Environmental Assessment Bulletin

The Honourable Terry French, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following events relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Pouch Cove Quarry Extension (Reg. 1666)
Proponent: GWK Holdings Inc.

The proponent has submitted a proposal for the expansion of an existing quarry located near Birch Hill Gully, accessed via Meetinghouse Road and west of Murrin’s Road in the boundaries of the Town of Pouch Cove on the Northeast Avalon. The proposed quarry expansion will extend the quarry approximately five hectares to the south of Birch Hill Gully. Operations will include clearing, grubbing, quarrying, crushing, screening of materials on an as needed basis and transporting the processed aggregate to the local area. The proposed quarry expansion is needed due to depletion of resources in the existing quarry and will provide a long-term aggregate supply for various purposes in the local area. The proposed work is scheduled to begin during the fall of 2012 or spring 2013.

The undertaking was registered on August 27, 2012; the deadline for public comments is October 1, 2012; and the minister’s decision is due by October 11, 2012.

UNDERTAKINGS RELEASED:

Charles Brook (Botwood Area) Access Road (Reg. 1654)
Proponent: Victoria Sharron

Shoal Harbour - Residential Subdivision (Reg. 1649)
Proponent: Clearwater Developments Limited

West Pond - Lakewood Chalets Development (Reg. 1648)
Proponent: 58820 Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.
The project is released subject to the following condition:

• A $30,000 security bond is required until construction has been completed and the site has been inspected by officials from the Department of Environment and Conservation.

Saltwater Pond Island Access Trail
Proponent: Keith Dalley (Reg. 1639)
The project is released subject to the following condition:

• No trail/causeway may be constructed from the island of Newfoundland to Saltwater Pond Island.

Cliffs Resources Emulsion Plant
Proponent: Dyno Nobel Canada Inc. (Reg. 1650)
The project is released subject to the following condition:

• Further information regarding strategies to ensure local employment (including gender and diversity considerations) and procurement benefits must be provided to the Department of Natural Resources.
  

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 - 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 

2012 08 27             4:10 p.m.