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Job No.: TCS00694/13 |
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Agreement No. CE 45/2008
(CE) Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point
and Associated Works |
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28th Quarterly Environmental Monitoring & Audit Summary Report ¡V (May
to July 2020) |
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Prepared
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Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) |
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Quality Index |
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Date |
Reference No. |
Prepared By |
Certified By |
3 September 2020 |
TCS00694/13/600/R2494v3 |
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Nicola
Hon (Environmental Consultant) |
T.W. Tam (Environmental Team Leader) |
Version |
Date |
Description |
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26 August 2020 |
First
Submission |
2 |
1 September 2020 |
Amended
against IEC¡¦s comment on 28 August 2020 |
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3 September 2020 |
Amended against
IEC¡¦s comment on 3 September 2020 |
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This
report has been prepared by Action-United Environmental Services &
Consulting with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of
the Agreement with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions
of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement
with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in
respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. This report is
confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever
nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made
known. Any such party relies upon the report at their own risk. |
Executive Summary
ES.01.
This is the 28th 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 May 2020 to 31 July 2020
(hereinafter ¡§Reporting Period¡¨).
Environmental Monitoring and
Audit Activities
ES.02. Proposal for partial termination of the
construction phase EM&A programme for Contract 2,
Contract 4, Contract 7 and Contract SS C505 was approved by Environmental
Protection Department (EPD) on 9 July 2020 (EPD¡¦s ref.: ( ) in Ax (3) to EP
2/N7/A/52 Pt.17). The termination
proposal covers air quality monitoring stations AM1c and AM8, noise monitoring
stations NM1 and NM7 and ET¡¦s site inspection and audit for relevant works area
for Contract 2, 4, 7 and SS C505.
The last monitoring and site inspections of the corresponding stations /
contacts are summarized in below table.
Environmental Aspect |
Monitoring
Parameters / Inspection |
Monitoring Station |
Last Monitoring/ Inspection Date |
Air Quality |
1-hour TSP |
AM1c |
7 July 2020 |
AM8 |
10 July 2020 |
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24-hour TSP |
AM1c |
6 July 2020 |
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AM8 |
8 July 2020 |
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Construction Noise |
Leq(30min) Daytime |
NM1 |
7 July 2020 |
NM7 |
10 July 2020 |
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Site Environmental Inspection |
Site Environmental Inspection |
Contract 2 |
10 July 2020 |
Contract 4 |
10 July 2020 |
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Contract 7 |
10 July 2020 |
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Contract SS C505 |
10 July 2020 |
ES.03. 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 |
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Monitoring Locations
/ Contracts |
Total Occasions |
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Air Quality |
1-hour TSP |
9 (@) |
411 |
24-hour TSP |
9 (@) |
136 |
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Construction Noise |
Leq(30min) Daytime |
10 (~) |
124 |
Water Quality |
Water in-situ measurement and/or sampling |
WM1 & WM1-C, |
40 scheduled |
WM2A & WM2A-Cx |
40 scheduled |
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WM2B & WM2B-C |
(*) 40 Scheduled |
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WM3x &WM3-C |
(*) 40 scheduled |
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WM4, WM4-CA &WM4-CB |
40 scheduled |
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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 |
13 |
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Joint Site Inspection / Audit |
IEC, ET, the Contractor and RE joint site Environmental Inspection and Auditing |
Contract 2 |
10 |
Contract 3 |
13 |
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Contract 4 |
10 |
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Contract 6 |
13 |
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Contract 7 |
10 |
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Contract SS C505 (#) |
10 |
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 due to shallow water.
Besides, WM3-C was also unable to carry out in most of the monitoring days due
to shallow water. (Water depth under 150mm)
(@)
Number of air monitoring location changed to 7 since the partial termination
proposal approved by EPD on 9 July 2020.
(~)
Number of noise monitoring location changed to 8 since the partial termination
proposal approved by EPD on 9 July 2020.
Breaches
of Action/Limit levels
ES.04. In the
Reporting Period, no exceedance was recorded for construction noise, air
quality and water quality monitoring.
The summary of exceedance for the Reporting Period is shown below.
Environmental
Aspect |
Monitoring Parameters |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
Event & Action |
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NOE Issued |
Investigation |
Corrective Actions |
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Air Quality |
1-hour TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
24-hour TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
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Construction Noise |
Leq(30min) Daytime |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
Water Quality |
DO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
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SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Environmental
Complaint
ES.05.
No environmental
complaint was recorded in the Reporting Period.
Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES.06. No environmental summons or successful
prosecutions were recorded in the Reporting Period.
Reporting Changes
ES.07. Proposal for
partial termination of the construction phase EM&A programme
for Contract 2, Contract 4, Contract 7 and Contract SS C505 was approved by EPD
on 9 July 2020 (EPD¡¦s ref.: ( ) in Ax (3) to EP 2/N7/A/52 Pt.17). Therefore, air quality monitoring
stations AM1c and AM8, noise monitoring stations NM1 and NM7 and ET¡¦s site
inspection and audit for relevant works area for Contract 2, 4, 7 and SS C505
was ceased accordingly.
Future key issues
ES.08. During wet season, 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
2 Project Organization and
Construction progress
2.1 Construction
Contract Packaging
2.5 Summary of Environmental Submissions
3 Project Organization and
Construction progress
3.4 Monitoring
Frequency and Period
3.8 Derivation
of Action/Limit (A/L) Levels
3.9 Data
Management and Data QA/QC Control
4.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results
5 Construction Noise
Monitoring
5.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results
6.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results
7.1 Monitoring on Woodland Compensation
7.2 Monitoring on Wetland Compensation
8.2 Records
of Waste Quantities
10 Non-compliance, Complaints,
Notifications of Summons and Prosecutions
10.1 Status
of Non-compliance Environmental Complaint, Summons and Prosecution