Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours (DFO-SCH) Branch is planning to build a small craft harbour in the Hamlet of Clyde River, Nunavut (the Project). The small craft harbour will be built along the shore of Patricia Bay, adjacent to the existing sealift. The beach in this area is currently used by the community as a harbour and offers little to no protection from wind and waves. The use of the existing beach as a fishing harbour has resulted in boat damage, equipment loss, safety concerns, overcrowding, sediment buildup, and conflicts with the sealift operations. The purpose of the Project is to provide safe and accessible facilities for the community to use for fishing and harvesting, as well as infrastructure to develop commercial fisheries. The Project includes the construction of a small craft harbour, which will consist of two large breakwaters that will create a sheltered basin, a revetment (sloped stone embankment) along the shoreline, two strings of floating docks in the basin with room for two more, a community boat launch, a fixed wharf with an access road on the breakwater, and an area for storage of materials and goods. The small craft harbour will have lighting along the breakwater access road, fixed wharf, and floating dock landing area. Electrical service will be installed on the fixed wharf. Navigation aids will be installed along the breakwaters. A new mooring bollard will be installed for vessels offloading fuel to the existing fuel storage facility. The existing sealift will be upgraded. Existing drainage will be diverted to the west of the small craft harbour, which will require a new culvert. To build the Project, rock will be sourced from a local quarry that is approximately 5 km by road from the small craft harbour site. The haul road from the quarry crosses a river and to accommodate loaded rock trucks the existing bridge will require upgrades, or a new crossing will be required. Infilling will be required for the small craft harbour laydown area and revetment. Dredging will be required in the small craft harbour basin. Dredged material will be reused for infilling, if possible. Dredged material that cannot be reused at the site will be disposed of at sea. Approximately 25 to 30 personnel will be required during construction. Commercial accommodations in in the community may be limited, and if so, a temporary work camp will be required during construction. Construction personnel will be present during the open-water season and those that are not residents of Clyde River will depart for the winter. Water used at the camp and for the construction site will be from the municipal water supply. Non-hazardous waste will be disposed of at the municipal landfill. Sewage and greywater will be collected in wastewater trucks and transported to the municipal wastewater treatment facility. Hazardous waste will be packaged, sealed, and transported south in shipping containers for disposal in accordance with applicable regulations. Construction equipment will include trucks and heavy equipment, such as excavators, front end loaders, compactor, bulldozer, grader, forklift, crane, pile driver or vibratory hammer, drilling rigs, and rock crusher. Tugs, work boats, scows, and a barge will be used for marine construction. Diesel will be the primary fuel used for the construction vehicles and equipment. Vehicles and equipment will be refuelled at designated areas that have spill prevention measures in place. Environmental mitigation measures, including spill prevention and emergency response, are included in a Construction Environmental Management Plan that has been prepared for this Project. The Project is expected to be a four-year project where physical work will start in 2022. Year one work (2022) may include bringing in materials and equipment, temporary work camp set up, and some blasting at the quarry. Construction will be carried out throughout the open-water seasons to 2025, with construction shut down over the winter seasons. Operation of the small craft harbour is expected to commence at the start of the open water season in 2026. The small craft harbour will become part of the DFO-SCH program, which will operate and maintain the small craft harbour. A local harbour authority may be formed to operate and maintain the harbour on behalf of DFO. The Project will bring potential benefits to the community. During construction, there will be economic benefits through direct local hiring, renting of community facilities, and local purchases. After the Project is completed, benefits will include additional accommodation for fishing and commercial vessels, safe access and protection to boats moored or docked in the small craft harbour basin, better storage on site, and more efficient offloading of goods for the community. The Project overall will provide economic benefit to the community by offering infrastructure necessary to develop commercial fisheries. The intent is to enhance the local facilities for the benefit of both its direct users and the broader community. Community engagement activities were conducted as part of the feasibility study in 2018, 2019,and 2020, and have continued during the design stage in 2020 and 2021. Meetings were held with the Council, the local Hunters and Trappers Association (HTA), the local QIA representatives, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Conservation Officer, community members and knowledge holders. Feedback was received related to local conditions, water and ice access, existing facilities, design input, the quarry, safety of the haul road and river crossing, effects of blasting on fish in the lakes, impacts of the small craft harbour construction on fishing and harvesting, access to the sealift during construction, and prioritizing local hiring. Based on community feedback, DFO refined the harbour layout. Additional community outreach is planned, including two more meetings with the council and HTA and community Open House meetings. Meetings will include Project updates, details on any upcoming field programs and presentation of design progress. Feedback will be incorporated into the design and construction as the Project progresses. Meetings are currently scheduled for September 2021; another consultation session will occur when the design is completed, but before construction starts. During the community consultation, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) was gathered through design workshops with the local HTA and with local Inuit hunters and fishers in Clyde River. Information was gathered on the state of the local environment, historical and current use, and community needs for a small craft harbour. All IQ is considered to be the intellectual property of the Inuit knowledge holders. The IQ collected was considered in the design of the small craft harbour. IQ was used to evaluate the impact of construction activities on the environment. Theenvironmental and safety concerns raised during the IQ workshops and community consultations are addressed through the design and planned mitigation measures.