Environmental Assessment Act
Section 9
Notice Of Approval To Proceed With The Undertaking

(And Order Under Subsection 12.4(3))

RE: An Environmental Assessment for the Côté Gold Project

Proponent: Iamgold Corporation

EA File No.: EA 05-09-02
Eaims File No.: 13022

Take Notice that the period for requesting that the application or matters related to the application be referred to the Environmental Review Tribunal for a hearing and decision, provided for in the Notice of Completion of the Ministry Review for the above noted Environmental Assessment, expired on April 29, 2016.

I received no submissions under Subsection 7.2 (3) of the Environmental Assessment Act requesting that the application or matters that relate to the application be referred to the Environmental Review Tribunal for a hearing and decision. I therefore consider referring the application or matters that relate to the application to the Tribunal to be unnecessary.

Having considered the matters, as set forth under Subsection 9(2) of the Environmental Assessment Act, that should be considered when making a decision under Subsection 9 of the Act, I hereby give approval to proceed with the Undertaking subject to the conditions set out below.

Reasons

My reasons for giving approval are:

  1. The Proponent has complied with the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.
  2. The Environmental Assessment has been prepared in accordance with the approved Terms of Reference.
  3. On the basis of the Proponent’s Environmental Assessment and the Ministry Review, the Proponent’s conclusion that, on balance, the advantages of this undertaking outweigh its disadvantages appears to be valid.
  4. No other beneficial alternative method of implementing the undertaking was identified.
  5. The Proponent has demonstrated that the environmental effects of the undertaking can be appropriately prevented, changed, mitigated, or remedied.
  6. On the basis of the Proponent’s Environmental Assessment, the Ministry Review and the conditions of approval, the Construction, operation and maintenance of the Undertaking will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act (section 2).
  7. The government agency, public and Aboriginal review of the Environmental Assessment has indicated no outstanding concerns that cannot be addressed through commitments made in the Environmental Assessment, through the conditions set out below, or through future additional approvals that will be required.

Conditions

The approval is subject to the following conditions:

Dated the __________ day of _______________ 2016 at Toronto.

[Original signed by]
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
77 Wellesley Street West
11th Floor, Ferguson Block
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2T5

Approved by O.C. No. _______________
Date O.C. Approved _______________

 


O.C. 238/2017