Licence No.: 2451
Licence Issued: May 10, 2000
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANITOBA ENVIRONMENT ACT (C.C.S.M. c. E125)
THIS LICENCE IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 11(1) TO:
PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA; "the Licencee"
for the construction and maintenance of the Development being riverbank stabilization
and channel restoration works and flood control dyke reconstruction in and adjacent to the
Roseau River in NW 22-2-2E, in accordance with the Proposal filed under The Environment
Act and dated February 28, 2000, subject to the following specifications, limits, terms
and conditions:
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Section of the Licence contains requirements intended to provide guidance to the
Licencee in implementing practices to ensure that the environment is maintained in such a
manner as to sustain a high quality of life, including social and economic development,
recreation and leisure for present and future Manitobans.
- The Licencee shall ensure that all used oil products and other regulated hazardous
wastes generated by the machinery used in the construction and maintenance of the
Development are collected and disposed of in accordance with applicable Manitoba
Conservation and legislation requirements.
- The Licencee shall revegetate soil exposed during the construction of the Development
with native or introduced grasses or legumes. Native species shall be used to revegetate
areas where native species existed prior to construction.
- The Licencee shall, during construction of the Development, use sediment control traps.
The traps shall be cleaned of silt and debris following construction. The traps shall be
removed when revegetation is completed.
- The Licencee shall ensure that riprap used to stabilize shoreline areas subject to high
velocity flows consists of clean fieldstone and/or limestone.
SPECIFICATIONS, LIMITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The Licencee shall, not less than one month prior to beginning construction of the
Development, review bank stabilization and channel restoration details, including erosion
control plans, with staff of Manitoba Conservation and the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans.
- The Licencee shall notify the Eastern-Interlake Regional Office of Manitoba Conservation
not less than two weeks prior to beginning construction of the Development. The
notification shall include the intended starting date of construction and the name of the
contractor responsible for the construction.
- The Licencee shall ensure that no construction activities associated with the
Development which could result in sedimentation in the Roseau River occur between April 1
and May 31 or September 15 and freezeup of any year.
- The Licencee shall ensure that no construction activities associated with the
Development which could result in sedimentation in the Roseau River occur during high flow
periods or during heavy rainfall events.
- The Licencee shall ensure that, during construction and maintenance of the Development,
spills of fuels or other contaminants are reported to an Environment Officer in accordance
with the requirements of Manitoba Regulation 439/87 respecting Environmental
Accident Reporting.
- The Licencee shall ensure that excess spoil and construction materials from the
Development are disposed of at a waste disposal ground operating under the authority of a
permit issued under Manitoba Regulation 150/91 respecting Waste
Disposal Grounds.
- The Licencee shall ensure that fuel storage and equipment servicing areas established
for the construction and operation of the Development are located a minimum distance of
100 metres from any waterbody, and shall comply with the requirements of Manitoba
Regulation 97/88R respecting Storage and Handling of Gasoline and Associated
Products.
- The Licencee shall ensure, during the excavation of caissons associated with the
Development, that groundwater blowouts in the bottom of the excavations are addressed as
described in Appendix A of the Proposal. Caissons shall be backfilled immediately after
the completion of their excavation.
REVIEW AND REVOCATION
- If, in the opinion of the Director, the Licencee has exceeded or is exceeding or has or
is failing to meet the specifications, limits, terms, or conditions set out in this
Licence, the Director may, temporarily or permanently, revoke this Licence.
- If construction of the development has not commenced within three years of the date of
this Licence, the Licence is revoked.
- If, in the opinion of the Director, new evidence warrants a change in the
specifications, limits, terms or conditions of this Licence, the Director may require the
filing of a new proposal pursuant to Section 11 of The Environment Act.
"original signed by"
Larry Strachan, P. Eng.
Director
Environment Act
Client File No.: 4504.00