British Columbia has issued an environmental assessment certificate for a liquified petroleum gas storage facility south of Prince Rupert.
Proposed for Ridley Island, the Vopak Pacific Canada project would feature unloading platforms to transport gas to the existing rail loop.
It would also feature docking berths on a new off-shore jetty for exporting liquid gas, and would utilize existing CN Rail lines to import product from across western Canada.
If approved, the bulk storage facility would be capable of storing liquified gases such as propane, ethane and butane, as well as methanol, light diesel, and gasoline.
As part of the assessment process, the province consulted with the Gitga’at, Gitxaala, Kitselas, Kitsumkalum, Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams First Nations, all of which call the territory home.
Following those consultations, the province put forward three conditions to be met under the certificate.
Those include: developing a greenhouse gas emissions plan, working with First Nations and local communities, and participating in provincial initiatives to manage the project’s impacts.
Located on federal lands, within federal jurisdiction, the project must still receive approval from federal regulators to move ahead.
It is estimated that the project will cost $885 million over 2 years, and bring approximately 250 new jobs, 30 of which would be local.
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