February 26, 2013
Environmental Assessment Bulletin
The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following events relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.
Muskrat Falls South Side Access Road Extension (Reg. 1692)
Proponent: Nalcor Energy
The proponent proposes to construct a 5.5 kilometre extension to the south side access road to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility work site. The proposed access road will intersect the Trans Labrador Highway approximately two kilometres south of Blackrock Bridge on the Churchill River. The road will be used for permanent access to the hydroelectric generating facility. Construction of the road is scheduled to commence in mid-April 2013 and will take approximately six weeks to complete.
The undertaking was registered on February 19, 2013; the deadline for public comments is April 3, 2013; and the minister’s decision is due by April 5, 2013.
COMPONENT STUDY ACCEPTABLE:
Labrador – Island Transmission Link (Reg. 1407)
Proponent: Nalcor Energy
- Following public, Aboriginal and governmental review, the Socioeconomic: Aboriginal Communities and Land Use Component Study is acceptable. The Component Study was originally submitted on August 16, 2011, with additional information submitted on August 8, 2012.
For further information on the project, 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
2013 02 26 12:10 p.m.