Environment and Conservation
May 26, 2010Environmental
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.
UNDERTAKINGS REGISTERED:
Forest District 2 - Five Year Operating Plan Amendment
(2007-2011)
Proponent: Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Service
(Reg. 1505)
The proponent proposes to amend the Crown Five Year
Operating Plan for Forest Management District 2 to allow an alternate 3
kilometre access road to Harvest Block 234 and an adjacent 240 hectares
of timber to the east. Harvest Block 234 is approximately 6 kilometres
south of the Town of Lethbridge. The alternate 3 kilometre route will
eliminate the need for the previously approved 2 kilometre access road
as well as the associated reconstruction of an existing 4.7 kilometre
road. The alternate road will not cross any streams and will eliminate
the need for the two stream crossings that would be required for the
construction of the originally planed 2 kilometre road and the
associated reconstruction of the 4.7 kilometre road. The alternate road
will also be used to remedially harvest an additional 13,400 cubic
metres (m3) of timber on 240 hectares of forested land north
of Big Pond that has been hygraded for sawlogs. The additional 13,400 m3
of harvest will be balanced by reductions elsewhere in the district.
The undertaking was registered on May 25, 2010; public
comments are due by June 30, 2010; and the minister's decision is due by
July 9, 2010.
UNDERTAKING RELEASED:
Poole Cove, Harbour Breton Aquaculture Wharf and
Resource Road
Proponent: Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
(Reg. 1479)
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.
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Media contact:
Melony O'Neill
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575, 689-0928
moneill@gov.nl.ca
2010 05 26
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