Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project – Additional Federal Funding Allocated to Assist Aboriginal Participation in the Environmental Assessment by a Joint Review Panel
OTTAWA, February 24, 2014 — The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has allocated $13,750 to the Métis Nation of Alberta Association Fort McMurray Local Council 1935 to assist their participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project.
On January 19, 2012, the Minister of the Environment referred the environmental assessment to a review panel. This funding is allocated through the Participant Funding Program administered by the Agency and is intended to assist the review and providing comments on the Review Panel Terms of Reference, the Environmental Impact Statement, and participation in the Panel hearings.
A funding review committee, independent of the panel review process, was established to assess requests for participant funding to assist Aboriginal groups to participate in the environmental assessment.
Since March 2012, including today’s Public Notice, the Agency’s Participant Funding Program has allocated a total of $165,639 to assist the participation of seven Aboriginal groups in the environmental assessment of the Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project.
Funding Allocations to Aboriginal Applicants to Assist Participation in the Environmental Assessment of the Frontier Mine Oil Sands Project
| Recipients | Approved Allocations |
|---|---|
| Métis Nation of Alberta Association Fort McMurray Local Council 1935 | $13,750 |
| Fort McKay First Nation and Fort McKay Métis Local 63 | $47,578 |
| Mikisew Cree Government and Industry Relations | $27,250 |
| Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Industry Relation Corporation | $24,550 |
| Métis Nation of Alberta Association, Region One | $20,500 |
| Fort Chipewyan Métis Local #125 | $18,480 |
| Métis Nation of Alberta Association Lakeland Local Council 1909 | $13,531 |
| Total | $165,639 |
Information on the Participant Funding Program is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency website www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca.
More information on the project is available in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry under reference number 65505.
The Project The Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project proposed by Teck Resources Ltd would be a new 240,000 barrel per day oil sands mining operation located about 110 km north of Fort McMurray. The truck and shovel mine would have two open pits, an ore preparation plant, a bitumen processing plant, tailings facilities, cogeneration facilities, support utilities, disposal and storage areas, river water intake, a fish habitat compensation lake, roads, airfield, and camp.
