This Quarterly 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 10th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022.

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

The Quarterly 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

No Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality monitoring in the reporting period. Also, no Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for construction noise monitoring in the reporting period.

Complaint Log

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.

Notifications of any Summons and Successful Prosecutions

The Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase (0002_20_ED_0467_04) was verified by IEC on 13 June 2022 and approved by EPD on 5 July 2022 (EPD ref. () in AX(12) in EP771/E1/100).

Reporting Change

No reporting change in the reporting period.

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

1. INTRODUCTION 5

2. EM&A REQUIREMENTS 7

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT 9

4. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE 12

5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 13

Figures

Figure 1 The Site Layout Plan of the Contract

Figure 2 The Location of the Air Quality Monitoring Station

Figure 3 The Location of the Noise Monitoring Station

Figure 4 Post-Construction Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Layout Map

Appendices

Appendix A Construction Programme

Appendix B Project Organization Chart

Appendix C Action and Limit Levels

Appendix D Event and Action Plan

Appendix E Implementation Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Construction and Operation Phase)

Appendix F Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Period

Appendix G Waste Flow Table

Appendix H Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

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”.

1.1.2 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.

1.1.3 This is the 10th Quarterly 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 June 2022 to 31 August 2022 (reporting period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2 Project Description

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 Project Organization

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. Winston Wong	3748 8918
	Resident Engineer	Mr. Gordon Kok	3748 8967
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Mr. Y. H. Hui	3465 2888
	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Mr. Brian Tam	9700 6767
	Environmental Site Supervisor	Mr. K. C. Chan	3465 2882
Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)	Environmental Manager	Mr. Marko Chan	9427 2879
Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)	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.

1.4.2 The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.

1.4.3 The Proposal for Termination of EM&A Programme in Construction Phase (0002_20_ED_0467_04) was verified by IEC on 13 June 2022 and approved by EPD on 5 July 2022 (EPD ref. () in AX(12) in EP771/E1/100).

1.5 Works undertaken during the report period

1.5.1 No main construction works was carried out in the reporting period.

2. EM&A REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Summary of EM&A Requirement

2.1.1 The Quarterly 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”.

2.1.2 According to the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, air quality monitoring at station AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, and noise monitoring at station NMS2 and NMS3C are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01. It should be noted that the air quality monitoring at station AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03. 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.

2.1.3 The most updated air and noise locations are summarized in Table 2.1. The locations of the air quality and noise monitoring stations shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, respectively.

Table 2.1 Air Quality and Noise Monitoring Location

Environmental Monitoring	Monitoring Station	Location
Air Quality	AMS2	Tung Chung Development Pier
	AMS3C	Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop
	AMS6	Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)
	AMS7B	Third Runway Site Office
Noise	NMS2	Seaview Crescent
Noise	NMS3	Ying Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point

Remarks:

1. 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.

2. The Limit Levels for schools will be applied for NMS3C.

2.1.4 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 (CWD) monitoring works under this contract was completed on 1 March 2021.

2.2 Monitoring Requirement

2.2.1 The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in the monthly EM&A report prepared for this Contract.

2.2.2 The air quality monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information for AMS6 are detailed in the monthly EM&A report prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.

2.3 Action and Limit Levels

2.3.1 The Action and Limit Levels for noise impact monitoring have been set and are presented in Appendix C.

2.4 Event and Action Plans

2.4.1 The event and action plans for air quality and noise monitoring are presented in Appendix D.

2.5 Mitigation Measures

2.5.1 The Contractor had implemented environmental mitigation measures and requirements as stated in the EIA Reports, the EP and EM&A Manuals. The implementation status of the environmental mitigation measures during the reporting period is summarized in Appendix E.

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT

3.1 Air Quality Monitoring Results

3.1.1 1-hour TSP and 24-hour TSP impact monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B were carried out in the reporting period, the monitoring results are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.

3.1.2 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 will be terminated on 25 March 2022. The last monitoring was completed on 24 March 2022.

3.1.3 There was no Action / Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B was recorded during the reporting period.

3.1.4 The monitoring results for AMS6 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.

3.1.5 Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

3.2 Noise Monitoring Results

3.2.1 Construction noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting period, the monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for this Contract.

3.2.2 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 will be terminated on 25 March 2022. The last monitoring was completed on 24 March 2022.

3.2.3 There was no Action / Limit Level exceedance for construction noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was recorded during the reporting period.

3.2.4 School calendar of Ho Yu College was checked against noise monitoring days at NMS3C.

3.3 Ecology Monitoring

3.3.1 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 suspended on 1 March 2021.

3.4 Site Inspection

3.4.1 Site inspections were carried out weekly to monitor the implementation of proper environmental pollution control and mitigation measures for the Project. A summary of the mitigation measures implementation schedule is provided in Appendix E.

3.4.2 5 weekly environmental site inspections were carried out in the reporting period. Details of observations recorded during the site inspections are presented in Appendix F.

3.4.3 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.

3.5 Landscape and Visual Site Audit (Establishment Period)

3.5.1 As informed by AECOM, the commencement date of the 12-month establishment period for the landscape monitoring under this contract is 5 January 2022. Bi-monthly landscape and visual site audits will be conducted from 5 January 2022 to 4 January 2023.

3.5.2 2 bi-monthly landscape and visual site audit was carried out in the reporting period by a Registered Landscape Architect.

3.6 Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status

3.6.1 The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting.

3.6.2 The summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix G.

3.6.3 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.

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.

4. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE

4.1 Environmental Exceedance

4.1.1 No Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B in March 2022.

4.1.2 Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

4.1.3 No Action / Limit Level exceedance for construction noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was recorded in March 2022.

4.1.4 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 in April and May 2022.

4.2 Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

4.2.1 No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution were received in the reporting period.

4.2.2 Cumulative complaint log, summaries of complaints, notification of summons and successful prosecutions are presented in Appendix H.

5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1 Conclusions

5.1.1 1-hour TSP and 24-hour TSP impact monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B were carried out in the reporting period, no Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded in March 2022.

5.1.2 Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

5.1.3 Construction noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting period, no Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded in March 2022.

5.1.4 5 weekly environmental site inspections were carried out in the reporting period. Recommendations on mitigation measures for air quality impact, water quality impact and chemical and waste management were given to the Contractor for remediating the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

5.1.5 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 in April and May 2022.

5.1.6 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.

5.1.7 As informed by AECOM, the commencement date of the 12-month establishment period for the landscape monitoring under this contract is 5 January 2022. Bi-monthly landscape and visual site audits will be conducted from 5 Jan 2022 to 4 Jan 2023.

5.1.8 2 bi-monthly landscape and visual site audit was carried out in the reporting period by a Registered Landscape Architect.

5.1.9 Referring to the Contractor’s information, no environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in the reporting period.