executive summary
ES01
This is the 98th monthly Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) report
presenting the monitoring results and inspection findings for the reporting period from 1 to 30 September 2021 (hereinafter
‘the Reporting Period’).
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Activities
ES02
To facilitate the project management and
implementation, Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai
Boundary Control Point and Associated Works of the Project is
divided to six CEDD contracts
including Contract 2 (CV/2012/08), Contract 3 (CV/2012/09), Contract 4 (NE/2014/02), Contract 5 (CV/2013/03), Contract
6 (CV/2013/08) and Contract 7 (NE/2014/03) and an ArshSD
contract (Contract SS C505).
ES03
Substantial
completion for the Works has been achieved for all Contracts in 2019. Proposal for partial termination of the
construction phase EM&A programme for Contracts 2, 4, 7 and SS C505 was
approved by EPD on 9 July 2020 (EPD’s ref.: ( ) in Ax (3) to EP 2/N7/A/52
Pt.17). Moreover, termination
proposal for Contract 3 was approved by EPD on 4 May 2021 (EPD’s ref.: () in Ax
(3) to EP 2/N7/A52 Pt.18). Therefore, air quality monitoring stations AM1c, AM8
& AM9b, noise monitoring stations NM1, NM7, NM8, NM9 & NM10 and water
quality monitoring stations WM4, WM4-CA & WM4-CB and ET’s site inspection
and audit for relevant works area for Contracts 2, 3, 4, 7 and SS C505 was
ceased accordingly.
ES04
In the Reporting Period, environmental monitoring activities under the EM&A programme in the
Reporting Period are summarized in the following table.
|
Environmental Aspect
|
Environmental Monitoring Parameters /
Inspection
|
Reporting Period
|
|
Number of Monitoring Locations to undertake
|
Total Occasions
|
|
Air Quality
|
1-hour
TSP
|
6 (#)
|
102
|
|
24-hour
TSP
|
6 (#)
|
32
|
|
Construction Noise
|
Leq(30min) Daytime
|
5 (~)
|
25
|
|
Water Quality
|
Water in-situ measurement and/or sampling
|
WM1
& WM1-C
|
13 Scheduled &
0 extra
|
|
WM2A(a)
& WM2A-Cx
|
13 Scheduled &
0 extra
|
|
WM2B
& WM2B-C
|
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*)
|
|
WM3x
&WM3-C
|
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*)
|
|
Ecology
|
Woodland
compensation
i)
General Health condition of planted species
ii) Survival
of planted species
|
9
Quadrats and transect
|
0
|
|
Wetland compensation
i)
Site inspection
|
Contract
6
|
5
|
|
Joint Site Inspection / Audit
|
IEC, ET,
the Contractor and RE joint site Environmental Inspection and Auditing
|
Contract 6
|
5
|
Remark:
(*) Water
sampling was unable to carry
out at WM2B and WM2B-C in the Reporting Period due to shallow water. Besides,
WM3-C was also unable to carry out in the Reporting Period due to shallow
water. (Water
depth under 150mm). WM4, WM4-CA and WM4-CB were ceased after last
monitoring carried out on 3 May 2021 according to Partial Termination Proposal
for Contract 3 approved by EPD on 4 May 2021.
(#)
Number of air monitoring location changed to 6 since the partial termination proposal
approved by EPD on 9 Jul 2020 and 4 May 2021.
(~)
Number of noise monitoring location changed to 5 since the partial termination proposal
approved by EPD on 9 Jul 2020 and 4 May 2021.
ES05
Construction phase for
Contract 6 are substantially completed.
In view of substantial
completion of construction work and in consideration of the scale and nature of
remaining works under
Contract 6, the potential environmental impacts associated with the remaining
works for Project was considered
negligible.
The revised “Proposal for termination of the
Construction Phase EM&A Programme for the remaining Contract 6 of the
Project” which certified by ETL and verified by IEC, was re-submitted to
Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on 15 July 2021. Site inspection with EPD, RE, IEC and ET
was conducted on 12 August 2021 and the updated Proposal will be tentatively re-submitted
to EPD in October 2021.
Action and Limit (A/L) Levels exceedance
ES06
In the Reporting Period, no exceedance was recorded for construction noise, air quality and water quality monitoring. The summary of exceedance in the Reporting Period is shown below.
|
Environmental Aspect
|
Monitoring
Parameters
|
Action Level
|
Limit Level
|
Event
& Action
|
|
NOE
Issued
|
Investigation
Result
|
Project
related exceedance
|
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
ES07
No environmental complaint was recorded in the Reporting Period.
Notification
of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES08
No environmental summons and prosecutions were recorded in the Reporting Period.
Reporting Change
ES09
No reporting change was recorded in the Reporting period.
Site Inspection
ES10
In the Reporting Period, joint site
inspection to evaluate the site environmental performance at Contract
6 has been carried out by the RE, ET, IEC and the Contractor on 1, 8, 15, 24 and 30 September 2021. No non-compliance was noted during the site inspection.
Future Key Issues
ES11
Since
the construction works under the Project were substantial completed, the potential
environmental impacts associated with Project are considered negligible. However, the
Contractor was reminded that the environmental mitigation measures shall be
properly implemented and maintained
where applicable, as per the Mitigation Implementation Schedule, in the remaining construction period and
operational phase.
