Contents
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
LIST OF ANNEXES
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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 |
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 2nd
monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report
presenting the EM&A works carried out during the period from 1 July 2015
to 31 July 2015 in accordance with the EM&A Manual.
Summary of Construction Works undertaken during the
Reporting Month
Works undertaken in the reporting month included:
·
Piling;
·
Removing topsoil at the location of Building 2; and
·
Construction of foundation footing by tower crane.
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
A summary of the monitoring activities undertaken in
this reporting period is listed below:
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Joint Environmental Site Inspection |
5 times |
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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, 5,088.75 tonnes of inert
C&D material were generated from the Project, of which 0.00 tonnes were
reused in this Contract and the remaining 5,088.75 tonnes were disposed as
public fill to Fill Banks at Tuen Mun
Area 38 and Tseung Kwan O Area 137.
Non-inert C&D materials (construction wastes)
include metals, paper / cardboard packaging waste, plastics and other wastes
such as general refuse. 0.00 kg of metals,
papers/ cardboard packing and plastics were sent to recyclers for recycling during the
reporting period. 33.68 tonnes of general refuse was disposed as landfill
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 22 July 2015. Details
of the audit findings and implementation status of the mitigation measures are
presented in Section 6.1.
Landscape & Visual
An onsite inspection on landscape and visual
mitigation measures was performed on 3, 17 and 31 July 2015. 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 recorded 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:
·
Piling;
·
Excavation Works for Building 1 and Building 2;
·
Earthing
Copper Tape Installation; and
·
Tower Crane Erection.
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 2nd EM&A report which summarises the monitoring results and
audit findings for the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1
to 31 July 2015.
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.
Under the requirements of
Condition 5 of the EP (No. FEP-01/395/2010/B), 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
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Construction Activities Undertaken |
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Piling ·
Removing topsoil at
the location of Building 2 ·
Construction of
foundation footing by tower crane |
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
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Permit/ Licences/ Notification |
Reference |
Validity Period |
Remarks |
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Environmental Permit |
FEP-01/395/2010/B |
Throughout the Contract |
Permit granted on 16 February 2015 |
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Notification of Construction Works under the Air
Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation |
Ref No. 386715 |
Throughout the Contract |
- |
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Effluent Discharge License |
WT00021482-2015 |
21 May 2015 – 31 May 2020 |
Approved on 21 May 2015 |
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Construction Noise Permit |
GW-RW0078-15 |
1 April 2015 – 30 August 2015 |
- |
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Chemical Waste Producer Registration |
WPN 5213-961-O2231-01 |
Throughout the Contract |
Approved on 29 April 2015 |
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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
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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 2015 |
29.58 tonnes |
0.00 kg |
0.00 tonnes |
0 L |
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June 2015 |
2,226.90 tonnes |
0.00 kg |
9.66 tonnes |
0 L |
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July 2015 |
2,832.27 tonnes |
0.00 kg |
33.68 tonnes |
0 L |
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Notes: (a) Inert
C&D materials (public fill) include bricks, concrete, building debris,
rubble and excavated spoil. In
total, 5,088.75 tonnes of inert C&D material were generated from the
Project, of which 0.00 tonnes were reused in this Contract and the remaining
5,088.75 tonnes were disposed as public fill to Fill Banks at Tuen Mun Area 38 and Tseung Kwan O Area 137. 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) 0.00
kg of metals, 0.00 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. |
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Joint site
inspections were conducted by representatives of the Contractor, the ER, IC and
the ET on 3, 10, 17, 22 and 31 July 2015.
The IEC was also present at the joint inspection on 22 July 2015. Follow-up actions resulting
from the last site inspections were taken as reported by the Contractor and
their results were observed in the site inspections conducted in the reporting
period.
Major observations during the reporting period are
summarised as follows:
3 July 2015
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Soil was found to be not
completely covered by tarpaulin. It
was recommended to fully cover it to prevent dry and dusty situation.
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Drip tray was found missing
for some of the chemical waste containers.
It was recommended to provide drip tray under every chemical containers,
even if the chemical are recently arrived to avoid chemical leakage.
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General refuse was found in
some area. It was recommended to
clear general refuse regularly.
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Pond water was found in
drip trays. It was recommended to
clear the pond water regularly.
10 July 2015
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Chemical container was found
to be placed in the cop of the excavator.
It was recommended to provide drip tray under every chemical containers,
and to place the same type of chemical in the same area.
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Pond water was found in
drip trays. It was recommended to
clear the pond water regularly.
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Pond water was found in the
U-channel. It was recommended to
clear the pond water regularly.
17 July 2015
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No observation was
recorded.
22 July 2015
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Chemical waste containers were found without
chemical waste label. It was
recommended to ensure proper labelling in accordance with the requirement
stipulated in the Code of Practice on the
Packaging, Labelling and Storage of Chemical Wastes (published under the Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap.354) Section
35). General refuse was also
found in the chemical waste storage container. It was recommended to clear it and
ensure that there was no object other than chemical waste in the storage
container.
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Temporary chemical waste storage container onsite
was improper according to the Code of Practice on the Packaging, Labelling and
Storage of Chemical Wastes (Published under the Waste Disposal Ordinance
(Cap.354) Section 35). It is recommended to provide proper chemical waste
storage area in accordance with the requirements.
31 July 2015
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General refuse was found in
some area. It was recommended to
clear general refuse regularly.
·
Pond water was found in the
U-channel. It was recommended to
clear the pond water regularly.
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. An onsite inspection of the landscape
and visual mitigation measures was performed on 3, 17 and 31 July 2015.
Follow-up actions resulting
from the last site inspections were taken as reported by the Contractor and
their results were observed in the site inspections conducted in the reporting
period.
It was confirmed that most
of the necessary
landscape and visual mitigation measures as summarised in Annex E were
implemented by the Contractor.
The major findings are summarised as follows:
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Item |
Observation & Recommendation |
Photo Record |
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3
July 2015 |
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1. |
General refuse was observed within the tree protection zone of Trees
T43 and T44. It was recommended
to clear general refuse near the trees. |
(T43)
(T44) |
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17
July 2015 |
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1. |
A side of T41 tree protection boundary was found to be collapsed. It was recommended to repair it and
check the tree protection boundaries regularly. |
(T41) |
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2. |
Machines were found to be placed near tree T41. It was recommended to avoid placing
machine near the tree protection zone. |
(T41) |
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3. |
Tree T43 was found to be in poor health condition. It was recommended to spray
water to it regularly. |
(T43) |
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31
July 2015 |
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1. |
No observation was recorded. |
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No
non-compliance event was recorded 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
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Construction Activities Undertaken |
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Piling ·
Excavation Works
for Building 1 and Building 2 ·
Earthing Copper Tape
Installation ·
Tower Crane
Erection |
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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 July 2015 to 31 July 2015 in accordance with EM&A Manual and
requirements of EP (FEP-01/395/2010/B).
No air
quality, noise and water quality monitoring is required.
Bi-weekly landscape and visual monitoring was
conducted in the reporting period.
Most of the necessary landscape and visual mitigation measures
recommended in the EIA Report were implemented by the Contractor. Follow-up actions are required by the
Contractor to improve protection of the retained or to-be transplanted trees.
No
non-compliance event was recorded during the 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.
