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Wartenbe Wind Energy Projectby Dokie Wind Energy

Environmental Assessment ApplicationAn Overview

Working Group MeetingFort St. John, British Columbia, Feb 22

2006

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Presentation Outline

• Overview of the Project• Constraints Analysis and Layout• Environmental Assessment

– Public consultation – First Nations consultation– Summary of effects– Overview of cumulative effects


The Project

• Maximum build-out of 47 turbines, 70.5 MW capacity

• GE 1.5 MW turbine, 80-m hub height, 77-m rotor diameter

• Located on Mount Wartenbe, between Highway 97 and the Lone Prairie community

• Supply for estimated 20,000 households• Submission to BC Hydro CFT this summer• Proposed commissioning date: 2008


Location of Project


Constraints Analysis and Project Layout

• Layout has considered a set of constraints– Sensitive ecosystems/areas – 200-m buffer– Traditional land use sites – 100-500-m buffer– Watercourses, waterbodies – 50-m buffer– Slopes - > 15% slopes avoided – Existing access roads – 50-m buffer– Dwellings – 500-m buffer– Transmission lines – 150-m buffer– Pipelines – 150-m buffer

• Minimise impact


Layout/Footprint Map


Public Consultation

• Issues scoping/terms of reference– Open house in Chetwynd June 13, 2005– Approx. 40 attendees– Positive feedback from the community and few

issues raised

• Public Comment Period: to March 31st 2006– Open houses in Chetwynd, Hudson’s Hope and Fort

St. John (Feb 20-22)– Additional meetings with the Lone Prairie grazers

and the community; a number of concerns expressed

– Support from Chetwynd municipality


First Nations Consultation

• First Nations Consulted• West Moberly First Nations• Saulteau First Nations• McLeod Lake Indian Band• Halfway River First Nations

• Various meetings/discussions since Spring 2005

• Issues identification• Involvement in field work• Letters of support and MoU signed• Review of Application• Benefits package under discussion


Summary of the Environmental Assessment

• Effects on the « Biophysical » Environment– Air and Climate– Terrain and soils– Hydrology, water quality and aquatic resources– Vegetation– Avifauna– Bats– Terrestrial Fauna– Archaeology

• All baseline/field work undertaken in Spring, Summer and Fall of 2005


• Effects on the « Socio-Economic » Environment– Land use (mostly grazing)– Economics and community settings – Landscapes– Acoustic environment– Communication systems– Public health– First Nations communities


Summary of Effects

• Considered a low-impact project• Project-specific effects on the biophysical and socio-

economic environments are of minimal, low or moderate concern, and not significant– Application of setbacks for project configuration– Small footprint– Access management– Land use compatibility– Commitment to apply several component-specific

mitigation measures– Benefits package to Lone Prairie community and grazers– Benefits package to First Nations– Overall visual impacts are not significant, but visual

impacts on the Lone Prairie area is considered of « medium concern »


Overview of Cumulative Effects

• Cumulative effects are considered of minimal to low concern and not significant for most components

• Cumulative effects considered significant for rare ecosystems, breeding birds and wintering birds– Contribution of Project is however

considered not significant

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Documents

location of project

impact slide

discussion slide

chetwynd municipality

project layout layout

layoutfootprint map

nations saulteau

nations communities