News Release
Vision 2010 Redevelopment Project for Cameco Corporation’s Port Hope Conversion Facility – Federal Funding Awarded to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
OTTAWA – February 10, 2011 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has awarded additional funding of $10,000 to two applicants to support their participation in the federal environmental assessment of the proposed Vision 2010 Redevelopment Project for Cameco Corporation’s Port Hope Conversion Facility in Ontario.
The funding recipients are Christopher Wallace (on behalf of The Pier Group, Port Hope) and Lake Ontario Waterkeeper.
This funding is awarded through the Participant Funding Program administered by the Agency and is being provided to assist the recipients’ participation in upcoming steps in the comprehensive study process, including the review of the comprehensive study report.
A funding review committee, independent of the environmental assessment process, was established to examine the request for funding for this project. The committee’s report, along with further information on the project, is available on the Agency’s Web site, in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference number 06-03-22672.
The Vision 2010 Redevelopment Project involves a comprehensive redevelopment of Cameco’s conversion facility located in Port Hope, Ontario. The project consists of decommissioning and demolishing approximately 20 old or underutilized buildings, including those used in the refining or conversion of uranium, removing contaminated soils, building materials and stored historical wastes, and constructing new replacement buildings.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the environmental effects of proposed projects and measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable development.
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For more information, media may contact:
Maxine Leger-Haskell
Communications Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Tel.: 613-957-0406
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