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 Waste
Treatment Facilities Phase I (the Project) commenced
on 21 May 2015. This is the 24th monthly Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) report presenting the EM&A works carried out during
the period from 1 to 31 May 2017 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 for steel roof & covered walkway. CAPCS
stack structural steelwork, E&M & BS installation.
·
Building
2 – ABWF and finishing work, installation of GRP ductwork at roof, E&M
& BS installation.
·
Building
3 – ABWF and finishing work, Electrical and BS installation.
·
Link
bridge steelwork.
·
Weighbridge
control room structure.
·
Collection
chamber 1, Primary Sedimentation Tank & Int. Pump Sump construction,
backfilling.
·
NTH
mitigation works on slope.
·
AD
Tank – Piping work.
·
Biogas
holder installation.
·
Pipe
rack and cable rack installation.
·
Ammonia
Stripping Plant –mechanical and electrical work.
·
Electrical
installation (cable trays, MCC and Local Control panels installation, general
cabling works, cable pulling and energization of Building 1 & 3 MCC rooms).
·
Sitewide – Underground drainage and drawpit
work, water pipe, boundary fence wall construction.
·
Portion
4 – Material handling and storage.
·
Dismantle
of tower crane, excavation for footing of store room.
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
A summary of the monitoring activities undertaken in
this reporting period is listed below:
·
Joint Environmental Site Inspection |
5 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, 388.82 tonnes
of inert C&D material were generated from the Project, of which 211.00
tonnes were reused in this Contract. The 177.82 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. 1,090.00 kg of
metals, 64.00 kg of papers/ cardboard packing and 0.00 kg of plastics were sent
to recyclers for recycling during the reporting period. 109.10 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
Five 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 18 May 2017. 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 2, 16 and 30 May 2017.
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 for steel roof & covered walkway. CAPCS stack structural steelwork, E&M
& BS installation.
·
Building
2 - ABWF and finishing work, installation of GRP ductwork at roof, E&M
& BS installation.
·
Building
3 - ABWF and finishing work, Electrical and BS installation.
·
Link
bridge steelwork.
·
Weighbridge
control room structure.
·
Collection
chamber 1, Primary Sedimentation Tank & Int. Pump Sump construction,
backfilling.
·
NTH
mitigation works on slope.
·
AD
Tank - Piping work.
·
Biogas
holder installation.
·
Pipe
rack and cable rack installation.
·
Ammonia
Stripping Plant -mechanical and electrical work.
·
Electrical
installation (cable trays, MCC and Local Control panels installation, general
cabling works, cable pulling and energization of Building 1 & 3 MCC rooms).
·
Sitewide - Underground drainage and drawpit
work, water pipe, boundary fence wall construction.
·
Portion
4 - Material handling and storage.
·
Dismantle
of tower crane, excavation for footing of store room.
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
(the Project).
This is the 24th EM&A report which
summarises the monitoring results and audit findings for the EM&A programme
during the reporting period from 1 to 31 May 2017.
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 Waste Treatment Facilities (OWTF) 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
OWTF (Contract No. EP/SP/61/10 Organic Waste Treatment Facilities Phase I (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 April 2017.
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 for steel roof & covered walkway.
CAPCS stack structural steelwork, E&M & BS installation. ·
Building 2 – ABWF and finishing
work, installation of GRP ductwork at roof, E&M & BS installation. ·
Building 3 – ABWF and finishing
work, Electrical and BS installation. ·
Link bridge steelwork. ·
Weighbridge control room
structure. ·
Collection chamber 1, Primary
Sedimentation Tank & Int. Pump Sump construction, backfilling. ·
NTH mitigation works on slope. ·
AD Tank – Piping work. ·
Biogas holder installation. ·
Pipe rack and cable rack
installation. ·
Ammonia Stripping Plant
–mechanical and electrical work. ·
Electrical installation (cable
trays, MCC and Local Control panels installation, general cabling works,
cable pulling and energization of Building 1 & 3 MCC rooms). ·
Sitewide –
Underground drainage and drawpit work, water pipe,
boundary fence wall construction. ·
Portion 4 – Material handling and
storage. ·
Dismantle of tower crane,
excavation for footing of store room. |
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-RW0678-16 |
12
December 2016 – 11 June 2017 |
Approved
on 2 December 2016 |
Construction Noise Permit – P3 |
GW-RW0628-16 |
1
December 2016 – 31 May 2017 |
Approved
on 8 November 2016 |
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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May 2017 |
388.82 tonnes |
1,154.00 kg |
109.10 tonnes |
0.00 L |
Notes: (a) Inert
C&D materials (public fill) include bricks, concrete, building debris,
rubble and excavated spoil. In total, 388.82 tonnes
of inert C&D material were generated from the Project, of which 211.00
tonnes were reused in this Contract and the 177.82 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) 1,090.00
kg of metals, 64.00 kg of papers/ cardboard packing and 0.00 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, 8, 18 22 and 29 May 2017. The IEC was also present at the joint inspection on 18 May 2017. 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 May 2017
· Aggregates without any side
enclosure and covering were observed on the roof of Building 1 and the
contractor was reminded to cover the aggregates or remove them.
· Chemical containers without drip tray were observed on the roof of
Building 1 and the contractor was reminded to provide trip tray or remove the
used-up containers to designated area according to the Code of Practice.
8 May 2017
· Dusty material without covering was observed on the roof of Building 1
and the contractor was reminded to provide impervious cover to the dusty
material.
· The contractor was reminded to provide water inlet caps of water filling
road barriers to prevent mosquito breeding.
18 May 2017
· Chemical container was observed without drip tray on Building 1 roof and
the contractor was reminded to provide drip tray to the container or remove the
container to the designed area according to the Code of Practice.
· Oil stain was observed near the second vehicle entrance and the
contractor was reminded to clean the oil stain and dispose of as chemical
waste.
22 May 2017
· White water was observed
near Building 1 and the contractor was reminded to clean the white water.
29 May 2017
· Chemical containers without
trip tray were observed near the staff entrance and first vehicle entrance and
the contractor was reminded to remove the containers to designated area
according to 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 2, 16 and 30 May 2017.
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 2, 16 and 30 May 2017.
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 – structure for store room, ABWF and finishing work, cladding work for
steel roof, covered walkway and CAPCS stack, external wall cladding &
painting, E&M & BS installation. ·
Building
2 – ABWF and finishing work, installation of GRP ductwork at roof, E&M
& BS installation. ·
Building
3 – ABWF and finishing work, E&M and BS installation. ·
Link
bridge steelwork and cladding. ·
Weighbridge
control room structure, guard house and water meter cabinet structure. ·
Conical
tank footing construction. ·
NTH
mitigation works on slope. ·
AD
Tank – Piping work ·
Biogas
holder installation. ·
Pipe
rack and cable rack installation, piping work. ·
Ammonia
Stripping Plant –mechanical and electrical work. ·
Electrical
installation (cable trays, Local Control panels/switch installation, general cabling works,
instrumentation and control installation, lighting installation) ·
Sitewide – Underground drainage, drawpit
and catchpit work, water pipe, boundary fence wall
construction, roadworks. ·
Portion
4 – Material handling and storage. |
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 May 2017 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.