(i) up to half a page executive summary;
(ii) brief project background information;
(iii) drawings showing locations of the baseline monitoring stations;
(iv) monitoring results (in both hard and diskette copies) together
with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency and duration; and
·
quality assurance (QA) /
quality control (QC) results and detection limits;
(v) details of influencing factors, including:
·
major activities, if any,
being carried out on the site during the period;
·
weather conditions during
the period; and
·
other factors which might
affect results;
(vi) determination of the Action and Limit Levels for each monitoring
parameter and statistical analysis of the baseline data, the analysis shall
conclude if there is any significant difference between control and impact
stations for the parameters monitored;
(vii) revisions for inclusion in the EM&A Manual; and
(viii) comments, recommendations and conclusions.
First
Monthly EM&A Report
(i) executive summary (1-2 pages):
·
breaches of Action and Limit
levels;
·
complaint log;
·
notifications of any summons
and successful prosecutions;
·
reporting changes; and
·
future key issues.
(ii) basic project information:
·
project organisation
including key personnel contact names and telephone numbers;
·
programme;
·
management structure, and
·
works undertaken during the
month;
(iii) environmental status:
·
works undertaken during the
month with illustrations (such as location of works, daily excavation rate,
etc); and
·
drawings showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations (with co-ordinates of the monitoring locations);
(iv) a brief summary of EM&A requirements including:
·
all monitoring parameters;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
·
Event-Action Plans;
·
environmental mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA study final report; and
·
environmental requirements
in contract documents;
(v) implementation status:
·
advice on the implementation
status of environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA;
(vi) monitoring results (in both hard and diskette copies) together
with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency, and duration;
·
weather conditions during
the period;
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results; and
·
QA/QC results and detection
limits;
(vii) report on non-compliance, complaints, and notifications of summons
and successful prosecutions:
·
record of all non-compliance
(exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit
levels);
·
record of all complaints
received (written or verbal) for each media, including locations and nature of
complaints investigation, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and
follow-up procedures taken, results and summary;
·
record of all notification
of summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of current environmental
protection / pollution control legislation, including locations and nature of
the breaches, investigation, follow-up actions taken, results and summary;
·
review of the reasons for
and the implications of non-compliance, complaints, summons and prosecutions
including review of pollution sources and working procedures; and
·
description of the actions
taken in the event of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up
procedures related to earlier non-compliance;
(viii) others
·
an account of the future key
issues as reviewed from the works programme and work method statements;
·
advice on the solid and
liquid waste management status; and
·
comments (for examples,
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures), recommendations (for
example, any improvement in the EM&A programme) and conclusions.
Subsequent
EM&A Reports
(i) executive summary (1 - 2 pages):
·
breaches of Action and Limit
levels;
·
complaints log;
·
notifications of any summons
and successful prosecutions;
·
reporting changes; and
·
future key issues.
(ii) basic project information:
·
project organisation
including key personnel contact names and telephone numbers;
·
programme;
·
management structure; and
·
work undertaken during the
month;
(iii) environmental status:
·
works undertaken during the
month with illustrations (such as location of works, daily excavation rate,
etc.); and
·
drawing showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations.
(iv) implementation status:
·
advice on the implementation
status of environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA;
(v) monitoring results (in both hard and diskette copies) together
with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency, and duration;
·
weather conditions during
the period;
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results; and
·
QA / QC results and
detection limits.
(vi) report on non-compliance, complaints, and notifications of
summons and successful prosecutions:
·
record of all non-compliance
(exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit
levels);
·
record of all complaints
received (written or verbal) for each media, including locations and nature of
complaints investigation, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and
follow-up procedures taken, results and summary;
·
record of all notification
of summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of current environmental
protection / pollution control legislation, including locations and nature of
the breaches, investigation, follow-up actions taken, results and summary;
·
review of the reasons for
and the implications of non-compliance, complaints, summons and prosecutions
including review of pollution sources and working procedures; and
·
description of the actions
taken in the event of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up
procedures related to earlier non-compliance.
(vii) others
·
an account of the future key
issues as reviewed from the works programme and work method statements;
·
advice on the solid and
liquid waste management status; and
·
comments (for examples,
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures), recommendations (for
example, any improvement in the EM&A programme) and conclusions.
(viii) appendix
·
Action and Limit levels;
·
graphical plots of trends of
monitored parameters at key stations over the past four reporting periods for
representative monitoring stations annotated against the following:
a) major
activities being carried out on site during the period;
b) weather
conditions during the period; and
c) any
other factors that might affect the monitoring results.
·
monitoring schedule for the
present and next reporting period;
·
cumulative statistics on
complaints, notifications of summons and successful prosecutions; and
·
outstanding issues and
deficiencies.
(i) executive summary (1 - 2 pages);
(ii) basic project information including a synopsis of the project
organisation, programme, contacts of key management, and a synopsis of works
undertaken during the quarter;
(iii) a brief summary of EM&A requirements including:
·
monitoring parameters;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels); and
·
environmental mitigation
measures, as recommended in the project EIA Final Report;
(iv) advice on the implementation status of environmental protection
and pollution control / mitigation measures, as recommended in the project EIA
Final Report, summarised in the updated implementation schedule;
(v) drawings showing the project area, any environmental sensitive
receivers and the locations of the monitoring and control stations;
(vi) graphical plots of any trends in monitored parameters over the
past four months (the last month of the previous quarter and the present
quarter) for representative monitoring stations annotated against:
·
the major activities being
carried out on site during the period;
·
weather conditions during
the period; and
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results;
(vii) advice on the solid and liquid waste management status;
(viii) a summary of non-compliance (exceedances) of
the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
(ix) a brief review of the reasons for and the implications of any
non-compliance, including a review of
pollution sources and working procedures;
(x) a summary description of actions taken in the event of
non-compliance and any follow-up procedures related to any earlier non-compliance;
(xi) a summarised record of all complaints received (written or
verbal) for each media, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and
follow-up procedures taken;
(xii) comments (for examples, a review of the effectiveness and
efficiency of the mitigation measures and the performance of the environmental
management system, that is, of the overall EM&A programme); recommendations
(for example, any improvement in the EM&A programme) and conclusions for
the quarter; and
(xiii) proponents' contacts and any hotline
telephone number for the public to make enquiries.
(i) executive summary (1 - 2 pages);
(ii) drawings showing the project area, any environmental sensitive
receivers and the locations of the monitoring and control stations;
(iii) basic project information including a synopsis of the project
organisation, contacts of key management, and a synopsis of work undertaken
during the course of the project or past twelve months;
(iv) a brief summary of EM&A requirements including:
·
environmental mitigation
measures, as recommended in the project EIA Report;
·
environmental impact
hypotheses tested;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
·
all monitoring parameters;
·
Event-Action Plans;
(v) a summary of the implementation status of environmental
protection and pollution control / mitigation measures, as recommended in the
project EIA Report, summarised in the updated implementation schedule;
(vi) graphical plots and the statistical analysis of the trends of
monitored parameters over the course of the project, including the post-project
monitoring for all monitoring stations annotated against:
·
the major activities being
carried out on site during the period;
·
weather conditions during
the period; and
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results;
(vii) a summary of non-compliance (exceedances) of the environmental
quality performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
(viii) a review of the reasons for and the
implications of non-compliance including review of pollution sources and
working procedures as appropriate;
(ix) a description of the actions taken in the event of
non-compliance;
(x) a summary record of all complaints received (written or verbal)
for each media, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and follow-up
procedures taken;
(xi) a summary record of notifications of summons and successful
prosecutions for breaches of the current environmental protection / pollution
control legislation, locations and nature of the breaches, investigation
follow-up actions taken and results;
(xii) a review of the validity of EIA predictions and identification of
shortcomings in EIA recommendations; and
(xiii) comments (for examples, a review of the
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures and of the performance
of the environmental management system, that is, of the overall EM&A
programme);
(xiv) recommendations and conclusions (for example, a review of success
of the overall EM&A programme to cost-effectively identify deterioration
and to initiate prompt effective mitigatory action when necessary).