The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and on behalf of the responsible ministers, has agreed to adopt the Review Board's recommendation to approve Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. Dehcho Geotechnical Program (EA03-009) with modifications to the mitigation measures.



To download a copy of the Review Board's Report of Environmental Assessment and Reasons for Decision as well as the minister's decision letter, the modified measures and other documents from the environmental assessment visit the
online public registry for Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd's Dehcho Geotechnical program.

The Executive Coordinator provides executive assistance and support to the Executive Director as required.


Reporting to the Executive Director, the Executive Coordinator is also responsible for the coordination and professional support to the Review Board’s strategic and business planning process, as well as the provision of policy development and research support services for the Board. Further, the Executive Coordinator is responsible for providing confidential secretary services to the Board during meetings and/or proceedings.


For a copy of the job ad or to learn about other job opportunities, check out the job opportunities page or contact Vern Christensen at (867) 766-7053 or vchristensen@reviewboard.ca

The Mackenzie Valley Review Board is soliciting proposals from qualified persons or firms to assist in the environmental assessment of Canadian Zinc Corporation’s Prairie Creek Mine.

The Review Board is seeking expertise to provide technical advice in the following key themes to be considered during the environmental assessment:

• Provide a technical evaluation of the proposed underground tailings paste backfill, surface-stored tailings and waste rock pile mine components.
• Provide a technical evaluation of the interaction of underground tailings paste backfill with groundwater movement through the mine development area.

A detailed description of the scope of work is available by downloading the attached RFP document or by contacting the Review Board office.



Proposals, which include a detailed description of services offered, qualifications of personnel providing the services and associated daily rates, should be forwarded to the Review Board office by 5:00 p.m. (MST), September 25, 2009.


For more information contact:

Chuck Hubert, Environmental Assessment Officer

Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board

P.O. Box 938

200 Scotia Centre, 5102-50th Ave.

Yellowknife, NT

Tel: (867) 766-7052

Fax: (867) 766-7074

Email: chubert@reviewboard.ca

The Review Board is looking for an Environmental Assessment Officer to join our environmental impact assessment team.

The Environmental Assessment Officer will be responsible for working closely with Review Board stakeholders in planning, facilitating and completing environmental assessments of proposed developments. The incumbent’s duties include writing briefing notes and reports about a development proposal or an issue, establishing budgets and work plans for the conduct and completion of environmental assessments, and preparing draft policy and position papers regarding the environmental impact assessment process and other matters.

For more information check out the [Job Opportunities][1] page or contact Martin Haefele at (867) 766-7053 or mhaefele@reviewboard.ca

[1]: http://reviewboard.ca/about/job_opportunities.php

The Review Board has a new section to its website called **[Review Board 101][1]**.

In this new section, visitors will find:

- overviews of who the Review Board is
and what it does;
- short status updates on current
assessments;
- a list of upcoming deadlines and
dates;
- redesigned process diagrams; and
- an interactive environmental
assessment diagram.

Visitors to the web page can find this section by clicking the Review Board 101 banner on the bottom left of the homepage.

[1]: http://reviewboard.ca/review_board_101/

The Review Board has released the November issue of its Valley Talk Newsletter!



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• Follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
• Updates on environmental assessments and impact reviews
• Welcome to the Team, Sunny Munroe!
• Submitting meeting notes to the registry

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The Review Board has released the September issue of its Valley Talk Newsletter!



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• Updates on environmental assessments and impact reviews
• This is what we do: Interpreter/translator workshops 2009

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The Review Board has released the July issue of its Valley Talk Newsletter!



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• Welcome Peter Bannon
• Message to the Wray Family
• Updates on environmental assessments and environmental impact reviews
• 2008-09 Annual Report
• This is what we do: History of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

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The Review Board has released the May issue of its Valley Talk Newsletter!

----Topics include:----

- Making a Greener Workplace
- Updates on environmental assessments
and environmental impact reviews
- This is what we do: Socio-economic
impact assessment

The Review Board has released the March issue of its Valley Talk Newsletter!



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• New Vice Chairperson
• New Environmental Assessment: Nico Project
• Updates on environmental assessments and environmental impact reviews
• Introducing Archie and Adele
• This is what we do: EIA Guidelines Overview

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Do you want an e-copy of all the Review Board publications? Don't want to download them all from the Reference Library? Then you need the Review Board's 2009 Reference CD!


--On the CD, you will find:--

• reports of environmental assessments from all of the board's completed assessments since 1999;
• guidelines, reference bulletins and workshop reports;
• memorandums of understandings and cooperation agreements;
• and more!

You can email Renita Jenkins, Manager of Communications or call 867-766-7051 to request your copy of the Reference CD.

The Review Board has released a status report and information circular about the Cultural Impact Assessment Guidelines development process.

The document is intended:

- to show interested parties how the
Review Board is developing Cultural
Impact Assessment Guidelines for the
environmental impact assessment
process in the Mackenzie Valley and
to encourage public participation in
the guidelines development process;
- to provide answers to some frequently
asked questions about cultural impact
assessment; and
- to identify some cultural impact
considerations related to resource
development activities in the
Mackenzie Valley identified so far in
our engagement with communities.

You can download a copy of the document from the Reference Library in the Cultural Impact Assessment Resources section.

The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and on behalf of the responsible ministers, has formally adopted the Review Board's recommendation to approve Paramount Resources Ltd.’s Significant Discovery Licence 8 2D
Geophysical Program (EA0506-007), as modified by the developer’s commitments, and subject to the Review Board's recommended mitigation measures.



To download a copy of the Review Board's Report of Environmental Assessment and Reasons for Decision as well as the minister's decision letter and other documents from the environmental assessment visit the
online public registry for Paramount Resources Ltd.'s SDL8 Geophysical Program.

The Mackenzie Valley Review Board will host a technical session on May
27-28, 2009 at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre in Yellowknife, NT.

This technical session will be a forum for participants in the environmental assessment of the Taltson Hydroelectric Expansion Project to discuss the Developers Assessment Report and to identify where additional information is needed for the upcoming information request submissions. The event is aimed mostly at the parties to the assessment but is open to the public.

Day 1: Key lines of Inquiry
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tree of Peace Friendship Centre (Large Boardroom), Yellowknife

Day 2: Subjects of Note
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tree of Peace Friendship Centre (Large Boardroom), Yellowknife

See attached invitation letter for more information and a copy of the agenda. You can view the online public registry for this environmental assessment by visiting this link: Taltson Hydroelectric Expansion Project: EA0708-007 public registry.

You may also contact Tawanis Testart with any questions you may have about this environmental assessment.

Due to technical difficulties with phone lines at the arena, the Review Board is unable to webcast the live proceedings of the Selwyn mineral exploration program public hearing being held in Tulita today.

Transcripts will be available after the hearing and posted on the public registry. We apologize for the inconvenience.

For a copy of the draft agenda and other information related to the hearing, visit this environmental assessment's public registry.