Trans Mountain has a DFO permit allowing it to divert the river and remove 800 square metres of instream spawning habitat in order to replace part of the existing pipeline and install the new pipeline for the expansion project.
Environmentalists are calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to halt pipeline construction in Hope, B.C., after dead salmon were found at Trans Mountain’s worksite on the Coquihalla River last weekend.
Tairyan said a Trans Mountain biologist told her the dead salmon had already spawned. But she was skeptical: it is so early in the season and the fish seemed energetic and well-muscled — unlike those near the end of their lifecycle.“Normally, we start seeing the first salmon mid-August and then their quantities increase, and the peak is mid-September,” said Tairyan, who has watched every salmon run in her 15 years of living on the river.
In an emailed statement to Canada’s National Observer, Trans Mountain said the work complies with Canada Energy Regulator-approved environmental protection plans and permits issued by DFO and the BC Oil and Gas Commission. The DFO permit requires Trans Mountain to have a qualified environmental professional onsite for all instream work. Tairyan said on Aug. 7, Trans Mountain employees refused to disclose whether the environmental professional was present, which suggests a permit violation.
“I am not very hopeful,” said Tairyan. “This is like government policing government… like the fox taking care of the hen coop.” Tairyan and other Protect the Planet members have set up a citizen observation camp near the site to document Trans Mountain’s work and answer questions from locals.
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