Transport Canada, B.C. – April 19, 2022 – Transport Canada has determined that the proposed District of North Vancouver Designated Anchorage Area located at Deep Cove is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

This determination was based on a consideration of the following factors:

• Impacts on rights of Indigenous peoples
• Indigenous knowledge
• Community knowledge
• Comments received from the public
• Technically and economically feasible mitigation measures

Mitigation measures taken into account for this determination are:

• The works will not deposit a deleterious substance in water inhabited by fish, or affect fish or fish habitat in a manner contrary to the Fisheries Act.
• Mooring buoys will be installed in accordance with appropriate regulations
• The physical activities will be conducted to avoid increasing sedimentation of foreshore and nearshore areas and induced turbidity of local waters
• All construction debris and waste materials will be collected in the immediate working area and disposed of at an appropriately licensed facility

Transport Canada is satisfied that the carrying out of the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

Therefore, Transport Canada may carry out the project, exercise any power, perform any duty or function, or provide financial assistance to enable the project to be carried out in whole or in part.