Environmental Assessments

ASARCO and Abitibi Price (2001-2002); completed an Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) study at the Buchans Mine site in Buchans, Newfoundland; included evaluation of water quality, fish communities, and benthic invertebrates

Buchans Mine Site, Newfoundland

Keltic Petroleum (2001-2002); participated in the environmental assessment of a proposed petrochemical plant in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; included fish-community surveys, bathymetric mapping, habitat evaluation, and assessment of water quality

Notre Development Corporation (1996-1998); as part of a multi-disciplinary team of specialists, completed the aquatic-biology components of the environmental assessment for a proposed landfill development near Kirkland Lake, Ontario; included detailed field studies, evaluation of leachate-discharge alternatives, and development of habitat-compensation strategies

Cía. Minera Antamina S.A. (1997-1998); in collaboration with the project-engineering firm, prepared Environmental Assessment documentation for a proposed concentrate pipeline, a powerline, an access road, and a marine port for a copper-zinc mine in Peru; included inspection of the proposed route in the Andes and the port site, assessment of net effects, and the preparation of a monitoring plan

Transport Canada (1996); participated in an Environmental-Baseline Study and an Environmental Assessment at the Tofino Airport on Vancouver Island

Ontario Hydro (1994-1995); conducted detailed aquatic-biology and hydrology studies as part of Ontario Hydro's environmental assessment for the re-development of the Ear Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station located in northwestern Ontario

Ontario Hydro (1990-1992, 1995); conducted environmental monitoring studies at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station; these projects included sediment surveys, fisheries monitoring, water sampling, larval-fish collections, underwater video recordings of the study area, zebra-mussel surveillance, larval-fish studies, and ROV surveys of fish behaviour

Ontario Ministry of the Environment (1990); completed an environmental assessment of the lower Welland River; included evaluation of water and sediment quality, flow, and aquatic macrophytes, along with an overview of fish communities

City of Mississauga (1990); prepared an Environmental Studies Report as part of the Class Environmental Assessment of the proposed shoreline-stabilization and beach improvements for the Jack Darling Park in Mississauga

Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (1989); participated in the environmental assessment of a waterfront park at East Point on the shore of Lake Ontario as proposed by MTRCA

Ontario Ministry of the Environment (1988); evaluated temporal changes in the macrophyte, benthic, and epiphytic communities at sites in Severn Sound since the construction of two water pollution control plants (WPCPs); included the identification of impacts of the WPCPs and the evaluation of various implications regarding water quality

The PolarGas Project (TransCanada Pipelines Limited) (1983, 1984); prepared, edited, and reviewed environmental-assessment documents for a proposed pipeline; completed an aerial environmental reconnaissance of a proposed pipeline route in Alberta and the Northwest Territories