Notice of Commencement of an Environmental Assessment

KM LNG Terminal, Bish Cove, BC - Loading and Disposal at Sea of Excavated Material
Kitimat (BC)

April 25, 2012 -- Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are required to ensure that a screening is conducted pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act commencing on January 30, 2012 in relation to the project: KM LNG Terminal, Bish Cove, BC - Loading and Disposal at Sea of Excavated Material.

Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are required to ensure that a screening level environmental assessment is conducted for proposed Disposal at Sea activities in relation to the construction of the Kitimat LNG (KM LNG) facility located 14 km south of Kitimat (516156E, 5975230N (UTM 09)). KM LNG Operating General Partnership is proposing to load barges and subsequently dispose of at sea up to 2,300,000 m3 of material resulting from site grading at the Kitimat LNG Facility. The scope of the project includes the loading of excavated materials onto split-hull dump barges, transportation of the material to the disposal site, and subsequent disposal. The material is proposed to be disposed of at a new disposal at sea site located 2.2 km offshore from the terminal site, at approximately 516671E, 5973296N (UTM 09). The new site would have an approximate radius of 1,000 m. Under section 5 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, an environmental assessment is required because Environment Canada may take action in relation to subsection 127(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada may take action in relation to subsection 32 and subsection 35(2) of the Fisheries Act, for the purposes of enabling the project to be carried out in whole or in part.

An environmental assessment is required in relation to the project because Environment Canada may take action in relation to subsection 127(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Fisheries and Oceans Canada may take action in relation to section 32 of the Fisheries Act and to subsection 35(2) of the Fisheries Act.

Environment Canada will act as the Federal Environmental Assessment Coordinator for this environmental assessment.

For further information on this environmental assessment, please contact:
Environmental Assessment and Marine Programs Unit
EC - Environmental Assessment and Marine Programs Unit
201 - 401 Burrard St.
Vancouver  BC  V6C 3S5
Telephone: 0-000-0000
Fax: 604-666-5928
Email: DAS.PYR@ec.gc.ca

and refer to Registry reference number 12-01-67658

For specific information on the project, please contact the proponent at:
David Calvert
Vice President
KM LNG Operating General Partnership
#1000,700 - 9th Avenue South
Calgary  AB  T2P 3V4
Telephone: 403-303-1826
Fax: 403-531-6494
Email: David.Calvert@apachecorp.com

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