Regarding the responsibility of DOS council to proposed LNG in Howe Sound.
From the Woodfibre LNG website:
“In addition to the AIR (Application Information Requirements), a Valued Component Selection Document is being prepared. A Value Component Selection Document is used as a tool to review the environmental, economic, social, heritage and health values that have been identified by the public, agencies, and Aboriginal groups as to determine the Valued Components that will be assessed in the Application. Value Components are components of the natural and human environment that are considered by Aboriginal groups, scientists and government agencies involved in the EA process to have importance…”
The proponents require the DOS to identify electorate values. According to the VCSD, DOS LNG committee must include social, heritage and health aspects in their report to council. At the Council meeting on Tuesday, July 15, Randy Stoyko and Rod MacLeod spoke to the direction the LNG committee was given as to research for recommendations to council. The only directions they spoke of were economic, environmental and technical issues. They have missed social, heritage and health values.
Council must include the electorate in consultation. To ignore this is to make a Value Component Selection Document report to the AIR that will be incomplete. And yes, the public wants to see the report created by the committee.
The public is also encouraged to comment. Please comment to the local council, provincial government and EAO.
