November 16, 2012
Government Asks Clean Environment Commission to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Keeyask Hydroelectric Generation Project
The province has asked the Clean Environment Commission to hold public hearings on the proposed Keeyask generation project, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.
“I share a vision with many Manitobans for a sustainable province today and for future generations,” said Mackintosh. “These hearings will provide the opportunity to listen to the public on how the proposed Keeyask generation project fits with that perspective.”
The Clean Environment Commission would determine the public hearing schedule and locations.
The hearings would follow a public review of the environmental impact statement, which was completed and submitted to the province this year in early July, Mackintosh said.
The Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership, comprised of Manitoba Hydro, the Tataskweyak and Fox Lake Cree Nations, and the War Lake and York Factory First Nations, filed an Environment Act proposal on the generation project in December 2011.
The environmental impact statement is available on the Manitoba Conservation website at www.gov.mb.ca/conservation, along with the terms of reference for the CEC public hearings.
The province has also started a Crown-Aboriginal consultation process, Mackintosh said.
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