OTTAWA, Aug. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has allocated $253,700 in federal funds to 15 recipients to assist their participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed Newfoundland Orphan Basin Exploration Drilling Project, located approximately 350 kilometres east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Atlantic Ocean.
The funding was made available through the Agency's Participant Funding Program. It will assist the participation of the public and Indigenous groups in upcoming steps of the environmental assessment, which include reviewing and providing comments on the Environmental Impact Statement or on the summary thereof, the draft Environmental Assessment Report, and the potential environmental assessment conditions.
For more information on the project and the federal environmental assessment process, please visit the Agency's website at canada.ca/ceaa (Registry reference number 80147).
Details of Funding Allocation for the Project
| Recipients |
Allocation |
| Conseil de la Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan |
$12,300 |
| Corporation Ka Tshishpeuatak, on behalf of the Conseil des Innu de Ekuanitshit |
$12,300 |
| Elsipogtog First Nation |
$12,300 |
| Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) Union |
$11,970 |
| Kwilmu'kw Maw-Klusuaqn Negotiation Office |
$38,985 |
| Miawpukek First Nation |
$12,300 |
| Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat |
$18,230 |
| Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Incorporated |
$33,055 |
| Mildred Lavers, on behalf of Northern Peninsula (Mekap'sk) Mi'kmaq Band |
$12,300 |
| NunatuKavut Community Council |
$18,650 |
| Qalipu First Nation |
$10,450 |
| Sipekne'katik |
$12,300 |
| William A. Montevecchi |
$12,100 |
| Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick |
$24,160 |
| Woodstock First Nation |
$12,300 |
| Total |
$253,700 |
Associated Links
- Participant Funding Program (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency)
- Newfoundland Orphan Basin Exploration Drilling Project (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency)
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SOURCE Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Alison Reilander, Communications Advisor, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 343-998-2916, [email protected]
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