Environmental Assessment Bulletin

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

UNDERTAKING WITHDRAWN:

Foxtrap Biomedical Waste Management Facility
Proponent: Island Waste Management Inc.

COMPONENT STUDY RECEIVED:

Cartwright Junction to Happy Valley-Goose Bay Trans Labrador Highway
Proponent: Department of Works, Services and Transportation

The proponent has submitted the required Labrador Innu Land Use Component Study for the environmental assessment of the above undertaking. The component study was received on February 6, 2003 and is available for public review. Public comments on the component study must be received by March 13, 2003. The minister's decision on the component study is due on March 28, 2003.

If you have any questions on the component study or the environmental assessment of the undertaking please contact the chair of the Environmental Assessment Committee, Ed Kaufhold, at (709) 729-0090 or e-mail at ekaufhold@mail.gov.nf.ca. 

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 02 06                                        3:40 p.m.