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Attachment Opposition of CMCC project

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Kelsey Barratt
Reference Number: 58
Submitted: 2024-04-04 - 1:32 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
I am writing to express my concerns regarding the proposed Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project. As a frequent visitor who values the natural beauty and ecological integrity of the region, I am deeply invested in the well-being of the area and its communities. A primary concern is the cumulative environmental impact of the Crown Mountain project, given the existing number of mines in the area. The Elk Valley is already facing significant environmental challenges, and adding another mine will further strain and damage local ecosystems. Traffic is becoming an issue (for locals as well as wildlife), there is a lack of affordable housing, or housing in general, and existing projects are already creating dust and air quality concerns. The influx of workers and increased activity associated with the Crown Mountain project will only exacerbate these problems, negatively impacting both human and wildlife ...

Attachment 2024.03.05 Health Canada Comments on EIS

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Health Canada
Reference Number: 60
Submitted: 2024-03-05
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
Attachment Included
TO: Stefan Crampton, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) FROM: Impact Assessment Team, Health Canada (HC) DATE: March 5, 2024 (extension granted by IAAC) SUBJECT: Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project – Technical Review of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ANNEX 2: Information requests directed to the Proponent Table 1: Comments and suggestions for information requests to be directed to the Proponent IR # Project Effects Link to CEAA 2012 Reference to EIS/A guidelines Reference to EIS/A Context and Rationale Specific Question/ Request for Information HC-IR-01 5(1)(c)(i) Aboriginal Peoples Health/ socio- economic conditions Chapter 6 Atmospheric Environment Assessment Chapter 6: Atmospheric Environment Assessment 6.2.3 Assessment Boundaries PDF p. 12 Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) was not assessed. Table 6.2-2 states that "Diesel particulate matter [DPM] was quantified in the modelling." Health Canada (HC) agrees that DPM ...

Attachment Input to NWP Coal Canada Environmental Impact Statement Doc. Ref. 22

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of R. Don Peel
Reference Number: 51
Submitted: 2024-02-29 - 6:24 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Environmental Impact Statement of the Crown Mountain Coking Coa; Project by NWP Coal Canada Ltd. By R. Don Peel, PGeo (APEGA) Reference: E.7.1 Atmospheric Environmental Assessment According to this section the Assessment will focus on “[a]ir emissions resulting from coal mining and processing” including the cumulative effects assessment on a local and regional basis (“Atmospheric LSA and Atmospheric RSA”). From a holistic perspective, there needs to be an inclusion of the global impact by stating the emissions of burning the estimated 1.9 million tonnes of coal annually that will be produced for the Crown Mountain coal deposit. There are statistics being used by such groups as Kootenay Tribe and BC Rising misleading public on Canada’s contribution to the GHG emissions based on the figures that this Assessment is conveying (coal mining and production). This information, which also does not reflect ...

Attachment Crown Mountain Opposition

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Lane Ogden
Reference Number: 44
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 7:15 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
As a concerned resident of the elk valley and avid outdoor enthusiast i am strongly opposed to this mine going through. Crucial habitat for sheep, mountain goats, grizzly bears, black bears, mule deer and too many other species to name is not worth destroying for a poorly planned low production coal mine. A company that is unable to answer even some of the most basic, yet crucial questions regarding their plan should not be able to make such a massive impact on our environment and area many call home. I am in strong opposition of this mine!

Attachment Crown Mountain Coal proposal feedback

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Robert Hunter
Reference Number: 50
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 2:40 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Regarding Crown Man. Coking Coal Project Proposal I am opposed to the Crown Mountain Coal proposal. The project is situated in a wildlife corridor in which the wildlife migration value must be enhanced, not diminished. While the Environmental Impact Assessment deems that the wildlife impacts are"Not Significant" in almost every case, the EIA does not adequately consider the value of the lands beyond the actual boundaries of the proposed project. The integration of the conservation lands to the North and South and to the East and West of the proposed site are diminished by further industrial development in, not and out of the proposed project area. Furthermore, the EIA does not adequately frame the environmental impact with respect to the internationally recognized emissions targets to be met by Canada by 2050. Rather, implementation of this project would exacerbate the problem of meeting ...

Attachment Stop harming life with mining

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Nicole Corrado
Reference Number: 43
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 1:45 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Coal mining is harmful to all life, and to the planet. Forcing fish and birds to be exposed to the effluent, and cutting them up to test them for selenium and other pollutants is cruel and outdated. Canada is phasing out toxicity testing on animals. Please switch to animal free methods of testing effluent and other substances. For wild fish and birds, please stop lethal sampling and switch to humane non lethal bio monitoring like is done in humans. https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fish Please do not build another coal mine or coal plant. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. This proposal, which would damage and destroy the homes of grizzly bears, caribou, birds, fish, and many animals, is terrible. And coal mines destroy all sorts of animals in laboratory testing of their effluents, and in lethal sampling of birds, fish, frogs, etc. We do not need more coal.

Attachment Stop testing coal pollution on animals

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Nicole Corrado
Reference Number: 42
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 1:43 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Coal mining is harmful to all life, and to the planet. Forcing fish and birds to be exposed to the effluent, and cutting them up to test them for selenium and other pollutants is cruel and outdated. Canada is phasing out toxicity testing on animals. Please switch to animal free methods of testing effluent and other substances. For wild fish and birds, please stop lethal sampling and switch to humane non lethal bio monitoring like is done in humans. https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fish Please do not build another coal mine or coal plant. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. This proposal, which would damage and destroy the homes of grizzly bears, caribou, birds, fish, and many animals, is terrible. And coal mines destroy all sorts of animals in laboratory testing of their effluents, and in lethal sampling of birds, fish, frogs, etc. We do not need more coal.

Wildlife / Habitat

Attachment Unsure if benefits outweigh the risks

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Kayleigh Montgomery
Reference Number: 41
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 1:25 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
The Elk Valley has reached its capacity for new mining projects. Vehicle traffic is already dense, risking human life, and wildlife mortalities occuring almost daily. The proposed mitigations for environmental impacts are good, but there isn't a quick fix or even perfected fix to water quality challenges, proven productive reclamation or dust management. If Teck, a longstanding miner in the area with endless resources and strong community relationships cannot absolve these issues, I don't agree that a short term, "one and done" project will do any better. I am not supportive of this project.

Attachment Public Comment: NWP Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Michael S.
Reference Number: 40
Submitted: 2024-02-28 - 11:57 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
I am writing to express my concerns following review of the NWP Coal Canada Ltd. (NWP) Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project (the Project) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and associated Executive Summary. Project Footprint and Access The Project’s footprint will directly impact between 851-1280 hectares (ha). According to the Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping 71.47% (916.97 ha) of the Project footprint is on land with or capable of producing Old Growth and Mature Forest with all being cleared over the Project’s life, removing Species at Risk (e.g., whitebark pine) and wildlife habitat. There is mention that new conservation lands will be established (E.7.14.3) with no further detail or rationale as to how these will function as an offset for disturbance to existing conservation lands or a commitment to establishing these new lands close to the Project’s impact. Increased traffic along the upgraded Grave Creek and ...

Air Quality Biodiversity Groundwater Quality Light Migratory Birds Noise Recreation Species at Risk Surface Water Quality Terrestrial Plants Wildlife / Habitat

Attachment 2024.02.28. USEPA Comments Crown

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of USEPA
Reference Number: 63
Submitted: 2024-02-28
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
Attachment Included
ID# Reviewing Agency / Group Reviewer Date NWP Received Discipline / Topic Chapter / Document Section / Subsection Number or Appendix Number Section / Subsection Title (if provided) Statement/Topic in Document or Omission from Document Comment Type Round 1 Reviewer Comment EPA Carolyn Gleason Water Quality 11 11.1.1 Regulatory and Policy Setting Paragraph 2 Comment The B.C. Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy has announced an upcoming amendment to the Elk Valley Area Based Management Plan. Please clarify how this mine will be incorporated into the plan and how cumulative impacts will be assessed. EPA broadly recommends that all cumulative mine-related water quality impacts to US waters from the Elk Valley be considered in the development of both the project environmental impact analysis and the amendment of the regional managment plan before their finalization. EPA Carolyn Gleason Executive ...

Attachment 2024.02.28. Natural Resources Canada Comments on EIS

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources Canada
Reference Number: 62
Submitted: 2024-02-28
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
Attachment Included
UNCLASSIFIED - NON CLASSIFIÉ February 28, 2024 CIAR File No.: 80087 Stefan Crampton Project Manager, Pacific and Yukon Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada stefan.crampton@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Subject: Natural Resources Canada’s Submission for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project– Request for Technical Review of EIS On January 29, 2024, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) requested Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to conduct a technical review of NWP Coal Canada Ltd.’s (the Proponent) environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project. In particular, the Agency requested NRCan provide advice on the following: • the sufficiency of baseline data and appropriateness of methodologies to predict effects; • the mitigation measures proposed by NWP Coal Canada Ltd. (the Proponent); • the level of certainty in the conclusions reached by the Proponent on the effects; ...
Attachment Included
Pacific and Yukon Region Région du Pacifique et du Yukon 210A–757 West Hastings St. 210A–757, rue Hastings Ouest Vancouver BC V6C 3M2 Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique) V6C 3M2 UNCLASSIFIED - NON CLASSIFIÉ ANNEX 1: Advice to the Agency Table 1: Advice for the Agency’s consideration in its recommendation to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and preparation of draft potential conditions Questions Responses/Comments • Has the Proponent described all project components and activities in sufficient detail to understand all relevant project-environment interactions? If not, identify what additional information is needed. No. The outline of the pit was not included in the geological cross-sections, which limits NRCan's ability to thoroughly review the assessment of potential metal leaching and acid rock drainage generation from the pit walls, consequently impacting the evaluation of site water quality. • Were the ...

Attachment 2024.02.28. ECCC Comments on EIS

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada
Reference Number: 61
Submitted: 2024-02-28
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
Attachment Included
Environmental Protection Operations Directorate Pacific and Yukon Region 101 - 401 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3R2 February 28, 2024 CIAR: 80087 ECPT: 14-1201 Stefan Crampton Project Manager Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 210A-757 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3M2 Dear Stefan Crampton, Re: Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project – Environment and Climate Change Canada Comments for the Technical Review of the Environmental Impact Statement / Application (Round 1) On January 29, 2024, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) initiated technical review of the Environmental Impact Statement / Application (EIS/A) for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project (the Project) proposed by NWP Coal Canada Ltd. (the Proponent). The Agency requested Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) undertake a detailed technical review of the EIS/A for the Project and make available ECCC specialist or expert knowledge or information to ...

Attachment 2024.02.28 DFO Comments on EIS

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Reference Number: 59
Submitted: 2024-02-28
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
Attachment Included
Pacific Region Région du Pacifique Ecosystem Management Branch Direction de la gestion des écosystèmes 200 – 401 Burrard Street Pièce 200 – 401 rue Burrard Vancouver, BC Vancouver (C.-B.) V6C 3S4 V6C 3S4 1/3 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pêches et Océans Canada Your file Votre référence February 28, 2024 CIAR Reference No : 80087 Our file Notre référence 14-HPAC-01085 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Attn: Stefan Crampton Project Manager, Pacific and Yukon Region 210A-757 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, V6C 3M2 Via email: Stefan.Crampton@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear Stefan Crampton: Subject: ...

Attachment Crown Mountain Coking Coal project comments

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Anonymous
Reference Number: 47
Submitted: 2024-02-27 - 11:35 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Canada and BC cannot meet currently mandated emissions goals (Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act), yet we are contemplating another coal project. The science is abundantly clear; Canada/BC must turn away from such projects in order to ensure we meet our provincial, federal and global commitments. This project will release 5.69 MT cumulatively over the life of the Project, 414 572 tonnes/year and methane emissions of 140,720 tonnes of CO2e/year. How can we reach net-zero emissions by 2050 allowing such projects? In addition to emissions, it will cause further erosion of water quality, impacts on Species at Risk (Whitebark Pine habitat, Westslope Cutthroat Trout) and encroachment on a pristine valley. Habitat/species offsets are not scientifically proven and hence, are not considered a viable conservation option. There will be cumulative effects of this plus the other mines in the area on pollution, but once again, this is not considered. ...

Attachment Continued Devastation in Southeastern British Columbia

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Hanna Whiting
Reference Number: 39
Submitted: 2024-02-25 - 9:33 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please find my response to NWP's proposition to establish an open pit mettaurgical coal mine 12km north of the District of Sparwood, attatched. For further information on why this project is NOT in the best interest of the public, or environment please follow this link to a podcast that also has researched this Project: https://open.spotify.com/episode/67rzuKOoD3sn1KlLK2NqIQ?si=a6aaac7fc15f4ac0
Attachment Included
After thorough review of the NWP (hereafter known as the Proponent) Crown Mountain Coal Project (hereafter known as the Project) located twelve kilometers (km) north of the District of Sparwood, British Columbia (BC), it can be determined that this Project is not in the public’s best interest. For example, although the Proponent identified approximately 55 Valued Components (VC), of which three are regionally valued components through the Elk Valley Cumulative Effects Management Framework (EV-CEMF) (Grizzly bear, Old and Mature Growth forests, and Riparian Areas), their sheer lack of respect and ignorance for the detrimental cumulative and initial effects, of a Project of this capacity, is outstanding. Not only does the Proponent not believe that the Project will cause any significant, residual effects, but they have not yet developed any formal, practical mitigation measures to compensate for any VC, even those that have been identified as regionally valued ...

Air Quality Current Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes by Indigenous Peoples Fish and Fish Habitat Fishing Groundwater Quality Hunting Noise Surface Water Quality Terrestrial Plants Wildlife / Habitat

Attachment Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project - Reference number 80087 - Comments

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Danny Dwyer
Reference Number: 46
Submitted: 2024-02-24 - 1:15 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe
Attachment Included
February 24, 2024 Here's my review/summary of what an AI identified as some of the most important elements, both pro and con in the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project - Reference number 80087 - Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate / Environmental Impact Statement. I have done my analysis of 10 potential negative and 10 positive environmental and social impacts mentioned and provided my opinions on potential solutions or comments to some of the most important issues or indicated that I don’t believe they are significant in my opinion, which may or may not align with the view expressed by the proponent: I lived and worked in this area for more than forty years, and watched the direct impacts of mining both pros and cons during that time. I have seen the booms in the late ’70s and early ‘80s brought about by the creation of Line Creek and Greenhills and then the pain experienced with the bankruptcy of Westar in the early ’90s coupled with an 8-month ...

Attachment Strongly opposed to this mine

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Carleen Paltzat
Reference Number: 38
Submitted: 2024-02-23 - 8:39 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
The wildlife in the Kootenays are already heavily impacted by habitat degradation and fragmentation. This habitat is irreplaceable and is not worth destroying for a 15 year mine. The short-term economic benefit does not surpass the long term cumulative impacts this mine will have on the surrounding wildlife and ecosystem. Not everything should be seen as a financial transaction, you can not put a dollar amount on the importance of this ecosystem to the wildlife and to us- in these difficult times when we are feeling the negative impacts of climate change more and more every year. We need to protect these natural spaces for our health and quality of life as well.

Attachment Crown Coking Coal Mining Project CIAR, Information Request

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Nicole Corrado
Reference Number: 45
Submitted: 2024-02-23 - 5:05 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please do not build another coal mine or coal plant. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. This proposal, which would damage and destroy the homes of grizzly bears, caribou, birds, fish, and many animals, is terrible. And coal mines destroy all sorts of animals in laboratory testing of their effluents, and in lethal sampling of birds, fish, frogs, etc. We do not need more coal. Please preserve the trees at this location. Please do not build on an area that has a lot of trees, and do not build on a wetland either. Please do not harm animals with this project. Please do not use animal testing for pollution monitoring. https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fishPlease only use non lethal ways to live with geese, beavers, and other wildlife. Develop a Living With Coyotes program with the animal welfare organization Coyote Watch Canada. www.coyotewatchcanada.com ...

Attachment Please do not build a coal plant in wilderness

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Nicole Corrado
Reference Number: 37
Submitted: 2024-02-23 - 5:01 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
? Please do not build another coal mine or coal plant. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. This proposal, which would damage and destroy the homes of grizzly bears, caribou, birds, fish, and many animals, is terrible. And coal mines destroy all sorts of animals in laboratory testing of their effluents, and in lethal sampling of birds, fish, frogs, etc. We do not need more coal. Please preserve the trees at this location. Please do not build on an area that has a lot of trees, and do not build on a wetland either. Please do not harm animals with this project. Please do not use animal testing for pollution monitoring. https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fishPlease only use non lethal ways to live with geese, beavers, and other wildlife. Develop a Living With Coyotes program with the animal welfare organization Coyote Watch Canada. ...

Biodiversity Human Health and Well-Being Migratory Birds Species at Risk Wildlife / Habitat

Attachment DECLINE Crown Mountain Coking Project

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Melissa Marshall
Reference Number: 48
Submitted: 2024-02-23 - 2:08 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Good afternoon, I am emailing to share my comments and concerns and important reasons why the NWP Coal Canada Limited proposal to construct a new metallurgical coal mine near Sparwood B.C. should be denied: This area is a pristine wildlife grazing and habitat corridor, this sanctuary area is located between two existing coal mines, and is a relief and refuge area for the elk, deer, bears, birds, and all the creatures in between from the existing large mines. The short lifespan of the mine: 15 years. A person would not even be able to make a full career working at this mine, but in the process, it would destroy a pristine environmental and wildlife area for generations to come. This area has already been heavily pillaged by the existing coal mines, another one would cause so much destruction to the wildlife and ...

Attachment Letter - Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Patricia Willis
Reference Number: 36
Submitted: 2024-02-22 - 10:20 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Patricia Willis 3780 Lake Rd. Denman Island BC CANADA V0R1T0 pattiwillis2020@gmail.com (mailto:pattiwillis2020@gmail.com) February 22, 2024 Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 210A - 757 West Hastings Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3M2 To Whom it May Concern: This comment is in reference to the NWP Coal Canada Ltd. proposal to construct and operate an open-pit metallurgical coal mine in the Elk Valley. As proposed, the production capacity of ...

Attachment Wildsight's Crown Mt Coking Coal Project Comment Submission

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Wildsight
Reference Number: 35
Submitted: 2024-02-21 - 6:08 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Hello, Thank you for the opportunity to comment, please see attached Wildsight's submission to this assessment process. We share serious concerns about the proposed project's impacts with many others here, and look forward to seeing how these concerns are addressed moving forwards.
Attachment Included
2-495 Wallinger Avenue Kimberley BC V1A 1Z6 • 250.427.9325 • info@wildsight.ca Wildsight is an environmental conservation organisation based in BC’s East Kootenay region that is working to protect biodiversity, promote the protection of sensitive environments, and increase sustainability in our communities. We write in response to the invitation for comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement/Application (EIS/A) for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project (referred to as “the project”). Wildsight has a long history of protecting biodiversity through conservation of land and water resources, and the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed project is appreciated. Mining has long been of importance to the provincial economy, and while we are fortunate to have these natural resources, it is of great importance that we recognize the enormous negative environmental impacts that mineral extraction projects are capable of. Issues with environmental degradation are clearly ...

Attachment Crown Mountain's proposal regarding airborne selenium defies current scientific knowledge, the regulatory process, and public concern.

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Crowsnest Headwaters
Reference Number: 34
Submitted: 2024-02-21 - 11:31 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Crowsnest Headwaters Submission to Joint Environmental Assessment Panel Regarding Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project February 21 2024 Who we are Crowsnest Headwaters unites local residents in defending the source waters of the Saskatchewan River System, which nourishes the Canadian Prairies with a resource vital to families, farms, and food processors from the Rocky Mountains to Hudson’s Bay. The most serious and immediate threats to the integrity of Rocky Mountain waters and environs are the schemes of coal promoters in both British Columbia and Alberta to release future mine effluent and particulate matter into critical watersheds and regional atmospheres, affecting both sides of the provincial boundary. Why we are concerned Despite recent research ...

Air Quality

Attachment Impact on our culture

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Elk Valley Métis Nation
Reference Number: 33
Submitted: 2024-02-14 - 7:31 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
The impact of expanding the mining of the coal field by the opening of another coal mine will have a lasting impact on how we use the land for traditional purposes on harvesting food and medicines; not just in the area of the actual mine but of a larger circle of human influence on the natural environment. This not only involves the actual time that the mine is in existance but also for generations to follow. NWP Coal has consulted with the Elk Valley Métis Nation attending our meetings and tours of the land and surrounding lands in question. We are concerned with the loss of wildlife and vegetation habitat and the use of it by our people where we gather and harvest food and medicine. The use of immediate infrastructure such as Grave Lake road will affect our accessing the lands that feed off that road and further in to access other lands that we use in hunting. The Elk Valley has an extremely strong culture of hunting and fishing, not just of ...

Attachment NWP Crown Mtn. Coking Coal project

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Sally Hammond
Reference Number: 32
Submitted: 2024-02-12 - 3:29 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
I grew up in a Cominco (Tech) mining family in the East Kootenay, so am familiar with Tech operations and coal mining operations in general. The Elk River (and therefore the Kootenay R. and eventually the Columbia R. in B.C., Montana and Washington) has already been under assault by Tech coal operations (selenium, nitrates, sulphates pollution). Another open pit coal operation (Crown Mtn.) in the same watershed will only contribute to the continuing denigration of water quality (affecting all aquatic life downstream, especially pertinent for at-risk westslope cutthroat, sturgeon & burbot)), air quality, disruption to wildlife and their corridors and general degradation of the ecosystem. There are alternates to using coal for manufacturing steel (e.g. electricity) and the 15 year life span of a new 'dirty-mine' does not justify the short-term profits, employment or tax revenues which will accrue in comparison to the environmental degradation and ...

Attachment Comment that came in through the media box for Crown Mountain

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Glen Grunau
Reference Number: 49
Submitted: 2024-02-07 - 6:39 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
To Impact Assessment Agency of Canada I am writing to express my opposition to the proposal by NWP Coal Canada to open a new metallurgical coal mine in the Elk Valley of B.C.’s Rocky Mountains to extract, process and export coal in high demand by Asian steelmakers. At face value, this may seem like a good idea from an economic perspective and to support the important industry of steelmaking. The argument is often made that coal mining for steelmaking remains a legitimate endeavour and that it is only thermal coal mining that we should end, due to the many preferred sustainable alternatives that exist for harvesting energy. However, metallurgical coal is still coal. Burning it emits a dangerous amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Our world needs to be moving away from coal completely if we have any hope of slowing down the runaway freight train of climate change. Moreover, metallurgical coal, once considered ...

Attachment Reject the NWP Environmental Assessment in full

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Frances Stocker
Reference Number: 31
Submitted: 2024-02-07 - 6:06 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
The NWP Environmental Assessment should be rejected in full. Any environmental assessment carried out by the mining company itself should never be the basis for deciding the actual environmental impact of the project. Despite corporate assertions to the contrary, the fox should not be the one to assess how effective new chicken coops will be in protecting the chickens. Historically, modern mining techniques have an entirely negative impact on the environment. There’s compelling evidence that: environmental protection measures taken by miners are inadequate; promises aren’t kept; and post-project clean-up and land-restoriation is poor or abandoned. Until government invests in frequent inspection of mining locations before, during and after their operation period, mines will always cause significant and often permanent damage to the environment, locally and globally. While we wait for credible environmental assessments and regular inspections to be ...

Attachment Do not approve new coal

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Clint Wilson
Reference Number: 30
Submitted: 2024-02-05 - 11:49 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Canada needs to reduce our carbon and greenhouse gases, not export them to Asia. I was fishing on the Elk River while visiting my son in Fernie last fall. He caught and released beautiful trout, which are contaminated with Selenium from Teck coal mines. Unacceptable failure on the part of government and the company. Please do not approve new coal, and clean up the existing mines! Regards, Clint Wilson

Attachment CIAR, Information Request

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Dr. Rollie Romanchuk
Reference Number: 52
Submitted: 2024-02-04 - 5:06 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Hope all stops in further mining development in the Elk Valley. This once pristine valley is now a pool of nitrates , selenium and sediment, dead fish and groundwater contaminated by this industry. To allow more and Not Have TECK clean up its mess (probably an impossible reality) will allow one of the greatest environmental damages to continue occurring. I understand the wealth the industry brings to the Elk Valley, however I do not see how TECK can sell billions in coal and not take responsibility for this valley and those areas the Elk River feeds. This finally ends up in Kookanusa, Kootenay lake, Columbia River and finally into the US where enviromental research has shown 10 to 20 X increases of these toxic chemicals. SO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. Regards, Dr. Rollie Romanchuk BSc(Hon enviromental physiology), Doctor of Dental Surgery.

Attachment This project is not in the best interest of the community.

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Jennifer L.
Reference Number: 29
Submitted: 2024-02-01 - 5:41 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
I believe this project should be declined as it is not in the best interests of the community. I have the following concerns/questions after reviewing the Environmental Impact Summary document: - I don't believe the public had influence on any aspect of this Project. Therefore, I think it is irresponsible for NWP to have said the public was engaged and consulted with. That implies a back-and-forth with the goal of resolving questions/concerns. If anything, the public was merely notified, and even that was lacking in my opinion. I signed up for quarterly newsletters early in the project, submitted a few questions via email in 2022, and have never heard back. - I contest the need of this project. The statement of "the demand for coking coal is expected to grow until at least 2050" does not, to me, offer a strong enough justification. - 15 year production capacity is very short lived especially when NWP stated a project life cycle of 34 ...

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Attachment Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project - Comment Submission

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Lauren Hooper
Reference Number: 53
Submitted: 2024-02-01 - 5:07 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Good afternoon, I write in opposition of the proposed Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project. I firmly believe that the approval and implementation of this project would have severe and irreversible consequences to the area’s ecology, wildlife, and recreational opportunities. I have been recreating in the area for over 20 years and protecting the limited area, not affected by active coal mining operations in the Elk Valley, is something that should be a priority for government and regulatory bodies. The area under consideration for the project is renowned for its abundant biodiversity, scenic beauty, and vibrant ecosystem. The proposed coal mine project poses an imminent threat to this delicate balance. Numerous species that call this area home, and the project will threaten their habitats and displace animals which already are dealing with five active mines in the Elk Valley. ...

Attachment Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment - effect assessments lack supporting evidnce

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: University of British Columbia
Reference Number: 28
Submitted: 2024-02-01 - 4:58 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
I have read the Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Assessment (E 7.10) of the application, particularly the E 7.10.2 Effects Assessments and E 7.10.3, Mitigation Measures. Within the Effects Assessments, for each group of organisms (e.g., bird community, bat community, carnivore community etc.), the following sentences (or the variants of such) are universally applied: These residual effects were determined to be not significant. The residual cumulative effects of habitat loss and degradation, sensory disturbance, and waterbird health arising from the Project in combination with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects and activities were considered not significant. The application presents these sweeping statements with any evidence of support these claims. More importantly, the long term environment impacts and adverse effects on living organisms, and ecological systems ...
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Attachment This mine will destroy animal homes

Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project
Author: Nicole Corrado
Reference Number: 27
Submitted: 2024-01-29 - 2:26 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Moose, bears, and many animals live here. Please do not destroy and pollute their home with a coal mine. Coal mines are as outdated as the fossils they are made from.