EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

1.      This is the 47th monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report for the First Phase Development of Kwu Tung North (KTN) and Fanling North (FLN) New Development Areas (NDAs), comprising the Advance Works and First Stage Works (hereinafter called the ¡§the Project¡¨). This report is 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 EM&A works conducted in September 2023.

 

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 ¡V                Kwu Tung North New Development Area, Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works

EP-466/2013/A

Castle Peak Road Diversion

12 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

12 August 2020

EP-468/2013/A

Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5

1 June 2020

EP-470/2013/A

Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works

23 March 2020

Contract No. ND/2019/02 ¡V                  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

28 October 2020

Contract No. ND/2019/03 ¡V                  Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Areas, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park

EP-468/2013/A

Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5

3 July 2020

EP-473/2013/A

Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (New Road)

6 October 2020

Contract No. ND/2019/04 ¡V           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)

23 February 2021

EP-546/2017

Fanling North Temporary Sewage Pumping Station

16 February 2021

Contract No. ND/2019/05 ¡V            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)

1 August 2020

Contract No. ND/2019/06 ¡V            Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Re-provisioning of North District Temporary Wholesale Market for Agricultural Products

EP-475/2013/A

Reprovision of temporary Wholesale Market in Fanling North New Development Area

29 October 2019

Contract No. ND/2019/07 ¡V            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.

1 March 2021

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

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

ND/2019/01

ND/2019/02

ND/2019/03

ND/2019/04

ND/2019/05

ND/2019/06

ND/2019/07

1-hr Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Monitoring

FLN-DMS1

N/A

N/A

4, 14, 20, 26 and 28 Sep 23

4, 14, 20, 26 and 28 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

N/A

FLN-DMS3

N/A

N/A

4, 14, 20, 26 and 28 Sep 23

FLN-DMS5

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

KTN-DMS4(B)

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

24-hr TSP Monitoring

FLN-DMS1

N/A

N/A

7, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

7, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

N/A

FLN-DMS3

N/A

N/A

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

FLN-DMS5A

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

KTN-DMS4(B)

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

7, 13, 19, 25 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

Noise Monitoring

CP-FLN-NMS1

N/A

4, 14, 20 and 26 Sep 23

N/A

CP-FLN-NMS2

N/A

4, 14, 20 and 26 Sep 23

N/A

CP-KTN-NMS2

7, 13, 19 and 25 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

CP-KTN-NMS3

CP-KTN-NMS5

CP-KTN-NMS6

N/A

7, 13, 19 and 25 Sep 23

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*

5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 20, 26 and 27 Sep 23

5, 11, 18 and 26 Sep 23

N/A*

N/A*

N/A*

Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream and Siu Hang San Tsuen Stream

15 Sep 23

N/A*

15 Sep 23

15 Sep 23

N/A*

N/A*

N/A*

Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution

14 and 21 Sep 23

14 and 21 Sep 23

21 Sep 23

21 Sep 23

21 Sep 23

N/A*

N/A*

Egretry Monitoring

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination

6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 Sep 23

N/A

6, 12, 18, 22 and 28 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Water Quality Monitoring

N/A

4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

N/A

Landfill Gas Monitoring

28 Sep 23

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

Environmental Site Inspection

5, 12, 18 and 26 Sep 23

6, 13, 22 and 27 Sep 23

14, 19 and 29 Sep 23

7, 13, 21 and 28 Sep 23

4, 14, 18 and 26 Sep 23

7, 13, 21 and 28 Sep 23

15, 19 and 25 Sep 23

 




 

 

 

Remarks:  

N/A ¡V No relevant monitoring is required according to the updated EM&A Manual

N/A* ¡V No relevant monitoring is required according to the 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


Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

 

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

Action Level

Limit Level

Action Level

Limit Level

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

DO

0

3

3

0

0

0

Turbidity

0

2

2

0

0

0

SS

0

0

0

0

0

0

Arsenic

1

0

1

0

0

0

Landfill Gas

O2

0

0

0

0

0

0

CH4

CO2

Cultural heritage

Built Heritage Monitoring

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ecological Monitoring

Avifauna

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aquatic fauna

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non-aquatic fauna

1

1

2

0

0

0

 

Air Quality

 

5.      All construction air quality monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month except 1 and 8 September 2023 due to adverse weather, and 13 September 2023 due to power failure. 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 except 1 and 8 September 2023 due to the adverse weather (Typhoon Signal No. 8 on 1 Sep and Black Rainstorm Warning Signal on 8 Sep). Three (3) Limit Level for DO, Two (2) Limit Level for turbidity, and One (1) Action Level for Arsenic of impact water quality monitoring were recorded. No construction of channel for alternation of natural streams was carried out in the reporting month. Therefore, no water quality monitoring was conducted according to the Updated EM&A Manual and Baseline Water Quality Monitoring Report (KTN & FLN NDA). Relevant details are given in 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 gas 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 was carried out in the reporting month 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. One (1) action level exceedance and one (1) limit level exceedance for non-aquatic fauna were recorded at T3. The exceedance were considered non-project related, as large proportion of vegetative habitat along T3 were observed either removed and tarmacked as haul road by construction works outside of project, first reported in the Monthly Monitoring Report in December 2021. The ecological monitoring result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix L.

 

Complaint Log

12.  One environmental complaint was received in the reporting month. The complaint regarding soil/muddy water discharged is for ND/2019/04, which was referred by EPD on 4 September 2023 for the complaint case received by EPD on the same day. On 11 September 2023, supplementary information of the same case was referred by EPD also.

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

13.  No notification of summons or successful prosecutions was received in the reporting month.

Reporting Changes

 

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).

Future Key Issues

15.     The major site activities for the coming three months are shown in Table IV.

Table IV       Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Three Months

Contract No.

Site Activities (October to December 2023)

ND/2019/01

(a)          Drainage works and sheet pile in Portion 1a

(b)         Site formation and construction of noise barrier in Portion 1c

(c)          Temporary storage of material in Portion 1e

(d)         Site formation work, construction of subway, road works and drainage works in Portion 2

(e)          Excavation, backfilling, drainage and watermain works in Portion 3

(f)          Watermain works, excavation, backfilling, road works, sheet piling and pipe jacking in Portion 5

(g)         Drainage works, backfilling, road works, watermains works in Portion 6a

(h)         Operation of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b

(i)           Sheet piling, excavation and drainage works and watermain works in Portion 7

(j)           Construction of retaining wall, RC construction of fresh water reservoir, excavation at WSD¡¦s maintenance access, backfilling works and drainage works in Portion 8a

(k)         Trenchless work, excavation and watermain works in Portion 8b

(l)           Sheet piling, excavation, drainage works and watermain works in Portion 9b

(m)       Site clearance, tree felling and removal of existing structure in Portion 13

ND/2019/02

(a)           Pipe Jacking

(b)           Backfilling

(c)           Concreting

(d)           Bedding & Pipe Laying

(e)           ELS

(f)            Sheet Pile Installation

(g)           Cut and Fill of Slope

ND/2019/03

(a)        Portion 1 & Portion 1A

-            Road & Drainage works and watermains works at Yin Kong Road

-            Construction of Pavilion at Yin Kong Road

(b)     Portion 2 to Portion 20C

-          Wetland creation & restoration, Dry agricultural land creation

-          Construction of compacted earth path

-          Construction of Water Treatment Wetland

-          Tree felling and tree pruning work

-          Construction of Lodging Facility

-          Construction of Dry Weather Flow Interception (DWFI)

-          Construction of Car Park and Farmer¡¦s Forum

ND/2019/04

(a)           Tree Felling

(b)           Pile Cap

(c)           Back Filling

(d)           Excavation

(e)           Grouting

(f)            Sheet Piling

(g)           Road works

(h)           Formwork Erection

(i)            Rebar Fixing

(j)            Pre-drill

(k)           Bore pile

(l)            ELS

ND/2019/05

(a)           North Team Works

-          ELS works and Pile cap construction at B2-01

-          Backfilling and drainage work at C4-02 & C4-01.

-          Backfilling at C2-02.

-          Slope works at On Lok Garden FS 30.

-          Construction of B1-abutment wall, backfill & extraction of sheet pile.

-          Exposed water main of Jockey Club Rd ¡VF63.

-          Road works of northbound of Jockey Club Rd.

-          Laying ducting for traffic signal, traffic light & street light & construction of permanent footpath for subsequent pedestrian diversion at J/O of JCR and Tong Hang Tsuen

-          Construction of new box culvert & retaining wall at Tong Hang Tsuen

-          Drainage works ¡VDN 900 at On Kui Street near B1.

-          Pier construction at D2-01 & B2-01

-          Pier head construction at D2-01

-          Cross head construction at B2-02 & B2-03

(b)         Viaduct Works

-          Segment fabrication for bridge C2, D1, D2& E1

-          Segments erection by LG at bridges C3, C2

-          Segments erection by crane at bridge D1 and E1

-          SOP construction at E2-01, E2-03, D2-01

-          Construction of pile cap and installation of bridge rotation components at pier D2-01

-          Design and fabrication of falsework for Bridge B1

-          Parapet skin fabrication and parapet construction

(c)          South Team Works

-          TWSRW ¡V Road work and UUs laying (Section P800 CH 300 to 450).

-          TWSRW ¡V Construction of lower berm and Hydroseeding at FS04.

-          TWSRW - CLP 11 kv cable diversion work (1ST)

-          TWSRW ¡V Gas (IPA400 and HP600) diversion work

-          TWSRW ¡V Foundation work of D2-04M

-          TWSRE ¡V Form Road L201, BBI Steelworks, relocation of existing BBI and road diversion

-          TWSRE ¡V Pavement Works (D400, L201, Temporary Road to match D300)

-          HKY FB (East) ¡V Installation of cladding and E&M works

-          HKY FB (West) ¡V Construction of LT2 (Mini-piles)

-          E3-04a, E3-04b, E4-01 and E4-02 ¡V cap construction.

-          NB109 ¡V Bay 11~12 base slab construction. Bay 5 to 12 wall construction.

-          NB69 ¡V Bay 5~6 base slap construction.

-          NB110 ¡V Bay 8 ELS and base slab construction.

(d)         Form Traveler

-          E3-03 ¡V construction 2nd to 4th pair

-          E2-02 ¡V construction 10th to 14th pair

-          D2-02 ¡V construction 1st to 5th pair

-          D2-03 ¡V erection of form traveler no. 4 and construction 1st to 2nd pair

-          E2-01 - Fabrication & erection of 5th set of form traveler.

ND/2019/06

The construction phase has been completed and handed over to AFCD since 4 April 2022.

ND/2019/07

(a)        Road works at Portion 1, 4 and 5

(b)        C&D waste disposal at Portion 1, 2, 4 and 5

(c)        Construction of box culvert at Portion 2

(d)        Filling works at Portion 2 and 4

(e)        Construction of site haul road at Portion 4

(f)         Drainage works, Sewerage works at Portion 2, 3, 4 and 5

(g)        Mini piling works at Portion 4

(h)        Construction of noise barrier at Portion 4 and 5

(i)         Waterworks at Portion 1, 2 and 4