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  Introduction
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  Navigation
  Hunting, fishing
and trapping
  Social aspects
for Crees
  Drinking water
in Waskaganish
  Sport fishing
and hunting
  Mercury and health
  Archaeology
  Forestry
  Landscape
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  Fish
  Birds
  Moose and caribou
  Beavers
and bears
  Special-status species
  Banks
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  Environmental
compliance
  Site restoration
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  Objectives
Supervision
Environmental Compliance at the Jobsite

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The scale of this project will require the use of at least eight workcamps:
  • three existing camps: Eastmain, Nemiscau and Km 257
  • five new camps: Rupert, Sarcelle, Jolliet Lake, Kauschiskach and Sakami Lake

Our environmental compliance team

A dozen permanent site supervisors will ensure that:
  • work complies with the terms of the 1,200 permits issued by various government departments and with legal and other environmental requirements
  • contractors and employees are informed and educated about their environmental protection responsibilities
  • disruptions to Cree land users' activities are kept to a minimum

The environmental management system of the SEBJ unit responsible for the Eastmain projects has been ISO 14001 certified since 2003. The certificate was renewed in 2004 under updated standard ISO 14001:2004.

The following components are to be monitored for environmental compliance:
  • Drinking water supply
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Waste
  • Recyclables and hazardous waste
  • Contaminants
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Drinking water
  
Rigorous water sampling and analysis on a regular basis will ensure that workers in the various camps have excellent drinking water.
The workers' health and quality of life need to be protected.
Wastewater
 
The efficiency of wastewater treatment equipment will be checked monthly; workcamp sewage will be processed through rotating biological disks, bioreactors or peatlands.
 The host environment will be protected and environmental discharge standards maintained.
Waste
 
All unrecyclable waste, other than hazardous waste, will be collected and taken to a trench landfill.
 This will protect the host environment.
Recyclables and hazardous waste

Paper, paperboard, metal and tires are recycled and transported to recovery and recycling centres.

All hazardous wastes (mainly used oil) are also recovered and transported away from the James Bay area.
Recycling protects the quality of the environment.
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Contaminants
All workers at the jobsite will be informed of the emergency plan for contaminant spills to enable them to act quickly and contain them if they occur. The environment will be protected from contaminants.


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