PTP / Morice Water Management Area (MWMA) Aquatics Plan 2012 / 2013

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1 PTP / Morice Water Management Area (MWMA) Aquatics Plan 2012 / 2013 Prepared By: Hydrologic Inc. Smithers BC February 2013 Version

2 Contents 1.0 Introduction: Project Structure: Approach: Water Quality Modes of Potential Impact: Fish and Fish Habitat Modes of Impact: Water Quality Sampling Plan: Sample sites;... 3 Table 1: Winter Water Quality Spot Sampling Locations (2012/2013) Overall Sampling Strategy and Rationale: Parameters: Fish / Fish Habitat Work Plan:... 8 Table 2: Relevant PTP Environmental Assessment Commitments Proposed Scope of Work: Budget: Revisions: Training: Table 3: Training Program Budget Fish and Fish Habitat Program: Table 4: Fish and Fish Habitat Program Budget Water and Sediment Quality Sampling: Table 5: Water Quality Program Budget Expenses: Table 6: Expenses Budget Summary: Table 7: PTP / Morice WMA 2012 Field Studies Proposal Total Estimated Budget Appendix A: EMS Manager Job Description and Task List Appendix B: MAXXAM Chemical Analysis Results Report Appendix C: Chemical Analysis Budget Appendix D: 2012 / 2013 Water Quality Sampling Site Location Map ii

3 1.0 Introduction: This manual is designed as an adaptive project plan / training manual / field guide for the Pacific Trail Pipelines (PTP)/Morice Water Management Area (MWMA) Aquatics program for 2012/2013. Field sampling for the program includes baseline water quality sampling (metals and nutrients), Glyphosate, sediment (PAH, metals, particle size and ph) and fish tissue sampling. Sampling will conform to the BRITISH COLUMBIA FIELD SAMPLING MANUAL For Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air-Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment, and Biological Samples (MWLAP, 2003). Mapping and reconnaissance of the project footprint is proposed as a tool to identify high value aquatic habitats and define the summer / fall fisheries field sampling program. 2.0 Project Structure: The following is the personnel structure for the 2012/2013 project year; BVRC Project Manager Rick Budhwa Tera Contact Jamie Wishart (TERA) / Lynn McBrien (PTP) Project Implementation Manager Patrick Hudson MOE Project Contact Kara Przeczek / Greg Tamblyn OW Project Contact David de Wit / Sheri Green EMS Manager - Theresa Morris The sampling plan for this project needs to be adaptive in nature due to potential changing conditions. This, in turn, can be expected to drive the need to adapt the sampling program to ensure project objectives are met. The BC Provincial system of data management, EMS (Environmental Monitoring System), has been selected for this project because of the linkage to the Morice Water Management Area (MWMA) process, because it is cost effective (the Province gets a preferred rate for sample analysis), the province is contributing to the PTP/MWMA water chemistry analysis budget for fiscal year 2012 ($15,000), and the benefits of quality assurance protocols included in the system. In an adaptive project such as this, EMS management becomes a task in itself as large datasets are being created and new adaptive EMS sites are created or relocated. Theresa Morris has been selected by the OW to take on this task and will be the EMS Manager for the 2012/2013 MWMA Sampling Program. A detailed EMS Manager task list is included as Appendix A of this document. 1

4 3.0 Approach: The approach for implementation of the PTP / MWMA Aquatics program is designed to address the information needs of the EA Commitments and to assure that, should the project proceed to construction, the highest possible standard of environmental outcomes are achieved in a cost effective manner with negligible effects on Wet suwet en traditional land use. To that end the Aquatics Program is using a Hydrologic Impact Assessment approach to assess the potential effects of the PTP Pipeline and to guide the development of ongoing monitoring. The Hydrologic Impact Approach involves two components, a water quality approach and a fish and fish habitat approach. In general this involves assessing the potential modes of potential impact, determining key monitoring variables and designing a competent monitoring scheme. 3.1 Water Quality Modes of Potential Impact: Assessing Water Quality Potential Modes of Impact involves a combination of literature review, field reconnaissance and professional judgment to arrive at the most probable, potential, water quality impacts. The most probable Modes of Impact on the aquatics side include; 1. Suspended Sediment introduction to watercourses from the pipeline right of way and access corridors both during construction and over the long term. 2. Potential introduction of hydrocarbon residues from vehicles, road runoff and spills during construction, and to a lesser degree, during long term operations. 3. Changes to dissolved aquatic loads from rock cuts, sediment exposure and right of way herbicide treatments. Key monitoring variables, or contaminants of concern (COCs) derived from these Modes of Impact therefore include the list of parameters detailed below. The sampling program is designed to capture sufficient baseline information to competently detect impacts in the future, should they occur. Contaminants of Concern (COCs) include the following; 1. Suspended sediment, 2. Hydrocarbons; 3. Dissolved and particulate metals; 4. Herbicides. 2

5 3.2 Fish and Fish Habitat Modes of Impact: Assessing the Fish and Fish Habitat Probable Modes of Impact similarly involves a combination of literature review, field reconnaissance and professional judgment to arrive at the most probable potential Fish and Fish Habitat impacts. The most probable Modes of Impact on the Fish and Fish Habitat side include the following; 1. Introduction of suspended sediment to the water column from construction activities and long term operations. 2. Introduction of other deleterious substances to the water column (the COCs described above) and the potential ecosystem effects. 3. Changes to physical habitat at pipeline crossings and downstream changes imposed by changes in bedload transport. 4. Changes to Hydrologic Integrity from land clearing (canopy interception changes), inter-basin transfer (changes in flow direction due to roads and ditchlines), and groundwater effects, particularly shallow groundwater (interflow) interception. Key Impact variables for the fish and fish habitat Modes of Impact are being determined using the reconnaissance Fisheries sensitive areas analysis described below (see Section 5.2.1). 4.0 Water Quality Sampling Plan: 4.1 Sample sites; The following table is a summary of the current sampling sites for the 2012 / 2013 program. A map of the current water quality sample sites is included as Appendix E. Sites marked deferred are not currently being sampled at the request of the respective House leaders. The Buck Creek site is not included in the winter sampling program since it is very inaccessible due to a lack of snow clearing and would be less cost and time effective than the other sampling locations. Options exist for obtaining a dataset from the Provincial EMS database as there are several EMS locations in the area being monitored for other projects (Equity Silver). This is one of the advantages of using the EMS system for this project. 3

6 Table 1: Winter Water Quality Spot Sampling Locations (2012/2013) Name Coordinates EMS # Elevation Frequency Gos / Thautil 9 U EMS #tbd 732 m Monthly* Buck Creek 9 U EMS #tbd 823 m Monthly/Summer Cedric 9 U E m Monthly Crystal Creek 9 U E m Monthly/Deferred Fenton 9 U E m Monthly Floodplain 9 U E m Monthly Gosnell 1 9 U E m Monthly/Deferred Gosnell Trib 9 U E m Monthly/Deferred Joshua 9 U E Monthly/Deferred Lamprey 9 U E m Monthly* Lower Parrot Creek 9 U E m Monthly Morice 1 9 U E m Monthly* Owen Creek Lower 9 U E m Monthly* Owen Lake Trib 9 U E m Monthly* Pimpernell Mt 9 U E m Monthly Shea 9 U E m Monthly/Deferred Lower Morice 9 U E m Monthly* Owen Wetland 9 U E m Monthly* 4.2 Overall Sampling Strategy and Rationale: The overall sampling strategy involves the following study components; 1. Baseline Trend Monitoring (BTM) for water along the entire PTP corridor within Wet suwet en Territory. The rationale for this component is to satisfy EA Certificate conditions 3.1 (a commitment to develop a water sampling program), and 7.5 (a commitment to ensuring no long term changes to the reference water state (or baseline) in the WMA) by establishing baseline water quality conditions across the project footprint. A subset of sites along the PTP corridor and within the Morice Water 4

7 Management Area (MWMA) will be sampled for sediment and analyzed for hydrocarbons (BTEX, EPH and Oil and Grease) and herbicides (Glyphosate). 2. Continuous Turbidity Monitoring (CTM) is being implemented at the Gosnell / Thautil confluence and on the main stem Morice River to capture event based (freshet and fall storm) turbidity data for future monitoring and to establish baseline turbidity data for the estimation of annual turbidographs. The rationale here is the same as Component 1 (above). Additionally, continuous turbidity data is necessary to characterize baseline trends in turbidity that are highly variable and not well characterized at the baseline monthly sampling frequency. Important trends in turbidity (and TSS) occur at hourly time scales during elevated discharge and precipitation events. It is important to capture this variability since elevated turbidity is a common contamination issue in high value fish habitats and often results from land uses that include road construction and land clearing. 3. First Flush (FF) freshet sampling is being implemented to capture the flushing of accumulated contaminants during the spring freshet. The rationale is the same as Component 1 (above). Water borne contaminant concentrations during the spring freshet first flush are often elevated due to the sudden release of chemicals and sediment stored in the snowpack over the winter and through the release of overwinter oxidation products from exposed mineral sources and other contaminant sources. Higher frequency sampling is required at this time to characterize the baseline condition due the high variability of contaminant levels during spring freshet. Sites to be sampled include those indicated with an apteryx in table 1 (above) and the Owen wetland site at the junction of the Morice River and Huckleberry roads. This is essentially a 5 in 30 program (5 sample events in 30 days) in May and June with parameters including turbidity and Total Suspended Solids (TSS), ph, conductivity, temperature, total dissolved solids (TDS), Total extractable hydrocarbon (TEH), and oil and grease (O&G). PAH and Glyphosate sampling will be undertaken at 5 sites during the summer and fall. This category is exploratory data collection to determine if background levels of hydrocarbons, herbicide residues and metals flushing suggest the need for further characterization. These parameters are also high priority COCs for the MWMA. 4.3 Parameters: Baseline Trend Monitoring (BTM): BTM sampling is being undertaken to develop a corridor wide dataset of primary water quality parameters that define the reference water state referred to in EA Commitment 7.5 and complements country foods assessments being conducted in the terrestrial component of this study. Parameters analyzed for this component include the following categories of analytes. The categories are listed in the same order that they appear on the MAXXAM chemical analysis results report (a Chemical Analysis Report for a late fall sampling event is provided as Appendix B); 5

8 Miscellaneous Inorganics; Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Alkalinity (Total as CaCO 3 ) Alkalinity (PP as CaCO 3 ) Bicarbonate (HCO 3 ) Carbonate (CO 3 ) These parameters are common analytes in water quality sampling programs. Alkalinity is a measure of how well buffered a sample is to changes in ph. Much of the available carbon for photosynthesis comes from carbonate, bicarbonate and dissolved organic carbon so these parameters also indicate the status of available carbon in the water column. Alkalinity greater than 25mg/L is generally considered beneficial to water quality (Weiner, 2013). Anions; Orthophosphate (P) Dissolved Sulphate (SO 4 ) Dissolved Chloride (Cl) These are anionic parameters meaning they are chemical ions with a net negative charge. Orthophosphate is an important indicator of the bioavailability of phosphorous since it is the most bio-available form and requires no further transformation to be used for biological metabolism. Phosphorous is generally the limiting nutrient in aquatic systems so it is commonly analyzed in water quality programs. Sulphate is an important source of sulphur (an essential nutrient) for aquatic plants and is usually the second most common anion in fresh water after carbonate. Very low sulphate levels can retard the growth of aquatic plants and animals and extremely high sulphate (as say from Acid Rock Drainage (ARD)) can limit the uptake of nutrients. Dissolved chloride is a relatively inert anion that is quite non-toxic to aquatic species except at very high levels. Changes to dissolved chloride levels can be an indicator of pollution from road runoff and other sources. Nutrients; Ammonia (N) Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (calculated) Total Organic Nitrogen (N) Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) Nitrite (N) Total Nitrogen (N) Total Phosphorous (P) 6

9 The nutrients category includes most of the important aquatic nutrient species (forms) of Nitrogen and the total amount of Phosphorous (including the highly bio-available orthophosphate). Excessive amounts of these analytes, and the eutrophication that can result, is a major problem in many freshwater ecosystems. Excessive Nitrate/Nitrite concentrations can have serious adverse health effects. Along with the Orthophosphate analysis described in the Anions component, above, Total Phosphorous analysis being conducted to get a complete picture of the Phosphorous in the system since less bio-available forms of Phosphorous can still be important long term sources of this important aquatic nutrient. Physical Properties: Conductivity (us/cm) ph (ph units) Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Turbidity (NTU) Dissolved Hardness (mg/l) The Physical Properties category includes parameters that are not single elements but are measures of chemical potential (like ph, or conductivity) or are physical attributes (like turbidity and temperature). These parameters are important for their impact assessment and monitoring value. Cost-effective continuous and spot Turbidity data is most often mathematically converted to Total Suspended Solids for monitoring purposes because Total Suspended Solids is a more verifiable parameter. ph is a driver of water chemistry and is therefore important as a controlling parameter that is useful for chemical modeling of aquatic chemistry. Dissolved Metals and Total Metals; This is a suite of single elemental analytes (like copper (Cu) and lead (Pb))) which are either dissolved or totaled in the water sample provided to the lab. Total Metals includes the dissolved concentration plus any other concentration that is found bound to sediment or biota in the water column. These are both important monitoring criteria categories since many specific contaminants of concern (COCs) are found in this category (Lead and Mercury for example) and Provincial water quality regulations most often relate to dissolved concentrations while Federal Regulations often rely on Total concentrations. The relative proportion of different dissolved metals can be diagnostic of contamination from Acid rock Drainage, tailings ponds or other contamination vectors. The analytes in this category can be found on the example MAXXAM chemical analysis results report (Appendix B). 7

10 4.3.2 Continuous Turbidity Monitoring (CTM): CTM involves establishing temporary, continuous turbidity sensors with data loggers to capture event based turbidity data at select high value fish habitat sites. Three Manta turbidity sensors are in hand for station deployment at the Lower Gosnell and Morice main stem locations (exact coordinates tbd) during freshet The intent is to establish two stations and have one logger as a backup. This sampling is coincident with the 5 in 30 sampling program for the baseline category sampling so frequent data downloads and sensor checks will be cost effective thus ensuring data capture. The rationale here relates to the fact that, from an environmental management perspective, turbidity is one of the more probable contaminants of concern in the MWMA. Continuous data collection is preferred because during the freshet much of the annual sediment budget is in motion within a narrow window of time. In order to monitor Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids as a means of verifying long term water quality the annual sediment budget and annual sediment regime need to be relatively well known. The sensors deployed will collect hourly Turbidity, Conductivity and Temperature time series data First Flush (FF) Sampling: FF sampling is proposed here to capture potential episodes of contaminant transport associated with spring breakup and freshet peak flows. Breakup and freshet are often periods of high road driving surface sediment production and melting out of road snow removal berms and can be significant contributors to contaminant loadings. This is essentially a 5 in 30 program (5 sample events in 30 days) in May and June with parameters including turbidity and Total Suspended Solids (TSS), ph, conductivity, temperature, total dissolved solids (TDS), extractable petroleum hydrocarbon (EPH), and oil and grease (O&G). This exploratory program involves both lab analyzed sampling of some parameters (EPH and O&G) and direct field measurement of parameters that are field measurable (ph, turbidity, temperature etc). Also included in this category is the spot Glyphosate and PAH sampling to be conducted in the summer and fall. 5.0 Fish / Fish Habitat Work Plan: A major deliverable of the PTP / Morice WMA Field Studies Proposal (BVRC, 2012) includes the development of a detailed Fish Habitat Work Plan for the project area. This section lays out the proposed approach for this work. The objectives of the plan are guided by the following EA Commitment table (EAO, 2008); 8

11 Table 2: Relevant PTP Environmental Assessment Commitments Number Project Phase PTP Commitment 3.1 Detailed Design PTP commits to develop a water sampling program with the OW for the area of the Morice Watershed crossed by the project Detailed Design, Permitting 7.5 Detailed Design, Clearing and Construction, Restoration, Post Construction Monitoring. PTP commits to revisit some crossing sites in the Gosnell Creek and Upper Morice which PTP has identified as non fish-bearing to determine if fish may be present under normal flow conditions. In addition, PTP commits to carry out an assessment of data from other crossing sites in order to identify other streams where this form of additional assessment should be done. This additional assessment of crossing sites will be carried out prior to the detailed planning and design for these crossings and appropriate amendments made to crossing methods if warranted. PTP will ensure that there are no long term changes to the reference water state in the Morice WMA resulting from the KSL project. 7.6 Detailed Design. PTP will undertake, post certification, additional studies where warranted on areas of high value / high risk. These studies will incorporate traditional knowledge where applicable Restoration, Post Construction Monitoring PTP commits to ensure its activities will have no effect on peoples ability to collect food following construction of the KSL project. Responsible Agency or Group OW, MOE DFO, MOE, OW. OW, MOE MOE, HFN, KFN, OW. OW The Office of the Wet suwet en has also provided a number of comments on the Environmental Assessment process and pipeline alignment that are material to the determination of additional information needs that form the basis of this proposal. Specifically, with respect to fish and fish habitat, the OW has maintained that a more species specific, seasonal habitat 9

12 utilization approach needs to be utilized in order to fully understand the fisheries values at risk along the proposed pipeline alignment (Gordon, 2008). The objective is to ensure that the fish habitats in the pipeline corridor are well mapped and properly protected in a science-based site-specific manner. This, in turn, provides certainty that no adverse effects occur to fisheries resources that could potentially limit or degrade traditional use of the resource. The work being proposed to meet this objective this year includes updating the OW Fish Habitat database, conducting field reconnaissance of the proposed pipeline corridor, fish tissue sampling and site specific habitat surveys (redd counts, spawners surveys, and habitat mapping). Commitment 7.6 refers to additional studies on areas of high value / high risk. Meeting the aquatic component of this commitment involves the identification and reconnaissance of high value / high risk sites along the pipeline footprint during the initial field visits and the incorporation of an environmental assessment scope of work into the in-season Fish / Fish Habitat work plan. 5.2 Proposed Scope of Work: The first step in the proposed scope of work for the Fish Habitat Work Plan involves generating a map base (Fisheries Sensitive Areas Mapping) to assess the potential impact mechanisms relating to pipeline construction and operations. The map base will then be used as a sampling frame to determine which high value habitats will require field surveys during the summer field season. Field surveys will involve fish barrier assessments to support fish presence determinations, habitat assessments, redd counts and spawner surveys among other methods. A detailed work plan for the summer / fall field season will be prepared for the spring adaptive update of the overall sampling plan Fisheries Sensitive Areas (FSA) Mapping: FSA mapping is an ecosystem based map product that uses available ecosystem mapping to identify the core components of a fisheries hydro-system. The map is constructed by creating polygons of wet ecosystems around the stream network. This map is the basis for delineating the core Variable Source Areas for the study area. Variable Source Area Hydrology is a conceptual model of watershed hydrology based on the realization that runoff in temperate, mountainous and highly vegetated areas is primarily generated in areas of saturated soils adjacent to the stream networks and wetlands (Walter et al, 2000). The saturated area expands and contracts in response to relative inputs of precipitation and snowmelt, thus the variable source area. By delineating the saturated ground based on the presence of hydrophytic ecosystems and some limited identification of natural landscape concavities (concave hillslope facets that concentrate surface flow) the peak saturated area of Variable Source Area is determined. The peak saturated area, from a water quality risk assessment perspective, represents the most direct route for contaminant delivery to the stream network and is used as a risk assessment tool for water quality. 10

13 The next step is to map the known fish habitat information and lay that on top of the saturated areas mapping. This gives Fisheries Sensitive Areas mapping that identifies the highest risk contaminant pathways linked to the baseline habitat data. By placing the potential contaminant source areas (in this case the pipeline corridor, access roads and other dedicated infrastructure) onto the FSA map a clear picture of Fisheries Sensitive Areas can be determined. We propose to then create a ranked list of high value / high risk fish habitats for further field assessment to be conducted during the summer and fall field seasons Advantages of the Fisheries Sensitive Areas Approach: There are a number of advantages to this approach for this study. They are as follows; 1. Ecosystem mapping is available for the entire project area. 2. If there are changes to the proposed pipeline and road alignments the re-alignment can be placed on the FSA and the risk to high value habitats quickly re-assessed. This is particularly valuable in instances where field fit realignments are necessary during construction. 3. The fish habitat dataset does not need to be complete as long as core or representative habitats are represented. 4. As fish habitat information becomes available it can be easily added to the mapping and the assessments rapidly updated. 5. The distribution of variable source areas can be used to estimate low flow characteristics and the expected winter flow characteristics (construction). 11

14 References: BVRC, PTP / Morice WMA Field Studies Proposal. Prepared by Hydrologic Inc. for the Bulkley Valley Research Centre (BVRC). EAO, Kitimat Summit Lake Pipeline Looping Project Assessment Report. With Respect to: Review of the Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate Pursuant to the Environmental Assessment Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 43, May 12, Gordon, correspondence: Comments on Environmental Assessment Certificate Application Prepared by Westland Resources Group for Pacific Trail Pipeline s Proposed Kitimat Summit Lake Natural Gas Pipeline Looping Project, Feb 25, M.Todd Walter, Michael F. Walter, Erin S. Brooks, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Jan Boll, Kirk Weiler, Hydrologically Sensitive Areas: Variable Source Area Hydrology. Implications for Water Quality Risk Assessment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation : MWLAP, British Columbia Field Sampling Manual for Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment, and Biological Samples. Water, Air and Climate Change Branch, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Province of British Columbia. RISC, Reconnaissance (1:20000) Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory: Standards and Procedures. Prepared by BC Fisheries Information Services Branch for the Resources Inventory Committee. Weiner, Applications of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Third Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton Florida, USA. 17

15 Appendix A: EMS Manager Job Description and Task List. The EMS Manager is responsible for ensuring the efficient and accurate flow of environmental quality data in to and out of the EMS (Environmental Management System) for the PTP / Morice Water Management Area (MWMA) Water Quality Sampling Project. The job involves working in house with Ministry of Environment staff to complete the following specific tasks (in order of priority); 1. Undertake EMS training as determined by the MOE Environmental Protection Division liaison. This will involve acquiring the EMS training manual, reviewing it and arranging an orientation session with the MOE contact. 2. Create EMS requisition forms for the sampling program implementation manager as needed. 3. Assist with the shipping and receiving of samples and sampling supplies as needed. 4. Ensure that all sites listed in table 1 (above) have valid EMS numbers and UTM coordinates are properly entered as per the table. 5. Create new EMS numbers for adaptive sites as the need arises. 6. Create an Excel database (the master database ) of all historic water quality data for sites listed in table 1 (above). 7. Conduct specific data queries for other sites that fall within the Morice Water Management Area and the PTP Pipeline alignment and include these data in the master database. 8. Receive data analysis results from the laboratory (Maxxam Analytical) by and liasse with the Maxxam File manager. Include new data in the master dataset and confirm the data has been properly entered into the EMS system. 18

16 Appendix B: MAXXAM Chemical Analysis Results Report 19

17 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Maxxam Job #: B Client Project #: MORICE Site Location: E LAMPREY Report Date: 2012/11/20 CR Sampler Initials: PH RESULTS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF WATER Maxxam ID EW /31/2012 Sampling Date 13:30 COC Number UNITS REG/1 RDL QC Batch Field Parameters Sample End Date N/A Sample End Time N/A Sample Start Date N/A Sample Start Time N/A Temperature at Arrival C Calculated Parameters Filter and HNO3 Preservation N/A FIELD N/A ONSITE Nitrate (N) mg/l Misc. Inorganics Dissolved Organic Carbon (C) mg/l Alkalinity (Total as CaCO3) mg/l Alkalinity (PP as CaCO3) mg/l < Bicarbonate (HCO3) mg/l Carbonate (CO3) mg/l < Anions Orthophosphate (P) mg/l Dissolved Sulphate (SO4) mg/l Dissolved Chloride (Cl) mg/l Nutrients Ammonia (N) mg/l Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (Calc) mg/l Total Organic Nitrogen (N) mg/l Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) mg/l Nitrite (N) mg/l Total Nitrogen (N) mg/l Total Phosphorus (P) mg/l Physical Properties Conductivity us/cm ph ph Units Physical Properties Total Suspended Solids mg/l < Total Dissolved Solids mg/l Turbidity NTU

18 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Maxxam Job #: B Client Project #: MORICE Site Location: E LAMPREY Report Date: 2012/11/20 CR Sampler Initials: PH LOW LEVEL DISSOLVED METALS IN WATER (WATER) Maxxam ID EW /31/2012 Sampling Date 13:30 COC Number UNITS REG/1 RDL QC Batch Misc. Inorganics Dissolved Hardness (CaCO3) mg/l Dissolved Metals by ICPMS Dissolved Aluminum (Al) ug/l Dissolved Antimony (Sb) ug/l Dissolved Arsenic (As) ug/l Dissolved Barium (Ba) ug/l Dissolved Beryllium (Be) ug/l < Dissolved Bismuth (Bi) ug/l < Dissolved Boron (B) ug/l < Dissolved Cadmium (Cd) ug/l < Dissolved Chromium (Cr) ug/l Dissolved Cobalt (Co) ug/l Dissolved Copper (Cu) ug/l 1.36 ( 1 ) Dissolved Iron (Fe) ug/l Dissolved Lead (Pb) ug/l ( 1 ) Dissolved Lithium (Li) ug/l < Dissolved Manganese (Mn) ug/l Dissolved Molybdenum (Mo) ug/l Dissolved Nickel (Ni) ug/l Dissolved Selenium (Se) ug/l Dissolved Silicon (Si) ug/l Dissolved Silver (Ag) ug/l < Dissolved Strontium (Sr) ug/l Dissolved Thallium (Tl) ug/l < Dissolved Tin (Sn) ug/l 0.23 ( 2 ) Dissolved Titanium (Ti) ug/l < Dissolved Uranium (U) ug/l Dissolved Vanadium (V) ug/l Dissolved Zinc (Zn) ug/l 1.40 ( 1 ) Dissolved Zirconium (Zr) ug/l Dissolved Calcium (Ca) mg/l Dissolved Magnesium (Mg) mg/l Dissolved Potassium (K) mg/l Dissolved Sodium (Na) mg/l Dissolved Sulphur (S) mg/l <

19 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Maxxam Job #: B Client Project #: MORICE Report Date: 2012/11/20 Site Location: E LAMPREY CR Sampler Initials: PH LOW LEVEL TOTAL METALS IN WATER (WATER) Maxxam ID EW /31/2012 Sampling Date 13:30 COC Number UNITS REG/1 RDL QC Batch Calculated Parameters Total Hardness (CaCO3) mg/l Total Metals by ICPMS Total Aluminum (Al) ug/l Total Antimony (Sb) ug/l Total Arsenic (As) ug/l Total Barium (Ba) ug/l Total Beryllium (Be) ug/l < Total Bismuth (Bi) ug/l < Total Boron (B) ug/l < Total Cadmium (Cd) ug/l < Total Chromium (Cr) ug/l Total Cobalt (Co) ug/l Total Copper (Cu) ug/l Total Iron (Fe) ug/l Total Lead (Pb) ug/l Total Lithium (Li) ug/l < Total Manganese (Mn) ug/l Total Molybdenum (Mo) ug/l Total Nickel (Ni) ug/l Total Selenium (Se) ug/l < Total Silicon (Si) ug/l Total Silver (Ag) ug/l < Total Strontium (Sr) ug/l Total Thallium (Tl) ug/l Total Tin (Sn) ug/l < Total Titanium (Ti) ug/l Total Uranium (U) ug/l Total Vanadium (V) ug/l Total Zinc (Zn) ug/l Total Zirconium (Zr) ug/l Total Calcium (Ca) mg/l Total Magnesium (Mg) mg/l Total Potassium (K) mg/l Total Sodium (Na) mg/l Total Sulphur (S) mg/l <

20 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Attention: Kara Przeczek Client Project #: MORICE P.O. #: Site Location: E LAMPREY CR Quality Assurance Report Maxxam Job Number: VB QA/QC Batch Date Analyzed 23 QC Limits Num Init QC Type Parameter yyyy/mm/dd Value Recovery UNITS CK Matrix Spike Ammonia (N) 11/1/ % Blank Ammonia (N) 11/1/ % Blank Ammonia (N) 11/1/2012 < mg/l RPD Ammonia (N) 11/1/2012 NC % SF1 Matrix Spike Orthophosphate (P) 11/1/ % Blank Orthophosphate (P) 11/1/ % Blank Orthophosphate (P) 11/1/2012 < mg/l RPD Orthophosphate (P) 11/1/2012 NC % IC4 Matrix Spike Blank Blank Dissolved Organic Carbon (C) 11/2/2012 NC % Dissolved Organic Carbon (C) 11/2/ % Dissolved Organic Carbon (C) 11/2/2012 <0.50 mg/l Dissolved Organic Carbon (C) 11/2/ % 20 RPD AH5 Matrix Spike Alkalinity (Total as CaCO3) 11/1/2012 NC % Blank Alkalinity (Total as CaCO3) 11/1/ % Blank Alkalinity (Total as CaCO3) 11/1/2012 <0.50 mg/l Alkalinity (PP as CaCO3) 11/1/2012 <0.50 mg/l Bicarbonate (HCO3) 11/1/2012 <0.50 mg/l Carbonate (CO3) 11/1/2012 <0.50 mg/l RPD Alkalinity (Total as CaCO3) 11/1/ % 20 Alkalinity (PP as CaCO3) 11/1/2012 NC % 20 Bicarbonate (HCO3) 11/1/ % 20 Carbonate (CO3) 11/1/2012 NC % AH5 Blank Conductivity 11/1/ % Blank Conductivity 11/1/2012 <1.0 us/cm RPD Conductivity 11/1/ % 20

21 DC6 Matrix Spike Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) 11/1/2012 NC % Blank Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) 11/1/ % Blank Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) 11/1/2012 < mg/l RPD Nitrate plus Nitrite (N) 11/1/ % DC6 Matrix Spike Nitrite (N) 11/1/ % Blank Nitrite (N) 11/1/ % Blank Nitrite (N) 11/1/2012 < mg/l RPD Nitrite (N) 11/1/2012 NC % NS6 Blank Turbidity 11/2/ % Blank Turbidity 11/2/2012 <0.10 NTU RPD Turbidity 11/2/ % SF1 Matrix Spike Total Phosphorus (P) 11/2/ % Blank Total Phosphorus (P) 11/2/ % Blank Total Phosphorus (P) 11/2/2012 < mg/l RPD Total Phosphorus (P) 11/2/ % BB3 Matrix Spike Dissolved Chloride (Cl) 11/2/2012 NC % Blank Dissolved Chloride (Cl) 11/2/ % Blank Dissolved Chloride (Cl) 11/2/2012 <0.50 mg/l RPD Dissolved Chloride (Cl) 11/2/ % AD5 Matrix Spike Total Nitrogen (N) 11/5/2012 NC % Blank Total Nitrogen (N) 11/5/ % Blank Total Nitrogen (N) 11/5/2012 <0.020 mg/l RPD Total Nitrogen (N) 11/5/ % JSG Matrix Spike Total Suspended Solids 11/5/ % Blank Total Suspended Solids 11/5/ % Blank Total Suspended Solids 11/5/2012 <4.0 mg/l RPD Total Suspended Solids 11/5/2012 NC % BB3 Blank Dissolved Sulphate (SO4) 11/5/ % Blank Dissolved Sulphate (SO4) 11/5/2012 <0.50 mg/l RPD Dissolved Sulphate (SO4) 11/5/ % PC4 Matrix Spike Total Dissolved Solids 11/5/2012 NC % Blank Total Dissolved Solids 11/5/ % Blank Total Dissolved Solids 11/5/2012 <10 mg/l RPD Total Dissolved Solids 11/5/ % JT3 Matrix Spike Bromide (Br) 11/7/ % Blank Bromide (Br) 11/7/ %

22 Blank Bromide (Br) 11/7/2012 <0.010 mg/l RPD Bromide (Br) 11/7/2012 NC % AA1 Matrix Spike Total Aluminum (Al) 11/15/2012 NC % Total Antimony (Sb) 11/15/ % Total Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % Total Barium (Ba) 11/15/2012 NC % Total Beryllium (Be) 11/15/ % Total Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/ % Total Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/ % Total Chromium (Cr) 11/15/ % Total Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % Total Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % Total Iron (Fe) 11/15/2012 NC % Total Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % Total Lithium (Li) 11/15/ % Total Manganese (Mn) 11/15/2012 NC % Total Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/ % Total Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % Total Selenium (Se) 11/15/ % Total Silver (Ag) 11/15/ % Total Strontium (Sr) 11/15/2012 NC % Total Thallium (Tl) 11/15/ % Total Tin (Sn) 11/15/ % Total Titanium (Ti) 11/15/ % Total Uranium (U) 11/15/ % Total Vanadium (V) 11/15/ % Total Zinc (Zn) 11/15/ % Blank Total Aluminum (Al) 11/15/ % Total Antimony (Sb) 11/15/ % Total Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % Total Barium (Ba) 11/15/ % Total Beryllium (Be) 11/15/ % Total Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/ % Total Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/ % Total Chromium (Cr) 11/15/ % Total Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % Total Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % Total Iron (Fe) 11/15/ % Total Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % Total Lithium (Li) 11/15/ % Total Manganese (Mn) 11/15/ % Total Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/ % Total Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % Total Selenium (Se) 11/15/ % Total Silver (Ag) 11/15/ % Total Strontium (Sr) 11/15/ % Total Thallium (Tl) 11/15/ % Total Tin (Sn) 11/15/ % Total Titanium (Ti) 11/15/ %

23 Total Uranium (U) 11/15/ % Total Vanadium (V) 11/15/ % Total Zinc (Zn) 11/15/ % Blank Total Aluminum (Al) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Total Antimony (Sb) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Total Arsenic (As) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Total Barium (Ba) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Total Beryllium (Be) 11/15/2012 <0.010 ug/l Total Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Boron (B) 11/15/2012 <50 ug/l Total Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Chromium (Cr) 11/15/2012 <0.10 ug/l Total Cobalt (Co) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Copper (Cu) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Total Iron (Fe) 11/15/2012 <1.0 ug/l Total Lead (Pb) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Lithium (Li) 11/15/2012 <0.50 ug/l Total Manganese (Mn) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Total Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Total Nickel (Ni) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Total Selenium (Se) 11/15/2012 <0.040 ug/l Total Silicon (Si) 11/15/2012 <100 ug/l Total Silver (Ag) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Strontium (Sr) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Total Thallium (Tl) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Tin (Sn) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Total Titanium (Ti) 11/15/2012 <0.50 ug/l Total Uranium (U) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Total Vanadium (V) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Total Zinc (Zn) 11/15/2012 <0.10 ug/l Total Zirconium (Zr) 11/15/2012 <0.10 ug/l RPD Total Aluminum (Al) 11/15/ % 20 Total Antimony (Sb) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % 20 Total Barium (Ba) 11/15/ % 20 Total Beryllium (Be) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Boron (B) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Chromium (Cr) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % 20 Total Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % 20 Total Iron (Fe) 11/15/ % 20 Total Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % 20 Total Lithium (Li) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Manganese (Mn) 11/15/ % 20 Total Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % 20 Total Selenium (Se) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Silicon (Si) 11/15/ % 20 26

24 Total Silver (Ag) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Strontium (Sr) 11/15/ % 20 Total Thallium (Tl) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Tin (Sn) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Titanium (Ti) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Uranium (U) 11/15/ % 20 Total Vanadium (V) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Total Zinc (Zn) 11/15/ % 20 Total Zirconium (Zr) 11/15/2012 NC % AA1 Matrix Spike Dissolved Aluminum (Al) 11/15/ % Dissolved Antimony (Sb) 11/15/ % Dissolved Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % Dissolved Barium (Ba) 11/15/2012 NC % Dissolved Beryllium (Be) 11/15/ % Dissolved Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/ % Dissolved Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/ % Dissolved Chromium (Cr) 11/15/ % Dissolved Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % Dissolved Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % Dissolved Iron (Fe) 11/15/2012 NC % Dissolved Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % Dissolved Lithium (Li) 11/15/ % Dissolved Manganese (Mn) 11/15/ % Dissolved Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/ % Dissolved Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % Dissolved Selenium (Se) 11/15/ % Dissolved Silver (Ag) 11/15/ % Dissolved Strontium (Sr) 11/15/2012 NC % Dissolved Thallium (Tl) 11/15/ % Dissolved Tin (Sn) 11/15/ ( 1 ) % Dissolved Titanium (Ti) 11/15/ % Dissolved Uranium (U) 11/15/ % Dissolved Vanadium (V) 11/15/ % Blank Dissolved Aluminum (Al) 11/15/ % Dissolved Antimony (Sb) 11/15/ % Dissolved Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % Dissolved Barium (Ba) 11/15/ % Dissolved Beryllium (Be) 11/15/ % Dissolved Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/ % Dissolved Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/ % Dissolved Chromium (Cr) 11/15/ % Dissolved Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % Dissolved Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % Dissolved Iron (Fe) 11/15/ % Dissolved Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % Dissolved Lithium (Li) 11/15/ % Dissolved Manganese (Mn) 11/15/ % Dissolved Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/ % Dissolved Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % Dissolved Selenium (Se) 11/15/ %

25 Dissolved Silver (Ag) 11/15/ % Dissolved Strontium (Sr) 11/15/ % Dissolved Thallium (Tl) 11/15/ % Dissolved Tin (Sn) 11/15/ % Dissolved Titanium (Ti) 11/15/ % Dissolved Uranium (U) 11/15/ % Dissolved Vanadium (V) 11/15/ % Blank Dissolved Aluminum (Al) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Dissolved Antimony (Sb) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Dissolved Arsenic (As) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Dissolved Barium (Ba) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Dissolved Beryllium (Be) 11/15/2012 <0.010 ug/l Dissolved Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Boron (B) 11/15/2012 <50 ug/l Dissolved Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Chromium (Cr) 11/15/2012 <0.10 ug/l Dissolved Cobalt (Co) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Copper (Cu) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Dissolved Iron (Fe) 11/15/2012 <1.0 ug/l Dissolved Lead (Pb) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Lithium (Li) 11/15/2012 <0.50 ug/l Dissolved Manganese (Mn) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Dissolved Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Dissolved Nickel (Ni) 11/15/2012 <0.020 ug/l Dissolved Selenium (Se) 11/15/2012 <0.040 ug/l Dissolved Silicon (Si) 11/15/2012 <100 ug/l Dissolved Silver (Ag) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Strontium (Sr) 11/15/2012 <0.050 ug/l Dissolved Thallium (Tl) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Tin (Sn) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Dissolved Titanium (Ti) 11/15/2012 <0.50 ug/l Dissolved Uranium (U) 11/15/2012 < ug/l Dissolved Vanadium (V) 11/15/2012 <0.20 ug/l Dissolved Zirconium (Zr) 11/15/2012 <0.10 ug/l RPD Dissolved Aluminum (Al) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Antimony (Sb) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Arsenic (As) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Barium (Ba) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Beryllium (Be) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Bismuth (Bi) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Boron (B) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Cadmium (Cd) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Chromium (Cr) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Cobalt (Co) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Copper (Cu) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Iron (Fe) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Lead (Pb) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Lithium (Li) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Manganese (Mn) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Molybdenum (Mo) 11/15/ % 20 28

26 Dissolved Nickel (Ni) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Selenium (Se) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Silicon (Si) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Silver (Ag) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Strontium (Sr) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Thallium (Tl) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Tin (Sn) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Titanium (Ti) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Uranium (U) 11/15/ % 20 Dissolved Vanadium (V) 11/15/2012 NC % 20 Dissolved Zirconium (Zr) 11/15/2012 NC % AA1 Matrix Spike Dissolved Zinc (Zn) 11/17/ % Blank Dissolved Zinc (Zn) 11/17/ % Blank Dissolved Zinc (Zn) 11/17/2012 <0.10 ug/l Duplicate: Paired analysis of a separate portion of the same sample. Used to evaluate the variance in the measurement. Matrix Spike: A sample to which a known amount of the analyte of interest has been added. Used to evaluate sample matrix interference. Blank: A blank matrix sample to which a known amount of the analyte, usually from a second source, has been added. Used to evaluate method accuracy. Blank: A blank matrix containing all reagents used in the analytical procedure. Used to identify laboratory contamination. NC (Matrix Spike): The recovery in the matrix spike was not calculated. The relative difference between the concentration in the parent sample and the spiked amount was not sufficiently significant to permit a reliable recovery calculation. NC (RPD): The RPD was not calculated. The level of analyte detected in the parent sample and its duplicate was not sufficiently significant to permit a reliable calculation. ( 1 ) Recovery or RPD for this parameter is outside control limits. The overall quality control for this analysis meets acceptability criteria. 29

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