TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Environmental Monitoring Works

Reporting Change

Environmental Complaints and Prosecution

Future Key Issues

1.         INTRODUCTION

Background

Project Organization

Summary of the EM&A Requirements

2.         OPEARIONAL NOISE MONITORING

Monitoring Requirements

Monitoring Parameters, Frequency and Duration

Monitoring Locations

Results and Observations

3.         WATER QUALITY

Monitoring Requirements

Monitoring Equipment

Monitoring Parameters, Frequency and Duration

Monitoring Locations

Monitoring Methodology

Results and Observations

4.         ECOLOGY

Monitoring Requirements

Operational Disturbance on Intertidal Bird Communities

Bridge Lighting Scheme and Bird Collisions

Replanted Mangroves

5.         SEDIMENTATION RATE MONITORING

Monitoring Requirements

Monitoring Equipment and Methodology

Monitoring Parameters, Frequency and Duration

Monitoring Locations

Results and Observations

6.         ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

Site Environmental Audit

Status of Environmental Licensing and permitting

Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures

Implementation Status of Event and Action Plans

Implementation Status of Environmental Complaint Handling Procedures

7.         FUTURE KEY ISSUES

Key Issues for the Coming Month

Environmental Monitoring Programme for the Next Month

8.         CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusion

Recommendations

 

 

List of Tables and Graphs

 

Table 3.1......... Road Surface Runoff from Carriageway Monitoring Equipment

Table 3.2......... Locations of Road Surface Runoff Monitoring in the Reporting Month

Graph 3.1........ Graphical Presentation of Total Suspended Solids Concentration

Graph 3.2........ Graphical Presentation of Nitrate and Nitrite Concentration

Graph 3.3........ Graphical Presentation of Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen Concentration

Graph 3.4........ Graphical Presentation of Total Phosphorus Concentration

Graph 3.5........ Graphical Presentation of Total Organic Carbon Concentration

Graph 3.6........ Graphical Presentation of Chemical Oxygen Demand Concentration

Graph 3.7........ Graphical Presentation of Copper Concentration

Graph 3.8........ Graphical Presentation of Lead Concentration

Graph 3.9........ Graphical Presentation of Zinc Concentration

Graph 4.1........ Comparison of the Abundance and Species Composition of Birds on the Exposed Mudflats at Ngau Hom Shek and Sheung Pak Nai – 10 September 2007

Table 4.1......... Results of Surveys conducted during the previous EIA and on 10 September 2007 on the 100m x 100m Mudflats at Ngau Hom Shek and Sheung Pak Nai

Table 4.2......... Results of Surveys conducted during the previous EIA and on 10 September 2007 along the 500m x 10m Tidelines at Ngau Hom Shek and Sheung Pak Nai

Graph 4.2........ Comparison of the Abundance and Species Composition of Birds along the Tidelines (transect 500m x 10m) at Ngau Hom Shek and Sheung Pak Nai – 10 September 2007

Table 4.3......... Effects of Shade on the Abundance and Composition of Shorebirds

Graph 4.3........ Comparison of Bird Abundance and Species Composition on the Mudflats “Right Below the SWC”, “In the Shade of the SWC” and “On the Exposed Mudflat” – 10 September 2007

Table 5.1 ........ The Proposed Coordinates

Table 5.2 ........ The Proposed and Measured Coordinates in the Month

Table 5.3 ........ Results of the Survey in the Month

Graph 5.1........ Graphical Presentation of  Sedimentation Rate Monitoring

Table 6.1......... Summary of Environmental Notification, Licensing and Permit Status

 

 

List of Figures

 

Figure 1.1        Project Organization

Figure 1.2        Layout of Work Site

Figure 3.1        Road Surface Runoff from Carriageway Monitoring Locations and Monitoring Arrangement

Figure 4.1        Location of the Monitoring Sites for Inter-tidal Bird Communities

 

List of Appendices

 

Appendix A        Contact of Key Environmental Personnel

Appendix B       Action / Limit Levels and Event Action Plans

Appendix C       Environmental Monitoring Schedules

Appendix D       Site Inspection Records

Appendix E       Summary of Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedule

Appendix F        Complaint Flow Diagram and Complaint Log

Appendix G       Road Surface Runoff from Carriageway Monitoring Results

Appendix H       Procedural Guide for Bridge Runoff Monitoring