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Project Components The major components of the Project are: 1. Construction and operation of marine terminal facilities which consist of: o An LNG tanker berthing and uploading jetty and related LNG tanker operations in the vicinity of the terminal and at berth, o A combined tug boat berth and construction barge jetty, and o Potential dredging activities and potential disposal of dredged materials at sea if required; 2. The LNG terminal and facilities on the upland, including three LNG storage tanks, power transformer, submerged combustion vapourizers, and natural gas liquids (NGL) separation unit; 3. Pipelines, roads and transmission lines, consisting of: o A new terminal access road, o An upgrade to portions of the existing Bish Forest Service Road, o A 287 kv aerial hydroelectric power transmission line to the terminal, and o Four send-out pipelines (one natural gas and three natural gas liquids lines), all in a single corridor adjacent to the Forest Service Road and connecting to the Pacific Northern Gas (PNG) pipeline at Kitimat; 4. On-site infrastructure, including: o Internal roads and parking areas, o Buildings for maintenance, compressors, vapourizers, generators, pumps, motors, and other purposes, o Emergency power generation facilities, and o Hazard detection and control systems. The marine and land-based facilities have been designed for a Project lifespan of approximately 25 years. There are no provisions for bunkering fuel for LNG tankers. All Project components are located within the traditional territory of the Haisla First Nation and within the District Municipality of Kitimat. If located at Emsley Cove, all Project components would be on provincial Crown land. If located at Bish Cove, the upland LNG terminal would be sited on the 74 ha Bees Indian Reserve (IR) No. 6 (administered by the federal government), and all other Project components would be located on Provincial Crown land. Executive Summary-KLNG Terminal Project 2
Both Emsley Cove and Bish Cove are designated for industrial use in the Kalum Land and Resource Management Plan (May 2002). The Haisla have approved use of Bees IR No. 6 for heavy commercial industrial use as set out in Privy Council Order 1997- 1052, and use for an LNG facility is consistent with the designated uses. Project Footprint The land-based portion of the LNG terminal would have a larger overall footprint if located at Bish Cove due to soils and terrain (approximately 47 ha at Bish Cove and 30 ha at Emsley Cove). The marine terminal has been designed to handle LNG carriers up to 250,000 m 3 capacity. The marine terminal facilities would cover an area of approximately 0.75 ha of water and foreshore area at Emsley Cove and 2 ha at Bish Cove. At Emsley Cove, the marine facilities would require an estimated 9,000 m 3 of dredging and excavation (mostly rock) to provide a bedrock foundation for marine pilings. Instead of dredging at Bish Cove, marine sediments would be strengthened and stabilized by a vibro-densification process over approximately 2 ha of seabed. For a Bish Cove terminal, the total distance of pipelines would be approximately 14 km. For an Emsley Cove terminal, the pipelines will be approximately 18 km in length and routed northeast from the LNG terminal, following the natural terrain and the existing Forest Service Road. The proposed access road from a terminal at Bish Cove to the existing Forest Service Road is 2.3 km in length. If the terminal is located at Emsley Cove, the length of this access road is anticipated to be approximately 800 m. Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessments The Project triggers a provincial environmental assessment under BCEAA. At Emsley Cove, the BCEAA triggers are the storage tanks and gas processing plant, all on provincial Crown land. At Bish Cove, the proposed location of the storage tanks and gas processing plant precludes these provincial review triggers, and the assessment trigger under BCEAA is the proposed 2 ha of shoreline modification associated with the Bish Cove marine facilities. The Project also triggers a federal environmental assessment under CEAA because Transport Canada (TC) and Environment Canada (EC) will be required to issue statutory or regulatory approvals for various aspects of the Project. For a Bish Cove terminal, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) will be required to issue a lease would be required for the use of Bees IR No. 6. Therefore, TC, EC and INAC are responsible authorities for the purposes of the federal environmental assessment. Health Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Executive Summary-KLNG Terminal Project 3
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