1.       INTRODUCTION

Background

1.1               Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants Limited (MEMCL) (hereinafter called the “ET”) was appointed by Chung Shun Construction Ltd. (hereinafter called the “Contractor”) to undertake Environmental Monitoring and Audit for the “Operation of Public Fill Reception Facility at Tuen Mun Area 38” (hereinafter called the “Project”). Under the requirements of Section 4 of Environmental Permit EP-210/2005, EM&A programme as set out in the Project Profile is required to be implemented.

Project Organisation

1.2               The structure of the environmental management team is shown in Figure 1.1. Contacts of key environmental staff of the Project are shown in Appendix K.

Construction Works undertaken during the Reporting Month

1.3               As advised by the Contractor, the construction activities carried out in the reporting month are:

 

l            Operation & Maintenance of facilities in Tuen Mun Area 38 Fill Bank;

l            Removal of Public Fill Stockpiling area in Tuen Mun Area 38 & supply of suitable public fill to the PBR2 Sorting Facilities;

l            Operation and removal of crushing plant;

l            Construction of hoarding of Portion “S” to sorting facilities; and

l            Landscaping works.

 

1.4               A layout plan of the Project is provided in Figure 1.2.

Summary of EM&A Requirements

1.5               The EM&A programme requires environmental monitoring for air quality, water quality and waste management. The EM&A requirements for each parameter are described in subsequent sections, including:

·         All monitoring parameters;

·         Action and Limit Levels for all environmental parameters;

·         Event and Action Plans;

·         Environmental mitigation measures, as recommended in the project EIA final report;

·         Environmental requirements in contract documents.

 

1.6               The environmental licensing and permits are described in Section 6.

1.7               The advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures is summarized in Section 6 of the Report.