Who: Environment and Climate Change Canada as owner of the Isachsen High Arctic Weather Station, through Public Services and Procurement Canada as contracting managers, have retained an experienced and qualified team of consultants and contractors for the proposed undertaking. What: The proposed undertaking is the incineration of the waste fuel at Isachsen which is presently contained in many storage tanks and in many hundreds of drums. The fuel will be incinerated in two forced air incinerators that have remained on-site from an earlier fuel incineration program. The incinerators were reconditioned, tested and certified on-site by their manufacturer in 2024. The volume of waste fuel planned for incineration is on the order of 76,000 litres and includes old diesel, Jet fuels, kerosene and gasoline. Fuel reduction by incineration is an initial step in the overall decommissioning and remediation work planned for the Isachsen Weather Station and was presented at the Community Engagement session held in Resolute Bay in January 2025. Why: The fuel is up to 30 years old, and cannot reliably be used in motive equipment. Keeping it in storage is an environmental risk due to the advanced age of the storage tanks and their obvious weathering in a harsh environment. Relocating the waste fuel to facilities that may be able to use it for space heating would incur risks of leaks and spills due to multiple transfers and handling, and the airstrip is not currently in a condition to accept large cargo planes. On-site incineration has been identified as the safest and most efficient means of removing this environmental risk.Where: The incineration area will be set up with appropriate spill containment facilities at the west end of the runway near the runway tank farm, at reasonable proximity to the seasonal work camp. The runway tanks contain about 55% of the fuel that is to be incinerated. The remainder of the fuel is in drums and small tanks along the runway and in buildings at the station. When: The fuel incineration program is planned to require 42 days and start in late June 2025 and be completed in early August 2025.