Environmental Impact Assessment Notice Section 11 of the Environmental Assessment Act (Saskatchewan) GLR Resources Inc
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Environmental Impact Assessment Notice Section 11 of The Environmental Assessment Act (Saskatchewan) GLR Resources Inc. Goldfields Open Pit Mine and Mill, Lake Athabasca GLR Resources Incorporated is proposing open pit mining of the former Box mine deposit at the Goldfields site near Neiman Bay on Lake Athabasca, southeast of Uranium City. On-site milling will use gravity separation and cyanide processing. A lake formerly used for tailings deposits by the Box mine in the 1940’s will be converted to a tailings management pond. A waste rock / ore reject disposal area will be established. Existing road access to the site from Uranium City will be used. GLR requires approval under The Environmental Assessment Act (Saskatchewan) before they can proceed to licensing the project. GLR was directed to conduct an environmental impact assessment and document the results in an environmental impact statement (EIS). The environmental impact assessment is required to assist the Government of Saskatchewan and the public to evaluate the environmental implications of the proposed project. GLR has prepared and revised the EIS and submitted it to the Ministry of Environment for technical review. Based on the EIS, technical review comments have been produced in accordance with the requirements of the The Environmental Assessment Act. Public comment on the environmental impact statement and the Technical Review Comments is invited. Interested individuals may view the documents at the following locations: the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan libraries; the Legislative library in Regina; the public libraries in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert; the offices of the Town of La Ronge, Northern Village of Air Ronge, Northern Hamlet of Stony Rapids, Northern Settlement of Camsell Portage, Northern Settlement of Southend, Northern Settlement of Uranium City and the Northern Settlement of Wollaston Lake; the following First Nation offices: Black Lake Denesuline Nation, Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, Lac La Ronge Band and the Prince Albert Grand Council; and the offices of the Métis locals in Uranium City and Stony Rapids. Full documentation relating to the environmental assessment of this proposal is available at the Environmental Assessment Branch office in Regina. The executive summary of the EIS and the provincial Technical Review Comments are available on the Ministry of Environment’s web site at www.environment. gov.sk.ca (Click on Programs and Services/Environmental Assessment/ Notices/Section 11/1999-005). To ensure consideration, written comments on the documents should be submitted to David Powell at the address below by April 15, 2008. For further information, contact: David Powell Environmental Assessment Branch Ministry of Environment Room 438 - 3211 Albert Street Regina SK S4S 5W6 Phone: (306) 787-4230 Fax: (306) 787-0930 E-mail: [email protected] Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment 08SENV051_EIA Notice (Goldfields Open Pit Mine & Mill) 4 columns x 123 lines (5.5625” x 8.7857”) March 10, 2008: Northern Weeklies - LaRonge, Hudson Bay, Nipawin, Creighton March 15, 2008: Dailies - Regina LeaderPost, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, P.A. Daily Herald.