Introduction
This is the ninth Quarterly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Summary Report prepared by Maunsell
Environmental Management Consultants Limited (MEMCL), which changed the name to
ENSR Asia (HK) Ltd. (ENSR) on 1 May 2007, 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 November
2007 to January 2008.
The construction activities carried out from
November 2007 to January 2008 were:
l
Operation of Construction Waste Sorting Facilities
(CWSF) by mechanical sorting plant;
l
Modification of road hump along haul road in Portions
A and B2;
l
Modification
of water sprinklers at Red Zone and haul road in Portion B2;
l
Modification
of tarpaulin sheeting cover to the mechanical sorting plant as fugitive dust
preventive measures;
l
Setting
up of additional area Portion B3 to facilitate night work operation of the
Sorting Facility;
l
Replacement
of tubular railing of drainage chamber;
l
Disposal
of sorted waste to Landfills and Fill Banks; and
l
Maintenance
work for haul road and mechanical sorting plants.
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 |
13 |
sessions |
|
1-hour TSP monitoring |
39 |
sessions |
|
Environmental Site Inspection |
14 |
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
There
were two environmental complaints received by EPD on 5 and 15 November 2007
concerning serious dust emissions from the haul roads and at the loading/
unloading areas of the temporary CWSF at TKO Area 137. The ET was notified on
17 December 2007. Complaint investigations were carried out on 20 and 27
December 2007. Fugitive dust was observed during the investigation on 20
December 2007. The Contractor had replaced the water sprinklers at the
non-inert waste stockpile area. Fugitive dust was not observed in the
investigation conducted on 27 December 2007. An investigation report was
submitted to EPD on 9 January 2008.
No non-compliance or
prosecution was received in the reporting quarter.