NUNAVUT WATER BOARD

  

        Public Hearing for Licence No. 3AM-IQA0612
              Renewal - Amendment Application

  
  
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                         HEARING
                         VOLUME 1
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                     Iqaluit, Nunavut
                       May 4, 2016
                     TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  Description                                     Page
  
  May 4, 2016                                       6
  
  Opening Prayer                                    6
  Opening Remarks                                   6
  Presentation by Applicant, City of Iqaluit        29
  Questioning of Applicant, City of Iqaluit         43
  Presentation by Department of Fisheries and       83
  Oceans Canada
  Questioning of Department of Fisheries and        89
  Oceans Canada
  Presentation by Environment and Climate Change    92
  Canada
  Questioning of Environment and Climate Change     102
  Canada
  Presentation by Indigenous and Northern Affairs   109
  Canada
  Questioning of Indigenous and Northern Affairs    125
  Canada
  Community Session                                 141
  
  Certificate of Transcript                         142
  List of Exhibits                                  143
  Proceedings taken at the Anglican Parish Hall, Iqaluit,
  Nunavut
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  May 4, 2016
  
  NUNAVUT WATER BOARD
  N. Mike                  Chair of Hearing
  L. Toomasie              Panel Member
  M. Nartok                Panel Member
  
  NUNAVUT WATER BOARD STAFF
  S. Autut                 Executive Director
  D. Hohnstein             Director of Technical Services
  S. Joseph                Senior Technical Advisor
  I. Porter                Licensing Administrator
  B. Kogvik                Secretary and Interpreter
  T. Meadows               Legal Counsel
  
  APPLICANT
  
  CITY OF IQALUIT
  M. Hamp                  Director of Public Works and
                           Engineering
  P. Clow                  Project Officer
  R. Sparham               Project Officer
  D. Lycon                 Technical Support (Stantec)
  INTERVENERS
  
  INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS CANADA (INAC)
  S. Burgess               Manager Water Resources
  S. Forte                 Water Management Coordinator
  J. Hack                  Manager Field Operations
  K. Landa                 Department of Justice
  
  ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA (ECCC)
  B. Summerfield           Environmental Assessment
                           Coordinator
  A. Wilson                Head of Water Quality Expert
                           Support Group
  C. Didham                Environmental Enforcement
                           Officer
  
  DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA (DFO)
  R. Janusz                Senior Fisheries Protection
                           Biologist

  

  
  
  INTERPRETERS/TRANSLATORS
  B. Kogvik                Inuktitut Translator
  M. Hunt                  Inuktitut Translator
  D. Cuerrier              French Translator
  
  K. Schumann, CSR(A)      Official Court Reporter
  
  E. Uniuqsaraq            Sound Technician
  E. Cooper                Sound Technician
  G. Metuq                 Sound Technician
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  (PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED AT 10:09 AM)
  THE CHAIR:               Good morning and welcome to
  the public hearing organized by the Nunavut Water Board
  for an application filed by the City of Iqaluit to
  renew and amend its expired Type "A" Water Licence No.
  3AM-IQA0612.  This Type "A" Water Licence was issued to
  the City for municipal works, activities, and
  undertakings on May 15, 2006, with the expiry date set
  for May 15, 2011.  However, in May '11, the Board
  granted an emergency amendment to the City that, later
  approved by the Minister in June 2011, extended the
  expiry date of licence to July 15, 2012.
       And my name is Norman Mike, and I am Board member
  and the Chairperson of the Panel responsible for the
  City of Iqaluit's application to renew and amend the
  Type "A" Water Licence.
       We like to do some opening prayer.  Prayer will be
  done by Lootie Toomasie.
  (OPENING PRAYER)
  Opening Remarks
  THE CHAIR:               On behalf of the Nunavut Water
  Board, I welcome you to the City of Iqaluit.
       Now to provide some background and set the stage
  for the Hearing, the Nunavut Water Board, which I shall
  refer to as the "Board" or the "Nunavut Water Board",
  is an institution of public government created under
  Article 13 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.  The
  Nunavut Water Board is responsible for the use,
  management, and regulation of freshwater in Nunavut
  Settlement Area.
       The purpose of this public hearing is to review
  and discuss the information provided in application
  filed by the City of Iqaluit, which I shall refer to as
  the "City" or the "Applicant", for the renewal and
  amendment of the Type "A" Water Licence that the City
  requires to authorize the water use and deposit of
  waste associated with their municipal water system, the
  landfill, and their sewage system under Nunavut Waters
  and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act and the Nunavut
  Waters Regulation.  The City of Iqaluit's Type "A"
  licence expired in 2012, and this renewal and
  amendments application seeks renewal of expired licence
  with a few amendments that will be described by the
  City in their presentation of the application.
       In accordance with the requirements of Nunavut
  Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Waters and
  Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act, the Board has
  delegated its power to dispose of all matters related
  to the renewal and amendments application for Type "A"
  Water Licence No. 3AM-IQA0612, including the conduct of
  this public hearing to a Panel of the Board, which is
  referred to as "Panel P6" or the "City of Iqaluit
  Panel".
       Again, my name is Norman Mike, and I will be
  chairing this Panel.  With me today, as a Member of the
  Panel, are the Board Members:  Lootie Toomasie on my
  right, and on my left is Makabe Nartok.
       Several staff members who have contributed to the
  Nunavut Water Board's administration and technical
  review of the application are present along with legal
  counsel to the Nunavut Water Board, and I will
  introduce the individuals in attendance:  Stephanie
  Autut, Executive Director; David Hohnstein, Director of
  Technical Service; Sean Joseph, Senior Technical
  Advisor; Ida Porter, Licensing Administrator; Ben
  Kogvik, Secretary and Interpreter to the Board; and
  Teresa Meadows with Shores Jardine LLP, Legal Counsel
  to the Nunavut Water Board.
       In addition, we have interpreters available for
  simultaneous interpretation in Inuktitut and French:
  Ben Kogvik, Secretary to the Board, Mary Hunt, and
  Daniel Cuerrier.
       For audio support, we have with us George Metuq,
  Elaina Cooper, Eelei Uniuqsaraq from Innirvik Support
  Services Limited.  If you experience any difficulties
  with your headsets, please let George know, and he will
  be able to provide assistance.
       To ensure we have an accurate record of these
  proceedings, we have with us a court reporter, Karoline
  Schumann, from Dicta Court Reporting Inc.,
  Incorporated.
       To assist our court reporter and interpreters to
  provide us with accurate record, I ask that all parties
  please state their name prior to speaking, speak slowly
  and clearly, and avoid the use of abbreviations as much
  as possible.
       And for housekeeping matters, before I hand over
  microphone to the Board Executive Director to provide
  an overview of this Applicant [sic] and what to expect
  today during this public hearing, there are some
  important housekeeping items for everyone here.
       First, as indicated earlier, there will be
  interpretation available throughout the hearing in
  English, Inuktitut, and French.  Earpieces can be
  obtained from the table located just by the door as you
  enter the room.  Channel 2 broadcasts English, Channel
  1 broadcasts Inuktitut, and Channel 4 broadcasts
  French.  When you are speaking into microphone, please
  turn off your earpiece to avoid feedback.
       Second, the Board will appreciate if everyone,
  including the Applicant, interveners, and members of
  public sign in on the sheets located at the table as
  you come into the hall.  This is an important record of
  the attendance at the public hearing, and we appreciate
  your help in making sure it is complete.
       The washrooms are located on the back left, and
  the exits are located at the far right and left of the
  hall.  There will be coffee, tea, snacks located at the
  table along the left side of the hall available
  throughout the hearing, during breaks.
       I would also like to remind everyone to please
  turn off your cell phones before we begin.
       Finally to assist both our court reporter and our
  interpreters, please wait to have microphone before you
  speak, then state your name, speak clearly and slowly,
  and avoid the use of abbreviation.  We appreciate your
  assistance in making sure your comments are recorded
  and the Board's record of proceedings is accurate and
  complete.
       If the media is present, I would like to notify
  the participants that the media may be present at this
  public hearing, we ask all the members of media sign in
  and identify themselves as media to all participants in
  attendance at the hearing.
       I would like to advise parties that CBC, Nunavut
  News, has asked to plug into the recording system.  If
  any of the parties have concern with this request, I
  ask that they make such concern known before we
  proceed.
       A reminder of audio, I would also like to remind
  everyone that while this public hearing is taking place
  and following the hearing, until the Board has issued
  its decision report for the file, the Board cannot
  provide comments regarding the file or the Board's
  view.  Accordingly, the Board members and the staff
  will not discuss the hearing or the matters before the
  Board with any of the parties or the media prior to
  issuing the Board's decision report to the Minister and
  the public.
       Since the Board cannot comment on pending matters,
  either by confirming or denying accuracy or statements
  by others, including comments to the media, the Board
  would appreciate it if all parties would refrain from
  any comments or speculation that may imply a certain
  action or decision by the Board.
       If you have general questions regarding the Board
  and its practices or procedures, please speak with
  Stephanie Autut, the Nunavut Water Board's Executive
  Director, and she will assist you.
       Prior to identifying and introducing all of the
  parties in attendance today, I will turn the microphone
  over to the Board's Executive Director, Stephanie
  Autut, to provide a summary of the history of the file
  in terms of licences issued by the Board to the City,
  as well as overview of the renewal and amendment
  application that is before the Board.
       Thank you.  Stephanie.
  MS. AUTUT:               Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  Stephanie Autut, Nunavut Water Board.
       I will now give a brief overview of the licensing
  history for the City of Iqaluit municipal water and
  wastewater system that is the subject of this public
  hearing.
       Both the Nunavut Water Board and the previous
  water licensing authority in the Territory, the
  Northwest Territories Water Board, have issued various
  types of licences to the City of Iqaluit to authorize
  the use of water for municipal purposes and the
  operation of municipal waste and wastewater systems
  commencing in 1996.
       I will give a brief summary of these
  authorizations, but for more detail, you can review the
  prior licences on the NWB's FTP site.  From 1996 till
  2012, the City held a succession of four Type "A" water
  licences that allowed the City to use 1.1 million cubic
  metres of water annually and to deposit waste, both
  solid and sewage, in support of a municipal
  undertaking.
       The City also holds two Type "B" licences, and
  these licences are largely separate from the Type "A"
  licence and involve the use of water and the deposit of
  waste in support of the construction of various onsite
  access roads, water crossings, and quarrying
  activities.
       The last Type "A" licence issued to the City was
  Licence 3AM-IQA0611, issued in May 2006, with an expiry
  date of May 2011.
       Prior to expiry of the licence, the City applied
  to the Board for an emergency amendment to extend the
  term of the licence by one year.  The Board granted the
  emergency amendment on May 13th, 2011, and the Minister
  of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada,
  as he was at that time, approved the amendment on June
  17th, 2011.  This allowed for the expiry date of the
  licence to be extended to July 15th, 2012, and so the
  licence number was updated to 3AM-IQA0612.
       In July 2012, just days before the expiry of the
  licence, the City again applied for an emergency
  amendment to extend the licence term by an additional
  year, but the Board determined, at that time, that
  emergency circumstances did not exist, and the City's
  licence expired in 2012.
       Pre-licensing requirements:  Before this renewal
  and amendment application could be fully considered by
  the Board, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement requires
  that the Applicant have the project proposal reviewed
  by the Nunavut Planning Commission for conformity with
  land use planning requirements and assessed by the
  Nunavut Impact Review Board.
       Land use planning conformity:  In October -- on
  October 5th, 2012, when the original application was
  submitted, the Nunavut Planning Commission issued
  written confirmation that the project falls outside the
  boundaries of the two approved land use plans
  administered by the NPC and did not require a
  conformity assessment as a result.
       Subsequently, on August 12th, 2015, the Nunavut
  Planning Commission issued correspondence to the City
  of Iqaluit indicating that a project proposal must be
  submitted to the NPC for review for all projects
  carried out in whole or in part in the designated area
  in accordance with the Nunavut Planning and Project
  Assessment Act.
       On August 28th, 2015, the Nunavut Planning
  Commission indicated that it understands that the NIRB
  issued an approval for the proposal in 2014 and that
  there have been no modifications to the project
  subsequent to that approval.  Consequently, the NPC
  clarified that the Commission is not required to
  undertake a review of the file as the Nunavut Planning
  and Project Assessment Act do not apply.
       With respect to environmental assessment:  On
  November 3rd, 2014, the Nunavut Impact Review Board
  issued and indicated that the project proposal may be
  processed without a review under Part 5 or 6 of the
  Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, and that NIRB may
  recommend specific terms and conditions to be attached
  to any approval.
       Scope of renewal and amendment application:
  Having met the requirements, these pre-licensing
  requirements, the file then progressed to the Nunavut
  Water Board.  The application that is currently under
  review by the Board is for renewal and amendment of
  Type "A" Water Licence No. 3AM-IQA0612 issued to the
  City of Iqaluit for a municipal undertaking.
       The scope of the application, which has been
  amended several times since the initial version of the
  renewal amendment application was submitted in 2012,
  now includes the following works, activities, and
  undertakings:  Withdrawal and use of up to 1,100,000
  cubic metres of freshwater annually from Lake Geraldine
  for municipal purposes; the upgrading, operation, and
  eventual decommissioning of infrastructure used for
  managing wastewater at the exiting West 40 wastewater
  treatment plant and backup sewage lagoon; the operation
  and eventual decommissioning of the solid waste
  management facility at the existing West 40 landfill
  and associated infrastructure; specific changes to the
  monitoring program requirements of the previous
  licence; and the renewal of the licence for a ten-year
  term.
       City of Iqaluit application documents:  The
  documentation provided by the City of Iqaluit in
  support of this renewal and amendment application is
  extensive and was over a four-year period, from October
  12th, 2012, to April 7th, 2016.
       Recognizing that all of this documentation is
  available from the Board's website and is available for
  a review in detail by anyone wishing to see the Board's
  registry for the file, I am not going to go through a
  list of all the application documents but have
  highlighted the key documentation received to date.
       The 2012 submission included a water licence
  application, which included the final signed water
  licence renewal application form dated October 2012; a
  cover letter regarding the application for the renewal
  of Water Licence 3AM-IQA0611, dated November 1st, 2012;
  a cover letter regarding the application for renewal of
  Water Licence 3AM-IQA0611, dated November 2nd, 2012; an
  executive summary in English; an executive summary in
  Inuktitut; application appendices; and a 2011 annual
  report and appendices.
       A copy of the final NIRB application and
  associated attachments for the 2013 submissions
  included City of Iqaluit response to the Nunavut Water
  Board, April 8th, 2013 letter, regarding application
  for water licence renewal; Lake Geraldine water balance
  assessment dated 2013; City of Iqaluit letter to the
  NIRB requesting extension for requested additional
  information, dated August 27th, 2013; Iqaluit Waste
  Management Project newsletter #3 dated 2013; Iqaluit
  annual monitoring report for Water Licence Monitoring
  Program-2012; letter from the City of Iqaluit to the
  NWB regarding the City of Iqaluit outstanding items
  submission, dated August 30th, 2013; City of Iqaluit
  quality assurance and quality control plan, dated March
  2013, which included a City of Iqaluit 2007 water
  licence annual reports, City of Iqaluit 2008 water
  licence annual reports, and monthly general monitoring
  reports, June, July, September, October, and December
  of 2012.
       The 2014 submissions included a City of Iqaluit
  solid waste management plan; West 40 landfill
  decommissioning technical memorandum, dated January
  2014; City of Iqaluit landfill operations and
  maintenance manual; dated January 2014; and City of
  Iqaluit solid waste management plan, dated January
  2014.
       2015 submission included a cover letter regarding
  confirmation of submission and scope for Type "A" Water
  Licence No. 3AM-IQA0611, dated March 2nd, 2015;
  Appendix A, list of appendices considered under the
  application; Appendix B, supplementary water supply
  study dated August 2014; letter from the City of
  Iqaluit dated November 13th, 2015, in response to
  Environment Canada technical intervention; letter to
  the City of Iqaluit, dated November 13th, 2015, in
  response to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
  Canada technical intervention; and letter from the City
  of Iqaluit, dated November 13th, 2013, in response to
  DFO technical intervention.
       2016 submissions included the City of Iqaluit's
  presentation for the technical meeting and prehearing
  conference scheduled for its application; City of
  Iqaluit changes to monitoring proposed by the City of
  Iqaluit; copy of AANDC and Environment Canada
  inspector's direction, fourth quarter update 2015; copy
  of Environment Canada inspector directions, dated March
  5th, 2013; scope clarification of renewal application
  for Water Licence No. 3AM-IQA0612; recommendations
  regarding management plans submitted for the City of
  Iqaluit water licence application, Commitment Number 5;
  City Iqaluit landfill fire emergency update; addendum
  to the landfill operations and maintenance manual to
  include current sampling program; additional
  information regarding historical use of Lake
  Geraldine's drainage channel; identification of offsite
  sampling point locations down-gradient of the West 40
  landfill; response to Nunavut Water Board's
  recommendations regarding management plans submitted
  for the City of Iqaluit water licence application;
  proposed changes to Schedule C of expired Licence
  3AM-IQA0611 and monitoring program; licence, unofficial
  copy with edits; location of wastewater treatment plant
  outfall in relation to the ordinary high tide mark;
  copy of letter from DFO Lake Geraldine drainage
  channel, Iqaluit, Nunavut; additional information
  regarding historical use of Lake Geraldine; and the
  City of Iqaluit's public hearing presentation.
       With respect to the application procedural
  history, I'm going to provide you with a brief overview
  of the procedural history for the application that is
  presently before the Board, which highlights the major
  procedural steps in the Board's processing of the
  amendment application which are as follows:  On October
  12th, 2012, the NWB acknowledged receipt of an
  application to renew and amend the City of Iqaluit's
  water licence.  On October 29th, 2012, the NWB
  acknowledged receipt of the City's application fees.
  On November 21st, 2012, the NWB requested that the City
  of Iqaluit cancel, withdraw, or provide guidance as to
  whether an amendment application filed with the Board
  in 2006 should be considered as part of the renewal and
  amendment application or whether it should be
  withdrawn.
       On April 8th, 2013, the NWB issued correspondence
  outlining outstanding deficiencies associated with the
  application.  On July 5th, 2013, the NWB and the City
  of Iqaluit held a teleconference to discuss matters
  related to requirements to complete the application and
  other process issues.  On July 8th, 2013, the NWB
  issued correspondence outlining the commitments made by
  the parties during the teleconference.  On July 25th,
  2013, the City of Iqaluit provided correspondence to
  the Nunavut Impact Review Board, which outlined the
  timelines by which the City intended to submit
  outstanding requirements to the NIRB.  On September
  27th, 2013, the City of Iqaluit filed an addendum to
  the City's water licence renewal application.  On
  October 21st, 2013, the NWB further acknowledged
  receipt of the application and commenced a preliminary
  technical review and completeness check with the
  deadline for submission set for November 8th, 2013.
  November 8th, 2013, the NWB received a submission on
  completeness from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern
  Development Canada.  On December 11th, 2013, the NWB
  issued follow-up correspondence to the City of Iqaluit
  regarding outstanding requirements while informing the
  City of its commitment to address those requirements.
       On January 31st, 2014, the NWB received from the
  City of Iqaluit copies of some of the outstanding
  documents required for the application.  From January
  to November 2014, the NWB suspended further processing
  of the application until the Nunavut Impact Review
  Board assessment process was completed and all
  outstanding deficiencies with the water licence
  application were addressed.  On November 3rd, 2014,
  NIRB issued its decision indicating that the proposal
  may proceed to the licensing stage.
       On March 10th, 2015, following receipt of
  additional information, NWB issued acknowledgment
  receipt and commenced another preliminary technical
  review and completeness check for the application with
  a deadline for submission set for March 31st, 2015.
  March 31st, 2015, Environment Canada, as it then was,
  requested and was granted an extension to the
  submission deadline.  On April 15th, 2015, NWB received
  submissions on completeness from Aboriginal Affairs and
  Northern Development Canada and Environment Canada on
  or before April 15th, 2015.  May 28th, 2015, NWB issued
  notice and commenced a full technical review of the
  application with the deadline for submission set for
  July 5th, 2015.  June 30th, 2015, Environment Canada
  requested and was granted an extension to the comment
  deadline.  July 10th, 2015, NWB received technical
  review submissions from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern
  Development Canada, the Department of Fisheries and
  Oceans Canada, and Environment Canada on or before the
  extended deadline for submissions.  July 23rd, 2015,
  NWB received correspondence from the City of Iqaluit
  indicating that the City would respond to interveners'
  comments on November 13th, 2015.  August 10th, 2015,
  NWB issued follow-up correspondence requesting that the
  City respond to interveners' comments as soon as
  possible and not delay until November the 13th, 2015.
  November 13th, 2015, the City of Iqaluit provided
  responses to the technical review comments provided by
  Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the
  Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and
  Environment Canada.  November 27th, 2015, Aboriginal
  Affairs and Northern Development Canada provided
  additional comments regarding the City of Iqaluit's
  response to AANDC's information requests.  December
  4th, 2015, NWB provided notice of the Board's intention
  to hold a technical meeting and prehearing conference
  in person in the City of Iqaluit during the week of
  January 11th to 15th and distributed for public
  comments or feedback a copy of the draft agenda for the
  City of Iqaluit technical prehearing conference.
  December 11th, 2015, NWB additional comments from the
  Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada related to
  the City of Iqaluit application, technical meeting,
  community session, and prehearing conference.  December
  14th, 2015, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
  Canada provided correspondence addressed to the City of
  Iqaluit regarding AANDC's second reply to comments on
  the City of Iqaluit's water licence; NWB distributed
  final agenda for the technical meeting, community
  session, and prehearing conference for the City of
  Iqaluit water licence and confirmed the dates of the
  sessions to be January 13th and 14th, 2016.
       January 13th and 14th, 2016, NWB held a technical
  meeting and prehearing conference in Iqaluit for the
  City water licence renewal and amendment application.
  February 2nd, 2016, NWB received a copy of the City of
  Iqaluit proposed changes to monitoring requirements.
  February 19th, 2016, the NWB issued a prehearing
  conference decision report and notice of the public
  hearing in English and Inuktitut.  On March 30th, 2016,
  the NWB received Environment and Climate Change
  Canada's intervention in respect of the application.
  On April the 8th, 2016, NWB received INAC's final
  written submission regarding the application.  On April
  15th, 2016, NWB distributed the television and radio
  advertisements for the public hearing and distributed
  follow-up correspondence for the public hearing.  April
  22nd, 2016, the NWB received a copy of the City of
  Iqaluit's public hearing presentation.
       Complete information related to the procedural
  history of the application in the file is included on
  the NWB's public registry, which can be accessed
  through the Board's website.
       I will now move on to a list of issues to be
  addressed at the public hearing as identified in the
  prehearing conference decision.
       Number 1, the scope of the licence:  Not including
  a new quarry, new landfill, and alternative water
  source, the Apex River, at this time; amendments to the
  original scope of 3AM-IQA0612 to reflect current site
  conditions, including the completion and or reclamation
  of existing structures.
       Number 2, the term of the licence; ten-year term
  now sought by the Applicant.
       Number 3, plans for future use of emergency
  measures infrastructure, including projected water
  treatment, discharge of treated water, and management
  of residuals.
       Number 4, compliance:  The status and
  consequential amendments.
       Number 5, discussion of general amendments and
  revisions to terms and conditions of the expired
  licence.
       Number 6, fisheries issues:  Lake Geraldine and
  streams.
       Number 7, management plans and reports, including
  content of plans, updates to plans, and approval of
  plans.
       Number 8, the monitoring plan, including updates,
  amendments, and new requirements.
       And Number 9, the closure and reclamation
  planning, including updates to abandonment and
  restoration plans and sediment management and runoff
  management ponds, including establishing depth of
  sediment and sediment quality in existing ponds.
       If I have missed any written submissions of any
  intervener, please let me know.
       So that, Mr. Chair, takes us up to the
  commencement of the public hearing, and I'll turn the
  microphone back to you for the remainder of the opening
  remarks.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Stephanie, for
  getting us caught up on the history of the file that is
  before us.
       I'll move on to Number 4, identification and
  introduction of the parties.  I would like to now move
  forward to a roll call, and I will begin the roll call
  with the Applicant, the City of Iqaluit.
       The City, if I can have you introduce to -- the
  people who will appearing on your behalf during this
  hearing.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, Mr. Chair.  My name
  is Matthew Hamp.  I'm the Director of Public Works and
  Engineering for the City of Iqaluit, and I'm
  representing the City in its application today.
  MR. CLOW:                Hi, I'm Paul Clow.  I work
  with the Engineering Department with the City of
  Iqaluit, and I'm here to help Matthew with this
  process.
  MR. SPARHAM:             I'm Richard Sparham.  I'm with
  the City of Iqaluit as well, and I'm here to take notes
  and make some observations for future needs.
  MR. HAMP:                We have a fourth person coming
  this afternoon; his flight was delayed.  It's David
  Lycon from Stantec, who's just providing technical
  support during the meeting.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  And now I ask the
  intervening parties to introduce their representatives.
       Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada?
  MR. BURGESS:             Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  My
  name is Scott Burgess.  I am the Manager for Water
  Resources for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
  MS. FORTE:               My name is Forte.  I'm the
  Water Management Coordinator with Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada.
  MR. BURGESS:             Also with us, behind me, we
  have Justin Hack, who is the Manager for Field
  Operations and also the Water Resources Officer for
  this file.  And joining us later today on the phone
  will be Ken Landa from the Department of Justice, and
  he will be calling in from Yellowknife.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Next Environment
  and Climate Change Canada, ECCC?
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Thanks.  My name is Bradley
  Summerfield.  I'm an environmental assessment
  coordinator with Environment and Climate Change Canada,
  and with me today I have Anne Wilson, who is the head
  of our water quality expert support group, and Curtis
  Didham, who is an environmental enforcement officer.
  Thanks.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Third, Department
  of Fisheries and Oceans Canada intervener?
  MS. AUTUT:               Stephanie Autut with the
  Nunavut Water Board.  Thank you, Mr. Chair.
       It's our understanding that representatives of the
  Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada have been
  delayed due to a flight cancellation yesterday, so
  we're expecting them late morning or early afternoon
  today, and they'll acknowledge and introduce themselves
  accordingly.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  And I overheard
  that there's going to be one person on teleconference
  later, one of the interveners.
       If there are any interveners not mentioned who
  would like to speak during the hearing, please identify
  yourself.
       And let's move on, Number 5, introduction of
  elders and their role in the hearing.  It is our
  tradition to give respect to our elders; therefore, at
  any time during the proceeding, an elder may speak to
  the Board about the application that is before us.
       Are there any members of the general public who
  would like to identify themselves and provide a
  presentation to the Board during the public hearing?
  No?  None.
       Are there any representatives from agencies,
  associations, et cetera, who have not submitted
  intervention but would like to speak?  None.
       Before proceeding with the hearing, I would like
  to request that if you haven't already done so, all
  parties and attendees please register and sign in with
  Ida Porter, Nunavut Water Board Licensing
  Administrator, at the side table located at the
  entrance.
       And Number 7, identification of any motion and
  objection.  Before we begin with our presentation of
  the application, are there any motions or objections in
  relation to this renewal and amendment application that
  is before the Board?
       Seeing no objections or motions from the floor, we
  will now proceed with Item 8 of the agenda, the
  presentation by the Applicant.
       We'll have a 5-minute break to get things ready
  and wrap up after.  Thank you.
  (ADJOURNMENT)
  THE CHAIR:               Hello again.  I guess we'll go
  ahead on Number 8, "Presentation by Applicant", City of
  Iqaluit.
  Presentation by the Applicant, City of Iqaluit
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Thank
  you, Board.
       My name is Matthew Hamp, Director of Public Works
  and --
  THE CHAIR:               Hold on.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
  Thank you, Mr. Chair.
       It is my understanding that Mr. Hamp will be
  proceeding with this -- with the presentation for the
  City, and I would like to have the witnesses sworn in,
  so if I can have the witnesses state and spell their
  name for the record, please.
  MR. HAMP:                My name is Matthew Hamp,
  spelled M-A-T-T-H-E-W, H-A-M-P.
  MR. CLOW:                My name is Paul Clow, P-A-U-L,
  C-L-O-W.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you.
  MATTHEW HAMP, PAUL CLOW, Affirmed
  MS. MEADOWS:                  Thank you, Mr. Hamp.
  It's my understanding that you have the presentation
  materials that you will be presenting today, which
  include a hard copy PowerPoint presentation that is in
  English and Inuktitut, and also too, you will be making
  reference to a table that has -- that has been provided
  in hard copy at the table and is entitled "Table 1",
  and it is available -- "Table 1 Changes to Schedule C
  and Monitoring Program", and we have copies of that in
  English, in French, and in Inuktitut.  And I propose to
  file these as the first exhibits in this public
  hearing.
       Do you have any additional materials that need to
  be filed as exhibits at this time?
  MR. HAMP:                     No, there are no further
  exhibits.  I just want to clarify that the presentation
  is also translated in French in the hard copy.
  MS. MEADOWS:                  My apologies.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Sorry, I don't have my glasses on, didn't see the
  French translated copies as well.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.  I would be marking these as
  the next four exhibits in this public hearing.  You may
  proceed.
       EXHIBIT 1 - Hard copy PowerPoint presentation
       by the Applicant, City of Iqaluit, for the
       Nunavut Water Board Public Hearing May 4-5,
       2016 (Inuktitut, English, and French)
       EXHIBIT 2 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -
       Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring Program"
       (Inuktitut)
       EXHIBIT 3 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -
       Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring Program"
       (French)
       EXHIBIT 4 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -
       Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring Program"
       (English)
  THE CHAIR:               Thanks, you can go ahead now.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, Mr. Chair.  I'll
  give a brief, hopefully brief anyway, presentation of
  the City of Iqaluit's water licence application.  I
  think we've gone through most of the details of the
  history, so I'll just speak to what the application is
  now.
       So what is the City of Iqaluit applying for?  It's
  a water licence renewal, and the purpose of the renewal
  is to allow the use of inland water and the deposition
  of waste into inland water.
       For use of water, raw water would be obtained from
  Lake Geraldine.  That's the community's source of
  freshwater, and we're proposing a maximum annual
  withdrawal of 1.1 million cubic metres, and that water
  is treated at the City's water treatment plant and
  distributed throughout the city through pipes and truck
  services.  Treatment and distribution though is not
  regulated by the Water Board; it falls under the
  Government of Nunavut Department of Health, just as a
  clarification for everybody.
       So if you look at the map here, probably a little
  tough to see for those in the back, but Lake Geraldine
  is identified on the map just north of the city and the
  water treatment plant sort of central to the map, and
  there's some other landmarks there to give people an
  idea of the location.  So City Hall is also nearby the
  water treatment plant -- so Lake Geraldine is being
  pointed out on the map right now, and the water
  treatment plant with the marker is on now.  So the
  other landmarks shown are the Arctic Winter Games
  arena, which is on the way to Apex, and the City Hall
  in the centre of the city.
       For deposition of waste to water, the City has a
  few facilities that involve this.  One is the treatment
  of wastewater from our piped distribution system and
  trucked system that's at the wastewater treatment
  plant, which is located at the West 40.  That treated
  wastewater is discharged into Kojesse Inlet, and we're
  hoping to have this covered with the licence.  However,
  there has been some discussion of how that's to be
  regulated, but as the application stands, this is what
  we're presenting to the Water Board.
       So the wastewater treatment plant, if you look on
  the map here, is located towards the West 40 lands,
  which are to the west of the city, past the airport,
  and then the discharge is into the inlet directly from
  the plant.
       The other facility that involves deposition of
  waste to water is at the West 40 landfill.  The City of
  Iqaluit collects and contains and treats discharges of
  landfill runoff from that landfill, and that runoff is
  again discharged into Kojesse Inlet.
       So just as a sort of brief overview of how that
  works, essentially water -- or rainwater, snow that
  collects on the landfill is impounded in some
  containment structures, so a small pond, where it is
  treated and discharged on an annual basis.
       Just to give an idea where that landfill is,
  again, it's in the West 40 area of Iqaluit, which is
  east and south of the community towards the causeway.
       So to summarize, our requested scope on behalf of
  the City of Iqaluit is a proposed maximum annual
  withdrawal of freshwater from Lake Geraldine of 1.1
  million cubic metres; the upgrade, operation, and
  eventual decommissioning of the wastewater treatment
  plant, and the backup sewage lagoon; the operation and
  eventual decommissioning of the West 40 landfill
  surface runoff collection system; and several changes
  to the monitoring program, which I'll pass over to Paul
  to go through in detail what those changes are or what
  we are requesting.
       So Paul -- I apologize there, it's a little bit
  later in the presentation, so this is to summarize what
  we are proposing.
       And then a ten-year licence.
       So getting into the details of the requested scope
  for the proposed maximum annual withdrawal of 1.1
  million cubic metres of freshwater from Lake Geraldine,
  this is not a change from the previous water licence.
  The City intends to request an increase to the maximum
  annual withdrawal from Lake Geraldine when an amendment
  is submitted for the supplementary water source, which
  we'll be working on in 2016.
       For the upgrade operation and eventual
  decommissioning of the wastewater treatment plant and
  backup sewage lagoon, this request has not changed from
  the previous licence.  However, the City is in the
  midst of plans to upgrade the wastewater treatment
  plant before December 31st, 2018, and that has to do
  with a directive from Environment Canada.
       The City meets with Environment Canada and
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs on a quarterly basis to
  discuss the progress of this project, so it is reviewed
  by two other agencies -- or there's oversight by two
  other agencies.
       Also included in the requested scope, as
  mentioned, is the operation and eventual
  decommissioning of the surface water runoff collection
  system for the West 40 landfill.  Again, this doesn't
  change from the original water licence.  It's still the
  same surface water runoff collection system.  The City
  is working on developing a new solid waste management
  site and will submit an amendment to the licence at a
  later date, so, eventually, this site will be closed
  and very soon hopefully, and when a new site conceptual
  design is completed, we'll submit an amendment to the
  licence.
       So for the changes to the monitoring program, now
  I will pass it to Paul to detail what those changes
  are.
  MR. CLOW:                So I tried to get the table
  out to everybody sitting here today, and if you have
  not received the table I'm about to go through, it is
  sitting on the table at the entrance.
       So the City is requesting numerous changes to the
  monitoring program based on Schedule C of the expired
  licence.  Within the table, you can see the stations
  that are provided, and that is -- those stations come
  from the expired licence, and I'm just going to follow
  along for each station.
       So for Station IQA-01, which is the raw water from
  Lake Geraldine, there has been a change to this, I
  apologize.  However, the City would like to change what
  is provided in this table and is -- and would like to
  submit semiannually, twice per year, the sampling
  monitoring or the sampling results from Lake Geraldine
  based on the parameters that are existing in the
  previous licence.  So it would not change anything to
  do with the parameters; however, it would change the
  timing and the number of submissions that would be made
  to the Nunavut Water Board.
       IQA-02, which is the effluent from the sewage
  lagoon, the City is requesting a removal of parameters
  from Schedule C of Licence 3AM-IQA0611.  These
  parameters are the chlorinated alkanes and the LC50
  bioassay.  We are not requesting any additions, and
  we -- the testing frequency would be intermittently,
  basically during our decants.
       Station IQA-03, the influent to the sewage lagoon,
  the City is requesting the removal of the requirement
  from this licence, the testing requirement from this
  licence.
       IQA-04, effluent from the wastewater treatment
  plant, the City is asking for a removal of parameter --
  or of the chlorinated alkanes and the LC50 bioassay.
  We are requesting an addition is to use the procedure
  for pH stabilization during the testing of acutely
  lethal wastewater effluent to Rainbow Trout;
  EPS1/RM/50, after the wastewater treatment plant has
  been commissioned for a secondary treatment; and if the
  single concentration bioassay test fails and un-ionized
  ammonia test -- and un-ionized ammonia is less than or
  equal to 1.25.
       The required testing frequency prior to the 2018
  upgrade in commissioning would be quarterly, and the
  testing frequency after the wastewater treatment plant
  commissioning would be monthly for all parameters
  except for the acute lethality test; that would be
  completed annually, and, like I said, all other
  parameters would be completed monthly.
       IQA-05, the influent to the wastewater treatment
  plant, again the City is requesting a removal of the
  chlorinated alkanes and the LC50 bioassay.  We are not
  requesting any additions.  Testing frequency would be
  completed semiannually, twice per year, prior to the
  commissioning of the secondary phase of the wastewater
  treatment plant, and once that commissioning is
  completed, we would ask for the removal of this testing
  from the water licence.
       IQA-06, the City is -- which is the sludge from --
  that is generated from the wastewater treatment plant.
  The City is not requesting any removals or additions.
  However, we are requesting the frequency of testing
  before and after the upgrade to the wastewater
  treatment plant to be completed quarterly.
       IQA-07, surface water entering the West 40
  landfill, we are requesting that this be removed from
  the licence completely.  The West 40 landfill has a
  perimeter berm structure, and the only water entering
  the landfill is through precipitation.
       IQA-08, which is the final discharge point from
  the West 40 landfill, we are not requesting any
  removals or additions to the parameters, and the
  testing frequency would be intermittently during our
  decants from our retention pond.
       IQA-09, we are requesting -- or, sorry, the
  contaminated soils accepted at the West 40 landfill, we
  are requesting the removal of this testing from the
  licence.  The City does not accept any contaminated
  materials at the landfill.  There is an alternate
  facility in Iqaluit that accepts contaminated
  materials.
       There is one addition that -- to this
  scheduling -- or to this schedule, which would be
  the -- which would be the testing of runoff on the
  outside of the perimeter berm from the West 40
  landfill.  This was provided in commitment letter --
  excuse me here for a second -- this was provided in our
  commitment letter February 5th, 2016, the
  identification of offsite sampling port and locations
  downgrading of the West 40 landfill.
       In that letter, the City provided two sampling
  points.  One is basically upstream from the south
  portion of the landfill, and one is right at the end of
  the south portion of the landfill.  We are requesting
  that this be added to the licence, and this would be
  sampled within -- had the same parameters as the final
  discharge point from the West 40 landfill and will be
  tested annually.
       Thank you.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, Paul.
       So finally, as part of the requested scope, the
  City of Iqaluit is requesting a licence term of ten
  years, and the principal reason for this is that, with
  the limited resources available to the City, it becomes
  quite an administrative burden to have a shorter term.
  We find we're into applying for a new licence almost as
  soon as the last one's expired, so -- and we feel that
  that could be a benefit as well to all the other
  intervening parties.  So any changes during that term
  can be filed through the amendment process.
       So just a point of clarification for what is
  outside of the scope, and this has come up a few times
  during this process, in 2014, the City's landfill
  caught fire, and there was a water management process
  to follow in putting out the fire.  To that end,
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs allowed the City to
  construct some infrastructure in order to manage that
  runoff from the fire as part of an emergency measures
  allowance.
       So moving forward in the treatment and discharge
  of that water contained from the fire, which is
  currently contained in the infrastructure associated
  and built for that purpose, it's still covered under
  that allowance, that emergency measures allowance, by
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs.  So there is existing
  oversight, and the City's requesting that that not be
  part of the licence.
       There is an intent to apply for an amendment in
  order to keep the infrastructure, but there's time
  that's needed to develop a plan about how we would use
  that infrastructure.  So we work through treating and
  discharging under the oversight of Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs and Environment Canada and work out a
  plan for how to use that infrastructure in the future
  as part of normal landfill operations, which would be
  applied for under an amendment.
       So in summary, the City of Iqaluit is requesting
  the Nunavut Water Board approve a ten-year licence that
  incorporates the submissions received by the City of
  Iqaluit to date, with any future infrastructure planned
  to be covered under amendments to that licence.
       Thank you.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  I think we'll do
  the question after lunch and come back at 1:15 and
  adjourn the meeting now.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Impact -- or
  Nunavut Water Board.  Oh, what day is this?  How can
  you tell I was just in hearings for the Nunavut Impact
  Review Board?
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.  It's my understanding that
  the technical expert that will be supporting the City
  of Iqaluit in their response to technical questions has
  also been delayed in terms of arriving, and we are also
  awaiting the Fisheries and Oceans Canada representative
  as well, so it may be an opportune time to break for
  lunch and come back at 1:15, and hopefully, those
  parties will be able to join us.  Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Teresa.  See you at
  1:15, I guess.  Thank you.
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  PROCEEDINGS ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:15 PM
  _____________________________________________________
  THE CHAIR:               Good afternoon, welcome.  From
  this morning, we'll start off where we left, and we're
  going to swear in your consultant, City of Iqaluit.
  And, Teresa.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       If I can have the witness state and spell his name
  for the record, please.
  MR. LYCON:               My name is David Lycon, and
  last name is spelled L-Y-C-O-N.         .
  DAVID LYCON, Sworn
  MS. MEADOWS:                  Thank you, Mr. Chair.
       It's also my understanding, Mr. Chair, that we
  have, joining us by teleconference today, Ken Landa,
  who is legal counsel with the Department of Justice and
  legal counsel for the Federal representatives that are
  here today.  So perhaps I can get confirmation that
  Mr. Landa is on the phone line.
  MR. LANDA:               It's Ken Landa here.
  THE CHAIR:               I guess we'll move on, and
  we'll proceed to questions to the Applicant by the
  interveners, members of public, and the Nunavut Water
  Board staff, and Nunavut Water Board Panel Members.
       Are there any question from Environment and
  Climate Change Canada?
  Questioning of Applicant, City of Iqaluit
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  It's
  Anne Wilson with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
       I just have one point of clarification, and I
  thought that INAC was going first, so I wasn't as ready
  on it.  It's with respect to the changes of the
  monitoring program, so if you want to get that table in
  front of you, and it's IQA-08.
       The terms of the expiring licence state that any
  time you're going to do a discharge from the landfill,
  you will put in a report, you'll see what the best
  treatment options are, you'll propose effluent quality
  criteria and compliance monitoring.
       I was just wondering if there are broad lists of
  parameters that are already defined for that, and what
  the -- have you had to use that yet, and how would you
  determine the quality of the discharge?
  MR. SPARHAM:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.
       The parameters that we have followed through the
  term of the expired licence were followed by the 2008
  water monitoring program that was submitted to the
  Water Board, I believe, in 2008, June 2008.  Those are
  the parameters that we followed, and I believe those
  have also been discussed in the water quality
  management report that was completed by QE that was
  provided during the technical meeting, and we will be
  continuing -- and so those would be the parameters.
       However, we will be continuing the treatment
  process and the -- completing the treatment process and
  the -- following the discharge criteria that will be
  developed as part of the landfill treatment process for
  the emergency fire, because we'll be using the same
  equipment throughout that for the next phase of
  treatment or the next years of treatment.
  MR. HAMP:                I'd just like to sort of
  follow up with that.  So essentially what we have now
  is infrastructure in place to deal with the water --
  runoff water from the emergency measures, and that's
  going to handle all of the water coming off the site
  this year.
       Moving forward, we intend to issue an amendment
  application to include that infrastructure as part of
  the licence.  The challenge at this point is that we
  don't have that long-term plan in place yet to do that,
  but during this, the course of this year, as we follow
  the emergency measures to conclusion, we'll be able to
  develop that long-term plan, that annual treatment and
  discharge, and be able to submit the amendment
  application on that basis.
       So I guess I just wanted to sort of clarify that
  aspect of the application.
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you for that.  And,
  Mr. Chairman, I'd like just a couple more questions, if
  I may.
       So to confirm then, Clause E-17, which had been a
  reference point for that particular discharge, would
  need to be amended and updated for different effluent
  quality for the emergency measures discharges and then
  a subsequent update going forward when you use that
  routinely for any further discharges; do I have that
  correct?
  MR. HAMP:                What we're suggesting is that
  the emergency measures, the emergency discharge, is
  covered as part of an existing understanding with
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and that it not be
  included in the licence at this time because we're in
  discussion with Environment and Climate Change Canada
  and Indigenous and Northern Affairs on that emergency
  measures.
       So we feel that there's already an oversight in
  place for that one discharge that we intend to do this
  summer, and that, moving forward, certainly, we would
  expect to have something in an amendment suggesting
  discharge criteria that were appropriate for an annual
  discharge from the landfill.
       Just one thing to add to my previous statement is
  that one of the things that we had discussed during our
  technical meetings was investigating the possibility of
  rerouting landfill water through the proposed new
  wastewater treatment plant, to treat it through that
  process.  So the City has currently awarded a design
  contract to design that wastewater treatment plant in
  order to meet our December 8, 2018 deadline with
  respect to completing the wastewater treatment plant
  project.
       And part of that process will be investigating
  whether it's feasible to reroute water from -- that's
  impounded from the landfill through the wastewater
  treatment plant.  So it gives us another option for
  ensuring that we're complying with discharge criteria.
  And that would be submitted as part of an amendment
  application as well, if that's the route that we choose
  to go.
  THE CHAIR:               Before we go again, can you
  state your name that I forgot to mention in the
  beginning, just to get the record?
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you, Anne Wilson, and I
  do know better.
       Thank you, that was helpful.  I have a couple of
  general questions, just because this is a little bit of
  a different situation, with the wastewater treatment
  plant being -- having the oversight, as you put it,
  under the inspector's direction to come into compliance
  with the Fisheries Act, what would the City's
  expectation or understanding be of the role of the
  water licence in providing any review of the design
  documents or circulating information to the public for
  that?
  MR. HAMP:                I would expect that the role
  might be an advisory role or perhaps review, but not in
  the sense of completing the design being contingent
  upon a review of -- from any other regulatory agency.
       We feel that, given the fact that the -- there's a
  number of professional engineers that will be involved,
  that their professional liability will be on the line
  for designing a properly functioning treatment plant,
  that an extra layer of review is not necessary for
  that.
       And anyway, that's the expectation I guess from
  the City is that we share any documents that any of the
  agencies would like to see, but we wouldn't necessarily
  expect that we would wait for a stamp of approval from
  the agency.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Any more question?
  Go ahead.
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you.  Anne Wilson.
       You just led right into my next question there.
  Would the City be willing to make a commitment to post
  the quarterly update reports to the Nunavut Water Board
  public registry?  And this is just in the interest of
  having information available to all the other parties
  to this licence.
  MR. HAMP:                Absolutely.  I don't think
  that should be a problem for the City, as long as, of
  course, Environment and Climate Change Canada is okay
  with it as well and Indigenous and Northern Affairs,
  because we're all part of the same meeting.  So from
  the City's part, there's no issue with that.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, thank you.  That
  was all.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  I guess I'll move
  on to INAC.  We'll move on to next intervener's
  question, and we like to welcome Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs representative.  Please say your name.
  Thank you.
  MR. HACK:                Hello, My name is Justin Hack
  with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
       So regarding the emergency measures related to the
  discharge from the two ponds that were constructed
  related to the fire that had happened in 2014, as a
  point of clarification, we -- the Department has given
  the City of Iqaluit the right to use water associated
  with emergency measures, but the discharge of waste
  from those facilities is not allowed under the Act.
  There's no measures that an inspector can provide to
  the City of Iqaluit for the discharge of a waste into
  inland waters.  If the waste is to be discharged into
  marine waters, it falls outside of the jurisdiction of
  the Nunavut Water and Surface Rights Tribunal Act, and
  I just wanted to make that note as a point of
  clarification.
  MR. HAMP:                If I could just follow up to
  that comment.  The current plan with respect to the
  emergency discharge is to treat the water and then,
  subject to approval, by Environment and Climate Change
  Canada, based on the criteria that we've discussed with
  them, we would discharge directly to a marine
  environment.
  THE CHAIR:               Any more questions regarding
  the Applicant?  And, first of all, could I -- can you
  say your name to answer, thank you.
  MS. FORTE:               This is Sarah Forte with INAC,
  we have no further questions.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, INAC, and we'll
  move on to members of the public.  Any questions,
  comments to Applicant?  I guess not.
       And we're going to -- I think Makabe stated he had
  questions -- or, our Board staff, sorry, will raise the
  question.  Can you say your name please?  Thank you.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Yes,
  we have a number of questions for the City of Iqaluit.
  Sean Joseph, NWB.
       So the first question, we noticed during the
  City's presentation that little or no mention were made
  of the changes or the amendment to the licence terms
  and conditions as shown in the mock-up document that
  the City submitted following a prehearing conference.
  Could the City elaborate somewhat on those amendments
  and changes that it provided in the mock-up?
  MR. CLOW:                Paul Clow with the City of
  Iqaluit.
       Just to clarify, did you want me to go through,
  point by point, of all the changes to the model of the
  expired water licence?
  MR. JOSEPH:              Sean Joseph, NWB.
       Yes, it would be helpful if we can get the -- a
  copy of it on the screen and go through it line item by
  line item and, in doing so, provide the rationale as
  well, because the Board needs to get a clear indication
  as to what the City is requesting here.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp for
  the -- can you --
  THE CHAIR:               I think Teresa wants to add a
  comment.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Perhaps we can take a couple minutes to get it up
  on the screen, so that we can project it so that
  everyone here can see what we're talking about.  So if
  you'll bear with us just for a couple of minutes,
  Mr. Chair, we'll get it up on the screen so everyone
  can see what we're talking about.
  THE CHAIR:               Okay, a short 2 minutes.
  Thank you.
  (ADJOURNMENT)
  THE CHAIR:               Go ahead.  Indicate your name,
  please.
  MR. CLOW:                Paul Clow with the City of
  Iqaluit.
       To start, we'll go through, obviously, line by
  line, following this -- the Word document here.  So the
  first point is Water Use Number 2, raising Lake
  Geraldine dam by 2 metres to meet overwinter storage
  capacity.  That was completed in 2016; therefore, it's
  done.  It doesn't really need to be in this licence.
       Again too with Water Use Point 3, extension of the
  two berms adjacent to Lake Geraldine dam and
  reconstruction of a new berm, this was also completed
  with that same project in 2006.  This was also
  completed with that project in 2006, so, therefore,
  does not need to be covered under this current licence.
       Solid waste management, Point 4, landfill
  expansion into the northern adjacent site and the
  West 40 site landfill, again, that was completed under
  the last licence and, therefore, does not need to be
  part of this current licence.
       Improved -- or Number 7, improved drainage works
  at the West 40 landfill, again, that was completed
  during the last term of the licence and, therefore,
  does not need to be included in this -- the new
  licence.
       Number 8 under "Solid Waste Management",
  management and operation of current and future waste
  facilities; future waste facilities will be dealt with
  through an amendment and will be included at that time.
  It is the City's opinion that the operation of the
  actual landfill is inside of the licence constraints,
  and the actual -- the management of the runoff and the
  water is what is -- should be regulated within the
  water licence.  So we could amend that to the
  management and operation of the water management
  structures for the West 40 landfill.
       Wastewater management, Number 10, the removing of
  upgrading.  The reason behind that would be the --
  again, it is the City's opinion that the water licence
  is only there to regulate the end-of-pipe discharge,
  and how the City gets to the end-of-pipe discharge is
  our responsibility to meet the criteria set out within
  the licence, and therefore, the actual upgrading of the
  plant we do not believe should be included in the water
  licence.
       And again, would be the same comment for Number 11
  under "Wastewater Management Construction", again, we
  do feel that it's just the end-of-pipe discharge, and
  the construction of the actual plant is not -- should
  not be included in the water licence.
       The construction -- or Number 12, our
  construction, operation, and maintenance and monitoring
  of a sludge management facility; this facility is
  inside the landfill perimeter berm structure, and the
  operation of the sludge management facility, we
  believe, is outside the water licence.  The City does
  contain any runoff within the landfill, and as I stated
  earlier, we would be -- we could amend Point 8 to also
  include that, that would be the management of the
  runoff retaining structures for the West 40 landfill.
       And Number 14 under "Wastewater Management", the
  City did not really understand the Point 4, the
  contingency measures and wastewater and landfill
  management; therefore, we thought it was just a point
  that didn't really need to be there.
       Part B under "General Conditions", number 3(a) and
  (b), this was completed under the last term, and this
  report has been submitted to the Nunavut Water Board,
  and, therefore, we believe it does not need to be
  included in the current water licence.
       Number 5, we just need to ensure that those
  numbers are the updated numbers for Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs, and obviously, there's a section
  there, but we should update the actual name of
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs as well.
       Number 6, the removal of one signed paper copy of
  all reports.  Just based on logistical constraints, we
  feel that an electronic submission should suffice for
  any submissions to the Nunavut Water Board, and the
  City is -- the City will basically retract the next
  removal and will leave that in the current water
  licence.
       Part D, Number 4, the licensee shall ensure that
  the rate of water withdrawal is such that fish do not
  become impinged on the screen.  The City does not pump
  from Lake Geraldine to the water treatment plant.  It
  is a gravity-fed pipe, therefore, controlling the
  actual rate of discharge.  It's just based on gravity,
  and the City does not have the control for pumping to
  the water treatment plant.
       Number 5 under part (d), the licensee shall
  undertake a dam safety inspection of the Lake Geraldine
  reservoir between July and September biannually
  starting in 2008; the final report should be submitted
  to the Board.  We believe that this report should just
  be submitted with the water licence annual report.  And
  the City actually completes these annually based on the
  dam safety guidelines.  We are required to complete the
  DSI annually for the -- under the dam safety
  guidelines.
       Number -- or part (d), Number 3, the City just
  believes that this section needs to be updated based on
  the requirements set forth through the technical
  meeting and the public hearing discussions.
       And Number 4, the City is requesting that the
  testing requirements that were presented in Schedule C
  and changes to Schedule C and monitoring program and
  letter dated February 5th changed the LC50 test to the
  acute lethality test.
       Number 6, the current O&M manual is still relevant
  for the wastewater treatment plant, and the City will
  provide a new operation and maintenance manual for the
  upgraded wastewater treatment plant upon commissioning
  of that plant.
       Number 7, the City has submitted the final
  assessment of the sludge management project to the
  Board during the last -- during the term of the expired
  licence, and therefore, we believe that this should be
  removed.
       Number 8, the City -- again, just to follow the
  same timeline for the DSI for the Lake Geraldine dam,
  the City is requesting that the DSI for the lagoon be
  submitted with the annual report.  However, the City is
  maintaining the DSI is to be completed on a biannual
  basis, every two years, to follow along with the dam
  safety guidelines that we're required to follow as
  well.
       Number 9 -- or, sorry, Number 10, under "Solid
  Waste", the licensee shall submit to the Board a review
  of a long-term solid waste management plan.  This was
  submitted in 2014, and therefore, we believe that this
  should be removed from the current licence.
       Again, too, Number 11, the licensee shall
  implement an approved solid waste management facility
  operation and maintenance manual.  Again, that was
  submitted in 2014, and we believe that this needs to be
  removed from the -- from this licence.
       Number 17, the City, at least nine days prior to
  any proposed release, discharge, or transfer of
  leaching from the West 40 landfill, the licensee shall
  submit to the Board for approval a report prepared by
  an engineer that will include a minimum of discussion
  of available treatment options, proposed discharge
  criteria in relation to the proposed discharge
  locations, and discharge volumes and a monitoring
  program.
       The City believes that this can be achieved
  through one monitoring program that the City will
  follow for all treatment of the waste -- or of the
  landfill runoff, and therefore, a separate submission
  each time for the landfill runoff would be cumbersome,
  and, therefore, we are requesting that this be removed.
       Part (f) under "Water Supply", Number 8, this
  was -- the final design and drawings completed by an
  engineer to be submitted to the Water Board within 30
  days for the Lake or -- Lake Geraldine raw water
  storage phase 2, this was the construction of the raise
  of the dam, and, therefore, it was completed in 2006,
  and, therefore, we believe that this should be removed
  from the water licence.
       Again, the Number 9, the dam safety review, raw
  water storage phase 2 upgrade.  This was in relation to
  the increase in the dam height, and, therefore -- which
  was completed in 2006, and, therefore, we believe that
  this item -- or this clause should be removed from the
  water licence.
       Under "Solid Waste", Number 10, the drainage
  improvement management design drawings have been
  submitted under the term of the expired water licence,
  and, therefore, we believe that this should be removed
  from the water licence.
       The designs for the northern expansion for the
  West 40 landfill were submitted during the last licence
  period, and, therefore, we believe that this should be
  removed from the current licence.
       And the sludge management facility was also
  submitted during the term of the last licence, and,
  therefore, we believe that this should be removed from
  the current water licence.
       Under "Wastewater", Number 13, the final design
  for the rehabilitation of the west berm of the sewage
  lagoon, again, this was completed and submitted during
  the last term, and, therefore, we believe that this
  should be removed from the water licence.
       And Number 14, final design for phase 1 of the
  wastewater treatment plant.  This was submitted and
  should be removed from -- or submitted during the last
  revision and should be removed from this new water
  licence.
       Part (g), Number 1, there's just a few -- we would
  like to just have a few small revisions just to ensure
  that it covers the raw water reservoir and not our
  treated water storage tanks, as those are regulated
  through the Government of Nunavut Public Health.
       Part (h), Number 1, this is just to include a new
  date for the updated spill contingency plan.
       And Number 2, we would like to remove the sewage
  list station contingency plan and just add it to the
  entire spill contingency plan; that will cover all City
  facilities.
       So part (i), Number 4, the licensee shall submit
  to the Board the approval of the monitoring program for
  water supply, wastewater treatment plant, and West 40
  landfill site.  The City is asking -- or different
  dates for each facility.  The City is just asking to
  remove this and insert the monitoring -- or the
  Schedule C of the monitoring program, the chart that
  was presented earlier, and just refer to that one for
  the monitoring program.
       Number 7, the City has submitted the quality
  assurance quality control plan, so, therefore, we are
  asking -- or we submit it as part of the last term of
  the licence, and, therefore, we are asking for it to be
  removed from this licence.
       Number 14, the licensee shall increase sampling
  frequency if results of such sampling indicate effluent
  quality requirements provided in Part (c) have exceeded
  or as requested by the Board or directed by any
  inspector.  We're just asking to remove this prior to
  the upgrade of the -- or the commissioning of the
  secondary treatment phase for the wastewater treatment
  plant.  Upon completion -- or upon substantial
  completion or commissioning of that plant, we would
  definitely include that clause.  And there, I guess,
  just make it conditional on the completion of the
  second phase of the wastewater treatment plant.
       Part (j), Item 1, the submission of a conceptual
  abandonment and restoration plan for the West 40
  landfill; that conceptual plan has been submitted in
  2014, I believe, along with the other waste management
  submissions, and, therefore, we believe that should be
  removed from the licence.
       The City is just -- Number 3, under Part (j), the
  City is asking for a change to this clause, and the
  licensee shall submit to the Board for approval one
  year before the West 40 landfill will be fully
  decommissioned.
       The City is in the process of following the
  decommissioning plan, which is going to be completed in
  numerous steps, removing metals, certain hazardous
  wastes, and all that stuff, and therefore, by saying
  it's fully decommissioned, would be at the stage where
  we actually cap the landfill and go through that
  process and fully decommission it; so, therefore, we
  would say that the -- the one year before the West 40
  landfill would be fully decommissioned.
       Number 8, Part (j), we're asking for -- the
  licensee to submit to the Board for approval six months
  following notification of final closure of final
  abandonment and restoration plan completed by an
  engineer.  We're asking to remove that; we feel that is
  already covered by Clause 3 under Point (j), where we
  would submit the one year prior to the final -- one
  year prior, we would submit to the Board for approval a
  final abandonment and restoration plan one year before
  we fully decommission the West 40 landfill.
       And I believe I have covered all the points under
  the Licence 3AM-IQA0611.  Thank you.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Sean, any more
  Board questions?
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       I just wanted to clarify for all the participants
  here and the City of Iqaluit, in particular, that the
  Board's jurisdiction is slightly different than sort
  of -- or our view is slightly different than was stated
  in the overview that you provided in terms of your
  comments on the draft licence.
       So for the clarity of all the people here, the
  Board does not licence individual water uses and waste
  deposits but, rather, an undertaking and the water uses
  and waste deposits associated with that undertaking.
       In this particular case, the undertaking that is
  being licenced is defined as a municipal undertaking
  under the Nunavut Waters regulations, and that
  definition states that:  (as read)
       A municipal undertaking is a waste disposal
       or water system for a municipality.
  So the view of the Water Board in terms of its
  jurisdiction comes from that legislation and the
  definition of the undertaking.  So we may take a
  slightly different view than you do in terms of the
  jurisdiction of the Board and what exactly is being
  licenced under this licence.  So I just wanted to put
  that on the record for the clarity of all the parties
  that are here.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.  I will be quiet now and
  allow the technical staff to do their work.  Thank you.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Teresa.
       Sean, more questions, comments?
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I'm
  Sean Joseph, NWB.
       We have two follow-up questions with regards to
  the presentation that the City of Iqaluit just
  provided.  The first one has to do with Part (h), Items
  1 and 2.
       So the City indicated that its preferred approach
  when it comes to deal with these two conditions would
  be to amalgamate the spill contingency plans.  What
  we'd like to know from the City is what sort of
  timeline would the City be able to provide with such an
  amalgamated spill contingency plan.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       Based on a letter submitted to the Water Board
  February 5th, 2016, as a result of the technical
  meetings in the prehearing conference in January, the
  City has committed to providing that updated plan
  within 180 days of issuance of the licence.
  THE CHAIR:               Go ahead, Sean.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Sean
  Joseph, NWB.
       The next question that we have for you has to do
  with Part (f), Item 9, the dam safety review.
       Basically the City indicated that it wants this
  condition to be removed from the water licence.
  However, in the annual report, the latest annual report
  provided by the City, it indicated that the City would
  be continuing to do dam safety reviews; is that
  correct?
  MR. CLOW:                Paul Clow with the City of
  Iqaluit.
       The dam safety guidelines require the City to
  complete a dam safety inspection annually and a dam
  safety review, which is a much more in-depth process,
  every five years.  So, therefore, we, whether it be
  included in the -- we don't want to remove Point A of
  Section (f).
       That -- it was under the understanding of the City
  that that was completed as part of the raise of the dam
  in 2006 to complete that.  So whether we go back to the
  section that included the dam safety inspection, that
  we provide a dam safety inspection annually with the
  annual water inspection report and every five years, we
  would not complete -- or every fifth year, we would not
  complete a dam safety inspection.  However, we would
  complete a dam safety review, which is a much more
  in-depth review and which would also be submitted with
  the annual report, as we would with the DMC inspection.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, City of Iqaluit.
  We will move on to a few more questions.
  MR. HOHNSTEIN:           Thank you, Mr. Chair.  David
  Hohnstein, Nunavut Water Board.
       I just want to go back to I think it was Part 4
  (d) -- Part (b) for the -- it was a comment to remove
  the water withdrawal?  Part 4(d), Item 4 -- it was with
  regards to the comment that you made regarding the
  pumping and it's a gravity feed system.
       Okay, and thanks.
       I was just curious, maybe it's my own curiosity or
  understanding, just what controls are there for the
  water if it's a gravity-feed system rather than a
  pumping system?
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       The control is a simple valve, so it's essentially
  a gravity flow from the reservoir to the plant, the
  water treatment plant, and we have control whether it
  flows or not flows.  So it's sort of an on/off
  situation, as opposed to how fast it comes in, so we're
  just relying a hundred percent on gravity flow to enter
  the plant.
       And just to clarify, it's a 16-inch pipe diameter
  that leads from the reservoir to the plant with valve
  control.
  MR. HOHNSTEIN:           Thanks very much.  David
  Hohnstein, Nunavut Water Board.
       Thanks very much for that.  I was just curious.  I
  wasn't sure if it was, you know, similar to a bathtub,
  where you can pull the plug and everything would drain
  out, and you know what controls there are, you know, as
  far as safety and contingencies should valves fail, are
  they mechanical, are they electronic, you know, that
  sort of thing.  Just curious on that end.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       So there's an electronic control valve on the
  inside of the plant, so that's the primary control.
  Then there's a manual control valve at the dam, and
  there's also a bypass that's, I believe, half the
  diameter, it's an 8-inch bypass that -- in case there's
  problems with the main gravity, we can still bypass
  through and maintain water in the 8-inch line.
  MR. HOHNSTEIN:           Thanks very much.  Thanks,
  Mr. Chair.  That's all my questions.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Any more
  questions?  Sean, go ahead.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.
       The next question we have for the City of Iqaluit
  has to do with the monitoring stations.  The City
  presented a table, Table 1, outlining changes to
  Schedule C and the monitoring program, and we noted,
  from that table, that two particular sets of monitoring
  stations were absent, which is IQA-01(#) and IQA-08(#).
  Could the City comment on the absence of these
  stations?
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       With regards to Station IQA-01(#), so the City's
  viewpoint on this is that it's a superfluous point, and
  it's actually potentially just a holdover from a
  previous licence perhaps or an error that was added to
  the previous licence, because these -- the other
  discharge points -- sorry, the other sampling points
  seem to cover what was intended by that.
       And in terms of IQA-08(#), I'll just let Paul
  explain it based on a conversation with Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs.
  MR. CLOW:                Paul Clow with the City of
  Iqaluit.
       So IQA-08(#), it was determined that we would
  basically use that sampling station and provided just a
  regular number.
       For the sampling point locations outside the
  landfill that was discussed in the February 5th, 2016
  letter to the Nunavut Water Board for the
  identification of offsite sampling point locations,
  down-gradient of the West 40 landfill, these two
  locations were discussed with Indigenous and Northern
  Affairs, and I believe that we came to an agreement of
  the two locations for these, and will be further --
  based on the letter, will be further identified once
  the snow melts, and we're able to access those
  locations and provide a GPS location to the Board to
  add to the licence at that time.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Sean Joseph, NWB.  Thank you
  City of Iqaluit.
       Moving on to the other item, we noted that the
  City did not mention in its presentation the suggested
  timelines for the updated and new management plans in
  response to a document that the Nunavut Water Board
  circulated following the prehearing conference.  We
  would like, just for the record, for the City to
  elaborate on these timelines.  I know that the City did
  mention, in particular, the timeline that it provided
  in that document for the spill contingency plan
  amalgamation; however, we'd like for the City to do so
  for the remaining plans.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       In a letter to the Board dated February 5th, 2016,
  that resulted from the technical meeting, public
  meeting, and prehearing conference held in January,
  there's a schedule of submissions for updated
  management plans, and I think it's easiest if I just
  walk through this, the commitments made.
       So starting with the wastewater treatment plant
  operation and maintenance manual, the City committed to
  provide this manual once the upgraded plant is
  commissioned.  The upgrades are scheduled to be
  completed by December 21st, 2018, but that's going to
  be heavily dependent on sealift schedules and if there
  are any changes that happen during the project that
  delay completion.  So we're suggesting that it be tied
  to the commissioning of the plant with no specific date
  other than maybe to follow up on December 31st, 2018,
  with respect to the progress.
       The next report is the City of Iqaluit solid waste
  management plan.  The schedule was to be determined
  according to this commitment, and that it would -- we'd
  come up with an approach or a timeline based on results
  of this public hearing.  So whether that would be, you
  know, a timeline associated with -- or a condition
  associated with providing a plan within a certain time
  frame after issuance of the licence, that's something
  that we would suggest, or some other approach that's
  amenable to the Water Board.
       Similar to the solid waste management plan, the
  other plan was the sewage sludge management composting
  pilot project report.  Just wanted to make a note that
  that report and the City's most up-to-date version of
  the solid waste management plan were submitted under
  the previous -- or I think in 2014, if I'm correct, and
  that, their being fairly new, if there was anything
  that came out of this public hearing as to changes that
  would be required in both sludge management or the
  solid waste management plan that we could attach
  conditions to those.
       So the next manual or plan is the sewage lagoon
  operation and maintenance manual.  The City committed
  to providing the sewage lagoon operations and maintain
  manual within 180 days of the issuance of the licence.
       The next one is the West 40 drainage management
  review.  Again, this was to be determined based on the
  outcome of the public hearing.  If there was any new
  information that changed our approach to drainage
  management, we could make changes to that document.  It
  is, again, fairly new; I believe it was submitted in
  2014.
       The next one is the Iqaluit spill contingency
  plan.  The City of Iqaluit has committed to providing
  an updated spill contingency plan within 180 days of
  issuance of the licence.
       The next one is the sewage lift station spill
  contingency plan.  As noted previously in this hearing,
  the City would like to see that amalgamated with the
  overall spill contingency plan, and the commitment is
  to provide that updated plan within 180 days of the
  issuance of the licence.
       The next one is the water licence monitoring
  program of June 2008, and again, the City of Iqaluit
  will provide an updated monitoring plan, if required,
  180 days from the issuance of the licence.
       The next one is the quality assurance/quality
  control plan of March 2013.  The City is suggesting to
  provide an updated QA/QC plan, that is quality
  assurance and quality control plan, if required, 180
  days from the issuance of the licence.
       The next plan is the solid waste management plan,
  the West 40 landfill decommissioning technical
  memorandum.  The information is still valid for the
  decommissioning; however, the City of Iqaluit will
  provide a final decommissioning plan for review by the
  Board one year prior to final decommissioning, as noted
  previously in the hearing.
       Similarly, the final abandonment and restoration
  plan for the West 40 landfill would be essentially the
  same document, and the commitment is the same, one year
  prior to the final decommissioning.
       And I believe that's it for commitments with
  respect to plants.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, City of Iqaluit.
       Sean?
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, City of Iqaluit,
  this information is very helpful.
       I'm going to move on to the next question.  It has
  to do with the existing Type "B" licences that the City
  currently holds.  The City holds two Type "B" licences;
  one expired in 2011, and the other one is due to expire
  this month.
       So can the City elaborate on the fate of these two
  licences so that we have an idea as to future plans for
  the undertakings under these licences?
      Mr. Chair, if I may, I would just like to provide
  the numbers of the two licences so that the City is
  aware.
       And, for the record, Sean Joseph, NWB.
       So the first licence is Water Licence ABWTAD0811,
  and the second one is ABWIDG1516.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       So you'll have to bear with me a little bit, we
  don't have those licences in front of us, so we just
  have to go on what we can recall of them.
       So the expired 2011 licence, we believe that's
  related to the trail area deposit, and the expired --
  or the one due to expire this year, 2016, is -- we
  believe that that's the one related to construction of
  the road to the new gravel source.
       So early in 2015, the City realized they were in
  some financial difficulties and put the project to
  construct that road on hold, and that had a knock-on
  effect that operations at the trail area deposit would
  have to be on hold as well.
       So for this year, I can't foresee needing to
  extend it or apply for a new licence for those
  activities until the financial situation improves.  So
  I hope that sufficiently answers your question on that.
  We would not be operating either the road or the trail
  area deposit under the licence.
       And if at any time in the future, the City sought
  to continue those projects, we understand that we would
  have to apply for an amendment either to the existing
  Type "A" licence or apply for a new renewal of these
  licences.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Mr. Chair, Sean Joseph,
  Nunavut Water Board.
       Does it mean that the City of Iqaluit then would
  be cancelling the licence for the northwest trail
  deposit?
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       If there's an option to postpone it, then we would
  want to pursue that first, but if the best option is to
  cancel it, then that's what we'll have to do.
       I would suggest that if we can -- yeah, if we can
  postpone these licences or seek some sort of -- what
  would you call it -- deferral of activity, then that's
  the option we'd prefer, rather than having to go
  through an entire review process for them, because at
  the time that we -- the City would actually reactivate
  these projects, I can't foresee that there would be
  many changes or any changes really to what was proposed
  under these licences.
       So that would be the preferred approach.  I look
  to the Water Board for maybe some advice on that.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Moving on to the next
  question, the City mentioned in its presentation that a
  number of items that it extracted from the scope of
  activities that was initially considered by the Board
  have been removed.  We know that the City has
  intentions of including those under a potential
  amendment if a licence were to be issued to the City.
  We also know that, at this point, the City would not be
  entirely privy to the scope of an amendment, a
  potential amendment, to any licence that is issued to
  the City, but, for the record, can the City explain to
  us the items that it's planning to include under that
  amendment, given that some of these items have an
  element of interplay with the current scope of the
  water licence?
  MR. HAMP:                So just to summarize, the
  items that are -- or the potential projects that we
  would be seeking amendments in the near future would be
  for inclusion of the infrastructure related to the
  current emergency measures into the annual operation of
  the City's landfill runoff management, and new
  landfill, potentially a new quarry site, and the
  supplemental water supply.  The City would be seeking
  amendments likely within 18 months for those projects
  from issuance of the licence.
       The one project that I would say has the strongest
  interplay in what's -- what we're proposing is likely
  the inclusion of the emergency measures infrastructure
  into the annual operations of the landfill, and that's
  because what we would like to see is to have that
  project finished this year for the emergency measures
  to be completed, and what we've committed to is the end
  of October 2016 to have that all completed.  So we
  would have an amendment in probably for that much
  sooner than any of the others.
       In terms of new landfill and supplemental --
  sorry, in terms of other projects that are likely to be
  sooner rather than later, that would be the new
  landfill and the supplemental water supply.  And I
  guess for, maybe obvious reasons, they don't have quite
  as much interplay other than that the supplemental
  water supply would change the total amount of water
  that we're requesting to draw, and the new landfill, of
  course, has implications on how we manage runoff on the
  new site.
       And the new quarry, at this point, is more long
  term.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, City of Iqaluit.
  Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Sean Joseph, NWB.
       We have a final question for the City of Iqaluit,
  and it has to do with the water management area in
  which -- the undertakings associated with the City's
  activities.
       I know the City may not have an answer to this
  right now, but in the context of the new waters
  regulations, we would like for the City to confirm the
  water management area in which all of its undertakings
  are being conducted.
       There is a map at the end of the regulations, at
  the last page of the regulations which sort of
  identifies the water management areas, so if the City
  can confirm that for us.  It does not have to be right
  now, but during these proceedings, it would be good.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp from the
  City of Iqaluit.
       We'll need a little bit of time to just clarify I
  guess what you're requesting and see what we can bring
  back to the table during this public hearing.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  I guess the Board
  is done for questioning, and I'm going to move on.
       First, I'll invite the Department of Fisheries and
  Oceans, and identify yourself if you have questions for
  application.  DFO?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  My name
  is Richard Janusz.  I'm with Fisheries and Oceans
  Canada, and I have no questions of the City at this
  time.
  THE CHAIR:               Department of Fisheries, thank
  you.
       And I guess just move on to -- Nunavut Water
  Board, question or comment?  Makabe?
  MR. NARTOK:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Makabe,
  Board Member of the Water Board.  The Lake Geraldine,
  just wanted to find out the size of water flow of the
  Lake Geraldine.
       And I have a supplementary question.
  THE CHAIR:               Go ahead.
  MR. CLOW:                Thank you, Mr. Chair, Paul
  Clow with the City of Iqaluit.
       I do not have the number right in front of me, but
  off my memory, I do believe that the Lake Geraldine has
  a volume of 1.8 million cubic metres of storage.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you for the question.
  MR. NARTOK:              This is Makabe Nartok.
       The pipe that you use for the water system from
  the water reservoir perhaps gets dirty or mucky
  sometimes.  How often is it cleaned or replaced,
  especially thinking of the filters and so on?  Do you
  do it annually or how often?  Thank you.
  MR. CLOW:                Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Paul
  Clow with the City of Iqaluit.
       I do not know that the pipe -- the discharge or
  the gravity-fed pipe from the dam to the water
  treatment plant ever gets cleaned.  However, within the
  water treatment plant, during our treatment process,
  there's four filters within the plant, and every five
  days, those filters go through a back-wash, which
  remove any sediment or anything that's picked up within
  the water on the way to the -- on the way to the plant
  there, so -- and then that gets back-washed and then
  basically goes to our wastewater treatment plant from
  the back-wash.
  MR. NARTOK:              Thank you, City of Iqaluit.
  Thank you for that response.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Makabe and the City
  of Iqaluit.  Any further questions from the Board?  I
  don't think so.  I'll go back, one more question from
  the staff?  Thank you.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Sean
  Joseph, NWB.
       We said it was the final question, but this is the
  final one.  We know that the City indicated that its
  water treatment system and its potable water -- let me
  rephrase this -- its potable water treatment system and
  its wastewater treatment system consists of both truck
  and utilidor complement.  The application did not
  include a lot of details with respect to the utilidor
  complement.  Could the City just touch on this for us?
  Thank you.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       I'll just give a brief summary of the entire
  system and how it works.  All potable water for the
  City is drawn from Lake Geraldine immediately to the
  water treatment plant.  It undergoes chlorination and
  UV disinfection prior to being pumped to the two
  storage tanks inside the plant.
       From the tanks, it is -- it flows by gravity down
  towards the city, and there's a number of booster
  stations around the city that increase pressure to
  allow it to go into the neighbourhoods and maintain
  water pressure.
       Along the network, there is a truck-filling
  station for the -- to truck services component of the
  system.  So trucks would pull up to that station
  periodically and fill up.
       In terms of wastewater, for the pipe system, each
  home on the utilidor and each business and building on
  the utilidor has a service pipe that empties into a
  sewer main, and that's all gravity flow, except for two
  lift stations that boost the flow at two locations in
  Iqaluit so that it can make it all the way down to the
  wastewater treatment plant.
       At the wastewater treatment plant, currently the
  sewage is -- undergoes primary treatment only, so
  that's essentially removal of solids.  Of course, as I
  mentioned in this meeting, the City is undertaking a
  project to provide secondary treatment at that
  wastewater treatment plant.
       From the trucks services side of things, sewage
  trucks go to each unit and periodically pump out sewage
  tanks.  Those trucks then discharge at a location
  several hundred metres from the wastewater treatment
  plant, so it's near the plant, it's a discharge
  location near the plant, and that flows directly into
  the wastewater treatment plant.
       There is a backup sewage lagoon next to the
  wastewater treatment plant.  In the event that
  maintenance has to be undertaken on the primary
  filters, sewage is diverted to the lagoon and held
  there until it can be discharged.
       I believe that's the system in a nutshell, but if
  there's any other questions, I'd be happy to answer
  them.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Sean Joseph, NWB.  Thank you,
  City of Iqaluit.
       Just one follow-up question to that.  What
  fraction of your residents would you say is serviced by
  the utilidor system?
  MR. HAMP:                The fraction of residents and
  water flow is slightly different, so I'll stick to the
  hard numbers that we have.  So in terms of water
  delivered, approximately 89 percent of the flow goes to
  utilidor with the balance going to truck services.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Sean Joseph, NWB.  Thank you
  City of Iqaluit, and that would be all.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Sean and the City
  of Iqaluit.
       Before we proceed to next column, maybe 10- to
  15-minute break.  Thank you.
  (ADJOURNMENT)
  THE CHAIR:               Welcome back again.  Before we
  move on, one of our Board wants to raise a question.
       Lootie?
  MR. TOOMASIE:            Thank you.  I have a quick
  questions to the Applicants.  During your presentation,
  you mentioned that the closure of the waste site in
  that -- during that talk about the closure waste site,
  you mentioned about very soon.  How -- can you describe
  or clarify how very soon you will deal with the closure
  of the waste site?
  MR. HAMP:                Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       We estimate that we have approximately two years
  of volume left to allow us to store waste on that site,
  so we would undertake final decommissioning in likely
  the third year.
       So if we take 2016 as the base year, that puts us
  in the end of 2018 where we would start to close the
  site.  So it would likely take some time, perhaps, you
  know, two construction seasons to actually fully close
  the site, but we would have that plan submitted, as we
  committed to, a year prior to decommissioning the site.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Thank you, Lootie.
       I'd like to refer a response [sic] from the
  Applicant to the Board Staff.  I'm going to give this
  to Teresa for ...
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       It's my understanding that there was a deferred
  response to a question from Sean Joseph from the
  Nunavut Water Board, and that the City of Iqaluit is
  now in a position to answer that question.  Thank you,
  Mr. Chair.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Teresa.  You can go
  ahead.
  MR. HOHNSTEIN:           Thanks, Mr. Chair.  It's David
  Hohnstein, Nunavut Water Board.
       Yeah, I believe the question that Sean had posed
  earlier was just confirmation as to which watershed or
  watersheds the Iqaluit undertakings were taking place
  in.  We brought up a map from the water regulations,
  and we've discussed it during the break, and I think
  it's understood that the undertaking was completely
  within the Number 53 watershed, which is the Frobisher
  Bay watershed under the regulations.  So if we could
  just get confirmation from the City of Iqaluit on that.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       Confirmed, all of the undertaking takes place
  within Area 53.
  MR. HOHNSTEIN:           Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
  David Hohnstein, Nunavut Water Board.
       We can proceed now with the presentation from the
  DFO.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Presentation by
  Department of Fisheries and Oceans.  I'm just going
  with the flow.  Go ahead.
  Presentation by Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       If I can have the witness state and spell his name
  for the record, please.
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, R-I-C-H-A-R-D,
  J-A-N-U-S-Z.
  RICHARD JANUSZ, Affirmed
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you.  It's my
  understanding that you have prepared a hard copy of the
  PowerPoint presentation that you are about to give, and
  that it is your intention for this to be entered as the
  next exhibit in this public hearing; is that correct?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Yes.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       And so this will be marked as Exhibit Number 5 in
  the public hearing, and please proceed.
       EXHIBIT 5 - Department of Fisheries and
       Oceans Canada hard copy PowerPoint
       presentation titled "Iqaluit Water Licence
       Renewal, Presentation to the Nunavut Water
       Board, Public Hearing, Iqaluit, NU, May 4-5,
       2016"
  MR. JANUSZ:              Good afternoon, Mr. Chair,
  Members and staff of the Board, and community members
  that may be present.
       My name is Richard Janusz.  I'm a Senior Fisheries
  Protection Biologist with the Fisheries Protection
  Program of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
       I'd like to thank the Nunavut Water Board for
  providing us with the opportunity to be here today to
  present our comments and recommendations on the Iqaluit
  water licence renewal, and we hope our comments will be
  helpful to the Board in terms of providing expert
  advice on the potential impacts to fish and fish
  habitat.
       In terms of our presentation today -- my
  apologies, I think I need some coaching.  It's okay, I
  think we're on the right slide.  Once again, my
  apologies.
       For our presentation today, I'd first like to give
  you an overview of our mandate, legislation, and
  policies; an overview of our comments, keeping in mind
  that we are only going to refer to the key points, as
  we have detailed comments in a more extensive report
  which we have provided to the Board.  I'd like to then
  give you our recommendations.
       And lastly, I would like to respond to questions
  and other comments that may come from our presentation.
       The mandate of the Fisheries Protection Program of
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada on behalf of the Government
  of Canada is to maintain the sustainability and ongoing
  productivity of commercial, recreational, and
  aboriginal fisheries.
       We are responsible for ensuring that projects
  proposed in or near water are undertaken in compliance
  with the applicable provisions of the Fisheries Act and
  the Species at Risk Act as they apply to aquatic
  species at risk.  We provide guidance to proponents on
  how to avoid or mitigate impacts to fish and fish
  habitat, and, as required, we provide reviews of
  development proposals to determine the potential
  impacts on fish, marine mammals, and their habitat, and
  measures to avoid, mitigate, and, if necessary, offset
  impacts.
       Our regulatory role -- once again my apologies --
  our regulatory role is defined by the Fisheries Act,
  Section 35, which states that:  (as read)
       No person shall carry on any work,
       undertaking, or activity that results in
       serious harm to fish that are part of a
       commercial, recreational or aboriginal
       fishery, or to fish that support such a
       fishery.  "Serious harm" being the death of
       fish, permanent alteration of habitat, or
       destruction of habitat.
  Section 35 also allows for the issuance of a Fisheries
  Act authorization for a project to proceed when serious
  harm cannot be avoided.
       Sections 20 and 21 relate to the requirement for
  provision of sufficient water and unimpeded fish
  passage.
       For the Species at Risk Act, there are three
  sections which prohibit the killing, harming,
  harassing, capturing, or taking of listed species, as a
  well as the destruction of their residence or critical
  habitat, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the
  responsible Ministry for listed aquatic species.
       The Fisheries Protection Program is also the main
  program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which is
  involved in environmental assessment processes like
  those defined under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
       We are guided by two policies:  The Fisheries
  Protection Policy provides guidance on the application
  of the fisheries protection provisions of the Fisheries
  Act; and the Fisheries Productivity Investment Policy
  provides guidance on undertaking effective measures to
  offset serious harm to fish.
       Moving on to our comments.  Our comments today
  focus on the water withdrawal in Lake Geraldine.  We
  found that the water withdrawal, which has now been
  occurring for several decades, is likely a negative
  alteration to the fish habitat characteristics of both
  Lake Geraldine and its outflowing stream.  The
  alteration affects a large enough area to normally
  trigger departmental concern.  However, uncertainty
  about the ability of the Lake Geraldine watershed to
  support much in the way of fish population leads us to
  believe that this negative alteration may not cause
  what we refer to as a significant localized effect.
  This appears to be supported by local stakeholders and
  fisheries managers, who suggest that the watershed is
  not and has never been of local direct or indirect
  Fisheries concern.
       Moving on to our recommendations.  We would like
  the Nunavut Water Board to note our agreement with the
  issuance of a water licence renewal to the City of
  Iqaluit with a ten-year term, a maximum annual water
  volume withdrawal from Lake Geraldine of 1,100,000
  cubic metres; that Iqaluit continue with its plan to
  provide a compliant fish screen as a precautionary
  measure on its Lake Geraldine water intake; that
  Iqaluit ensures it carefully evaluates potential
  effects on fish and fish habitat across watersheds,
  including Lake Geraldine, when considering future plans
  for supplementary water supply; that Iqaluit retain
  qualified environmental professionals, including
  biologists, when considering projects in or near water.
       We would also like to note, and this is fairly
  standard reminders to proponents, we also note that it
  remains Iqaluit's responsibility to ensure it avoids
  causing serious harm to fish in compliance with the
  Fisheries Act and that it meets the requirements under
  the Species at Risk Act as it may apply to its
  projects.
       If plans change or if the description of the
  proposal is incomplete or changes in the future,
  Iqaluit should consult DFO's FTP's website, which is
  shown here, or consult with a qualified environmental
  consultant to determine if further review is required
  by DFO.
       Lastly, we'd like to note that it is also
  Iqaluit's duty to notify DFO if it has caused or is
  about to cause serious harm to fish that are part of or
  support a commercial, recreational, or aboriginal
  fishery, and such notification should be directed to
  the website shown on this slide.
       Once again, we'd like to thank the Board, the City
  of Iqaluit, and the community for allowing us the
  opportunity to present our comments and recommendations
  regarding the water licence.
       We're pleased to answer any questions or respond
  to comments at this time.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Richard.  Questions
  to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada from
  the Applicant, City of Iqaluit?
  Questioning of Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.  I apologize, I missed the last comment.
  THE CHAIR:               My comment or -- you can
  proceed now for questions to Department of Fisheries.
  Thank you.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, Mr. Chair.  This is
  Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       Just have one question regarding one of the
  recommendations, that Iqaluit ensure it carefully
  evaluates potential effects on fish and fish habitat
  across watersheds, including Lake Geraldine, when
  considering future plans for supplementary water
  supply.
       So my question to that is if the City undertakes,
  potentially, a fish study of the Apex River watershed,
  would it be the expectation of DFO that that study
  include Lake Geraldine?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, DFO, Fisheries
  and Oceans Canada.
       I think that is -- that would not be out of the
  question.  I think when you're looking at the Apex
  River, the overall status of any of the waters involved
  is of interest.
       I know that, you know, part of our response has
  been based on the uncertainty, so nobody really knows
  if there are fish in Lake Geraldine or not.  It seems
  as if -- from what we do know from what local people
  appear to know is that it doesn't seem like there is
  much in the way of fish there at the present time, and
  the same I believe includes the outflowing stream.
  MR. HAMP:                Okay, this is Matthew Hamp,
  City of Iqaluit.
       Just to clarify, I understand from your response
  that it would be, let's say, beneficial if the City
  were conducting any sort of study of the Apex River
  watershed to include Lake Geraldine as part of any sort
  of area study?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, Fisheries and
  Oceans Canada.
       I think it would be advisable.  It would provide a
  level of certainty to the present status of Lake
  Geraldine, which I believe has been asked about on a
  number of occasions, and it has always been an area
  that we don't know enough about.
  MR. HAMP:                All right.  Thank you.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, City of Iqaluit.
       Any more question, comments to DFO?  No.  Thank
  you.
       And I'll move to our next intervener, I believe,
  questions from the Department of Environment and
  Climate Change Canada?
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Thank you.  Bradley
  Summerfield with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
       We have no questions for DFO.
  THE CHAIR:               Questions to Department of
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada from Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs?
  MS. FORTE:               Hi, it's Sarah Forte with
  Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
       We have no questions.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Members of the
  public, any question to Department of Fisheries and
  Oceans?  No question.
       Any questions to the Department of Fisheries and
  Oceans from Nunavut Water Board staff?  Go ahead.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Sean Joseph, NWB.  Thank you,
  Mr. Chair.
       We have just one question for DFO, and the
  question has to do with the fish screens.  We know that
  the City of Iqaluit has made a commitment to have these
  screens included by summer 2016.  Does DFO have any
  particular time frame in which it would like to see the
  screens be implemented, because this is a requirement
  that got transferred from the expired licence, and it
  seemed to be a requirement.  So is there a timeline by
  which the DFO would like to see this implemented?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, Fisheries and
  Oceans Canada.
       We do not have a timeline where we would like to
  see it implemented.  Our thinking on the screen is that
  Iqaluit may want to be considering what type of a
  screen and when it is best implemented, so we think
  there's some leeway there in terms of when it can be
  provided.
       Part of the confirming, if you like, of when and
  how that screen should be applied could be deferred to
  when there is some monitoring of direct fish pop --
  fish presence in Lake Geraldine.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Any more questions
  from staff Nunavut Water Board?
       Questions to the Department of Fisheries and
  Oceans from Nunavut Water Board Members?
  MR. NARTOK:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Makabe
  Nartok, Member of the Water Board.
       My question is that the watershed around -- the
  watershed around Geraldine, do you know if there are
  any fish populations in those watersheds?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Regarding watershed, the Lake
  Geraldine watershed or other watersheds?
  MR. NARTOK:              The direct surrounding water
  in that watershed, just wondering whether there are any
  known fish populations around Lake Geraldine.
  MR. JANUSZ:              In the Lake Geraldine
  watershed, I don't think there is a lot of information
  about what fish may be anywhere in that watershed.  It
  appears to be unknown at this time.
       Regarding adjacent watersheds, I believe there are
  important fish populations known in the Sylvia Grinnell
  watershed.  We don't quite know what the situation is
  in the Apex River watershed, which may be the focus of
  supplemental water supply.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Richard, Makabe.
  Is that it?
       For a question to the Department of Fisheries,
  we're pretty much done on my list, unless you want to
  add, supplement or ...
  MR. JANUSZ:              Once again, thanks to the
  Board for allowing us this opportunity.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Next presentation
  is from Environment and Climate Change Canada.  Teresa?
  Presentation by Environment and Climate Change Canada
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       So if I can get the witnesses to state and spell
  their name for the record, please.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, A-N-N-E,
  W-I-L-S-0-N.
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Bradley Summerfield,
  B-R-A-D-L-E-Y, S-U-M-M-E-R-F-I-E-L-D.
  MR. DIDHAM:              And Curtis Didham,
  C-U-R-T-I-S, D-I-D-H-A-M.
  ANNE WILSON, Sworn
  BRADLEY SUMMERFIELD, CURTIS DIDHAM, Affirmed
  MS. MEADOWS:             Ms. Wilson, it's my
  understanding that I have two hard copy presentations,
  one version is in English and Inuktitut and the second
  version is in English and French, and I will be marking
  those two as the next exhibits in this public hearing;
  is that correct?
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Yeah, that's correct.
       EXHIBIT 6 - Hard copy PowerPoint presentation
       titled "Environment and Climate Change
       Canada’s Final Presentation to the Nunavut
       Water Board Respecting the City of Iqaluit’s
       Municipal Water Licence 3AM-IQA0612"
       (English/French)
       EXHIBIT 7 - Hard copy PowerPoint presentation
       titled "Environment and Climate Change
       Canada’s Final Presentation to the Nunavut
       Water Board Respecting the City of Iqaluit’s
       Municipal Water Licence 3AM-IQA0612"
       (English/Inuktitut)
  MS. MEADOWS:             Teresa Meadows, legal counsel
  for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Thank you very much.  That's it for me, Mr. Chair.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Teresa.
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair.
       Good afternoon.  As stated before, my name is
  Bradley Summerfield with Environment and Climate Change
  Canada, and Anne Wilson, Water Quality Expert, and
  Richard Didham, who is the Enforcement Officer with me
  this afternoon.
       So very quickly, just going to go over Environment
  and Climate Change Canada's mandate, which is to
  preserve and enhance the quality of the natural
  environment, conserve Canada's renewable resources, to
  conserve and protect Canada's water resources, to
  forecast daily weather conditions and warnings, enforce
  rules relating to boundary waters, and to coordinate
  environmental policies and programs for the Federal
  Government across the country.
       So some relevant acts and regulations that fall
  under Environment Canada's mandate are the Department
  of the Environment Act, which establishes the
  Department; the Canadian Environmental Protection Act;
  the pollution prevention provisions under the Fisheries
  Act; the Migratory Birds Convention Act, and the
  Species at Risk Act.
       Environment and Climate Change Canada has been a
  full participant throughout the Iqaluit water licence
  renewal process.  Environment and Climate Change
  Canada's role is to provide scientific expertise within
  our mandate to the Nunavut Water Board for their
  consideration when issuing the licence, and this
  includes water, sediment, and effluent quality.
       Environment and Climate Change Canada has had many
  and continues to have ongoing discussions with the City
  of Iqaluit as well as other interveners, such as the
  Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
  externally, to this process as well.
       So now I'm going to pass it over to Anne Wilson,
  who is going to present a brief summary of the
  recommendations -- an updated version of the
  recommendations that are made in Environment and
  Climate Change Canada's formal submission to the Board.
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you.  I'm Anne Wilson,
  and I work on water quality aspects with Environment
  and Climate Change Canada.
       So the overview of our recommendations includes
  talking a bit about the wastewater secondary treatment,
  about effluent quality criteria for municipal
  wastewater, looking at the management of the sediments
  from the various landfill water management ponds, and a
  bit about some of the renewal licence terms and
  conditions.
       As mentioned by Brad, the City has been working
  with Environment and Climate Change Canada and with
  INAC and should be commissioning a new wastewater
  treatment facility by the end of 2018.  Environment and
  Climate Change Canada acknowledges that the Nunavut
  Water Board's interest or role in regulating this plant
  will be primarily with the operation and maintenance
  plans with the monitoring of wastewater quality being
  done in respect of system optimization and spill
  contingency planning.
       The City continues to move forward with their
  plans for a new wastewater treatment plant.  I
  understand that they recently awarded the design
  contract for the new treatment facility.  Environment
  and Climate Change Canada recommends that the design
  specs for this facility ensure that wastewater
  discharge is compliant with the Fisheries Act.
       And further to my question earlier of the City,
  Environment and Climate Change Canada would like to see
  Condition F-14 in the expiring licence retained.  This
  is a condition that deals with submission of the
  facility design for review, not for approval, and this
  will facilitate access to this information for the
  various stakeholders.
       And we would also thank the City for committing to
  posting quarterly progress update notes from their
  meetings with Environment and Climate Change Canada and
  INAC as appropriate.
       With respect to compliance with the Fisheries Act,
  in other parts of Canada, there are regulations under
  the Fisheries Act which outline what the effluent
  quality needs to be.  These don't apply north of 60.
  However, we do recommend that the effluent quality
  criteria or objectives in this case, if criteria are
  not being set by the Board, be targeted to ensure that
  the effluent is nondeleterious, and to that end, the
  monitoring cover the parameters associated with these
  regulations, the wastewater system effluent
  regulations.
       To say a bit more about the effluent quality
  criteria, there have been discussions on the
  jurisdiction of the Nunavut Water Board with respect to
  setting end-of-pipe criteria in the renewal licence.
  Because the effluent is discharged effectively to the
  marine environment, it is Environment and Climate
  Change Canada's expectation that the licence would not
  necessarily include effluent quality criteria.
       The next recommendation is that -- I'm going to
  modify it a bit from what's on the slide based on
  discussions that have occurred since these slides were
  submitted.  Our recommendation is that the criteria
  outlined in the wastewater system effluent regulations
  be used as performance objectives for effluent in the
  upgraded treatment plant.
       Next I'll go on to talk about the landfill holding
  ponds.  So for clarity, there are two sets of ponds at
  the landfill.  There're the ones which hold the runoff
  from the fire, and that pond is outside the scope of
  this licence, as noted earlier.  The other ones are the
  landfill holding ponds that hold the collected runoff
  from the wastewater site.
       The City has indicated that they will be treating
  and releasing the, under an emergency order, the
  contaminated runoff from the fire.  Environment and
  Climate Change Canada has been involved with
  discussions between INAC, Indigenous and Northern
  Affairs Canada, and the City as far as appropriate
  discharge criteria and ensuring that this is
  nondeleterious.  So this is proceeding satisfactorily
  outside of the licence process.
       However, we did raise concerns with the disposal
  of the treatment residuals and with the contaminated
  sediments at the bottom of this particular holding
  pond.  The City has committed to appropriate disposal
  under the treatment contract.  And my understanding is
  that, subsequently, the emergency measures pond may
  form part of the ongoing operating water management
  system for the City.
       So for that one and for the landfill holding
  ponds, as the landfill moves towards closure, it will
  be very important to characterize the sediments at the
  bottom of those ponds for chemistry and for volume in
  order to plan for closure.  There will need to be
  appropriate treatment and disposal planned for.
       The next slide looks at our recommendations on the
  water licence terms and conditions.  Part J, conditions
  applying to abandonment and restoration; this is more
  or less a housekeeping item, but the terminology used
  currently in the NWT and just to be more consistent
  with some of their guidelines and other guidelines
  would be "closure" and "reclamation".  And I did note
  that "reclamation" is defined in the licence
  definitions but not "restoration".  The City has also
  proposed changes to their monitoring schedule, and
  Environment and Climate Change Canada supports adoption
  of the agreed-upon changes as outlined in their table.
       It was helpful to go through the proposed changes
  to the licence and the list of commitments earlier that
  the City had provided.  The waste disposal and waste
  management plans will need to be updated in the renewal
  licence, and we would like to see details regarding
  future landfill use, time frames for closure,
  operational practices such as the existing burn box,
  which I understand is short term and will be closed,
  and plans to look at incinerator use.  We are also
  curious about then the ongoing management of wood and
  cardboard waste if the burn box is decommissioned.  So
  things like that, details like that we would hope to
  see in the next annual submission in which the plan
  would be updated.
       The next slide deals with the licence term.
  Environment and Climate Change Canada has no objection
  to a licence term of ten years as now suggested by the
  City of Iqaluit.
       And the last slide, is that your picture?
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         It is.
  MS. WILSON:              I'd like to give credit for
  all these pictures to Brad Summerfield and to say thank
  you for the opportunity to make this presentation.  And
  any questions, we'd be happy to try and address.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  And for
  Environment and Climate Change Canada, any questions
  from the Applicant, City of Iqaluit?
  Questioning of Environment and Climate Change Canada
  MR. HAMP:                Yes.  This is Matthew Hamp,
  City of Iqaluit.
       Just a clarification on -- I don't see the slide
  number here, but it's the one that says effluent
  quality criteria for municipal wastewater, and it's in
  reference to the wastewater systems effluent
  regulations.  There you go.
       So if regulations come into effect during the
  course of designing the new wastewater treatment
  facility, will the City be bound to meet the new
  criteria or the existing criteria?  I guess I'd just
  like some clarification as to how that would work.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       The wastewater systems effluent regulations
  targets that we would hope for the City to aim for with
  their new treatment system would be the ones that are
  currently in place in the southern jurisdictions.
       When the regulations are going to apply to the
  north, they would be no more stringent than that.
  However, the expectation is that those regulations will
  take some time to develop further north, that seems to
  be moving very slowly, and then to, you know, phase
  them in over time.
       So I -- meeting these numbers in your system
  should not pose a problem when the regulations are
  implemented.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you.  I have another
  question.  This is Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       In terms of characterizing the sediment in the
  water management ponds associated with the emergency
  runoff treatment, I would suspect that the time frame
  that the City would be able to do that would be
  immediately after discharge this year.  So would it be
  acceptable to provide that information within 60 to 90
  days of undertaking that, the actual sampling
  characterization?  Just trying to get at a -- kind of a
  timeline when you're expecting to see it, given the
  fact that we've committed to -- the City's committed to
  discharging and completing that project by October of
  2016.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       It would be acceptable to do the characterization
  of the sediments subsequent to the discharge, and then
  the question would be what time frame would the City
  need to develop disposal options in case they needed
  treatment.  And I'm sure there would be discussions at
  that time of what parameters to test for, toxicity --
  or sediment toxicity testing could be done and then --
  for you to develop a final plan for full removal or
  closure of them as appropriate.
  MR. HAMP:                A follow-up question.  This is
  Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       So would this be something that Environment and
  Climate Change Canada would be looking to be included
  in the existing licence or as a commitment outside of
  discussions here?
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       I don't know that it would actually fall under the
  emergency measures order.  It would be -- it could
  appropriately find a home in the licence if the Nunavut
  Water Board wished to.  It is interconnected with
  future closure of that site, and so it would be logical
  to have it here.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       In terms of Environment and Climate Change
  Canada's comments on Part E of the expired licence,
  that's waste disposal and waste management plans, "to
  include details regarding future landfill use and
  closure as well as use of the burn box and incinerator
  use".  At this time, in terms of incinerator use, the
  City doesn't really have a lot of information on that.
       We -- the City started the process to evaluate
  options for incineration when the previous council was
  in effect, and we are continuing that project.  So the
  City wouldn't have much to provide until we carry
  through that project.
       And in terms of the use of the burn box or details
  regarding its use, temporary use, and the plan for it,
  I'd like to suggest that the City could submit that
  within a set time frame after issuance of the licence,
  and I'm wondering what is an acceptable time frame to
  receive that information by Environment and Climate
  Change Canada.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       Thank you, I should just clarify that those were
  examples of what we would hope to see in the next
  update of your waste management plan.  And so if I
  understood correctly, there was a suggestion earlier to
  have that as part of your annual reporting when you
  update it, and so those are not to be done on an
  ahead-of-the-time basis, and, indeed, the incinerator,
  it would be expected that would be sometime further
  down the road in the licence term for that information.
  Thanks.
  MR. HAMP:                Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       Thanks for the clarification.
       This is Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       One last point of clarification or question to
  clarify.  Environment and Climate Change Canada had
  asked for I guess it's paragraph 14 of Part E of the
  expired licence -- sorry, Part F of the expired licence
  to be left in.  There are -- how do I put this?  The
  paragraph here doesn't apply a hundred percent, and
  I'll just explain that the paragraph reads:  (as read)
       The licensee shall submit to the Board for
       review within ten days of the effective date
       of the licence, the final design for Phase 1
       of the wastewater treatment plant stamped by
       an engineer and qualified in accordance with
       Part F, Item 3, and as-built drawings.
  Would it be acceptable to change that clause to
  indicate that the final design would be for Phase 2, as
  opposed to Phase 1, of the wastewater treatment plant,
  and that it would be submitted at the time of tendering
  of construction for the plant, so we would know we'd
  have completed drawings at that point, so we'd be sure
  that that -- we could provide that to you, like a
  hundred percent complete drawings?
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       That would be acceptable.  It was the intent of
  that clause that I was trying to get at, but thank you.
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, City of Iqaluit.  I
  guess you're done?
  MR. HAMP:                Yeah.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  I'll move on to
  any questions to Environment and Climate Change Canada
  from Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, Department of
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
       We have no questions for Environment Canada at
  this time.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Questions to
  Environment and Climate Change Canada, Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada?
  MR. BURGESS:             This is Scott Burgess with
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
       We have no questions.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Questions to
  Environment and Climate Change Canada, members of the
  public?  No questions.
       Questions to Environment and Climate Change Canada
  Nunavut Water Board staff?
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chair, Sean
  Joseph, NWB.
       I believe one or two questions for Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       The first question has to do with Table 1, changes
  to the Schedule C and monitoring program, which the
  City of Iqaluit provided.  I believe Environment and
  Climate Change Canada indicated that it's -- in
  principle, that it agreed with the recommendations
  provided by the City of Iqaluit.  So what we are just
  seeking here is confirmation whether all of the items
  that the City put forward in those recommendations,
  whether it's acceptable to Environment Canada, taking
  into consideration the feedback that Environment Canada
  already provided to this table.  Thank you.
  MS. WILSON:              Anne Wilson, Environment and
  Climate Change Canada.
       And that is correct, we had feedback into the
  draft of this table and are happy with this version of
  it.  Thank you.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Environment Canada.
       And our second question, Mr. Chair -- Sean Joseph,
  NWB -- has to do with the performance objectives that
  Environment Canada is recommending for the effluent
  quality criteria from municipal wastewater.
       In terms of using those as objectives, does
  Environment Canada anticipate having limits set to
  those or just targets set to those values, or are those
  criteria -- or not criteria -- but parameters instead
  rather than criteria?  Thank you.
  MS. WILSON:              Thank you.  It's Anne Wilson,
  Environment and Climate Change Canada.
       These would be treatment objectives or targets,
  not regulated criteria, and that would be simply
  because of the jurisdictional questions, and the
  discussions among the Federal departments about
  applicability of the Fisheries Act and of the Arctic
  Waters Pollution Prevention Act as being able to manage
  the effluent quality.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Environment Canada.
  Sean Joseph, NWB, and that would be all, Mr. Chair.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Sean.  Any
  questions from the Board, Nunavut Water Board?  No
  questions.
       Then I guess that's it for you guys.  Thank you
  for your presentation.
       And our last presentation from Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada.
       Before we start, Teresa, can you ...
  Presentation by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       If I can get the witnesses to state and spell
  their name for the record, please.
  MR. BURGESS:             Scott Burgess, S-C-O-T-T,
  B-U-R-G-E-S-S.
  MS. FORTE:               Sarah Forte, S-A-R-A-H,
  F-O-R-T-E, accent aigu.
  MR. HACK:                Hello.  Justin Hack,
  J-U-S-T-I-N, H-A-C-K.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you.
  SCOTT BURGESS, SARAH FORTE, JUSTIN HACK, Affirmed
  MS. MEADOWS:             Teresa Meadows, legal counsel
  for the Nunavut Water Board.
       It's my understanding, Mr. Burgess, that there are
  two hard copy exhibits that we have in advance of your
  presentation, one being the hard copy of the PowerPoint
  presentation in English and Inuktitut, and the second
  being an executive summary document that contains the
  executive summary of the final submission to the
  Nunavut Water Board regarding the City of Iqaluit Type
  "A" Water Licence renewal application for municipal
  undertakings, dated March 30, 2016; is that correct?
  MR. BURGESS:             Scott Burgess, Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada.
       That is correct.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Burgess.  And
  so I will be marking those as the next two exhibits in
  this public hearing.  You may proceed.
       EXHIBIT 8 - Hard copy PowerPoint presentation
       titled "Indigenous and Northern Affairs
       Canada, City of Iqaluit Renewal Application
       for Water Licence #3AM-IQA0611, Nunavut Water
       Board Public Hearing, Iqaluit, Nunavut, May
       4-5, 2016" (English)
       EXHIBIT 9 - Indigenous and Northern Affairs
       Canada final submission to the Nunavut Water
       Board regarding Type "A" Water Licence
       renewal application for municipal
       undertakings, March 30, 2016, Executive
       Summary (English, Inuktitut, and French)
  MR. BURGESS:             Thank you.  Good afternoon,
  Mr. Chairman and other members of the Nunavut Water
  Board.  My name is Scott Burgess.  I am the Manager of
  Water Resources for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in
  Nunavut.
       We would like to thank the Nunavut Water Board for
  this opportunity to make a presentation, an
  intervention regarding the City of Iqaluit's
  application to renew its Type "A" Water Licence.
       I'm joined today by Sarah Forte on my right, the
  Water Management Coordinator, and Justin Hack, Manager
  of Field Operations and the Water Resources Officer
  working on this file, both with the Department's
  Nunavut regional office.  We are also joined by Ken
  Landa on the phone from the Department of Justice.
       On behalf of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
  Canada, we would like to thank the Nunavut Water Board
  for facilitating this licence application review
  process and the Applicant for responding to our
  questions and concerns.
       Hold on just a second, please.  Okay, thank you,
  Mr. Chair.
       Throughout this presentation, we will refer to
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada as INAC or the
  Department, and the acronym INAC may be used on the
  slides.
       We will provide a brief overview of the
  Department's responsibilities with respect to the
  licence renewal application.  We will also list
  contributions that have been made by the Department
  with respect to the process so far and state the
  Department's position on the renewal application.
       The Department has been an active participant in
  this and all previous water licence processes for the
  City of Iqaluit and will continue to be involved
  throughout the life of the licence.
       Many technical comments were raised by the
  Department in the course of this renewal process.  To
  simplify this presentation, only outstanding technical
  issues were included.  The first two are essentially
  administrative issues, and they were raised during the
  technical meeting, and one of them has already been
  resolved through discussion with the Applicant since
  this presentation was submitted.  The last two are
  concerns that have arisen since the technical meeting
  because of material submitted to the Nunavut Water
  Board in reply to requests brought forward at that
  technical meeting in January.
       INAC's staff have participated in numerous
  discussions with the City of Iqaluit as well as other
  interveners and have been able to reach agreements on
  numerous issues to date.
       Lastly, at the end of our presentation, we will
  conclude with a general recommendation for this licence
  process.
       Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada has a broad
  mandate for the co-management of inland water
  resources, the management of Crown land in Nunavut, and
  the protection of Arctic waters under the following
  applicable legislation:  The Department of Indian and
  Northern Development Act, the Nunavut Land Claims
  Agreement Act, the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface
  Rights Tribunal Act and Regulations, the Territorial
  Lands Act and Regulations, and the Arctic Waters
  Pollution Prevention Act and Regulations.
       The Department administers and enforces regulatory
  authorizations that pertain to Nunavut's Crown land,
  inland water resources, and Arctic waters.  The
  Department participates in water licence processes
  administered by the Nunavut Water Board along with
  other interested parties, providing technical advice
  and expertise for the Board's consideration.
       I will now pass the microphone on to Sarah Forte
  to present an overview of the technical matters which
  were outlined in much greater detail in our final
  written submission of March 30th, 2016.
  MS. FORTE:               Sarah Forte with INAC.
       The Applicant initiated a water licence renewal
  process in 2012.  Since then, the Department has
  submitted four written interventions to the Nunavut
  Water Board on this file, as well as participating in
  the technical meeting and prehearing conference, which
  was held in Iqaluit on January 13th and 14th of this
  year.
       At the beginning of the renewal application
  process, the Department reviewed the scope of the
  information included in the application and recommended
  further information requests in memos provided on
  November 12th, 2013, and March 28th, 2015.  The
  Department conducted a technical review of the renewal
  application last summer, and on July 10th, 2015,
  comments and recommendations were provided for the
  Board's consideration in a written memorandum.
       Before this hearing, the Department made a final
  written submission on outstanding issues on March 30th,
  2016, and these are what we will present here.
       The reviews and submissions described in the
  previous slide as well as many discussions have led
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs to form the position
  stated on this slide.  The Department's concern is that
  the Applicant needs to update their spill contingency
  plan before it can support issuance of a renewed
  licence and that our comments be considered for the
  renewed licence:
       We now move on to outstanding issues from our
  final review, and as Scott presented in the outline,
  there are four issues we wish to bring forward, and
  each is on a separate slide.
       The licensee requested several changes to the
  monitoring requirements associated with the expired
  water licence, as Paul went over in detail during the
  City's presentation today.
       The Department supports these changes with two
  exceptions presented on these slides, and since
  submitting this presentation, we've met with the
  Applicant and come to agreement on both of these
  issues, which as Paul mentioned when discussing the
  Chart Number 1, Table Number 1.
       So the first is monitoring of Lake Geraldine raw
  water at Station IQA-01.  The expired licence requires
  monthly sampling during open-water season for routine
  and potable water parameters.  The Applicant's initial
  position was for this requirement to be removed, and
  the Department recommended that this sampling
  requirement be kept because it will provide information
  on the quality of the water source and whether
  protection measures in place are adequate.
       The Department notes that the Applicant provided
  data on raw water quality in its latest annual report
  for 2015 submitted this spring and appreciates this
  sharing of information.
       The Applicant currently samples raw water from
  Lake Geraldine for their operations.  A monitoring
  requirement, which we understood to be mutually
  agreeable, would be for the Applicant to report the
  results of raw water quality sampling done for
  operational reasons with a minimum of two samples a
  year.
       The parameters reported in 2015 were those in
  routine and potable water test groups defined in the
  expired licence with the exception of acidity,
  oxidation reduction potential, and temperature.
       The Department recommends that the frequency
  requirement for monitoring Station IQA-01, Lake
  Geraldine raw water, be modified to something more
  flexible.  It might read one sample for operation
  requirements with a minimum of two samples a year.
       The second point under monitoring requirements is
  about West 40 landfill monitoring stations.  Sean
  brought this up with a question, and the following
  states our support for what Paul responded to earlier
  today.
       The expired licence includes Monitoring Station
  IQA-08 and IQA-08(#).  IQA-08 is defined as a final
  discharge point of the West 40 landfill, and IQA-08(#)
  is not explicitly defined.  The location is to be
  provided in accordance with Part E, Item 17; Part F,
  Item 10; and Part I, Item 4 for the entire West 40
  landfill site.
       In part, these items refer to the water licence
  monitoring program submitted to June 2008.  In the
  chart of proposed changes to Schedule C, as mentioned
  by Sean, as Station IQA-08(#) is omitted.  The
  Department is of the opinion that this station should
  be kept in the renewed licence.
       Two monitoring station locations at West 40
  landfill were agreed upon and are described in a letter
  the Applicant submitted on February 5th, 2016.  The
  Department recommends that these two stations be
  included as IQA-08(#) or its equivalent, because they
  will allow us to monitor the effectiveness of the
  drainage management measures for keeping landfill
  runoff and leaching contained within the landfill.
       The next outstanding issue is the disposal of pond
  sludge, which was touched upon by Anne in the
  presentation just previous to ours.  During the
  technical meeting, we discussed the possibility for
  toxic sludge to be found at the bottom of the ponds
  used to contain West 40 landfill runoff and contact
  water from the 2014 firefighting efforts.  In a letter
  dated January 29th, 2016, the Applicant states:  (as
  read)
       A plan for the disposal of sediment contained
       at the bottom of each pond will be developed
       when the City is preparing for final
       abandonment and restoration of the West 40
       landfill.
  There are presently four ponds at the landfill:  The
  detention and retention ponds, which are included in
  the expired licence; and the drafting and bioreactor
  ponds, which were built in 2014 during emergency
  measures for firefighting.  While the schedule proposed
  would work for ponds used for the operations of the
  landfill such as the detention, retention, and
  bioreactor ponds, it is problematic for the sediment at
  the bottom of the drafting pond, which is slated to be
  decommissioned in 2016.
       The Department recommends the Applicant be
  required to submit a plan for review for the disposal
  of sediments from the ponds it intends to decommission
  before doing so, and that this include the drafting
  pond.
       The third outstanding issue is their timing of
  plan updates.  During the technical meeting and
  prehearing conference, the Nunavut Water Board
  requested that the Applicant update various management
  plans and manuals.  In a letter submitted on February
  5th, 2016, and again during this hearing, the Applicant
  proposed a schedule for updates of a list of 15 plans
  and manuals identified by the Water Board.
       The Department is of the opinion that the proposed
  timelines are unrealistically long in the majority of
  cases.  We propose tighter timelines for most of the
  plans as described in our final written submission of
  March 30th, 2016.  Though we are ready to accept future
  due dates for most plans, INAC considers that the spill
  contingency plan, which includes the sewage lift
  station spill contingency plan as an appendix, must be
  updated before a renewed licence can be issued.
       The latest spill contingency plan available on the
  Nunavut Water Board FTP site was updated in November
  2004.  It's not clear if the contact numbers are still
  valid, if the resources for responding to spills are
  still available as described, if these resources are in
  the same location, and if the same chemicals are still
  in use, and their MSDS sheets are unchanged or
  outdated.  An updated spill contingency plan will help
  ensure measures are taken to protect the environment,
  as well as workers and residents of the city.
       Since submitting this presentation, we have spoken
  with the Applicant about our expectation for the manual
  and plan updates.  We clarified that we do not expect
  them to be rewritten but rather revised to ensure
  information is up to date, modified to include any
  changes to contact information, equipment, or
  procedures, and submitted with a newly dated title
  page.
       We also discussed the fact that we are looking at
  those portions of the manual and plans that are related
  to the water licence.  For example, in the landfill
  operation and maintenance manual, the Department is not
  concerned with how many passes a loader must make over
  newly deposited garbage but, rather, that the drainage
  plan is referenced in the manual so that operators are
  aware of its existence, how it works, and its
  importance.  Though the updating exercise is not
  trivial, we do not believe it needs to be overly
  lengthy.
       The last outstanding issue is proposed
  modifications to the licence, and these have been
  already discussed in detail.  At the Nunavut Water
  Board's request on February 19th, 2016, the Applicant
  provided a copy of the expired water licence with
  changes and modifications they believed should be
  implemented.  38 modifications and removals were
  suggested, and the Applicant went through the list of
  modifications item by item this morning, and we
  appreciate the explanations provided.  We respectfully
  disagree with many of them.
       Initially, the Department disagreed with 15 of the
  38 proposed changes for reasons presented in our final
  written submission.  Several of these changes are
  removal of items we believe are always relevant and
  should be kept, and for other changes, we have
  suggested modifications to the wording proposed by the
  Applicant.  We know that the Applicant retracted one of
  the modifications requested, which was included in our
  list with which we had concerns, and this is
  specifically Part B, Item 6, regarding to translated
  executive summaries.
       Another item which was discussed by the Applicant
  and by Environment Canada as well is Part F, Item 14,
  which relates to the submission of a final design plan
  for the wastewater treatment plant.  The Applicant was
  concerned that including a fixed submission date would
  not give them sufficient flexibility, and we agreed it
  would be reasonable for the licence to reference the
  schedule developed with inspectors from Environment and
  Climate Change Canada and the Department, since this
  schedule can be updated to reflect evolving situations.
  We are also of the opinion that the design plans should
  be submitted for information purposes and not for
  approval.
      It has been communicated to us that the
  modifications requested by the Applicant to Part B,
  Items 3 and 4, may be problematic.  These items set
  effluent quality criteria for the wastewater treatment
  plant.  We would like to clarify the Department's
  opinion with the following three points:  Former water
  licences included criteria relating to the discharge of
  the wastewater treatment plant effluent; however, the
  discharge point will be approximately 20 metres above
  the high-water mark of marine water.  Based on our
  expertise, the Federal interveners are of the view the
  wastewater discharge at this location will flow into
  the marine environment, and there is no real likelihood
  that it would enter and impact inland waters.  For that
  reason, it is our view that this removes the basis for
  having such criteria in this water licence.
       However, because this discharge of wastewater
  would enter and impact marine waters, this is a matter
  to be addressed under the Fisheries Act and to be
  authorized under the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention
  Act.  Federal departments will be collaborating with
  the City to work towards compliance with the Fisheries
  Act and getting proper authorizations under the Arctic
  Waters Pollution Prevention Act.  The Arctic Waters
  Pollution Prevention Act will require a Federal
  authorization by Indigenous Affairs as well as a
  Territorial authorization under the Public Health Act.
       We recognize that the Board may wish to provide
  advice to the Government respecting marine waters under
  Section 41 of the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface
  Rights Tribunal Act.  Should the Board decide to
  provide such advice, we will, of course, take it into
  account when making decisions regarding Federal
  regulations or authorizations of the discharge of the
  City's wastewater treatment plant effluent.
       I will now turn the microphone back to Scott for
  our conclusion.
  MR. BURGESS:             Thank you, Sarah.  Scott
  Burgess with INAC.
       The Department would like to conclude by stating
  that the Applicant has greatly improved its water
  licence renewal application since its initial
  submission in 2012.  We appreciate the efforts of the
  Applicant.
       Since the technical meeting and prehearing
  conference in January, they have provided many
  outstanding documents as requested.  Of the four final
  issues discussed in this presentation, the first two
  are administrative issues, and one has been already
  resolved through discussions with the Applicant, and
  some of the issues with the remaining three have also
  been dealt with to some degree.
       The Applicant is proposing a ten-year licence
  term, with which the Department does not have an issue.
  We agree; we support a ten-year licence term.  However,
  this is with the understanding that the Applicant will
  be submitting amendments to address three concerns as
  discussed previously today:  The inclusion of the
  bioreactor pond at the West 40 landfill in the licence;
  water supplementation for Lake Geraldine reservoir to
  meet growing water needs of the city; and plans for the
  alternative landfill to address the upcoming
  end-of-life West 40 landfill.  And these three were
  mentioned as potential amendments by the City of
  Iqaluit earlier today.
       In the end, INAC recommends that the renewal
  application be accepted with the consideration of the
  Department's comments and after the Applicant has
  submitted an updated spill contingency plan.
       Thank you, Mr. Chairman and the Board, and that
  concludes INAC's presentation.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you, Scott, Sarah, and
  Justin.
       Questions to INAC by the Applicant, City of
  Iqaluit?
  Questioning of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       One of the issues that -- outstanding issues that
  Indigenous and Northern Affairs mentioned was the
  updates to the spill contingency plan, and I was hoping
  you would bring that up actually, give me an
  opportunity to ask about it, but you've more or less
  explained at our meeting previously.  I just wanted to
  sort of get it on record here.
       So just to confirm the updates that sort of you're
  envisioning are those to do with updating contact lists
  and if there's been any procedural changes between the
  2004 plan and to date and not necessarily wholesale,
  complete rewrite of the plan; is this correct?
  MS. FORTE:               Yes, I would add checking the
  MSDS sheets, if they are updated.  And the -- just a
  sec here -- sewage lift station spill contingency plan
  was to be an appendix of the spill contingency plan,
  and it isn't presently.  So that appendix would have to
  be created.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       So in terms of timelines for providing an update
  to the spill contingency plan in consideration of what
  you've asked to be included and the City's
  understanding of what "update" means, would it be
  acceptable to set a timeline or to just simply say the
  issuance of the licence is contingent upon receiving
  that spill contingency plan, or would you prefer to
  have a timeline attached to it, an actual date or
  number of days?
  MR. BURGESS:             Scott Burgess with INAC.
       Given the time frame of the Nunavut Water Board
  processes, what would you consider to be a reasonable
  timeline to submit a plan to us?
  MR. HAMP:                Thank you, this is Matthew
  Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       We would consider 30 calendar days from today or,
  I guess, the end of this public hearing, so tomorrow,
  to be a reasonable time frame to provide that
  information to you, and that's just taking into
  consideration our capacity to take on that, recognizing
  it's not a huge amount of work; it's just something we
  have to account for.
  MR. BURGESS:             Scott Burgess with INAC.
       We're fine with that; that works for us.
  MR. HAMP:                Just had one more question
  with regards to tighter timelines than those proposed
  by the Applicant for most other plan updates.
       As mentioned, our capacity to take on these types
  of changes is fairly limited, but understanding that
  the updates aren't wholesale rewrites of plans, I'd
  like to suggest another timeline for each one that
  we've recommended, 180 days perhaps, 60 days from
  issuance of the licence to have that group of plans
  updated as identified in the letter to the Board of
  February 5th, 2016, Table 1, "Schedule For Submission
  of Updated Plans".
       Just an added clarification here -- this is
  Matthew of the City of Iqaluit -- of course, that would
  not include Number 8, since we're speaking of providing
  that before the licence.
       And for 5(b), sewage lagoon operation and
  maintenance manual, we'd like to suggest that we keep
  that at 180 days just because we have to draft that
  from scratch more or less, whereas the other plans are
  updates.
  MS. FORTE:               Sarah Forte with INAC.
       What do you propose to do for all those plans
  where you wrote "To be determined"?
       Hi, Sarah Forte here with INAC.
       Perhaps it would be easier to go through them one
  by one.
  MR. HAMP:                It's Matthew Hamp from the
  City of Iqaluit.
       We're just going through each one, one by one, and
  then we'll --
  MS. FORTE:               Okay.
  MR. HAMP:                -- do that through the mic.
  THE CHAIR:               Before questions, comments,
  maybe we can have a 5-minute break, is that possible
  while you are at it maybe?
  MR. HAMP:                We can probably continue now
  if that's okay.
  THE CHAIR:               Okay.
  MR. HAMP:                This is Matthew Hamp, City of
  Iqaluit.
       So I'll just go through one by one.  So on Table
  1, "Schedule For Submission of Updated Management
  Plans", on Number 1, "Lake Geraldine water balance
  assessment", we felt that this was not applicable to
  this licence.  Number 2, "Wastewater Treatment Plant
  Operation and Maintenance Manual", this would be
  provided with the upgrades to the facility.  I'll go
  through those ones quickly.
       Number 3, "Iqaluit's Sewage Sludge Management
  Composting Pilot Project Report", we looked at this as
  being a fairly quick update, so we're suggesting 60
  days from issuance of the licence.
       The "City of Iqaluit Solid Waste Management Plan",
  again, we're not anticipating too many major updates to
  that, so in line with our discussion, so it's, again,
  60 days upon issuance of the licence.
       Similarly, the "Iqaluit Landfill Operations and
  Maintenance Manual", 60 days from issuance of the
  licence.
       The "Sewage Lagoon Operation and Maintenance
  Manual", we could likely reduce that to 120 days, if
  that's amenable to Indigenous and Northern Affairs and
  the Board.  The operation and maintenance manual to
  include open burning or incineration.  There's an
  information-gathering stage that needs to be completed
  for the incineration portion.  It's not -- the City
  hasn't committed to operating that way.  They may,
  based on the results of our feasibility options
  analysis, or they may not, so it's not something that
  the City has committed to.  Once that's sorted out, we
  could come up with some sort of timeline to provide the
  update, if it's chosen, but it's really just at an
  information-gathering stage right now.
       In terms of the use of the burn box, I would
  suggest 60 days to include some kind of plan, include
  that into the operations and maintenance manual from
  issuance of the licence.
       Number 6, "West 40 Drainage Management Review",
  again, we're not anticipating that would have too many
  major changes, so again, 60 days from issuance of the
  licence.  And, of course, we've spoken of the City of
  Iqaluit's spill contingency plan, and we will provide
  that prior to issuance of the licence in 30 days of the
  end of this hearing.
       Similarly, Number 8, that falls as an appendix to
  the spill contingency plan, which would be provided at
  the same time as the plan, 30 days from the end of this
  hearing.
       City of Iqaluit Water Licence Monitoring program,
  again, we don't anticipate too many major changes in
  the short term, so we'll provide that within 60 days.
  In the longer term, depending on whether this major
  change is to the criteria, that we may have to issue
  another update at some point in the future, so just be
  aware of that.
       City of Iqaluit Quality Assurance/Quality Control
  plan, again, not anticipating major changes, so 60 days
  would be acceptable upon issuance of the licence.
       And I believe we've covered the landfill
  decommissioning, which is 11 and 12 really, that would
  be issued one year prior to final decommissioning of
  the West 40 landfill site.
       And then the last one on the list, the Water
  Treatment Plan Operation and Maintenance manual, we
  felt that this was not applicable to the scope of the
  licence, so we asked for that to be -- or we just noted
  that it was not applicable.  I think that's it.
  MS. FORTE:               Sarah Forte here with INAC.
       We'd like to say that we agree with those new
  schedules you've proposed with one exception, and that
  would be Plans 11 and 12.  We would like to see a date
  associated with those just to make sure that it does
  get in, and we're open to discuss that date, but we
  would propose perhaps December 2017, because you'd said
  it was to be decommissioned in 2018.
  MR. HAMP:                Matthew Hamp, City of Iqaluit.
       If it's amenable to Indigenous and Northern
  Affairs, we'd like some time to review our plans just
  to make sure we don't commit to a date that's not
  achievable, but in principle, it sounds reasonable.
  THE CHAIR:               City of Iqaluit, any more
  questions to Indigenous and Northern Affairs?
       Thank you, City of Iqaluit.  Seem to be almost
  done.
       Questions to Indigenous and Northern Affairs
  Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans?
  MR. JANUSZ:              Richard Janusz, Fisheries and
  Oceans Canada.
       No questions at this time.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.
       Questions to Indigenous and Northern Affairs
  Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada?
  MR. SUMMERFIELD:         Bradley Summerfield with
  Environment and Climate Change Canada.
       We have no questions.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Members of the
  public, questions to INAC?
       Questions to Indigenous and Northern Affairs
  Canada, Nunavut Water Board staff?
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       I do have a question to Indigenous and Northern
  Affairs Canada, and perhaps, Mr. Burgess, I know that
  you can probably respond initially, but seeing as your
  legal counsel has been patiently waiting on the line, I
  would also like to have him weigh in on this one as
  well.
       You referenced in your presentation that there is
  a process for regulating the marine discharge under the
  Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act and the Arctic
  Waters Pollution Regulations, and so I'm hoping that
  you're able to explain for the Board just a little bit,
  give an outline sort of how that might work.
       And like I said, certainly we can hear from the
  people here, and then if Mr. Landa wants to weigh in on
  that as well, we would very much appreciate it.  So
  thank you.
  MR. HACK:                Hi, it's Justin Hack with
  INAC, and I'll respond to that question.
       So similarly to the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut
  Surface Rights Tribunal Act, there is a prohibition in
  the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act that states
  that no waste is to be deposited into Arctic waters
  without an authorization.  Depending on the type of
  waste that is to be discharged into an Arctic water --
  and in that Act, "Arctic water" is defined as, simply
  put, marine waters, Arctic marine waters -- if it's
  domestic waste, if the body that issues the
  authorization is the Government of Nunavut through
  their Public Health Ordinance Act, and if it's an
  industrial waste and, depending on the source of the
  industrial waste, that waste would be authorized to be
  discharged into an Arctic water by either the
  Territorial Lands Act, the Federal Real Property Act.
  I don't know the exact Act, but we're not responsible
  for enforcing that Act, and also the oil and gas --
  what's it called?
  MS. FORTE:               I don't know.
  MR. HACK:                Another Act that we don't
  enforce, but it's the Oil and Gas Act, and I can
  reference it later, but the one that is relevant to
  INAC would be the Territorial Lands Act, and they could
  get an authorization to discharge an industrial waste
  to Arctic waters through that Act.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Perhaps, Mr. Landa, if you're still on the line,
  we can maybe reference you to backfill some of the gaps
  that maybe were in that explanation.
       Thank you Mr. Chair.
  MR. LANDA:               It's Ken Landa, and I can
  probably add a little bit to Justin's answer, but I
  think he did a good job with the overview.
       He started with the prohibition.  The prohibition
  requires a permission to avoid there being a
  contravention.  There are two categories of waste, and
  so I'm going to start making some reference now to the
  statutes and the regulations themselves.
       The prohibition on the deposit of waste is in the
  Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act itself, and
  you'll find the prohibition in Section 4.  Under the
  authority of that same Act, there is a regulation
  passed called the Arctic Water Pollution Prevention
  Regulation.
       That regulation, you'll see in Sections 5 and 6,
  treats domestic waste and industrial waste differently.
  Those are defined.  The definitions are pretty clear.
  And I've had trouble hearing parts of the hearing, so I
  don't know what the evidence is, and I'll tell you what
  I have is an assumption is that the effluent stream
  combines both domestic and industrial waste based on my
  understanding of the definitions.  I want to be clear,
  I haven't heard the evidence on that; it's simply an
  assumption on my part.
       The deposit of domestic waste can be authorized
  into the marine environment, directly or indirectly,
  can be authorized, as Justin said, under the Public
  Health Act or a regulation thereunder, and you'll see
  that in Section 5 of the Arctic Waters Pollution
  Prevention Regulation.
       The specifics of the process used by the GN and
  the specifics of the Public Health Act is not something
  I've looked into individually directly.  For industrial
  waste, you'll see that's dealt with under Section 6.
  And there are -- there is a reference there to three
  different Acts that could potentially apply in
  different circumstances.  The only one relevant,
  because of the geography we're dealing with, Iqaluit,
  as well as the source of the waste, the only relevant
  statute is the Territorial Lands Act.
       Under that Act, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs
  has the authority to enter into agreements, and it's
  under that authority that I would expect the City of
  Iqaluit would be applying for an agreement to be
  entered into between Iqaluit and the Minister of
  Indigenous Affairs representing her Majesty in Right of
  Canada, and that agreement would allow and set
  parameters, constraints on the deposit of waste in a
  place where it would predictably run into marine
  waters.
       I'll stop there to make sure that I'm answering
  the question that you have asked and to see if you have
  any follow-up.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Thank you, Mr. Landa, that was the basis of my
  question.
       I guess the follow-up to that is actually to the
  City of Iqaluit in terms of their understanding of the
  regulatory process.  My understanding is is that this
  is a fairly new -- as much as the legislation has been
  in place for quite some time, this is a fairly new
  approach to the regulation of this marine discharge.
       And so my question to the City of Iqaluit as
  follow-up is whether or not they are aware of the
  process and the likely regulation of the marine
  discharge that's being proposed right now by Indigenous
  and Northern Affairs Canada.
  MR. HAMP:                Matthew Hamp, representing the
  City of Iqaluit.
       We've been in many discussions with Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada as well as Environment and
  Climate Change Canada on this issue, and we feel we
  have a good understanding of how it would be regulated.
       I would like to just clarify something or maybe
  it's a question to be clarified.  As I understand it,
  an industrial waste is wastewater from an industrial
  process.  If that's the understanding in this room,
  what that is, the City of Iqaluit does not collect
  industrial wastewater.  There aren't industrial
  processes occurring right now in Iqaluit.  That's not
  to say it wouldn't happen in the future.  There's no,
  you know, manufacturing industries or that sort of
  thing.  So just -- that's just a point of clarification
  there.
       But in terms of understanding the process, we have
  been learning it through the course of this licence
  application process and through the course of the
  quarterly meetings with both Indigenous and Northern
  Affairs and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Thank you, Mr. Landa, that's the end of my
  questions.  I believe Sean has some additional
  technical questions.  Thank you.
  MR. LANDA:               Mr. Chair, again, may I have
  your permission just to follow up on that?
  THE CHAIR:               Can you repeat, Mr. Landa?
  MR. LANDA:               I'm asking your permission if
  I could please follow up on what was just said about
  industrial waste.
  THE CHAIR:               Yeah, go ahead.
  MR. LANDA:               Thank you.  So again, being
  careful to just say that I have made some assumptions
  and don't know the actual evidence, I thought it would
  be helpful if I explained the basis of my assumption
  that there is industrial waste in the effluent stream.
       Industrial effluent, you can refer to definitions
  in Section 3 of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention
  Regulation, industrial waste is, as we just mentioned,
  defined as waste, any waste produced by or arising from
  an industrial operation, but the regulation goes on to
  provide a definition of industrial operation that's
  quite broad.  It says:  (as read)
       Industrial operation means any undertaking
       carried on for commercial purposes that
       includes any process of industry,
       manufacture, trade, or business, or explored
       for developing or exploiting any natural
       resource.
  But I don't think it's necessary for the Board to spend
  a lot of time on this, because, of course, we are
  talking about the marine environment here, and I think
  the jurisdictional issues have been well canvassed.
       It's simply an assumption of mine that there are
  businesses processing materials, whether it's in food
  services, et cetera, that do feed into the waste
  system.  If that assumption is wrong, of course, we'll
  have to reconsider that, but there is a basis for the
  assumption that I felt it was important to state, and I
  think that's probably as far as this topic needs to go.
  THE CHAIR:               Teresa?
  MS. MEADOWS:             Thank you, Mr. Chair.  Teresa
  Meadows, legal counsel for the Nunavut Water Board.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for that
  clarification, Mr. Landa.  I have nothing further.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Any more
  questions, comments from staff?
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, Mr. Chair.  It's
  Sean Joseph at NWB.
       I would like for INAC to explain a little bit
  about the most recent inspection that was done for the
  City of Iqaluit.  In that inspection, a number of items
  were identified, and a number of recommendations made,
  in particular, recommendations with regard to potential
  leak of the transmission main from the Lake Geraldine
  to the water treatment plant.  There were issues
  related to the ash generated from the burn box or burn
  barn that the City used to compost its waste.
       So in terms of the commitments or the
  recommendations made by INAC, would INAC be able to
  confirm with us whether or not it would be providing
  copies of these submissions that it's requesting from
  the City in those recommendations?
  MR. HACK:                Hi, it's Justin Hack from
  INAC.
       I will forward on the plans that I have requested
  and the updates related to the areas of concern related
  to my inspection that occurred on April 11th.
  MR. JOSEPH:              Thank you, INAC.  Sean Joseph
  at NWB.
       I have just a comment to make with respect to the
  commitments that INAC sought from the City of Iqaluit
  with regards to the spill contingency plan being
  provided 30 days from the date of the public hearing.
       One of the things we may want to keep in mind is
  that, within that time frame, the Board would be
  considering its decision on whether or not to issue a
  licence for the undertaking or for the application, and
  so that would mean that we would be receiving a plan
  within that time frame when it is being considered and,
  therefore, not be able to capture in any potential
  licence that the Board may issue if the decision is
  late to arrive.
       So I'm just wanting to bear in mind in terms of
  firming up of the timelines for submission for some of
  these management plans.
       Thank you, Mr. Chair.  That would be all.
  THE CHAIR:               Thank you.  Any more questions
  from staff?  Thank you.
       Questions to INAC from the Board, Nunavut Water
  Board Members?
  MR. TOOMASIE:            I don't have one.
  THE CHAIR:               I will just move on.  And we
  will be reconvening for the community session tonight.
  Back here at the hall at 7 PM.  See you all later
  tonight.
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  Community Session
  THE CHAIR:               Looks like we're going to
  adjourn tonight and come back at 9 tomorrow morning.
  No public hearing tonight, I guess.  The community
  didn't show up.
       Should we have a closing remark or -- closing
  statement at 9.  Then we're done for now.
  Goodbye.
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       I, Karoline Schumann, certify that the foregoing
  pages are a complete and accurate transcript of the
  proceedings, taken down by me in shorthand and
  transcribed from my shorthand notes to the best of my
  skill and ability.
       Dated at the City of Calgary, Province of Alberta,
  this 15th day of May, 2016.

  
  ________________________________
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  Official Court Reporter

  

  

                        EXHIBITS ENTERED
                           MAY 4, 2016
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  EXHIBIT 1 - Hard copy PowerPoint                31
  presentation by the Applicant, City of
  Iqaluit, for the Nunavut Water Board
  Public Hearing May 4-5, 2016 (Inuktitut,
  English, and French)
  
  EXHIBIT 2 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -         31
  Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring
  Program" (Inuktitut)
  
  EXHIBIT 3 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -         31
  Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring
  Program" (French)
  
  EXHIBIT 4 - Hard Copy titled "Table 1 -         31
  Changes to Schedule C and Monitoring
  Program" (English)

  

  
  EXHIBIT 5 - Department of Fisheries and         84
  Oceans Canada hard copy PowerPoint
  presentation titled "Iqaluit Water
  Licence Renewal, Presentation to the
  Nunavut Water Board, Public Hearing,
  Iqaluit, NU, May 4-5, 2016"
  
  EXHIBIT 6 - Hard copy PowerPoint                94
  presentation titled "Environment and
  Climate Change Canada’s Final
  Presentation to the Nunavut Water Board
  Respecting the City of Iqaluit’s
  Municipal Water Licence 3AM-IQA0612"
  (English/French)
  
  EXHIBIT 7 - Hard copy PowerPoint                95
  presentation titled "Environment and
  Climate Change Canada’s Final
  Presentation to the Nunavut Water Board
  Respecting the City of Iqaluit’s
  Municipal Water Licence 3AM-IQA0612"
  (English/Inuktitut)

  
  
  EXHIBIT 8 - Hard copy PowerPoint                110
  presentation titled "Indigenous and
  Northern Affairs Canada, City of Iqaluit
  Renewal Application for Water Licence
  #3AM-IQA0611, Nunavut Water Board Public
  Hearing, Iqaluit, Nunavut, May 4-5, 2016"
  (English)
  
  EXHIBIT 9 - Indigenous and Northern             111
  Affairs Canada final submission to the
  Nunavut Water Board regarding Type "A"
  Water Licence renewal application for
  municipal undertakings, March 30, 2016,
  Executive Summary (English, Inuktitut,
  and French)