ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project

Attachment FAAR Request - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project - DUE February 16, 2021

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Employment & Social Development Canada
• Reference number: 24
• Submitted: 2021-02-19
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Employment & Social Development Canada Lead IA Contact Eric Lalonde – Policy Analyst Jennifer Carter - Director Full Address 140 Prom. du Portage, Gatineau, QC J8X 4B6 Email Eric.lalonde@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca jennifer.carter@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca Telephone Eric: 873-355-2989 Julie: 613-799-1176 Alternate Departmental Contact Alexandre Dugas: alexandre.dugas@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? If yes, specify the Act of Parliament and that power, duty or function . The Minister’s powers, duties and functions extend to and include all matters relating to human resources and skills development in Canada or the social development of Canada over which Parliament has jurisdiction and which are not by law assigned to any other Minister, department, board or agency of the Government of Canada. Should any such activities or physical works occur, the Canada Labour Code would be responsible for federally regulated industries and workplaces in the private sector (Parts I, II and III of the Code). Labour standards such as minimum wage, hours of work, working conditions and fairness in the workplace depend on legislation such as the Canada Labour Code. The Labour Program administers and enforces these and other laws and regulations to ensure that all Canadian workers are treated fairly and ...

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Attachment Comments

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Descendants of Michel First Nation Association
• Reference number: 23
• Submitted: 2021-02-18
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 1. Potential Effects and Impacts. Along with Fishing and hunting, medicinal harvesting and duck eggs are at risk. Also concerned about the impact on the soil and water sources in the area. 2. Current Uses: a) This land was used in a traditional capacity for hunting, fishing, trapping and living. b) Currently this area is over-ran with industrial Oil Refineries and is very polluted. It is not fit for human habitation. My Grandfather , had a trapline there with his father . c) There very well could be artifacts and tools used by the ancestors on the land. I am concerned for the preservation of those and returning them to their rightful owners. 3. Positive or Negative impacts of project. a) It may be an opportunity for our nation to find work in the oil industry and economic development, however the environmental impact is worrisome. b) More encroachment on the traditional uses of the land. 4. Positive or Negative impacts on gender diversity. a) It affects every gender and age group as there is less room for us for ceremonies and to use the land in traditional ways. b) We must always ensure there is something left for our descendants, seven generations. There needs to be an excellent reclamation of the land and needs to be as pristine as before it was disturbed, so that human and wildlife can continue to strive and live with the natural resources provided by creator. 5. Michel is a band like no other. We have been disposed many times over, since the settlers arrived. The project although an expansion takes away more of the land and its traditional uses. ...

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Attachment FAAR Request - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Reference number: 18
• Submitted: 2021-02-17
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Lead IA Contact Sara Eddy Full Address 867 Lakeshore Road Burlington, ON L7R 4A6 Email Sara.eddy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Telephone 905-975-0842 Alternate Departmental Contact Lisa Wren, 905-973-8392, Lisa.Wren@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? If yes, specify the Act of Parliament and that power, duty or function . Based on the information provided, it is not likely that Fisheries and Oceans Canada may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty of function to allow this project to proceed. 2. Is your department or agency in possession of specialist or expert information or knowledge that may be relevant to the conduct of an impact assessment of the Project? Specify as appropriate. DFO is not in possession of specialist or expert information related to this project, as proposed. A Fisheries Act paragraph 35(2)(b) Authorization will be required if the project is likely to cause the harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction to fish habitat and/or a Fisheries Act paragraph 34.4(2)(b) Authorization if the project is likely to result in the death of fish. The proponent should submit a Request for Review for DFO which outlines the specific impacts of the project on fish and fish habitat for review under the Fisheries Act. Fisheries and ...

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Attachment IAAC Atco Salt Caverns - AFN Comments

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Alexander First Nation
• Reference number: 16
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• Page 1 of 4 Attachment 1: Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 81297 Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any potential effects of the Project that are of concern to your community. Also please identify any potential effects that you are aware of that are not listed in the initial project description. Note: Information on effects and direct and incidental effects as well as effects within federal jurisdiction are defined in section 2 of IAA1. The Alexander First Nation’s (Alexander) Alexander Industry Relations Corp. (AIRC) and the Alexander Business Centre (ABC) have conducted a preliminary technical review of the information provided by the IAAC. The AIRC and ABC also reached out to AES at the end of January 2021 to request information. Potential effects of the Project that are a concern to Alexander: • potential impacts to Species of Migratory Birds in the Project area. • Lack of acknowledgement of Alexander being dispossessed from the cultural landscape now called the AIH. • Disturbance of archeological, historic sites with Alexander traditional territory impacting knowledge transmission. 2. Please describe how the potential effects of the Project could result in changes to your community’s: (a) physical and cultural heritage (e.g. ceremonial sites, burial sites, cultural landscapes) Alexander First Nation is concerned about the potential effects on physical and cultural heritage due ...

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Attachment FAAR Request - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project - DUE February 16, 2021

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Reference number: 21
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Environment and Climate Change Canada Lead IA Contact Gillian Brown Full Address 9250 49 St.NW, Edmonton, AB, T6B 1K5 Email gillian.brown@canada.ca Telephone 780-951-8950 Alternate Departmental Contact Jody Small ec.rpn-see-eapnr-s.ec@canada.ca 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? If yes, specify the Act of Parliament and that power, duty or function. Based on the Initial Project Description (IPD), ECCC does not expect that we will be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed. Once the scope of the Project and the assessment are established by the Agency, this conclusion may change as additional activities or Project components could come into scope. ECCC notes that the Project is not located on federal land. 2. Is your department or agency in possession of specialist or expert information or knowledge that may be relevant to the conduct of an impact assessment of the Project? ECCC has specialist or expert information that may be relevant to the impact assessment in the areas listed below; in each of these subject areas we have expertise related to establishing an adequate baseline, assessing potential effects to biophysical valued components, effectiveness of mitigation measures, methods for monitoring and follow-up, as well as information regarding federal ...

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Attachment MNA R2 Comments - ATCO Salt Caverns

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Métis Nation of Alberta - Region 2
• Reference number: 19
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• Page 1 of 3 Attachment 1: Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 81297 Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any potential effects of the Project that are of concern to your community. Also please identify any potential effects that you are aware of that are not listed in the initial project description. Note: Information on effects and direct and incidental effects as well as effects within federal jurisdiction are defined in section 2 of IAA1.  Our primary concerns as a community regarding this project is potential ground pollution and the environmental fate of the water/brine used in the construction of the salt caverns that may be developed for the Project. 2. Please describe how the potential effects of the Project could result in changes to your community’s: (a) physical and cultural heritage (e.g. ceremonial sites, burial sites, cultural landscapes)  Water and its surrounding area are used for ceremonial purposes in the Metis culture, any disturbance to the land and water may create adverse impacts for these practices. (b) current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes (e.g. hunting, fishing, trapping)  This project falls within harvesting area ‘D’ and Region 2 has 471 harvesters approved to practice harvesting in this area. (b) structures, sites or things of historical, archaeological, paleontological or architectural significance (e.g. artifacts, important historic ...

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Attachment FAAR - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project 2021-02-16 12 16

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada
• Reference number: 14
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Indigenous Services Canada /First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Lead IA Contact Debra Nkusi Full Address 200 Eglantine Driveway. Ottawa, Ontario. K1A 0K9 Email Debra.nkusi@canada.ca Telephone 613-301-1443 Alternate Departmental Contact Constantine Tikhonov. Constantine.tikhonov@canada.ca 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? If yes, specify the Act of Parliament and that power, duty or function . ISC/FNIHB is not responsible for approving or issuing licences, permits or authorizations for the assessments of large proposed projects. 2. Is your department or agency in possession of specialist or expert information or knowledge that may be relevant to the conduct of an impact assessment of the Project? Specify as appropriate. ISC/FNIHB has specialized knowledge pertaining First Nations peoples. Areas of expertise include but are not limited to: the provision of health services, community health and wellness programs, and drinking water on First Nations reserves and other social determinants of health. Indigenous Services Canada also has information on and knowledge of Indigenous matters on Federal lands. Indigenous Services Canada has a mandate to support Indigenous people (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) in their efforts to improve social well -being and economic prosperity; to develop healthier, more ...

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Attachment FAAR Request - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project - DUE February 16, 2021

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources Canada
• Reference number: 20
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• February 16, 2021 CIAR File No.: 81297 Chelsea Fedrau Project Manager, Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada chelsea.fedrau@canada.ca Subject: Natural Resources Canada’s Submission of the FAAR Request for the ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project On January 25th, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) requested Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) input to identify its responsibilities and expertise related to the proposed ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project (the Project) by ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. (the Proponent) near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. NRCan has reviewed the Proponent’s Initial Project Description based on the Department’s requirements pursuant to subsection 13(1) of the Impact Assessment Act. Please find attached below NRCan’s submission of the Federal Authority Advice Record form for this stage of the Planning phase. If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail at anica.madzarevic@canada.ca. Thank you, <original signed by> Anica Madzarevic Impact Assessment Officer Office of the Chief Scientist mailto:chelsea.fedrau@canada.ca ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Natural Resources Canada Lead IA Contact Anica Madzarevic Full Address 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E4 Email anica.madzarevic@canada.ca Telephone 343-571-9873 Alternate Departmental Contact Sara Ryan ...

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Attachment ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project - Health Canada's Response to FAAR Designation Request

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Health Canada
• Reference number: 22
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attachment.
• Attachment included
• Page 1 of 2 Environmental Health Program (EHP) Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch, Health Canada 9700 Jasper Avenue, 9th floor Edmonton, AB T5J 4G3 February 16, 2021 Chelsea Fedrau Project Manager, Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Prairie and Northern Region 9700 Jasper Ave, 11th Floor Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3 Subject: Health Canada’s Response to the Determination of Impact Assessment Requirement for the ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Dear Chelsea Fedrau, Thank you for your letter dated January 25, 2021 requesting Health Canada’s comments on the Initial Project Description provided by ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. for the ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project. Health Canada participates in the impact assessment process as a federal authority under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). Health Canada makes available specialist or expert information or knowledge in its possession, at the request of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency). The objective and scope of Health Canada’s review of the initial Project Description is to verify that the potential health impacts of projects are properly identified for the purpose of determining whether a federal impact assessment is required. Health Canada has reviewed the initial Project Description and provided input, where appropriate, in the attached Federal Authority Advice Record. Should the Agency determine that an impact assessment is required for the Project, Health Canada can provide expertise on issues that are addressed within its departmental mandate and federal jurisdiction. Page 2 of 2 Should you have any questions ...

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Attachment ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project - Gunn Metis Local #55 (Lac Ste. Anne Metis)

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Gunn Métis Local #55 (Lac Ste. Anne Métis)
• Reference number: 17
• Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• Gunn Métis Local #55 Lac Ste. Anne Métis P.O. Box 2057 Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1X6 Email: February 16, 2021 EMAIL: iaac.SaltCavern-CavernesSel.aeic@canada.ca ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Canada Place 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3 Attention: Roslyn King, Senior Consultation Analyst Dear Ms. King: Re: Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project (the “Project”) On behalf of Gunn Metis Local #55 (Lac Sté. Anne Métis) (“GML/LSAM”), I write in response to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (the “Agency”) letter of January 25, 2021 and provide our comments on the Initial Project Description for the Project. We have provided details of our initial concerns in the Guiding Question form included in your letter. We highlight key issues below. A. PROJECT COULD ADVERSE IMPACT GML/LSAM'S RIGHTS AND CONSULTATION IS REQUESTED GML/LSAM represents individuals who self-identify as the descendants of the historical Lac Ste. Anne Métis community and assert collective Métis aboriginal rights and interests stemming from their cultural and genealogical linkages to the historic Métis community. <contact information removed> These rights include the use of GML/LSAM traditional lands, waters and resources for subsistence, medicinal, spiritual, economic, commercial, recreational and cultural purposes and all activities necessarily incidental to these rights. GML/LSAM's traditional lands include the Project location, which are significantly and adversely affected by the cumulative industrial, agricultural and urban development in the area. The Project impacts could further contribute to these ...
• Attachment included
• Page 1 of 4 Attachment 1: Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 81297 Indigenous group: Lac Ste. Anne Métis (Gunn Métis Local 55) Contact Name: Nicole Nicholls Telephone: Address: c/o GML 55 Office PO Box 2057, Stony Plain, AB. T7Z 1X6 Fax: Email: We request that you carefully review this form and that you refine your input as appropriate. Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any effects of the Project that are of concern to your community. Also please identify any effects that you are aware of that are not listed in the initial project description. Note: Information on effects and direct and incidental effects as well as effects within federal jurisdiction are defined in section 2 of IAA 1 .  changes to water quality of groundwater, surface water and wetlands within North Saskatchewan River and Astotin Creek Watersheds affecting water resources, fish and fish habitat, and LSAM aboriginal rights to fish, travel and exercise other aboriginal rights as a result of cavern storage of petroleum products, pipelines, brine pond and deep well disposal.  changes to the environment from long-term storage of brine in caverns after commissioning  changes to the environment from accidents and malfunctions of cavern storage and pipelines contaminating LSAM's traditional lands including water resources and traditional vegetation, aquatic and wildlife resources.  increased industrialization of LSAM key cultural landscape of the ...

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Attachment Kikino Metis Settlement - ATCO Salt Caverns Storage Expansion

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Kikino Metis Settlement
• Reference number: 15
• Submitted: 2021-02-11
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• Page 1 of 2 Attachment 1: Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81297 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 81297 Indigenous group: Kikino Metis Settlement Contact Name: Shelby Kennedy Telephone: Address: General Delivery Kikino, Ab. T0A2B0 Fax: Email: Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any potential effects of the Project that are of concern to your community. Also please identify any potential effects that you are aware of that are not listed in the initial project description. Note: Information on effects and direct and incidental effects as well as effects within federal jurisdiction are defined in section 2 of IAA1. Not noted was the indirect effect this project would have on the areas of extraction. With the increase in storage capacity it would be expected that other projects would also increase for natural gas extraction, since there is more capability of storage within Alberta. Where is the increase in natural gas extraction activities anticipated to take place in order to keep the expanded facility at capacity? The lands being used for activities could have a direct effect on traditional land use activities. 2. Please describe how the potential effects of the Project could result in changes to your community’s: (a) physical and cultural heritage (e.g. ceremonial sites, burial sites, cultural landscapes) The increase in activity can discourage cultural practices as there is less safe space available to conduct. There as well ...

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Attachment Michel First Nation Comments on the Initial Project Description for the ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Michel First Nation
• Reference number: 11
• Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• 1 | P a g e February 9, 2020 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Email: iaac.SaltCavern-CavernesSel.aeic@canada.ca Canada Place Suite 1145, 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 To whom this letter may concern, RE: Michel First Nation Comments on the Initial Project Description for the ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project and Information related to Participation in the Impact Assessment Planning Phase I am writing as the elected Chief, on behalf of the Council and Membership of the Michel First Nation. Michel First Nation (“MFN”) has been governed since 1985 through democratic election every three years. At minimum, Michel First Nation Chief and Council represent approximately 9761 people currently registered as Indians, under the Indian Act Registry on the Alberta General List as well as many non-status descendants. Michel First Nation has the following rights protected by section 35 of the Canadian Constitution, 1982: a. Michel First Nation are “Indians” within the meaning of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867. b. Michel First Nation is therefore an “Aboriginal Peoples” within the meaning of s. 35, c. Michel First Nation are signatories to Treaty 6, and d. Michel First Nation has rights identified and set out in the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, 1930 Michel First Nation members receive their Treaty 6 annuity payments, under Treaty 6; a payment of $5.00 each year from the Government of Canada. According to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: 1 As of December 21, 2019 2 | P a g e “Treaty annuity payments are paid annually on a national basis to registered ...

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Attachment Historical review.

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Alex Sherman
• Reference number: 12
• Submitted: 2021-02-08
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I would like the people who read this to consider the fact that there may be existing caverns in the area. Care should be taken to ensure that no existing caverns are damaged by this project.   Alex Sherman Alberta Electric

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Attachment FAAR Request - ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Reference number: 13
• Submitted: 2021-02-08
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached submission.
• Attachment included
• ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by February 16, 2021 ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project – ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Agency File: 005789 Registry Number: 81297 Department/Agency Department for Women and Gender Equality Lead IA Contact Denise Gareau, Director, Research Results and Delivery Full Address 22 Eddy St, Gatineau QC Email CFC.EvaluationsImpacts-ImpactsAssessments@cfc-swc.gc.ca Telephone 819-938-1132 Alternate Departmental Contact Catherine Adams, Senior Policy Analyst 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? If yes, specify the Act of Parliament and that power, duty or function . WAGE does not hold any regulatory power, f unctions or duties. 2. Is your department or agency in possession of specialist or expert inf ormation or knowledge that may be relevant to the conduct of an impact assessment of the Project? Specify as appropriate. WAGE holds expertise in the application of GBA+ and intersectional analysis as well and information related to gender-based violence. 3. Has your department or agency considered the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. No. 4. Has your department or agency had previous contact or involvement with the proponent or other party in relation to the Project? (for example, enquiry about methodology, guidance, or data; introduction to the project) Provide an ...

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Attachment Atco salt caverns project# 81297

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Travis D'Aoust
• Reference number: 9
• Submitted: 2021-02-04
• To whom it may concern. I chose to submit my concerns to project # 81297 through this email as I do not use any form of social media. As a resident/worker/property owner located well within 1.5km of the current Atco salt caverns project for over 40yrs, I feel I have the experience of living in an industrial area to comment on the environmental/ health/ and impact on residents. Having witnessed first hand Atco’s previous salt cavern expansion and the resulting noise/visual disruptions as well as the ever present danger associated with well bore casing failures/cave ins that have been well documented at other facilities throughout the world, I feel it is of importance to ask the question, "why are there still residents within this 1.5km boundary to not one but two, major industrial complex’s, Atco/<sensitive information removed> upgrader”, as well as, what has Atco, <sensitive information removed> , or Strathcona county done to remedy this situation. As a resident who has resided on this property before there was any petrochemical complexes in the area, I can say unequivocally there has been a massive impact to our standard of living, visually, audibly, environmentally, not to mention the impact on ability to sell this property.   Legal land description-<personal information removed> Travis ...

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Attachment If the long term intent of this project is as a storage facility for spent nuclear waste, you might want to consider this article : https://www.popsci.com/storing-nuclear-waste-in-salt-deposits-isnt-as-secure-as-youd-think/ If you are definitely not going to use if for nuclear waste, then assuranc

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Mildred Thill
• Reference number: 7
• Submitted: 2021-02-03 - 11:47 AM
• Project phase: Planning
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• If the long term intent of this project is as a storage facility for spent nuclear waste, you might want to consider this article : https://www.popsci.com/storing-nuclear-waste-in-salt-deposits-isnt-as-secure-as-youd-think/   If you are definitely not going to use if for nuclear waste, then assurances and caveats should be included in the contract unless this is another example of our provincial government trying to fool it citizens into accepting a done deal as was done with cancelling the coal mining prohibition. 

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Attachment LETTER OF CONCERN: ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Kelly Lake First Nation
• Reference number: 10
• Submitted: 2021-02-02
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment included
• KELLY LAKE FIRST NATION Consultation Department P.O. Box 116, Toms Lake, BC V0C 2L0 Email: klfnconsultation@gmail.com “A Community Located in British Columbia” KELLY LAKE FIRST NATION Consultation Department Page 1 of 2 February 1, 2021 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Prairie and Northern Region Suite 1145, 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 4C3 Attention: Roslyn King Delivered via Email to: iaac.SaltCavern-CavernesSel.aeic@canada.ca RE: LETTER OF CONCERN: ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project “Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual and material relationship with the lands, territories, waters, coastal sea, and other resources which they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used; and to uphold their responsibilities for future generations in this regard….” The U.N. Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, SWT. On behalf of Kelly Lake First Nation (KLFN), this letter serves to advise the Impact Assessment Agency of our concerns relative to the proposed ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project noted above. KLFN traditional lands and their members are a community of persons who’s constitutionally protected harvesting and other rights are exercised throughout the traditional territory of KLFN and whom may be directly affected by this work. Although historically, land usage of KLFN covered a vast territory, more recently through interviews, recorded oral history and testimony from the Elders and custodians of knowledge; the area has refined to what is commonly referred to as KLFN traditional lands. The project, while on private ...

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Attachment Cavern Expansion by Atco

• ATCO Salt Cavern Storage Expansion Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Eugene Loughran
• Reference number: 8
• Submitted: 2021-01-30
• Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Hello my name is Eugene Loughran.I have a major issue with this new expansion.Not only do I live fairly close to this expansion I have had an experience with these underground caverns that I will share with the agency.Does anyone actually know how many of these caverns there are? I doubt it.Your agency may have that information.I worked at <sensitive information removed> for probably 6 months.They have probably 6 or 7 caverns.These caverns are filled with propane and other explosive gases.These cavern are enormous as it takes 3 years for a rig to (build them).One day the plant was shaking and I mean shaking.We were ordered to evacuate and the operators were sent to the bomb shelter to do whatever.We were about one mile away.If the plant exploded and ruptured one of those caverns it would have been a catastrophic event.To empty a cavern the train would a stretch 20 miles long.The engineer told me the shock wave would reach Calgary.I was (safe) one mile away.That was how close I came to leaving this planet.We drive by these plants unknowingly every day and more of these caverns are making our world less safe.These caverns are everywhere including <sensitive information removed> and if you know what is in those caverns you would be shocked.I have worked construction for 45 years and have seen many things In my lifetime.My main issue with the cavern is that any explosion on the ground will and could take out the safety cap and the gas could be released and likewise explode.I seen the 200 tower at <sensitive information removed> Wobble and shake not knowing what could happen.The operators were with us.Only a few could sit in the bomb shelter.This is an accurate account of a real incident that did ...

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