An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change by Iamgold Corporation for the undertaking, the proposed open pit gold mine in the Townships of Chester and Neville, in the District of Sudbury, in Northeastern Ontario. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has prepared a Review of the EA for Aboriginal, public and agency comment. The Review of the EA does not make a decision about the EA. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change after the comment period is over and consideration of all submissions.

You can submit comments on the undertaking, the EA, and the ministry Review. You may also request a hearing by the Environmental Review Tribunal. If you request a hearing, you must state in your submission whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or on only specified matters related to the application.

How to get the information you need

You can inspect the EA and the Ministry Review during normal business hours at the following locations:

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Environmental Approvals Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 1
Toronto, Ontario  M4V 1P5
1-800-461-6290

Gogama Public Library
3 Low Avenue
P.O. Box 238
Gogama, Ontario  P0M 1W0
1-705-894-2448

Iamgold Corporation
3 Mesomikenda Lake Road
P.O. Box 100
Gogama, Ontario  P0M 1W0
1-705-269-0010

Greater Sudbury Public Library
74 Mackenzie Street
Sudbury, Ontario  P3C 4X8
1-705-673-1155

Iamgold Corporation
401 Bay Street, Suite 3200
P.O. Box 153
Toronto, Ontario  M5H 2Y4
1-416-360-4710

Timmins Public Library
320 Second Avenue
Timmins, Ontario  P4N 8A4
1-705-360-2623

Send written comments to:

Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
135 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 1
Toronto, Ontario  M4V 1P5
Attention: Cindy Batista, Special Project Officer
E-mail: cindy.batista@ontario.ca
Phone: 416-314-7225 or 1-800-461-6290
Fax: 416-314-8452

Please ensure your written comments are received by April 29, 2016.

Be sure to express your views

If you make a submission or request a hearing before the above date, you will be notified of any decisions about this EA. Otherwise, the undertaking may proceed without further notice to you. If no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the undertaking may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the undertaking to proceed.

Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in all submissions become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released, if requested, to any person.

Original signed by
Kathleen Hedley
Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change