The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, has announced the following event relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Piper’s Hole Sand & Gravel Quarries                                                    (Reg. 2087)
Proponent: Hickey’s Contracting (1989) Ltd.

The proponent, Hickey’s Contracting (1989) Ltd., is proposing to develop two quarries off Route 210, Burin Peninsula Highway, approximately 6.8 kilometres northwest of Swift Current near the Piper’s Hole River. The first quarry covers a 3.3-hectare area and the second quarry covers a 0.53-hectare area. The development will include vegetation clearing, grubbing and stockpiling of material on site. Operations will include excavating, screening, stockpiling and transporting aggregate materials.

The undertaking was registered on June 16, 2020; the deadline for public comments is July 22, 2020; and the minister’s decision is due by July 31, 2020.

Learn more

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

Public comments may be forwarded to: eaprojectcomments@gov.nl.ca

Environmental assessment information: https://www.gov.nl.ca/mae/env-assessment/

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Media contact
Lynn Robinson
Municipal Affairs and Environment
709-691-9466
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