Public Comment Period on Intent to Make a Determination
Reconfigure Power Distribution at the Exercise Control Site

January 19, 2021 — The Department of National Defence must decide whether the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this decision, the Department of National Defence is inviting comments from the public on the project and its potential effects on the environment. All comments received will be considered public. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website.

Written comments must be submitted by January 29, 2021 to:
Mr. Danny Laganiere, Base Environment Officer, Canadian Forces Base Suffield
Mailing address: CFB Suffield, Box 6000 Station Main, Medicine Hat, AB T1A8K8
Email address: danny.laganiere@forces.gc.ca

or

Mr. Shafiqur R. Khan, Energy Manager, Real Property Operations Unit (West) Detachment Suffield
Mailing address: CFB Suffield, Box 6000 Station Main, Medicine Hat, AB T1A8K8
Email address: Shafiqur.Khan@forces.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

The Department of National Defence at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield is to execute a project to connect CFB Suffield's Exercise Control (EXCON) site to 25kV utility power. This project will be coordinated with a separate project, in which FORTIS will be responsible for installing 25kV power lines from existing lines to the 25kV-to-120V/208 transformer at EXCON. The aim of this project is to install transformer pads and underground trenching for cables and to renovate the existing 13.8kV power distribution at EXCON to accept the 25kV power being supplied by FORTIS. Existing generators will be removed with the exception of one or more that will be kept as backups.

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