Introduction
This is the third
Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Summary Report prepared
by Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Limited (MEMCL) for the
“Temporary Construction Waste Sorting Facility at Tseung Kwan O Area 137” (The
Project). This report documents the findings of EM&A Works conducted during
the impact period from May to July 2006.
The construction activities carried out
from May to July 2006 were:
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Temporary access road construction including road kerb and
U-channel;
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Installation of steel fence along the temporary access road;
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Construction of car parking shelter at Engineer’s office;
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Operation of Construction Waste Sorting Facilities (CWSF) by
manual sorting;
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Installation of water spraying system for dust suppression;
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Forming end-tipping platform and
access ramp for mechanical sorting plant;
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Erection of mechanical sorting plant;
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Slope trimming to enlarge the operational area for the mechanical
sorting plant;
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Testing and commissioning for mechanical sorting plant;
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Construction of water meter applied from WSD;
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Construction of planter area and by-pass ingress near
combined reception & exit office;
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Landscaping works at Portion B1; and
l
General site formation for surface
runoff at Portion A.
Environmental Monitoring Works
EM&A Programme
A summary of monitoring and audit activities
conducted in the reporting quarter is listed below:
24-hour
TSP monitoring 4
sessions (TKO1) / 14 sessions (TKO2)
1-hour
TSP monitoring 12
sessions (TKO1) / 39 sessions (TKO2)
Environmental
Site Inspection 13
sessions
Air Quality
1-hr
TSP Monitoring
All the monitoring data
complied with the
24-hr
TSP Monitoring
There was no
Complaints, Non-compliance and Prosecutions
No environmental
complaints, non-compliances or prosecutions were received in the reporting
quarter.