Parks Canada and Transport Canada have issued a notice of determination and decided that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

This notice of determination is being issued by Parks Canada and Transport Canada under the Impact Assessment Act. Parks Canada and Transport Canada have decided that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. This determination was based on a consideration of the following factors:

• Impacts on rights of Indigenous peoples;
• Indigenous knowledge;
• Community knowledge;
• Comments received from the public; and
• Technically and economically feasible mitigation measures.

In summary, mitigation measures, further detailed in the report, are required for the project to address the following: air, water, fish, other aquatic organisms, wildlife, birds, soil, migratory birds, species at risk, vegetation, and cultural resources. A complete list of mitigation measures taken into account for this determination is available in the impact assessment report and can be obtained upon request.

The Healy Brewster blocks cannot proceed until Fisheries and Ocean Canada has completed its review and IA Determination with respect to works proposed in bull trout critical habitat (works in riparian habitat and stream crossing structures) and Transport Canada has undertaken its review of the proposed Brewster Creek temporary bridge crossing under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act.