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Voisey's Bay Mine and Mill Environmental Assessment Panel Report
Appendix B: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- ACOA
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- AETE
- Aquatic Effects Technology Evaluation
- AIRSS
- Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System
- AQUAMIN
- Assessment of Aquatic Effects of Mining in Canada (An Environment Canada Program)
- asl
- above sea level
- BHP
- Broken Hill Properties
- CAC3
- Canadian Arctic Class - Level 3 Classification
- CEAA
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- CEA Act
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
- CEPA
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- CCG
- Canadian Coast Guard
- CHS
- Canadian Hydrographic Service
- COSEWIC
- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada
- CSA
- Canadian Shipping Act
- Cu
- Copper
- CWS
- Canadian Wildlife Services
- db
- decibel (noise measurement)
- dBA
- "A-weighted" decibel (noise measurement)
- DFO
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- DGPS
- Differential Global Positioning System
- DND
- Department of National Defence
- DOE
- Department of Environment
- EAB
- Environmental Advisory Board
- EAP
- Employee Assistance Programme
- ECRC
- Eastern Canada Response Corporation
- EEM
- Environmental Effects Monitoring
- EI
- Employment Insurance
- EIS
- Environmental Impact Statement
- EISC
- Environmental Impact Screening Committee
- GDP
- Gross Domestic Product
- HADD
- Harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat permit
- HLC
- Health Labrador Commission
- IBA
- Impact and Benefit Agreement
- IEMA
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- IEMR
- Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research
- IMPACT
- model used to predict contaminant loadings
- INHC
- Innu Nation Health Commission
- LHDC
- Labrador Health Development Commission
- LIA
- Labrador Inuit Association
- LIDC
- Labrador Inuit Development Corporation
- LIHC
- Labrador Inuit Health Commission
- LMN
- Labrador Métis Nation
- L/s
- litres per second
- mg/l
- milligram per litre
- MMLER
- Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MPTP
- Multi-Party Training Plan
- NCP
- Northern Contaminants Program
- NDOEL
- Newfoundland Department of Environment and Labour
- NRCan
- Natural Resources Canada
- NWPA
- Navigable Waters Protection Act
- NWT
- Northwest Territories
- OPEP
- Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
- pH
- measure of acidity or baseness of a liquid
- SOPEP
- Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
- TIA
- Tongamiut Inuit Annait
- tpd
- tonnes per day
- VBNC
- Voisey's Bay Nickel Company
- VEC
- Valued Ecosystem Component
- WRDC
- Women's Resource Development Committee
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Project and Sustainable Development
- 3 Project Need and Resource Stewardship
- 4 Land Claims and Impact and Benefit Agreements
- 5 Air Quality
- 6 Tailings, Mine Rock and Site Water Management
- 7 Contaminants in the Environment
- 8 Freshwater Fish and Fish Habitat
- 9 Marine Environment: Land-Based Effects
- 10 Marine Environment: Shipping
- 11 Marine Mammals
- 12 Terrestrial Environment and Wildlife
- 13 Birds
- 14 Aboriginal Land Use and Historical Resources
- 15 Employment and Business
- 16 Family and Community Life, and Public Services
- 17 Environmental Management
- 18 Recommendations
- Appendix A: Panel Members
- Appendix B: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Appendix C: Memorandum of Understanding
- Appendix D: Transcript of Proceedings
- Appendix E: Acknowledgements
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