Comprehensive Feasibility Study for the Revised Scheme of

South East Kowloon Development

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual

CONTENTS

1.    INTRODUCTION

1.1	Purpose of this Manual
1.2	Background 
1.3	Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements
1.4	Project Organization
1.5 	Construction Programme

2.    AIR QUALITY

2.1 	Introduction
2.2 	Dust Monitoring
2.3 	Odour Monitoring

3.    NOISE

3.1	Construction Noise Monitoring
3.2 	Operational Traffic Noise Monitoring

4.    WATER QUALITY

4.1	Water Quality Parameters
4.2	Monitoring Equipment
4.3	Laboratory Measurement / Analysis
4.4	Monitoring Locations
4.5 	Baseline Monitoring
4.6 	Impact Monitoring
4.7 	Event and Action Plan for Water Quality
4.8 	Water Quality Mitigation Measures

5.    SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION

5.1	Biogas Parameters
5.2	Monitoring Equipment
5.3	Monitoring Locations
5.4	Monitoring for Biogas after Reclamation
5.5 	Monitoring for Biogas during Construction	
5.6 	Monitoring for Biogas in Buildings
5.7 	Limit Levels and Action Plan for Biogas Monitoring
5.8 	Biogas Mitigation Measures

6.    WASTE MANAGEMENT

6.1 	Legislation, Policies, Plans, Standards and Criteria			      
6.2 	Waste Management Measures

7.    LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL

7.1	Introduction
7.2	Baseline Monitoring
7.3	Advanced Design of Open Space over Engineering Structure
7.4	Construction and Operational Phase Audit
7.5	Funding, Implementing, Management and Maintenance

8.    SITE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

8.1	Site Inspections
8.2	Compliance with Legal and Contractual Requirements
8.3	Environmental Complaints

9.    REPORTING

9.1	General
9.2	Baseline Monitoring Report
9.3	Monthly EM&A Reports
9.4	Data Keeping
9.5	Interim Notifications of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances

   DRAWINGS

 

   APPENDICES

Appendix A    Implementation Schedule of Environmental Mitigation Measures

Appendix B    Sample Forms of EM&A Program

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