Agreement No. CE 87/2001 (CE)

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF TSEUNG KWAN O

FEASIBILITY STUDY

Environmental Monitoring and audit manual

LIST OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Description

1.2 Purpose of the Manual

1.3 Project Organisation

2 Air quality

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Air Quality Parameters

2.3 Monitoring Equipment

2.4 Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

2.5 Monitoring Locations

2.6 Baseline Monitoring

2.7 Impact Monitoring

2.8 Event and Action Plan

2.9 Mitigation Measures

3 Noise.

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Noise Parameters

3.3 Monitoring Equipment

3.4 Monitoring Locations

3.5 Baseline Monitoring

3.6 Impact Monitoring

3.7 Event and Action Plan

3.8 Mitigation Measures

4 Water quality

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Construction Phase Monitoring

4.3 Operational Phase Monitoring

4.4 Monitoring Equipment and Field Log

4.5 Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4.6 Event and Action Plan

4.7 Mitigation Measures

5 Terrestrial ecology

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Ecological Mitigation Measures and Monitoring

6 Marine Ecology

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Ecological Mitigation Measures and Monitoring

7 Fisheries

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Ecological Mitigation Measures and Monitoring

8 Landscape and visual

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Monitoring Details

8.3 Baseline Monitoring

8.4 Event/Action Plan for Landscape and Visual Works

8.5 Mitigation Measures

9 Waste management

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Mitigation Measures

10 Cultural heritage

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Cultural Heritage Mitigation Measures

10.3 Construction Phase Monitoring and Audit

11 Landfill gas hazard

11.1 Landfill Gas Parameters

11.2 Monitoring Equipment

11.3 Monitoring Locations

11.4 Limit Levels and Event and Action Plan (EAP) for Landfill Gas

11.5 Mitigation Measures

12 Site environmental audit

12.1 Site Inspections

12.2 Compliance with Legal and Contractual Requirements

12.3 Environmental Complaints

13 Reporting

13.1 General

13.2 Electronic Reporting of EM&A Information

13.3 Baseline Monitoring Report

13.4 Monthly EM&A Reports

13.5 Quarterly EM&A Summary Reports

13.6 Final EM&A Review Reports

13.7 Data Keeping

13.8 Interim Notifications of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances

Tables

Table 2.1 Proposed Air Quality Monitoring Stations

Table 2.2 Action and Limit Levels for Air Quality (Dust)

Table 2.3 Event and Action Plan for Air Quality (Dust)

Table 2.4 Design of WCR Ventilation Building at the Eastern Portal and Mid-Ventilation Building

Table 3.1 Proposed Construction Noise Monitoring Stations

Table 3.2 Proposed Traffic Noise Monitoring Stations

Table 3.3 Proposed Fixed Noise Monitoring Station

Table 3.4 Action and Limit Levels for Construction Noise

Table 3.5 Event and Action Plan for Construction Noise

Table 4.1 Proposed Marine Water Quality Stations for Baseline and Construction Phase Monitoring

Table 4.2 Proposed Marine Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Parameters at Stations C1, C2, CM1 to CM5

Table 4.3 Proposed Marine Water Quality Stations for Operational Phase Monitoring

Table 4.4 Analytical Methods to be applied to Marine Water Quality Samples

Table 4.5 Action and Limit Levels for Marine Water Quality

Table 4.6 Event and Action Plan for Marine Water Quality During Marine Construction Period

Table 4.7 Event and Action Plan for Marine Water Quality During DCM Field Trial

Table 4.8 Event and Action Plan for Marine Water Quality During Operational Phase

Table 6.1 Action and Limit Level for Coral Monitoring

Table 6.2 Action and Limit Level Exceedance Procedures for Construction Phase Coral Monitoring

Table 6.3a Tier 1 benthic attribute categories

Table 6.3b Tier I ordinal ranks of percentage cover of benthic attributes

Table 6.4 Taxonomic resolution of inventory

Table 6.5 Ordinal ranks of taxon abundance

Table 11.1 Limit Levels and Action Plan for Landfill Gas

Figures

Figure 1.1 Elements of the Project

Figure 1.2 Project Organisation

Figure 2.1a Locations of Construction Dust Monitoring Stations (Kowloon Area)

Figure 2.1b Locations of Construction Dust Monitoring Stations (TKO Area)

Figure 3.1a Locations of Construction Noise Monitoring Stations (Kowloon Area)

Figure 3.1b Locations of Construction Noise Monitoring Stations (TKO Area)

Figure 3.2a Locations of Operational Traffic Noise Monitoring Stations (Kowloon Area)

Figure 3.2b Locations of Operational Traffic Noise Monitoring Stations (TKO Area)

Figure 3.3 Location of Fixed Noise Monitoring Station

Figure 4.1 Locations of Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station

Figure 6.1 Coral Monitoring Locations

Figure 10.1 Location of Identified Anomaly

Figure 12.1 Complaint Response Procedures

APPENDICIES

Appendix A Construction Programme

Appendix B Sample Record Sheet

Appendix C Implementation Schedule of Proposed Mitigation Measures

Appendix D Sample Template for the Interim Notification