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Environment Assessment Bulletin Environment and Conservation Minister Tom Osborne has announced the following event relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act. UNDERTAKING REGISTERED: St. John's (Goulds)
Wind Farm
(Reg. 1165) The proponent proposes to construct and operate a wind farm consisting of five to10 turbines of one to two megawatts each, generating a total output of 10 megawatts, at the Goulds in the City of St. John's off Shoal Bay Road. The purpose of the wind farm is to generate electricity for sale to Newfoundland Power for distribution. The wind farm will be located on an area of land approximately 2.5 square kilometres and each turbine will consist of a foundation, tubular tower, nacelle and rotor with hub heights ranging from 50 to100 metres high and rotor diameters of 52 to 80 metres. Shoal Bay Road will be improved, graded and widened and an extension will provide access to each turbine. An above ground transmission line will deliver power from the site to the existing Newfoundland Power substation at Bay Bulls Big Pond. Construction is planned to occur over a six to nine month period in 2006 with power generation planned to commence in late 2006. The undertaking was registered on November 26, 2004; public comments are due by January 3, 2005; and, the minister's decision is due by January 10, 2005. The minister encourages all interested parties to become involved and to make comments known. Comments on submitted documents are invited from the public, addressed in writing to the minister, and are welcome prior to the deadline date shown. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Director of Environmental Assessment at (709) 729-4211 or toll-free: 1-800-563-6181 or by mail to: Director, Environmental
Assessment Division Environmental Assessment Information is on the government Web site at //www.gov.nl.ca/env 2004 11 29 2:25 p.m. |
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