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1 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-1 Resource Use Assessment 3 RESOURCE USE ASSESSMENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION The Resource Use Assessment is intended to address the Terms of Reference (TOR) established by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (ESRD 2012a) for the Project. A Resource Use Baseline Report (Volume 6, Appendix 6-II) was also completed to address the TOR. The Resource Use assessment is an evaluation of the natural resources of an area and how people use them. It considers the capability for use of the resource (e.g., availability and access) and the number of non-traditional resource users. The assessment was conducted to analyze the effects of the Project on resource use, and the ways in which the Project will comply with local and regional resource use regulations and guidelines Terms of Reference The assessment was completed to meet Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development s (ESRD s) Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Project (ESRD 2012) (Table 3.1-1).

2 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-2 Resource Use Assessment Table Terms of Reference Concordance Table TOR Section Terms of Reference EIA Section 3.10 Land Use and Management Baseline Information Impact Assessment [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [A] Describe and map the current land uses in the Lease Area, including all Crown land and Crown Reservations (Holding Reservation, Protective Notation, Consultative Notation). Indicate where Crown land dispositions may be needed for roads or other infrastructure for the Project. Identify and map unique sites or special features in the Lease Area and Local Study Area such as Parks and Protected Areas, Heritage Rivers, Historic Sites, Environmentally Significant Areas, culturally significant sites and other designations (World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Sites, Internationally Important Bird Areas). Describe and map land clearing activities, showing the timing of the activities. Describe the status of timber harvesting arrangements, including species and timing. Describe existing access control measures. Identify the potential impacts of the Project on land uses, including: (a) unique sites or special features; (b) (c) (d) (e) changes in public access arising from linear development, including secondary effects related to increased hunter, angler and other recreational access, and facilitated predator movement; aggregate reserves that may be located on land under the Proponent s control and reserves in the region; development and reclamation on commercial forest harvesting and fire management in the Lease Area; the amount of commercial and noncommercial forest land base that will be disturbed by the Project, including the Timber Productivity Ratings for the Lease Area. Compare the baseline and reclaimed percentages and distribution of all forested communities in the Lease Area; [A] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Sections 3.1 Land Use Plans and Zoning and Section 3.5 Land Use Dispositions Volume 5, Appendix 5-II Terrestrial Vegetation, Wetlands and Forest Resources Baseline, Figure 14 [B] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Sections 3.1 Land Use Plans and Zoning and Section 3.5 Land Use Dispositions [C] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Section 3.8 Environmentally Important Areas [D] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Section 3.1 Land Use Plans and Zoning [E] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Section 3.10 Forestry [F] Volume 6, Appendix 6-II Resource Use Baseline Report, Section 3.3 Access [A] (a) Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis and Section Effects Analysis (b) (c) (d) (e) Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis, Section Effects Analysis Linkage Analysis and Section Mitigation Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis, Section Effects Analysis Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis, Section Effects Analysis

3 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-3 Resource Use Assessment Table Terms of Reference Concordance Table (continued) TOR Section Terms of Reference EIA Section (f) how the Project impacts Annual Allowable (f) Mitigation, Cuts and quotas within the Forest Section Effects Analysis, Management Agreement area; Section Effects Analysis Impact Assessment (continued) 8.0 Mitigation 10.0 Monitoring (g) (h) how the Project impacts parks and protect areas; anticipated changes (type and extent) to the topography, elevation and drainage patterns within the Lease Area; and (i) access control for public and regional recreational activities, aboriginal land use and other land uses during and after development activities. [B] Provide a fire control plan highlighting: (a) measures taken to ensure continued access for firefighters to adjacent wildland areas; (b) forest fire prevention, detection, reporting, and suppression measures, including proposed fire equipment; (c) measures for determining the clearing width of power line ROWs; and (d) required mitigative measures for areas adjacent to the Lease Area based on the FireSmart Wildfire Assessment System. [A] Discuss mitigation measures to avoid, minimize or eliminate the potential impacts for all stages of the Project. [B] Identify mitigation objectives and those mitigation measures that will be implemented for each associated impact and provide rationale for their selection, including a discussion on the effectiveness of the proposed mitigation. [A] Describe Cenovus s current monitoring programs for Christina Thermal Project Phase H and Eastern Expansion. [B] Describe any new monitoring that will be required as a result of this Project, including: (a) how the monitoring programs will assess any Project impacts and measure the effectiveness of mitigation plans. Discuss how the Proponent will address any Project impacts identified through the monitoring program; and (b) how the results of monitoring programs and publicly available monitoring information will be integrated with the Proponent s environmental management system and how it will be used to manage environmental effects, confirm performance of mitigation measures, and improve environmental protection strategies [B] (g) (h) (i) Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis and Section Effects Analysis Volume 5, Section 5 Linkage Analysis, Section Terrain Effects Analysis; Volume 1, Section Surface Deformation Monitoring Mitigation, Section Effects Analysis, Section Effects Analysis Volume 1, Section Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response Processes, Appendix 1-XI Waste Management Chart and Wildfire Risk Assessment [A] Mitigation, and Section Mitigation [B] Mitigation, and Section Mitigation [A] Monitoring, Section Monitoring, [B] Volume 5, Sections 3.4, 3.5, 8.2, 8.3 Volume 1 Section 14.12

4 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-4 Resource Use Assessment Table Terms of Reference Concordance Table (continued) TOR Section Terms of Reference EIA Section [C] Discuss the Proponent s current and proposed monitoring programs, including: (a) how the monitoring programs will assess any Project impacts and measure the effectiveness of mitigation plans. Discuss how the Proponent will address any Project impacts identified through the monitoring program; (b) how the Proponent will contribute to current and proposed regional monitoring programs; (c) monitoring performed in conjunction with other stakeholders, including aboriginal communities and groups; [C] Volume 5, Sections 3.4, 3.5, 8.2 and 8.3 (d) new monitoring initiatives that may be 10.0 Wildlife required as a result of the Project; Monitoring Volume 5, Section 8.4 Biodiversity (continued) (e) regional monitoring that will be Volume 1 Section undertaken to assist in managing Volume 3, Section 4.6 Monitoring environmental effects and improve environmental protection strategies; (f) how monitoring data will be disseminated to the public, aboriginal communities or other interested parties; and (g) how the results of monitoring programs and publicly available monitoring information will be integrated with the Proponent s environmental management system and how it will be used to manage environmental effects, confirm performance of mitigation measures, and improve environmental protection strategies. Source: ESRD 2012a. 3.2 ASSESSMENT APPROACH This Resource Use assessment will: determine the potential effects of construction, operation decommissioning and reclamation of the Project on resource use; discuss possible mitigation measures; and evaluate potential effects.

5 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-5 Resource Use Assessment In the context of this assessment section, the focus is on non-traditional (non-aboriginal) land and resource use. Traditional Land Use (TLU) is addressed in Volume 6, Section 2 and Appendix 6-I. The evaluation of the potential effects of the Project on resource use includes consideration of linkages between: site clearing and effects on environmentally important areas and natural resource use and users; facility and infrastructure development and effects on environmentally important areas and natural resource use and users; and changes in workforce and population and effects on environmentally important areas and natural resource use and users Temporal and Spatial Considerations The main Project phases include construction, operations, decommissioning and reclamation. The assessment focuses on construction and operations as these are the phases that will have the highest effect on resource use. The Project timeline depends on regulatory approvals, market conditions and company approval. Assuming company approval to proceed, construction is expected to last for up to 48 months followed by an operational life of up to 25 years. The timing of construction start-up is dependent on market conditions and company approval but is expected to begin in The schedule for the Project is detailed in Volume 1, Section 1.7. Two areas have been delineated to facilitate data collection and presentation: a Resource Use Regional Study Area (RSA) and a Resource Use Local Study Area (LSA). The RSA encompasses resources that are potentially affected by the Project both directly and indirectly. The LSA encompasses resources that are potentially directly affected by the Project (i.e., the area within and surrounding the Project footprint). For this assessment, the Resource Use LSA has been determined to be the same boundary as the Terrestrial Resources LSA as effects to wildlife and vegetation are key considerations when assessing potential effects on resource use. In total, the LSA encompasses 16,352.1 ha and the RSA is 563,702.4 ha. The boundaries of the Resource Use RSA and LSA are shown in Figure

6 Christina River Garson I:\CLIENTS\CENOVUS\ \mapping\mxd\Resource_Use\EIA_Figures\FINAL\ _EIA_RU_001_GIS.mxd Surmont Creek Tp.83 Rg.10 W4M Rg.9 Rg.8 Chain s Meadow Creek North Watchusk Rg.7 Rg.6 Rg.5 Rg.4 Rg.3 Rg.2 South Watchusk Rg.1 Kimowin Cottonwood Creek Tp.82 Newby River Egg Tp.81 Kettle River Hook Cowper Creek Pony Creek Tp.80 JANVIER INDIAN RESERVE #194 COWPER LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #194A HAMLET OF JANVIER* Bohn Cowper Landels River Tp.79 Waddell Creek 881 Tp.78 Winefred River Tp.77 Jackfish River CONKLIN Christina Sawbones Creek + Dillon River Tp.76 Ma y River Sunday Creek Monday Creek WINEFRED LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #194B Wappau Tp.75 Birch Creek Kirby Winefred Rat Goodwin Tp.74 Wiau Grist Calder River Tp.73 Behan Clyde Clyde River Ipiatik Foster Creek COLD LAKE AIR WEAPONS RANGE Big Chief Tp Tp.71 Ipi at ik River HEART LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #167 Tp.70 Logan Caribou Scheltens E INDIAN #167A Piche LEGEND COMMUNITY RAILROAD ROAD Heart WATERCOURSE INDIAN RESERVE RESOURCE USE LOCAL STUDY AREA RESOURCE USE REGIONAL STUDY AREA WATERBODY Sand River PROJECT SCALE 1:400,000 Canoe KILOMETRES Shaver River CHRISTINA LAKE THERMAL PROJECT PHASE H AND EASTERN EXPANSION TITLE NOTES *LOCALLY KNOWN AS CHARD + UNNAMED WATERCOURSE LOCALLY KNOWN AS SAWBONES CREEK REFERENCE ALBERTA DIGITAL BASE DATA OBTAINED FROM ALTALIS LTD. GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED), AND FROM IHS ENERGY INC. DATUM: NAD 83 PROJECTION: UTM ZONE 12 RESOURCE USE STUDY AREAS PROJECT FILE No. DESIGN GIS CHECK REVIEW JO SS 04 Jan Mar JO 04 Mar SNS 01 Mar SCALE AS SHOWN REV. 0 FIGURE: 3.2-1

7 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-7 Resource Use Assessment Key Issues and Key Questions Key issues raised by stakeholders and identified in existing studies regarding potential effects on non-traditional resource use include: Potential effects on environmentally important areas that contain unique or representative landforms, rare or endangered vegetation, or significant or important wildlife habitat. Environmentally important areas include both protected areas and Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs) listed by the government of Alberta (Fiera 2009). Potential changes to access as a result of development. Roads may be constructed, improved or have restricted access resulting in a change in the type and level of resource use. Potential effects on some surface and subsurface dispositions. Mineral and surface material (e.g., gravel) extraction may be affected by changes in the amount of area available for extraction. Potential effects on the supply of aggregate resources. Changes to opportunities for consumptive use, such as hunting, trapping, fishing and berry picking within the RSA and LSA for residents and visitors. Changes to forestry activities in the LSA. This issue focuses on whether gain, loss or alteration of vegetation or soils will lead to a change in forest productivity. Changes to non-consumptive recreational activities (e.g., canoeing, camping, hiking, snowmobiling) by residents and non-residents in the LSA and RSA. The assessment of effects on Resource Use associated with the Project, as well as the cumulative effects of the Project in combination with other developments was conducted using the following key questions: Resource Use Application Case (RUAC)-1: What effects could existing and approved developments and the Project have on environmentally important areas? RUAC-2: What effects could existing and approved developments and the Project have on natural resources and non-traditional resource users? Resource Use Planned Development Case (RUPDC)-1: What effects could existing and approved developments, the Project, and planned developments have on environmentally important areas?

8 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-8 Resource Use Assessment RUPDC-2: What effects could existing and approved developments, the Project, and planned developments have on natural resources and non-traditional resource users? The key questions were developed based on past professional experience with similar projects in the resource use RSA, and the oil sands region. They guide the assessment of magnitude and consequence of the effects on resource use. Information about these key issues is presented in the Resource Use Baseline Report (Volume 6, Appendix 6-II) Information Sources Information used to complete this assessment were acquired from government statistics, physical and digital maps of key resources, resource management plans, and the results of studies within the Terrestrial Vegetation, Wetlands and Forest Resources (Volume 5, Section 6.2), Wildlife (Volume 5, Section 6.3), Traditional Land Use (Volume 6, Section 2), Noise (Volume 3, Section 2), Visual Resources (Volume 6, Section 4) and Socio-Economic (Volume 6, Section 6) sections of the EIA. This assessment also uses information from previous EIAs for oil sands developments in the area Analysis of Potential Effects The assessment involved identifying and comparing possible interactions between resource use and the Project. Key issues were identified to develop key questions and a linkage diagram illustrates potential effects of the Project on resource use. Linkages between Project activities and environmental changes were assessed as to their validity. Following this, mitigation strategies were developed for each valid linkage. Project construction, operation, decommissioning and reclamation details were evaluated to determine potential effects. Conclusions were based on the literature, residual effects calculations and professional judgment. Residual effects were classified using quantitative effects description criteria based on the direction, magnitude, geographic extent, duration, reversibility and frequency of the predicted effect (Volume 2, Table 4.8-1). Environmental consequence ratings for key questions were calculated taking into account the residual effects classification for all effects description criteria (Volume 2, Section 4.8). The effects description criteria for Resource Use and the numerical scores used to determine the environmental consequence rating are detailed in Table

9 Cenovus FCCL Ltd. 3-9 Resource Use Assessment Table Residual Effects Description Criteria for Resource Use Access Category Direction (a) Magnitude (b) Geographic Extent (c) Duration (d) Reversibility (e) Frequency (f) Aggregates and Minerals Vegetation (berry habitat, forestry and agriculture), wildlife (hunting and trapping), aquatic resources (fishing) and population increase Environmentally Important Areas change in area Environmentally Important Areas change in use for environmentally important areas designated primarily for recreation Environmentally Important Areas change in use for environmentally important areas designated primarily for preservation of natural features (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) positive is an increase in road, trail, cutlines and railway areas; negative is a decrease in road, trail, cutlines and railway area positive is resource being more available for use; negative is resource being unavailable for use or reduced in quantity positive, negative or neutral for the measurement endpoints (e.g., increase in area of potential berry habitat is positive, decrease in wildlife populations would be negative) positive is an increase in area; negative is a decrease in area positive is an increase in use of areas designated for recreational use; negative is a decrease in use of areas designated for recreational use positive is a decrease in use; negative is an increase in use negligible : <1% change in access; low (+5): 1% to 5% change in access; moderate (+10): 5% to 15% change in access; high (+15): >15% change in access Negligible : <1% change; low (+5): <10% change; moderate (+10): 10% to 20% change; high (+15): >20% change negligible : no measurable effect; low (+5): <10% change in measurement endpoint; moderate (+10): 10% to 20% change in measurement endpoint; high (+15): >20% change in measurement endpoint negligible : <1% change in area; low (+5): <1% to 5% change in area; moderate (+10): 5% to 10% change in area; high (+15): >10% change in area negligible : <1% change in use; low (+5): <1% to 5% change in use; moderate (+10): 5% to 10% change in use; high (+15): >10% change in use negligible : <1% change in use; low (+5): <1% to 5% change in use; moderate (+10): 5% to 10% change in use; high (+15): >10% change in use Direction: positive or negative effect for measurement endpoints, as defined for the specific component. Magnitude: degree of change to analysis endpoint. Geographic Extent: area affected by the effect. Duration: length of time over which the environmental effect occurs. Reversibility: effect on the resource (or resource capability) can or cannot be reversed. Frequency: how often the environmental effect occurs. local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond region (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond regional (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond regional (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond regional (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond regional (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA local : effect restricted to LSA; regional (+1): effect extends beyond the LSA into the RSA; beyond regional (+2): effect extends beyond the RSA short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete short-term : Project construction; medium-term (+1): Project Life; long-term (+2): After reclamation of the Project is complete reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) reversible (-3) or irreversible (+3) low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously low : occurs once; moderate (+1): occurs more than once; high (+2): occurs continuously

10 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Access as a component of the Resource Use Assessment is viewed differently in this section compared with other sections of the EIA. An increase in access is generally viewed as positive when assessing effects on resource users. Access is often achieved through linear disturbance. The effects of increased access and linear disturbance are further assessed in other EIA sections such as Wildlife (Volume 5, Section 6.3), Biodiversity (Volume 5, Section 6.4), and Fish and Fish Habitat (Volume 4, Section 5.4) Assessment Cases The three development scenarios addressed in the Resource Use assessment are the Baseline Case, the Application Case and the Planned Development Case (PDC). The Baseline Case describes the environmental conditions that include the effects resulting from existing and approved projects or activities. The Application Case describes the Baseline Case with the effects of the Project added. The PDC describes the Application Case with the effects of planned developments added. Planned developments include any projects or activities publicly disclosed up to six months prior to the submission of this application. A complete list of all developments included in each assessment case is provided in Volume 2, Section EXISTING ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY Land Use Planning within the LSA includes the Christina Management Plan (CLMP), which aims to ensure that petroleum, natural gas and oil sands exploration and development are carried out in an environmentally sensitive manner and are integrated with other land and resource uses. There are no protected areas in the RSA. Eight provincially significant ESAs are located in the RSA, one of which (ESA 585) overlaps the LSA. Both the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas overlap the LSA and the RSA. Linear access density within the LSA is higher than in the RSA at 5.8 km of access route per square kilometre of land. The RSA as a whole has just over 1.8 km of linear access route per square kilometre of land. Access to the RSA was upgraded with the paving of Secondary Highway 881 in Numerous industries have existing land interests in the LSA, including energy and pipeline companies. Several aggregate interests exist in the LSA, of which all but

11 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment one are held by Cenovus 1. Overall, aggregates are in moderately poor supply in the region. Land in the LSA and RSA supports forestry. Timber rights are held by Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac), who has granted coniferous rights to Northland Forest Products Ltd. Berry picking habitat (areas with potential for blueberries, raspberries, cranberries and strawberries) exists in the LSA. These habitats are important to residents of Conklin and Janvier, but are not expected to be of high importance at a regional level due to the distance of the study areas from larger populations in and around Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray. The LSA is within Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 517. Moose, mule deer, white-tailed deer and black bear are hunted in this WMU. Registered Fur Management Areas (RFMAs) 1595, 2316, 2322 and 2443 overlap the LSA. Species most commonly trapped in these areas include red squirrel, marten, beaver and coyote. Sport fishing is popular in the RSA, and is based mainly on Christina, Grist and Winefred lakes. Fishing lodges are located close to these lakes; however no commercial fishing takes place there. Christina is in the LSA. Recreation in the RSA also includes low levels of All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and snowmobile riding, horseback riding, boating and bird watching. Additional details on the resource use existing environment are provided in the Resource Use Baseline (Volume 6, Appendix 6-II). 3.4 BASELINE CASE The following tables summarize the Baseline Case disturbances in the LSA and RSA. The linear disturbance length and density within the LSA and RSA is shown in Table A breakdown of the Baseline Case disturbed areas within the LSA is shown in Table Baseline Case disturbances in the LSA total 2,333.6 ha or 14.3% of the LSA (16,352.1 ha). 1 Devon Canada Corporation holds the only non-cenovus aggregate lease in the LSA.

12 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Table Baseline Case Linear Disturbance in the Local Study Area and Regional Study Area Linear Disturbance Type Length [km] LSA [163.5 km 2 ] Density [km per km 2 ] Length [km] RSA [5,637.0 km 2 ] Density [km per km 2 ] cutline/trail , development pipeline , railroad road seismic transmission line Total , Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values. Table Baseline Case Disturbance in the Local Study Area Disturbance Type Disturbance Area [ha] % of Total Baseline Case Disturbance Area % of LSA [16,352.1 ha] borrow pit 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 clearing <0.1 cutline/trail development 1, oil and gas facility other industrial 0.6 <0.1 <0.1 pipeline road ROW 0.5 <0.1 <0.1 seismic transmission line well site Total 2, Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values. A breakdown of the Baseline Case disturbed areas within the RSA is provided in Table Baseline Case disturbances in the RSA total 72,780.5 ha or 12.9% of the RSA (563,702.4 ha).

13 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Table Baseline Case Disturbance in the Regional Study Area Disturbance Type Disturbance Area [ha] % of Total Baseline Case Disturbance Area % of RSA [563,702.4 ha] borrow pit <0.1 clearing <0.1 cutblock 37, cutline/trail 4, development 7, oil and gas facility other industrial <0.1 pipeline 9, railroad road 2, runway <0.1 seismic <0.1 transmission line urban/industrial sites 4, well site 4, Total 72, Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values. Developments accounted for 51.1% of Baseline Case disturbance in the LSA, with cutlines, pipelines, seismic lines and well sites accounting for an additional 40.8%. The remaining 7.7% of Baseline Case disturbance in the LSA was as a result of borrow pits, clearings, oil and gas facilities, other industrial facilities, roads, ROWs and transmission lines. Conversely, cutblocks accounted for the majority (51.4%) of Baseline Case disturbance in the RSA. Cutlines, developments, pipelines, urban and industrial sites and well sites accounted for an additional 42.4% of Baseline Case disturbance in the RSA, while the remaining 6.2% of disturbance was as a result of borrow pits, clearings, oil and gas facilities, other industrial facilities, railroads, roads, runways, seismic lines and transmission lines. 3.5 APPLICATION CASE Introduction This Application Case assessment predicts the effects of existing and approved developments in the LSA and RSA and the Project using two of the four key questions: RUAC-1: What effects could existing and approved developments and the Project have on environmentally important areas?

14 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment RUAC-2: What effects could existing and approved developments and the Project have on natural resources and non-traditional resource users? The key questions are addressed by using the following methods: establishing the validity of linkages between resources and Project activities; describing the mitigation measures that will be implemented to minimize the effects to resource use; describing the resource use effects analysis results; classifying effects; and describing recommended monitoring programs. The linear disturbance length and density within the LSA and RSA are shown in Tables and The length of linear disturbances in the LSA decreased by 1% from km to km between the Baseline and Application cases. Linear disturbance in the RSA decreased minimally, from 10,101.9 km to 10,105.8 km. The decrease in linear disturbance in both cases is as a result of other, non-linear disturbances associated with the approved projects in the LSA overlapping existing linear disturbances. Where an overlap occurs, the linear disturbance is re-classified. Table Application Case Linear Disturbance in the Local Study Area Linear Disturbance Type Baseline Case Length [km] Application Case Length [km] % Change From Baseline Case LSA [163.5 km 2 ] Baseline Case Density [km per km 2 ] Application Case Density [km per km 2 ] % Change From Baseline Case application footprint n/a n/a cutline/trail development pipeline railroad <0.1 < <0.1 < road seismic transmission line Total Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values.

15 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Table Application Case Linear Disturbance in the Regional Study Area Linear Disturbance Type Baseline Case Length [km] Application Case Length [km] % Change From Baseline Case RSA [5,637.0 km 2 ] Baseline Case Density [km per km 2 ] Application Case Density [km per km 2 ] % Change From Baseline Case application footprint n/a 0.0 <0.1 n/a cutline/trail 6, , <-0.1 development <-0.1 pipeline 1, , <-0.1 railroad <0.1 <0.1 <-0.1 road <-0.1 seismic <-0.1 transmission line <0.1 <0.1 <-0.1 Total 10, ,105.8 < <-0.1 Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values. While the amount of linear disturbances for the Application Case are slightly lower or equal to the Baseline Case, overall disturbances increase due to the addition of facilities in areas previously disturbed solely by linear developments. A breakdown of the Application Case disturbance areas in the LSA is provided in Table Application Case disturbances in the LSA total 4,056.4 ha (24.8% of the LSA). Of this, the Project footprint accounts for 1,893.3 ha (11.6% of the LSA), some of which was already disturbed under the Baseline Case. This represents an increase of 1,722.8 ha (or 73.8%) from the Baseline Case (2,333.6 ha). The Project footprint disturbances overlap some existing baseline disturbances in the LSA. At the RSA level, an increase of 1,893.3 ha as a result of Project footprint disturbance represents a 2.6% increase from the Baseline Case disturbances (72,780.5 ha). The results of the Application Case assessment are presented in the following sections.

16 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Table Application Case Disturbances in the Local Study Area Disturbance Type Baseline Case Disturbance Area [ha] Application Case Disturbance Area [ha] % Change Between Baseline Case and Application Case Disturbances borrow pit <0.1 clearing <0.1 cutline/trail development 1, , oil and gas facility <0.1 other industrial <0.1 pipeline road ROW <0.1 seismic transmission line well site subtotal 2, , Project footprint 0.0 1, Total 2, , Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values Effects on Environmentally Important Areas Environmentally important areas include both officially protected areas, and ESAs, which have been recognized in the literature but are often not given formal protection (Figure 3.5-1). The following key question is addressed in this section: RUAC-1: What effects could existing and approved developments and the Project have on environmentally important areas? Linkage Analysis The Project has the potential to affect environmentally important areas either directly, through clearing of vegetation, or indirectly, as the Project workforce and shadow populations may visit other environmentally important areas in the LSA or RSA. The following linkages were analyzed with reference to these areas (Figure 3.5-2): linkages between site clearing activities and environmentally important areas; linkages between changes in access due to facility infrastructure development and environmentally important areas; and linkages between change in workforce and use of environmentally important areas in the LSA or RSA.

17 Garson I:\CLIENTS\CENOVUS\ \mapping\mxd\Resource_Use\EIA_Figures\FINAL\ _EIA_RU_005_GIS.mxd Surmont Creek Tp.83 Rg.10 W4M Rg.9 Rg Chain s 548 Meadow Creek North Watchusk Rg.7 Rg.6 Rg.5 Rg.4 Rg.3 Rg.2 South Watchusk Rg.1 Kimowin Cottonwood Creek Tp Newby River Egg Tp.81 Kettle River Hook Cowper Creek Pony Creek Tp.80 JANVIER INDIAN RESERVE #194 COWPER LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #194A HAMLET OF JANVIER* Bohn Cowper Landels River Tp Waddell Creek 881 Tp.78 Winefred River Christina River 548 Tp.77 Jackfish River Sawbones Creek Dillon River Wappau Tp.76 Ma y River Tp.75 Birch Creek CONKLIN 585 Sunday Creek Christina Monday Creek WINEFRED LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #194B Goodwin Tp.74 Rat Wiau 579 Kirby Winefred Grist 548 Calder River Tp Behan Clyde Clyde River 548 Ipiatik COLD LAKE AIR WEAPONS RANGE Foster Creek Big Chief Tp Tp.71 Ipi at ik River E INDIAN #167A Piche LEGEND COMMUNITY RAILROAD ROAD HEART LAKE INDIAN RESERVE #167 Tp Heart WATERCOURSE INDIAN RESERVE RESOURCE USE LOCAL STUDY AREA Logan 558 NOTES *LOCALLY KNOWN AS CHARD + UNNAMED WATERCOURSE LOCALLY KNOWN AS SAWBONES CREEK 553 RESOURCE USE REGIONAL STUDY AREA WATERBODY ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA Sand River CARIBOU AREA Caribou COLD LAKE EAST SIDE ATHABASCA RIVER PROJECT TITLE Canoe SCALE 1:400,000 KILOMETRES Scheltens Shaver River CHRISTINA LAKE THERMAL PROJECT PHASE H AND EASTERN EXPANSION ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT AREAS REFERENCE ALBERTA DIGITAL BASE DATA OBTAINED FROM ALTALIS LTD. GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED), AND FROM IHS ENERGY INC. ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS OBTAINED FROM ALBERTA TOURISM PARKS AND RECREATION, PREPARED BY FIERA BIOLOGICAL CONSULTING LTD CARIBOU AREAS OBTAINED FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA 2012 GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. DATUM: NAD 83 PROJECTION: UTM ZONE 12 PROJECT DESIGN GIS CHECK REVIEW JO SS JO SNS FILE No. 04 Jan SCALE AS SHOWN REV Mar Mar FIGURE: Mar. 2013

18 ACTIVITY ISSUE KEY QUESTION LINKAGE TO OTHER COMPONENT Site clearing Alteration of soil, terrain and vegetation: changes to agriculture, berry picking, recreation, forestry and environmentally important areas. Change in fish and wildlife populations and distribution: changes to fishing, hunting, trapping and recreation. Effects on environmentally important areas (RUAC-1 and RUPDC-1) To Socio-economics To Terrestrial Resources Change of granular resources Facility and infrastructure development Change in access Effects on natural resource use and users (RUAC-2 and RUPDC-2) To Aquatic Resources Change in workforce Change in population CHRSITINA LAKE THERMAL PROJECT PHASE H AND EASTERN EXPANSION RESOURCE USE LINKAGE DIAGRAM B001 JO 16/01/2013 BSW 17/01/ 2013 JO 26/02/2013 SS 26/02/2013 AS SHOWN 0 FIGURE: 3.5-2

19 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment The validity of the linkages for key question RUAC-1 is summarized in Table and explained below. Table Validity of Linkages for Environmentally Important Areas Key Question RUAC-1 Linkage ESAs and Caribou Areas Valid Linkage site clearing and environmentally important areas facility and infrastructure development (including changes in access) and environmentally important areas change in workforce and environmentally important areas 548 no 571 no 576 no 578 no 579 no 583 no 585 yes 595 no East Side Athabasca River Caribou Area yes Cold Caribou Area yes 548 no 571 no 576 no 578 no 579 no 583 no 585 yes 595 no East Side Athabasca River Caribou Area yes Cold Caribou Area yes all ESAs and Caribou Areas in the RSA yes Site Clearing and Facility and Infrastructure Development Linkages Valid Linkages Areas within ESA 585 and the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas will be cleared for facility and infrastructure development. New access into this area may be created as a result of the Project. Therefore, the linkage is valid. Invalid Linkages No additional areas within the remaining environmentally important areas will be cleared for Project facility and infrastructure development. New access into these areas will not be created as a result of the Project. Therefore, the linkage is invalid.

20 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Change in Workforce Linkage A new workforce population for the construction and operation of the Project may lead to increases in the population within (e.g., Conklin) and outside the RSA (e.g., Fort McMurray) (see Volume 6, Section 6 for the results of a detailed population effects analysis). An increasing workforce is expected to increase the shadow population of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB). Use of the ESAs and Caribou Areas in the RSA may increase as a result of workforce population increases due to the Project. Therefore, the linkage is valid Mitigation Mitigation for site clearing in the Christina Caribou Area can be accomplished by minimizing the area cleared. Mitigation measures employed by Cenovus to minimize the area cleared include the following: When practical, existing ROWs will be used for access and installation of any new infrastructure to minimize direct habitat loss. Cenovus will use existing lines that are starting to regenerate only when other reasonable options do not exist. Areas for facilities, well sites, multi-well pads, ROW and exploration well pads will be sized as small as practical. Disturbances to undisturbed vegetation around the development area will be prevented, where practical; however, if vegetation clearing is necessary, it will be limited to what is required. Effects due to facility and infrastructure development (most importantly, linear development that may provide access to the Christina Caribou Area) can be mitigated in a variety of ways. Access management and reclamation may occur on some existing linear disturbances in an effort to establish vegetation communities that are likely to enhance habitat for wildlife including caribou. Where practical, access management decisions made by Cenovus for the purposes of wildlife enhancement will be made in consultation with ESRD. Cenovus is also a member of the Caribou Protection Committee and has a Caribou Protection Plan that will be used as the primary planning tool for the integration of woodland caribou conservation and habitat development. Mitigation and environmental design features for increased use of environmentally important areas in the RSA may include shift arrangements that deter workers from engaging in recreational activities (i.e., workers with long shift lengths [i.e., 12 hours] are less likely to engage in outdoor recreational activity while on-shift), or educating

21 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment workers about the responsible use of existing recreational facilities on Christina, Winefred and Grist lakes. Where practical, Cenovus will use roll back on roads and other linear disturbances as a means to deter access at various times as a measure to protect wildlife. A roll back is an access control used on winter access roads, pipelines and seismic lines where cut timber is rolled back or placed on the opened access to deter motorized vehicle travel. Usually the timber is spread back at the start of the road for approximately 100 to150 m. Additional mitigation measures for woodland caribou and woodland caribou habitat, as well as those relating to other wildlife, are included in the Wildlife Assessment (Volume 5, Section 3) Effects Analysis Site Clearing Effects Project-related site clearing activities within environmentally important areas will occur in the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas and ESA 585. The ESAs in the LSA are defined by their important or unique environmental values which are important to the long-term maintenance of biodiversity and ecological processes and services within a region, the province, or nationally (Fiera Biological Consulting 2009). The effects on these areas, and on caribou areas, as a result of facility and infrastructure development, are considered negative due to the removal of linear access, and increased disturbance. Disturbance effects to ESA 585 and the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas as a result of Project site clearing are detailed in Table Site clearing may negatively affect wildlife and vegetation (e.g., forests, caribou and berry habitat). The change between Baseline Case and Application Case disturbance of the portion of ESA 585 within the LSA is low (i.e., 2.3%). Similarly, the change between Baseline Case and Application Case disturbance of the portion of the Cold Caribou Area within the LSA is also low (i.e., 1.0%). While the change between Baseline Case and Application Case disturbance to the East Side Athabasca River Caribou Area is 9.6%, the actual area of disturbance is minimal (i.e., 72.2 ha or less than 0.1%) when compared to the overall size of the Caribou Area (1,345,034.9 ha). Overall, the Application Case will see disturbance to environmentally important areas increase from Baseline Case conditions by 1.1%.

22 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Table Site Clearing of Environmentally Important Areas in the Local Study Area Environmentally Important Areas Total Area [ha] Total Area within LSA [ha] Baseline Case Area Disturbed in LSA [ha] % of Total Area in LSA Disturbed Under the Baseline Case Application Case Area Disturbed in LSA [ha] % of Total Area in LSA Disturbed Under the Application Case Change Between Baseline Case and Application Case Disturbances [% of Total Disturbed Area in LSA] Disturbance Due to the Project in LSA [ha] ESA 585 4, East Side Athabasca River Caribou Area 1,345, Cold Caribou Area 671, , , , , Total 2,021, , , , , Note: Some numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. Therefore, it may appear that the totals do not equal the sum of the individual values. % of Net Project Footprint [1,893.3 ha]

23 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Given the minimal increase in disturbance to environmentally important areas in the LSA, the magnitude of the effect of the Project is assessed as low. The effect to both Caribou Areas and ESAs is expected to occur on a local scale until after Project operation and reclamation is complete. Site clearing activities will occur once, and so the frequency of the activity is low. The effects of site clearing are considered reversible as reclamation activities will re-establish equivalent or improved land capability. Facility and Infrastructure Development Effects In addition to the effects from site clearing, effects from increased access due to facility and infrastructure development could increase the resource use activities within ESA 585 and the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas. Increased access to areas meant for recreational use (i.e., the CLMP Area) is considered positive (i.e., increased potential for recreational use). However, this may also increase competition for some resources and could negatively affect existing resource users who either are accustomed to present levels or prefer lower levels of activity. Those likely to be negatively affected are recreationists, anglers and hunters who prefer quiet, remote activities. Generally, these resource users may still be able to find desirable areas for recreation by travelling farther from developed areas and population centres. However, this may negatively affect outfitters currently operating in WMU 517 as well as local residents who would prefer to maintain lower levels of use on and around Christina. Effects to outfitters and other resource users in the area will not, in all cases, be new, as Project-related clearing will occur partially in previously disturbed areas. Although the above effects may occur, the level of certainty regarding the extent to which recreationists and outfitters may be positively or negatively affected is low. Given the area disturbed as a result of the Project, the magnitude of the effect of facility and infrastructure development effects on environmentally important areas is considered low. Effects will be local in extent, long-term in duration, low in frequency (i.e., they will occur once) and reversible with reclamation. The Christina Caribou Area is intended to protect caribou habitat. The effects on this area, as a result of facility and infrastructure development, are considered negative and these disturbances are expected to affect the ESA within the LSA until after reclamation is complete. More details on the potential effects of the Project on woodland caribou and woodland caribou habitat are included in the Wildlife Assessment (Volume 5, Section 6.3.2).

24 Cenovus FCCL Ltd Resource Use Assessment Increased Population Effects Incremental population impacts as a result of the Project are low given that an influx of new workers for Project construction and operations is not expected. The majority of the Project workforce will come from existing phase operations of the Cenovus Christina Thermal Project. The total incremental population increase in the socio-economic RSA by 2021 as a result of the Project is predicted to be 13 people (i.e., less than 0.1% of the forecasted baseline population of 102,654 2 ). Additional details on Project-related population effects are presented in the Socio-Economic Assessment (Volume 6, Section 6). Population increases can lead to increased use of environmentally important areas. This effect is generally negative as protection of important natural features is a principal function of environmentally important areas in both the LSA and RSA. Experience with past assessments conducted in the vicinity of the Project (i.e., Cenovus Narrows 2010) suggests that residents of Conklin would prefer to limit recreational use on and near Christina by the growing local shadow population. The magnitude of the effect from increased population is considered negligible given the low (i.e., less than 0.1% of the baseline population) population growth as a result of the Project. What little population growth that will occur has the potential to affect ESAs in the RSA for the life of the Project. Resource use is assumed to be continuous during the construction and operation of the Project and effects are potentially reversible if resource use decreases following reclamation Residual Effect Classification Resource use occurs as an interaction between people (resource users) and natural resources. Both people and resources must be considered to evaluate effects of the Project on resource use. The principal effects of the Project on environmentally important areas are expected to occur due to site clearing in the East Side Athabasca River and Cold caribou areas and ESA 585 and due to potential increased use of this area as a result of better access. All of these effects are expected to be negligible. The residual effects on environmentally important areas are listed in Table This baseline population does not include the shadow population in the RMWB and Lac La Biche County, and so is considered conservative.

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