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Kitimat Liquified Natural Gas Project:
Federal Funding Awarded to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
OTTAWA, November 3, 2005 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has provided $40,000 to three applicants to support their participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed Kitimat Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project. The funding is made available through the Participant Funding Program administered by the Agency. The recipients are: Kitimat Valley Naturalists, Kitamaat Village Council, and Kitimat Chamber of Commerce.
A funding review committee, independent from the comprehensive study environmental assessment process, was appointed to examine all participant funding applications. All of the Committee's recommendations were unanimous and are contained in the report of the Funding Review Committee, which is available on the Agency's Web site.
The proponent, Kitimat LNG Inc., proposes to construct and operate an LNG facility at Emsley Cove, approximately 18 kilometres south of Kitimat, British Columbia. The facility would include marine off-loading, LNG storage, natural gas liquids recovery, regasification and send-out facilities. Gas would be delivered into the existing Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. pipeline in Kitimat.
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The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the environmental effects of proposed projects and measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable development.
For more information on this project and others in your area, please consult the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, reference number 05-03-10430.
For more information on the Participant Funding Program, please contact:
Peter Bedrossian
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: (613) 957-0254
Fax: (613) 957-0941
peter.bedrossian@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
Media may contact:
Robert Deslauriers
Senior Communications Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Tel.: (613) 957-0396
Fax: (613) 948-1354
robert.deslauriers@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
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