Central Reclamation,
Phase III
Quarterly EM&A
Report No. 15
(February 2007 through April 2007)
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Civil Engineering Development Department, Hong Kong |
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Supplementary Agreement No. 3 to Agreement No. CE
15/94 Design and Construction for the Minimum Option |
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14 May 2007 |
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Central Reclamation, Phase III Quarterly EM&A Report No. 15 February 2007 through April 2007 |
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CEDD |
Mr.
Eric K.W. Fung |
3128/M45/200/OC9102/SB/RL/KC/ec |
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3128/M45/200/OC9102/SB/RL/KC/ec |
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Samson Cheng |
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Leighton-China
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Malcolm Plummer |
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CRIII Sites/PRE |
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Bill Douglas |
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1.2 Project Organisation and
Management Structure
2.1 Summary of Impact EM&A Requirements
2.2 Environmental Quality Performance Limits
3.1 Implementation of Environmental Measures
3.2 Environmental Monitoring Locations
3.3 Air Quality Monitoring Results
3.4 Noise Quality Monitoring Results
3.5 Water Quality Monitoring Results
3.6 Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status
3.7 Landscape and Visual Audit
4. Environmental
Complaint and Non-Compliance
4.3 Summary of Actions Taken by the Contractor
4.5 Environmental Complaints and Prosecutions
4.6 Record of Environmental Complaints and Summons
& Prosecutions
List of Annexes
Annex
A Project Organisation/
Contact Information
Annex
B Quality Performance
Limits for Air, Noise and Water Quality
Annex
C Event and Action Plans
for Air, Noise and Water Quality
Annex
D Monitoring Stations
Locations
Annex
E Contractor's Works
Programme
Annex
F Graphical Representation
of Air Quality Monitoring Results
Annex
G Graphical Representation
of Noise Quality Monitoring Results
Annex
H Graphical Representation
of Water Quality Monitoring Results
List of Tables
Table 2.1 - Summary of Impact EM&A Requirements...................................................... 3
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ACL |
Atkins China Limited |
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CEDD |
Civil Engineering and Development Department |
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CRIII |
Central Reclamation Phase III |
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EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
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EM&A |
Environmental Monitoring and Audit |
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EPD |
Environmental Protection Department |
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ER |
Engineer’s
Representatives |
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ET |
Environmental
Team |
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IEC |
Independent
Environmental Checker |
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LCSD |
Leisure
and Cultural Services Department |
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LCSVO-JV |
Leighton-China
State-Van Oord Joint Venture |
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TDD |
Territory
Development Department |
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TSP |
Total Suspended Particulates |
Executive Summary
The Central Reclamation Phase III (CRIII) Works, Contract No. HK 12/02,
was awarded to Leighton China State Van Oord Joint Venture (LCSVO-JV) by the
Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD). (Previously called the
Territory Development Department before merger with the Civil Engineering
Department on
The works under the Contract HK 12/02 commenced on
Atkins China
Limited (ACL) has been commissioned by
CEDD as the Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) programme described in the approved EM&A Manual for
the CRIII Project.
This is the 15th quarterly EM&A Report for the
works specified in Section 1.3 of the CRIII EIA Report. This report summarises the monitoring results
and audit findings of the EM&A program during the reporting period from
Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress
Air, Noise and
water quality monitoring were conducted during this quarter. Weekly
environmental site inspections were also conducted during the reporting
quarter.
Exceedance of Action and Limit Levels
In February 2006 and April 2007:
No exceedance in TSP level
was recorded at the monitoring station during the sampling period.
Noise exceedances were recorded on the 9 and
Water quality exceedances for this quarter are tabulated below: -
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Date |
Tide |
Parameter |
Exceedance |
Station |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
SS |
LL |
M1A |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M10(B) |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
SS |
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M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A,M5,M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M4A, M5 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A,M3,M4A,M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A,M2A,M3,M4A,M6,M11 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A,M3,M4A and M5 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A,M2A,M3,M4A,M5,M6,M11 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
SS |
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M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A and M5 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3,M4A,M5 and M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A,M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M4A, M5 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12. |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11 and
M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11 and
M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 and M4A |
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LL |
M5 |
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SS |
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M10 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3, M5 and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 and M4A |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M3, M4A, M5B, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B, M6,
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B,
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A, M3, M4A, M6 and M8(S/M) |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B, M6 and
M12 |
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Complaint Log
There were no complaints received in relation to environment impact
during the reporting period.
Notifications
of Summons and Prosecutions
There were
no notifications of summons or prosecutions received during this reporting
quarter.
Site Inspection and Audit
Weekly environmental site inspections were carried out during this
quarter. Minor deficiencies noted during
the site inspections were rectified by the Contractor upon receipt of
notification.
The Main Works Contract HK 12/02 for CRIII commenced on
This is the 15th quarterly EM&A Report for the
works specified in Section 1.3 of the CRIII EIA Report. This report summarises the monitoring results
and audit findings of the EM&A program during the reporting period from
The
Contractor's works programme for the quarter is provided in Annex
E.
Atkins China
Limited (ACL) has been commissioned by
CEDD as the Environmental Team (ET) to undertake the Environmental Monitoring
and Audit (EM&A) programme described in the approved EM&A Manual and
required under Clause 4 of the Further Environmental
Permit (No. FEP-01/122/2003) issued to Leighton-China State-Van Oord Joint
Venture in May 2005 for the CRIII Project. An Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) has been employed to audit
the EM&A programme.
The CRIII Project Organisation is shown in Annex A.
The works undertaken in the project area
requiring environmental monitoring and audit as identified in the EIA Report
(not including
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Dredging in FRAW and in FRAE
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Rockfilling for the seawall mound in FRAW
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Piling for Public Pier East (Pier No.10)
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Site Investigation in FRAW
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Remedial and outstanding works at and around Piers
7 & 8 and the CTB;
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Remedial and outstanding works at Public Pier
West;
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Testing and Commissioning and the trial run of Pump
Station P9.1;
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MYS Footbridge –Finishing Works;
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General filing works above +2.5 mPD in IRAE;
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Construction of storm and foul drainage in
hinterlands for Road P2, Road D7, Road D8 and Road D9;
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Structural works for Culvert J extension in IRAE;
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Excavation for PLA cooling water intake in IRAE
and;
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Temporary works and excavation for Road P2
Underpass.
· Site Investigation for the Construction of Culvert K.
The EM&A
programme requires environmental monitoring for air quality, noise, waster
quality, waste management and landscape and visual aspects as specified in the
CRIII Project EIA. The EM&A
requirements for each issue area are described in subsequent sections
including:
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All required monitoring parameters;
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Action and Limit Levels; and
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Event-Action Plans.
A summary of
impact EM&A requirements is presented in Table 2-1.
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Parameters |
Descriptions |
Locations |
Frequencies |
Duration |
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TSP |
24-Hour
TSP |
2
Locations |
Once
every 6 days |
During
dust generating construction works |
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1-Hour
TSP |
2
Locations |
Three
times in every 6 days |
During
dust generating construction works |
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Noise |
Leq (30 mins), L10, L90, |
1
Location |
Continuous
measurements |
Two
weeks before Construction and During Construction |
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Water
Quality |
Dissolved
Oxygen; Salinity; Temp; Suspended
Solids; Turbidity. |
16
Locations |
3 times
a week, Mid-ebb/flood tides |
During
Marine Works and for 4 weeks after completion of Marine Works |
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Waste |
On-Site
Waste Audit |
Active
Work Sites |
Periodically |
During
Construction |
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On-Site
Waste Inspection |
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Landscape
and Visual |
Audits
to ensure effective implementation of mitigation measures |
During
Construction |
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General
Site Conditions |
Environmental
Site Inspection |
Works
areas and areas affected by works |
Periodically |
During
Construction |
Environmental
Quality Performance Limits for air, noise and water quality have been
established as part of the Baseline Monitoring Report and are provided in Annex
B.
Event Action
Plans for air, noise and water quality have been developed as part of the
Baseline Monitoring Report and are provided in Annex C.
The Contractor
has implemented relevant mitigation measures listed in the EIA Report, EM&A
Manual and Further Environmental Permit.
Drawings showing
the project area and locations of the monitoring stations are provided in Annex
D.
The graphical
plot of air quality monitoring results is provided in Annex F.
There have been
periods of failure of the noise meter in the middle of the month. The graphical
plot of noise monitoring results for this quarter is provided in Annex G.
The graphical
plot of water quality monitoring results for this quarter is provided in Annex
H.
Solid and liquid
waste management was implemented according to the Waste Management Plan during
the reporting quarter.
As the works undertaken during the reporting quarter were mainly related
to reclamation, buildings and infrastructure works, the landscape and visual
impacts are considered to be minimal.
In February 2007 and April 2007:
No exceedances in 1-hour and 24-hours TSP was recorded at the City Hall monitoring station during the reporting period.
Noise exceedances were recorded on the 9 and
Water quality exceedances for the quarter are given below: -
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Tide |
Parameter |
Exceedance |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
SS |
LL |
M1A |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M10(B) |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
SS |
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M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A,M5,M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M4A, M5 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A,M3,M4A,M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A,M2A,M3,M4A,M6,M11 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A,M3,M4A and M5 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A,M2A,M3,M4A,M5,M6,M11 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
SS |
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M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A and M5 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3,M4A,M5 and M6 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M4A,M5,M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M4A, M5 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12. |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5 and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11 and
M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3, M4A, M5, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11 and
M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M4A, M5, M6, M11
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 and M4A |
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LL |
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SS |
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M10 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3, M5 and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 and M4A |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M3, M4A, M5B, M6 and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B, M6,
M11and M12 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M1A, M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B,
M6, M11and M12 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M1A, M3, M4A, M6 and M8(S/M) |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M3 |
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Mid-Ebb |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A and M6 |
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Mid-Flood |
DO |
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M2A, M3, M3_M5A, M4A, M5B, M6 and
M12 |
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Exceedances of the
Exceedances of the
No environmental
no-compliances were reported in the quarter.
The Contractor has implemented the following
measures to prevent air and water quality impacts:
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Contractor has implemented their Drainage
Management Plan to Control Site Run-off for the wet season – actions completed
and underway include: repair and improvement of existing bunds/sandbags on the
edge of the reclamation; installation of additional bunds; compaction of soil
surface and pathing where possible to prevent erosion, creation of drainage
channels and soak pits.
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Provision a single WetSep flocculation based
water treatment plant and additional settlement tanks to remove suspended
solids from discharge waters;
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Provision of catch pits to collect spill over from
wheel washing facilities; increased frequency of cleaning of catch-pits;
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Water browsing of haul roads and other areas of the
site and covering of stockpiles.
No environmental enquiries were received during the reporting quarter.
No environmental complaints were received
during the reporting quarter.
There was no record of environmental complaints during the reporting
quarter.
There
were no notifications of summons and prosecutions during the reporting quarter.
During the environmental site inspections conducted within the reporting
quarter, no non-compliances were noted and no prosecutions were received during
the reporting quarter.
No exceedances in 1-hour and 24-hours TSP were recorded at the City Hall monitoring station during the reporting period.
Noise exceedances were recorded on the 9 and
Exceedances of the AL for DO were observed on the 14, 23, 26-Feb 2007,
7, 9, 16, 19, 26, 28, 30-Mar 2007, 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 and
30-Apr 2007. Exceedances of the LL for DO were observed on the 16-Apr 2007. All
exceedances observed were not expected to have been directly related to project
works as no marine works nor run-off from the site were observed during the
days. The exceedances could be attributed to natural variation in ambient
conditions rather than the project works.
Exceedances of the SS were observed at M1A (on 23-Feb 2007), M6 (on
21-Mar 2007), M10 (on 16-Apr 2007) and M12 (on 5-Mar 2007). All exceedances were not considered to have
been related to project works.