1.
This is the 12th 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 October 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 |
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EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
6th
October 2020 |
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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) |
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 |
5,9,15,21,27 Oct 2020 |
N/A |
5,6,9,12,15,16,21,22,27,28 Oct 2020 |
6,12,16,22, 28 Oct 2020 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
5,9,15,21,27 Oct 2020 |
N/A |
5,9,15,21,27 Oct 2020 |
5,9,15,21,27 Oct 2020 |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient
Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination |
3,8,14,20,24,30 Oct 2020 |
N/A |
3,8,14,20,24,30 Oct 2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
5,15,21,27 Oct 2020 |
28 Oct 2020 |
6,12,22,28 Oct 2020 |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
20 Oct 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* |
5,15,22,29 Oct 2020 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
Monitoring of Measures
to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream |
30 Oct 2020 |
N/A* |
30 Oct 2020 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Monitoring of Measures to
Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from
Disturbance and Pollution |
23,30 Oct 2020 |
23,30 Oct 2020 |
23 Oct 2020 |
23 Oct 2020 |
N/A* |
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Environmental Site
Inspection |
6,15,20,27 Oct 2020 |
28 Oct 2020 |
9,16,20,30 Oct 2020 |
7,12,19,27 Oct 2020 |
8,14,22,29 Oct 2020 |
Remark:
N/A
¡V No relevant monitoring is required according to
updated EM&A Manual
N/A*
¡V 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 |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Landfill
Gas |
O2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CH4 |
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CO2 |
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 (November
and December 2020) |
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Ground Investigation, Site Clearance, Tree Felling
in Portion 1f; (b)
Site Clearance, Ground Investigation, Construct temporary road in Portion 2 (c)
Tree Survey, Site
Clearance in Portion 3 (d)
Construct temporary
noise barrier, construct open channel and sand trap in Portion 4 (e)
Site Clearance,
temporary slope cutting temporary soil nailing in Portion 5 (f)
Site Clearance,
temporary slope cutting temporary soil nailing, sheetpiling
and excavation, pipes laying, pre-bored H-piling in Portion 6a (g)
Provide soil treatment
for HAC soil by ECM in Portion 6b; (h)
Site Clearance, Tree
felling, Construction of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road, Land
contamination assessment in Area T1, T2 & T3 in Portion 7; (i)
Site Clearance,
Construction of Retaining Wall, cut slope and soil nailing works, forming
site access in Portion 8a; (j)
Tree Survey, Site
Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 9b&9d (k)
Site clearance,
Stockpile of soil in Portion 9c; (l)
Site Clearance, Tree
felling, sheetpiling and excavation works, Pipes
Laying in Portion 10a; and (m)
Site Clearance in 10b (n)
Site Clearance,
Demolition of existing structure in Portion 11a |
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Site Clearance, Demolition of existing structure (b)
Tree Felling (c)
Trial Pit (d)
GI (e)
Hoarding erection (f)
Pre-bored Socketed H-pile (g)
ELS (h)
Lowering the Existing Carriageway |
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Road and Drainage work,
Soil Replacing in Portion 1; (b)
Portion 2 to Portion 20 -
Recommended initial
maintenance work -
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
storage shed and type 2 Storage House -
Wetland Creation & Restoration
works after Obtaining Approval from AFCD (c)
Portion 22 and Portion
27 -
Site Clearance and Demolition at Portion 22 -
Fish Cage Placing for Pre-Translocation |
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Site Clearance (b)
Establishment of Temporary Site (c)
Tree Felling (d)
Trial Pits (e)
Installation of site hoarding, fencing and temp.
facilities (f)
Construction of PM¡¦s Site Accommodation/Ground
Investigation/Pre-drilling (g)
Ground Investigation/Pre-drilling (h)
Bored piling (i)
Socketed H-pile installation (j)
Footpath construction (k)
Removal of existing noise barrier |
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Construction of superstructure and finishing works
of Management Office Building (MOB) at Portion 4. (b)
Breaking up the concrete
surface and disposal of C&D material off site at Portion 3 (c)
Construction of
underground utilities in the final stage market at Portion 3. (d)
Tree felling at Portion 6 (e)
Off-site fabrication and welding test of columns and steel
truss of steel canopy in China. (f)
Application of coating for columns and steel truss of
steel canopy in China. (g)
Demolition of existing public toilet at Portion 5. Site
clearance and concreting of blinding layer for erection of container type
toilets. (h)
Relocation of Refuse Collection Point (RCP) from Portion 3
to Portion 6. Demolition of existing public toilet. (i)
Slope improvement works at Portion 6. |