The Saanich Inlet Protection Society said Environment Minister George Heyman’s decision not to offer an environmental review ignores concerns for the future of the Saanich Inlet
The Saanich Inlet Protection Society, which had pressed the province to do an environmental review of the expansion of an aggregate quarry and foreshore lease on the Bamberton lands near Mill Bay, says it’s extremely disappointed that no such review will happen.
Instead of an environmental review, Heyman said the quarry expansion planned by the Malahat First Nation will undergo an enhanced review through the Mines Act permitting process. The Saanich Inlet Protection Society said the “cumulative-effects analysis” is no substitute for an environmental assessment.
The minister recommended that if the Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry does approve the quarry expansion, annual reporting on environmental monitoring should be required, with an environmental review committee to ensure any mitigation measures imposed are effective.
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