Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) Registration for the ...

REVISED PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) REGISTRATION
FOR THE NEPISIGUIT FALLS GENERATING STATION MODIFICATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT
Project-related Fires. In the unlikely event of a large Fire, local emergency response and fire
fighting capability will be called to respond to reduce the severity and extent of damage and to
protect the safety of workers.
In consideration of planned and existing mitigation, the potential adverse environmental effects
on the Atmospheric Environment, the Terrestrial Environment, and Land Use and Economy, and
Current Use of Land and Resources for Traditional Purposes by Aboriginal Persons from an
unplanned Fire are rated not significant.
4.4.3.6 Discovery of a Heritage Resource
Discovery of a Heritage Resource has the potential to interact with the Heritage Resources
VEC, as indicated by its ranking of 1 in Table 4.6. There is a heightened potential for Discovery
of a Heritage Resource during Construction activities due to increased activity at the site. There
are no features of the future Operation of the Project that would increase the risk of Discovery of
a Heritage Resource compared to the current operation of the NFGS. The potential
environmental effects of Discovery of a Heritage Resource during future Decommissioning and
Abandonment activities will be assessed in a future Decommissioning and Abandonment plan.
There is a low probability that a previously undiscovered heritage resource (including artifacts)
may be uncovered as a result of the Project. No intrusive ground-disturbing activities are
planned for the Project, and limited dewatering of the forebay will occur. The temporary access
road, platform and debris removal required will be undertaken under dry conditions (behind the
Coffer Dam), on the forebay floor which has been dewatered in the past. Once the Project is
complete, the forebay will be returned to its natural state prior to re-watering. Though the NFGS
itself has been present on site for nearly a century and could be considered in itself a heritage
resource, the Project is intended to preserve the operation of this facility and as such is intended
to protect this built heritage resource.
In the unlikely event that Project personnel encounter a known or suspected heritage resource
during any phase of the Project, work in the immediate area of the find (10 m radius) will be
halted, and Archaeological Services of the New Brunswick Department of Wellness, Culture and
Sport will be contacted in accordance with the Heritage Conservation Act (2010). Work in the
immediate area of the find will be suspended until direction from Archaeological Services is
received. The heritage resources may not be removed by anyone other than a licensed
archaeologist (Archaeological Services 2009).
With these measures and planned mitigation, and given the limited likelihood of discovering a
heritage resource, the potential environmental effects of Discovery of Heritage Resource on the
Heritage Resources VEC are rated not significant.
4.4.3.7 Vehicle Accident
A Vehicle Accident has the potential to interact with the Road Transportation Network VEC, as
indicated by its ranking of 1 in Table 4.6. The potential for fires or hazardous substance spills,
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