Eastmain-1-A and Sarcelle Powerhouses and Rupert diversion Summary of Mitigation and Enhancement Measures Part 3 – Waskaganish May 2012 001 002 Part 3 _ Waskaganish The Community of Waskaganish and the Project INTRODUCTION 1.0 Project and Agreements 2.0 Main Project Components and Construction Phases 3.0 Cree Information and Consultation Process 4.0 The Project and the Community of Waskaganish 5.0 Issues and Concerns 6.0 Mitigation and Enhancement Measures on the Traplines 7.0 General Measures to Promote Economic Spinos for the Crees (Workers, Companies, Tallymen) 8.0 Measures to Promote Jobsite Integration of Cree Workers 9.0 Participation by Tallymen in Implementation of Mitigation and Enhancement Measures 10.0 Eectiveness of the General Measures to Promote Economic Spinos and the Integration of Cree Workers CONCLUSION REFERENCES 6675_tet_610_Waska_w_121018.indd 003 004 The Community of Waskaganish and the Project Map W-1 – Territory of the Community of Waskaganish 80°00' 76°00' 72°00' INTRODUCTION This document was prepared as part of the Cree public consultation process introduced by the Environmental and ' Social Impact Review Committee (COMEX) for the Eastmain-1-A and Sarcelle powerhouses and Rupert diversion 56°00 project. It will serve as a reference for the COMEX members, Cree land users and Cree community representatives to Kuujjuarapik (Inuits) Community of keep them abreast of the mitigation and enhancement measures implemented on each trapline and the general Whapmagoostui (Crees) Whapmagoostui Lac Bienville measures to promote economic spinos in the Cree community (workers, companies and tallymen) and jobsite Municipality of Baie-James integration of Cree workers. It also includes assessments of the eectiveness of the measures based on monitoring programs and interviews with the users concerned. Laforge 2 reservoir Kanaaupscow LAFORGE-2 ' The document is in six parts, one for each of the six communities of Mistissini, Nemaska, Waskaganish, Eastmain, Radisson Rivière LA GRANDE-1 Wemindji and Chisasibi. 54°00 LA GRANDE-2-A Laforge 1 La Grande 1 Community LAFORGE-1 reservoir BRISAY reservoir ROBERT-BOURASSA of Chisasibi Caniapiscau Chisasibi reservoir La Grande 4 This part is a summary for the community of Waskaganish (Map W-1). reservoir LA GRANDE-3 ' La Grande 3 Robert-Bourassa reservoir LA GRANDE-4 reservoir 54°00 Route Transtaïga Wemindji Baie-James Lac Community of Sakami Sarcelle powerhouse of Wemindji Baie (under construction) James Opinaca reservoir Municipality Eastmain-1 powerhouse ' Eastmain Service Area Eastmain-1-A powerhouse Community km 381 (under construction) of Mistissini Eastmain 52°00 Community of Eastmain Eastmain 1 reservoir Rivière Baie de Baie de Rupert ' Hannah Rupert Waskaganish Nemaska diversion bays 52°00 Riv. Rupert Riv. Rivière Nemiscau Rivière Community of Nemaska Broadback Lac Nottaway Mesgouez Lac Mistassini Lac ONTARIO QUÉBEC Route du Nord Albanel Community Rivière Broadback of Waskaganish Route de la Baie-James ' Community Mistissini of Waswanipi 50°00 Oujé-Bougoumou Waswanipi 167 Matagami ' Chibougamau 50°00 Chapais 113 Normétal 109 Lebel-sur-Quévillon Community La Sarre of Oujé- Bougoumou 042 84 km Macamic Lambert, NAD83 File: 6675_bic1_tet_457_Sec1_Waska_111014.fh9 76°00' 72°00' Summary of Mitigation and Enhancement Measures The Community and the Project 1 Map W-2 – Components of the Eastmain-1-A/ Sarcelle/Rupert Project La Grande-1 GS La Grande 1 reservoir La Chisasibi Grande La Grande-2-A GS Radisson Robert-Bourassa GS Rivière Robert-Bourassa La Grande-3 GS reservoir La Grande 3 Rivière reservoir Baie au James Castor 735 kV 1 Sakami canal Route Transtaïga Rivière Project Schedule Wemindji Lac Sakami Sakami 735 kV Construction Period 735 kV 735 kV Project Components Peuplier Start End ± 450 kV du Riv. Lac Access roads to diversion bays and to Giard Winter 2006-2007 Fall 2007 Boyd 1 Rupert diversion structures 735 kV 4 735 kV Rivière Muskeg–Eastmain-1 road Fall 2007 Summer 2008 735 kV Sarcelle powerhouse Sakami canal (under construction) Rivière Eastmain-1-A powerhouse (under construction) Dams and dikes in Rupert diversion bays Winter 2006-2007 Fall 2009 2 Opinaca Eastmain-1–Sarcelle 315-kV line Spring 2010 Spring 2011Conn Opinaca Rivière Hydraulic structures on the Rupert Winter 2008-2009 Fall 2010 reservoir Eastmain-1-A powerhouse Summer 2007 Fall 2011 Opinaca Riv. Eastmain Eastmain-1 powerhouse Sarcelle powerhouse Fall 2008 Spring 2012 Riv. Eastmain-1-A powerhouse 3 Sakami canal Spring 2008Eastmain Winter 2008-2009 Service Area (under construction) km 381 Rivière 315 kV Eastmain 1 Muskeg–Eastmain-1 road Baie Rivière Eastmain es 3 reservoir Boatswain m Jolicur a J - e 4 Nemiscau-1 and i a Enistuwach B Nemiscau-2 dams Baie de a l Rivière 13 Rivière e Wachiskw Tommy-Neeposh Rupert d e Nemaska transfer tunnel Rivière t Rivière u Lac Waskaganish Pontax o Lemare dam 9 R Champion Weir Spur Weir Nemiscau Rupert KP 33 KP 49 Spur Weir Weir KP 170 Riv. Rock blanket KP 85 KP 290 diversion KP 20.4 KP 110.3 Lac Rupert bays Rivière Nemiscau Rupert dam 2 Riv. Weir 5 12 11 Broadback 6 Lac KP 223 735 kV Nottaway 10 8 Route5 735 kV Service Area 735 kV 735 kV Mesgouez Sarcelle powerhouse (under construction) km 257 Rivière Rupert dam 7 ± 450 kV Marte du à la Nord 022 44 km Lambert, NAD83 File: 6675_bic2_tet_489_Sec1_Projet_111014.fh9 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 Rock blanket KP 20.4 Weir KP 33 Spur KP 49 Spur KP 85 Weir KP 110.3 Weir KP 170 Weir KP 223 Weir KP 290 Summary of Mitigation and Enhancement Measures The Community and the Project 2 Summary of Mitigation and Enhancement Measures 1.0 Project and Agreements 2.0 Main Project Components and Construction Phases In the Agreement Concerning a New Relationship Between the Gouvernement du Québec and the Crees of Québec signed on In November 2006 and February 2007, upon completion of the environmental assessment process, Hydro-Québec obtained February 7, 2002, the Crees consented to construction of the Eastmain-1-A powerhouse and Rupert diversion project subject the necessary provincial and federal authorizations to build the Eastmain-1-A and Sarcelle powerhouses and Rupert diversion to the environmental assessment required under the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement. Among other things, the project. This project, located in the Baie-James region, aected the Cree communities of Mistissini, Nemaska, Waskaganish, Agreement stipulates that: Eastmain, Wemindji and Chisasibi. • Hydro-Québec will pay the cost of all remedial work that is required by the government authorizations for the project; The main project components illustrated on Map W-2, for which construction began in February 2007, are the following: • Remedial work for the Crees, jobs for Crees, contracts for Crees and Cree companies and other topics related to the project are • Eastmain-1-A powerhouse (768 MW with three Francis turbines) near the existing Eastmain-1 facility. covered under the Boumhounan Agreement. • Sarcelle powerhouse (150 MW with three bulb-type turbines) at the outlet of Opinaca reservoir near the Sarcelle control Under the Boumhounan Agreement1, Hydro-Québec made specic commitments to: structure. • Reduce project impacts by implementing remedial and mitigation measures; • The Rupert diversion, which includes: • Ensure that Crees participate in project-related studies and construction. - Four dams, including Rupert dam at KP 314 of the river, and 73 dikes; - A spillway on the Rupert at the dam site that also controls the instream ow; It was in this context that SEBJ signed a letter of undertaking with each tallyman directly aected by the project regarding - Five other instream ow release structures built into some of the retaining structures in the diversion bays implementation of the mitigation and enhancement measures so that the tallymen could continue to practice their traditional (Nemiscau-1, Nemiscau-2, Ruisseau-Arques, Lemare and LR-51-52); activities during and after project construction. - A 2.9-km-long transfer tunnel between the two diversion bays with a maximum capacity of 800 m³/s; Later, in 2010, the decision by the parties to the Boumhounan Agreement to amend certain provisions related to Sarcelle - Nine canals (four in the forebay and ve in the tailbay) with a total length of about seven kilometres to facilitate ow powerhouse led to the signature of the Convention relative à la centrale de la Sarcelle2 [Agreement concerning Sarcelle to the various parts of the diversion bays. powerhouse] and the Convention complémentaire nº 2 [Complementary agreement No. 2]. The latter agreement species that the ow of water diverted to Sarcelle powerhouse and the Sarcelle control structure must not exceed 2,770 m³/s, except in The Rupert diversion began operation on November 7, 2009. Since December 3, 2009, it has channeled part of the Rupert’s ow emergencies. to Eastmain-1 powerhouse and the two new powerhouses (Eastmain-1-A and Sarcelle), then onto the Robert-Bourassa, La Grande-2-A and La Grande-1 powerhouses. The average annual ow diverted to the Eastmain watershed is about 452 m³/s. Finally, note that the community of Chisasibi is not a signatory to the Boumhounan Agreement. However, we took the community into account in the environmental assessment for the project and a mitigation measure was retained to respond to an important The project also includes: community concern. This measure consisted of installing a granular blanket on parts of the southern bank of La Grande Rivière downstream of La Grande-1 that are sensitive to erosion (9.2 km according to the 2004 Environmental Impact Statement). • Eight hydraulic structures on the Rupert at KP 20.4, 33, 49, 85, 110.3, 170, 223 and 290, which substantially maintain the Furthermore, La Grande Rivière and Baie James (James Bay) were included in the study area of certain environmental monitoring water level in nearly half of the river downstream from the diversion point at KP 314; programs associated with the Eastmain-1-A/Sarcelle/Rupert project.