Science Response 2012/034

Science response to information requests submitted to the Enbridge pipeline project environmental impact assessment hearings respecting spill modelling

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:

• Why did DFO make additional requests with regards to the Proponent's oil spill modeling? What specific concerns does DFO have about the spill modeling that the Proponent has undertaken and/or about the Proponent's analysis of the overall risk of an oil spill? [Volume 7, sections 98 and 99; NGP Response to Federal Government IR No.2, sections 2.73-2.76] 

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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