1.
This is the 20th 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 June 2021.
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 |
|
|
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
6th October 2020 |
|
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Contract No. ND/2019/04 – Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1:
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (Shek Wu San Tsuen North to Lung Yeuk Tau) |
EP-473/2013/A |
Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road) |
23rd
February 2021 |
|
EP-546/2017 |
Fanling North Temporary Sewage Pumping
Station |
16th
February 2021 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Contract No. ND/2019/07 – Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Site
Formation and Infrastructure Works |
Works area not under relevant Environmental Permit for Phase 1 of the
Project. |
1st March 2021 |
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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/2019/04 |
ND/2019/05 |
ND/2019/06 |
ND/2019/07 |
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1-hr Total Suspended Particulates
(TSP) Monitoring |
2, 8, 11, 17, 23, 29 June 2021 |
N/A |
1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29 June 2021 |
1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 29 June 2021 |
1, 7, 10, 16, 22, 28 June 2021 |
N/A |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
2, 8, 11, 17, 23, 29 June 2021 |
N/A |
2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30 June 2021 |
2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30 June 2021 |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25, 30 June 2021 |
N/A |
N/A |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring
for Land Contamination |
1, 7, 10, 16, 22, 28 June 2021 |
N/A |
1, 7, 10, 16, 22, 28 June 2021 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
2, 11, 17, 23, 29 June 2021 |
N/A |
1, 7, 16, 22 June 2021 |
N/A |
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Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 June 2021 |
N/A |
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 June 2021 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
22 June 2021 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Built Heritage Monitoring |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Daily assessment subject to construction
works conducted within assessment area |
N/A |
N/A |
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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* |
2, 3, 10, 11, 15, 17, 21, 24, 28, 30 June 2021 |
2, 10, 15, 24, 28, June 2021 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Monitoring of Measures to Minimise
Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and Siu Hang San Tsuen Stream |
22 June 2021 |
N/A* |
22 June 2021 |
22 June 2021 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Monitoring of Measures to Minimise
Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
9, 18 June 2021 |
9, 18 June 2021 |
9 June 2021 |
9 June 2021 |
9 June 2021 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Environmental Site Inspection |
1, 8, 16, 22, 29 June 2021 |
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June 2021 |
4, 11, 18, 22 June 2021 |
3, 10, 17, 24 June 2021 |
9, 15, 21, 28 June 2021 |
3, 10, 17, 24, 30 June 2021 |
4, 9, 18, 25 June 2021 |
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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)
[1] Since the distance
between monitoring station CP-KTN-NMS2 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under
EP-468/2013/A exceeds 300m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03
[2] Since the distance
between monitoring station CP-KTN-NMS3 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under
EP-468/2013/A exceeds 300m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03
[3] Since the distance
between monitoring station CP-KTN-NMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/02 under
EP-469/2013 exceeds 300m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/02
[4] Since the distance
between monitoring station FLN-DMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/05 under
EP-473/2013/A exceeds500m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/05
[5] Since the distance between
monitoring station FLN-DMS3 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04
under EP-473/2013/A exceeds 500m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04
[6] Since the distance
between monitoring station FLN-DMS5 and site boundary of ND/2019/05 under
EP-473/2013/A exceeds 500m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/05
[7] Since the distance
between monitoring station CP-FLN-NMS2 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 and
ND/2019/04 under EP-473/2013/A exceeds 300m. The monitoring station is not
applicable to ND/2019/03 and ND/2019/04.
[8] Since the distance
between monitoring station CP-FLN-NMS1 and site boundary of ND/2019/03 under
EP-473/2013/A exceeds 300m. The monitoring station is not applicable to
ND/2019/03.
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 |
|
Water
Quality[1] |
DO |
1 |
12 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
SS |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Arsenic |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Landfill Gas |
O2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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CH4 |
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|
CO2 |
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Cultural heritage |
Built Heritage Monitoring |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Remark:
[1] The Action and Limit
Levels for the Additional Water Quality Monitoring is subject to the agreement
with the authority.
Air Quality
5. All
construction air quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting
month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Construction Noise
6.
All construction noise monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Water Quality
7.
All additional water quality monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. One (1) Action Level exceedance
and fifteen (15) Limit Level exceedances for dissolved oxygen, eight (8) Limit
level exceedances for turbidity, seven (7) Limit Level exceedances for
suspended solids and three (3) Action Level exceedance for arsenic of impact water quality monitoring were recorded.
After investigation, three (3) Limit Level exceedances for dissolved oxygen,
three (3) Limit level exceedances for turbidity and three (3) Limit Level
exceedances for suspended solids at monitoring station, SHST-IS2, were found
due to Contract No. ND/2019/04. Other exceedances were considered non-projected
related. No construction of channel for alternation of natural streams was
carried out in the reporting month. Therefore, no water quality monitoring
according to pre-construction ET’s Updated EM&A Manual and Baseline Water
Quality Monitoring Report (KTN & FLN NDA) was conducted. For the details,
please refer to Section 5.
Land Contamination
8.
All ambient arsenic monitoring was
conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance
was recorded.
Landfill Gas
Monitoring
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.
Built Heritage
Monitoring
10. Built
heritage monitoring in the reporting month was carried out by the Contractor under
ND/2019/05 for surveyed cultural heritage. No Limit Level exceedance was
recorded.
Ecological Monitoring
11. 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 L.
Complaint Log
12. No
environmental complaint was received in the reporting month.
Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
13. No
notification of summons or successful prosecutions was received in the
reporting month.
14. 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).
15. 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 (July 2021 and August 2021) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site clearance, site formation and additional road opening in
Portion 1f (b)
Site clearance, ground investigation, tree felling and temporary
road construction in Portion 2 (c)
Site clearance, excavation, sheetpiling and excavation, and pipes
laying in
Portion 3 (d)
Site clearance, stockpile of soil, construction of KW01 retaining
wall, sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying, and tree felling in Portion 5 (e)
Site
Clearance, sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying, backfilling,
construction of KW01 retaining wall, construction of KB01 retaining wall, and
haul road construction in Portion 6a (f)
Arsenic
soil treatment works in Portion 6b (g)
Site
clearance, sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying in Portion 7 (h)
Construction
of retaining wall, slope cutting, soil nailing, slope drainage and
maintenance access construction, excavation for Fresh Water Service
Reservoir, RC construction of Flushing Water Service Reservoir in Portion 8a (i)
Sheetpiling
for jacking pit, trenchless works and excavation in Portion 8b (j)
Sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying of existing
structures in
Portion 9b (k)
Stockpile
of soil and excavation in Portion 9c (l)
Excavation,
sheetpiling for ELS, pipes laying, noise barrier footing in Portion 10a (m)
Sheetpiling
and excavation, pipes laying in Portion 10b (n)
Construction of MBR at 11b (o)
Construction of temporary sewage pumping station in Portion 14 |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Pre-bored
Socketed H-pile (b)
Tree
felling (c)
ELS (d)
Hoarding
erection |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Underground Utilities Laying in
Portion 1; (b) Portion 2 to Portion 20 -
Erection
of Permanent Boundary Structure -
Construction of Irrigation Channel -
Geotechnical Works in Long Valley
(Trail Pits) -
Construction of Temporary Road in Long
Valley -
Asbestos Removal in Long Valley -
Demolition of Existing Construction in
Handed
over Area -
Construction of Type 2 Storage House -
Construction of Outdoor Composting
Facility -
Construction of Bird Hide -
Construction of Outdoor Classroom -
Construction of Storage Sheds -
Wetland Creation & Restoration
works |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Site clearance (b)
Tree felling (c)
Predrill (d)
Socket H-piling (e)
Bored piling (f)
Excavation (g)
ELS
|
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Bridge Foundation Works -
Ground investigation works at FLN3-DH016, ABH02,
ABH04, ABH10, D39(P). -
Pre-drilling for bored piles at B1(Portion I),
C2-01, C2-02, E2-01, B1(Portion II), B2(Potion II), C1-01 & C1-02(Portion
II), C3-02. -
Bored piling at C3-03b, C3-04b, C2-04b, D1-03,
E1-03, D1-04, E1-04, E2-03, C3-01b, C2-01, B1(Portion 1), C3-04b, E3-01, C3-01a,
C2-03b, C3-03a, C3-04a, D1-02, E1-02, E2-01, D2-01. -
Pile cap construction at E2-01, C4-03, C4-04,
E3-03, D1-01, E1-01, HKY-P02 pile cap & HKYAB ELS. -
Footing construction at C4-01a and C4-01b. (b)
Viaduct Works -
Segment Mould fabrication and installation. -
Segment production line and segment storage yard
establishment -
First batch of precast segment production -
Rebar cage jig fabrication -
Segment shop drawing preparation for bridge C4 -
M.J. S.O.P. erection method statement submission -
Typical pier column mould fabrication -
Bearing fabrication for bridge C4 and C3 -
Falsework & formwork design for typical pier
head -
Pier column trial panel at CTC yard -
First pair of segment erection method statement -
PT material delivery (first batch) to HZ precast
yard preparation -
Bearing fabrication for bridge C2, C3 and C4 -
Ground beam construction for gantry crane -
Containers site office setup (c)
Jockey Club Road -
Confirmation the retaining wall design and
commence works -
Tree fell and UU diversion -
Completion of gas main diversion and commencement
of cut slope work and soil nail at the 3SW-A/C149 -
Completion of gas main diversion and erection of
temporary steel decking for site access at the 3SW-C/F63 (d)
Tai Wo Service Road West -
Road widening for D2-03 (Jun-Aug) -
Duct laying by telecoms and CLP in the Portion XI
(joint bay) -
Cross road duct laying to refuge island in the
Portion XI -
CLP and gas main duct laying in the Portion XIII -
HKT draw pit construction in the Portion XIII -
Completion of 1650 dia. drain and manhole and
plate load test of retaining
wall FW52 in the Portion XIII -
Commencement of FW52 construction -
ELS and construction of 1650 dia. drain and
manhole in the Portion XVIII -
Erection of temporary barrier -
Demolish of HKY staircase -
Tree felling at 3SW-D/C78 and TCSS duct laying (e)
Tai Wo Service Road East -
Construction of drainage works at Portion XI and
XII -
Water main laying works -
Construction of HKY Footbrige LT1 lift & P02
column -
Road works at Potion XI (f)
Fanling Highway -
Road works for Diversion of Fanling Highway for
Pier D2-03 Construction |
|
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Finishing works and E&M installations for the Management
Office Building (MOB) at Portion 4. (b)
Off-site fabrication of steel column, steel truss and bracing of
steel canopy in China. (c)
Erection of the steel members of steel canopy at Portion 3. (d)
Construction of retaining wall FW21 at Portion 6. (e)
Construction of ground slab of the market stall area at Portion
3. (f)
Construction of underground utilities in the final stage market
at Portion 3. (g)
Installation of sheet piles for ELS for footings of additional
carriageway steel cover at Portion 3. (h)
Construction of footings of additional carriageway steel cover at
Portion 3. |
|
ND/2019/07 |
(a)
Site clearance at Portion 1 and 2. (b)
Erection of site hoarding at Portion 1. (c)
C&D waste disposal at Portion 1 and 2. (d)
G.I. works at Portion 1. (e)
Construction of box culvert at Portion 2. (f)
Filling works at Portion 2. (g)
Tree felling/ Disposal of yard waste at Portion 1 and 2. (h)
Construction of site haul road at Portion 1. (i)
Trial pit at Ma Sik Road. (j)
Demolition of villager’s houses at Portion 1 and 2. (k)
Removal of asbestoses containing material at Portion 1 and 2. |