Over three days, January 28–30, 2015, BC Environment Assessment Office (EAO) held the Open Houses in Squamish, West Vancouver and on Bowen Island, as part of the 45-day Public Comment Period on the Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) application for the Woodfibre LNG Project. More than 400 people from these communities met members of the Woodfibre LNG team and asked questions about the project or provided feedback on the Woodfibre LNG project’s EAC application submitted.

The EAC application describes the scope of the environmental and socio-economic studies conducted by experts engaged by Woodfibre LNG, the methodology that was used to describe existing conditions and assesses potential construction- and operation-related effects of the project. The application also describes any project related effects and benefits, as well as the proposed mitigation measures.

The Woodfibre LNG project will create at least 650 jobs per year during construction and about 100 jobs during operation. Woodfibre LNG is also dedicated to providing legacy benefits for the community in the areas of sport, arts, culture, and heritage through active engagement of community groups and financial support to their community-focused events.

In addition, Woodfibre has committed to run its proposed liquefaction project off electric power, the decision of which was guided by the input and feedback received from the community consultations that took place in 2014. Compared with the alternative option of using gas turbines drives for the main refrigerant compressors, using electric drives will reduce the potential greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by approximately 80 per cent.

Woodfibre LNG is committed to develop a project that provides sustained socio-economic benefits for Squamish BC and the surrounding areas. The community has until 9 March 2015 to put their questions and comments on the official record, after which the formal review will be completed by the EAO and a decision on the granting of the environmental certificates made by the federal and provincial ministers.

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