1. This is
the 33rd monthly Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) Report for the First Phase Development of Kwu Tung North (KTN) and Fanling
North (FLN) New Development Areas (NDAs), comprising the Advance Works and
First Stage Works (hereinafter
called the ¡§the
Project¡¨). This report is prepared
by Wellab Limited under ¡§Service Contract No. NDO
04/2019 Environmental Team for Environmental Monitoring and Audit Works in
Construction Phase for the First Phase Development of KTN and FLN NDAs¡¨ (hereinafter called
the ¡§Service Contract¡¨). This report documents the findings of EM&A works conducted in July 2022.
2.
During the reporting month, the following
Works Contracts under relevant Environmental Permit(s) were undertaken for the
Project:
Table I Works
Contracts under relevant Environmental Permit(s) in the Reporting Month
|
Works Contracts |
Environmental
Permit No. |
Designated
Project (DP) |
Commencement
date of construction |
|
Contract No. ND/2019/01 ¡V Kwu Tung North New Development Area,
Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works |
EP-466/2013 |
Castle Peak Road
Diversion |
12 August 2020 |
|
EP-467/2013/A |
Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road P1 and P2
and Associated New Kwu Tung Interchange and Pak Shek Au Interchange Improvement |
12 August 2020 |
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Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5 |
1 June 2020 |
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Utilization of
Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui
Sewage Treatment Works |
23 March 2020 |
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Contract No. ND/2019/02 ¡V Kwu Tung North New Development Area,
Phase 1: Roads and Drains between Kwu Tung North
New Development Area and Shek Wu Hui |
EP-469/2013 |
Sewage Pumping
Stations in Kwu Tung North New Development Area |
28 October 2020 |
|
Contract No. ND/2019/03 ¡V Kwu Tung North New Development Area,
Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park |
Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5 |
3 July 2020 |
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|
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
6 October 2020 |
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Contract No. ND/2019/04 ¡V
Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (Shek
Wu San Tsuen North to Lung Yeuk Tau) |
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
23 February 2021 |
|
EP-546/2017 |
Fanling North Temporary Sewage Pumping Station |
16 February 2021 |
|
|
Contract No.
ND/2019/05 ¡V
Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (Shung
Him Tong to Kau Lung Hang) |
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
1 August 2020 |
|
Contract No. ND/2019/06 ¡V
Fanling North
New Development Area, Phase 1: Re-provisioning of North District Temporary
Wholesale Market for Agricultural Products |
Reprovision of
temporary Wholesale Market in Fanling North New
Development Area |
29 October 2019 |
|
|
Contract No. ND/2019/07 ¡V
Fanling North New
Development Area, Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works |
Works area not under relevant Environmental
Permit for Phase 1 of the Project. |
1 March 2021 |
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3.
A summary of the EM&A activities in this
reporting month is listed in Table II
below:
Table II Summary Table for EM&A Activities in
the Reporting Month
|
EM&A Activities |
Monitoring Station (s) |
Works Contracts |
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ND/2019/01 |
ND/2019/02 |
ND/2019/03 |
ND/2019/04 |
ND/2019/05 |
ND/2019/06 |
ND/2019/07 |
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|
1-hr Total Suspended Particulates
(TSP) Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 July 22 |
6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 July 22 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
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FLN-DMS5A |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
5, 11, 15, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
6, 12, 18 and 28 July 22 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
6, 12, 18 and 28 July 22 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
5, 11, 21 and 27 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS3 |
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CP-KTN-NMS5 |
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CP-KTN-NMS6 |
N/A |
5, 11, 21 and 27 July 22 |
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Ecological Survey |
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Disturbance to Water Birds on Ng Tung River, Sheung Yue River, and Long Valley |
N/A* |
N/A* |
7, 8, 13, 15, 19, 21,
28 and 29 July 22 |
7, 13, 21 and 28 July
22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and Siu Hang San
Tsuen Stream |
21 July 22 |
N/A* |
21 July 22 |
21 July 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from
Disturbance and Pollution |
13 and 25 July 22 |
13 and 25 July 22 |
13 July 22 |
13 July 22 |
13 July 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic)
Monitoring for Land Contamination |
6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 July 22 |
N/A |
6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15,
18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29 July 22 |
N/A |
4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15,
18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill
Gas Monitoring |
29 July 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Built Heritage Monitoring |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Daily assessment
subject to construction works conducted within assessment area |
N/A |
N/A |
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Environmental Site Inspection |
5, 13, 19 and 26 July
22 |
6, 15, 20 and 27 July 22 |
8, 15, 19 and 29 July 22 |
7, 14, 21 and 28 July 22 |
4, 14, 18 and 25 July 22 |
7, 14, 21 and 28 July 22 |
8, 15, 22 and 29 July 22 |
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Remarks:
N/A ¡V No relevant monitoring is required
according to the updated EM&A Manual
N/A* ¡V No relevant monitoring is required
according to the Baseline Ecological Monitoring Plan (Table 3.1)
[1] Since the distance between monitoring
station CP-KTN-NMS2 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under EP-468/2013/A exceeds
300m, the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/03
[2] Since the distance between monitoring
station CP-KTN-NMS3 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under EP-468/2013/A exceeds
300m, the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/03
[3] Since the distance between monitoring
station CP-KTN-NMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/02 under EP-469/2013 exceeds
300m, the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/02
[4] Since the distance between monitoring
station FLN-DMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/05 under EP-473/2013/A exceeds500m,
the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/05
[5] Since the distance between monitoring
station FLN-DMS3 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04 under
EP-473/2013/A exceeds 500m, the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/03
and ND/2019/04
[6] Since the distance between monitoring
station FLN-DMS5 and site boundary of ND/2019/05 under EP-473/2013/A exceeds
500m, the monitoring station is not applicable to ND/2019/05
[7] Since the distance between monitoring
station CP-FLN-NMS2 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04 under
EP-473/2013/A exceeds 300m, the monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04
[8] Since the distance between monitoring
station CP-FLN-NMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under EP-473/2013/A exceeds
300m, the monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03
[9]
Typhoon Signal No. 8 was hoisted the whole day on 2 July 2022. Due to
safety reason, water monitoring on 2 July 2022 was cancelled.
4.
Summary of the environmental exceedances of
the reporting month is tabulated in Table
III.
Table III Summary Table for Events Recorded
in the Reporting Month
|
Environmental Monitoring |
Parameter |
No. of non-project related Exceedances |
Total No. of
non-project related Exceedances |
No. of Exceedance related to the Construction Works
of the Contract |
Total No. of Exceedance related to the Construction
Works of the Contract |
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|
Action Level |
Limit Level |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
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|
Air Quality |
1-hr
TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
24-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Water Quality [1] |
DO |
2 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
SS |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Arsenic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
Landfill Gas |
O2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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CH4 |
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CO2 |
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Cultural heritage |
Built Heritage Monitoring |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Air Quality
5.
All construction air quality
monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit
Level exceedance was recorded.
Construction Noise
6.
All construction noise monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Water Quality
7. All
additional water quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. Two (2) Action Level and Six (6) Limit Level for DO, Nine (9) Limit
Level for turbidity, and Nine (9) Limit Level for Suspended Solid of impact
water quality monitoring were recorded. After investigation, all exceedances
were considered non-project related. No construction of channel for alternation
of natural streams was carried out in the reporting month. Therefore, no water quality monitoring was
conducted according to the Updated
EM&A Manual and Baseline Water Quality Monitoring Report (KTN & FLN
NDA). Relevant details are given in Section
5.
Land Contamination
8.
All ambient arsenic monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance
was recorded.
Landfill Gas Monitoring
9. Monitoring
of landfill gas in the reporting month was carried out by the Contractor under
ND/2019/01 at excavation location Portion 6b. No Limit Level exceedance was
recorded.
Built Heritage
Monitoring
10.
Built heritage monitoring was carried out
in the reporting month by the Contractor under ND/2019/05 for surveyed cultural
heritage. No Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Ecological
Monitoring
11. All ecological monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. The monitoring result is shown in Appendix
L and will be compared with the Action/Limit level after the issuance of
Final Baseline Ecological Report.
Complaint Log
12. Five
environmental complaints were received in the reporting month. One for
ND/2019/01, Three for ND/2019/04 and One for ND/2019/05.
Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
13.
No notification of summons or successful
prosecutions was received in the reporting month.
14.
This report has been prepared in compliance
with the reporting requirements for the subsequent monthly EM&A Report as
required by the ¡§Updated Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual for Advance
and First Stage Works of Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Areas¡¨ (Updated EM&A
Manual).
15. The major site activities for the coming two months
are shown in Table IV.
Table IV Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Three
Months
|
Contract No. |
Site Activities (August 2022 to October
2022) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site
Clearance, tree felling, remove of existing structures, site formation and
G.I. works in Portion 1a (b)
Sheet
piling, excavation, backfilling and drainage works in Portion 1b (c)
Site
clearance, removal of existing structures and site formation in Portion 1c (d)
Site
clearance and site formation in Portion 1e (e)
Site
clearance, tree felling, site formation work and construction of subway in
Portion 2 (f)
Site
clearance, excavation, backfilling and drainage works in Portion 3 (g)
Drainage
works, watermain, excavation, backfilling and road works in Portion 5 (h)
Construction
of retaining wall, drainage works and backfilling in Portion 6a (i)
Operation
of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b (j)
Site
formation, sheet piling, excavation and drainage works in Portion 7 (k)
Construction
of retaining wall, slope cutting, slope drainage and maintenance access
construction, RC construction of flushing water service reservoir and fresh
water reservoir, pipe pile wall of WSD¡¦s maintenance access, backfilling
works and site formation in Portion 8a (l)
ELS for
jacking pit at LWSC¡¦s car park, excavation for receiving pit and trenchless
work in Portion 8b (m)
Sheet
piling, excavation, drainage works and construction of retaining wall in
Portion 9b (n)
Stockpile
of soil and excavation in Portion 9c (o)
Excavation,
sheet piling for ELS, drainage works, road construction, utilities works in
Portion 10a (p)
Sheet
piling, excavation and drainage works in Portion 10b (q)
Construction
of MBR in Portion 11b |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Pipe
Jacking (b)
Backfilling (c)
Concreting (d)
Bedding
& Pipe Laying (e)
ELS (f)
Sheet
Pile Installation (g)
Cut and
Fill of Slope |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Portion 1 & Portion 1A -
Drainage
works at Yin Kong Road -
Construction
of Pai Lau (b) Long Valley -
Erection
of Permanent Boundary Structure -
Construction
of Irrigation Channel -
Construction
works of Type 1 Storage House -
Construction
works of Type 2 Storage House -
Construction
of Tea House -
Construction
of Decking & Sluices -
Construction
of Composting Facility -
Construction
works of Bird Hide -
Construction
works of Outdoor Classroom -
Wetland
Creation & Restoration works -
Construction
of Compacted Earth Path/ Walkway -
Construction
of Wetland Boardwalk |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Tree felling (b)
Predrill (c)
Bored piling (d)
Excavation (e)
Sheet piling and ELS |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
North Team Works -
Pre-drilling for bored piles at B2-03-P3, P5, P6 -
Bored piling at B1, B2 & C1(Portion II). -
ELS works and Pile cap construction at, C2-03a,
C2-04a, C3-01a, C3-02 & D1-02 -
C3-03 & C3-04 Portal Beam -
Pier construction at C1-01b, C1-02b, C1-03,
C1-04, C2-01, C2-02, C3-03a, C3-04ab, C4-02, D1-02, D1-03, D1-04, E1-04 &
E2-01. (b)
Viaduct Works -
Segment fabrication for bridge C2 & C3 &
D1 & E1. -
Remaining components of Launching Girder (LG)
delivery to site. -
Erection of 1st pair non match cast segments at
pier C4-03. -
LG assembly works. -
Cast in-situ SOP construction at Pier E2-02,
E3-03. -
2nd set FT delivery. To be used in August-2022. -
3rd set FT design and fabrication. To be used in
Feb-2023. -
4th set FT design and fabrication. To be used in
May-2023. -
Complete construction of pile caps E2-01 and
D2-01 and installation of cast-in rotation bridge components. -
Bridge rotation system fabrication completion and
delivery to site (c)
South Team Works -
Venton Area
¡V Construct new road (section from Venton to Kei
Kee). -
Portion 13 ¡V Fw52 bay 1 to 4a, backfilling to
formation level. -
Portion 17 and 18 ¡V Backfilling for new TWSRW. -
Portion 18 ¡V 132kv ducts laying and Gas main
laying. -
TWSR (West) ¡V Backfilling and form new road behind
FW06 and FS04 slope works. -
TWSR (East) ¡V Form new road -
HKY FB (East) ¡V construction of P01 -
Portion 11 ¡V DN600 watermain laying work. -
E2-03 ¡V Pile cap and Pier construction. -
E3-01 ¡V Pier construction. -
E3-02 ¡V Cap and Pier construction -
D2-02 ¡V Pier construction. -
D2-03 ¡V Cap and Pier construction. -
E3-04a ¡V Piling works. -
E3-04b, E3-05M and E4-01 ¡V predrilling and
piling. -
NB109 ¡V base slab construction. |
|
ND/2019/06 |
The construction phase has been completed
and handed over to AFCD since 4 April 2022. |
|
ND/2019/07 |
(a)
Site clearance at Portion 4 (b)
Erection of site hoarding at Portion 4 (c)
C&D waste disposal at Portion 1, 2, 4 and 5 (d)
Construction of box culvert at Portion 2 (e)
Filling works at Portion 1, 2 and 4 (f)
Construction of site haul road at Portion 4 (g)
Drainage works, Sewerage works at Portion 1, 3, 4 and 5 (h)
Mini piling works at Portion 4 (i)
Construction of noise barrier at
Portion 4 and 5 (j)
Waterworks at Portion 1 |