PIONEER HIGH ARCTIC BUNDLE (HAB) PROJECTNON-TECHNICAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1.BACKGROUNDThe Government of Canada has implemented the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) to clean up federal contaminated sites which pose risks to human health and the environment. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) is the custodian of a number of these contaminated sites, and sometimes, the contamination on some of the sites could be linked to past military operations by CIRNAC or the Crown on the sites. Pioneer High Arctic Bundle (HAB) Project or Pioneer (HAB) Project is a collection of seven (7) such sites, in Nunavut. The seven (7) sites, which are Playfair Point, Pioneer Island, Stupart Island, Skybattle Bay, Kristofer Bay, Cape Isachsen, and Cape Ahnighito, are all on Crown land. Consequently, CIRNAC applied for, and received funding approval under FSCAP, to clean up the sites under one project.Some of the seven sites of the Pioneer Bundle are relics of historic oil exploration drilling activities, while others are former scientific research stations. All the seven sites presently contain remnants of debris, solid and liquid wastes, and fuel drums used in support of the past exploratory and research activities, and which are now major contaminants to the environment where they are located. Bundling of these seven sites into one Project was done in the interest of efficiency in the logistics of accessing the sites and cost savings in the various components of the site remediation processes (site assessment, tendering/procurement of contracts, regulatory approvals, remedial plan implementation and project closure).A detailed document is attached in the documents tab.