1. INTRODUCTION

Background

1.1 Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Limited (MEMCL) (hereinafter called the “ET”) was appointed by Gammon Construction Limited (GCL) (hereinafter called the “Contractor”) to undertake Environmental Monitoring and Audit for “Improvement to Castle Peak Road between Ka Loon Tsuen and Siu Lam” (hereinafter called the “Project”). Under the requirements of Section 4 of Environmental Permit EP-171/2003/B and Further Environmental Permit EP-01/171/2004/A, EM&A programme as set out in the approved EM&A Manual is required to be implemented. In accordance with the approved EM&A Manual, environmental monitoring of air quality, noise and water quality and environmental site inspections are required for the Project.

Scope of Report

1.2 The EM&A programme for the Project commenced on 16 July 2004. This report presents a summary of the environmental monitoring and audit works, list of activities, and mitigation measures for the Project in March 2007 (from 1 to 31 March 2007).

Project Organisation

1.3 The organisation of the environmental management team is shown in Figure 1.1. Key personnel contacts are presented in Appendix A. [INCLUDE KEY PERSONNEL CONTACTS IN APPENDIX A]

Environmental Status in the Reporting Month

1.4 The construction programme of the Project is provided in Appendix B. In the month, the following activities took place for the construction of the Project:

· Seawall construction;

· Viaduct and new road construction; and

· Reconstruction of Castle Peak Road.[INPUT WORKS CARRIED OUT IN REPORTING MONTH]

1.5 Layout plan of the Project work site is provided in Figure 1.2 a to e. [INCLUDE PROJECT SITE LAYOUT IN FIGURE 1.1]

[INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES & RELATED MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THE REPORTING MONTH IN TABLE]

Summary of EM&A Requirements

1.6 The description and detailed locations of sensitive receivers and monitoring stations for air quality, noise and water quality [REVISE MONITORING PARAMETERS AS APPROPRIATE] are shown in Figures 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1 respectively [INCLUDE FIGURE 2.1 SHOWING NOISE & AIR SENSITIVE RECEIVERS; INCLUDE FIGURE 4.1 SHOWING WATER QUALITY SENSITIVE RECEIVERS IF WATER MONITORING REQUIRED] and relevant sections of this Report.

1.7 The EM&A programme requires environmental monitoring for air quality, noise and water quality [REVISE MONITORING PARAMETERS AS APPROPRIATE] and environmental site inspections for air quality, noise, water quality, terrestrial ecology, landscape and visual [REVISE PARAMETERS AS APPROPRIATE] and waste management. The EM&A requirements for each parameter described in the following sections include:

· All monitoring parameters

· Action and Limit levels for all environmental parameters

· Event and Action Plans

· Environmental mitigation measures, as recommended in the project final EIA report

· Environmental requirements in contract documents.

1.8 The advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures is summarised in Appendix J of the Report.