Environmental Assessment Bulletin

June 9, 2025

The Honourable Dr. Scott Reid, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act.

UNDERTAKING REGISTERED:

Crown Zone 3 Five-Year Forestry Operating Plan
Amendment #2 District 5 (2022-2026)                                                  (Reg. 2359)
Proponent: Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

The proponent is proposing an amendment to the Crown Zone 3 Five-Year Forestry Operating Plan (2022-2026). The project is proposed in District 5, approximately 7.2 kilometers North of the town of Benton. The amendment would create a new harvest block covering 61 hectares, which would be balanced by reducing harvesting elsewhere in the district. A description of the project can be found on the Department of Environment and Climate Change website at: www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/env-assessment/projects-list/.

The undertaking was registered on June 9, 2025. The deadline for public comment is July 14, 2025, and the minister’s decision is due by July 24, 2025.

Comments may be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca.

UNDERTAKING RELEASED:

Green Bay Ming Mine                                                                               (Reg. 2351)
Proponent: FireFly Metals Canada Ltd.

The project has been released from environmental assessment subject to conditions as outlined in the minister’s decision letter available on the Department of Environment and Climate Change website at: www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/projects/projects-2351/.

Learn more
Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment 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/

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