Fort Mckay Specific Assessment

PROJECT‐SPECIFIC CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

APPENDIX A

Fort McKay Specific Assessment

Fort McKay Industry Relations Corporation

March 2010

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Summary of Cultural Heritage Assessment—Environmental Indicators Gauges for all Scenario/Cases Measuring Change In Green‐Yellow‐Red Gauge Rating1 Industry Stressors Stressors (3rd level indicator) Pre‐Development Scenario Current Scenario Base Case Application Case Planned Development Case (4th Level Indicators)

Land disturbance in Stressor: Loss of Land Traditional Lands

Land disturbance in Stressor: Loss of Land Traplines

Stressor: Loss of Land Reclamation

Stressor: Loss of Land Protected areas

(FTSA) (FTSA) (FTSA)

Moose habitat and Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land population – see Base Case (FTSA, Intense, Moderate, (Intense Use CSE) (Intense Use CSE) (Intense Use CSE) Low Use CSEs)

(Moderate and Low use CSE) (Moderate and Low Use CSEs) (Moderate and Low Use CSEs)

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Measuring Change In Green‐Yellow‐Red Gauge Rating1 Industry Stressors Stressors (3rd level indicator) Pre‐Development Scenario Current Scenario Base Case Application Case Planned Development Case (4th Level Indicators)

(FTSA) (FTSA) (FTSA, Intense Use CSE)

Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land Canada lynx habitat – see Base Case (FTSA, Intense, Moderate, Low (Intense and Moderate Use (Intense Use CSE) (Moderate Use CSE) Use CSEs) CSE)

(Moderate and Low use CSE) (Low Use CSE) (Low Use CSE)

(FTSA, Intense Use CSE) (FTSA, Intense Use CSE) (FTSA, Intense Use CSE)

Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land Beaver habitat – see Base Case (FTSA, Intense, Moderate, Low (Moderate Use CSE) (Moderate Use CSE) (Moderate Use CSE) Use CSEs)

(Low Use CSE) (Low Use CSE) (Low Use CSE)

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(FTSA) (FTSA) (FTSA, Moderate Use CSE)

Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land Fisher/ marten habitat – see Base Case (FTSA, Intense, Moderate, Low (Intense and Moderate Use (Intense Use CSE) (Intense Use CSE) Use CSEs) CSE)

(Moderate and Low Use CSE) (Low Use CSE) (Low Use CSE)

(riparian, rare plant (upland forests, old growth, potential – low) timber productive forest, rare Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land Upland Forest plant potential – low) (upland forests, old growth, – see Base Case (upland forests, old growth, timber productive forest, timber productive forest, riparian, riparian, rare plant potential – rare plant – moderate, rare plant moderate and low) –low) (upland forests, old growth, timber productive forest, rate (rare plant potential – plant potential –moderate) moderate)

(wetlands, peatlands, old Note: no Current Scenario (wetlands, peatlands, old growth (wetlands, peatlands, old Stressor: Loss of Land Wetlands (Muskeg) growth associated wetlands, – see Base Case associated wetlands, timber growth associated wetlands, (wetlands, peatlands, old timber productive forest productive forest associated timber productive forest growth associated wetlands, associated wetlands, riparian wetlands, riparian wetlands, rare associated wetlands, riparian riparian wetlands, rare plant wetlands, rare plant potential plant potential – high and wetlands, rare plant potential – potential – high and moderate) – high and moderate) moderate) high and moderate)

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(traditional plant potential – Note: no Current Scenario Stressor: Loss of Land Traditional Plants moderate, berry sites) – see Base Case (Traditional plant potential, (traditional plant potential – (traditional plant potential – Berry sites) moderate and high, berry sites) moderate and high, berry sites)

(traditional plant potential – high)

(high and moderate biodiversity potential)

Note: no Current Scenario (high, moderate and low (high, moderate and low Stressor: Loss of Land Biodiversity – see Base Case biodiversity potential, biodiversity potential, (landscape heterogeneity ‐ landscape heterogeneity ‐ landscape heterogeneity ‐ wetland cover class) wetland and terrestrial cover wetland and terrestrial cover classes) classes)

(landscape heterogeneity ‐ terrestrial cover class)

Air quality parameters Stressor: Pollution – SO2

Air quality parameters Stressor: Pollution – Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Air Quality – Stressor: Pollution Particulate Matter (PM2.5)

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Stressor: Pollution Odours

(SO2, Ozone, and PAI ‐ minimal issues, effects (S02 & PAI) (S02 & PAI) (S02 & PAI) very local in nature)

(ozone) (ozone) (ozone) (ozone) Air emission effects on Stressor: Pollution vegetation (NOx) (NOx) (NOx) (NOx)

(nitrogen deposition) (nitrogen deposition) (nitrogen deposition) (nitrogen deposition)

(NH3) (NH3) (NH3) (NH3)

Stressor: Industrial Athabasca River Water Use

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(Muskeg River) (Muskeg River) (Muskeg River) (Muskeg River)

Stressor: Industrial Watershed

Water Use Disturbance (Pierre River) (Pierre River) (Pierre River) (Pierre River)

(McLean Creek Beaver, Tar (McLean Creek Beaver, Tar and (McLean Creek Beaver, Tar and (McLean Creek Beaver, Tar and and Calumet River Calumet River watersheds) Calumet River watersheds) Calumet River watersheds) watersheds)

Stressor: Industrial Groundwater Water Use

Stressor: Access to Note: no Current Scenario Traditional Trails Land – see Base Case

Stressor: Access to Linear disturbance Land

Stressor: Increased Regional Population Population Trends

1 The assessment of significance and the meaning of green, yellow and red varies slightly between components. In general: green = significant adverse effect unlikely, yellow = possible significant adverse effect and red = significant adverse effect. Substantial knowledge gaps or uncertainty regarding the assessment of specific indicator was rated in the yellow or red category depending on the situation. The assessment criteria that indicate when a rating moves from green to yellow to red are specific for each component. These are summarized in Apppendix B of this Project‐Specific Assessment and described in detail in each component section of the Fort McKay Environmental Specific Assessment [Fort McKay IRC 2010a; Section 2 – Air Quality (SO₂, NOX, PM₂.₅, odours, air emission effects on vegetation), Section 3 – Groundwater, Section 4 – Surface Water (watershed disturbance, Athabasca River), Section 5 – Water Quality and Fish Resources, Section 6 – Wildlife (moose, Canada lynx, fisher/marten, beaver), Section 7 – Vegetation (uplands, wetlands, traditional plants), Seection 8 – Biodiversity, Section 9 – Disturbance and Access Implications for Traditional Use (traditional lands disturbance, trapline disturbance, watershed disturbance, traditional trails, linear disturbance, regional population trends), Section 10 – Reclamation]

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