Environment and Conservation
August 31, 2015

Environmental Assessment Bulletin

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

UNDERTAKINGS REGISTERED:

Mobile Quarry and Access Road                                                         (Reg. 1807)
Proponent: Lawlor�s Excavating Ltd.

The proponent has submitted a proposal to construct an access road to a new two hectare quarry site. This development is proposed in an area with four existing quarry access roads and a number of active quarries. The proposed road also passes within 10 metres of a waterbody. Operations would occur from May to November each year and would involve screening and loading of sand and gravel.

The undertaking was registered on August 28, 2015; the deadline for public comments is October 5, 2015; and the minister�s decision is due by October 12, 2015.

Crown District 2 Forestry Operating Plan Amendment (2012-2016)                         (Reg. 1806)
Proponent: Newfoundland and Labrador Forestry Service

The proponent has submitted a proposal to amend the Crown Five Year Operating Plan for Forest Management District 2, harvesting block CO234, for commercial harvesting. This harvesting block is located near Lethbridge on the Bonavista Peninsula. The amendment is required to provide a harvest area for a new commercial operator who has been allocated a 500 cubic metre annual permit. The amendment will provide access to an additional 49 hectares of forested land and 3,000 cubic metres of harvestable timber in an area adjacent to the operator�s commercial sawmill. The district�s sustainable harvest level will not be exceeded as harvesting will be reduced elsewhere in the district. Access to the area will be via existing forest access trails. Harvesting is expected to be completed during the current Five Year Forest Management Plan for District 2.

The undertaking was registered on August 28, 2015; the deadline for public comments is October 5, 2015; and the minister�s decision is due by October 12, 2015.

UNDERTAKING RELEASED:

Millers Waters Cottage Development Road                                     (Reg. 1795)
Proponent: Kerry Noble

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:

Public comments can be sent to EAprojectcomments@gov.nl.ca

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

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Media contact:
Jennifer Collingwood
Director of Communications
Department of Environment and Conservation
709-729-2575
JenniferCollingwood@gov.nl.ca

2015 08 31                              3:40 p.m.