Issue No. : 1
Issue Date : December 2011
Project No. : 768(2)
Joint User Complex and
Wholesale Fish Market at Area 44, Tuen Mun
Thirteenth Quarterly Environmental Monitoring & Audit Report
(August 2011 – October
2011)
Prepared By:
Allied Environmental Consultants Ltd.
COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE
Issue No. : 1
Issue Date : December 2011
Project No. : 768(2)
Joint User Complex and Wholesale Fish Market at Area
44, Tuen Mun
Thirteenth Quarterly Environmental Monitoring & Audit Report
(August 2011 – October
2011)
Prepared
By:
Allied
Environmental Consultants Ltd.
COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE
Author:
Ronan L. H. Chan
BSc
Checked:
Approved:
Nic H. H. Lam Grace
M. H. Kwok
BSc(Hons)
AMHKIOA AMHKIEIA
BEng(Hons) MHKIEIA MHKIOA
MISWA MIAIA MRAPA LEED AP
This report has been prepared by Allied Environmental Consultants Limited
with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Agreement
with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and
taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client.
We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any
matters outside the scope of the above.
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of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof,
is made known. Any such party
relies upon the report at their own risk.
Allied Environmental Consultants Limited
(AEC) has been appointed to conduct an environmental monitoring and audit
(EM&A) program for the Joint User Complex and Wholesale
Fish Market (WFM) at Area 44, Tuen Mun.
The construction works
were commenced on 31st July 2008 while major construction works of
the Project were substantially completed in September 2010 and handover works
were completed in November 2010, thus the EM&A programme for construction phase was terminated effective from
23rd December 2010.
The operation of the WFM
was commenced on 23rd December 2010. This report is
the thirteenth quarterly
EM&A report, which detailed the
environmental monitoring and audit results recorded for operational phase during the period from 1st August
2011 to 31st October 2011.
Impact environmental monitoring for the Joint User Complex and Wholesale Fish Market at Area
44, Tuen Mun has been carried out at Yuet Wu Villa. Odour patrol and noise monitoring were conducted within the period
of 0300-0630
hours. The odour intensity ratings in the reporting period were 1-No
Odour. The minimum and maximum average noise level measured at Yuet Wu Villa was 51.5dB(A)
Leq(5min) and 57.1dB(A) Leq(5min) respectively.
Based on the monitoring results, the odour patrol
complied with the environmental requirements in EM&A Manual. The measured monitoring results were higher than the predicted noise
levels due to the increment of noise level from ambient background noise
levels.
In the reporting period, no
non-compliance,
complaint, inspection notice,
notification of summons or prosecution was received.
There was no major change in the operation of WFM.
In the coming months, monitoring
works shall persist as stated in EM&A Manual.
A Joint User Complex
and Wholesale Fish Market (WFM Complex) at Area 44 in Tuen Mun is designed and
built by Architectural Services Department on behalf of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Conservation Department, Marine Department, Home Affairs Department, and
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Hong Kong SAR. The WFM Complex
is to provide a permanent site for the relocation of the existing temporary
wholesale fish market at Tuen Mun Area 27 and to accommodate a community hall,
a dragon boat racing spectator stand, and other community facilities for public
use. The development is a
3-storey complex to accommodate a wholesale fish market, a public toilet, a
refuse collection point and a marine refuse collection point at the ground
floor, a community hall on the first floor, and a dragon boat race spectator
stand with landscaped deck on roof level. The Wholesale Fish Market is
categorized as a designated project under the Environmental Impact Assessment
Ordinance (EIAO) and therefore a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA-085/2002) has been conducted in year 2002 and an Environmental Permit
(EP-296/2007) was issued by Environmental Protection Department in December
2007. The construction works
were commenced on 31st July 2008. Major construction works of the Project
were substantially completed in September 2010 and handover works were
completed in November 2010.
The EM&A programme of construction phase was terminated and the EM&A programme of operational
phase was commenced effective from 23rd December
2010.
The subject site is
located at Castle Peak Bay of Tuen Mun given in Figure 1. The
subject site is bounded to the north by a future local open space presently
used as a temporary car park, to the east by Castle Peak Bay typhoon shelter,
to the south by a future lorry park and to the west by Wu Shan Road. Yuet Wu
Villa being the nearest residential establishment is located at around 85m from
the site boundary. Key personnel and contact particulars are summarized in Table 1.
Table 1 Contact
Details of Key Personnel
|
Role
|
Department
/ Company
|
Names
|
Contact
Number
|
Fax
Number
|
|
Lead User
Department
|
Agriculture,
Fisheries, and Conservation Department
|
Mr. K.H. Chan
Ms. Louise Li
|
2150 7092
2150 7104
|
2314 2866
|
|
Environmental
Permit Holder
|
Architecture
Services Department
|
Mr. S.W. Chow
Ms. Rio Kwok
|
2867 3716
2867 3706
|
2523 9622
|
|
Environmental
Team Leader
|
Allied
Environmental Consultants Ltd.
|
Ms. Grace
Kwok
|
2815 7028
|
2815 5399
|
|
Independent
Environmental Checker
|
Cinotech
Consultants Ltd.
|
Dr. Priscilla Choy
|
2151 2089
|
3107 1388
|
Air Sensitive Receivers (ASRs) within 500m
include Yuet Wu Villa, lawn bowling field, tennis court, which are less than
100m away from the subject site. Tuen Mun Wu Hong Clinic is located to the west
at about 100m to the site boundary. Two secondary schools, Ka Chi Secondary
School and South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School, are approximately 300m
to the south of the site boundary.
Noise Sensitive Receivers (NSRs) within
300m are Yuet Wu Villa, Siu Hei Court, Yan Chai Hospital Low Chan Chor Si
Primary School and Wu King Estate. The nearest NSR will be Block 15 of Yuet Wu
Villa.
For regular
impact monitoring, odour patrol shall be carried out on a regular basis during
the first year of operation. Odour patrol shall be carried out once a week
during the first three months of operation of the WFM. The odour patrol
frequency shall be reviewed afterwards.
According to the
approved EM&A Manual, the Action and Limit Levels for operational phase
odour patrol are summarized in Table 2.
Table 2
Action and Limit Levels for Operational Phase Odour
Patrol
|
Parameter
|
Action Level
|
Limit Level
|
|
Perceived odour intensity
|
Higher than or equal to Level 3
|
Level 5
|
|
Incidence
of odour complaints
|
Any incidence of odour complaint received
|
Two or
more odour complaints received within one month
|
Should non-compliance of the above Action and Limit levels occurs, the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO) shall undertake corresponding in accordance with the Event/Action Plan given in
the EM&A Manual.
For noise
monitoring, the operational noise level shall be measured weekly in terms of
the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level (Leq). Leq(5min) shall be used as monitoring parameter for the period from 0300 to 0630
hours. Each set of measurement shall include at least 3 consecutive Leq(5min) results. As supplementary information for data auditing, statistical
results such as L10(5min) and L90(5min) shall also be contained for reference.
Additional noise
monitoring shall not be given for marine traffic noise. With consideration given to the selected
access route, which represent the worst-scenarios in terms of distance to
nearby receivers, the highest marine traffic noise levels at nearby sensitive
receivers are found to be below the prevailing background noise level they are
currently exposed to. The operation of the proposed WFM is not expected to
generate additional marine traffic noise within the typhoon shelter and will
not cause any deterioration to the existing noise climate in the vicinity of
the typhoon shelter.
From baseline monitoring results, the Action and Limit Levels for operational phase noise monitoring are
summarized in Table 3.
Table 3
Action and Limit Levels for Operational Phase Noise Monitoring
|
Time
Period
|
Action
Level
|
Limit Level
|
|
All days during the night-time
(2300-0700 hours)
|
When one documented compliant is received
|
58dB(A)
|
Should non-compliance of the above Action and Limit levels occurs, the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO) shall undertake corresponding in accordance with the Event Action Plan
given in the EM&A Manual.
Odour patrol and noise monitoring were
conducted around Yuet Wu Villa and at Block 15, Yuet Wu Villa. Appendix A
displayed the detail schedule of the odour patrol and noise monitoring. The
location plan of odour patrol and sniffing locations are shown in Figure 2. Noise
monitoring was conducted at 1.2m above ground level in front of the residential
block and at the junction of Wu Sau Street and Wu On Street as given in Figure 3. Due
to thunderstorm, the weekly monitoring on 26th August 2011, 15th
September 2011 and 13th October 2011 was postponed to 27th
August 2011, 17th September 2011 and 14th October 2011
respectively.
Results of
operational phase odour patrol and noise monitoring are summarized in Appendix B and
Appendix C
respectively. In the reporting period, the odour intensity ratings were 1-No
Odour. The minimum and maximum average
noise level measured at Yuet Wu Villa was 51.5dB(A) Leq(5min) and 57.1dB(A) Leq(5min) respectively. The
measured monitoring results were higher than the predicted noise levels due to
the increment of noise level from ambient background noise levels.
6.
IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATION MEASURES
In the operational phase, the solid and
liquid waste management is not applicable. The relevant parties have
implemented odour and noise mitigation measures which shall include, but not
limited to the following:
l The WFM Complex (including the parking area)
shall be enclosed to reduce the odour nuisance to the nearby residents;
l Contract specifications on the sound power
level of mechanical ventilation system shall be followed;
l Off-route lorries shall not pass along the Wu
Shan Road outside Yuet Wu Villa;
l Lorries queuing and vessel’s horning shall be
controlled by WFM management and AFCD.
All environmental mitigation measures for operational stages stated in approved EIA Report,
EM&A Manual and Environmental Permit was carried out throughout the whole operational period as shown in Appendix D. The environmental
mitigation measures undertaken were considered adequate. There was no major change in the operation
of WFM and no additional environmental mitigation measures shall be given. In the coming month, the odour patrol
frequency shall be reviewed.
7. Non-compliance, Complaints, Notifications of Summons
and Successful Prosecutions
In the reporting
period, no non-compliance, complaint, inspection notice, notification
of summons or prosecution was received.
Environmental
monitoring has been carried out for the Joint User Complex and Wholesale Fish Market at Area
44, Tuen Mun. Odour
patrol and noise monitoring were conducted Yuet Wu Villa
during the period from 1st
August 2011 to 31st October 2011.
In the reporting period, the odour intensity
ratings were 1-No Odour. The minimum and maximum average
noise level measured at Yuet Wu Villa was 51.5dB(A) Leq(5min) and 57.1dB(A) Leq(5min) respectively. The
measured monitoring results were higher than the predicted noise levels due to
the increment of noise level from ambient background noise levels.
In the reporting
period, no non-compliance, complaint, inspection notice, notification
of summons or prosecution was received.
In the coming
month, monitoring works shall persist as stated in
EM&A Manual.