The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is asking for comments on two key documents that will guide the review of Taseko Mines’ New Prosperity gold-copper project near Williams Lake.
The public has until Feb. 22, 2012 to provide its views on draft Environmental Impact Statement guidelines and the review panel’s terms of references.
The guidelines, once finalized, will provide Taseko with the information the company needs to provide in its EIS, the document that forms the basis of the review process. It includes such requirements as setting out the impacts of the mine and what mitigation steps have been taken, and whether there are any alternatives.
The terms of reference establish the mandate of the review panel and the scope of the panel’s assessment, as well as general time frames for the public hearings and review of Taseko’s proposal.
Brian Battison, Taseko’s vice-president of corporate affairs, called the EIS. the company’s «marching orders from government.»
«So it’s a significant document,» Battison said.
The review was announced in November after Taseko sub-mitted a new proposal for its $1. 5-billion mine after its original proposal was rejected a year earlier.
Under the rejected proposal, Taseko planned to drain trout-rich Fish Lake in order to use it as a tailings pond.
Under the new proposal, Taseko will spend an additional $300 million to build a tailings facility two kilometres away, which the company says will save the lake.
In announcing the review in November, federal environment minister Peter Kent said the CEAA would have one year to complete its review.
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