EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

1. This is the 52^nd 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 February 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 ¡V 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
	EP-468/2013/A	Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5	1 June 2020
	EP-470/2013/A	Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works	23 March 2020
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 and Fanling North New Development Areas, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park	EP-468/2013/A	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 ¡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	EP-475/2013/A	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

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

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
		ND/2019/01	ND/2019/02	ND/2019/03	ND/2019/04	ND/2019/05	ND/2019/06	ND/2019/07

1-hr Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Monitoring	FLN-DMS1	N/A	N/A	6, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Feb 24	6, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Feb 24	N/A	N/A	N/A
	FLN-DMS3			N/A	N/A	6, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Feb 24
	FLN-DMS5			5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A
	KTN-DMS4(B)	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24		5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A
24-hr TSP Monitoring	FLN-DMS1	N/A	N/A	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A	N/A	N/A
	FLN-DMS3			N/A	N/A	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24
	FLN-DMS5A			5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A
	KTN-DMS4(B)	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24		5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A
Noise Monitoring	CP-FLN-NMS1	N/A			6, 15, 21 and 27 Feb 24			N/A
	CP-FLN-NMS2	N/A				6, 15, 21 and 27 Feb 24	N/A
	CP-KTN-NMS2	5, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A	N/A
	CP-KTN-NMS3
	CP-KTN-NMS5
	CP-KTN-NMS6	N/A	5, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24
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	5, 15, 16, 19, 23, 27 and 28 Feb 2024	5, 15, 19 and 28 Feb 2024	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	22 and 26 Feb 24	22 and 26 Feb 24	22 Feb 24	22 Feb 24	22 Feb 24	N/A*	N/A*
Egretry Monitoring		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination		5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A	5, 8, 14, 20 and 26 Feb 24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Water Quality Monitoring		N/A	2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26 and 28 Feb 24	N/A	2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26 and 28 Feb 24	N/A	N/A	N/A
Landfill Gas Monitoring		21 Feb 24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Built Heritage Monitoring		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Environmental Site Inspection

6, 15, 19 and 29 Feb 24

7, 14, 22 and 28 Feb 24

2, 5, 16 and 20 Feb 24

1, 5, 15, 22 and 29 Feb 24

8, 14, 19 and 26 Feb 24

NIL

2, 6, 16 and 23 Feb 24

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

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

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
		Action Level	Limit Level		Action Level	Limit Level
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)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Water Quality	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
	CO2
Cultural heritage	Built Heritage Monitoring	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ecological Monitoring	Avifauna	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Non-aquatic fauna	3	3	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 (1) Action Level exceedance was recorded. No 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.

12. Three (3) action level exceedance and three (3) limit level exceedance for non-aquatic fauna were recorded at T3, T4 & T6. The exceedance were considered non-project related, as large proportion of vegetative habitat along T3 were observed either removed and tarmacked as haul road by construction works outside of project, first reported in the Monthly Monitoring Report in December 2021. Limited rainfall throughout the reporting month might also have influenced availability of microhabitat for odonates, and thus number of species of odonates recorded. In addition, necessary Ecological mitigation measure were provided by all nearby project-related sites. No evidence to suggest that the exceedance was related to project activities.

13. The ecological monitoring result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix L.

Complaint Log

14. One (1) environmental complaint was received in the reporting month. The complaint regarding construction noise is for ND/2019/04, which was referred by EPD on 2 Feb 2024 for the complaint case received by EPD on the same day.

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

15. No notification of summons or successful prosecutions was received in the reporting month.

Reporting Changes

16. 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).

Future Key Issues

17. 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 (March to May 2024)
ND/2019/01		(a) Drainage works, watermain works, sheet piles, site formation and slope works in Portion 1a (b) Site formation, erection of hoarding and construction of noise barrier in Portion 1c (c) Sheet Piling, Site formation work, construction of subway, road works and drainage works in Portion 2 (d) Site formation, site clearance, excavation, slope work, drainage and watermain works in Portion 3 (e) Watermain works, excavation, backfilling, road works and pipe jacking in Portion 5 (f) Drainage works, backfilling, road works and watermains works in Portion 6a (g) Operation of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b (h) Sheet piling, excavation, stockpile of soil, drainage works and watermain works in Portion 7 (i) RC construction of fresh water reservoir, backfilling works, drainage works, watermain works and ELS installation for receiving pit in Portion 8a (j) Trenchless work, excavation, watermain works and ground treatment in Portion 8b (k) Sheet piling, excavation, road works, drainage works and watermain works in Portion 9b (l) Site formation in Portion 11b (m) Site clearance, removal of existing structure, site formation and stockpile of soil 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 2 to Portion 20C - Wetland creation & restoration, Dry agricultural land creation - Construction of Water Treatment Wetland - Tree felling and tree pruning work - Construction of Dry Weather Flow Interception (DWFI)
ND/2019/04		(a) Pile Cap (b) Back Filling (c) Excavation (d) Grouting (e) Sheet Piling (f) Road works (g) Formwork and Scaffolding Erection (h) Rebar Fixing (i) Bore pile (j) ELS
ND/2019/05		(a) North Team Works - Backfilling and drainage work at C4 02 & C4 01. - Backfilling at C3 03, C3 04, portion II & C2 01. - Haul Road to bridge deck In On Lok Garden. - Construction of remaining abutment wall near portal B2 01. - Construction of FW 53. - Water works & drainage works at Jockey Club Rd. - Slope toe drainage works of FS05 at Jockey Club Rd. - Road works of northbound of Jockey Club Rd & ducting works at central median and across Jockey Club Rd. - Construction of new box culvert extension & retaining wall & slope works at Tong Hang Tsuen. - Drainage works DN 900 at On Kui Street near B1. - Cross head construction at B2 01, B2 02 & B2 03. (b) Viaduct Works - Segments erection by LG at Bridges nos. C1 & C2. - SOP construction at D2-01. - Trimming of existing lift tower no. NF83A. - Construction of Bridge B1. - Precast parapet skin fabrication. - Parapet construction at Bridge nos. C4, D1 and E1. - Segment fabrication for Bridge no. B2. - Carrier drain installation at Bridge nos. C3, C4, D1 and E1. - Deck void lighting installation at Bridge nos. C3, C4, D1 and E1. (c) South Team Works - TWSRW ¡V Road work and UUs laying (Section P800 CH 450 to 600). - TWSRW ¡V Hydroseeding at FS04, strengthening work of rock surface at FS04 - TWSRW ¡V Construction of FS04 slope toe u-channel - TWSRW ¡V Gas (IPA400 and HP600) diversion work - TWRSW ¡V Sewerage Ø600mm pipe laying to FS04 - TWSRW ¡V Construction of D2-04M pile cap - HKY FB (East) ¡V Installation of floor tiles and railing - HKY FB (West) ¡V Construction of LT2 pile cap - TWRSE ¡V Implementation of TTA376 (BBI TTA stage 3 diversion) - TWRSE ¡V Construction of BBI Toilet to Roof Top - TWRSE ¡V Construction of Feature Wall FW02 - E4-02 and E403M ¡V Construction of pile cap - NB109 ¡V Bay 13~20 ELS works - NB69 ¡V Bay 2~8 ELS works - NB110 ¡V Bay 6~7 ELS works - NB29 U-trough ¡V Bay 10~13 footing construction - E304b, E4-01 and E4-02 ¡V pier * pier head construction (d) Form Traveler - E3-01 ¡V FT dismantling - E2-03 ¡V construction 1st to 3rd pair - D2-02 ¡V construction to 11th pair & FT dismantling - D2-03 ¡V construction 7th pair to 9th pair - E2-01 - construction 05rd pair to 08th pair
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 2, 3, 4 (g) Construction of noise barrier at Portion 4 and 5 (h) Waterworks at Portion 1, 2 and 4