| CEC Hearings for OlyWest Hog Plant | 14 September 06 |
 On August 29, 2006, the Manitoba Minister of Conservation requested the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) conduct a public environmental hearing regarding the OlyWest Hog Processing Plant proposal. The hearing is to consider the Proposal and receive public comments and concerns.The Minister of Conservation also released Terms of Reference for the CEC hearing and announced that participant funding in the amount of $100,000 is to be made available to intervenors. The public has until September 30th (30 days) to appeal the Terms of Reference and/or the amount of participant funding available to intervenors. An advice document containing environmental standards which OlyWest must address through their environmental impact statement underwent public review and the final version was released June 13, 2006. Public comments on the draft advice document have not been placed in the Public Registry. No response or indication of how public comments on the draft advice document are incorporated into or reflected in the final advice document has been filed in the Public Registry file for the OlyWest project (PR File #5155.00). Manitoba Conservation has also not posted public comments or proponent response to public comments on-line. View CEC Current Hearings page on the OlyWest Hog Processing Plant View the Terms of Reference for CEC OlyWest hearing (PDF) Visit Manitoba Environmental Assessment and Licencing Branch page for OlyWest Plant View OlyWest's Environment Act Proposal and Environmental Impact Statement View Final advice document for Preparation of Environment Act Proposal for a New Hog Processing Plant in Winnipeg (PDF) View past 2006 Manitoba Wildlands news items: July 20 - Confusion Over OlyWest Hearings May 1 - Opposition to Winnipeg Hog Plant Gains Momentum Sources: Clean Environment Commission, Manitoba Environmental Assessment and Licencing Branch |
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