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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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Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit Report
(No.104) ¡V March 2022 |
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Prepared For |
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Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) |
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Date |
Reference No. |
Prepared By |
Certified By |
11 April 2022 |
TCS00694/13/600/R2737v2 |
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Nicola Hon (Environmental Consultant) |
Tam Tak Wing (Environmental Team Leader) |
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Date |
Remarks |
1 |
7 April 2022 |
First
Submission |
2 |
11 April 2022 |
Amended
As Per IEC¡¦s comment |
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executive summary
ES01
This is the 104th monthly Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) report
presenting the monitoring results and inspection findings for the reporting period from 1 to 31 March 2022 (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 |
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Number of Monitoring Locations to undertake |
Total Occasions |
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Air Quality |
1-hour
TSP |
6 (#) |
96 |
24-hour
TSP |
6 (#) |
30 |
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Construction Noise |
Leq(30min) Daytime |
5 (~) |
21 |
Water Quality |
Water in-situ measurement and/or sampling |
WM1
& WM1-C |
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*) |
WM2A(a)
& WM2A-Cx |
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*) |
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WM2B
& WM2B-C |
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*) |
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WM3x
&WM3-C |
13 Scheduled &
0 extra (*) |
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Joint Site Inspection / Audit |
IEC, ET,
the Contractor and RE joint site Environmental Inspection and Auditing |
Contract 6@ |
5 |
Remark:
(@) Due to the covid-19 epidemic, except the joint site inspection on 31
March 2022, site inspection were carried out by ET
only during the report period.
(*) 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 and WM1-C was also unable to carry out some
of the monitoring days 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.
Action and Limit (A/L) Levels exceedance
ES05
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 |
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NOE
Issued |
Investigation
Result |
Project
related exceedance |
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 |
-- |
-- |
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Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
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SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Environmental
Complaint
ES06
No environmental complaint was recorded in the Reporting Period.
Notification
of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES07
No environmental summons and prosecutions were recorded in the Reporting Period.
Reporting Change
ES08
No reporting change was recorded in the Reporting period.
Site Inspection
ES09
In the Reporting Period, due to outbreak of
covid-19 epidemic, site inspection to evaluate the site environmental
performance at Contract 6 has been carried out by ET on 2, 10, 17 and 23 March 2022. Joint
site inspection has been carried out by the RE, ET, IEC and the Contractor on 31 March 2022. No non-compliance
was noted during the site inspection.
Future Key Issues
ES10
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.
Table of Contents
2 Project
Organization and Construction progress
2.1 Construction
Contract Packaging
2.5 Summary of Environmental Submissions
3 Summary
of Impact Monitoring Requirements
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 Air
Quality Monitoring Results
5 Construction
Noise Monitoring
6.2 Results
of Water Quality Monitoring
7.1 Monitoring on Woodland Compensation
7.2 Monitoring on Wetland Compensation