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However, any residual effects to water quality and hence fish as a result of this project would be insignificant. 5 Riparian Impacts Where riparian habitat loss occurs how wills the loss/ impact be compensated for? Will large mature trees which provided critical seasonal thermal cover be removed? If so how will this be compensated for? Will compensation occur off-site or at the area of impact? 6 Compensation Strategy - a detailed compensation / mitigation plan needs to be formalized prior to transmission line construction in order to provide detailed examples of how aquatic ecosystem impacts will be compensated/ mitigated. BCTC will review the plans for cutting within riparian habitat with MOE and DFO. The appropriate guidelines for cutting within riparian zones will be prescribed In the Construction EMP, The conclusion of the EOA was that significant adverse effects were unlikely with mitigation. Those mitigation measures will be formalized before construction. In the absence of significant adverse effects, compensation will likely not be required. However, please note response to point #5. No change in status. No change in status. Concerns 1 Section 4.2.2. pp 4-1-vague statement, clarification as to what the definition of "representative" is would be appropriate. 2 Section 4.24.1 pp 4-3- Does this statement refer to sculpin species or any general fish species? Representative means that the environmental consultant selected streams and sites that exemplified the size and morphology of watercourses found along the length of the corridor. The methodology used has been explained in the EOA report. The statement “Many species are unlikely to be in streams crossed by the corridor options for the CVT Project” refers to the table 4-2 in the EOA report. The table shows that 33 species of fish are found in the Columbia Valley. No change in status. No change in status. Please refer to BCTC’s response to point #1. Page 136 of 200
3 Section 4.4.2.1 Canyon Creek- Report indicates that Reach 6 of Canyon Creek is an obstruction to upstream fish migration; this information is speculative and is not based on detailed scientific evidence. This is based on the following reference Timberland Consultants Ltd., 2001: Reconnaissance (1:20,000) Fish and Fish Habitat inventory of West Bench Study Area WSC: 300. Prepared for Evans Forest Products Limited No change in status. 4 Section 4.4.2.4 Bugaboo Creek - Report states that Bugaboo Creek is "relatively unproductive". How was this statement formalized, were productivity tests performed or is this a subjective statement based on the cold water glacial source of the stream? 5 Section 4.4.2.4 Driftwood Creek- Report states that barriers are described for this system but fish are found above these barriers. Caution should be exercised. The EOA describes Bugaboo Creek as “relatively unproductive” based on another report (Triton Environmental Consultants Ltd. 1999). This was their appraisal of the system after working in a number of streams in the Steamboat Mountain area. The statement about the productivity of the stream did not lead to a different assessment of the potential for the CVT Project to affect this stream relative to any, more productive streams in the area. For the purposes of design and construction of the transmission line, the section of stream that will be crossed will be assumed to be fish habitat. The use of the term barrier was taken from a report by Hunter (1993) which suggests that there is a barrier to fish movement near the mouth of Driftwood Creek but clearly populations of fish are found above the barrier. It is not unusual to find a population of fish to be resident above a barrier. For the purposes of design and construction of the transmission line, the section of stream that will be crossed will be assumed to be fish habitat. No change in status. Please refer to BCTC’s response to point #1. No change in status. Please refer to BCTC’s response to point #1. Page 137 of 200
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