Environmental Assessment Bulletin

Environment Minister Kevin Aylward has announced the following events relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKINGS RELEASED:

(1)     Mount Pearl Drilling Mud Plant
         Proponent: QMAX Solutions Inc.

(2)     CBPP Forest Management District 9 (South Pond) Amendment
         Proponent: Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods

(3)     Crown District 17 Five Year Operating Plan Amendment
         Proponent: Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods

The above project has been released from further environmental assessment subject to the following condition:

• The partition stand located northwest of East Castor Pond is not to be harvested at this time to provide continuity of mature forest in the area (see attached map (PDF)).

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, NL, A1B 4J6

Environmental Assessment Information is on the government Web site at
www.gov.nl.ca/env

2003 01 13                                      2:20 p.m.