Contents
Appendix A Location of the cable jointing works at Upper
cheung sha beach
List of
Tables
Table
1.1 summary
of construction programme
Table
2.1 key
findings and recommendations from site inspections and contractor’s follow-up
actions
Table 2.2 Quantities
of waste generated under FEP-02/429/2012/B
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The associated works for cable jointing at the land section at Upper Cheung Sha Beach
(UCSB) for the Development of the Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase
1, under Further Environmental Permit (FEP-02/429/2012/B), commenced on 17
February 2025, and all
construction works were completed on 31 March 2025. All marine-based
works were completed on 20 December 2023. As there were no marine works related
to the cable jointing at UCSB, water quality monitoring and marine mammal
exclusion zone monitoring are not required.
This is the 5th
monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report, presenting the
EM&A activities carried out during the period from 17 March 2025 to 31
March 2025, in accordance with the approved Updated EM&A Manual and
FEP-02/429/2012/B.
Summary of the construction
activities undertaken during the reporting period
The major construction activities
undertaken during the reporting period include:
Land-based Works
·
Cable Jointing Work
·
Site Protection and Reinstatement
·
Site clearance
Environmental Site Inspection
Joint weekly site inspections
were conducted by representatives of the Contractor, CLP, and the Environmental
Team (ET) on 20 and 27 March 2025. The representative of the IEC participated
in the site inspections on 20 March 2025. Details of the audit findings are
presented in Section 2.1.
Environmental Exceedance /
Non-conformance / Complaint / Summons and Prosecution
No non-compliance event was
recorded during the reporting period.
No
environmental complaint was received during the reporting period. The
cumulative environmental complaint log is presented in Appendix E.
No summon/
successful prosecution was received during the reporting period.
reporting changes
There was no reporting change in
the reporting period.
future key issues and Upcoming
works for the next reporting period
All the construction works of the Project were
completed on 31 March 2025. The EM&A programme during construction phase
was terminated on the same day of completion.
1.
Introduction
1.1
Background
The Environmental Protection
Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR) proposed to construct the Integrated Waste Management Facilities
(IWMF) Phase 1 on an artificial island near Shek Kwu
Chau, south of Lantau Island for the purpose of treating municipal solid waste
and generating electricity from the waste treatment process for its own use and
export surplus electricity, if any, to the power grid.
The EIA Report (EIA-201/2011) was
approved by the EPD on 17 January 2012 with the Environmental Permit (EP) of
the Project issued on 19 January 2012 (EP-429/2012) and a variation of the EP
on 14 October 2016 (EP-429/2012/A). A Further EP (FEP-01/429/2012/A) was
granted to Keppel Seghers-Zhen Hua Joint Venture for the reclamation works and
construction of the IWMF on 27 December 2017. Another latest Further EP
(FEP-02/429/2012/B) was granted to CLP Power for the installation of the 132kV
submarine cable circuits connecting Cheung Sha, South Lantau and Shek Kwu Chau Artificial Island on 25 May 2020. The
proposed cable would land at the landing portal at Upper Cheung Sha Beach
(UCSB). An Environmental Review Report (ERR) was prepared and approved to
support the application of FEP-02/429/2012/B.
The Environmental Monitoring and
Audit (EM&A) programme during the cable
construction of the Project has been performed during the reporting period in
accordance with the relevant EM&A requirements stipulated in the Updated
EM&A Manual under FEP-02/429/2012/B. The construction of the cable jointing
at the land section at UCSB commenced on 17 February 2025. The location of the
cable jointing works is shown in Appendix
A.
ERM-Hong Kong Limited (ERM) was
appointed by the Permit Holder, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) to
undertake the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) programme
during the cable jointing at the land section of the submarine cable for the
Development of the Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase 1 (hereafter
referred as the “Project”).
All marine-based works were
completed on 20 December 2023. As there are no marine works related to the
cable jointing at Upper Cheung Sha Beach, water quality monitoring and marine
mammal exclusion zone monitoring are not required.
All construction works of the Project were
completed on 31 March 2025. The EM&A programme for construction phase was
completed on the same day.
1.2
Scope of the EM&A Report
This is the 5th
EM&A report which summarizes the key findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 17 March 2025
to 31 March 2025 for the construction works in accordance with the
Updated EM&A Manual and the requirements of FEP-02/429/2012/B.
1.3
Organisation Structure
The organization structure for
the construction works under FEP-02/429/2012/B and contact details are shown in
Appendix B.
1.4
Summary of Construction Programme and Activities
A summary of the construction programme is presented in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1 summary of construction programme
|
Period |
|
|
Excavation work and erect Joint Bay scaffolding |
17 Feb 2025 to 22 Feb 2025 |
|
Cable jointing work |
24 Feb 2025 to 19 Mar 2025 |
|
Protection and reinstatement work |
20 Mar 205 to 31 Mar 2025 |
|
Site clearance |
31 Mar 2025 |
Note:
Due to the humid weather at the beginning of March, the construction programme was delayed by two
weeks.
A summary of major construction
activities undertaken during the reporting period include:
Land-based
Works
·
Cable Jointing Work
·
Site Protection and Reinstatement
·
Site clearance
1.5
Summary of
EM&A Programme Requirements
A summary
of the status of EM&A Programme
for all environmental aspects required under the Updated EM&A Manual and
FEP-02/429/2012/B are presented in Table 1.2. The requirements of
relevant environmental monitoring, including monitoring parameters, Action and
Limit Levels, Event and Action Plan(s), environmental mitigation measures, etc.
are presented in Section 2.
Table 1.2
Summary of status for the EM&A PRogramme under the Updated EM&A
Manual and FEP-02/429/2012/B
|
EM&A Programme Requirements |
Status |
|
Environmental Site Inspection |
|
|
Regular Site Inspection |
Completed on 31 March 2025. |
|
Water Quality |
|
|
Baseline Monitoring |
Completed. The Baseline Water Quality Monitoring Report was submitted on 24 August 2023 and EPD’s approval was obtained on 19 October 2023. |
|
Construction Phase Monitoring |
Completed on 16 December 2023. |
|
Post-Project Monitoring |
Completed. The Post Project Monitoring Report was submitted on 21 February 2024 and EPD’s no comment was obtained on 19 March 2024. |
|
Ecology |
|
|
Marine Mammal Exclusion Zone Monitoring |
Completed. Submarine cable installation using vessel and jetting machine was completed on 27 November 2023, and Marine Mammal Exclusion Zone Monitoring ended on the same day. |
1.6
Status of Other
Statutory Environmental Requirements
A summary of the valid permits, licences, and/or notifications on environmental protection
for the Project is presented in Table 1.3.
Table 1.3 Summary of the status of valid environmental
licence, notification, permit and documentations
|
Permit/ Licences/ Notificaiton |
Reference No. |
Validity Period |
Remarks |
|
Environmental Permit |
EP-429/2012/A |
Throughout the Contract |
Permit granted on 19 January 2012 |
|
Further Environmental Permit |
FEP-02/429/2012/B |
Throughout the Contract |
Permit granted on 17 January 2020 |
|
Construction Noise Permit |
GW-RS0075-25 |
3 February 2025 – 30 April 2025 |
- |
|
Billing Account for Disposal of Construction Waste |
7052906 |
Throughout the Contract |
- |
2.
EM&A Results
2.1
Environmental Site Inspection
Table 2.1
key findings and recommendations from site inspections and contractor’s
follow-up actions
|
Site Inspection Date |
Findings and recommendations |
Contractor’s Follow-up Action(s) Taken |
|
20 March 2025 |
There was no major observation during the site inspection. |
N/A |
|
27 March 2025 |
There was no major observation during the site inspection. |
N/A |
All follow-up actions requested
by ET during the site inspections were undertaken as reported by the
Contractor.
2.2
Waste Management Status
The quantities of different types
of waste generated are summarized in Table 2.2. The excavated sand
material will be backfilled on site. No waste was generated during the
reporting period. Detailed waste flow table is presented in Appendix C.
Table 2.2 Quantities of waste generated under
FEP-02/429/2012/B
|
Quantity |
||||||
|
Inert C&D
Materials (in ‘000 kg) |
Non-inert C&D Materials |
|||||
|
Chemical Waste (in ‘000 kg3 |
General Refuse (in ‘000 kg) |
Recycled Materials |
||||
|
Paper/ Cardboard Packaging (in ‘000 kg3) |
Plastics (in ‘000 kg3) |
Metals (in ‘000 kg3) |
||||
|
17 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2025 |
4.53 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.3
Implementation
Status of the Environmental Protection Requirements
The
Contractor has implemented all the environmental mitigation measures and
requirements as stated in the approved EIA Report, ERR, approved Updated
EM&A Manual and FEP-02/429/2012/B.
The implementation status of the environmental mitigation measures during the
reporting period is summarized in Appendix D.
2.4 Summary of exceedance of the Environmental Quality Performance Limit
No water quality monitoring and marine mammal
exclusion zone monitoring was conducted during the reporting period.
Cumulative statistics on
exceedance is provided in Appendix E.
2.5
Summary of Environmental Non-compliance, environmental
complaint, Notification of summons and successful prosecution
No non-compliance event was
recorded during the reporting period.
No environmental complaint was
received during the reporting period.
The cumulative environmental
complaint log is presented in Appendix E.
No summons/ successful
prosecution was received during the reporting period. The cumulative
summon/ prosecution log is presented in Appendix E.
3.
Upcoming works
for the next reporting period
3.1
Construction activities for the next reporting period
All the construction works of the
Project were completed on 31 March 2025, and the site was handed back to Leisure
and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) on the same date. Site photo taken on 31 March 2025 can be found
in Figure 1. No construction works will be conducted in the upcoming
month.
Figure 1
Photo taken at Cable jointing work site on 31 March 2025
4.
Conclusion
All the construction works of the Project were
completed on 31 March 2025. This is the 5th Monthly EM&A
Report presenting the key findings of the EM&A works undertaken during the
reporting period from 17 March 2025 to 31 March 2025 in accordance with the
approved Updated EM&A Manual and the requirements of Further Environmental
Permit FEP-02/429/2012/B. Weekly environmental site inspections of the
construction works and audit of the implementation of environmental mitigation
measures were conducted by the ET during the reporting period.
There were no non-compliance event,
environmental complaint and summon/ successful prosecution recorded during the
reporting period.
The Contractor had implemented
possible and feasible mitigation measures to mitigate the potential
environmental impacts. The ET had kept track of the EM&A programme to ensure compliance of
environmental requirements and the proper implementation of all necessary
mitigation measures.