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.

Environmental Preview Report Guidelines Issued:

Queensway Gold Project                                                                         (Reg. 2408)
Proponent: New Found Gold Corp.

The minister has issued the guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Preview Report for the Queensway Gold Project. The guidelines outline the information that is required in the Environmental Preview Report. The guidelines are available on the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change website at:

www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/projects/project-2408/.

Undertakings Released:

CBPPL Zone 3 Five-Year Forestry Operating Plan (2027-2031)     (Reg. 2425)
Proponent: Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited

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: www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/projects/project-2425/.

Jumper’s Brook Snowmobile Trail Re-Route                                      (Reg. 2427)
Proponent: Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation

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:

www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/projects/projects-2427/.

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:

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

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.