Community Committee Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (WLNG)

Project Update

February 25, 2015

WLNG Committee Process Overview• June 7 Fortis Tour Tilbury LNG storage facility & Eagle Mountain

Compressor Station• June 26 Committee Meeting Process Charter Development• July 3 Committee Meeting Defining Interest Based Objectives – What matters to

community• July 17 Technical Presentation Clean Energy Canada & WLNG • Aug 6 Technical Presentation Howard Candelet, Marine Safety Consultant & WLNG• Aug 21 Technical Presentation Transport Canada, Pacific Pilotage Authority, Canadian

Coast Guard, BC Environmental Assessment & WLNG• Aug 28 Technical Presentation BC Oil & Gas Commission & WLNG• Sept 2 Committee Meeting Interim report development for DOS Council

WLNG Committee Process Overview• Sept 16 Presentation Interim report presentation to DOS Council• Sept 18 Technical Presentation BC Safety Authority & Fortis BC• Sept 24 Committee Meeting Debrief on technical presentations• Nov 27 Technical Presentation Vancouver Aquarium Team• Dec 18 Technical Presentations (1) Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of proposed

WLNG project. (2) Adapting to Sea Level Change• Jan 14 Committee Meeting Wendy Randall, DOS Consultant, Analysis• Jan 29 Committee Meeting DOS Council Presentation Development• Feb 10 Committee Meeting BCEAO meeting to review issues• Feb 25 Presentation Today

Project Layout

• Decision making tool

• Required by law The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 BC Environmental Assessment Act

• Aims to identify & evaluate the potential impacts of a project looking at 5 different categories of values

Public Comment

Period

ApplicationPrepared

andSubmitted

ApplicationReview

AssessmentReport

ProjectDecision by

Ministers

Certificate Issued with set

conditions--Project

Authorized to Proceed to Permitting

Certificate Refused –

Project Cannot Proceed

Public Comment

Period

ApplicationInformation

Requirements

Environmental Assessment Process

Pre-Application Stage(no timeline)

(30 days) Application Review Stage(180 days)

Decision(45 days)

Working Group Review

Scope and Process for

Review Determined (Section 11

Order)

Project Description

Determinationthat Project is Reviewable (Section 10

Order)

Monitoring, compliance,

and enforcement

Approved

Not Approved

Further Assessment

Required

ApplicationEvaluated

forCompleteness

ED ReferralTo Ministers

Compliance Managementbegins here

Develop Requirements

Minister(s) may consider any other matters that they

consider relevant to the public interest in making their decision

FIRST NATION CONSULTATION

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EAO Woodfibre Fortis

Section 10 order November, 2013 August, 2013

Public Comment on Valued Components

June 12, extended to July 27, 2014 November/December 2013

EAO Open House June 18, 2014 November 16, 2013

Application submission Fall 2014 Fall 2014

Application evaluation Fall 2014 Fall 2014

Application review (180 days) Fall/Winter 2014/15 Fall/Winter 2014/15

Public comment Within the 180 days (45-60 days), ends March 9, 2015

Within the 180 days (45-60 days) ends March 12, 2015

Council comment Either during the public comment period, or prior to the draft EA report to the Minister, or both

Either during the public comment period, or prior to the draft EA report to the Minister, or both

EAO Open House During the public comment period During the public comment period

EA refers to Ministers July 13, 2015 July 13, 2015

Ministers decision document Within 45 days Within 45 days

Woodfibre LNG Approval ProcessDistrict of Squamish Permits

Permit

Squamish River Trenchless Pipeline

Industrial Park Pipeline Extension Industrial Way

Hydro UpgradeCompressor

StationWoodfibreLNG Facility

Invest. Build Invest. Build

DP1 Required Required

DP6 Required Required

DP11 Required Required Report Maybe Report Report Report

SAP Required Required Maybe Required Required Required

WP Required Maybe Required Required Required Required

BP Required Required

DOS WLNG Committee Process Overview

• BC EAO five pillars: Economic, Social, Environment, Health, Heritage

• WLNG Committee’s five fundamental objectives and related sub-objectives that matter to the community

• Minimize Environmental Impacts– ie: noise, GHGs, air, visual, light, health,

wildlife/marine life impacts…• Consider Full Life Cycle Safety

– ie: siting, accidents & malfunctions, LNG carrier safety

DOS WLNG Committee Process Overview

• WLNG Committee’s five fundamental objectives and related sub-objectives that matter to the community

• Maximize Community Benefits, Opportunity and Character

– ie: exceed requirements, enhance Squamish brand, positive legacy…

• Maximize Economic Benefit – ie: jobs, taxes, revenue, economic development…

• Demonstrate Corporate Citizenship– ie: engage community, increase transparency,

enhance reputation…

Scope of Committee

• Terms of Reference vs Flexibility • Discussed issues outside of scope (fracking, branding) but

limited by willingness of objective non/political experts and gov’t agencies to present

• Limited by lack of information – ie: taxes• Volunteers completed a lot of unpaid work• Reviewed evidence presented on complex Issues• Working group experts are looking at application line by line • Diverse committee = diverse values & perspectives

Committee’s General Agreements

Based on Legitimate Expert Presentations Committee was satisfied with: • Electric Drive advantage – air quality, noise reductions, GHG

emissions in Squamish • Land based plant – reduced marine noise, increase in local

jobs (construction)• Shipping safety – Pacific Pilotage expertise, no incidents

since 1959• Plant safety – BC Safety Authority capacity to monitor

construction and operations

Committee’s General Agreements

Subject to plan approval and implementation, committee was satisfied • Pipeline cannot be re-purposed for oil• WLNG is responsible for all emergency services on site (ie:

fire response)• WLNG provides infrastructure services such as sewer,

water, and power

Rating Scale

Red: Significant concern due to uncertainty

Orange: Moderate concern

Yellow: Low level of concern for Committee members due to technical information received.

May still present significant concerns for some community members.

Flaring

• Proponent states flaring will be “minimal” but committee is still concerned about visual impacts

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Light Pollution• Not clear as to whether mitigations are

within acceptable International Dark-Sky Association Guidelines

• Language in application is vague. For example “impact will be negligible” but in comparison to what other existing sites

• What is baseline?

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment, Social

Air Quality Monitoring

• The need for a current air quality baseline and consistent monitoring of air quality to understand changes even incrementally in the future.

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Marine Sediment Pollution• Not clear if a sediment baseline of

existing conditions is being conducted• Historic pollution in marine sediment is an

issue at the site • Not clear whether mitigations detailed in

application to avoid sediment agitation are best practice or designed to only meet basic regulations

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Foreshore Marine Environment• Reclamation, new construction, removal of

existing pilings and docks• What baseline research and ongoing

monitoring for priority pollutants is being conducted in sediments and invertebrates?

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Foreshore Marine Environment• How will they identify new pollutants, track

pollution trends over time?• How are they evaluating the biological effects

of contaminants of concern on indicator organisms?

• What about underwater noise, how it will monitored and mitigated?

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Seawater Cooling • Is this best practice globally? • What other options for innovative

alternatives to “once through cooling”?• If “once through cooling” is best option,

what mitigation can reduce impacts?• What alternatives to capture/re-use waste

heat rather than dispersing in Howe Sound exists?

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Economic Development• Influx of construction workers may

impact availability of hotel rooms for tourists

• Uncertainty related to fit with Squamish’s new brand, tourism, and potential economic impacts

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Economic, Social, Health, Environment,

Economic Development: Jobs• Uncertain amount of Squamish jobs

from construction and for long term • Loss of potential economic benefit if

workers don’t live in community• Impacts of bussing workers from Lower

Mainland

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Economic, Social, Health, Environment,

Emissions• There are Green House Gas impacts

and there are Air Quality impacts• There are many uncertainties • Uncertainty about whether natural

gas is offsetting other dirtier fuels• Unsure about how to evaluate

impacts

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

• The capacity of senior levels of government to monitor, enforce and respond

• Does Transport Canada, Coast Guard, DFO, have the resources required, due to ongoing program cuts, and limited LNG experience; and the regional capacity of the Provincial OGC as the main permitter.

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment, Social, Economic

Marine Noise Pollution• Acoustic impacts on marine life from

construction to operations• Need high quality acoustic baseline data • Monitoring and mitigation of underwater

noise from ship transits/ port operations • Specific mitigations for pile driving

including use of vibratory hammers • Are global best practices being used?

Outstanding Concerns

BC EAO Five Pillars: Health, Environment

Recommendations

At Council’s discretion, these are ideas the Committee thinks Council should consider advocating for:• Proponents work to global best practices rather than standard

regulations.• Request an ongoing monitoring and advisory role for

Committee as an EA condition• Collaborate with Local Governments to outline concerns

identified in this presentation to senior levels of government• New/Improved Air Quality monitoring station

Recommendations

At Council’s discretion, these are ideas the Committee thinks Council should consider advocating for:• Identify uses for waste heat generated• Commission a Report: Bridging divergent perspectives around

contentious projects. What has Squamish learned and what could other communities learn from this process?

• Opportunities Agreement “What’s in it for Squamish” ie: a research facility/chair focused on Howe Sound Sustainability

• Confirm mechanisms for improving community engagement around future contentious projects

Next Steps

• Council direction to Committee and Staff on future role of the Committee

• Public Engagement in Process• Encourage Public to Provide Specific Input to EA Process. All

links are available at: Squamish.ca/lng

Thank you.