Contents
1.1........ Background Information................................................................................ 1-1
1.2........ Policy............................................................................................................... 1-2
1.3........ EM&A Programme Objectives..................................................................... 1-2
1.4........ Scope
of the EM&A Programme.................................................................. 1-3
1.5........ Project Organisation...................................................................................... 1-6
1.6........ Terminology.................................................................................................... 1-9
2.1........ Scope
of the Project....................................................................................... 2-1
2.2........ Design Standard of the Project...................................................................... 2-2
2.3........ Description of the Project.............................................................................. 2-2
2.3.1........ Layout of the Proposed Road
Improvement...................................... 2-2
2.3.2........ Width of Proposed Road Improvement............................................. 2-4
2.3.4........ Retaining
Walls................................................................................. 2-6
2.3.5........ Junction with South Lantau Road and Bus-Bay Facilities................... 2-6
2.3.8........ Miscellaneous
Facilities..................................................................... 2-7
2.3.9........ Existing Man-made Slope Remediation Works.................................. 2-7
2.3.10...... Haul Roads and Works Areas.......................................................... 2-8
2.3.11...... Natural Slope
Stabilisation Works.................................................... 2-9
2.3.13...... Blasting.......................................................................................... 2-10
2.4........ Use of Obsolete Sections of Old Road........................................................ 2-10
2.5........ Project Cost and Programme....................................................................... 2-11
2.7........ Construction Activities and Equipment ...................................................... 2-11
2.7.1........ Key
Construction Activities............................................................ 2-11
2.8........ Operational Traffic Flows............................................................................ 2-12
3.1........ Air
Quality Parameters.................................................................................. 3-1
3.2........ Monitoring Equipment................................................................................... 3-1
3.3........ Laboratory Measurement/Analysis.............................................................. 3-3
3.4........ Monitoring Locations..................................................................................... 3-3
3.5........ Baseline Monitoring...................................................................................... 3-4
3.6........ Impact Monitoring......................................................................................... 3-5
3.7........ Event and Action Plan for Air Quality........................................................... 3-6
3.8........ Dust Mitigation
Measures............................................................................ 3-6
4.1........ Introduction.................................................................................................... 4-1
4.3........ Monitoring
Equipment................................................................................... 4-1
4.5........ Baseline Monitoring...................................................................................... 4-2
4.6........ Construction Phase Impact Monitoring........................................................ 4-3
4.7........ Operational Monitoring................................................................................. 4-3
4.8........ Event and
Action Plan for Construction Noise............................................. 4-4
4.9.1........ Background..................................................................................... 4-4
4.9.2........ Construction Mitigation..................................................................... 4-5
4.9.3........ Operational Phase............................................................................ 4-7
5.1........ Introduction.................................................................................................... 5-1
5.3........ Design Phase Audit........................................................................................ 5-1
5.4........ Baseline
Monitoring...................................................................................... 5-2
5.5........ Construction and Operational Phase EM&A............................................... 5-2
6.1........ Water Quality Parameters............................................................................. 6-1
6.2.1........ Dissolved
Oxygen and Temperature Measuring Equipment................ 6-1
6.2.2........ Turbidity Measuring Equipment......................................................... 6-2
6.2.4........ pH Measuring Equipment................................................................. 6-2
6.2.6........ Calibration of Equipment.................................................................. 6-3
6.2.7........ Back-up Equipment.......................................................................... 6-3
6.3........ Measurement and Analysis........................................................................... 6-3
6.4........ Monitoring Locations..................................................................................... 6-4
6.5........ Baseline Monitoring...................................................................................... 6-6
6.6........ Impact Monitoring......................................................................................... 6-7
6.7........ Event Action Plan........................................................................................... 6-7
6.8........ Water Quality Mitigation Measures............................................................ 6-8
7.1........ Introduction.................................................................................................... 7-1
7.2........ Mitigation Measures..................................................................................... 7-1
7.3........ Design
Phase Audit........................................................................................ 7-2
7.4........ Baseline
Monitoring...................................................................................... 7-3
7.5........ Construction and Operational Phase Audit................................................... 7-3
8.1........ Introduction.................................................................................................... 8-1
8.2........ Applicable
Environmental Standards and Guidelines.................................. 8-2
8.3........ Mitigation Measures..................................................................................... 8-3
8.5........ EM&A
Requirements.................................................................................... 8-5
9.2........ Mitigation Measures..................................................................................... 9-1
9.3........ Baseline Monitoring...................................................................................... 9-1
9.4........ Construction
Phase Audit.............................................................................. 9-1
10.2...... Compliance
with Legal and Contractual Requirements............................. 10-2
10.3...... Environmental Complaints........................................................................... 10-2
10.4...... Choice
of Construction Method.................................................................. 10-3
11.1...... General........................................................................................................
11-1
11.4...... Baseline Monitoring Report........................................................................ 11-1
11.6...... First EM&A Report..................................................................................... 11-3
11.7...... Subsequent EM&A Reports....................................................................... 11-5
11.8...... Quarterly EM&A Summary Reports.......................................................... 11-6
11.9...... Annual/Final EM&A Review Reports........................................................ 11-7
11.10.... Data Keeping............................................................................................... 11-9
11.11.... Interim
Notification of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances........... 11-9
Tables
Table 1.1........ Summary
of EM&A Requirements
Table 2.1........ Traffic Figures
Assumed for EIA
Table 3.1........ Action and Limit Levels for Air Quality
Table 3.2........ Event/Action Plan for Air Quality
Table 4.1........ Action and Limit Levels for Construction Noise
Table 4.2........ Event/Action Plan for Construction Noise
Table 4.3........ Recommended
Mitigation Measures for the Noisy Equipment during Road Construction and Bridge
Construction
Table 4.4........ Recommended Mitigation Measures for the Noisy Equipment
during Permanent Noise Barrier Construction
Table 4.5........ Summary of Direct Noise Mitigation Measures
Table 5.1........ Ecological Design Elements
Table 5.2 ....... Event/Action Plan for Design Phase
Table 5.3........ Audit
Schedule for Ecological Contract Works
Table 5.4........ Event/Action Plan for Construction and Operation Phase
Table 6.1........ Detection Limits and Precision for Water Quality
Determinands
Table 6.2........ Location of Fresh Water Quality Monitoring Locations
Table 6.3........ Action and Limit Levels for Water Quality
Table 6.4........ Event and Action Plan for Water Quality
Table 7.1........ Proposed Construction
Stage Mitigation Measures
Table 7.2........ Proposed Operation Stage Mitigation
Measures
Table 7.3........ Event / Action Plan for Design Phase
Table 7.4........ Construction/Operational Phase Audit Checklist
Table 7.5........ Event/Action Plan for Construction/Operational Phase
Table 8.1........ Recommended Waste
Disposal Sites
Table 8.2 Waste
Management Checklist
Table 9.1 Event/Action
Plan for Construction Phase
Figures
Figure 1.1 Location of Broad Corridor for Alignment Options
Figure 1.3 Design
Phase EM&A Procedure and Organisation
Figure 1.4 Construction
and Operation Phase Procedure and Organisation
Figure 2.1 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.2 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.3 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.4 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.5 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.6 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.7 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.8 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.9 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.10 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.11 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.12 Alignment
General Layout
Figure 2.13 Alignment General Layout
Figure 2.14 Cross
Section of Existing Road
Figure 2.15 Typical
Section of On-line Improvement
Figure 2.16 Cross
Section of Off-line Improvement
Figure 2.17 Cross
Section of Off-line Improved Road (with Retaining Wall)
Figure 2.18 Stabilisation
of Unstable Boulders
Figure 2.19 Future Road Network
Figure 3.1 Data
Sheet for TSP Monitoring
Figure 3.2a North Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 3.2b North
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 3.2c South
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 3.2d South
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 3.2e South
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 4.1 Noise Monitoring Field Record
Sheet
Figure 4.2a North Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 4.2b North
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 4.2c South
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 4.2d South Lantau – Existing Representative
Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 4.2e South
Lantau – Existing Representative Air Sensitive Receivers
Figure 5.1 Construction
Phase Ecological EM&A Procedure
Figure 6.1 Water
Quality Monitoring Data Record Sheet
Figure 6.2a Water
Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 6.2b Water Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 6.2c Water
Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 6.2d Water
Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 6.2e Water
Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 6.2f Water Quality Monitoring
Locations
Figure 6.2g Water
Quality Monitoring Locations
Figure 11.1 Sample Template for Interim
Notifications of Environmental Qulaity Limits Exceedance
Appendices
Appendix A Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedules