Mackenzie Valley Standard Procedures & Consistency Working Groups
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Develops a review process & standard guidelines for various management plans within the Mackenzie Valley under water licenses or land use permits. Work includes Spill Contingency, Aquatic Effects Monitoring, Waste Management, and more.
Mackenzie Valley Standard Procedures & Consistency Working Groups
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Mackenzie Valley Standard Procedures & Consistency Working Groups Plan Review Process and Guidelines (PRPG working group)
Purpose: To develop a standard process for the review of management plans and to develop standard guidelines and/or templates for each common management plan under a water licence or land use permit within the Mackenzie Valley.
Identified Management Plans Spill Contingency Plan Aquatic Effects Monitoring Plan Waste Management Plan Closure & Reclamation/ Abandonment & Restoration Plan Adaptive Management Plan Ammonia Management Plan Uranium Management Plan???
Spill Contingency • INAC has “Spill Contingency Guidelines” in place • WLWB have officially adopted these and MVLWB currently use them, • Several stakeholders have recommended the use of these guidelines for several projects • PRPG working group may make this recommendation with our final product
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Plan (AEMP) • In 2006, INAC began the process of creating AEMP guidelines • INAC has held several workshops • PRPG working group has provided comments to INAC on how they should proceed with the development of these guidelines
Waste Management Plan • Working group members are currently working on this internally • Have developed a preliminary table of contents • Intending to send out to a consultant to review once complete
Closure & Reclamation/Abandonment & Restoration Plan • Two separate guidelines • Oil & Gas • Mining • Internal work and consultant help so far • Will be circulate for general review
Adaptive Management Plan (AdMP) • WLWB currently dealing with BHP Billiton and Diavik AdMPs • Have developed a preliminary table of contents with DRAFT content • When complete, PRPG working group will determine how we can use it for all of the LWBs
Ammonia Management Plan • Development of template on hold • Will investigate relevance later
Uranium Management Plan??? • WLWB has a DRAFT Uranium Policy going out for review by 2008 • Once in place, working group will consider a template for a Uranium Management Plan
Areas for Cooperation Next Steps • One single document • “external product” • then • One or several documents • “internal product” • INAC - AEMP • Working group #4 • Terms and Conditions
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