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Published on Thursday, 23 January 2014 08:24
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Written by editor
Parksville Qualicum Beach News, January 23, 2014
NON-COMPLIANCE
Re: PQB News January 9, 2014: “ Raven to re-submit coal mine
application by end of March”
What a revelation by Stephen Ellis of Compliance Energy Corporation
that getting the Raven Coal Mine Application re-submitted is slower
than anticipated and getting the information required by the
government has taken some time.
Compliance was an active participant for several years in drafting the
Application Information Requirements (AIR) which were finalized on
June 7, 2012. They had full knowledge of the required information and
after 10 months submitted their Application which on May 16, 2013 was
rejected because it did not yet contain all of the required
information set out in the AIR. Compliance’s response was that it was
typical and not unexpected after a first review. Hardly an adequate
response when Compliance had or should have... had full knowledge of the
required information.
Now, some 19 months after the AIR is finalized, we’re being told the
revised Application will be submitted by the end of March 2014, months
later than the original estimate of “ a couple of months”.
This pattern of underperforming and underestimating is in my view just
one reason the Raven Coal Mine Project has received such scant
support. An important part of any mining project going forward is to
obtain social license in the communities impacted by the project. In
my opinion, the actions of Compliance over the past 4 years, should
serve as a classic example of how “NOT” to obtain social license.
John Snyder
Fanny Bay, BC
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