EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Monthly Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract No. HY/2013/03 “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Vehicle Clearance Plazas and Ancillary Buildings
and Facilities” (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Automatic Vehicle Clearance Support System” within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (hereafter
referred to as “the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Contract No.
HY/2013/03 was awarded to China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (construction
works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 was awarded to ATAL Technologies
Limited within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (hereafter referred to as “the Contractor”) and MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) was appointed as the
Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of Contract
No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03
works area) is part of the “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities” (HZMB HKBCF)
Project which is a “Designated Project” under Schedule 2 of the Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499) and for which an EIA Report (Register
No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared and approved. The current Environmental Permit
(EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP-353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. These
documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register.
Commencement of Contract No. HY/2013/03
took place on 10 April 2015 while the construction works and the EM&A
programme of Contract No. HY/2013/03 commenced on 29 August 2015 (commencement
of Contract No. HY/2013/06 took place on 14 August 2015 while the construction
works and the EM&A programme of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area commenced on 13 September 2016).
MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) has been appointed by the
Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A)
programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for
HKBCF (Version 1.0) and will be providing environmental team services for the
Contract.
This is the 29th
Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the
EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1
January 2018 to 31 January 2018 (includes the findings of the
EM&A programme of Contract No.
HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03
works area during the reporting period from 1 January 2018 to 31 January 2018) (the “reporting period”). The monthly EM&A programme
was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version
1.0). It should be noted that the air quality and noise monitoring works for
the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2013/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge HKBCF – Passenger Clearance Building” and Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and
HKBCF”. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to
conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 and AMS7, noise monitoring at
NMS2 and NMS3B, water quality monitoring at the locations shown in Figure 3 and ecological monitoring as shown
in Figure 4 as part of EM&A programme if these monitoring stations are no longer
covered under Contract No. HY/2013/01 and HY/2011/03. However, this is subject
to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at
these stations.
The dates of site inspection for
Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No.
HY/2013/03 works area) during the reporting period are listed below:
Environmental Site Inspection: 4, 12, 19
and 25 January 2018.
Breaches of Action and Limit Levels
Summary of Action and Limit Level
exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to
the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
There were two Action and Limit Level
exceedances of 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS2 and AMS3B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period. After investigation, it was concluded that all exceedances
were not relevant to Contract No.
HY/2013/03. There was no
Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded on other monitoring dates at station AMS6 and AMS7 by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
There was no Action and Limit Level
exceedance for noise recorded at station NMS2 and station NMS3B by the
Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01 during the reporting period.
There was
Action and Limit Level exceedance of suspended solids recorded on one day by the Environmental Team of
Contract No. HY/2013/01 during reporting period. After investigation, it was
concluded that all exceedances were not relevant to Contract No. HY/2013/03.
There was no Action and Limit Level exceedance recorded on other monitoring
dates at the monitoring stations shown as shown at Table 4.1 by the Environmental Team of Contract No. HY/2013/01
during the reporting period.
Ecological monitoring
results at all transects are reported in the EM&A report prepared by
Contract No. HY/2013/01.
Complaint Log
There was no
complaint received in relation to the environmental impact during the reporting
period.
Notifications of Summons and Successful
Prosecutions
There was no notifications of summons
or prosecutions received during this reporting period.
Reporting Changes
There was no reporting change during
the reporting period.
Future Key Issues
The future key issues to be undertaken
in the upcoming month are:
For Contract No.
HY/2013/03
1.
Building at Portion A1, B, G, N, J, STP & Pumping
Stations;
2.
CUE Construction at Portion B, C & J;
3.
Drainage & Sewerage Work, Water Main & Cable
Duct at Portion A1, B, H1, H2, J, P & G;
4.
Fencing work at All site Area;
5.
Sewerage Pumping Station at Portion A1 & G;
6.
Slope Works at Portion K;
7.
Cover Walkway at Portion B, C, J & K;
8.
Box Culvert B at Portion N;
9.
Shuttle kiosk & Subway at Portion E;
10.
Road Work at All site area;
11.
Landscape work at All site area.
For
Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area
1.
CUE,
Kiosk & Building 037