Executive Summary
ES.01.
This is the 26th Quarterly
EM&A Summary Report for the “Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point
and Associated Works” under Environmental Permit No. EP-404/2011/D (hereinafter ‘‘the EP’’), covering the period from 1 November 2019 to 31 January 2020
(hereinafter “Reporting Period”).
Environmental Monitoring and
Audit Activities
ES.02. In the
Reporting Period, the construction works under Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai
Boundary Control Point and Associated Works of the Project
included Contract 2, Contract 3, Contract 6, Contract 7 and Contract SS C505. Environmental monitoring
activities under the EM&A programme in the
Reporting Period are summarized in the following table.
|
Environmental Aspect
|
Monitoring
Parameters / Inspection
|
Reporting Period
|
|
Monitoring Locations
/ Contracts
|
Total Occasions
|
|
Air Quality
|
1-hour TSP
|
9
|
447
|
|
24-hour TSP
|
9
|
148
|
|
Construction Noise
|
Leq(30min) Daytime
|
10
|
135
|
|
Water Quality
|
Water in-situ measurement and/or sampling
|
WM1 & WM1-C,
|
38 scheduled
|
|
WM2A & WM2A-Cx
|
38 scheduled
|
|
WM2B & WM2B-C
|
(*) 38 Scheduled
|
|
WM3 &WM3-C
|
(*) 38 scheduled
|
|
WM4, WM4-CA &WM4-CB
|
38 scheduled
|
|
Ecology
|
Woodland compensation
i) General Health condition of planted species
ii) Survival of planted species
|
9 Quadrats and transect
|
1
|
|
Wetland compensation
i)
Site inspection
|
Contract 6^
|
11
|
|
Joint Site Inspection / Audit
|
IEC, ET, the Contractor and RE joint site Environmental Inspection and Auditing
|
Contract 2^
|
13
|
|
Contract 3^
|
13
|
|
Contract 4^
|
13
|
|
Contract 6^
|
12
|
|
Contract 7^
|
13
|
|
Contract SS C505 (#)
|
13
|
Note:
Extra monitoring day was due to measurement results exceedance
(#) IEC only joined inspection for Contract SS C505 once per month.
(*) During
the whole reporting period, water sampling was unable to carry out at WM2B, WM2B-C and WM3-C due to
shallow water (water depth under 150mm)
(^)In response to the
Government’s appeal on special work arrangement and minimize the spread of the
novel coronavirus, all the Resident Site Staff (RSS) of the project would work
at home from 29 January 2020 to 2 February 2020. Moreover, the Contractors were
instructed to restrict site works and there would not have major construction
activities/continue site closure during the concerned period. Due to the
abovementioned arrangement, the environmental site inspection by Environmental
Team in this week was affected and has to be cancelled.
Breaches
of Action/Limit levels
ES.03. In the
Reporting Period, no noise exceedance and
valid noise complaint was registered for construction noise. For air quality, no exceedance
recorded for 1-hour and 24-hour TSP monitoring. For water quality
monitoring, no exceedance recorded under the Project.
The summary of exceedance for the Reporting Period is shown below.
|
Environmental
Aspect
|
Monitoring Parameters
|
Action Level
|
Limit Level
|
Event & Action
|
|
NOE Issued
|
Investigation
|
Corrective Actions
|
|
Air Quality
|
1-hour TSP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
|
24-hour TSP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
|
Construction Noise
|
Leq(30min) Daytime
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
|
Water Quality
|
DO
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
|
Turbidity
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
|
SS
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Environmental
Complaint
ES.04.
In this Reporting
Period, one environmental complaint regarding some abnormal sewage with
milky-white color was found at Heung Yuen Wai Sewage treatment plant related to
Contract SS C505. Investigation revealed that the complaint was unlikely caused
by the works under the Contract.
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES.05. No environmental summons or successful
prosecutions were recorded in the Reporting Period.
Reporting Changes
ES.06. As advised by the Contractor, construction
of WCA was commenced on 11 November 2019.
According to the approved HCMP and further clarified by the RE and
Contractor, site inspection is required during construction of wetland.
Future key issues
ES.07. During the dry season, the Contractors
should fully implement the air quality mitigation measures to reduce
construction dust emission, particularly in the construction area which located
adjacent to villages.
ES.08. Preventive measures for muddy water or
other water pollutants from site surface flow to local stream such as Kong Yiu Channel, Ma Wat Channel, Ping
Yuen River, Kwan Tei River or public area should be
properly maintained. The
Contractors should paid special attention on water quality mitigation measures and
fully implement according ISEMM of the EM&A Manual.
ES.09. In addition, all effluent discharge shall
be ensure to fulfill Technical Memorandum of Effluent Discharged into Drainage
and Sewerage Systems, inland and Coastal Waters criteria or discharge permits
stipulation.
ES.10. Construction noise would be a key
environmental issue during construction work of the Project. Noise mitigation measures such as using
quiet plants should be implemented in accordance with the EM&A requirement.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Project Background 1
1.2 Report
Structure 1
2 Project Organization and
Construction progress 2
2.1 Construction
Contract Packaging 2
2.2 Project
Organization 4
2.3 Concurrent
Projects 6
2.4 Construction
Progress 6
2.5 Summary of Environmental Submissions 7
3 Project Organization and
Construction progress 10
3.1 General 10
3.2 Monitoring
Parameters 10
3.3 Monitoring
Locations 10
3.4 Monitoring
Frequency and Period 12
3.5 Monitoring
Equipment 13
3.6 Monitoring
Methodology 15
3.7 Equipment
Calibration 17
3.8 Derivation
of Action/Limit (A/L) Levels 17
3.9 Data
Management and Data QA/QC Control 18
4 Air Quality Monitoring 20
4.1 General 20
4.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 20
5 Construction Noise
Monitoring 22
5.1 General 22
5.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 22
6 Water Quality Monitoring 24
6.1 General 24
6.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 24
7 ECOLOGY MONITORING 26
7.1 Monitoring on Woodland Compensation 26
7.2 Monitoring on Wetland Compensation 26
8 Waste Management 27
8.1 General
Waste Management 27
8.2 Records
of Waste Quantities 27
9 Site Inspections 29
9.1 requirements 29
10 Non-compliance, Complaints,
Notifications of Summons and Prosecutions 32
10.1 Status
of Non-compliance Environmental Complaint, Summons and Prosecution 32
11 Implementation Status of Mitigation
Measures 35
11.1 General
Requirements 35
12 Conclusions and Recommendations 37
12.1 Conclusions 37
12.2 Recommendations 37
List
of tables
Table 2-1 Status
of Environmental Licenses and Permits of the Contracts
Table 3-1 Summary
of EM&A Requirements
Table 3-2 Impact
Monitoring Stations - Air Quality
Table 3-3 Impact
Monitoring Stations - Construction Noise
Table 3-4 Impact
Monitoring Stations - Water Quality
Table 3-5 Air
Quality Monitoring Equipment
Table 3-6 Construction
Noise Monitoring Equipment
Table 3-7 Water
Quality Monitoring Equipment
Table 3-8 Action
and Limit Levels for Air Quality Monitoring
Table 3-9 Action
and Limit Levels for Construction Noise
Table 3-10 Action
and Limit Levels for Water Quality
Table 4-1 Summary
of Air Quality Monitoring Results
Table 4-2 Summaries
of Breaches of Air Quality A/L Levels
Table 5-1 Summary
of Construction Noise Monitoring Results
Table 5-2 Summaries
of Breaches of Construction Noise A/L Levels
Table 6-1 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contracts SS C505 & 6
Table 6-2 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contracts 2 & 3
Table 6-3 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contract 6
Table 6-4 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contracts 2 & 6
Table 6-5 Summaries
of Breaches of the Existing Water Quality A/L Levels
Table 6-6 Summary
of Water Quality Exceedance in the Reporting Period
Table 8-1 Summary
of Quantities of Inert C&D Materials
Table 8-2 Summary
of Quantities of C&D Wastes
Table 9-1 Summary
of Reminders/Observations of Site Inspection – Contract 2
Table 9-2 Summary
of Reminders/Observations of Site Inspection – Contract 3
Table 9-3 Summary of Reminders/Observations
of Site Inspection – Contract 6
Table 9-4 Summary of Reminders/Observations
of Site Inspection – Contract SS C505
Table 9-5 Summary of Reminders/Observations
of Site Inspection – Contract 7
Table 10-1 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Complaints
Table 10-2 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Summons
Table 10-3 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Prosecution
Table 11-1 Environmental
Mitigation Measures
List of Annexes
Appendix A Layout plan of the Project
Appendix B Environmental Management Organization Chart
Appendix C Designated Monitoring Locations as Recommended in the Approved
EM&A Manual
Appendix D Monitoring Locations for Impact Monitoring
Appendix E Event and Action Plan
Appendix F Graphical Plots for Monitoring
Result
Appendix G Weather information
Appendix H Waste Flow Table
Appendix I Implementation Schedule for
Environmental Mitigation Measures
Appendix J Implementation Status of mitigation
measures for Operation Phase
1.1.1. Civil Engineering and
Development Department is the Project
Proponent and the Permit Holder of Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang /
Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works, which is
a Designated Project to be implemented under Environmental Permit number EP-404/2011/C granted on 12 March
2015 and the latest Environmental Permit
number EP-404/2011/D granted on 20 January 2017.
1.1.2. The Project consists of two main
components: Construction of a Boundary Control Point (hereinafter referred as
“BCP”); and Construction of a connecting road alignment. Layout plan of the Project is shown in Appendix A.
1.1.3. The proposed BCP is located at the
boundary with Shenzhen near the existing Chuk Yuen
Village, comprising a main passenger building with passenger and cargo
processing facilities and the associated customs, transport and ancillary
facilities. The connecting road
alignment consists of six main sections:
1)
Lin Ma Hang to Frontier Closed Area (FCA) Boundary – this section
comprises at-grade and viaducts and includes the improvement works at Lin Ma
Hang Road;
2)
Ping Yeung to Wo Keng Shan – this section
stretches from the Frontier Closed Area Boundary to the tunnel portal at Cheung
Shan and comprises at-grade and viaducts including an interchange at Ping
Yeung;
3)
North Tunnel – this section comprises the tunnel segment at Cheung Shan
and includes a ventilation building at the portals on either end of the tunnel;
4)
Sha Tau Kok Road – this section stretches from
the tunnel portal at Wo Keng Shan to the tunnel
portal south of Loi Tung and comprises at-grade and
viaducts including an interchange at Sha Tau Kok and
an administration building;
5)
South Tunnel – this section comprises a tunnel segment that stretches from
Loi Tung to Fanling and
includes a ventilation building at the portals on either end of the tunnel as
well as a ventilation building in the middle of the tunnel near Lau Shui Heung;
6)
Fanling – this section comprises the at-grade, viaducts
and interchange connection to the existing Fanling
Highway.
1.1.4.
Action-United Environmental Services & Consulting has been commissioned as an Independent ET to implement the
relevant EM&A programme in accordance
with the approved EM&A Manual, as well as the associated duties.
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