August 16, 2011
Environmental Assessment Bulletin
The Honourable Ross Wiseman, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following event relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.
COMPONENT STUDY RECEIVED:
Labrador – Island Transmission Link
Proponent: Nalcor Energy
(Reg. 1407)
The proponent has submitted the Socioeconomic Environment: Aboriginal Communities and Land Use Component Study as part of the ongoing environmental assessment for the project.
Public comments on the component study must be received no later than
September 20, 2011. The minister’s decision is due October 4, 2011. The
component study is available on the Department of Environment and
Conservation website at:
www.gov.nl.ca/env/env_assessment/projects/Y2010/1407/index.html
To comment or to obtain a copy of the document, please contact the following:
Pat Marrie, Project EA Chair
Labrador-Island Transmission Link Project
Department of Environment and Conservation
4th Floor, West Block, Confederation Complex
PO Box 8700
St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6
Tel: 709-729-2813
Fax: 709-729-5518
Toll-free: 1-800-563-6181
pmarrie@gov.nl.caBill Coulter, Project Manager
Labrador-Island Transmission Link Project
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
1801 Hollis Street, Suite 200
Halifax, NS B3J 3N4
Tel.: 902-426-0564
Fax: 902-426-6550
Labrador-Island.TransmissionLink@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
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
2011 08 16 3:55 p.m.