executive summary
ES.01 The existing Tai Lam Explosives Magazine (TLEM) has been licensed and was
in used by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC) for the construction of the Hong
Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) until end of
February 2016, under Environmental Permit No. EP-349/2009/L, being used by the
MTR XRL 824 Contractor.
ES.02 The TLEM was handed over to Dragages Hong Kong Limited (hereinafter
referred as Dragages or “permit holder”) in early March 2016 and start
operating for storage the explosives for tunnel works of CEDD Contract CV/2012/08
- Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works Contract
2 (hereinafter referred as “the Project”). Operation of TLEM is a Designated
Project to be implemented under Environmental Permit number EP-502/2015/A
(hereinafter referred as “the EP-502/2015/A” or “the EP”).
ES.03 Dragages Hong Kong Limited has appointed Action-United Environmental Services and Consulting
(AUES) as the independent Environmental Team (ET) to implement the relevant
EM&A program.
ES.04 There are three phases in this project, operation, decommissioning and completion of project phase. During the operation phase no noise, air quality, water quality
and ecological monitoring is required according to the EP requirement.
ES.05 Due to the blasting work for Liantang/Heung
Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Project – Contract 2 was completed on
15 August 2017. The Tai Shu Ha Magazine was closed after 17 August 2017.
Decommissioning phase was commenced in mid of November 2017. But due to the
construction programme arrangement, the decommission
works was idled until 21 January 2018 and completed at the end of March 2018.
ES.06 After the decommission works of TSH magazine
was completed, reinstatement planting works was commenced on 23 April 2018 according
to the XRL EIA Vegetation Survey Report for Tai Shu Ha Road West and the
Tree Planting and Landscape Plan TLP-10: Works in Yuen Long District (Tai Shu
Ha) (Completion of Project Phase).
ES.07
One
of the particular species for reinstatement plant in the approved Tree
Planting and Landscape Plan TLP-10 C. Parthenoxylon
(黃樟) is rarely selected for cultivation both in
Mainland China and Hong Kong. Therefore the Independent Tree Specialist (ITS)
proposed to substitute it with other native species C. camphora
(樟樹). The reinstatement plant works will be
completed in July 2019.
ES.08 This is the 40th
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Monthly Report covering the period from 1 to 30 June
2019 (the Reporting Period).
Environmental
Monitoring and Audit Activities
ES.09 Environmental monitoring activities under
the EM&A program in this Reporting Month are summarized in the following
table.
|
Issues
|
Environmental Monitoring Parameters /
Inspection
|
Occasions
|
|
Inspection
/ Audit
|
ET Monthly
Environmental Site Inspection
|
1
|
|
IEC
Monthly Environmental Site Audit
|
1
|
Environmental Complaint
ES.10 No environmental complaint was recorded or received
in this Reporting Month. The
statistics of environmental complaint are summarized in the following table.
Notification of
Summons and Successful Prosecutions
ES.11 No environmental summons or successful
prosecutions were recorded in this Reporting Month. The statistics of environmental
complaint are summarized in the following tables.
|
Reporting Period
|
Environmental Summons Statistics
|
|
Frequency
|
Cumulative
|
Complaint Nature
|
|
Since the project
commencement
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
June
2019
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
Reporting Period
|
Environmental Prosecution Statistics
|
|
Frequency
|
Cumulative
|
Complaint Nature
|
|
Since the project
commencement
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
June
2019
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
Reporting Change
ES.12 There are no
reporting changes in this Reporting Month.
Site Inspection by
External Parties
ES.13 No site inspection was undertaken by
external parties i.e. EPD or AFCD in this Reporting Month.
Future Key Issues
ES.14 Ecological
impact is the key
environmental issues during the completion of project phase. The permit holder should follow the implementation
schedule to provide proper mitigation measures to maintain the good practice of
disposal of waste, control of water quality
and noise issue. Moreover, mitigation measures to avoid ingress of surface runoff
into nearby water bodies and the protection off the existing tree from the site
should be properly maintained.
1.1.1
The existing Tai Lam Explosives Magazine (TLEM) has been
licensed and was in used by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC) for the
construction of the Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express
Rail Link (XRL) until end of February 2016, under Environmental Permit No.
EP-349/2009/L, being used by the MTR XRL 824 Contractor.
1.1.2
The TLEM was handed over to
Dragages Hong Kong Limited (hereinafter referred as Dragages or “permit holder”)
in early March 2016 and start operating for storage the explosives for tunnel
works of CEDD Contract CV/2012/08 - Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control
Point and Associated Works Contract 2 (hereinafter referred as “the Project”).
Operation of TLEM is a Designated Project to be implemented under Environmental
Permit number EP-502/2015/A issued on 21 September 2016 (hereinafter referred
as “the EP-502/2015/A” or “the EP”).
1.1.3
The Project is located at the
existing TLEM in Tai Shu Ha (Land Allocation GLA-TYL 1288), Yuen Long District,
New Territories. The location and site plan of the
Project are shown in Appendix A. The
existing TLEM is composed of the following components:
l Two stores
each with a capacity of 400 kg explosives;
l Secure
fence;
l CCTV
system;
l Guard
house; and
l Street
fire hydrant water tank (245 m3) and 2 pumps.
1.1.4
Action-United
Environmental Services & Consulting (hereinafter
referred as “AUES”) was appointed by Dragages as an Environmental Team
(hereinafter referred as “the ET”) to implement the relevant EM&A
program in accordance with the EM&A
Manual, as well as the associated duties.
1.1.5
This
is the 40th Monthly
EM&A Report presenting the monitoring results and inspection findings for
the reporting period from 1 to 30 June 2019.
1.2.1
The Monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is structured into the
following sections:-
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Project
Organization and Environmental Submission
Section
3 Summary
of Monitoring Requirements
Section 4 Waste
Management
Section 5 Site
Inspections
Section 6 Environmental
Complaints and Non-Compliance
Section 7 Implementation
Statues of Mitigation Measures
Section 8 Conclusions
and Recommendation
2.1.1
Organization
structure of relevant parties involved in the EM&A process and the
organizational structure of the organizations responsible for implementing the
EM&A program are shown in Appendix B.
2.2
2.2.1
In the
Reporting Period, the major construction activity conducted under the Contract
is summarized in below.
l Subcontractor
to follow up the remedial works
2.3
Summary of Environmental Submissions
2.3
2.4
2.4.1
Summary
of the relevant permits, licences, and/or
notifications on environmental protection for this Project in this Reporting
Month is presented in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1 Status of Environmental Licenses and Permits
|
Item
|
Description
|
License/Permit Status
|
|
1
|
Environmental
permit
(EP: EP-502/2015/A)
|
Application
date: 26/08/2016
Date
approved: 21/9/2016
|
|
2
|
Air pollution
Control (Construction Dust) Regulation
|
Ref No.: 430503
|
|
3
|
Discharge
License
|
Nil
|
|
4
|
Registered
chemical waste producer
|
Nil
|
|
5
|
Billing Account
for Disposal of Construction Waste
|
Account
No. 7019105
|
2.4.2
In
accordance with the EP No. EP-502/2015/A Condition 3.1, Project Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Manual has been submitted to EPD before the
commencement of using the magazine.
3.1.1
The Environmental Monitoring and Audit requirements are set out in
the EM&A manual. Environmental issue such as ecological
impact was identified as the key issues
and no air or noise monitoring is required during the completion of project phase of the Project.
3.2.1
The EM&A programmes of completion of project phase phase
shall cover the following environmental issues:
l Ecological impact
3.2.2
A summary of the EM&A activities is presented in Table 3-1
below
Table 3-1 Summary
of EM&A Requirements
|
Environmental Issue
|
EM&A Activities
|
|
Ecological impact
|
Ÿ To restore the habitat back
to borrow area
reinstatement plantation, as it was prior to the construction of the TLEM for the MTRC’s use.
Ÿ To ensure the proposed mitigation recommended in the approved XRL EIA for loss of green areas affected by
the XRL
Project, is implemented.
|
4.1.1
Waste management was carried out by an on-site Environmental
Officer or an Environmental Supervisor from time to time. The effective
management of waste arising during the decommissioning phase will be monitored through the
site audit programme. The aims of the waste audit
are:
l To ensure the waste arising
from the works are handled, stored, collected, transferred and disposed of in
an environmentally acceptable manner; and
l To encourage the reuse and
recycling of material.
4.1.2
In addition to the site inspections, the ET shall review the
documentation procedures prepared by the Waste Coordinator once a month to ensure proper records are being maintained and procedures
undertaken in accordance with the Waste Management Plan.
4.2.1
All types of waste arising from the decommission work are classified into the following:
l Construction & Demolition
(C&D) Material;
l Chemical Waste;
l General Refuse; and
l Excavated Soil.
4.2.2
The quantities of wastes generated under the Contract in this
Reporting Period are summarized in Tables 4-1 and 4-2 and the Monthly Summary Waste
Flow Table is shown in Appendix G. Whenever possible,
materials were reused on-site as far as practicable.
Table 4-1 Summary
of Quantities of Inert C&D Materials
|
Type of Waste
|
Quantity
|
Disposal Location
|
|
Reused
in this Contract (Inert) (`000m3)
|
0
|
-
|
|
Reused
in other Projects (Inert) (`000m3)
|
0
|
-
|
|
Disposal
as Public Fill (Inert) (`000m3)
|
0
|
-
|
Table 4-2 Summary of
Quantities of C&D Wastes
|
Type of Waste
|
Quantity
|
Disposal Location
|
|
|
0
|
-
|
|
Recycled Paper / Cardboard Packaging (`000kg)
|
0
|
-
|
|
Recycled Plastic (`000kg)
|
0
|
-
|
|
General Refuses (`000m3)
|
0
|
-
|
5.1.1
According to the EM&A Manual, the environmental site
inspection shall be formulation by ET Leader. Monthly environmental site inspections during
operation and
completion of project phase; weekly environmental site inspections during decommissioning phase should carry out to confirm the environmental performance.
5.2.1
In the Reporting Period, joint site inspection to evaluate site
environmental performance was carried out by the ER, ET,
IEC and the Contractor on 28 June
2019. No non-compliance and observation was recorded during site inspection. The checklist of the monthly inspection is
shown in Appendix C.
5.2.2
Observations
for the site inspections and weekly
audit within this Reporting Month are summarized in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 Site Observations
|
Date
|
Findings / Deficiencies
|
Follow-Up Status
|
|
28 June 2019
|
Ÿ No
environmental issue was observed during the site inspection.
|
Ÿ
Nil
|
5.2.3
The
Tai Shu Ha Magazine was closed after 17 August 2017 due to the blasting work for Liantang/Heung
Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Project – Contract 2 was completed on 15 August 2017. The decommissioning phase for Tai
Shu Ha Magazine was
scheduled in Mid of November 2017. However, due to the contractor arrangement,
decommission of the magazine was idled until 21 January 2018. The actual decommission works of TSH magazine was
commenced on 22 January 2018 and completed on 28 March 2018. The letter to
Mines Division to return the license and stock book is shown in Appendix E.
5.2.4
Furthermore, reinstatement planting works was commenced
on 23 April
2018 according to the XRL EIA Vegetation Survey Report for Tai
Shu Ha Road West and the Tree Planting and Landscape Plan TLP-10: Works
in Yuen Long District (Tai Shu Ha) after the decommission works was
completed (Completion of Project Phase) and the site inspection frequency was
resumed to once per month during the reinstatement planting period.
5.2.5
One of the particular
species for reinstatement plant in the approved Tree Planting and Landscape Plan
TLP-10 C. Parthenoxylon (黃樟) is rarely selected for
cultivation both in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Therefore the Independent
Tree Specialist (ITS) proposed to substitute it with other native species C. camphora (樟樹).
5.2.6
The substitute proposal was no commented from EPD
and the reinstatement plant works will
be completed in July 2019. The approval letter from EPD to change the species for reinstatement plant is
shown in Appendix F.
6.1.1
No environmental complaint, summons and prosecution was received
in this reporting period. The statistical summary table of environmental
complaint, environmental summons and prosecution are presented in Tables 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3 respectively.
Table 6-1 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Complaints
|
Reporting Period
|
Environmental Complaint
Statistics
|
|
Frequency
|
Cumulative
|
Complaint Nature
|
|
Since the project commencement
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
June 2019
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
Table 6-2 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Summons
|
Reporting Period
|
Environmental Summons
Statistics
|
|
Frequency
|
Cumulative
|
Complaint Nature
|
|
Since the project commencement
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
June 2019
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
Table 6-3 Statistical
Summary of Environmental Prosecution
|
Reporting Period
|
Environmental Prosecution
Statistics
|
|
Frequency
|
Cumulative
|
Complaint Nature
|
|
Since the project commencement
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
June 2019
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
7.1.1
The environmental mitigation measures that recommended in the
Implementation Schedule for Environmental Mitigation Measures (ISEMM) in the
EM&A Manual covered the issues of ecological, noise, water, hazard to life
and waste and they are summarized presented in Appendix D.
7.1.2
The Permit Holder under the Project shall be implementing the
required environmental mitigation measures according to the EM&A Manual as
subject to the site condition.
Environmental mitigation measures generally implemented by the Permit
Holder in this Reporting Period are summarized in Table 7-1.
Table 7-1 Environmental
Mitigation Measures
|
Issues
|
Environmental Mitigation Measures
|
|
Ecological
|
· Protect the existing tree near the magazine site
·
To restore the
habitat back to borrow area reinstatement plantation, as it was prior to the
construction of the TLEM for the MTRC’s use.
· To ensure the proposed mitigation recommended in the
approved XRL EIA for loss of green areas affected by the XRL Project, is
implemented.
|
|
Noise
Impact
|
· To ensure good site practices are adopted
· Noise generation minimized during decommissioning
|
|
Waste
Management
|
· Avoid adverse environmental impacts related to handling and disposal of waste
|
|
Water quality
|
· Minimize construction site runoff during decommissioning
|
|
General
|
· The site was generally kept tidy and clean.
|
7.1.3
Based on site inspection, it is considered that the environmental
mitigation measures implemented by the Permit Holder in this Reporting Period
are effective.
7.2
Tentative Construction Activities in the Coming Month
7.2.1
Construction activities as undertaken in the coming month for the Contract
lists below:
Ÿ Subcontractor to follow up the remedial works
7.3.1
Key issues to be considered in the coming month for the Permit
Holder include:
Ÿ
Avoid adverse
environmental impacts related to handling and disposal of waste;
Ÿ
Noise generation
minimized during reinstatement planting;
Ÿ Protect
the existing tree near the magazine site;
Ÿ Housekeeping of the magazine
site.
Ÿ Fulfill
all EP’s requirement during reinstatement planting
8.1.1
This is the 40th monthly EM&A report, covering the construction period from 1 to 30 June
2019 (the Reporting Month).
8.1.2
No
documented complaint, notification of summons or successful prosecution was
received.
8.1.3
The
Tai Shu Ha Magazine was closed after 17 August 2017. Due to the blasting work for Liantang/Heung
Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Project – Contract 2 was completed on 15 August 2017. The decommissioning phase for Tai
Shu Ha Magazine was scheduled in Mid of November 2017.
However, due to the contractor arrangement, decommission of the magazine was
idled until 21 January 2018. The actual decommission works of
TSH magazine was commenced on 22 January
2018 and completed on 28 March
2018.
8.1.4
In the Reporting Period, joint site inspection to evaluate site
environmental performance was carried out by the ER, ET,
IEC and the Contractor on 28 June
2019. No non-compliance and observation was recorded during site inspection. In general, the
explosives magazine site is clean and tidy. The environmental performance of the
Project was therefore considered satisfactory.
8.1.5
No
site inspection was undertaken by any external party in this Reporting Month.
8.1.6
After the decommission works of
TSH magazine was completed, reinstatement
planting works was commenced on 23 April 2018 according to the XRL EIA Vegetation
Survey Report for Tai Shu Ha Road West and the Tree Planting and
Landscape Plan TLP-10: Works in Yuen Long District (Tai Shu Ha) (Completion
of Project Phase).
8.1.7
One of the particular
species for reinstatement plant in the approved Tree Planting and Landscape Plan
TLP-10 C. Parthenoxylon (黃樟) is rarely selected for
cultivation both in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Therefore the Independent
Tree Specialist (ITS) proposed to substitute it with other native species C. camphora (樟樹). The substitute proposal was no commented from EPD and the reinstatement plant works will be
completed in July 2019.
8.2.1
Ecological impact is the key environmental issues
during the completion of project phase. The permit holder
should follow the implementation schedule to provide proper mitigation measures
to maintain the good practice of those
environmental issues.
8.2.2
Moreover,
mitigation measures of the
protection of the existing tree from the site should be properly maintained.
8.2.3
To control the site performance on environmental issue, Dragages
is reminded to implement the recommended environmental mitigation measures
according to the Environmental Monitoring and Audit
Manual.
