NIRB Application for Screening #125102 a Coastal, Pan-Canadian Collection of Plants, Microalgae and Marine Invertebrates For

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NIRB Application for Screening #125102 A Coastal, Pan-Canadian Collection of plants, microalgae and marine invertebrates for the Canadian Museum of Nature, as part of Canada C3

Application Type: New Project Type: Research Application Date: 3/30/2017 5:18:25 PM Period of Operation: From 2017-07-29 to 2017-09-03 Proposed Authorization: From 2017-07-29 to 2017-09-03 Project proponent: Mark Graham Canadian Museum of Nature P.O. Box 3443, Station D Ottawa Ontario K1P 6P4 Canada Tel: 613-566-4743, fax: 613-364-4027

DETAILS Non-technical project proposal description English: see attachment French: see attached Inuktitut: see attachment

Personnel Personnel on site: 2 Days on site: 1 Total Person days: 2 Period of operation: from 2017-07-29 to 2017-09-03 Proposed term of operation: from 2017-07-29 to 2017-09-03 ACTIVITIES Project Activities Location Activity Type Land Status Site History Site Archaeological or Proximity to the nearest Palentological Value communities and any protected areas Cape Henry Kater Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Clyde River Clyde River Researching Municipal n/a n/a Clyde River Cape Coutts Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Pond Inlet Pond Inlet Researching Municipal n/a n/a Pond Inlet Milne Inlet Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Pond Inlet Canada Point Researching Crown national park n/a Pond Inlet Dundas Harbour Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Pond Inlet Crocker Bay Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Pond Inlet Arctic Bay Researching Municipal n/a n/a Arctic Bay Beechey Island Researching Crown n/a n/a Resolute Bay Resolute Bay Researching Municipal n/a n/a Resolute Bay Tay Bay Researching Crown national park n/a Pond Inlet Port Leopold Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Resolute Bay Fort Ross Researching Crown n/a n/a Resolute Bay False Strait Researching Crown n/a n/a Gjoa Haven Cambridge Bay Researching Municipal n/a n/a Cambridge Bay Terror Bay Researching Crown n/a n/a Gjoa Haven Banks Peninsula Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Cambridge Bay Umingmaktok Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Cambridge Bay Cape Barrow Researching Crown n/a n/a Kugluktuk Port Epworth Researching Crown n/a n/a Kuglulktuk Graham Moore Islands Researching Crown n/a n/a Kugluktuk Kugluktuk Researching Municipal n/a n/a Kugluktuk Bernard Harbour Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Kulguktuk Lady Franklin Island Researching Crown n/a n/a Iqaluit Momument Island Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Iqaluit Iqaluit Researching Municipal n/a n/a Iqaluit Qikiqtarjuaq Researching Municipal n/a n/a Qikiqtarjuaq Padloping Island Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Qikiqtarjuaq Coronation Fiord Researching Inuit Owned Surface Lands n/a n/a Clyde River

Community Involvement and Regional Benefits Community Name Organization Date Contacted Arctic Bay HTO 2017-02-09 Cambridge Bay HTO 2017-02-08 Clyde River HTO 2017-02-09 Gjoa Haven HTO 2017-02-08 Iqaluit HTO 2017-02-09 Kugluktuk HTO 2017-02-09 Pond Inlet HTO 2017-02-09 Qikiqtarjuaq HTA 2017-02-08 Resolute Bay HTA 2017-02-08

AUTHORIZATIONS Project Locations Kitikmeot North Baffin South Baffin

Project Authorization Authorizing Agency Authorization Description Current Status Date Issued / Applied Expiry Date Fisheries and Oceans Canada marine research in all regions Applied, Decision Pending Parks Canada for Auyuittuq and Sirmilik parks Applied, Decision Pending Government of Nunavut, for land-based research Applied, Decision Pending Department of Environment MATERIAL USE Equipment to be used (including drills, pumps, aircraft, vehicles etc.) Equipment Type Quantity Size - Dimensions Proposed Use zodiac 1 18' transport back and forth from ship to shore motor boat 1 20' sample collection in the ocean; water and plankton hand tools 1/worker 10" to remove plants from soil and from rock quadrat 1 0.25 m x 0.25 m for collecting invertebrates from the intertidal area plankton net 1 12" x 36" to collect microscopic algae from freshwater by hand water sample container 1 5 L to collect freshwater plankton net 1 2' x 6' to collect plankton from seawater

Detail Fuel and Hazardous Material Use Fuel / Material Type Number of Container Capacity Total Amount Units Proposed Use Containers Gasoline fuel 2 10 20 Liters for motor boats

Project Water Consumption Daily Amount (m3) Proposed Water Retrieval Methods Proposed Water Retrieval Location 0

WASTE Waste Management Project Activity Type of Waste Projected Amount Generated Method of Disposal Additional Treatment Procedures Researching Combustible wastes 0.5 kg none carry back to the ship Researching Non-Combustible wastes 0.5 kg none carry back to ship Researching Sewage (human waste) 2.0 L none burry at least 100' from freshwater sources

Environmental Impacts No significant environmental impacts are anticipated. At each sample location 2-4 people will spend less than one-day collecting samples. Small surface soil disturbances to collect terrestrial plants with small hand tools. Dirt is removed from roots and put back where the plant was taken from. Invertebrates taken from the intertidal area are removed from the surface only, minimal digging by hand, and from a small sample area (less than 5 m2). A small volume of freshwater will be taken from non-domestic water sources (less than 5 litres). Description of Existing Environment: Physical Environment

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CONSTRUCTION ------OPERATION ------DECOMMISSIONING ------(P = Positive, N = Negative and non-mitigatable, M = Negative and mitigatable, U = Unknown) Project Map