1.
This is the 14th monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report under First Phase
Development of Kwu Tung North (KTN) and Fanling North (FLN) New Development Areas (NDAs),
comprising the Advance Works and First Stage Works (the Project). This report
was 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 Environmental Monitoring and
Audit (EM&A) work conducted in December 2020.
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 |
Castle Peak Road Diversion |
12th 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 |
12th August 2020 |
|
|
Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to
D5 |
1st June 2020 |
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|
Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE)
from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works |
23rd
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 |
28th October 2020 |
|
Contract No. ND/2019/03 - Kwu
Tung North New Development Area, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature
Park |
Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to
D5 |
3rd
July 2020 |
|
|
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
6th October 2020 |
|
|
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) |
1st
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 |
29th
October 2019 |
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 |
Works Contracts |
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|
ND/2019/01 |
ND/2019/02 |
ND/2019/03 |
ND/2019/05 |
ND/2019/06 |
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1-hr
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Monitoring |
4, 10, 16, ,22, 28, 31 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29, 31
Dec 2020 |
1, 7, 11, 17, 23, 29 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
|
|
24-hr
TSP Monitoring |
4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 31 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 31 Dec 2020 |
4, 10, 16, 22, 28 Dec 2020 |
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|
24-hr
RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination |
3, 9, 15, 21, 24, 30 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21, 24, 30 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
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Noise
Monitoring |
4, 10, 16, 22, 28 Dec 2020 |
4, 10, 16, 22, 28 Dec 2020 |
1, 7, 17, 23, 29 Dec 2020 |
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Landfill
Gas Monitoring |
24 Dec 2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Ecologic-al Survey |
Monitoring
of Measures to Minimise
Disturbance to Water
Birds on Ng Tung River, Sheung Yue River,
and Long Valley |
N/A* |
N/A* |
10, 11, 14, 15, 21, 23, 30, 31 Dec 2020 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring
of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive
Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
7, 18 Dec 2020 |
7, 18 Dec 2020 |
7 Dec 2020 |
7 Dec 2020 |
N/A* |
|
|
Environmental
Site Inspection |
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec 2020 |
2, 9, 18, 23, 30 Dec 2020 |
4, 11, 15, 22 30 Dec 2020 |
9, 14, 21, 28 Dec 2020 |
3, 10, 14, 24, 31 Dec 2020 |
|
Remark:
N/A – No relevant
monitoring is required according to updated EM&A Manual
N/A* – No relevant monitoring is required according
to Baseline Ecological Monitoring Plan (Table 3.1)
[1]Since the distance
between noise monitoring station CP-FLN-NMS2 and site
boundary of ND/2019/03 under EP-473/2013/A exceeds 300m. The monitoring station
is not applicable to the contract.
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) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Landfill Gas |
O2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
CH4 |
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|
CO2 |
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5. All
construction air quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
6.
All construction noise monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
7.
No construction of channel for alternation
of natural streams was carried out in the reporting month. Therefore, no water
quality monitoring was conducted. For the details, please refer to Section 5.
8.
All ambient arsenic monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance
was recorded.
9.
Monitoring of landfill gases 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.
10. All
ecological monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. Action
and limit level will be compared after the issue of Final Baseline Ecological
Report. The ecological monitoring result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix H.
11.
No environmental complaint was received in
the reporting month.
12.
No notification of summons or successful
prosecutions was received in the reporting month.
13.
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).
14.
The major site
activities for the coming two months are shown in Table IV.
Table IV Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Two
Months
|
Contract
No. |
Site
Activities (January 2021 and February 2021) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site clearance and site
formation in Portion 1f; (b)
Site clearance, ground
investigation, working platform erection for soil nail in Portion 2 (c)
Site clearance and ground
investigation in
Portion 3 (d)
Erection
of temporary noise barrier steel frame and laying of rising mains in Portion
4 (e)
Site clearance, temporary
slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, Stockpile of soil, Ground
Investigation in
Portion 5 (f)
Site
Clearance, temporary slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying, backfilling,
pre-bored H-piling in Portion 6a (g)
Arsenic
soil treatment works in Portion 6b (h)
Site
Clearance, Construction of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road,
Construction of site accommodation in Area T2 and T3 in Portion 7 (i)
Ground
Investigation, Construction of Retaining Wall, slope cutting, soil nailing,
slope drainage and maintenance access construction, Excavation for Fresh
Water Service Reservoir, RC construction of Flushing Water Service Reservoir
in Portion 8a (j)
Ground
Investigation in Portion 8b (k)
Construction of temporary haul road in Portion 9b (l)
Site
clearance, Stockpile of soil in Portion 9c (m)
Excavation,
sheetpiling for ELS, pipes laying in Portion 10a (n)
Site
Clearance in Portion 10b (o)
Laying of rising mains in in Portion 11b (p)
Site clearance, Construction of temporary sewage
pumping station, laying of rising mains in Portion 14 (q)
Site clearance, Construction of CLC in Portion 16 |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
GI (b)
Trial Pit (c)
Tree
felling (d)
Hoarding
erection (e)
Pre-bored
Socketed H-pile |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Drainage
works along Yin Kong Road, soil replacing in Portion 1; (b)
Portion 2
to Portion 20 -
Erection
of Permanent Boundary Structure -
Construction
of Irrigation Channel -
Geotechnical
Works in Long Valley (Trail Pits & Drill Hole) -
Construction
of Temporary Road in Long Valley -
Asbestos
Removal in Long Valley -
Demolition
of Existing Construction in Handed over Area -
Construction
works of type 2 Storage House -
Construction
of Outdoor Composting Facility -
Construction
of Bird Hide -
Construction
of Outdoor Classroom -
Wetland
Creation & Restoration works after Obtaining Approval from AFCD (c)
Portion
22 and Portion 27 -
Planting at Portion 22 |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Ground investigation works (b)
Pre-drilling for bored poles (c)
Bored oiling (d)
Socketed H-pile installation (e)
Construction of haul road (f)
Construction of Footpath (g)
Footing construction (h)
Site Formation (i)
Utilities Diversion works (j)
Project Manager’s site Accommodation Construction
(k)
Tree Transplant (l)
TTA (m) Drainage & Water Mains construction (n)
Temporary removal of noise barrier and sign
gantry |
|
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Construction of finishing
works, E&M works and Building Services works of Management Office
Building (MOB) at Portion 4. (b)
Installation
of steel canopy column at Portion 3. (c)
Construction
of underground utilities in the final stage market at Portion 3. (d)
Formation
of carriageway and footway at Portion 3. (e)
Off-site fabrication, welding and
application of coating of columns and steel truss of steel canopy in China. (f)
Slope improvement works at Portion 6. |