Subject: Re: Requesting info on NWB decision / Fox-5 DLCU
From: "Rita Becker" <[email-masked]>
To: "Michael Roy" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paul Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:20:37 -0600

Hi Michael.

The two scenarios that you are discussing are actually quite different.

For Fox-4 and CAM-M, they were requesting if they needed a water licence for
the activities proposed in 2002. These activities are NOT to create a
landfill (as this must have occurred at some point in the past), but rather
to go in briefly and inspect and monitor the site. These inspection
activities don't constitute any use of water or disposal of waste into
water.

On the other hand, NWB5QIK's application is to create an actual landfill
etc. and perform the actual work of dew-line clean-up. In general, a
landfill like any other activity would require a water licence if there is
the possibility of any impact on water.

Hope this answers your questions.
Rita

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Roy" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paul Smith" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Requesting info on NWB decision / Fox-5 DLCU

> Hello Rita,
>
> In a letter from the NWB to UMA Engineering dated April 12, 2002, with
respect to monitoring the Fox-4 and Cam-M DEW line site landfill, the NWB
stated:
>
> "As the landfill monitoring program does not appear to require the use of
water or result in the disposal of waste into water, no water licence is
required at this time."
>
> This seems to state that a properly engineered landfill that will not
produce any leachates does not require a water licence.
>
> This now leads me to the Fox-5 DEW Line Clean-Up.  Essentially, in that
project, they will also be creating properly engineered landfills that will
not produce any leachates.  If this is the case, does this not imply that no
water licence is required for this project with respect to the statement
you've made in your April 12 letter?   If it does require a licence, why
does the NWB view it as different?    With respect to answering these
questions, please ignore any "use of water" water licence requirements for
the camp - assume they truck all their water from from Qikiqtarjuaq, for
example.  I'm specifically interested in knowing if a water licence is
required for making a non-leachate-producing landfill.
>
> Anyway, the views of the NWB in this matter will be appreciated for me to
make my comments on the Fox-5 public hearing (and pre-hearing
teleconference).
>
>
> Michael Roy
> Qikiqtani Regional Coordinator, Water Resources
> INAC - Nunavut Regional Office
> P.O. Box 2200, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0,
> (867) 975-4555
> fax: (867) 975-4560
> [email-masked]
>
>