ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ

Qikiqtani Inuit Association

Nunavut Water BoardTechnical Meeting and Pre-Hearing Conference

January 16th and 17th, 2013

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄ

ᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᑦᓴᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᕈᑏᑦ

ᐊᕙᑎᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ

ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᖅ

Inuit Impact Benefit

Agreement

Environmental Assessment

and Regulatory Review Process

Land Lease

QIA Participation in NWB Process • Initial Technical Review Comments (June 22nd, 2012)

• Technical Review – Preliminary Technical Meeting (October 18th, 2012)– Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program Meeting (Nov.13th, 2012)

• Direct interactions with Baffinland – Review of technical documents– Discussions related to type-A licence conditions

• Engagement throughout the NIRB Process (‘Coordinated Process’)

Community Concerns

• Mary River Project Review Committees (see QIA June 22nd, 2012 submission) – Impacts to fresh water– Impacts to fish habitat – Blasting activities – Fuel storage and spill response

Technical Comments

• Technical Items Raised (see QIA June 22nd, 2012 submission) – Waste discharge criteria – Water sampling locations– Water quality criteria for the receiving

environment– Explosives management and residue– Administration of multiple water licences

QIA’s Technical Review

• Fulfill Designated Inuit Organization Obligations

• Participation in Pre-Hearing Conference and Technical Meeting

• Submit Final Technical Comments

• Participation as an Interested Party at Final Hearings

• Review of Proposed Licence Conditions

QIA Suggestions to the NWB

• The NWB accept a final round to comments in advance of Final Hearings

• Hearings are scheduled according to the NWB’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (2005)

• Hearings are held in Pond Inlet

• No need for a site visit

QIA Suggestions to the NWB

• Prior to Final Hearing the NWB conduct proactive community outreach– To explain NWB licence review and administrative

process– To establish the scope and purpose of Hearings– To communicate to Inuit regarding possibilities to

participate in NWB processes– Mindful of which communities may experience

impacts to fresh water

QIA thanks the NWB for hosting this meeting and looks forward to participating in the

remainder of the water licencing process.

Qujannamiik