Contents
Executive Summary
1.1 Purpose of the Report
1.2 Structure of the Report
2.1 Background
2.2 General Site Description
2.3 Construction Activities
2.4 Project Organisation and Management Structure
2.5 Status of Environmental Approval Documents
3 Environmental Monitoring Requirement, environmental
Mitigation Measures
4 Implementation Status on Environmental Protection
Requirements
6.1 Weekly Site Audits
6.2 Landscape and Visual Audit
7 Environmental Non-conformance
7.1 Summary of Environmental Non-Compliance
7.2 Summary of Environmental Complaint
7.3 Summary of Environmental Summon and Successful
Prosecution
8.1 Key Issues for the Coming Month
8.2 Construction Programme
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Summary
of Construction Activities Undertaken in the Reporting Period
Table 2.2 Summary
of Environmental Licensing, Notification and Permit Status
Table 5.1 Quantities
of Waste Generated from the Project
Table 8.1 Construction
Works to be undertaken in the Next Reporting Period
LIST OF ANNEXES
Annex A |
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Annex B |
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Annex C |
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Annex D |
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Annex E |
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Annex F |
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Annex G |
Environmental complaint, Environmental Summons and
Prosecution Log |
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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The
construction works of No. EP/SP/61/10 Organic Resources Recovery
Centre Phase 1 (the Project) commenced
on 21 May 2015. This is the 35th monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) report presenting the EM&A works carried out during the period
from 1 to 30 April 2018 in accordance with the EM&A Manual.
Summary
of Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Month
Works
undertaken in the reporting month included:
·
Building 1 –Finishing works and BS installation and FS
modification works.
·
Building 2 & 3 – Finishing works, BS installation
and FS modification works.
·
GRP ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area.
·
Installation of BS Roller Shutters.
·
Electrical installation (cable trays, Local Control
panels/switch installation, general cabling works, instrumentation and control
installation, lighting , ELV and SCADA installation).
·
BS works (MVAC, FS, P/D).
·
Roadworks substantially completed. Boundary fence
remaining behind B 2.
·
Handover of areas to T&C team ongoing and
energization. Dry commissioning & wet commissioning in progress.
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
A
summary of the monitoring activities undertaken in this reporting period is
listed below:
·
Joint Environmental Site Inspection |
4 times |
·
Landscape & Visual Monitoring |
3 times |
Waste
Management
Waste
generated from this Project includes inert construction and demolition (C&D)
materials (public fill) and non-inert C&D materials (construction wastes).
Inert
C&D materials (public fill) include bricks, concrete, building debris,
rubble and excavated spoil. In total, 1,118.36 tonnes of inert C&D material
were generated from the Project, of which 460.58 tonnes were reused in this
Contract. The 657.78 tonnes of inert C&D material were disposed of as
public fill to the Fill Banks at Tuen Mun Area 38.
Non-inert
C&D materials (construction wastes) include metals, paper / cardboard packaging
waste, plastics and other wastes such as general refuse. 16,320.00 kg of metals, 12,590.00 kg of
papers/ cardboard packing and 6,280.00 kg of plastics were sent to recyclers
for recycling during the reporting period.
33.90 tonnes of general refuse was disposed of at the landfill.
0.00
L of chemical waste was collected by licenced waste collector.
Environmental
Site Inspection
Four
weekly joint environmental site inspections were carried out by the
representatives of the Contractor, SOR and the Environmental Team (ET). The IEC was also present at the joint inspection on 11 April 2018. Details of the audit findings and
implementation status of the mitigation measures are presented in Section
6.1.
Landscape
& Visual
Onsite inspections on
landscape and visual mitigation measures were performed on 3, 16 and 30 April
2018. Details of the audit findings and implementation
status of the mitigation measures are presented in Sections 6.2.
Environmental
Exceedance/Non-conformance/Compliant/Summons and Prosecution
No
exceedance was recorded during the reporting period.
No
non-compliance event was received during the reporting period.
No
environmental complaint and summon/prosecution was received in this reporting
period.
Future
Key Issues
Works
to be undertaken in the next reporting month include:
·
Building
1 – Finishing works and BS installation and FS modification works. FS
modifications works to be completed.
·
Building
2 & 3 – Finishing works, BS installation and FS modification works. FS
modifications works to be completed.
·
GRP
ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area.
·
Installation
of BS Roller Shutters – to be continued.
·
Electrical
installation (cable trays, Local Control panels/switch installation, general
cabling works, instrumentation and control installation, lighting , ELV and
SCADA installation) – to be completed.
·
BS
works (MVAC, FS, P/D) – to be continued.
·
Boundary
fence remaining behind B 2.
·
Handover
of areas to T&C team ongoing and energization. Dry commissioning & wet
commissioning in progress.
Environmental impacts arising from the above
construction activities are mainly associated with dust, construction noise,
site runoffs, waste management and landscaping issues.
ERM-Hong Kong, Limited
(ERM) was appointed by OSCAR Bioenergy Joint Venture (the Contractor) as the
Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) programme for the Contract No. EP/SP/61/10 of Organic Waste
Treatment Facilities Phase I, which the project name has been updated
to
Organic Resources Recovery Centre (Phase I) (the
Project) since November 2017.
This is the 35th
EM&A report which summarises the monitoring results and audit findings for
the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 to 30 April 2018.
The structure of
the report is as follows:
Section 1: Introduction
It details the
scope and structure of the report.
Section 2: Project Information
It summarises the background and scope of the Project, site description,
project organization, construction programme, construction works undertaken and
status of the Environmental Permits (EP)/licences over the construction phase
of the Project.
Section 3: Environmental Monitoring Requirements
It
summarises the environmental monitoring requirements including monitoring
parameters, programmes, methodologies, frequency, locations, Action and Limit
Levels, Event/Action Plans, environmental mitigation measures as recommended in
the EM&A Manual and approved EIA report.
Section 4: Implementation
Status on Environmental Mitigation Measures
It
summarises the implementation of environmental protection measures during the
reporting period.
Section 5: Waste
Management
It
summarises the quantity of public fill and construction waste generated in the
reporting period
Section 6: Environmental
Site Inspection
It
summarises the audit findings of the weekly site inspections undertaken within
the reporting period.
Section 7: Environmental
Non-conformance
It
summarises any exceedance of environmental performance standard, environmental
complaints and summons received within the reporting period.
Section
8: Further Key Issues
It
summarises the impact forecast and monitoring schedule for the next reporting
month.
Section
9: Conclusions
The Organic Resources Recovery Centre
(ORRC) Phase I development (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”) is to
design, construct and operate a biological treatment facility with a capacity
of about 200 tonnes per day and convert source-separated organic waste from
commercial and industrial sectors (mostly food waste) into compost and biogas
through proven biological treatment technologies.
The environmental
acceptability of the construction and operation of the Project had been
confirmed by findings of the associated Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Study completed in 2009. The Director of
Environmental Protection approved this EIA Report under the Environmental
Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap. 499) in February 2010 (Register No.: AEIAR-149/2010) (hereafter referred to as the approved EIA Report). Subsequent Report on Re-assessment on
Environmental Implications and Report on Re-assessment on Hazard to Life
Implications were completed in 2013, respectively.
An Environmental Permit (EP)
(No. EP-395/2010) was issued by the Environmental Protection Department
(EPD) to the EPD, the Permit Holder, on 21 June 2010 and varied on 18 March
2013 (No. EP-395/2010/A) and 21 May 2013 (No. EP-395/2010/B),
respectively. The Design Build and
Operate Contract for the ORRC Phase 1 (Contract No. EP/SP/61/10 Organic
Resources Recovery Centre (Phase 1) (the Contract)) was awarded to SITA Waste
Services Limited, ATAL Engineering Limited and Ros-Roca, Sociedad Anonima
jointly trading as the OSCAR Bioenergy Joint Venture (OSCAR or the
Contractor). A Further EP (No.
FEP-01/395/2010/B) was issued by the EPD to the OSCAR on 16 February 2015. Variation to both EPs No. EP-395/2010/B and
No. FEP-01/395/2010/B were made in December 2015. The latest EPs, No. EP-395/2010/C and No.
FEP-01/395/2010/C, were issued by the EPD on 21 December 2015.
Under the requirements of
Condition 5 of the EP (No. FEP-01/395/2010/C), an Environmental Monitoring and
Audit (EM&A) programme as set out in the Agreement No. CE7/2008 (EP)
EM&A Manual (hereinafter referred to as EM&A Manual) is required to be
implemented. ERM-Hong Kong, Ltd (ERM)
has been appointed by OSCAR as the Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the
EM&A programme for the Contract.
The construction works commenced on 21 May 2015 and are scheduled for
completion by October 2018.
The Project Site is located at Siu Ho Wan in North Lantau with an area of
about 2 hectares. The layout of
the Project Site is illustrated in Annex A.
A
summary of the major construction activities undertaken in the reporting
period is shown in Table 2.1. The locations of the construction activities
are shown in Annex
B. The construction programme of the Project is
presented in Annex
C.
Table
2.1 Summary
of Construction Activities Undertaken in the Reporting Period
Construction Activities
Undertaken |
·
Building 1 –Finishing works and BS installation and
FS modification works. ·
Building 2 & 3 – Finishing works, BS
installation and FS modification works. ·
GRP ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area. ·
Installation of BS Roller Shutters ·
Electrical installation (cable trays, Local Control
panels/switch installation, general cabling works, instrumentation and
control installation, lighting , ELV and SCADA installation) ·
BS works (MVAC, FS, P/D) ·
Roadworks substantially completed. Boundary fence
remaining behind B 2. ·
Handover of areas to T&C team ongoing and
energization. Dry commissioning & wet commissioning (a) in progress. |
Note: (a)
Dry Commissioning: Refers to individual equipment
testing for functionality and reliable operation. (b)
Wet Commissioning: Refers to the equipment testing with
water in manual and automatic mode in the process units, which are ready to
operate individually and as part of the process unit as a whole. |
The
project organisation chart and contact details are shown in Annex D.
A summary of the
valid permits, licences, and/or notifications on environmental protection for
this Project is presented in Table 2.2.
Table 2.2 Summary
of Environmental Licensing, Notification and Permit Status
Permit/ Licences/ Notification |
Reference |
Validity Period |
Remarks |
Environmental Permit |
FEP-01/395/2010/C |
Throughout the Contract |
Permit granted on 21 December
2015 |
Notification of Construction
Works under the Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation |
Ref No. 386715 |
Throughout the Contract |
- |
Effluent Discharge License |
WT00021482-2015 |
21 May 2015 – 31 May 2020 |
Approved on 21 May 2015 |
Construction Noise Permit –
P1&P2 |
GW-RW0637-17 (Superseded
CNP GW-RW0351-17) |
21
January 2018– 20 July 2018 |
Approved
on 14 December 2017 |
Construction Noise Permit – P3 |
GW-RW0565-17 (Superseded
CNP GW- RW0267-17) |
1
December 2017 – 31 May 2018 |
Approved
on 24 October 2017 |
Construction Noise Permit – P5
(Slope) |
GW-RW0107-18 |
30
March 2018 – 29 September 2018 |
Approved
on 20 March 2018 |
Chemical Waste Producer
Registration |
WPN 5213-961-O2231-01 |
Throughout the Contract |
Approved on 29 April 2015 |
Waste Disposal Billing Account |
Account number: 702310 |
Throughout the Contract |
- |
All the relevant
environmental mitigation measures listed in the EIA Report and EM&A Manual
are summarised in Annex E.
According
to the EM&A Manual and EP requirement, no air quality, noise and water
quality monitoring is required.
Bi-weekly
landscape and visual audit is required to ensure that the design,
implementation and maintenance of landscape and visual mitigation measures
recommended in the EIA Report are fully achieved.
The
Contractor has implemented environmental mitigation measures and requirements
as stated in the approved EIA Report and EM&A Manual. The implementation status of the measures
during the reporting period is summarised in Annex E.
Wastes generated
from this Project include inert construction and demolition (C&D) materials
(public fill) and non-inert C&D materials (construction waste). Construction waste comprises general refuse,
metals and paper/cardboard packaging materials.
Metals generated from the Project are also grouped into construction
waste as the materials were not disposed of with others at public fill. Reference has been made to the Monthly
Summary Waste Flow Table prepared by the Contractor (see Annex F).
With reference to the relevant handling records and trip tickets of this
Project, the quantities of different types of waste generated in the reporting
month are summarised in Table 5.1.
Table 5.1 Quantities of Waste Generated from the
Project
Month / Year |
Quantity |
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Total Inert C&D Materials Generated (a) |
Non-inert C&D Materials (b) |
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C&D Materials Recycled (c) |
C&D Waste Disposed of at Landfill (d) |
Chemical Waste |
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April 2018 |
1,118.36 tonnes |
35,190.00 kg |
33.90 tonnes |
0.00 L |
Notes: (a) Inert
C&D materials (public fill) include bricks, concrete, building debris,
rubble and excavated spoil. In total, 1,118.36 tonnes
of inert C&D material were generated from the Project, of which 460.58
tonnes were reused in this Contract and the 657.78 tonnes
were disposed as public fill to the Fill Bank at Tuen Mun Area 38. The detailed waste flow is presented in Annex F. (b) Non-inert
C&D materials (construction wastes) include metals, paper / cardboard
packaging waste, plastics and other wastes such as general refuse. Metals generated from the Project were grouped
into construction wastes as the materials were not disposed of with others at
the public fill. (c) 16,320.00
kg of metals, 12,590.00 kg of papers/ cardboard packing and 6,280.00 kg of
plastics were sent to recyclers for recycling during the
reporting period. (d) Construction wastes other than
metals, paper/cardboard packaging, plastics and chemicals were disposed of at
NENT Landfill by subcontractors. |
Joint site inspections were
conducted by representatives of the Contractor, the ER, IC and the ET on 3, 11,
17 and 24 April 2018. The IEC was also present at the joint inspection on 11 April 2018.
Follow-up actions resulting from the last site inspections were
generally taken as reported by the Contractor.
Key observations during the reporting period are
summarised as follows:
3 April 2018
· Small amount of water used
for testing was observed not properly collected and discharged to the nullah near
slope through surface runoff. The contractor was advised to collect the water
properly to avoid surface runoff.
11 April 2018
· More than 20 cement bags
not properly covered were observed in Building 2 and the contractor was advised
to cover the dusty material properly to avoid dust emission.
· General refuse was observed on Building 1 roof and the contractor was
advised to remove the refuse.
· Chemical containers without drip tray were observed in Building 2 and the
contractor was advised to provide drip tray or remove the containers to
designed storage area according to the Code of Practice.
17 April 2018
· More than 20 cement bags
not properly covered were observed in Building 2 and the contractor was advised
to cover the dusty material properly to avoid dust emission.
24 April 2018
· No particular observation
during this site inspection.
In accordance with the EM&A Manual, bi-weekly landscape and
visual inspection is required to
ensure that the design, implementation and maintenance of landscape and visual
mitigation measures recommended in the EIA Report are fully achieved. Onsite inspections of the landscape and
visual mitigation measures were performed on 3, 16 and 30 April 2018.
It was confirmed that the necessary landscape and visual mitigation measures
as summarised in Annex E were
generally implemented by the Contractor.
No specific observation was found during site inspection on 3, 16 and 30 April 2018.
No
non-compliance was received during the reporting period.
No complaint was
received during the reporting period. The
cumulative environmental complaint log is shown in Annex G.
No
summon/prosecution was received during the reporting period. The cumulative summons/prosecution log is
shown in Annex G.
Works to be
undertaken for the coming monitoring period are summarised in Table 8.1.
Table 8.1 Construction Works to be undertaken in
the Next Reporting Period
Construction Activities Undertaken |
·
Building
1 – Finishing works and BS installation and FS modification works. FS
modifications works to be completed. ·
Building
2 & 3 – Finishing works, BS installation and FS modification works. FS
modifications works to be completed. ·
GRP
ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area. ·
Installation
of BS Roller Shutters – to be continued. ·
Electrical
installation (cable trays, Local Control panels/switch installation, general
cabling works, instrumentation and control installation, lighting , ELV and
SCADA installation) – to be completed. ·
BS
works (MVAC, FS, P/D) – to be continued. ·
Boundary
fence remaining behind B #2. ·
Handover
of areas to T&C team ongoing and energization. Dry commissioning &
wet commissioning (a) in progress. |
Note: (a)
Dry Commissioning: Refers to individual equipment
testing for functionality and reliable operation. (b)
Wet Commissioning: Refers to the equipment testing
with water in manual and automatic mode in the process units, which are ready
to operate individually and as part of the process unit as a whole. |
Potential
environmental impacts arising from the above construction activities will be
mainly associated with dust, construction noise, site runoffs, waste management
and landscaping issues.
The most
up-to-date construction programme for the Project is presented in Annex C.
This EM&A
Report presents the EM&A programme undertaken during the reporting period
from 1 to 30 April 2018 in accordance with EM&A Manual and requirements of
EP (FEP-01/395/2010/C).
No air quality,
noise and water quality monitoring is required.
Bi-weekly landscape and visual monitoring was
conducted in the reporting period. The
necessary landscape and visual mitigation measures recommended in the EIA
Report were generally implemented by the Contractor.
No
non-compliance event was received during reporting period.
No complaint and
summons/prosecution was received during the reporting period.
The ET will keep
track of the EM&A programme to ensure compliance of environmental
requirements and the proper implementation of all the necessary mitigation
measures in the coming periods.