Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Enviromental Impact Statement
Title Page
- Title Page (PDF – 183 KB)
- Table of Contents (PDF – 2,344 KB)
- Environmental Impact Statement Table of Concordance (PDF – 1,367 KB)
- Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF – 235 KB)
Chapter One
- Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF – 57,668 KB)
- Appendix 1A NWP Board Charter December 2023 (PDF – 447 KB)
- Appendix 1B NWP Employee Code of Conduct (PDF – 918 KB)
- Appendix 1C NWP Risk Management Policy (PDF – 859 KB)
- Appendix 1D NWP Whistleblower Policy (PDF – 924 KB)
- Appendix 1E NWP Anti Bribery and Corruption Policy (PDF – 934 KB)
- Appendix 1F NWP Environmental Policy (PDF – 140 KB)
- Appendix 1G NWP Equity Diversity and Inclusion Policy (PDF – 873 KB)
Chapter Two
- Chapter 2 Project Alternatives (PDF – 62,830 KB)
Chapter Three
- Chapter 3 Project Description (PDF – 141,381 KB)
- Appendix 3A Summary of Changes Made to the Project Since Originally Proposed in 2014 (PDF – 257 KB)
- Appendix 3B Geochemical Test Data Sediment Pond Water Quality and Leachate Flow Rates (PDF – 4,557 KB)
- Appendix 3C Denitrification and Selenium Reduction in Unsaturated Waste Rock and Coal Reject (PDF – 19,482 KB)
- Appendix 3D Outdoor Lighting Evaluation Baseline Report (PDF – 27,345 KB)
Chapter Four
- Chapter 4 Consultation and Engagement (PDF – 2,385 KB)
- Appendix 4A Section 11 and 13 Orders (PDF – 335 KB)
- Appendix 4AA October Working Group Meeting Presentations (PDF – 8,442 KB)
- Appendix 4B First Nations Consultation Plan (PDF – 2,116 KB)
- Appendix 4BB Federal Regulators Meeting Gateneau November 2015 (PDF – 4,497 KB)
- Appendix 4C First Nations Consultation Report December 2023 (PDF – 3,326 KB)
- Appendix 4CC Waste Rock Management Meeting Feb 2018 (PDF – 5,368 KB)
- Appendix 4D Public Consultation Plan (PDF – 2,032 KB)
- Appendix 4DD Terrestrial Baseline Overview Feb 2018 (PDF – 2,498 KB)
- Appendix 4E Final EIS Guidelines (PDF – 505 KB)
- Appendix 4EE Waste Rock Management Update Dec 2018 (PDF – 1,864 KB)
- Appendix 4F Project Overview for Kainai (PDF – 1,168 KB)
- Appendix 4FF Terrestrial Presentation (PDF – 916 KB)
- Appendix 4G Project Overview for Siksika (PDF – 1,251 KB)
- Appendix 4GG Aquatics Baseline Presentation (PDF – 1,928 KB)
- Appendix 4H Project Overview Presentation for Stoney Nakoda Feb 2020 (PDF – 1,095 KB)
- Appendix 4HH Waste Rock Management Meeting Oct 2019 (PDF – 4,635 KB)
- Appendix 4I Project Update Stoney Nakoda Nation Apr 2021 (PDF – 2,232 KB)
- Appendix 4II Wildlife Modelling Presentation Nov 2019 (PDF – 5,605 KB)
- Appendix 4J Project Update EVM Apr 2021 (PDF – 2,310 KB)
- Appendix 4JJ Wildlife Modelling Presentation Dec 2019 (PDF – 2,705 KB)
- Appendix 4K Coal 101 EVM (PDF – 1,303 KB)
- Appendix 4KK Ungulate Wildlife Modelling Meeting Jan 2020 (PDF – 8,512 KB)
- Appendix 4L Collected Public Comments May to June 2016 (PDF – 261 KB)
- Appendix 4LL Aquatics Update Meeting April 2020 (PDF – 1,722 KB)
- Appendix 4M Public Consultation Report Pre App Aug 2016 (PDF – 46,904 KB)
- Appendix 4MM Water Quality Modelling Meeting June 2020 (PDF – 5,364 KB)
- Appendix 4N Open House Advertisements in Local Papers (PDF – 9,710 KB)
- Appendix 4NN Terrestrial Effects Assessment Meeting Oct 2020 (PDF – 9,499 KB)
- Appendix 4O Open House Poster Boards (PDF – 60,877 KB)
- Appendix 4OO Groundwater Working Group Meeting Dec 2020 (PDF – 4,287 KB)
- Appendix 4P Getting to Know About Each Other Survey 1 Report (PDF – 1,821 KB)
- Appendix 4PP Fish and Fish Habitat Aug 2021 (PDF – 1,895 KB)
- Appendix 4Q Getting to Know About Land Use and Access Survey 2 Report (PDF – 2,563 KB)
- Appendix 4QQ Water Quality Oct 2021 (PDF – 2,069 KB)
- Appendix 4R Working SE BC Coal Mines Survey Report (PDF – 573 KB)
- Appendix 4RR Fish and Fish Habitat Offsetting Nov 2021 (PDF – 1,189 KB)
- Appendix 4S Representative News Articles (PDF – 7,146 KB)
- Appendix 4T NWP Newsletters (PDF – 7,981 KB)
- Appendix 4U Project Description November 2014 (PDF – 22,224 KB)
- Appendix 4V Valued Components Document (PDF – 6,562 KB)
- Appendix 4W AIR WG Comments and Responses April 2018 (PDF – 701 KB)
- Appendix 4X Final AIR December 2023 (PDF – 8,043 KB)
- Appendix 4Y Overview BC EA Process (PDF – 1,493 KB)
- Appendix 4Z CM EA Presentation June 2015 NWP (PDF – 6,007 KB)
Chapter Five
- Chapter 5 Effects Assessment Scope and Approach (PDF – 25,319 KB)
Chapter Six
- Chapter 6 Atmospheric Environment Assessment (PDF – 69,808 KB)
- Appendix 6A Air Quality Baseline Report (PDF – 2,699 KB)
- Appendix 6B Meterology Baseline Report (PDF – 5,034 KB)
- Appendix 6C Air Quality Assessment (PDF – 57,522 KB)
Chapter Seven
- Chapter 7 Acoustic Environment Assessment (PDF – 816 KB)
- Chapter 7 Appendix (PDF – 25,844 KB)
Chapter Eight
- Chapter 8 Soil and Terrain Assessment (PDF – 87,378 KB)
- Appendix 8A Baseline Soils Report (PDF – 2,344 KB)
- Appendix 8B Baseline Chemistry Report (PDF – 15,977 KB)
- Appendix 8C Geohazards and Stability (PDF – 95,691 KB)
Chapter Nine
- Chapter 9 Groundwater Assessment (PDF – 138,648 KB)
- Appendix 9A Groundwater Technical Report (PDF – 32,638 KB)
- Appendix 9B Hydrogeological Field Data Report (PDF – 55,206 KB)
- Appendix 9C Baseline Groundwater Investigation (PDF – 18,603 KB)
- Appendix 9D Characterization of Groundwater Surface Water Interactions (PDF – 9,530 KB)
- Appendix 9E Predictive Groundwater Quality Modelling Results for 43 Parameters (PDF – 182 KB)
Chapter Ten
- Chapter 10 Surface Water Quantity Assessment (PDF – 78,724 KB)
- Appendix 10A Flow and Water Quality Impact Assessment Modelling Tech Memo (PDF – 39,558 KB)
- Appendix 10B Hydrology Baseline Report (PDF – 8,968 KB)
- Appendix 10C Predicted Annual Monthly and Daily Flow Data (PDF – 4,338 KB)
- Appendix 10D Elk River Watershed_Report Kootenay Boundary Water Tool (PDF – 4,715 KB)
Chapter Eleven
- Chapter 11 Surface Water Quality Assessment (PDF – 110,863 KB)
- Appendix 11A Summary of Consultation Feedback on Surface Water Quality (PDF – 329 KB)
- Appendix 11B Surface Water Quality Baseline Report (PDF – 9,883 KB)
- Appendix 11C Geochemical Baseline (PDF – 6,541 KB)
- Appendix 11D Calcification Assessment (PDF – 304 KB)
- Appendix 11E Water Mitigation Technology Readiness Review (PDF – 274 KB)
- Appendix 11F Water Quality Prediction Model (PDF – 34,534 KB)
- Appendix 11G Water Quality Prediction Summary Statistics (PDF – 183 KB)
- Appendix 11H Interim and Main Sediment Pond 50th and 95th Percentile Geochemical Charts (PDF – 2,208 KB)
- Appendix 11I Mass Comparison of Nitrate Selenium and Sulphate Contributions in Michel Creek (PDF – 2,425 KB)
Chapter Twelve
- Segment 1 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 475 KB)
- Segment 2 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 66,237 KB)
- Segment 3 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 49,567 KB)
- Segment 4 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 51,481 KB)
- Segment 5 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 61,814 KB)
- Segment 6 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 61,924 KB)
- Segment 7 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 23 KB)
- Segment 8 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 52,998 KB)
- Segment 9 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 44 KB)
- Segment 10 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 64,928 KB)
- Segment 11 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 85 KB)
- Segment 12 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 77,241 KB)
- Segment 13 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 5,136 KB)
- Segment 14 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 66,509 KB)
- Segment 15 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 22 KB)
- Segment 16 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 66,503 KB)
- Segment 17 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 24 KB)
- Segment 18 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 58,847 KB)
- Segment 19 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 66,409 KB)
- Segment 20 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 165 KB)
- Segment 21 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 105,054 KB)
- Segment 22 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 182 KB)
- Segment 23 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 105,113 KB)
- Segment 24 of Chapter 12 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment (PDF – 4,801 KB)
- Appendix 12A Fluvial Geomorphology Assessment of Alexander Creek (PDF – 11,051 KB)
- Appendix 12B Fish and Fish Habitat Baseline Assessment (PDF – 125,067 KB)
- Appendix 12C Alexander Creek Westslope Cutthroat Trout Population Study (PDF – 9,362 KB)
- Appendix 12D Aquatic Health Baseline Sampling Report (PDF – 11,067 KB)
- Appendix 12E Crown Fish Habitat Conceptual Offsetting Report (PDF – 56,102 KB)
- Appendix 12F Fish Health Effects Bioaccumulative Substances (PDF – 352 KB)
Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter 13 Landscapes and Ecosystems Assessment (PDF – 97,194 KB)
- Appendix 13A Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping Report (PDF – 1,693 KB)
- Appendix 13B Wetland Ecosystem Baseline Report (PDF – 99,308 KB)
- Appendix 13C Invasive Plant Surveys within the Active Footprint (PDF – 7,307 KB)
- Appendix 13D Wetland Functional Assessment (PDF – 1,634 KB)
- Appendix 13E MacHydro Effects Assessment Future Conditions Scenario Modelling (PDF – 1,841 KB)
- Appendix 13F MacHydro Effects Assessment (PDF – 6,316 KB)
Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter 14 Vegetation Assessment (PDF – 76,732 KB)
- Appendix 14A Hist Observ of Listed Plants and Ecol Communities (PDF – 688 KB)
- Appendix 14B Listed Plant Species Listed Ecol Communities and Sens Ecosystems (PDF – 1,884 KB)
- Appendix 14C Limber Pine Distribution Assessment (PDF – 2,202 KB)
- Appendix 14D Whitebark Pine Distribution Health and Critical Habitat Assessment (PDF – 2,128 KB)
Chapter Fifteen
- Segment 1 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 49,226 KB)
- Segment 2 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 43,685 KB)
- Segment 3 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 41,493 KB)
- Segment 4 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 49,383 KB)
- Segment 5 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 46,710 KB)
- Segment 6 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 50,078 KB)
- Segment 7 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 51,089 KB)
- Segment 8 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 45,192 KB)
- Segment 9 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 47,249 KB)
- Segment 10 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 49,530 KB)
- Segment 11 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 48,175 KB)
- Segment 12 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 42,220 KB)
- Segment 13 of Chapter 15 Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (PDF – 15,884 KB)
- Appendix 15A Summary of Consultation Feedback Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat VCs (PDF – 329 KB)
- Appendix 15B Baseline Survey Report Mammals (PDF – 8,842 KB)
- Appendix 15C Modelling Appendix Wildlife Habitat (PDF – 934 KB)
- Appendix 15D Scale Integrated Grizzly Bear Habitat Modeling Report (PDF – 3,995 KB)
- Appendix 15E Bird Community Baseline Report (PDF – 159,777 KB)
- Appendix 15F Incidental Woodpecker Observations in the Terrestrial LSA (PDF – 2,558 KB)
- Appendix 15G Amphibian Baseline Report (PDF – 12,487 KB)
- Appendix 15H Gillettes Checkerspot Survey Report (PDF – 1,627 KB)
Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter 16 Physical and Cultural Heritage Assessment (PDF – 65,953 KB)
- Appendix 16A Archaeological Impact Assessment (PDF – 91,794 KB)
- Appendix 16B Preliminary Fossil Impact Assessment (PDF – 2,717 KB)
Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter 17 Economics Conditions Assessment (PDF – 4,628 KB)
- Appendix 17A Socio Economic Baseline Report (PDF – 5,694 KB)
- Appendix 17B GBA+ Interview Questions (PDF – 54 KB)
Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter 18 Socio-Community Assessment (PDF – 3,305 KB)
Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter 19 Land Use Assessment (PDF – 132,296 KB)
- Appendix 19A Land Use and Access Baseline Report (PDF – 10,533 KB)
- Appendix 19B Summary of Land Use and Access Survey (PDF – 171 KB)
- Appendix 19C Visual Aesthetic Baseline Report (PDF – 7,181 KB)
Chapter Twenty
- Chapter 20 Effects of the Environment on the Project (PDF – 1,691 KB)
- Chapter 20 Appendix (PDF – 1,428 KB)
Chapter Twenty One
- Chapter 21 Accidents and Malfunctions Assessment (PDF – 1,491 KB)
- Chapter 21 Appendix (PDF – 38,382 KB)
Chapter Twenty Two
- Chapter 22 Human and Ecological Health Assessment (PDF – 5,003 KB)
- Appendix 22A Detailed Quantitative Environmental Risk Assessment (PDF – 29,946 KB)
- Appendix 22B LET Addendum to HHERA Supp Assess Se Bioaccu (PDF – 448 KB)
Chapter Twenty Three
- Chapter 23 Ktunaxa Nation (PDF – 65,523 KB)
- Chapter 23 Appendix (PDF – 440 KB)
Chapter Twenty Four
- Chapter 24 Shuswap Band (PDF – 18,996 KB)
- Chapter 24 Appendix (PDF – 380 KB)
Chapter Twenty Five
- Chapter 25 Stoney Nakoda Nations (PDF – 21,152 KB)
Chapter Twenty Six
- Chapter 26 Métis Nation of British Columbia (PDF – 18,010 KB)
- Chapter 26 Appendix (PDF – 263 KB)
Chapter Twenty Seven
- Chapter 27 Kainai (Blood Tribe) (PDF – 20,141 KB)
- Chapter 27 Appendix (PDF – 228 KB)
Chapter Twenty Eight
- Chapter 28 Piikani Nation (PDF – 19,472 KB)
- Chapter 28 Appendix (PDF – 777 KB)
Chapter Twenty Nine
- Chapter 29 Siksika Nation (PDF – 20,326 KB)
- Chapter 29 Appendix (PDF – 228 KB)
Chapter Thirty
- Chapter 30 Tsuutina Nation_ (PDF – 23,226 KB)
- Chapter 30 Appendix (PDF – 170 KB)
Chapter Thirty One
- Chapter 31 Métis Nation Alberta - Region 3 (PDF – 18,836 KB)
- Chapter 31 Appendix (PDF – 298 KB)
Chapter Thirty Two
- Chapter 32 Assessment of Effects on Matters of Federal Jurisdiction (PDF – 2,191 KB)
Chapter Thirty Three
- Chapter 33 Management and Monitoring Plans (PDF – 16,515 KB)
- Chapter 33 Appendix (PDF – 269 KB)
Chapter Thirty Four
- Chapter 34 Summary and Conclusions (PDF – 2,098 KB)
Addenda
- Addendum A Current and Future Generations (PDF – 144 KB)
- Addendum B Biophysical Factors Supporting Ecosystem Function (PDF – 529 KB)
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