Record of EIA registrations and determinations 1247 - 1282

Environmental Impact Assessment registrations for processes 1247 - 1282, submitted in 2010 and covering a diverse range of projects in New Brunswick.

Registration documents are prepared by proponents and made available in the language in which they were received by the Department of Environment and Local Government.

Project number: 1247 
Date registered: 2010/01/20 
Proponent: PotashCorp 
Description: PotashCorp is proposing the demolition of many buildings that are currently located at the Cassidy Lake Mine Site. Approximately 22 buildings/structures will be demolished as part of this project. The scope of the project does not include the 34 ha lined Tailings Management Area, including the Brine Storage Pond. 
Location: Kings 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 75 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/06/04 

Project number: 1248 
Date registered: 2010/01/20 
Proponent: Bhullar Cranberry Development 
Description: The proponent is proposing to construct and operate 58 hectares of cranberry beds on 3 parcels totaling 220 hectares in the Bathurst area for Phase 1, with additional beds to be constructed on adjacent properties in Phase 2 at a later date. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Kim Allen 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 90 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/07/09 

Project number: 1249 
Date registered: 2010/01/22 
Proponent: Old Dutch Foods Ltd. Hartland Production Facility Upgrade 
Description: The proponent is proposing to replace their existing aerated lagoon wastewater treatment facility with an aerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) system to address current effluent quality issues and future effluent capacity. The proponent is also proposing to expand the existing production facility to accommodate a 50% increase in production. 
Location: Carleton 
EIA specialist: Kim Allen 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 89 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/05/03 

Project number: 1250 
Date registered: 2010/02/03 
Proponent: Daniels Sharpsmart Canada Limited 
Description: Biomedical Waste Management Facility – The proponent is proposing to commission a biomedical waste processing plant at their existing biomedical waste transfer station in the Moncton Industrial Park. 
Location: Westmorland 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 102 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/05/19 

Project number: 1251 
Date registered: 2010/02/11 
Proponent: Village of New Maryland 
Description: The proposed project involves the decommissioning of the existing Baker Brook Court Waste Stabilization Pond (WSP). This wastewater treatment facility currently treats raw sanitary sewage from all existing eleven residences within the Baker Brook Court Subdivision. A new sanitary sewer collection system in Baker Brook Court will convey all wastewater to the existing wastewater treatment plant near the Springwater Place subdivision. 
Location: York 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 62 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/05/21 

Project number: 1252 
Date registered: 2010/02/25 
Proponent: AV Cell Inc. 
Description: AV Cell Inc. is proposing to construct a new Anaerobic Treatment Plant at the Athoville dissolving grade sulfite pulp mill. The project involves the addition of an anaerobic effluent treatment plant system consisting of one internal circulation reactor, one feed tank, associated piping and equipment, one biogas holding tank, one biogas flare, and biogas pipeline and associated equipment to direct the biogas to AV Cell’s wood waste boiler for combustion. 
Location: Restigouche 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 62 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/07/14 

Project number: 1253 
Date registered: 2010/03/08 
Proponent: Kria Resources Ltd. 
Description: Kria Resources is proposing to develop an underground base metal mine at Halfmile Lake, located approximately 60 km southwest of Bathurst. Ore will be crushed on-site and transported to the mill at the Brunswick 12 mine. 
Location: Northumberland 
EIA specialist: Sheila Goucher 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 31 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/10/06 

Project number: 1254 
Date registered: 2010/03/11 
Proponent: Department of Transportation 
Description: The project consists of replacing the existing two-lane, steel truss bridge between Clair, New Brunswick, and Fort Kent, Maine. 
Location: Madawaska 
EIA specialist: Sheila Goucher 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 17 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/05/16 

Project number: 1255 
Date registered: 2010/03/31 
Proponent: Town of Bouctouche 
Description: Groundwater Exploration Program – The proponent is proposing to drill exploratory wells in a variety of locations in order to locate an appropriate groundwater source to supply potable drinking water. 
Location: Kent 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 151 KB)
Date of decision: 2014/03/27 

Project number: 1256 
Date registered: 2010/03/31 
Proponent: Irving Oil Limited 
Description: Irving Oil Limited is proposing to construct and operate a biodiesel production plant in the Grandview Industrial Park. The project will be located within the existing Irving Oil Refinery. The biodiesel plant will convert feedstock, including refurbished cooking grease, animal fats, vegetable oils, and agricultural seed oils, into biodiesel for sale to diesel manufacturers or distributors for blending in order to comply with upcoming regulations. 
Location: Saint John 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Cancelled 

Project number: 1257 
Date registered: 2010/04/12 
Proponent: Boréal Aquaculture 
Description: The proponent is proposing to upgrade their existing water and wastewater systems at their aquaculture facility in Bas-Caraquet. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Katie Pettie 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 44 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/10/15 

Project number: 1258 
Date registered: 2010/04/14 
Proponent: L&C Munn Development Inc. 
Description: Expansion of Popple Hill Estates Subdivision – The proponent is proposing to expand the existing 17-lot Popple Hill Estates subdivision, located off Route 10, just outside Fredericton, by adding 15 new lots. 
Location: York 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 95 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/09/22 

Project number: 1259 
Date registered: 2010/05/27 
Proponent: Cranneberges Mel Syl Mir 
Description: The proposed project consists of developing 9.4 acres of cranberry beds and an adjacent 3.1-acre water reservoir, situated on a 25-acre privately owned parcel of land. 
Location: Kent 
EIA specialist: Courtney Johnson 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 96 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/10/27 

Project number: 1260 
Date registered: 2010/06/02 
Proponent: Town of Rothesay 
Description: The proponent is proposing to construct a new potable water transmission line (approximately 3.5 kilometers in length), a water reservoir tank, a crossing under Route 1, and associated access roads. 
Location: Kings 
EIA specialist: Sheila Goucher 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 19 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/09/01 

Project number: 1261 
Date registered: 2010/06/09 
Proponent: Sunbury Developments Corporation 
Description: Forest Park Estates is a subdivision development in Noonan where Phase 4B is being proposed. This phase consists of seven additional lots that are one acre or more in size. 
Location: Sunbury 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 204 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/07/30 

Project number: 1262 
Date registered: 2010/06/18 
Proponent: True North Salmon Company Ltd. 
Description: The proponent is proposing to construct a protein recovery plant utilizing a modern protein extraction technology, including a scrubber system and a wastewater treatment system, in Blacks Harbour, NB. 
Location: Charlotte 
EIA specialist: Kim Allen 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 17 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/01/10 

Project number: 1263 
Date registered: 2010/06/30 
Proponent: AV Nackawic Lime Kiln Upgrade for Energy Efficiency and Lime Mud Recycling Project 
Description: The project consists of various upgrades to the existing lime kiln system at the AV Nackawic dissolving grade pulp mill. The upgrades will increase the lime recycling capacity and overall efficiency of the lime kiln system to increase the ability to recycle lime mud to meet the needs of the pulping process. No pulp production increase will result from the project. 
Location: York 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 64 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/10/14 

Project number: 1264 
Date registered: 2010/07/13 
Proponent: Groundwater Exploration – Penobsquis Regional Water System 
Description: The proposed project will involve the identification of three drilling targets followed by well drilling and testing. These potential water supply wells would act as a backup supply for the existing Penobsquis Regional Water System. 
Location: Kings 
EIA specialist: Shawn Hamilton 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 163 KB)
Date of decision: 2016/05/03 

Project number: 1265 
Date registered: 2010/07/19 
Proponent: New Brunswick Department of Supply and Services 
Description: Improvement Project at the Bas-Caraquet Marine Center – The proponent is proposing to replace the existing steel cradle frame railway dry dock in the Bas-Caraquet Industrial Park. The proposed project would include the construction of launching piers for the operation of a new 600-ton boat hoist and the construction of a ramp to retrieve and launch large barges. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 97 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/09/16 

Project number: 1266 
Date registered: 2010/07/20 
Proponent: Department of Supply and Services 
Description: Dredging and Disposal of Marine Sediments - Shippagan – The proponent is proposing to dredge the harbor at the Port of Shippagan and dispose of the dredged material in the former Shippagan wastewater lagoon. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Cancelled 

Project number: 1267 
Date registered: 2010/08/08 
Proponent: Tannery Court Cooperative – 287 Brookside Drive, Fredericton, NB 
Description: The proponent, Tannery Court Cooperative Ltd, is proposing the construction of a 36-unit affordable housing complex at 287 Brookside Drive, Fredericton. 
Location: York 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 124 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/09/08 

Project number: 1268 
Date registered: 2010/08/13 
Proponent: Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission 
Description: Long Term Sustainable Wastewater Collection and Treatment Strategy – The proponent is proposing to undertake a variety of new infrastructure projects in order to improve their wastewater collection and treatment systems. The first element is a pilot project for an advanced biological treatment system. 
Location: Westmorland and Albert 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 26 KB)
Date of decision: 2016/03/03 

Project number: 1269 
Date registered: 2010/08/18 
Proponent: NB Department of Transportation 
Description: Route 11 Upgrading – Shediac to Richibucto. The proponent is proposing upgrades to sections of Route 11 between Shediac and Richibucto, including twinning the existing highway. 
Location: Westmorland and Kent 
EIA specialist: Lee Swanson 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 157 KB)
Date of decision: 2012/10/02 

Project number: 1270 
Date registered: 2010/10/17 
Proponent: The Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Small Craft Harbours (DFO-SCH) (PDF 315 KB)

Description: The project consists of the construction of a service area, the installation of floats and gangway access, as well as the dredging of an area approximately 10,600 m² in Blacks Harbour, NB. 
Location: Charlotte 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 123 KB)
Date of decision: 2015/02/10 

Project number: 1271 
Date registered: 2010/09/14 
Proponent: Twin Rivers Obsolete Railroad Ties Fuel Blending Project 
Description: The proponent, Twin Rivers Paper Ltd., is proposing to import and burn used, obsolete railroad ties as a secondary fuel source for their mill in Edmundston. 
Location: Madawaska County 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Cancelled 
Date of decision: 2015/12/15 

Project number: 1272 
Date registered: 2010/10/01 
Proponent: Peatland Development of Bog 304A 
Description: The proponents, Jiffy Products Ltd. and Acadian Peat Moss Ltd., are proposing the development of peat bog 304A, approximately 10 km west of Pointe-Sapin, and will include the construction of access roads and a drainage channel system. 
Location: Kent 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 14 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/01/25 

Project number: 1273 
Date registered: 2010/10/01 
Proponent: Castle Resources Inc. 
Description: The proposed project consists of constructing and operating an open-pit gold mine at a site located approximately 20 km northwest of Bathurst. The ore will be crushed on site and transported offsite to an existing approved facility for processing. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Sheila Goucher 
Status: On Hold/Inactive 

Project number: 1274 
Date registered: 2010/10/01 
Proponent: American Iron & Metal LP 
Description: The Project consists of the installation of a metal shredding facility at the existing metal recycling facility at the Port of Saint John. The feed material will consist of light iron (household appliances) and auto bodies from the Atlantic Provinces and Maine. 
Location: Saint John 
EIA specialist: Cassandra Colwell 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 19 KB)
Date of decision: 2010/12/22 

Project number: 1275 
Date registered: 2010/10/19 
Proponent: Village of Saint-Antoine 
Description: Expansion of Saint-Antoine Industrial Park – The proponent is proposing to expand its existing industrial park to an area located behind the Renaud Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, extending from Henri Street. The preliminary expansion would contain enough space to potentially develop 15 lots over approximately 16 hectares. 
Location: Kent 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 14 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/01/10 

Project number: 1276 
Date registered: 2010/10/01 
Proponent: Buckmans Creek Fish Hatchery Upgrade 
Description: The proponent, Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd., is proposing upgrades to the existing Buckmans Creek Hatchery, including developing a new water supply, constructing a wetland for wastewater treatment, and relocating the effluent discharge for a higher dilution rate. The facility is located near Pennfield, Charlotte County, NB. 
Location: Charlotte 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 147 KB)
Date of decision: 2012/02/26 

Project number: 1277 
Date registered: 2010/12/06 
Proponent: Town of Quispamsis 
Description: Ritchie Lake Wastewater Line Installation – The proponent is proposing to construct a wastewater pipeline in the Pettingill Road/Cedar Grove Drive area. The proposed trunk sewer will follow the alignment of the existing CN right-of-way and connect to the existing wastewater system. 
Location: Kings 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Cancelled 

Project number: 1278 
Date registered: 2010/12/06 
Proponent: Town of Quispamsis 
Description: Hampton Road Wastewater Line Installation – The proponent is proposing to construct a wastewater pipeline to extend municipal services to the east of the Gondola Point Arterial and possible future developments. The project includes a gravity sewer, a force main, and two wastewater pumping stations. 
Location: Kings 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Cancelled 

Project number: 1279 
Date registered: 2010/12/08 
Proponent: Department of Transportation 
Description: Upgrade of Route 17 – The proponent is proposing to upgrade Route 17 between Violette Brook and Hammond Lake Brook in Victoria County, NB. The project includes the creation of passing opportunities, improved grades, upgrades to rail requirements, and increased shoulder widths. 
Location: Victoria 
EIA specialist: Chris Dingley 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 31 KB)
Date of decision: 2011/12/23 

Project number: 1280 
Date registered: 2010/12/13 
Proponent: City of Miramichi 
Description: Unused Water Supply Wells Review – The proponent is proposing to test a number of former municipal water supply wells to determine if they are suitable for redevelopment or if they should be decommissioned. 
Location: Northumberland 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Certificate of Determination issued (PDF 111 KB)
Date of decision: 2015/08/11 

Project number: 1281 
Date registered: 2010/12/22 
Proponent: SNC Lavalin Construction (Atlantic) Inc.: Princess Margaret Bridge Embankment Extension 
Description: The proponent is proposing to replace some concrete abutments under the Princess Margaret Bridge with an earthen embankment, as part of the ongoing repairs to the bridge. This will impact the flood zone and wetlands adjacent/under the northern end of the bridge. 
Location: York County 
EIA specialist: Crystale Harty 
Status: Cancelled 

Project number: 1282 
Date registered: 2010/12/23 
Proponent: Sprott Power Corp. 
Description: Pokeshaw/Grande-Anse Wind Farm – The proponent is proposing to construct, operate, and maintain a wind power project of up to 13 turbines in the Pokeshaw and Grande-Anse areas. 
Location: Gloucester 
EIA specialist: Pierre Doucet 
Status: Cancelled