Notice of approval – terms of reference

Proponent: Rainy River Resources Limited
Environmental assessment File number: EA-05-09-02

As provided for by subsection 6(4) of the Environmental Assessment Act, the Amended Terms of Reference, as submitted for approval to the Ministry of the Environment on January 30, 2013 to govern the preparation of an environmental assessment for the above-noted undertaking, is hereby approved with the following amendment:

  1. The Amended Terms of Reference shall be further amended to include as part of the Amended Terms of Reference the errata letter dated February 22, 2013, submitted to the Ministry of the Environment from Rainy River Resources Limited. The errata letter shall form part of the Amended Terms of Reference.

Reasons

I am satisfied that an environmental assessment prepared in accordance with the Amended Terms of Reference will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act and the public interest for the following reasons:

  1. The Amended Terms of Reference ensures that the environmental assessment will be completed using a public, Aboriginal and government agency consultation process that is open and transparent
  2. The Amended Terms of Reference ensures that the completed environmental assessment will contain a sufficient level of detail to accurately assess the environmental effects of a reasonable range of alternatives and the proposed undertaking
  3. The Amended Terms of Reference sets out a planning process that will ensure the completed environmental assessment will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act and the public interest

There are no outstanding issues that have not adequately been addressed in the Amended Terms of Reference or can be addressed during the preparation of the environmental assessment.

Dated the 1st day of May 2013 at Toronto.

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