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Section 12.0: Community and Regional Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project Infrastructure and Services Effects Assessment FortisBC Energy Inc. Rev. 1 January 2015/492434 12.0 COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES EFFECTS ASSESSMENT This subsection of the Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) Application (the Application) presents the assessment of the potential adverse effects of the Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project (the proposed Project) on the Community, Utilities and Services, Transportation Infrastructure and Community Valued Components (VCs) during construction, operations and decommissioning or abandonment of the proposed Project. The following subsections explain the selection process of the VCs and the associated Key Indicators (KIs). The KIs for the Community Utilities and Services VC include emergency and health care services, recreational facilities, accommodation, waste management, as well as social services and advanced education facilities. The KIs for the Transportation Infrastructure VC include road infrastructure and use patterns, as well as airports and railways. The KI for the Community VC includes community quality of life. Spatial, temporal, administrative and technical boundaries as well as the regulatory framework that applies to the Community Utilities and Services, Transportation Infrastructure and Community VCs are discussed. The Economic, Social and Health technical report informs the description and characterization of the baseline conditions. The potential adverse effects of the proposed Project on community and regional infrastructure and services have been identified and analyzed, as measured with reference to the KIs for each VC. Proposed measures to mitigate the potential adverse effects on the VCs, are also identified. Any residual adverse effects on the VCs have been characterized using the criteria set out in Section 3.6 of the Application Information Requirements (AIR) and a determination of significance has been made. Any cumulative adverse effects likely to result from the residual adverse effects of the proposed Project interacting with the residual adverse effects of past, present and reasonably foreseeable developments have also been assessed. 12.1 Selection of Valued Components and Key Indicators The British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) defines VCs as components of the natural and human environment that are considered by the proponent, public, Aboriginal groups, scientists and other technical specialists, and government agencies involved in the assessment process to have scientific, ecological, economic, social, cultural, archaeological, historical or other importance (BC EAO 2013). KIs are metrics used to measure and report on the condition and trend of a VC, and are identified to further focus and facilitate the analysis of interactions between a proposed project and the selected VCs (BC EAO 2014). The selection of Community Utilities and Services, Transportation Infrastructure and Community as VCs was based on feedback from regulatory agencies, Aboriginal groups and public stakeholders; relevant scientific studies; and professional judgment of the assessment team. The VCs were selected based on FortisBC Energy Inc.’s (FortisBC’s) current understanding of what is important to them as the proponent as well as the public and the government agencies involved in the Application process. FortisBC’s understanding of VCs is founded on the legacy of having operated the natural gas transmission and distribution systems in southern BC for over 20 years. The KIs were selected based on their potential to represent the interaction between the identified VCs and the proposed Project. Interactions could include direct and indirect effects from the proposed Project components or operations, as well as cumulative adverse effects arising from the interactions of other projects and the proposed Project. The proposed VCs and associated KIs were discussed during a Working Group meeting held on October 25, 2013 in Vancouver, BC. There was general agreement by the participants of the workshops that the proposed VCs were appropriate for evaluating the effects of the proposed Project on community and regional infrastructure and services. Appropriate measureable parameters have been developed for use in measuring potential adverse effects on KIs. On November 10, 2014, the BC EAO issued the AIR for the proposed Project, which outlines the VCs and KIs assessed in this Application. Table 12.1-1 provides a summary of the VCs, KIs, rationale and measureable parameters used in the assessment of potential adverse effects on community and regional infrastructure and services. 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Rev. 1 January 2015/492434 TABLE 12.1-1 VALUED COMPONENTS, KEY INDICATORS, RATIONALE AND MEASURABLE PARAMETERS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES EFFECTS ASSESSMENT VC KI(s) Rationale for Indicator Selection Measureable Parameter Community • Emergency services The selection of VCs and KIs considered • Emergency services, health care services Utilities and • Health care services issues and interests identified during and social services capacity and demand Services • Recreational facilities stakeholder consultation and Aboriginal • Recreational facilities capacity and engagement, potential interactions with the • Accommodation demand proposed Project, as well as feedback from • Accommodation capacity and demand • Waste management BC EAO Working Group meetings and the • • Social services professional judgment of the assessment Waste infrastructure capacity and demand • Advanced education facilities team. • Educational services capacity and demand Transportation • Road infrastructure and use • Traffic volumes Infrastructure patterns • Transportation infrastructure disturbance • Airports and railways • Rail and airport in the RSA and operations use Community • Community quality of life • Community/worker interactions • Incidence of crime and social issues • Key community events and assets • Project-related workforce • Worker in-migration • Project regional employment and contracting opportunities 12.2 Assessment Boundaries Assessment boundaries are used to set a frame of reference for the assessment. The following outlines the assessment boundaries used for the assessment of potential adverse effects on community and regional infrastructure and services. 12.2.1 Spatial Boundaries For the purposes of the assessment, the spatial boundaries are the Project Footprint, the Community and Regional Infrastructure and Services Local Study Area (LSA) and Regional Study Area (RSA). For the Community Utilities and Services VC, the LSA is used to gather information and assess potential adverse effects since services are mainly provided at the community level. However, where services are provided at the regional level (e.g., solid waste management), the RSA is used. For the assessment of the Transportation Infrastructure VC, the RSA is used since traffic patterns and airport use extends beyond the LSA. Finally, the LSA and RSA are used in the assessment of the Community VC as some data collected was available at the community level while other data was available at the regional level or larger (see Subsection 12.2.2 below). Table 12.2-1 describes the study area boundaries and rationale for the community and regional infrastructure and services VCs. The Community and Regional Infrastructure and Services LSA and RSA are shown on Figure 12.2-1. Page 12-2 Section 12.0: Community and Regional Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project Infrastructure and Services Effects Assessment FortisBC Energy Inc. Rev. 1 January 2015/492434 TABLE 12.2-1 SPATIAL BOUNDARIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES-RELATED VALUED COMPONENTS VC Spatial Boundary Rationale Community Utilities and Services Project Footprint: The land area that will be directly disturbed by proposed Project Regional districts were construction and clean-up activities, including associated physical works and activities included if a Project Transportation Infrastructure (e.g., permanent right-of-way, temporary construction camps and workspaces for component (i.e., pipeline, construction). compressor station) are Community LSA1: A 2 km band centred on the Project Footprint centre line (i.e., 1 km on both sides located within the regional of the Project Footprint centre line). district boundaries. For the Boundaries of communities, including Aboriginal communities, where it can be communities in the LSA and reasonably expected that direct and identifiable effects from the proposed Project will RSA, the primary criterion occur. These communities will include the District of Squamish, the Resort Municipality was whether direct effects of Whistler (RMOW)2, the City of Coquitlam, the District of Sechelt, the Town of could result from an Gibsons and the community of Port Mellon3. The Aboriginal communities identified in interaction between the final Section 11 Order will be included. components of the Project and community 1 RSA : The RSA includes Area D of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD, infrastructure or residents. specific to the Squamish area), Metro Vancouver, and Electoral Areas D, E and F of the The secondary criterion for Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD). inclusion was whether a community could offer goods