This is the hundred monthly
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) report prepared by AECOM Asia Co.
Ltd. (integrating the operation of ENSR Asia (HK) Ltd.), the designated
Environmental Team (ET), for the project “Provision of EM&A Services at
Water Recreation Centre”. The Water Recreation Centre (WRC)
commenced operation on 16 August 2005.
This report presents
the results of environmental audit works conducted between 16 November 2013 and
15 December 2013.
Environmental
Licensing and Permitting
Environmental
permit (No. EP-01/097/2001/C) was issued to the
Hongkong International Theme Parks Limited (HKITP) for the operation of WRC. HKITP has been registered as chemical waste producer (Waste Producer No. 9499-973-H3095-01).
Monthly
environmental site inspection was carried out on 10 December 2013.
Environmental mitigation measures as recommended in the EIA report, Operational
EM&A Plan and EP-01/097/2001/C were properly implemented.
No
complaint, summons or prosecution related to environmental issues was made
against the Project in the reporting period.
The operator of WRC
is reminded to continue to implement measures as recommended in the EIA Report, Operational EM&A Plan and
EP-01/097/2001/C.
1.1
AECOM Asia Co. Ltd. (integrating the operation
of ENSR Asia (HK) Ltd.) (hereinafter
referred as the “ET”) was appointed by Hongkong
International Theme Park Ltd. (HKITP) (hereinafter
referred as the “Operator”) to carry out operational Environmental Monitoring
and Audit at the Water Recreation Centre since its operation on 16 August 2005.
Under the requirements of Section 4 of the Environmental Permit EP-01/097/2001/C, EM&A programme is required to be
implemented in accordance with the Operational EM&A Plan approved by the
Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on 31 August 2005.
1.2
The WRC is a portion of the Contract for “Theme
Park and Associated Infrastructures at Penny’s Bay”, which encompasses an area
of approximately 12 ha and contains a multi-function artificial lake, water-based and land-based recreational facilities and ancillary facilities. Apart
from recreation purpose, the lake water is a source of irrigation water for the
entire Penny’s Bay. The location of the WRC is given in Figure 1.1.
1.3
Following approval of the EIA, an Environmental
Permit (EP) was issued to the Civil Engineering Department (CED) (now Civil and
Engineering Development Department (CEDD) and the subsequent variation of the
permit no. EP-097/2001/B and EP-138/2002/C contain the requirements and
obligations on the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) during the
operation of the WRC. Under the Contract for “Theme Park and Associated
Infrastructures at Penny’s Bay”, the WRC and ancillary facilities were designed
and constructed under the supervision of CEDD and the WRC would be turned over
from CEDD to HKITP for operation upon completion of construction. Environmental
permit no. EP-01/097/2001/C was issued to the HKITP for the operation of WRC.
1.4
This report presents the results of
environmental audit works conducted between 16 November 2013 and 15 December 2013.
1.5
The structure of the
environmental management team is shown in Figure 1.2. Contacts of key
environmental staff of the Project are shown in Appendix A.
1.6
The latest EM&A
programme requires environmental audit at the WRC. The purpose of the audit was
to ensure all environmental mitigation measures, as
recommended in the EIA report, Operational EM&A Plan and
EP-01/097/2001/C, were properly
implemented.
1.7
Site audit and the
status of environmental licensing and permits are described in Section 2.
1.8
Summary of the advice
on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution
control/mitigation measures is summarised in Section 2 of the Report.
2.1
Site
audit was carried out on a monthly basis to monitor environmental issues to
ensure that all mitigation measures were implemented timely and properly.
2.2
Monthly
site inspection was carried out on 10 December 2013. Environmental mitigation
measures for water quality, waste management, landscape and visual, as
recommended in the EIA
report, Operational EM&A Plan and EP were properly implemented. There was no specific
observation requiring following up action. In general, the condition of the WRC
was satisfactory:
·
No floating
refuse was observed.
·
No uncontrolled surface
runoff into the lake was observed.
·
No algicide was applied
to the WRC.
·
No discharge was made from the WRC
into marine water.
·
No improper storage of
oil/chemicals was observed.
·
Environmental
Permit was kept in the site office and was available for inspection upon
request.
2.3
A summary of
the Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedule (EMIS) is presented in
Appendix B.
2.4
All
permits/licences/notifications obtained as of the reporting period are
summarised in Table 2.1
Table 2.1 Summary of
Environmental Notification, Licensing and Permit Status
|
Permit No.
|
Valid Period
|
Description
|
Status
|
|
From
|
To
|
|
Environmental Permit
|
|
EP-01/097/2001/C
|
19 Oct. 05
|
-
|
Operation of an
approximately 32 ha water recreation centre with a 12 ha multi-function artificial lake, water-based and land-based recreational facilities and ancillary facilities
|
Valid
|
|
Chemical Waste
Registration
|
|
9499-973-H3095-01
|
29 Jul. 05
|
-
|
Theme
Park at Penny’s Bay
|
Valid
|
2.5
Waste management of WRC
was implemented as stipulated in the Waste Management Plan.
2.6
As waste management of
WRC was undertaken as part of the overall Theme Park Resort waste management
scheme, records of waste handling and disposal would be reported in the Theme
Park EM&A Report.
2.7
Appendix
C presents the environmental complaint flow diagram of the Project.
2.8
No complaint,
summons or prosecution related to environmental issues was received or made
against the Project in the reporting period.
3.1
Environmental audit was
carried out on 10 December 2013 in accordance with the Operation EM&A Plan.
No non-compliance was observed during the inspection. In general, the condition of the WRC was satisfactory.
3.2
Environmental
mitigation measures as recommended in the EIA Report, Operational EM&A Plan
and EP were properly implemented.
3.3
No complaint, summons
or prosecution related to environmental issues was made against the Project in
the reporting period.
3.4
The operator of WRC is reminded to continue to
implement measures as recommended in EIA Report and EP.
