TABLE OF
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I
Environmental
Monitoring Works................................................................................................... I
Implementation
Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures......................................................... I
Environmental
Complaints and Prosecution................................................................................... I
Future Key
Issues........................................................................................................................ I
1. INTRODUCTION 1
Background................................................................................................................................ 1
Project
Organisation................................................................................................................... 1
Summary of
the EM&A Requirements.......................................................................................... 1
2. ENVIRONMENTAL
AUDIT 2
Implementation Status of Environmental Mitigation Measures........................................................ 2
Status of Environmental Licensing and Permitting......................................................................... 2
Waste Management.................................................................................................................... 2
Implementation Status of Environmental Complaint Handling Procedures....................................... 3
3. CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS 4
Conclusions................................................................................................................................ 4
Recommendations...................................................................................................................... 4
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Summary of Environmental
Notification, Licensing and Permit Status......................... 2
List
of Figures
Figure 1.1 Location of Water Recreation Centre
Figure 1.2 Project Organization
List
of Appendices
Appendix A Contact
of Key Environmental Personnel
Appendix B Summary
of Environmental Mitigation Implementation Schedule
Appendix C Complaint
Flow Diagram and Complaint Log
This
is the hundred-thirty fifth 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 October 2016 and
15 November 2016.
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 8 November 2016.
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 October 2016 and 15 November 2016.
1.1
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.
1.2
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.
1.3
Site audit and the status of environmental licensing
and permits are described in Section 2.
1.4
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 8 November 2016. 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 8 November 2016
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.