Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

Attachment Comment removed by Administrator due to administrative purposes

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Ktunaxa Nation Council
• Reference Number: 317
• Submitted: 2022-01-11
• Project Phase: N/A
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description

Attachment Tent Mountain IPD

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Shuswap Band
• Reference Number: 316
• Submitted: 2022-01-11
• Project Phase: N/A
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment Included
•  Selenium and other contaminants: in June 2021, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change chose to designate the proposed Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project for review under the Impact Assessment Act, in part due to risks imposed by the proposed Project for the  Cumulative effects: [regional study area] that has been historically impacted by municipal developments, coal mining, timber harvesting, agriculture, road and railway corridors, and oil and gas explor (p. 68)  Species at risk: within the proposed Project area have been designated as species of concern by various bodies, including: o 1 2) o Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi 3) o Boreal (Western) toad (Anaxyrus boreas o  Migratory Birds: d by the Migratory Convention Act. Potential TMM Project-related effects on migratory birds are expected to be largely related to direct (e.g., vegetation clearing) and indirect (e.g., noise/sensory disturbance) loss and/or ...

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Attachment MIN 284543 - Incoming McIntyre

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of David McIntyre
• Reference Number: 322
• Submitted: 2021-12-19
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment Included
• Dear Impact Assessment Agency of Canada ((IAAC), I write—in strong opposition!— in response to Montem Resources’ proposal to create an open-pit coal mine that would, if approved, remove Tent Mountain from the headwaters of the Oldman River, obliterate the mountain’s status as a landscape-defining component of the Alberta/British Columbia border, and eliminate the mountain as a place name in Canada. It’s certain that most Canadians are unaware of Montem’s proposal, and that, once again, and like Benga’s Grassy Mountain proposal before it, Montem’s proposal, if approved, would destroy an integral and functioning critical component of Alberta’s fragile, vital, life-sustaining headwaters. And most people, even if they are aware of the proposal, don’t realize that, within the current review process, it’s imperative that the relative few who are aware and cognizant of watershed values and the wealth of other values that flow from intact landscapes stand up to oppose the colossal ...

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Attachment MIN 284549 - Incoming Field

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Monica Field
• Reference Number: 321
• Submitted: 2021-12-19
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission.
• Attachment Included
• Imp act Assessment Agency of Canada Prop osed Industrial Activity : M ontem Resources’ Tent M ountain M ine Redevelop ment Project I write to exp ress numerous concerns with resp ect to the p rop osal. Additionally , I believe that the p rocess used to acquire p ublic feedback for industrial p rojects is unfair. It op ens a short timeline for p ublic p articip ation (20 day s just before Christmas), while the p rop onent has months to p rep are submissions. The sy stem is flawed, and the difficulties involved in the current p rocess are more than enough to discourage most p eop le from p articip ating. I p articip ated in the Joint Panel Review Hearing for the Grassy M ountain p rop osal. The p rocess was onerous and time consuming. I, worried, deep ly concerned, threatened on multip le levels, felt forced to p ut my life on hold and focus on the issue for months. It makes my heart cringe to think of having, again, to lose sleep , and devote time and energy to address ...

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Attachment mining proposal

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Elaine Rankine
• Reference Number: 267
• Submitted: 2021-12-19
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• As an Albertan who has lived here for 82 years and was raised on a farm, I strongly object to your mining proposal.  Albertans and visitors from around the world have enjoyed our Rocky mountains for years. There are so many reasons for you not to do this that they are too many for this family to list. Some of our corrupt UCP ministers might think differently, but have you noticed how they are polling lately. We do not want foreign mining companies in our province period.  No mining companies whatsoever. Coal is on it's way out, don't you know!  This resounding NO if from a 4 generation Alberta family.   Elaine Rankine Bsc. Pharm. retired

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Attachment Addressing the 'need for' the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Sharon Mascher
• Reference Number: 257
• Submitted: 2021-12-17 - 12:53 AM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached.
• Attachment Included
• Sharon Mascher, LL.M., LL.B., B.Ed. Professor, Faculty of Law University of Calgary Murray Fraser Hall 4310 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Telephone: (403) 220-7327 Email: smascher@ucalgary.ca December 16, 2021 Re: Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project To whom it may concern, I am writing in response to invitation to review the summary of the Initial Project Description (IPD) and to provide comments on Montem Resources’ proposed Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project (the Project). The multitude of comments available on the Canadian Impact Assessment Register address the potential for serious direct and cumulative impacts on areas within federal jurisdiction and rights recognized and affirmed under s 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and highlight the level of public concern surrounding this proposed Project. These comments, which echo in large part the Minister’s reasons for designation of the Project, leave little doubt that ...

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Attachment Tent Mountain IPD comments - LBT

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Louis Bull Tribe
• Reference Number: 276
• Submitted: 2021-12-17
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission. 
• Attachment Included
• Allisson Lefebvre Senior Consultation Analyst Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada RE: LOUIS BULL TRIBE SUBMISSION ON TENT MOUNTAIN IPD Background to the Tribe Louis Bull Tribe (LBT) is a signatory of Treaty 6 and is one of the four First Nations with reserve lands in Maskwacis (the other three being: Ermineskin Cree Nation, Samson Cree Nation and Montana Cree Nation). LBT is a Cree community consisting of 1,500 on-reserve residents and 1,800 residents living off- reserve. LBT members have familial ties to other First Nation communities and currently practice traditional land uses as far as central and northeast British Columbia, western Saskatchewan, Montana, and northern Alberta. The Tribe's reserve lands are located within Alberta's central parkland natural subregion (Natural Regions Committee 2006), approximately 375 km northeast of the proposed project. Pursuant to Treaty 6, Louis Bull has constitutionally ...

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Attachment Tent Mountain Coal Development- Alberta

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Carole Ferguson
• Reference Number: 263
• Submitted: 2021-12-17
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Never in my many years on earth have I suffered more stress and anxiety as I have since the Kenney UCP Government took office. All of life’s most vital resources, our environmental protection, our essential services and our economic security are at risk.   There is no more precious resource on the face of the earth than clean water, clean air and clean land that supports plant and animal life. On these all life depends. Our Rocky Mountains and eastern slopes are the very source of those very resources. The watershed that provides the  primary source of water for hundreds of thousands of people is where foreign Australian miners and the UCP of Alberta are willing to risk our lives and future generations of people for a few lousy dollars. Extreme weather conditions are threatening enough. Droughts in southern Alberta are now more ...

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Attachment Federal Impact Assessment Needed

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Charles Shifflett
• Reference Number: 256
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 11:37 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am writing as a second generation, born in Alberta resident, regarding my support for a full federal Environmental Impact Assessment of Montem Resources' proposal to reopen the metallurgical coal mine on Tent Mountain. The eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies must be protected from harmful exploitation for short term monetary or political gain which compromises Southern Albertans' needs such as water. The present Alberta provincial government has demonstrated by its policies, and actions that it is incapable of the careful evidence based examination required in this case. I ask that you acknowledge the importance of such an examination and require a full federal Environmental Impact Assesment of Montem Resources' proposal.

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Attachment Federal Impact Assessment Needed

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Fay Mascher
• Reference Number: 255
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 11:25 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am writing as a long term southern Alberta resident regarding my support for a full federal Environmental Impact Assessment of Montem Resources' proposal to reopen the metallurgical coal mine on Tent Mountain. The eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies must be protected from harmful exploitation for monetary or political gain which compromises basic needs such as water. The current Alberta provincial government has demonstrated by its words and actions that it is not capable of the careful evidence based examination required in this case. I ask that you acknowledge the importance of such an examination and require a full federal Environmental Impact Assesment of Montem Resources' proposal.

Attachment Stop this project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Anahi Johnson
• Reference Number: 254
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 10:01 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am strongly opposed to the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment proposal. We need to protect our mountains, headwaters, natural habitat, and wildlife for the generations to come. There needs to be a full environmental assessment. With the changing climate and challenges that we face, this project is not feasible nor is it in the best interest of Albertans. There are significant risks to the health of those living near the project and anyone downstream of affected waterways. I wonder when we will learn from mistakes of the past. Stop destroying our precious natural habitat for the benefit of a select few wealthy people who have no stake in the future of Alberta.

Attachment I do NOT support the Tent Mountain Mine re-opening

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Diana Correal
• Reference Number: 253
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 9:33 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I write this comment to express that I do NOT support the redevelopment and expansion of the Tent Mountain Mine proposed by Montem Resources Ltd. I live in southern Alberta and my life and livelihood will be negatively affected by the development of the eastern slopes for the following reasons: 1. Negative impacts on water quality and quantity: I live in one of many communities east from the rocky mountains that depend on the Oldman river watershed for living. We obtain water for residential use, agriculture, and livestock maintenance from this river. The Oldman river watershed feeds on many tributaries that cross the area of the eastern slopes where mining is proposed. The redevelopment of coal mines in this area would greatly affect both the quality and quantity of water in the Oldman ...

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Attachment Opposing the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Toby Malloy
• Reference Number: 252
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 9:28 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I strongly oppose the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project. The damage that has already been done, continues to be done, and is being proposed through "redevelopment" has had, and will have devastating environmental, cultural and social effects on an already traumatized landscape and peoples. Coal mining needs to stop. It flies in the the face of, and is counter productive to truth and reconciliation work and climate crisis actions. Any continued (they are in there now, punching in roads and destroying habitat and sacred land), and any further proposed development is making it impossible for us to realize even the most baseline health outcomes. I'm stating the obvious here. No water = No future. This place, this landscape is our context. To use an antiquated term, I implore you, the federal government of Canada to intervene, not only in support of Alberta and Albertans, but for all Canadians. We are all in this story ...

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Attachment 100% support

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Carmen Linderman
• Reference Number: 251
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 9:05 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Thank you for the opportunity to send my comment I am a  Resident, small business owner in the Crowsnest Pass. I am in full support of this project. Canada/Alberta boasts the highest environmental standards in the world. There is no reason we can not have responsible resource extraction. The technology is getting better every day. I’ve read through many of the submissions and it sounds like most don’t understand the difference between thermal and metallurgical coal. Metallurgical coal is a huge demand because it is essential for our existence, it is used to make pretty much everything in our lives and if we can mine it better environmentally then elsewhere, we should! If the ultimate goal is less pollution and a more healthy earth. The need for this product isn’t going to go away any time in the near future. Any coal project has to abide by, follow and constantly be under scrutiny of the Coal Conservation Act, Environmental Protection and ...

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Attachment Comment on Tent Mountain Mine

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Brenda Ballachey
• Reference Number: 250
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 9:00 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I stand with thousands of Albertans who do not want any further coal development on the eastern slopes of the Rockies. I am a current resident. landowner, and former rancher in this area, and have lived most of my life here. I have worries about the security of our water supply in southern Alberta, including pollution issues from mining, and worries also about the deteriorating integrity of the ecosystem, which can only be worsened if this project goes ahead. In general, I have grave concerns over climate change issues. I do not see any merit (including consideration of ecomonic benefits) in allowing an Australian company to mine in our Rockies to ship coal to China.   

Attachment Tent Mountain Should Be Subject to an Impact Assessment by a Joint Review Panel

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Alberta Wilderness Association submitted by Ian Urquhart
• Reference Number: 249
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 8:54 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached pdf for Alberta Wilderness Association's comments of Montem Resources rather threadbare Initial Project Description. 
• Attachment Included
• "Defending Wild Alberta through Awareness and Action” 455 – 12 Street NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Y9 Phone 403.283.2025 awa@abwild.ca www.AlbertaWilderness.ca December 16, 2021 Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Canada Place 9700 Jasper Avenue, Suite 1145 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 Telephone: 780-495-2037 Email: tentmountain@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear IAAC officials: On behalf of Alberta Wilderness Association I write to comment on the Initial Project Description Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. has submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project. AWA is one of Alberta’s oldest conservation organizations. As our name suggests we are dedicated to the conservation of wilderness in Alberta and currently enjoy the support of more than 7,000 individuals. AWA hopes these comments, in the IAAC’s words, “will help the Agency prepare a summary of issues and inform ...

Attachment No Coal Mining

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: LEO Croteau
• Reference Number: 248
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 8:45 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I support any action that will contribute to the end of coal mining in the Eastern slopes. If that requires an Environmental Assessment to kill an already dead horse, let's go for it.  Sincerely, Paul Croteau

Attachment Request for a Federal Impact Assessment for Tent Mountain Redevelopment Project (No. 81436)

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Mewassin Community Council submitted by Kristi Anderson
• Reference Number: 247
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 8:11 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• In July of 2021, the Minister of the Environment at the time, the Honourable Jonathon Wilkinson stated the following: “For any new proposed metallurgical coal mine or the expansion of an existing coal mine that is not already described in the Physical Activities Regulations and that has the potential to release selenium into water bodies, it is my intention to designate such projects for entry into the impact assessment process using my authority under the IAA. In the context of such a review, it will be important to assess potential impacts of selenium discharge in particular on the specific receiving environment in question”. Can it be proven that this proposed project will NOT result in the release of selenium? If not, the Agency is obligated to conduct an Impact Assessment. A thorough Impact Assessment should be ...

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Attachment TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, FROM A CONCERNED CANADIAN, ALBERTAN, and CITIZEN:

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Connie Hall
• Reference Number: 246
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 8:05 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I wish to register my opinion in the matter of the TENT MOUNTAIN MINE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT as proposed by Montem Resources Ltd. I wish to request that this proposed project be subject to full evaluation by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, and that a full impact assessment of all aspects under the jurisdiction of a Joint Panel of provincial and federal expertise for the review of environmental impacts be undertaken. It is absolutely necessary that the project, as proposed, be examined, and further that full consideration be given within the larger context of a "small" project being viewed as a stepping stone to related and yet larger surface mining of coal on a grander, regional and province-wide basis. This is the proposition presented publicly to foreign investors, and has been openly advertised as such in, and to, other countries but which has not been widely presented to Canadians. The land surface disturbance for haul road and rail link ...

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Attachment Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Mary-Ellen Jones
• Reference Number: 245
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 7:42 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I have property in Southern Alberta that has a conservation easement on it to provide wildlife habitat.  I'd be very interested in having access to a full Environmental Assessment for the Tent Mountain Mine Redovelopment Project.  This information is necessary so that people in both Alberta and B.C. can review it and use it to interviene during proceedings.

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Attachment Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment - Impact Assessment

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Fay Douglas
• Reference Number: 244
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 7:41 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Thank you for the opportunity to state that I DO NOT support the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment as proposed by Montem Resources for the following reasons:                                -negative long term effects on water supply quantity and quality                                                                                                                                                                                      -negative effects on ...

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Attachment Request for Federal Review of Tent Mountain Mine proposal

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Sam Gunsch
• Reference Number: 243
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 7:10 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Request for Federal Review of Tent Mountain, Sam Gunsch, 16 Dec 2021 The federal government/agencies must enter into a joint federal-provincial review of the Tent Mountain Mine not only because of federal jurisdiction that this mine falls under, but because my Alberta government and agencies will not properly review the project if left to just provincial review, given the pro-industry political actions and statements of the current provincial government. Everyone knows that the current provincial government will not protect the water sources in the mountains and foothills from coal mining pollution given the very public claims by the Alberta government Ministers for the Environment and for Energy,  that coal mining can be done responsibly under Alberta's environmental standards and regulations.  This is a claim that is completely contradicted by the historic evidence of pollution in Alberta's Eastern Slopes from coal mining, especially with respect to ...
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Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Natural Resources Canada

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources Canada
• Reference Number: 337
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 6:53 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission. 
• Attachment Included
• December 16, 2021 Agency File No: 005760 NRCan File #: AB-507 Allisson Lefebvre Senior Consultation Analyst Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Sent via email: allisson.lefebvre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Re: Federal Authority Advice Record for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project On November 25, 2021, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) requested that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) provide a Federal Authority Advice Record for the Impact Assessment of the the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project (the Project) from Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. Please find the completed Federal Authority Advice Record below. Should you have any questions related to NRCan’s Federal Authority Advice Record, please do not hesitate to contact Maximilien Genest at maximilien.genest@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. Thank you, ...

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Attachment Comments on the Initial Project Description on behalf of Driftpile Cree Nation

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: MLT Aikins LLP submitted by Amyn Lalji
• Reference Number: 242
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 6:50 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• The attached correspondence includes the comments of Driftpile Cree Nation on the Initial Project Description.
• Attachment Included
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Attachment Re: Montem Resources' Tent Mountain Coal Redevelopment Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Crowsnest Journal submitted by Kevin Turner
• Reference Number: 241
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 6:43 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Kevin Turner Box 1228 Coleman, AB. T0K 0M0 E-mail: logicandpassion@gmail.com   December 16, 2021   Re:  Montem Resources’ Tent Mountain Coal Redevelopment Project   Dear Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, The Government of Alberta, its corporate holdings (including the Alberta Energy Regulator and the Canadian Energy Centre), and its political masters at the International Democratic Union are functionally and effectively an extension of the global fossil fuel industry; as such, it is clearly and utterly incapable of ethical and robust environmental and sociological oversight while under the control of Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party. Therefore, it is incumbent on the Government of Canada as expressed through the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to provide the necessary oversight on Montem Resources’ Tent Mountain proposal as was the case with Riversdale ...

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Attachment Concerns re Tent Mountain Coal Mine redevelopment and potential end-of-life renewable energy proposal

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Calgary River Forum Society submitted by Bill Morrison
• Reference Number: 240
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 6:42 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Calgary River Forum Society (also known as Calgary River Valleys or CRV) is a not-for-profit environmental stewardship organization. We are a stakeholder in the South Saskatchewan River Basin and have participated in the development of government policies designed to safeguard water quality, water quantity, and biodiversity, including locally, regionally and through the full length of the watershed. Our organization does much of its work within Calgary’s rivers and creeks and adjacent riparian lands. We believe this proposed project by Montem Resources to redevelop the former Tent Mountain Coal Mine site requires a rigorous federal impact assessment by IAAC to ensure the impacts are minimized on the local and regionally-connected watersheds, the airsheds, and the local and migratory biodiversity in the region, including now and in the future. Our concerns are in three main categories. First, it is not clear what this project in fact is. The information posted ...

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Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Administrator on behalf of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)
• Reference Number: 338
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 5:36 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see the attached submission. 
• Attachment Included
• ATTACHMENT: November 25, 2021 Federal Authority Advice Record Response due by December 15, 2021 Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project – Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. Agency File: 005760 Department/Agency Women and Gender Equality Canada Lead Contact Denise Gareau Full Address 22 Eddy St., Gatineau QC Email CFC.EvaluationImpacts-ImpactsAssessment.SWC@cfc-swc.gc.ca Telephone 819-938-1132 Alternate Contact Jessica Bialek 1. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? WAGE does not hold any regulatory, function, or duties. 2. Is your department or agency in possession of specialist or expert information or knowledge that may be relevant to the conduct of an impact assessment of the Project? WAGE has expertise in the application of GBA Plus (as an intersectional analysis) as well as information ...

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Attachment Y2Y comments on Tent Mountain Coal Mine Redevelopment Project Submission

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative submitted by Patty Richards
• Reference Number: 239
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 4:59 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) has worked to connect and protect habitat so that people and nature can thrive within the Rocky Mountain corridor since our inception in 1995. We are concerned about the likely negative and significant impacts of the proposed restart and expansion of mining operations at the Tent Mountain Mine, an open-pit coal mine located 16 kilometres west of Coleman, Alberta that stopped operating in 1983. This area is in the heart of what makes the Eastern Slopes of Alberta so important to Albertans and the country. The mine expansion would have long-term, lasting impacts on wildlife. Alberta’s Eastern Slopes and the adjacent foothills are home to wide-ranging species including wolverines and provincially-listed threatened grizzly bears, and connectivity in the region is already compromised by historic industrial impacts and fragmented by intensive forestry operations in the area. Addressing climate change is a key ...
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• Submission to the coal policy committee Prepared by Coal Development puts alberta’s natural values at risk: A conservation and policy analysis Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 7 Organization Introduction 8 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) 8 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) 9 Challenges with Current Policies 9 Original Coal Policy (1976) 10 Land Use Framework 11 Regional Planning is Incomplete 11 Subregional Plans are Incomplete 12 Gaps in Regulation 13 Approvals and Enforcement of Environmental Policy 13 Public Consultation 14 Conservation Values 15 Water 15 Water Quantity 16 Water Quality 17 Species at Risk 19 Native Trout 19 Whitebark and Limber Pines 22 Grizzly Bear 23 caribou 24 Mountain and bighorn sheep 26 Landscape Ecological Integrity 26 Environmentally Significant Areas 26 lanscape connectivity 27 Fescue Grasslands 29 Biodiversity 30 Other ...
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• The Honourable Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3 cc: Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Canada Place 9700 Jasper Avenue, Suite 1145 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 Telephone: 780-495-2037 Email: tentmountain@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Emailed to: ec.ministre-minister.ec@canada.ca ceaa.information.acee@canada.ca December 16, 2021 RE: Request for public and Indigenous groups to review the summary of the Initial Project Description for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project - Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. proposal to restart and expand mining operations at the Tent Mountain Mine. Dear Minister Guilbeault, The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) has worked to connect and protect habitat so that people and nature can thrive within the Rocky Mountain corridor since our ...
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• 1 April 5, 2021 Director, Environmental Assessment Regulatory Applications, Alberta Energy Regulator Suite 100, 250-5th Street SW Calgary, AB T2P 0R9 Re: Comments on Proposed Terms of Reference (PTOR) for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted by Montem Resources Alberta Operation Ltd. (Montem) for the Tent Mountain Mine Project (the project). Dear Director of Environmental Assessment, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative’s (Y2Y) overarching mission is to protect and connect habitats so that people and nature can thrive. The current exploration and proposed development of coal mines along Alberta’s East Slopes raises significant concerns for critical biodiversity and source water values, and for community economic diversification needs for Albertans. We respectfully submit the following comments on the proposed Terms of Reference for the EIA that has been provided by Montem for the proposed Tent Mountain Mine ...

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Attachment Support for Federal Impact Assessment on Tent Mountain Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Judith Golub
• Reference Number: 238
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 4:30 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am not a scientist of any field, just an Alberta citizen, lover of all of our Rocky Mountains and deeply concerned about climate change. Therfore I am deeply opposed to the reopening of Tent Mountain for coal extraction. We need federal environmental oversight for coal mining to be mandated by law if we are going to have any hope of stopping coal exploration, development, and mining in the Rocky Mountains and Eastern Slopes. Coal mining has had disastrous impacts on the Rockies. There are millions who will be impacted by lower water levels. The entire agricultural sector of southern Alberta/Saskatchewan is at stake. Yet the Lobbyists continue to sway current government decisions with talk about economic gains for a small minority. It seems blindingly obvious that in the very near future, clean water will be a far more valuable and sustainable resource than coal ever could be. Protecting our forests and watersheds also helps us meet our international environmental ...

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Attachment Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment - Impact Assessment

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Chris Calvez
• Reference Number: 237
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 4:09 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• A joint federal provincial impact assessment must take place for the potential Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment. The federal provincial joint review of the Grassy Mountain Mine was a great example of how each potential mine, regardless of size, should be conducted. As a born and raised Canadian living in Alberta all my life, down stream from these potential mines I would expect nothing less of a full impact assessment by my federal and provincial government. Anything less is unacceptable.   

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Attachment What will we do if the water goes bad?

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Jeff Gardiner
• Reference Number: 236
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 3:53 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am very concerned over ANY coal development or surface disturbances in the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies.  ALL of our water comes from these mountain watersheds and any disturbances to the watershed should be avoided. Keeping these mountains in a natural state will ensure survival of all the species that call this area home, including the fish in the streams, the bears in the mountains and the people living downstream.. I am especially concerned over water as we have had drought conditions for quite some time and this fall's precipitation has been running off instead of staying as snowpack for next year's water runoff and agricultural needs, plus, of course the water I need to drink in my home in Lethbridge. As such, I am opposed to any and all coal mining on the Eastern Slopes and ask that these projects be rejected as not being in the public interest.   Thank you   Jeff ...

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Attachment Response to Montem's Initial Project Description

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Brenda Garrett
• Reference Number: 235
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 3:51 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on Montem’s Initial Project Description for their Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project. Below, please find a discussion of the main concerns I have regarding the document. I have left a discussion of impacts to Indigenous peoples and lands to Indigenous Peoples themselves, but, of course, those concerns are first and foremost. 1. Transboundary Environments The mine site straddles the border between Alberta and British Columbia and may result in damage to fish and fish habitats (see section 2 below) as well as habitat loss and contamination impacting threatened species such as whitebark pine, grizzly bears, boreal toads, and olive flycatchers among others. Montem argues that the location of the project on a former mine site will mitigate any environmental damage, writing:    While the work is ongoing, no unforeseen effects to the studied environmental components have been ...

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Attachment Looking Forward to a Sustainable Alberta

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Cody Johnson
• Reference Number: 234
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 3:46 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am writing to express my STRONG OPPOSITION to the proposed Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project! As noted in the November 2021 University of Calgary School of Public Policy review of this proposed project...  "economic benefits of tax revenues and employment earnings are overshadowed by the costs arising from the displacement of ranching, tourism and the negative environmental effects on water, vegetation, air and wildlife.... furthermore- the comparitively small economic benefits derived from a new coal mine could not possibly justify the large and possibly irreversible damage done to the environment, local communities and to the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples." To quote from the Municipal District of Pincher Creek Council  on the topic of concerns related to coal development within the Eastern Slopes ... "as regards the stewardship of water, "This is not just water for agriculture or human consumption, but water for ...

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Attachment Request full IAAC review

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Allan Garbutt
• Reference Number: 233
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 2:46 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• To:  Steven Guilbeault, Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada        Impact Assessment Agency of Canada   Copies:  Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister, Natural Resources   Joyce Murray, Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard   SUBJECT:  Montem Mine Proposal, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta   Dear Minister:   This letter is a request that the proposed Montem Metallurgical Coal Mine be subject to a formal review by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC).  There are multiple reasons why this mine should be subject to a formal review by IAAC.  Some of those are enumerated in the following text.   The company describes this project as reactivating a mine that has been in caretaker mode for several years.  I have lived in this area for over 30 years, and there has been no coal taken ...

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Attachment Professor

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Jerrel Wilkens
• Reference Number: 232
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 2:42 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• I am writing to express my concerns and opposition to the current Tent Mt. Redevelopment Proposal. I live in Alberta, love the natural beauty of our prairies, foothills and mountains, hike and back-country ski frequently, and am extremely concerned about preserving our environment for now and future generations. I am desperate that we not leave a legacy of waste and destruction for my grandchildren and beyond, especially for short term financial gains and in response to industrial lobbying pressures. Our world is on the brink of climate disaster and anything that furthers anthropogenic degredation should be resisted. Coal mining and use is not acceptable, more so since there are options. Maybe the options will be more expensive, but for my part I am happy to pay higher prices for the peace of mind that I am not contributing to a worsening world scenerio. Having traveled and worked world-wide I know how unique the Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rockies are. ...

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Attachment Adaptive Management in the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

• Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
• Author: Martin Olszynski
• Reference Number: 231
• Submitted: 2021-12-16 - 2:36 PM
• Project Phase: Planning
• Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
• Please see attached.
• Attachment Included
• Martin Olszynski, LL.M., LL.B., B.Sc. Associate Professor, Faculty of Law University of Calgary Murray Fraser Hall 3346 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 Telephone: (403) 220-3816 Email: molszyns@ucalgary.ca December 15, 2021 Re: Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project To whom it may concern, In its initial project description, Montem Resources refers to an environmental management approach known as “adaptive management” as follows: - at p. 32: "An ecosystem management approach is used as the basis for the TMM Project reclamation and closure plans, recognizing ecological integrity, adaptive management, and human interactions as key considerations"; - at p. 65: Mitigations to minimize potential adverse effects to aquatic resources will be identified. The development and implementation of these mitigation measures will be technically, environmentally, and economically feasible. Examples of recommended mitigation measures ...

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