11           ENVIRONMENTAL NON-CONFORMANCE

Summary of Exceedances

11.1     One (1) Action Level and Two (2) Limit Level for turbidity of impact water quality monitoring were recorded. After investigation, all the exceedance at SYR-IS1, NTR-IS1 and SHST-IS2 was considered caused by other external factors rather than the contract works.

11.2     No Action/Limit Level exceedance for air quality, ambient arsenic, built heritage and landfill gas monitoring was recorded in the reporting month.

11.3     One (1) Action Level for construction noise monitoring was recorded. The summary of exceedance record in the reporting month is shown in Appendix O.

11.4     Ecological monitoring was carried out in the reporting month. Two (2) Action Level exceedance and four (4) Limit Level exceedance for non-aquatic fauna were recorded at T1, T3, T5 and T6. The exceedances recorded were for herpetofauna at T1, T3 & T5, and for odonates at T1, T3 & T6. The exceedances were considered non-project related, as no evidence to suggest that the exceedances were related to project activities, supported by environmental monitoring data.

11.5     Should the monitoring results of the environmental monitoring parameters at any designated monitoring stations indicate that Action / Limit Levels are exceeded, the actions in accordance with the Event/Action Plan in Appendix N would be carried out.

Summary of Environmental Non-Compliance

11.6     No environmental non-compliance was recorded in the reporting month.

Summary of Environmental Complaint

11.7     Three (3) environmental complaints were received in the reporting month. The Cumulative Complaint Log since the commencement of the Project is presented in Appendix S.

Summary of Environmental Summon and Successful Prosecution

11.8     There was no successful environmental prosecution or notification of summons received since the Project commencement. The Cumulative Log for environmental summon and successful prosecution since the commencement of the Project is presented in Appendix T.