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EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA) EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA) Hive Engineering Type of Document: Final Project Name: EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB Project Number: MON-00252430-A0 Prepared By: Robert Gallagher, M.Sc.Eng., P. Eng. Reviewed By: Robert Gallagher, M.Sc.Eng., P. Eng. EXP Services Inc. 40 Henri Dunant Street Moncton, NB E1E 1E5 Canada T: +1.506.857.8889 F: +1.506.857.8315 www.exp.com Date Submitted: April 2019 EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB MON-00252430-A0 Legal Notification This report was prepared by EXP Services Inc. for the account of Hive Engineering. Any use which a third party makes of this report, or any reliance on or decisions to be made based on it, are the responsibility of such third parties. EXP Services Inc. accepts no responsibility for damages, if any, suffered by any third party as a result of decisions made or actions based on this report. EXP Quality System Checks Project No.: MON-00252430-A0 Date: 2019-04-15 Type of Document: Final Revision No.: 0 Prepared By: Robert Gallagher, M.Sc.Eng., P. Eng. Reviewed By: Robert Gallagher, M.Sc.Eng., P. Eng. i EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB MON-00252430-A0 Table of Contents Legal Notification .................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... ii List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... iii List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ iii 1 Proponent ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Name of Proponent ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Address of Proponent ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Principal Proponent Contact ............................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Principal Contact Person for Purposes of EIA .................................................................................... 1 1.5 Property Ownership .......................................................................................................................... 1 2 Project Description .................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Project Name ..................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Project Overview ............................................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Purpose/Rationale/Need for Undertaking ........................................................................................ 3 2.4 Project Location ................................................................................................................................ 4 2.5 Siting Considerations ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.6 Physical Components and Dimensions of the Project ....................................................................... 4 2.7 Construction Details .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.8 Operation and Maintenance Details ................................................................................................. 5 2.9 Future Modifications, Extensions or Abandonment ......................................................................... 5 2.10 Project Related Documents............................................................................................................... 6 3 Description of the Existing Environment ..................................................................... 7 3.1 Physical and Natural Features ........................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Cultural Features ............................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Existing and Historic Land Use .......................................................................................................... 9 4 Summary of Environmental Impacts ......................................................................... 11 5 Summary of Proposed Mitigation ............................................................................. 13 6 Public and First Nations Involvement ........................................................................ 15 7 Approval of the Project ............................................................................................ 16 ii EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB MON-00252430-A0 8 Funding ................................................................................................................... 17 9 Signature ................................................................................................................. 18 10 References ............................................................................................................... 19 Appendix 1 – NBDELG Step 1 WSSA Application Appendix 2 – Results of ACCDC Database Search Appendix 3 – Results of NBDELG Property-based Environmental Records Review List of Tables Table 1: PID Numbers for Properties Abutting the Thermalite Site Table 2: Project-Environment Interaction Matrix List of Figures Figure 1: Site Location Plan Figure 2: Aerial Site Plan Figure 3: Ownership of Adjoining Properties iii EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB MON-00252430-A0 1 Proponent 1.1 Name of Proponent Thermalite Products Inc. 1.2 Address of Proponent 2598 Chemin Acadie Cap-Pelé, NB E4N 1E3 1.3 Principal Proponent Contact Denis Landry – President Tel: 506-577-4351 [email protected] 1.4 Principal Contact Person for Purposes of EIA EXP Services Inc. Robert Gallagher, M.Sc.Eng., P. Eng., Project Manager & Geo-environmental Engineer 40 Henri Dunant Street Moncton, NB E1E 1E5 Tel: 506-857-8889 [email protected] 1.5 Property Ownership The Thermalite facility is located at 2598 Chemin Acadie in Cap-Pelé, NB. The subject property, which has an approximate area of 16.0 ha, is identified by three land parcels identified by Service New Brunswick (SNB) property identification numbers PID 70410089, PID 70371257 and PID 00845743. The latter land parcels are owned by Downeast Plastics Ltd. which is the parent company of Thermalite Products Inc. 1 EIA Registration – Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB MON-00252430-A0 2 Project Description 2.1 Project Name Thermalite Facility Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA), Cap-Pelé, NB 2.2 Project Overview The project consists of the completion of a Water Supply Source Assessment (WSSA) of the current operational groundwater supply well (i.e. Well #1) which supplies potable and process water to the existing Thermalite manufacturing facility situated in Cap-Pelé. Since the project relates to the assessment of an existing water supply and does not involve the development of a new source, it is anticipated that the minimal requirements under the provincial EIA process will suffice and it is noted that several aspects of a typical EIA (e.g. formal siting study, construction considerations, etc.) are not applicable to this project. The location of the study area in a regional context is indicated on Figure 1, which also shows the approximate locations of the subject property and Well #1. The EIA trigger for the project relates to the requirement for “all waterworks with a capacity greater than fifty cubic metres of water daily” to be registered as an undertaking in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulation (NB Regulation 87-83) under the Clean Environment Act since plant management is contemplating a possible future increase in the workforce and plant production. It is expected that these potential future changes would result in the water demand of the plant (i.e. Well #1) exceeding the regulatory threshold of 50 m3/day. The WSSA will be completed in general accordance with the requirements of the New Brunswick Department of the Environment and Local Government (NBDELG), with some minor modifications related to the fact that Well #1 is an existing well situated in an operational facility as described in Appendix 1. In general, the process consists of the completion of a Step 1 application form which provides background information on the proposed project including water quality and quantity requirements; the rationale for the proposed source development; a discussion of local hydrogeological conditions and existing area groundwater users; and details potential sources of contamination in the study area. The Step 1 application is typically included with the EIA registration
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