Boat Harbour Remediation Project

Build Nova Scotia is proposing the remediation of Boat Harbour and nearby lands, located next to Pictou Landing First Nation and five kilometres east of Pictou, Nova Scotia. In 1967, the provincial government constructed the Boat Harbour Effluent Treatment Facility to treat effluent from industrial sources and in the process, reconstructed a natural tidal estuary into a closed effluent stabilization basin. The Government of Nova Scotia closed the effluent treatment facility and as part of the remediation work, an existing on-site hazardous waste containment facility would be vertically expanded to increase its capacity from 220,000 cubic metres to up to 1,074,000 cubic metres (approximately 490%) for the storage of hazardous waste-bearing sediment that would be removed from the effluent treatment facility.

Please note that the proponent was formerly known as Nova Scotia Lands Inc..

Latest update

January 24, 2025 — The Minister of Environment and Climate Change issued the Environmental Assessment Decision Statement to the proponent.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document Number Document Title File Date
73 Decision Statement PDF (638 KB) January 24, 2025
71 Environmental Assessment Report PDF (3.1 MB) January 23, 2025
58 Draft Environmental Assessment Report PDF (3 MB) October 15, 2024
57 Draft Potential Conditions PDF (553 KB) October 15, 2024
54 Notice of Time Limit Extension - August 23, 2024
40 From Nova Scotia Lands Inc. to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Round 1 Information Request Responses for IRs 1 to 81, Consolidated Report PDF (25.5 MB) August 5, 2022
37 Notice of Time Limit Extension - June 23, 2022
31 Summary of the External Technical Review Report PDF (1.6 MB) February 10, 2021
10 Final Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines PDF (1.2 MB) May 31, 2019
6 Notice of Commencement of an Environmental Assessment - April 10, 2019
5 Notice of Environmental Assessment Determination - February 22, 2019
3 Summary of a Project Description of a Designated Project PDF (809 KB) December 18, 2018

Contacts

Compliance Promotion & Follow-up Team
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
Email: postdecision@iaac-aeic.gc.ca

Media Relations
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
Email: media@iaac-aeic.gc.ca


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This map is for illustrative purposes. The markers represent the approximate locations based on available data. More than one marker may be identified for a given assessment.

  • Location

    • Five kilometres east of Pictou (Nova Scotia)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Waste Management

  • Assessment Status

    Completed

  • Start Date

    2019-04-10

  • Proponent

    Build Nova Scotia

  • Authorities

    • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

  • Assessment Type

    Environmental assessment under CEAA 2012

  • Reference Number

    80164

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...within 200 kilometres
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