1.
This
is the 62nd 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 December 2024.
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 |
4, 10, 16, 20, 24 and 30 Dec 24 |
4, 10, 16, 20, 24 and 30 Dec 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
4, 10, 16, 20, 24 and 30 Dec 24 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
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|
FLN-DMS5A |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
4, 10, 16, 24 and 30 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
4, 10, 16, 24 and 30 Dec 24 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
3, 9, 19 and 23 Dec 24 |
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 |
3, 9, 19 and 23 Dec 24 |
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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, 3, 12, 13, 17, 19, 23 and
27 Dec 24 |
2, 12, 17 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and Siu Hang San
Tsuen Stream |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from
Disturbance and Pollution |
6 and 18 Dec 24 |
6 and 18 Dec 24 |
18 Dec 24 |
18 Dec 24 |
18 Dec 24 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Egretry Monitoring |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
3, 9, 13, 19, 23 and 27 Dec 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 and 30 Dec
24 |
N/A |
2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 and 30 Dec
24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
10 Dec 24 |
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 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
3, 10,
18, 23 and 30 Dec 24 |
4, 11,
18, 23 and 30 Dec 24 |
3, 10,
18, 23 and 30 Dec 24 |
5, 10, 19
and 24 Dec 24 |
3, 12,
16, 24 and 31 Dec 24 |
NIL |
5, 13,
16, 24 and 31 Dec 24 |
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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 |
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|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Water
Quality |
DO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Arsenic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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 |
|
Ecological
Monitoring |
Avifauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Non-aquatic fauna |
4 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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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. No Built heritage
monitoring was carried out in the reporting month due to no works causing for
surveyed cultural heritage at all. No Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Ecological Monitoring
11. All ecological monitoring was conducted as
scheduled in the reporting month. Four (4) Action
Level exceedance and Two (2) Limit Level exceedance for non-aquatic fauna were
recorded at T1, T3, T5 & T6 respectively. The exceedances were considered
non-project related as supported by environmental monitoring data. No evidence
to suggest that the exceedance was related to project activities. The ecological
monitoring result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix L.
Complaint Log
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 three months are shown in Table IV.
Table IV Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Three
Months
|
Contract No. |
Site Activities (January to March 2025) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Drainage works, watermain works, sheet piling, site formation and slope works in Portion 1a (b)
Site formation,
drainage works, watermain works and construction of noise barrier
and road lighting works in Portion 1c (c)
Site formation, construction of subway, road works, drainage works,
slope works and soil nail in Portion 2 (d)
HAC
soil treatment, site formation, excavation,
road works, slope work, drainage
works, watermain works
and soil nail in Portion 3 (e)
Sewage
works, excavation, backfilling,
road works and
construction of public lighting in Portion 5 (f)
Drainage works, backfilling, road works,
watermains works,
construction of retaining wall, slope works, district cooling system works
and road lighting works in Portion 6a (g)
Operation of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b (h)
Sheet piling, excavation, stockpile of soil, drainage works, watermain works
and road works in Portion 7 (i)
Road
pavement construction, backfilling works, drainage works,
watermain works
and soil nail in Portion 8a (j)
Trenchless works, watermain works, ground treatment and
ELS construction in Portion 8b (k)
Sheet piling, excavation, road works, drainage works,
watermain works,
district cooling system works and grouting works in Portion 9b (l)
Sewage
works, drainage works, road works, backfilling, excavation and sheet piling
in Portion 10b (m) Site formation, excavation, drainage
works, roadworks and watermain works in Portion 11b (n)
Stockpile of soil in
Portion 13 |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Backfilling (b)
Excavation (c)
Concreting (d)
Cut and Fill of Slope (e)
Sheet Piling (f)
Pipe
Jacking (g)
Pipe laying
and bedding (h)
Grouting |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Portion 2 to Portion 20C -
Defect
Rectification of Lodging Facility |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Back Filling (b)
Excavation (c)
Grouting (d)
Road works (e)
Formwork and Scaffolding
Erection (f)
Rebar Fixing (g)
ELS |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Backfilling (b) Drainage
works (c)
Water works (d) Ducting
and Road works (e)
Slope works (f)
Segments erection (g) ELS (h) Wall
construction |
|
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 and 4 (c)
Drainage works, Sewerage
works at Portion 1, 2, 3
and 4 (d)
Filling works at Portion
2 and 4 (e)
Construction of site
haul road at Portion 4 (f)
Waterworks at Portion 1,
2 and 4 (g)
Construction of noise
barrier at Portion 4 |