Notice of Application to Dispose of Waste or Other Matter at Sea
Notice is hereby given that the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy of Victoria, BC has on this 23 day of October, 2023 applied to Environment and Climate Change Canada for a Disposal At Sea Permit under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to load 71,000 metres (m³) of: dredged material at load site: LAT 50.934795°, LONG -126.210641° (mouth of Kingcome River) to dispose of at sea at: LAT 50.916670°, LONG -126.216670° (Kingcome Inlet) by the following method: bottom-opening barge.
It is proposed that loading and disposal activities will begin on: November 15, 2023 and will terminate on: February 15, 2024.
For further information regarding these activities, please contact: Amy Vallarino, Flood Debris Management Secretariat, Environmental Protection Division at 778-943-6904 or by email at Amy.Vallarino@gov.bc.ca.
The public may raise environmental concerns related to this notice or obtain Information on the permitting process by contacting the nearest Disposal at Sea Program regional office:
Pacific and Yukon
Environmental Protection Operations Directorate
Environment and Climate Change Canada
101-401 Burrard St
Vancouver BC V6C 3R2
Fax: 604-666-6800