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| Project (proponent) |
Location | Invest- ment ($million) |
Jobs (Operat- ing) |
Status of Review |
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| Mining | ||||
| Hills Bar Aggregate Quarrying | Hills Bar, near Yale BC | 8 | 25 | New aggregate quarry. Anticipated timing for submitting application is uncertain. Pre-application stage. |
| Orca Sand and Gravel | 4 km West of Port McNeil | 60 | 50 | Sand and gravel project with a production capacity of up to 6,000,000 tonnes per year. Developing draft Terms of Reference. Pre-application stage. |
| Wolverine Coal Mine | Northwest of Tumbler Ridge |
116 | 386 | Supple- mentary information report received April 1/04 and accepted by the EAO (April 30/04). Application stage. |
| Red Chris Porphyry Copper-Gold Mine | 18 km SE Iskut | 150 | 200 | Open pit copper-gold mine with mill processing 25,000 tonnes of ore per day. Draft Terms of Reference being reviewed. Pre-application stage. |
| Cariboo Gold Mine | Adjacent to Wells |
60 | 50 | Terms of Reference expected October 2004. Pre-application stage. |
| Cogburn Magnesium | Hope | 800 | Pre-application stage. | |
| Fording Turnbull North Pit | Elk Valley | Extension of Fording River mine. Pre-application stage. | ||
| Kemess North Copper Gold | 250 km NE of Smithers | 193 | 528 | Open pit copper-gold mine with a production of 75,000 tonnes. Extends the life of the Kemess South mine to 2019. Terms of Reference and Section 11 Order to be drafted. Pre-application stage. |
| Morrison Copper Gold | 65 km NE of Smithers | 200 | 500 | Copper and gold project with an estimated production of up to 9,000,000 tonnes per year. Pre-application stage. |
| Sustut Copper | 193 km NE of Smithers | 32 | 50 | Open pit copper mine with a proposed 10 km haul road. Developing draft Terms of Reference. Pre-application stage. |
| Galore Creek Gold/Silver/ Copper |
NW British Columbia 75 km NE Eskay Creek Mine |
700 | 500 | Copper and gold project with a production capacity between 30,000 and 60,000 tonnes per day. Expected mine life of 25 years. Pre-application stage. |
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| Sea to Sky Highway Improvement | West Vancouver to Whistler |
600 | Expansion of existing highway. Review of application. Referred to Ministers' May 2004 for decision. | |
| Richmond/ Airport/ Vancouver Rapid Transit |
Lower Mainland | 1,700 | Light rail transit to connect Central Richmond, downtown
Vancouver, Sea Island and the Vancouver International Airport. Pre-application stage. |
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| Container Terminal 2 | Lower Mainland – Roberts Bank |
New container port. Pre-application stage. | ||
| Deltaport Third Berth | Lower Mainland – Roberts Bank |
Expansion of existing port terminal. Pre-application stage. | ||
| Energy | ||||
| Cascade Heritage Power | Near Christina Lake | 24 | 3 | Application under review. Awaiting proponent response to comments. Application stage. |
| Holberg Wind Energy | Mount Brandes near Holberg, North Vancouver Island |
6 | 58.5 MW wind power project with a total of 39 wind turbines. Reviewing draft Terms of Reference. Pre-application stage. | |
| Knob Hill Wind Farm | Northern Vancouver Island (Holberg BC) |
700 | 25 | Application under review. Public comment period from March 19, 2004 to April 30, 2004. Application stage. |
| Nai Kun Wind Farm | Queen Charlotte Islands (Offshore) | 700 MW wind turbine project. Section 10 issued. Pre-application stage. | ||
| Waneta Hydro-electric Expansion (2003) | 17 km South of Trail BC | 300 | Proposed new 380 MW hydro-electric generation station on the right bank of the Pend d'Oreille River. Pre-application stage. | |
| Kwoiek Creek Hydro-electric | Fraser Canyon 22 km South of Lytton | 90 | 6 | Awaiting supple- mentary information from proponent. Application review stage. |
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| Kamloops Groundwater | Kamloops | 5 | 6 | Application review stage. (EA Certificate issued on April 13, 2004.) |
| Cranbrook Deep Wells | City of Cranbrook | 1 | Supple- mentary information from proponent currently under review. Application review stage. |
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| Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion | Lower Mainland | 515 | Formal review of application commenced on February 2, 2004. Application review stage. | |
| New Fraser River Crossing | Lower Mainland | 600 | Bridge across the Fraser River from Maple Ridge to Langley. Application stage. | |
| Chemainus Wells | Chemainus | 3.62 | Municipal Ground- water Supply. Pre-application stage. |
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| Jumbo Glacier Resort | Jumbo Creek Valley 55 km West of Invermere | 450 | 850 | Project Report accepted for review on January 27, 2004. 180-day review period began February 5, 2004. Public comment period February 13, 2004 to April 13, 2004. Application review stage. |
| Whistler Nordic Centre | Callaghan Valley |
100 | Construc- tion of Nordic facility for 2010 Olympics. Section 10 issued. Pre-application stage. |
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| Garibaldi at Squamish Mountain Resort Development | 13 km North of Squamish | 238 | 620 | Additional information from proponent to be submitted by June 30, 2004. Pre-application stage. |
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| Ashcroft Ranch Landfill Project (Greater Vancouver Regional District) | Ashcroft Ranch – Near Ashcroft BC |
15 | 100 | Application Terms of Reference issued on August 29, 2003.
The GVRD is currently conducting studies and compiling information
for Application – expected Summer 2004. Pre-application stage. |
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