1. This is the 11th 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 September
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/2019/03 - 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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|
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/2019/03 |
ND/2019/05 |
ND/2019/06 |
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|
1-hr Total Suspended Particulates (TSP)
Monitoring |
1,7,11,17,23,29 Sep 2020 |
1, 3, 7,
9,11,15,17,21,23,29,30 Sep 2020 |
3, 9, 15, 21,25,30 Sep 2020 |
N/A |
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|
24-hr TSP Monitoring |
1,7,11,17,23,29 Sep 2020 |
1,2,7,8,11,14,17,18,23,24,29,30
Sep 2020 |
2,8,14,18,24, 30 Sep
2020 |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for
Land Contamination |
4,10,16,22,28 Sep 2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
1,11,17,23,29 Sep 2020 |
N/A# |
3,9,15,21,30 Sep 2020 |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
26 Sep 2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Ecological Survey |
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Disturbance to Water Birds on Sheung Yue River, and Long Valley |
N/A* |
8,15,22,29 Sep 2020 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream |
23 Sep 2020 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on
Ecological Sensitive Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
18, 25 Sep 2020 |
N/A* |
25 Sep 2020 |
N/A* |
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|
Environmental Site Inspection |
1,8,14,22,29 Sep 2020 |
4,11,17,25,29 Sep 2020 |
9,14,21,28 Sep 2020 |
3,11,17,23,29 Sep 2020 |
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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)
N/A# – Since the distance between noise monitoring
station CP-FLN-NMS2 and site boundary of corresponding contract under EP
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 |
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|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
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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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.
|
Contract No. |
Site
Activities (October and November 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 in Portion
6a (g)
Completion of Soil Treatment Facility,
Pilot trial for Ex-situ cement mixing (ECM) for soil treatment, 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)
Ground Investigation, Construction of
Retaining Wall, cut slope and soil nailing works in Portion 8a; (j)
Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground
Investigation in Portion 9b&9d (k)
Stockpile of soil in Portion 9c; (l)
Site Clearance, Tree felling, Excavation,
Pipes Laying in Portion 10a; and (m)
Site Clearance, Demolition of existing
structure in 10b |
|
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 at
Portion 18 in Portion 2 to 20 -
Installation of Lockable Gate at Portion 18 -
Construction of Irrigation Channel -
Geotechnical Works in Long Valley(Trail
Pits & Drill Hole) -
Construction of Temporary Road 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)
Site clearance and Demolition in Portion 22 (d)
Fish Cage Placing for Pre-Translocation in Portion 23 and 24 (e)
Fence off Portion 26 |
|
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 |
|
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Construction of Management Office Building; (b)
Breaking up the concrete surface and
disposal of C&D material off site at Portion 3 (c)
Construction of footings of steel canopy of
final stage market (d)
Tree felling at Portion 3 and 6 (e)
Fabrication
of Container type toilets for relocation of public toilet (f)
Fabrication and welding test
of columns and steel truss of steel canopy in China. (g)
Application of coating for
columns and steel truss of steel canopy in China. (h)
Site clearance and concreting
of blinding layer for erection of container type toilets. (i)
Erection of temporary public
toilet. Connection of electricity
and water supply for the container type toilets. (j)
Demolition of existing public
toilet. (k)
Relocation of Refuse
Collection Point (RCP). |