Central Regional Waste Management Transfer Stations

Proponent: Central Waste Management Committee                                                  (Reg. 1376)

The proposal is to develop seven local waste management facilities (LWMF) to service communities located in the central region of Newfoundland. Each LWMF will provide a permanent storage of construction and demolition materials and provide a temporary collection area for waste before it is transported to the Central Newfoundland Waste Facility (Registration 1335) for further recycling and separation of organics. The sites are located at the following locations:

• Buchans Junction
• Point Leamington
• New World Island-Twillingate
• Fogo Island
• Gander Bay
• Indian Bay
• Terra Nova

There are location alternatives proposed for the New World Island-Twillingate and Fogo Island sites.

This undertaking was registered on April 16, 2008; public comments are due by May 23, 2008; and, the minister's decision is due by May 31, 2008.

Comments on submitted documents are invited from the public, addressed in writing to the minister, and are welcome prior to the deadline date shown.

For further information on the environmental assessment process, please contact 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