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Syncrude Canada Ltd. Mildred Lake Extension Project Volume 2 –
Environmental Impact Assessment December 2014
Table of Contents
SECTION 1.0 – INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
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1-1 1.1 Project Summary
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1.2 Application Guide
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.1-1: MLX Project Location
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Summary
Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Syncrude) is seeking regulatory approval
to construct, operate and reclaim the Mildred Lake Extension
Project (MLX Project). The MLX Project is located approximately 35
km northwest of Fort McMurray in Townships 93 and 94, Ranges 10, 11
and 12, West of the 4th Meridian, and within the Regional
Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Figure 1.1-1 shows the location and
layout of the MLX Project. The MLX Project consists of mining
activity within and adjacent to the operating and approved Mildred
Lake Project site, with development of mining pits and affiliated
perimeter features not currently approved at the Mildred Lake
Project. It includes: west Project Area (MLX–W), located west of
the MacKay River; and east Project Area (MLX–E), located between
the Mildred Lake Settling Basin and the
Athabasca River. The MLX Project is designed to sustain bitumen
production levels at the Mildred Lake facility subsequent to
depletion of the currently approved mining areas. Mineable resource
in the MLX Project Area is estimated at 117 Mm3 of recoverable
bitumen. Development of this resource will extend the duration of
mining activity on the Mildred Lake leases by approximately 14
years. Pending regulatory approval, development of the MLX-W
Project Area is scheduled to begin in 2018. Oil sands mining will
begin at MLX-W in 2023, followed by MLX-E in 2027. Conventional
shovel/truck mining technology will be used to develop these mining
areas. Development at the MLX-W Project Area will require the
construction of a bridge across the MacKay River. While mining and
overburden disposal activities are contained within the Project
Area for both MLX–W and MLX–E, Syncrude proposes to place most of
the produced tailings in facilities currently approved for the
Mildred Lake site. Such integration avoids the requirement for new
out-of-pit tailings disposal areas for both MLX–W and MLX–E.
1.2 Application Guide
The Application for the MLX Project is presented in three
volumes: the Project Description (Volume 1), the Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) (Volume 2), and EIA Appendices (Volume 3).
The purpose of the MLX Project EIA (Volume 2) is to identify,
evaluate and report on the environmental and socio-economic effects
of the proposed development. The EIA has been prepared in
accordance with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act,
the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Draft Directive 023: Oil Sands
Project Applications, and the Final Terms of Reference for the MLX
Project (Volume 1, Attachment 1). The EIA forms part of Syncrude’s
application to AER.
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Projection: UTM Zone 12 NAD83Note: Sources: GeoBase®, Spatial
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MLX Project LocationFigure 1.1-1Fig01.01-01 Project
Location14-12-04
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This volume of the Application (Volume 2) provides the results
of the EIA conducted for the MLX Project and is presented in 19
sections, as follows: Sections 1.0 and 2.0 introduce the volume and
summarize the MLX Project description,
respectively. Section 3.0 describes the scope of the EIA.
Sections 4.0 through 19.0 provide the Baseline, Application and
Planned Development
Case assessments of individual environmental or social
components, including: air quality and climate; noise;
hydrogeology; hydrology; surface water quality; aquatic ecology;
vegetation; wildlife; biodiversity terrain and soils; land use and
management; historic resources; traditional ecological knowledge
and land use; public health and safety; socio-economic assessment;
and visual and aesthetics assessment.
A summary of the EIA is presented in Volume 1, Section 1.7.
SECTION 1.0 – INTRODUCTIONTABLE OF CONTENTSLIST OF FIGURES1.0
INTRODUCTION1.1 Project Summary1.2 Application GuideFigure
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