10.2 Baseline Monitoring Report
10.4 Quarterly EM&A Summary
Reports
10.5 Final EM&A Review
Reports
10.6 Reporting for
Post-construction / Post-Translocation Monitoring of Coral
10.7 Operation
Phase EM&A Reporting
10.9 Interim Notifications of
Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances
(i) up to half a page
executive summary;
(ii) brief project background
information;
(iii) drawings showing locations of
the baseline monitoring stations;
(iv) monitoring results (in both hard and
diskette copies) together with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency and duration; and
·
quality assurance (QA) /
quality control (QC) results and detection limits;
(v) details of influencing factors,
including:
·
major activities, if any,
being carried out on the site during the period;
·
weather conditions during the
period; and
·
other factors which might
affect results;
(vi) determination of the Action and Limit
Levels for each monitoring parameter and statistical analysis of the baseline
data, the analysis shall conclude if there is any significant difference between
control and impact stations for the parameters monitored;
(vii) revisions for inclusion in the
EM&A Manual; and
(viii) comments,
recommendations and conclusions.
First Monthly
EM&A Report
(i) executive summary (1-2
pages):
·
breaches of Action and Limit
levels;
·
complaint log;
·
notifications of any summons
and successful prosecutions;
·
reporting changes; and
·
future key issues.
(ii) basic project information:
·
project organisation
including key personnel contact names and telephone numbers;
·
programme;
·
management structure, and
·
works undertaken during the
month;
(iii) environmental status:
·
Advice on the status of
statutory environmental compliance, the status of compliance with environmental
permit (EP) conditions under the EIA Ordinance, submission status under the EP
and implementation status of mitigation measures.
·
works undertaken during the
month with illustrations (such as location of works, daily excavation rate,
etc); and
·
drawings showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations (with co-ordinates of the monitoring locations);
(iv) a brief summary of EM&A
requirements including:
·
all monitoring parameters;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
·
Event-Action Plans;
·
environmental mitigation
measures, as recommended in the project EIA study final report; and
·
environmental requirements
in contract documents;
(v) implementation status:
·
advice on the implementation
status of environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA;
(vi) monitoring results (in both hard and
diskette copies) together with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency, and duration;
·
weather conditions during
the period;
·
graphical plots of the
monitored parameters in the month annotated against;
(i)
major activities being carried out on site during the
period
(ii)
weather conditions that may affect the results
(iii)
any other factors which might affect the monitoring
results
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results; and
·
QA/QC results and detection
limits;
(vii) report on non-compliance, complaints,
and notifications of summons and successful prosecutions:
·
record of all non-compliance
(exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit
levels);
·
record of all complaints
received (written or verbal) for each media, including locations and nature of
complaints investigation, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and
follow-up procedures taken, results and summary;
·
record of all notification
of summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of current environmental
protection / pollution control legislation, including locations and nature of
the breaches, investigation, follow-up actions taken, results and summary;
·
review of the reasons for
and the implications of non-compliance, complaints, summons and prosecutions
including review of pollution sources and working procedures; and
·
description of the actions
taken in the event of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up
procedures related to earlier non-compliance;
(viii) others
·
compare and contrast the
EM&A data in the month with the EIA predictions and annotate with
explanation for any discrepancies;
·
an account of the future key
issues as reviewed from the works programme and work method statements;
·
advice on the solid and
liquid waste management status; and
·
comments (for examples,
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures), recommendations (for
example, any improvement in the EM&A programme) and conclusions.
Subsequent EM&A
Reports
(i) executive summary (1 - 2
pages):
·
breaches of Action and Limit
levels;
·
complaints log;
·
notifications of any summons
and successful prosecutions;
·
reporting changes; and
·
future key issues.
(ii) basic project information:
·
project organisation including
key personnel contact names and telephone numbers;
·
programme;
·
management structure; and
·
work undertaken during the
month;
(iii) environmental status:
·
works undertaken during the
month with illustrations (such as location of works, daily excavation rate,
etc.); and
·
drawing showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations.
·
Advice on the status of
statutory environmental compliance, the status of compliance with environmental
permit (EP) conditions under the EIA Ordinance, submission status under the EP and implementation status of
mitigation measures.
(iv) implementation status:
·
advice on the implementation
status of environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA;
(v) monitoring results (in both hard
and diskette copies) together with the following information:
·
monitoring methodology;
·
name of laboratory and types
of equipment used and calibration details;
·
parameters monitored;
·
monitoring locations;
·
monitoring date, time,
frequency, and duration;
·
weather conditions during
the period;
·
graphical plots of the
monitored parameters in the month annotated against;
(i)
major activities being carried out on site during the
period
(ii)
weather conditions that may affect the results
(iii)
any other factors which might affect the monitoring
results
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results; and
·
QA / QC results and
detection limits.
(vi) report on non-compliance, complaints,
and notifications of summons and successful prosecutions:
·
record of all non-compliance
(exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit
levels);
·
record of all complaints
received (written or verbal) for each media, including locations and nature of
complaints investigation, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and
follow-up procedures taken, results and summary;
·
record of all notification
of summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of current environmental
protection / pollution control legislation, including locations and nature of
the breaches, investigation, follow-up actions taken, results and summary;
·
review of the reasons for
and the implications of non-compliance, complaints, summons and prosecutions
including review of pollution sources and working procedures; and
·
description of the actions
taken in the event of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up
procedures related to earlier non-compliance.
(vii) others
·
compare and contrast the
EM&A data in the month with the EIA predictions and annotate with
explanation for any discrepancies;
·
an account of the future key
issues as reviewed from the works programme and work method statements;
·
advice on the solid and
liquid waste management status; and
·
comments (for examples,
effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures), recommendations (for
example, any improvement in the EM&A programme) and conclusions.
(viii) appendix
·
Action and Limit levels;
·
graphical plots of trends of
monitored parameters at key stations over the past four reporting periods for
representative monitoring stations annotated against the following:
a) major
activities being carried out on site during the period;
b) weather
conditions during the period; and
c) any
other factors that might affect the monitoring results.
·
monitoring schedule for the
present and next reporting period;
·
cumulative statistics on
complaints, notifications of summons and successful prosecutions; and
·
outstanding issues and
deficiencies.
(i) executive summary (1 - 2
pages);
(ii) basic project information
including a synopsis of the project organisation, programme, contacts of key
management, and a synopsis of works undertaken during the quarter;
(iii) a brief summary of EM&A
requirements including:
·
monitoring parameters;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels); and
·
environmental mitigation
measures, as recommended in the project EIA Final Report;
(iv) advice on the implementation status of
environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures, as
recommended in the project EIA Final Report, summarised in the updated
implementation schedule;
(v) drawings showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations;
(vi) graphical plots of any trends in
monitored parameters over the past four months (the last month of the previous
quarter and the present quarter) for representative monitoring stations
annotated against:
·
the major activities being
carried out on site during the period;
·
weather conditions during the
period; and
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results;
(vii) advice on the solid and liquid waste
management status;
(viii) a summary of
non-compliance (exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits
(Action and Limit levels);
(ix) a brief review of the reasons for and
the implications of any non-compliance, including a review of pollution sources and working
procedures;
(x) a summary description of actions
taken in the event of non-compliance and any follow-up procedures related to
any earlier non-compliance;
(xi) a summarised record of all complaints
received (written or verbal) for each media, liaison and consultation
undertaken, actions and follow-up procedures taken;
(xii) comments (for examples, a review of
the effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures and the performance
of the environmental management system, that is, of the overall EM&A
programme); recommendations (for example, any improvement in the EM&A
programme) and conclusions for the quarter; and
(xiii)
proponents' contacts and any hotline telephone
number for the public to make enquiries.
(i) executive summary (1 - 2
pages);
(ii) drawings showing the project
area, any environmental sensitive receivers and the locations of the monitoring
and control stations;
(iii) basic project information
including a synopsis of the project organisation, contacts of key management,
and a synopsis of work undertaken during the course of the project or past
twelve months;
(iv) a brief summary of EM&A requirements
including:
·
environmental mitigation
measures, as recommended in the project EIA Report;
·
environmental impact
hypotheses tested;
·
environmental quality
performance limits (Action and Limit levels);
·
all monitoring parameters;
·
Event-Action Plans;
(v) a summary of the implementation
status of environmental protection and pollution control / mitigation measures,
as recommended in the project EIA Report, summarised in the updated
implementation schedule;
(vi) graphical plots and the statistical
analysis of the trends of monitored parameters over the course of the project,
including the post-project monitoring for all monitoring stations annotated
against:
·
the major activities being
carried out on site during the period;
·
weather conditions during
the period; and
·
any other factors which
might affect the monitoring results;
(vii) a summary of non-compliance
(exceedances) of the environmental quality performance limits (Action and Limit
levels);
(viii) a review of the reasons
for and the implications of non-compliance including review of pollution
sources and working procedures as appropriate;
(ix) a description of the actions taken in
the event of non-compliance;
(x) a summary record of all
complaints received (written or verbal) for each media, liaison and consultation
undertaken, actions and follow-up procedures taken;
(xi) a summary record of notifications of
summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of the current environmental
protection / pollution control legislation, locations and nature of the breaches,
investigation follow-up actions taken and results;
(xii) a review of the validity of EIA
predictions and identification of shortcomings in EIA recommendations; and
(xiii) comments (for examples,
a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the mitigation measures and of
the performance of the environmental management system, that is, of the overall
EM&A programme);
(xiv)
recommendations and conclusions (for example, a
review of success of the overall EM&A programme to cost-effectively
identify deterioration and to initiate prompt effective mitigatory action when
necessary).