Welcome to Xeneca’s Final Public Information Centre for the Ivanhoe River: The Chutes Project Today’s PIC will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Xeneca is proposing in our Waterpower Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA.) Throughout the process we’ve listened to your feedback and have incorporated it into the EA. We greatly appreciate the input we have received & look forward to hearing any additional comments today. With the public issuance of Notice of Completion, the Class EA document will soon be available for agency & public review. Please note - all written comments and requests for meetings with Xeneca must be received within the first 30 days after the Notice of Completion is issued. There will be an extra 30 days to resolve these issues or, if the issue cannot be resolved through meetings, to submit a Part 2 Order to MOE (with rationale.) Thank you for joining us today.

Thank you for visiting today’s Public Information Centre (PIC) for the Ivanhoe River: The Chutes Project This is the last PIC for The Chutes before submission of the Waterpower Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA.) Much of the information presented today will appear in the EA document. Your comments are important to Xeneca, so please fill out a comment card so that we can ensure all issues are adequately addressed. We invite you to visit for regular updates on all of our proposed projects, including The Chutes. Your participation in this process is important and comments received to date have helped shape the project. We are committed to developing our projects in an environmentally & socially responsible manner. Thank you for coming.

Waterpower Class EA Requirement Xeneca’s Approach (in addition to EA requirements) Response to questions & comments in final documents 30-day public review period for EA document One Public Information Centre (PIC) Make EA available for public review Advance access to information as it becomes available ( blasts, Xeneca website, mailings) 30-day EA review period (written comments must be provided during this period) PLUS additional 30 days to meet and resolve issues (or go to MOE with a Part 2 Order if unresolved) Multiple PICs & Public Information Meetings (PIMs) Meetings with municipalities, NGOs, public interest groups & individuals Post EA on website & send on CD by request Xeneca’s Approach to the Waterpower Class EA Process Submission of EA document to regulatory agencies & public for review. Notice of Completion issued *Notice will be published in local media, ed to stakeholders and on Xeneca website First 30 days Stakeholders to review EA & provide written comment indicating outstanding issues & requests to meet with Xeneca Additional 30 days Xeneca & stakeholders to resolve issues OR stakeholder may elevate to MOE with Part 2 Order (with rationale) Once outstanding issues have been resolved, Xeneca will ask the Crown to publish a Statement of Completion 30 days 60 days Timeline – Next Steps

The Chutes: Proposed Distribution Lines & Roads

The Chutes: Proposed Zone of Influence

Option 2 Layout Conceptual Design: Options Option 1 Option 2

NRSI’s 2010 study area encompassed: 400m downstream of The Chutes An estimated inundation area of approximately 2.8km Lands beyond this inundation within approximately 120m The 2011 study area encompasses a 6.4km upstream inundation area. Biology Study Area

Aquatic Survey Locations

NRSI Fish Collection Results * Walleye spawning was confirmed in the study area Fish Species Historically Known to Occur in Study Area

Terrestrial Biology Results 76 plant species No significant plant species found 45 bird species One significant bird species, bald eagle, was observed Listed as Special Concern (SARO) & Not at Risk (COSEWIC) Srank is S2N, S4B Four herpetofaunal species Eastern Garter Snake American Toad Northern Spring Peeper Northern Leopard Frog Wood Frog Bald Eagle American Toad Northern Spring Peeper

Walleye spawning surveys Lake Sturgeon spawning assessment Summer fish community sampling - main stem river index netting Summer fish community sampling – tributaries (backpack electrofishing & minnow trapping) Methyl mercury (fish tissue) Invertebrate sampling Invertebrate taxonomy Proposed 2011 Biology Surveys 2010 Biology Summary Vegetation community mapping Breeding bird surveys Snake cover boards Incidental observations of all other wildlife, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies & dragonflies Visual survey of aquatic habitat Walleye spawning surveys Angling at 16 stations 12 egg mats Spotlight surveys at 4 stations Summer fish community sampling - Methods including use of angling, egg matting, gill netting & electrofishing Trotlines at 2 stations Gill netting at 6 stations (set over 2 days) Electrofishing at 1 station along main stem of Ivanhoe R. Lake Sturgeon Walleye