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
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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
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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 34th[LP1] monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report presenting the EM&A
works carried out during the period from 1 to 31 March 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 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M & BS
installation.
·
Building 2 & 3 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M
& BS installation.
·
GRP ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area.
·
Installation of Tunnel Doors, Roller Shutter.
·
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).
·
Site wide – U Channel completed. Roadworks and
boundary fence wall construction.
·
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 |
2 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, 217.06 tonnes of inert C&D material
were generated from the Project, of which 99.80 tonnes were reused in this
Contract. The 117.26 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. 12,260.00 kg of metals, 12,120.00 kg of
papers/ cardboard packing and 5,960.00 kg of plastics were sent to recyclers
for recycling during the reporting period. 32.53 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 14 March 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 5 and 19 March 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 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M & BS installation.
·
Building
2 & 3 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M & BS installation.
·
GRP
ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area.
·
Installation
of Tunnel Doors, Roller Shutter to be completed – 50% remaining.
·
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).
·
Site
wide – U Channel completed. Roadworks and boundary fence wall construction.
·
Pursue
of FS modification works.
·
Handover
of areas to T&C team ongoing and energization. Dry comissioning & 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 34th[LP2] EM&A
report which summarises the monitoring results and audit findings for the
EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 to 31 March 2018[LP3] .
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 June 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 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M &
BS installation. ·
Building 2 & 3 – ABWF and finishing work,
E&M & BS installation. ·
GRP ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area. ·
Installation of Tunnel Doors, Roller Shutter to be
completed. ·
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). ·
Site wide – U Channel completed. Roadworks and
boundary fence wall construction. ·
Handover of areas to T&C team ongoing and
energization. Dry commissioning & wet commissioning in progress. |
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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March 2018 |
217.06 tonnes |
30,340.00 kg |
32.53 tonnes |
0.00 L |
Notes: (a) Inert
C&D materials (public fill) include bricks, concrete, building debris,
rubble and excavated spoil. In total, 217.06 tonnes
of inert C&D material were generated from the Project, of which 99.80 tonnes
were reused in this Contract and the 117.26 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) 12,260.00
kg of metals, 12,120.00 kg of papers/ cardboard packing and 5,960.00 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 5, 14, 19 and 27 March 2018.
The IEC was also present at the joint
inspection on 14 March
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:
5 March 2018
· No particular observation
during this inspection.
14 March 2018
· A chemical waste container
was observed near the waste water treatment plant and the contractor was
advised to remove and dispose of the container in accordance with the Code of
Practice.
· The contractor was advised to remove general refuse regularly from the
site.
19 March 2018
· No particular observation
during this inspection.
27 March 2018
· Chemical waste containers were
observed in Building 2 and the contractor was advised to remove and dispose of the
containers in accordance with the Code of Practice.
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 5 and 19 March 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 5 and 19 March 2018.
No non-compliance
was received during the reporting period.
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 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M & BS installation to be completed. ·
Building
2 & 3 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M & BS installation. ·
GRP
ductwork to Building 1 roof and SBT area. ·
Installation
of Tunnel Doors, Roller Shutter to be completed – 50% remaining. ·
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) – to be continued. ·
Site
wide – U Channel completed. Roadworks and boundary fence wall construction. ·
Pursue
of FS modification works. ·
Handover
of areas to T&C team ongoing and energization. Dry commissioning &
wet commissioning in progress. |
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 31
March 2018[LP4] 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.