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As part of a collaborative technical working group with Teck HVC, the Territorial Stewardship Department reviews studies and actions relating to environmental protection and planning on site such as: Environmental Monitoring Programs, Annual Reports, Environmental Management Plans, Cultural Heritage work, End Land Use plans, and other regulatory and relevant documents. Our work is supported and guided by the CNA's Community Working Groups.
The Territorial Stewardship Department participates in the development and review of these plans and provides technical recommendations to HVC and the CNA, to ensure nłeʔképmx culture, values, and interests are integrated throughout all HVC operations.
Related to this work, there are a variety of studies that the CNA has led and participated in, including studies on Cultural Heritage, Wildlife Study, a Historical Water Conditions, and Cattle and Range Impacts in the Highland Valley. The CNA is also working on the Nlaka’pamux Lake Enhancement project. The main goal of this project is to enhance 4 or more lakes in the nłeʔképmx Territory to restore some of the loss associated with draining of 4 lakes due to the HVC mine.
To learn more about this work, please visit our Research and Projects page or contact Rachel Riley at rriley@cna-trust.ca or 250-378-1864
Tech HVC has an annual cultural heritage field program involving identification and assessment or areas, on the mine site, for cultural heritage and archaeological features. The Territorial Stewardship Department provides ongoing support for this program. Including recommendations for program development and field personnel for the field program.
We are also currently conducting a Cultural Heritage Study, to learn more about this study please visit our Research and Projects page or contact Xni Grismer at xgrismer@cna-trust.ca or 250-378-1864.
The HVC Mine Life Extension (MLE) Project, formerly known as HVC 2040, is an extension of the current operations at Teck Highland Valley Copper. The proposal is to mine for 18 additional years, until approximately 2043, and would yield approximately 4.3 billion pounds of copper.
The HVC MLE Project is undergoing an environmental assessment under the B.C. Environmental Assessment Act. The purpose of an environmental assessment is to understand and assess the range of potential positive or negative effects that may occur over the life of a project including consideration of the environment, economy, social, health, and culture. The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) oversees the Environmental Assessment (EA) process in B.C. For more information on the EA process and the HVC Mine Life Extension visit the EAO website.
In 2017, the CNA and HVC started discussions about HVC MLE Project and committed to a collaborative approach to the Environmental Assessment application. To address the limitations of the Provincial EA process, the CNA is conducting its own nłeʔképmx Impact Assessment, as outlined in the CNE EA Strategy.
This nłeʔképmx Impact Assessment report considers past, present, and future impacts to achieve a fulsome picture of the impacts that the HVC MLE Project may have on nłeʔképmx Rights, Title, values and interests. This will be done by looking at what historical and cumulative impacts have occurred, the current state of the territory, and future proposed impacts from not only the HVC MLE Project but other projects and industrial work in the area.
CNA's nłeʔképmx Impact Assessment allows decision-makers, such as Leadership of the eight Participating Bands, to be supported, by accurately capturing the past, present and future impacts that HVC has had in the Highland Valley. It also supports the creation of measures necessary to mitigate past and future impacts to nłeʔképmx.
This work is supported by contributions and knowledge from the Community Working group.
To learn more about the Community Working Group, HVC Mine Life Extension Project, and the nłeʔképmx Impact Assessment, please contact Natalie Ross at nross@cna-trust.ca or 250-378-1864.
The TSD supports the Participating Bands in making informed decisions relating to mineral resource activities in nłeʔképmx territory by clearly identifying, mitigating, and resolving potential impacts to nłeʔképmx rights, title, values and interests. This is to strengthen nłeʔképmx jurisdiction within nłeʔképmx territory and bring the communities’ process to the foreground of any mining proponent’s priorities.
The CNA supports communities through advocacy and driving change in policy, legislation, and regulations related to the mineral resource activities, such as Mineral Tenure Act Reform.
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