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

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Barr’d Harbour Breakwater                                                           (Reg. 2196)
Proponent: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours
The proponent is proposing the construction of a breakwater approximately 130 metres long by 20 metres wide to provide protection of an existing wharf in Barr’d Harbour on the Great Northern Peninsula. An area adjacent to the breakwater will be graded to provide safe vehicle access for launching small vessels. The project site is located within the community of Barr’d Harbour approximately 17 kilometres Northeast of Port Aux Choix (Route 430). A description of the project can be found on the department’s webpage at www.gov.nl.ca/eccm/env-assessment/projects-list/.

The undertaking was registered on April 20, 2022; the deadline for public comments is May 27, 2022; and the minister’s decision is due by June 4, 2022.

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

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

Environmental assessment information is available at:

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

www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/files/GUIDE-TO-THE-PROCESS_Dec2021

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If you submit comments on a project that is under environmental assessment, please advise the Department if you DO NOT wish to share your comments with the project proponent.

Media contact
Lynn Robinson
Environment and Climate Change
709-729-5449; 691-9466
lynnrobinson@gov.nl.ca