TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Executive Summary   1

1.       INTRODUCTION   2

2.       AIR QUALITY   5

3.       NOISE   7

4.       LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL   9

5.       WASTE MANAGEMENT   10

6.       SITE INSPECTION   11

7.       ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE   12

8.       IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES   13

9.       FUTURE KEY ISSUES   14

10.     Conclusions   15

 

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

Event Action Plans

Appendix D

Waste Flow Table

Appendix E

Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedule (EMIS)

Appendix F

Weather and Meteorological Conditions during Reporting Month

Appendix G

Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

Appendix H

Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Month

Appendix I

Outstanding Issues and Deficiencies

Appendix J

Action and Limit Levels for Air Quality and Noise

 

 

 


Executive Summary

 

 i.     The Civil Engineering and Development Department HKSAR has appointed MateriaLab Consultants Limited (MCL) 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 September and 30 September 2020. As informed by the Contractor, major activities in the reporting month were:

 

ž   Utility laying

ž   Construction of road base and road pavement

ž   Landscape works – irrigation systems, tree and shrub planting

ž   Laying Cable and Construction for Road Lighting

Breaches of the Action and Limit Levels

 

iii.   No Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded for 24-hr TSP and construction noise at KTD1, KTD2c and KER1 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.   There was no reporting change in the reporting month.

 

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 impacts.