KCRC East Rail Extensions





		Project No.: 2001/005 Issue No.: 1
		Date: 05 November 2002
		KCRC East Rail Extension Development Contract No. HCC-300 and HCC-302
		Tsim Sha Tsui East Station (HCC-300) Pedestrian Subway (HCC-302) & Salisbury Road Underpass (SRU) Works
		Impact EM&A Report for October 2002
		Prepared For Gammon-Nishimatsu Joint Venture Limited

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Table of Contents

1.0	Introduction	1
2.0	Project Information	2
3.0	Status of Environmental Permits and Submissions	4
4.0	Summary of EM&A Requirements	6
5.0	Impact Monitoring Results	11
6.0	Environmental Complaint and Non-Compliance	18
7.0	Implementation of Mitigation Measures	21
8.0	Waste Management	23
9.0	Salisbury Road Underpass and Associated Road Improvement Works	24
10.0	Effluent Discharge and In-House Sampling	25
11.0	Environmental Training and Awareness	25
12.0	Landscape and Visual Impact	25
13.0	IEC and CET Site Audit	26
14.0	Archaeological/Cultural Heritage Monitoring	27
15.0	Land Contamination Assessment	27
16.0	Forecast and Schedule	27
17.0	Response to Comments from EPD/KCRC/IEC	27
18.0	Conclusion	28

List of Tables

Table 2-1 Summary of Major Construction Activities in October 2002

Table 3-1 Summary of License/Permit Status

Table 3-2 Summary of Document Submissions

Table 4-1 Locations of Air Quality Monitoring Stations for Contracts HCC-300 & 302

Table 4-2 Locations of Air Quality Monitoring Stations for the SRU Project

Table 4-3 Action/Limit Levels for 24-Hr TSP Monitoring

Table 4-4 Action/Limit Levels for 1-Hr TSP Monitoring

Table 4-5 Locations of Regular Noise Monitoring Stations

Table 4-6 Locations of Continuous Noise Monitoring Stations

Table 4-7 Action/Limit Levels for Regular and Continuous Noise Monitoring

Table 4-8 Distance Correction for Noise Monitoring Results

Table 5-1 Summary of 1-Hr TSP Monitoring Results

Table 5-2 Summary of 24-Hr TSP Monitoring Results

Table 5-3 Summary of Regular Noise Monitoring Results

Table 6-1 Summary of Complaint Statistics

Table 6-2 Summary of Environmental Complaint

Table 6-3 Summary of CPAR Statistics

Table 8-1 Summary of Waste Disposal in October 2002

List of Appendices

Appendix A Project site layouts for HCC-300&302 and the SRU Project

Appendix B Key personnel contact list

Appendix C Maps showing environmental monitoring stations

Appendix D Graphical presentations of 1-Hr TSP monitoring results in October 2002

Appendix E Graphical presentations of 24-Hr TSP monitoring results in October 2002

Appendix F Graphical presentations of regular noise monitoring results in October 2002

Appendix G Graphical presentations of CNM results in October 2002

Appendix H Equipment calibration certificates

Appendix I Summary of CPAR Status

Appendix J Summary of mitigation measures implementation status

Appendix K Work Program for SRU Project

Appendix L Report on Champion Tree No. 251

Appendix M Schedule of EM&A schedule in upcoming 3 month

Appendix N IEC comment response form

Executive Summary

ES.01 Gammon-Nishimatsu Joint Venture Limited (GNJV) was awarded the Contracts of East Rail Extensions Tsim Sha Tsui East (TST East) Rail Development Project HCC-300 and HCC-302 by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) and the Salisbury Road Underpass (SRU) and associated road improvement works entrusted by the Highway Department (HyD).

ES.02 Action-United Environmental Services and Consulting (AUES) was commissioned by GNJV to implement an Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) program in accordance with the approved EM&A Manuals of these contracts to maintain acceptable environmental quality throughout the construction period.

ES.03 The reporting for the SRU project has been and will be incorporated into this and subsequent EM&A monthly reports for the Contracts HCC-300 & 302 upon approval from the Environmental Protection Department (EPD).

ES.04 This monthly EM&A report summarizes the monitoring results and audit findings of the EM&A program in the reporting month of October 2002.

Key Construction Progress for the Contracts HCC-300&302 and the SRU Project

ES.05 The major construction activities in this reporting month for the Contracts HCC-300&302 include piling, excavation, superstructure, concreting, decking installation, tree protection, and utilities works. Details of the construction work undertaken in this reporting month are summarized in Section 2.2.

ES.06 The SRU project is tentatively scheduled to commence in mid Nov 2002. No construction work associated with the SRU project was carried out in this reporting month.

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

ES.07 The monthly EM&A program was undertaken in accordance with the approved TST EM&A manual and relevant contractual requirements. A summary of the monitoring activities in this reporting month is listed below:

Ÿ 1-Hr TSP Monitoring	90 Occasions
Ÿ 24-Hr TSP Monitoring	30 Occasions
Ÿ Regular Noise Monitoring	35 Occasions
Ÿ Continuous Noise Monitoring	75 Occasions

ES.08 The monitoring locations of the SRU project are identical to three monitoring stations under the Contract HCC-300. Sharing of the monitoring data has been adopted upon approval from EPD.

ES.09 Since the SRU project has not yet commenced, no environmental monitoring data are available in this reporting month.

Summary of Environmental Exceedance

ES.10 A summary of monitoring exceedance and the level of compliance in this reporting month is presented as follows:

Env. Quality	Parameters	% Compliance	Investigation & Corrective Actions
Air Quality	1-Hr TSP	100%	Not required for 100% compliance
Air Quality	24-Hr TSP	100%	Not required for 100% compliance
Noise	Regular Noise	100%	Not required for 100% compliance
Noise	CNM	100%	Not required for 100% compliance

Effluent Discharge and In-house Monitoring Program

ES.11 Site effluent is regularly sampled and analyzed according to the requirements of the wastewater discharge permit issued by EPD.

Restricted-Hour Noise Monitoring

ES.12 No construction was undertaken during restricted hours in this reporting month and no restricted-hour noise monitoring was required.

Site Inspection and Audits

ES.13 Environmental audits and inspections were conducted in this reporting month. A summary of dates of the audits and inspections carried out by the concerned parties are presented as follows:

Concerned Parties	Dates of Audit/Inspection
CET	5, 12, 19 and 24 October 2002
IEC/KCRC	24 October 2002

ES.14 The IEC’s and CET’s audit findings are summarized in the following table with the corrective actions/mitigation measures implemented or proposed by GNJV.

Item	IEC/CET	Date	Key Audit Findings	Proposed Actions/Mitigation Measures
HCC-300
1	IEC	24 Oct 02	Wing On Plaza: Sedimentation tank should be free from silt and sediment and these should be removed whenever necessary.	Site staff was reminded to regularly maintain the sedimentation system with sediment deposits removed.
2	IEC	24 Oct 02	Middle Road Playground: Black smoke emitted from backhoe was observed.	Site staff was instructed to repair the backhoe and reminded to regularly maintain the plants.
3	IEC	24 Oct 02	Area F1: Drip tray should be provided for oil bottle.	Drip tray was provided subsequent to the audit.
4	IEC	24 Oct 02	Outside D4 near the bus stop: Serious oil leakage was observed. Proper management for site fencing/hoarding should be carried out to avoid occupations by others.	Site staff was instructed to remove the oil leakage and properly maintain the site fencing/hoarding.
5	CET	19 Oct 02	Emission of black smoke was found from a crawler crane.	Site staff was instructed to repair the crawler crane and reminded to regularly maintain the plants.
HCC-302
6	IEC	24 Oct 02	Area 1: Wheel washing facilities should be provided at site exit.	Site staff was instructed to provide manual water spraying at site exit.
7	IEC	24 Oct 02	Area 1: Dead water in sedimentation tank not being discharged should be removed or covered.	Site staff was instructed to discharge the stagnant water in the sedimentation tank.
8	IEC	27 Sept 02	Zone AB: Water accumulation in the drip tray after rainfall should be removed and treated as chemical waste.	Site staff was instructed to clean up the drip tray and remove the potentially contaminated rainwater in the manner as chemical waste.
9	CET	12 Oct 02	Zone AB: No water spraying was provided in the course of breaking activities.	Site staff was reminded to apply water spraying during breaking activities.

ES.15 Details of the audit/inspection findings are presented in the site inspection checklist provided by IEC and in Section 13.0.

Summary of Waste Management Issues and Audit Findings

ES.16 The waste quantities arising from the construction work in this reporting month are presented in the following table:

Impact EM&A Report for October 2002