Environmental Assessment Bulletin

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

EIS and EIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCEPTED:

Labrador-Island Transmission Link (Reg. 1407)
Proponent: Nalcor Energy

A review has been completed of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted April 12, 2012, and the additional EIS information submitted December 10, 2012. These documents comply with Part X of the Environmental Protection Act (the Act) and the EIS Guidelines and Scoping Document dated May 2011, and require no further work. The Minister will now be recommending to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council whether or not this project can proceed as per Section 67 of the Act, subject to terms and conditions.

For further information on the project, please contact:

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.ca 

Ivy Stone, Project EA Co-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: 709-729-0090
Fax: 709-729-5518
Toll-free: 1-800-563-6181
ivystone@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:
Deborah Thomas
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575, 728-8092
DeborahThomas@gov.nl.ca 

2013 05 31             1:55 p.m.