size and encounter rates of dolphins between
the quarterly impact monitoring period and baseline monitoring period will be
made.
No marine works
were undertaken during the reporting period, therefore, daily 250 m marine
mammal exclusion zone monitoring was not undertaken during the reporting
period.
Environmental Complaints, Non-compliance
& Summons
No environmental complaints,
notification of summons or successful prosecution recorded in the reporting
period.
Reporting Change
There was no
reporting change in the reporting period.
Upcoming Works for the Next Reporting
Period
There are no major works to be
undertaken in the next monitoring period of February 2020.
Future Key Issues
Potential environmental impacts arising
from the above upcoming construction activities in the next reporting month of
February 2020 is mainly associated with waste management issues.
According to the findings of the
Northwest New Territories (NWNT) Traffic and Infrastructure Review conducted by
the Transport Department, Tuen Mun Road, Ting Kau Bridge, Lantau Link and North
Lantau Highway would be operating beyond capacity after 2016. This
forecast has been based on the estimated increase in cross boundary traffic,
developments in the Northwest New Territories (NWNT), and possible developments
in North Lantau, including the Airport developments, the Lantau Logistics Park
(LLP) and the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge (HZMB). In order to cope
with the anticipated traffic demand, two new road sections between NWNT and
North Lantau – Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) and Tuen Mun Western
Bypass (TMWB) are proposed.
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
of TM-CLKL (the Project) was prepared in accordance with the EIA Study Brief
(No. ESB-175/2007) and the Technical Memorandum of the Environmental Impact
Assessment Process (EIAO-TM). The EIA Report was submitted
under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) in August
2009. Subsequent to the approval of the EIA Report (EIAO Register Number
AEIAR-146/2009), an Environmental Permit (EP-354/2009) for TM-CLKL was
granted by the Director of Environmental Protection (DEP) on 4 November 2009,
and EP variation (EP-354/2009/A) was issued on 8 December 2010.
Under Contract
No. HY/2012/07, Gammon Construction Limited (GCL) is commissioned by the
Highways Department (HyD) to undertake the design and construction of the
Southern Connection Viaduct Section of TM-CLKL (“the Contract”) while AECOM Asia Company Limited was appointed
by HyD as the Supervising Officer. For implementation of the
environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme under the Contract,
ERM-Hong Kong, Limited (ERM) has been appointed as the Environmental Team
(ET). Ramboll Hong Kong Ltd. was employed by HyD as the Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) and Environmental Project Office (ENPO) in
accordance with Environmental Permit No. EP-354/2009/A.
Further applications for variation of environmental permit (VEP), EP-354/2009/B,
EP-354/2009/C and EP-354/2009/D, were granted on 28 January 2014,
10 December 2014 and 13 March 2015, respectively.
The southern
landfall of TM-CLK Link lies alongside the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) where a reclamation area is constructed
by Contract No. HY/2010/02 under Environmental Permit No.
EP-353/2009/K and EP-354/2009/D. Upon the agreement and
confirmation between the Supervising Officer Representatives and Contractors of
HY/2010/02 and HY/2012/07 in September 2015, part of the
reclamation area for southern landfall under EP-353/2009/K and
EP-354/2009/D was handed-over to Contract No. HY/2012/07.
Another part of the southern landfall area under EP-354/2009/D was
handed-over to Contract No. HY/2012/07 after completion of reclamation
works by Contract No. HY/2010/02 in June 2016.
The construction phase of the Contract
commenced on 31 October 2013. The impact monitoring phase of the EM&A
programme, including air quality, noise, water quality and marine ecological
monitoring as well environmental site inspections, commenced on 31 October
2013.
The general layout plan of the Contract
components is presented in Figures
1.1 & 1.2a to l.
This is the seventy-fifth Monthly
EM&A Report under the Contract No. HY/2012/07 Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok
Link – Southern Connection Viaduct Section. This report presents a
summary of the environmental monitoring and audit works in January 2020.
The organization structure of the
Contract is shown in Appendix
A. The key personnel contact names and contact details are
summarized in Table 1.1 below.
Table 1.1 Contact Information
of Key Personnel
Party |
Position |
Name |
Telephone |
Fax |
HyD (Highways Department) |
Project Coordinator |
Stanley Chan |
2762 3406 |
3188 6614 |
|
Senior Engineer |
Steven Shum |
2762 4133 |
3188 6614 |
SOR (AECOM Asia Company Limited) |
Chief Resident Engineer |
Daniel Ip |
3553 3800 |
2492 2057 |
|
Resident Engineer |
Chan Wah Fu |
2293 6434 |
3691 2899 |
ENPO / IEC (Ramboll Hong Kong Ltd.) |
ENPO Leader |
Y.H. Hui |
3465 2850 |
3465 2899 |
IEC |
Dr. F.C. Tsang |
3465 2851 |
3465 2899 |
|
Contractor (Gammon Construction
Limited) |
|
|
|
|
Environmental Officer |
Roy Leung |
3520 0387 |
3520 0486 |
|
|
24-hour Complaint Hotline |
|
9738 4332 |
|
ET (ERM-HK) |
ET Leader |
Dr. Jasmine Ng |
2271 3311 |
2723 5660 |
The construction phase of the Contract
commenced on 31 October 2013. The three-month rolling construction
programme is shown in Appendix
B. The jetty removal works and reinstatement was hand over to Contract
No.: HY/2012/08 TMCLKL Northern Connection Sub-Sea Tunnel Section.
As informed by the Contractor, no major
works were carried out in the reporting month.
The Environmental Sensitive Receivers in
the vicinity of the Project are shown in Figure 1.3.
The environmental mitigation measures
implementation schedule is presented in Appendix C.
The EM&A programme required
environmental monitoring for air quality, noise, water quality and marine
ecology as well as environmental site inspections for air quality, noise, water
quality, waste management, marine ecology and landscape and visual
impacts. The EM&A requirements and related findings for each
component are summarized in the following sections.
No air
quality monitoring was scheduled for the reporting month as construction works
was substantially completed on 31 July 2019. Notification of temporary
suspension of air quality monitoring has been approved by EPD on 28 August
2019.
No noise monitoring was scheduled for the reporting month
as construction works was substantially completed on 31 July 2019.
Notification of temporary suspension of noise monitoring has been approved by
EPD on 28 August 2019.
Impact dolphin monitoring is required to
be conducted by a qualified dolphin specialist team to evaluate whether there
have been any effects on the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis
(i.e. Chinese White Dolphin) from the Contract. In order to fulfil the
EM&A requirements and make good use of available resources, the on-going
impact line transect dolphin monitoring data collected by HyD’s Contract No.
HY/2012/08 TMCLKL Northern Connection Sub-Sea Tunnel Section on the monthly
basis is adopted to avoid duplicates of survey effort.
Table 2.1 summarizes the equipment used for the
impact dolphin monitoring.
Table 2.1 Dolphin Monitoring
Equipment
Equipment |
Model |
|
Global Positioning System (GPS) Camera Laser Binoculars Marine Binocular Vessel for Monitoring |
Garmin 18X-PC Geo One Phottix Nikon D90 300m 2.8D fixed focus Nikon D90 20-300m
zoom lens Infinitor LRF
1000 Bushell 7 x 50 marine binocular with
compass and reticules 65 foot single engine motor vessel
with viewing platform 4.5m above water level |
|
Dolphin
monitoring should cover all transect lines in Northeast Lantau (NEL) and the Northwest Lantau (NWL)
survey areas twice per month throughout the entire construction period.
The monitoring data should be compatible with, and should be made
available for, long-term studies of small cetacean ecology in Hong Kong.
In order to provide a suitable long-term dataset for comparison,
identical methodology and line transects employed in baseline dolphin
monitoring was followed in the impact dolphin monitoring.
The
impact dolphin monitoring was carried out in the NEL and NWL along the line
transect as depicted in Figure
2.1. The co-ordinates of all transect lines are shown in Table
2.2 below ([2]).
Table
2.2 Impact Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect
Co-ordinates
Line
No. |
Easting |
Northing |
Line
No. |
Easting |
Northing |
||
1 |
Start Point |
804671 |
815456 |
13 |
Start Point |
816506 |
819480 |
1 |
End Point |
804671 |
831404 |
13 |
End Point |
816506 |
824859 |
2 |
Start Point |
805476 |
820800 |
14 |
Start Point |
817537 |
820220 |
2 |
End Point |
805476 |
826654 |
14 |
End Point |
817537 |
824613 |
3 |
Start Point |
806464 |
821150 |
15 |
Start Point |
818568 |
820735 |
3 |
End Point |
806464 |
822911 |
15 |
End Point |
818568 |
824433 |
4 |
Start Point |
807518 |
821500 |
16 |
Start Point |
819532 |
821420 |
4 |
End Point |
807518 |
829230 |
16 |
End Point |
819532 |
824209 |
5 |
Start Point |
808504 |
821850 |
17 |
Start Point |
820451 |
822125 |
5 |
End Point |
808504 |
828602 |
17 |
End Point |
820451 |
823671 |
6 |
Start Point |
809490 |
822150 |
18 |
Start Point |
821504 |
822371 |
6 |
End Point |
809490 |
825352 |
18 |
End Point |
821504 |
823761 |
7 |
Start Point |
810499 |
822000* |
19 |
Start Point |
822513 |
823268 |
7 |
End Point |
810499 |
824613 |
19 |
End Point |
822513 |
824321 |
8 |
Start Point |
811508 |
821123 |
20 |
Start Point |
823477 |
823402 |
8 |
End Point |
811508 |
824254 |
20 |
End Point |
823477 |
824613 |
9 |
Start Point |
812516 |
821303 |
21 |
Start Point |
805476 |
827081 |
9 |
End Point |
812516 |
824254 |
21 |
End Point |
805476 |
830562 |
10 |
Start Point |
813525 |
821176 |
22 |
Start Point |
806464 |
824033 |
10 |
End Point |
813525 |
824657 |
22 |
End Point |
806464 |
829598 |
11 |
Start Point |
814556 |
818853 |
23 |
Start Point |
814559 |
821739 |
11 |
End Point |
814556 |
820992 |
23 |
End Point |
814559 |
824768 |
12 |
Start Point |
815542 |
818807 |
24 |
Start Point |
805476 |
815900 |
12 |
End Point |
815542 |
824882 |
24 |
End Point |
805476 |
819100 |
The Action and Limit levels of dolphin
impact monitoring are shown in Appendix D. The Event and Action plan is
presented in Appendix G.
Dolphin monitoring was carried out on 2,
6, 9 and 16 January 2020 (Appendix
E).
A total of 260.90 km of survey effort was collected,
with 100.0% of the total survey effort being conducted under favourable weather
conditions (i.e. Beaufort Sea State 3 or below with good visibility) during the
surveys in January 2020. Among the two areas, 97.10 km and 163.80 km of
survey effort were collected from NEL and NWL survey areas, respectively.
The total survey effort conducted on primary and secondary lines were 191.79 km
and 69.11 km, respectively. The survey efforts are summarized in Appendix F.
No Chinese White Dolphins were sighted
during the two sets of monitoring surveys in January 2020.
Encounter
rates of Chinese White Dolphins are deduced from the survey effort and
on-effort sighting data made under favourable conditions (Beaufort 3 or below)
in January 2020 are shown in Tables 2.3 & 2.4.
Table
2.3 Individual Survey Event Encounter Rates
|
|
Encounter rate (STG) (no.
of on-effort dolphin sightings per 100 km of survey effort) |
Encounter rate
(ANI) (no.
of dolphins from all on-effort sightings per 100 km of survey effort) |
Primary Lines Only |
Primary Lines Only |
||
NEL |
Set 1: January 2nd / 6th |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Set 2: January 9th /16th |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
NWL |
Set 1: January 2nd / 6th |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Set 2: January 9th /16th |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Note: Dolphin
Encounter Rates are deduced from the two sets of surveys ( two surveys in
each set) in January 2020
in
Northeast (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) |
Table 2.4 Monthly
Average Encounter Rates
|
Encounter rate (STG)
(no. of on-effort dolphin sightings per 100 km of
survey effort) |
Encounter rate
(ANI) (no.
of dolphins from all on-effort sightings per 100 km of survey effort) |
||
Primary Lines Only |
Both Primary and Secondary Lines |
Primary Lines Only |
Both Primary and Secondary Lines |
|
Northeast
Lantau |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Northwest
Lantau |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Note: Overall dolphin encounter
rates (sightings per 100 km of survey effort) from all four surveys are
conducted in January 2020 on primary lines only as well as both primary lines
and secondary lines in Northeast and Northwest Lantau
During this month of dolphin monitoring,
no unacceptable impact from the construction activities of the TM-CLKL Southern
Connection Viaduct Section on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis
(i.e. Chinese White Dolphin) was noticeable from general observations.
Due to monthly variation in dolphin occurrence within the Study Area, it
would be more appropriate to draw conclusion on whether any impacts on dolphins
have been detected related to the construction activities of the TM-CLKL
Southern Connection Viaduct Section in the quarterly EM&A reports, in which
comparison on distribution, group size and encounter rates of dolphins between
the quarterly impact monitoring period and baseline monitoring period will be
made.
No
marine works were undertaken during the reporting period, therefore, daily 250
m marine mammal exclusion zone monitoring was not undertaken during the
reporting period.
Passive
Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) had been decommissioned as no marine piling works was
carried out outside the daylight hours since September 2015.
Site
inspections were carried out on a weekly basis to monitor the implementation of
proper environmental pollution control and mitigation measures under the
Contract. In the reporting month, three (3) site inspections were carried
out on 6, 17 and 20 January 2020 ([3]).
Key
observations during the site inspections are summarized in Table 2.5.
Table
2.5 Specific Observations Identified during the Weekly Site Inspections in this
Reporting Month
Inspection
Date |
Environmental Observations |
Recommendations/ Remarks |
6
January 2020 |
Slope B/C9 Ÿ
Nil. |
Slope B/C9 Ÿ
Nil. |
17
January 2020 |
Viaduct E Ÿ
Nil. |
Viaduct E Ÿ
Nil. |
20
January 2020 |
Viaduct C Ÿ
Nil. WA4 Ÿ
Nil. |
Viaduct C Ÿ
Nil. WA4 Ÿ
Nil. |
No particular observations were
identified during environmental site inspections in the reporting month.
The Contractor has submitted application
form for registration as chemical waste producer under the Contract.
Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection
and sorting.
Wastes generated during this reporting
period include mainly construction wastes (inert and non-inert) and recyclable
materials. Reference has been made to the waste flow table prepared by
the Contractor (Appendix
H). The quantities of different types of wastes are summarized in
Table 2.6.
Table
2.6 Quantities of Different
Waste Generated in the Reporting Period
Month/ Year |
Inert
C&D Materials (a) (m3) |
Imported
Fill (m3) |
Inert
Construction Waste Re-used (m3) |
Non-inert
Construction Waste (b) (kg) |
Recyclable
Materials (c) (kg) |
Chemical
Wastes (kg) |
Marine
Sediment (m3) |
||
Category L |
Category M (Mp
& Mf) |
Category H |
|||||||
January 2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12, 260 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Notes: |
|||||||||
(a)
Inert construction wastes include hard rock and large broken concrete, and
materials disposed as public fill. (b)
Non-inert construction wastes include general refuse disposed at landfill. (c)
Recyclable materials include metals, paper, cardboard, plastics, timber,
felled trees and others. |
The Contractor was advised to properly
maintain on site C&D materials and waste collection, sorting and recording
system, dispose of C&D materials and wastes at designated ground and maximize
reuse/ recycle of C&D materials and wastes. The Contractor was also
reminded to properly maintain the site tidiness and dispose of the wastes
accumulated on site regularly and properly.
For chemical waste containers, the
Contractor was reminded to treat properly and store temporarily in designated
chemical waste storage area on site in accordance with the Code of Practice
on the Packaging, Labelling and Storage of Chemical Wastes.
The status of environmental licensing
and permit is summarized in Table 2.7 below.
Table
2.7 Summary of Environmental
Licensing and Permit Status
License/ Permit |
License or Permit No. |
Date of Issue |
Date of Expiry |
License/
Permit Holder |
Remarks |
Environmental Permit |
EP-354/2009/D |
13
Mar 2015 |
N/A |
HyD |
Tuen Mun- Chek Lap Kok Link |
Environmental Permit |
EP-353/2009/K |
11
Apr 2016 |
N/A |
HyD |
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities |
Construction Dust
Notification |
361571 |
5
Jul 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
|
Construction Dust
Notification |
362093 |
17
Jul 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
For Area 23 |
Chemical Waste Registration |
5213-961-G2380-13 |
10
Oct 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
Chemical waste produced in
Contract No. HY/2012/07 (Area 1 adjacent to Cheng
Tung Road, Siu Ho Wan) |
Chemical Waste Registration |
5213-961-G2380-14 |
10
Oct 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
Chemical waste produced in
Contract No. HY/2012/07 (Area 2 adjacent to Cheung
Tung Road, Pak Mong Village) |
Chemical Waste Registration |
5213-974-G2588-03 |
4
Nov 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
Chemical waste produced in
Contract No. HY/2012/07 (WA5 adjacent to Cheung Tung
Road, Yam O) |
Chemical Waste Registration |
5213-951-G2380-17 |
12
Jun 2014 |
N/A |
GCL |
Viaducts A, B, C, D & E |
Construction Waste Disposal
Account |
7017735 |
10
Jul 2013 |
N/A |
GCL |
- |
Construction Waste Disposal Account |
7019470 |
3 Mar
2014 |
N/A |
GCL |
Vessel CHIT Account |
Construction Noise Permit for night works and works
in general holidays |
GW-RS1108-19 |
12
December 2019 |
11
June 2020 |
GCL |
Broad Permit for Whole Site Areas |
Construction Noise Permit for night works and works
in general holidays |
GW-RW0592-19 |
18
December 2019 |
13
June 2020 |
GCL |
General works at WA5 |
Construction Noise Permit for night works and works
in general holidays |
GW-RS1214-19 |
16
January 2020 |
14
February 2020 |
GCL |
Defect Repairing at under-bridge of Viaduct B and C |
In response to the site audit findings,
the Contractors carried out corrective actions.
A summary of the Implementation Schedule
of Environmental Mitigation Measures (EMIS) is presented in Appendix C. The
necessary mitigation measures were implemented properly for this Contract.
The landscape and visual (L&V)
mitigation measures were also monitored on weekly basis in the reporting
period. The monitoring status is summarized in Appendix C.
Post-construction water quality
monitoring was completed on 23 December 2019.
No air quality and noise impact
monitoring was conducted in the reporting period.
Cumulative statistics on exceedances is
provided in Appendix I.
The Environmental Complaint Handling
Procedure is provided in Figure
2.2.
There was no environmental complaint,
notification of summons or successful prosecution recorded in the reporting
period.
Statistics on complaints, notifications
of summons, successful prosecutions are summarized in Appendix I.
As informed by the Contractor, there are
no major works to be undertaken in the next monitoring period of February 2020.
Potential
environmental impacts arising from the above upcoming construction activities
in the next reporting month of February 2020 is mainly associated with waste
management issues.
The tentative schedules for
environmental monitoring in February 2020 are provided in Appendix E.
This
Seventy-fifth Monthly EM&A Report presents the findings of the EM&A
activities undertaken during the period from 1 to 31 January 2020 in accordance
with the Updated EM&A Manual and the requirements of the
Environmental Permits (EP-354/2009/D and EP-353/2009/K).
No Air quality (1-hour TSP and 24-hour TSP)
and noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting month.
Post-construction water quality monitoring (DO, turbidity and SS) was completed
on 23 December 2019. Dolphin monitoring was carried out in the reporting
month.
No
Chinese White Dolphins were sighted during the two sets of monitoring surveys
in January 2020. During
this month of dolphin monitoring, no unacceptable impact from the construction
activities of the TM-CLKL Southern Connection Viaduct Section on Indo-Pacific
humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis (i.e. Chinese White Dolphin) was
noticeable from general observations.
Environmental site inspection was
carried out three (3) times in January 2020([4]).
Recommendations on remedial actions were given to the Contractor for the
deficiencies identified during the site audits.
There was no environmental complaint,
notification of summons or successful prosecution recorded in the reporting
period.
The ET will keep track on the
construction works to confirm compliance of environmental requirements and the
proper implementation of all necessary mitigation measures.
([1])
The joint environmental site inspection scheduled on 31 January 2020 was
cancelled due to site closure during the outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus
(2019-nCoV).
([2]) Proposal
on the changes of transect lines for dolphin monitoring was approved by EPD on
28 July 2017 (Reference number: (19) in EP2/G/A/129 Pt. 8).
([3]) The joint environmental
site inspection scheduled on 31 January 2020 was cancelled due to site closure
during the outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).