Environmental Assessment Bulletin
The Honourable Charlene Johnson, Minister of
Environment and Conservation, has announced the following events
relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental
Protection Act.
UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:
Crown District 21 Five Year Operating Plan (2007-11)
Amendment
Proponent: Department of Natural Resources (Reg. 1415)
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking to
amend the Five-year Forest Operating Plan in Crown District 21
(Labrador) (2007-2011) to allow the harvest of insect killed and damaged
timber resulting from a hemlock looper outbreak near Charlottetown, Port
Hope Simpson, Mary�s Harbour and other areas. Two new operating areas of
approximately 285 hectares will be harvested (40,000 m3) and 2.4
kilometres of primary forest access road is to be constructed.
The undertaking was registered on November March 26,
2007; public comments are due by May 1, 2009; and the minister's
decision is due on May 10, 2009.
Crown District 2 Five Year Operating Plan (2007-11)
Amendment
Proponent: Department of Natural Resources
(Reg. 1416)
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking to
amend the Five-year Forest Operating Plan in Crown District 2
(2007-2011) which covers the Bonavista Peninsula operating area. The
amendment concerns the proposed harvest of approximately 147.5 hectares
of timber (16,650 cubic metres) over three operating areas in the
District. The largest operating area (#215) to be affected is located
approximately seven kilometres west of the Town of Clarenville, off Dark
Hole Brook resource road proposes the harvesting of 92 hectares of
timber (9,130 cubic metres). A second operating area (#223) is located
approximately six kilometres west of the Town of Bloomfield for the
harvesting of 2.5 hectares of timber (180 cubic metres). A third
operating area (#236) is proposed for the harvesting of 53 hectares of
timber (3,340 cubic metres) northwest of Nut Cove Pond. The amendment
has been submitted to access old and decadent balsam fir stands before
they pass the point of commercial viability.
The undertaking was registered on March 25, 2009;
public comments are due by May 1, 2009; and, the minister�s decision is
due by May 10, 2009.
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
Environmental assessment information is on the
department website at www.gov.nl.ca/env
