Sunnymel Limited Partnership TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE PROPONENT ............................................................................................................................ 8 2 THE UNDERTAKING ....................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 PROJECT LOCATION .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.3 SITING CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.4 PHYSICAL COMPONENTS AND DIMENSIONS OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................. 13 2.4.1 Site Overview.............................................................................................................................. 13 2.4.2 On-site Facilities ......................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.3 Dimensions................................................................................................................................. 15 2.5 CONSTRUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 15 2.6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE :................................................................................................................ 16 2.6.1 General Process Description....................................................................................................... 16 2.6.2 Employee and Operation Shift Breakdown ................................................................................ 18 2.6.3 Inputs ......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.6.3.1 Livestock.............................................................................................................................................. 18 2.6.3.2 Potable Water ..................................................................................................................................... 18 2.6.3.3 Electricity............................................................................................................................................. 18 2.6.3.4 Fuel...................................................................................................................................................... 19 2.6.3.5 Chemicals ............................................................................................................................................ 19 2.6.4 Outputs ...................................................................................................................................... 20 2.6.4.1 Chicken Yield Breakdown & Finished Products ................................................................................... 20 2.6.4.2 By-products......................................................................................................................................... 21 2.6.4.3 Wastewater & Sludge.......................................................................................................................... 21 2.6.4.4 Surface Runoff..................................................................................................................................... 22 2.6.4.5 Solid and Other Wastes....................................................................................................................... 22 2.6.6 Wastewater Treatment Facility ................................................................................................. 24 2.6.6.1 Design Constraints............................................................................................................................... 24 2.6.6.2 Description of the Overall Proposed Wastewater Treatment Process................................................ 26 2.6.6.3 Preliminary Design of Treatment ........................................................................................................ 27 2.6.6.4 Chemical Dosing Equipment................................................................................................................ 31 2.6.6.5 Storage and Sludge Treatment............................................................................................................ 32 2.6.6.6 Technical Building................................................................................................................................ 33 2.6.6.7 Outfall pipe in St John River ................................................................................................................ 33 2.7 FUTURE EXTENSIONS ................................................................................................................................ 34 2.8 DECOMMISSIONING ................................................................................................................................. 34 2.9 LIST OF PROJECT -RELATED DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................ 35 Industrial Project, Clair, N.B., January 2011 Environmental Impact Assessment 2 Sunnymel Limited Partnership 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT............................................................................ 36 3.1 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL FEATURES ............................................................................................................. 36 3.1.1 Geology ...................................................................................................................................... 36 3.1.2 Hydrology................................................................................................................................... 36 3.1.3 Hydrogeology............................................................................................................................. 38 3.1.4 Existing Ambient Air and Noise Level......................................................................................... 38 3.1.5 Vegetation.................................................................................................................................. 39 3.1.6 Fish in Saint John River............................................................................................................... 39 3.1.7 Fauna ......................................................................................................................................... 40 3.2 CULTURAL FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 40 3.3 EXISTING LAND USES ................................................................................................................................ 41 3.4 HISTORIC LAND USES ................................................................................................................................ 42 3.5 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................... 43 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................... 44 4.1 AIR QUALITY IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................. 44 4.1.1 Greenhouse Gases...................................................................................................................... 44 4.1.2 Ammonia.................................................................................................................................... 45 4.1.3 Odours........................................................................................................................................ 45 4.1.4 Noise ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 4.2 GROUNDWATER IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................... 46 4.3 SURFACE WATER IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................... 47 4.3.1 Effluent to Saint John River & Fish ............................................................................................. 47 4.3.2 Effects from Runoff .................................................................................................................... 47 4.4 SOILS .................................................................................................................................................... 48 4.5 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................. 49 4.5.1 Method of Evaluation ................................................................................................................ 49 4.5.2 During Construction ................................................................................................................... 52 4.5.3 During Operation ......................................................................................................................