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Cacouna Energy Project
Gros-Cacouna, Port de (QC)
August 19, 2005 --
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, announced today that the environmental assessment of the Cacouna Energy project will be subject to a public review panel. The project proponents, TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Petro-Canada, propose to build and to operate a liquefied natural gas terminal at Gros-Cacouna harbour, along the St. Lawrence estuary, east of Rivière-du-Loup. The project is subject to the federal environmental assessment process pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
The Minister's decision is based on the report and recommendation submitted by the responsible authorities, Transport Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, concerning the determination of the environmental assessment process for the project. This report was issued following a public consultation held on the document entitled Report on the Environmental Assessment Track and on the Scope of the Environmental Assessment - Cacouna Energy Project.
"I am referring the project to an assessment by a review panel following the recommendation by the responsible authorities," stated Minister Dion. "The Cacouna Energy project will be assessed within the framework of the Canada-Quebec Agreement on Environmental Assessment Cooperation."
For further information on this environmental assessment, please contact:
Maryse Pineau
Panel Manager
Project Assessment
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
160 Elgin Street, 22nd floor
Place Bell Canada
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Telephone: (613) 948-1364
Fax: (613) 957-0941
Email: maryse.pineau@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
and refer to CEAR reference number 04-07-7440
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