1.1
Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Limited
(MEMCL) was commissioned by Paul Y. – CREC(HK) Joint Venture to undertake the
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) works for the construction phase
of the Temporary Construction Waste Sorting Facility (CWSF) at Tseung Kwan O
Area 137 (TKO 137) (hereafter called “the Project”).
1.2
An Environmental Permit (No.: EP-134/2002/F) was granted to
the Project on 26 January 2006. The scale and scope of this project as stated
in the EP include:
·
Site
clearance;
·
Construction
of a temporary storm water system;
·
Stockpiling
of 6 million m3 of public fill;
·
Setting
up two barging points: one at the
·
Setting
up a temporary barging point at the existing Explosives Off-loading Barging
Point located in the south-eastern part of Area 137 for the period of May 2004
to December 2004 for transporting the stockpiled public fill by barge;
·
Construction
and operation of a Construction and Demolition Material Sorting Facility
(C&DMSF);
·
Setting
up a Construction and Demolition Material Crushing Facility at the
·
Remove the temporary fill bank.
1.3
Under the EP, construction and operation of the construction
and demolition material sorting facility is within the scope. Therefore, the said
activities in the temporary CWSF in TKO 137 are under the governance of the EP.
1.4
In accordance with the Particular Specification of the
Project, baseline monitoring was not required. However, the baseline conditions
as well as action and limit levels of the Project would be established based on
the baseline data collected by Fill Bank at TKO 137.
1.5
This is the ninth monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) Report under Contract CV/2004/13 – Temporary Construction Waste Sorting
Facilities at Tseung Kwan O Area 137 and Tuen Mun Area 38. This report presents
a summary of the environmental monitoring and inspection works, list of
activities, and mitigation measures carried out by the ET for the temporary
CWSF in TKO 137 for July 2006.
Project
Organization
1.6
The project organization is shown in Appendix A.
1.7
The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarised
in Table 1.1
Table 1.1 Contact Information of Key Personnel
|
Party |
Position |
Name |
Telephone |
Fax |
|
CEDD |
Engineer |
Mr. Richard Ng |
2762 5307 |
2714 0113 |
|
IC(E) (BMT) |
IC(E) |
Mr. Ben Ridley |
2815 2221 |
2815 3377 |
|
Contractor (Paul Y -CREC(HK) JV) |
Project
Manager |
Mr.
Gene Cheung |
2831 8282 |
2623 9426 |
|
Site Engineer |
Mr. Gao |
6501 4586 |
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|
|
ET (MEMCL) |
ET Leader |
Mr. Y T Tang |
2893 1551 |
2891 0305 |
1.8
The construction phase of the Project commenced on 12
November 2005. As informed by the Contractor, the activities during this
reporting month included:
l
Installation
of steel fence along temporary access road;
l
Operation
of Construction Waste Sorting Facilities (CWSF) by manual sorting;
l
Testing,
commissioning and fine tuning of mechanical sorting plant for CWSF;
l
Sloping
trimming to enlarge the operational area for the mechanical sorting plant;
l
Construction
for planter area and by-pass ingress near Combined Reception & Exit Office;
l
Landscaping
works at portion B1; and
l
General site formation for surface runoff at portion A.
1.9
The general layout plan of the Project sites showing the
contract areas are shown in Figure 1.1.
1.10
The construction programme is provided in Appendix B.
Summary
of EM&A Requirements
1.11
Air quality monitoring is required under the Particular
Specification of the Project. The description and detailed monitoring
requirements for air quality are provided in Section 2 of this Report.
1.12
Environmental site inspection is required by the ET on a
weekly basis. Detailed inspection requirements are provided in Section 3 of
this Report.