NLIS 6
April 18, 2002
(Environment)
Environmental Assessment
Bulletin
Environment Minister Kevin Aylward has
announced the following events relative to the Environmental Assessment Act.
UNDERTAKING WITHDRAWN:
Bellevue (Broad Lake) Trinity Bay 18-Hole
Golf Course (2001)
Proponent: L. Mareido Enterprises Limited (Melvin Conrad Reid, President)
Reasons for the withdrawal, as offered by the
proponent, are stated in the re-registration (see below) and pertained to
deficiencies in the mapping submitted in the registration document.
UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:
Bellevue 18-Hole Golf Course (2002)
Proponent: L. Mareido Enterprises Limited (Melvin Conrad Reid, President)
The proponent intends to construct an 18-hole
public golf course at Bellevue between the residential area to the north, a
Crown land cottage area to the south, Route 201 to the east, and the waters
of Broad Lake to the west. In addition to the 18 tees, fairways, and greens,
there will be a practice tee with five greens, an irrigation system, a
sewage treatment system, an access road, club/dining facilities, a
registration office and pro-shop, an equipment storage area, and related
transportation/parking infrastructure. The proponent plans to start
construction in the early summer of 2002 with 15 persons employed. During
operation (seasonal), there will be 16 persons employed. The proponent hopes
to have the first nine holes operational by the spring of 2004. The project
was registered on April 18, 2002; public comments are due May 23, 2002; and
the minister's decision is due June 2, 2002.
UNDERTAKINGS RELEASED:
(1) Mount Pearl Hot-Dip Galvanized
Manufacturing Facility
Proponent: Bruce Enterprises Limited (Herman M. Bruce, President)
(2) Crown Five Year Forest Management Plan
District 1 (Avalon) 2002-2007
Proponent: Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods
The minister has released the undertaking
from further environmental assessment subject to compliance with the
following conditions:
- Additional information be supplied to the
Women's Policy Office, including analysis of available employment data
by gender for contracts. Specific initiatives and targets to address the
need to increase the level of participation of women should be
identified. The Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods must submit
an employment monitoring report on an annual basis, including collection
of employment statistics by gender in order to track progress on
participation of women and to implement adjustment strategies if
employment targets are not being attained.
- The pine marten habitat suitability model
must be run for the district. Following the analysis of model outputs,
the Inland Fish and Wildlife Division may require amendments to
operating areas and/or harvest methods to allow for continued protection
and recovery of the endangered pine marten population.
- The buffers identified by the Provincial
Archaeology Office for specified known and potential archaeological
sites in the district be implemented until Stage 1 Historic Resources
Assessments are completed for these sites.
- Landscape design methods and appropriate
view shed planning as outlined in the Forest Ecosystem Strategy Document
for the district must be used to minimize the visual impacts of
harvesting on roadways for major touring corridors, along scenic
coastline areas and other sensitive scenic areas.
- Approval must be obtained from the Parks
and Natural Areas Division, Department of Tourism, Culture and
Recreation for appropriate buffers to be maintained around provincial
parks and proposed reserves. A minimum one kilometre modified cut buffer
zone must be maintained for environmental protection of theses areas.
The modified buffer of one kilometre must include, but is not limited
to: (a) restriction of cut sizes to five ha (unless area of blowdown or
insect killed wood) exceed five ha; (b) no permanent forest access
roads; and (c) a commitment to survey harvest areas for rare plants
prior to the commencement of harvesting.
- Approval must be obtained from the Water
Resources Management Division, Department of Environment with a
monitoring report of past annual activities for each year outlined in
the Five Year Plan, together with any recommended changes required in
the plan.
- The monitoring committee established for
District 1 must provide the Minister of Environment with a monitoring
report of past annual activities for each year outlined in the Five Year
Plan, together with any recommended changes required in the plan.
Further information may be obtained by
contacting the Director of Environmental Assessment at (709) 729-2562 or
toll-free: 1-800-563-6181 or by mail to:
Director, Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment
West Block, Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, NF, A1B 4J6
Environmental Assessment Information is on
the government Web site at: www.gov.nl.ca/env
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