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Attachment Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Paul Long
  • Reference number: 326
  • Submitted: 2022-01-22
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Dear Honourable Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Montem resources should not get a penny from the federal Clean Fuels Fund as their actions are completely inconsistent with the goals of the fund. To be considered at all for federal assistance Montem must commit to get out of the coal mining business. It must surrender all of its coal mining leases in southern Alberta and withdraw the Tent Mine Redevelopment Project from the just started federal impact assessment process. They have not. I have great optimism for the future of energy in Alberta and Canada as your government moves to advance cleaner energy sources. I respect the work you are doing in this regard. The sooner we shut the door on the likes of Montem, the better. Sincerely, Paul Long Creative Director PL&Partners

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Attachment Montems Delay

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Susan douglas-murray
  • Reference number: 325
  • Submitted: 2022-01-20 - 1:36 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • To Whom it May Concern, The request for an extension from Montem Resources to enable them more time to prepare is a complete ploy to delay any decision pertaining to their planned activities on Tent Mountain . I reside in the Crowsnest Pass and have been involved with the attempt of foreign companies demands to destroy our meagre watershed by extracting and mining mettalurgical coal. Montem has sat quietly in the sidelines while Riversdale Resources engaged with the Provincial and Federal government. The Alberta Energy Regulator(AER)  came out clearly against Riversdale after a six year long engagement. Montem has already been told in no uncertain terms exactly the conditions and information required to present to the AER over a year ago. Unless Montem has it's head in the sand they definately  know what is required in an application to mine in Alberta,and the necessary information a Federal  Impact Assessment demands.  Their ridiculous letter , and a complete disguise as an innocent first timer is a disgrace to the AER , our citizens and the Federal review process.  I highly recommend Montem Resources be told to submit their application within a week, that no further time be allowed them, and that a Federal review is required.   Thank you gor your time, Sincerely, Susan Douglas-Murray
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  • January 8, 2021 By email only Peter Doyle, Director and Chief Executive Officer Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. 7720 17 Avenue, PO Box 610 Coleman, AB T0K 0M0 Email: pdoyle@montem-resources.com Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. Tent Mountain Mine - Environmental Impact Assessment Report Required Dear Mr. Doyle: Further to your correspondence of November 16, 2020, I wish to advise you that the AER has determined that Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. (Montem)’s proposal to conduct mining at the previously abandoned Tent Mountain Mine constitutes either a new development or a change to an activity that is of a substantial nature pursuant to ss. 39(e)(i) & (iii) and 67(1) of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) and is therefore a “proposed activity” within the meaning of s. 39(e) of EPEA and a mandatory activity pursuant to Schedule 1(g) of the Environmental Assessment (Mandatory and Exempted Activities) Regulation. Montem is required, pursuant to section 44(1)(a) of EPEA, to prepare and submit an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for this project. The EIA report is to be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Division 1 of Part 2 of EPEA. Background Montem proposes to mine coal at the Tent Mountain minesite. Mining at Tent Mountain has not occurred since 1983. Montem is asking to ‘reinstate’ active mining pursuant to an existing approval in order to produce 1.8 million tonnes of coal per year. Montem holds EPEA Approval No. 0004769-02-00 for the Tent Mountain Mine, which currently only allows monitoring and closure operations at the minesite, as there are no active mining licences. All operating licences associated ...
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Attachment Tent Mountain IPD

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Shuswap Band
  • Reference number: 316
  • Submitted: 2022-01-11
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  •  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 alteration of habitat, and increased mortality risk (e.g., nest destruction, collision with TMM Project infrastructures). Other potential effects on migratory birds resulting from construction, operations, and closure of the TMM Project may include increases in ambient concentrations of criteria air contaminants, or accidental spills of deleterious substances (e.g., 69) Shuswap Band requires in depth consultation on its Indigenous ecological knowledge pertaining to the species and features that would be impacted by the proposed Project, including ongoing incorporation of concerns, understanding of regional cumulative effects and how the proposed project will further contribute to these effects, as well as related mitigation ...
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Attachment Our Water, Our Future

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of T. Duncan
  • Reference number: 313
  • Submitted: 2022-01-03
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Dear Government Representative, Re: This is Our water Ian Tyson declares “this is my sky”; Corb Lund declares “this is my prairie”; it’s our turn to raise our voices and declare: “this is OUR water”! We’re counting on you, politicians, to protect it. We’re responsible as water users, that’s all of us, to hold politicians to account. Open pit coal mining in our one and only mountain range in Alberta is a non-starter. Destruction of the watersheds and areas of natural water storage is a fatal mistake as witnessed by what is happening in the lower mainland. In Alberta, reclamation is defined by the provincial government as "The process of reconverting disturbed land to its former or other productive uses”. This is impossible. The first and best use of our mountains and hills is water capture, storage and delivery. Mountains and hills cannot be rebuilt to their original integrity or for any “other productive use”. Please listen up politicians, use your common sense. Albertans don’t want our major source of water, which all life depends on, destroyed. NO TO COAL MINES anywhere in the Eastern Slopes and our Rockies now or in the future. FULL STOP! Sincerely, T.Duncan <Personal information removed>

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Attachment Comments on the Initial Project Description on behalf of Louis Bull Tribe

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Lori Pelletier
  • Reference number: 262
  • Submitted: 2021-12-20 - 4:52 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please see attached Comments submitted by Louis Bull Tribe previously via email. 
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  • 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 protected Treaty and Aboriginal rights adjacent to the Project area, as it lies within the traditional territory. Louis Bull's rights under Treaty 6, as expanded by the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement, 1930, include, but are not limited to: • The right to hunt, fish, trap and gather "on all unoccupied Crown lands and on any other lands to which the said Indians may have a right of access"; • The right to transmit traditional knowledge to subsequent generations; and • Practices reasonably incidental to Treaty harvesting rights, including use of traditional trails to access an area, camping and other activities (R v Sundown, [1990] 1 SCR 393; R v Badger, [1996] 1 SCR 771). Louis Bull's Aboriginal and Treaty rights are entrenched and protected ...
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Attachment Tent Mountain coal mine Reopening. Southern Alberta

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Guido Guerra
  • Reference number: 261
  • Submitted: 2021-12-20 - 9:59 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Good Day. To whom it may concern especially majority of Albertans.   The proposed opening and mining that is about to happen at Tent Mountin by a Australian company is totally insane.  This needs a review and shut down so these mining ventures are put to rest once and for all.         Total loss for Albertans and Canada water shed.  Please help us and shut it down.        Guido Guerra 

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Attachment Ermineskin First Nation attendance to tomorrow's Tent Mountain Impact Assessment information session

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Ermineskin First Nation
  • Reference number: 308
  • Submitted: 2021-12-20
  • Please see attached. 
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  • Ermineskin Cree Nation – Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir TKU Report i Ermineskin Cree Nation Traditional Knowledge and Use Study: Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project 2018 Ermineskin Cree Nation – Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir TKU Report i Foreword, Limitations, and Terms of Use This report discusses the Traditional Knowledge and Use of Ermineskin Cree Nation members in relation to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project proposed by Alberta Transportation. The report is based on two main sources of information: (1) 8 Traditional Knowledge and Use interviews carried out for this study; and (2) 3 field verification visits made to sites in and around the Project areas the week of 14 May 2018. Because the research and writing for this report was completed in under a month and with limited resources, the report does not represent the full extent of Ermineskin Cree Nation Traditional Knowledge and Use of the Project area. This study should not be considered adequate to assess fully and properly the potential effects of the Project on the Traditional Knowledge and Use and Treaty and Aboriginal rights of Ermineskin Cree Nation and its members or to develop adequate mitigation measures. This report is the exclusive property of Ermineskin Cree Nation. The information contained in this report are solely for use by Alberta Transportation, the Alberta Natural Resources Conversation Board, and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in making decisions related to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project. The report, extracts of the report, and/or original information from the report may not be used, reproduced, or disseminated ...
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  • REPLY TO: GA GRANT Victoria Office email: ga@woodwardandcompany.com {00423683.3} VICTORIA OFFICE: 200 – 1022 GOVERNMENT STREET VICTORIA, BC V8W 1X7 TEL: 250-383-2356; FAX: 250-380-6560 WEBSITE: www.woodwardandcompany.com WHITEHORSE OFFICE: 201 - 3059 3RD AVENUE WHITEHORSE, YT Y1A 1E2 TEL: 867-633-5940 WEBSITE: www.woodwardandcompany.com ASSISTANT: SASHA WILLIAMS swilliams@woodwardandcompany.com our file: 6142 December 16, 2021 Via email (tentmountain@iaac-aeic.gc.ca) Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 160 Elgin Street Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Attention: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Reference #81436 Re: Ermineskin First Nation Comments on Tent Mountain Impact Assessment Act Thank you for your letter November 25, 2021, wherein the Impact Assessment Agency invited Ermineskin Cree Nation (“ECN”) to comment on key issues and initial concerns the ECN community has regarding the proposed Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project (“Tent Mountain” or the “Project”). ECN is committed to participating in consultation regarding impacts to its lands and people. Background: Ermineskin’s Traditional Territory Although ECN’s reserve lands—10,295.8 hectares of land in Maskawacis, plus a further 2002 acres of shared Cree reserve—are located just south of Edmonton, ECN’s traditional lands are much broader and ECN’s attachment and engagement across their traditional territory has been an essential component of ECN daily life since time immemorial. The entire territory continues to provide subsistence hunting, fishing, and important medicine gathering areas, while also functioning as an essential cultural and spiritual anchor for important aspects of ECN ...
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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.
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  • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Proposed Industrial Activity: Montem Resources’ Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project I write to express numerous concerns with respect to the proposal. Additionally, I believe that the process used to acquire public feedback for industrial projects is unfair. It opens a short timeline for public participation (20 days just before Christmas), while the proponent has months to prepare submissions. The system is flawed, and the difficulties involved in the current process are more than enough to discourage most people from participating. I participated in the Joint Panel Review Hearing for the Grassy Mountain proposal. The process was onerous and time consuming. I, worried, deeply concerned, threatened on multiple levels, felt forced to put 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 the Tent Mountain proposal, and there are eight additional coal mining proposals that have yet to reach the review stage. I would hope it has been aptly demonstrated at the Grassy Hearing, and through the wealth of evidence submitted to Alberta’s Coal Policy Committee, that open pit mining in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta is not in the public interest. Since the Grassy Mountain Hearing, I have read newspaper articles, attended seminars, and submitted comments to the Coal Policy Committee. I have learned a great deal about the Grassy Mountain mining project, and it is clear that its lauded benefits do not begin to outweigh the litany of negative impacts. There is evidence, too, and even a full study by a university professor, that the contribution of similar projects to the economy ...
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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 threats imposed by mountaintop-removal mining. These few, and I among them, find themselves caught—again, as was the case with Grassy Mountain—in a pre-Christmas crisis: the need to write, before Christmas, a letter outlining the grave concerns brought to Canada by Montem’s proposal. How painful and pro-industry strategic to find that, amid the Covid pandemic, social upheaval, wild weather, and attempts to salvage Christmas, the people of Canada have to drop their daily needs and concerns to—if they’re to provide statements of concern regarding Montem’s proposal—rise above the rising riptide of daily chaos to, pen in hand, write to the Government of Canada in the hope of saving Alberta’s headwaters from mountain-leveling coal mines. The ...
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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 Guiding Questions - Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81436

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Samson Cree Nation submitted by Samson Cree Nation
  • Reference number: 260
  • Submitted: 2021-12-17 - 6:55 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please see the attached file for Samson Cree Nation's response to the Guiding Questions for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81436. 
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  • Page 1 of 3 Attachment 1: Guiding Questions for this Comment Period Please respond by December 15, 2021 Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project Canadian Impact Assessment Registry File No.: 81436 The Agency encourages you to use the “Submit a Comment” feature on the Agency’s Registry website using reference number: 81436 Potential Effects and Impacts 1. Please identify any effects of the Project 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 incidental effects as well as effects within federal jurisdiction are defined in section 2 of IAA1. Samson Cree Nation (SCN) would like to communicate to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) that the Project will cause significant adverse effects to the environment, significant adverse effects to water quality and quantity, result in significant carbon emissions, and impacts to Samson Cree’s Treaty Rights. Samson Cree would like to communicate to the IAAC that their Territory has been the subject of substantial historical development and alteration that have resulted in adverse environmental effects and impacts on Samson Cree’s Rights. Samson Cree would also like to communicate to the IAAC that its Rights are highly constrained and in a sensitive current state. The eastern slopes and foothills encompass critical areas for SCN citizen’s practice of Treaty rights and traditional purposes and continue to be used by SCN citizens today. The Project would be located in the southwestern portion of SCN Territory, should the IAAC decide to provide Montem Resources with the necessary ...
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Attachment Comments on the Initial Project Description on behalf of Aqisknuk

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: MLT Aikins LLP submitted by Lori Pelletier
  • Reference number: 259
  • Submitted: 2021-12-17 - 1:45 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please find attached the comments of Akisqnuk on Initial Project Description for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project.  Akisqnuk apologies for the slight delay in uploading its comments on the Project Description to the Portal. It experienced technical difficulties yesterday when it tried to do so and as such we are filing the attached submission on behalf of Akisqnuk.  Thank you in advance for your understanding and the consideration of its submission. 
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  • DocuSign Envelope ID: 05D72DCA-9BCB-4EC6-8DFF-78865AF1ED9F TAkisinuk First Nation 3050 Highway 93/95 Windermere, BC VOB 2L2 T: (250) 342-6301 F: (250) 342-9693 December 16, 2021 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Prairie and Northern Region Canada Place — 1 145 - 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 Attention: Mr. Greg Bosse Project Manager, Prairie and Northern Region Dear Sir: Re: Application for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project (the "Project") by Montem Resources Alberta Operations Ltd. ("Montem"): comments of 7Akisipiuk First Nation ("?Akisqnuk") on the Initial Project Description (the "IPD"). The purpose of this letter is to respond to the 1PD in respect of the Project submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the "IAAC") by Montem. In this submission we will raise the concerns that ?Akisqnuk has with the Project in the context of the IPD. ?Akisqnuk has not yet had any direct communications with Montem about the Project and as a result the 1PD fails to reflect our important concerns about the Project. In this submission we will seek to identify the important gaps that we have observed in the IPD. Through a high-level summary of the potential adverse and cumulative effects the Project will have on ?Akisqnuk rights, we will seek that steps be taken to rectify the process-related deficiencies as they relate to both Montem and the IAAC. 7Akisiinuk First Nation ?Akisqnuk is one of six sister Bands, four of which are in Canada and two in the US, that make up the Ktunaxa Nation ("Ktunaxa"). Since time immemorial, ?Akisqnuk members, including the Ktunaxa peoples, have lived within and subsisted upon our traditional territories, which include the ...
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Attachment Yes to Coal Mining

  • Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project
  • Author: Troy Linderman
  • Reference number: 258
  • Submitted: 2021-12-17 - 11:40 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • This province needs investment and infrastructure that is done environmentally responsible. Oversight is important of course and can be done. The economic benefits of this project and the infrastructure it will create in the Crowsnest Pass, Pikani and surrounding areas is needed. Our lands are at risk because the lack of infrastructure and resources to maintain and protect it are so prevalent. Industry will work with our Municipality and Provincial governments to provide investment, jobs and the needed tools much like our neighbors to west in Sparwood and Elk Valley. Engage with them, learn what and how they are doing it. Tourism is important but without industry to support it , it will never come to fruition. We can protect our environment, enhance our public land use, see economic benefits for the community and province together.   

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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.
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  • 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 an impact assessment is warranted. The focus of my comments, however, is on the failure of the proponent to articulate in its IPD ‘the purpose of and need for’ the proposed Project in a carbon constrained world. ‘Purpose of and need for’ Amongst a list of factors, section 22(d) of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) states that an impact assessment must consider ‘the purpose of and need for the designated project’. In the planning phase, the IAA requires the proponent to provide the Agency with an IPD that includes the information prescribed by regulation (s 10(1)). The Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations1 (IMTL Regulations) uses the same language as section 22(d), requiring the initial project description to ...
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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. 
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  • 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 protected Treaty and Aboriginal rights adjacent to the Project area, as it lies within the traditional territory. Louis Bull's rights under Treaty 6, as expanded by the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement, 1930, include, but are not limited to: • The right to hunt, fish, trap and gather "on all unoccupied Crown lands and on any other lands to which the said Indians may have a right of access"; • The right to transmit traditional knowledge to subsequent generations; and • Practices reasonably incidental to Treaty harvesting rights, including use of traditional trails to access an area, camping and other activities (R v Sundown, [1990] 1 SCR 393; R v Badger, [1996] 1 SCR 771). Louis Bull's Aboriginal and Treaty rights are ...
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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 prevalent. Our strong 100Km. predominant west wind will spread coal dust for hundreds of miles polluting the water, land and the air people in southern Alberta depend upon to be safe. There is no possible way known to mankind to protect water from selenium pollution, arsenic and other dangerous pollutants. The seepage of selenium, according to history and science could continue for generation after generation. Selenium is water soluble and will be taken up by plants, poisoning the vegetation eaten by both man and animals. There is no possible way man can rebuild a mountain, remake a watershed, reforest the debris, prevent flooding from deforestation and save ...

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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 tributary. - Quality of water: Waste rock piles from coal mining contain pollutants like selenium that finds its way into the water and the environment trough precipitation run off. The high selenium levels that find their way into water and the environment are toxic for humans and wildlife. This is of special concern for species of threatened trout that live in the headwaters of the Oldman river. There is not a reliable/proven method to remove selenium from the water or contain the leak of it into our water. The area has already being damaged by other active mines close by that have not been able to control the selenium in water. There is no sense of putting this area and the residents downstream at risk without ...

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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 together.  Respectfully, Toby Malloy, M.S.W., R.S.W. Nanton, Alberta

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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 Enhancement Act, Public Lands Act, Water Act, Mines and Minerals Act. The environment/air and the water needs to be monitored through the ENTIRE process from start to finish so the notion that they're going to ruin the environment and poison the water doesn't make any sense. Not only can we extract our resources responsibly but we also have very high standards on reclaiming the land after mined. Modern mining, strict environmental regulations and input from Indigenous communities provides multi-generational land use into the future. I have spoke with many fellow residents of Crowsnest Pass, many of us are frustrated with the misinformation and fear mongering that is being distributed about the environment and water, much of ...

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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. 
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  • "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 its decision as whether the project requires an impact assessment.” AWA’s position today remains what it was when we requested in March 2021 that Minister Wilkinson designate the project under section 9(1) of the Impact Assessment Act. We conclude there is no doubt that the Tent Mountain Project requires a federal impact assessment. What follows is offered to support AWA’s position that it is in the public interest for Minister Guilbeault, under section 36 (1) of the Impact Assessment Act, to refer this impact assessment to a review panel. Given the significant provincial and federal interests, constitutional and otherwise in this project, the Minister should establish a joint federal-provincial review panel. We don’t prefer the ...

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 required given the anticipated widespread and long-lasting impacts of the proposed project on the region’s biodiversity, air, land and water. Additionally, in light of new research by the University of Calgary regarding the high costs and low benefits of metallurgical coal mines in the Eastern Slopes, no proposed coal mining project should be exempted from comprehensive federal review.

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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 development, tailings, and coal processing are of concern, but the impact upon water resources, wildlife, air quality, and visual impacts upon a "Crown of the Continent" region, including the headwaters of the Crowsnest River and leading into the Oldman drainage basin, the South Saskatchewan River System, all will be impacted. Intentions must translate into and deal with the realities of such a corporate undertaking. The southern Alberta economy will be impacted by proposed changes to water supply, water quality and quantity, due to the need for aspects such as selenium mitigation and treatment over a long term, due to possibility of effects upon agriculture, the recreation and tourism sector, and also transportation. Wildlife ...

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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 habitat of threatened/species at risk and wildlife in general ( both loss/contamination of habitat)                                                                                                    -negative effects on air quality                                                                              ...

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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 selenium pollution.  Without federal involvement, the political pressure from the provincial government will lead to a rubber-stamp approval of the Tent Mountain Mine proposal. On just the water pollution issue alone a federal review is necessary for Tent Mountain. With respect to other issues that should be reviewed in a joint review, where the federal government reviews any issues that fall under federal legislation or guidelines, I could not write any better summary request than has already been submitted by Andrea Hlady on this project to this public consultation phase.  So, I request as part of my submission that the agency also follow Hlady's suggested scope for the joint review, as attached to Sam Gunsch ...
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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. 
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  • 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, Peter Unger Team Leader, Impact Assessment Division Office of the Chief Scientist Natural Resources Canada peter.unger@canada.ca 588 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y7 <original signed by> mailto:allisson.lefebvre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca mailto:maximilien.genest@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca mailto:peter.unger@canada.ca 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 Natural Resources Canada Lead Contact Maximilien Genest Full Address Room 239C, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y7 Email maximilien.genest@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca ...
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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.
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