Environment and Conservation
January 28, 2014

Environmental Assessment Bulletin

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

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Cliffs Resources Emulsion Plant                                            (Reg. 1738)
Proponent: Dyno Nobel Canada Inc.

The undertaking consists of the construction of a modular emulsion manufacturing plant near the Bloom Lake Mine site in western Labrador to supply Cliffs Mines (Wabush Mine, Bloom Lake Mine) and other customers with blasting agent emulsion for mining purposes. In addition to the manufacturing plant, there will be construction of a new rail section and new access roads for the emulsion plant. Construction is scheduled to commence in May 2014.

The undertaking was registered on January 27, 2014; the deadline for public comments is March 4, 2014; and the minister’s decision is due by March 13, 2014.

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:
Deborah Thomas
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575, 728-8092
DeborahThomas@gov.nl.ca

2014 01 28                                        11:00 a.m.