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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This
Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for
Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary
Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works” (hereafter referred to as “the
Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR). Contract No. HY/2019/01 was awarded to China Harbour
Engineering Co. Limited and Fugro Technical Services Limited (FTS) was
appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.
Contract
No. HY/2019/01 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 the Contract took place on
4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early
February 2020.
Fugro
Technical Services Limited (FTS) 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 is
providing environmental team services for the Contract.
This
is the 34th Monthly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries
findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 November
2022 to 30 November 2022.
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Progress
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, noise and the post-construction dolphin monitoring works for the
Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”. The ET of
the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact
air quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme if the impact air
quality monitoring work is no longer covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 respectively.
However, this is subject to ENPO’s final decision on which ET should carry out
the monitoring work at these stations.
Breaches
of Action and Limit Levels
According
to the EPD’s reply email, EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the air quality and noise monitoring for
Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022, no Action /
Limit Level exceedance for air quality and noise monitoring was recorded during
the period.
Complaint
Log
No
complaints were received in the reporting period.
Notifications
of any Summons and Successful Prosecutions
No
notifications of summons and prosecutions were received in the reporting
period.
Reporting
Change
No
reporting change in the reporting period.
Future
Key Issues
No main construction works will be carried out
in the next reporting period.
Contents
Figures
Appendices
1.1.1
Fugro Technical Services Limited was commissioned by China Harbour
Engineering Co. Limited (also referred to as “the Contractor”) to undertake the
Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit
(EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong
Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”.
A.1.1
Contract No. HY/2019/01 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. The general layout
of the Project area is shown in Figure
1. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the
construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.
1.1.2
This is the 34th Monthly EM&A report to document the
findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by
the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2019/01 from 1 November 2022 to 30 November
2022 (reporting period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.
1.2.1
The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2019/01 include the
following major items:
·
Landscaping
and establishment works;
·
Irrigation
system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;
·
Erection
and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;
·
Public
transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point
(RCP) and observation guard booths;
·
PTI
cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;
·
Vehicle
clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance
supporting system (AVCSS).
1.3.1
The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key
personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1 Contact
Information of Key Personnel
|
Party
|
Position
|
Name
|
Telephone
|
|
Engineer or Engineer’s
Representative
(AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)
|
Senior Resident Engineer
|
Mr. Jason Yu
|
3748 8903
|
|
Resident Engineer
|
Mr. K.W. Wong
|
3748 8967
|
|
Environmental Project Office / Independent
Environmental Checker
(ANewR Consulting
Limited)
|
Environmental Project Office
Leader
|
Mr. Louis Kwan
|
2618 2836
|
|
Independent
Environmental Checker (IEC)
|
Mr. James Choi
|
2618 2836
|
|
Environmental Site Supervisor
|
Mr.
Ricky Lau
|
2618
2836
|
|
Contractor
(China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)
|
Environmental Manager
|
Mr. Marko Chan
|
9427 2879
|
|
Environmental Officer
|
Mr.
Matthew Wu
|
6076
2675
|
|
Environmental Team
(Fugro Technical Services Limited)
|
Environmental Team
Leader
(ETL)
|
Mr. Calvin Leung
|
3565 4441
|
1.4
Construction Programme and
Activities
1.4.1
The site layout plan of the Contract is shown in Figure 1.
A.1.2
The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.
1.5
Works
undertaken during the month
1.5.1
No main construction works was carried out in the reporting
period.
1.6.1
A summary of the relevant permits, licenses and/or notifications
on environmental protection for this Contract is presented in Table 1.2.
Table 1.2 Environmental
Licenses, Notification and Permits Summary
|
Permit/
Notification/ License
|
Reference
No
|
Valid From
|
Valid Till
|
|
Environmental
Permit
|
EP-353/2009/K
|
11-Apr-16
|
Not Applicable
|
|
Notification
pursuant to Air Pollution (Construction Dust) Regulation
|
451380
|
28-Nov-19
|
Not Applicable
|
|
Billing
Account for Disposal of C&D waste
|
A/C No. 7036097
|
18-Dec-19
|
Not Applicable
|
|
Chemical
Waste Producer Registration
|
5296-951-C1186-32
|
6-Feb-20
|
Not Applicable
|
|
Water
Discharge License
|
WT00035721-2020
|
8-Jun-21
|
30-Apr 25
|
2.1.1
In
accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, 1-hour and 24-hour Total
Suspended Particulates (TSP) levels should be measured at the designated air
quality monitoring stations to indicate the impacts of construction dust on air
quality. Impact 1-hour TSP monitoring was conducted for at least three times
every 6 days, while impact 24-hour TSP monitoring was carried out for at least
once every 6 days.
A.1.3
According
to the EPD’s reply email, EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the air quality monitoring for Contract No:
HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022. The last monitoring was
completed on 24 March 2022.
2.2.1
In
accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, four air quality
monitoring locations, namely AMS2, AMS3C, AMS6 and AMS7B were set up at the
proposed locations. AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B are covered by Contract No.
HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”
A.1.4
AMS6
is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Link Road (HZMB HKLR) – 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 as part of EM&A programme if this air quality
monitoring station is no longer covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03.
2.2.2
Due
to the existing air quality monitoring location AMS7B would be hand over back
to Airport Authority for their construction works. A new alternative air
quality monitoring location is still under processing. Air quality monitoring location AMS7B
was temporary suspended, effective from 10 December 2020.
A.1.5
According
to the email date 11 August 2021, EPD have no comment on the Proposal for
Relocation of Monitoring Location AMS 7B, the monitoring location AMS 7B are
proposed to be relocated by alternative monitoring location AMS 7C for air
quality monitoring. The monitoring location AMS 7C has resumed air quality
monitoring on 5 October 2021.
2.2.3
The
most updated locations of air quality monitoring are summarized in Table 2.1 and they are shown in Figure
2.
Table 2.1 Air
Quality Monitoring Location
|
Monitoring Station
|
Location
|
|
AMS2
|
Tung Chung Development
Pier
|
|
AMS3C
|
Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop
|
|
AMS6
|
Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building
(HKIA)
|
|
AMS7C
|
East Sea Rescue Berth –
Airport Fire ContingentThird Runway Site Office
|
Remarks: The ET of this Contract should conduct impact
air quality monitoring at station AMS6 listed in the table as part of EM&A
programme according to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring
station is no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.
3.1.1
In
accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manuals, Leq
(30min) monitoring is conducted for at least once a week during the
construction phase between 0700 and 1900 on normal weekdays at the designated
monitoring locations.
A.1.6
According
to the EPD’s reply email, EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the noise monitoring for Contract No:
HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022. The last monitoring was
completed on 24 March 2022.
3.2
Monitoring Parameters and Frequency
3.2.1
The parameters and frequencies of impact noise monitoring is
summarized in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Monitoring
Parameters and Frequencies of Noise Monitoring
|
Parameter
|
Frequency
|
|
Leq (30min)
L10
and L90 will be recorded for reference
|
At each station at 0700-1900 hours on normal weekdays at a
frequency of once a week
|
3.3
Monitoring Locations
3.3.1
In
accordance with the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, two noise monitoring locations,
namely NMS2 and NMS3C are covered under Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and
Other Works.
A.1.7
Due
to rejection from Ho Yu College (NMS3) for setting up a noise monitoring station
at their school, an alternative location at site boundary of the site office
area at Works Area WA2 (NMS3B) is proposed. Impact noise monitoring has been
relocated from NMS3B to Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop (NMS3C) on 20 August
2018 under Contract No. HY/2013/04. The same baseline and Action and Limit
levels for noise, as derived from the baseline monitoring data recorded at Ho
Yu College, are adopted for this alternative noise monitoring location.
3.3.2
The
most updated locations are summarized in Table
3.2
and the locations of the noise monitoring stations shown in Figure 3.
Table 3.2 Construction
Noise Monitoring Location
|
Monitoring
Station
|
Location
|
|
NMS2
|
Seaview
Crescent
|
|
NMS3C
|
Ying
Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point
|
Remark: The Limit Levels for schools will be applied
for this alternative monitoring location at NMS3C.
4.
ECOLOGY MONITORING
4.1.1
All
marine-based construction activities for the HKBCF project were completed in
January 2019. No marine-based construction activities will be undertaken under
this Contract. However, the ET of this Contract or another ET of the HZMB is
required to conduct post-construction dolphin monitoring in accordance with
Section 10.7 of the updated EM&A Manual.
A.1.8
The
CV of the proposed dolphin specialist for this Contract has been submitted to
IEC for review prior to submission to AFCD for approval.
4.1.2
According
to the Proposal on Post-construction Dolphin Monitoring (PCDM) prepared by
Contract No. HY/2013/04 which has been verified by ENPO and approved by EPD on
8 March 2019 (EPD ref. () in Ax(5) to E771/E1/100) ,
the completion date of the PCDM is in February 2021. Therefore, the reporting
of Chinese White Dolphins monitoring works under this contract was completed on
1 March 2021.
4.2
Monitoring Locations and Methodology
4.2.1
In
accordance with the requirements of the updated EM&A manual, the dolphin
monitoring programme have adopted the standard line-transect method (Buckland
et al. 2001) to survey the pre-set and fixed transect lines defined by AFCD in
the Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas. The layout
map of the transect lines provided by AFCD is presented in Figure 4.
5.1.1
According
to the EPD’s letter (EPD ref. () in
AX(12) in EP771/E1/100), EPD has no comment on
the Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase, the
site inspection for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 5 July
2022. The last inspection was completed on 29 June 2022.
A.1.9
The next bi-monthly landscape and visual site audit was scheduled
on 12 December 2022.
5.3
Advice on the Solid and Liquid
Waste Management Status
5.3.1
The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the
Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse
collection and sorting.
A.1.10
The monthly summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix D.
5.3.2
If off-site disposal is required, the excavated marine mud from
the land-based works shall be disposed of at the designated disposal sites
within Hong Kong as allocated by the Marine Fill Committee or other locations
as agreed by the Director. The Contractor shall ensure no spilling and
overflowing of materials during loading / unloading / transportation is
allowed.
A.1.11
The Contractor was reminded that chemical waste containers should
be properly treated and stored temporarily in designated chemical waste storage
area on site in accordance with the Code of Practice on the Packing, Labelling
and Storage of Chemical Waste.
6.1.1
According
to the EPD’s reply email, EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the air quality and noise monitoring for
Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022, no Action / Limit Level exceedance for air quality and noise
monitoring was recorded during the period.
6.2
Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution
6.2.1
No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful
prosecution were received in the reporting month.
A.1.12
Cumulative complaint log, summaries of complaints, notification of
summons and successful prosecutions are presented in Appendix F.
According to the EPD’s
letter (EPD ref. ()
in AX(12) in EP771/E1/100), EPD has no comment on
the Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase, the
EM&A programme for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 5 July
2022. The implementation status of the environmental mitigation measures during the
reporting period is summarized in
Appendix C.
·
No main construction works will be
carried out in the next reporting period.
8.2
Key Issues for the Coming Month
8.2.1
Potential environmental impacts arising from the above
construction activities are mainly associated with construction dust,
construction noise, waste management and landscape and visual impact issues.
8.3.1
The tentative schedule for environmental monitoring in the coming
month is provided in Appendix I.
9.1.1
According
to the EPD’s reply email, EPD has no comment on the Proposal for Termination of
Air quality and Noise Monitoring, the air quality and noise monitoring for
Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 25 March 2022, no Action / Limit Level exceedance for air quality and noise
monitoring was recorded during the period.
A.1.13
According
to the EPD’s letter (EPD ref. ()
in AX(12) in EP771/E1/100), EPD has no comment on
the Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase, the
site inspection for Contract No: HY/2019/01 have been terminated on 5 July
2022.
9.1.2
Referring to the Contractor’s information, no environmental
complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in
the reporting month.
9.2.1
The recommended environmental mitigation measures, as proposed in
the EIA reports and EM&A Manuals shall be effectively implemented to
minimize the potential environmental impacts from the Project. The EM&A
programme would effectively monitor the environmental impacts generated from
the construction activities and ensure the proper implementation of mitigation
measures.
A.1.14
According to the environmental site inspections performed in the
reporting month, the following recommendations were provided:
Air Quality Impact
·
No specific observation was
identified in the reporting month.
Construction Noise Impact
·
No specific observation was identified
in the reporting month.
Water Quality Impact
·
No specific observation was
identified in the reporting month.
Chemical and Waste Management
·
No specific observation was
identified in the reporting month.
Permit/ Licenses
·
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