Contents
2....... Implementation
of Spill Response Plan
2.4 Spillage Control Materials
2.5 Inventory of Hazardous Chemical
2.6.1 Spillage Contained on Vessel Deck or on Land
2.6.2 Spillage into the Marine Environment
2.6.3 Protection of Sensitive Receptors
2.7.2 Efforts to Isolate Spill Ares from Chinese White
Dolphins
The purpose of this Spill Response Plan is to detail the actions to be taken by Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited and Chun Wo Construction & Co., Ltd Joint Venture (known as the JV) and its subcontractors and suppliers during construction of the Hong Kong¡V Zhuhai ¡V Macao Bridge, Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Passenger Clearance Building and associated works under Highways Department Contract number HY/2013/01 which is part of the Hong Kong ¡V Zhuhai ¡V Macao Bridge in the event of accidental spillage of oil or other hazardous chemicals from construction activities including vessels operating for the Project, with specific provisions for protecting marine ecology and the Chinese White Dolphins.
The preparation and implementation of this Spill Response Plan is a mandatory requirement under section 2.7 of the Environmental Permit no. EP-353/2009/G.
This Spill Response Plan applies to the activities of the JV during the construction of Contract HY/2013/01.
The works for HY/2013/01 comprise:
¡P Construction of Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) including architectural and builders works, structural steel roof and reinforced concrete frames, basement, piled foundations, aluminium roof, curtain wall facades, building services and electrical and mechanical works;
¡P Installation of District Cooling System including seawater cooling intake pumping station, seawater intake and discharge water pipelines work; Installation of Chilled water cooling pipelines system, heat exchanger and chilled pumping system;
¡P Construction of transport and associated facilities connecting to the PCB entailing the Emergency Vehicular Access, an at-grade mainland side drop-off area, an Hong Kong side elevated drop-off deck and 8 nos. of footbridge links;
¡P Construction of a public toilet, 6 nos. of C&ED observation booths, a generator set building and a refuse storage & material recovery chamber;
¡P Construction of a section of 70m common utilities enclosure and staff subway and civil provisions for associated electrical and mechanical works;
¡P Construction of drainage, sewerage, fresh water & flushing water supply and utilities & service works;
¡P Construction of civil provisions, including draw pits & ducting for Traffic Control and Surveillance System (TCSS) and Extra Low Voltage System (ELV);
¡P Construction of box culvert A;
¡P Construction of 2 nos. of vehicular bridge abutments at mainland side pickup area earthmound;
¡P Construction of geotechnical works including top up the existing earth mound from +11.5mPD to the finished level as stated in the Contract, reinforced earth slope and fill slopes and special backdrop manhole at mainland side pick up area earthmound;
¡P Landscape hardworks and softworks; and
¡P Other works which are shown on the Drawings or specified in the Specification or which may be ordered in accordance with the Contract.
The main scope of work of the Contract does not include
marine construction or vessel operation
related to construction works. However, the oversized construction materials will be transported by marine in
Mid-2015.
The site location plan is shown in Appendix A.
An emergency team
shall be established for the Project to deal with spillage cases promptly. The
list of the Emergency Response Team members is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: The Emergency Response Team Contact List
Name |
Position |
Telephone |
E-mail |
David Packwood |
Emergency Team Leader |
6113 4938 |
|
Alfred She |
Deputy Emergency Team Leader |
9835 5395 |
|
Dan Lam |
9040 7118 |
||
Stephen Lam |
9269 7883 |
||
Paisan Taweesatidsatean |
9759 1272 |
||
Sam Lok |
9460 1772 |
||
Raymond Wong |
Emergency Safety Representative (Site Safety Manager) |
6283 2293 |
|
Donald Ip |
Emergency Environmental Representative (Environmental
Officer) |
6461 8635 |
|
Choi Kwok Hang |
Emergency Work Team Leader (Superintendent) |
9864 4607 |
Nil |
Chau Chi Fai |
Emergency Work Team Member (Foremen) |
9657 0762 |
Nil |
Hui Hung Lun |
6329 8405 |
Nil |
Emergency Team
Leader
¡P
Coordinate of all emergency situations;
¡P
Determine the seriousness of the cases to take
appropriate responding actions;
¡P
Deploy sufficient manpower and resource to handle
the emergency situation;
¡P
Lead the emergency team to carry out appropriate
emergency measures to minimize impacts arising from spillage incidents;
¡P
Inform the Emergency Safety/ Environmental
Representatives, Emergency Work Team member and the ER as soon as possible in
case of an spillage incidents;
¡P
Ensure the staffs are well trained for emergency
procedures.
Deputy Emergency
Team Leader
¡P
Assist the Emergency Team Leader to carry out his
responsibilities in their area-in-charge.
Emergency Safety
Representative (Site Safety Manager)
¡P
Assist and advice the Emergency Team Leader in handling
of spillage in terms of safety aspect;
¡P
Ensure the whole emergency situations are handled
in compliance with all safety procedures and regulation.
Emergency
Environmental Representative (Environmental Officer)
¡P
Assist and advice the Emergency Team Leader in
handling of spillage in terms of environmental aspect;
¡P
Ensure the whole emergency situations are handled
in compliance with all environmental procedures and regulation.
Emergency Work
Team Leader (Superintendent)
¡P
Assist the Emergency Team Leader in site level
including the mobilization of the plant/equipment/ materials to handle the
spillage;
¡P
Familiar with the emergency spill respond
procedures;
¡P
Ensure the spill kits and relevant personal
protective equipment are in place and in good condition;
¡P
Maintain the inventory of oil and hazardous
chemical on site.
Emergency Work
Team Member (Foremen)
¡P
Follow the instruction made by the Emergency Work
Team Leader;
¡P
Familiar with the emergency spill respond
procedures.
In order to minimize the possibilities of accidental spillage of oil or
other hazardous chemicals in the construction site and on vessel, the following
general on site practices for handling the oil or other hazardous chemicals will be implemented on site as
far as possible:
¡P
The storage areas of oil/ hazardous chemicals should be located remote
from the coast and any other water bodies as far as practicable;
¡P
The oil/ hazardous chemicals containers should be placed within drip
tray(s);
¡P
Provide tightly closed lids so as to avoid leakage of oil/ hazardous
chemicals;
¡P
Stacking of the containers properly so as to prevent the falling of such
containers;
¡P
Label the storage containers and the chemical tanks according to the
EPD¡¦s ¡§Code of Practice on the Package, Labelling and Storage of Chemical
Wastes Labelling¡¨;
¡P
Provide adequate ventilation in the storage area as necessary;
¡P
Prohibit open flames and smoking near the chemical storage and fuel
storage areas;
¡P
Inspected the storage area regularly to ensure compliance with Waste
Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation (Cap 354C) and Dangerous Goods Ordinance
(Cap 295).
¡P
Store large and heavy containers on the floor as far as possible and
avoid storing these containers higher than 0.75m above the floor level (storage
in vessel / barges are exclusive);
¡P
Keep all chemical, chemical waste and fuel oil storage containers below eye
level for easy inspection;
¡P
Provide adequate space for safe and easy handling and inspection of the
containers;
¡P
Maintain an up-to-date log of all chemicals, chemical waste and fuel oil
stored at site;
¡P
Separate incompatible chemicals from one another;
¡P
Keep the ingress to the chemical storage area locked and restrict
access; and
¡P
Provide a bucket of dry sand and a suitable fire extinguisher in the
storage area.
¡P
Use a suitably sized container so as to avoid overfilling;
¡P
Use pumps to transfer oil/ hazardous chemical instead of manually
pouring them;
¡P
Provide a containment structure able to hold any chemical or chemical
waste that is accidentally spilled;
¡P
Label the oil/ hazardous chemical containers suitably;
¡P
Use suitable carrying equipment to transfer the oil/ hazardous chemical
containers from one location to another;
¡P
Only employ and use suitably licensed, trained and responsible chemical
waste collection persons to carry out the transportation requirements.
2 sets of standard Spill
Kits will be available on site. The standard Spill Kits includes items such as
pads, pillow and Secondary Oil Containment (SOC). SOC is used to enclose the
spillage area to contain the spillage spreading outside of the SOC. The pads
and pillow are used for absorbing and removing the spillage within the SOC. The
standard spill kit detail is shown in Appendix B.
An additional spill kit will be available with the
Environmental Officer (EO).
An inventory of the oil and
hazardous chemicals that are stored on site will be recorded, maintained and
updated regularly. The details, amounts and location of the materials will be
recorded. The superintendent will responsible for maintaining such record on
site.
The spillage response shall
be carried out to minimize the amount of oil or hazardous chemicals to the marine environment
in case of spillage.
The following procedures shall be taken when there
is a spillage contained on vessel deck or on land:
1)
Immediately inform the Emergency Team of the spill incident;
2)
Take all possible measures to reduce or stop the spillage source;
3)
Confine the spillage by using sand/ cement/ absorptive materials with
suitable personal protective equipment;
4)
Clean up the confined spillage by using dry sand or sawdust;
5)
The contaminated sand / sawdust / other materials shall be collected and
put into black plastic bags and shall be clearly labelled as "chemical
waste";
6)
All collected chemical waste shall be placed in an area designated for
chemical waste storage area.
The main scope
of work of the Contract does not include marine construction or vessel operation related to
construction works. However, the oversized construction materials will be
transported by vessel in mid-2015. The section is applied to such
transportation and uncontrollable large spillage on main site area to the
marine environment.
The handling
procedures and notification system is separated into two scenarios, namely
within the area of spillage of 100m2 and over. At least 4 sets of standard
Spill Kits will be available on site up to control marine spillage of up to
100m2 in size. The standard Spill Kits includes items such as pads,
pillow and Secondary Oil Containment (SOC). SOC is used to enclose the spillage
area to contain the spillage spreading outside of the SOC. The pads and pillow
are used for absorbing and removing the spillage within the SOC.
All the persons
shall responsible for observing the spill and to report this immediately to
their immediate supervisor who shall inform the Emergency Team Leader. A site
agent in Emergency Team shall be assigned to lead a working team and to deploy
the Spill Kits to the spillage site. Depending on the scale of the spillage
area of 100m2, there are two scenarios of spill response procedures
to be applied.
Scenario
1 ¡V Spillage area within 100m2
¡P
The Emergency Team Leader shall inform the parties
such as Engineer¡¦s Representative (ER), Environmental Team (ET), Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC) and the emergency team members;
¡P
The Emergency Team shall be responsible for
organizing the manpower and resource to identify the spill source and stop or
cease it;
¡P
The Emergency Team who equip with suitable personal
protective equipment to remove of any leaked chemical or chemical waste;
¡P
The spillage area shall be contained by using
secondary oil containment (SOC);
¡P
Pads and pillow of the spill kit shall be applied
to absorb and remove the spillage within the SOC;
¡P
The absorbent pads and pillows will be collected by
disposal bags as part of the spill kits item;
¡P
The used spill kits will be treated, stored and
disposed of as chemical waste according to the necessary procedures; and
¡P
An incident report will be submitted to the ER, ET,
IEC and ENPO within 2 working days.
Scenario 2 ¡V Spillage area exceed 100m2
¡P
The Emergency Team Leader shall inform all parties
such as ER, ET, Highways Department (HyD), Independent Environmental Checker (IEC), Marine
Department (MD), Fire Services Department (FSD), Agriculture, Fisheries and
Conservation Department (AFCD), Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and
the Project Emergency Team members immediately. The contacts of the other
concerned parties are shown in Table 2.
¡P
The weather forecast for the area will also be used
to determine the likely direction of movement (if any) of the surface spill.
¡P
The Emergency Team shall be responsible for
organizing the manpower and resource to identify the spill source and stop or
cease it.
¡P
The Emergency Team who equip with suitable personal
protective equipment to remove any leaked chemical or chemical waste.
¡P
The spillage area shall be contained by using
secondary oil containment (SOC).
¡P
Pads and pillow of the spill kit shall be applied
to absorb and remove the spillage within the SOC.
¡P
The absorbent pads and pillows will be
collected by disposal bags as part of the spill kits item.
¡P
The used spill kits will be treated, stored and
disposed of as chemical waste according to the necessary procedures.
¡P
An incident report will be submitted to the ER, ET, IEC and
ENPO within 2
working days.
Table 2: The Notification
List of Other Concerned Parties
Contact |
Telephone No. |
Environmental
Protection Department (Regional South Office) |
2516 1718 |
Agriculture,
Fisheries and Conservation Department |
2150 6882 |
Marine
Department (Maritime Rescue & Oil Spill) (24 hrs hotline) |
2233 7801 |
Tung Chung
Hospital (24 hrs hotline) |
3467 7000 |
Fire Service
Department (Tung Chung Fire Station) |
2723 2233 |
Airport
Authority (Integrated Airport Centre) |
2910 1108 |
General Emergency Services |
999 |
Labour
Department |
2717 1717 |
Engineer¡¦s
Representative ¡V Ernest Wong |
6329 8428 |
Environmental
Team Leader - Sharifah
Or |
2972 1802 |
Independent
Environmental Checker ¡V Raymond Dai |
5158 8401 |
The information
that is outlined within this section will become applicable if the area of a
spill is estimated to be greater than 100m2. In order to protect
sensitive receivers within the vicinity of the HKBCF site during a spill of
greater than 100m2 the following steps will be taken:
i)
The location of the spill relative to a sensitive
water receivers such as water intakes and ecological sensitive receivers will
be determined;
ii)
Absorbent booms, or similar, will be deployed near
to the receptors to protect sensitive marine receptors;
iii)
The Contractor will immediately inform the relevant
parties as outlined in Section 2.6 of this Plan;
iv)
The on shift Foremen or Emergency Team Leader¡¦s delegates
will employ all possible mitigation measures in order to isolate the spill and
minimize any potential adverse effects to sensitive marine receptors.
v)
Follow the procedures that are outlined in Appendix C;
vi)
The Contractor, ER, ET and IEC will discuss and
implement a suitable program of water sampling to monitor for any potential
adverse effects to sensitive receptors.
It is not known
what specific impacts spill of diesel fuel, or other chemicals would have upon
the Chinese White Dolphin (CWD) and its food supply. Given that these effects
are unclear, a proactive approach will be used to isolate the CWDs from any
spill response event that may take place during the marine transportation.
Observations
from platform(s) as high as practicable will be used to determine the
approximate size of a spill.
Whilst
determining the size of the spill, it will be determined whether any CWDs are
present in the vicinity of the spill.
The weather
forecast for the area will also be used to determine the likely direction of
movement (if any) of the surface spill. In addition the vessel traffic centre
will be contacted to determine if any vessels may pass through the location of
the spill.
A suitable
course of action can then be decided upon once information such as the size of
the spill, the proximity of any CWDs to the spills and the likelihood of the
CWDs encountering the spill.
The use of
absorbent booms is an effective containment method for small spills within the
marine environmental and will prevent the spread of a spill and thus help to
minimize the potential for CWDs to come into contact with the spill. Deployment
of such absorbent booms, together with teams of observers is considered to be
an appropriate response to a small spill that can be cleaned up in the short
term. The spill kits are available on each vessel that use for transportation.
The onsite
workforce will receive training from Environmental Officer or his delegate
regarding the measures outlined in this Plan during the Site Specific
Environmental Induction Training. The Environmental Officer or his delegate
shall conduct Tool Box Talks with the site workers regarding this Plan
quarterly. All site workers will be required to receive this training. A
refreshment training for the Site Specific Environmental Induction Training is
conducted bi-yearly.
Emergency drill
will be conducted with the Emergency Response Team bi-yearly.