The Honourable Andrea Barbour, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act.
Undertaking Registered:
Baie Verte Quarry (Reg. 2439)
Proponent: Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
The proponent is proposing to operate a 6-hectare quarry located approximately 2.2 km south of the entrance to Flatwater Pond Park, on Route 410 of the Baie Verte peninsula and near Middle Arm Brook. The quarry would provide aggregate to support highway construction and maintenance activities in the region over the next 10 to 15 years. Proposed activities include overburden removal, drilling and blasting, crushing, pit run-removal, screening, and stockpiling of quarry materials.
A description of the project can be found on the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change website at: https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/env-assessment/projects-list/.
The undertaking was registered on October 16, 2026. The deadline for public comment is November 20, 2026, and the minister’s decision is due by November 30, 2026.
Comments may be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca.
Undertaking Released:
Crémaillère Harbour Marine Port Development Resubmission (Reg. 2429)
Proponent: Great Northern Port Development
The project has been released from environmental assessment, subject to the conditions as outlined in the minister’s decision letter available on the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change website at:
https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/projects/project-2429/.
Learn more
Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change
West Block, Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700, St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6
Environmental assessment information is available at:
https://www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/env-assessment/
https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/files/EA-Guide-to-the-Process_Mar-2026.pdf
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Project comments may be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca.
Anyone submitting comments on a project under environmental assessment should notify the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change if they DO NOT wish to have their comments shared with the project proponent.