The Monitoring Committee
This Committee reviews the monitoring programs for the Partial Diversion Project according to the following steps:
- Terms of reference: These documents include all pertinent information for the execution of each study prior to its inception. The Committee reviews these documents, and adjustments are made wherever necessary.
- Study Period: Comments are brought to the attention of the Committee, and adjustments may be made wherever necessary.
- Pre-final Report: Prior to the publication of the study report, a pre-final report is reviewed by the Committee to ensure that the conclusions are acceptable to all parties.
The Committee is a joint discussion forum made up of seven Hydro-Quebec/Société d’énergie de la Baie-James (SEBJ) representatives and eight Cree members representing each of the six communities impacted by the EM-1A/Rupert Diversion Project as well as two regional representatives nominated by the Niskamoon Corporation, with one regional representative on loan from the Cree Nation Government (CNG).