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Deficiency Statement 93177
EIS Guidelines
12.8 – Compensation – “Describe any plans for compensation that would be part of proposed mitigation to address negative or adverse impacts from the Project.”
EIS
11.8 – Compensation – The EIS does not appear to consider the need for compensation where an unanticipated negative adverse impact may occur. For example, the EIS indicates that there is little risk of a ship strike with a Right whale. Where there is any risk of irreversible damage the EIS should include a compensation plan to address that damage.
Supplemental Information
The operation of the quarry and marine terminal poses a quantifiable risk of mortality to marine mammals such as the North Atlantic Right whale. This would clearly represent a negative impact of the project. The EIS Guidelines require that a compensation plan be described for such impacts. This has not been included in the Supplemental Information. The above deficiency has not been addressed.
10 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.2.1, page 11, paragraph 6.
12 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.1.7.1, page 49, paragraph 4.
13 Personal Communication, Myrna Farnsworth, February 18, 2007.
16 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Section 4.1 (d).
17 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.2.1, page 6.
24 See the definition used by Environment Canada and the US EPA in their Great Lakes documents http://www.great-lakes.net/humanhealth/about/words_e.html
25 Volume IV, Chapter 3, page 5, paragraph 2.
26 Volume IV, Chapter 3, page 5, paragraph 5.
27 Volume IV, Chapter 3, page 5, paragraph 10.
32 Volume IV, Chapter 3, Section 3.5, page 6, paragraph 3.
33 Environment Assessment Best Practice Guide for Wildlife at Risk in Canada, 1st ed: 27 February 2004. Canadian Wildlife Service, page 25, footnote 13.
38 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.2, page 76, paragraph 2.
39 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.2, page 76, paragraph 2.
40 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.2, page 76, paragraph 5.
41 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.2, page 77, paragraph 4.
43 Melanie Smith and Bruce Strum
44 Don Mulling and Lisa Mitchell
50 Don Mullin and Lisa Mitchell
51 Richard Hodgson, Appendix G
54 Volume IV, Chapter 6, Section 6.1.2, page 10, paragraph 7.
55 Volume IV, Chapter 6, Section 6.1.2, page 10, paragraph 8.
58 Volume IV, Chapter 6, Section 6.5, page 58.
62 Volume V, Chapter 7, Plan OP 1 thru 8, pages 21 to 28.
65 Volume V, Chapter 7, Section 7.8, page 45.
66 Appendix Volume III, Tab 9.
68 Volume IV, Executive Summary, Table 2, page 2-6.
69 Volume V, Chapter 8, page 4, paragraph 5.
72 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.0, page 3, paragraph 8.
73 Don Mullin and Lisa Mitchell
75 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.1, page 4, paragraph 6.
78 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.2, page 8, paragraph 4.
81 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.2, page 9, paragraph 3.
82 Volume V, Chapter 8, Section 8.2, page 4, paragraph 7.
85 Volume VI, Chapter 9.2, Section 9.2.13.2, page 131, paragraph 4.
90 Volume VI, Chapter 9, page 68, paragraph 5.
92 Ashraf Mahtab, Robert Morshes, Leib Wolofsky, Appendix I
93 See Appendix I for detailed reference information.
95 Ashraf Mahtab, Robert Morshes, Leib Wolofsky, Appendix I
96 Ashraf Mahtab, Robert Morshes, Leib Wolofsky, Appendix I
97 Volume VI, Chapter 9, Section 9.1.3.2, page27, paragraph 2.
102 Supplemental Information, Volume III, Section 9.2.1, page 24.
105 Volume VII, Chapter 9, Section 9.3.9.1.1, page 74, paragraph 1.
109 Western Valley Development Authority, http://www.wvda.com/en/vision2000/main.html
110 http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/ofsp/
111 http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/airlandwater/docs/GreenPlan.pdf
113 Melanie Smith and Bruce Strum
114 Volume IV, Chapter 9.1, Section 9.1.3, page 28, paragraph 2.
115 Reference Volume V, Tab 28.
117 Melanie Smith and Bruce Strum
118 Volume VI, Chapter 9.1, Section 9.1.3, page 30, paragraph 2.
121 Volume VI, Chapter 9.1, Section 9.1.1, Page 15, paragraph 3.
122 Lisa Mitchell and Don Mullin
126 See Appendix B, paragraph for references of two examples of studies that document the need for a ffer much greater than 30 metres.
127 Supplemental Information, Volume III, Section 9.2.1, page 40.
130 See Appendix K for full reference.
131 See Appendix K for full reference.
133 Gene Barrett and Madine VanderPlaat, Appendix A
136 Volume VII, Chapter 9, page 26, paragraph 5.
137 http://www.sjport.com/english/port_services/cruise_ship_schedule.asp , accessed July 24, 2006.
138 http://www.acoa.ca/e/media/press/press.shtml?1404 http://www.townofdigby.ns.ca/seasell/seasell.htm , accessed July 24, 2006.
141 Volume VII, Chapter 9, Section 9.3.9, page 80, paragraph 2.
142 Volume VII, Chapter 9, Section 9.3.9, page 80, paragraph 2.
143 Volume VII, Chapter 9, Section 9.3.9, page 80, paragraph 3.
146 Volume VII, Chapter 9, page 112, paragraph 5.
147 Volume VII, Chapter 9, page 113, paragraph 2.
148 Reference Volume VI, Tab 32.
149 Reference Volume VI, Tab 32, Appendix A, Case Study 3, page 6, paragraph 3.
150 Volume VII, Chapter 9, page 116, paragraph 3.
152 Melanie Smith and Bruce Strum
154 William Denton, Appendix C
155 Volume VII, Chapter 11, page 20, paragraph 6.
157 Don Mullin and Lisa Mitchell
158 Melanie Smith and Bruce Strum
159 Volume VI, Chapter 9.1, page 29, paragraph 3.
162 Supplemental Information, Volume III, Chapter 9.2, Section 9.2.3, page 26, paragraph 6.
165 Volume VII, Chapter 9.2, Section 9.2.1, page 34, paragraph 4.
168 Don Mullin and Lisa Mitchell
170 Volume VII, Chapter 11, page 45, paragraph 1.
171 Volume VII, Chapter 11, page 1 to 4.
172 Supplemental Information, Volume IV, Chapter 11.0, page 49, Table 1.
175 Volume V, Chapter 8, page 4, paragraph 3.
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