14.1
This is the 11th
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report which presents the
EM&A works undertaken during the period in September 2017 in accordance
with EM&A Manual and the requirement under EP.
Air Quality Monitoring
14.2
All 1-hour TSP monitoring
was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level
exceedance was recorded.
14.3
All 24-hour TSP monitoring
was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level
exceedance was recorded.
Construction Noise
Monitoring
14.4
All noise monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. Eleven Action Level exceedance
was recorded due to the documented complaints received in the reporting month.
No Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Water Quality
Monitoring
14.5
Groundwater monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. Action and Limit Level
exceedance are considered to be non-Project related.
14.6
All marine water monitoring
was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level
exceedance was recorded.
Ecological Monitoring
14.7
Fourth port-translocation
coral monitoring survey is scheduled in November 2017 tentatively.
Monitoring on
Cultural Heritage
14.8
No Alert Alarm and Action (AAA) Level exceedance of
vibration monitoring on cultural heritage was
recorded in the reporting month.
Landscape and Visual Monitoring and Audit
14.9
No non-compliance of the landscape and visual impact
was recorded in the reporting month.
Landfill Gas Monitoring
14.10 Monitoring of landfill gases in the reporting month was carried out by the Contractor at excavation location, Portion III. No Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Environmental Site Inspection
14.11 Joint
weekly site inspections were conducted by representatives of the Contractor,
Engineer and Environmental Team. During site inspections in the reporting month, no non-compliance was identified.
Complaint, Prosecution and Notification of
Summons
14.12 Fifteen environmental
complaint, no successful prosecution or notification of summons were received
during the reporting period.
14.13 The following recommendations were
made to the Contractor for
the reporting month:
Air Quality Impact
·
To implement dust suppression measures such as water
spray on all haul roads, stockpiles, dry surfaces and open slopes.
·
To
cover stockpile of dusty material by impervious material.
Construction Noise
·
To provide noise
mitigation measures (e.g. Temporary noise barrier
or Full enclosure) to PME as proposed in
the approved Noise Mitigation Plan.
·
To repair the gaps between
the noise barriers.
Water Quality Impact
·
To provide and repair
the silt curtain to fully enclose the site and prevent any gap between the silt curtains.
·
To review and implement temporary drainage system.
·
To clear the litter, debris, silt and sediment in
drainage or catchpits.
·
To remove the sand or
dusty material deposited near the seafront.
·
To provide bund or covers to gullies and stockpile
storage area on site to avoid leakage of surface runoff.
·
To divert all the water generated from construction
site to de-silting facilities with enough handling capacity before discharge.
·
To maintain the sedimentation tank more frequently to
ensure proper wastewater treatment before discharge.
Waste/Chemical
Management
·
To remove construction
waste regularly.
·
To
avoid any discharge or accidental spillage of chemical waste or oil directly
from the equipment.
·
To provide drip tray to chemical containers to
avoid any chemical leakage.
Landscape and Visual
·
To set up proper tree
protection area.
·
To avoid placing any construction materials in the
tree protection zone.