24. Consultation and Engagement for the EA / IA Process

Fall

Introduction of Assessment Phase of EA / IA (Project Milestone Initiated)

• Level of interest in the Community Access Road
• How people would like to be kept informed
• Interest in creating community-specific Engagement Plans

Summer

WE ARE HERE

Fall

Effects Assessment Methodology (Project Milestone Initiated)

• Consultation and engagement approach
• Planned baseline field studies
• Existing conditions and results of baseline field studies completed
• EA / IA processes
• Local and regional study areas, Project phases, criteria and indicators, Project-environment interactions and net effects characteristics

Fall

Identification of Preferred Alternatives (Project Milestone Initiated)

• Identified potential effects, including impacts of Project on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
• Proposed impact management measures
• Predicted net effects
• Results of the comparative analysis of advantages and disadvantages
• Preferred alternative selected
• Preliminary road design, to the extent available
• Cumulative effects assessment methods

Summer

Review of Draft EA / IS (Project Milestone Initiated)

• Draft EA / IS
• Proposed impact management measures and follow-up program measures, including monitoring measures and adaptive management plan(s)
• Cumulative effects assessment results
• EA / IS conclusions

Spring

Review of Final EA / IS (Project Milestone Initiated)

• Final EA / IS