Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project

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Attachment Request for Federal Expert Advice - Reconsideration of Designation Requests for the Proposed Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects under the Impact Assessment Act

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
  • Reference Number: 103
  • Submitted: 2021-08-13
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission
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  • ATTACHMENT: Federal Authority Advice Record: Reconsideration for designation Response due by August 13, 2021 Proposed Vista Coal Mine expansion physical activities Department/Agency Environment and Climate Change Canada Lead Contact Abigayle Blackmore, Environmental Assessment Officer Full Address Environmental Protection Operations Directorate Prairie & Northern Region 9250 49 Street Edmonton, AB, T6B 1K5 Email abigayle.blackmore@ec.gc.ca Telephone 780-239-3894 Alternate Departmental Contact orlagh.osullivan@ec.gc.ca 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the proposed physical activities; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the physical activities; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the physical activities to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. Please reference ECCC’s September 20, 2019, ...
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  • 1 Environmental Protection Operations Directorate Prairie & Northern Region 9250 49 Street Edmonton, AB T6B 1K5 August 13, 2021 ECCC File: 4194-10-3/6324 CIAR Reference: 80731 Greg Bosse Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 1145-9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3 By email to: Greg.Bosse@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear Greg Bosse, RE: Request for Federal Expert Advice - Reconsideration of Designation Requests for the Proposed Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects under the Impact Assessment Act ECCC has reviewed the information provided for the above noted project (the Project) as requested by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (the Agency) August 4, 2021 letter. Our advice is based on ECCC’s mandate in the context of the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994 (MBCA), pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act, and the Canadian Environmental ...

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Attachment O'Chiese First Nation comments on the Reconsideration of Designation Requests for the Proposed Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects under the Impact Assessment Act

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of O'Chiese First Nation
  • Reference Number: 107
  • Submitted: 2021-08-06
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Page 1 of 5 O’CHIESE FIRST NATION Box 2127 Rocky Mountain House, Alberta – T4T 1B6 Phone: (403) 989-3943 Fax: (403) 989-3795 Toll Free: 1-888-256-3884 Allisson Lefebvre Senior Consultation Advisor Prairie and Northern Region Canada Place Suite 1145, 9700 Jasper Ave Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 Sent via e-mail allisson.lefebvre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca on August 6, 2021 Dear Ms. Lefebvre, RE: O’Chiese First Nation comments on the Reconsideration of Designation Requests for the Proposed Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects under the Impact Assessment Act. This letter is sent on behalf of O’Chiese First Nation Chief and Council. The Chief and Council of O’Chiese First Nation have the elected authority and responsibility to protect the Inherent and Treaty Rights of O’Chiese First Nation. The Inherent and Treaty Rights of O’Chiese First Nation are recognized by Treaty 6 and ...

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Attachment Samson Cree Nation - Guiding Questions for this Comment Period

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: Samson Cree Nation submitted by Kyra Northwest
  • Reference Number: 57
  • Submitted: 2021-05-26 - 8:21 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached for Samson Cree Nation's Comments on the guiding questions for the Coalspur Mines Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects. 
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  • Page 1 of 3 Enclosure 2 : Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by May 26, 2021 Coalspur Mines Ltd. - Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 80731 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 80731 Indigenous group: Samson Cree Nation Contact Name: Kyra Northwest & Kaylyn Buffalo Telephone: 780-585-3793 Address: PO Box 159 Maskwacis, Alberta T0C1N0 Fax: 780-585-2104 Email: samsoncreedata@gmail.com We request that you carefully review this form and that you refine your input as appropriate. Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any effects of the Projects that are of concern to your community. Also please identify any effects that you are aware of that are not listed in the initial project description. Note: Information on effects and direct and ...

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Attachment Submission on behalf of CPAWS Northern Alberta

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: CPAWS Northern Alberta submitted by Gillian Chow-Fraser
  • Reference Number: 56
  • Submitted: 2021-05-26 - 7:18 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • On behalf of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) - Northern Alberta Chapter, I submit our letter summarizing various environmental concerns regarding the proposed Coalspur Mines Ltd. Phase 1 Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Phase 2 Expansion projects. Thank you. 
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  • PO Box 52031, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2T5 www.cpawsnab.org Keeping Alberta Wild Since 1968 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 1145-9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 May 26, 2021 Dear IAA, On behalf of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s - Northern Alberta Chapter, we write to the Impact Assessment Agency about our concerns on many of the potential adverse environmental impacts of the Coalspur Mines Ltd. Phase 1 Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Phase 2 Expansion projects. Concerning environmental impacts include impacts on: - Endangered Rainbow Trout (Athabasca River) populations and destruction of their critical habitat and, therefore, jeopardization of Canada’s recovery strategy under the Species At Risk Act; - Other species at risk, including migratory birds; - Canada’s commitments to reduce carbon emissions and Canada’s ability to meet their climate change commitments; - ...

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Attachment Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine (VTUM) and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects: Comments from Environmental Defence

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: Environmental Defence submitted by Julia Levin
  • Reference Number: 53
  • Submitted: 2021-05-26 - 5:21 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached document, containing Environmental Defence's comments on the Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects.  The serious health and environmental impacts of thermal coal mining are not in dispute. Considering the project’s impacts on Canada’s environmental and climate commitments, as well as the impacts on Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Defence strongly recommends that this project undergo a full impact assessment.  
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  • Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine (VTUM) and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects: Comments from Environmental Defence May 26, 2021 Re: Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects We are writing to express serious concerns about the Phase I Vista Test Underground Mine and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Projects by Coalspur Mines (Operations) Limited.  The proposed expansion would increase output by an average additional 4.2 million tonnes of coal each year. Thermal coal is widely recognized as one of the most harmful fossil fuels and its mining, transportation, and combustion can have severe impacts on the environment and human health. The serious health and environmental impacts of thermal coal mining are not in dispute. Considering the project’s impacts on Canada’s environmental and climate commitments, as well as the impacts on Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Defence strongly recommends that this ...

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Attachment Keepers of the Water Council stands for the Water, Fish, and all our relations against coal

  • Vista Coal Underground Mine Project and Vista Mine Phase II Expansion Project
  • Author: Keepers of the Water Council submitted by Jule Asterisk
  • Reference Number: 52
  • Submitted: 2021-05-26 - 4:25 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • To: the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Coalspur Mines Ltd., and interested parties RE: Project #80731 Coalspur Vista Mine expansion Keepers of the Water is an Indigenous led organization that is comprised of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples; environmental groups; concerned citizens; and communities working together for the protection of water, air and land - and thus, for all living things today and tomorrow. Keepers of the Water works with Indigenous communities who are working to instill Indigenous water governance, with policy, legislation, natural law, traditional knowledge and also looking at ways bodies of water are being managed, this in turn provides the solutions to ensuring water is kept safe now and for future ...
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  • Keepers of the Water keepers.communications@gmail.com 780 805-1709 To: the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Coalspur Mines Ltd., and interested parties RE: Project #80731 Coalspur Vista Mine expansion Keepers of the Water is an Indigenous led organization that is comprised of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples; environmental groups; concerned citizens; and communities working together for the protection of water, air and land - and thus, for all living things today and tomorrow. Keepers of the Water works with Indigenous communities who are working to instill Indigenous water governance, with policy, legislation, natural law, traditional knowledge and also looking at ways bodies of water are being managed, this in turn provides the solutions to ensuring water is kept safe now and for future generations. Keepers of the Water was founded in 2006 by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who have walked alongside each other guided by Indigenous ...

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