Abstract
This document provides details for an updated Environm ental Effects Monitoring Program (EEMP) (the Program) for Cape Sharp Tidal Venture (CSTV) for 2018. This document is submitted to meet the conditions listed under the Environmental Assessment (EA) Approval granted to the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) in 2009 (September 15, 2009) by Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) for effects monitoring, as defined under the Nova Scotia Environment Act.
As required by the conditions of the FORCE EA Approval (2009), the EEMP was developed in collaboration with experts in the field of in-stream tidal energy, monitoring and technology developers and with input from government agencies, including Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and NSE, as well as other in-stream tidal energy interests including the Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA), FORCE, and the associated FORCE Environmental Monitoring and Advisory Committee (EMAC).
The 2018 EEMP has been updated from the 2016/2017 CSTV EEMP which was implemented for the first turbine deployment from November 2016 to June 2017 (refer to Section 3).