(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;
§
construction programme;
§
management structure; and
§
works undertaken during the month.
(iii) environmental status:
§
works undertaken during the month with illustrations
(such as location of works); 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 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 Report, summarised in the updated Implementation
Schedule;
(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;
§
graphical plots of the monitored parameters in
the month annotated against;
§
the major activities being carried out on site
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 Monthly 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) environmental
status:
§
construction programme with fine tuning of
construction activities showing the interrelationship with environmental
protection/mitigation measures for the month;
§
works undertaken during the month with
illustrations (such as location of works, daily excavation rate, etc) including
key personnel contact names and telephone numbers;
§
drawing showing the project area, any
environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring and
control stations; and
§
advice on status of compliance with
environmental permit including the status of submissions under the
environmental permit
(iii) implementation status:
§
advice on the implementation status of
environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures, as
recommended in the project EIA Report.
(iv) monitoring results (in both hard and
diskette copies) together with the following information:
§
monitoring methodology;
§
name of types of equipment used and calibration
details;
§
parameters monitored;
§
monitoring locations;
§
monitoring date, time, frequency, and duration;
§
weather conditions during the period;
§
graphical plots of the monitored parameters in
the month annotated against;
§
the major activities being carried out on site
during the period;
§
any other factors which might affect the
monitoring results; and
§
QA / QC results and detection limits.
(v) 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
§
a description of the actions taken in the event
of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up procedures related
to earlier non-compliance.
(vi) 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 (e.g. effectiveness and efficiency of
the mitigation measures), recommendations (e.g. any improvement in the EM&A
programme) and conclusions.
(vii) 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:
(i)
major activities being carried out on site
during the period;
(ii)
weather conditions during the period; and
(iii)
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;
§
outstanding issues and deficiencies; and
§
details of complaints, outstanding issues and
deficiencies.
(i) up to half a page
executive summary;
(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 Report;
(iv) advice on the implementation status of
environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures, as
recommended in the project EIA 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 (e.g. effectiveness and efficiency
of the mitigation measures); recommendations (e.g. 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.
(a) completion of construction
activities and insignificant environmental impacts of the remaining outstanding
construction works;
(b) analysis to demonstrate the
narrow down of monitoring exceedances due to construction activities and the
return of ambient environmental conditions in comparison with baseline data;
and
(c) no environmental complaint and
prosecution involved.
(i) an executive summary;
(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 entire construction period;
(iv) a brief summary of EM&A
requirements including:
§
monitoring parameters;
§
environmental quality performance limits (Action
and Limit levels);
§
environmental mitigation measures, as
recommended in the project EIA Report; and
§
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
status proformas;
(vi) graphical plots of the trends of
monitored parameters over the construction period for representative monitoring
stations, including the post-project monitoring 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 brief review of the reasons for and the
implications of non-compliance including review of pollution sources and
working procedures as appropriate;
(ix) a summary
description of the actions taken in the event of non-compliance and any
follow-up procedures related to earlier 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 legislations, 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;
(xiii) comments (e.g. 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); and
(xiv) recommendations and conclusions (e.g. a review of
success of the overall EM&A programme to cost-effectively identify
deterioration and to initiate prompt effective mitigatory action when
necessary).