Documentation

Étude

Volume 1 – Chapters 1 to 9

• 1

  Introduction

  • 1.1

    Project proponent

  • 1.2

    Environmental assessment approach

  • 1.3

    Project overview

  • 1.4

    Geographic setting

  • 1.5

    Legal framework

• 2

  Project Justification

  • 2.1

    Heritage pool

  • 2.2

    Additional needs of Hydro-Québec Distribution

  • 2.3

    Exports and markets outside Québec

  • 2.4

    Energy reserves

  • 2.5

    Economic aspects

  • 2.6

    Alternatives to the project

• 3

  Project Variants

  • 3.1

    Rupert diversion

  • 3.2

    Eastmain 1 A powerhouse

  • 3.3

    Transfer structure

  • 3.4

    Rupert workcamp

  • 3.5

    Comparison of road corridors

  • 3.6

    Comparison of transmission line corridors

• 4

  Description of the Selected Project

  • 4.1

    Preliminary remark

  • 4.2

    Location of structures

  • 4.3

    Geological conditions

  • 4.4

    Baseline data

  • 4.5

    Design criteria

  • 4.6

    Rupert diversion

  • 4.7

    Eastmain 1 A powerhouse

  • 4.8

    Sarcelle powerhouse

  • 4.9

    Sakami weir

  • 4.10

    Work in the Rupert reduced-flow section

  • 4.11

    Permanent access roads

  • 4.12

    Nemiscau airport

  • 4.13

    Connection of Eastmain 1 A and Sarcelle powerhouses to the grid

  • 4.14

    Accommodations for operating personnel

  • 4.15

    Facilities and activities during construction

  • 4.16

    Operations management

  • 4.17

    Project schedule and costs

• 5

  Public Participation

  • 5.1

    Cree participation

  • 5.2

    Consultation of Jamesians

  • 5.3

    Media review

• 6

  Study Area Boundaries

  • 6.1

    Biophysical environment

  • 6.2

    Human environment

• 7

  Issues

  • 7.1

    Conservation of fish and fish habitats in the Rupert River

  • 7.2

    Continuation of Cree hunting, fishing and trapping

  • 7.3

    Recreational and scenic value of the Rupert River

  • 7.4

    Economic spinoffs for Cree and Jamesian communities

• 8

  General Description of the Environment

  • 8.1

    Biophysical environment

  • 8.2

    Biological environment

  • 8.3

    Human environment

• 9

  Environmental Assessment Approach

  • 9.1

    General approach

  • 9.2

    Sources of impact

  • 9.3

    Description of the environment

  • 9.4

    Impact assessment

  • 9.5

    Presentation of impact assessment

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