080121-08MN006-Sabina Hackett River Project Proposal ... - NIRB

Description of the Existing EnvironmentProject Specific Information RequirementPhysical EnvironmentSection in ProjectProposal ReportPlease note that a description of the physical environment is intended to cover all components of a project, includingroads/trails, marine routes, etc.• Proximity to designated environmental areas, including parks; heritage sites;sensitive areas, including sensitive marine habitat areas (recreational areas; sportand commercial fishing areas; breeding, spawning and nursery areas; knownmigration routes of living ;marine resources; and areas of natural beauty, cultural orhistorical history and; other) and protected wildlife areas; and other protected areas.Section 6.1.2Figure 6.1-1• Eskers and other unique landscapes (e.g. sand hills, marshes, wetlands, floodplains). Section 6.1.6• Evidence of ground, slope or rock instability, seismicity. Sections 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7The Hackett area is very oldand an inactive geologicalprovince that has been verystable with no seismicactivities to the best of ourknowledge.• Evidence of thermokarsts Section 6.1.7• Evidence of ice lenses Section 6.1.7• Surface and bedrock geology. Section 6.1.4• Topography. Section 6.1.5• Permafrost (e.g. stability, depth, thickness, continuity, taliks). Section 6.1.7• Sediment and soil quality. Sections 6.1.8, 6.1.10.5,6.1.10.6, 6.1.11.4• Hydrology/ limnology (e.g. watershed boundaries, lakes, streams, sedimentSection 6.1.10.1geochemistry, surface water flow, groundwater flow, flood zones).• Tidal processes and bathymetry in the project area. Sections 6.1.11.1, 6.1.11.2• Water quality and quantity. Sections 6.1.10.1, 6.1.10.3,6.1.10.4, 6.1.11.3• Air quality. Section 6.1.12• Climate conditions and predicted future climate trends. Section 6.1.13• Noise levels. Section 6.1.14• Other physical Valued Ecosystem Components (VEC) as determined through Section 6.1.15community consultation and/or literature review.Biological Environment• Vegetation. Section 6.2.2• Wildlife, including habitat and migration patterns. Sections 6.2.3, 6.2.9,6.2.10.1, 6.2.10.3• Birds, including habitat and migration patterns. Sections 6.2.4, 6.2.9,6.2.10.2, 6.2.10.3• Species of concern as identified by federal or territorial agencies, including anywildlife species listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), its critical habitat or theresidences of individuals of the species.Section 6.2.10• Aquatic (freshwater and marine) species, including habitat and migration/spawningpatterns.• Other biological Valued Ecosystem Components (VEC) as determined throughcommunity consultation and/or literature review.Socioeconomic EnvironmentSections 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7,6.2.8, 6.2.10.4Section 6.2.11• Proximity to communities. Section 6.3.1• Archaeological and culturally significant sites (e.g. pingos, soap stone quarries) in the Section 6.3.2project and adjacent areas.