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AUES Job No.: TCS01230/21
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Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link
Contract No.
HY/2021/13–
Provision of Remaining
Compensation Tree Planting for the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link Project
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31st Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report–
December 2024
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Prepared
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Wing Ho Yuen Landscaping Co., Ltd
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Date
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Reference No.
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Prepared By
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Certified By
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15 January 2025
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TCS01230/21/600/R0179v1
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Martin Li
(Environmental Consultant)
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Ben Tam
(Environmental Team Leader)
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Version
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Date
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Remarks
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15 January 2025
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First Submission
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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
ES01
This is the 31st Monthly
EM&A Report presenting the monitoring results and inspection findings for
the period from 1 to 15
December 2024 (hereinafter ‘the Reporting Period’).
Summary of EM&A activities for the Reporting Period
ES02
The EM&A activities
conducted in the Reporting Period are summary in below:-
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Landscape & Visual Monitoring
(Establishment period) – 1 event
ES03
According to the approved
Landscape and Visual plan, the planting works under the contract was commended
on 21 June 2022 and completed on 15 December 2022.
ES04 The two years Establishment Period for the compensation planting areas
(Tuen Mun and Lantau) outside the TMCLKL Project site was commenced on 16
December 2022. According to the EM&A manual requirement, once per three
months inspection should be conducted during the Establishment Period to monitor
the compensation trees health condition. One establishment period inspection
was conducted on 9 December 2024 for those compensation planting areas during
this reporting period covering the 8th quarter establishment period
from 16 September to 15 December 2024.
Environmental
Complaint
ES05
In the Reporting Period,
no environmental complaint was received.
ES06
The statistical summary
of environmental complaints is summarized in the following table.
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Reporting Period
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Environmental
Complaint Statistics
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Frequency
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Cumulative
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Since the Contract commencement
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0
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0
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December 2024
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0
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0
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Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES07
No environmental summons or successful
prosecutions were recorded in the Reporting Period.
Reporting Change
ES08
Reporting changes were made in the Reporting Period
due to the Establishment Period for the Contract commenced. Some not related
sections were removed.
Future Key Issues
ES09 The planting works for the Contract was completed on 15
December 2022. The two years establishment period for those planting area
was commenced on 16 December 2022.
ES10 According
to the Project EM&A Manual requirement, monitoring for the planting works
at a frequency of 3 months interval during the 24-month establishment period is
required to make sure the establishment planting works
is complied with EMIS requirement, and during the 12-month establishment
period, the maintenance operations must be supervised by fully qualified
Landscape Resident Site Staff (Registered Landscape Architect or Professional
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects). Subsequent to the 12-month establishment
period supervised by the qualified Landscape Resident Site Staff, the
supervision from the 13th to the 24th month would be
continued by other members of the Project.
ES11 All the planting works for the TM-CLKL Project was completed, the quantity of tree planting and the landscape planting area for the
Project fulfil with the EIA Report and EP requirement.
ES12 The
24-month establishment period for the planting area under this Contract HY/2021/13
was completed at 15 December 2024. The condition of the planted tree is
satisfaction. Furthermore, the entire establishment monitoring for the planting
area under the TMCLKL Project was completed. The species and quantity of tree
planted in those areas are complied with the approved Landscape &Visual
Plan / Planting Schedule.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Project Background 1
1.2 Report Structure 1
1.3 Contract
Organization 1
2 Summary of Environmental Requirements Under the Contract 2
2.1 General 2
2.2 Environmental
Aspects 2
2.3 Monitoring
Schedule 4
3 LandscAPe and Visual 5
3.1 General 5
3.2 Landscape and Visual Inspection 5
3.3 Summary of the tree planting for
TMCLK Project 6
4 Environmental Complaint and Non-compliance 7
4.1 Environmental Complaint, Summons
and Prosecution 7
5 Conclusions and Recommendations 8
5.1 Conclusions 8
List of TABLES
Table
2-1 Summary
of Establishment inspection for the Project
Table
3-1 Details
of Provision of Remaining Compensation Tree Planting Works Areas
Table
3-2 Details
of Establishment Inspection for the Project during the Reporting Period
Table
3-3 Summary
of Quantity Tree Planting for TM-CLKL Project
Table
3-4 Summary
of Landscape Planting Area for TM-CLKL Project
Table
4-1 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Complaints
Table
4-2 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Summons
Table
4-3 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Prosecution
List of Appendices
Appendix A Project
Layout Plan
Appendix B Layout Plan of the Contract
Appendix C Organization
of the Contract
Appendix D Event and Action Plan
Appendix E Monitoring
Schedule
Appendix F Environmental
Mitigation and Enhancement Measures Implementation Schedule (EMIS)
Appendix G Layout
Plan for the Planting Zone
Appendix H Checklist for Landscape and Visual
Monitoring
Appendix I Tree
planting schedule for TM-CLKL Project
Appendix J Cumulative Statistics of Complaint, Summon and
Prosecution
1.1.1
According to the
findings of the Northwest New Territories (NWNT) Traffic and Infrastructure
Review conducted by the Transport Department, Tuen Mun Road, Ting Kau Bridge,
Lantau Link and North Lantau Highway would be operating beyond capacity after
2016. This forecast has been based on the estimated increase in cross boundary
traffic, developments in the Northwest New Territories (NWNT), and possible
developments in North Lantau, including the Airport developments, the Lantau
Logistics Park (LLP) and the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge (HZMB). In order
to cope with the anticipated traffic demand, two new road sections between NWNT
and North Lantau – Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) and Tuen Mun Western
Bypass (TMWB) are proposed.
1.1.2
According to the
requirements of the EIA Report, the TM-CLKL Project shall carry out landscape
softworks including planting of 6300 trees within the project limits, amongst
others. On completion of the planting works by the three other contracts, 5353
trees were accommodated within the project limits. The Landscape and Visual
Plan (LVP) later prepared for this Project recommended the compensatory
planting of remaining trees at locations outside the limits of the TM-CLKL
Project.
1.1.3
Wing
Ho Yuen Landscaping Co., Ltd (hereafter “WHY”) is
commissioned by the Highways Department (HyD) as the Main Contractor of the Contract No. HY/2021/13 –Provision
of Remaining Compensation Tree Planting for the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link
Project ((hereafter “the Contract”) and this Contract is part of the
Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLK Link Project).TM-CLK Link Project is a Designated
Project under Environmental Permit number EP-354/2009/D issued on 13 March
2015. The layout Plan of the
Project and the Contract are showed in Appendix A and B respectively.
1.1.4
The planting works for
the Contract No. HY/2021/13 was commenced on 21 June 2022. The
entire compensation tree planting works for this Contract was completed on 15
December 2022. The two years establishment period for those
planting area was commenced on 16 December 2022.
1.1.5
The construction works
of the Contract mainly include:-
a.
Maintenance the compensation planting area of
the Project during the establishment period.
1.1.6
This is 31st monthly
EM&A report presenting the inspection findings for period from 1 to 15 December 2024.
1.2.1
The Monthly Environmental Monitoring and
Audit (EM&A) Report is structured into the following sections:-
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Summary of
Environmental Requirements under the Contract
Section 3 Landscape and Visual
Section 4 Environmental Complaints
and Non-Compliance
Section 5 Conclusions and
Recommendations
1.3.1
The Contract organization and contact details
of key personnel are shown in Appendix C.
2.1.1
In accordance with the
Project EM&A Manual requirements, the environmental aspects under the
Project shall be included air quality, ecological, cultural heritage, landscape
and visual, landfill gas and site
inspection.
2.1.2
A summary of EM&A requirements under the
contract are presented in the
sub-sections below. Should non-compliance of the environmental quality
criteria occurs, remedial actions will be triggered according to the Event and
Action Plan which presented in Appendix D.
Air
2.2.1
According to the
Contract remaining duty is maintenance the compensation planting area of the
Project outside TMCLKL boundary during the establishment period. No specific EM&A requirement for air
quality related to the establishment of
landscape softworks was identify.
2.2.2
The scopes of works
under this Contract do not involve any of works listed under Section 4.4.1.1 of
the approved EIA Report. Vehicles travel under this contract was carried out in
paved area. Therefore, fugitive dust emission from the contract would be
limited and no unacceptable air quality impact would be expected. No specific
mitigation measure and monitoring would be required.
Noise
2.2.3
According to the
Contract remaining duty is maintenance the compensation planting area of the
Project outside TMCLKL boundary during the establishment period. No unacceptable noise impact would be
expected from the contract. No mitigation measure would be required under the
approved EIA Report. No specific EM&A requirement for noise impact related
to the establishment of landscape
softworks was identify.
2.2.4
Most of the works under
this contract would be conducted manually, with limited use of PME for delivery
material on site and watering the planting area along the road side. Therefore,
no unacceptable noise impact would be expected. No specific mitigation measure
and monitoring would be required.
Water Quality
2.2.5
No marine works will be
undertaken under the Contract.
Therefore, no water quality monitoring is required for the construction
phase of the Contract..
Ecology
2.2.6
No marine works will be
undertaken under the Contract and generated marine ecological impact, no dolphin
monitoring is required for the
construction phase of the Contract.
2.2.7
According to the scope of works under the
Contract, no identified ecology aspect was related to the Contract, therefore
no land base ecology monitoring and mitigation measure would be required.
Landscape and Visual
2.2.8
Monitoring of the
planting works during the 24-month Establishment period after completion of the
construction works should be carried out. Establishment Works Inspection should
be carried out once every 3 months to make sure the establishment planting
works is complied with EMIS requirement. The entire
compensation tree planting works for this Contract was completed on 15 December
2022. The two years establishment period for those
planting area was commenced on 16 December 2022.The summary of Establishment inspection for the Project is shown
in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1 Summary
of Establishment inspection for the Project
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Contract Area
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Establishment Monitoring Commenced
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Respond Party
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Next Quarter of
Establishment Monitoring
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HY/2012/07
(Zone 1, 3 & 4)
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June 2020
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HMWSD 2/2020 (HY)
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 26 May 2022)
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HY/2012/07
(Zone 2)
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June 2020
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HY/2021/13
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 25 April 2022)
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HY/2013/12
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June 2020
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HMWSD 2/2020 (HY)
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 31 May 2022)
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HY/2017/10
(Zone 1-5)
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February 2021
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HMWSD 2/2020 (HY)
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 13 Jan 2023)
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HY/2017/10
(Zone 6)
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February 2021
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HY/2021/13
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 13 Jan 2023)
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Tuen Mun
(Portion A)
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16 December 2022
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HY/2021/13
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Completed
(Last quarter inspection was taken on 9 Dec 2024)
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Tung Chung
(Portion B)
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Penny’s Bay
(Portion C)
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Cultural Heritage
2.2.9
According to the works area under the
Contract, no cultural
heritage zone is located. Therefore, no specific EM&A requirement for
construction phase was identified.
Landfill Gas
2.2.10
According to work scope of the Contract,
there is no works area lies within the 250m Consultation Zone around the closed
Pillar Point Valley Landfill. Therefore, no landfill gas monitoring is required
for the Contract.
Waste Management
2.2.11
According to the
Contract remaining duty is maintenance the compensation planting area of the Project
outside TMCLKL boundary during the establishment
period. No specific EM&A requirement for Waste Management related to
the establishment of landscape softworks was identify.
2.2.12
All planting area under
this contract area are land-based, no dredged sediment, excavated C&D
material, C&D waste, chemical waste and sewage would be generated under
this Contract. Only limited level of dead plant would be generated from works
during maintenance of the planting area and would be easily controlled by standard
waste management practice. No specific mitigation measure would be required.
Inspection and Audit
2.2.13
According to the
Contract remaining duty is maintenance the compensation planting area of the
Project outside TMCLKL boundary during the establishment period. No construction works would be taken under
this contract. Moreover, no potential environmental issue had been identified
in the previous sections. No regular site inspections would be required.
2.3.1
The monitoring schedule
for landscape &visual for the present reporting period is presented in Appendix E. Summary of Impact Environmental Requirements Under the Contract
3.1.1
According to the Project EM&A Manual requirement,
monitoring for the planting works at a frequency of 3 months interval during
the 24-month establishment period is required to make sure the
establishment planting works is complied with EMIS requirement, and during the 12-month establishment period,
the maintenance operations must be supervised by fully qualified Landscape
Resident Site Staff (Registered Landscape Architect or Professional Member of
the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects). Subsequent to the 12-month establishment
period supervised by the qualified Landscape Resident Site Staff, the
supervision from the 13th to the 24th month would be
continued by other members of the Project.
The updated EMIS for the Contract is shown in Appendix
F.
3.2.1
The planting works
under the contract was commenced on 21 June 2022. According to the approved
landscape and visual plan, the planting areas under the Contract are summarized in Table 3-1 and
the layout plan for the planting zone is illustrated in Appendix G.
Table 3-1 Details
of Provision of Remaining Compensation Tree Planting Works Areas
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Works Area
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Zone
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Location
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Proposed Use
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Tuen Mun
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Portion A1
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Zone 1
(Tuen Mun Area)
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Slope 6NW-C/F 153
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Works area for compensation tree planting
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Portion A2
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Slope 6SW-A/F 25
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Portion A3
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Slope 5SE-B/F 89
Slope 5SE-B/F 70
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Portion A4
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Slope 5SE-D/F 73
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Portion A5
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Zone 2
(Siu Lam Area)
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Slope 6SW-C/FR 200
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Portion A6
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Slope 6SW-C/F 233
Slope 6SW-D/FR 279
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Portion A7
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Slope 6SW-D/FR 320
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Lantau
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Tung Chung
Portion B
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Zone 3
(Tung Chung Area)
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Slope 9SE-B/F 35
Slope 9SE-B/F 56
Slope 9SE-B/F 74
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Works area for compensation tree planting
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Penny’s Bay
Portion C
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Zone 4
(Penny’s Bay
Area)
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Slope 10NW-D/F 86
Slope 10NW-D/F 88
Slope 10NW-D/FR 89
Slope 10NW-D/FR 90
Slope 10NW-D/F 93
Slope 10NE-C/F 4
Slope 10NE-C/F 5
Slope 10NE-C/F 6
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Works area for compensation tree planting
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3.2.2
The planting works
for the Contract was completed on 15 December 2022. The two years establishment period for those
planting area was commenced on 16 December 2022.
3.2.3
In the Reporting Period, one establishment
period inspection was conducted on 9 December 2024 for those compensation
planting areas during this reporting period covering the 8th quarter
establishment period from 16 September to 15 December 2024. The
details of Establishment inspection for the Project during the reporting period are shown in Table 3-2 and the Establishment
inspection checklist is shown in Appendix H.
Table 3-2 Details of Establishment
Inspection for the Project during the Reporting Period
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Planting Area
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Quarter of Establishment Monitoring
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Inspection Date
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Tuen Mun (Portion A)
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16 September to 15 December 2024 (8th
Quarter)
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9 December 2024
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Tung Chung (Portion B)
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9 December 2024
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Penny’s Bay (Portion C)
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9 December 2024
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3.2.4
The 24-month
establishment period for the planting area under this Contract HY/2021/13 was completed
at 15 December 2024. The condition of the planted tree is satisfaction.
3.3.1
According to the
requirements of the EIA Report and EP, the TM-CLKL Project shall carry out
landscape softworks including planting of 6300 trees and provide at
least 33 ha of landscape planting. All the planting works for the
Project was completed. The compliance check for the quantity of tree planting
and landscape planting area for the Project are summarized in Table 3-3 and Table 3-4 the
tree planting schedule for TM-CLKL Project is illustrated in Appendix I.
Table 3-3 Summary
of Quantity Tree Planting for TM-CLKL Project
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Works Contract
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Location
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Total No. of Tree
Planting (light standard to heavy standard size)
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EIA Requirement
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HY/2012/07 (includes
Entrusted Landscape Works to DC/2016/01)
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Within TMCLK Project Boundary
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1247
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At least 6300 trees
(light standard
to heavy standard size)
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HY/2013/12
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1109
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HY/2017/10
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2997
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HY/2021/13
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Outside TMCLK Project Boundary
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1066
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Total:
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6419
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Comply
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Table 3-4 Summary
of Landscape Planting Area for TM-CLKL Project
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Works Contract
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Location
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Total Area of Landscape Planting
(ha)
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EIA Requirement
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HY/2012/07 (includes
Entrusted Landscape Works to DC/2016/01)
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Within TMCLK Project Boundary
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14.3
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At least 33 ha
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HY/2013/12
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5.3
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HY/2017/10
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14.4
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HY/2021/13
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Outside TMCLK Project Boundary
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NA
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Total:
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33.9
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Comply
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3.3.2
According to the
above summary, the quantity of tree planting and the landscape planting area
for the TM-CLKL Project fulfil with the EIA Report and EP requirement.
4.1.1
In the Reporting Period, no environmental
complaint, summons and prosecution under the EM&A Programme was
lodged.
4.1.2
The statistical summary table of
environmental complaint, summons and prosecution are presented in Tables 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 and the cumulative
statistics of complaint, summons and prosecution are illustrated in Appendix J.
Table 4-1 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Complaints
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Reporting Period
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Environmental Complaint Statistics
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Frequency
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Cumulative
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Complaint Nature
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Air
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Noise
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Water
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Others
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1 – 15 December 2024
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0
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0
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Table 4-2 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Summons
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Reporting Period
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Environmental Summons Statistics
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Frequency
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Cumulative
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Complaint Nature
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Air
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Noise
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Water
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1 – 15 December 2024
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0
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0
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Table 4-3 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Prosecution
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Reporting Period
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Environmental Prosecution Statistics
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Frequency
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Cumulative
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Complaint Nature
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Air
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Noise
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Water
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1 – 15 December 2024
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0
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0
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NA
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NA
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NA
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4.1.3
In the
Reporting Period, no warning letter related to environmental issue
was received from the EPD or HyD.
5.1.1
This is 31st monthly
EM&A report presenting the inspection findings for the period of 1 to 15 December 2024.
5.1.2
The planting works for
the Contract No. HY/2021/13 was commenced on 21 June 2022.
5.1.3
In the
Reporting Period, no complaint was received
by RE, the Contractor, ENPO or HyD.
5.1.4
No notifications of summons, or
successful prosecution were received by the Contractor during the Reporting
Period.
5.1.5
The
planting works for the Contract was completed on 15 December 2022. The two
years establishment period for those planting area was commenced on 16 December 2022.
5.1.6
There is no air quality, noise, water
quality, ecology, cultural heritage and landfill gas monitoring was required
for the contract.
5.1.7
One
establishment period inspection was conducted on 9 December 2024 for those
compensation planting areas during this reporting period covering the 8th
quarter establishment period from 16 September to 15 December 2024
5.1.8
All the planting works
for the TM-CLKL Project was completed, the quantity of tree planting and the landscape planting area for the
Project fulfil with the EIA Report and EP requirement.
5.1.9
The 24-month
establishment period for the planting area under this Contract HY/2021/13 was
completed at 15 December 2024. The condition of the planted tree is satisfaction.
Furthermore, the entire establishment monitoring for the planting area under
the TMCLKL Project was completed. The species and quantity of tree planted in
those areas are complied with the approved Landscape &Visual Plan /
Planting Schedule.