1. This
is the 63rd 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 2025.
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 |
|
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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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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, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
3, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
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|
FLN-DMS5A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
9, 15, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
9, 15, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
2, 8, 14, 20 and 28 Jan 25 |
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, 14, 20 and 28 Jan 25 |
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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, 6, 7, 14, 18, 20, 21, 27 and 28 Jan 25 |
2,
6, 14, 20 and 28 Jan 25 |
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 |
10 and 13 Jan 25 |
10 and 13 Jan 25 |
10 Jan 25 |
10 Jan 25 |
10 Jan 25 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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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 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 24 and 28 Jan
25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
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Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17,
20, 22, 24 and 27 Jan 25 |
N/A |
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17,
20, 22, 24 and 27 Jan 25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
3
Jan 25 |
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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7, 16, 21 and 28 Jan 25 |
8, 15, 22 and 28 Jan 25 |
7, 16, 21 and 28 Jan 25 |
2, 9, 15, 21 and 27 Jan 25 |
6, 16, 20 and 27 Jan 25 |
NIL |
6, 15, 23 and 27 Jan 25 |
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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
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 |
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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) |
1 |
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 |
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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 |
|
Ecological Monitoring |
Avifauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Non-aquatic
fauna |
0 |
2 |
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. One (1) Action Level exceedance was
recorded due to one noise complaint was received in the reporting month. 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. Two (2) Limit Level exceedance
for non-aquatic fauna were recorded at T3 & 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
12.
Two (2) environmental
complaints were
received in the reporting month. The first complaint regarding soil/muddy
water near Ma Wat River next to construction site under ND/2019/05 was received
by EPD on 22, 31 December 2024 and 2 January 2025 and referred by EPD on 7
January 2025. The second complaint regarding noise from construction site of
ND/2019/05, received by EPD on 6 January 2025, and referred by EPD on 10
January 2025. Details are shown in Appendix
S.
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 (February
to April 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, road lighting works,
ELS construction, sewage works, backfill and road 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, RC construction of fresh water reservoir, 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)
Pile
Cap (b)
Back
Filling (c)
Excavation (d)
Grouting (e)
Road
works (f)
Formwork
and Scaffolding Erection (g)
Rebar
Fixing (h)
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 |