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2.1 Background |
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2.2 Site Description |
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2.3 Construction Programme |
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2.4 Project Organization and
Management Structure |
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2.5 Contact Details of Key Personnel |
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2.6 Construction Progress in this
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3.0 |
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3.1 Monitoring
Requirement |
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3.2 Monitoring
Equipment |
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3.3 Laboratory
Measurement / Analysis |
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3.4 Monitoring
Parameters, Frequency and Duration |
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3.5 Monitoring
Locations |
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3.6 Action and Limit
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3.7 Event-Action Plans |
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3.8 Results |
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4.1 Monitoring
Requirement |
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4.2 Monitoring
Equipment |
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4.3 Monitoring
Parameters, Frequency and Duration |
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4.4 Monitoring
Locations |
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4.5 Monitoring
Methodology |
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4.6 Action and Limit
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4.7 Event-Action Plans |
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4.8 Results |
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5.0 |
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5.1 Summary of the site inspection findings and
Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET |
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5.2 Recommendations on site inspection
findings in Site Inspections of this month |
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6.0 |
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7.0 |
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8.0 |
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8.1 Summary of Air Quality and Noise
Monitoring |
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8.2 Summary of Environmental
Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions |
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9.0 |
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9.1 Implementation Status of
Environmental Mitigation Measures |
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9.2 Implementation Status of Event
and Action Plan |
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9.3 Implementation Status of
Environmental Complaint Handling |
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9.4 Implementation Status of
Notification of Summons and Prosecution |
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10.0 |
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11.0 |
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11.1 Upcoming
Environmental Monitoring Schedule in coming month |
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11.2 Upcoming
Construction Works Schedule in coming month |
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11.3 Environmental Issues for the coming
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2005/C1/2004 |
Village Sewerage Layout Plans ¡V Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 1 of 3) |
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2005/C1/2005 |
Village Sewerage Layout Plans ¡V Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 2 of 3) |
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2005/C1/2006 |
Village Sewerage Layout Plans ¡V Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 3 of 3) |
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2.1 |
Contact Details of Key Personnel |
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3.1 |
Monitoring Parameters, Duration and Frequency of Impact Air Quality Monitoring |
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3.2 |
Air
Monitoring Stations |
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3.3 |
Action and Limit Levels for 24-hr TSP and 1-hr TSP |
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3.4 |
Summary of 1-hr and 24-hr TSP Monitoring Results |
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4.1 |
Noise Monitoring Equipment |
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4.2 |
Duration,
Frequencies and Parameters of Noise Monitoring |
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4.3 |
Noise
Monitoring Stations |
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4.4 |
Action and Limit Levels for Noise Monitoring |
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4.5 |
Summary of Noise Daytime Monitoring Results |
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5.1 |
Summary
of Site Inspection Findings and Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET |
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6.1 |
Summary
of Environmental Licensing and Permit Status |
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7.1 |
Summary
of Quantities of Waste for Disposal in this reporting month |
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8.1 |
Statistical
Summary of Environmental Complaint-log |
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11.1 |
Proposed
Environmental
Monitoring Schedule in coming month |
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The Contractor, Kaden Construction Limited
(Kaden), appointed
Environmental Team of ETS-Testconsult Limited (ET) to undertake the environmental impact monitoring for ¡§Contract No. DC/2007/18 Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan
Village Sewerage, Stage 1 Works¡¨ (the Project) under the requirements and
specifications of ¡§the Environmental Permit
(Application No. AEP-281/2007)¡¨ (the EP) and ¡¨the
Final EM&A Manual ¡V Outlying
Islands Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 Package J ¡V Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection,
Treatment and Disposal Facilities¡¨ (the EM&A Manual).
This Monthly
Impact Monitoring Report No.2 has been prepared by the ET of ETS-Testconsult Limited to
document the impact monitoring works conducted for the Project in
July 2008.
Construction
Progress
The major
construction works in this monitoring period were as below:
¡P
Excavation works
for laying of sewerage pipe and trenchless;
Environmental
Monitoring Progress
The summary of
the monitoring activities in this monitoring period is listed below:
¡P
Noise Monitoring (Day-time): 5 Occasions at 4 designated
locations;
¡P
24-hour TSP Monitoring: 6 Occasions at 4 designated
locations;
¡P
1-hour TSP Monitoring: 18 Occasions at 4 designated
locations.
Impact
Air Quality Monitoring
No exceedances
of Action and Limit levels were recorded for 24-hr and 1-hr TSP monitoring in
the reporting period.
Impact
Noise Monitoring
No exceedances
of Action and Limit levels for noise monitoring were recorded in the reporting
period.
Waste Management
According to weekly site inspection, ET
found that the Contractor followed the recommended procedures stipulated in the
Waste Management Plan (WMP) on handling and disposal
of wastes. In this reporting month, 44.97 tonnes Public Fill (e.g.
mix soil and rock)
were generated and disposed to Sok Kwu Wan Re-fill Transfer Station (SKWRTS)
properly.
Site Inspection
Environmental
site inspections conducted in this reporting month are presented as follows:
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Concerned
Parties |
Dates
of Audit / Inspection |
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ET |
03, 09,
15, 21 and 31 July 2008 |
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RE / IEC / Kaden / ET |
31
July
2008 |
According to the summary
of the weekly site inspections carried out in this month, it indicated that
site practices of the Kaden were generally
undertaken in an environmentally acceptable manner and the overall site
environmental performance was satisfactory.
Environmental
Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful
Prosecutions
No
environmental complaints, notifications
of summons and successful prosecutions were received in this reporting period.
Conclusion
and Recommendations
The
monitored environmental data indicated that no unacceptable environmental
impacts arising from the Project had been caused to the surrounding sensitive
receivers. The environmental mitigation measures had been effective in
controlling potential impacts to within acceptable sensitive receivers.
Besides, the Contractor was recommended to maintain good site practice in order
to minimize the environmental impacts at the site.
Construction
Programme for Coming Month
The
Construction programme for the Project is shown in Appendix E.
As informed
by the Contractor, the activities to be conducted by them in coming month
included:
¡P
Trench
excavation work; and
¡P
Sewer
pipe-laying works.
Future
Key Issues
Based on the forecast of engineering works in the coming month, key issues to
be considered are as follows:
¡P
Noise and air quality impact due to construction
works; and
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Maintain good site practice to minimize
environmental impacts at the site.
Internet Website
The monthly EM&A
report can be accessed on the web at http://www.skwsewer.com.
The Customer, Kaden Construction Limited
(Kaden), appointed
Environmental Team of ETS-Testconsult Limited to undertake the environmental impact monitoring for ¡§Contract No. DC/2007/18 Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan
Village Sewerage, Stage 1 Works¡¨ (the Project) under the requirements and
specifications of ¡§the Environmental Permit
(Application No. AEP-281/2007)¡¨ (the EP) and ¡¨the
Final EM&A Manual ¡V Outlying
Islands Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 Package J ¡V Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection,
Treatment and Disposal Facilities¡¨ (the EM&A Manual).
In
accordance with the Section 5 of the EP, EM&A programme as set out in the EM&A
Manual is required to be implemented. In accordance with the EM&A manual,
environmental monitoring of air quality and noise is required for the Project.
The EM&A requirement for each parameter are described in details in
subsequent sections, including:
¡P
All monitoring parameters;
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Action and Limit levels for all environmental parameters;
¡P
Event-Action Plans;
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Environmental mitigation measures, as recommended in the
project EIA study report;
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Environmental requirements in contract documents.
This monthly EM&A report summarizes
the impact monitoring
in July 2008.
This monthly EM&A report can be accessed on the web at http://www.skwsewer.com.
2.1
Background
Under this
Project, Kaden is required to construct village sewerage in Yung Shue Wan and
Sok Kwu Wan,
Village sewage
works will be undertaken in this Project. These will comprise laying
approximately
As the main Contractor of the captioned
project contracted by, Kaden will follow the environmental monitoring
recommendation stated in the EM&A Manual that was prepared
with reference to the EIA Report (Register No.: AEIAR-075/2003).
According to the EP and
the EM&A Manual, the environmental programme is mainly focused on the construction
activities of this Project in Sok Kwu Wan. At the same time, all air quality and
noise monitoring stations proposed in the EM&A Manual are located in Sok
Kwu Wan. The baseline report is prepared in accordance with EP (No.
EP-281/2007) for the Designated Project ¡§Outlying
2.2
Site Description
The general layout plan of the project in Sok Kwu Wan is shown in Drawing No. 2005/C1/2004, 2005/C1/2005 and 2005/C1/2006.
Surrounding the construction site, there are air and
noise sensitive receivers at
2.3
Construction Programme
The construction programme is shown in Appendix E.
2.4 Project
Organization and Management Structure
The
organization chart with respect to the on-site environmental management and
monitoring program are shown in Appendix A.
2.5
Contact Details of Key Personnel
The key personnel contact names and telephone numbers,
and construction programme are shown in table 2.1.
Table 2.1 Contact
Details of Key Personnel
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Organization |
Project
Role |
Key Staff |
Tel. No. |
Fax No. |
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Scott Wilson CDM JV |
Engineer Representative |
Ir Ian J Jones |
2982 0240 |
2982 4129 |
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Scott Wilson CDM JV |
Independent Environmental
Checker |
Mr. Rodney Ip |
2410 3750 |
2428 9922 |
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Kaden
Construction Ltd |
Contractor |
Ir Stephen Leung |
2454 9102 |
2465 1207 |
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ETS-Testconsult Ltd |
Environmental Team |
Mr. C L Lau |
2946 7791 |
2695 3944 |
2.6 Construction Progress in this
reporting month
A
summary of the major construction activities undertaken in this monitoring
month were:
¡P Project signboard and ER¡¦s secondary office
at Works Area W
¡P Pre-construction condition survey; and
¡P Trench excavation work.
3.0 Impact Air Quality
MONITORING
3.1 Monitoring
Requirement
Both 1-hr and 24-hr
TSP monitoring is required to be conducted in order to monitor the air quality
of the environment during the construction period. For regular monitoring, a sampling
frequency of at least one in every six days should be carried out at all
designated monitoring stations.
3.2 Monitoring
Equipment
24-hour TSP Monitoring
High volume sampler, as HVS, (Greasby GMWS2310) complete with
appropriate sampling inlets are employed for 24-hour TSP. The sampler is composed of a motor, a
filter holder, a flow controller and a sampling inlet and its performance
specification complies with that required by USEPA standard Title 40, Code of
Federation Regulations Chapter 1 (Part 50).
Installation
The installation of HVS refers to the
requirement stated in EM&A Manual.
Operation/Analytical Procedures
Operating/analytical procedures for the
operation of HVS are as below:
Prior to the commencement of the air sampling, the flow rate of the high volume sampler was
properly set (between
¡P
For TSP sampling, fiberglass filters
(GA-55) were used.
¡P
The power supply was checked to ensure
the sampler worked properly.
¡P
On sampling, the sampler was operated 5
minutes to establish thermal equilibrium before placing any filter media at
designated air monitoring station.
¡P The
filter holding frame was then removed by loosening the four nuts and carefully
a weighted and conditioned filter was centered with the stamped number upwards,
on a supporting screen.
¡P
The filter was aligned on the screen so
that the gasket formed an air-tight seal on the outer edges of the filter. Then the filter holder frame was
tightened to the filter holder with swing bolts. The applied pressure should be
sufficient to avoid air leakage at the edges.
¡P
The programmable timer will be set for
a sampling period of 24 hours.
Information was recorded on the record sheet, which included the
starting time, the weather condition and the filter number (the initial weight
of the filter paper can be found out by using the filter number.).
¡P
After sampling, the filter was
transferred from the filter holder of the HVS to a sealed plastic bag and sent
to the laboratory for weighting.
The elapsed time was also recoded.
¡P
Before weighting, all filters were
equilibrated in a desiccator for 24 hour with the temperature of 25oC
+ 3oC and the relative humidity (RH) <50% +5%.
Maintenance & Calibration
¡P
The HVS and their accessories were maintained in good working condition,
such as replacing motor brushes routinely and checking electrical wiring to
ensure a continuous power supply.
¡P
The HVSs used were calibrated before the commencement of air quality monitoring, after maintenance
and every two months. Five-point
calibration by using calibration kit (e.g. Tisch TE
1-hour TSP Monitoring
1-hour TSP levels were
measured by using 1-hour dust
meter which are capable of producing comparable results as the by high volume
sampling method, to indicate short event impacts.
Measuring Procedures
The measuring
procedures of the 1-hr dust meter are in accordance with the Manufacturer¡¦s
instruction Manual as follows:
¡P
Set POWER to ON, check the battery
indicator to ensure whether the power supply is enough to conduct the TSP
monitoring;
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Calibrate the dust meter by zero check;
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Set the time constant of the dust meter;
¡P
Press sample
to start the TSP monitoring;
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Record the maximum, minimum and average
reading directly from the dust meter by press Statistics
when monitoring complete.
Maintenance & Calibration
¡P 1-hour dust meter should be
checked at 6-month intervals throughout all stages of impact air quality
monitoring. Through a five-point calibration by
placing the dust meter and calibrated HVS under the same environmental
condition, a
relationship in TSP level (mg/m3) between
dust meter
and HVS was established.
3.3 Laboratory
Measurement / Analysis
Environmental Laboratory of ETS-Testconsult
which is HOKLAS accredited, carried out the laboratory analysis.
A clean filter paper with no pinholes was used for each time of monitoring. Before sampling, the filter paper
of size
After sampling, the
filter paper loaded with dust was kept in a clean and tightly sealed plastic
bag. The filter paper then returned to the laboratory for reconditioning in the
humidity controlled chamber following by accurate weighing by an electronic
balance with readout down to 0.1mg. The balance was calibrated against a
traceable standard.
All the analysis results and collected
samples were kept in a good condition for 6 months after completion of the
monitoring exercise before disposal.
3.4 Monitoring
Parameters, Frequency and Duration
Table 3.1 summarizes the
monitoring parameters, monitoring duration and frequencies of impact air
quality monitoring.
Table
3.1 Monitoring
parameters, duration and frequencies of impact air quality monitoring
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Parameter |
Duration |
Frequency |
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24-hr TSP |
24 hr (0000-2400) |
One in every six days |
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1-hr TSP |
1 hr (0700-1900) |
3 times per day in
every six days |
3.5 Monitoring
Locations
As the requirement in
the EM&A Manual, three designated air monitoring stations
were selected. Table 3.2 tabulates the air
quality monitoring locations of this Project.
Table
3.2 Air monitoring stations
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Air monitoring station |
Description of location |
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AM1 |
Squatter
house in Chung Mei Village |
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AM2 |
Squatter house in Chung Mei Village |
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AM3 |
Football Court |
3.6 Action
and Limit Levels
Action and Limit levels for 24-hr TSP and 1-hr TSP derived as
illustrated in Table 3.3.
Table 3.3 Action
and Limit levels for 24-hr TSP and 1-hr TSP
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24-hr TSP (mg/m3) |
1-hr TSP (mg/m3) |
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Action Level |
Limit Level |
Action Level |
Limit Level |
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AM1 |
173 |
260 |
343 |
500 |
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AM2 |
175 |
260 |
331 |
500 |
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AM3 |
191 |
260 |
353 |
500 |
3.7 Event-Action Plans
Should the results of the monitoring
parameters at any designated monitoring stations indicate that the air quality
criteria are exceeded, the actions in accordance with the Event and Action Plan
that summarized in Appendix D should be
carried out.
3.8 Results
Totally
6 occasions of
24-hr TSP monitoring and 18 occasions of 1-hr TSP
monitoring were carried out in this reporting period. All monitoring data of
1-hr and 24-hr TSP monitoring is provided in Appendix B2. Graphical presentation of both 1-hr and 24-hr TSP
monitoring results for the reporting month is shown in Appendix B3.
No exceedances of Action and Limit Level of 1-hr and 24-hr TSP
monitoring results were recorded during the reporting month. Table 3.4 summaries the 1-hr and 24-hr TSP monitoring
results.
Table 3.4 Summary
of 1-hr and 24-hr TSP Monitoring Results
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Parameter |
1-hr TSP
Monitoring |
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AM1 |
AM2 |
AM3 |
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Time |
Result |
Exceed* |
Time |
Result |
Exceed* |
Time |
Result |
Exceed* |
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08:55 |
127 |
X |
09:00 |
127 |
X |
13:00 |
204 |
X |
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09:55 |
133 |
X |
10:00 |
135 |
X |
14:00 |
220 |
X |
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10:55 |
121 |
X |
11:00 |
124 |
X |
15:00 |
192 |
X |
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13:10 |
80 |
X |
09:30 |
84 |
X |
09:20 |
86 |
X |
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14:10 |
76 |
X |
10:30 |
87 |
X |
10:20 |
79 |
X |
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15:10 |
83 |
X |
11:30 |
78 |
X |
11:20 |
72 |
X |
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08:40 |
87 |
X |
08:50 |
93 |
X |
13:00 |
85 |
X |
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09:40 |
95 |
X |
09:50 |
101 |
X |
14:00 |
90 |
X |
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10:40 |
91 |
X |
10:50 |
104 |
X |
15:00 |
97 |
X |
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08:50 |
92 |
X |
09:00 |
96 |
X |
13:00 |
122 |
X |
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09:50 |
109 |
X |
10:00 |
115 |
X |
14:00 |
118 |
X |
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10:50 |
99 |
X |
11:00 |
103 |
X |
15:00 |
111 |
X |
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09:05 |
93 |
X |
09:00 |
73 |
X |
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