Environment and Conservation
April 5, 2016

Environmental Assessment Bulletin

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

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Argentia Access Road Industrial Composting Facility                          (Reg. 1838)
Proponent: Metro Environmental Services Incorporated

Metro Environmental Services Incorporated is proposing to establish an industrial composting facility to process a variety of organic waste from commercial and industrial sources in Newfoundland, to produce a marketable organic fertilizer product. Organic waste to be composted will include mink farm offal, spent hens, dead birds, poultry feathers, slaughterhouse offal and carcasses, and fish processing wastes. The organic waste will be mixed on-site with wood chips, sawdust and shredded plants, and the mixture will be distributed in long parallel windrows sufficiently spaced to be mechanically turned for aeration. The undertaking will be located approximately 3.5 kilometres southwest of the intersection of the TransCanada Highway and Route 100. Project construction is anticipated to begin in the summer of 2016.

PLAN APPROVED:

Conception Bay South Concrete Batch Plant                          (Reg. 1813)
Proponent: Johnson�s Construction Limited

On April 4, 2016, the Minister of Environment and Conservation approved the Environmental Protection Plan for the Conception Bay South Concrete Batch Plant project. The approval of this plan was a condition of release of the project from further environmental assessment.

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, NLA1B 4J6

Public comments may be submitted to the department by mail to the address above or by email at EAprojectcomments@gov.nl.ca

Environmental assessment information is on the department website at: www.gov.nl.ca/env

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Media contact:

Emily Timmins
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575, 693-1292
emilytimmins@gov.nl.ca

2016 04 05                                                                                     3:05 p.m.