Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project
Canada-Nova Scotia Joint Review Panel
Draft Guidelines for the Preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and Nova Scotia Environment and Labour invite the public to comment on draft Guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal project in Digby County.

The Guidelines will identify the issues the proponent, Bilcon of Nova Scotia, Corporation, will be required to address in its environmental assessment of the proposed project. They will also provide direction to the proponent on how to describe and assess these issues, and how to structure the EIS to be submitted to the joint review panel.

After taking public comments into consideration, the joint review panel will finalize and issue the Guidelines to the proponent. Written comments must be received by the panel no later than January 21, 2005. Please forward your comments, in the official language of your choice, by mail or e-mail to the following:

Steve Chapman, Panel Manager
Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project – Joint Review Panel
PO Box 486 C.R.O
Halifax NS  B3J 2R7
E-mail: Comments@WPQ-JointReview.ca

The draft EIS Guidelines are available on the Web sites of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency or Nova Scotia Environment and Labour (www.gov.ns.ca/enla/eis/ca) . The draft EIS Guidelines can also be viewed at the following centres:

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
1801 Hollis St., Suite 200
Halifax, NS

Nova Scotia Environment and Labour
5151 Terminal Rd., 5th floor
Halifax, NS

Nova Scotia Environment and Labour
Yarmouth District Office
13 First St.
Yarmouth, NS

Annapolis Royal Branch Library
Town Hall
285 St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, NS

Isaiah W. Wilson Memorial Library
84 Warwick St.
Digby, NS

Clean Nova Scotia
126 Portland Street
Dartmouth, NS

Ecology Action Centre
Suite 31
1568 Argyle St.
Halifax, NS

To register as an interested party and to be kept informed of the panel's activities, please provide a full mailing address, an e-mail address and/or a fax number, as applicable, to the panel manager.