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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS VOLUME 8 ENVIRONMENTAL ALIGNMENT SHEET PACKAGE FOR THE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE ULC TRANS MOUNTAIN EXPANSION PROJECT NEB CONDITION 72 October 2017 REV 4 687945 01-13283-SG-0000-CHE-DWG-0001 R4 Prepared for: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. Suite 2700, 300 – 5th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 5J2 Ph: 403-514-6400 Visual Guide to TMEP’s Environmental Plans to the NEB Conditions Related to the Environmental Protection Plan Trans Mountain’s environmental program during construction is presented in ten volumes of the Environmental Plans as shown in the visual guide below. The Environmental Plans will be implemented by contractors and Environmental Inspectors during all phases of construction. Consequently the ten volumes of plans cover all aspects of Environmental Management. To demonstrate compliance with NEB Conditions, Trans Mountain will file the Environmental Plans with the NEB. To clarify how TMEP’s Environmental Plan Volumes relate to Condition documents filed with the NEB please see the table below. Trans Mountain Expansion Project Guide to the Environmental Plans Environmental Plans NEB Condition and Filing ID Volume 1 – Temporary Construction Lands and 78 Facilities Environmental Protection Plan Infrastructure Environmental Protection Plan Volume 2 – Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan Volume 3 – Facilities Environmental Protection Plan 78 Facilities Environmental Protection Plan Volume 4 – Westridge Marine Terminal Environmental 81 Westridge Environmental Protection Plan Protection Plan Volume 5 – Reactivation Environmental Protection Plan 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan Volume 6 – Environmental Management Plans 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan 78 Facilities Environmental Protection Plan 81 Westridge Environmental Protection Plan Volume 7 – Resource-Specific Mitigation Tables 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan Volume 8 – Environmental Alignment Sheets 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan Volume 9 – Burnaby Mountain Tunneling Environmental 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan Protection Plan Volume 10 – Compliance Management Plan 72 Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan 78 Facilities Environmental Protection Plan 81 Westridge Environmental Protection Plan ENVIRONMENTAL ALIGNMENT SHEET GUIDE GENERAL INFORMATION The Environmental Alignment Sheets (EAS) provide information pertaining to the environmental and socio-economic setting above the Photomosaic. Potential environmental and socio-economic issues identified during Project planning, and their corresponding mitigation measures, are positioned below their respective location on the Photomosaic. Resource-specific Environmental Notes are included below the Photomosaic outlining mitigation measures to be implemented during construction of the Project as described in the Environmental Plans, specifically the Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan (Pipeline EPP) (Volume 2 of the Environmental Plans), the Environmental Management Plans (Volume 6 of the Environmental Plans) and the Resource-Specific Mitigation Tables (Volume 7 of the Environmental Plans). The mitigation measures included on these Index Sheets do not include all of the potential mitigation measures that may be implemented. Consult the Environmental Plans for additional protection measures as necessary. Drawings can be found in Appendix C of the Pipeline EPP. Environmental and Socio-Economic Setting Information Environmental Protection Applicable EAS Note Applicable Resource-Specific Mitigation Table EAS Band1 (Above Photomosaic) (Below Photomosaic) (Index Sheet #) (Volume 7 of the Environmental Plans) Jurisdiction Regional, municipal or provincial jurisdictional authority N/A N/A N/A Land Ownership Indicates whether land is Private or Crown Land as encountered by the trench line N/A N/A N/A Line List (Tract Numbers) Reference to land parcel identification numbers as encountered by the trench line N/A N/A N/A Hydrology (Wetlands and Watercourses) Watercourse and drainage crossings, watercourse crossing class, fish presence, species Pipeline and equipment/vehicle crossing methods for watercourses, drainages and See AQ Notes 1 to 5 (Index Sheets 4 and 5) Section 6.0 (Wetlands) provides locations and site-specific mitigation for wetland features. This section also at risk presence, navigability status channels. Recommendations are specified for non-frozen conditions and assume the See WT-Notes 1 to 4 (Index Sheet 4) includes information on wetland class, area of wetland in the Project footprint and other pertinent information Crossing Recommendations presence of water. Additional recommendations for dry or frozen conditions are located in Section 7.0 (Watercourses/Hydrology) provides location and names of watercourses crossed by the pipeline Watercourse (Pipeline: Vehicle) and Classification of wetlands encountered by the construction footprint the watercourse crossing summary table route. This section also includes information on watercourse class, sensitivity rating, water quality monitoring Wetland Measures to be implemented for wetlands requirement, fish presence, Least Risk Biological Window, pipeline and vehicle crossing methods, riparian area Measures to address navigable and potentially navigable waterbodies and other pertinent information to watercourses. This section also includes information on location and mitigation measures for groundwater features and water wells identified in the vicinity of the Project Footprint Riparian Habitat Coloured band indicating the riparian habitat and site-specific riparian buffer area for Locations where coarse woody debris will be placed during reclamation of the pipeline N/A Section 10.0 (Reclamation – Coarse Woody Debris Volumes) provides locations and volumes for the placement watercourses (dark blue) and wetlands (light blue) of coarse woody debris following construction Terrestrial Features Important wildlife habitat, critical habitat ranges, site-specific features and wildlife habitat Measures to address wildlife habitat, critical habitat ranges, site-specific features and See WF-Notes 1 to WF-Note 8 (Index Sheets 3 and Section 4.0 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat provides locations and site-specific mitigation measures for wildlife on federal lands wildlife habitat on federal lands 4) features and habitat areas, as well as information on timing restrictions (where applicable), recommended setback distances as well as identified species at risk Rare vascular plants, mosses and liverworts, and lichens, rare ecological communities and Measures to mitigate impacts to rare plants, plant communities/ecosystems, lichens, See VG-Note 1 to VG-Note 6 (Index Sheet 4) Section 5.0 Vegetation provides locations and site-specific mitigation measures for rare plant and rare critical habitat ranges. Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) are identified in British liverworts, critical habitat areas and OGMAs ecological communities, critical habitat ranges, locations and details for Old Growth Management Areas Columbia. Cryptogamic Crust Salvage location are identified in British Columbia. (OGMAs), as well as areas of high weed density Areas of high weed density Areas where soil containment should occur due to high weed density N/A Socio-Economic Considerations Select agricultural operations, soil borne pathogens, and socio-economic features Measures to address agricultural impacts and soil borne pathogens See AG-Note 1 to AG-Note 10 (Index Sheet 2 and 3) Section 1.0 Socio-Economics and Agriculture provides approximate locations and details for socio-economic features, agricultural features, and biosecurity concerns See AK-Note 1 and TLU-Note 1 for heritage and Section 2.0 Heritage Resources provides approximate locations (buffered) for heritage features Buffered ranges of known archeological or paleontological concerns and areas with known Measures being considered through ongoing consultation with applicable regulators and TLRU, respectively (Index Sheet 3) Section 3.0 Traditional Land and Resource Use provides approximate locations (buffered) and mitigation traditional land and resource use (TLRU) values communities measures for traditional land and resource use features that are being considered in ongoing discussions with applicable regulators and communities Other Environmental Considerations Areas with groundwater concerns, moderate and high risk potential to encounter Measures to be implemented in areas with groundwater concerns See HY-Note 1 (Index Sheet 5) Section 7.0 (Watercourses/Hydrology) provides locations and mitigation measures for areas where groundwater contamination, site-specific watercourse drawings, shallow bedrock and acid rock drainage Measures to be implemented in areas with potential for acid generating rock and Shallow See GEO-Note 1 and GEO-Note 2 (Index Sheet 5) features have been identified. potential bedrock. Section 8.0 Soils/Geology provides locations and details on soil types encountered and their characteristics. Measures to be implemented in areas with moderate and high risk potential for See SO-Note 8 (Index Sheet 6) This section also includes locations with potential for acid-generating rock contamination Drawing reference for the site-specific watercourse crossing detail Soil Parent Material2 Soil parent material from which current soils have evolved N/A - Soil types, along with expected topsoil thickness and slope class are indicated on the N/A See Sections 8.0 (Soils/Geology) photomosaic Land Use Predominant land use