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BACKGROUND

Figure B-1 TMEP Figure 1 Regional Location
TABLE B-1 TECHNICAL DETAILS – ALL PIPELINE SEGMENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose
1.2 Roles and Responsibilities for Environmental Compliance

1.2.1 Accountability
1.2.2 Decision-Making Process
1.2.3 Emergency Response Plans

Figure 1.2-1 Environmental Compliance Organizational Chart
TABLE 1.1-1 PROPOSED PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
TABLE 1.2-1 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN ORGANIZATION

2.1 Organization
2.2 Limitations of the Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan

3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
4.0 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW

5.1 Environmental Setting
5.2 Non-Routine Mitigation
5.3 Permits, Approvals and Authorizations
TABLE 5.2-1 UNIQUE ISSUES REQUIRING NON-ROUTINE MITIGATION
TABLE 5.3-1 POTENTIAL FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS/APPROVALS/AUTHORIZATIONS
TABLE 5.3-2 POTENTIAL PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS/APPROVALS/AUTHORIZATIONS

6.0 PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
7.0 GENERAL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION MEASURES
8.0 PIPELINE-SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION MEASURES

8.1 Clearing and Disposal
8.2 Topsoil/Root Zone Material Handling and Grading
8.3 Stringing, Welding, Trenching and Lowering-In
8.4 Backfilling
8.5 Hydrostatic Testing
8.6 Construction Clean-Up and Reclamation

8.6.1 General Measures
8.6.2 Rough Clean-Up
8.6.3 Final Clean-Up/Reclamation

8.7 Water Crossings

8.7.1 General Measures
8.7.2 Temporary Vehicle/Equipment Crossings
8.7.3 Watercourse Crossings
8.7.4 Wetland Crossings

TABLE 8.1-1 TIMBER SALVAGE REQUIREMENTS ALBERTA
TABLE 8.1-2 TIMBER SALVAGE REQUIREMENTS BC

9.0 ACCESS ROADS FOR PIPELINES
10.0 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION CAMPS
11.0 BORROW SITES
12.0 ANCILLARY SITES
13.0 REFERENCES

13.1 Personal Communications
13.2 Literature Cited

APPENDIX A CHECKLIST
APPENDIX B CONTINGENCY PLANS
APPENDIX C MANAGEMENT PLANS
APPENDIX D CONTACTS

TABLE D-1 EMERGENCY CONTACTS

APPENDIX E TERRAIN FEATURES (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE E-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORTERRAIN FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX F SOILS (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE F-1RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR SOIL CHARACTERISTICSENCOUNTERED BY THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR IN ALBERTA
TABLE F-2RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR SOIL CHARACTERISTICSENCOUNTERED BY THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

APPENDIX G HYDROLOGY (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE G-1RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR HYDROLOGIC FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX H WATER QUALITY (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE H-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR WATER QUALITYFEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX I AQUATIC RESOURCES (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE I-1 SITE-SPECIFIC MITIGATATION MEASURES FOR WATERCOURSES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR IN ALBERTA
TABLE I-2 SITE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR WATERCOURSES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR IN BC
TABLE I-3 WATERCOURSE RECLAMATION MEASURES

APPENDIX J VEGETATION (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE J-1RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORRARE PLANT COMMUNITIES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR
TABLE J-2RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORWEEDS ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX K WETLANDS (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE K-1RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORWETLANDS ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX L WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE HABITAT (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE L-1 WILDLIFE FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR
TABLE L-2WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES – PROPOSED PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX M HERITAGE RESOURCES (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE M-1RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR SITES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR
TABLE M-2 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR SITES OFPALAEONTOLOGICAL POTENTIAL WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX N SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURE (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE N-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR LAND ANDRESOURCE USE FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX O AIR QUALITY (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE O-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORAIR QUALITY FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX P NOISE (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE P-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FORNOISE FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX Q TRADITIONAL LAND USE (RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION)

TABLE Q-1 RESOURCE-SPECIFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR TRADITIONAL LAND ANDRESOURCE USE FEATURES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR

APPENDIX R DRAWINGS

Drawing 1 Access Control - Frozen
Drawing 2 Brush Wind Barrier
Drawing 3 Coir/Straw Log Installation
Drawing 4 Conventional Right-of-Way Configuration
Drawing 5 Cross Ditches and Diversion Berms
Drawing 6 Erosion Control - Rollback in Riparian Areas
Drawing 7 Equipment Cleaning - Compressed Air and High Pressure Water
Drawing 8 Erosion Control Matting/Blanket
Drawing 9 Rooted Stock Selection and Installation
Drawing 10 Log Decking
Drawing 11 Materials Handling at Rail Bores
Drawing 12 Materials Handling at Road Bores
Drawing 13 Mounding in Riparian Areas
Drawing 14 Narrow Down Fencing
Drawing 15 Peatland Wetland - Stub Berms
Drawing 16 Rare Plant Ramp Protection
Drawing 17 Rollback
Drawing 18 Sediment Fence
Drawing 19 Staked Logs/Log Cribwall for Erosion Control
Drawing 20 Straw Crimping
Drawing 21 Streambank Protection - Cobble or Riprap Armouring
Drawing 22 Streambank Protection - Cribwalls
Drawing 23 Streambank Protection - Gabion Baskets
Drawing 24 Streambank Protection - Coniferous Tree Revetment
Drawing 25 Streambank Protection - Grass Roll
Drawing 26 Streambank Protection - Hedge/Brush Layering
Drawing 27 Subdrains
Drawing 28 Temporary Bridge/Rare Plants
Drawing 29 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage - Blade Width/Frozen
Drawing 30 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage in Forest - Full Right-of-Way
Drawing 31 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage - Three-Lift Soils Handling on Cultivated Land
Drawing 32 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage - Three-Lift Soils Handling on Well-Sodded Land
Drawing 33 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage - Trench and Spoil Area
Drawing 34 Topsoil or Root Zone Material Salvage - Trench Width
Drawing 35 Topsoil Salvage on Agricultural Lands - Full Right-of-Way
Drawing 36 Trench Breakers/Ditch Plugs
Drawing 37 Trench Breaker - Watercourse/Wetland
Drawing 38 Shrub Staking and Transplanting
Drawing 39 Vegetation and Slash Berm - Line-of-Sight Break
Drawing 40 Vegetation and Soil Berm - Line-of-Sight Break
Drawing 41 Vegetation Screen
Drawing 42 Vehicle Crossing - Ramp and Culvert
Drawing 43 Watercourse Crossing - Bore or Punch Method (Forested)
Drawing 44 Watercourse Crossing - Bore or Punch Method (Grasslands)
Drawing 45 Watercourse Crossing - Dam and Pump Method
Drawing 46 Watercourse Crossing - Flume Method
Drawing 47 Watercourse Crossing - High Volume Pump Method
Drawing 48 Watercourse Crossing - Horizontal Directional Drill
Drawing 49 Watercourse Crossing - Open Cut Method for Dry/Frozen Watercourses
Drawing 50 Watercourse Crossing - Open Cut Method for Flowing Watercourses
Drawing 51 Weed Control
Drawing 52 Wetland Crossing – Non-frozen and Frozen
Drawing 53 Wind Erosion

APPENDIX S DETAILS

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Trans Mountain Expansion Project

An Application Pursuant to Section 52 of the National Energy Board Act

December 2013

Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC

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Pipeline Environmental Protection Plan