1. This
is the 67th 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 May 2025.
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/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 |
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Kwu Tung North New
Development Area Road D1 to D5 |
1 June 2020 |
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Utilization of Treated
Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works |
23 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 |
28 October 2020 |
|
Contract No. ND/2019/03 – Kwu Tung North and Fanling
North New Development Areas, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park |
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 |
29 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. |
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 |
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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 and 27 May 25 |
3, 9, 15, 21 and 27 May 25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
3, 9, 15, 21 and 27 May 25 |
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FLN-DMS5 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
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24-hr TSP Monitoring |
FLN-DMS1 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
FLN-DMS3 |
N/A |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
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FLN-DMS5A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
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KTN-DMS4(B) |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
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Noise Monitoring |
CP-FLN-NMS1 |
N/A |
9, 15, 21 and 27 May 25 |
N/A |
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CP-FLN-NMS2 |
N/A |
9, 15, 21 and 27 May 25 |
N/A |
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CP-KTN-NMS2 |
8, 14, 20 and 26 May 25 |
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 |
8, 14, 20 and 26 May 25 |
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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 |
8,
9, 12, 16, 22, 23, 26 and 27 May 25 |
8,
16, 22 and 26 May 25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Monitoring
of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung
Stream and Siu Hang San Tsuen Stream |
15 May 25 |
N/A* |
15 May 25 |
15 May 25 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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|
Monitoring
of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive
Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution |
13 and 20 May 25 |
13 and 20 May 25 |
20 May 25 |
20 May 25 |
20 May 25 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
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Egretry
Monitoring |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
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24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land
Contamination |
N/A |
2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 30 May
25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Water Quality Monitoring |
N/A |
2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 May 25 |
N/A |
2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 May 25 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Landfill Gas Monitoring |
8
May 25 |
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 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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9, 15, 20 and 27 May 25 |
9, 14, 21 and 28 May 25 |
NIL |
8, 14, 20 and 30 May 25 |
6, 15, 19 and 26 May 25 |
NIL |
6, 16, 19 and 26 May 25 |
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Remarks:
N/A – No relevant monitoring is required according to the updated
EM&A Manual
N/A* – 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 |
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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 |
DO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Turbidity |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
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 |
|
Ecological Monitoring |
Avifauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Aquatic
fauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
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Non-aquatic
fauna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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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. No
Action/Limit Level exceedance was 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.
No Built heritage monitoring was carried out in the
reporting month due to no works causing for surveyed cultural heritage at all. No
Limit Level exceedance was recorded.
Ecological Monitoring
11. All ecological monitoring was conducted as scheduled in
the reporting month. No Action and
Limit exceedance was recorded. The ecological
monitoring result in the Reporting Month is shown in Appendix L.
Complaint Log
12.
Although
no environmental complaint was
received in the reporting month, two complaints were received in
early June 2025. Both complaints regarding noise
from the construction sites of ND/2019/01 and ND/2019/04 respectively. Details
will be reported in the next reporting month after investigation was finished,
and will be identified and counted if they were project-related.
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 three months are shown in Table IV.
Table IV Summary Table for Site Activities
in the coming Three Months
|
Contract
No. |
Site Activities (June to August
2025) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Drainage works, watermain
works, sheet piling, site formation and slope works in Portion 1a (b)
Site formation, watermain
works, ELS construction, sewage works, backfilling and road works in Portion
1c (c)
Site formation, construction
of subway, road works, drainage works and slope works in Portion 2 (d)
HAC soil treatment, drainage
works, watermain works and sheet piling in Portion 3 (e)
Site formation, watermain
works and drainage works in Portion 5 (f)
Backfilling, drainage
works, watermains works, slope works and road works in Portion 6a (g)
Operation of HAC treatment
facility in Portion 6b (h)
Excavation, drainage works,
watermain works, sewage works and road works in Portion 7 (i)
Road works, RC structure
works, drainage works, watermain works, backfilling, planting, metal works,
slope works and E&M works in Portion 8a (j)
Ground treatment, trenchless
works, grouting, watermain works, ELS construction and RC structure works
(reinforced concrete) in Portion 8b (k)
Sheet piling, excavation, drainage
works, watermain works and district cooling system works in Portion 9b (l)
No activities in upcoming
month in Portion 11b (m) Stockpile of soil in Portion 13 |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
Backfilling (b)
Excavation (c)
Concreting (d)
Cut
and Fill of Slope (e)
Sheet
Piling (f)
Pipe
Jacking (g)
Pipe
laying and bedding (h)
Grouting |
|
ND/2019/03 |
The construction phase has
been completed since 28 March 2025. |
|
ND/2019/04 |
(a)
Back
Filling (b)
Excavation (c)
Grouting (d)
Road
works (e)
Formwork
and Scaffolding Erection (f)
Rebar
Fixing and ELS (g)
Backfilling |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Backfilling (b)
Drainage works (c)
Water works (d)
Ducting and Road works (e)
Slope works (f)
Segments erection (g)
ELS (h)
Wall construction |
|
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, 3 and 4 (b)
C&D
waste disposal at Portion 2 and 4 (c)
Filling
Works at Portion 2 (d)
Construction
of site haul road at Portion 4 (e)
Drainage
works at Portion 1, 2, 3 and 4 (f)
Sewerage
works at Portion 3 and 4 (g)
Construction
of noise barrier at Portion 4 (h)
Waterworks
at Portion 1, 2, 3 and 4 |