EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

1. This is the 10^th 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 August 2020.

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	12^th 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^th August 2020
	EP-468/2013/A	Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5	1^st June 2020
	EP-470/2013	Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works	23^rd March 2020
Contract No. ND/2019/03 - Kwu Tung North New Development Area, Phase 1: Development of Long Valley Nature Park	EP-468/2013/A	Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5	3^rd July 2020
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^st 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	EP-475/2013/A	Reprovision of temporary Wholesale Market in Fanling North New Development Area	29^th October 2019

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		Works Contracts
		ND/2019/01	ND/2019/03	ND/2019/05	ND/2019/06
1-hr Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Monitoring		4^th ,10^th ,14^th, 20^th,26^th August 2020		6^th ,12^th ,18^th , 24^th ,28^th August 2020	N/A
24-hr TSP Monitoring		4^th ,10^th ,14^th, 20^th,26^th August 2020		5^th ,11^th ,17^th , 21^st ,27^th August 2020	N/A
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination		3^rd ,7^th ,13^th ,19^th ,25^th ,31^st August 2020		N/A	N/A
Noise Monitoring		4^th ,10^th ,20^th ,26^th August 2020		6^th ,12^th ,18^th ,24^th August 2020
Landfill Gas Monitoring		19^th August 2020	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ecological Survey	Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Disturbance to Water Birds on Sheung Yue River, and Long Valley	N/A*	3^rd ,11^th ,18^th ,25^th,31^st August 2020	N/A*	N/A*
	Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts to Ma Tso Lung Stream	21^st August 2020		N/A*	N/A*
	Monitoring of Measures to Minimise Impacts on Ecological Sensitive Habitats from Disturbance and Pollution	6^th, 28^th August 2020	N/A*	28^th August 2020	N/A*
Environmental Site Inspection		4^th ,11^th ,18^th ,27^th August 2020	7^th ,14^th ,18^th ,28^th August 2020	3^rd ,12^th,17^th,24^th,31^st August 2020	6^th ,13^th,20^th,27^th August 2020

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)

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
Environmental Monitoring	Parameter	Action Level	Limit Level	Total No. of non-project related Exceedances	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	L_eq_(30min)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landfill Gas	O₂	0	0	0	0	0	0
	CH₄
	CO₂

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. No construction of channel for alternation of natural streams was carried out in the reporting month. Therefore, no water quality monitoring 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.

Ecological Monitoring

10. 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 H.

Complaint Log

11. No environmental complaint was received in the reporting month.

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

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

Reporting Changes

13. 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

14. 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 (September and October 2020)
ND/2019/01	(a) Ground Investigation in Portion 1f; (b) Site Clearance, Ground Investigation, Construct temporary road in Portion 2 (c) Tree Survey, Site Clearance in Portion 3 (d) Sampling and testing for site trial for In-situ cement mixing (ICM) for soil treatment works, construct temporary noise barrier, construct open channel in Portion 4 (e) Site Clearance, Ground Investigation, cut slope and temporary soil nailing works in Portion 5 (f) Site Clearance, Ground Investigation, cut slope and temporary soil nailing works in Portion 6 (g) Completion of Soil Treatment Facility, Pilot trial for Ex-situ cement mixing (ECM) for soil treatment, provide soil treatment for HAC soil by ECM in Portion 6b; (h) Site Clearance, Tree felling, Construction of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road, Land contamination assessment in Area T1, T2 & T3 in Portion 7; (i) Ground Investigation, Construction of Retaining Wall, cut slope and soil nailing works in Portion 8a; (j) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 9b&9d (k) Stockpile of soil in Portion 9c; (l) Site Clearance, Tree felling, Excavation in Portion 10a; and (m) Site Clearance in 10b
ND/2019/03	(a) Road and Drainage work, Soil Replacing in Portion 1; (b) Initial Restoration Work at Long Valley, Geotechnical Works in Long Valley (Trail Pits and Drill Hole), Demolition of existing structure in handed over area in Portion 2 to 20; (c) Erection of Permanent Boundary Structure, Installation of Lockable Gate, Construction of Irrigation Channel at Portion 18 (d) Construction works of storage shed and Type 2 Storage House (e) Pre-relocation survey in Portion 23 and 24
ND/2019/05	(a) Site Clearance (b) Establishment of Temporary Site (c) Tree Felling (d) Trial Pits (e) Installation of site hoarding, fencing and temp. facilities (f) Construction of PM’s Site Accommodation (g) Ground Investigation/Pre-drilling
ND/2019/06	(a) Construction of Management Office Building; (b) Breaking up the concrete surface and disposal of C&D material off site at Portion 3 (c) Construction of footings of steel canopy of final stage market (d) Tree felling at Portion 3 and 6 (e) Fabrication of Container type toilets for relocation of public toilet