On Friday, Alberta Transportation announced that its responses to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) information requests had been submitted.
In the 8,000-page response, the ministry answers nearly 600 questions collected from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB), and Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP).
The work to answer these questions has been ongoing since June 2018, when the first information requests were submitted by the CEAA.
“Our government has committed to doing everything in our power to get regulatory approval for the Springbank Reservoir. Flood mitigation for Calgary and other communities is vital, and we need to move this project forward as quickly as possible through a very complex regulatory process. Our responses to regulator questions are compelling and comprehensive, and I look forward to seeing regulators move the Springbank Reservoir project forward.” – Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation
The responses fall into five categories and include thorough studies and consultation records.
- Benefits and costs
- Land use
- Indigenous consultation
- Water and hydrogeology
- Environmental Impacts
We will be reviewing the responses in more detail in the coming days and we will provide a summary post with highlights and key information.
You can read the full response packages here.
The submission of these responses is separate from the appointment of expert regulatory lawyer Martin Ignasiuk, as he’d been tasked with investigating regulatory processes for opportunities to expedite the SR1 project and was not directly involved in the work to compile IR submissions.
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