March 25, 2011

Proposed Compliance Coal mine on Vancouver Island to undergo environmental assessment

The federal government announced funding this week for parties to support their participation in the environmental assessment of a proposed coal mine construction project in British Columbia.

Compliance Coal Corp., which is doing business as the Comox Joint Venture, proposes the development of a the Raven underground coal mine approximately 20 kilometres south of Courtenay on eastern Vancouver Island. If the mine gets constructed, the coal will be transported from the mine by truck on existing highways to Port Alberni.

"Upgrading work at Port Alberni is to be conducted by the proponent to enable shipment of coal offshore," Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency stated in a news release. The agency allocated $84,160.30 for participants in the environmental assessment. The funding recipients are: Michael D. Fisher of the Sierra Club of BC Foundation (on behalf of Sierra Club Comox Valley); the BC Shellfish Growers Association; Robert Christie of the Coalwatch Comox Valley Society; Carolyn Shaffer of the Alberni Environmental Coalition; and Jack Cann.

Compliance Energy Corp. owns mineral rights over 75,000 acres in B.C. It owns 60 per cent of the Raven coal project joint venture. The other 40 per cent is owned by I-Comox Coal Inc. a subsidiary of Itochu Corp. of Japan and by LG International Investments (Canada) Limited, a subsidiary of LG International Corp. of Korea.

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