Province Issues Environmental Assessment Certificate for Haisla Nation-led Cedar LNG Project

Provincial regulators have issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for a proposed First Nations-led LNG project.

Cedar LNG is a proposed floating LNG facility and marine export terminal planned for the Douglas Channel, across from Kitamaat Village.

Owned by the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation, the facility would produce roughly 3 million tonnes of LNG per year.

Project proponents submitted their application for a certificate last winter, kicking off what should have been a 6 month review process.

But, the decision deadline was silently extended by 69 days, prompting concerns from pro-LNG groups such as the First Nations LNG Alliance.

Ministers have now concluded that the project takes all possible measures to reduce emissions, and fits within BC’s climate targets.

They have therefore issued a certificate featuring 16 legally enforceable conditions.

Those require Cedar LNG to: implement environmental management and emissions reduction plans, establish a community feedback process and a reporting mechanism for mariners and First Nations, participate in future climate and social initiatives, and more.

It also recommends 65 federal mitigation measures, and 9 follow-up programs.

While the provincial review can support federal decisions via a substitution agreement, Federal regulators must still issue a decision before the project can go ahead.

You can view all documents from the review process at this link.