1. This
is the 51st 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 January 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
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Works Contracts |
Environmental Permit No. |
Designated Project (DP) |
Commencement date of construction |
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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 |
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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 – 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 |
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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 |
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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 –
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 |
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EP-546/2017 |
Fanling
North Temporary Sewage Pumping Station |
16 February 2021 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
3, 9, 15,
19, 25 and 31 Jan 24 |
3, 9, 15,
19, 25 and 31 Jan 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 15,
19, 25 and 31 Jan 24 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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24-hr
TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
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FLN-DMS5A |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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Noise
Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
3, 9, 15,
25 and 31 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
3, 9, 15,
25 and 31 Jan 24 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
2, 8, 18,
24 and 30 Jan 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 |
2, 8, 18,
24 and 30 Jan 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, 8, 10, 15, 18, 22, 24, 29 and 30 Jan 2024 |
3, 8, 18, 24 and 30 Jan 2024 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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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* |
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Monitoring
of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive
Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
25 and 31 Jan 24 |
25 and 31 Jan 24 |
25 Jan 24 |
25 Jan 24 |
25 Jan 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 |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
2, 8, 12,
18, 24 and 30 Jan 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Water
Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 4, 6,
8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29 and 31 Jan 24 |
N/A |
2, 4, 6,
8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29 and 31 Jan 24 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
30 Jan 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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2, 9, 17, 23 and 30 Jan 24 |
3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 Jan 24 |
5, 12, 16 and 23 Jan 24 |
4, 11, 15 and 25 Jan 24 |
2, 8, 18, 22 and 29 Jan 24 |
NIL |
5, 12, 19 and 26 Jan 24 |
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
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
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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 |
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24-hr TSP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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24-hr
RSP (Ambient Arsenic) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Noise |
Leq(30min) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Water Quality |
DO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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 |
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Ecological
Monitoring |
Avifauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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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.
Two (2) Action Level exceedances
were 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 T1, T3 & 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. Cold weather
throughout the month and during the survey might also have influenced 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. Two
(2) environmental complaints were received in the reporting month. The
complaint regarding construction
noise
near On Lok Garden is for ND/2019/05, which was referred by EPD on 9 Jan 2024
for the complaint case received by EPD on 5 Jan 2024.
15. The
other complaint regarding construction noise near Ma Sik Road is for
ND/2019/04, which was referred by EPD on 10 Jan 2024 for the complaint case
received by EPD on 5 Jan 2024. The investigation of both complaints were completed in January 2024 and will be reported in this
report.
Notification of Summons and
Successful Prosecutions
16. No
notification of summons or successful prosecutions was received in the
reporting month.
17. 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).
18.
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 (February to April 2024) |
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ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Drainage works, watermain
works and sheet piles 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 work in Portion 7 (i)
Construction of retaining
wall, RC construction of fresh water reservoir, excavation at WSD’s
maintenance access, backfilling works, drainage works and pipe pile wall
installation 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)
Removal of existing
structure in Portion 11b (m)
Site clearance, tree
felling, removal of existing structure, site formation and stockpile of soil in
Portion 13 |
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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 |
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ND/2019/03 |
(a)
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 Dry
Weather Flow Interception (DWFI) -
Construction of Car Park
and Farmer’s Forum |
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ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Tree
Pruning (b)
Pile
Cap (c)
Back
Filling (d)
Excavation (e)
Grouting (f)
Sheet
Piling (g)
Road
works (h)
Formwork
and Scaffolding Erection (i)
Rebar
Fixing (j)
Bore
pile (k)
ELS |
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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. -
Road works of northbound
of Jockey Club Rd & ducting works at central median and across Jockey
Club Rd. -
Sampling of existing
pavement in southbound of Jockey Club Rd for CSD. -
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. -
Segment fabrication for
bridge D2, E4 -
Segments erection by LG at
bridges C2, C1 -
SOP construction at D2-01 -
Parapet skin fabrication
and parapet construction -
Segment fabrication for
bridge B2. (b)
South Team Works -
TWSRW – Road work and UUs
laying (Section P800 CH 450 to 600). -
TWSRW – Construction of
lower berm and Hydroseeding at FS04. -
TWSRW –Gas (IPA400 and
HP600) diversion work -
TWSRW – 450mm Freshwater
main 1st stage diversion -
TWSRW – Construction of
D2-04M pile cap. -
HKY FB (East) –
Installation of floor tiles and railing. -
HKY FB (West) –
Construction of LT2 pile cap -
E3-04a, E304b, E4-01 and
E4-02 – cap construction -
E305M Pier Head
construction -
NB109 – Bay 13~20 ELS
works -
NB69 – Bay 2~8 ELS works -
NB110 – Bay 6~7 ELS works -
NB29 U-through – Bay 9~10
footing construction -
Retaining Wall FW02 -
Removal Sign Gantry DS64 (c)
Form Traveler -
E3-01 – construction 6th
pair -
E2-02 –FT erection -
D2-02 – construction 10th
to 11th pair -
D2-03 – construction 5th
pair to 8th pair -
E2-01 - construction 3rd
pair to 7th pair |
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ND/2019/06 |
The
construction phase has been completed and handed over to AFCD since 4 April
2022. |
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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 |
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