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Contract No: HY/2019/18 Wanchai
Development Phase II and Central Wanchai Bypass Sampling,
Field Measurement and Testing Work (Stage 4) Environmental Permit no. EP-376/2009, Further Environmental Permits No. FEP-01/376/2009 and
FEP-02/376/2009 Monthly
Environmental Monitoring & Audit Report
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Civil Engineering and Development 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 |
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Certified by: |
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Raymond
Dai Environmental
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DATE: |
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8 June 2020 |
2.2 Scope of the Project and Site
Description
2.3 Project Organization and Contact
Personnel
3 status of regulatory
compliance
3.1 Status of
Environmental Licensing and Permitting under the Project
5.2 Air Quality Monitoring Results
6.3 Review of the Reasons for and the
Implications of Non-compliance
6.4 Summary of action taken in the event of and
follow-up on non-compliance
7 Cumulative Construction Impact
due to the Concurrent Projects
9 Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution
lIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Schedule 2 Designated Projects under this
Project
Table 2.2 Contact Details of Key Personnel
Table 3.2 Cumulative Summary of Valid Licences and
Permits under Contract no. HK/2012/08
Table 3.3 Summary of submission status under FEP-01/376/2009 Condition
Table 4.1 Noise Monitoring Stations
Table 4.2 Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Table 5.1 Noise Monitoring Stations for Contract no.
HK/2012/08
Table 5.2 Air Quality Monitoring Station for Contract
no. HK/2012/08
Table 5.3 Details of Waste Disposal for Contract no. HK/2012/08
Table 8.1 Summary of Environmental Inspections for Contract no. HK/2012/08
Table 9.1 Cumulative Statistics on Complaints
Table 9.2 Cumulative Statistics on Successful
Prosecutions
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 Project Layout
Figure 2.2 Project Organization Chart
Figure 4.1 Locations of Environmental
Monitoring Stations
lIST
OF APPENDIces
Appendix 3.1 Environmental Mitigation
Implementation Schedule
Appendix 4.1 Action and Limit Level
Appendix 6.1 Event Action Plans
Appendix
9.1 Complaint Log
Appendix 10.1 Construction Programme of
Individual Contracts
Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan
Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West
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Nil
Noise Monitoring
Air Quality Monitoring
Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
Site Inspections and Audit
Future Key Issues
Contract no. HK/2012/08 –
Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West
1.1.1.
Lam Geotechnics Limited (LGL)
has been appointed take up the role as the Environmental Team (ET) under
Environmental Permit no. EP-376/2009 and Further Environmental Permits no.
FEP-01/376/2009 and FEP-02/376/2009 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).
1.1.2.
This
report documents the finding of EM&A works for Environmental Permit (EP) no.
EP-376/2009 and Further Environmental Permits no. FEP-01/376/2009 and
FEP-02/376/2009, during the period of 27th April 2020 to 26th
May 2020. The cut-off date of reporting is
the 26th of each reporting month.
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
2.1.1
Wan
Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass (hereafter called “the
Project”) are Designated Project (DP) under the Environmental Impact Assessment
Ordinance (Cap. 499) (EIAO). The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report
for Wan Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass (Register No.:
AEIAR-125/2008) has been approved on 11 December 2008.
2.2.1.
The
design and construction of Wan Chai Development Phase II and Central Wanchai
Bypass involves the construction and operation of primary and district
distributor roads that is shown at Figure 2.1.
2.2.2.
The
key purpose of the study area encompasses the Wan Chai harbourfront area. The
area starts at the boundary of Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) at the
west and connects to the existing Hung Hing Road at the east.
The scope of the project
includes:
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A dual 2-lane primary distributor road, Road P2,
approximately 0.6km in length; and
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Other new primary and district distributor roads
connecting to the slip roads of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass with a total length
of approximately 0.7km.
2.2.3. The project also contains various Schedule 2 DP 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 DP under this Project. Figure 2.1 shows the locations of these Schedule 2 DP.
Table
2.1 Schedule 2
Designated Project under this Project
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Item |
Designated Project |
EIAO Reference |
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DP2 |
Road P2 and
other roads which are classified as primary/district distributor roads |
Schedule 2,
Part I, A.1 |
2.2.4.
The
designated project work II (DP2) was awarded to China State – Build King Joint
Venture HK/2012/08 (Contract Title: Wan Chai Development Phase II Central – Wan
Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West) as part of the Project works by the Civil
Engineering and Development Department (CEDD). The construction work
under Contract no. HK/2012/08 was commenced on 13 May 2015.
2.3.1
Civil Engineering and Development Department
and Highway 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.
2.3.2
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 2.2:
Table 2.2 Contact Details
of Key Personnel
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Party |
Role |
Post |
Name |
Contact No. |
Contact Fax |
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AECOM |
Engineer’s
Representative for WDII |
Resident
Engineer |
Mr. Eliot Liu |
3519 9167 |
2587 1877 |
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China State-
Build King Joint Venture |
Contractor under
Contract no. HK/2012/08 |
Project Director |
C. N. LAI |
9106 5806 |
2877 1522 |
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Site Agent |
Mr. George Cheung |
9268 1918 |
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Environmental Supervisor |
Mr. Y.L. Ho |
9856 5669 |
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Ramboll Hong
Kong
Limited |
Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) |
Mr. David
Yeung |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
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Lam Geotechnics Limited |
Environmental Team (ET) |
Environmental Team Leader (ETL) |
Mr. Raymond Dai |
2882 3939 |
2882 3331 |
2.3.3
In this reporting month, the principal work
activities of the contract is included as follows:
Contract no. HK/2012/08 –
Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West
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Nil
2.3.4
In coming reporting month, the principal work
activities of the contract is anticipated as follows:
Contract no. HK/2012/08 – Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central- Wan
Chai Bypass at Wan Chai West
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
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Permits
and/or Licences |
Reference
No. |
Issued
Date |
Status |
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Environmental Permit |
EP-376/2009 |
13 Nov 2009 |
Valid |
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Further Environmental Permit |
FEP-01/376/2009 |
31 Mar 2015 |
Valid |
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Further Environmental Permit |
FEP-02/376/2009 |
1 Aug 2016 |
Valid |
3.1.2. The current status on licences and/or permits on
environmental protection pertinent for contract no. HK/2012/08 under
FEP-02/376/2009 showed in Table 3.2. and Table 3.3
Table
3.2 Cumulative
Summary of Valid Licences and Permits under Contract no. HK/2012/08
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Permits and/or Licences |
Reference No. |
Issued Date |
Valid
Period/ Expiry Date |
Status |
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Further
Environmental Permit |
FEP-01/376/2009 |
31 Mar 2015 |
N/A |
Valid |
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FEP-02/376/2009 |
1 Aug 2016 |
N/A |
Valid |
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Notification
of Works Under APCO |
355439 |
4 Feb 2013 |
N/A |
Valid |
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Registration
as a Chemical Waste Producer |
5213-134-C3790-01 |
30 Jun 2016 |
N/A |
Valid |
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Billing
Account under Waste Disposal Ordinance |
7016883 |
18 Feb 2013 |
N/A |
Valid |
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Water Discharge Licence |
WT00018470-2014 |
6 Mar 2014 |
31 Mar 2019 |
Expired |
Table 3.3 Summary of submission status
under FEP-02/376/2009 Condition
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EP Condition |
Submission |
Date of Submission |
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Condition 2.9 |
Noise Management
Plan (Rev. 2) |
Generally in order
as commented by EPD on 27 Oct 2015 |
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Condition 2.10 |
Landscape Plan
(Rev. 0) |
Generally in order
as commented by EPD on 5 Aug 2015 |
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Condition 2.10 |
Landscape Plan
(Rev. 1) |
Generally in order
as commented by EPD on 20 March 2020 |
3.1.3.
Implementation status of the
recommended mitigation measures during this reporting month is presented in Appendix 3.1.
NOISE
Monitoring Station
4.1.1.
The noise monitoring station
for the Project is 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
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District |
Station |
Description |
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Wan Chai |
M1a |
Footbridge for Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre |
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 (Leq).
Leq (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, Leq (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:
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One set of measurements between 0700 and 1900 hours
on normal weekdays.
Monitoring
Equipment
4.1.4.
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 agrees to within 1.0 dB.
4.1.5.
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.
Air
Quality Monitoring Stations
4.2.1.
The
air quality 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
Quality Monitoring Stations
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Station ID |
Description |
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CMA5b |
Pedestrian Plaza |
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CMA6a |
WDII PRE Site Office |
Air
QUALITY 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:
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0.6 – 1.7 m3 per minute adjustable flow
range;
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Equipped with a timing / control device with +/- 5
minutes accuracy for 24 hours operation;
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Installed with elapsed-time meter with +/- 2
minutes accuracy for 24 hours operation;
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Capable of providing a minimum exposed area of 406
cm2;
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Flow control accuracy: +/- 2.5% deviation over
24-hour sampling period;
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Equipped with a shelter to protect the filter and
sampler;
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Incorporated with an electronic mass flow rate
controller or other equivalent devices;
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Equipped with a flow recorder for continuous
monitoring;
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Provided with a peaked roof inlet;
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Incorporated with a manometer;
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Able to hold and seal the filter paper to the
sampler housing at horizontal position;
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Easily changeable filter; and
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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.
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.
4.2.9.
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.
4.2.10.
All
the collected samples shall be kept in a good condition for 6 months before
disposal.
5.0.1.
The
environmental monitoring will be implemented based on the division of works areas
of the designated project managed under the contract with 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.
5.0.2.
The
environment monitoring schedules for reporting month and coming month are
presented in Appendix 5.1.
5.1.1 The
proposed division of noise monitoring station is summarized in Table
5.1 below.
Table 5.1 Noise
Monitoring Station for Contract no. HK/2012/08
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Location
ID |
District |
Description |
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M1a |
Wan Chai |
Footbridge
for Ex-Harbour Road Sports Centre |
5.1.2 With respect to WDII RSS confirmed that the remaining works under HK/2012/08
would be tree planting works at EP-376/2009 area only, considered that no
adverse noise impact would be contributed by the tree planting works, the
respective noise monitoring at noise monitoring station M1a - Footbridge at
EX-Wanchai Harbour Road Sports Centre was temporary suspended from 27 March
2019 onwards.
5.2.1
The
proposed division of air quality monitoring stations are summarized in Table
5.2 below.
Table 5.2 Air Quality Monitoring Station for Contract no. HK/2012/08
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Station |
Description |
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CMA5b |
Pedestrian Plaza |
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CMA6a |
WDII PRE Site Office |
5.2.2 With respect to WDII RSS confirmed that the remaining works under
HK/2012/08 would be tree planting works at EP-376/2009 area only, considered that
no adverse air quality impact would be contributed by the tree planting works,
the respective air quality monitoring at air quality monitoring stations CMA5b
– Pedestrian Plaza and CMA6a – WDII PRE Site Office were temporary suspended from 27 March 2019
onwards
5.3.1 No Inert and non-inert C&D
wastes disposed in this reporting month. Details of the waste flow table are
summarized in Table 5.3.
Table 5.3 Details of Waste Disposal
for Contract no. HK/2012/08
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Waste Type |
Quantity this month |
Cumulative
Quantity-to-Date |
Disposal / Dumping Grounds |
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Inert
C&D materials disposed, m3 |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
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Inert
C&D materials recycled, m3 |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
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Non-inert
C&D materials disposed, m3 |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
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Non-inert
C&D materials recycled, m3 |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
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Chemical
waste disposed, kg |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
6.0.1.
The
Event Action Plan for construction noise and air quality are presented in Appendix 6.1.
6.1.1
With respect to
WDII RSS confirmed that the remaining works under HK/2012/08 would be tree
planting works at EP-376/2009 area only, considered that no adverse noise
impact would be contributed by the tree planting works, the respective noise
monitoring at noise monitoring station M1a - Footbridge at EX-Wanchai Harbour
Road Sports Centre was temporary suspended from 27 March 2019 onwards.
6.2.1 With respect to WDII
RSS confirmed that the remaining works under HK/2012/08 would be tree planting
works at EP-376/2009 area only, considered that no adverse air quality impact
would likely be contributed by the tree planting works, the respective air
quality monitoring at air quality monitoring stations CMA5b – Pedestrian Plaza
and CMA6a – WDII PRE Site Office were temporary suspended from 27 March 2019
onwards.
6.3.1
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.
6.4.1
There
was no particular action taken since no non-compliance was recorded from the
site audits in the reporting period.
7.0.1.
According
to the Condition 3.4 of the EP-376/2009, this section addresses the relevant
cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the current
projects including the Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII), Wan Chai
Development Phase II (WDII), Central-WanChai Bypass (CWB), Island Eastern
Corridor Link projects (IECL) and Wan Chai Development Phase II – Central – Wan
Chai Bypass at Wan Chai East (CWB Tunnel).
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. As such, it is considered that there were no
cumulative construction impact due to the concurrent activities of the current
projects with the Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) undertaken by
contractor HK12/02 in the reporting month.
7.0.3. According to the
construction programme of Central-Wanchai Bypass at Wanchai West at the Central
Reclamation Phase III area, no works was conducted in May 2020 reporting
period. In view of the above, the cumulative construction impact due to the
Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) was not anticipated.
7.0.4. According to the
construction programme of Wan Chai Development Phase II, Central-Wan Chai
Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link projects, no construction works under
Wan Chai Development Phase II was conducted at Wan Chai. The major construction
activities under Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link
Projects were ventilation building ABWF works at Central; road works, drainage
improvement work, utility diversion works and landscape works at Victoria Park;
bridge noise enclosure installation works, road works, drainage works, soft
landscape works and ventilation building ABWF work 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. As relevant site mitigation measures for
air quality and construction noise were implemented, no significant air quality
impact and noise impact from construction activities was concluded in the
reporting period. Besides, no construction work was conducted at EP-376 area in
the reporting period. 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.
8.0.1.
As WDII RSS confirmation of construction
works completion on 1 April 2020 and agreed with IEC on 3 April 2020, the
weekly environmental site inspection for Contract no. HK/2012/08 under
EP-376/2009 was suspended from 3 April 2020 onward.
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
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Reporting Period |
No. of Complaints |
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Commencement works (May 2015) to last reporting month |
0 |
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May 2020 |
0 |
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Total |
0 |
Table 9.2 Cumulative
Statistics on Successful Prosecutions
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Environmental
Parameters |
Cumulative No.
Brought Forward |
No. of Successful
Prosecutions this month (Offence Date) |
Cumulative No.
Project-to-Date |
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Air |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Noise |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Water |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Waste |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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. The construction
programmes of individual contracts are provided in Appendix 10.1.
Table
10.1 Summary of Key Construction
Activities of Individual Contract(s) to be commenced in Coming Reporting Month
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Contract No. |
Key Construction Works |
Recommended Mitigation Measures |
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HK/2012/08 |
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Nil |
·
Nil |