“It is not the province’s decision whether or not a federal environmental assessment should take place. We have determined that the Northern Pulp effluent treatment plant project requires a provincial Class 1 environmental assessment. The federal government would decide whether or not it will do its own EA as well.”
If the federal government does decide to do its own assessment, that doesn’t mean the province is required to bow out, but Graham-Scanlan hopes it will. #nspoli