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Attachment FW: Possible Request for Assessment - MIN 295227 - ORG - REFER TO MIN-293107 - Manitoba Eco-Network (MbEN) and Wilderness Committee - Manitoba write in support of Fisher River Cree Nation's (FRCN) designation request for the Sun Gro's Sugar Creek Peat Har

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Manitoba Eco-Network (MbEN) and the Wilderness Committee (Manitoba)
Reference Number: 6
Submitted: 2022-12-22
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
MANITOBA ECO-NETWORK 302 - 583 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 1Z7 Tel: 204-947-6511 www.mbeconetwork.org 22 December, 2022 Honourable Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment & Climate Change House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A0A6 Dear Minister Guilbeault: Re: Fisher River Cree Nation request for designating the Sun Gro Expansion. The Manitoba Eco-Network (MbEN) and the Wilderness Committee (Manitoba) are sending this letter to support Fisher River Cree Nation’s (FRCN) request for the federal government to designate the Sun Gro Expansion project under section 9 of the Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1). This project involves the addition of licensed areas to the proponent’s peat mining lease quarry. This is considered a major alteration, and thus requires an application (and assessment) under The Environment Act (C.C.S.M. c. E125). The proposal is currently in the planning stages. As of December 20, there is no application ...

Attachment Natural Resources Canada Submission in Response to the Designation Request for the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources Canada
Reference Number: 13
Submitted: 2022-11-16 - 6:07 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
November 15, 2022 CIAR File No.: 84075 Jennifer Dallaire Project Manager, Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada jennifer.dallaire@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Subject: Natural Resources Canada Submission in Response to the Designation Request for the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project On October 25th, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) requested that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) provide information in response to the Designation Request for the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project (the Project) located 20 kilometres southeast of the Fish River Cree Nation, Manitoba. NRCan is responding to this Designation Request pursuant to subsection 13(1) of the Impact Assessment Act. Details of NRCan’s response can be found in the appendix below. If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail at walker.smith@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca or by phone at (613) 447-2892. Thank ...

Attachment RE: ACTION: IAAC Request for Input, Designation Request of the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project - Due November 4, 2022

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Manitoba Environment, Climate and Parks
Reference Number: 18
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 5:09 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
ATTACHMENT: October 25, 2022 Provincial Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response requested by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Ministry Environment, Climate and Parks / Natural Resources and Northern Development Lead Contact Bryce Wood / Lee Fedorchuk Full Address Email Bryce.Wood@gov.mb.ca / Lee.Fedorchuk@gov.mb.ca Telephone 204-781-7226 / 204-782-3485 Alternate Ministry Contact Please fill out the form in relation to the proposed Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project. 1. In general terms, please confirm and describe your ministry’s role (if applicable) in the review of the Project. A proposal has not been submitted for this project. Environmental Approvals Branch assesses peat harvesting proposals for environmental impacts and may issue an Environment Act licence for the development. Forestry and Peatlands Branch issues Peat Harvesting Licences (PHL). A PHL has already been issued for Sugar Creek. Forestry ...

Attachment Designation Request for Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada
Reference Number: 14
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 5:08 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
Environmental Protection Operations Directorate Prairie & Northern Region ECCC File: 4194-10-4/3308 9250 49 Street Edmonton, AB T6B 1K5 IAAC Registry: 84075 November 15, 2022 via email at: pnr-rpn@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca Jennifer Dallaire Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 1145-9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3 Dear Jennifer Dallaire, RE: Designation Request for the Proposed Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project under the Impact Assessment Act ECCC has reviewed the information provided for the above-noted project (the Project) as requested by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (The Agency) October 25, 2022 letter. Our advice is based on ECCC’s mandate in the context of the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994 (MBCA), the pollution ...
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ATTACHMENT Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Lead Contact Jordan Hollman, Environmental Assessment Officer Full Address 9250 49 St. NW Edmonton, AB, T6B 1K5 Email jordan.hollman@ec.gc.ca Telephone 587-220-6620 Alternate Departmental Contact Cari-Lyn Epp, Senior Environmental Assessment Officer cari-lyn.epp@ec.gc.ca 306-491-2372 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. ECCC has not previously considered the Project, exercised a power or performed a duty, or taken any course of action as part of the ...

Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Transport Canada

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Transport Canada
Reference Number: 4
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 5:07 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Transport Canada Lead Contact Holly Poklitar Full Address Winnipeg Email holly.poklitar@tc.gc.ca Telephone (204) 688-3872 Alternate Departmental Contact adam.downing@tc.gc.ca 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. Transport Canada has not previously considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including ...

Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Indigenous Services Canada

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada
Reference Number: 12
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 11:35 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
GCDOCS # 106798231 ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Indigenous Services Canada Lead Contact Shelly Johnson Full Address 365 Hargrave St., Winnipeg MB R2B 3A3 Email shelly.johnson@sac-isc.gc.ca Telephone 204-227-3891 Alternate Departmental Contact Debra Nkusi, Senior Analyst, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Debra.Nkusi@sac-isc.gc.ca 613 301-1443 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) has considered an interest in the Project related to impacts on Indigenous ...

Attachment Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project - Designation Request - Health Canada

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Health Canada
Reference Number: 15
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 11:34 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
1 Environmental Health Program (EHP) Regulatory Operations & Enforcement Branch (ROEB) Health Canada 140-391 York Ave Winnipeg, MB R3C 4W1 November 15, 2022 Jennifer Dallaire Project Manager, Prairie and Northern Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Registry for the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Subject: Health Canada’s Request for Input on the Designation Request of the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Dear Jennifer Dallaire, Thank you for your email dated October 25, 2022 requesting Health Canada’s comments on the designation request for the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project. Health Canada participates in the impact assessment process as a federal authority under the Impact Assessment Act, upon request. Health Canada makes available ...
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ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Health Canada Lead Contact David Kitchen Full Address 140-391 York Ave. Wpg, MB R3C 4W1 Email David.Kitchen@hc-sc.gc.ca Telephone 431-275-3401 Alternate Departmental Contact Cassidy Dutchak (Cassidy.Dutchak@hc-sc.gc.ca) 431-275-3401 Julie Anderson (Julie.C.Anderson@hc-sc.gc.ca) 431-338-5307 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. No 2. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or ...

Attachment SunGro Sugar Creek Peak Harvesting Project - Response to IAAC Information Request - KGS Group Transmittal No. 22-0293-003-0007

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of KGS Group
Reference Number: 11
Submitted: 2022-11-15 - 11:22 AM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
22-0293-003 | November 14, 2022 1 November 14, 2022 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Prairie and Northern Region Suite 1145, 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4C3 Attention: Jennifer Dallaire Project Manager Re: Response to IAAC Information Request Sun Gro Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Dear Jennifer Dallaire: Kontzamanis Graumann Smith MacMillan Inc. (KGS Group) is submitting this letter on behalf of Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. (Sun Gro) in response to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (IAAC) request for additional information regarding the proposed Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project (the Project). The information provided in this letter is in response to your letter dated October 25, 2022. In particular, the information addresses the comments and questions submitted to IAAC in the October 14, 2022, letter from Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN). 1 . 0 I A AC I N F OR M A T I ON R EQU EST 1 Details about the ...

Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Indigenous Services Canada First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Reference Number: 8
Submitted: 2022-11-14 - 2:46 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Indigenous Services Canada Lead Contact Debra Nkusi Full Address 200 Eglantine Driveway, Ottawa, Ont K1A 0K9 Email Debra.Nkusi@sac-isc.gc.ca Telephone 613 301-1443 Alternate Departmental Contact Constantine.Tikhonov@sac-isc.gc.ca 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? No 2. Is it probable that your department or agency may be required to exercise a power or perform a duty or function related to the Project to enable it to proceed? ISC/FNIHB is not responsible ...

Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)
Reference Number: 9
Submitted: 2022-11-14 - 1:47 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) Lead Contact Denise Gareau, Director, GBA Plus Directorate, Research Results & Delivery and Center of Expertise Branch Full Address 22 Eddy, Gatineau, QC Email FEGC.EvaluationImpacts-ImpactsAssessment.WAGE@fegc-wage.gc.ca Telephone 819-938-1132 Alternate Departmental Contact Jessica Bialek, Analyst, GBA Plus Directorate, Research Results & Delivery and Center of Expertise Branch – Jessica.Bialek@fegc- wage.gc.ca 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or ...

Attachment DFO FAAR Form submission - Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Reference Number: 17
Submitted: 2022-11-14 - 1:23 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
ATTACHMENT October 25, 2022 Federal Authority Advice Record: Designation Request under IAA Response due by November 15, 2022 Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project Department/Agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada Lead Contact Amelia Corrigan Full Address 1028 Parsons Road SW, Edmonton AB T6X 0J4 Email Amelia.corrigan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Telephone 587-335-8408 Alternate Departmental Contact Brandi Mogge (587)926-6154 Brandi.mogge@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 1. Has your department or agency considered whether it has an interest in the Project; exercised a power or performed a duty or function under any Act of Parliament in relation to the Project; or taken any course of action (including provision of financial assistance) that would allow the Project to proceed in whole or in part? Specify as appropriate. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has not taken any actions that would allow the project to proceed in whole or in part. 2. Is it probable that your ...

Attachment RE: IAACRequest for Input, Designation Request of the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project - Due November 15, 2022

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources & Northern Development - Forestry & Peatlands Branch
Reference Number: 16
Submitted: 2022-11-10 - 4:41 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission
Attachment Included
Peat Harvest Licence No. 4 – South Washow Peatland Recovery Plan 1 September, 2019 Issued for Approval Dan Leitch Shaun Moffatt Tim North 0 June, 2018 Issued for Review Ingrid Hallin Brett Bodeux Tim North Revision Rev.Date Revision Memo Prepared by Checked by Approved by Page i Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Peat Harvest Licence No. 4 – South Washow Peatland Recovery Plan September 2019 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 1 2.0 ...

Attachment RE: IAAC Request for Input, Designation Request of the Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project - Due November 15, 2022

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Government of Manitoba
Reference Number: 7
Submitted: 2022-11-10 - 4:30 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached submission.
Attachment Included
Peat Harvest Licence No. 4 – South Washow Peatland Management Plan 1 September, 2019 Issued for Approval Dan Leitch Shaun Moffatt Tim North 0 June, 2018 Issued for Review Jasmine Lamarre Brett Bodeux Tim North Revision Rev.Date Revision Memo Prepared by Checked by Approved by Page i Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Peat Harvest Licence No. 4 ‐ South Washow Peatland Management Plan September 2019 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 ...

Attachment Proposed Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Robert Byle
Reference Number: 5
Submitted: 2022-11-08 - 5:20 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Good afternoon , Firstly allow me to identify who I am and why I am writing to you . I am the current president of the Lake St. George and Lake St. Andrew’s Cottage Association . Our friends and neighbours from Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation have kindly shared with us this information regarding the proposed peat harvesting project at Sugar Creek . Our purpose in writing to you today is to fully support the concerns which they have made very clear . We don’t believe that this volume of peat harvesting should be allowed in this environmentally sensitive area . Respectfully submitted , Robert Byle Sent from my iPad

Attachment RE: IAAC - Sun Gro Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project

Sugar Creek Peat Harvesting Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Shaun Moffatt
Reference Number: 10
Submitted: 2022-10-24 - 3:15 PM
Project Phase: N/A
Participation Notice: N/A
Jennifer Your understanding is correct that Sun Gro will not be diverting water from a natural water body to another natural water body. They will be constructing drainage ditches within the Sugar Creek Bog Sub Areas B, C, D, and E to reduce the water saturation within the perched groundwater within the peat to allow for peat harvesting. The attached .kmz file provides the outline of the four Sub Areas, which are all located on Provincial Crown Land. KGS Group is in the process of preparing the Environment Act Proposal to obtain the required Environment Act Licence for peat harvesting. While we have completed the baseline water quality and biological surveys we are still in the process of preparing the project description, environmental assessment and public/Indigenous engagement. As such at this time I can only provide high level details as you requested. The main project components will include: an access road ...

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