Contract No. HY/2011/03

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road

Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly EM&A Report No. 33 (September 2020 to November 2020)

 

14 January 2021

 

Revision 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Contractor                                                                                                    Designer


 


 

Contents

Executive Summary

1...... Introduction. 1

1.1                         Basic Project Information. 1

1.2                         Project Organisation. 1

1.3                         Construction Programme. 1

1.4                         Construction Works Undertaken During the Reporting Period. 2

2....... EM&A Requirement 3

2.1                         Summary of EM&A Requirements. 3

2.2                         Action and Limit Levels. 4

2.3                         Event Action Plans. 5

2.4                         Mitigation Measures. 5

3....... Environmental Monitoring and Audit 6

3.1                         Implementation of Environmental Measures. 6

3.2                         Air Quality Monitoring Results. 6

3.3                         Noise Monitoring Results. 7

3.4                         Water Quality Monitoring Results. 7

3.5                         Dolphin Monitoring Results. 7

3.6                         Mudflat Monitoring Results. 8

3.7                         Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status. 22

3.8                         Environmental Licenses and Permits. 22

4....... Environmental Complaint and Non-compliance. 24

4.1                         Environmental Exceedances. 24

4.2                         Summary of Environmental Complaint, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution. 24

5....... Comments, Recommendations and Conclusion. 25

5.1                         Comments. 25

5.2                         Recommendations. 25

5.3                         Conclusions. 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figures

 

Figure 1.1        Location of the Site

Figure 2.1          Environmental Monitoring Stations

Figure 2.2          Transect Line Layout in Northwest and Northeast Lantau Survey Areas

 

                         

Appendices

 

Appendix A       Environmental Management Structure

Appendix B       Construction Programme

Appendix C       Location of Works Areas

Appendix D       Event and Action Plan  

Appendix E       Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures

Appendix F       Site Audit Findings and Corrective Actions

Appendix G       Air Quality Monitoring Data and Graphical Plots

Appendix H       Noise Monitoring Data and Graphical Plots

Appendix I         Not Used

Appendix J        Not Used

Appendix K       Waste Flow Table

Appendix L        Summary of Environmental Licenses and Permits

Appendix M       Record of ˇ§Notification of Summons and Prosecutionsˇ¨

Appendix N       Cumulative Statistics on Complaints

Appendix O Mudflat Monitoring Results

 

Executive Summary

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR) serves to connect the HZMB Main Bridge at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Boundary and the HZMB Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) located at the north eastern waters of the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).

The HKLR project has been separated into two contracts. They are Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road-Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (hereafter referred to as the Contract) and Contract No. HY/2011/09 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road-Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill.

China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd. was awarded by Highways Department as the Contractor to undertake the construction works of Contract No. HY/2011/03. The main works of the Contract include land tunnel at Scenic Hill, tunnel underneath Airport Road and Airport Express Line, reclamation and tunnel to the east coast of the Airport Island, at-grade road connecting to the HKBCF and highway works of the HKBCF within the Airport Island and in the vicinity of the HKLR reclamation.  The Contract is part of the HKLR Project and HKBCF Project, these projects are considered to be ˇ§Designated Projectsˇ¨, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap 499) and EIA Reports (Register No. AEIAR-144/2009 and AEIAR-145/2009) were prepared for the Project.  The current Environmental Permit (EP) EP-352/2009/D for HKLR and EP-353/2009/K for HKBCF were issued on 22 December 2014 and 11 April 2016, respectively. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. The construction phase of Contract was commenced on 17 October 2012.

BMT Hong Kong Limited was appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0) and provided environmental team services to the Contract until 31 July 2020. 

Meinhardt Infrastructure and Environment Limited has been appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0) and provide environmental team services to the Contract with effective from 1 August 2020. Ramboll Hong Kong Limited was employed by HyD as the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) and Environmental Project Office (ENPO) for the Project.

This is the thirty-third Quarterly EM&A report for the Contract which summarizes the monitoring results and audit findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020.

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

The EM&A programme were undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0). A summary of the monitoring activities during this reporting period is presented as below:

Monitoring Activity

Monitoring Date

Sep 2020

 Oct 2020

Nov 2020

Air Quality

1-hr TSP at AMS5 and AMS6

4, 10, 15, 21, 25 and 30

6, 12, 16, 22 and 28

3, 9, 13, 19 and 25

24-hr TSP at

AMS5 and AMS6

3, 9, 14, 18, 24 and 29

5, 9, 15, 21 and 27

2, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30

Noise

10, 15, 21 and 30

6, 12, 22 and 28

3, 9, 19 and 25

Water Quality

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Chinese White Dolphin

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Not applicable.(see remark 1)

Mudflat Monitoring (Ecology)

14, 15, 16 and 23

-          

-

Mudflat Monitoring (Sedimentation rate)

14

-

-

Site Inspection

2, 9, 16, 23 and 29

7, 14, 21 and 30

4, 11, 18 and 27

Remarks: 1) Water quality monitoring and dolphin monitoring were temporarily suspended during the reporting period.

 

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

A summary of environmental exceedances for this reporting period is as follows:

Environmental Monitoring

Parameters

Action Level (AL)

Limit Level (LL)

Air Quality

1-hr TSP

0

0

24-hr TSP

0

0

Noise

Leq (30 min)

0

0

Water Quality

Suspended solids level (SS)

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Turbidity level

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Dissolved oxygen level (DO)

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Not applicable. (see remark 1)

Dolphin Monitoring

Quarterly Analysis (Sep 2020 to Nov 2020)

Not applicable. (see remark 2)

Not applicable. (see remark 2)

Remarks:

1) Water quality monitoring was temporarily suspended during the reporting period. Thus, no water quality monitoring results and exceedances from September 2020 to November 2020 are presented.

2) Dolphin monitoring was temporarily suspended during the reporting period. Thus, no quarterly analysis of dolphin monitoring results and exceedances from September 2020 to November 2020 are presented.

Implementation of Mitigation Measures

Site inspections were carried out to monitor the implementation of proper environmental pollution control and mitigation measures for the Project. Potential environmental impacts due to the construction activities were monitored and reviewed.

Complaint Log

There was one complaint received in relation to the environmental impacts during this reporting period.

Notifications of Summons and Prosecutions

There were no notifications of summons or prosecutions received during this reporting period.


 

Reporting Changes

This report has been developed in compliance with the reporting requirements for the subsequent EM&A reports as required by the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0). 

The proposal for the change of Action Level and Limit Level for suspended solid and turbidity was approved by EPD on 25 March 2013.

The revised Event and Action Plan for dolphin monitoring was approved by EPD on 6 May 2013.

The original monitoring station at IS(Mf)9 (Coordinate: 813273E, 818850N) was observed inside the perimeter silt curtain of Contract HY/2010/02 on 1 July 2013, as such the original impact water quality monitoring location at IS(Mf)9 was temporarily shifted outside the silt curtain.  As advised by the Contractor of HY/2010/02 in August 2013, the perimeter silt curtain was shifted to facilitate safe anchorage zone of construction barges/vessels until end of 2013 subject to construction progress.  Therefore, water quality monitoring station IS(Mf)9 was shifted to 813226E and 818708N since 1 July 2013.  According to the water quality monitoring teamˇ¦s observation on 24 March 2014, the original monitoring location of IS(Mf)9 was no longer enclosed by the perimeter silt curtain of Contract HY/2010/02. Thus, the impact water quality monitoring works at the original monitoring location of IS(Mf)9 has been resumed since 24 March 2014.

Transect lines 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 11 for dolphin monitoring have been revised due to the obstruction of the permanent structures associated with the construction works of HKLR and the southern viaduct of TM-CLKL, as well as provision of adequate buffer distance from the Airport Restricted Areas.  The EPD issued a memo and confirmed that they had no objection on the revised transect lines on 19 August 2015.

The water quality monitoring stations at IS10 (Coordinate: 812577E, 820670N) and SR5 (811489E, 820455N) are located inside Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) Approach Restricted Areas. The previously granted Vessel's Entry Permit for accessing stations IS10 and SR5 were expired on 31 December 2016. During the permit renewing process, the water quality monitoring location was shifted to IS10(N) (Coordinate: 813060E, 820540N) and SR5(N) (Coordinate: 811430E, 820978N) on 2, 4 and 6 January 2017 temporarily. The permit has been granted by Marine Department on 6 January 2017. Thus, the impact water quality monitoring works at original monitoring location of IS10 and SR5 has been resumed since 9 January 2017.

Transect lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for dolphin monitoring have been revised and transect line 24 has been added due to the presence of a work zone to the north of the airport platform with intense construction activities in association with the construction of the third runway expansion for the Hong Kong International Airport. The EPD issued a memo and confirmed that they had no objection on the revised transect lines on 28 July 2017. The alternative dolphin transect lines are adopted starting from Augustˇ¦s dolphin monitoring.

A new water quality monitoring team has been employed for carrying out water quality monitoring work for the Contract starting from 23 August 2017. Due to marine work of the Expansion of Hong Kong International Airport into a Three-Runway System (3RS Project), original locations of water quality monitoring stations CS2, SR5 and IS10 are enclosed by works boundary of 3RS Project. Alternative impact water quality monitoring stations, naming as CS2(A), SR5(N) and IS10(N) was approved on 28 July 2017 and were adopted starting from 23 August 2017 to replace the original locations of water quality monitoring for the Contract.

The role and responsibilities as the ET Leader of the Contract was temporarily taken up by Mr Willie Wong instead of Ms Claudine Lee from 25 September 2017 to 31 December 2017.

The topographical condition of the water monitoring stations SR3 (Coordinate: 810525E, 816456N), SR4 (Coordinate: 814760E, 817867N), SR10A (Coordinate: 823741E, 823495N) and SR10B (Coordinate: 823686E, 823213N) cannot be accessed safely for undertaking water quality monitoring. The water quality monitoring has been temporarily conducted at alternative stations, namely SR3(N) (Coordinate 810689E, 816591N), SR4(N) (Coordinate: 814705E, 817859N) and SR10A(N) (Coordinate: 823644E, 823484N) since 1 September 2017. The water quality monitoring at station SR10B was temporarily conducted at Coordinate: 823683E, 823187N on 1, 4, 6, 8 September 2017 and has been temporarily fine-tuned to alternative station SR10B(N2) (Coordinate: 823689E, 823159N) since 11 September 2017. Proposal for permanently relocating the aforementioned stations was approved by EPD on 8 January 2018.

The works area WA5 was handed over to other party on 22 June 2013.

According to latest information received in July 2018, the works area WA7 was handed over to other party on 28 February 2018 instead of 31 January 2018.

Original WQM stations IS8 and SR4(N) are located within the active work area of TCNTE project and the access to the WQM stations IS8 (Coordinate: E814251, N818412) and SR4(N) (Coordinate: E814705, N817859) are blocked by the silt curtains of the Tung Chung New Town Extension (TCNTE) project. Alternative monitoring stations IS8(N) (Coordinate: E814413, N818570) and SR4(N2) (Coordinate: E814688, N817996) are proposed to replace the original monitoring stations IS8 and SR4(N). Proposal for permanently relocating the aforementioned stations was approved by EPD on 20 August 2019. The water quality monitoring has been conducted at stations IS8(N) and SR4(N2) on 21 August 2019.

There were no marine works conducted by Contract No. HY/2011/03 since July 2019. A proposal for temporary suspension of marine related environmental monitoring (water quality monitoring and dolphin monitoring for the Contract No. HY/2011/03) was justified by the ET leader and verified by IEC in mid of September 2019 and it was approved by EPD on 24 September 2019. Water quality monitoring and dolphin monitoring for the Contract will not be conducted starting from 1 October 2019 until marine works (i.e. toe loading removal works) be resumed. As discussed with Contract No. HY/2012/08, they will take up the responsibility from Contract No. HY/2011/03 for the dolphin monitoring works starting from 1 October 2019.

According to information received in January 2020, the works area WA3 and WA4 were handed over to Highways Department on 23 December 2019 and 14 March 2019 respectively.

The role and responsibilities as the IEC of the Contract has been taken up by Mr. Manson Yeung instead of Mr. Ray Yan since 18 May 2020.

Mr. Leslie Leung was Environmental Team Leader of the Contract for July 2020. The role and responsibilities as the Environmental Team Leader of the Contract has been taken up by Ms. Claudine Lee with effective from 1 August 2020.

 

 


1         Introduction

1.1              Basic Project Information

1.1.1        The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR) serves to connect the HZMB Main Bridge at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Boundary and the HZMB Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) located at the north eastern waters of the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).

1.1.2        The HKLR project has been separated into two contracts. They are Contract No. HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road-Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (hereafter referred to as the Contract) and Contract No. HY/2011/09 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road-Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill.

1.1.3        China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd. was awarded by Highways Department (HyD) as the Contractor to undertake the construction works of Contract No. HY/2011/03.  The Contract is part of the HKLR Project and HKBCF Project, these projects are considered to be ˇ§Designated Projectsˇ¨, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap 499) and EIA Reports (Register No. AEIAR-144/2009 and AEIAR-145/2009) were prepared for the Project.  The current Environmental Permit (EP) EP-352/2009/D for HKLR and EP-353/2009/K for HKBCF were issued on 22 December 2014 and 11 April 2016, respectively. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. The construction phase of Contract was commenced on 17 October 2012. The works area WA5 and WA7 were handed over to other party on 22 June 2013 and 28 February 2018 respectively. The works area WA3 and WA4 were handed over to Highways Department on 23 December 2019 and 14 March 2019 respectively. Figure 1.1 shows the project site boundary. The works areas are shown in Appendix C.

1.1.1        BMT Hong Kong Limited was appointed by the Contractor to implement the EM&A programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0) and provided environmental team services to the Contract until 31 July 2020.

1.1.2        Meinhardt Infrastructure and Environment Limited has been appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKLR (Version 1.0) and provide environmental team services to the Contract with effective from 1 August 2020. Ramboll Hong Kong Limited was employed by HyD as the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) and Environmental Project Office (ENPO) for the Project. The project organization with regard to the environmental works is provided in Appendix A.

1.1.3        This is the thirty-third Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report for the Contract which summarizes the monitoring results and audit findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020.

1.2             Project Organisation

1.2.1        The project organization structure and lines of communication with respect to the on-site environmental management structure with the key personnel contact names and numbers are shown in Appendix A. 

1.3             Construction Programme

1.3.1        A copy of the Contractorˇ¦s construction programme is provided in Appendix B. 

 

1.4             Construction Works Undertaken During the Reporting Period

1.4.1        A summary of the construction activities undertaken during this reporting period is shown in

Table 1.1. The Works areas of the Contract are showed in Appendix C.

 

Table 1.1         Construction Activities during Reporting Period

Description of Activities

Site Area

Landscaping Works

Portion X and Airport Road

E&M Works

Airport Road

Finishing Works for Highway Operation and Maintenance Area Building

Portion X

Finishing Works for Scenic Hill Tunnel Ventilation Building

West Portal

Extension of Security Fencing

West Portal

Removal of Temporary Bus Stop and Construction of Pedestrian Footpath

Tung Yiu Road

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2         EM&A Requirement

2.1             Summary of EM&A Requirements

2.1.1        The EM&A programme requires environmental monitoring of air quality, noise, water quality, dolphin monitoring and mudflat monitoring as specified in the approved EM&A Manual.

2.1.2        A summary of Impact EM&A requirements is presented in Table 2.1. The locations of air quality, noise and water quality monitoring stations are shown as in Figure 2.1. The transect line layout in Northwest and Northeast Lantau Survey Areas is presented in Figure 2.2.

Table 2.1         Summary of Impact EM&A Requirements

Environmental Monitoring

Description

Monitoring Station

Frequencies

Remarks

Air Quality

1-hr TSP

AMS 5 & AMS 6

At least 3 times every 6 days

While the highest dust impact was expected.

24-hr TSP

At least once every 6 days

--

Noise

Leq (30mins),
L10
(30mins) and
L90
(30mins)

NMS 5

At least once per week

Daytime on normal weekdays (0700-1900 hrs).

Water Quality

ˇP    Depth

ˇP    Temperature

ˇP    Salinity

ˇP    Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

ˇP    Suspended Solids (SS)

ˇP    DO Saturation

ˇP    Turbidity

ˇP    pH

ˇP    Impact Stations:
IS5, IS(Mf)6, IS7, IS8/IS8(N),
IS(Mf)9 & IS10(N),

ˇP    Control/Far Field Stations:
CS2(A) & CS(Mf)5,

ˇP    Sensitive Receiver Stations:
SR3(N), SR4(N)/
SR4(N2), SR5(N), SR10A(N) & SR10B(N2)

Three times per week during mid-ebb and mid-flood tides (within ˇÓ 1.75 hour of the predicted time)

3

(1 m below water surface, mid-depth and 1 m above sea bed, except where the water depth is less than 6 m, in which case the mid-depth station may be omitted.  Should the water depth be less than 3 m, only the mid-depth station will be monitored).

Dolphin

Line-transect Methods

Northeast Lantau survey area and Northwest Lantau survey area

Twice per month

--

Mudflat

Horseshoe crabs, seagrass beds, intertidal soft shore communities, sedimentation rates and water quality

San Tau and Tung Chung Bay

Once every 3 months

--

Remarks:

1) Original WQM stations IS8 and SR4(N) are located within the active work area of TCNTE project and the access to the WQM stations IS8 (Coordinate: E814251, N818412) and SR4(N) (Coordinate: E814705, N817859) are blocked by the silt curtains of the Tung Chung New Town Extension (TCNTE) project. Alternative monitoring stations IS8(N) (Coordinate: E814413, N818570) and SR4(N2) (Coordinate: E814688, N817996) are proposed to replace the original monitoring stations IS8 and SR4(N). Proposal for permanently relocating the aforementioned stations was approved by EPD on 20 August 2019. The water quality monitoring has been conducted at stations IS8(N) and SR4(N2) on 21 August 2019.

2) The water quality monitoring programme and dolphin monitoring programme were temporarily suspended during the reporting period, since no marine works were scheduled or conducted.

2.2             Action and Limit Levels

2.2.1        Table 2.2 presents the Action and Limit Levels for the 1-hour TSP, 24-hour TSP and noise level.

Table 2.2        Action and Limit Levels for 1-hour TSP, 24-hour TSP and Noise

Environmental Monitoring

Parameters

Monitoring Station

Action Level

Limit Level

Air Quality

1-hr TSP

AMS 5

352 µg/m3

500 µg/m3

AMS 6

360 µg/m3

24-hr TSP

AMS 5

164 µg/m3

260 µg/m3

AMS 6

173 µg/m3

Noise

Leq (30 min)

NMS 5

When one documented complaint is received

75 dB(A)

 

2.2.2        The Action and Limit Levels for water quality monitoring are given as in Table 2.3.

Table 2.3        Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality

Parameter (unit)

Water Depth

Action Level

Limit Level

Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)

Surface and Middle

5.0

4.2 except 5 for Fish Culture Zone

Bottom

4.7

3.6

Turbidity (NTU)

Depth average

27.5 or 120% of upstream control stationˇ¦s turbidity at the same tide of the same day;

The action level has been amended to ˇ§27.5 and 120% of upstream control stationˇ¦s turbidity at the same tide of the same dayˇ¨ since 25 March 2013.

47.0 or 130% of turbidity at the upstream control station at the same tide of same day;

The limit level has been amended to ˇ§47.0 and 130% of turbidity at the upstream control station at the same tide of same dayˇ¨ since 25 March 2013.

Suspended Solid (SS) (mg/L)

Depth average

23.5 or 120% of upstream control stationˇ¦s SS at the same tide of the same day;

The action level has been amended to ˇ§23.5 and 120% of upstream control stationˇ¦s SS at the same tide of the same dayˇ¨ since 25 March 2013.

34.4 or 130% of SS at the upstream control station at the same tide of same day and 10mg/L for Water Services Department Seawater Intakes;

The limit level has been amended to ˇ§34.4 and 130% of SS at the upstream control station at the same tide of same day and 10mg/L for Water Services Department Seawater Intakesˇ¨ since 25 March 2013

Notes:

                          (1)    Depth-averaged is calculated by taking the arithmetic means of reading of all three depths.

                          (2)    For DO, non-compliance of the water quality limit occurs when monitoring result is lower that the limit.

                          (3)    For SS & turbidity non-compliance of the water quality limits occur when monitoring result is higher than the limits.

                          (4)    The change to the Action and limit Levels for Water Quality Monitoring for the EM&A works was approved by EPD on 25 March 2013. Therefore, the amended Action and Limit Levels are applied for the water monitoring results obtained on and after 25 March 2013.

 

2.2.3        The Action and Limit Levels for dolphin monitoring are shown in Tables 2.4 and 2.5.

Table 2.4         Action and Limit Level for Dolphin Impact Monitoring

 

North Lantau Social Cluster

NEL

NWL

Action Level

STG < 70% of baseline &
ANI < 70% of baseline

STG < 70% of baseline &
ANI < 70% of baseline

Limit Level

STG < 40% of baseline &
ANI < 40% of baseline

Remarks:

                      (1)           STG means quarterly average encounter rate of number of dolphin sightings.

                      (2)           ANI means quarterly average encounter rate of total number of dolphins.

                      (3)           For North Lantau Social Cluster, AL will be triggered if either NEL or NWL fall below the criteria; LL will be triggered if both NEL and NWL fall below the criteria.

 

Table 2.5         Derived Value of Action Level (AL) and Limit Level (LL)

 

North Lantau Social Cluster

NEL

NWL

Action Level

STG < 4.2 & ANI < 15.5

STG < 6.9 & ANI < 31.3

Limit Level

(STG < 2.4 & ANI < 8.9) and (STG < 3.9 & ANI < 17.9)

Remarks:

                      (1)           STG means quarterly average encounter rate of number of dolphin sightings.

                      (2)           ANI means quarterly average encounter rate of total number of dolphins.

                      (3)           For North Lantau Social Cluster, AL will be triggered if either NEL or NWL fall below the criteria; LL will be triggered if both NEL and NWL fall below the criteria.

2.3             Event Action Plans

2.3.1        The Event Actions Plans for air quality, noise, water quality, dolphin monitoring and mudflat monitoring and Action Plan for Landscape Works are annexed in Appendix D.

2.4             Mitigation Measures

2.4.1        Environmental mitigation measures for the contract were recommended in the approved EIA Report. Appendix E lists the recommended mitigation measures and the implementation status.