From the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to BP Canada Energy Group ULC re: Outcome of conformity review of revised responses to Round I Information Requirements for the proposed Newfoundland Orphan Basin Exploration Drilling Project (see reference document #20)
Document Reference Number: 21
Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency
Suite 200
1801 Hollis Street
Halifax NS B3J 3N4
Agence canadienne
d'évaluation environnementale
Bureau 200
1801 rue Hollis
Halifax, NÉ. B3J 3N4
June 19, 2019
Sent by E-mail
Heather Giddens
Environmental Impact Advisor
BP Canada Energy Group ULC
10th Floor, Founders Square
1701 Hollis Street
Halifax, NS, B3J 3M8
Heather.Giddens@bp.com
Dear Ms. Giddens:
SUBJECT: Outcome of Conformity Review of Responses to Revised Round I Information Requirements (IRs) for the proposed Newfoundland Orphan Basin Exploration Drilling Project
On May 31, 2019, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) received responses from BP Canada Energy Group ULC (BP) to the Revised Round I Information Requirements (IRs) which were determined by the Agency to not provide sufficient information on May 7, 2019. The Agency has determined that the revised IR responses are sufficient to proceed to technical review. The Agency will now review the IR responses and will seek input from government expert departments and Indigenous groups. Further information may be requested following the technical review of the responses.
The timeline for the environmental assessment resumed as of June 15, 2019. For further information, please consult the Agency document Information Requests and Timelines https://www.canada.ca/en/environmental-assessment-agency/news/media-room/media-room-2016/information-requests-timelines.html.
This letter and BP's revised Round I IR responses will be made public on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry (CEAR) Internet site:https://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80147.
The Agency would be available to further discuss the information requirements, if necessary. Please contact me at 902-339-8834 or via email at ceaa.orphanbasin-bassinorphan.acee@canada.ca.
Sincerely,
<Original signed by>
Kathryn MacCarthy, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Project Manager — Atlantic Region
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
cc: Elizabeth Young, Canada - Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
Bret Pilgrim, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Glenn Troke, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jason Flanagan, Transport Canada
Allison Denning, Health Canada
Maximilien Genest, Natural Resources Canada
Vanessa Rodrigues, Parks Canada
Carla Stevens, Major Projects Management Office
Carol Lee Giffin, Department National Defence
Joe Behar, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada