REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Draft Environmental Assessment Screening Report
Point Lepreau Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility
Staff of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) invites public comment
on the draft environmental assessment Screening Report for the proposed modifications
and additions to the Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility (SRWMF) at Point
Lepreau, New Brunswick.
New Brunswick Power submitted a request to the CNSC for authorization to modify
the currently licensed waste management facility, for the purpose of managing additional
waste arising from potential refurbishment activities at the Point Lepreau Generating
Station. The environmental assessment is being conducted pursuant to the requirements
of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. For further information on this environmental assessment, please see the Project Description.
The draft Screening Report is based on an Environmental Assessment Study Report
prepared by New Brunswick Power in response to Environmental Assessment Guidelines
approved by the CNSC in June 2002.
The proposal also required registration pursuant to the Environmental Impact
Assessment Regulation of the New Brunswick Clean Environment Act. The
CNSC and the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government (NBDELG)
agreed that the federal and provincial environmental assessment processes would
be completed in a harmonized and co-operative manner.
The public comment period on the draft Screening Report ends on April 17,
2003. CNSC staff, in consultation with NBDELG staff, will review comments received
and then finalize the Screening Report, which will be sent to the Commission for
decision after a public hearing. All comments received regarding the draft Screening
Report are public information.
Copies of the draft Screening Report are available for viewing at the following
locations:
Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission
Library
280 Slater Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5S9
Phone : 1-800-668-5284
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Department of Environment
and Local Government
Government of New Brunswick
Marysville Place
20 McGloin Street
Fredericton, NB
E3A 5T8
Phone : (506) 444-5382
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Saint John Regional
Office
Department of Environment
and Local Government
Government of New Brunswick
8 rue Castle Street
Saint John, NB
E2L 3B8
Phone : (506) 658-3046
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St. Stephen Regional
Office
Department of Environment
and Local Government
Government of New Brunswick
Carrefour Provincial Building
41 King Street
St. Stephen, NB
E3L 2C1
Phone : (506) 466-7370
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Hampton Regional Office
Department of Environment
and Local Government
Government of New Brunswick
27 Centennial Drive
Hampton, NB
E5N 6N3
Phone : (506) 832-6000
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Dipper Harbour Fire
Hall
1270 Route 790
Dipper Harbour, NB
E5J 1S1
Phone : (506) 659-2907
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St. George Municipal
Office
1 School Street
St. George, NB
E5H 2N2
Phone : (506) 755-4320
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Blacks Harbour Municipal
Office
2-881 Main Street
Blacks Harbour, NB
E5H 1E5
Phone : (506) 456-4870
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Kennebecasis Public
Library
11 Landing Court
Quispamsis, NB
E2E 4R2
Phone : (506) 849-5314
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Grand Bay-Westfield
Municipal Office
609 River Valley Road
Grand Bay-Westfield, NB
E5K 4V3
Phone : (506) 738-6420
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Copies of the Screening Report, which includes the Environmental Assessment Study
Report on CD-ROM, can be obtained from the contact identified below. Additional
information on this environmental assessment can also be obtained from the identified
contact.
Written comments on the draft Screening Report should be submitted by mail or
e-mail by April 17, 2003, to:
Larry Chamney
Senior Environmental Assessment Specialist
Processing Facilities and Technical Support Division
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
P.O. Box 1046, Station B
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5S9
Phone : 1-800-668-5284
Fax : (613) 995-5086
E-mail : ceaainfo@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
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