Espoo Report Phase 2 Proposal – Mary River Project Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Mary River Project NIRB File No. 08MN053 Mary River Project Espoo Report Phase 2 Proposal TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... i List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................................ii List of Figures .................................................................................................................................................ii Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... iv 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project Overview and Background ....................................................................................................1 1.2 Regulatory Context ...........................................................................................................................2 2 Project Description ..................................................................................................................................4 2.1 Project Setting and Location .............................................................................................................4 2.2 Purpose and Need for Phase 2 Proposal ............................................................................................6 2.3 Phase Two Components and Activities ..............................................................................................6 2.3.1 Mine Site ...............................................................................................................................................6 2.3.2 Transportation ......................................................................................................................................8 2.3.3 Milne Port .............................................................................................................................................8 2.3.4 Shipping ............................................................................................................................................. 10 2.4 Schedule ........................................................................................................................................12 3 Alternatives Considered ........................................................................................................................ 13 4 Environmental Assessment Approach and Methods ............................................................................... 15 4.1 Environmental Impact Assessment Methods ................................................................................... 15 4.2 Valued Ecosystem Components and Valued Socio-economic Components ....................................... 15 4.3 Assessment Boundaries .................................................................................................................. 16 4.4 Scoping of Transboundary Impact Assessment ................................................................................ 19 5 Identification of Environmental Impacts ................................................................................................ 22 5.1 Climate Change .............................................................................................................................. 22 5.1.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 22 5.1.2 Potential Impacts ............................................................................................................................... 23 5.1.3 Transboundary Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 23 5.2 Migratory Birds and Habitat (including Seabirds) ............................................................................. 24 i January 2021 Mary River Project Espoo Report Phase 2 Proposal 5.2.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 24 5.2.2 Potential Impacts ............................................................................................................................... 24 5.2.3 Transboundary Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 25 5.3 Marine Habitat and Biota (Unplanned introduction of aquatic invasive species) ............................... 25 5.3.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 25 5.3.2 Potential Impacts ............................................................................................................................... 26 5.3.3 Transboundary Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 27 5.4 Marine Mammals ........................................................................................................................... 27 5.4.1 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 27 5.4.2 Potential Impacts ............................................................................................................................... 29 5.4.3 Transboundary Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 31 5.5 Knowledge Gaps and Uncertainties ................................................................................................. 32 6 Accidents and Malfunctions ................................................................................................................... 33 7 Environmental Health and Safety Management ..................................................................................... 36 7.1 Mitigation and Monitoring Programs .............................................................................................. 36 7.2 Follow-up and Adaptive Management ............................................................................................. 38 8 Overall Transboundary Impact ............................................................................................................... 39 9 References ............................................................................................................................................40 LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 VEC/VSECs Assessed for the Phase 2 Proposal ....................................................................................... 16 Table 4.2 Overview of Spatial Assessment Boundaries .......................................................................................... 17 Table 4.3 Scoping of Transboundary Impact Assessment ...................................................................................... 20 Table 5.1 Marine Mammal Species with Potential to Occur in the MRSA ............................................................. 28 Table 7.1 Overview of Key Environmental Management Documents Relevant to Management of Transboundary Effects ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1 Project Location .........................................................................................................................................5 Figure 2-2 Phase 2 Proposal – Mine Site Infrastructure .............................................................................................7 Figure 2-3 Phase 2 Proposal – Milne Port Infrastructure ...........................................................................................9 Figure 2-4 Store Hellefiskebank Anchorage ............................................................................................................ 11 Figure 4-1 Spatial Boundaries .................................................................................................................................. 18 ii January 2021 Mary River Project Espoo Report Phase 2 Proposal ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Approved Project .................. Mary River Project (as approved in 2012 and amended in 2014) Baffinland ............................................................................. Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation CAC ........................................................................................................ criteria air contaminant CO2 ....................................................................................................................... carbon dioxide CO2e ................................................................................................. carbon dioxide equivalents CH4................................................................................................................................