NLIS 7
November 22, 2005
(Environment and Conservation)
Environmental
Assessment Bulletin
Environment and Conservation Minister
Tom Osborne has announced the following events relative to Part 10
Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.
UNDERTAKINGS REGISTERED:
(1) Conche Nordhaven Landing Resort Development
(Reg. 1227)
Proponent: Nordhaven Landing Inc.
The proponent proposes to construct and operate a five star luxury
Scandinavian style lodge and restaurant, as well as 32 luxury
chalets on a 95 hectare parcel of land approximately one kilometre
east of Conche, on the Northern Peninsula. The resort complex will
be serviced by a new road network, septic systems and individual
drilled wells. Electricity will be provided by an underground
electrical distribution system. Construction is planned to begin
with the main access road in the fall of 2006, followed by the lodge
and restaurant in 2007 through 2008, and continuing with chalet
construction during the next six to 10 years. The undertaking was
registered on November 22, 2005; public comments are due by December
27, 2005; and, the minister's decision is due by January 6, 2006.
(2) L�Anse-au-Diable Mink Fur Farm & Feed Kitchen West St. Modeste
(Reg. 1228)
Proponent: Labrador Fur Farms Ltd.
The proponent proposes to construct a mink fur farm at
L�Anse-au-Diable and a feed kitchen at West St. Modeste, in southern
Labrador. Construction is proposed to include 12 mink sheds/barns
(100 metres by seven metres each), plus storage and pelting sheds,
surrounded by perimeter fencing on a five acre site. Additional
lands totaling 38 acres will be developed for manure spreading. The
proponent plans to start with 500 female breeding mink in April of
2006 and in two to three years expand to 5,000 female breeders
producing approximately 20,000 kits per year. The feed kitchen to
service the mink farm is proposed to be located in a former fish
plant at 2 Marine Drive in West St. Modeste. The feed kitchen will
have a production capacity of two million pounds per year for
processing and freezing primarily raw fish materials. The
undertaking was registered on November 22, 2005; public comments are
due by December 27, 2005; and, the minister's decision is due by
January 6, 2006.
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
Department of Environment and Conservation
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
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