EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

1. This is the 7^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 May 2020.

2. During the reporting month, the following Works Contracts were undertaken for the Project:

¡P Contract No. ND/2019/01 Kwu Tung North New Development Area, Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works

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

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

3. A summary of the monitoring activities in this reporting month is listed in Table I below:

Table I Summary Table for Monitoring Activities in the Reporting Month

Monitoring Activities	Date(s)
Noise Monitoring	ND/2019/01 4^th , 11^th , 18^th , 26^th May 2020 ND/2019/06 4^th , 11^th , 18^th , 26^th May 2020
Environmental Site Inspection	ND/2019/01 6^th , 12^th , 19^th, 26^th May 2020 ND/2019/06 7^th , 13^th , 21^st , 28^th May 2020

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

4. Summary of the environmental exceedances of the reporting month is tabulated in Table II.

Table II Summary Table for Events Recorded in the Reporting Month

Environmental Monitoring	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
Noise	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landfill Gas	0	0	0	0	0	0

Construction Noise

5. All construction noise monitoring was conducted as scheduled in the reporting month. No Action/Limit Level exceedance was recorded.

Landfill Gas Monitoring

6. Monitoring of landfill gases commenced in May 2020 and was carried out by the Contractor at excavation location, Portion 6b. No Limit Level exceedance was recorded.

Complaint Log

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

Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

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

Reporting Changes

9. 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

10. The major site activities for the coming two months are shown in Table III.

Table III Summary Table for Site Activities in the coming Two Months

Contract No.	Contract Title	Site Activities (June and July 2020)
Contract No. ND/2019/01	Kwu Tung North New Development Area, Phase 1: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works	(a) Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 1f; (b) Tree Survey, Ground Investigation in Portion 2 (c) Tree Survey, Site Clearance in Portion 3 (d) Soil Treatment works 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, Operation of Soil Treatment Facility in Portion 6b; (h) Site Clearance, Set up of Soil Treatment Plant in Portion 7; (i) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Expansion of Haul Road , Ground Investigation, Construction of Retaining Wall in Portion 8a; (j) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in Portion 8b; (k) Site Clearance, Excavation in Portion 10a; and (l) Tree Survey, Site Clearance, Ground Investigation in 10b
Contract No. ND/2019/06	Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Re-provisioning of North District Temporary Wholesale Market for Agricultural Products	(a) Installation of rain shelter for the interim stage; (b) Construction of footing and carcass of Management Office Building; (c) Construction of run-in/ out; (d) Construction of hoarding for the final stage; (e) Breaking up the concrete surface and disposal of C&D material off site at Portion 3; (f) Drainage works for interim stage including construction of U-channel and manhole for Portion 3 near Management Office Building; (g) Ground investigation works for mini-pile construction at Portion 3. (h) Tree felling at Portion 3 and 6.

11. The commencement of construction works under Environmental Permit EP-468/2013/A for the Contract No. ND/2019/01 is scheduled for 1 June 2020. Additional environmental monitoring information will be presented in the next monthly EM&A report.