Passionate committees driving meaningful change and community impact.

Monitoring Committee

The Monitoring Committee for the Eastmain-1A & Sarcelle Powerhouses & Rupert River Partial Diversion

In 2009 the impoundment of the Rupert River Diversion Bays commenced, located 314 kilometres up-river from Waskaganish and 200 km below Mistissini Lake. The Rupert Diversion Bays consists of a complex series of dams and dykes designed to divert water north toward the EM-1 Reservoir and, subsequently, the Eastmain-1 and Eastmain-1A powerhouses. Farther north, the Sarcelle powerhouse is located downstream from the Opinaca Reservoir.From Sarcelle, water empties into Boyd-Sakami Lakes and then into the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir where it joins the La Grande River.

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).

Fisheries & Health Committee

Coming soon. 🙂

Steering Committee

Coming soon. 🙂