Howse Property Iron Mine Project – Environmental Impact Statement

Volume 1 – Environmental Impact Statement

• Howse Project Table of Contents, Concordance and Contacts (PDF - 1.3 MB)
• Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF - 3.4 MB)
• Chapter 2 - The Undertaking (PDF - 4.1 MB)
• Chapter 3 - Project Description (PDF - 8.9 MB)
• Chapter 4 - Aboriginal Engagement and Public Consultations (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• Chapter 5 - Methodology (PDF - 396 KB)
• Chapter 6 - Effects Considerations, Accidents and Malfunctions and Climate Change (PDF - 684 KB)
• Chapter 7
  • Study Areas and Valued Component Selection (PDF - 308 KB)
  • Effects Assessment Physical Environment (PDF - 27.8 MB)
  • Effects Assessment Biological Environment (PDF - 12.6 MB)
  • Effects Assessment Socioeconomic Environment (PDF - 6.9 MB)
  • Potential Resource Conflicts and Effects Assessment Summary (PDF - 313 KB)
• Chapter 8 - Cumulative Effects Assessment (PDF - 4.1 MB)
• Chapter 9 - Environmental Monitoring and Follow-up (PDF - 2.2 MB)
• Chapter 10 - Decommissioning and Rehabilitation (PDF - 264 KB)
• Chapter 11 - Literature Cited and Personal Communications (PDF - 521 KB)

Volume 1 – Appendices

• Appendices Table of Contents (PDF - 149 KB)
• Appendix Ia - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Environmental Protection Plan (PDF - 3.3 MB)
• Appendix Ib - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Environmental Emergency Response Plan (PDF - 919 KB)
• Appendix Ic - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Fire Emergency Response Plan (PDF - 176 KB)
• Appendix IIa - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Mechanical Equipment List (PDF - 127 KB)
• Appendix IIb - Jaw Crusher Nordberg (PDF - 1.2 MB)
• Appendix IIc - Metso Cone Crusher (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• Appendix III - List of Permits and Authorizations (PDF - 187 KB)
• Appendix IV - Water Management Plan - October 2015 (PDF - 25.0 MB)
• Appendix V - Water Management Plan - January 2015 (PDF - 20.2 MB)
• Appendix VI - Standard Mitigation Measures (PDF - 332 KB)
• Appendix VII - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Draft Health Safety Manual (PDF - 2.7 MB)
• Appendix VIII - Material Safety Data Sheet (PDF - 210 KB)
• Appendix IX - Example of Letter to Government Officials (PDF - 93 KB)
• Appendix Xa - Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Employment Plan (PDF - 3.9 MB)
• Appendix Xb - Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Plan de recrutement féminin (PDF - 3.1 MB)
• Appendix XIa -Bulletin (PDF - 444 KB)
• Appendix XIb - Communiqué (PDF - 444 KB)
• Appendix XIc - Tata Steel Minerals Canada Newsletter (PDF - 735 KB)
• Appendix XIIa - NunatuKavut Community Council Environmental Assessment Determination with response (PDF - 93 KB)
• Appendix XIIb - Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach Comments with Response (PDF - 216 KB)
• Appendix XIIc - Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Letter (PDF - 252 KB)
• Appendix XIId - Nation Matimekush - Lac John Response Letter (PDF - 244 KB)
• Appendix XIIIa - Project Update - Meeting with Innu Nation, Environment (PDF - 6.7 MB)
• Appendix XIIIb - Project Presentation (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• Appendix XIV - Pamphlet (PDF - 601 KB)
• Appendix XV - Example of Letter to Innu Nation and NunatuKavut Community Council (PDF - 200 KB)
• Appendix XVI - Howse Specific Mitigation Measures (PDF - 192 KB)
• Appendix XVII - Ground Water Modelling Climate Variability (PDF - 3.0 MB)
• Appendix XVIII - Surface Water Modelling Climate Variability (PDF - 503 KB)
• Appendix XIX - Prevention and Management of Blast Generated NOx (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• Appendix XX - List of Flora Species (PDF - 23 KB)
• Appendix XXI - Wetland assessment (PDF - 740 KB)
• Appendix XXII - Public Notice - Caribou (PDF - 378 KB) (French only)
• Appendix XXIII - List of Wildlife Species (PDF - 311 KB)
• Appendix XXIV - Draft Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Plan (PDF - 3.1 MB)

Volume 2 – Supporting Studies

• Supporting Studies Table of Contents (PDF - 138 KB)
• Appendix A - Conceptual Slope Design (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• Appendix B - Hydrogeology and MODFLOW Modelling (PDF - 18.6 MB)
• Appendix C - Land and Resource Use (PDF - 26.5 MB)
• Appendix D - Human Health Risk Assessment Section Table of Contents (PDF - 134 KB)
• Appendix D-1 - Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF - 5.8 MB)
• Appendix D-2 - Country Food Survey (PDF - 1.6 MB)
• Appendix D-3 - Country Food Survey Results (PDF - 449 KB)
• Appendix E - Air Section Table of Contents (PDF - 130 KB)
• Appendix E-1 - Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency: Air Dispersion Modelling Report (PDF - 34.6 MB)
• Appendix E-2 - Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Preview Report: Air Modelling Report (PDF - 35.3 MB)
• Appendix F - Noise and Vibration (PDF - 4.5 MB)
• Appendix G - Ambient Light Technical Report (PDF - 5.7 MB)
• Appendix H - Acid-Base Accounting (PDF - 140 KB)
• Appendix I - Hydrological Campaign (PDF - 6.4 MB)
• Appendix J - Permafrost Section Table of Contents (PDF - 133 KB)
• Appendix J-1 - Permafrost Report (PDF - 5.2 MB)
• Appendix J-2a - Natural Resources Canada Feedback with Response (PDF - 497 KB)
• Appendix J-2b - Summary of Permafrost Studies, 1974 (PDF - 1.7 MB)
• Appendix J-2c - Elross Lake Automatic Weather Station (PDF - 828 KB)
• Appendix K - Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping Report (PDF - 42.0 MB)
• Appendix L - Lake Pinette Water Regime (PDF - 5.8 MB)
• Appendix M - Aquatic Survey (PDF - 15.5 MB)
• Appendix N - Common Nighthawk (PDF - 5.6 MB)
• Appendix O - Archeology Report (PDF - 4.6 MB)

Volume 3 – Previous Wildlife Studies

• Avifauna Studies Table of Contents (PDF - 133 KB)
• Appendix a - 2009 Breeding Bird Monitoring Report (PDF - 537 KB)
• Appendix b - Inventaire des oiseaux nicheurs du site minier du projet KéMag (PDF - 3.1 MB) (French only)
• Appendix c - Migrating Birds Surveys for the LabMag Project Mine Site, Spring and Fall 2011 (May 2012) (PDF - 8.4 MB)
• Appendix d - Migrating Birds Surveys at the Kémag Project Mine Site, Spring and Fall 2011 (August 2012) (PDF - 6.7 MB)

• Groupe Hemispheres Reports Table of Contents (PDF - 139 KB)
• Appendix a - Fish and Fish Habitat Investigations for the Direct-Shipping Ore Project (PDF - 10.6 MB)
• Appendix b - Spring Survey of Caribou in the Vicinity of Schefferville, November 2009 (PDF - 3.2 MB)
• Appendix c - Inventaire 2008 et 2009 des oiseaux nicheurs du future site DSO (PDF - 2.9 MB) (French only)
• Appendix d - Reconnaissance de l'habitat du poisson le long de deux tracés hypothétiques de la route principale d'accès entre les secteurs DSO3 et DSO4, projet DSO (PDF - 9.4 MB) (French only)
• Appendix e - Inventaires du milieu aquatique pour le projet DSO (PDF - 40.0 MB) (French only)
• Appendix f - Spring Survey of Caribou in the Vicinity of Schefferville April 2010 (PDF - 957 KB)
• Appendix g - Spring Survey of Caribou in the Vicinity of Schefferville May 2010 (PDF - 6.4 MB)
• Appendix h - Recherche de mesures de compensation relatives à l'habitat du poisson (PDF - 58.9 MB) (French only)
• Appendix i - Inventaires complémentaires du milieu aquatique potentiellement affecté par les futures activités minières : secteur des gisements Leroy 1 et Sunny 1, unité d'évaluation 2a, Projet DSO (PDF - 10.8 MB) (French only)
• Appendix j - Plan de mitigation pour la protection du quiscale rouilleux, Projet DSO (PDF - 4.5 MB) (French only)
• Appendix k - Spring Survey of Caribou in the Vicinity of the DSO3 Sector, April 2011 (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• Appendix l - Spring Monitoring of Caribou in the Vicinity of the DSO3 Sector, April 2012 (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• Appendix m - Direct Shipping Ore Project Phase I - Reconnaissance of Potentially Affected Fish Habitat Western Labrador and Eastern Quebec (PDF - 9.0 MB)