1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the Report
1.2 Structure of the Report
2 Project
Information
2.1 Background
2.2 General Site Description
2.3 Construction Programme and Activities
2.4 Project Organisation
2.5 Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits
3 Environmental
Monitoring Requirement
3.1 Water Quality Monitoring
4 Implementation
Status of The environmental protection requirements
5 Monitoring Results
5.1 Waste Management
6 Environmental
Site Inspection
7 Environmental
Non-conformance
7.1 Summary of Monitoring Exceedance
7.2 Summary of environmental non-compliance
7.3 Summary of Environmental Complaint
7.4 Summary of Environmental Summon and successful prosecution
8 UPCOMING
WORKS FOR THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD
8.1 Construction Activities for the Coming Month
8.2 Construction Programme for the Next Month
9 Conclusions
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The construction works of CCGT Unit No. 1 of the Additional Gas-fired Generation Units
Project at the Black Point Power Station
commenced on 5 December 2016. This is the sixth monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report presenting the EM&A works carried
out during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2017
in accordance with the EM&A Manual and the requirements of EP-507/2016 and
FEP-01/507/2016.
Summary of the Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Month
The major construction works undertaken during the reporting month
include:
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Construction
Activities undertaken
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l
A&A
(building) works of warehouse;
l
Excavation
and lateral support for drainage works; and
l Demolition of warehouse.
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Environmental Site Inspection
Joint
weekly site inspections were conducted by representatives of the Contractor,
CAPCO Project Team and ET on 4, 11, 18 and 25 May 2017. The representative of the IEC joined the site
inspection on 18 May 2017. Details of the audit findings and
implementation status are presented in Section 6.
Environmental Exceedance/Non-conformance/Complaint/Summons and
Prosecution
No non-compliance event was recorded during the reporting month.
No complaint was received during the reporting period.
No
summon or prosecution was received in this reporting period.
Upcoming Works for the
Next Reporting Period
The major construction works to be undertaken in the next reporting month include:
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Construction
Activities to be undertaken
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l Relocation of E&M service and remove building service in
warehouse;
l Excavation and lateral support for drainage works;
l Pile load test;
l Bulk excavation for pile cap;
l Modification of existing fire hydrant; and
l Construction of new street lighting.
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1
Introduction
The
Castle Peak Power Company Limited (CAPCO) is a joint venture between CLP Power
Hong Kong Limited (CLP) and China Southern Power Grid Company Limited with CLP
as the operator. ERM-Hong Kong, Limited (ERM) and Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited was appointed
by CAPCO as the Environmental Team (ET) and the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC),
respectively, to undertake the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A)
activities for the installation of CCGT Unit No. 1 of the Additional Gas-fired Generation Units Project at the Black Point Power
Station (BPPS) (“the Project”).
This is the sixth EM&A report which summarises the audit
findings during the reporting period from 1 May to 31 May 2017.
Section 1
: Introduction
It details the purpose and
structure of the report.
Section 2 : Project Information
It summarises the background and scope of the project,
site description, project organisation and contact details, construction
programme, construction works undertaken and status of the Environmental
Permits/Licenses during the reporting period.
Section 3
: Environmental Monitoring
Requirement
It briefly introduces the
environmental monitoring requirements for the Project.
Section 4
: Implementation Status of
the Environmental Protection
Requirements
It summarises the implementation of environmental protection measures
during the reporting period.
Section 5
: Monitoring Results
It summarises the
monitoring results obtained in the reporting period.
Section 6
: Environmental Site
Inspection
It summarises the audit
findings of the weekly site inspections undertaken within the reporting period.
Section 7
: Environmental
Non-conformance
It summarises any monitoring exceedance, environmental
complaints and summons within the reporting period.
Section 8
: Upcoming Works for the
Next Reporting Period
It summarises the construction activities and the forecast of
environmental impact for the next reporting month.
Section 9
: Conclusions
2
Project Information
The scope of the Project involves the
phased construction and operation of up to two additional combined cycle gas
turbine (CCGT) units (with an installed capacity of up to 600 MW each) at the
BPPS. The additional generation units
will be of CCGT configuration using natural gas as the primary fuel. It is a Designated Project under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance
(Cap. 499) (EIAO). The
current EM&A
Programme only includes the CCGT Unit No. 1.
An
EIA of the Additional Gas-fired Generation Units Project was prepared in
accordance with the EIA Study Brief (No. ESB-286/2015) and the Technical
Memorandum of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process (EIAO-TM)
and submitted under the EIAO in February 2010.
Subsequent to the approval of the EIA (EIAO Register Number
AEIAR-197/2016), an Environmental Permit (EP-507/2016) (EP) for CCGT Unit
No. 1 was granted by the Director of Environmental Protection (DEP) on 14 June
2016. A Further Environmental Permit
(FEP-01/507/2016) (FEP) was granted to the Contractor, Chun Wo
Foundations Limited, of the CCGT Unit No. 1 on 9 December 2016.
The proposed location for the Project is within the
existing boundaries of the BPPS site.
The size of the land reserved for the additional generation units and
the associated facilities (the Project Site) is about 40,000 m2. Construction works for CCGT Unit No. 1 is
currently ongoing at the Project Site.
The works area for the Project is shown in
Annex A.
A summary of the major construction activities undertaken in this
reporting period is shown in Table 2.1. The construction programme is presented in Annex B.
Table 2.1 Summary of the Construction
Activities Undertaken during the Reporting Month
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Construction
Activities undertaken
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l
A&A
(building) works of warehouse;
l
Excavation and
lateral support for drainage works; and
l
Demolition of
warehouse.
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2.4
Project Organisation
The project organizational chart and contact
details are shown in Annex
C.
2.5
Status of Environmental Licences,
Notification and Permits
A summary of the valid permits, licences, and/or notifications on
environmental protection for this Project is presented in Table 2.2.
Table 2.2 Summary of the Status of Valid Environmental Licence,
Notification, Permit and Documentations
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Permit/ Licences/
Notification
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Reference
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Validity Period
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Remarks
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Environmental
Permit
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EP-507/2016
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Throughout the Contract
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Permit granted on
14 Jun 2016
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Further
Environmental Permit
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FEP-01/507/2016
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Throughout the Contract
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Permit granted on 9 Dec2016
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Notification Pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Air
Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation
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410023
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Throughout the Contract
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Notification received on 15 Nov 2016
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Wastewater Discharge Licence
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WT00026627-2016
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To 31 Jan 2022
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Licence
granted on 13 Jan 2017
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Chemical Waste Producer Registration
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5213-432-C3243-13
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Throughout the Contract
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Registration approved on 9 Jan 2017
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Billing
Account for Disposal of Construction Waste
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7026814
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Throughout the Contract
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Approved on 30 Dec 2016
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Construction Noise
Permit
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GW-RW0039-17
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3 Feb 2017 – 31 Jul 2017
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Permit granted on 1 Feb 2017
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PP-RW0001-17
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6 Feb 2017 – 5 Aug 2017
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Permit granted on 3 Feb 2017
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3
Environmental Monitoring Requirement
In accordance with the EM&A Manual, monitoring works is required at a
frequency of once per week on first year of commissioning of the CCGT Unit No.1. The monitoring details including monitoring requirement, locations of monitoring stations will be confirmed and approved by EPD before commissioning of the CCGT Unit No.1.
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Implementation Status of The environmental protection requirements
The Contractor has implemented all the environmental mitigation
measures and requirements as stated in the EIA Report, Environmental Permit
(EP) and EM&A Manual for the installation of CCGT Unit No.1. The implementation status of the
environmental mitigation measures for this Works Contract during the reporting
period is summarised in Annex
D. The status of the
required submissions under the EP and EM&A Manual for the Project is
presented in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Status of Required
Submission under the
Project
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EP Condition
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Submission
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Submission Date
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Condition
3.2 under Environmental Permit No. EP-507/2016 and FEP-01/507/2016.
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5th Monthly
EM&A Report
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10 May 2017
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5
Monitoring Results
5.1
Waste
Management
The waste generated from this Project includes inert construction
and demolition (C&D) materials, and non-inert C&D materials. Non-inert C&D materials are made up of
general refuse and recyclable wastes such as plastics and paper/cardboard
packaging waste. Steel materials
generated from the project are also grouped into non-inert C&D materials as
the materials were not disposed of with other inert C&D materials. With reference to relevant handling records
and trip tickets of this Project, the quantities of different types of waste
generated in the reporting month are summarised in Table 5.1. Details of waste management data are
presented in Annex E.
Table 5.1 Quantities of Waste Generated from the
Project
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Reporting Month
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Quantity
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Inert C&D Materials (a) (b)
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Chemical Waste (d)
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Non-inert C&D Materials
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General
Refuse (c)
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Recycled materials
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Paper/cardboard
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Plastics
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Metals
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(in
'000m3)
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(in'000
kg)
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(in
'000m3)
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(in'000
kg)
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(in'000
kg)
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(in'000
kg)
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May 2017
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0
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0
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0.003
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0
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0
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31.75
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Notes:
(a) Inert
C&D materials include bricks, concrete, building debris, rubble and
excavated spoil.
(b) The
inert C&D materials generated from the Project were sent to Tuen Mun Area 38 Fill Bank
during the reporting month.
(c) The
general refuse generated from the Project was sent to WENT landfill during the reporting month.
(d)
Chemical waste includes waste oil.
It is assumed density of waste oil to be 0.8 kg/L.
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6
Environmental Site Inspection
Joint weekly site
inspections were conducted by representatives of the Contractor, CAPCO Project
Team and ET on 4, 11, 18 and 25 May 2017.
The representative of the IEC joined the site inspection on
18 May 2017. No
non-compliance was recorded during the site inspections.
Findings and recommendations
for the site inspection in this reporting month are summarised as follows:
4 May 2017
· There were no major observations.
11 May 2017
· There were no major observations.
18 May 2017
· There were no major observations.
Regarding the planter audit, CAPCO was recommended to:
· remove the shrubs from the planters as far as possible;
· conduct close monitoring for BPT800 and BPT946;
· remove the parasitic vine, Cassytha filiformis, from BPT771; and
· remove
the broken branch from BPT768 due to safety reason.
25 May 2017
· There were no major observations.
All follow-up actions
requested by ET and IEC during the site inspections were undertaken as
reported by CAPCO and the Contractor.
The abovementioned environmental issues had been addressed and mitigated
during the reporting period.
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Environmental Non-conformance
No environmental monitoring is required
during construction of CCGT Unit No. 1.
7.2
Summary of environmental non-compliance
No non-compliance event was recorded during the reporting month.
No environmental complaint was received during the reporting
month.
No summon or prosecution was received during the
reporting month.
8
UPCOMING WORKS FOR THE NEXT
REPORTING PERIOD
Works to be undertaken in the next
reporting month are summarised in Table 8.1.
Table 8.1 Construction Works to be undertaken in the Next Reporting Month
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Construction
Activities to be undertaken
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l Relocation of EM&A service and remove building service in
warehouse;
l Excavation and lateral support for drainage works;
l Pile load test;
l Bulk excavation for pile cap;
l Modification of existing fire hydrant; and
l Construction of new street lighting.
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Potential environmental impacts arising from the above construction
activities are mainly associated with dust, wastewater treatment and waste
management.
8.2
Construction
Programme for the Next Month
The construction programme for the Project for the next reporting
month is presented in Annex
B.
9
Conclusions
This 6th monthly Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report presents the EM&A works undertaken
during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2017 in accordance with the EM&A Manual and the requirements of EP-507/2016 and
FEP-01/507/2016.
No non-compliance event was recorded during the reporting month.
No environmental complaint, summon
or prosecution was received during the reporting month.
The Contractor has implemented possible and feasible mitigation measures
to mitigate the potential environmental impacts during construction. The ET will continue to keep track of the
EM&A programme to ensure compliance of environmental requirements and the
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures implemented. If necessary, the Contractor will provide
more mitigation measures to further alleviate the impacts.
