Report - Agence canadienne d'évaluation environnementale

Impacts on the natural environment
The MDDEP points out that, on this matter, transplantation is not a measure to favour
and must only be considered as a last resort.
♦ Recommendation 30 — Considering the rich floristic quality of jetty area, the Panel
recommends that the proponent compensate for the loss of protected species habitat
for the entire area affected by the work. These measures should be assessed
following an agreement with the ministère du Développement durable, de
l’Environnement et des Parcs.
♦ Recommendation 31 — The Panel recommends that the ministère du
Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs see to it that appropriate
measures be taken to ensure the protection of individuals belonging to these protected
species and their habitats. Transplantation should be considered only as a last resort.
Land-based facilities area
During the inventory conducted by the proponent, nine colonies of two-leaved
toothwort were recorded north of Highway 132, in the proposed area for the
installation of the utility corridor. Although no colony was recorded in the proposed
infrastructures’ right-of-way, two colonies were reported to live directly on the latter’s
edge. This species does not have any protection status at the federal level but has
been designated as vulnerable in Quebec in 2005.
To avoid disrupting or destroying the two-leaved toothwort’s colonies, the proponent
agreed to conduct further checks during the construction phase, to mark out the areas
to avoid and to prohibit equipment from crossing these areas.
♦ Recommendation 32 — The Panel recommends that the ministère du
Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs ensure that the proponent
performs new inventories during the construction of facilities to ascertain the absence
of two-leaved toothworts in the areas covered. In the case where two-leaved toothwort
individuals would be recorded in the work area and transplantation would be the only
conceivable option, the Panel recommends that the proponent develop a follow-up
program to verify the success of the transplantation.
The wild leek does not have any protection status at the federal level but the species is
designated vulnerable in Quebec. According to the Centre de données sur le patrimoine
naturel du Quebec (CDPNQ), designating this species as vulnerable would mainly serve
to forbid its sale and harvesting in great quantities (DQ43.1, p. 3).
The proposed deforestation area for the terminal includes a micropopulation
estimated at some 180 to 200 seedlings based on a transplantation performed by the
owner during the past years. Such a population of less than 1,000 seedlings is not
222 Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure