Civil Engineering and Development Department

Agreement No. CE 18/2012 (CE) Development of Anderson Road Quarry - Investigation

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual

227724-REP-038-03

Final 3 | June 2014

This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility is undertaken to any third party. Job number 227724
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Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Study Area 1

1.3 Designated Projects 1

1.4 Objective of the Manual 2

2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 4

2.1 General Description of the Project 4

2.2 Recommended Outline Development Plan (RODP) 4

2.3 Key Infrastructure 4

2.4 Summary of Concurrent Projects 6

2.5 Project Implementation Schedule 7

3 PROJECT ORGANISATION 8

3.1 Project Organisation 8

4 AIR QUALITY 11

4.1 Introduction 11

4.2 Mitigation Measures 11

4.3 Air Quality Parameters 11

4.4 Monitoring Equipment 11

4.5 Laboratory Measurement / Analysis 13

4.6 Monitoring Locations 13

4.7 Construction Dust Monitoring 14

4.8 Action / Limit Levels 16

4.9 Event and Action Plan 16

4.10 Site Audit Requirements 19

5 NOISE 20

5.1 Introduction 20

5.2 Mitigation Measures 20

5.3 Noise Monitoring Parameters for Construction Noise 20

5.4 Monitoring Equipment for Construction Phase 20

5.5 Monitoring Locations for Construction Phase 21

5.6 Baseline Monitoring for Construction Phase 22

5.7 Impact Monitoring for Construction Phase 22

5.8 Action / Limit Levels 22

5.9 Event and Action Plan for Construction Noise 22

5.10 Site Audit Requirements 24

5.11 Impact Monitoring for Road Traffic Noise during Operational Phase 24

5.12 Monitoring Location for Operational Phase 25

5.13 Event and Action Plan 25

5.14 Impact Monitoring for Fixed Plant Noise during Operational Phase 25

6 WATER QUALITY 26

6.1 Introduction 26

6.2 Mitigation Measures 26

6.3 Site Audit Requirements 26

7 SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS 27

7.1 Introduction 27

7.2 Mitigation Measures 27

8 WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS 28

8.1 Introduction 28

8.2 Mitigation Measures 28

8.3 Waste EM&A Requirements 28

8.4 Site Audit Requirements 29

9 LAND CONTAMINATION 30

9.1 Introduction 30

9.2 Proposed Site Investigation for Potentially Contaminated Areas 30

9.3 Submission Requirements of CAR, RAP and RR 30

10 ECOLOGY 31

10.1 Introduction 31

10.2 Mitigation Measures 31

10.3 Monitoring and Audit Requirements 34

11 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACTS 37

11.1 Introduction 37

11.2 Mitigation Measures 37

11.3 Site Audit Requirement 37

12 SITE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 39

12.1 Site Inspection 39

12.2 Compliance with Legal and Contractual Requirements 40

12.3 Environment Complaints 40

13 REPORTING 42

13.1 General 42

13.2 Baseline Monitoring Report 42

13.3 Monthly Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report 43

13.4 Quarterly EM&A Report 48

13.5 Final EM&A Review Report 50

13.6 Data Keeping 52

13.7 Interim Notifications of Environmental Quality Limit Exceedances 52

FIGURES

227724/E/0001 Location of Project

227724/E/0002 Locations of Designated Projects

227724/E/0003 Recommended Outline Development Plan

227724/E/0008 Locations of Concurrent Projects

227724/E/1045 Locations of Construction Dust Monitoring (Sheet 1 of 3)

227724/E/1046 Locations of Construction Dust Monitoring (Sheet 2 of 3)

227724/E/1047 Locations of Construction Dust Monitoring (Sheet 3 of 3)

227724/E/2400 Locations of Construction Noise Monitoring

227724/E/6501 Proposed Location of Compensatory Planting in the Wooded Area within the Project Site

APPENDICES

Appendix 2.1 Project Implementation Schedule

Appendix 3.1 Project Organization for Environmental Works

Appendix 4.1 Sample Data Sheet for TSP Monitoring

Appendix 5.1 Sample Data Sheet for Construction Noise Monitoring

Appendix 5.2 Sample Data Sheet for Road Traffic Noise Monitoring

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

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

1.1.1 The Anderson Road Quarries have been in operation since 1956. In 1998, the Central and East Kowloon Development Statement proposed new housing developments at a platform site covering about 40 ha of Anderson Road Quarries (the upper quarry site, now called the Anderson Road Quarry site, ARQ) and at an area west of Anderson Road covering about 20 ha (the lower quarry site, now called the Anderson Road Development, DAR).

1.1.2 The site formation works of the lower quarry site are now in progress under Contract No. CV/2007/03 ‘Development at Anderson Road – Site Formation and Associated Infrastructure Works’.

1.1.3 PlanD commissioned Arup on 27 January 2011 under Agreement No. CE 4/2010 (TP) to undertake a Planning Study on Future Land Use at Anderson Road Quarry (the Planning Study) to examine the future land use and explore the development potential of the upper quarry area. The recommendations and the Recommended Outline Development Plan (RODP) proposed under the Planning Study will provide the basis for the development at the ARQ.

1.1.4 CEDD commissioned Arup on 26 October 2012 under Agreement No. CE 18/2012 (CE) ‘Development of Anderson Road Quarry – Investigation’ to undertake the engineering feasibility study of the development proposals at the Anderson Road Quarry site recommended in the Planning Study and the associated road improvement works and pedestrian connectivity to Kwun Tong Town Centre and nearby MTR stations.

1.2 Study Area

1.2.1 The Study Area, as delineated in Figure 227724/E/0001, is located on the south-western slopes of the Tai Sheung Tok at the far north-eastern edge of urban East Kowloon, and lies close to the major population centre of Kwun Tong, Lam Tin and Sau Mau Ping. Specifically, the Study Area covers an area of approx. 86 hectares, which includes a platform area of approx. 40 hectares.

1.3 Designated Projects

1.3.1 The engineering feasibility study of the Development of Anderson Road Quarry (the Project) is a designated project (DP) under item 1 of Schedule 3 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO), which specifies that “Engineering feasibility study of urban development projects with a study area covering more than 20 ha or involving a total population of more than 100,000”.

1.3.2 On the other hand, the Project also includes the proposed cavern development in the Study Area and the road improvement works at junction between (J/O) Lin Tak Road and Sau Mau Ping Road, at J/O New Clear Water Bay Road and Anderson Road, as well as at the merging lane at Clear Water Bay Road near Shun Lee Tsuen Road. These have been identified as DPs as per Schedule 2, Part I of the EIAO:

(1) Proposed cavern development: Item Q.2 – Underground rock caverns;

(2) Road improvement works: Item A.1 – A road which is an expressway, trunk road, primary distributor road or district distributor road including new roads, and major extensions or improvements to existing road.

1.3.3 The locations of these two Schedule 2 DPs are shown in Figure 227724/E/0002. The potential environmental impacts of these two Schedule 2 DPs have been reviewed, and concluded that no insurmountable environmental impacts arise from these two Schedule 2 DPs. Nevertheless, the detailed environmental implications of these two Schedule 2 DPs will be further investigated in separate EIAs under EIAO.

1.4 Objective of the Manual

1.4.1 The purposes of this Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Manual are to:

(1) Guide the set up of an EM&A programme to ensure compliance with the EIA recommendations;

(2) Specify the requirements for monitoring equipment;

(3) Propose environmental monitoring points, monitoring frequency etc.;

(4) Propose Action and Limit Level; and

(5) Propose Event and Action Plan.

1.4.2 This EM&A Manual has been prepared in accordance with the requirements stipulated in Annex 21 of the Technical Memorandum on the EIA Process (TM-EIAO). This Manual outlines the monitoring and audit programme for the construction and operation of the proposed ARQ development and provide systematic procedures for monitoring, auditing and minimising environmental impacts.

1.4.3 This Manual contains the following information:

(1) Responsibilities of the Contractor, the Engineer or Engineer’s Representative (ER), Environmental Team (ET), and the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) under the context of the EM&A;

(2) Project organisation for the EM&A works;

(3) The basis for, and description of the broad approach underlying the EM&A programme;