News Releases 2006

Draft Strategic Environmental Assessment Report Sydney Basin Area – Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Area

For Immediate Release
September 6, 2006

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is inviting public comment on the draft Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Sydney Basin area of the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. The Sydney Basin is included in the C-NLOPB’s Call for Bids for the first time this year, and the bids for this area close on November 30. The results of the SEA will be considered in decisions relating to the potential issuance of exploration licences.

The Board is conducting the SEA for the Sydney Basin Offshore Area with the assistance of a working group with representatives from federal and provincial government departments and agencies, One Ocean, the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union, local Regional Economic Development Boards, and non-governmental organizations, and has engaged an environmental consulting firm to prepare the associated SEA report. The Board has received a draft SEA report from the consultant and now is soliciting public comment on that document.

The draft SEA Report may be viewed on the Board’s Web site at www.cnlopb.nl.ca.

Written public comments on the draft SEA report will be accepted by the Board until noon on October 13, 2006.

Comments can be sent to Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, 5th Floor, TD Place, 140 Water Street, St. John’s NL, A1C 6H6, 709-778-1400; or via email to ead@cnlopb.nl.ca.

Media Inquiries:
Edsel Bonnell
Public Relations
(709) 778-1418


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