Executive Summary
ES.01.
This is the 30th 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 2020 to 31 January 2021
(hereinafter “Reporting Period”).
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 3 and Contract 6. 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
|
7 (@)
|
336
|
|
24-hour TSP
|
7 (@)
|
112
|
|
Construction Noise
|
Leq(30min) Daytime
|
8 (~)
|
104
|
|
Water Quality
|
Water in-situ measurement and/or sampling
|
WM1 & WM1-C,
|
38 scheduled
|
|
WM2A & WM2A-Cx
|
38 scheduled
|
|
WM2B & WM2B-C
|
(*) 38 Scheduled
|
|
WM3x &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
|
13
|
|
Joint Site Inspection / Audit
|
IEC, ET, the Contractor and RE joint site Environmental Inspection and Auditing
|
Contract 3
|
13
|
|
Contract 6
|
13
|
Note:
Extra monitoring day was due to measurement results exceedance
(*) 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 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.03. 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
|
|
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
|
ES.04. As the
major construction work under Contract 3 and Contract 6 were substantially
completed. In view of insignificant environmental impacts of the remaining
outstanding construction works of Contracts 3 and 6, “proposal for termination
of the Construction Phase Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) Programme for the remaining Contract 3 and Contract 6 of
the Project” which certified by ETL and verified by IEC, was submitted to
Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on 18 November 2020. EPD issued
comments on 6 January 2021 and the revised proposal has been subsequently
prepared and certified by ETL and verified by IEC. The revised proposal was
re-submitted by AECOM to EPD with written agreement/confirmation obtained from
CEDD on 5 February 2021.
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. No reporting change was recorded in the
Reporting period.
Future key issues
ES.08.
During dry season and in consideration of construction site under the
Project are located adjacent to villages, the Contractors should fully
implement air quality mitigation measures to reduce construction dust emission.
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 8
3.1 General 8
3.2 Monitoring
Parameters 8
3.3 Monitoring
Locations 8
3.4 Monitoring
Frequency and Period 11
3.5 Monitoring
Equipment 11
3.6 Monitoring
Methodology 13
3.7 Equipment
Calibration 15
3.8 Derivation
of Action/Limit (A/L) Levels 16
3.9 Data
Management and Data QA/QC Control 16
4 Air Quality Monitoring 18
4.1 General 18
4.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 18
5 Construction Noise
Monitoring 20
5.1 General 20
5.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 20
6 Water Quality Monitoring 22
6.1 General 22
6.2 Summary
of Monitoring Results 22
7 ECOLOGY MONITORING 24
7.1 Monitoring on Woodland Compensation 24
7.2 Monitoring on Wetland Compensation 24
8 Waste Management 25
8.1 General
Waste Management 25
8.2 Records
of Waste Quantities 25
9 Site Inspections 26
9.1 requirements 26
10 Non-compliance, Complaints,
Notifications of Summons and Prosecutions 27
10.1 Status
of Non-compliance Environmental Complaint, Summons and Prosecution 27
11 Implementation Status of Mitigation
Measures 29
11.1 General
Requirements 29
12 Conclusions and Recommendations 31
12.1 Conclusions 31
12.2 Recommendations 31
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 6
Table 6-2 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contracts 3
Table 6-3 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contract 6
Table 6-4 Summary
of the Water Quality Monitoring Results – Contracts 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 3
Table 9-2 Summary
of Reminders/Observations of Site Inspection – Contract 6
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.
1.1.5.
This is the 30th Quarterly EM&A Summary
Report presenting the monitoring results and inspection findings for the
Reporting Period from 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2021.
1.2.1
The Quarterly EM&A Summary Report is structured into the following
sections:-
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Project Organization and
Construction progress
Section 3 Summary of Impact monitoring Requirements
Section 4 Air Quality Monitoring
Section 5 Construction Noise
Monitoring
Section 6 Water Quality Monitoring
Section 7 Ecology Monitoring
Section 8 Waste Management
Section 9 Site Inspection
Section 10 Non-compliance, Complaints,
Notifications of Summons and Prosecutions
Section 11 Implementation Status of Mitigation Measures
Section 12 Conclusions and Recommendations
2.1.1
To facilitate the project management and
implementation, the Project would be divided by the following contracts:
·
Contract 2 (CV/2012/08)
·
Contract 3 (CV/2012/09)
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