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EAR-IS Acronyms List
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
| %HA | Percent Highly Annoyed |
| AADT | Average annual daily traffic |
| AB | Alberta |
| ABA | Acid-base accounting |
| AER | Alberta Energy Regulator |
| AERMOD | Agency Regulatory Air Dispersion Model |
| AIP | Area of Interest for Planning |
| AMIS | Abandoned Mine Information System |
| ANOF | ammonium nitrate prill, ammonium nitrate – fuel oil |
| ANSI | Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest |
| ARD | Acid rock drainage |
| ARU | Ultrasonic recording units |
| ASCRS | All-Season Community Road Study |
| AST | Above-ground storage tanks |
| AtkinsRéalis | AtkinsRéalis Canada Inc. |
| ATRI | Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Interests |
| ATV | All-terrain vehicles |
| AUC | Area-under-the-curve |
| BMP | best management practices |
| CBLUP | Community-based Land Use Plan |
| BC | British Columbia |
| BCFR | Boreal Chorus Frogs |
| BCR | Bird Conservation Regions |
| BEAHR | Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources |
| BRT | Boosted Regression Tree |
| BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes |
| CAC | common air contaminants |
| CAR | Community Access Road |
| CBC | Canadian Broadcast Company News |
| CBLUP | Community-Based Land Use Plan |
| CCA | Canonical Correspondence Analysis |
| CCAB | Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business |
| CCME | Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment |
| CCP | Comprehensive Community Plans |
| CDSSAB | Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board |
| Term | Definition |
| CEA | Canadian Environmental Assessment |
| CEAA | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), 2012. |
| CEMP | Construction Environmental Management Plans |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| CEQG | Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines ONCE IN SECTION 6 |
| CHL | Cultural heritage landscapes |
| CIRNAC | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| CN | CN Rail |
| CNWA | Canadian Navigable Waters Act |
| COSEWIC | Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada |
| CPI | Consumer price index |
| CPP | Canada Pension Plan |
| CRP | Community Readiness Plan |
| CSP | Corrugated Steel Pipe |
| CSWB | Community Well-Being and Safety |
| CTC | Credit Valley – Toronto and Region – Central Lake Ontario |
| CWB | Community Well-Being |
| dBBMM | dynamic Brownian bridge-based algorithm |
| DFO | Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
| DOM | Dead organic matter |
| DPD | Detailed Project Description |
| DPM | Diesel particulate matter |
| DS | Distribution Station |
| EA | Environmental Assessment |
| EA Act | Environmental Assessment Act |
| EAR | Environmental Assessment Report |
| EASR | Environmental Activity and Sector Registration |
| ECA | Environmental Compliance Approvals |
| ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| eDNA | Environmental DNA |
| IS | Impact Statement |
| ELC | Ecological Land Classification |
| EMCLA | Environmental Monitoring Committee of Lower Athabasca |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
| ENDM | Energy, Northern Development and Mines |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Act |
| EPP | Environmental Protection Plan |
| ESC | Erosion and sediment control |
| Term | Definition |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FEQG | Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines |
| FMZ | Fisheries Management Zone |
| FNFTA | First Nations Financial Transparency Act |
| FNIH | First Nations and Inuit Health |
| FNTB | Far North Terrestrial Biodiversity |
| FRR | First Right of Refusal |
| FTE | Full-time equivalents |
| GBA+ | Gender-based Analysis Plus |
| GCDWQ | Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ), Health Canada, June 2024. |
| GGPPA | Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act |
| GHD | General Habitat Description |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GIS | Geographic information system |
| GPNO | Growth Plan for Northern Ontario |
| GPR | Ground penetrating radar |
| GPS | Global positioning system |
| GRT | Government Review Team |
| GSC | Geological Survey of Canada |
| GUA | General Use Area |
| HADD | Harmful alteration, disruption, and/or destruction |
| HC | Health Canada’s Guidelines |
| HHRA | Human Health Risk Assessment |
| IA | Impact Assessment |
| IA Act | Impact Assessment Act |
| IAAC | Impact Assessment Agency of Canada |
| IAO | Indigenous Affairs Ontario |
| IAR | Impact Assessment Report |
| IDF | Intensity-Duration-Frequency |
| IK | Indigenous Knowledge |
| IKLRU | Indigenous Knowledge and Land and Resource Use |
| IS | Impact Statement |
| ISC | Indigenous Services Canada |
| ISQG | Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines |
| ITS | Integrated Transportation System |
| JDMA | J.D. Mollard and Associates |
| KDSB | Kenora District Services Board |
| Term | Definition |
| KKETS | Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services |
| KWG | KWG Resources |
| LEL | Lowest Effect Level |
| LICO | Low-income cut-off |
| LiDAR | Light detection and ranging |
| LSA | Local Study Area |
| MAA | Multiple accounts assessment |
| MBCA | Migratory Birds Convention Act |
| MCP | Minimum convex polygon |
| MECP | Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks |
| METS | Mushkegowuk Council Employment & Training Service |
| MFCAR | Marten Falls Community Access Road |
| MFFN | Marten Falls First Nation |
| MGCS | Ministry of Government and Consumer Services |
| MHSTCI | Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries |
| MIFM | Modified Index Flood Method |
| ML | Metal leaching |
| MMIWG | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls |
| MNDM | Ministry of Northern Development and Mines |
| MNDMF | Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry |
| MNL | Mitigation Noise Level |
| MNR | Ministry of Natural Resources |
| MNRF | Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry |
| MOE | Ministry of Environment |
| MOEC | Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change |
| MOEE | Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy |
| MOHLTC | Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
| MOI | Ministry of Infrastructure |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSF | Maintenance and Storage Facility |
| MTO | Ontario Ministry Transportation |
| NAPS | National Air Pollution Surveillance Program |
| NAAQO | National Ambient Air Quality Objectives |
| NAAQS | Nunavut Air Quality standards |
| NCS | North Caribou Superterrane |
| NEEC | Natural Environment Existing Conditions |
| NIR | National Inventory Report |
| NNC | Nutrition North Canada |
| Term | Definition |
| NoA | Notice of Approval |
| NOC | National Occupational Classification |
| NOHM | Northern Ontario Hydrology Method |
| NORT | Northern Ontario Resource Trail |
| NOW | Northwestern Ontario Winter |
| NP | Neutralisation-Potential |
| NPC | Noise pollution control |
| NPI | Northern Policy Institute |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Report Inventory |
| NRC | Natural Resources Canada |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Report Inventory |
| NRL | Northern Road Link |
| NWAC | Native Women’s Association of Canada |
| NWT | North West Territories |
| NRDPFC | Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensic Centre |
| NSA | Noise sensitive areas |
| NRL | Northern Road Link |
| OAS | Old Age Security |
| OBBA | Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas |
| OCAP | Ownership, Control Access and Possession |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OEMP | Operation Environmental Management Plan |
| OFAT | Ontario Flow Assessment Tool |
| OHSA | Occupational Health and Safety Act |
| ON | Ontario |
| OPP | Ontario Provincial Police |
| OPSS | Ontario Provincial Standard Specifications |
| OSD | Oxford-Stull Domain |
| OTN | Ontario Telemedicine Network |
| OWIT | Ontario Watershed Information Tool |
| %HA | Percent Highly Annoyed (%HA) |
| PAG | Potentially Acid Rock Drainage Generating |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PAI | Planning Area of Interest |
| PCOC | potential contaminants of concern |
| PHC | Petroleum hydrocarbons |
| PIC | Public Information Centre |
| Term | Definition |
| PIEVC | Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee |
| QC | Quebec |
| RFD | Reasonably foreseeable developments |
| PPS | Provincial Policy Statement |
| PPV | Peak Particle Velocity |
| PTTW | Permits to Take Water |
| PWQO | Provincial Water Quality Objectives |
| Q&A | Questions & Answers |
| RCL | Road centerline |
| RDL | reported detection limit |
| RFFA | Regional Flow Frequency Analysis |
| RNFB | Revised Northern Food Basket |
| ROC | receptor of concern |
| ROM | Royal Ontario Museum |
| ROW | Right-of-way |
| RP | Permanent residence |
| RPD | relative percent difference |
| RPF | Future permanent residence |
| RSA | Regional Study Area |
| RSF | Resource Selection Function |
| RSFD | Resource Stewardship and Facility Development |
| RSQAQ | Réseau de surveillance de la qualité de l’air du Québec |
| SF | Soils Factor |
| SACC | Strategic Assessment of Climate Change |
| SAR | Species at Risk |
| SARA | Species at Risk Act |
| SARB | Species at Risk Branch |
| SARO | Species at Risk in Ontario |
| SNC-Lavalin | Formerly known as SNC-Lavalin Inc. |
| SPLP | Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure |
| SQR | Scenic Quality Rating |
| STI | Sexually transmitted infections |
| SWH | Significant Wildlife Habitat |
| TAC | Transportation Association of Canada |
| TDGA | Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act |
| TF | Topography Factor |
| TISG | Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines |
| TSP | Total suspended particulates |
| Term | Definition |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| UD | Utility distributions |
| VC | Valued components |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| UOFM | Unified Ontario Flood Method |
| VDR | Viewer Distance Rating |
| VSR | Viewer Sensitivity Rating |
| UNDA | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercato |
| VC | Valued component |
| WAHA | Weeneebayko Area Health Authority |
| WB | Waterbody crossing |
| WC | Watercourse crossing |
| WNS | White-nose Syndrome |
| WPT | Webequie Project Team |
| WSA | Winter survey area |
| WSR | Webequie Supply Road |
| ZOI | zone of influence |