Decision 97-08
https://had.aer.ca/link/decision2854
- Applicant
- Cardinal River Coals Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilities Corporation
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Application Number
- 960313
- 960314
- 960677
- Title
- Decision 97-08: Cardinal River Coals Ltd. and TransAlta Utilities Corporation : Appplication for EUB-CEAA Joint Review Panel - Cheviot Coal Project, Mountain Park Area, Alberta : Report
- Date
- 1997
- Title
- Decision 97-08: Cardinal River Coals Ltd. and TransAlta Utilities Corporation : Appplication for EUB-CEAA Joint Review Panel - Cheviot Coal Project, Mountain Park Area, Alberta : Report
- Date
- 1997
- Applicant
- Cardinal River Coals Ltd.
- TransAlta Utilities Corporation
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Application Number
- 960313
- 960314
- 960677
- Hearing Type
- Joint
- Utilities
- Category
- Coal
- Descriptors
- Coal project
- Cheviot coal project
- Air pollution
- Air quality
- Biological effect
- Coal development policy for Alberta (1976)
- Coal mine
- Coal preparation plant
- Environmental impact
- Mountain Park area
- NTS 83C
- Open pit mining
- Physiological effect
- Socio-economic effect
- Soil pollution
- Transmission line
- Water pollution
- Water quality
- Wildlife
- Legal References
- Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act S47
- Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act S51
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act S37
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act S40
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act S41
- Coal Conservation Act S10
- Coal Conservation Act S23
- Energy Resources Conservation Act S29
- EUB Rules of Practice
- Fisheries Act S35
- Hydro and Electric Energy Act S12
- Hydro and Electric Energy Act S14
- Hydro and Electric Energy Act S17
- Notes
- EUB Decision D97-08 (report of the EUB-CEAA Joint Review Panel) on applications no. 960313, 960314, and 960677 by Cardinal River Coals and TransAlta Utilities Corporation for a proposed coal mine and coal processing plant (Cheviot Coal Project) and associated transmission line and substation (all in township 45-46, range 22-24, W5M); Joint Review Panel public hearing 1997-01-13 through 1997-02-20 and re-opened on 1997-04-01 for one day
- Interveners
- King MA
- Inland Cement
- Weldwood Canada
- Hinton and District Chamber of Commerce
- Alberta Chamber of Commerce
- United Mine Workers of America Local 1656
- Town of Hinton
- Van Binsbergen D
- Breitkreuz C
- Alexis First Nation
- Cadomin Environmental Protection Association
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Alberta Native Plant Council
- Mountain Park Environmental Protection and Heritage Association
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Jasper Environmental Society
- Pembina Institute for Responsible Development
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Gadd B
- Alberta Fish and Game Association
- Trout Unlimited
- Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Coalition
- Western Canada Wilderness Committee
- Smallboy Camp
- Dave family
- Clark JD
- Higgins B
- Approval
- Approved
- Conditions
- Section 35-45-24 W5M and SW quarter of Section 36-45-24 W5M (upper Prospect Creek) are excluded from application no. 960313
- Cardinal Rivers Coals (CRC) shall monitor aquatic ecology of Lac Des Roche
- CRC shall justify the need for each end lake pit and rock drain
- CRC shall carry out long term monitoring of groundwater and surface water quality
- CRC shall maintain 1000 m buffer between mine disturbance and the Cardinal Divide Natural Area wherever practical
- CRC shall monitor impacts on wildlife populations
- CRC shall establish permissable noise levels
- CRC shall establish community liaison groups, in particular with the Mountain Park Association, stewards of the Cardinal Divide Natural Area, the Alexis First Nation, and the Smallboy Camp