Environmental Assessment Office
Agreement and Project Listing
On June 21, 2010, the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) and the National Energy Board (NEB) entered into an agreement (Agreement) which states the EAO will accept the NEB's environmental assessment of a proposed project (that otherwise would have to be reviewed under BC’s Environmental Assessment Act (Act)) as an equivalent assessment, and that the proposed project may proceed without a provincial environmental assessment certificate.
The following projects are subject to this Agreement. Information about these projects can be found on the NEB's website.
1. Horn River Project, s.52
Nova Gas Transmission Ltd.
2. Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, s.52
Northern Gateway Pipelines Limited Partnership
3. Dawson Project, s.58(1) Hearing
Westcoast Energy Inc.
4. Fort Nelson North Gas Processing Facility
Westcoast Energy Inc.
