1.
This is the 44th 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 June 2023.
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, 12, 16, 20, 23 and 28 Jun 23 |
6, 12, 16, 20, 23 and 28 Jun 23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
6, 12, 16, 20, 23 and 28 Jun 23 |
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|
FLN-DMS5 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
N/A |
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|
KTN-DMS4(B) |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
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|
FLN-DMS5A |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
N/A |
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|
KTN-DMS4(B) |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
5, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
N/A |
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|
Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
6, 12, 23 and 28
Jun 23 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
6, 12, 23 and 28 Jun 23 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
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 |
9, 15, 21 and 27 Jun 23 |
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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* |
2, 5, 6, 15, 16, 19, 21, 29 and 30 June 23 |
2, 6, 15, 21 and 29 June 23 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and Siu Hang San
Tsuen Stream |
20 June 23 |
N/A* |
20 June 23 |
20 June 23 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from
Disturbance and Pollution |
14 and 23 June 23 |
14 and 23 June 23 |
23 June 23 |
23 June 23 |
23 June 23 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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|
Egretry Monitoring |
N/A |
N/A |
26 Jun 23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic)
Monitoring for Land Contamination |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 Jun 23 |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 Jun 23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 Jun 23 |
N/A |
3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 Jun 23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Landfill Gas Monitoring |
21 Jun
23 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Built Heritage Monitoring |
N/A |
Daily assessment subject to construction
works conducted within assessment area |
N/A |
N/A |
Daily assessment subject to construction
works conducted within assessment area |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
6, 14, 20 and 27 Jun 23 |
9, 12, 21 and 28 Jun 23 |
2, 9, 16, 20 and 30 Jun 23 |
1, 8, 14, 21 and 29 Jun 23 |
5, 15, 19 and 26 Jun 23 |
1, 8, 14, 21 and 29 Jun 23 |
2, 9, 16, 19 and 30 Jun 23 |
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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 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Water
Quality [1] |
DO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Arsenic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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 |
|
Ecological Monitoring |
Avifauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Aquatic fauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Non-aquatic fauna |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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. No Action/Limit Level Exceedance was 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/2019/02 and 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. One (1) action level exceedance and
one (1) limit level exceedance for odonata were
recorded at T3. The exceedance was
considered non-project related, as large proportion of vegetative habitat along
T3 were observed either removed or tarmacked as haul road by construction works
outside of project, first reported in the Monthly Monitoring Report in December
2021. The ecological monitoring
result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix
L.
Egretry Monitoring
12. All Egretry monitoring was conducted as
scheduled in the reporting month. The monitoring results can refer to the
Monthly Egretry Monitoring Report for June 2023.
Complaint Log
13. No environmental complaint was received in the
reporting month.
Notification of Summons and
Successful Prosecutions
14. No
notification of summons or successful prosecutions was received in the
reporting month.
15. 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).
16.
The major site
activities for the coming three months are shown in Table IV.
Table IV Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Three
Months
|
Contract
No. |
Site Activities (July to September 2023) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site Clearance,
tree felling, removal of existing structures, slope work and drainage works
in Portion 1a (b)
Excavation,
backfilling, construction of hoarding/fencing and road works and tree felling
in Portion 1b (c)
Site
clearance, site formation and socket H piling in Portion 1c (d)
Temporary
storage of material and site formation in Portion 1e (e)
Tree
felling, site formation work and construction of subway and road works in
Portion 2 (f)
Excavation,
backfilling and drainage works in Portion 3 (g)
Watermain,
excavation, backfilling, road works, sheet piling and pipe jacking in Portion
5 (h)
Drainage
works, backfilling, road works, watermains work 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, RC construction of fresh water reservoir, construction of
WSD’s maintenance access and backfilling works and drainage works in Portion
8a (l)
Trenchless
work, excavation, watermain construction and trial pit in Portion 8b (m)
Sheet
piling, excavation, drainage works and watermain construction in Portion 9b (n)
Stockpile
of soil in Portion 9c (o)
Portion 10a was handed over. Road opened. (p)
Road
works and site clearance in Portion 10b (q)
Site clearance, tree felling, remove of existing
structure in Portion 13 |
|
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 -
Road
& Drainage works and watermains works at Yin Kong Road -
Installation of Street Lighting -
Construction of Pavilion at Yin Kong Road (b)
Portion 2
to Portion 20C -
Wetland creation & restoration, Dry
agricultural land creation -
Construction of compacted earth path -
Construction of Water Treatment Wetland -
Tree felling and tree pruning work -
Construction of Lodging Facility -
Construction of Dry Weather Flow Interception
(DWFI) |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Tree Felling and transplant (b)
Pile Cap (c)
Back Filling (d)
Excavation (e)
Grouting (f)
Sheet Piling (g)
Road works (h)
Formwork Erection (i)
Rebar Fixing (j)
Pre-drill (k)
Bore pile (l)
ELS |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
North Team Works -
ELS works and Pile cap construction at B2-01,
B2-03 & D2-01 -
Backfilling and drainage works
at C4-02 & C4-01. -
Backfilling at C3-04b. -
Footing of tower crane at E2-01 -
Construction of B1-abutment wall. -
Pier construction at D2-01 & B2-03 -
Pier head construction at C2-04b, D2-01 Viaduct Works -
Segment fabrication for bridge C2, D1, D2&
E1. -
Segments erection by LG at bridges C4, C3. -
Segments erection by crane at bridge D1 and E1. -
T-span construction by form traveler at Pier
E2-02, E3-03, D2-02, E3-01 -
SOP construction at E3-02, D2-03, E2-01, E2-03 -
Construction of pile cap and installation of
bridge rotation components at pier D2-01. -
Design and fabrication of 3rd and 4th set of form
traveler. -
Design and fabrication of falsework for Bridge
B1. -
Erection of tower crane at E2-01. -
Design mold for Bridge B2 segments. (b)
South Team Works -
TWSRW – Road work and UUs laying (Section P800 CH
250 to 450). -
TWSRW – Installation work of ranking drain for
FS04. CLP 11 kv cable diversion work (1ST) -
TWSRE – Form D300 new road, BBI footing,
relocation of existing BBI and road diversion -
TWSRE – Drainage Diversion, Road Drain, UUs
laying (HKT, CLP, TCSS, Irrigation) -
HKY FB (East) – Construction of extension roof,
install subframe, cladding, E&M -
HKY FB (West) – Construction of LT2 (Foundation) -
E3-04a, E3-05M, E4-01 and E4-02 – cap
construction. -
NB109 – Bay 9~13, base slab construction. -
NB69 – Bay 6~8 ELS excavation and base slab
construction -
NB110 – Bay 3~5 Base slab and wall construction -
Form Traveler assembly at D2-02 & D2-03 -
Design and fabrication of 4th and 5th set of form
traveler. (c)
Form Traveler -
E2-03 – construction 7th pair -
E2-02 – construction 6th to 9th pair -
D2-02 – construction 1st to 2nd pair -
D2-03 – erection of form traveller
no. 4 |
|
ND/2019/06 |
The construction phase has been completed and handed over to AFCD since 4 April 2022. |
|
ND/2019/07 |
(a)
Road works at Portion 1, 4 and 5 (b)
C&D waste disposal at Portion 1,
2, 4 and 5 (c)
Construction of box culvert at Portion
2 (d)
Filling works at Portion 2 and 4 (e)
Construction of site haul road at
Portion 4 (f)
Drainage works, Sewerage works at
Portion 1, 3, 4 and 5 (g)
Mini piling works at Portion 4 (h)
Construction of noise barrier at
Portion 4 and 5 (i)
Waterworks at Portion 1 and 4 |