What happens after completion of the study itself?
The study schedule requires the Jacques Whitford Study Team to complete a draft EIA Report, on behalf of NBDSS, by the fall of 2005. This draft document will be submitted to a Technical Review Committee (TRC), which has been specifically established for this purpose by the NB Department of Environment and Local Government. The TRC membership includes expert representation from a range of provincial and federal government agencies. All these agencies have regulatory or operational responsibilities, which touch on the Eel River Dam. The TRC review process of the draft EIA Report is expected to be complete in late 2005. Once the Committees response is received, the Study Team will begin preparing its final EIA Report. Submission of this final document to NBDSS is expected early in 2006.
