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Mackenzie Valley Standard Procedures & Consistency Working Groups. Plan Review Process and Guidelines (PRPG working group).
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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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