1.
This is the 29th 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 March 2022.
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
Monitoring Station (s) |
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 |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25 and
31 Mar 22 |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25 and
31 Mar 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25 and
31 Mar 22 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 18, 24, and
30 Mar 22 |
2, 8, 14, 18, 24, and
30 Mar 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 18, 24, and
30 Mar 22 |
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FLN-DMS5A |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
4, 10, 16, 22 and 28
Mar 22 |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
3,
9, 15, 21 and 31 Mar 22 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
3,
9, 15, 21 and 31 Mar 22 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
4, 10, 16 and 22 Mar 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS3 |
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CP-KTN-NMS5 |
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CP-KTN-NMS6 |
N/A |
4, 10, 16 and 22 Mar 22 |
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Ecological Survey |
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Disturbance to
Water Birds on Ng Tung River,
Sheung Yue River, and Long Valley |
N/A* |
N/A* |
3,
4, 7, 11, 15, 18, 21, 25 and 29 Mar 22 |
3,
7, 15, 21 and 29 Mar 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and
Siu Hang San Tsuen Stream |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
|
|
Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive
Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
17
and 23 Mar 22 |
17
and 23 Mar 22 |
17
Feb 22 |
17
Mar 22 |
17
Mar 22 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25 and 31 Mar 22 |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21, 25 and 31 Mar 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 30
Mar 22 |
N/A |
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 30
Mar 22 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
9
Mar 22 |
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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Environmental Site Inspection |
1, 8, 16, 22 and 31 Mar 22 |
2, 9, 18, 23 and 30 Mar 22 |
4, 11, 15 and 25 Mar 22 |
3, 10, 16, 24 and 31 Mar 22 |
7, 17, 21 and 28 Mar 22 |
3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 Mar 22 |
4, 11, 14 and 25 Mar 22 |
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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 |
|
|
Noise |
Leq(30min) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Water
Quality [1] |
DO |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
SS |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Arsenic |
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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Cultural heritage |
Built Heritage Monitoring |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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. Two
(2) Limit Level for DO, five
(5) Limit Level exceedances for turbidity, five (5) Limit Level exceedances for
suspended solids of impact water quality monitoring were recorded. After
investigation, all 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.
Two environmental complaints for
ND/2019/02 were 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 (April 2022 and May 2022) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site Clearance, remove of
existing structures and tree felling in Portion 1a (b)
Site clearance, ground
investigation, sheet piling, excavation and drainage in Portion 1b (c)
Site Clearance and tree felling
in Portion 1e (d)
Site clearance, tree
felling, temporary road construction and site formation work in Portion 2 (e)
Site clearance,
backfilling, excavation and tree felling in Portion 3 (f)
Site clearance, sheet
piling and excavation, drainage works and temporary road construction in Portion 5 (g)
Site
Clearance, sheet piling and excavation, pipes laying, backfilling,
construction of KB01 retaining wall, haul road construction in Portion 6a (h)
Operation
of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b (i)
Site
clearance, sheetpiling and excavation, pipes laying in Portion 7 (j)
Construction
of retaining Wall, slope cutting, slope drainage and maintenance access
construction, RC construction of flushing water service reservoir and fresh
water reservoir in Portion 8a (k)
Sheet
piling for receiving pit, trenchless works, excavation in Portion 8b (l)
Sheet piling and excavation, pipes laying,
demolition of existing structures, GI works in Portion 9b (m)
Stockpile
of soil and excavation in Portion 9c (n)
Excavation,
sheetpiling for ELS, drainage works, road construction and utilities laying
in Portion 10a (o)
Sheetpiling
and excavation, drainage works in Portion 10b (p)
Construction of MBR at 11b (q)
Construction of temporary sewage pumping station in Portion 14 |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Pipe Jacking (b)
ELS (c)
Concreting (d)
Backfilling (e)
Sheet
Pile Installation (f)
Bedding
and Pipe Laying (g)
Cut and
Fill of Slope (h)
Manhole Construction (i)
Open cut (j)
Preparation works |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Portion 1 & Portion 1A -
Drainage
works at Yin Kong Road -
Construction
of Pai Lau (b)
Long
Valley -
Erection
of Permanent Boundary Structure -
Construction
of Compacted Earth Path / Walkway -
Construction
of Ditches -
Construction
of Irrigation Channel -
Construction
of Decking & Sluices -
Construction
of Wetland Boardwalk -
Construction
of Type 1 Storage House -
Construction
of Type 2 Storage House -
Construction
of Tea House -
Construction
of Composting Facility -
Construction
of Bird Hide -
Construction
of Outdoor Classroom -
Construction
of Storage Sheds -
Wetland
Creation & Restoration works |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Tree
felling (b)
Predrill (c)
Bored
piling (d)
Excavation
(e)
Sheet
piling (f)
ELS |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
North Team Works -
Pre-drilling for bored piles at B1 &
B2(Portion II), C1(Portion II) -
Bored piling at B1(Portion I), B1&B2(Portion II),
C1(Portion II), C1-03, C2-02, C2-03a, C2-03b, C3-02, C3-04a, D2-01 &
E2-01. -
ELS and Pile cap construction at C1-04, C3-04b,
D1-01, D1-02, D1-03, D1-04, E1-01, E1-02, E1-03 & E1-04 -
C4-01 Portal Beam -
Bailey bridge construction -
Piling platform & haul road construction from
B2-03 to C1-02a at Portion II -
Footing construction at C4-02 -
Pier construction at C3-03b, C4-03, C4-04aM,
D1-01, E1-01, E1-02, E1-03 & E1-04 (b)
Viaduct Works -
1st SOP is targeted to cast by the middle of Mar
2022. -
Target to cast in 36 segments in Mar 2022 and 42
segments in Apr 2022. -
LG component (main winch trolley) testing resumed
after heavy snow and completed in February 2022.All testing to be completed
and disassemble for minor adjustment will be carried out. -
Remaining components of E2-02 Form Traveller (FT)
design was endorsed by ICE and submitted via CSF on 4 Mar 2022. -
Main truss of E3-03 FT design was endorsed by ICE
and submitted via CSF on 4 Mar 2022. -
External PT design for Bridge C3, C4, E2 and E3
was in progress. -
Rotation Bridge Design for E2-01 and D2-01 was in
progress. (c)
South Team Works -
Venton Area – Gas main laying. -
Portion 13 – Twin DN1200 storm drain
construction. Backfill FW 52 bay 1 and bay 2. -
Portion 17 and 18 – Construction of DN 600 and
DN450 sewer. RW 52 bay 6 -
Portion 18 – Gas main laying -
TWSR (West) – RW06 construction and FS04 slope
works. -
HKY FB (East) – construction of LT1, P02 -
Portion 11 – DN1200 and DN600 watermain laying
work. -
E2-02 pier – Construction of tower crane
foundation. Construction of SOP -
E2-03 – Pile cap construction. -
E3-01 – Pile cap construction. -
E3-03 – Pier Head and SOP construction -
D2-02 – Pile cap construction. -
D2-03 – Piling works. -
E3-04a – predrilling and piling works. |
|
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Finishing works for the additional
water tank and pump house at Portion 3. (b)
Installation of handrails
at MOB at Portion 4. (c)
Joint sealant application
for carriageway at Portion 3. (d)
Grating installation at
Portion 3. (e)
Installation of signage of
the market at Portion 3. (f)
Installation of the main
gate. |
|
ND/2019/07 |
(a)
Site clearance at Portion 4 (b)
Erection of site hoarding
at Portion 4 (c)
C&D waste disposal at
Portion 1, 2, 4 and 5 (d)
G.I. works at Portion 4 (e)
Construction of box culvert
at Portion 2 (f)
Filling works at Portion 1,
2 and 4 (g)
Tree felling/ Disposal of
yard waste at Portion 4 (h)
Construction of site haul
road at Portion 4 (i)
Drainage works and sewage
works at Portion 1, 3 and 4 (j)
Mini piling works at
Portion 4 and 5 (k)
Construction of noise
barrier at Portion 5 |