EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

1. This is the 8^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 June 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-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/2019/06 - 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/2019/06
1-hr Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Monitoring	4^th, 10^th, 16^th, 22^nd, 26^th June 2020	N/A
24-hr TSP Monitoring	4^th, 10^th, 16^th, 22^nd, 26^th June 2020	N/A
24-hr RSP (Ambient Arsenic) Monitoring for Land Contamination	19^th, 24^th, 30^th June 2020	N/A
Noise Monitoring	4^th, 10^th, 16^th, 22^nd June 2020	N/A
Landfill Gas Monitoring	2^nd June 2020	N/A
Environmental Site Inspection	2^nd, 11^th, 16^th, 23^rd, 30^thJune 2020	4^th, 12^th, 18^th, 26^th June 2020

Remark: N/A – No relevant monitoring is required according to updated EM&A Manual

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
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. The baseline ecological monitoring has not yet completed in the Reporting Month. Therefore, no ecological monitoring was conducted.

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 (July and August 2020)
ND/2019/01	(a) Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 1f; (b) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 2 (c) Tree Survey, Site Clearance in Portion 3 (d) Site Clearance, site trial for In-situ cement mixing (ICM) for soil treatment in Portion 4 (e) Site Clearance, Tree Survey, Ground Investigation in Portion 5 (f) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 6a; (g) Set up of Soil Treatment Facility, site trial for Ex-situ cement mixing (ECM) in Portion 6b; (h) Site Clearance, Construction of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road in Portion 7; (i) Ground Investigation, Hoarding erection, Construction of Retaining Wall in Portion 8a; (j) Site Clearance, Forming access, Ground Investigation, stockpile of soil in Portion 9c; (k) Site Clearance, Excavation in Portion 10a; and (l) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in 10b
ND/2019/06	(a) Construction of Management Office Building; (b) Installation of entrance gate, drop gate, Octopus machine and temporary lighting at new run-in/out (c) Construction of hoarding for the final stage; (d) Breaking up the concrete surface and disposal of C&D material off site at Portion 3 (e) Drainage works for interim stage including construction of U-channel and manhole for Portion 3 near Management Office Building (f) Ground investigation works for mini-pile construction at Portion 3 (g) Tree felling at Portion 3 and 6.