Bathurst Inlet Port and Road Project An Economic Development Project for the Kitikmeot Region of Nun

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Bathurst Inlet Port and Road Project(An
Economic Development Project for the Kitikmeot
Region of Nunavut)

• Community Meetings
• May 2007

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Project Status

• Project Proponent/owner is the Bathurst Inlet
  Port and Road Joint Venture Ltd.
• (An Inuit company, a 50/50 JV between
  Kitikmeot Corporation and Nuna Logistics)
• In December 2004 NIRB issued guidelines for the
  Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
• The project now has funding to proceed with the
  DEIS

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The Project

• Port site on Bathurst Inlet
• Dock to serve large ice class vessels delivering
  fuel and bulk cargo to the port
• Dock to handle barges serving the Kitikmeot
  Communities
• 150 person camp and services
• 180 million litre fuel tank farm
• Truck and trailer repair shop
• 1,200 metre airstrip (small planes)
• Road 211 km to Contwoyto Lake
• Maintenance camp at Contwoyto Lake

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Project Schedule

• Draft EIS to NIRB fall of 2007
• If permitting is complete by mid 2009, then
  mobilization can begin summer/fall 2009
• Construction can begin fall 2009 and be complete
  by winter 2011. The port site could be
  operational by summer 2011
• Road operations could then begin February 2012

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Land Ownership

• The project will occupy
• Inuit Owned Land (IOL) 143 ha
• Contwoyto camp 2 ha
• 82.3km of road ( quarries) 141 ha
• Crown Land 370 ha
• Port site camp and airstrip 159 ha
• 128.9 km of road (quarries) 211 ha

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Project Operations

• Summer shipping season
• Fuel and supplies delivered to Kitikmeot
  communities by barge during summer.
• The all weather road would operate in winter
  only, between January and April, to deliver fuel
  and supplies by truck to mines in Nunavut and
  NWT. Trucks would be both captive to the project
  and also come from the South as necessary.
• Water use is for domestic purposes only. No
  industrial wastes, sewage would be treated for
  disposal.

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Shipping

• Independent studies have shown that the route to
  the proposed port site is suitable for vessels up
  to 50,000 tonnes
• Vessels are allowed to enter Canadian Arctic
  waters as long as they comply with the Arctic
  Waters Pollution Prevention Act.
• Vessels must meet Canadian standards.
• Fuel and supplies would be shipped from eastern
  Canada or offshore into Bathurst Inlet during the
  open ice period, mid-July to mid October, (approx
  90 days, similar to the shipping at Polaris and
  Nanisivik Mines).
• Icebreaking will not be required to extend the
  season

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Project Benefits

• Reduced cost of fuel and supplies for the
  Kitikmeot communities and earlier delivery to
  Cambridge Bay
• Reduced capital and operating costs for mineral
  exploration and mine development
• Significant increase in Inuit businesses and
  local employment
• Increased training and skills development in the
  Kitikmeot
• Increased economic activity in Nunavut and NWT
  (especially Yellowknife)

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Environmental, Archaeologyand Socio-economic
Studies
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Study Components

• Freshwater Environment
• Marine Environment
• Wildlife
• Meteorology
• Bedrock Geology and ARD
• Surficial Geology, Soils and Ecosystem Mapping
• Traditional Knowledge
• Archaeology/cultural sites

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Mainland Caribou Ranges
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Traditional Knowledge
Naonaiyaotit Traditional Knowledge Project (NTKP)

• Bathurst Port and Road Project within study area
  of the NTKP
• covers wide variety of topics, such as
  transportation routes, harvesting, cultural
  resources, wildlife, and fish
• raw data contained within a GIS database

Tuktu Nogak Project (TNP)

• Caribou and calves

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Socio-Economic Studies

• Profile baseline conditions in the West Kitikmeot
  communities (e.g., demographics, employment and
  income, education, training and employment
  skills, etc.)

Community of Bathurst Inlet
Methodology

• detailed literature search
• questionnaire to survey residents
• visits to communities
• interviews

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Community Consultations to Date

• Community consultations began in 2001 and
  have included the following activities
• Meetings with Mayor Council
• Public meetings
• Public Open Houses
• Presentations to stakeholder groups
• Site tours with Elders
• Scoping meetings
• Discussion groups

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Socio-Economic Studies to date

• To gather socio-economic data and to
  understand community values viewpoints we have
  conducted
• Research and review of existing literature
  demographic data
• Community visits
• Questionnaires
• In-depth interviews
• Discussion groups meetings

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Socio-Economic Studies to date

• Some of the topics raised during these
  activities included
• Employment training opportunities
• Business Opportunities
• Family, community health wellness
• Inuit culture traditional way of life
• Impacts on environment wildlife

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Heritage Resources
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Heritage Study Scope

• 2 year program 2001 and 2002
• Program outline
• Site file search to identify previously recorded
  sites
• Literature search to provide information on site
  types and locations provide regional
  archaeological and historical context
• Evaluation of terrain features for archaeological
  site potential
• Field survey to inventory sites
• Evaluation of potential site values

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Heritage Consultation Results

• Kugluktuk Comments routing
• Bathurst Inlet Port previously recorded
  archaeological sites
• Nose Lake burials
• Cambridge Bay Comments
• Bathurst Inlet Port previously recorded sites and
  burials
• Mara River and Burnside River burials
• Inclusion of newly recorded sites into accessible
  database
• Collection policies and protocols

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2007 Program

• Field work
• Marine mammal surveys in Bathurst Inlet
• Bird surveys in the project area
• Acid rock/metal leaching tests on construction
  rock
• Update freshwater/marine fisheries work
• Socio-economic studies and Traditional Knowledge
  studies
• Preparation of the draft Environmental Impact
  Statement

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Community Consultation

• 2007 Objectives
• Increase awareness of the BIPR project
• Gather community opinion, input and expectations
  of the project
• Develop understanding of Traditional lifestyle
  and how project may affect this
• Collect current and accurate information to build
  a comprehensive base line
• Assess socio-economic effects of project on area
  of influence

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Next Steps

• The information from community consultation will
  be included in the Draft EIS
• Submit Draft EIS to NIRB
• NIRB public environmental review process

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