1.1
Maunsell Environmental Management
Consultants Limited (MEMCL), which changed the name to ENSR Asia (HK) Ltd.
(ENSR) on 1 May 2007 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 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 twenty-second 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 at TKO 137 in August
2007.
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. Lawrence Ng |
2762 5582 |
2714 0113 |
|
IEC(MateriaLab) |
IEC |
Mr. Joseph
Poon |
2450 8238 |
2450 6138 |
|
Contractor (Paul Y -CREC(HK) JV) |
Project
Manager |
Mr. Gene
Cheung |
2831 8282 |
2623 9426 |
|
Site Engineer |
Mr. H G Gao |
6501 4586 |
-- |
|
|
ET (ENSR) |
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
Operation
of Construction Waste Sorting Facilities (CWSF) by mechanical sorting plant;
l
Modification
and enhancing the mist blower system at the sorting operational area for dust
suppression;
l
Re-location
of the signal transmission antennas for the Surveillance System;
l
Safety
barrier at access ramp leading to VGF End-tipping Platform;
l
Construction
of additional Engineer’s inspection kiosk at Portion A; and
l
Maintenance
of haul road surface.
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.
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.