The Honourable Charlene Johnson, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following event relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Stephenville Indian Head Salmon Hatchery Revised (Reg. 1544)

Proponent: Northern Harvest Sea Farms Newfoundland Ltd.

The proponent plans to construct and operate a self-contained, biosecure, recirculation facility for land-based production of Atlantic salmon eggs and smolt as well as broodstock development and a breeding program. The proponent intends to utilize recirculation technology in the hatchery to reduce water requirements, improve biosecurity and treat effluent. The hatchery will have the capacity to produce approximately four and a half million salmon smolts per year, beginning with the production of three and half million smolt by June 2011. The proposed facility will be 7,000 square metres in size and will be built on an 11 hectare site located at 15 Connecticut Drive in Stephenville. The salmon smolt produced by this facility will provide stock for the proponent's grow-out operations in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick.

The undertaking was registered November 15, 2010; the deadline for public comments is December 22, 2010; and the minister's decision is due by December 30, 2010.

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: