i. This is the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Monthly Report – September 2018 for the Project of Wan Chai Development Phase II and Central-Wanchai Bypass under Environmental Permit no. EP-356/2009 and Further Environmental permit nos. FEP-02/356/2009, FEP-03/356/2009, FEP-04/356/2009, FEP-06/356/2009, FEP-07/356/2009 and FEP-08/356/2009. This report presents the environmental monitoring findings and information recorded during the period of 27 August 2018 to 26 September 2018. The cut-off date of reporting is at 26^th of each reporting month.

ii. In the reporting month, the principal work activities of individual contracts conducted are as follow:

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

· Removal of TWCR4

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

Ÿ Nil

Noise Monitoring

iii. With respect to the shift in major construction site portions at Wan Chai North, the noise monitoring station M1a – Harbour Sports Centre was finely adjusted from East of Harbour Road Sports Centre to West of Harbour Road Sports Centre on 21 June 2016.

iv. With respect to the demolition of Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre, the respective noise monitoring station M1a – Harbour Road Sports Centre were finely adjusted on 16 and 25 May 2017 and thereafter to the Footbridge for Harbour Road Sports for noise monitoring.

v. No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

vi. Noise monitoring during daytime and restricted hour were conducted at the stations M1a, M2b, M3a, M4b, M5b and M6 on a weekly basis in the reporting month.

Air Quality Monitoring

vii. No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

viii. With respect to the proposed demolition of the Oil Street Site Office, the respective air quality monitoring station CMA1b – Oil Street Site Office was finely adjusted from the Oil Street Site Office to Harbour Grand Hotel Boundary Wall from 05 June 2017 onwards.

ix. With respect to the proposed demolition of eastern podium of Oil Street Site Office, the respective air quality monitoring station CMA1b – Oil Street Site Office was finely adjusted from East podium of the Oil Street Site Office to the West podium of the Oil Street Site Office on 21 December 2016.

x. 1-hour and 24-hour Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) monitoring were conducted at CMA1b – Oil Street Site Office; CMA2a – Causeway Bay Community Center; CMA3a – CWB PRE Site Office Area; CMA4a – Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; CMA5b – Pedestrian Plaza; CMA6a – WDII PRE Site Office in the reporting month.

Water Quality Monitoring

xi. Action and Limit level of water quality monitoring was transited from dry season to wet season from 01 April 2018.

xii. With respect to the reinstatement of the silt screen system for Cooling Water Intakes P7, P8, P9 and WSD Water Intake RW21, the respective water quality monitoring was reverted to the previous monitoring location for Water Quality Monitoring Station RW21-P789 from water quality stations RW21-P789 East (RW21-P789E) and RW21-P789 West (RW21-P789W) from 25 January 2017 onwards.

xiii. With respect to the removal of silt screen at WQM station RW21-P789 on 26 November 2016, the respective water quality monitoring at RW21-P789 was adjusted to RW21-P789E and RW21-P789W since 28 November 2016 ebb-tide.

xiv. With respect to the temporarily suspension of marine construction works at WCR3 Area by Contract HK/2009/02, the installed silt screen for intake group (P7, P8, P9 and WSD21) was removed on 26 November 2016.

xv. As advised by the Contractor of HK/2009/01, all silt screen remains removal works at P1, P3, P4, P5 and C1 water quality monitoring stations were completed on 8 May 2016.

xvi. With respect to the marine works undertaken at WCR3 by Contract HK/2009/02, the respective water quality monitoring station C1 associated with Contract HK/2009/01 was updated as in association with Contract HK/2009/01 and Contract HK/2009/02.

xvii. With respect to the marine works undertaken at CBTS by Contract HY/2010/08, the respective water quality monitoring station C7 associated with Contract HY/2009/15 was updated as in association with Contract HY/2009/15 and Contract HY/2010/08.

xviii. With respect to the marine works undertaken at HKCEC2 by Contract HK/2012/08, the respective water quality monitoring station WSD19, P1, P3, P4, and P5 were associated with Contract HK/2012/08.

xix. As confirmed by WDII RSS, the marine construction works under Contract HK/2009/01 have been completed since 24 July 2017, the monitoring association with Contract HK/2009/01 and relevant reporting has been ceased in the reporting month.

xx. Enhanced DO monitoring at Windsor House Cooling (Station Ref: C7) was temporarily suspended since 22 October 2014 with respect to the formation of temporary reclamation zone TS3

xxi. Referring to CWB RSS confirmation on the completion of marine construction activities within the Ex-PCWA area and the completion of the post construction water quality monitoring, the respective Enhance DO Monitoring within Ex-PCWA for monitoring station Ex-PCWA SE and Ex-PCWA SW was temporarily suspended since 07 March 2017 ebb tide onwards.

xxii. Water quality monitoring station C7 and Enhance DO monitoring station C6 shall be associated with Contract HY/2010/08, upon confirmation of marine construction works completion under Contract HY/2009/15 at CBTS area and Ex-PCWA area since 19 June 2017.

xxiii. Enhanced DO monitoring at Windsor House Cooling (Station Ref: C7) was resumed from 1 February 2018 onwards with respect to the completion of removal of temporary reclamation zone.

xxiv. Referring to CWB RSS confirmation on the completion of marine construction activities within the TS3 area and the completion of the post construction water quality monitoring, the respective Enhance DO Monitoring within TS3 for monitoring station C6 and C7 was temporarily suspended since 05 March 2018 onwards.

Table I Summary of Water Quality Monitoring Exceedances in Reporting Month

Contract no.	Water quality monitoring Station	Mid-flood						Mid-ebb
		DO		Turbidity		SS		DO		Turbidity		SS
		AL	LL	AL	LL	AL	LL	AL	LL	AL	LL	AL	LL
HK/2009/02	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HK/2012/08	WSD19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	P1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	P3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	P4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	P5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HK/2009/02	RW21-P789	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
HY/2010/08	C7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0

Remarks:

1. The cessation of seawater intake operation for C6 was confirmed on 17 May 2011 and the water quality monitoring at C6 was then terminated since 17 May 2011.

2. 4-week post construction water quality monitoring at WSD9, WSD10, WSD15 and WSD17 were completed on 6 Feb 2012 and the water quality monitoring at WSD 10 and WSD15 were temporary suspended since 8 Feb 2012, and WSD9 and WSD17 was implemented with respect to HK/2009/02 from 8 Feb 2012 onwards.

3. C8 and C9 were implemented with respect to HY/2009/19 from 28 Jan 2012.

4. C8 & C9 were temporary suspended since 4 March 2013.

5. WSD7 and WSD20 water quality monitoring were temporarily suspended from 27 Apr 2012.

6. C2, C3 C4e and C4w water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 22 Apr 2013

7. P1, P3, P4 and P5 were commenced since 24 Apr 2013

8. C5e and C5w water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 29 Jul 2013.

9. WSD21 water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 12 Mar 2014

10. WSD9 and WSD17 water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 8 Sep 2014 flood tide.

11. The water quality monitoring station C1 shall be associated with Contract No. HK/2009/02 upon commencement of marine works under DP3 at WCR3 area.

12. The water quality monitoring station RW21-P789 was adjusted to RW21-P789E and RW21-P789W since 28 November 2016 ebb-tide.

13. The water quality monitoring was reverted to previous monitoring station RW21-P789 from PW21-P789E and RW21-P789W from 25 January 2017 onwards.

xxv. Due to the hoisting of Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal, the water quality monitoring event on 29 August 2018 during flood and ebb tide and 24 September 2018 during ebb tide were cancelled.

xxvi. Due to the hoisting of Tropical Storm Signal No. 3, the water quality monitoring event on 12 September 2018 during flood and ebb tide were cancelled.

xxvii. Due to the hoisting of Tropical Storm Signal No. 3 and No.8, the water quality monitoring event on 17 September 2018 during flood and ebb tide were cancelled.

xxviii. Due to the access restriction and safety concern, the water quality monitoring station C1, P1, P3, P4 and P5 were temporary suspended from 19 September 2018 onward (P1 and P3 resumed on 24 September 2018; C1, P4 and P5 resumed on 28 September 2018).

xxix. Total 7 action level exceedance of turbidity, 4 limit level exceedance of turbidity, 1 action level exceedance of SS and 1 limit level of SS were recorded in the reporting period. After the investigation, the exceedances recorded were considered as non-project related. The details of the recorded exceedances can be referred to Section 6.4.

Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

xxx. No environmental complaint was received in the reporting period.

Site Inspections and Audit

xxxi. The Environmental Team (ET) conducted weekly site inspections for Contract nos. HK/2009/02, HY/2009/19, HK/2012/08 and HY/2010/08 under EP no. EP-356/2009 in the reporting month. Major observations and recommendations made during the audit sessions were rectified by the Contractors. No non-conformance was identified during the site inspections.

Future Key Issues

xxxii. In coming reporting month, the principal work activities of individual contracts are anticipated as follows:

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

· Removal of TWCR4

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

Ÿ Nil

1 Introduction

1.1 Scope of the Report

1.1.1. Lam Geotechnics Limited (LGL) has been appointed to work as the Environmental Team (ET) under Environmental Permit no. EP-356/2009 and Further Environmental permit nos. FEP-02/356/2009, FEP-03/356/2009, FEP-04/356/2009, FEP-06/356/2009, FEP-07/356/2009 and FEP-08/356/2009 to implement the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) programme as stipulated in the EM&A Manual of the approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for Wan Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass (Register No.: AEIAR-125/2008) and in the EM&A Manual of the approved EIA Report for Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (Register No. AEIAR-041/2001).

1.1.2. This report presents the environmental monitoring and auditing work carried out in accordance to the Section 10.3 of EM&A Manual and “Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements” under Particular Specification Section 27.

1.1.3. This report documents the finding of EM&A works for Environmental Permit no. EP-356/2009, Further Environmental Permit no. FEP-02/356/2009, FEP-03/356/2009, FEP-04/356/2009, FEP-06/356/2009, FEP-07/356/2009 and FEP-08/356/2009 during the period of 27 August 2018 to 26 September 2018. The cut-off date of reporting is at 26^thof each reporting month.

1.2 Structure of the Report

Section 1 Introduction – details the scope and structure of the report.

Section 2 Project Background – summarizes background and scope of the project, site description, project organization and contact details of key personnel during the reporting period.

Section 3 Status of Regulatory Compliance – summarizes the status of valid Environmental Permits / Licenses during the reporting period.

Section 4 Monitoring Requirements – summarizes all monitoring parameters, monitoring methodology and equipment, monitoring locations, monitoring frequency, criteria and respective event and action plan and monitoring programmes.

Section 5 Monitoring Results – summarizes the monitoring results obtained in the reporting period.

Section 6 Compliance Audit – summarizes the auditing of monitoring results, all exceedances environmental parameters.

Section 7 Cumulative Construction Impact due to the Concurrent Projects – summarizes the relevant cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the concurrent Projects.

Section 8 Environmental Site Audit – summarizes the findings of weekly site inspections undertaken within the reporting period, with a review of any relevant follow-up actions within the reporting period.

Section 9 Complaints, Notification of summons and Prosecution – summarizes the cumulative statistics on complaints, notification of summons and prosecution

Section 10 Conclusion

2 Project Background

2.1 Background

2.1.1. “Wan Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass” and “Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link” (hereafter called “the Project”) are Designed Project (DP) under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499) (EIAO). The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Reports for Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (Register No. AEIAR-041/2001) and Wan Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass (Register No.: AEIAR-125/2008) have been approved on 31 August 2001 and 11 December 2008 respectively.

2.1.2. The key purpose of Wan Chai Development Phase II (WDII) is to provide land at Wan Chai North and North Point for construction of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB). Land formed under the project will be developed as a world-class waterfront promenade joining that at the new Central waterfront for public enjoyment.

2.1.3. There is a compelling and present need for the CWB to provide relief to the very congested east-west Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road / Gloucester Road Corridor (the Corridor) which is currently operating beyond its capacity. The CWB will provide relief to the existing congestion along the Corridor and cater for the anticipated growth of traffic on Hong Kong Island. Without the CWB and its access roads, there will not be sufficient capacity to serve the heavy traffic demands at both strategic and local levels.

2.2 Scope of the Project and Site Description

2.2.1. The Project is located mainly in Wan Chai North, Causeway Bay and North Point, and is demarcated by Gloucester Road and Victoria Park Road to the south, Fenwick Pier Street to the west and Tong Shui Road Interchange to the east, as shown in Figure 2.1.

2.2.2. The study area encompasses existing developments along the Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and North Point shorelines. Major land uses include the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Extension, the Wan Chai Ferry Pier, the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area (ex-PCWA), the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC), the Police Officers’ Club, the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter (CBTS) and commercial and residential developments.

2.2.3. The scope of the Project comprises:

· Land formation for key transport infrastructure and facilities, including the Trunk Road (i.e. CWB) and the associated slip roads for connection to the Trunk Road and for through traffic from Central to Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The land formed for the above transport infrastructure will provide opportunities for the development of an attractive waterfront promenade for the enjoyment of the public

· Reprovisioning / protection of the existing facilities and structures affected by the land formation works mentioned above

· Extension, modification, reprovisioning or protection of existing storm water drainage outfalls, sewerage outfalls and watermains affected by the revised land use and land formation works mentioned above

· Upgrading of hinterland storm water drainage system and sewerage system, which would be rendered insufficient by the land formation works mentioned above

· Provision of the ground level roads, flyovers, footbridges, necessary transport facilities and the associated utility services

· Construction of the new waterfront promenade, landscape works and the associated utility services

· The Trunk Road (i.e. CWB) within the study area and the associated slip roads for connection to the Trunk Road.

2.2.4. The project also contains various Schedule 2 DPs that, under the EIAO, require Environmental Permits (Eps) to be granted by the DEP before they may be either constructed or operated. Table 2.1 summarises the five individual DPs under this Project. Figure 2.1 shows the locations of these Schedule 2 DPs.

Table 2.1 Schedule 2 Designated Projects under this Project

Item	Designated Project	EIAO Reference	Reason for inclusion
DP1	Central-Wanchai Bypass (CWB) including its road tunnel and slip roads	Schedule 2, Part I, A.1 and A.7	Trunk road and road tunnel more than 800 m in length
DP2	Road P2 and other roads which are classified as primary/district distributor roads	Schedule 2, Part I, A.1	Primary / district distributor roads
DP3	Reclamation works including associated dredging works	Schedule 2, Part I, C.1 and C.12	Reclamation more than 5 ha in size and a dredging operation less than 100 m from a seawater intake point
DP5	Wan Chai East Sewage Outfall	Schedule 2, Part I, F.5 and F.6	Submarine sewage pipelines with a total diameter more than 1,200 mm and include a submarine sewage outfall
DP6	Dredging for the Cross-harbour Water Mains from Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui	Schedule 2, Part I, C.12	A dredging operation less than 100 m from a seawater intake point

2.3 Division of the Project Responsibility

2.3.1. Due to the multi-contract nature of the Project, there are a number of contracts sub-dividing the whole works area into different work areas to be commenced. Contractors of individual contracts will be required by the EP holder to apply Further Environmental Permits (FEP) such that the impact monitoring stations are sub-divided accordingly to facilitate the implementation of EM&A programme and to streamline the EM&A reporting for individual FEP holders correspondingly.

2.3.2. The details of individual contracts are summarized in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2 Details of Individual Contracts under the Project

Contract No.	Contract Title	Associated DP(s)	Construction Commencement Date
HK/2009/01	Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central –Wanchai Bypass at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre	DP3, DP6	23 July 2010 (Completed)
HK/2009/01		DP1, DP2	25 August 2011 (Completed)
HK/2009/02	Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at WanChai East	DP3, DP5	5 July 2010
HK/2009/02		DP1	26 April 2011
HY/2009/11	Wan Chai Development Phase II and Central – Wan Chai Bypass – North Point Reclamation	DP3	17 March 2010 (Completed)
HY/2009/15	Central-Wanchai Bypass – Tunnel (Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Section)	DP3	10 November 2010 (Completed)
HY/2009/15		DP1	13 July 2011 (Completed)
HK/2010/06	Wan Chai Development Phase II-Central-Wan Chai Bypass over MTR Tsuen Wan Line	DP3	22 March 2011 (Completed)
04/HY/2006	Reconstruction of Bus Terminus near Man Yiu Street and Man Kwong Street	DP1	September 2010 (Completed)
HY/2009/17	Central – Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) at FEHD Whitfield Depot – Advanced piling works.	DP1	5 October 2010 (Completed)
HY/2009/18	Central – Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) – Central Interchange	DP1	21 April 2011 (Completed)
HY/2009/19	Central – Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link	DP1	24 March 2011
HK/2012/08	Wan Chai Development Phase II Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West	DP1,DP2, DP3	10 March 2014
HY/2010/08	Central- Wanchai Bypass Tunnel – Tunnel (Slip Road 8)	DP1, DP2, DP3	21 March 2013
HY/2011/08	Central-Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) – Tunnel Buildings, Systems and Fittings, and Works Associated with Tunnel Commissioning	DP1	8 October 2014

2.4 Project Organization and Contact Personnel

2.4.1. Civil Engineering and Development Department and Highways Department are the overall project controllers for the Wan Chai Development Phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass respectively. For the construction phase of the Project, Project Engineer, Contractor(s), Environmental Team and Independent Environmental Checker are appointed to manage and control environmental issues.

2.4.2. The proposed project organization and lines of communication with respect to environmental protection works are shown in Figure 2.2. Key personnel and contact particulars are summarized in Table 2.3:

Table 2.3 Contact Details of Key Personnel

Party	Role	Post	Name	Contact No.	Contact Fax
AECOM	Engineer’s Representative for WDII	Chief Resident Engineer	Ms. Gloria Tang	2587 1778	2587 1877
AECOM	Engineer’s Representative for CWB	Principal Resident Engineer	Mr. Peter Poon	3912 3388	3912 3328
Chun Wo – CRGL Joint Venture	Contractor under Contract no. HK/2009/02	Project Manager	Mr. Paul Yu	3658 3085	2827 9996
Chun Wo – CRGL Joint Venture	Contractor under Contract no. HK/2009/02	Quality & Environmental Manager	Mr. C.P. Ho	9191 8856	2827 9996
China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd.	Contractor under Contract no. HY/2009/15	Project Director	Mr. Chris Leung	3557 6393	2566 2192
		Site Agent	Mr. Patrick Ho	3557 6405
		Construction Manager	Mr. Tom Tong	3557 6415
		Environmental Officer	Mr. Desmond Ho	3557 6347
		Environmental Supervisor	Mr. Gordon Lai	6145 6365
Chun Wo – CRGL – MBEC Joint Venture	Contractor under Contract no. HY/2009/19	Project Manager	Mr. David Lau	3758 8879	3757 8901
		Site Agent	Mr. William Luk	3758 6868
		Deputy Site Agent	Mr. Andy Chan	9879 4325
		Environmental Manager / Environmental Officer	Mr. M.H. Isa	9884 0810
		Assist Environmental Officer	Mr. James Chan	9602 2911
		Construction Manager (Marine)	Mr. Wingo Wong	9300 2625
		Construction Manager (Land)	Mr. Mark Mak	9356 4421
		Construction Manager (Ext. Works)	Mr. Paul Wan	6629 4652
China State- Build King Joint Venture	Contractor under Contract no. HK/2012/08	Project Director	Mr. C. N. Lai	9106 5806	2877 1522
		Site Agent	Mr. George Cheung	9268 1918
		Environmental Officer	Mr. James Ma	9130 9549
		Environmental Supervisor	Mr. Y. L. Ho	9856 5669
China State	Contractor under Contract no. HY/2010/08	Project Director	Mr. Chris Leung	3467 4299	2566 8061
		Project Manager	Mr. Chan Ying Lun	3418 3001
		Site Agent	Mr. Thomas Lui	3557 6452
		Marine Manager	Mr. Nickael Chan	3557 6333
		Construction Manager	Mr. Tom Tong	3557 6367
		Environmental Officer	Mr. Gabriel Wong	3557 6466
Ramboll Hong Kong Limited	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Mr. David Yeung	3465 2888	3465 2899
Lam Geotechnics Limited	Environmental Team (ET)	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Mr. Raymond Dai	2882 3939	2882 3331

2.4.3. In the reporting month, the principal work activities of individual contracts conducted are as follow:

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

· Removal of TWCR4

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

Ÿ Nil

2.4.4. In coming reporting month, the principal work activities of individual contracts are anticipated as follows:

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

· Removal of TWCR4

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

Ÿ Nil

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

Ÿ Nil

3 Status of Regulatory Compliance

3.1 Status of Environmental Licensing and Permitting under the Project

3.1.1. A summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent to the Project is shown in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1 Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent to the Project

Permits and/or Licences	Reference No.	Issued Date	Status
Environmental Permit	EP-356/2009	30 Jul 2009	Valid
Environmental Permit	EP-364/2009/E	22 Dec 2016	Valid
Environmental Permit	EP-376/2009	13 Nov 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-01/356/2009	18 Feb 2010	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-02/356/2009	24 Mar 2010	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-03/356/2009	24 Mar 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-04/356/2009	22 Nov 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-05/356/2009	24 Mar 2011	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-01/364/2009	24 Mar 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-02/364/2009	21 Apr 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-03/364/2009	12 Jul 2010	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-04/364/2009/A	14 Oct 2010	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-05/364/2009/A	15 Nov 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-06/364/2009/A	22 Nov 2010	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-07/364/2009/B	20 Sep 2012	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-07/364/2009/D	24 Nov 2015	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-08/364/2009/A	15 Jun 2012	Surrendered
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-06/356/2009	5 Mar 2013	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-07/356/2009	26 July 2013	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-09/364/2009/B	5 March 2013	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-10/364/2009/B	26 July 2013	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-08/356/2009	1 Aug 2016	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-11/364/2009/E	22 Dec 2016	Valid

3.1.2. Due to the multi-contract nature of the Project, the status of permits and/or licences under the individual contract(s) are presented as below:

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at WanChai East

3.1.3. Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission for contract no. HK/2009/02 under FEP-03/356/2009 are shown in Table 3.4 and Table 3.5.

Table 3.4 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HK/2009/02

Permits and/or Licences	Reference No.	Issued Date	Valid Period/ Expiry Date	Status
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-03/356/2009	24 Mar 2010	N/A	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-01/364/2009	24 Mar 2010	N/A	Valid
Notification of Works Under APCO	313962	2 Feb 2010	N/A	Valid
Construction Noise Permit (CNP) for non-piling equipment	GW-RS0296-18	10 Apr 2018	23 Apr 2018 to 22 Oct 2018	Valid
	GW-RS0647-18	26 Jul 2018	28 Jul 2018 to 22 Oct 2018	Valid
	GW-RS0674-18	31 Jul 2018	2 Aug 2018 to 31 Jan 2018	Valid
	GW-RS0713-18	14 Aug 2018	16 Aug 2018 to 14 Feb 2019	Valid
Discharge Licence	WT00022295-2015	12 Aug 2015	31 July 2020	Valid
Discharge Licence	WT00025276-2016	19 Sep 2016	31 July 2021	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance (Land)	7010255	10 Feb 2010	N/A	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance (Marine)	7011496	6 Oct 2010	N/A	Valid
Registration as Chemical Waste Producer (Wan Chai)	WPN5213-135-C3593-01	10 Mar 2010	N/A	Valid
Registration as Chemical Waste Producer (TKO 137)	WPN5213-839-C3593-02	22 Sep 2010	N/A	Valid

Table 3.5 Summary of submission status under FEP-03/356/2009 Condition

EP Condition	Submission	Date of Submission
Condition 1.12	Commencement Date of Construction of Marine Works	8 April 2010
Condition 2.6	Management Organization of Main Construction Companies	10 April 2010
Condition 2.7	Works Schedule and Location Plans	8 April 2010
Condition 2.8	Silt Curtain Deployment Plan (Revision O)	24 May 2018
Condition 2.9	Silt Screen Deployment Plan	21 April 2010
	Supplementary Information for Existing WSD Salt Water Intakes at Quarry Bay and Sai Wan Ho	5 Oct 2010
	Silt Screen Deployment Plan (Revision F)	23 Nov 2016
Condition 2.17	Noise Management Plan	6 May 2010
Condition 2.18	Landscape Plan (Decorative Screen Hoarding)	11 May 2010
	Landscape Plan (Control of Night Time Lighting)	2 June 2010
	Landscape Plan (Combined Version)	20 July 2011
	Landscape Plan (Combined Version)	5 Aug 2011
-----	Acknowledge of Submission	22 Aug 2011

Contract no. HY/2009/15 – Central-Wanchai Bypass – Tunnel (Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Section)

3.1.4. Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission for contract no. HY/2009/15 under FEP-04/356/2009 are shown in Table 3.6 and Table 3.7.

Table 3.6 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HY/2009/15

Permits and/or Licences	Reference No.	Issued Date	Valid Period/ Expiry Date	Status
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-04/356/2009	22 Nov 2010	N/A	Valid
Notification of Works Under APCO	321822	24 Sep 2010	N/A	Valid
Registration as a Chemical Waste Producer	WPN5213-147-C1169-35	15 Nov 2010	N/A	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance	7011553	30 Sep 2010	N/A	Valid

Table 3.7 Summary of submission status under FEP-04/356/2009 Condition

FEP Condition	Submission	Date of Submission
Condition 2.6	Management Organization of Main Construction Companies	30 Sep 2010
Condition 2.6	Amendment for Management Organization of Main Construction Companies	16 May 2011
Condition 2.7	Works Schedule and Location Plans	27 Oct 2010
	Amendment for Works Schedule and Location Plans	12 Nov 2010
Condition 2.8	Silt Curtain Deployment Plan	30 Nov 2010
	Amendment for Silt Curtain Deployment Plan	24 Feb 2011
	Amendment for Silt Curtain Deployment Plan	11 May 2011
	Amendment for Silt Curtain Deployment Plan	11 Sep 2012
	Amendment for Silt Curtain Deployment Plan	30 Oct 2012
Condition 2.9	Silt Screen Deployment Plan	19 Oct 2010
	Amendment for Silt Screen Deployment Plan	18 Feb 2011
	Amendment for Silt Screen Deployment Plan	15 Jun 2011
Condition 2.18	Proposal for the Removal of Odorous Sediment and Slime	13 Jan 2011
	Amendment for Proposal for the Removal of Odorous Sediment and Slime	8 Mar 2011
	Amendment for Proposal for the Removal of Odorous Sediment and Slime	2 Aug 2011
Condition 2.21	Landscape Plan	18 Feb 2011
Condition 2.23	Noise Management Plan	20 Oct 2010
Condition 2.23	Amendment for Noise Management Plan	27 Jan 2011

Contract no. HY/2009/19 – Central- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

3.1.5. Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent for contract no. HY/2009/19 is shown in Table 3.8

Table 3.8 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HY/2009/19

Permit / Licence / Notification / Approval	Reference No.	Issued Date	Valid Period / Expiry date	Status
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-07/364/2009/D	24 Nov 2015	N/A	Valid
Notification of Works Under APCO	326160	24 Jan 2011	N/A	Valid
Notification of Works (further proposed change to the particulars) Under APCO	415587	11 Apr 2017	N/A	Valid
Construction Noise Permit (CNP) for piling equipment	-	-	-	-
Construction Noise Permit (CNP) (IEC Road Modification for Middle Section)	GW-RS0702-18	9 Aug 2018	12 Aug 2018 to 31 Oct 2018	Valid
Construction Noise Permit (CNP) (For IEC Westbound)	GW-RS0870-18	24 Sep 2018	26 Sep 2018 to 30 Nov 2018	Valid
Construction Noise Permit (CNP) (For IEC Westbound)	GW-RS0679-18	3 Aug 2018	6 Aug 2018 to 25 Sep 2018	Valid
C&D Waste Disposal	7012306	10 Feb 2011	N/A	-
Vessel Disposal	7013285	21 July 2011	N/A	-
Registration as Chemical Waste Producer	5213-151-C3654-01	24 Mar 2011	N/A	-

Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

3.1.6. Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission for contract no. HK/2012/08 under FEP-08/356/2009 are shown in Table 3.9 and Table 3.10.

Table 3.9 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HK/2012/08

Permits and/or Licences	Reference No.	Issued Date	Valid Period/ Expiry Date	Status
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-06/356/2009	5 Mar 2013	N/A	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-08/356/2009	1 Aug 2016	N/A	Valid
Notification of Works Under APCO	355439	4 Feb 2013	N/A	Valid
Registration as a Chemical Waste Producer	5213-134-C3790-01	30 Jun 2016	N/A	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance	7016883	18 Feb 2013	N/A	Valid
Water Discharge Licence	WT00020594-2014	22 Dec 2014	31 Jan 2019	Valid
Construction Noise Permit	GW-RS0732-18	17 Aug 2018	26 Aug 2018 to 25 Feb 2019	Valid
	GW-RS0597-18	10 Jul 2018	13 Jul 2018 to 12 Jan 2019	Valid
	GW-RS0600-18	10 Jul 2018	12 Jul 2018 to 11 Jan 2019	Valid
	GW-RS0243-18	27 Mar 2018	5 Apr 2018 to 4 Oct 2018	Valid

Table 3.10 Summary of submission status under EP-356/2009 and FEP-06/356/2009 Condition

FEP Condition	Submission	Date of Submission
Condition 2.8	Silt Curtain Deployment Plan (Rev. 3)	Submitted on 25 Nov 2013 was returned to CSLJV by EPD.
Condition 2.9	Silt Screen Deployment Plan (Rev. 3)	Generally in order as commented by EPD on 19 Sep 2013
Condition 2.23	Noise Management Plan (Rev. 2)	Generally in order as commented by EPD on 15 Aug 2013
Condition 2.24	Landscape Plan (Rev. 3)	Generally in order as commented by EPD on 31 Oct 2013

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

3.1.7. Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission for contract no. HY/2010/08 under FEP-07/356/2009 are shown in Table 3.11 and Table 3.12.

Table 3.11 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HY/2010/08

Permits and/or Licences	Reference No.	Issued Date	Valid Period/ Expiry Date	Status
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-07/356/2009	26 Jul 2013	NA	Valid
Further Environmental Permit	FEP-10/364/2009/B	26 Jul 2013	NA	Valid
Notification of Works Under APCO	357176	2 Apr 2013	N/A	Valid
Registration as a Chemical Waste Producer	WPN5213-147-C1169-44	27 Mar 2013	N/A	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance	7017170	27 Mar 2013	N/A	Valid
Billing Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance (Dumping by Vessel)	7020947	22 Dec 2014	N/A	Valid.
Water Discharge Licence	WT00031281-2018	31 Jul 2018	31 Jul 2018 to 31 Jul 2023	Valid
Water Discharge Licence	WT00028744-2017	4 Aug 2017	4 Aug 2017 to 31 Aug 2019	Valid
Construction Noise Permit	GW-RS0812-18	7 Sep 2018	12 Sep 2018 to 10 Mar 2019	Valid

Table 3.12 Summary of submission status under EP-356/2009 and FEP-07/356/2009 Condition

FEP Condition	Submission	Date of Submission
Condition 2.8	Silt Curtain Deployment Plan (Rev 3)	24 Dec 2014
Condition 2.9	Silt Screen Deployment Plan (Rev 3)	21 Nov 2017
Condition 2.23	Noise Management Plan (Rev 2)	25 Mar 2014
Condition 2.24	Landscape Plant (Rev 2)	23 Sep 2014

4 Monitoring Requirements

4.1 Noise Monitoring

Noise Monitoring Stations

4.1.1. The noise monitoring stations for the Project are listed and shown in Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1. Appendix 4.1 shows the established Action/Limit Levels for the monitoring works.

Table 4.1 Noise Monitoring Station

Station	Description
M1a	Footbridge for Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre*
M2b	Noon Gun Area
M3a	Tung Lo Wan Fire Station
M4b	Victoria Centre
M5b	City Garden
M6	HK Baptist Church Henrietta Secondary School

Remarks*: With respect to the demolition of Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre, the respective noise monitoring station M1a – Harbour Road Sports Centre were finely adjusted on 16 and 25 May 2017 and thereafter to the Footbridge for Harbour Road Sports for noise monitoring

Noise Monitoring Parameters, Frequency and Duration

4.1.2. The construction noise level shall be measured in terms of the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level (L_eq). L_{eq (30 minutes)} shall be used as the monitoring parameter for the time period between 0700 and 1900 hours on normal weekdays. For all other time periods, L_{eq (5 minutes)} shall be employed for comparison with the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO) criteria. Supplementary information for data auditing, statistical results such as L10 and L90 shall also be obtained for reference.

4.1.3. Noise monitoring shall be carried out at all the designated monitoring stations. The monitoring frequency shall depend on the scale of the construction activities. The following is an initial guide on the regular monitoring frequency for each station on a weekly basis when noise generating activities are underway:

· One set of measurements between 0700 and 1900 hours on normal weekdays.

4.1.4. If construction works are extended to include works during the hours of 1900 – 0700 as well as public holidays and Sundays, additional weekly impact monitoring shall be carried out during respective restricted hours periods. Applicable permits under NCO shall be obtained by the Contractor.

Monitoring Equipment

4.1.5. As referred to in the Technical Memorandum ™ issued under the NCO, sound level meters in compliance with the International Electrotechnical Commission Publications 651: 1979 (Type 1) and 804: 1985 (Type 1) specifications shall be used for carrying out the noise monitoring. Immediately prior to and following each noise measurement the accuracy of the sound level meter shall be checked using an acoustic calibrator generating a known sound pressure level at a known frequency. Measurements may be accepted as valid only if the calibration level from before and after the noise measurement agree to within 1.0 dB.

4.1.6. Noise measurements shall not be made in fog, rain, wind with a steady speed exceeding 5 m/s or wind with gusts exceeding 10 m/s. The wind speed shall be checked with a portable wind speed meter capable of measuring the wind speed in m/s.

4.2 Air Monitoring

Air Quality Monitoring Stations

4.2.1. The air monitoring stations for the Project are listed and shown in Table 4.2 and Figure 4.1. Appendix 4.1 shows the established Action/Limit Levels for the monitoring works.

Table 4.2 Air Monitoring Station

Station ID	Monitoring Location	Description
CMA1b	Harbour Grand Hotel Boundary Wall**	North Point
CMA2a	Causeway Bay Community Centre	Causeway Bay
CMA3a	CWB PRE Site Office *	Causeway Bay
CMA4a	Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Wan Chai
CMA5b	Pedestrian Plaza***	Wan Chai
CMA6a	WDII PRE Site Office *	Wan Chai

Remarks*: As per the ENPC meeting in March 2011, the monitoring stations CMA3a – Future CWB site office at Wanchai Waterfront Promenade was renamed as remark.

Remarks**: The location ID of monitoring station CMA1b was updated as “Harbour Grand Hotel Boundary Wall” from 05 June 2017 onwards.

Remarks***: The station ID and monitoring location was updated in December 2014 with respect to monitoring station relocation.

Air Monitoring Parameters, Frequency and Duration

4.2.2. One-hour and 24-hour TSP levels should be measured to indicate the impacts of construction dust on air quality. The 24-hour TSP levels shall be measured by following the standard high volume sampling method as set out in the Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1 (Part 50), Appendix B.

4.2.3. All relevant data including temperature, pressure, weather conditions, elapsed-time meter reading for the start and stop of the sampler, identification and weight of the filter paper, and any other local atmospheric factors affecting or affected by site conditions, etc., shall be recorded down in detail.

4.2.4. For regular impact monitoring, the sampling frequency of at least once in every six-days, shall be strictly observed at all the monitoring stations for 24-hour TSP monitoring. For 1-hour TSP monitoring, the sampling frequency of at least three times in every six-days should be undertaken when the highest dust impact occurs.

Sampling Procedure and Monitoring Equipment

4.2.5. High volume samplers (HVSs) in compliance with the following specifications shall be used for carrying out the 1-hour and 24-hour TSP monitoring:

· 0.6 – 1.7 m3 per minute adjustable flow range;

· equipped with a timing / control device with +/- 5 minutes accuracy for 24 hours operation;

· installed with elapsed-time meter with +/- 2 minutes accuracy for 24 hours operation;

· capable of providing a minimum exposed area of 406 cm2;

· flow control accuracy: +/- 2.5% deviation over 24-hour sampling period;

· equipped with a shelter to protect the filter and sampler;

· incorporated with an electronic mass flow rate controller or other equivalent devices;

· equipped with a flow recorder for continuous monitoring;

· provided with a peaked roof inlet;

· incorporated with a manometer;

· able to hold and seal the filter paper to the sampler housing at horizontal position;

· easily changeable filter; and

· capable of operating continuously for a 24-hour period.

4.2.6. Initial calibration of dust monitoring equipment shall be conducted upon installation and thereafter at bi-monthly intervals. The transfer standard shall be traceable to the internationally recognized primary standard and be calibrated annually. The concern parties such as IEC shall properly document the calibration data for future reference. All the data should be converted into standard temperature and pressure condition.

Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4.2.7. A clean laboratory with constant temperature and humidity control, and equipped with necessary measuring and conditioning instruments to handle the dust samples collected, shall be available for sample analysis, and equipment calibration and maintenance. The laboratory should be HOKLAS accredited.

4.2.8. An alternative non-HOKLAS accredited laboratory was set-up for carrying out the laboratory analysis, the laboratory equipment was approved by the ER on 8 February 2011 and the measurement procedures were witnessed by the IEC. Any measurement performed by the laboratory was be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the ER and IEC. IEC shall regularly audit to the measurement performed by the laboratory to ensure the accuracy of measurement results.

4.2.9. Filter paper of size 8” x 10” shall be labelled before sampling. It shall be a clean filter paper with no pinholes, and shall be conditioned in a humidity-controlled chamber for over 24-hours and be pre-weighed before use for the sampling.

4.2.10. After sampling, the filter paper loaded with dust shall be kept in a clean and tightly sealed plastic bag. The filter paper shall then be returned to the laboratory for reconditioning in the humidity controlled chamber followed by accurate weighing by an electronic balance with readout down to 0.1 mg. The balance shall be regularly calibrated against a traceable standard.

4.2.11. All the collected samples shall be kept in a good condition for 6 months before disposal.

impact monitoring for odour patrol

4.2.12. Odour patrols along the shorelines of Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area when there is temporary reclamation in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and/or in the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area, or when there is dredging of the odorous sediment and slime at the south-western corner of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. Odour patrols will be carried out at bi-weekly intervals during July, August and September by a qualified person of the ET who shall:

· be at least 16 years of age;

· be free from any respiratory illnesses; and

· not be allowed to smoke, eat, drink (except water) or use chewing gum or sweets 30 min

· before and during odour patrol

4.2.13. Odour patrol shall be conducted by independent trained personnel / competent persons patrolling and sniffing around the shore as shown in Figure 4.1 to detect any odour at the concerned hours (afternoon is preferred for higher daily temperature).

4.2.14. The qualified person will use the nose (olfactory sensor) to sniff odours at different locations. The main odour emission sources and the areas to be affected by the odour nuisance will be identified.

4.2.15. The perceived odour intensity is to be divided into 5 levels which are ranked in the descending order as follows:

· 0 – Not detected. No odour perceived or an odour so weak that it cannot be easily characterized or described;

· 1 – Slight Identifiable odour, and slight chance to have odour nuisance;

· 2 – Moderate Identifiable odour, and moderate chance to have odour nuisance;

· 3 – Strong Identifiable, likely to have odour nuisance;

· 4 – Extreme Severe odour, and unacceptable odour level.

4.2.16. The findings including odour intensity, odour nature and possible odour sources, and also the local wind speed and direction at each location will be recorded. In addition, some relevant meteorological and tidal data such as daily average temperature, and daily average humidity, on that surveyed day will be obtained from the Hong Kong Observatory Station for reference. The Action and Limit levels for odour patrol are shown in Appendix 4.1.

4.2.17. The qualified odour patrol member has individual n-butanol thresholds complied with the requirement of European Standard Method of Air Quality – Determination of Odour Concentration by Dynamic Olfactometry (EN13725) in the range of 20 to 80 ppb.

4.3 Water Quality Monitoring

4.3.1. The EIA Report has identified that the key water quality impact would be associated with the dredging works during the construction phase. Marine water quality monitoring for dissolved oxygen (DO), suspended solid (SS) and turbidity is therefore recommended to be carried out at selected WSD flushing water intakes. The impact monitoring should be carried out during the proposed dredging works to ensure the compliance with the water quality standards.

4.3.2. The updated EM&A Manual for EP-356/2009 (Version in March 2011) is approval by EPD on 29 April 2011. As such, the Action Level and Limit Level for the wet season (April – September) will be effected and applied to the water quality monitoring data from 30 April 2011.

Water Quality Monitoring Stations

4.3.3. Water quality monitoring was undertaken at 8 monitoring stations for WSD salt water intakes and cooling water intakes along the seafront of the Victoria Harbour in the reporting month. The proposed water quality monitoring stations of the Project are shown in Table 4.3 and Figure 4.1. Appendix 4.1 shows the established Action/Limit Levels for the monitoring works.

Table 4.3 Marine Water Quality Stations for Water Quality Monitoring

Station Ref.	Location	Easting	Northing
WSD Salt Water Intake
WSD19	Sheung Wan	833415.0	816771.0
Cooling Water Intake
C1	HKCEC Extension	835885.6	816223.0
C7	Windsor House	837193.7	816150.0
P1	HKCEC Phase I	835774.7	816179.4
P3	The Academy of performing Arts	835824.6	816212.0
P4	Shui on Centre	835865.6	816220.0
P5	Government Buildings (Wanchai Tower / Revenue Tower / Immigration Tower)	835895.2	816215.2
Cooling Water Intake / WSD Salt Water Intake
RW21-P789	Great Eagle Centre/ Sun Hung Kai Centre/ WSD Wanchai salt water intake / China Resources Building	836268.0	816020.0

Remarks: - The cessation of seawater intake operation for C6 was confirmed on 17 May 2011 and the water quality monitoring at C6 was then terminated since 17 May 2011.

- 4-week post construction water quality monitoring at WSD9, WSD10, WSD15 and WSD17 were completed on 6 Feb 2012 and the water quality monitoring at WSD 10 and WSD15 were temporary suspended since 8 Feb 2012, and WSD9 and WSD17 was implemented with respect to HK/2009/02 from 8 Feb 2012 onwards.

- C8 and C9 were implemented with respect to HY/2009/19 from 28 Jan 2012.

- C8 & C9 were temporary suspended since 4 March 2013.

- WSD7 and WSD20 water quality monitoring were temporarily suspended from 27 Apr 2012.

- C2, C3 C4e and C4w water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 22 Apr 2013

- P1, P3, P4 and P5 were commenced since 24 Apr 2013

- C5e and C5w water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 29 Jul 2013.

- WSD21 water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 12 Mar 2014

- WSD9 and WSD17 water quality monitoring station was temporarily suspended since 8 Sep 2014 flood tide.

- The water quality monitoring station C1 shall be associated with Contract No. HK/2009/02 upon commencement of marine works under DP3 at WCR3 area.

- The water quality monitoring station RW21-P789 was adjusted to RW21-P789E and RW21-P789W since 28 November 2016 ebb-tide.

- The water quality monitoring was reverted to previous monitoring station RW21-P789 from PW21-P789E and RW21-P789W from 25 January 2017 onwards.

Water Quality Parameters

4.3.4. Monitoring of dissolved oxygen (DO), turbidity and suspended solids (SS) shall be carried out at WSD flushing water intakes and cooling water intakes. DO and Turbidity are measured in-situ while SS is determined in laboratory.

4.3.5. In association with the water quality parameters, other relevant data shall also be measured, such as monitoring location/position, time, sampling depth, water temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO) saturation, weather conditions, sea conditions, tidal stage, and any special phenomena and work underway at the construction site etc.

Sampling Procedures and Monitoring Equipment

4.3.6. The interval between two sets of monitoring should not be less than 36 hours except where there are exceedances of Action and/or Limit Levels, in which case the monitoring frequency will be increased. Table 4.4 shows the proposed monitoring frequency and water quality parameters. Duplicate in-situ measurements and water sampling should be carried out in each sampling event. For selection of tides for in-situ measurement and water sampling, tidal range of individual flood and ebb tides should be not less than 0.5m.

Table 4.4 Marine Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Parameters

Activities	Monitoring Frequency¹	Parameters²
During the 4-week baseline monitoring period	Three days per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides	Turbidity, Suspended Solids (SS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Temperature, Salinity
During marine construction works	Three days per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides	Turbidity, Suspended Solids (SS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Temperature, Salinity
After completion of marine construction works	Three days per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides	Turbidity, Suspended Solids (SS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Temperature, Salinity

Notes:

1. For selection of tides for in-situ measurement and water sampling, tidal range of individual flood and ebb tides should be not less than 0.5m.

2. Turbidity should be measured in situ whereas SS should be determined by laboratory.

Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Measuring Equipment

4.3.7. The instrument should be a portable, weatherproof dissolved oxygen measuring instrument complete with cable, sensor, comprehensive operation manuals, and use a DC power source. It should be capable of measuring:

· a dissolved oxygen level in the range of 0-20 mg/l and 0-200% saturation

· a temperature of 0-45 degree Celsius

4.3.8. It should have a membrane electrode with automatic temperature compensation complete with a cable. Sufficient stocks of spare electrodes and cables should be available for replacement where necessary. (e.g. YSI model 59 meter, YSI 5739 probe, YSI 5795A submersible stirrer with reel and cable or an approved similar instrument).

4.3.9. Should salinity compensation not be build-in in the DO equipment, in-situ salinity shall be measured to calibrate the DO equipment prior to each DO measurement.

Turbidity Measurement Instrument

4.3.10. The instrument should be a portable, weatherproof turbidity-measuring instrument complete with comprehensive operation manual. The equipment should use a DC power source. It should have a photoelectric sensor capable of measuring turbidity between 0‑1000 NTU and be complete with a cable (e.g. Hach model 2100P or an approved similar instrument).

Sampler

4.3.11. A water sampler comprises a transparent PVC cylinder, with a capacity of not less than 2 litres, and can be effectively sealed with latex cups at both ends. The sampler should have a positive latching system to keep it open and prevent premature closure until released by a messenger when the sampler is at the selected water depth (e.g. Kahlsico Water Sampler or an approved similar instrument).

Sample Container and Storage

4.3.12. Water samples for suspended solids measurement should be collected in high-density polythene bottles, packed in ice (cooled to 4°C without being frozen), and delivered to ALS Technichem (HK) Pty Ltd. as soon as possible after collection for analysis.

Water Depth Detector

4.3.13. A portable, battery-operated echo sounder shall be used for the determination of water depth at each designated monitoring station. This unit can either be handheld or affixed to the bottom of the workboat, if the same vessel is to be used throughout the monitoring programme.

Salinity

4.3.14. A portable salinometer capable of measuring salinity in the range of 0-40 ppt shall be provided for measuring salinity of the water at each of monitoring location.

Monitoring Position Equipment

4.3.15. A hand-held or boat-fixed type digital Global Positioning System (GPS) with waypoint bearing indication or other equivalent instrument of similar accuracy shall be provided and used during monitoring to ensure the monitoring vessel is at the correct location before taking measurements.

Calibration of In-situ Instruments

4.3.16. All in-situ monitoring instrument shall be checked, calibrated and certified by a laboratory accredited under HOKLAS or equivalent before use, and subsequently re-calibrated at 3 monthly intervals throughout all stages of the water quality monitoring. Responses of sensors and electrodes should be checked with certified standard solutions before each use. Wet bulb calibration for a DO meter shall be carried out before measurement at each monitoring location.

4.3.17. For the on site calibration of field equipment by the ET, the BS 127:1993, "Guide to Field and on-site test methods for the analysis of waters" should be observed.

4.3.18. Sufficient stocks of spare parts should be maintained for replacements when necessary. Backup monitoring equipment shall also be made available so that monitoring can proceed uninterrupted even when some equipment is under maintenance, calibration, etc.

4.3.19. Current calibration certificates of equipments are presented in Appendix 4.2.

Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4.3.20. Analysis of suspended solids has been carried out in a HOKLAS accredited laboratory, ALS Technichem (HK) Pty Ltd. Water samples of about 1L shall be collected at the monitoring stations for carrying out the laboratory SS determination. The SS determination work shall start within 24 hours after collection of the water samples. The SS determination shall follow APHA 19ed or equivalent methods subject to the approval of IEC and EPD.

Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring in the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo

Working Area and the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

4.3.21. The enhanced water quality monitoring and audit programme is to avoid aggravation of odour nuisance from seawater arising from temporary reclamation in the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area and the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.

4.3.22. Dissolved oxygen monitoring at the intakes C6 and C7 in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter when there is temporary reclamation in Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and at the south-western and south-eastern corners of the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area. The proposed water quality monitoring stations of the Project are shown in Table 4.5 and Figure 4.1.

Table 4.5 Marine Water Quality Stations for Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring

Station	Location
C6	Excelsior Hotel
C7	Windsor House
Ex-WPCWA-SW	South-western of the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area
Ex-WPCWA-SE	South-eastern of the ex-Wan Chai Public Cargo Working Area

Remarks:

1. Enhanced DO monitoring at Windsor House Cooling (Station Ref: C7) was temporarily suspended since 22 October 2014 with respect to the formation of temporary reclamation zone TS3 and was resumed from 1 February 2018 onwards with respect to the completion of removal of temporary reclamation zone.

2. Enhanced DO monitoring at Monitoring station Ex-WPCWA SE was temporarily suspended from 31 August 2015 with respect to seawall reinstatement works and formation of active works area. The Enhance DO monitoring at Ex-WPCWA SE was resumed on 11 May 2016 due to completed section of seawall reinstatement works at Ex-PCWA.

4.3.23. The monitoring of dissolved oxygen are to be carried out 3 days per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides for 3 water depths (1m below water surface, mid-depth and 1m above sea bed, except where the water depth less than 6m, the mid-depth may be omitted. If the water depth be equal to or less than 3m, only the mid-depth will be monitored).

Daily SS Monitoring and 24 hours Turbidity Monitoring System

4.3.24. During dredging of the sediment at the south-western corner of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, daily monitoring of suspended solids and 24 hour monitoring of turbidity at the cooling water intakes (C6 and C7) shall be conducted.

4.3.25. The 24 hours monitoring of turbidty at the cooling water intakes (C6 and C7) shall be established by setting up a continuous water quality monitoring station in front of the intakes during the dredging activities. The monitoring system include the turbidity sensor and data logger which is capable of data capturing at every 5 minutes. The data sahll be downloaded daily and compared with the Action and Limit level determined during the baseline water qualtiy monitoring at the cooling water intake locations.

Additional Dissovled oxygen Monitoring FOR CULVERT L WATER DISCHARGE FLOW

4.3.26. In response to the Condition 2.18 of the Environmental Permit no. EP-356/2009 requiring that a silt curtain / impermeable barrier system be installed to channel water discharge flow from Culvert L to locations outside the embayment area, a proposed replacement of the requirement with additional dissolved oxygen monitoring has been conducted at three monitoring stations, namely A, B and C between the eastern seawall of Central Reclamation Phase III and the HKCEC Extension since November 2011 under EP-356/2009 so that DO level between the eastern seawall of Central Reclamation Phase II and the HKCEC extension could be continuously monitored.

4.3.27. With respect to the commencement of dredging works under HK/2012/08 and the installation of MTR precast protection unit, the enhanced water quality monitoring for Culvert L was temporarily suspended since 24 July 2013

4.3.28. The monitoring of dissolved oxygen are to be carried out once per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides for 3 water depths (1m below water surface, mid-depth and 1m above sea bed, except where the water depth less than 6m, the mid-depth may be omitted. If the water depth be equal to or less than 3m, only the mid-depth will be monitored).

5. Monitoring Results

5.0.1. The environmental monitoring will be implemented based on the division of works areas of each designed project managed under different contracts with separate FEP applied by individual contractors. Overall layout showing work areas of various contracts, latest status of work commencement and monitoring stations is shown in Figure 2.1 and Figure 4.1. The monitoring results are presented in according to the Individual Contract(s).

5.0.2. In the reporting month, the concurrent contracts are as follows:

Ÿ Contract no. HK/2009/02 Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central-Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

Ÿ Contract no. HY/2009/19- Central- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

Ÿ Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

Ÿ Contract no. HY/2010/08 – Central- Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (Slip Road 8 Section)

5.0.3. As confirmed by WDII RSS, the marine construction works under Contract HK/2009/01 have been completed since 24 July 2017, the monitoring association with Contract HK/2009/01 and relevant reporting has been ceased in the reporting month.

5.0.4. As confirmed by CWB RSS, the marine construction works under Contract HY/2009/15 and relevant reporting have been completed by 19 June 2017, the monitoring association with Contract HY/2009/15 and relevant reporting has been ceased in the reporting month.

5.0.5. The environment monitoring schedules for reporting month and coming month are presented in Appendix 5.1.

5.1 Noise Monitoring Results

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at WanChai East

5.1.1. The proposed division of noise monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.1 below.

Table 5.1 Noise Monitoring Station for Contract nos. HK/2009/02

Station	Description
M1a	Footbridge for Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre

5.1.2. No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period

5.0.1. Noise monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of noise monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.2.

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

5.0.2. The proposed division of noise monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.3 below.

Ta ble 5.3 Noise Monitoring Station for Contract no. HY/2009/19

Station	Description
M4b	Victoria Centre
M5b	City Garden
M6	HK Baptist Church Henrietta Secondary School

5.0.3. No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.0.4. Noise monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of noise monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.2.

Contract no. HY/2010/08-Central-Wanchi Bypass Tunnel (Slip Road 8 Section)

5.0.5. The proposed division of noise monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.4 below.

Table 5.4 Noise Monitoring Station for Contract no. HY/2010/08

Station	Description
M2b	Noon Gun Area
M3a	Tung Lo Wan Fire Station

5.0.6. No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.0.7. Noise monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of noise monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.2.

5.2 Air Monitoring Results

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at

WanChai East

5.2.1 Air monitoring was commenced in mid-January 2011 for the land-filling work for Contract no. HK/2009/02. The proposed division of air monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.6 below.

Ta ble 5.6 Air Monitoring Station for Contract no. HK/2009/02

Station	Description
CMA3a	CWB PRE Site Office
CMA4a	Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

5.2.2 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.2.3 Air quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of air monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.3.

Contract no. HY/2009/19- Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

5.2.4 The proposed division of air monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.8 below.

Table 5.8 Air Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HY/2009/19

Station	Description
CMA1b	Harbour Grand Hotel Boundary Wall
CMA2a	Causeway Bay Community Centre

5.2.5 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.2.6 Air quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of air monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.3.

Contract no. HK/2012/08- Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central-Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

5.2.7 The proposed division of air monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.9 below.

Table 5.9 Air Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HK/2012/08

Station	Description
CMA5b	Pedestrian Plaza
CMA6a	WDII PRE Site Office

5.2.8 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.2.9 Air quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of air monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.3.

Contract no. HY/2010/08- Central-Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (Slip Road 8 Section)

The proposed division of air monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.10 below.

Table 5.10 Air Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HY/2010/08

Station	Description
CMA3a	CWB PRE Site Office

5.2.10 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

5.2.11 Air quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of air monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.3.

5.3 Water quality monitoring Results

5.3.1 Action and Limit level of water quality monitoring was transited from dry season to wet season from 01 April 2018.

5.3.2 Water quality monitoring station C7 and Enhance DO monitoring station C6 shall be associated with Contract HY/2010/08, upon confirmation of marine construction works completion under Contract HY/2009/15 at CBTS area and Ex-PCWA area since 19 June 2017.

5.3.3 Referring to CWB RSS confirmation on the completion of marine construction activities within the Ex-PCWA area and the completion of the post construction water quality monitoring, the respective Enhance DO Monitoring within Ex-PCWA for monitoring station Ex-PCWA SE and Ex-PCWA SW was temporarily suspended since 07 March 2017 ebb tide onwards.

5.3.4 With respect to the reinstatement of the silt screen system for Cooling Water Intakes P7, P8, P9 and WSD Water Intake RW21, the respective water quality monitoring was reverted to the previous monitoring location for Water Quality Monitoring Station RW21-P789 from water quality stations RW21-P789 East (RW21-P789E) and RW21-P789 West (RW21-P789W) from 25 January 2017 onwards.

5.3.5 With respect to the temporarily suspension of marine construction works at WCR3 Area by Contract HK/2009/02, the installed silt screen for intake group (P7, P8, P9 and WSD21) was removed on 26 November 2016.

5.3.6 As advised by the Contractor of HK/2009/01, all silt screen remains removal works at P1, P3, P4, P5 and C1 water quality monitoring stations were completed on 8 May 2016.

5.3.7 With respect to the marine works undertaken at WCR3 by Contract HK/2009/02, the respective water quality monitoring station C1 associated with Contract HK/2009/01 was updated as in association with Contract HK/2009/01 and Contract HK/2009/02.

5.3.8 With respect to the marine works undertaken at CBTS by Contract HY/2010/08, the respective water quality monitoring station C7 associated with Contract HY/2009/15 was updated as in association with Contract HY/2009/15 and Contract HY/2010/08.

5.3.9 With respect to the marine works undertaken at HKCEC2 by Contract HK/2012/08, the respective water quality monitoring station WSD19, P1, P3, P4, and P5 were associated with Contract HK/2012/08.

5.3.10 As confirmed by WDII RSS, the marine construction works under Contract HK/2009/01 have been completed since 24 July 2017, the monitoring association with Contract HK/2009/01 and relevant reporting has been ceased in the reporting month.

5.3.11 As confirmed by CWB RSS, the marine construction works under Contract HY/2009/15 and relevant reporting have been completed by 19 June 2017, the monitoring association with Contract HY/2009/15 and relevant reporting has been ceased in the reporting month.

Table 5.11 Water quality Monitoring Stations for contracts with respect to remaining DP3 work areas after the completion of DP5 & DP6 in 2012 and intake diversion in 2013

Contract No.	Remaining DP3 and work area(s)	Relevant Water quality monitoring Stations,	Division of WQM w.r.t tentative works commenced / to be commenced
HK/2009/02	WCR3, WCR4, TWCR4	RW21-P789², C1¹	Apr 2013
HK/2012/08	HKCEC2W, HKCEC2E	WSD19, P1³, P3³, P4³, P5³	Aug 2013
HY/2010/08	TCBR3, TCBR4	C6⁴, C7⁴ (plus enhanced DO monitoring)	Mar 2014

Remarks:

1. The water quality monitoring station C1 shall be associated with Contract No. HK/2009/02 upon commencement of marine works under DP3 at WCR3 area.

2. 4 intakes (re-provisioned Wanchai WSD intake, Great Eagle Centre, China Resources Centre & Sun Hung Kai Centre constructed adjacent to each other) taken as a single group for silt screen protection and monitoring. Re-provisioned intake reference: P1: HKCEC Phase 1; P3: APA, P4: Shui On; P5: Government Buildings (Wanchai Tower / Revenue Tower / Immigration Tower)

3. The water quality monitoring stations for WSD19, P1, P3, P4, P5 shall be associated with Contract No. HK/2009/01 prior to their transition to Contract HK/2012/08.

4. Enhance DO monitoring station C6 and water quality monitoring station C7 shall be associated with Contract HY/2010/08, upon confirmation of marine construction works completion under Contract HY/2009/15 at CBTS area and Ex-PCWA area since 19 June 2017.

5. Referring to CWB RSS confirmation on the completion of marine construction activities within the TS3 area and the completion of the post construction water quality monitoring, the respective Enhance DO Monitoring within TS3 for monitoring station C6 and C7 was temporarily suspended since 05 March 2018 onwards.

6. With respect to WDII RSS confirmation on the completion of marine works under Contract HK/2009/01 since 24 July 2017, the association of WQM station C1 under Contract HK/2009/01 has been ceased in the November 2017 reporting month.

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at WanChai East

5.3.12 Water quality monitoring for Contract no. HK/2009/02 was commenced on 8 July 2010. The proposed division of water quality monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.13 below.

Table 5.13 Water quality Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HK/2009/02

Station Ref.	Location	Easting	Northing
Cooling Water Intake
C1	HKCEC Extension	835885.6	816223.0
Cooling Water Intake / WSD Salt Water Intake
RW21-P789	Great Eagle Centre/ Sun Hung Kai Centre/ WSD Wanchai salt water intake / China Resources Building	836268.0	816020.0

5.3.13 4 action level exceedance of turbidity, 1 limit level exceedance of turbidity and 1 action level exceedance of SS were recorded at RW21-P789 in the reporting period.

5.3.14 1 action level exceedance of turbidity and 1 action level exceedance of SS was recorded at RW21-P789 on 31 August 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. Removal of TWCR4 under Contract HK/2009/02 was conducted on the monitoring date. Location of the construction area was at downstream of monitoring station RW21-P789 during the monitoring period and contractor mitigation measure including the use of silt curtain and installation of silt screen was general in order. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work. No exceedance was recorded on the subsequent monitoring on 31 August 2018 Flood tide.

5.3.15 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at RW21-P789 on 19 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. Saw cutting of D-Wall at TWCR under Contract HK/2009/02 was conducted on the monitoring date. Location of the construction area was at downstream of monitoring station RW21-P789 during the monitoring period and contractor mitigation measure including the use of silt curtain and installation of silt screen was general in order. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work. No exceedance was recorded on the subsequent monitoring on 19 September 2018 Flood tide.

5.3.16 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at RW21-P789 on 21 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. Saw cutting of D-Wall at TWCR under Contract HK/2009/02 was conducted on the monitoring date. Location of the construction area was at downstream of monitoring station RW21-P789 during the monitoring period and contractor mitigation measure including the use of silt curtain and installation of silt screen was general in order. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work. No exceedance was recorded on the subsequent monitoring on 21 September 2018 Flood tide.

5.3.17 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at RW21-P789 on 24 September 2018 during flood tide in the reporting period. Saw cutting of D-Wall at TWCR under Contract HK/2009/02 was conducted on the monitoring date and contractor mitigation measure including the use of silt curtain and installation of silt screen was general in order. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work.

5.3.18 1 limit level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at RW21-P789 on 26 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. Saw cutting of D-Wall at TWCR under Contract HK/2009/02 was conducted on the monitoring date. Location of the construction area was at downstream of monitoring station RW21-P789 during the monitoring period and contractor mitigation measure including the use of silt curtain and installation of silt screen was general in order. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work. No exceedance was recorded on the subsequent monitoring on 26 September 2018 Flood tide.

5.3.19 Water quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of water quality monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.4.

Contract no. HK/2012/08 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

5.3.20 Water quality monitoring for Contract no. HK/2012/08 was commenced on 5 March 2013. The proposed division of water quality monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.14 below.

Table 5.14 Water quality Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HK/2012/08

Station Ref.	Location	Easting	Northing
WSD Salt Water Intake
WSD19	Sheung Wan	833415.0	816771.0
Cooling Water Intake
P1	HKCEC Phase I	835774.7	816179.4
P3	The Academy of performing Arts	835824.6	816212.0
P4	Shui on Centre	835865.6	816220.0
P5	Government Buildings (Wanchai Tower / Revenue Tower / Immigration Tower)	835895.2	816215.2

5.3.21 3 action level exceedance of turbidity and 2 limit level exceedance of turbidity were recorded in the reporting period.

5.3.22 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at P1 on 14 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. No marine construction activity was conducted under Contract HK/2012/08 on the monitoring date. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered that the exceedance was not related to Project works.

5.3.23 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at P4 on 14 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. No marine construction activity was conducted under Contract HK/2012/08 on the monitoring date. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered that the exceedance was not related to Project works.

5.3.24 1 action level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at WSD19 on 21 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. No marine construction activity under Contract HK/2012/08 was conducted on the monitoring date. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work.

5.3.25 1 limit level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at WSD19 on 21 September 2018 during flood tide in the reporting period. No marine construction activity under Contract HK/2012/08 was conducted on the monitoring date. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered the exceedance was not related to Project work.

5.3.26 1 limit level exceedance of turbidity was recorded at P1 on 26 September 2018 during ebb tide in the reporting period. No marine construction activity was conducted under Contract HK/2012/08 on the monitoring date. In view of the above and considering transition period from wet season to dry season, it is considered that the exceedance was not related to Project works.

5.3.27 Water quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of water quality monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 5.4.

Contract no. HY/2010/08- Central-Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (Slip Road 8 Section)

5.3.28 The proposed division of water quality monitoring stations are summarized in Table 5.15 and Table 5.16 below:

Table 5.15 Water quality monitoring Stations for Contract no. HY/2010/08

Station Ref.	Location	Easting	Northing
Cooling Water Intake
C7	Windsor House	837193.7	816150.0

5.3.29 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period

Table 5.16 Enhance Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Stations for Contract no. HY/2010/08

Station Ref.	Location
C6	Excelsior Hotel
C7	Windsor House Cooling

Remarks:

Enhanced DO monitoring at Windsor House Cooling (Station Ref: C7) was temporarily suspended since 22 October 2014 with respect to the formation of temporary reclamation zone TS3 and was resumed from 1 February 2018 onwards with respect to the completion of removal of temporary reclamation zone.

With respect to the completion of the removal of the temporary reclamation at TS3 area confirmed by the CWB RSS and the completion of the 4-weeks post construction water quality monitoring at the associated Enhanced DO monitoring stations, the respective Enhance DO monitoring at Monitoring Station C6 and C7 were temporarily suspended from 5 March 2018 ebb tide onwards

5.4 Waste Monitoring Results

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

5.3.30 Details of the waste disposal in the reporting period are summarized in Table 5.18.

Table 5.18 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HK/2009/02

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date	Disposal / Dumping Grounds
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³	4377.9	305943.8	TKO137 / TM 38
Inert C&D materials recycled, m³	NIL	18161	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	1515.103	SENT Landfill
Non-inert C&D materials recycled, m³	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemical waste disposed, kg	NIL	13860	SENT Landfill
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal), m³	NIL	240222 (Bulk volume)	South of Cheung Chau
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal (Dedicate Sites) & Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal) , m³	NIL	146445 (Bulk volume)	East of Sha Chau

Contract no. HY/2009/15 - Central-Wanchai Bypass – Tunnel (Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Section)

5.3.31 Details of the waste disposal in the reporting period are summarized in Table 5.19

Table 5.19 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HY/2009/15

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date	Disposal / Dumping Grounds	Remarks
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	141579.2	Tuen Mun Area 38	NIL
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	65216	TKO137 FB	NIL
Inert C&D materials recycled, m³	NIL	8127.21	HY/2010/08	NIL
	NIL	304	Ex-PCWA	NIL
	NIL	111.9	TS4	NIL
Non-inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	252.2	SENT Landfill	NIL
Non-inert C&D materials recycled, kg	NIL	299361.5	N/A	NIL
Chemical waste disposed, kg	NIL	8,200	N/A	NIL
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal), m³	NIL (Bulk Volume)	156909 (Bulk Volume)	Cheung Chau South	Dredging from TCBR1E / TCBR1W / TCBR2/ TCBR3 / TCBR4 / Maintenance dredging
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal (Dedicate Sites) & Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal) , m³	NIL (Bulk Volume)	327746 (Bulk Volume)	East of Sha Chau / South of the Brothers	Dredging from TCBR1E / TCBR1W / TCBR2/ TCBR3 / TCBR4 / Maintenance dredging
Marine Sediment (Type 3 – Special Treatment / Disposal contained in Geosynthetic Containers) m³	NIL (Bulk Volume)	12640 (Bulk Volume)	East of Sha Chau / South of the Brothers	Dredging from TCBR1W / Maintenance dredging
Marine Sediment (Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal), m³	NIL	9350 (Bulk Volume)	East of Sha Chau	Dredging from Eastern Breakwater of CBTS
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal) , m3	NIL (Bulk Volume)	600 (Bulk Volume)	East Sha Chau / South of The Brothers	Dredging from Phase 3 Mooring Re-arrangement
Marine Sediment (Type 2– Confined Marine Disposal) , m3	NIL (Bulk Volume)	14,780 (Bulk Volume)	South of The Brothers	Dredging from Phase 3 Mooring Re-arrangement
Marine Sediment (Type 3 – Special Treatment / Disposal contained in Geosynehetic Containers) , m3	NIL (Bulk Volume)	2,760 (Bulk Volume)	South of The Brothers	Dredging from Phase 3 Mooring Re-arrangement

Contract no. HY/2009/19 –Central- WanChai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

5.3.32 Details of the waste disposal in the reporting period are summarized in Table 5.20.

Table 5.20 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HY/2009/19

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date	Disposal / Dumping Grounds
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	355921.04	TM38
Inert C&D materials recycled, m³	NIL	59367	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	1068.6	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials recycled, kg	NIL	333.14	N/A
Chemical waste disposed, L	NIL	2.12	N/A
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal), m³	NIL	162	South Cheung Chau
Marine Sediment (Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal) , m³	NIL	681	East Sha Chau
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal (Dedicate Sites) & Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal) , m3	NIL	4976.00	East Sha Chau

Contract no. HK/2012/08 –Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

5.3.33 Details of the waste disposal in the reporting period are summarized in Table 5.21.

Table 5.21 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HK/2012/08

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date	Disposal / Dumping Grounds
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³ *	NIL	4131	TM38
	NIL	273	TKO137
Inert C&D materials recycled, m³	NIL	NIL	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	400	SENT
Non-inert C&D materials recycled, kg	NIL	NIL	N/A
Chemical waste disposed, L	NIL	NIL	N/A
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal), m³	NIL (Bulk volume)	31759 (Bulk volume)	South of Cheung Chau
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal (Dedicate Sites) & Type 2 – Confined Marine Disposal) , m3	NIL (Bulk volume)	108542 (Bulk volume)	South of The Brothers (from 27 Aug 2013 onwards)

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

5.3.34 Details of the waste disposal in the reporting period are summarized in Table 5.22

Table 5.22 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HY/2010/08

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date	Disposal / Dumping Grounds
Inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL NIL	95094.759 19739.4	TM38 TKO137
Inert C&D materials recycled, m³	NIL	NIL	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials disposed, m³	NIL	NIL	N/A
Non-inert C&D materials recycled, kg	NIL	NIL	N/A
Chemical waste disposed, L	NIL	NIL	N/A
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal)	NIL	62559.4	South Cheung Chau / Brothers Island *
Marine Sediment (Type 1 – Open Sea Disposal (Dedicate Sites) & Type 2 – Confined Marine disposal)	NIL	28309.2	Brothers Island
Marine Sediment (Type 3 – Special Treatment)	NIL	7780	Brothers Island

6. Compliance Audit

6.0.1. The Event Action Plan for construction noise, air quality and water quality are presented in Appendix 6.1.

6.1 Noise Monitoring

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at WanChai East

6.1.1 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

Contract no. HY/2009/19 – Central – Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

6.1.2 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

Contract no. HY/2010/08 – Central-Wanchai Bypass – Tunnel (Slip Road 8 Section)

6.1.3 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

6.2 Air Monitoring

Contract no. HK/2009/02 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East (CWB Tunnel)

6.2.1 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

Contract no. HY/2009/19 – Central – Wanchai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link

6.2.2 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

Contract no. HK/2012/08 Wan Chai Development Phase II - Central-Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

6.2.3 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

Contract no. HY/2010/08 – Central-Wanchai Bypass – Tunnel (Slip Raod 8 Section)

6.2.4 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

6.3 Water Quality Monitoring

6.3.1 Due to the hoisting of Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal, the water quality monitoring event on 29 August 2018 during flood and ebb tide and 24 September 2018 during ebb tide were cancelled.

6.3.2 Due to the hoisting of Tropical Storm Signal No. 3, the water quality monitoring event on 12 September 2018 during flood and ebb tide were cancelled.

6.3.3 Due to the hoisting of Tropical Storm Signal No. 3 and No.8, the water quality monitoring event on 17 September 2018 during flood and ebb tide were cancelled.

6.3.4 Due to the access restriction and safety concern, the water quality monitoring station C1, P1, P3, P4 and P5 were temporary suspended from 19 September 2018 onward (P1 and P3 resumed on 24 September 2018; C1, P4 and P5 resumed on 28 September 2018)

Contract no. HK/2009/02 - Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East

6.3.5 4 action level exceedance of turbidity, 1 limit level exceedance of turbidity and 1 action level exceedance of SS were recorded in the reporting period. After the investigation, the exceedances were concluded as non-project related.

Contract no. HK/2012/08- Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West

6.3.6 3 action level exceedance of turbidity and 2 limit level exceedance of turbidity were recorded in the reporting period. After the investigation, the exceedances were concluded as non-project related.

Contract no. HY/2010/08 –Central - Wan Chai Bypass (CWB) –Tunnel (Slip Road 8)

6.3.7 No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting period.

6.4 Review of the Reasons for and the Implications of Non-compliance

6.4.1 There was no non-compliance from the site audits in the reporting period. The observations and recommendations made in each individual site audit session were presented in Section 8.

6.5 Summary of action taken in the event of and follow-up on non-compliance

6.5.1 There was no particular action taken since no non-compliance was recorded from the site audits in the reporting period.

7. Cumulative Construction Impact due to the Concurrent Projects

7.0.1. According to Condition 3.4 of the EP-356/2009, this section addresses the relevant cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the current projects including the Central Reclamation Phase III, Central-Wanchai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link projects.

7.0.2. According to the Final EM&A Report of Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) for Contract HK 12/02, the major construction activities were completed by end of January 2014 and no construction activities were undertaken thereafter and the water quality monitoring was completed in October 2011 and no Project-related exceedance was recorded for air and noise monitoring. It can be concluded that cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the current projects with the Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) was insignificant.

7.0.3. According to the construction programme of Central-Wanchai Bypass at Wanchai West at the Central Reclamation Phase III area include roadworks, drainage and seawall coping were performed in September 2018 reporting period. As no project related exceedance were recorded during the reporting period, cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the current projects with the Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) was considered as insignificant.

7.0.4. According to the construction programme of Wan Chai Development Phase II, Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link projects, the major construction activities under Wan Chai Development Phase II were road and drains construction and removal of temporary reclamation at Wan Chai. The major construction activities under Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link Projects were ventilation building construction junction modification at Central; reinstatement works along Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, road works and landscape works at Victoria Park; bridge construction, approach ramp construction, landscape deck construction, drainage construction and ventilation building construction at North Point area in the reporting period. In addition, other non-Wan Chai Development Phase II, Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link projects were observed undertaken at Wan Chai North and North Point area.

7.0.5. No significant air impact from construction activities was anticipated in the reporting month. Besides, no project related exceedance was recorded during the air and noise environmental monitoring events in the reporting month. Thus, it is evaluated that the cumulative construction impact from the concurrent projects including Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII), Wan Chai Development Phase II (WDII), Central-WanChai Bypass (CWB), Island Eastern Corridor Link projects (IECL) was insignificant.

8. Environmental Site Audit

8.0.1. During this reporting month, weekly environmental site audits were conducted for Contracts no. HK/2009/02, HY/2009/19, HK/2012/08 and HY/2010/08. No non-conformance was identified during the site audits.

8.0.1. Site inspections for Contract no. HK/2009/02 were conducted in the reporting period. The results of these inspections and outcomes are summarized in Table 8.2.

Table 8.2 Summary of Environmental Inspections for Contract no. HK/2009/02

Item	Date	Observations	Action taken by Contractor	Completion date
180830_1	30 August 2018	Silt curtain shall be extend and enclose the marine works area. The damaged silt section of silt curtain shall be repair to avoid muddy dispersion. (Portion 3&4)	Marine works was suspended	Completed as observed on 6 September 2018
180906_1	6 September 2018	Contractor shall seal the hole at gate B.	The hole at gate B was sealed.	Completed as observed on 12 September 2018

8.0.2. Site inspections for Contract no. HY/2009/19 were carried out in the reporting period. The results of these inspections and outcomes are summarized in Table 8.3.

Table 8.3 Summary of Environmental Inspections for Contract no. HY/2009/19

Item	Date	Observations	Action taken by Contractor	Completion date
180829_1	29 August 2018	Contractor shall tighten or extend the silt curtains to avoid muddy dispersion (Area near EVB)	Silt curtains was tighten and no further muddy dispersion was observed	Completion as observed on 5 September 2018

8.0.3. Site inspections for Contract no. HK/2012/08 were carried out in the reporting period. The results of these inspections and outcomes are summarized in Table 8.5.

Table 8.5 Summary of Environmental Inspections for Contract no. HK/2012/08

Item	Date	Observations	Action taken by Contractor	Outcome
180926_1	26 September 2018	Contractor shall keep the public road clean.	The site access was cleaned properly.	Completion as observed on 2 October 2018

8.0.4. Site inspections for Contract no. HY/2010/08 were conducted in the reporting month. No observation was found in the reporting month.

9. Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

9.0.1. No environmental complaint was received in the reporting period.

9.0.2. The details of cumulative complaint log and updated summary of complaints are presented in Appendix 9.1

9.0.3. Cumulative statistic on complaints and successful prosecutions are summarized in Table 9.1 and Table 9.2 respectively.

Table 9.1 Cumulative Statistics on Complaints

Reporting Period	No. of Complaints
Commencement works (Mar 2010) to last reporting month	49
September 2018	0
Total	49

Ta ble 9.2 Cumulative Statistics on Successful Prosecutions

Environmental Parameters	Cumulative No. Brought Forward	No. of Successful Prosecutions this month (Offence Date)	Cumulative No. Project-to-Date
Air	-	0	0
Noise	-	0	0
Water	-	0	0
Waste	-	0	0
Total	-	0	0

10. Conclusion

10.0.1. The EM&A programme was carried out in accordance with the EM&A Manual requirements, minor alterations to the programme proposed were made in response to changing circumstances.

10.0.2. The scheduled construction activities and the recommended mitigation measures for the coming month are listed in Table 10.1.

Table 10.1 Construction Activities and Recommended Mitigation Measures in Coming Reporting Month

Contract No.	Key Construction Works	Recommended Mitigation Measures
HK/2009/02	· Removal of TWCR4	· Daily visual inspection of silt screen to ensure the integrity and condition of silt screen. · Implement silt screen in accordance with the associated plans submitted to EPD. · Ensure proper deployment of silt curtain around marine construction works area.
HY/2009/19	· Nil	· Nil
HK/2012/08	· Nil	· Nil
HY/2010/08	· Nil	· Nil

CLIENTS:	PREPARED BY:
Civil Engineering and Development Department and Highways Department	Lam Geotechnics Limited 11/F Centre Point 181-185 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, H.K. Telephone: (852) 2882-3939 Facsimile: (852) 2882-3331 E-mail: info@lamenviro.com Website: http://www.lamenviro.com


	Certified by:
	Raymond Dai Environmental Team Leader
	DATE:
	12 October 2018

Monthly Environmental Monitoring & Audit Report

- September 2018 -

Table of contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Scope of the Report

1.2 Structure of the Report

2 Project Background

2.1 Background

2.2 Scope of the Project and Site Description

2.3 Division of the Project Responsibility

2.4 Project Organization and Contact Personnel

3 Status of Regulatory Compliance

3.1 Status of Environmental Licensing and Permitting under the Project

4 Monitoring Requirements

4.1 Noise Monitoring

4.2 Air Monitoring

4.3 Water Quality Monitoring

5. Monitoring Results

5.1 Noise Monitoring Results

5.2 Air Monitoring Results

5.3 Water quality monitoring Results

5.4 Waste Monitoring Results

6. Compliance Audit

6.1 Noise Monitoring

6.2 Air Monitoring

6.3 Water Quality Monitoring

6.4 Review of the Reasons for and the Implications of Non-compliance

6.5 Summary of action taken in the event of and follow-up on non-compliance

7. Cumulative Construction Impact due to the Concurrent Projects

8. Environmental Site Audit

9. Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

10. Conclusion