The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) have approved FortisBC’s amendment application for the Woodfibre Gas Pipeline project.
These approvals are significant milestones for the project and are the result of a harmonized process between the EAO and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw FortisBC said.
“These changes reflect years of community engagement and detailed project planning” said Darrin Marshall, EGP project director at FortisBC. “It’s through listening and engagement that we’ve strengthened and refined this project, and we’re grateful for the input we’ve received.”
Approval of these amendments brings the EGP project a step closer to construction and to delivery of natural gas to the proposed Woodfibre LNG facility, the company said.
The four approved changes are:
A new location for the Squamish Compressor Station at the Woodfibre LNG site based on feedback from local community
Rerouting of an eight-kilometre section of the new gas pipeline in Stawamus Valley to minimize impacts and reflect input from Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw
Increasing the size of two planned compressor units at the Eagle Mountain Compressor Station and accommodating this expansion within the existing footprint
Constructing an additional three-kilometre section of gas pipeline adjacent to the existing line, near the Eagle Mountain Compressor Station in Coquitlam, to add capacity and increase reliability of natural gas supply.
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Now the only missing approval is by the Municipality and its residents of Squamish, considered as the “Squamish Social licence”
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