‘New Ajax assessment not warranted’
NEWS/ CITY HALL — The B.C. bureaucrat in charge of the Ajax file has re-affirmed the possibility of a second public-input period on the mine, but “does not see the value” of starting over on the assessment of the open-pit copper mine project.
In a letter to a Kamloops Area Preservation Association lawyer, Scott Bailey responds to questions ask on behalf of KAPA.
The letter, addressed to Jenny Blem of Woodward & Co. lawyers in Victoria, is dated Sept. 11 and is copied to members of Kamloops City council and other politicians. It says a request for a new public comment on KGHM International’s draft environmental application guidelines will be considered in connection with a review of Working Group comments on changes to site plans for the mine project.
The Working Group includes stakeholder groups include the City.
Scott’s letter also emphasizes that the public will have a chance to review and comment on the potential effects of the project after KGHM submits its environmental assessment application next year. Opponents say the 75-day comment period included in that part of the process isn’t long enough.
Bailey also says in his letter that re-initiating assessment of the project — which KAPA claims is required under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act — isn’t warranted, and that it isn’t uncommon for a mine proponent to make mindsite changes during the course of an assessment.
Bailey’s letter is on the agenda for Tuesday’s City council meeting.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
I understand that it is not uncommon for them to make major changes after their projects are approved, as well. They often don’t build the projects as assessed. They often change production. Sometimes tailings ponds end up much bigger than originally designed, like at Mt Polley for example.
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