Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Integrated Application

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1 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUEST, ROUND 3 OSCA Application No EPEA Application No Water Act File No CEAA Reference No October 2014

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3 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Table of Contents Table of Contents AER GENERAL...AER 1 Question 1... AER 1 Question 2... AER 8 MINING...AER 31 Question 3... AER 31 Question 4... AER 33 Question 5... AER 34 PROCESSING...AER 37 Question 6... AER 37 TAILINGS...AER 41 Question 7... AER 41 Question 8... AER 42 NOISE...AER 45 Question 9... AER 45 AIR...AER 47 Question AER 47 Question AER 47 TERRESTRIAL...AER 49 Question AER 49 Question AER 50 SOCIOECONOMICS...AER 53 Question AER 53 Question AER 54 Question AER 54 Question AER 55 October 2014 Page i

4 Table of Contents Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project ESRD and CEAA 1 ACRONYMS...ESRD/CEAA 1 2 ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR...ESRD/CEAA 3 3 AIR...ESRD/CEAA Dispersion Modelling...ESRD/CEAA 5 Question 1...ESRD/CEAA Air Quality Assessment...ESRD/CEAA 7 Question 2...ESRD/CEAA 7 Question 3...ESRD/CEAA 10 4 WATER...ESRD/CEAA Water Management...ESRD/CEAA 11 Question 4...ESRD/CEAA Hydrogeology...ESRD/CEAA 15 Question 5...ESRD/CEAA 15 Question 6...ESRD/CEAA Surface Water Quality...ESRD/CEAA 23 Question 7...ESRD/CEAA Aquatics...ESRD/CEAA 25 Question 8...ESRD/CEAA 25 Question 9...ESRD/CEAA 33 Question 10...ESRD/CEAA 65 Question 11...ESRD/CEAA 71 Question 12...ESRD/CEAA 78 Question 13...ESRD/CEAA 116 Question 14...ESRD/CEAA 123 Question 15...ESRD/CEAA 124 Question 16...ESRD/CEAA 125 Question 17...ESRD/CEAA 132 Question 18...ESRD/CEAA 133 Question 19...ESRD/CEAA 139 Question 20...ESRD/CEAA 144 Page ii October 2014

5 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Table of Contents ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Question 21...ESRD/CEAA 150 Question 22...ESRD/CEAA 153 Question 23...ESRD/CEAA 156 Question 24...ESRD/CEAA 158 Question 25...ESRD/CEAA 164 Question 26...ESRD/CEAA 168 Question 27...ESRD/CEAA 170 Question 28...ESRD/CEAA 172 Question 29...ESRD/CEAA 175 Question 30...ESRD/CEAA 177 Question 31...ESRD/CEAA 185 Question 32...ESRD/CEAA 191 Question 33...ESRD/CEAA 194 Question 34...ESRD/CEAA 195 Question 35...ESRD/CEAA 197 Question 36...ESRD/CEAA 201 Question 37...ESRD/CEAA 207 Question 38...ESRD/CEAA 212 Question 39...ESRD/CEAA 213 Question 40...ESRD/CEAA 216 Question 41...ESRD/CEAA 222 Question 42...ESRD/CEAA TERRESTRIAL...ESRD/CEAA Land Use and Land Management...ESRD/CEAA 237 Question 43...ESRD/CEAA 237 Question 44...ESRD/CEAA Conservation and Reclamation...ESRD/CEAA 241 Question 45...ESRD/CEAA Terrain and Soils...ESRD/CEAA 243 Question 46...ESRD/CEAA 243 Question 47...ESRD/CEAA 246 October 2014 Page iii

6 Table of Contents Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Question 48...ESRD/CEAA 248 Question 49...ESRD/CEAA 252 Question 50...ESRD/CEAA 252 Question 51...ESRD/CEAA Vegetation...ESRD/CEAA 257 Question 52...ESRD/CEAA 257 Question 53...ESRD/CEAA Wildlife...ESRD/CEAA 273 Question 54...ESRD/CEAA 273 Question 55...ESRD/CEAA 279 Question 56...ESRD/CEAA 279 Question 57...ESRD/CEAA 281 Question 58...ESRD/CEAA 284 Question 59...ESRD/CEAA 285 Question 60...ESRD/CEAA 289 Question 61...ESRD/CEAA 290 Question 62...ESRD/CEAA 295 Question 63...ESRD/CEAA 299 Question 64...ESRD/CEAA 306 Question 65...ESRD/CEAA 307 Question 66...ESRD/CEAA 309 Question 67...ESRD/CEAA HEALTH...ESRD/CEAA 317 Question 68...ESRD/CEAA APPROVALS...ESRD/CEAA Federal...ESRD/CEAA Effects of changes to the environment on Aboriginal Peoples... ESRD/CEAA 319 Question 69...ESRD/CEAA 319 Question 70...ESRD/CEAA 321 Question 71...ESRD/CEAA 323 Question 72...ESRD/CEAA 323 Page iv October 2014

7 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Table of Contents ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Question 73...ESRD/CEAA 333 Question 74...ESRD/CEAA 335 Question 75...ESRD/CEAA 337 Question 76...ESRD/CEAA 359 Question 77...ESRD/CEAA 361 Question 78...ESRD/CEAA 365 Question 79...ESRD/CEAA 387 Question 80...ESRD/CEAA 388 Question 81...ESRD/CEAA 389 Question 82...ESRD/CEAA 399 Question 83...ESRD/CEAA Wildlife... ESRD/CEAA 405 Question 84...ESRD/CEAA 405 Question 85...ESRD/CEAA 409 Question 86...ESRD/CEAA 425 Question 87...ESRD/CEAA 427 Question 88...ESRD/CEAA Water Quality... ESRD/CEAA 458 Question 89...ESRD/CEAA 458 Question 90...ESRD/CEAA 462 Question 91...ESRD/CEAA Navigability... ESRD/CEAA 464 Question 92...ESRD/CEAA Human Health... ESRD/CEAA 465 Question 93...ESRD/CEAA 465 Question 94...ESRD/CEAA 469 Question 95...ESRD/CEAA 490 Question 96...ESRD/CEAA ERRATA...ESRD/CEAA 495 Question 97...ESRD/CEAA 495 Question 98...ESRD/CEAA 495 Question 99...ESRD/CEAA 496 October 2014 Page v

8 Table of Contents Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Abbreviations Page vi October 2014

9 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project List of Tables List of Tables AER Table 2-1 Additional Studies Resulting from Aboriginal Community Engagement... AER 10 Table 10a-1 Cogeneration Input and Output Capacity... AER 47 ESRD and CEAA Table 9a-1 Table 9b-1 Comparison of EIA Predictions for Fish and Fish Habitat for Operating Oil Sands Mine Projects... ESRD/CEAA 36 Key Results of the Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program for Fish and Fish Habitat, ESRD/CEAA 56 Table 24a-1 Proposed Conceptual Monitoring Plan... ESRD/CEAA 162 Table 35a-1 Table 36a-1 Fish Species Diversity in Relation to Depth for Northern Alberta Waterbodies... ESRD/CEAA 198 Recreational Fishing Licences Sold in Major Communities in the RMWB and Population Size, 2002 to ESRD/CEAA 203 Table 42b-1 Fish and Fish Habitat Assessment Conclusions... ESRD/CEAA 227 Table 43a-1 Vegetation Cover Classes in Option 2 FHCL... ESRD/CEAA 238 Table 45b-1 Reclamation Material Salvage Depth... ESRD/CEAA 241 Table 46a-1 Changes in Soil Series Diversity (Revised Table 2-12)... ESRD/CEAA 244 Table 47b-1 Changes in Forest Land Capability Extent (Revised Table 2-16)... ESRD/CEAA 247 Table 48a-1 Table 51a-1 Derivation of Critical Loads for Soil Series in the Revised Terrestrial LSA... ESRD/CEAA 249 Soil Map Unit Extents within Areas above the NO 2 AAAQO (Revised Table 77a-1)... ESRD/CEAA 254 Table 53a-1 Ecosite Phase and Wetland Class Species Distribution... ESRD/CEAA 261 Table 56a-1 Species of Management Concern Observed during Breeding Bird Surveys... ESRD/CEAA 280 Table 62a-1 Environmental Consequence Vegetation... ESRD/CEAA 296 Table 68a-1 Revised ILCRs for the Recreational Group, Project Case (Corrected)... ESRD/CEAA 317 Table 72c-1 Subjective Effect of Changes in Sound Pressure Level... ESRD/CEAA 326 Table 75b-1 Revisions to SIR Responses (Rounds 1 and 2) Regarding the AMP... ESRD/CEAA 346 October 2014 Page vii

10 List of Tables Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Table 77a-1 Predisturbance and Conceptual Closure Ecosite Phases and Wetland Class Distributions in the PDA... ESRD/CEAA 363 Table 78a-1 Reclamation at Teck Mines... ESRD/CEAA 372 Table 85a-1 Common Open Wetland Sedges and Graminoids... ESRD/CEAA 414 Table 85a-2 Estimated Forage Biomass and Carrying Capacity... ESRD/CEAA 415 Table 87a-1 Table 87a-2 Data Gaps and Observations for Collared Caribou near the PAA... ESRD/CEAA 428 MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1750, ID 1751, ID 1863, ID 1906 and ID 2100 and Overlap with the PAA... ESRD/CEAA 430 Table 88b-1 Predicted Application Case Concentrations in Redclay Creek... ESRD/CEAA 455 Table 88b-2 Table 94a-1 Table 94a-2 Predicted Metal and PAH Concentrations in Sediments in Redclay Creek... ESRD/CEAA 457 Revised Wild Game Consumption Rates Resident and Recreational Groups... ESRD/CEAA 470 Sediment Concentrations Used to Estimate Exposures for the Mallard and Predict Benthic Invertebrate Concentrations... ESRD/CEAA 472 Table 94a-3 Predicted Benthic Invertebrate Concentrations... ESRD/CEAA 473 Table 94a-4 Table 94a-5 Table 94a-6 Table 94a-7 Table 94a-8 Table 94a-9 Table 94a-10 Table 94b-1 Table 94b-2 Predicted Mallard Meat Concentrations Used to Estimate Exposures and Risks for the Resident and Recreational Groups... ESRD/CEAA 475 Recalculated Chronic, Multiple Pathway, Non-Carcinogenic Risk Quotients for the Residential Group (Revised Table 113a-24)... ESRD/CEAA 476 Recalculated Chronic, Multiple Pathway, Non-Carcinogenic Risk Quotients for the Recreational Group... ESRD/CEAA 478 Chronic Multiple Pathway Risk Quotients for the Pit Lake Scenario, Residential Group (Revised Table 113a-30)... ESRD/CEAA 479 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks for the Residential Group (Revised Table 113a-27)... ESRD/CEAA 480 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks for the Recreational Group (Revised Table 113a-29)... ESRD/CEAA 481 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks for the Pit Lake Scenario, Residential Group (Revised Table 113a-31)... ESRD/CEAA 481 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Risk Quotients for the Residential Group... ESRD/CEAA 482 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Risk Quotients for the Recreational Group... ESRD/CEAA 484 Page viii October 2014

11 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project List of Tables ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Table 94b-3 Table 94b-4 Table 94d-1 Table 94d-2 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks for the Residential Group... ESRD/CEAA 485 Recalculated Chronic Multiple Pathway Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks for the Recreational Group... ESRD/CEAA 485 Hazard Quotients for Peak Predicted Air Concentrations based on TCEQ ESLs... ESRD/CEAA 487 Determination for Assessing COPC with HQ > 2.0 through Multiple Exposure Pathways... ESRD/CEAA 488 October 2014 Page ix

12 List of Tables Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Page x October 2014

13 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project List of Figures List of Figures AER Figure 3a-1 Corehole Locations... AER 32 Figure 6a-1 Material Balance for Average Grade Ore, Phases 1 to 3 Combined Stream-Day (Revised Figure 53a-2)... AER 38 Figure 6a-2 Material Balance for Average Grade Ore, Phases 1 to 3 Combined Calendar-Day (Revised Figure 53a-1)... AER 39 Figure 8a-1 Updated Tailings Management Strategy... AER 43 ESRD and CEAA Figure 2a-1 Candidate Passive Monitoring Locations Mine Plan Mid ESRD/CEAA 8 Figure 2a-2 Candidate Passive Monitoring Locations Mine Plan ESRD/CEAA 9 Figure 6a-1 Figure 6a-2 Figure 6b-1 Figure 6b-2 Application Case Drawdown in BWS at End of Mining Operation (2057) Comparison to Base Case... ESRD/CEAA 18 Application Case Drawdown in BWS at End of Mining Operation (2057) Comparison to Predevelopment... ESRD/CEAA 19 Application Case Drawdown in Quaternary at End of Mining Operation (2057) Comparison to Base Case... ESRD/CEAA 21 Application Case Drawdown in Quaternary at End of Mining Operation (2057) Comparison to Predevelopment... ESRD/CEAA 22 Figure 12f-1 Temperature Profiles for North Pit Lake (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 96 Figure 12f-2 Temperature Profiles for Central Pit Lake B (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 97 Figure 12f-3 Dissolved Oxygen Profiles for North Pit Lake (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 98 Figure 12f-4 Figure 12f-5 Dissolved Oxygen Profiles for Central Pit Lake A (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 99 Dissolved Oxygen Profiles for Central Pit Lake B (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 100 Figure 12f-6 TDS Profiles for North Pit Lake (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 101 Figure 12f-7 TDS Profiles for Central Pit Lake A (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 102 Figure 12f-8 TDS Profiles for Central Pit Lake B (Typical Year)... ESRD/CEAA 103 Figure 20a-1 Figure 22a-1 Surface Area Versus Number of Fish Species for Northern Alberta Waterbodies... ESRD/CEAA 146 Fish Distribution in the Revised Aquatics LSA (Revised Figure )... ESRD/CEAA 155 October 2014 Page xi

14 List of Figures Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Figure 36a-1 Recreational Fishing and Population of Fort McMurray and the RMWB, 2001 to ESRD/CEAA 204 Figure 42a-1 Aquatic Ecology Linkage Diagram... ESRD/CEAA 225 Figure 51b-1 Soil Classification and NO 2 Concentration Application Case (Revised)... ESRD/CEAA 255 Figure 53a-1 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase a1... ESRD/CEAA 262 Figure 53a-2 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase b1... ESRD/CEAA 262 Figure 53a-3 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase b2... ESRD/CEAA 262 Figure 53a-4 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase b3... ESRD/CEAA 263 Figure 53a-5 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase b4... ESRD/CEAA 263 Figure 53a-6 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase c1... ESRD/CEAA 263 Figure 53a-7 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase d1... ESRD/CEAA 264 Figure 53a-8 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase d2... ESRD/CEAA 264 Figure 53a-9 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase d3... ESRD/CEAA 264 Figure 53a-10 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase e1... ESRD/CEAA 265 Figure 53a-11 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase e2... ESRD/CEAA 265 Figure 53a-12 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase e3... ESRD/CEAA 265 Figure 53a-13 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase f1... ESRD/CEAA 266 Figure 53a-14 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase f2... ESRD/CEAA 266 Figure 53a-15 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase f3... ESRD/CEAA 266 Figure 53a-16 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase g1... ESRD/CEAA 267 Figure 53a-17 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase h1... ESRD/CEAA 267 Figure 53a-18 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase Upland Grassland... ESRD/CEAA 267 Figure 53a-19 Site-Species Curve for Ecosite Phase Upland Shrubland... ESRD/CEAA 268 Figure 53a-20 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class BFNN/BTNN... ESRD/CEAA 268 Figure 53a-21 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class FONG... ESRD/CEAA 268 Figure 53a-22 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class FONS... ESRD/CEAA 269 Figure 53a-23 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class FTNN... ESRD/CEAA 269 Figure 53a-24 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class MONG... ESRD/CEAA 269 Figure 53a-25 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class SONS... ESRD/CEAA 270 Figure 53a-26 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class SFNNcs/STNNcs... ESRD/CEAA 270 Figure 53a-27 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class SFNNhs/STNNhs... ESRD/CEAA 270 Figure 53a-28 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class SFNNms/STNNms... ESRD/CEAA 271 Page xii October 2014

15 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project List of Figures ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Figure 53a-29 Site-Species Curve for Wetland Class WONN... ESRD/CEAA 271 Figure 72c-1 Modelled Noise Contours (Project Only)... ESRD/CEAA 327 Figure 72c-2 Modelled Bird Cannon Noise... ESRD/CEAA 328 Figure 72c-3 Perceptible Noise Boundary (3 km around Frontier, PRM and Fort Hills Projects)... ESRD/CEAA 329 Figure 75a-1 Traditional Trails and Project Area at Mine Year 0... ESRD/CEAA 341 Figure 75a-2 Traditional Trails and Project Area at Mine Year 5... ESRD/CEAA 342 Figure 75a-3 Traditional Trails and Project Area at Mine Year ESRD/CEAA 343 Figure 75a-4 Traditional Trails and Project Area at Mine Year ESRD/CEAA 344 Figure 75a-5 Traditional Trails and Project Area at Mine Year ESRD/CEAA 345 Figure 87a-1 Multi-year MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1750, 1751, 1863, 1906 and ESRD/CEAA 431 Figure 87a-2 Figure 87a-3 Figure 87a-4 Annual MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1750 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 432 Annual MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1751 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 433 Annual MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1863 (2012 to 2014)... ESRD/CEAA 434 Figure 87a-5 Annual MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1906 (2012, 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 435 Figure 87a-6 Annual MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 2100 (2014)... ESRD/CEAA 436 Figure 87a-7 Figure 87a-8 Figure 87a-9 Figure 87a-10 Figure 87a-11 Figure 87a-12 Figure 87a-13 Figure 87a-14 Multi-year MCP Home Range and Multi-year Density for Caribou ID 1750 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 437 Multi-year MCP Home Range and Multi-year Density for Caribou ID 1751 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 438 Multi-year MCP Home Range and Multi-year Density for Caribou ID 1863 (2012 to 2014)... ESRD/CEAA 439 Multi-year MCP Home Range and Multi-year Density for Caribou ID 1906 (2012, 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 440 Multi-year MCP Home Range and Multi-year Density for Caribou ID 2100 (2014)... ESRD/CEAA 441 Seasonal MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1750 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 444 Seasonal MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1751 (2011 to 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 445 Seasonal MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1863 (2012 to 2014)... ESRD/CEAA 446 October 2014 Page xiii

16 List of Figures Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project ESRD and CEAA (cont d) Figure 87a-15 Seasonal MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 1906 (2012, 2013)... ESRD/CEAA 447 Figure 87a-16 Seasonal MCP Home Range for Caribou ID 2100 (2014)... ESRD/CEAA 448 Figure 87a-17 Figure 87a-18 Movement Pathways of Caribou ID 1750 and 1751 near the PAA... ESRD/CEAA 449 Movement Pathways of Caribou ID 1863, 1906 and 2100 near the PAA... ESRD/CEAA 450 Figure 3D-5R Background Nitrogen Deposition (keq H + /ha/a) in the RSA... ESRD/CEAA 497 Page xiv October 2014

17 Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project List of Appendices List of Appendices (on CD) AER Appendices Appendix 2b.1 ACFN IRC Meeting Notes from February 6, 2014 Appendix 2b.2 ACFN Elders Meeting Notes from May 15, 2014 Appendix 2b.3 ACFN IRC Meeting Notes from July 10, 2014 Appendix 2b.4 MCFN Advisory Committee Meeting Notes from February 7, 2014 Appendix 3a.1 Corehole Locations DXF File ESRD and CEAA Appendices Appendix 18a.1 Appendix 45a.1 Appendix 48a.1 Appendix 61a.1 Appendix 61a.2 Appendix 72f.1 Appendix 73b.1 Appendix 75a.1 Appendix 78a.1 Fish Species Habitat Suitability Index Models for the Alberta Oil Sands Region Topsoil Stripping Depths in the PDA by Map Unit Potential Acid Input Maps for Revised Terrestrial LSA Wildlife Siting Card Information Teck Frontier Project Wood Bison Camera Monitoring Interim Report Fort McKay Cabin Memo Teck Wildlife and Watercourse Mitigation Plan for Winter Drilling Program Conceptual Access Management Plan Draft Table of Contents Teck Coal Limited Reclamation Research Summary (O Brien and Straker 2010) Appendix 78a.2 Teck Coal s Reclamation Research Program (Straker et al. 2012) Appendix 81c.1 Minutes of the ESRD Technical Working Group (Feb 2014) Appendix 81c.2 Letter from MCFN to Teck Regarding Bison Forum (May 2, 2014) Appendix 85a.1 Appendix 86a.1 Bison Winter Habitat Assessment ESRD Director s Order DO#01/2013 Appendix 90b.1 Surface Water and Fish Monitoring Plan, Annual Report 2012 Appendix 90b.2 Appendix 98a Winter Snow Survey Revised Soil Maps October 2014 Page xv

18 List of Appendices Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project Page xvi October 2014