TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Executive Summary   I

1.       INTRODUCTION   1

2.       AIR QUALITY   4

3.       NOISE   9

4.       LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL   13

5.       WASTE MANAGEMENT   14

6.       SITE INSPECTION   15

7.       ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE   16

8.       IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES   17

9.       FUTURE KEY ISSUES   18

10.     Conclusions   19

 

 

FIGURES

 

Figure 1                 Project General Layout

Figure 2                 Air and Noise Monitoring Locations

 

 

LIST OF APPENDICES

 

Appendix A	Construction Programme
Appendix B	Project Organization Chart
Appendix C	Action and Limit Levels for Air Quality and Noise
Appendix D	Calibration Certificates of Monitoring Equipment
Appendix E	Environmental Monitoring Schedules
Appendix F	Air Quality Monitoring Data
Appendix G	Noise Monitoring Data
Appendix H	Event Action Plans
Appendix I	Waste Flow Table
Appendix J	Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedule (EMIS)
Appendix K	Weather and Meteorological Conditions during Reporting Month
Appendix L	Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions
Appendix M	Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Month
Appendix N	Outstanding Issues and Deficiencies

 

Executive Summary

 

 i.   The Civil Engineering and Development Department HKSAR has appointed Fugro Technical Services Limited (FTS) to undertake the Environmental Team services for the Project and implement the EM&A works.

 

ii.   This Monthly EM&A report presents the environmental monitoring and audit works for the period between 1 August 2018 and 31 August 2018. As informed by the Contractor, major activities in the reporting month were:

 

ž   Excavation and laying of drainage pipe and manhole;

ž   Construction of tunnel box structure;

ž   Excavation and ELS construction.

 

Breaches of the Action and Limit Levels

 

iii.   No Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded for 24-hr TSP and construction noise at KTD1a, KTD2a, KTD2b and KER1b in the reporting month.

 

Complaint, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecution

 

iv.   No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution were received in the reporting month.

 

Reporting Changes

 

v.        Due to the handover of the site to the Hospital Authority in mid-July 2018 to become the future site of the New Acute Hospital. The proposal of relocation of monitoring location KTD2a was submitted to EPD on 20 July 2018 for approval under condition 3.1 of EP-337/2009, EP339/2009/A and EP-451/2013 and Section 11.3.1.2 of the EM&A Manual, AEIAR-174/2013, and was approved by EPD on 25 July 2018. Monitoring location KTD2a was relocated to the approved location KTD2b, effective from 9 August 2018.

 

Future Key Issues

 

vi.   The key issues to be considered in the coming reporting month include:

 

Potential environmental impacts arising from the above construction activities are mainly associated with construction dust, construction noise, water quality, waste management and landscape and visual impact.