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Impacts on the natural environment historical site for instance. Therefore, this federal law does not apply to the lands covered by the project. In Quebec, the term ‘‘designated species’’ includes any species designated as ‘‘threatened’’ or ‘‘vulnerable’’ under the Act respecting threatened or vulnerable species. A species is designated as threatened when it is in an extremely precarious situation, when the situation will permanently worsen if no initiative is taken to counter this precariousness and when its extinction is apprehended in a more or less short term. A vulnerable species is one whose survival is precarious even if its extinction is not apprehended. However, a regressive evolution of its population or the degradation of its habitats risks occurring if no measure is taken to ensure species survival 1 . The Act respecting threatened or vulnerable species guarantees complete protection to floristic species designated as threatened or vulnerable, by prohibiting among others the destruction of a specimen of theses species. According to the MDDEP, the presence of a few individuals of a threatened or vulnerable species would not suffice in itself to prohibit a project from taking place or to order its cessation. For instance, the law would allow displacing a population of such a species to avoid its destruction, taking into account the project’s impacts, the legal status of the plants targeted and their conservation value (DQ73.1, p. 2). However, one participant is opposed to such an action: A great number of conservation organizations are opposed to it as a compensation measure and consider that the preservation of an endangered species cannot be dissociated from that of its habitat […] The few studies that have evaluated the success rate of such a compensation measure reveal in fact more failures than successes […] The Advisory committee on threatened or vulnerable flora considers therefore that the relocation of a threatened species does not represent an acceptable compensation measure. (Ms. Gisèle Lamoureux, DT34, p. 59 and 60) The Act also seeks to protect the habitats of floristic species identified in the Act respecting threatened or vulnerable species [E-12.01, r.0.4], by prohibiting in particular any activity likely to modify the ecological processes specific to them. Here again exceptions are proposed, including for activities authorized by the Minister of Sustainable development, Environment and Parks or by the government (DQ73.1, p. 2). 1. J. Labrecque and G. Lavoie, Les plantes vasculaires menacées ou vulnérables du Québec, ministère de l’Environnement, Direction du patrimoine écologique et du développement durable, Québec, p. 10-11. 218 Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure
Inventories conducted Impacts on the natural environment The proponent conducted vegetation inventories between August 18, 2004 and May 25, 2006. These have enabled identification of ten protected plant species in the area under study (Table 17). The results also illustrate a degree of variability from one year to another. The period during which the inventories were conducted as well as greater sampling effort are arguments put forward by the proponent to explain the variation in abundance noticed among rare plants. Table 17 Protected plant species inventoried in the areas under study Common name Latin name Fringed gentian, Victorin variety Gentianopsis procera subsp. macounii var. victorinii Spotted water-hemlock, Victorin variety Cicuta maculata var. victorinii Wild leek Allium tricoccum Two-leaved toothwort Cardamine diphylla Eaton’s beggartick Bidens eatonii Sticky willowherb, naked seed variety Epilobium ciliatum var. ecomosum American bugleweed, Saint-Laurent variety Lycopus americanus var. laurentianus Platanthera blephariglottis, blephariglottis variety Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis Water-smartweed, foreshores variety Polygonum punctatum var. parvum Southern wild rice, dwarfed variety Zizania aquatica var. brevis General location Status in Canada 1 Status in Quebec 2 Jetty Threatened Threatened Jetty Of special concern Threatened North of Highway 132 North of Highway 132 Vulnerable Vulnerable Jetty LDTV 3 Jetty LDTV Jetty LDTV Pipeline right-of-way LDTV Jetty LDTV Jetty LDTV 1. Government of Canada [On-line (February 22, 2007): www.registrelep.gc.ca/default_e.cfm]. 2. Government of Quebec [On-line (February 22, 2007): www2.publicationsduQuebec.gouv.qc.ca/ dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=3&file=/E_12_01/E12_01R1.HTM] 3. Likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable. Sources: adapted from: PR3.3.1, p. 2.42; PR3.4.1, p. 7.13. Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure 219
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