July 31, 2014 TransCanada Corporation 450 – 1st Street S.W. Calgary, AB, Canada T2P 5H1 Brian Bawtinheimer Parks Planning and Management Branch www.transcanada.com Parks and Protected Areas Division PO Box 9398 Stn Prov Gov Victoria, BC V8W 9M9

Dear Sir:

Re: Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project (Project) Stage 2 Application to Adjust the Boundaries of the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. files with BC Parks the attached the Stage 2 Application to Adjust the Boundaries of the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park for the Project.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact me at (403) 920-7385.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Carpenter Director, Environmental and Regulatory Permitting Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd.

Stage 2 Park Boundary Adjustment Application Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park

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Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. Stage 2 Park Boundary Adjustment Application Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 APPLICATION ...... 1

2.0 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND ANTICIPATED PROJECT SCHEDULE ...... 3

3.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE MEMORIAL PARK AND ITS VALUES ...... 4

3.1 Role and Goals ...... 4 3.2 Park Zones ...... 5

4.0 NISGA’A NATION ...... 7

4.1 Early Nisga’a Nation Consultation ...... 8 4.2 Nisga’a Consultation through the Stage 2 Development ...... 9

5.0 THE PROJECT WITHIN THE MEMORIAL PARK ...... 10

5.1 Project Footprint ...... 10 5.1.1 Project Footprint ...... 10 5.1.2 Project Footprint and the Nisga’a Highway ...... 10 5.1.3 Access ...... 10 5.1.4 Ancillary Facilities ...... 11 5.1.5 Cathodic Protection ...... 11 5.2 Project Phases and Considerations ...... 11 5.2.1 Pre-Construction (planning and design) ...... 12 5.2.2 Project Construction in the Memorial Park ...... 12 Areas of Special Consideration ...... 13 5.2.3 Post-Construction (reclamation) ...... 14 5.2.4 Operations within the Memorial Park ...... 15 5.2.5 Maintenance within the Memorial Park ...... 15 5.2.6 Emergency Preparedness and Response within the Memorial Park ...... 16

6.0 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES ...... 17

6.1 General Route Selection Criteria ...... 17 6.2 Rationale for routing the project in the park ...... 18 6.2.1 Route Alternatives Review ...... 19 Route Options to Avoid the Memorial Park ...... 19 6.2.2 Route Options through the Memorial Park ...... 20

7.0 DESCRIPTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND MITIGATION ...... 23

7.1 Economic ...... 23 7.1.1 Contribution to the British Columbia Economy ...... 24

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7.1.2 Nisga’a Citizens Economic Opportunities and Revenue within the Memorial Park ...... 24 Outdoor Recreation Revenue within the Memorial Park ...... 25 Potential Effects for Nisga’a Citizen’s Economic Opportunities...... 25 7.2 Social...... 26 7.2.1 Infrastructure and Services and Transportation ...... 26 Mitigation ...... 27 7.2.2 Visual Quality ...... 28 7.2.3 Heritage and Archaeological Resources ...... 30 Park Dedication Site ...... 32 7.2.4 Recreational and Cultural Activities and Practices ...... 32 7.3 Environmental Effects ...... 33 7.3.1 Freshwater Aquatic Resources ...... 33 Ksi Sii Aks ...... 34 Vetter Creek ...... 35 Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap ...... 36 7.3.2 Water Quality and Hydrology ...... 38 7.3.3 Management of Wildlife ...... 39 Environmental Effects to Wildlife ...... 43 Mitigations ...... 43 Change in Habitat ...... 43 Change in Mortality Risk ...... 44 Change in Movement ...... 45 7.3.4 Vegetation ...... 45 7.3.5 Atmospheric Environment ...... 48 7.3.6 Acoustic Environment ...... 48

8.0 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFECTED BY PROJECT ...... 49

9.0 KNOWN COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH INTERESTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA ...... 50

10.0 POTENTIAL PARK ATTRIBUTE ENHANCEMENTS ...... 51

REFERENCES ...... 52

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 7-1: PRGT Project’s Influence on Gross Domestic Product in British Columbia ...... 24 Table 7-2: Fish found in Watersheds within the Memorial Park that Cross the Pipeline (Proposed Alignment) ...... 34 Table 7-3: Species with Potential to Occur in the Memorial Park and Associated Conservation Status ...... 40 Table 7-4: Wildlife Habitat Ratings for sample plots in the Memorial Park ...... 42

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo 7-1: Looking North into the Memorial Park from Gitwinksihlkw Bridge (July 5, 2013) ...... 33

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A ...... Project Route Overview Appendix B ...... Report of Consultation Activities Appendix C ...... Proposed Project ROW Appendix D ...... Sketches of Pipe Crossings Appendix E ...... Park Route and Alternatives

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1.0 APPLICATION

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (PRGT) is proposing to construct and operate a sweet natural gas pipeline (Project) from a point near Hudson’s Hope, BC, to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility near Prince Rupert, at Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward, BC.

Based on PRGT’s current preferred routing, the pipeline will traverse the Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a (Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park) (the Memorial Park) for approximately 12 km.

The Project will be designed, owned and operated by PRGT, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TransCanada). PRGT is the general partner and acts on behalf of Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Limited Partnership. PRGT would legally own and operate the Project assets for the benefit of the limited partnership.

PRGT submitted a Stage 1 application on January 24, 2014. The Minister of the Environment determined on April 8, 2014 that the proposal should be further considered as a Stage 2 boundary adjustment application. PRGT has prepared this Stage 2 application based on guidance from:  Provincial Protected Area Boundary Adjustment Policy, Process and Guidelines (March 2010)  Procedures for Mitigating Impacts on Environmental Values (Environmental Mitigation Procedures), Working Document (January 2014)  Nisga'a Lisims Government (NLG) and the Joint Park Management Committee  BC Parks staff:

The Park is jointly managed by NLG and BC Parks.

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The primary contact for the Project is:

Marilyn Carpenter Director, Environmental and Regulatory Permitting Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. 450 – 1st Street SW Calgary, AB T2P 5H1

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2.0 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND ANTICIPATED PROJECT SCHEDULE

The Project consists of the construction and operation of a sweet natural gas pipeline that extends from a point near Hudson’s Hope, BC, to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility near Prince Rupert, at Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward, BC.

The Project involves the construction and operation of:  Up to 900 km of pipeline (48 inch (NPS 48) (1,219 mm) outside diameter). This route encompasses a marine component where two parallel 914 mm diameter (NPS 36) submarine pipelines will be constructed.  Metering facilities at the delivery point.  Three compressor stations (with provisions for up to five additional compressor station sites for future expansion).

The route overview for the Project is shown in Appendix A.

The Project will also involve constructing temporary infrastructure (e.g., access roads, temporary bridges, stockpile sites, borrow sites, contractor yards and construction camps).

The Project will interconnect with a proposed extension of the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. System (NGTL System) and will deliver the gas to the Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility, owned and operated by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. Progress has entered into a transportation services agreement with PRGT for natural gas transportation service to the LNG export facility.

The Project will give western Canadian gas producers access to new natural gas markets and has the potential to make significant contributions to the overall provincial economy and the economy of local communities.

PRGT submitted an application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) for the Project in April 2014 to the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). Additionally, an application for a pipeline and facilities permit to the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) will be submitted April through December 2014.

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3.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE MEMORIAL PARK AND ITS VALUES

The Memorial Park was established under the British Columbia Park Act in 1992, under the Nisga’a Final Agreement (the Nisga’a Treaty). The Park was finalized with the boundaries further defined under the Nisga’a Treaty in May 2000. The Memorial Park is designated as a Class A Provincial Park, covering nearly 178 square kilometres of land and located approximately 100 km north of Terrace, BC (BC Parks 2013). The Memorial Park is located in the Nass River Valley near the Nisga’a Villages of Gitwinksihlkw and Gitlax̱ t’aamiks.

It is the first provincial park in British Columbia to combine interpretation of natural features and aboriginal culture. The lava flow is one of the youngest and most accessible volcanic features of British Columbia (Sutherland Brown, 1969). As the lava spilled from the crater an estimated 250 years ago, it followed a creek bed downslope to T’aam Sii T’ax (Lava Lake) and down the Tseax Valley to the K’alii Aksim Lisims (Nass River). The volcano and the lava flow redirected the K’alii Aksim Lisims and destroyed two villages. The Memorial Park serves as a memorial to over 2,000 Nisga'a who perished in the eruption.

The Memorial Park is jointly managed by NLG and BC Parks through a Joint Park Management Committee, with a goal of combining interpretation of natural features and Nisga’a culture. The Memorial Park Master Plan (Grant Copeland & Associates 1997) guides the management of resources and visitor activity over the long term, and defines a balance between protection and use of the resources.

3.1 ROLE AND GOALS

A key objective of Park management is to study, investigate, and implement traditional Nisga'a sustainable management approaches and techniques. Conservation efforts include the protection of volcanic features left behind including cinder cones, tree moulds, lava tubes, caves, spatter cones, and Lava Lake. Many features are delicate and can be disturbed quite easily, such as by walking on the lichen that grows on the lava flows (BC Parks 2013).

The Memorial Park serves both conservation and recreation roles defined in the legislative mandate of BC Parks. These roles are to:  Conserve significant and representative natural and cultural resources.  Provide a wide variety of outdoor recreation opportunities.

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Within the conservation mandate, BC Parks has two goals: 1. Protection of Representative Landscapes: To conserve British Columbia’s natural diversity by protecting viable, representative examples of our different landscapes. 2. Protection of Special Features: To protect British Columbia’s key natural and cultural features, including outstanding examples of our wildlife, old growth forests, waterfalls and cultural artifacts.

There are a number of protected cultural features in the Memorial Park, including historic Nisga'a villages. Special effort is made to protect the fragile cone area and other volcanic features located throughout the Memorial Park.

The Memorial Park offers visitors a chance to explore features of a volcanic landscape and learn about the culture of the Nisga’a people. Nature interpretation opportunities are offered within the Memorial Park, accessed easily from the Nisga’a Highway which runs through the Park. These opportunities have already attracted regional, national and international interest. Visitors traveling the Nisga’a Highway through the Memorial Park witness the interesting features of the Laxmihl (the Lava Bed) from the road.

Recreational opportunities available in the Memorial Park include camping, guided tours of the volcanic cone, swimming, canoeing/kayaking, fishing, biking, snowmobiling (in designated areas), hunting and self-guided tours. The Nisga’a visitor centre offers daily guided walks to the crater in season.

3.2 PARK ZONES

Through identification of natural and recreational values, and analysis of existing and projected pattern of access and recreation use, the Memorial Park has been divided into four zones: 1. Wilderness Recreation: To protect remote, undisturbed natural landscapes and provide backcountry recreation opportunities. 2. Special Feature: To protect and present the rare, fragile, and nationally significant natural features found in the volcanic cone area. 3. Natural Environment: To protect natural and cultural heritage values, to provide a management buffer and access between the highway corridor and the Wilderness Recreation and Special Feature Zones. 4. Intensive Recreation: To provide for variety of readily accessible, facility- oriented recreation opportunities.

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Each zone defines levels and criteria for resource and visitor services management. As 85% of the proposed pipeline right-of-way within the park will be located along the highway corridor, all of which is encompassed by the Natural Environment Zone. The proposed route has avoided the more remote and undisturbed zones of the Park (Wilderness Recreation and Special Feature Zones), and also the Intensive Recreation Zone that house Park facilities. Through continued consultation with BC Parks, NLG, the Nisga’a communities and other stakeholders, PRGT will strive to further understand the values of the Memorial Park and work to avoid or minimize effects on significant features and culturally or recreationally important areas through appropriate construction practices, mitigation and reclamation. The values of the Memorial Park will continue to be upheld once the Project has been constructed and is in operation.

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4.0 NISGA’A NATION

The Project, as it traverses the Memorial Park, will affect the Nisga’a Nation and Nisga’a interests under the Nisga’a Treaty. As such, consultation with Nisga’a Nation, as represented by Nisga’a Lisims Government (NLG) and Nisga’a citizens is a key component of the park boundary adjustment process. This section summarizes engagement with the Nisga’a Nation as represented by NLG, and Nisga’a citizens including early engagement prior to submission of the Stage 1 Park Boundary adjustment application and consultation during the course of Stage 2 development.

It should be noted that NLG has not, at this stage, determined whether it is prepared to agree to any adjustment of the boundary of the Memorial Park for the Project. NLG has been participating in Park route-related conversations and does not oppose PRGT’s submission of the Stage 2 application.

PRGT has undertaken a wide array of consultation activities with NLG during the pre-Application phase of the environmental assessment process. Consultation activities with NLG have been guided primarily by requirements set out in the Section 11 Order and in the Nisga’a Treaty; PRGT’s Aboriginal Consultation Plan; Application Information Requirements and Nisga’a consultation protocols or requests. Consultation activities have included: provision of Project information, data, and mapping, opportunities for involvement in fieldwork, meetings to review and discuss Project routing options, opportunities to review and comment on the draft Aboriginal Consultation Plan and draft Aboriginal Consultation Reports, and information on employment and contracting opportunities, opportunity to review and comment on the draft Stage 1 application and the draft Stage 2 application, and opportunity to review and comment on the draft Nisga’a Chapter of the Environmental Assessment (EA) Application (Section 34). A NLG/PRGT environmental advisory group was established to guide the assessment of potential Project-related environmental effects. PRGT is providing capacity funding to support NLG’s participation in the EA process.

Potential residual effects of the entire Project on Nisga’a interests (land, land-related, access to land, freshwater resources, marine resources, wildlife, migratory birds, non-timber forest products, economic, social, and cultural) are characterized in Section 34 of the EA Application.

PRGT will continue consultation with NLG during the Stage 2 review and review phase of the EA Application to discuss mitigation measures with a view to minimizing adverse project effects on the Memorial Park.

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4.1 EARLY NISGA’A NATION CONSULTATION

PRGT began engagement with Nisga’a regarding the Project in April 2013. To facilitate the discussion of routing options, PRGT and Nisga’a formed a Route Selection Working Group (Working Group). The PRGT-NLG Working Group is comprised of senior representatives, technical consultants and legal counsel. The Working Group has met a number of times since its establishment in July 2013. In addition, the PRGT-NLG EA Advisory Group was established to share information pertaining to the EA Application and review and discuss issues on an on-going basis. From January 29, 2014 to April 17 the Advisory Group was the forum for discussing the Stage 2 park boundary amendment application. In May, 2014, a separate working group was formed to discuss the Stage 2 park boundary amendment application.

The following is a summary of the Working Group meetings, other meetings, and other consultations regarding route options through or around the Memorial Park:  July 18 2013: The first Working Group meeting was held to discuss the route options PRGT was studying. Preliminary discussions were held regarding the feasibility of routing the Project through the Memorial Park.  July 30, 2013: Senior representatives of PRGT presented to Wilp Si’ayuukhl Nisga’a (Nisga’a Legislative Assembly). The presentation spoke to the project requirements, schedule, benefits and highlighted PRGT’s proposed Project route adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway through the Memorial Park.  September 9 to 24, 2013: Open House meetings were held in each of the four Nisga’a Villages – Gitwinksihlkw (September 9), Gitlax̱ t’aamiks (September 11), Laxgalt’sap (September 12) and Gingolx (September 24). Community members expressed interest in the routing options and indicated a range of concerns with the various routes, including risks with the K’alii Aksim Lisims crossings, potential effects to mushroom grounds, potential effects to the ancient Nisga’a Village site, potential effects to wildlife, potential effects to the Memorial Park (particularly given its cultural and spiritual values), concern over pipeline stability, and impacts to groundwater and fisheries in the Memorial Park. PRGT indicated to community members that studies and field work are continuing so that the potential social, cultural, and environmental effects of each of the routes could be identified and better understood.  September 13, 2013: PRGT Senior Aboriginal Relations Lead sent a letter and map to NLG to inform them that PRGT had applied for a Letter of Authorization to carry out non-invasive field studies in the Memorial Park.  September 24, 2013: The Route Selection Working Group met to discuss project routing, including the route through the Memorial Park. Potential effects of the proposed route through the Memorial Park were discussed.

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 October 16, 2013: NLG Director of Fisheries and Wildlife, and NLG Lands Manager attended a helicopter flyover to view the route options with senior representatives from BC Parks and PRGT’s Aboriginal Relations, Environment and Regulatory and Routing departments.  January 15, 2014: PRGT and NLG met to discuss the timeline and process related to the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Park Boundary Amendment Process and initial NLG comments related to the draft Stage 1 application.  January 29, 2014: The Stage 2 Boundary Amendment Process was discussed at the EA Advisory Team meeting.  February, 3, 2014: MOTI, PRGT, BC Parks, OGC and Nisga’a Park Joint Management Committee Representatives met to discuss park values, concerns and ways to minimize or avoid impacts in the park.  April 17, 2014: The Stage 2 Boundary Amendment Process and timeline were discussed at an EA Advisory Team meeting.  As an ongoing commitment, the EA Advisory Group and Route Selection Working Group will continue to meet regularly to share information and discuss issues and concerns.

4.2 NISGA’A CONSULTATION THROUGH THE STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT

The results of consultation post-April 2014 are summarized in Appendix B.

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5.0 THE PROJECT WITHIN THE MEMORIAL PARK

5.1 PROJECT FOOTPRINT

5.1.1 Project Footprint

The proposed Project footprint is adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway for approximately 85% (10.1 km) of the total proposed length 12 km within the Memorial Park. The Project footprint required for construction would be approximately 50 m wide measured from the edge of the Nisga’a Highway ROW boundary. In certain areas, the Project would require additional work space for special construction situations (such as highway or watercourse crossings). There are five such locations where PRGT would require additional work space (typically blocks 10 m to 40 m wide and from 80 to 100 m in length) to stage equipment and manage materials within a dedicated footprint. The construction footprint is defined in Appendix C (Map 2).

The minimum depth of cover pursuant to the CSA Z662 (Oil and gas pipeline systems, a standard that covers the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of gas industry pipeline systems) is 0.6 m; however, for the Project the depth of cover is generally expected to be 0.9 m. There are no above-grade facilities as part of the pipeline facilities planned for the Memorial Park, except for small caution and marker signs at each side of road and water course crossings.

5.1.2 Project Footprint and the Nisga’a Highway

PRGT, in consultation with MOTI, BC Parks and NLG, proposes a Project footprint that is adjacent to the existing Nisga’a Highway ROW, thereby minimizing the area of land disturbed by the combined infrastructure footprints. PRGT will continue to consult with these parties throughout alignment planning and construction.

5.1.3 Access

The Project will use the Project footprint for construction access so as to prevent off-footprint disturbance within the Memorial Park. PRGT will obtain permits from MOTI that will allow the Project to construct and use ramps for access from the Nisga’a Highway roadbed to the Project footprint. No new access roads will be developed as PRGT will access the footprint on existing highway crossings. The footprint will be used for all work required during construction.

An access management plan for Nisga’a Lands, the Memorial Park and the Nass Area will be developed jointly between PRGT and NLG for the management of access as it relates to Nisga’a rights set out in the Nisga’a Treaty. This plan will apply to both construction and operation phases. Safety will be a key component of this plan and will include a protocol for early notification of project activities.

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5.1.4 Ancillary Facilities

PRGT does not plan to have any camps, stockpile sites or other infrastructure, other than access to the pipeline, inside the Memorial Park. During operations, the only facilities required other than the pipeline itself, are warning signs and test lead posts (adjacent to warning signs) at appropriate intervals.

5.1.5 Cathodic Protection

Cathodic protection is a technology used to protect a pipeline from electrochemical corrosion. A cathodic protection system comprising buried anode beds, rectifiers and associated facilities such as power pole lines, will be designed and installed for the Project. Although very unlikely, it is possible that PRGT may require some of those components to be located inside the Memorial Park if certain soil characteristics are found to exist. The decision on whether cathodic protection equipment will be required will be based upon geotechnical information gathered from future field surveys and related engineering designs.

Cathodic Test lead stations adjacent to warning signs will located at highway and watercourse crossing locations within the Park Boundary. Test lead stations are made up of a small wooden post partially buried in the ground housing 2-4 wires that are connected to the pipe. The wires are used to measure the cathodic protection current running through the pipe to ensure the proper voltage is present.

5.2 PROJECT PHASES AND CONSIDERATIONS

There are two major phases of the Project: (1) construction; and (2) operation. Construction of the entire project is anticipated to take approximately four years, while the operational life of the Project is expected to be greater than 40 years.

Construction through the Memorial Park is expected to occur over a period of approximately eight months, including construction of the watercourse and road crossings. A final schedule will be determined through consultation with BC Parks and NLG and will also take into consideration timing windows for water crossings and migratory birds.

The stages and considerations of the Project describe the scope of the Project within the Memorial Park, including:  Pre-construction (planning and design)  Construction  Post-construction (reclamation)  Operations (including maintenance and emergency preparedness).

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5.2.1 Pre-Construction (planning and design)

The Project is currently in the planning and design stage, including preparing regulatory applications for approvals for the environmental assessment process.

Current route and design was supported by non-invasive investigations undertaken in the fall of 2013 (aerial survey, non-invasive biophysical, cultural and geotechnical/geophysical studies) and through discussions with NLG. Further invasive studies (archeological, fisheries, soils, geotechnical and geophysical studies) to support a feasibility study and final design of the pipeline through the lava bed has been requested through a Park Use Permit.

During further project planning and design, PRGT will work with NLG and BC Parks to refine construction timelines, discuss construction logistics and ensure that operation activities can be integrated with NLG and Parks requirements.

5.2.2 Project Construction in the Memorial Park

The proposed pipeline construction window within the Memorial Park is planned currently for 2017 and is projected to be completed in approximately eight (8) months. PRGT will work with BC Parks and NLG to develop a mutually acceptable construction schedule for the portion of the Project within the Memorial Park.

Pipeline construction involves several activities that occur sequentially at any one location. These include surveying, clearing, soil conservation and grading, drainage and sediment control, pipe stringing, bending and welding, trenching, lowering-in, backfilling, hydrostatic testing, clean-up and post-construction reclamation. Construction will involve multiple crews carrying out construction activities in parallel at multiple locations along the construction footprint.

It is anticipated that the lava rock can be excavated mechanically. However, it is possible that harder materials or shallow bedrock could be encountered and therefore, controlled blasting or other rock excavation measures such as rock trencher to grade the work area and create the trench may be required. Since no invasive investigative work has taken place, engineers have not finalized construction techniques. Once it is acquired, field survey data (geotechnical and geophysical) will be used to assess how much controlled blasting, if any, will be necessary. PRGT has very strict safety guide lines as it relates to blasting that will be implemented during construction if needed.

If standing water in the ditch is discovered during excavation, control methods will be installed to ensure negative buoyancy of the pipe (i.e., ensure the pipe doesn’t float). Control methods may include continuous concrete coating, bag weights and/or bold- on concrete weights. If subsurface flow is encountered during ditch excavation, methods to allow the hydrology to not be blocked would be employed such as “weeping tile” type systems. Ditch plugs may also be used to prevent the flow of water down the ditch line to minimize migration of material.

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Areas of Special Consideration

Ksi Sii Aks (Tseax River) -The construction strategy for crossing Ksi Sii Aks at the east end of the Memorial Park requires more data before it can be finalized. Geotechnical information acquired on the east side of the river indicates that a Horizontal Directional Drill is likely not feasible. PRGT is currently investigating alternate drilling technology such as “Direct Pipe”. A non-invasive crossing strategy is planned to avoid disturbance of channel and riparian areas on both sides of the river. Additionally, the human and wildlife trail that runs along the west side of the river will not be disturbed. It is possible that this crossing may proceed on a different timeline than the pipeline through the Memorial Park to meet regulatory and environmental considerations and any construction resource constraints, i.e., the availability of specialized river crossing construction equipment. BC Parks and NLG will be consulted on proposed timelines and considerations following receipt of geotechnical information. Highway Crossings – There are three locations where the highway will be crossed (refer to Appendix C) using a slip bore (trenchless) method in order to minimize disruption to traffic. The slip bore method would consist of a pit on either side of the road. The pits are required to install the pipe at an extra depth as required by the crossing agreements and relevant CSA standards. The dimensions of these pits would be approximately 12m x 20m x 4m deep. A slip bore consists of a large auger incased inside of a steel pipe attached to a machine used to turn the auger. The machine and auger will be placed into the pit and used to drill under the road way. Once the drilling of the road is complete the machine and auger will be removed from the pit and a pre-welded section of heavy wall pipe will be pulled into the drill hole by a winch. (See Appendix D). Dedication Site – Through consultation with NLG, PRGT will develop a plan to minimize construction effects and disturbance to access to this site. In addition to mitigation described in section 7.2.3 including the erection of a snow fence to avoid disturbance, a tie-in method would be used during construction. This consists of welding in the ditch and then “tieing-in” the joints to longer main-line sites that would be located away from the dedication site. Siting a “tie-in” at this location will allow for PRGT to utilize a narrower right of way here and accomplish that work in a shorter timeframe, all resulting in fewer disturbances to the site and visitor access. Tributary to the Ts’oohl Ts’ap Creek - The proposed project route will also cross a tributary to Ts’oohl Ts’ap Creek. The crossing location was picked at a narrow point in the watercourse, on a straight stretch with stable, non-eroding banks. This strategy minimizes disturbance on the bed or banks and minimize the chance of scouring. The proposed method for this crossing is an isolated crossing, completed by erecting dams on the upstream and downstream side of the pipeline crossing. This will create an area between the dams where the water can be pumped out leaving a dry creek bed. During this time, a flume or pump can be placed to transfer clean creek water from

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the upstream damn to the other side of the downstream dam ensuring that stream flow is continuous. If fish are present, there will be a fish monitor on-site to catch any fish caught on the upstream side of the pipeline crossing to be released on the downstream side. Along with narrowing of the right of way, excavated material from within the riparian zone will be stockpiled in temporary workspaces located outside of the riparian zone for eventual replacement. Silt fencing and other erosion control methods will also be utilized to ensure no sediments are introduced into the watercourse during heavy rains.

Management and construction monitoring plans will be developed prior to the start of construction and be included in the appendix of PRGT’s Environmental Management Plan (EMP). Applicable mitigation measures described in each of the Valued Component (VC) sections and summarized in Section 38 of the EA Application will be included in these plans. These plans include:  Traffic management plan  Bird nest mitigation and management plan  Nisga’a access management plan  Chemical and waste management plan  Invasive plant species management plan  Soil handling/conservation management plan  Erosion and sedimentation control management plan  Watercourse monitoring plan  Sediment and related water quality monitoring plan  Heritage resource management plan.

5.2.3 Post-Construction (reclamation)

Upon completion of construction, PRGT will reclaim all areas disturbed by construction to standards set out in the EMP as well as commitments made to NLG, BC Parks, BC OGC and BC EAO, and all conditions and directives set out in applicable permits. Reclamation is key in reducing the effects of project construction. Reclamation practices for construction sites will be developed in consultation with NLG and BC Parks, and these works will be conducted in accordance with regulations, policies, and industry best management practices.

The pipeline will be buried for its entire length within the Memorial Park. Pipeline footprint and temporary work spaces will be reclaimed as soon as possible following completion of construction activities. Reclamation will include re-contouring terrain, rollback of graded material, restoration of drainage patterns and provision of erosion control. Further reclamation details will be provided once geotechnical field studies

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are completed to determine the strength of the lava rock. PRGT will continue to consult with BC Parks and NLG with respect to conservation and rollback of lichen covered lava boulders as further information is acquired through testing and construction.

PRGT will remove all waste materials from the footprint as part of its reclamation activities.

Post-construction monitoring as outlined in the EMP will track areas of concern noted during construction and will document any post-construction issues related to vegetation establishment, reclamation success, water crossing stability, and general surface drainage. This information will be used to measure the success of mitigation measures used during construction of the Project, and to provide a means of investigating and resolving any outstanding issues.

5.2.4 Operations within the Memorial Park

Operations activities will be confined to the ROW and approved access during the operating life of the Project. PRGT’s operations activities can be integrated with NLG and BC Park requirements and expectations.

The pipeline will be buried for its entire length through the Memorial Park and will therefore not be visible from the surface. As required by legislation, there will be pipeline markers indicating the presence of the buried facility at every watercourse, and road crossing with PRGT contact information for those considering excavations nearby.

The Project will be monitored and controlled from the TransCanada Operations Control Centre (OCC) in Calgary. The OCC is staffed 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and uses a computer-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to continuously monitor and control pipeline operations (pipeline flows, pressures, temperatures and equipment status). The SCADA system is designed to alert the OCC operator of significant operational changes in the pipeline system.

5.2.5 Maintenance within the Memorial Park

Maintenance activities will be confined to the ROW and approved access during the operating life of the Project. PRGT’s maintenance activities will be integrated with NLG and BC Parks’ requirements and expectations.

To ensure on-going pipeline integrity and safety, regular preventative maintenance programs will include:  Regular aerial patrols to monitor conditions on the ROW (e.g., checking for leaks, changes in land use, topographic changes and potential interference from others

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primarily excavation activities). The frequency of these patrols is established in accordance with CSA Z662, Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems and is based on considerations of operating pressure, pipeline size, population density, weather and land use.  Vegetation management over the centreline; brush control as necessary 5m each side of the centreline. Pesticides will not be used unless authorized by the Joint Management Committee.  Regular pipeline integrity assessments done with inline inspection tools that will not be perceptible to those standing above the pipeline (the inspection tool could be briefly audible on the surface when it passes by). In the event that anomalies in the pipe are detected during inspection, a section of the pipeline may need to be exposed for a visual inspection.  Cathodic protection monitoring to control corrosion.  Periodic (typically annual) line walks for closer inspections (e.g., corrosion surveys and damage detection).  Maintenance of pipeline signage and cathodic protection test leads.  Development of mutually acceptable protocols for operations and maintenance activities (PRGT will work with BC Parks and NLG, if requested).

5.2.6 Emergency Preparedness and Response within the Memorial Park

The EA Application concluded that adverse effects of accidents or malfunctions (e.g., drilling mud spills, forest fires, rock fly from blasting, sediment release into watercourse) range from remote to low risk given routing, engineering design, the implementation of mitigation, and an established emergency response program.

PRGT and its contractors will create Emergency Response Plans (ERP) (meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements) for the construction and operation phases of the Project. Once in operation, the Project will be integrated into TransCanada’s corporate emergency preparedness and response system. Site-specific ERPs will also be developed and routinely tested so that PRGT can respond effectively in the event of an emergency. PRGT will work with NLG as the lead agency to coordinate with local emergency response agencies to foster appropriate communications and integrate PRGT’s ERPs.

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6.0 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES

This section describes PRGT’s assessment of route options for the Project in the area of the Memorial Park and outlines the proposed Project route.

6.1 GENERAL ROUTE SELECTION CRITERIA

The process of selecting an appropriate PRGT pipeline route and facility sites involved collaborating with experts from various disciplines, including land, environmental, engineering and construction, and considering input from NLG and potentially affected Aboriginal groups along the entire project route, provincial regulators, municipalities, landowners and the public. The route selection process involved:  identifying the control points (i.e., the proposed start and end points of the proposed route located near the community of Hudson’s Hope, BC and Lelu Island, BC respectively)  determining the evaluation criteria (see Section below)  conducting engineering and environmental field investigations.  considering a number of factors while evaluating pipeline routing and facility siting options:

 control points

 land and marine use

 parks and protected areas

 terrain

 constructability

 environmental constraints (e.g., ungulate winter range, old growth management areas)

 Visual Sensitivity Areas

 crossings

 access

 heritage and archaeological resources

 construction time frame

 future system expansion

 cost

 existing disturbances.

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Based on best practices and extensive experience, PRGT utilized the following criteria in the review and selection of the preferred route and the alternatives set out in 6.2.1 and 6.2.2:  Consulting with NLG, BC Parks, and Nisga’a citizens to understand issues that may need to be addressed in the routing process.  Paralleling existing linear disturbances to the extent possible to:

 Reduce the potential fragmentation of natural habitat.

 Minimize the amount of new disturbance by maximizing the amount of temporary work space located on existing ROWs or other existing disturbances.

 Reduce the amount of new non-contiguous ROW required.

 Reduce the development of new access into remote areas.  Reducing the number of watercourse crossings.  Avoiding or reducing effects on identified environmentally sensitive areas (e.g., wetlands).  Avoiding areas of unstable terrain. Avoiding routing in close proximity to urban development and residences where practical.  Reducing the number of road crossings, particularly highways and paved roads, where practical.  Ensuring construction feasibility of watercourse and road crossings.  Minimizing the effect on water supply systems and groundwater resources.

6.2 RATIONALE FOR ROUTING THE PROJECT IN THE PARK

Consultation with NLG and Nisga’a citizens was a key factor in influencing routing alternatives on the western portion of the Project route. Both land and marine routes were assessed to find a potential corridor that would avoid crossing parks and conservancies. Based on this consultation, and the subsequent verification of constructability in the marine environment, PRGT removed the conceptual corridor that routed through the Gingietl Creek Ecological Reserve, Ksi X'anmass Conservancy, Khutzeymateen Inlet Conservancy, Khutzeymateen Inlet West Conservancy and Woodworth lake Conservancy. This significantly reduced the route length that crossed through protected areas.

Other route alternatives in and near the Memorial Park were reviewed, in consultation with NLG. These include the Alice Arm, North Route Alternative, Kiteen Valley Alternative, Alder Peak Alternative, South Lava Bed Alternative and Nisga’a Highway Lava Bed Alternative.

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6.2.1 Route Alternatives Review

The proposed Project route evolved through review of constructability, environmental, social and economic issues, and through consultation with NLG, landowners, government and other stakeholders. Six conceptual routes were considered during the initial stages of routing. Four of these routes were deemed challenging and removed from consideration early in the process. These are summarized below in “Route Options to Avoid the Memorial Park”. Two routes were given further consideration through additional desktop review, aerial reconnaissance and consultation with NLG. These routes are described in detail below in “Route Options through the Memorial Park”. (Refer to Appendix E for a map of these alternatives.)

Route Options to Avoid the Memorial Park

Alice Arm Alternative

PRGT considered a route north of Nisga’a Lands to connect to a marine route that would take the line south from Alice Arm (K’alli Ts’im Gitsoohl) through Portland Inlet (K’alii Xk’alaan) to Prince Rupert. Although this route has not been definitively eliminated from consideration, it poses technical and environmental challenges, and risk to project timelines

PRGT may continue to explore the option of Alice Arm, in the event the proposed route is unattainable.

North Route Alternative

This route option begins north of the Nass Camp. It then continues westward crossing both the K’alii Aksim Lisims and Ksga’maal Rivers, crossing the K’alii Aksim Lisims near the Gingietl Creek (Environmental Reserve) and aligning close to the Nisga’a Highway.

The north route option avoids the Memorial Park but may impact other Nisga’a interests under the Nisga’a Treaty, including areas where Nisga’a citizens harvest mushrooms. Removing the forest canopy in that area and disturbing the forest floor would destroy an important mushroom habitat for many years and thereby affecting an important cultural resource and source of income for Nisga’a citizens and the Nisga’a Nation. The north route option also involves two major crossings of the K’alii Aksim Lisims which is an important cultural resource, a source of income for Nisga’a citizens and the primary source of water for the village of Gitwinksihlkw. There are also technical challenges, in that the diameter, depth, length and width of those crossings would challenge the capabilities of current HDD technology. Given significant concerns for mushroom habitat and the K’alii Aksim Lisims, there was a general lack of support for this route by NLG.

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This route has some advantages over others examined in that it does not go through the Memorial Park, and therefore does not require a Park Boundary Adjustment in addition to other regulatory processes. Additionally, there is sufficient room for future expansion of the system, should it be warranted. This route is not being considered further.

Kiteen Valley Alternative

This more southerly route around the Memorial Park was assessed during the initial route planning stages of the Project. This alternative travels along the Nass Forestry Service Road, heads south down the Kiteen Valley, crosses north of Kitsumkalum Lake. It ends up in the Ksi Hlgnix Valley where it joins up with the original Coastal Mountain Alternative involving routing through the four conservancies to the coast.

Given this route’s numerous construction and geotechnical challenges involving several steep granite faces and the need for large difficult tunnels, consideration for this route was dropped early in the routing process.

Alder Peak Route Alternative

Another more southerly route of the Memorial Park was assessed during the initial route planning stages. This alternative splits off from the PRGT conceptual corridor northeast of Gitlaxt’aamiks and heads south, crossing a very narrow piece of the Memorial Park to the west side of Lava Lake. Near the south end of Lava Lake, the route heads west down a narrow valley south of Alder Peak until it intersects the Ksi Mat’in Valley where it turns north until intersecting with the proposed current route.

After table top reviews and aerial field assessments, this route was rejected due to numerous constructability issues including traversing steep vertical slopes and narrow valleys with steep side slopes. It would have required significant and costly geotechnical engineering design to cross multiple debris slides, rock slides and avalanche areas. Additionally, environmental challenges include crossing through approximately 1.5 km of old growth management area and 3 km of designated mountain goat ungulate winter range that are unavoidable due to space constraints in narrow valleys.

6.2.2 Route Options through the Memorial Park

After removing from consideration the more technically and environmentally challenging routes, two alternatives remain - South Lava Bed Alternative Route and the Nisga’a Highway Lava Bed Alternative (proposed Project route). A description of these two alternatives is provided below.

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South Lava Bed Route Alternative

PRGT initially considered an optional route on the south edge of the Memorial Park. This alignment splits off from the current proposed route east of Gitlaxt’aamiks. It then heads southwest passing by Gitlaxt’aamiks on the downstream side of the surface water collection system. From there the route continues in a southerly direction wrapping around the north side of a private residence. Once past the community, the route turns southwest crossing the Ksi Sii Aks, Highway 113 and a substantial tributary of the Ksi Sii Aks. After crossing the tributary, the alignment heads west crossing Vetter Creek as it skirts along the boundary of the Memorial Park. West of Vetter Creek and Highway 113 the route starts to weave in and out of the Memorial Park for the next five kilometers, confined by steep side hill slopes to the south which force the pipeline location closer to the Memorial Park boundary. Prior to converging with the current proposed route, the Southern Lava Bed Alternative crosses through the Memorial Park, Ksi ts’oohl T’sap and Highway 113 (See Appendix E).

Although the South Lava Bed Alternative was considered as a means to avoid the implications of widening an existing corridor though the center of the lava bed, it would still cross the Memorial Park in multiple areas due to Park boundaries extending down the valley towards Lava Lake and towards the steep mountain slopes to the south. The option would still create approximately 6.8 km of linear disturbance within the Memorial Park boundaries.

Crossing though the Gitlaxt’aamiks watershed is a concern for PRGT and the local community as this is the primary water source for the village of Gitlaxt’aamiks.

It is also understood that the South Lava Bed Alternative would put the pipeline in close proximity to an old Nisga’a village in the Vetter Creek area that was destroyed by the lava flow, possibly causing the loss of culturally important artifacts and part of Nisga’a history. This route would also pass through an area near a naxnok. Finally, approximately 8 km of wetland complex out of the 19 km total length of this alternative would be crossed, providing technical and environmental mitigation challenges to the route. At the west end of this alternative, a significant granite headwall provides further construction challenges.

Nisga’a Highway Lava Bed Alternative (proposed Project route)

PRGT’s proposed Project route through the Memorial Park travels, wherever possible, parallel to other linear developments that cross the Memorial Park. Most of the proposed Project route through the Memorial Park will be parallel to the southerly limit of the Nisga’a Highway ROW.

The proposed route enters the Memorial Park 270 m north of the highway, crossing the Ksi Sii Aks. Existing infrastructure (an RCMP station and a bed and breakfast)

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are located directly north of the highway adjacent to the east boundary of the Memorial Park, preventing PRGT from paralleling the highway into the Memorial Park. The proposed alignment also avoids the ancient village site that was destroyed by lava flow (along north and west side of Spencer Lake) located south of the Nisga’a Highway at the eastern end of the Memorial Park.

From this point, the north limit of the Project footprint will adjoin the south limit of the Nisga’a Highway ROW for approximately 10 km. Approximately 700 m east of the Memorial Park’s west boundary, the Project footprint crosses under the Nisga’a Highway ROW and continues almost due west in a new corridor.

The divergence from the Nisga’a Highway at the west side of the Memorial Park will avoid a wetland associated with Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway. It also permits the Project to cross the Ksi diphl m’ihl (Tributary of the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap) at a place where the watercourse is narrower and the adjoining banks are higher and drier than the crossing further south and adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway (i.e., better constructability and fewer potential impacts to fish habitat).

PRGT is proposing the route through the lava field adjacent to the highway because of more favourable conditions with respect to technical, environmental and cultural considerations as compared to the other options. Based on information available to date, this route would result in fewer impacts on Nisga’a interests under the Nisga’a Treaty relative to other routes examined. The Project route entails the fewest watercourse crossings, avoids the more technically challenging crossings of the K’alii Aksim Lisims and does not potentially affect water sources of Nisga’a communities. High value environmental and cultural resources which are an integral part of Nisga’a culture, tradition and economy are avoided (e.g., key mushroom harvesting areas, key fish spawning habitats). It is primarily located adjacent to an existing infrastructure corridor and therefore limits new disturbance to undisturbed and pristine areas. Finally, it presents the fewest construction challenges.

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7.0 DESCRIPTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND MITIGATION

The Memorial Park is protected as a Provincial Park for its important cultural, historical and environmental values to the Nisga’a Nation and the public. Following is a description of the various economic, environmental and social components of the Memorial Park and potential positive and adverse effects associated with the Project.

7.1 ECONOMIC

PRGT will transport natural gas from northeast BC to the Pacific North West LNG Project (PNW LNG) near Prince Rupert, where the natural gas will be liquefied and exported to countries in Asia. The potential economic benefits to BC and Canada include the creation of jobs, additional tax revenue and access to the global LNG market. Over its operating life, the Project will provide tax revenue for the municipalities and regional districts crossed by the pipeline, as well as for the provincial and federal governments. The Project will contribute to the further development of the provincial oil and gas and will generate royalty revenue for the provincial government.

PRGT estimates that it will spend $5 billion on construction and another $1.3 billion (undiscounted) on operating costs during 30 years of operations.1 The Project will create 42,060 person years2 (PYs) of employment (including direct, indirect, and induced effects) in Canada during construction and over 30 years of operation and generate $1.6 billion in tax revenues for the Government of Canada. PRGT estimates 38% of total construction and operating costs ($2.7 billion) will be spent in BC, and this will create 13,170 PYs of employment and provide an estimated $2.4 billion in tax revenues for the provincial, regional and local governments in BC.

The following sections describe the economic benefits from constructing and operating the Project. Estimates of the Project’s influence on employment, income, economic output (gross domestic product or GDP) and government revenues are based on custom (project-specific) runs of the Statistics Canada Interprovincial Input/Output Model (SCIPIOM) using project construction and operating cost information or from economic multipliers for the natural gas transportation industry in Canada for 2009 (Statistics Canada 2012).

1 Although the life of the PRGT project is anticipated to be greater than 40 years, 30 years of operation has been assumed for assessing the economic impacts of the Project because this is the minimum operating life for the PNW LNG project. The resulting estimates of the Project’s influence on the economy are considered conservative because the Project is expected to operate for more than 30 years. 2 A person year is the equivalent of one person being employed full time for one year.

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The major goods and services to be purchased from companies in BC include engineering services, which includes contracts for engineering, procurement and construction management ($181 million) as well as other engineering construction contracts ($158 million), transportation services ($89 million), machinery ($85 million) and construction camps ($84 million).

7.1.1 Contribution to the British Columbia Economy

Table 7-1 provides an estimate of the entire PRGT Project’s influence on economic output in BC and Canada as measured in terms of GDP, described in terms of basic prices (i.e., less taxes and subsidies) and based on the results of the SCIPIOM.

Table 7-1: PRGT Project’s Influence on Gross Domestic Product in British Columbia

British Columbia Operations Impact Construction ($ millions) Annual Over 30 Years ($ million) ($ million) Direct 510 31.7 951 Indirect 420 2.7 81 Induced 320 1.1 33 Total 1,250 35.5 1,065 Source: Custom runs of SCIPIOM 2013; economic multipliers for the natural gas transportation industry in Canada for 2009 (Statistics Canada 2012).

It is estimated that PRGT purchases of labour, goods and services needed for construction, valued at $1,525 million, will increase GDP in BC by $1.25 billion over the four-year construction period. This is an average of about $312 million per year.

During operation, the Project is expected to contribute about $35.5 million per year to provincial GDP. Over 30 years, the total (undiscounted) additions to GDP in BC will be $1,065 million.

7.1.2 Nisga’a Citizens Economic Opportunities and Revenue within the Memorial Park

Nisga’a Businesses

NLG owns several businesses, managed through the Nisga’a Commercial Group, Nass Area Enterprises, and Greenville Enterprises Inc. Businesses owned by Nisga’a citizens in the Nass Area are typically small operations that can take on additional employees on short notice.

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Between June 27th and July 4th, interviews were held with Nisga’a businesses with interests in the future development of the Memorial Park. These businesses include:  Nass Valley Tours  The Salmon Lodge  Winnie’s Bed and Breakfast  Lorene’s Lava Lodge

 Vetter Falls Lodge.

Details of consultation with these businesses can be found in Appendix B.

Outdoor Recreation Revenue within the Memorial Park

The Memorial Park offers opportunities for earnings related to recreational guiding. According to the Memorial Parks’ Master Plan (Grant Copeland & Associates 1997, page 50), “commercial activities that are appropriate for Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park include guided services for power boating, rafting and traditional Nisga’a canoeing on K’alii Aksim Lisims, guided sports fishing on Ksi Sii Aks, guided hikes to the cone area, campground operation, and the provision of food services and sales of arts and crafts in the proposed Nisga’a interpretive centre”.

BC Parks has estimated that 888 people fished in the Memorial Park in 2013 (Pers. Comm. B. Last, 2014).

According to BC Parks, an average of 856 people per year used the campground at the Memorial Park between 2009 to 2013 (Pers. Comm. B. Last, 2014). According to Nass Valley Tours, park visitors stay an average of two to three days, suggesting total annual use is about 2,140 visitor days per year for camping. The reported visitation does not address day-use at the site.

PRGT anticipates that the effects to fishing, camping, etc. will be minimal. Fishing access trails and parking lots, campground, facilities and the interpretative center will not be physically affected by the pipeline footprint construction. Traffic delays will be intermittent and short term (8 months or less), and will be mitigated through the Traffic Management Plan. PRGT will consult with BC Parks and NLG to determine the best timing for construction to minimize effects to peak tourist times.

Potential Effects for Nisga’a Citizen’s Economic Opportunities

Project construction activities (both inside and outside of the Memorial Park) will generate additional employment, including indirect and induced opportunities for Nisga’a citizens (e.g., accommodations, including local bed and breakfasts, catering, local service stations). The value of goods and services purchased from BC suppliers to construct the portion of the Project on Nisga’a Lands is estimated to be

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$96.4 million, of which 20% ($19 million) could be purchased from local suppliers. It is estimated that these purchases could generate another 65 PYs of indirect employment and $3.9 million in labour income for Nisga’a residents. Nisga’a spending of project-related income on consumer items will create 10 PYs of induced employment.

Overall, project construction is expected to generate 110 PYs of direct, indirect, and induced employment for Nisga’a citizens, with total labour income amounting to $8.7 million. However, because project construction in the Nass Area will occur over 24 months, employment for skilled and unskilled labour and procurement opportunities for Nisga’a businesses will be short term.

Construction of the pipeline within the Memorial Park may affect Nisga’a tourism operators as access to areas adjacent to the construction areas may be restricted at times. Following standard practices for parks and protected areas (BC MOE 2005) and in consultation with NLG and BC Parks, PRGT will employ mitigation measures that support the values and objectives identified in the Memorial Park’s Master Plan. This may include timing of work in the Memorial Park to be adjusted, as possible, to minimize disruption to peak tourism times.

7.2 SOCIAL

7.2.1 Infrastructure and Services and Transportation

The Nass Area is a rural region, with relatively small communities where infrastructure and access to emergency services are limited. According to the most recent available statistics, there are approximately 7,000 Nisga’a citizens, forty percent of whom live in the Nass Area (Enrollment and Citizenship Department, NLG, 2014). There are no residences within the Memorial Park.

There is one main highway, Nisga’a Highway (Highway 113), that connects the four Nisga’a villages, as well as the Nass Area, to Highway 16 and Terrace, BC. The Nass Forestry Service Road, which is a gravel road, connects Gitlax̱ t’aamiks to Cranberry Junction (Highway 37) approximately 60 km to the east. Smaller forestry service roads throughout the area connect to the Nisga’a Highway and the Nass Forestry Service Road. Highway 113 transects the Park north to south and a two-lane undivided highway with paved shoulder runs through the Memorial Park.

Traffic volumes are low for the Nisga’a Highway and the Nass Forestry Service Road, reflecting the low population density in the area. These roads operate well below capacity. In most cases, winter weather conditions (ice, snow), terrain, and speed limits are the main limiting factors for traffic flow. Potential effects of the Project on infrastructure and services within the Nass Area and the Memorial Park specifically are related to increased traffic volumes for the

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construction period (approximate eight months). Additional traffic volumes due to transporting workers, materials, and equipment to and from the Project may create congestion on roads and highways, which may also impact Memorial Park users and visitors. The construction phase will have the highest associated traffic volumes and the movement of heavy or oversized loads has the potential to accelerate wear-and- tear on road surfaces and bridges. During construction, workers and equipment will utilize the footprint, therefore minimizing potential highway conflicts. Heavy vehicle traffic is anticipated to increase on Nass Area roads during construction as follows: Route 37 North (6.7%), Route 37 South (4.7%), Route 113 (3.7%), Cranberry Connector (9.4%), Nass Road (7.4%), and Highway 37A (6.7%). With the application of the mitigation measures outlined below, it is anticipated that traffic from the Project will not have permanent effects.

Mitigation

Mitigation measures to reduce potential Project-related adverse effects on infrastructure and services during construction include the following:

 The development and implementation of a detailed Traffic Management Plan for the construction which describes safety measures that must be followed by all employees.

 PRGT consultation with NLG with respect to road use and access requirements of the Project.

 Incorporation of driving limitations and carpooling into camp policies and practices to reduce unnecessary use of road infrastructure.

 Use of buses or vans to transport workers (i.e., group transportation) to significantly reduce the volume of vehicle traffic.

 Worker camps - Housing workers in camps nearby the Project site and outside of the Memorial Park will eliminate a large percentage of trips on major roads and highways.

 Camp medics - PRGT will supply camp medics in work camps which will minimize the potential increase for trips on major roads and highways in the Memorial Park.

 Heavy vehicles travelling through Nisga’a Villages will adhere to the policies and procedures in the Traffic Management Plan (Section 36.2).

A Nisga’a Highway upgrade is not expected within the Memorial Park as part of Project activities.

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7.2.2 Visual Quality

The visual sensitivity within the Memorial Park is designated as unclassified (UA) within the Provincial Visual Landscape Inventory and as such has no established provincial visual quality objective. This designation was presumably assigned as anthropogenic forest alterations would not normally occur within park boundaries. It is however an objective of the Master Plan for the Memorial Park to maintain natural plant communities that contribute to visual attractions within the Memorial Park (Grant & Copeland, 1997).

PRGT completed an aesthetics (visual quality) assessment on July 5, 2013. Photos at various points of interest were taken in accordance with the Visual Impact Assessment Guidebook (BC MOF 20013). All field work was limited to public roads and walkways and no surveys were conducted outside of the public areas.

Photos were used to assess the potential visual quality effects to the Memorial Park as well as to develop mitigation measures. The photo below was used in this assessment (Figure 7-1).

3 British Columbia Ministry of Forests (BC MOF). 2001. Visual impact assessment guidebook. Second Edition. Published January 2001. Available at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/tasb/legsregs/fpc/fpcguide/visual/httoc.htm

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Photo 7-1: Looking North into the Memorial Park from Gitwinksihlkw Bridge (July 5, 2013)

Disturbances during construction and the presence of cleared of lava rock are the mechanisms that would produce a change in visual quality. Thus most mitigation strategies, in general, aim to reduce the size of the alterations or blend them into the existing landscape to reduce the effect on visual quality disturbance on the Lava Bed. As a result of the project, some trees and shrubs will be removed (mostly at the west end), but the main effect will be the disturbance to the lava rock itself within the Project footprint.

Mitigating strategies focus on maintaining the integrity of the Memorial Park and its natural landscape. Proposed mitigation measures include:  Restrict construction disturbance to the minimum possible and limit the disturbance to a space adjacent to the current Nisga’a Highway so as to minimize the cumulative footprint of the pipeline and adjacent highway. In doing so, any noticeable disturbance to the lava bed will appear to be an extension of the current highway corridor and may not appear to be ‘in addition to it’. Currently the first 5 – 10 m (approximately) directly adjacent to the highway have already been visibly affected but this disturbance does not alter Park views as most visitors are standing and/or parking within this area to view beyond this disturbance.  PRGT is applying for a Park boundary adjustment of 50 m plus temporary work space. PRGT will continue to work with BC Parks, NLG and MOTI post- boundary adjustment to determine if an overall narrower corridor with the highway and pipeline are feasible.

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 PRGT will work with BC Parks and NLG to determine the timing of pipeline construction with respect to peak tourism times.  Excavation adjacent to the highway and burying of the pipe will involve trenching, placement of the pipe within the trench and back filling with suitable materials, including finely crushed lava rock or sand. Backfilling will be carried out as uniformly and consistently as possible to leave a smooth level surface that does not obstruct midground or background views of the lava fields.  PRGT will continue to consult with BC Parks and NLG regarding conservation and rollback of lava boulders onto the footprint to break up the visual lines of the clearing through the lava field. Geotechnical investigations and on-the-ground trials will need to be conducted to determine feasibility. Where the pipeline enters the Memorial Park, drilling under the Ksi Sii Aks using Direct Pipe technology is proposed. Riparian vegetation will not be impacted within the Riparian Reserve Zone, creating a visual screen of the footprint on each side of the river.

7.2.3 Heritage and Archaeological Resources

Heritage resources are non-renewable and susceptible to alteration, damage or destruction by any development project. Heritage resources have importance and value to the scientific, cultural and public communities. Certain kinds of heritage resources (including, but not limited to, archaeological sites which pre-date AD 1846) are automatically protected from destruction or alteration under the BC Heritage Conservation Act. Additionally, heritage resources are of importance to Aboriginal groups because they demonstrate the long-term use of their traditional territories and provide a physical link to their cultural history.

The term ‘heritage site’ is used here to refer to archaeological sites, historical sites, and palaeontological sites collectively (i.e., all are considered to be sub-types of heritage sites). The terms ‘historical site’ and ‘archaeological site’ are used to distinguish between heritage sites reflecting past human activity that are known or suspected to pre-date AD 1846 (herein ‘archaeological sites’) and sites which post-date AD 1846 (herein ‘historical sites’). This distinction reflects differences in how these resources are protected and managed and under Provincial legislation. The term ‘palaeontological site’ refers to places containing any remains, trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved from a past geological or palaeontological time.

Heritage resources are susceptible to disturbance during the Project’s construction phase. Disturbance can include vegetation clearing, surface disturbance, subsurface disturbance and compaction of cultural deposits.

It is not anticipated that activities related to the operations phase of the Project will affect heritage resources within the Project footprint as the encompassed lands will

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have been fully assessed prior to construction. Any unanticipated discovery of a heritage site during construction would be managed through a management plan, in consultation with NLG and BC Parks.

Palaeontological sites are administered by the Land Tenures Branch under the Land Act. Voluntary reporting of chance finds of palaeontological resources during construction is the only prescribed mitigation measure.

The Park is rich with cultural and heritage features, including many provincially recorded heritage sites. The sites include archaeological stone artifact scatters, historical buildings, human burial sites, culturally modified trees and non-Heritage Conservation Act protected sites such as the Zolzap Pits. Construction of the pipeline will not interact with these known site locations. Archaeological field work within the Memorial Park began in Fall 2013 and will be completed in summer of 2014 to identify additional sites (where discernable on or above the ground surface).

The Memorial Park is being assessed as part of the ongoing archaeological impact assessment (AIA) for the Project under HCA heritage inspection permit 2013-0258. Stantec archaeologists accompanied by three Nisga’a fieldwork participants on November 20-21, 2013 could not complete the planned surface survey due to snow cover and safety concerns. Field survey work has been rescheduled for summer 2014.

Avoidance of heritage sites is the preferred mitigation option. Mitigation procedures for heritage sites will be outlined in the Heritage Resources Management Plan and will consider applicable provincial and federal guidelines in addition to HCA requirements and consultation with NLG An outline of the Heritage Resources Management Plan was completed in advance of the EA Application, with the Heritage Resources Plan itself to be developed in full prior to Project approval. A Heritage or Palaeontological Resources Discovery Contingency Plan will be established for the Project and will identify procedures to be followed if archaeological, historical, or palaeontological materials are discovered during construction activities.

PRGT will not disclose detailed information regarding the exact location of any heritage sites identified or encountered in the project footprint unless directed to do so by NLG and BC Parks. If determined necessary, PRGT will post signage along the pipeline footprint at known access locations warning against disturbance of these sites and possible legal ramifications.

All site-specific mitigation measures for archaeological sites will be established following the provincially-regulated procedures and policies and be consistent with the Heritage Resources Management Plan developed for the Project.

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provincial regulatory agency. NLG will be asked to provide input into site management. Copies of the final Archaeological Impact Assessment report will be provided to NLG. The precise locations of heritage sites relative to the finalized location of the project activities has not yet been verified; until these are known mitigation recommendations are subject to modification.

Cavern at WAKP 680

The Joint Park Management Committee raised concerns about a cavern below point WAKP 680 that may contain high cultural and potential archaeological values. The site in question is GhTh-6 which is located approximately 200 m north of centerline (~kp 682) and is confirmed outside of the Project footprint.

Park Dedication Site

The Park Dedication Site will be within +/- 50m of the pipeline corridor. The parking lot and access is within the ditch line on the south side of the highway. As this site is of cultural importance to the Nisga’a Nation, PRGT will take extra precautions to ensure that it is not disturbed during construction. Mitigation measures will include:  Erection of a snow fence surrounding the site prior to construction which will remain in place until Project construction is complete and grade material replaced.  Moving the ditch line towards the highway and away from the site as much as possible to give proper clearance.  Conducting most work on the ditch side rather than on the spoil side. Hauling spoil material east and west down the right-of-way to be stored until pipe installation through this area is completed.  Reinforcement of the dedication structure with temporary framing.

7.2.4 Recreational and Cultural Activities and Practices

The Park serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives and as a reminder of the importance of respect for both the natural world and the wisdom of the elders. Nisga’a citizens and visitors to the Memorial Park enjoy a multitude of experiences and recreational opportunities including visiting cultural sites, canoeing, cycling, fishing, hiking, hunting, swimming, and snowmobiling (Rescan 2012a).

Two trails located at the east end of the Park are important access points for anglers – the trail along the west side of the Ksi Sii Aks and the trail by the Nisga’a Highway junction that accesses the Nass River from the Highway (See Appendix A). Construction activities will not affect access to these trails or the trails themselves. The Ksi Sii Aks trail will be avoided because of the Direct Pipe drilling under the river and the maintenance of the riparian zone. Construction activities are on the opposite side of the highway in the vicinity of the trail to the Nass River.

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 Additionally, there are a number of activities, practices, and traditions conducted within the Memorial Park that are important to Nisga’a citizens including hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering traditional plants for food and medicine. (AMEC 2012). Significant adverse effects to recreational and cultural activities are not expected. No impacts are expected to the Boat Launch Road, parking area, Tree Mold Trail, Fish Wheel Trail, and Anlaw Road.

The potential for adverse effects of construction activities on cultural activities and practices will be addressed by the mitigation measures below:  Consult NLG and BC Parks with respect to the timing and planning of construction and maintenance activities, to mitigate disruption and avoid overlapping with traditional, public and commercial uses of the Memorial Park by Nisga’a citizens. August is understood as being the busiest month for recreationalists in the Memorial Park. The Nisga’a Access Management Plan will detail ways to avoid impacting traffic flow within the Park during peak times.  Implement measures to mitigate the potential effects of the Project on general land use within the Memorial Park that are identified within the EA application or by the Joint Park Management Committee.  Specific construction practices will be implemented at the Dedication Site to minimize the time and size of disturbance, and to provide for minimal access disruptions. Mitigations regarding the Dedication Site are listed in the section above.  PRGT will work with NLG to clearly mark sensitive environmental features along the footprint to ensure they are protected from construction activities. For the geotechnical program, an archaeologist and biologist (and Nisga’a Monitor) will go out in advance to inspect the site and delineate cultural and natural sites with pink and blue flagging.

7.3 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

7.3.1 Freshwater Aquatic Resources

The proposed route through the Memorial Park crosses three potential watercourses, within the 12 km of the Memorial Park, including the following surface or subsurface watercourses along the Project route:  Ksi Sii Aks (watercourse crossing)  Vetter Creek (subsurface at the footprint, no watercourse crossing)  Tributary to the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap.

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Fish and fish habitat are found in Ksi Sii Aks, Vetter Creek, and the Ts’oohl Ts’ap (Zolzap) Slough. Harvested species of interest in these watercourses are: pink, sockeye (and Kokanee), chum, chinook, coho, rainbow trout/steelhead, Dolly Varden, bull trout, cutthroat trout, Rocky Mountain whitefish and Pacific lamprey. There have been anecdotal observations to suggest the existence of a subterranean fish passage within Vetter Creek (Bryan Neto, BC Parks Pers. Comm. 2014). See Table 7.2 for a description of fish found in the watersheds within the Memorial Park that is transversed by the pipeline. Additionally, a brief description of the watersheds crossed by the Project within the Memorial Park is presented below with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) escapement data.

Table 7-2: Fish found in Watersheds within the Memorial Park that Cross the Pipeline (Proposed Alignment)

Harvested Ksi Sii Aks Vetter Ksi Ts’oohl 4 Species Groups/Scientific Name Stock (Tseax River) Creek Ts’ap (Zolzap) Sockeye (Oncorhyncus nerka) X X Coho (O. kisutch) X X X Salmon Chum (O. keta) X X X Pink (O. gorbuscha) X X X Chinook (O. tshawytscha) X X Oolichan Thaleichthys pacificus Summer Steelhead Steelhead Winter Steelhead X X X (O. mykiss) Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) X X X Bull trout (S. confluentus) X X Non-salmon Rainbow trout (O. mykiss), X X Species Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate) X X Coastal cutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus X X X clarki clarki)

Ksi Sii Aks

Ksi Sii Aks is a fourth order stream with a length of 23.2 km (Habitat Wizard 2013). This watercourse flows in a northerly direction into the K’alii Aksim Lisims approximately 50 km upstream of its mouth. Chum, chinook, coho, sockeye, pink, kokanee, bull trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, steelhead, Dolly Varden and Pacific lamprey have been reported from this water course (Habitat Wizard 2013).

4 Although it is possible that all of these species might be encountered in interception species, only a few are targeted for harvesting within the watershed (Pers. Comm. B. Bocking, 2014)

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A series of impassable falls located approximately 9 km upstream of the confluence with the K’alii Aksim Lisims is considered the upper limit of anadromous species access in this watercourse (Habitat Wizard 2013, Bocking et al 2005). The proposed pipeline crossing is located approximately 3 km upstream of the confluence.

Based on NuSEDS (NuSEDS is DFO Pacific Region’s centralized database that holds adult salmon escapement data) (1950 to 2012), all five Pacific salmon species counts have been reported in this watercourse, with the average escapement of 1,442 for chinook, 1,105 for chum, 752 for sockeye, 4,360 for coho and 3,874 for pink.

Fish habitat surveys were conducted of above ground watercourses on November 4-5, 2013 by two fisheries biologists and a Nisga’a participant. Methods were based on Resource Inventory Standards Committee (RISC) standards, and information was collected on fish habitat characteristics, habitat quality, and habitat availability. Surveys were conducted at six transects from 100 m upstream to 300 m downstream of each watercourse crossing. Watercourses were classified in general accordance with the Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) Environmental Protection and Management Regulations, based on mean channel width and fish stream status (BC OGC 20135). In situ field measurements for pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen were collected at wetted watercourse crossings using a calibrated YSI Professional Plus water quality meter.

The survey site for Ksi Sii Aks was at the eastern edge of the Memorial Park on the proposed alignment. It was found to have excellent spawning, overwintering, rearing, migration and staging habitat. The dominant habitat type was pools, with 60% fish cover. Adult coho salmon were observed jumping at this site. The banks were vertical with bedrock as the dominant texture and fines as the dominant substrate. No water quality data was taken at this site.

It is proposed that the pipeline will cross the Ksi Sii Aks using Directional Pipe methodology rather than Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) which was originally conceptualized.

Vetter Creek

Vetter Creek is a third order stream with a length of 19.9 km (Habitat Wizard 2013). This watercourse flows in a northwesterly direction into the K’alii Aksim Lisims approximately 50 km upstream of its mouth. Chum, coho and pink salmon, Dolly Varden and steelhead have been reported from this watercourse (Habitat Wizard 2013). It is important to note that the Vetter Creek receives flows from the Ksi Sii Aks just upstream of Vetter Falls. It is presumed that fish (salmon, trout, etc.) use the

5 British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission (BC OGC). 2013. Environmental Protection and Management Guide. Version 1.9. Available at: http://www.bcogc.ca/node/5899/download.

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‘dis-tributary’ to move between the two watersheds, although kelts (ghost fish) have been observed in the Vetter and they are presumed to have come from the Ksi Sii Aks. Chum spawning has been observed near the mouth of the Vetter in the Nass River proper. (Pers. Comm. B. Bocking)

Based on NuSEDS escapement data (1950 to 2012), chum, sockeye, coho and pink escapement counts have been reported in this watercourse, with the average escapement of 528 for chum, six for sockeye, 376 for coho and 814 for pink.

At the point on the Vetter where the pipeline would cross the watercourse, it is subsurface below the lava field. There is no visual indication of where the watercourse may be. Construction practices at this location will be confirmed following future geotechnical and geophysical field surveys but are likely to follow standard methodology for construction in a region with a high water table. In the event that the pipeline encounters a subsurface flow, methods to allow the hydrology to continue flowing would be employed within the final trench such as “weeping tile” type systems. Ditch plugs may also be used to prevent the flow of water from travelling unnaturally down the ditchline. Construction of the pipeline through this area should have no effect on fish habitat.

Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap

Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap is a third order stream with a length of 8.8 km (Habitat Wizard 2013). This watercourse flows in a westerly direction into the K’alii Aksim Lisims approximately 37 km upstream of its mouth. Chinook, pink, chum, coho, sockeye, cutthroat trout, steelhead, Dolly Varden and lamprey have been reported in this watercourse (Habitat Wizard 2013). Coho are the primary species within Ksi Ts'oohl Ts'ap. There is reason to believe that the tributary to the Creek is the primary location for Sockeye spawning (Pers. Comm. Bocking 2014) A number of impassable features (beaver dams and culverts) on this watercourse may act as barriers (Habitat Wizard 2013).

Based on NuSEDS escapement data (1950 to 2012), all five Pacific salmon species have escapement counts in this watercourse, with the average escapement of 25 for chinook, 74 for chum, 239 for sockeye, 856 for coho and 186 for pink.

The tributary to the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap was sampled by two fisheries biologists and a Nisga’a participant on November 4-5, 2013 along the centerline at the western boundary of the Memorial Park. Habitat was assessed only; no fish sampling was done because of the invasive nature of fish sampling and not having a permit to undertake this work in the Memorial Park. It was found to have good overwintering, rearing and staging habitat, while migration habitat was poor, and spawning habitat did not exist. The dominant habitat type was pools, with 60% fish cover. The bank shape for this tributary was sloped, with the dominant substrate being organics. Water quality data was also collected at this site. The tributary had a pH of 8, conductivity

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of 100 S/cm, dissolved oxygen level of 7.7 mg/L and a temperature of 4.9°C. The marsh to the southeast of WAKP 685 is important spawning and rearing habitat for Coho salmon.

The footprint crosses a tributary to the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap a few hundred metres to the east of the Memorial Park’s western boundary. The routing will cross the tributary using an isolated crossing. This methodology involves damming the water course both upstream and downstream and utilizing pumps or flumes to maintain flow of the water. Mitigation of bed/banks and riparian habitat is listed in the section below. Riparian removal would be kept to a minimum. Construction would take approximately one day. Isolated dam sketches can be found in Appendix D.

During consultation with the Joint Park Management Committee in July 2014, concern was expressed over impacts to the fish counting fence located on the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap downstream from the confluence of the Ksi Ts’oohl Ts’ap and its tributary. PRGT confirmed that construction would not be in the vicinity of the counting fence and the site will not be impacted. For each watercourse crossed by the pipeline, it is not expected that construction, and operations activities will have residual effects on the productive capacity of fish habitat, fish mortality and health, and water quality. PRGT will comply with all conditions of the Fisheries Act authorizations. General mitigation measures applied by PRGT to control potential effects on critical fish habitat during construction and operation include:  Avoidance through adherence to timing windows, redesign, and relocation (i.e., crossing locations have been selected to minimize the number of crossings and cross watercourse perpendicular to minimize the footprint.  Implementation of construction practices and measures detailed in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to reduce construction effects.  Mitigation measures incorporated within the Project design to avoid or reduce the spatial scale, duration, and intensity of interaction with critical habitat for anadromous salmon species. These include selecting watercourse crossing methods based on fisheries sensitivities, limiting disturbance areas within riparian areas, and where possible, adhering to construction least-risk periods for fish species present. In addition, a watercourse crossing technique decision process was developed to determine the most appropriate crossing method for each watercourse based on stream discharge and habitat sensitivity. Crossings with a higher level of complexity or specific engineering or NLG concerns were identified for more detailed site-specific review.

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Standardized mitigation measures and Best Management Practices (BMPs) to protect fish habitat during construction will be provided within the project-specific EMP. Mitigation measures and BMPs considered within the EMP include the following:  Permits and notification requirements  Reducing riparian disturbance and maintenance of riparian buffers  Erosion and Sedimentation Control  Vehicle and Equipment Access  Beaver Dam Removal  Pipeline Watercourse Crossing Construction  Contingency Planning  Signage for any environmentally sensitive areas  Restoration and reclamation of the bed and banks.

7.3.2 Water Quality and Hydrology

The potential effects from the project are a change in water quality, reflected as pH in the water. Disturbance of freshwater sediment when installing the pipe at watercourse crossings could release contaminants already present in the sediment. The majority of freshwater watercourse crossings are planned for areas that have had little or no human activity that could have introduced contaminants to those areas. As a result, there is low potential for contaminants to be present that could be disturbed by construction activities.

The cathodic protection system for the pipeline will be an induced system that will have the equipment located outside of the Memorial Park. There are no plans for installation of cathodic protection sacrificial anodes inside of the Memorial Park boundaries. The cathodic protection induced current that will be used does not have any history of ground water or soil contamination.

The review of existing historical water quality data within the Memorial Park indicates low conductivity, soft waters typical of coastal systems. In some areas and at some times of year (storm events and spring freshet in particular), metals can be present at levels higher than the BC Water Quality Guidelines.

The Project has potential to affect water quality at and downstream of the crossings during the construction phase through release of:  Total suspended solids downstream of the construction area  Existing contaminants when sediment is disturbed during construction of watercourse crossings or laying of the pipeline  Hydrostatic test waters that contain additives.

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The following mitigation measures will be implemented to reduce potential adverse effects on water quality:  The management of TSS levels via the Erosion and Sediment Control Plan to avoid adverse effects on fish habitat will also manage the suspension and dispersal of metals and organic contaminants where they are present.  Pipeline installation techniques appropriate to site conditions will be used.  PRGT will develop water quality monitoring plans, as needed, to monitor for sediment events during in-stream construction activities as required by regulatory approvals.

With the proposed mitigation and environmental protection measures, effects of the Project on freshwater quality are expected to be minimal.

7.3.3 Management of Wildlife

The proposed alignment through the Memorial Park overlaps the sparsely vegetated lava bed and is mainly contiguous with the Nisga’a Highway. Forested areas are found on the east end of the Park adjacent to the Ksi Sii Aks, and on the west edge of the lava flow. While the Memorial Park provides habitat for many wildlife species, the relative value of the habitat associated with the Project footprint within the Memorial Park is generally low to negligible (compared to the area outside of the lava bed) for most wildlife species and wildlife communities that are typically of concern to Nisga’a, regulators, the scientific community, and the public.

Wildlife species or communities that are potentially of interest to Nisga’a, regulators, the scientific community, and the public, are detailed in Table 7-3. The table also lists their potential presence based on the occurrence of suitable habitat in the Project area.

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Table 7-3: Species with Potential to Occur in the Memorial Park and Associated Conservation Status6

Potentially Suitable Common Harvested Habitat Within Scientific Name COSEWIC SARA BC List Name Species (Yes, Project Area No, Maybe) (Yes, No)1 Yes Special Grizzly bear Ursus arctos – Blue Yes forested riparian Concern areas Yes Moose Alces alces – – Yellow Yes forested riparian areas Mountain Oreamnos – – Yellow Yes No goat americanus Marten Martes americana – – Yellow Yes Yes Fisher Pekania pennanti – – Blue Yes Yes

Special Band-tailed Patagioenas Special Concern Blue No No pigeon fasciata Concern (Schedule 1)

Common Threatened Chordeiles minor Threatened Yellow No Yes nighthawk (Schedule 1) Special Great blue Ardea herodias Special Concern Blue No No heron fannini concern (Schedule 1) Northern Accipiter gentilis Threatened Threatened Red No Yes goshawk laingi (Schedule 1) Olive-sided Contopus cooperi Threatened Threatened Blue No Yes flycatcher Special Rusty Euphagus Special Concern Blue No No blackbird carolinus Concern (Schedule 1) Megascops Special Western kennicottii Threatened Concern Blue No No screech owl kennicottii (Schedule 1) Special Special Western toad Anaxyrus boreas Concern Blue No Yes Concern (Schedule 1) Wetland bird Various – – – Maybe Yes community Pond-dwelling Various – – – No Yes amphibians Young forest Various – – – No Yes bird community

1Yes or No was based on habitat suitability models developed for the PRGT EA Application. If any modelled suitable habitat occurred in the Project Area within the Memorial Park boundary, the answer was Yes.

6 The Project area includes an area of 1 km on either side of the Project centre line.

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Wildlife habitat suitability was modeled using terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM) based on satellite imagery. The wildlife models cover the entire Project Local Assessment Area (LAA). Wildlife habitat suitability was also rated in the field at discrete sites as part of the model validation process. The model ratings and field ratings are applied at different spatial scales, and as such the habitat suitability rating at a particular field may not be the same as that for the TEM polygon.

These field ratings were completed in the Memorial Park on November 9, 2013, in combination with vegetation field plots and can be seen in Table 7-4. During the field work, a wildlife biologist, along with a Nisga’a assistant assessed each of the two plots for habitat features that would support certain life stages of various birds and mammals. One plot was located approximately 4 km from the western edge of the Memorial Park right on the centerline while the second plot was located approximately 3 km from the eastern edge of the Memorial Park. The plots were completed in the lava bed, with tall shrubs as the largest plant and many herbaceous species in both plots. During the surveys, evidence of moose browse was observed, and biologists noted a lack of berry-producing species and other forage for grizzly bear. Wildlife habitat ratings were conducted and followed to provincial standards (RIC 19997).

Breeding habitat was rated for seven species of birds, including two raptors and five songbirds as well as general habitat types meant to capture a variety of other breeding species. Year-round living habitat was rated for western screech-owl. Four mammal species, including fisher, marten, grizzly bear and moose were also rated for life requisites including denning, feeding, living and shelter. These wildlife habitat ratings are used to create a model of the suitability of an area for a specific part of an animal’s life. It should be noted, this was based on the sample plot areas.

No coastal tailed frog surveys were conducted in the Lava Bed Memorial Park. Based on evidence of distributional limits and a lack of confirmed presence from historical and field surveys, coastal tailed frog is unlikely to occur in the terrestrial wildlife LAA. Although coastal tailed frog is not expected to occur within the project footprint, pre-clearing surveys for coastal tailed frog will be conducted at potentially suitable watercourses.

Waterfowl surveys were not conducted in the Lava Bed Memorial Park because there were no suitable wetlands identified within the portion of the Park that overlaps with the terrestrial wildlife LAA (1 km on either side of the centerline). Wetlands with open water were considered suitable while wetlands with no open water or inundated by trees or shrubs were considered unsuitable.

7 Resources Inventory Committee (RIC). 1999. British Columbia Wildlife Habitat Rating Standards. Available at: a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/html/deploy/epic_document_392_37367.html.

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The following species or groups of species were rated for their suitability for different life requisites.

Table 7-4: Wildlife Habitat Ratings for sample plots in the Memorial Park

Provincial Listing Life Stage/Requisite Common Name Scientific Name Field Rating1 (SARA Listing) (season) Blue Nil band-tailed pigeon Patagioneas fasciata breeding (summer) (Special Concern) Cardellina Blue Nil Canada warbler breeding (summer) canadensis (Threatened) Yellow Moderate common nighthawk Chordeiles minor breeding (summer) (Threatened) Brachyramphus Blue Nil marbled murrelet breeding (summer) marmoratus (Threatened) northern goshawk, Accipter gentilis Red Nil breeding (summer) coastal subspecies laingi (Threatened) northern goshawk, Low - nil Accipiter gentilis Yellow breeding (summer) interior subspecies Blue Nil rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus breeding (summer) (Special Concern) Meascops kennicottii Blue Nil western screech-owl living (year-round) kennicottii (Special Concern) grass/shrubland - Low - breeding (summer) birds old forest birds - - breeding (summer) Nil wetland birds - - breeding (summer) Low - nil young forest birds - - breeding (summer) Low - nil fisher Pekania pennanti Blue natal denning (spring) Nil foraging (spring) Moderate - low grizzly bear Ursus arctos Blue foraging (fall) Low – very low marten Martes caurina Yellow living (year-round) Nil foraging (winter) Very low moose Alces americanus Yellow shelter (winter) Nil

The Project area contains mostly low to negligible habitat values for species and communities listed in Table 7-4. For example, the lava bed is not expected to provide habitat for necessary life requisites (e.g., breeding, feeding, security and thermal cover) for grizzly bear, moose, or mountain goat due to the lack of established vegetation. While individuals might occasionally travel across the lava bed, most are expected to select alternative routes with more native cover. For example, anecdotal observations suggest that grizzly bear do not travel on the lava bed and instead use the Ksi Sii Aks as a travel corridor (pers. comm. Bryan Neto 2014). The lava bed is generally not expected to provide habitat for birds that nest in tall trees (raptors) or those which normally avoid open areas (e.g., northern goshawk). The western end of

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the Park adjacent to the lava flow is forested and may provide habitat for migratory birds. Migratory birds may also use standing water for staging and migratory stop- over areas, however, lava beds are generally considered low-quality habitat for migratory birds in comparison with habitats available within the Nass Area, due to a lack of established vegetation. Terrestrial amphibians, such as western toad, may occur on the lava bed and pond-dwelling amphibians may use standing water for breeding if suitable areas are present. Lichen, moss and shrubs may provide nesting habitat for species of ground-nesting birds, such as common nighthawk, or those which nest in small shrubs. There may be a loss of young forest songbird breeding habitat, which encompasses a large portion of Project area.

Specific measures are presented below to mitigate any potential effects.

Environmental Effects to Wildlife

There are three potential environment effects to wildlife within the Memorial Park. These include:  Change in habitat – would occur due to the physical removal of vegetation and lava rock complex during the construction phase. Change in habitat is also expected to occur due to indirect effects caused by sensory disturbance, which can result from the operation of machinery and vehicles and through general human presence.  Change in mortality - direct mortality risk is expected to be greatest for wildlife with limited means of dispersal or for those that display strong site fidelity such as nesting birds. This effect is expected to be limited to the construction phase, and be spatially and temporally limited (i.e., local and short-lived) within that phase.  Change in movement - may occur as a result of indirect effects. Sensory disturbances (e.g., noise, light) associated with construction equipment and human activity may cause wildlife to alter movement patterns. During the construction phase, sensory disturbances and presence of construction equipment will be spatially and temporally limited (i.e., local and short-lived), and during operations will be negligible.

Mitigations

The following text provides mitigation measures to reduce project-related effects to breeding birds, and other species or communities with marginal amounts of suitable habitat occurring in the Project area.

Change in Habitat

Specific to the change in habitat, key mitigation measures include:  Pre-construction wildlife surveys will be completed to identify habitat features that require mitigation.

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 PRGT has aligned the footprint adjacent to existing disturbances (linear and non- linear) where possible to reduce change in habitat.  Provide clear boundary delineations of the construction footprint and temporary work space to reduce change in habitat.  Where feasible, avoid restricted activity periods for certain wildlife and indicators.  Where feasible, implement setbacks for important wildlife habitat features (e.g., mineral licks, stick nests and denning sites).  Where feasible and appropriate for wildlife, improve disturbed areas with habitat restoration measures (e.g., planting, mounding, wetland/riparian stabilization)

Following construction activities, a portion of the footprint and all temporary work space will be left to naturally regenerate.

Change in Mortality Risk

Specific to change in mortality risk, mitigation measures will be determined through consultation with NLG and BC Parks and implemented to reduce potential adverse effects of the Project. These could include:  PRGT has committed to the development of Bird Nest Mitigation and Management Plan, in consultation with the appropriate regulatory agencies. Where feasible, clearing, construction, clean-up and maintenance activities will be conducted outside of the primary nesting period for migratory birds (April 10 to August 6).  If avoiding the migratory bird breeding window is not possible, the Bird Nest Mitigation and Management Plan will describe additional mitigation measures that will be undertaken to reduce mortality risk of migratory birds.  Pre-construction wildlife surveys will be completed to identify habitat features that require mitigation. All sensitive resources and habitat features identified within the immediate vicinity of the right-of-way will be marked on environmental worksheets and environmental tables before the start of clearing. Placement and size of avoidance buffers, when deemed appropriate, will be determined by the environmental inspector(s) and PRGT’s wildlife consultant. Snow fencing will be installed following clearing to delineate sensitive resources. Fencing will be supplemented with signage after clearing. The environmental inspector(s) will confirm the placement accuracy of environmentally sensitive resources and gap locations, and will implement fence maintenance.  Implement a Traffic Management Plan.  Minimize amount of open trench and length of strung pipe, and monitor open trench for trapped wildlife.

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 If required, conduct amphibian salvage prior to construction activities and follow animal care guidelines and hygiene protocols.

Change in Movement

Specific to change in movement, mitigation measures will be determined through consultation with NLG and BC Parks and implemented to reduce potential adverse effects of the Project. These could include:  Identify and implement setbacks to important wildlife features (e.g., mineral licks, stick nests and denning sites).  Implement the Traffic Management Plan.  Leave gaps in windrows (topsoil, rollback, strung pipe, snow, etc.) at obvious drainages and wildlife trails.  Minimize the presence of open trench at any given time.  Provide clear boundary delineations to footprint and extra work spaces to minimize human disturbance and habitat loss.  Where feasible, implement noise barriers to reduce noise levels.

7.3.4 Vegetation

The volcanic eruption of Tseax Cone (Aiyansh Volcano) over 250 years ago has led to today’s unique ecological communities. These communities consist of stunted trees, shrubs and herbs, with lichens and mosses covering the lava rocks. Lichens and mosses make up the majority of the vegetation cover and are slow-growing organisms that are very sensitive to trampling and are not easily replaced. Forested areas exist along the east end of the Park along the Ksi Sii Aks and along the west end near the Tsool Ts’ap. Two vegetation field plots were completed in combination with wildlife surveys within the Memorial Park on November 9, 2013.The plots were both located on the lava bed, with tall shrubs and herbaceous species being dominant. Data collected included plant species, ecological community, UTM coordinates and general site characteristics following Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) standards (RIC 19988). A total of 39 species of plants were observed during field studies, including 6 lichens, 5 mosses, 16 herbs, six shrub and six tree species. Field crews were provided a guide to red-, blue- and SARA listed moss and lichen species. Samples were sent to botanists proficient in Lichenology or Bryology, if necessary for identification. Rare plant surveys have not been completed at this time and are currently planned for summer 2014.

8 Resources Inventory Committee (RIC). 1998. Standard for Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping in British Columbia. Available at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/risc/pubs/teecolo/tem/tem_man.pdf.

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Vegetation ecologists determined the site series of the plots within the park and used this to aid in creating TEM for the entire route. It was not necessary to define any new site series for the lavabed. This mapping helps determine what the effect of a disturbance may be on ecological community, particularly those that are listed. Vegetation field plots sampled during this authorized survey were used to confirm the TEM mapped areas. No red- or blue-listed or invasive species were found during field studies. One blue-listed ecological community (ICHmc2/02 – western hemlock/kinnikinnick/ clad lichens) was found to occur in 9 polygons that intersect the Memorial Park. This community occurs uncommonly in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock, occurring on ridges, gravelly terraces and other dry sites (Banner et al 1993) in other parts of the ICH, and on the lava bed within the Memorial Park. Two plots were completed in this community within the Memorial Park. Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) was the only tree species taller than 10 m; other tree species still considered in the shrub layer include trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Lodgepole pine (Pinuc contorta var latifolia) and white spruce (Picea glauca). Other shrubs include Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia), black twinberry (Lonicera involucrata), Mackenzie willow (Salix prolixa), Douglas maple (Acer glabrum var douglasii), red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and dwarf blueberry (Vaccinium caespitosum). While there is old growth forests near the western park boundaries the proposed alignment will not impact them. Herbs include fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis), blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus), kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), spreading stonecrop (or Lava Berries) (Sedum divergens) (Mansell Griffin, pers. comm.), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), three- toothed saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata), wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), spiny wood fern (Dryopteris expansa) and licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza). Lichens and mosses were the most dominant vegetation type found during field studies. Moss species included red-stemmed feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi) and rock moss species (Racomitrium spp.); while lichen species were dominated by foam lichens (Stereocaulon spp.), devil’s matchstick (Pilophorus acicularis), silver-edge pelt (Peltigera aphthosa), grey reindeer (Cladina rangiferina), star-nosed reindeer (Cladina stellaris) and pixie-cup lichens (Cladonia spp.).

Although there will be the removal of trees and shrubs on the lava bed as a result of the project, the main effect will be the loss of lichens, herbs and mosses. A concern for the effect on stonecrop (lava berries) habitat was raised during consultation with Nisga’a communities and NLG. Stonecrop will grow wherever there are thin dry soils, generally over a rocky surface. Within the Park, the stonecrop occurs wherever there is lava. Stonecrop is easy to germinate but it can be difficult to transplant in the wild due to the thin soils they grow on.

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In general, there is expected to be an increase in berry bush and other forage shrub abundance following forest removal on the western edge along the pipeline route in areas outside the maintained corridor. This change in habitat will enhance forage production for browsing ungulates and bear. The area at the junction of the Nisga’a Highway and Anlaw Road is currently being treated for the occurrence of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa). Any work in this area will include the continuance of treatment to avoid the spreading of this weed. Mitigation measures for loss of vegetation include:  The pipeline will parallel existing linear disturbances to the degree possible to reduce environmental effects on plant species of interest.  Identified rare plant locations will be clearly marked before the start of pipeline footprint or project facility preparation and construction.  Rare plant locations will be avoided wherever practicable and those that cannot be avoided will be considered for translocation. A translocation plan would be developed according to Masloval (2009).  Vegetation removal will only occur with the approved construction right-of-way and temporary workspace.  The clearing width will be reduced to the minimum required for construction to avoid plant species of interest and/or ecological communities of interest, where feasible and safe to do so.  Temporary work spaces and infrastructure sites will be re-located where feasible to avoid plant species of interest and/or ecological communities of interest.  The practicality and effectiveness of salvaging lichen-covered rocks on the right- of-way following construction is yet to be confirmed. Further evaluation through geotechnical studies of the lava rock and physically moving boulder slabs during construction will have to be undertaken. BC Parks and NLG will be consulted further on lichen and lava rock mitigation.  Maintain hydrologic patterns to avoid excess water on a dry ecosystem.  The EMP will describe methods for weed control that may contain procedures for washing vehicles, equipment and cleaning work gear (i.e., boots).  Operating plans will address the potential for lichen wildfires on the lava bed.  Natural recovery will be the preferred method of reclamation in suitable habitat for traditional-use species.  Having an environmental inspector on site (along with a Nisga’a monitor) to monitor and work with the operator to advise/guide as required.  Water application during dry weather for dust control.

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7.3.5 Atmospheric Environment

During Construction, the Project activities that may release air contaminants are primarily related to the use of diesel-fuelled heavy equipment for land clearing, grading, trenching and pipeline installation.

Construction activities for the overall Project will occur over a period of four years; however, construction activities within the Memorial Park will be short-term (e.g., approximately four months). Emissions of CACs from heavy equipment and fugitive road dust emissions will be released, but will be geographically disbursed across the Project footprint. Effective and proven mitigation, including an equipment maintenance program, use of low sulphur diesel fuel for mobile equipment, use of multi-passenger vehicles for transporting crews, an anti-idling policy, and control of fugitive road dust will be implemented. For these reasons, the ambient concentrations of CACs, including particulate matter, during construction are not expected to cause an exceedance of the regulatory ambient air quality objectives, standards or guidelines.

7.3.6 Acoustic Environment

Primary noise emission sources during construction include construction equipment, machinery, trucks and other site traffic. During operations, access by operators, occasional helicopter access, light truck traffic, and periodic maintenance works will also result in noise emissions, but these are expected to be minimal and not out of the ordinary with respect to Park traffic volumes.

The main effects mechanism during construction for changes in ambient sound levels is through pipeline construction. The pipeline will be buried underground and will not contribute to changes in baseline sound level during the Project operation phase.

Mitigation measures which will be implemented to address noise environmental effects during construction include:  Where possible, construction activity of 12 hours duration will be scheduled between the daytime hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Construction at water crossings will be 24-hours duration.  Ensure all construction equipment with gas or diesel engines are fitted with a muffler system (consider alternatives such as hydraulic or electric controlled units where feasible).  Construction equipment not in use will be turned off, where practicable.  A noise complaint mechanism will be implemented to address any noise complaints in a timely manner during construction phase of the Project.

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8.0 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFECTED BY PROJECT

Consultation has taken place with municipal officials from the Regional District of Kitimat – Stikine and the Municipality of Terrace. More detail on these discussions can be found in Appendix B.

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9.0 KNOWN COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH INTERESTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA

There are a number of permit holders, business owners, environmental non- government organizations and other community groups who have interests within the Memorial Park.

Consultation with these community groups and parties with a potential interest in the Memorial Park will be undertaken in spring 2014.

Results of the consultation can be found in Appendix B.

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10.0 POTENTIAL PARK ATTRIBUTE ENHANCEMENTS

PRGT held preliminary discussions with NLG and BC Parks at a Joint Management Committee meeting in July with respect to enhancements of the Memorial Park. In a follow-up email on July 18 2014, BC Parks provided a list of possible enhancement projects to PRGT. Based on this list, PRGT proposes the following enhancements to the Memorial Park:  Expansion of current campground from 16 sites to 32 sites  Upgrades to access trails  Fisherman Trail and parking lot upgrade (trail leading from the highway to the Ksi Sii Aks confluence) – hand brushing for trail widening, trail levelling and surface amendment (e.g., gravel)  Fish Wheel Trail (trail leading to Fish Wheel from Gitwinksihlkw Bridge) – levelling and surface amendment (e.g., gravel).

PRGT commits utilizing its project equipment and labour while onsite up to a budget sum of up to $ 300,000 to complete these enhancements and expects this amount will sufficiently cover these projects. In the event that any unspent sums are remaining, PRGT commits to spending unused budget for levelling and gravelling upgrades to the Lava Lake parking lot.

PRGT will work with BC Parks and NLG to finalize the details of any work proposed; however, all work is contingent on completion during the pipeline construction period when project equipment and labour is onsite. These upgrades are all subject to any applicable permits being provided by NLG and BC Parks for the works in a timely manner. PRGT would not be financially responsible for on-going maintenance costs or any other liability associated with the on-going operation of these facilities.

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Appendices Contents

APPENDIX A ...... PROJECT ROUTE OVERVIEW

APPENDIX B ...... REPORT OF CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES

APPENDIX C ...... PROPOSED PROJECT ROW

APPENDIX D ...... SKETCHES OF PIPE CROSSINGS

APPENDIX E ...... PARK ROUTE AND ALTERNATIVES

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Appendix A Project Route Overview

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Stage 2 Park Boundary Adjustment Application Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park

Appendix B Report of Consultation Activities

Appendices – Appendix B Public Consultation Report Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Boundary Adjustment Contents

Appendix B-1 Park Boundary Adjustment Newspaper Ads Appendix B-2 Nisga’a Email Announcement Appendix B-3 Park Boundary Adjustment Website Appendix B-4 Project Activity Update Appendix B-5 Public Open House Posters Appendix B-6 Park Boundary Adjustment Postcards Appendix B-7 Nisga’a Open House Posters Appendix B-8 Park Boundary Adjustment Brochure Appendix B-9 ENGO Email Announcement Appendix B-10 Business Interview Questions

Appendix B– Public and Aboriginal Consultation Report Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Boundary Adjustment

B.1 BACKGROUND

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Limited (PRGT) proposes to construct and operate a pipeline to transport sweet natural gas from a point near Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG natural gas liquefaction and export facility near Prince Rupert, at Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward (the proposed Project).

The proposed Project will be designed, owned, and operated by PRGT, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TransCanada). PRGT is the general partner and acts on behalf of Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Limited Partnership. PRGT would legally own and operate the proposed Project assets for the benefit of the limited partnership.

The proposed Project consists of both land and marine based sections of pipeline. Depending on the final route, the proposed Project could include up to 780 km of 1,219 mm diameter (NPS 48) of land-based pipeline and up to 120 km of twin 914 mm diameter (NPS 36) of marine-based pipeline. The total length will be up to 900 km. The land-based pipeline will be underground.

Based on the current preferred routing, PRGT proposes the pipeline to traverse the Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a (Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park) (the Memorial Park) for approximately 12 km. As a result, PRGT submitted a Stage 1 application of the provincial park boundary adjustment (PBA) process for consideration by BC Parks on January 24, 2014. The Stage 1 application was prepared based on the guidance provided in the Provincial Protected Area Boundary Adjustment Policy, Process and Guidelines (March 2010). The BC Minister of Environment has considered PRGT’s proposal and subsequently has determined on April 8, 2014 that it should be considered further for a Stage 2 (detailed proposal) PBA application PRGT is currently preparing to submit a PBA application in preparation of the fall sitting of the BC Legislature of 2014.

An application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) for the proposed Project was submitted in April 2014 to the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). This application addresses the topics and issues that were identified in the Application Information Requirements. EAO has conducted the completeness review and the application has been accepted, starting the 45 day public comment period. During this period, comments on the EAC application were submitted to the EAO by the working group, First Nations, Nisga’a Nation, regulatory agencies and the public. Additional deliverables are being submitted in a staggered approach this year including an application for a pipeline and facilities permit to the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC).

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B.2 PUBLIC AND ABORIGINAL CONSULTATION

Provincially protected areas have been set aside by BC Parks to provide a wide range of opportunities that support tourism and recreation while maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. In recognition of this objective, as well as the interests of the public and Nisga’a interests set out in the Nisga’a Treaty, consultation with Nisga’a Nation, local communities and governments, and provincial agencies is key.

This Consultation Report outlines the consultation conducted and input received during this engagement in relation to the PBA application. The public comment period extended from May 26th to July 10th, 2014 and was aligned with the public comment period for the Environmental Assessment (EA) of the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO). Consultation with Nisga’a Nation occurred before, during and after the public comment period.

B.3 PBA APPLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

On May 16th, 2014, PRGT sent a media advisory to outlets in communities within the proposed Project area. The media advisory informed the public of PRGT’s intentions to file a PBA application with BC Parks related to the PRGT’s proposed route through the Memorial Park. The advisory provided information related to the comment period, provided a schedule of open house events, and directed the public to the PRGT Project website for more information. A copy of this media advisory can be found in Appendix B-1.

PRGT also made notifications through newspaper and radio advertisements. Each advertisement ran prior to and during the comment period in three waves - May 16 to 22, June 4 to 13, and June 11 to 20. The advertisements invited public comment, promoted the combined EAO and PBA open houses in seven locations, and referred audiences to PRGT’s website.

Newspapers and Community Newsletters:  Alaska Highway News  Burns Lake District News  Chetwynd Echo  Fort St James Caledonia Courier  Mackenzie Times  Prince George Free Press  Prince George Citizen  Smithers Interior News

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 Terrace Standard  Northeast News  Northern View  Northern Connector  Bulkley Browser  Hudson’s Hope Bulletin.

Radio:  CFNR, CFTK, CJFW (Terrace)  CFBV (Smithers)  CHTK (Prince Rupert)  CKFU, CHRX, CKNL (Fort St. John)  CHMM (Mackenzie)  CJCI-FM (Prince George).

On May 16th, PRGT also sent notification emails to:  Aboriginal groups as noted on Schedule C of the EAO Order  local governments along the proposed Project corridor  Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako  Regional District of Kitimat – Stikine  Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District  District of New Hazelton  City of Prince Rupert  District of Port Edward  offices of Members of the Legislature representing northern British Columbia provincial constituencies  MLA, Peace River South  MLA, Peace River North and Minister of Agriculture  MLA, Stikine  MLA, Skeena  MLA, Prince George-Valemount and Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Minister Responsible for Labour  MLA, Prince George-Mackenzie

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 MLA, North Coast  MLA, Nechako Lakes and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

On June 11, a notification email was sent to the following representatives of Nisga’a businesses:

 Nass Valley Tours

 Nass Area Enterprises

 Nisga’a Commercial Group of Companies.

A copy of this notification email can be found in Appendix B-2.

B.4 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

PRGT engaged the public by sharing information via a project website and mail outs, holding a series of public open houses, and communication with permit holders1. The results of these consultation efforts are described in this section.

On May 23rd, prior to the commencement of the 45 day combined EAO/PBA public comment period (May 26th to July 10th), PRGT launched a dedicated webpage on the Project website (www.princerupertgas.com) that provided information on the park boundary adjustment, as well as, an opportunity to provide comments to PRGT by submitting an online form, which directed comments into the PRGT email box ([email protected]) (see Appendix B-3). The public were also provided an opportunity to have their feedback sent to BC Parks by clicking a box within the comment form.

On May 23rd, email notifications and a Project Activity Update (see Appendix B-4), which featured information related to the public open houses and the PBA application, were also sent to the PRGT’s “Stay Informed” distribution list, which has been compiled from previous public information sessions and email information requests.

Results – Public and Nisga’a Feedback through the Website

Between May 26th and July 10th, PRGT received 66 comments from the public through an online comment form found on PRGT’s project website. Comments were received online anonymously and therefore it was not always possible to distinguish whether the writer was a Nisga’a citizen or a member of the public at large. As such,

1 Permit Holders means Crown tenure/permit holders who hold permits or tenures that allow them to operate within the park boundaries.

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all comments are reflected together in this section. An additional 12 submissions related to the PBA came into the BC Parks site directly, as opposed to being forwarded through PRGT’s website.

The comments received through the online submissions reflected a few general themes. The most common was the concern that the Memorial Park is a sacred site and should not be disturbed. The other common theme was that the purpose of the provincial park is meant to avoid development and preserve nature. These and other points raised through the consultation process have been addressed in the following ways in Table B-1:

Table B-1: Public and Nisga’a Feedback through the Website

Concern Addressed in the PBA application The Memorial Park is a sacred site and Section 6.2 of the PBA application (Rationale for routing should not be disturbed. the project in the Park). Other alternatives would affect Nisga’a interests such as mushroom picking and watersheds. The South Alternative (not proposed) would intersect old Nisga’a villages that were buried during the eruption of the volcano. The Memorial Park is meant to avoid Section 6.2 of the PBA application (Rationale for routing development and preserve nature. the project in the Park). Alignment along the highway allows for the least amount of new disturbance than any other option through the Memorial Park. Industrial activity may affect the Significant environmental effects are not expected. ecological integrity of the Memorial Park. Mitigation for environmental effects is described in Section 7.3 of the PBA Application. A common infrastructure corridor is created with the pipeline, highway and portions of a powerline; avoiding new infrastructure corridors in pristine areas. Lack of transparency/consultation in the PRGT’s consultation with Nisga’a Nation is described in process (including concerns that NLG this report. may not necessarily represent Nisga’a interests). Effects to hunting, fishing, trapping. This is addressed in Section 34 of the EA application (Nisga’a Nation). Potential leaks, spills. This is addressed in Section 31 of the EA application (Accidents and Malfunctions). Emphasis should be placed on Addressing the comment is outside the scope of this developing sustainable sources rather Project and this application. than non-renewable energy.

Commencing on June 1st, poster style advertisements were placed in community newsletters (e.g., Bulkley Browser, Hudson’s Hope Bulletin). Advertisements were also sent to the public library in Hazelton, as well as, to the following Chambers of Commerce to be posted on their websites:  Hudson’s Hope Chamber of Commerce  Mackenzie Chamber of Commerce

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 Smithers Chamber of Commerce  Terrace Chamber of Commerce  Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce.

On June 18th, letters were also sent to potentially affected permit holders within the proposed Project corridor. Follow up phone calls were made to these individuals on June 27th.

Generally, input received from these parties indicated no major concerns with the regard to the PBA application, or with the Project causing a major impact on their ability to continue their business(es) within the Memorial Park. One party requested more detailed mapping showing their interest in relation to the proposed pipeline route.

B.4.2 Public Open Houses

Between June 16th and June 25th, The EAO held seven public open houses in the following locations:  Port Edward  Terrace  Hazelton  Smithers  Mackenzie  Fort St. James  Hudson’s Hope.

The purpose of these open houses was to provide information and solicit public input on PRGT’s EA application and PBA application, and to share information about the EAO review process and PBA process (see Appendix B-5 for public open house posters). BC Parks only attended Port Edward, Terrace, Hazelton, and Smithers public open houses. Postcards containing information on the PBA application and opportunities (and links) for providing public input were distributed at all public open houses (see Appendix B-6).

Results – Public Feedback through Open Houses

Approximately 15 PRGT team members and subject matter experts, and members of BC Parks and the EAO were present at all open houses in Terrace, Port Edward, Hazelton, and Smithers. PRGT team members and EAO members staffed all other public open houses. The format for the open houses was “trade fair” format, whereby informational posters related to the Project, the EA, and the proposed route through

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the Memorial Park and the PBA application were placed throughout the venue. Subject matter experts, including PRGT’s engineering, land, Aboriginal Relations, community relations, environmental consultants and environment department staff working on the PBA application, were present to answer questions related to any aspect of the Project. BC Parks and EAO representatives shared information related to the PBA Application and EA processes respectively.

Approximately 300 members of the public attended the public open houses. Attendees included local municipal leaders and staff, economic development and Chambers of Commerce staff, local contractors and business owners, guides and outfitters, landowners, members of local Métis communities, and area residents. Input related to the PBA process received at these public open houses ranged from expressions of general interest in the proposed route through the Memorial Park, potential impacts on tourism and businesses operating in the Memorial Park, as well as, potential environmental effects associated with construction and proposed mitigation measures. Most people were expressing an interest for gathering more information, where only a few visitors were strongly opposed to or supportive of the proposal.

B.5 CONSULTATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS

B.5.1 City of Terrace

On June 16th, PRGT presented to the City of Terrace (Mayor and Council) and included details related to PRGT’s plan to file a PBA application with BC Parks. PRGT provided a map of the proposed route through the Memorial Park, and shared details about how the proposed route was selected. PRGT also shared information related to engagement with stakeholders and Nisga’a to date, as well as details related to proposed mitigation of environmental effects.

Results – Feedback through Council Meeting, City of Terrace

Comments received at the meeting included the following topics. They have been addressed in the following sections of the PBA application in Table B-2.

Table B-2: City of Terrace Council Feedback

Comment Addressed in the PBA application Potential effects of the pipeline construction Section 7.1 and operations on tourism and businesses which operate in the park. Reclamation of the pipeline right-of-way post Section 5.2.3 construction Whether the adjustment would be required The adjustment would be for the duration of the only during construction or throughout Project. Section 5.1. operations as well.

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Table B-2: City of Terrace Council Feedback (cont’d)

Comment Addressed in the PBA application The selection of a route near the highway and Section 6.0 the visual disturbance related to the right of way, and how PRGT selected the proposed route as their preferred route. Two counsellors expressed concern that a Comment noted. PBA would be granted for the Memorial Park.

B.5.2 Regional District of Kitimat Stikine

On July 20th, PRGT met with a Planner with the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine (RDKS) to discuss the proposed PBA application. PRGT provided a map of the proposed route through the Memorial Park, shared details about the engagement undertaken to date, and provided information on how the proposed route through the Memorial Park was selected. An additional presentation on the PBA is scheduled to be made to the Board in September.

Results – Feedback through Meeting with RDKS

RDKS input included questions about how the RDKS will be further engaged on this PBA. Their comments included the following concerns which have been addressed in the PBA in Table B-3.

Table B-3: RDKS Feedback

Comment Addressed in the PBA application Environmental effects of construction Section 7.3 and 5.2 Impacts to waterways and riparian areas Section 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 Effects on tourism Section 7.1 Managing visual effects Section 7.2.2 Mitigation of effects of the permanent Right-of- Section 5.1 and 5.2 Way in keeping with the management plans of the Memorial Park

B.6 CONSULTATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (ENGO)

On June 11th, PRGT provided the PBA brochure via email to a number of local and regional ENGOs that were identified to have a potential interest in the Memorial Park (see Appendix B-8 and B-9). Emails were sent to the following organizations:  West Coast Environmental Law  Sierra Club  BC Wildlife Federation

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 British Columbia Conservation Foundation  Wilderness Tourism  Wild Sight  David Suzuki Foundation  BC Nature  Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society  Forest Ethics  Outdoor Recreation Council of BC.

All organizations were invited to attend the public open houses being held in June, and were encouraged to visit the project website and provide input to the proposed PBA application via this website. Project team contact information was also provided in the event the organization wished to discuss the application with a member of the team. No replies were received as a response to this original email.

On June 27th, PRGT reached out by phone to a number of the aforementioned organizations and spoke to representatives or left messages, encouraging them to distribute information related to the PBA application and informing them of their opportunity to provide input into the process by July 10th.

During telephone discussions, PRGT received positive feedback about the level of engagement the Project was undertaking with respect to the PBA application. No other specific input was provided to PRGT during these telephone discussions.

B.7 NISGA’A NATION CONSULTATION

PRGT’s consultation with Nisga’a Nation regarding the PBA application was undertaken through direct engagement with Nisga’a Lisims Government, as representatives of the Nisga’a Nation, Nisga’a open houses, and interviews with Nisga’a businesses. The results of this consultation are presented in this section.

PRGT has had extensive consultation NLG, regarding the proposed development and potential impacts on the Memorial Park and Nisga’a interests, as defined by the Nisga’a Treaty. PRGT shared with NLG information regarding the proposed route, including mapping, as well as information regarding the alternatives to the proposed route., PRGT/NLG Route Selection Group and the PBA Advisory Group meetings were also held to discuss the PBA.

PRGT presented information on the proposed route at the Nisga’a Special Assembly on May 8, 2014.

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PRGT provided the draft Stage 1 PBA application for NLG input and the document was revised to incorporate NLG concerns and interests, as appropriate. The draft Stage 2 PBA application was sent to NLG for comment. On June 12th, PRGT and NLG met to review the Stage 2 PBA application. NLG provided PRGT with comments and feedback on the PBA verbally at the meeting, as well as in writing following the meeting. PRGT incorporated NLG comments into Revision 3 of the Stage 2 PBA application and provided the opportunity for NLG to review and comment. NLG was unable to review Revision 3 prior to PRGT’s submission, and it was agreed that NLG would review and comment on the final PBA application once it was submitted to BC Parks.

On June 17, PRGT received a letter from the Government of the Village of Gitwinksihlkw. The Village Government expressed a preference for the North Route Alternative over the proposed route. They also suggested further research on routing along the soon-to be decommissioned transmission line corridor south of Lava Lake and points west to Nasoga Gulf along Mayo Creek.

PRGT recognizes the cultural importance of the Memorial Park to Village of Gitwinksihlkw and the Nisga’a Nation more broadly. However, based on environmental studies and consultation to date, PRGT believes the North Alternative (as outlined in section 6.2.1) is inferior to the proposed route due to its environmental effects and effects on Nisga’a interests as defined in the Nisga’a Treaty. PRGT has developed measures to reduce the Project-effects on Heritage and Archaeological Resources ( Section 7.2.3).

B.7.1 Nisga’a Open Houses

On June 23rd and June 24th, PRGT held two open houses for Nisga’a citizens in the villages of Gitlaxt’aamiks (New Aiyansh) and Laxgalts’ap (Greenville). PRGT worked with NLG and the Village Governments to plan the open houses. NLG and the Village Governments advertised the open houses to their citizens via the Nisga’a Nation and Village Government websites, and other mechanisms. Transportation was provided from Gingolx to Laxgaltsap and from Gitwinksihlkw to Gitlaxt’aamiks to enable participation from all four Villages.

The purpose of these open houses was to provide information to and solicit input from Nisga’a citizens on PRGT’s EA and PBA applications, and to share information about the EAO review process and BC Parks PBA process. BC EAO and BC Parks staff were in attendance at both Nisga’a open houses. Members of both the EAO and PRGT project teams made formal presentations about the EA process and proposed PRGT project. Additionally, BC Parks presented on the PBA process and PRGT staff gave a high level summary of the Stage 2 application including the advantages and disadvantages of the six alternative routes around and through the Memorial Park. A question and answer period followed the presentations. (see Appendix B-7 for Nisga’a open house posters).

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Postcards containing information on the PBA application and opportunities (and links) for providing public input were distributed at both Nisga’a open houses (see Appendix B-6).

Results – Citizen Feedback through Nisga’a Open Houses

Approximately 165 Nisga’a citizens visited these open houses. Questions and comments raised during the open houses relate to five major topics which are listed in Table B-3 below. At the open house, representatives from PRGT responded to each issue that was raised. In addition, these issues are further addressed through the following ways:

Table B-3: Citizen Feedback through Nisga’a Open Houses

Concern Addressed in the PBA application Consultation/Input/Process Concerns The Open House was an opportunity to Adequacy of consultation gather input into the Consultation PBA process process. Questions that were outside the scope of PRGT’s consultation Project approvals processes process (e.g. project approval process, Opportunity for input into routing Nisga’a etc.) were responded to by the Engagement with Memorial Park users EAO BC Parks and representative of Opportunities for input into alternative routes which would Nisga’a village governments avoid the Memorial Park BC government’s approach to energy development Funding for Nisga’a Lisims Government’s participation in EA process Design/Construction/Engineering Concerns Engineering issues and concerns are Selection of a preferred route through the Memorial Park addressed in Section 5 of the PBA Alternative routes (not within the Memorial Park) that have application. Maps and justifications been assessed were provided at the Open Houses for the route alternatives. They are further Location of compressor stations discussed in Section 6 of the PBA Construction methods within the Memorial Park application. Discovery of minerals during construction The whereabouts of potential hydraulic fracturing Borehole drilling Pipeline integrity Potential impact of a lava flow emanating from the Lava Cone on a natural gas pipeline The possibility of the pipeline being converted to transport of oil

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Table B-3: Citizen Feedback through Nisga’a Open Houses (cont’d)

Concern Addressed in the PBA application Environmental Concerns Environmental effects and associated Impacts to water ways/fish/fish habitat mitigations are discussed in Section EAO environmental monitoring during construction 7.3 PBA application. PRGT’s EA process (i.e., What standards were used and how was significance determined) PRGT monitoring during and after construction Environmental impacts related to potential pipeline incidents Vegetation management during operations Construction impact on Stone Crop Lava berries Sedum divergens Social/Heritage Concerns Concerns related to social and heritage Memorial Park is a sacred site and should not be disturbed. issues are addressed in Section 7.2 of Concerns related to Nisga’a citizen’s access to culturally the PBA application. sacred areas, hunting Alternatives to the proposed route are grounds, fishing areas, and trap lines discussed in Section 6 of the PBA application. Managing artifact discoveries during construction Potential impact to burial sites Effect of workers residing in camps in the Nass Area Economic Concerns Economic benefits/effects are Prime Contractor’s ability to hire locally during the described in Section 7.1 of the PBA construction phase application. Some issues raised are Royalties outside of the scope of the PBA application and the PRGT project. Impact to tourism Employment opportunities Ensuring Nisga’a Nation realizes economic benefits Compensation to Nisga’a Nation/Nisga’a citizens

B.7.2 Nisga’a Businesses

Between June 27th and July 4th, interviews were held with the following Nisga’a businesses that were identified as having interests in the future development of the Memorial Park. (Questionnaire for the interviews can be found in Appendix B-10):  Nass Valley Tours  The Salmon Lodge  Winnie’s Bed and Breakfast  Lorene’s Lava Lodge

 Vetter Falls Lodge.

These businesses consist of a tour operator working in the Memorial Park, bed and breakfasts that offer accommodations to a mix of contract workers and tourists, and Vetter Falls Lodge, which was recently acquired by Nisga’a Lisims Government who plan to upgrade and re-open the lodge for tourism and accommodation for contract workers. Each business employs between 2-6 employees throughout the year and is

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busiest between May and September. During the interviews, Nisga’a business owners were asked about their concerns regarding PRGT’s proposed route through the Memorial Park and how it might affect their business.

Results – Feedback from Nisga’a Businesses

Most of the interviewees viewed the Project as an economic benefit for their businesses. However, there were mixed feelings about past industrial development in the Memorial Park based on employment and business opportunities that did not materialize and the visual impact of the Northwest transmission line in the Memorial Park.

There was also some concern among two of the interviewees that the disturbance of lava rock to construct the pipeline would negatively affect the visitor experience and the cultural heritage of the Memorial Park. Business owners were also concerned about the effects on the natural environment.

B.8 SUMMARY

PRGT recognizes the interests of a diverse number of stakeholders in PRGT’s proposed routing through the Memorial Park including the Nisga’a Nation, the general public, local governments, and environmental organizations. PRGT has incorporated comments on earlier drafts of the Stage 2 pf the PBA application as part of the on-going consultation process with BC Parks and NLG. We will continue to engage with the BC Parks, Nisga’a Nation and stakeholders about our proposed routing throughout the course of permitting, construction, and operation of PRGT.

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Appendix B-1 Park Boundary Adjustment Newspaper Ads

Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

Open House and Invitation to Comment

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (Proponent), June 17 – Port Edward Open House EAO accepts public comments through the Park Boundary Adjustment Application a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada Community Centre following ways: Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. is preparing PipeLines Limited, is proposing the Prince Rupert 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward • By Online Form at: Gas Transmission Project (proposed Project), an a Park Boundary Adjustment application for June 18 – Hazelton Open House http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline from near New Hazelton Elementary School • By Mail: Nisga’a, the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific 3275 Bowser Street, New Hazelton NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export facility Nathan Braun As part of this process, BC Parks requires Prince on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward. June 19 – Smithers Open House Project Assessment Manager Rupert Gas Transmission to undertake public Hudson’s Bay Lodge, Ferguson Room Environmental Assessment Office consultation, including open houses. The proposed Project would involve the construction 3251 Highway 16 East, Smithers PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt and operation of a 48-inch (1,219 mm) diameter A distance of 12.1 kilometres of the proposed Victoria BC V8W 9V1 pipeline, metering facility, and three compressor June 23 – Hudson’s Hope Open House natural gas transmission line is proposed to stations, with provision for up to an additional five Community Hall • By Fax: follow Highway 113 through Nisga’a Memorial compressor stations to allow for future expansion. 10310 Kyllo Street, Hudson’s Hope Fax: 250.387.0230 Lava Bed Park. An adjustment to the park The proposed Project will have an initial capacity of June 24 – Mackenzie Open House An electronic copy of the Application and boundary will be required if the project is to approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet (bcf/day) with St. Peter’s Church Hall information regarding the environmental proceed along the proposed route. potential for expansion to approximately 3.6 bcf/day. 599 Skeena Drive, Mackenzie assessment process are available at www.eao.gov. As part of the open houses, information on The proposed Project is subject to review under bc.ca. Paper copies of the Application are available June 25 – Fort St. James Open House the proposed boundary adjustment will be British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act. Music Maker’s Hall for viewing at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Granisle, Hazelton and Fort St. James, as well as available. Participants will have the opportunity The Proponent has now submitted its application 255 2nd Avenue East, Fort St. James TransCanada offices: to provide input to inform Prince Rupert Gas (Application) to obtain an environmental There are 45 days for the submission of comments Transmission’s Application to BC Parks. assessment certificate, which is required before any • #1300, 10504 – 100 Ave., Fort St. John by the public in relation to the Application. The A summary of the application is available work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. comment period will begin on May 26, 2014 and • #201, 760 Kinsmen Place, Prince George for viewing at www.princerupertgas.com. end on July 10, 2014. All comments received during In order to provide information to the public about • #630, 609 Granville Street, Vancouver Public comments on the proposed boundary the Application, and to receive comments from the this comment period will be considered. Digital copies are available at libraries in Fort St. adjustment should be submitted to Prince public, the Environmental Assessment Office of The intention of seeking public comments on the John, Taylor, Hudson’s Hope, Chetwynd, Mackenzie, Rupert Gas Transmission via an online form at British Columbia (EAO) invites the public to attend Application for an environmental assessment Prince George, Stewart and Terrace. For community www.princerupertgas.com. Comments will be Open Houses at the following locations. All open certificate is to ensure that all potential effects members interested in paper copies libraries will accepted between May 26 to July 10. houses will be held between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. – environmental, economic, social, heritage and redirect you to other resources. June 16 – Terrace Open House health – that might result from the proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission will provide a Best Western Plus Terrace, Skeena Ballroom Project are identified for consideration as part of summary of comments to BC Parks. 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace the assessment process.

NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to EAO website.

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Open House and Invitation to Comment

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (PRGT), a wholly The EAO also invites you to attend an open house to owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, is learn more about the project and the environmental proposing an approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline assessment application process. from near the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Open houses for the Prince Rupert Gas Pacific NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export Transmission Project will be as follows: facility on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward. June 16 – Terrace Open House PRGT has submitted its application to obtain an Best Western Plus Terrace environmental assessment certificate, which is required Skeena Ballroom before any work can be undertaken on the proposed 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace project. The BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) invites public comment on the application during June 17 – Port Edward Open House the public comment period, which runs from Community Centre May 26, 2014 to July 10, 2014. 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward June 18 – Hazelton Open House EAO accepts public comments through the New Hazelton Elementary School following ways: 3275 Bowser Street, New Hazelton

• By Online Form at: June 19 – Smithers Open House http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca Hudson’s Bay Lodge Ferguson Room • By Mail: 3251 Highway 16 East, Smithers Nathan Braun June 23 – Hudson’s Hope Open House Project Assessment Manager Community Hall Environmental Assessment Office 10310 Kyllo Street, Hudson’s Hope PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 June 24 – Mackenzie Open House St. Peter’s Church Hall • By Fax: 599 Skeena Drive, Mackenzie Fax: 250.387.0230 June 25 – Fort St. James Open House Music Maker’s Hall 255 2nd Avenue East, Fort St. James

PRGT is also preparing a park boundary adjustment application for the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. Information on the application will be available at each of the open houses. A summary of the application and comment link is available at www.princerupertgas.com. Public comments on the application will be accepted between May 26 to July 10, 2014. A summary of comments will be provided to BC Parks. For more information, please call the PRGT information line at 1.855.253.0099 or email [email protected] Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there!

NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to EAO website.

Appendix B-2 Nisga’a Email Announcement

Strader, Rebecca

From: Winter Ghostkeeper on behalf of Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 4:01 PM Subject: PRGT preparing Park Boundary Adjustment application for Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a (Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park)

Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed

Hello,

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) Project, is preparing a Park Boundary Adjustment application for the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. We are undertaking engagement with Nisga’a Nation and public stakeholders in support of the BC Parks process. This engagement will include hosting public open houses along PRGT’s proposed route and in Laxgalts’ap and Gitlaxt’aamiks (in conjunction with the BC Environmental Assessment Office.)

We would encourage you to attend one of these open houses, and/or visit the PRGT website (http://www.princerupertgas.com/park‐boundary‐adjustment‐application/) in order to learn more about this application, the open houses, and the PRGT project. On this website, you may submit your comments to PRGT and may also request that your comments be forwarded to BC Parks.

PRGT would also like to have a call or in‐person meeting with you to discuss any concerns or questions you might have regarding the route through the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. Pascale Méra, Senior Aboriginal Relations Lead or Breanne Whyte, Aboriginal Relations Liaison will contact you shortly to set up a time to discuss.

If you have further questions or would be interested in speaking with a member of our project team, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly:

Phone: 1.855.253.0999 Email: [email protected]

Open House Date and Times (for Nisga’a Villages):

Date: June 23, 2014 Time: 4:30pm – 8:30pm Location: Gitlaxt’aamiks (New Aiyansh) at the Community Hall (Gitmidiik Auditorium)

Date: June 24, 2014 Time: 4:30pm – 8:30pm Location: Laxgalts’ap (Greenville) at the Recreation Centre

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Appendix B-3 Park Boundary Adjustment Website

http://www.princerupertgas.com/environment/environmental-assessment/

Appendix B-4 Project Activity Update

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

PRGT Project Activity Update #13 June to July 2014

PRGT Project Activity Update #13

The proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) Project is an approximately 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline to be routed from north of Hudson’s Hope, B.C. to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility on Lelu Island within the District of Port Edward.

Regulatory Visit the web site between May 26 and July 10 to comment on the PRGT has submitted an application for an Environmental Assessment Memorial Park Boundary Adjustment through an online form. Certificate (EAC) to the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC Comments received will be used to inform PRGT’s Stage 2 EAO). This application addresses the topics and issues that were Application and will be forwarded to BC Parks. identified in the application information requirements. The BC EAO A series of public open houses are being held during the public has now made the EAC application public. For more information, comment period, which will provide an opportunity for the public please go to the PRGT EAC Application located on the BC EAO’s to learn more about the project so they may provide comments Project Information website. A 45-day comment period related to the on the EAC application and the proposed Memorial Park boundary EAC application commenced on May 26, 2014 and will conclude on adjustment. PRGT encourages you to attend the open houses. July 10, 2014. People are welcome to submit comments to the Details are as follows: BC EAO on the EAC application in writing:

• Via the BC EAO website (www.eao.gov.bc.ca; look for the Prince Pink Mountain 37 Rupert Gas Transmission Project), PRGT Current Study Corridor, March 2014 Wonowon

Fort St. John • By fax to 250-387-0230, or Stewart Taylor Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Hudson’s Hope Chetwynd Dawson Creek

AKSALA 37 97 • By email to Nathan Braun at the BC EAO, PO Box 9426, Station BRITISH COLUMBIA Hazelton Mackenzie Prov Govt, Victoria, V8W 9V1. New Hazelton Tumbler Ridge Granisle 16 Smithers Telkwa 16 Terrace PRGT is also preparing a Park Boundary Adjustment application for Fort St. James Prince Rupert 37 Houston Port Edward the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. An adjustment to the Memorial Kitimat Burns Lake ATREBLA

Prince Rupert Gas Transmisson Other Prince George Park boundary will be required if the project is to proceed along the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) Study Corridor Proposed P West LNG Export Facility (3rd party) 16 Conceptual Corridors TransCanada’s NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) Existing System Proposed PRGT Compression Facilities Proposed North Montney Mainline Project proposed route adjacent to Highway 113 through Memorial Park. Potential Future PRGT Compression Facilities (TBD) Highways 97 Cities and Towns A summary of the application as well as additional information has been made available at www.princerupertgas.com.

Public Open House Schedule Date Community Location Time Monday, June 16, 2014 Terrace Best Western Terrace, Skeena Ballroom 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Port Edward Community Centre 4 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Hazelton St. Peter’s Anglican Church 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday, June 19, 2014 Smithers Hudson’s Bay Lodge, Ferguson Room 4 - 8 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2014 Hudson’s Hope Community Hall 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Mackenzie St. Peter’s Church 4 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Fort St. James Music Maker’s Hall 4 - 8 p.m.

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Environmental Studies Ground Survey/Route Assessment PRGT is continuing to undertake biophysical field studies in spring and PRGT’s survey crew continues to collect routing survey information summer of this year to support information needed for the application along the project corridor as needed and where access is available. process for BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) and other regulators. This information is required for Engineering Alignment Additionally, we are continuing to look at small deviations in the documentation and pipeline constructability assessment work. application corridor in response to First Nations and community input Timber Assessment and are collecting data to assess the potential effects of a pipeline The purpose of this program is to scale and assess timber volumes through these areas. on the project to support regulatory permit applications and to Geotechnical Investigation develop construction clearing, salvage operation, and fiber utilization plans. PRGT recognizes the importance of streams and rivers to Aboriginal communities and stakeholders in northern B.C. Protecting these water This timber assessment continues along the project corridor, bodies is important to us as well. In an effort to minimize the verifying accessibility to the project right-of-way, confirming deck environmental effects associated with constructing a pipeline across space locations, and counting trees by test blocks. The team has water bodies, PRGT is currently undertaking geotechnical investigations completed assessment of 691km to date. This work is expected to continue until August 2014. to help design safe and environmentally responsible water crossings. Where technically feasible, PRGT will cross major rivers along the route Helipad Site Clearing Program using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technology, which reduces The Project team has identified several helipad locations for the construction impacts of traditional cut and fill trenched pipeline accessing the proposed pipeline corridor. The BC Oil and Gas crossings considerably. An HDD would start hundreds of meters back Commission (OGC) helipad and cutting permit applications have from the river itself and is located 20 to 50 feet beneath the river been submitted. bottom, typically through solid rock. This removes the risk of scour and The OCG permits grant a clearing area of up to 20m radius for each exposure of the pipe within the river from high water situations and helipad site. However, the need for clearing is expected to be avoids sensitive riparian habitat. The geotechnical investigations being minimal since sites are strategically chosen for their accessibility. conducted will aid PRGT in determining the suitability of the subsurface The project team is waiting for remaining permit approvals to condition for an HDD crossing. commence clearing the remainder of the helipad sites.

In addition to major crossings, borehole locations have been identified Offshore Survey for compressor stations and possible geohazard sites to enable The Phase 2 deep water marine survey was completed in March. geotechnical investigations. The purpose of the Phase 2 deep water marine survey was to collect To date, PRGT has conducted approximately 12 geotechnical data to support detailed engineering. The deep water marine survey examined depth, subsea topography, nature of seabed soils, and investigations. Additionally, roughly 19 permit applications have been location of flora, fauna and marine life to ensure the route does not submitted for the 2014 geotechnical drilling program. impact endangered protected species. Geotechnical drilling has been completed at Callazon Creek and The Phase 3 deep water marine survey is being planned for the third Johnson Creek Compressor Station. Further, PRGT has received drilling quarter 2014 to collect geotechnical data for shore approaches. permits for both Middle River and Borden Lake Compressor Stations. In the Community Currently, site preparation and geotechnical drilling is underway at TransCanada continues to attend conferences and tradeshows Middle River crossing, Middle River Compressor Station and Borden along the project corridor sharing information about the Prince Lake Compressor Station. PRGT will continue geotechnical investigation Rupert Gas Transmission project. into the summer months upon receipt of the remaining permits.

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Investing in the Community Building on the success of the September Free Swim Day in TransCanada’s support for this new course will really help reach Mackenzie, TransCanada hosted 2014 FREEstyle Friday, a drop-in key populations and regions across northern BC to better combat community event to encourage the use of local recreation invasive species.” Gail Wallin, Executive Director, Invasive facilities including the ice arena, pool, weight room and Little Mac Species Council of British Columbia ski hill. In addition to free admission, TransCanada provided an additional donation to the Mackenzie Secondary School Athletic Department to assist with program costs at the local high school. Over 200 guests enjoyed the free activities, and PRGT staff spent time on the ice with residents as well as greeting guests at the welcome table. Folks were happy to head onto the ice with a pair of PRGT gloves and a hot chocolate to keep warm.

“Donations such as this go a long way to helping our students in their pursuit of high school athletics. Being a small rural school, we do not have the budget that others do, so this money helps a lot when trying to subsidize travel costs for our athletes. It helps to make it affordable for all to travel on a school team.” Justin Hawkins, Principal, Mackenzie Secondary School “The Recreation Centre is the heart of our community. The facilities and activities provided here are very important in providing a high quality of life for those who live here and to attract new residents. TransCanada demonstrated that they also value the importance that leisure activities play in Mackenzie by partnering with us to promote these activities on the FREEstyle Friday event.” Mayor Stephanie Killam, District of Mackenzie Invasive Species Council of BC’s Training Program for the 2014 Field Season TransCanada’s support allowed the Invasive Species Council of BC to upgrade their curriculum and workshop training to target natural resource workers in northern BC and provide invasive plant management skills such as identification, reporting, inventory, and industry best practices. ““With TransCanada’s contribution, we have developed a new training program that supports natural resource workers and concerned citizens in identifying key invasive species, understanding their huge economic and environmental impacts, and learning how they can be prevented and managed in BC’s north. Providing people with the information and tools means developing best practices for their prevention and control.

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By the numbers Facilities and Inspector Training Programs

TransCanada has always sought to provide tangible benefits to the community investment communities that are touched by our projects. We are also aware of and sponsorship dollars the unemployment challenges faced by many communities along spent in the community 240k project routes, which is why we created our Facilities and Inspector Training programs.

This past winter, TransCanada hired several Facilities trainees who are 14 2 5 currently training in northern Alberta, to develop highly skilled work municipalities unincorporated regional districts hamlets engaged experience on one of TransCanada’s existing facilities. Trainees are undergoing job shadowing and safety training before moving on to basic technical training at compressor stations, meter stations and valve sites across the region. public information sessions held across the 12 pipeline route Once the training program is completed, successful workers will be invited to remain in Alberta to continue working until PRGT construction starts, at which time they will be hired on to operate and Skills Training and Education Program maintain PRGT facilities. At TransCanada, we believe in the importance of building and Similarly, this summer, the PRGT team will be filling approximately ten maintaining long-lasting, mutually-beneficial relationships General Inspector Trainee positions by hiring from communities along with those near our projects. The PRGT team recognizes that access the pipeline route. Community members with appropriate to education and jobs are important for the communities closest certification will be recruited to work on TransCanada construction to the project route, and that makes those issues top priorities for and maintenance projects in Alberta and perhaps other provinces us. As such, PRGT has developed a Skills Training and Education over the next two years before returning to B.C., where four will be Program. offered permanent positions as inspectors on the PRGT team. PRGT is partnering with TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) project “These initiatives aren’t new for us, we’ve been running similar team, we are partnering with northern post-secondary institutions programs on our Alaska Pipeline Project,” says Chris Pezoulas, and Aboriginal Training organizations and will be investing in training Director of Planning and Execution, on the PRGT project team. in areas that are expected to be in particular demand in the region “By expanding this work experience program to the PRGT project, such as Heavy Equipment Operations, Driving, and Core Tickets. we’re able to support communities, hire locally and provide stable We will also be investing in Essential Skills training to ensure students jobs while having well-trained and highly qualified workers in are prepared and ready to succeed in their future study endeavours. positions that are difficult to fill due to their remote locations.” We will be working with our construction contractors to ensure they are familiar with our Skills Training and Education initiatives and the pool of trained resources graduating from these various programs.

“We believe that providing greater access to this training will result in real benefits to participants,” says Adrian Carlick, Senior Community Relations Liaison, with the PRGT project team. “The technical skills, confidence nda personal growth enjoyed as a result of these programs have the capacity to last a lifetime.”

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Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Boundary Adjustment Application

The proposed PRGT project route through the Nisga’a Memorial Lava If you wish to provide feedback or find more information regarding Bed Park has evolved through a careful and thorough review of the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Boundary adjustment constructability, environmental, social and economic factors. Six application process, please visit: http://www.princerupertgas.com/ conceptual routes in the region were initially considered - however park-boundary-adjustment-application/. the routes that avoided Memorial Park were deemed to be the most challenging and threatened important wild and plant life and were thus removed from further consideration. In order to minimize PRGT’s footprint within Memorial Park, the proposed project right-of-way is located adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway for approximately 85 per cent of the total proposed pipeline length (approximately 12 kilometres) within the Park.

As per the Provincial Protected Area Boundary Adjustment Policy, Process and Guideline (March 2010), PRGT submitted a Stage 1 application to the Minister of Environment (January 24, 2014). It was determined on April 8, 2014 that the proposal should be further considered as a Stage 2 park boundary adjustment application. PRGT is preparing a Stage 2 application currently and undertaking consultation with the Nisga’a Nation and the public on our proposal.

PRGT recognizes the cultural and recreational significance of the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park and working closely with BC Parks, the Nisga’a Lisims Government, Nisga’a Villages, Nisga’a Urban Locals and other key stakeholders to further refine our project plans in this area. The Stage 2 application will detail the alternate routes considered in this area, and will include an assessment of the environmental, economic and social impacts to Memorial Park and its users. It will also propose mitigation strategies and enhancement measures, and will detail the results of consultation with the Nisga’a, stakeholders and local communities and government.

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Rebecca McElhoes, Community Relations Manager

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Appendix B-5 Public Open House Posters

Welcome Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project Open House Project Overview

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project includes the following components: • A natural gas pipeline (single land-based and twin marine-based) between a point near Hudson’s Hope, to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) natural gas liquefaction and export facility near Prince Rupert, at Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward, British Columbia; • A metering station at the delivery point to the PNW LNG project; • Three compressor stations with provision for five additional compressor stations to allow for future expansion; • New permanent and temporary access roads and other temporary infrastructure such as bridges, stockpile sites, borrow sites, contractor yards and construction camps. The Environmental Assessment (EA)

Key Steps in the Environmental Assessment Process

Identification of Describe Existing Scope Selection of VCs Boundaries Conditions

Project Effects for VC Mitigation for Project Effects = Residual Effects

Yes Yes and No

Interaction with effects of Residual Effects + other past, present or reasonably = Cumulative Effects foreseeable projects/activities

Yes

Additional Mitigation Residual Cumulative Cumulative Effects = Measures Effects

Significance of Residual Effects

In May 2014, PRGT submitted its application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate to the BC Environmental Assessment Office.

The application considers the following valued components:

Environment Economic • air quality • employment • greenhouse gases Social • acoustic environment • community infrastructure and services • water quality • transportation • hydrology • visual quality • freshwater aquatic resources • land and resource use • marine resources • soils Heritage • vegetation and wetland resources • heritage and archaeological resources • wildlife and wildlife habitat Health • human health Aquatic Environment

Freshwater Marine Resources Water Quality Hydrology Aquatic Resources Why it’s Recreational, Marine environment is an Water quality is Maintaining water important commercial important component of several important to aquatic flow and drainage and Aboriginal species including Pacific salmon life, Aboriginal groups patterns in water fisheries have and Oolichan and stakeholders bodies is important to aquatic and been identified as Important marine species terrestrial life valuable to B.C. and habitats sustain commercial, recreational, and Aboriginal fisheries What we • Change in • Change in fish habitat • Change in • Change in assessed fish habitat • Harm to fish, marine freshwater quality water flow • Harm to fish mammals, or species at risk • Change in marine • Change in • Change in • Change in behaviour of fish, water quality drainage patterns water quality marine mammals or species related to toxicity at risk due to pressure waves or underwater noise Sample • Avoid • Avoid important deepwater • Avoid areas of • Stabilize mitigation sensitive habitat habitats (e.g. sponge reefs) potential sediment exposed soil measures • Use appropriate • Remove routes from contamination, • Leave gaps in stream crossing consideration (e.g. where possible soil piles for design Work Channel) • Implement a surface runoff and • Maintain fish • Minimize effects on Metal Leaching drainage courses passageways migratory fish through and Acid Rock • Re-establish original Management Plan • Re-vegetate construction timing drainage patterns watercourse banks • Marine mammal observers • Install pipe during construction using techniques appropriate to • Monitor suspended soils site conditions and turbidity • Control erosion • Replant eelgrass and circulation • Develop offset plans in of sediment consultation with DFO, Aboriginal groups and Working Group

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on freshwater resources, marine resources, water quality, and hydrology are not expected to be significant. Atmospheric and Acoustic Environment

Air Quality Greenhouse Gas Acoustic Environment (Noise)

Why it’s A healthy atmosphere helps Greenhouse gases have the Noise has the potential to affect the important maintain the health and potential to affect global health and well-being of humans well-being of the biophysical climate change and wildlife and human environment What we • Change in air quality • Change in greenhouse • Change (increase) in ambient assessed along pipeline route and gas emissions sound levels at compressor station sites Sample • Apply water to control • Consider use of best • Maintain equipment mitigation dust on access roads achievable technologies • Manage construction-related noise measures • Organize transport for • Reduce fuel consumption near residential areas crews to reduce traffic • Route pipeline through • Use temporary buildings or material • Maintain equipment previously cleared areas to stockpiles as noise barriers • Use low-sulphur minimize forest clearing • Notify nearby residents in advance diesel fuel • Salvage merchantable of activities • Reduce/eliminate vehicle timber to minimize burning • Enclose equipment (gas turbines and and equipment idling • Develop a greenhouse compressors) inside industrial buildings • Consider use of best gas management plan • Install inlet and exhaust silencers achievable technologies for combustion equipment and building ventilations

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and the acoustic environment are not expected to be significant. Terrestrial Environment

Vegetation and Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Soil Wetland Resources Why it’s The pipeline will traverse various Vegetation and wetland Soil is vital in the important wildlife habitats. Wildlife and resources have cultural and environment for supporting wildlife habitat have scientific, ecological importance natural vegetation, habitats ecological, economic, social and and water movement cultural importance What we • Change in habitat • Change in abundance of plant • Change in soil quality assessed • Change in movement species of interest • Change in soil quantity • Change in mortality risk • Change in abundance or condition of ecological communities of interest Sample • Adhere to restricted • Route the pipeline to avoid • Implement appropriate mitigation activity periods plant species of interest and topsoil/surface measures • Route the pipeline to minimize minimize potential effects material stripping interaction with high-value • Limit vegetation removal to the handling procedures wildlife habitat approved workspaces • Re-contour disturbed • Identify and implement • Reduce the clearing width to areas to prevent runoff setbacks for important wildlife avoid plant species of interest • Implement the habitat features • Ensure vehicles and equipment Environmental • Develop a Caribou Habitat on site are clean (to help reduce Management Plan Restoration Plan the spread of invasive plants) • Develop Access Management Plan

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on wildlife and wildlife habitat, vegetation and wetland resources, and soil are not expected to be significant. Human Environment

Community Infrastructure Employment Human Health and Services Why it’s Employment and economic The quality of the biophysical Infrastructure and services are important benefits are key interests environment has a vital role fundamental to maintaining the to people living in in maintaining and improving well-being of healthy communities northern B.C. human health What we • Change in • Changes to human health • Change in demand for: assessed labour availability through exposure to air –– Accommodations • Change in wage rates emissions or fugitive dust –– Emergency and • Change in • Exposure to contaminants in protection services training requirements traditional and country foods –– Health care services • Change in in-migration –– Community recreation and of workers and labour leisure facilities force stability ––Water and waste management Sample • Offer fair wages and seek • Best achievable technologies • Design self-contained camps mitigation to achieve sustainable will be considered to and provide information to measures wage rates reduce air emissions from service providers in advance • Work with local post- compressor stations of construction secondary institutions • Dust will be managed by • Equip camps with first and regional training spraying water onto roads and aid, fitness facilities and organizations to maximize work piles recreational opportunities access to training • Continue to consult with stakeholders and Aboriginal groups related to project demands and potential service gaps or issues

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on employment, human health and community infrastructure and services are not expected to be significant. Human Environment

Land and Resource Use Visual Quality Transportation

Why it’s Land and resource use are important Visual quality is important Transportation systems important to Aboriginal groups and stakeholders to residents, Aboriginal play an important role in in B.C. groups, recreational users, the movement of goods and local business owners, and services for including those dependent British Columbians on tourism What we Change in: • Change in visual quality • Interruption of and assessed change in access to • land use in parks and protected areas navigable waterways • outdoor recreation use • Increase demand on • commercial fishing major roads and highway • guide outfitting and infrastructure, railways commercial trapping and airports • timber harvesting • other industrial land uses • agriculture and land use • tourism • incompatibility with land use plans Sample • Develop and implement a Traffic • Utilize existing • Implement Access/Traffic mitigation Management Plan and an Access disturbance to reduce Management Plans measures Management Plan new clearing (marine/terrestrial) • Communicate project activities to • Allow cleared areas to • Organize transport for Aboriginal groups and stakeholders regenerate naturally crews to reduce traffic • Paint visible • Locate construction infrastructure to blend camps near the project into the landscape • Communicate with specific waterway users regarding planned construction activities

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on employment, human health, community infrastructure and services, land and resource use, visual quality, transportation not expected to be significant. Heritage and Archaeological Resources

Why it’s Heritage and archaeological resources (archaeological sites, historical sites and palaeontological important sites) provide a unique record of human and/or natural history. What we • Disturbance to archaeological sites assessed • Disturbance to historical sites • Disturbance to paleontological sites • Change in access to archaeological or historical sites during project construction Sample Avoidance mitigation • Route pipeline and associated project components to avoid known heritage and archaeological measures sites wherever practical Mitigation • Develop a Heritage Resources Management Plan that outlines mitigation procedures including: –– Provincially regulated requirements for managing impacts to sites protected under the HCA –– As and where available, procedures for managing historical and other heritage sites outlined in local (community and/or Aborignal groups’) heritage resources plans/policies • Implement systematic data recovery (e.g. controlled excavations or tree-dating samples) where avoidance through re-routing is not practical • Establish a Heritage or Paleontological Resources Discovery Contingency Plan for unanticipated exposure during construction

With the implementation of mitigation measures, residual effects and cumulative effects of PRGT on heritage and archaeological resources are not expected to be significant. Consultation

Meaningful Change

Community feedback is integral to the application process.

As a direct result of Aboriginal and public consultation activities, and subsequent environmental and technical assessments, the following are some of the meaningful changes that have been made to the project: • PRGT adopted a new corridor for the eastern and central sections of the pipeline route • In northwestern B.C., Aboriginal input, technical assessments and public input led PRGT to suspend examination of land route alternatives between the Nass Valley and Port Edward in favour of a focus on marine route alternatives and route refinements within municipalities

Aboriginal Consultation

PRGT is committed to working with Aboriginal groups to understand and, where possible, address project-specific concerns. Aboriginal groups directly affected by the project Project information and updates can be found will continue to be consulted and offered opportunities to on the PRGT website: www.princerupertgas.com review and provide comments on the application and attend and the EAO’s website www.eao.gov.bc.ca working group meetings and open houses. Contact us at: We will continue to consult with the Nisga’a Nation and respect their rights and interests with a focus on sections 8 General Enquiries (e) and (f) of Chapter 10 of the Nisga’a Final Agreement. 1-855-253-0099 (toll-free)

Going Forward Project Email [email protected] PRGT is committed to ongoing consultation in order to build strong relationships, and to address questions or concerns related to the project.

We welcome comments through email, telephone, open houses, and the EAO’s application review process.

Appendix B-6 Park Boundary Adjustment Postcards

Environmental Assessment Certificate Application for the Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (PRGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, is proposing an approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline from near the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export facility on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward.

PRGT has submitted its application to obtain an environmental assessment certificate, which is required before any work can be undertaken on the proposed project. The BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) invites public comment on the application during the public comment period, which runs from May 26, 2014 to July 10, 2014.

The EAO accepts public comments through the following ways:

By Online Form at By Mail: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca Nathan Braun Project Assessment Manager By Fax: Environmental Assessment 250.387.0230 Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1

The EAO also invites you to attend an open house to learn more about the project and the environmental assessment application process. Locations are listed on the back. Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

Open houses for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project will be as follows:

Community Location Date Time Best Western Plus Terrace Terrace Skeena Ballroom June 16 4 – 8 p.m. Open House 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace

Port Edward Community Centre June 17 4 – 8 p.m. Open House 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward

New Hazelton Elementary School Hazelton 3275 Bowser Street, June 18 4 – 8 p.m. Open House New Hazelton Hudson’s Bay Lodge Smithers Ferguson Room June 19 4 – 8 p.m. Open House 3251 Highway 16 East, Smithers Community Hall Hudson’s Hope 10310 Kyllo Street June 23 4 – 8 p.m. Open House Hudson’s Hope

Mackenzie St. Peter’s Church Hall June 24 4 – 8 p.m. Open House 599 Skeena Drive, Mackenzie

Music Maker’s Hall Fort St. James 255 2nd Avenue East, June 25 4 – 8 p.m. Open House Fort St. James

PRGT is also preparing a park boundary adjustment application for the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. Information on the application will be available at each of the open houses. A summary of the application and comment link is available at www.princerupertgas.com. Public comments on the application will be accepted between May 26 to July 10, 2014. A summary of comments will be provided to BC Parks.

For more information, please call the PRGT information line at 1.855.253.0099 or email [email protected]

Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there. How to comment on PRGT's Environmental Assessment Application

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission has filed its application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate with the BC Environmental Assessment Office. To comment on the application, please contact the EAO at the following: By Online Form at http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca By Fax: 250.387.0230 By Mail: Nathan Braun Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 The EAO is accepting comments between May 26 and July 10, 2014. How to comment on PRGT‘s Park Boundary Amendment Application

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission is preparing a park boundary adjustment application for the Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a (Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park). To comment on the application, go to www.princerupertgas.com. A summary of comments will be provided to BC Parks. Or you can send your comments by mail to: TransCanada c/o Community Relations Prince Rupert Gas Transmission 450 – 1st Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta. T2P 5H1 Public comments on the application will be accepted between May 26 and July 10, 2014.

Appendix B-7 Nisga’a Open House Posters

Nisga’a Access to Non-Nisga’a Lands

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Agents, employees and contractors of the • With the implementation of mitigation Nisga’a Nation have access to non-Nisga’a lands measures related to traffic management, and to carry out their responsibilities consultation with the Nisga’a Nation regarding • Nisga’a citizens have reasonable access to the timing of construction activities, no residual Crown lands to allow for the exercise of Nisga’a effects are expected rights and for the normal use and enjoyment of Nisga’a interests. Nisga’a representatives also Follow-up Measures have access to non-Nisga’a lands. • Follow-up programs including an Environmental Monitoring Plan, a Compliance Sample Mitigation Measures Monitoring Plan, and Construction monitoring • PRGT will develop and implement a Traffic will be implemented Management Plan in consultation with Nisga’a • PRGT will continue to consult with Nisga’a Lisims Government that will address access-related Lisims Government on mitigation measures effects such as temporary interruptions or detours of traffic on existing roads during construction • Nisga’a Lisims Government will be consulted with respect to the timing of construction activities, potential access restrictions and noise disturbance Nisga’a Cultural Well-Being

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Interests related to the existing and future • Site preparation could affect pine cultural well-being of Nisga’a citizens include: mushroom habitat –– effects on cultural activities and practices • Access to harvesting areas could be decreased –– effects of changing work patterns and income during construction on Nisga’a cultural activities and practices • The removal of land in Anhluut’ukwsim –– effects on Nisga’a language Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a (Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park) may disrupt the Sample Mitigation Measures ability of Nisga’a citizens’ to engage in cultural • Minimize effects or avoid areas identified as activities and practices socially and culturally important, such as the Follow-up Measures pine mushroom area identified in the Nisga’a Land Use Plan • Implementation of the Construction Monitoring Plan • Implement a Heritage or Paleontological Resource Discovery Contingency Plan and Traditional Land Use Sites Discovery Plan should culturally important sites be found during construction. • Undertake an Archaeological Impact Assessment to locate and describe cultural and heritage sites • Share information about the construction schedule with trappers, hunters, fishermen, and guides Nisga’a Economic Well-Being

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Interests related to the existing and future • The project is expected to create opportunities economic well-being of Nisga’a citizens include: for Nisga’a citizens during the 24-month –– employment and income construction period on Nisga’a Lands –– business activities • Contract opportunities to provide goods and –– natural resource activities and related services to the project will be available for earnings or values Nisga’a businesses –– opportunities and development • Project demands during construction could place stress on the Nisga’a Nation’s labour force, –– Nisga’a Lisims Government (NLG) expenditures causing labour shortages for other projects and businesses in the Nass Area Sample Mitigation Measures • Restricted access during construction may result • A Nisga’a Access Management Plan will be in a disruption to business activities implemented to address temporary restrictions to harvesting areas used by Nisga’a businesses • Clearing of land for project construction could affected by project construction also affect natural resource activities including traditional, cultural, and commercial activities • PRGT will consult with NLG to limit potential such as harvesting mushrooms interference with natural resource activities including traditional, cultural, and commercial • NLG may incur costs related to monitoring activities such as harvesting mushrooms. For project-related activities example, a Timber Utilization Plan will be Follow-up Measures developed in consultation with NLG • PRGT will continue to consult with NLG on follow-up measures including monitoring and development of an economic development strategy related to project employment, procurement and capacity building or training Nisga’a Freshwater Resource Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Nisga’a citizens have the right to harvest • No residual effect expected with implementation freshwater aquatic resources, including salmon of mitigation measures and offsetting and non-salmon species (Nass salmon, Nass • The project is not expected to affect the ability of steelhead, Oolichan and non-salmon species) Nisga’a citizens to harvest freshwater resources and aquatic plants in the Nass Area Follow-up Measures es Sample Mitigation Measur • Follow-up programs include an Environmental Mitigation measures to reduce potential effects Monitoring Plan, a Compliance Monitoring Plan include avoidance and offsetting. In addition, and Habitat offsetting monitoring PRGT will: –– Minimize right-of-way at sensitive watercourse crossings –– Implement Erosion and Sedimentation Control Management Plan –– Implement Nisga’a Access Management Plan –– Restore and reclaim stream beds and banks Nisga’a Land Related Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Owns and has jurisdiction over Nisga’a Lands, • The creation of new access could reduce the including mineral resources and forest resources availability of Nisga’a Lands • Owns Nisga’a Fee Simple Lands – Category A • Use of Nisga’a Lands are not likely to pose a risk Lands and Category B Lands – which are outside to the overall ability of the Nisga’a Nation to of Nisga’a Lands harvest forest or mineral resources

Sample Mitigation Measures Follow-up Measures • Forest and mineral resources on Nisga’a Lands • PRGT will implement an Environmental will be avoided Monitoring Plan, a Compliance Monitoring plan • A Nisga’a Access Management Plan and a Traffic and undertake construction monitoring Management Plan will be implemented • NLG consultation will be undertaken throughout all phases of the project Nisga’a Marine Resource Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Nisga’a citizens have the right to harvest • Changes in habitat, harm to fish, access to fishing marine aquatic resources, including salmon and and harvesting areas, and increased potential non-salmon species, intertidal bivalves, aquatic damage to or loss of benthic fishing gear could plants, and marine mammals anywhere in the occur. Potential residual effects are not expected Nass Area to limit or reduce the ability of Nisga’a citizens to harvest marine aquatic resources. Sample Mitigation Measures • Residual effects on Nisga’a interests in marine • Sensitive habitat avoidance through route planning fish and aquatic plants are expected to be minor • Construction timing and practices to minimize effects to marine resources Follow-up Measures • The project route will avoid the Nasoga Gulf • Implementation of Compliance and Construction Bivalve Harvesting Area Monitoring plans • Conceptual Fish Habitat Offsetting Strategy to maintain cultural, recreational, and Aboriginal fisheries. • Marine Access and Traffic Management Plans to mitigate effects on Nisga’a interests related to marine fish and aquatic plants • Continued consultation with NLG to address possible interactions of the project with harvesting activities Nisga’a Migratory Bird Resource Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Nisga’a citizens have the right to harvest • Change in mortality risk, change in access to migratory birds for domestic purposes anywhere harvesting areas, and change in habitat, such as in the Nass Area vegetation clearing during construction • Disruption of access to harvesting areas will be Sample Mitigation Measures mitigated by Nisga’a Access Management Plan • Avoid harvesting and sensitive areas • Continue to consult with Nisga’a Lisims Follow-up Measures Government (NLG) regarding harvesting areas • An Environmental Monitoring Plan, a and practices Compliance Monitoring Plan, and construction • Develop Nisga’a Access Management Plan in monitoring will support the implementation of consultation with NLG mitigation measures Nisga’a Non-Timber Forest Resource Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Nisga’a citizens harvest edible and medicinal • Effects on the ability of Nisga’a citizens to harvest plants and mushrooms in the Nass Area. The plants and mushrooms by altering habitat and assessment focused on six species that might be disrupting access during construction used by Nisga’a citizens including: • Some harvested plant species associated with –– black huckleberry open areas or young forests will benefit from –– soopalalie project-related changes to habitat, and other –– labrador tea species associated with older forests will be negatively affected in the project footprint –– pine mushroom –– devil’s club Follow-up Measures –– mature western red cedar • Follow-up programs will include the development of Environmental Monitoring and Compliance Sample Mitigation Measures Monitoring Plans and Construction monitoring • Routing to avoid effects to important mushroom habitats • Continued consultation with NLG to identify additional sensitive habitats and harvesting areas • Nisga’a Access Management Plan to manage access to sensitive habitats and harvesting areas Other Nisga’a Land-Related Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Other Nisga’a land-related interests identified in • The project is expected to have no residual the Nisga’a Final Agreement: effects related to commercial recreation tenure, –– the right to traditional use of lands and guide outfitting certificates and licences, water resources in Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl reservations, and provincial heritage sites. Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a (Nisga’a • Trapline equipment area may need to be relocated. Memorial Lava Bed Park) and Gingietl Creek • Angling guides may need to avoid fishing areas Ecological Reserve in proximity to construction –– commercial recreation tenures • Access resulting from construction may lead to –– traplines unregulated angling –– angling guide licences • Reduction of land within Anhluut’ukwsim –– guide outfitting certificates and licences Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a could –– water reservations lead to changes in historical, visual, and cultural values, and changes in the ability of Nisga’a –– provincial heritage sites citizens to exercise their right to traditional use of lands and resources within the park. Sample Mitigation Measures • Route the pipeline adjacent to existing Follow-up Measures disturbances to reduce potential adverse • Follow up programs including an Environmental effects on the visual, environmental, and Monitoring Plan, a Compliance Monitoring Plan heritage resources of Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl and construction monitoring will support the Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a implementation of mitigation measures • Develop and implement the Nisga’a Access • Ongoing consultation will support the Management Plan in consultation with Nisga’a implementation of mitigation measures and will Lisims Government continue to further identify areas of interest that may warrant additional mitigation. Nisga’a Social Well-Being

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Interests related to the existing and future social • Approximately 1,100 workers are expected well-being of Nisga’a citizens’ include: to work to construct the pipeline during the –– migration and population effects in the 24-month construction period in the Nass Area. Nisga’a Nation communities Residual effects related to increased number of –– infrastructure and services in the Nisga’a workers in the area include: increased demand Nation communities on infrastructure and services, increased traffic and local pollutants –– occupational and non-occupational health risks • Incidences of crime are expected to be low because –– occupational and non-occupational workers will be housed in construction camps accident risks • Employment opportunities could result in –– crime improved family well-being through increased –– family and community well-being income and access to training

Sample Mitigation Measures Follow-up Measures • Workers will be housed in construction camps to • PRGT will continue to consult with Nisga’a reduce demands on infrastructure and services Lisims Government on mitigation measures and (e.g., roads, water, housing and health and employment opportunities emergency services) in the Nass Area • Follow-up programs will support the implementation of mitigation measures such as the Environmental Management Plan and a Chemical and Waste Management Plan Nisga’a Wildlife Resource Interests

Nisga’a Interests Potential Residual Effects • Nisga’a citizens have the right to harvest wildlife • Change in mortality risk to moose could result throughout the Nass Wildlife Area. Specific from increased unregulated access to harvesting harvest allocations are in place for grizzly bear, areas. Illegal and unregulated harvest and moose, and mountain goat predation occurring on the pipeline footprint could negatively affect the Nisga’a harvest Sample Mitigation Measures allocation for moose • The development and implementation of the Nisga’a Access Management Plan is an Follow-up Measures important mitigation measure to minimize • Follow up programs including an Environmental effects on the ability of Nisga’a citizens to Monitoring Plan, Compliance Monitoring Plan, harvest designated species and construction monitoring will be implemented • Consultation will continue to further identify sensitive ecosystems and harvesting areas that may warrant additional mitigation

Appendix B-8 Park Boundary Adjustment Brochure

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project Park Boundary Adjustment Application Summary

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project Nass Area

Alice Arm Cranberry Junction Kitsault

Ksi Xts’at’kw/stagoo Conservancy Gitanyow Gitlaxt’aamiks Gingietl Creek Ecological Reserve Gitwinksihlkw Kitwanga Nisga’a Nisga’a Memorial Lands Lava Bed Provincial Park Seven Sisters Protected Area Lax Galts’ Ap Gingolx Proposed Route Nass Area Nass Bay Shoreline Nisga’a Lands Alice Arm Provincial Park Ksi X’ Anmmas Access Roads Protected Area Conservancy Town Rosswood

A Summary of the Application

Introduction Nisga’a Citizens Economic Opportunities In January, 2013, TransCanada was selected by Progress Energy Canada to Project construction will increase demand for goods and services, generating design, build, own and operate an approximately 900 kilometre natural gas direct, indirect and induced opportunities for Nisga’a businesses. In addition pipeline in northern B.C. If approved, this project will form a key part of the B.C. to the prime contracts for project opportunities, there may be subcontracting government’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export objectives. opportunities for Nisga’a businesses. Additional opportunities for Nisga’a businesses may include accommodations, catering, and the use of local services Key Project Facts (e.g., gas/service station). • $5 billion on construction and another $1.3 billion on operating costs The value of goods and services purchased from B.C. suppliers to construct during 30 years of operations (excluding taxes); 31 per cent of total the portion of the project on Nisga’a Lands is estimated to be $139 million, of construction and operating costs ($2.0 billion) will be spent in B.C.; which 14 per cent ($19 million) could be purchased from local suppliers. • 42,060 person years (PY) of employment (including direct, indirect, A total of 110 PYs of employment will occur from direct, indirect, and induced and induced effects) in Canada during construction and over 30 years employment of Nisga’a citizens over the three-year construction period. of operation; The estimated total labour income for Nisga’a citizens involved in project • $2.46 billion in tax revenues for the provincial, regional and local construction will be $8.7 million. governments in B.C.; While these numbers are preliminary estimates, negotiations and agreements • Over 30 years, the total additions to Gross Domestic Product in B.C. regarding procurement and employment opportunities are ongoing between will be $1.1 billion. PRGT and Nisga’a Lisims Government (NLG).

2 Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a PRGT’s current preferred routing will traverse the Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a (Memorial Park) for approximately 12 km.

Key facts about Memorial Park • Established under the Nisga’a Final Agreement (NFA) and the British Columbia Park Act in 1992; • Designated as a Class A Provincial Park, it covers nearly 178 square kilometres of land; • Jointly managed by NLG and BC Parks through a Joint Park Management Committee; • Uses include recreational opportunities such as camping, guided tours of the volcanic cone, swimming, canoeing/kayaking, fishing, biking, snowmobiling (in designated areas), hunting and self-guided tours. The Nisga’a visitor centre offers daily guided walks to the crater in season; • Offers visitors a chance to explore features of a volcanic landscape and learn about the culture of the Nisga’a people. Through continued consultation with BC Parks, NLG, Nisga’a villages and urban locals and other stakeholders, PRGT will strive to further understand the values of the Memorial Park and work to avoid or minimize effects on significant features and culturally or recreationally important areas through appropriate construction practices, mitigation and reclamation. PRGT believes that the values of the park will continue to be upheld once the project has been constructed and is in operation.

3 Footprint Through the Memorial Park Construction and Operation Within the Park The proposed project right-of-way (ROW) is adjacent to the Nisga’a Highway Current route and design were supported by investigations undertaken in the for approximately 85 per cent of the total proposed length (12.1 km) within the Fall of 2013. Further environmental and engineering studies will be completed Memorial Park. in Spring 2014. The ROW required for construction would be approximately 50 metres wide. PRGT and its contractors will create Emergency Response Plans (ERP) that In certain areas, the project would require additional workspace (such as at meet or exceed regulatory requirements for the construction and operation highway or watercourse crossings). Once the pipeline has been constructed, the phases of the project. PRGT’s ERPs will align with those of the communities of permanent land rights could be reduced to 32 m with a maintained ROW of Gitlaxt’aamiks and Gitwinksihlkw. only approximately six m. Natural revegetation will be encouraged. Upon completion of construction, PRGT will reclaim all areas disturbed There are no above-grade facilities planned for the park. PRGT does not plan to by construction to standards set out in the EMP as well as regulatory have any camps, stockpile sites or other infrastructure, other than access to the commitments, and all conditions and directives set out in applicable permits. pipeline, inside the park. The pipeline will be buried for its entire length through the park and No new access roads will be developed. PRGT will access the ROW on existing will therefore not be visible from the surface. PRGT will not be installing highway crossings for all work required during construction. compressors, valves or above-grade piping within the park. An access management plan for Nisga’a Lands and the Memorial Park will be Maintenance activities will be confined to the ROW and approved access during developed will jointly to promote safety and will include a protocol for early the operating life of the project. notification of project activities. PRGT and its contractors will create ERP that meet or exceed regulatory requirements for the construction and operation phases of the project. PRGT’s ERPs will align with those of the communities of Gitlaxt’aamiks and Gitwinksihlkw. The TransCanada Operations Control Centre (OCC) will monitor the pipeline 24 hours per day, every day of the year, using a computer-based supervisory control and data acquisition system.

4 Assessment of Alternatives The proposed project route evolved through a review of constructability, environmental, social and economic issues. Six conceptual routes were considered during the initial stages of routing. The routes that avoided the park were deemed most challenging and removed from consideration early in the process.

Route Options to Avoid the Park Alice Arm Alternative Kiteen Valley Alternative • Route north of Nisga’a Lands to connect to a marine route that would • A more southerly route around the park travels along the Nass take the pipeline south from Alice Arm through Portland Inlet to Prince Forestry Service Road, heads south down the Kiteen Valley, crosses Rupert. This route poses technical and environmental challenges; north of Kitsumkalum Lake. It ends up in the Ishkinish Valley where it joins up with the original Coastal Mountain. This alternative involves • The Alice Arm alternative is not currently proposed pending further routing through the four conservancies to the coast; technical and environmental assessments. North Route Alternative • Numerous construction and geotechnical challenges involving several steep granite faces and the need for large difficult tunnels. • Begins north of the Nass Camp and then continues westward Alder Peak Route Alternative crossing both the K’alii Aksim Lisims (Nass River) and Ksga’maal Rivers, crossing the K’alii Aksim Lisims near the Gingietl Creek • This alternative splits off from the PRGT conceptual corridor northeast (Environmental Reserve) and aligning close to the Nisga’a Highway; of Gitlaxt’aamiks and heads south, crossing a very narrow piece of the park to the west side of Lava Lake. Near the south end of Lava • Forest canopy would be removed disturbing the forest floor and Lake, the route then heads west down a narrow valley south of Alder potentially destroying important mushroom habitat. The route also Peak until it intersects the Ksi Matin Valley where it turns north until involves two major crossings of the K’alii Aksim Lisims, which is the intersecting with the proposed current route; primary source of water for the village of Gitwinksihlkw. The crossings would challenge the capabilities of current horizontal directional • The route along steep vertical slopes and narrow valleys with steep side drilling equipment. slopes creates significant engineering design challenges. Environmental issues include crossing through approximately 1.5 km of Old Growth Management Area and 3 km of ungulate winter range.

5 Route Options through the Park Nisga’a Highway Lava Bed Alternative After removing from consideration the more technically and environmentally (proposed project route) challenging routes, two alternatives remain - South Lava Bed Alternative PRGT’s proposed project route through the park travels, wherever possible, Route and the Nisga’a Highway Lava Bed Alternative, the latter of which is parallel to other linear developments that cross the park such as the southerly the proposed project route. limit of the Nisga’a Highway ROW.

South Lava Bed Route Alternative PRGT is proposing the route through the lava field adjacent to the highway because of more favourable conditions with respect to technical, environmental PRGT considered an optional route on the south edge of the park. The and cultural considerations as compared to the other options. alignment splits off east of Gitlaxt’aamiks, crosses the Nisga’a Highway through The project route entails the fewest watercourse crossings, avoids the more the Memorial Park and continues westward dipping in and out of the park at technically challenging crossings of the K’alii Aksim Lisims and does not four locations. potentially affect water sources of Nisga’a communities. It is primarily located The route crosses high-value fisheries habitats and multiple wetlands. It is also adjacent to an existing infrastructure corridor and therefore limits new located within the Gitlaxt’aamiks watershed, which is the primary water source disturbance to undisturbed and pristine areas. It also presents the fewest for the village of Gitlaxt’aamiks. construction challenges. The route is close to an ancient Nisga’a village that was destroyed by the lava flow and would potentially disrupt a cultural site where the Sbinaxnok is believed to reside. The Sbinaxnok is believed to have saved Nisga’a villages such as Gitwinksihlkw from the lava flow by cooling down the lava before it reached the community.

6 Environmental And Social Considerations Related to the Proposed Project Route The Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park is protected as a provincial park for its important cultural, historical and environmental values to the Nisga’a Nation and the public.

Potential effects of this alternative include: Mitigation to avoid or reduce these potential • Disruption to recreational activities, hunting, trapping, fishing, effects include: gathering traditional plants for food and medicine, and cultural • Timing and planning of construction and maintenance activities to practices and customs; avoid overlapping with traditional, public and commercial uses of the park by Nisga’a citizens; • Increased traffic volumes for the construction period (approximately four months); • Timing of work in the park may be adjusted, as much as possible, to minimize disruption during peak tourism times; • Disturbance of heritage resources during the project’s construction phase. Disturbance can include vegetation clearing, surface disturbance, • Development and implementation of a detailed Traffic Management subsurface disturbance and compaction of cultural deposits; Plan and a Heritage Resources Management Plan; • Crossing four watercourses, within the 12 km of the park. Fish and • Avoidance through adherence to timing windows, redesign and fish habitat are found in Ksi Sii Aks, Vetter Creek and the Ts’oohl Ts’ap relocation (i.e., crossing locations have been selected to minimize the (Zolzap) Slough; number of crossings and cross watercourse perpendicular to minimize the footprint); • Vegetation removal on the lava bed as a result of the project will remove some trees and shrubs, including the loss of lichens, herbs and mosses. • Salvaging lichen-covered rocks on the right-of-way and replace them on the surface after the pipe has been laid and the trench backfilled.

7 Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

Quick facts about TransCanada’s About the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project natural gas pipeline network The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project is a wholly owned subsidiary of • TransCanada operates one of North America’s largest natural gas TransCanada PipeLines Limited. We have more than 50 years of experience pipeline networks – 68,500 kilometres. building and operating pipelines in B.C. The pipeline will be approx. 900 • The pipeline network taps into virtually every major gas supply kilometres in length from a point near Hudson’s Hope B.C. to a proposed basin on the continent. liquefied natural gas plant to be built on Lelu Island within the District of Port Edward. The 48-inch pipeline will have the capacity to transport 2 • It delivers 20 per cent of the natural gas consumed in North billion to 3.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day. Three compressor stations America each day (approximately 14 Bcf/d) - heating homes, are planned, with provision for up to five more. The estimated cost of the fueling power generation and industry. project is $5 billion. • TransCanada is headquartered in Canada but has a significant presence in the United States and a growing business in Mexico.

Contact Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Alaska Pipeline We invite you to contact us with any questions regarding Project the proposed project: Phone: 1.855.253.0099 (Toll-free) Email: [email protected] Website: www.princerupertgas.com Prince Rupert Gas Transmission NGTL System TransCanada Office Locations #630, 609 Granville Street Coastal GasLink Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1G5 778.328.5301 Foothills Canadian Mainline Suite 102, 135 – 10 Avenue S Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 2N1 GTN TQM 250.489.5794 Bison Great Lakes Suite 1300, 10504 - 100 Ave Tuscarora Portland Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 1Z2 Iroquois 250.262.5134 #201 – 760 Kinsmen Place Prince George, B.C. V2M 0A8 North Baja ANR 250.596.8057 450 – 1 Street SW Topolobampo Calgary, AB T2P 5H1 1.855.253.0099 (toll-free) Mazatlan Natural Gas Pipeline Natural Gas Pipeline (Under Construction) Natural Gas Pipeline (In Development) Natural Gas Pipeline (Proposed) Tamazunchale Gas Storage Guadalajara Tamazunchale Extension

May 2014

Appendix B-9 ENGO Email Announcement

Strader, Rebecca

From: Winter Ghostkeeper on behalf of Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:18 PM Subject: PRGT preparing Park Boundary Adjustment application for Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park Attachments: Poster Ad in Color - PRGT Open Houses - 2014 05 16.pdf

Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged

Hello,

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) Project, is preparing a Park Boundary Adjustment application for the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. We are undertaking engagement with Aboriginal groups and other stakeholders in support of the BC Parks process. This engagement will include hosting public open houses (in conjunction with the BC Environmental Assessment Office) along PRGT’s proposed route.

We would encourage you to attend one of these open houses, and/or visit the PRGT website (http://www.princerupertgas.com/park‐boundary‐adjustment‐application/) in order to learn more about this application, the open houses, and the PRGT project. On this website, you may submit your comments to PRGT and may also request that your comments be forwarded to BC Parks.

If you have further questions or would be interested in speaking with a member of our project team, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly.

Phone: 1.855.253.0999 Email: [email protected]

1 Environmental Assessment Certificate Application for the Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project Open House and Invitation to Comment

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (PRGT), a wholly The EAO also invites you to attend an open house to owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, is learn more about the project and the environmental proposing an approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline assessment application process. All open houses will be from near the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed held from 4pm to 8pm. Pacific NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export Open houses for the Prince Rupert Gas facility on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward. Transmission Project will be as follows: PRGT has submitted its application to obtain an June 16 – Terrace Open House environmental assessment certificate, which is required Best Western Plus Terrace before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Skeena Ballroom project. The BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace invites public comment on the application during the public comment period, which runs from June 17 – Port Edward Open House May 26, 2014 to July 10, 2014. Community Centre 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward EAO accepts public comments through the June 18 – Hazelton Open House following ways: New Hazelton Elementary School 3275 Bowser Street, New Hazelton • By Online Form at: June 19 – Smithers Open House http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca Hudson’s Bay Lodge Ferguson Room • By Mail: 3251 Highway 16 East, Smithers Nathan Braun June 23 – Hudson’s Hope Open House Project Assessment Manager Community Hall Environmental Assessment Office 10310 Kyllo Street, Hudson’s Hope PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 June 24 – Mackenzie Open House St. Peter’s Church Hall • By Fax: 599 Skeena Drive, Mackenzie Fax: 250.387.0230 June 25 – Fort St. James Open House Music Maker’s Hall 255 2nd Avenue East, Fort St. James

PRGT is also preparing a park boundary adjustment application for the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. Information on the application will be available at each of the open houses. A summary of the application and comment link is available at www.princerupertgas.com. Public comments on the application will be accepted between May 26 to July 10, 2014. A summary of comments will be provided to BC Parks. For more information, please call the PRGT information line at 1.855.253.0099 or email [email protected] Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there!

NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to EAO website.

Appendix B-10 Business Interview Questions

Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park – Interview Questions

Prepared for: Prepared by: TransCanada Pipelines Limited Stantec Consulting Ltd. 450 - 1st Street S.W. Suite 500 – 4730 Kingsway Calgary, Alberta T2P 5H1 Burnaby, BC V5H 0C6 Tel: (604) 436-3014 Fax: (604) 436-3752

Project No.: Date: 1232-20064 June 21, 2014

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BACKGROUND

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (PRGT) is proposing to construct and operate a sweet natural gas pipeline from a point near Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia (BC), to the proposed Pacific NorthWest Liquid Natural Gas export facility at Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, BC, within the District of Port Edward, BC. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project (‘the Project’) involves the construction and operation of approximately 900 km of pipeline with an anticipated construction start date of 2015 and in-service date by the end of 2018. PRGT has retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) to assist with the collection of Aboriginal socio- economic baseline data. Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) Project is proposing to construct and operate a sweet natural gas pipeline from a point near Hudson’s Hope, BC, to the proposed Pacific NorthWest Liquid Natural Gas export facility near Prince Rupert, at Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward, BC. The Project involves the construction and operation of 900 km of pipeline over both a land and marine route. Based on PRGT’s current preferred routing, the pipeline will traverse the Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a (Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park) (the Memorial Park) for approximately 12 km. In order to obtain approval to build the pipeline through the Memorial Park, PRGT submitted an application to the BC Minister of Environment. This application has progressed to the next step, which consists of a more detailed application to the BC Minister of Environment. As part of that process PRGT is undertaking consultation with Nisga’a Nation and the public.

We Want to Hear from You

Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) has been hired by PRGT to consult with Nisga’a businesses potentially impacted by PRGT’s preferred route through the Memorial Park. Stantec would like to invite you to participate in an interview (telephone or in-person depending on your availability between June 23 – 25, 2014) to learn more about your business, and discuss concerns or comments you may have about the proposed route through the Memorial ParkThe results will be summarized in the Memorial Park Boundary Adjustment application to the BC Minister of Environment.

Interview Details

The interview will be approximately 30 – 45 minutes, and will be conducted by Stantec. During the interview, the interviewee will be asked to share their issues and concerns with the proposed pipeline route through the Memorial Park, and ideas of how these issues might be addressed. Background materials about the proposed Project route through the Memorial Park will be provided for your reference prior to the interview.

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The following questions are some of areas that will be addressed during the interview. Please review them in preparation for the interview. If you have any questions about the interview, please do not hesitate to contact undersigned by telephone at (604) 235-1898 or email at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Jason Locke, Land Use Planner/Socio-Economic Specialist

Interview Group Questions 1. What types of activities does your business provide in the Memorial Park (e.g., guided hiking tours, cultural interpretive tours, camping, etc.)? 2. Is there anything about the park that makes it hard to attract more business? Is there anything that could be done to improve this? 3. Does your business operate all-year round in the Memorial Park or is it seasonal? What is your busiest time of year? 4. How many tourists do you get annually? 5. Do you mostly get day trippers or do tourists stay for more than one day? 6. How much do tourists spend in the Memorial Park? 7. How many people does your business employ full-time and part-time? 8. As you have probably learned, the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project proposes to construct a natural gas pipeline in the Nass Area that crosses the Park. What are some of your concerns regarding the route in the Memorial Park? 9. Are there ways you feel that your business may be affected? 10. Since you began operations in the Park, has any development in the Park affected your business?

11. What are some actions that you think could be taken to address your issues and concerns? 12. Given the nature of your business, are there any improvements to the park that could benefit your business?

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13. What is the range of your gross annual revenue?

<$20,000 $20,000-$40,000

$40,000-$60,000 $60,000-$80,000

$80,000-$100,000 >$100,000

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Appendix C Proposed Project Footprint

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Appendix D Sketches of Pipe Crossings

Stage 2 Park Boundary Adjustment Application Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park

Appendix E Park Route and Alternatives

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￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ H!

ALICE ARM CRANBERRY RIVER INLET ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ H!

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿##

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿H!

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ K'ALII AKSIM LISIMS ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ (NASS RIVER) H! H!

(TSEAX RIVER) KSI SII AKS

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# ￿￿ # ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ H!

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ H!

H! ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ##

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿

￿￿

￿￿

￿￿

￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ H! ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ## ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ H! ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿