Environment and Conservation
February 7, 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.
DRAFT EIS GUIDELINES/SCOPING DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REVEIW:
Labrador –
Island Transmission Link (Reg 1407)
Proponent: Nalcor Energy
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) and the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Department of Environment and Conservation invite Aboriginal groups and the public to comment on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Guidelines and Scoping Document for the proposed Labrador-Island Transmission Link project. The draft EIS Guidelines and Scoping Document identify the information that the proponent, Nalcor Energy, will be required to address in order to prepare the EIS.
To assist Aboriginal groups and the public in providing comments, the draft EIS Guidelines and Scoping Document are available on the Agency’s website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca, in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry under reference number 10-03-51746 and on the NL Department of Environment and Conservation website at www.env.gov.nl.ca. To obtain a copy of the document, please communicate with either contact listed below.
Interested persons or groups are invited to send their comments by March 21, in the official language of their choice to:
Bill Coulter, Project Manager
Labrador-Island Transmission
Link Project
Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency
1801 Hollis Street, Suite 200
Halifax NS B3J 3N4
902-426-0564
Fax: 902-426-6550
Email:
Labrador-Island.TransmissionLink@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
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
709-729-2813
Fax: 709-729-5518
Toll-free: 1-800-563-6181
Email:
pmarrie@gov.nl.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 02 07 2:10 p.m.