Media Advisory - Have Your Say on the Proposed NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Towerbirch Expansion Project

OTTAWA, Oct. 6, 2016 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada today received the National Energy Board's (NEB) recommendation report for the proposed NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Towerbirch Expansion Project.

Canadians are invited to provide comments on the proposed project through an online questionnaire launched today by the Government of Canada and available until October 28, 2016. The questionnaire will allow Canadians, including Indigenous peoples and those possibly impacted by the proposed project, to provide their views on this project.

The Government of Canada's final decision will take into consideration the NEB recommendation report, Environment and Climate Change Canada's assessment of upstream greenhouse gas emissions, views gathered through the online questionnaire, as well as consultations with potentially impacted Indigenous peoples.

To access the questionnaire and additional information, please visit: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/questionnaire/19056

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SOURCE Natural Resources Canada

Media may contact: Media Relations, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, 343-292-6100; Alexandre Deslongchamps, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Natural Resources, 343-292-6837