Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Ministère de l’Énergie, du Développement du Nord et des Mines April 26, 2021 Sent by email Debra Sikora, Panel Chair Joint Review Panel Marathon Palladium Project
[email protected] Subject: Updated Crown list for consultation and information Dear Ms. Sikora: The Impact Assessment Agency’s (the Agency) Crown Consultation Operations Division (CCOD) would like to acknowledge receipt of the April 20, 2021 letter from the Joint Review Panel (the Panel) for the proposed Marathon Palladium Project (the Project). In this letter, the Panel has invited the CCOD to review the technical merit of the information contained in the Generation PGM Inc. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum and supporting documents, as measured against the EIS Guidelines, related to the CCOD’s mandate and expertise. We would like to thank you for this opportunity to participate in the process. The Agency and Ontario’s consultation team (Crown consultation team), on behalf of the whole of government, are coordinating consultation activities, to the extent possible, to make best use of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Project and in order to assist the Crown in fulfilling its duty to consult with Indigenous peoples. In addition to the information received from Indigenous groups through consultation activities, the Crown consultation team will rely on the information collected by the Panel for the purpose of the environmental assessment in order to inform the Crown’s assessment of potential adverse impacts of the proposed Project on the potential or established Aboriginal or Treaty Rights. The Crown consultation team, on behalf of the whole of government, will also use the Agency’s Guidance: Assessment of Potential Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to inform its assessment.