1.
This is the 35th 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 September 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 – Kwu Tung North New Development
Area, Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works |
EP-466/2013/A |
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 |
|
|
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 – 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 – Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New
Development Areas, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park |
Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1
to D5 |
3 July
2020 |
|
|
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
6
October 2020 |
|
|
Contract No. ND/2019/04 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 |
|
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, 9, 15, 21 and 27
Sep 22 |
6, 9, 15, 21 and 27
Sep 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
6, 9, 15, 21 and 27
Sep 22 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30
Sep 22 |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
N/A |
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|
KTN-DMS4(B) |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
N/A |
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|
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 7, 13, 19, 23 and
29 Sep 22 |
5, 7, 13, 19, 23 and
29 Sep 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 7, 13, 19, 23 and
29 Sep 22 |
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|
FLN-DMS5A |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
N/A |
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|
KTN-DMS4(B) |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
5, 8, 14, 20, 26 and
30 Sep 22 |
N/A |
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|
Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
6, 15, 21 and 27 Sep 22 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
6, 15, 21 and 27 Sep
22 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
5, 14, 20 and 26 Sep
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, 14, 20 and 26 Sep
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* |
1,
2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 September 22 |
1,
8, 15, 22 and 29 September 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and
Siu Hang San Tsuen Stream |
14
September 22 |
N/A* |
14
September 22 |
14
September 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats
from Disturbance and Pollution |
7
and 13 September 22 |
7
and 13 September 22 |
7
September 22 |
7
September 22 |
7
September 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination |
6, 9, 15, 21 and 27
Sep 22 |
N/A |
6, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Sep
22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30
Sep 22 |
N/A |
2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30
Sep 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Landfill Gas Monitoring |
29
Sep 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 |
|
|
Environmental Site Inspection |
6, 13, 20 and 29 Sep
22 |
7, 14, 21 and 28 Sep
22 |
2, 9, 16, 20 and 30
Sep 22 |
1, 8, 16, 22 and 27
Sep 22 |
5, 15, 19 and 26 Sep
22 |
1, 8, 16, 22 and 27
Sep 22 |
9, 15, 23 and 30 Sep
22 |
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Remarks:
N/A – No relevant monitoring is required according
to the updated EM&A Manual
N/A* – 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
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 |
|
|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Water
Quality [1] |
DO |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
SS |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Arsenic |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Landfill Gas |
O2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
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. One Action
Level exceedance was recorded.
Water
Quality
7. All
additional water quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. Two (2)
Limit Level for DO, One (1) Action Level for Arsenic, One (1) Action Level and
One (1) Limit Level for Suspended Solids, One (1) Action Level and Three (3)
Limit Level for Turbidity of impact water quality monitoring were recorded. 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.
Two environmental complaints were received
in the reporting month. One for ND/2019/01 and ND/2019/05 (Kwu Tung), and One
for ND/2019/02.
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 (October 2022 to December
2022) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site
Clearance, tree felling, removal of existing structures, site formation and
G.I works in Portion 1a (b)
Sheet
piling, excavation, backfilling, drainage works, construction of hoarding,
road works and noise barrier in Portion 1b (c)
Site
clearance, removal of existing structures and site formation in Portion 1c (d)
Temporary
storage of material and site formation in Portion 1e (e)
Site
clearance, tree felling, site formation work and construction of subway in
Portion 2 (f)
Excavation,
backfilling and drainage works in Portion 3 (g)
Drainage
works, watermain, excavation, backfilling, road works and sheet piling in
Portion 5 (h)
Drainage
works, backfilling and road works 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 drainage and maintenance access construction, RC
construction of flushing water service reservoir and excavation of fresh water
reservoir, pipe pile wall of WSD’s maintenance access and backfilling works
in Portion 8a (l)
ELS for
jacking pit at LWSC’s car park and trenchless work in Portion 8b (m)
Sheet
piling, excavation, drainage works and constructure of retaining wall and
soil nail in Portion 9b (n)
Stockpile
of soil in Portion 9c (o)
Excavation,
sheet piling for ELS, drainage works, road construction and utilities works
in Portion 10a (p)
Sheet
piling, excavation and drainage works in Portion 10b |
|
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 -
Water
Pipe Laying at Yin Kong Road -
Construction
of Pai Lau (b)
Long
Valley -
Construction
of Compacted Earth Bund / Walkway -
Construction
of Irrigation Channel -
Construction
of Decking & Sluices -
Construction
of Wetland Boardwalk -
Construction
of Type 1 Storage House -
Construction
of Type 2 Storage House -
Construction
of Tea House -
Construction
of Composting Facility -
Construction
of Bird Hide -
Construction
of Storage Sheds -
Construction
of DWFI -
Wetland Creation & Restoration works |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Bored
piling (b)
Predrill (c)
ELS (d)
Excavation
(e)
Tree
felling (f)
Pile
cap construction (g)
Drainage
works |
|
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) and
D2-01. -
ELS works and Pile cap construction at B1-01m,
B1-02ab, C1-01b, C1-02b, C1-03ab, C2-01, C2-02, C2-03a, C2-04a, C3-01a, C3-02,
D1-02 and E2-01. -
Pier construction at B1-02ab, C1-01ab, C1-02ab,
C1-03ab, C1-04ab, C2-01, C2-02, D1-02, E1-04 & E2-01. (b)
Viaduct Works -
Segment fabrication for bridge C2 & C3 &
D1 & E1. -
Remaining components of Launching Girder (LG) delivery
to site and assembly works. -
Segments erection for bridges D1 and E1. -
2nd set FT delivery. To be used in
September-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 – Construct new road (section from
Venton to Kei Kee). -
Portion 13 – Fw52 bay 1 to 4a, backfilling to
formation level and Gas main laying. -
Portion 17 and 18 – Backfilling for new TWSRW. -
Portion 18 – 11kv ducts laying. -
TWSR (West) – Backfilling and form new road
behind FW06 and FS04 slope works. -
TWSR (East) – Form D300 new road, BBI footing -
HKY FB (East) – Erection of steel bridge -
E2-03 – Pile cap and Pier construction. -
E3-02 – Pier construction -
D2-02 – Pier head and piling for tower crane
construction. -
D2-03 – Cap and Pier construction. -
E3-04b, E3-05M and E4-01 – predrilling and
piling. -
NB109 – 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 |