TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

1.0	Introduction	1

2.0	Project Information	1

	2.1 Background	1
	2.2 Site Description	1
	2.3 Construction Programme	1
	2.4 Project Organization and Management Structure	1
	2.5 Contact Details of Key Personnel	1 – 2
	2.6 Construction Progress in this reporting month	2
3.0	Summary of EM&A requirements
	3.1 EM&A Programme	2
	3.2 Monitoring Stations and Parameters	2
	3.3 Monitoring Methodology and Calibration Details	2
	3.4 Environmental Quality Performance Limits (Action/Limit Levels)	2
	3.5 Environmental Mitigation Measures	2

4.0	Monitoring results
	4.1 Air Quality	2 – 3
	4.2 Noise	3

5.0	Inspection Results
	5.1 Summary of site inspection findings and Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET in this quarter	3 – 5
	5.2 Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures	6
	5.3 Status of Environmental Licensing and Permitting	6
	5.4 Advice on Solids and Liquid Waste Management Status	6 – 7

6.0	Non-compliance of the environmental quality performance limits
	6.1 Summary of Non-compliance	7
	6.2 Review of the Reasons for and the Implications of Non-compliance	7
	6.3 Summary of Actions Taken	7
	6.4 Summary of Environmental Complaint, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions Handling	7 – 8

7.0	Comments, conclusion and recomendation	8

APPENDIX
A	Organization Chart and Lines of Communication
B1	Impact Air Quality Monitoring Results in this Quarter
B2	Graphical Plots of Impact Air Quality Monitoring Data in this Quarter
C1	Impact Noise Monitoring Results in this Quarter
C2	Graphical Plots of Impact Noise Monitoring Data in this Quarter
D	Environmental Quality Performance (Action / Limit Levels)
E	Event-Action Plans
F	Construction Programme
G	Summary of Implementation Status of Mitigation Measures during Site Inspection

Figures
2005/C1/2004	Village Sewerage Layout Plans – Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 1 of 3)
2005/C1/2005	Village Sewerage Layout Plans – Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 2 of 3)
2005/C1/2006	Village Sewerage Layout Plans – Sok Kwu Wan (Sheet 3 of 3)

Tables
2.1	Contact Details of Key Personnel
4.1	Summary of Number of Exceedances for 1-hr and 24-hr TSP Monitoring
4.2	Summary of Impact Monitoring results of Noise Daytime Monitoring
5.1	Summary of Site Inspection Findings and Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET
5.2	Summary of environmental licensing and permit status
5.3	Offsite Waste Disposal in this Quarter

1.0 INTRODUCTION

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 – Outlying Islands Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 Package J – Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection, Treatment and Disposal Facilities” (the EM&A Manual).

This Quarterly EM&A Summary Report documented the findings of EM&A Works conducted during the construction phase of the Project in September, October and November 2008.

2.0 PROJECT INFORMATION

2.1 Background

Under this Project, Kaden is required to construct village sewerage in Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island.

Village sewage works are undertaken in this Project. These will comprise laying approximately 1.4km of sewerage pipes from 220mm to 350mm diameter in Sok Kwu Wan Village. These works are carried out under a conventional Design, Bid, Build (DBB) contract, entirely separate from the single Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract for Sewage Treatment Works (STW) construction.

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 Islands Sewerage Stage 1 Phase 2 – Sok Kwu Wan Sewage Collection, Treatment and Disposal Facilities” and the EM&A Manual.

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 Chung Mei Village, Sok Kwu Wan and Ta Shui Wan.

2.3 Construction Programme

The construction programme is shown in Appendix F.

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

Organization	Project Role	Key Staff	Tel. No.	Fax No.
Scott Wilson CDM JV	Engineer Representative	Ir Ian J Jones	2982 0240	2982 4129
Scott Wilson CDM JV	Independent Environmental Checker	Mr. Rodney Ip	2410 3750	2428 9922
Kaden Construction Ltd	Contractor	Ir Stephen Leung	2454 9102	2465 1207
ETS-Testconsult Ltd	Environmental Team	Mr. C L Lau	2946 7791	2695 3944

3.0 Summary of EM&A Requirements

3.1 EM&A Programme

In accordance with 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 are required for the Project. The EM&A requirement for each parameter are described in details in subsequent sections, including:

· All monitoring parameters;

· Action and Limit levels for all environmental parameters;

· Event-Action Plans;

· Environmental mitigation measures, as recommended in the project EIA study report;

· Environmental requirements in contract documents.

The implementation status of environmental mitigation measures is summarized in Section 5.2 of the Report.

3.2 Monitoring Stations and Parameters

The EM&A Manual designates several locations to monitor environmental impacts in terms of air quality and noise due to the Project. The description and detailed locations of monitoring stations for air quality and noise are shown in Figures 2005/C1/2004, 2005/C1/2005 and 2005/C1/2006 and relevant sections of this Report.

3.3 Monitoring Methodology and Calibration Details

All monitoring works were conducted and monitoring equipment was calibrated in accordance with the EM&A Manual.

3.4 Environmental Quality Performance Limits (Action/Limit Levels)

The environmental quality performance limits, i.e. Action/Limit Levels (AL Levels) were derived from the baseline monitoring results. If the measured environmental quality parameters exceed the AL Levels, the respective action plan will be implemented. The AL Levels for each monitoring parameter are given in Appendix D. The event action plan is given in Appendix E.

3.5 Environmental Mitigation Measures

Relevant mitigation measures were recommended in the EM&A Manual for the Contractor to implement. A list of mitigation measures is given in Appendix G.

4.0 Monitoring Results

4.1 Air Quality

In accordance with the EM&A Manual, 1-hr and 24-hr TSP air quality monitoring are to be conducted three times and one time per six days correspondingly. In the reporting quarter, all the 1-hr and 24-hr TSP monitoring results complied with the AL Levels. The monitoring trends of air quality during the reporting quarter are given in Appendix B2.

Major dust sources in the Project were excavation works and vehicle used for moving sand, aggregates and construction waste.

Table 4.1 presents the number of exceedances recorded in each month of the reporting quarter.

Table 4.1 Summary of Number of Exceedances for 1-hr and 24-hr TSP Monitoring

Monitoring Parameter	Level of Exceedance	September 2008	October 2008	November 2008
24-hr TSP	No of monitoring events	5	6	5
	Action Level	0	0	0
	Limit Level	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0
1-hr TSP	No of monitoring events	15	18	15
	Action Level	0	0	0
	Limit Level	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0

4.2 Noise

Noise monitoring is required to be conducted at least once per week. Only daytime noise was monitored in the reporting quarter. All recorded noise levels complied with the AL Levels. The registered noise levels in the past three months are plotted in Appendix C2.

Table 4.2 presents the number of exceedances recorded in each month of the reporting quarter.

Table 4.2 Summary of Impact Monitoring results of Noise Daytime Monitoring

Level of Exceedance	September 2008	October 2008	November 2008
No of monitoring events	4	5	4
Action Level	0	1	0
Limit Level	0	0	0
Total	0	1	0

The major noise sources in the reporting quarter were excavation works and vehicle used for moving sand, aggregates and construction waste near the site egress.

In this quarter, one exceedance of Action Level was recorded in this reporting month since one complaint on noise issue was received on 15 October 2008. Besides, no exceedances in Limit Level were recorded according to the results from Day-time noise monitoring.

5.0 Inspection results

5.1 Summary of site inspection findings and Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET in this quarter

ET conducted weekly site inspections to monitor the Contractor’s implementation of environmental mitigation measures. After each site inspection, the Contractor was notified of ET’s observations and recommendations and then the Contractor will arrange related remedial works.

Summary of the site inspection findings in this reporting month is shown in Table 5.1.

Table 5.1 Summary of Site Inspection Findings and Action(s) taken by Kaden and ET

Item	Aspect	Finding	Action(s) to be taken by the Contractor	ET Verification
September 2008
1	Air and Site Practice	Follow up action to the outstanding finding in the previous month, stockpiles of fill materials were found covered properly at S160. Area 2B and S51 during the weekly site inspection on 03/09/08.	Since the finding was improved, no further action is required to be taken by the Contractor.	Since the finding was improved, no further verification is required to be taken by ET.
2	Air	During the weekly site inspection on 16/09/08, a vehicle contained fill materials was noted without cover when leaving the site.	The Contractor replied to cover the vehicle with tarpaulin sheet when leaving the site.	During the next weekly site inspection, no vehicle was noted leaving the site without cover and hence no further ET verification was required.
3	Water	Follow up action to the outstanding finding in the previous month, stagnant water was observed accumulated at S56 near Chung Mei Village during the weekly site inspections on 03/09/08, 09/09/08 and 16/09/08.	The Contractor replied to drain the stagnant water or apply pesticide to avoid mosquito breeding.	During the last weekly site inspection on 22/09/08, no stagnant water was noted at S56 and hence no further ET verification was required.
4	Chemical	Two oil containers were found on the ground at SKW Playground without drip tray during the weekly site inspection on 03/09/08.	The Contractor replied to collect and store/dispose the containers properly.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 09/09/08, no oil containers were found at SKW Playground and hence no further ET verification was required.
5	Chemical	Oil leakage was noted from a generator at S56 near Chung Mei Tsuen during the weekly site inspection on 22/09/08.	The Contractor replied to clean up the contaminated soil as chemical waste, provide an appropriate drip tray for the generator and stop to use the defect generator and repair it as soon as possible.	Since the finding was recorded at the last weekly site inspection, it will be verified in the coming month.
October 2008
1	Air	Excavated materials were stockpiled outside the manholes near works area S39, S167 and S56, and storage area beside S51 during the weekly site inspection on 02/10/08.	The Contractor replied to cover the excavated materials when not in use.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 08/10/08, the excavated materials were covered and hence no further verification is required to be taken by ET.
2	Air	Stockpile at S51 was found without cover during the weekly site inspections on 20/10/08 and 30/10/08.	The Contractor replied to cover all stockpiles.	Since the finding was still observed at the last weekly site inspection, it will be verified in the coming month.
3	Water	Export pipeline at S147 was found leaking during the weekly site inspection on 20/10/08.	The Contractor replied to repair and maintain all pipeline properly to avoid any leakage.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 30/10/08, no pipeline was noted at S147.

Item	Aspect	Finding	Action(s) to be taken by the Contractor	ET Verification
October 2008
4	Chemical	Follow up action to the outstanding finding in the previous month, oil stain was cleaned up during weekly site inspection on 02/10/08.	Since the finding was improved, no further action is required to be taken by the Contractor.	Since the finding was improved, no further verification is required to be taken by ET.
5	Chemical	Oil leakage was noted from a defect excavator at storage area W2B during the weekly site inspection on 02/10/08.	The Contractor replied to repair and maintain all excavators properly to avoid oil leakage.	The defect excavator was found removed during the weekly site inspection 20/10/08.
6	Chemical	A generator at S56 was found without drip tray during the weekly site inspection on 08/10/08.	The Contractor replied to provide drip tray for all generators.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 14/10/08, drip tray was found provided for the generator.
7	Chemical	Oil stain was noted under a working excavator in front of 袁園 during the weekly site inspection on 14/10/08.	The Contractor replied to clean up the oil stain and repair the defect excavator.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 20/10/08, no oil stain was noted and the excavator was removed for repairing.
8	Chemical	Two chemical containers were noted at S148 without drip tray during the weekly site inspection on 20/10/08.	The Contractor replied to provide drip trays for all chemicals.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 30/10/08, the chemicals were removed.
November 2008
1	Air	Follow up action to the outstanding finding in the previous month, stockpile at S51 was found covered during the weekly site inspection on 11/11/08	Since the finding was improved, no further action is required to be taken by the Contractor.	Since the finding was improved, no further verification was required to be taken by ET.
2	Water	Debris and unused materials were found disposed of in the channel adjacent to the “Police Port” during the weekly site inspections on 05/11/08 and 11/11/08.	The Contractor replied to clean up the debris and unused materials in the channel immediately.	During the weekly site inspection on 17/11/08, the debris and unused materials were cleaned up and hence no further verification was required to be taken by ET.
3	Water	Stagnant water was noted inside the manhole at S147 and S60 during the weekly site inspection on 17/11/08.	The Contractor replied to apply insecticide to avoid mosquito breeding.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 27/11/08, insecticide was applied and hence no further verification was required.
4	Chemical	Some chemical oil tanks at storage area were found without drip tray and labels during the weekly site inspection on 17/11/08.	The Contractor replied to provide drip trays and labels for all chemicals.	During the next weekly site inspection on 27/11/08, appropriated drip tray and labels were provided.
5	Site Practice	Debris and rubbish were noted at the coastal area near Chung Mei during weekly site inspection on 17/11/08.	The Contractor replied to collect the rubbish immediately.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 27/11/08, no rubbish was observed.
6	Site Practice	Four gas cylinders were placed in the storage area improperly during the site inspection on 17/11/08.	The Contractor replied to store them in appropriate area properly especially when not in use.	During the subsequent weekly site inspection on 27/11/08, the gas cylinders were found store properly.

5.2 Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures

According to the summary of the weekly site inspections carried out in this quarter, it indicated that site practices of the Kaden were generally undertaken in an environmentally acceptable manner and the overall site environmental performance was satisfactory.

Excavation works and vehicle used for moving sand, aggregates and construction waste were the major dust sources in the Project. Generally, the Contractor implemented adequate dust mitigation measures in this quarter, such as dampening of unpaved areas and fill material prior to handling or delivery and well maintenance of plant and equipment to avoid black smoke emission.

Vehicle traffic and construction activities near the site egress were the major noise sources. The powered mechanical equipment were generally operated and maintained properly.

5.3 Status of Environmental Licensing and Permitting

The status of licences and permits is summarized in Table 5.2.

Table 5.2 Summary of environmental licensing and permit status

Description	Permit No.	Valid Period		Section
Description	Permit No.	From	To	Section
Environmental Permit	EP-281/2007	29/06/07	End of Project	Valid
Water Discharge Licence	EP890/W2/XD026	23/05/08	31/03/12	Valid Discharge of Industrial Trade Effluent arising from Construction Site to communal storm water drain
Notification under APCO	Application had been submitted to EPD on 15 April 2008

5.4 Advice on Solids and Liquid Waste Management Status

The Contractor usually disposed of non-inert wastes such as general refuses and materials segregated to Sok Kwu Wan Re-fill Transfer Station (SKWRTS).

Table 5.3 summarizes data on offsite waste disposal in this quarter.

Table 5.3 Offsite Waste Disposal in this Quarter

Type of Waste		Quantity	Disposal Location	Cumulative Quantity
Inert C&D Materials	Total Quantity Generated (tonne)	83		405
	Broken Concrete (tonne)	0	N/A	0
	Reused in the Contract (tonne)	40	For Stockpile / Reuse	90
	Reused in other Projects (tonne)	0	N/A	180
	Disposal as Public Fill (tonne)	42	SKWRTS