Agreement No. CE 29/2008(EP)

Engineering Investigation and Environmental

Studies for Integrated Waste Management Facilities

Phase 1 – Feasibility Study

 

Integrated Waste Management Facilities

Environmental Monitoring & Audit Manual

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

 

1.           INTRODUCTION

1.1            Purpose of The Manual

1.2            Project Description

1.2.1         Introduction

1.2.2         Project Location

1.2.3         Scope of Project

1.3            Construction Programme

1.4            Project Organization

1.4.1         Introduction

1.4.2         Construction Phase

1.4.3         Operation Phase

1.5            Structure of This Manual

 

2a.         AIR QUALITY IMPACT (TTAL SITE)

2a.1          Introduction

2a.2          Monitoring during Construction Phase

2a.3          Monitoring during Operation Phase

2a.3.1        Stack Monitoring

2a.3.2        Odour Monitoring

 

2b.         AIR QUALITY IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

2b.1          Introduction

2b.2          Monitoring during Construction Phase

2b.3          Monitoring during Operation Phase

2b.3.1       Stack Monitoring

2b.3.2       Odour Monitoring

 

3a.         NOISE IMPACT (TTAL SITE)

 

3b.         NOISE IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

3b.1          Introduction

3b.2          Noise Parameters

3b.2.1       Construction Phase

3b.3          Baseline Monitoring

3b.3.1       Construction Phase

3b.4          Impact Monitoring

3b.4.1       Construction Phase

3b.5          Event and Action Plan

3b.5.1       Construction Phase

3b.6          Mitigation Measures

3b.6.1       Construction Phase

3b.6.2       Operation Phase

 

4a.         WATER QUALITY IMPACT (TTAL Site)

4a.1          Introduction

4a.2          Water Quality Parameters

4a.3          Monitoring Locations

4a.4          Baseline Monitoring

4a.5          Impact Monitoring

4a.5.1        Stream Water Quality Monitoring

4a.5.2        Marine Water Quality Monitoring

4a.6          Site Audits

4a.7          Field Log

4a.8          Monitoring Equipment

4a.8.1        Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Measuring Equipment

4a.8.2        Turbidity Measurement Instrument

4a.8.3        pH Measurement Instrument

4a.8.4        Sampler

4a.8.5        Water Depth Detector

4a.8.6        Sample Containers and Storage

4a.8.7        Monitoring Position Equipment

4a.8.8        Calibration of In-Situ Instruments

4a.9          Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4a.10         Event and Action Plan

4a.11         Mitigation Measures

 

4b.         WATER QUALITY IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

4b.1          Introduction

4b.2          Water Quality Parameters

4b.3          Monitoring Locations

4b.4          Baseline Monitoring

4b.4.1       Construction Phase

4b.4.2       Operational Phase

4b.5          Impact Monitoring

4b.5.1       Construction Phase

4b.5.2       Operational Phase

4b.6          Efficiency of Silt Curtain at Marine Access Opening

4b.7          Site Audits

4b.8          Field Log

4b.9          Monitoring Equipments

4b.9.1       Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Measuring Equipment

4b.9.2       Turbidity Measurement Instrument

4b.9.3       pH Measurement Instrument

4b.9.4       Sampler

4b.9.5       Water Depth Detector

4b.9.6       Salinity

4b.9.7       Sample Containers and Storage

4b.9.8       Monitoring Position Equipment

4b.9.9       Calibration of In-Situ Instruments

4b.10        Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4b.11        Event and Action Plan

4b.12        Mitigation Measures

 

5a.         WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS (TTAL SITE)

5a.1          Introduction

5a.2          Waste Management and Control

5a.2.1        Construction Phase

5a.2.2        Operation Phase

5a.3          Approach to Prevent Land Contamination

5a.3.1        Fuel Oil Spillage Prevention

5a.3.2        Chemicals and Chemical Wastes Handling & Spillage Prevention

5a.3.3        Preventive Measures for Incineration By-products Handling

5a.3.4        Incident Record

 

5b.         WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

5b.1          Introduction

5b.2          Waste Management and Control

5b.2.1       Construction Phase

5b.2.2       Operation Phase

5b.3          Monitoring Requirements For Biogas Generation

5b.4          Approach To Prevent Land Contamination

5b.4.1       Fuel Oil Spillage Prevention

5b.4.2       Chemicals and Chemical Wastes Handling & Spillage Prevention

5b.4.3       Preventive Measures For Incineration By-Products Handling

5b.4.4       Incident Record

 

6a.         ECOLOGICAL IMPACT (BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC) (TTAL SITE)

6a.1          Introduction

6a.2          Site Inspection for Avoidance of Mortality of Little Grebe

6a.3          Site Audit Requirement

6a.3.1        Construction Phase

6a.3.2        Operation Phase

6a.4          Ecological Monitoring of Avifauna and their Habitat

6a.4.1        Construction Phase

6a.4.2        Operation Phase

6a.5          Ecological Monitoring of Additional Compensatory Habitat and Enhanced Wetland Habitat

 

6b.         ECOLOGICAL IMPACT (BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC) (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

6b.1          Introduction

6b.2          Ecological Mitigation Measures

6b.2.1       Specific Measures To Minimise Disturbance On Finless Porpoise

6b.2.2       Specific Measures To Minimise Impact On Corals

6b.2.3       Specific Measures To Minimise Disturbance On Breeding White-Bellied Sea Eagle

6b.3          Marine Mammal Monitoring

6b.3.1       Introduction

6b.3.2       Vessel-Based Line-Transect Survey

6b.3.3       Active Acoustic Monitoring

6b.3.4       Passive Acoustic Monitoring

6b.3.5       Land-Based Theodolite Tracking

6b.3.6       Land-Based Monitoring Of Channel Between The Iwmf And Shek Kwu Chau

6b.3.7       Exclusion Zone

6b.3.8       Marine Mammal Watching Plan

6b.3.9       Assessment And Evaluation Of Monitoring Results

6b.4          Coral Monitoring Programme

6b.4.1       Introduction

6b.4.2       Coral Monitoring Survey

6b.4.3       Post-Translocation Coral Monitoring Survey

6b.4.4       Coral Monitoring Methodology

6b.5          White-Bellied Sea Eagle Monitoring Programme

6b.6          Reference

 

7a.         FISHERIES IMPACT (TTAL SITE)

 

7b.         FISHERIES IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

 

8a.         HEALTH IMPACT (TTAL SITE)

8a.1          Introduction

8a.2          Monitoring of Radon Concentration

8a.2.1        Baseline Measurement

8a.2.2        Monitoring during Operation Phase

8a.2.3        Measurement of Radon Concentration

 

8b.         HEALTH IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

 

9a.         LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT (TTAL SITE)

9a.1          Introduction

9a.2          Mitigation Measures

9a.3          Design Phase Audit

9a.4          Baseline Review

9a.5          Construction and Operation Phase Audit

 

9b.         LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

9b.1          Introduction

9b.2          Mitigation Measures

9b.3          Design Phase Audit

9b.4          Baseline Review

9b.5          Construction and Operation Phase Audit

 

10a.        IMPACT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE (TTAL SITE)

 

10b.       IMPACT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE (ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR SKC)

 

11a.        LANDFILL GAS HAZARDS ASSESSMENT (TTAL SITE)

11a.1         Introduction

11a.2         Monitoring and Measurement of Landfill Gas

 

12.         SITE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT & ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINTS

12.1          Site Inspection

12.2          Compliance with Legal and Contractual Requirements

12.3          Environmental Complaints

 

13.         REPORTING

13.1          General

13.2          Baseline Monitoring Report

13.3          Monthly EM&A Reports

13.3.1        Introduction

13.3.2        First Monthly EM&A Report

13.4          Quarterly EM&A Summary Reports

13.5          Final EM&A Review Report

13.6          Data Keeping

13.7          Interim Notifications of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances

 

List of Tables

 

Table 1.1           Construction Programme of the IWMF at the TTAL Site

Table 1.2           Construction Programme of the IWMF at the Artificial Island near SKC

 

Table 2a.1         Analytical Parameters and Methodology

Table 2a.2         Odour Intensity Level

Table 2a.3         Action and Limit Levels for Odour Nuisance

Table 2a.4         Event and Action Plan for Odour Monitoring

 

Table 2b.1         Analytical Parameters and Methodology

Table 2b.2         Odour Intensity Level

Table 2b.3         Action and Limit Levels for Odour Nuisance

Table 2b.4         Event and Action Plan for Odour Monitoring

 

Table 3b.1         Noise Monitoring Stations

Table 3b.2         Action and Limit Levels for Construction Noise

Table 3b.3         Event/Action Plan for Construction Noise

 

Table 4a.1         Proposed Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Table 4a.2         Proposed Marine Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Parameters

Table 4a.3         Analytical Methods to be Applied to Water Quality Samples

Table 4a.4         Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality

Table 4a.5         Event and Action Plan for Water Quality

 

Table 4b.1         Proposed Marine Water Quality Stations for Baseline and Impact Monitoring during Construction Phase

Table 4b.2         Proposed Marine Water Quality Stations for Baseline and Impact Monitoring during Operational Phase

Table 4b.3         Proposed Marine Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Parameters for Construction Phase Impact Monitoring

Table 4b.4         Proposed Marine Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Parameters for Operational Phase Impact Monitoring

Table 4b.5         Analytical Methods to be Applied to Marine Water Quality Samples

Table 4b.6         Action and Limit Levels for Marine Water Quality

Table 4b.7         Event and Action Plan for Marine Water Quality

 

Table 6b.1         Event and Action Plan during Construction Phase

Table 6b.2         Event and Action Plan during Operation Phase

 

Table 9a.1         Recommended Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures

 

Table 9b.1         Recommended Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures

 

List of Figures

 

Figure 1.1         Location Plan of the IWMF at the Tsang Tsui Ash Lagoons site

Figure 1.2         Location Plan of the IWMF at the Artificial Island near Shek Kwu Chau

Figure 1.3         General Layout of the IWMF at the Tsang Tsui Ash Lagoons site

Figure 1.4         General Layout of the IWMF at the Artificial Island near Shek Kwu Chau

Figure 1.5         Potential Alignment of Submarine Cables for Electricity Export from the IWMF at the Artificial Island near Shek Kwu Chau

Figure 1.6         Project Organization - EM&A Programme for Construction Phase

Figure 1.7         Project Organization - EM&A Programme for Operation Phase

 

Figure 3b.1       The Locations of Construction Noise Monitoring Stations

 

Figure 4a.1        Locations of Stream Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Figure 4a.2        Locations of Marine Water Quality Monitoring Stations

 

Figure 4b.1       Locations of Water Quality Monitoring Stations for Construction Phase Impact Monitoring

Figure 4b.2       Locations of Water Quality Monitoring Stations for Operational Phase Impact Monitoring

 

Figure 6b.1       Marine Mammal Line Transect Survey

Figure 6b.2       Indicative Travel Route for the IWMF Vessels

 

Figure 12.1        Environmental Complaint Flow Diagram

 

List of Appendices

 

Appendix 3.1    Construction Noise Monitoring Field Record Sheet

 

Appendix 4a.1   Water Quality Monitoring Data Record Sheet

 

Appendix 4b.1  Water Quality Monitoring Data Record Sheet

 

Appendix 8a.1   Protocol for Radon Measurement for Non-Residential Building

 

Appendix 12.1   Implementation Schedule of the Proposed Mitigation Measures

 

Appendix 13.1   Incident Report on Action Level or Limit Level Non-compliance