061211-Environmental Screening Report-IMAE.pdf - nirb

5.3.2 Land and Resource Use .............................................................895.3.2.1 Subsistence Harvesting ..........................................895.3.2.2 Soapstone Quarries ................................................915.3.2.3 Non-Traditional Land Uses .....................................915.3.3 Local and Regional Traffic Patterns............................................935.3.4 Brief Community Profiles.............................................................945.3.4.1 Pond Inlet ................................................................945.3.4.2 Igloolik .....................................................................955.3.4.3 Arctic Bay ................................................................965.3.4.4 Hall Beach ...............................................................965.3.5 Human Health .............................................................................985.3.6 Other Valued Socio-economic Components...............................98SECTION 6.0 - IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION ......................996.1 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT....................................................................996.1.1 Air Quality....................................................................................996.1.1.1 Potential Impacts.....................................................996.1.1.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1006.1.2 Noise .........................................................................................1006.1.2.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1006.1.2.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1016.1.3 Ground Stability and Permafrost...............................................1016.1.3.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1016.1.3.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1026.1.4 Hydrology/Limnology.................................................................1026.1.4.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1026.1.4.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1066.1.5 Water Quality.............................................................................1066.1.5.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1066.1.5.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1086.1.6 Climate Conditions ....................................................................1096.1.7 Unique or Fragile Landscapes ..................................................1096.1.7.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1096.1.7.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1096.1.8 Geology .....................................................................................1096.1.9 Sediment and Soil Quality.........................................................1096.1.9.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1096.1.9.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1106.1.10 Tidal Processes and Bathymetry ..............................................1106.2 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT..............................................................1106.2.1 Vegetation .................................................................................1106.2.1.1 Potential Impacts...................................................1106.2.1.2 Proposed Mitigation ..............................................1116.2.2 Wildlife.......................................................................................112Page xi of xviNB102-00181/6-1Revision 0November 20, 2006