The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Cook’s Harbour Road Quarry                                                                 (Reg. 2317)
Proponent: Rose’s Concrete & Construction Inc.

The Proponent is proposing to operate a 3.1-hectare quarry located at the intersection of Cook’s Harbour Road (Route 435) and Big Brook Road, approximately nine kilometres south of Cook’s Harbour. Quarry operations would include the extraction of sand and stone to produce concrete.

The undertaking was registered on July 18, 2024; the deadline for public comment is August 22, 2024; and the minister’s decision is due by September 1, 2024.

PLAN ACCEPTABLE:
Junction Brook Quarry                                                                             (Reg. 2097)
Proponent: Rodney’s Contracting Limited

On July 18, 2024, the minister advised the Proponent that the Water Resources Management Plan for the Project was found to be acceptable. The plan was required as a condition of release from environmental assessment and is available on the Department’s Project web page at: www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/projects/project-2097/.

Learn more
Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment and Climate Change
West Block, Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700, St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6

Environmental assessment information is available at:

www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/env-assessment/

www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/files/GUIDE-TO-THE-PROCESS_Jan-2024.pdf

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Project comments may be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca

Anyone submitting comments on a Project under environmental assessment is asked to please advise the Department if they DO NOT wish to have their comments shared with the Project Proponent.