Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Environmental assessment guidelines issued for Queensway Gold Project
Newfoundland and Labrador has issued Environmental Preview Report Guidelines for the Queensway Gold Project. This marks an early step in the project’s assessment process and may be relevant to tradespeople monitoring future industrial construction opportunities, although the notice gives no schedule, project value or job details.
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.
Republished in full from Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, whose terms permit it. BuildNL did not write this story. How we source news.
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