Impact mitigation and Management

Question 1

What is mitigation?

Answer 1

Aims to identify ways to avoid, minimize, and otherwise resolve impacts associated with developments

Question 2

What does the success of a mitigation program rely on?

Answer 2

• Proven techniques
• Proper training and application
• Realistic approach

Question 3

What are some objectives of mitigation?

Answer 3

• ID best Practices for project
• Enhance Enviro and social benefits from the project
• avoid, minimize, or resolve/compensate adverse impacts
• ensure residual adverse impacts are kept to an acceptable level

Question 4

What does a mitigation program identify?

Answer 4

• Means by which mitigation is implemented
• The system and procedures established to achieve implementation
• Monitorin to evaluate mitigation effectiveness
• Provisions to act upon any unforeseen impacts

Question 5

Who is responsible for the Environmental cost of development projects?

Answer 5

The proponent

Question 6

What is the “no net loss” concept?

Answer 6

under the Polluter pays pronciple, the proponent may be faced with paying for the unavoidable impacts of the project, must pay to compensate the equivalent of habitat lost.

Question 7

What are the 3 goals of DFO’s Net Gain of Habitat for Canadian fisheries?

Answer 7

1. Fish Habitat Conservation
2. ” “ Restoration
3. ” “ Development

Question 8

How has harper changed mitigation procedures

Answer 8

Proponents do not need auth. if:

• no impact to fish or fish habitat that support commercial recreational or aboriginal fisheries
• impacts will be mitigated
• Impacts will not result in serious harm to fish

Question 9

What components make up the mitigation Hierarchy?

Answer 9

Avoid
Minimize
Resolve/Compensate

Question 10

What 3 criteria must mitigation measures have to be successful?

Answer 10

Appropriate
Environmentally sound
Cost-effective

Question 11

What 2 ways can mitigation be implemented?

Answer 11

1. Structural Measures

2. Non-structural measures (economic incentives, legal or insitutional or policy instruments)

Question 12

What are 4 approaches to impact mitigation

Answer 12

1. Developing alternatives
2. Improving Project planning and design
3. Implementing impact omnitoring and management
4. Providing compensation

Question 13

What does an EMP outline?

Answer 13

Recommended mitigation and management measures to be carried out by the proponent

Question 14

What are 6 components of an EMP?

Answer 14

• Summary of impacts
• Descr. of mitigation measure
• Resource and responsibility allocation
• Decr. of monitorin program
• Schedule and reporting
• Cost estimates and funding sources