Phyllis Beaulieu:
Wardrop Engineering had previously
submitted a Water Licence Application
Form in regard to the soil treatment
operation in the vicinity of the Hamlet
of Kugaruuk. In your e-mail
message of Nov. 10 to Lorne Stone and Mr.
Rozitis you requested that the
application be re-submitted on the updated
form and that the municipal
questionnaire be completed. I have been
assigned the task of completing
these forms, but before I finalize them I
have a couple of
questions.
1. I have reviewed the previous file information here
but I want to be sure
that I fully understand how this operation fits into
your water licensing
process. The run-off impoundment area is designed to
hold any precipitation
that falls on the footprint of the soil treatment
cell. This is the only
volume of water associated with this
project. Under your definitions, does
this constitute a "use of
water"?
2. The impounded water will have been in contact with
hydrocarbon
contaminated soil in the treatment cell for a brief period and,
therefore,
the water may have picked up low concentrations of
contaminants. There is
no continuous discharge of water from the
impoundment area and the area is
sized to hold one year's
precipitation. The impounded water would be tested
for applicable
parameters before design capacity is reached. If water
quality is acceptable,
the water would be released either to the local
drainage system or to the
adjacent wastewater lagoon. If contaminants are
found above the water
quality criteria applied by Nunavut, we are proposing
that the water be
sprayed over the soil treatment cell. This recirculation
within the closed
system would promote evaporation and volatilization of any
contaminants in
the water. Based on this information, does this soil
treatment facility
and run-off impoundment meet the definition of
"depositing waste" as
described in your information guide for
water
licensing?
The reason for these
questions is firstly to make sure that this project
falls within the scope of
your water licensing process and secondly that we
provide the appropriate
information to allow your organization to assess the
project
properly
I had called your office this morning and was told that you were
away until
Monday. Obviously this was too much information to put in a
voice mail
message so I hope this message will be OK. Please call me if
you would
prefer to discuss this matter directly. Otherwise I will
finalize the
application and questionnaire (if required) as soon as I receive
the reply
to this message.
Thanks
David Ediger,
P.Eng.
Senior Environmental Engineer
Wardrop Engineering
400 - 386
Broadway
Winnipeg MB R3C 4M8
ph.:
(204)988-0527
fax:
(204)957-5389
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