Highways Department

Major Works Project Management Office

 

 

 

 

Agreement No. CE 88/98

 

Improvement to Castle Peak Road

between Ka Loon Tsuen and Siu Lam

 

Investigation Assignment

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND

AUDIT MANUAL

 

 

August 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maunsell Consultants Asia Ltd.

in association with

Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Ltd.

Design Research Unit HK Ltd.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

 

1.     INTRODUCTION                                                                                                                          

Purpose of the Manual                                                                                                                           

Background                                                                                                                                           

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements                                                                                 

Project Organization                                                                                                                              

2.     AIR QUALITY                                                                                                                                

Construction Dust                                                                                                                                  

Air Quality Parameters                                                                                                                           

Monitoring Equipment                                                                                                                            

Laboratory Measurement / Analysis                                                                                                       

Monitoring Locations                                                                                                                             

Baseline Monitoring                                                                                                                               

Impact Monitoring                                                                                                                                 

Event and Action Plan for Air Quality                                                                                                     

Mitigation Measures                                                                                                                               

3.     NOISE                                                                                                                                             

Construction Noise                                                                                                                                

Operational Noise                                                                                                                                  

4.     WATER QUALITY                                                                                                                        

Introduction                                                                                                                                           

Water Quality Parameter                                                                                                                        

Monitoring Equipment                                                                                                                            

Monitoring Locations                                                                                                                             

Baseline Monitoring                                                                                                                               

Impact Monitoring                                                                                                                                 

Post-construction Monitoring                                                                                                                 

Environmental Quality Performance Limits                                                                                              

Water Quality Mitigation Measures                                                                                                        

Operation Phase                                                                                                                                    

5.     WASTE MANAGEMENT                                                                                                             

Introduction                                                                                                                                           

Mitigation Measures                                                                                                                               

Site Inspection                                                                                                                                       

6.     TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ECOLOGY

Terrestrial Ecology                                                                                                                                 

Marine Ecology                                                                                                                                     

Fisheries                                                                                                                                                

Site Inspection                                                                                                                                       

7.     LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL                                                                                                        

Introduction                                                                                                                                           

General                                                                                                                                                  

Mitigation Measures                                                                                                                               

8.     ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT                                                                                                        

Site Inspections                                                                                                                                      

Compliance with Legal and Contractual Requirements                                                                            

Environmental Complaints                                                                                                                      

9.     REPORTING                                                                                                                                  

General                                                                                                                                                  

Baseline Monitoring Report                                                                                                                    

EM&A Reports                                                                                                                                     

Data Keeping                                                                                                                                        

Interim Notifications of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances                                                            

 

 

LIST OF TABLES

 

Table 2.1          Proposed Air Quality Monitoring Stations During the Main Construction Works and Advance Works

Table 2.2          Action and Limit Levels for Air Quality

Table 2.3          Event/Action Plan for Air Quality

Table 3.1          Proposed Construction Noise Monitoring Station

Table 3.2          Action/Limit Levels for Construction Noise

Table 3.3          Event/ Action Plan for Construction Noise

Table 3.4          Proposed Operation Noise Monitoring Station

Table 3.5          Action/Limit Levels for Operation Noise

Table 3.6          Event/Action Plan for Operation Noise

Table 4.1         Proposed Marine Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Table 4.2         Action and Limit Levels for Marine Water Quality

Table 4.3         Event and Action Plan for Marine Water Quality

 

 

LIST OF FIGURES

 

Figure 1.1      General Layout of the Project

Figure 1.2      Preliminary Construction Programme

Figure 1.3      Project Organisation

Figure 2.1      Location of Air Quality Monitoring Stations During Construction Phase

Figure 3.1      Location of Constriction Noise Monitoring Stations

Figure 3.2      Location of Operation Noise Monitoring Stations

Figure 4.1      Water Quality Monitoring Stations

 

LIST OF APPENDICES

 

Appendix 1      Environmental Sensitive Receivers

Appendix 2      Implementation Schedule of Mitigation Measures and Key EM&A Requirements

Appendix 3      TSP Monitoring Data Sheet

Appendix 4      Construction Noise Monitoring Field Record Sheet

Appendix 5      Operational Noise Monitoring Field Record Sheet

Appendix 6      Water Quality Monitoring Data Record Sheet

Appendix 7      Implementation Status Proforma

Appendix 8      Site Inspection Proforma

Appendix 9      Regulatory Compliance Proforma

Appendix 10    Complaint Log

Appendix 11    Proactive Environmental Protection Proforma

Appendix 12    Incident Report on Action Level or Limit Level Non-Compliances