Science Response 2012/029
Science response to information requests submitted to the Enbridge pipeline project environmental impact assessment hearings respecting Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA)
Context
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Environmental Assessment and Major Projects Division (EAMP), Pacific Region, requested that DFO Science, Pacific Region, on May 15, 2012, provide information regarding specific Information Requests (IRs) submitted to the Enbridge Review Panel that DFO Science has the expertise to evaluate. As the IRs for which Science advice was requested cover a range of issues and scientific disciplines, separate Science Responses have been developed for each category of IRs, and in some cases specific IRs. In addition to science related questions, some IRs included elements that were questions pertaining to DFO policy, management or legal information. This Science Response addresses the scientific elements of the following questions:
- Please provide the titles of these additional reports [reports respecting the identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas], as well as a description of the content of each report.
- Please provide a detailed listing of the ecologically and biologically significant areas addressed within the PNCIMA.
- Please explain where within the proposed footprint of the proposed project these ecologically and biologically significant areas occur.
- Please explain what the reports referred to by DFO address with respect to the seasonal habitat utilization of species and life stages within the Kitimat River alley, Kitimat Arm and Douglas Channel.
This Science Response report is from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Regional Science Special Response Process (SSRP) of May 29th, 2012 on the Science advice in response to information requests submitted by Intervenors to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project environmental assessment Panel Review Process. Additional publications from this process will be posted as they become available on the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Science Advisory Schedule website.
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