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Projects under review
Project Name Proponent Registration Date
Antrim Gypsum Project, Halifax County CertainTeed Canada, Inc. September 10, 2024
Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion Northumberland Capital Corporation Inc August 29, 2023
Seabrook Quarry Expansion Project, Digby County Nova Construction Co Ltd May 24, 2023
Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications Addendum Atlantic Mining NS Inc January 9, 2023
Mill Transformation and Effluent Treatment Facility Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation March 14, 2022
Fifteen Mile Stream Gold Project Atlantic Mining NS Inc  March 16, 2021
Realignment of Marine Drive (Highway 316) Project Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd.  March 10, 2021
Beaver Dam Mine Project Atlantic Gold Corporation June 28, 2017
Completed reviews (2000 - current)
Project Name Proponent Decision Date
Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project Clydesdale Holdings Ltd September 26, 2024
Gold Bond Gypsum Mine Expansion Project Gold Bond Canada, Ltd September 6, 2024
Pit No. 4 Extension Project OSCO Aggregates Ltd July 26, 2024
Windy Ridge Wind Power Project Windy Ridge Wind (4560536 Nova Scotia Ltd) July 25, 2024
Hartville Quarry Expansion Project Alva Construction Ltd July 3, 2024
Six Mile Brook Pit Expansion and Reclamation of Historic Workings Project SW Weeks Construction Ltd June 3, 2024
Temporary Material Staging Facility Project Irving Shipbuilding Inc March 20, 2024
Colpton Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Ltd March 14, 2024
Kmtnuk Wind Power Project Kmtnuk Wind Ltd December 21, 2023
NS-NB Reliability Intertie Project Nova Scotia Power Inc December 15, 2023
Walden Quarry Expansion Project Municipal Enterprises Ltd December 14, 2023
Bear Lake Wind Power Project Bear Lake Wind Ltd December 13, 2023
Middle River Pit Expansion Project, Victoria County Municipal Enterprises Ltd August 17, 2023
Weavers Mountain Wind Energy Project WEB Weavers Mountain Wind Ltd Partnership July 27, 2023
Blair Road Pit Expansion Project The Shaw Group Ltd July 14, 2023
Ellershouse 3 Wind Project Ellershouse 3 Wind Limited Partnership July 5, 2023
Highway 101 Cambridge Interchange and Connector Road Department of Public Works June 28, 2023
Granite Village Quarry Expansion Project Municipal Enterprises Ltd May 11, 2023
Wedgeport Wind Farm Project Wedgeport Wind Farm GP Inc, Elemental Energy Renewables Inc, Stevens Wind Ltd and Sipekne’katik First Nation, carrying on business as Wedgeport Wind Farm Limited Partnership May 4, 2023
Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Project Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Limited Partnership May 4, 2023
Bear Head Energy Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Production, Storage and Loading Facility Bear Head Energy Inc April 12, 2023
Mersey River Wind Farm Mersey River Wind Inc March 27, 2023
Goose Harbour Lake Wind Farm Project PHP Wind GP Inc and PHP Wind LP Inc, carrying on business as Port Hawkesbury Paper Wind Ltd Partnership March 20, 2023
Westchester Wind Project Natural Forces Developments LP February 13, 2023
Benjamins Mill Wind Project Natural Forces Developments Limited Partnership February 13, 2023
Westchester Quarry Expansion Chapman Bros Construction Ltd February 13, 2023
EverWind Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project – Phase 1 EverWind Fuels Company February 7, 2023
Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility Project Envirosoil Limited January 27, 2023
Tote Road Quarry Expansion Scotian Materials Ltd January 16, 2023
Lantz Quarry Expansion Project 2514869 Nova Scotia Limited, an affiliated company of Dexter Construction Company Limited December 22, 2022
Sporting Mountain Quarry Expansion Nova Construction Co Ltd October 21, 2022
Goldboro Gold Project Signal Gold Inc June 10, 2022
Welshtown Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Limited March 17, 2022
Highway 102 Aerotech Connector Road Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal September 10
Chapman Brothers Westchester Quarry Expansion Project Chapman Bros Construction Ltd. January 18, 2022
Whycocomagh Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Ltd. December 23, 2021
Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility Project Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation Withdrawn
Highway 102 Aerotech Connector Road Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal January 5, 2021
Sporting Mountain Quarry Expansion Project Nova Construction Co. Ltd.  August 25, 2020
Liquid Asphalt Storage Facility Project General Liquids Canada, the Municipal Group of Companies June 22, 2020
Spicer North Mountain Quarry Expansion Project B. Spicer Construction Ltd. April 28, 2020
Gabarus Quarry Expansion Project  Dexter Construction Company Limited April 22, 2020
Gillis Lake Quarry Expansion Project Zutphen Resources Inc. February 28, 2019
Waste Dangerous and Non-Dangerous Goods Temporary Storage Facility Envirosystems Incorporated February 11, 2020
Sheet Harbour Aggregate Quarry Project Dexter Construction Company Limited November 8, 2019
Goffs Quarry Expansion Project Scotian Materials Limited October 25, 2019
Birrette’s East Uniacke Quarry Expansion Project Bio Design Earth Products Inc. September 13, 2019
Asbestos Waste Disposal Cell Project Colchester Containers Limited July 05, 2019
Canso Spaceport Facility Project Maritime Launch Services Limited June 4, 2019
MacLellans Mountain Quarry Expansion Project S.W. Weeks Construction Ltd. May 17, 2019
Highway 104 Twinning Sutherlands River to Antigonish Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal January 29, 2019
Asbestos Disposal Facility Yarmouth County Solid Waste Management Authority November 29, 2018
Goldboro Gold Project Anaconda Mining Inc. September 19, 2018
Pyrolysis Plant Project Sustane Chester Incorporated August 23, 2018
Highway 107 Burnside to Bedford Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal June 18, 2018
Money Point Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Limited April 6, 2018
Williamsdale Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Limited November 30, 2017
Glenholme Pit No. 4 Aggregate Extraction Project OSCO Aggregates Limited August 24, 2017
Rhodena Quarry Expansion Project Zutphen Resources Inc. August 3, 2017
Asbestos Waste Disposal Facility Project Arlington Heights C&D Limited July 24, 2017
Lower Carbon Fuel: Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) System Lafarge Canada Inc. July 6, 2017
Highway 101 Twinning Three Mile Plains to Falmouth Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal May 8, 2017
Highway 101 Digby to Marshalltown Corridor Project Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal March 22, 2017
Lake Major Dam Replacement Project Halifax Water February 9, 2017
Ellershouse Wind Farm Expansion Project Alternative Resource Energy Authority February 2, 2017
Bear Paw Pipeline Project Bear Paw Pipeline Corporation Inc December 22, 2016
Loch Katrine Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Limited December 22, 2016
Envirosoil Facility – Addition of Stabilization & Solidification Technology (2016) Project Envirosoil Limited December 22, 2016
New Victoria Community Wind Power Project Celtic Current Limited Partnership September 20, 2016
Auld’s Cove Transmission Project Nova Scotia Power Inc. April 29, 2016
Black Point Quarry Project Black Point Aggregates Inc. April 26, 2016
Seabrook Quarry Expansion (2016) Project Municipal Enterprises Limited April 20, 2016
The Envirosystems Facility: Modification to Temporarily Store and Clean Low-Level NORM Waste and Equipment, and Treat Wash-Water Project Envirosystems Inc. April 14, 2016
Hardwood Lands Community Wind Project Scotian WindFields Inc., Scotian Wind Inc., SWEB Development Inc. and WEB Wind Energy North America Inc. February 9, 2016
Liverpool Wind Farm Project Liverpool Wind Energy Storage Project Inc. October 28, 2015
Envirosoil Facility – Addition of Stabilization and Solidification Technology Project Envirosoil Limited September 28, 2015
Nictaux Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Company Limited June 19, 2015
Harrietsfield Williamswood Wind Farm Project Watts Wind 4 Limited Partnership May 26, 2015
Bear Head LNG Project Bear Head LNG Corporation May 15, 2015
National Gypsum Mine Extension Project National Gypsum (Canada) Limited April 9, 2015
Brierly Brook Quarry Nova Construction Co. Ltd March 12, 2015
Irish Cove Quarry Expansion Project Municipal Enterprises Limited February 26, 2015
Amherst Community Wind Farm Project Mi’kmaq Wind4All Communities L.P. Febrary 17, 2015
Porters Lake Wind Farm Project Watts Wind Energy Inc. January 30, 2015
Chebucto Terence Bay Wind Farm Project Chebucto Terence Bay Wind Farm Limited December 11, 2014
Coldbrook Sand Pit Expansion Project 3048483 Nova Scotia Limited December 4, 2014
Kemptown Wind Project Affinity Wind Limited Partnership December 3, 2014
Chedabucto Aggregates Quarry Expansion Chedabucto Aggregates Limited November 6, 2014
Barrachois Wind Farm Natural Forces Wind Inc. July 12, 2014
James River Quarry Expansion Project Municipal Enterprises Limited June 4, 2014
Goldboro LNG Project Pieridae Energy (Canada) Limited March 21, 2014
Bateston Community Wind Power Project Celtic Current Limited Partnership February 27, 2014
Ellershouse Wind Project Alternative Resource Energy Authority February 17, 2014
Kemptown Wind Farm Affinity Renewables LP February 10, 2014
Mulgrave Community Wind Power Project Celtic Current LP February 10, 2014
Limerock Wind Project Affinity Wind LP February 4, 2014
Greenfield Wind Farm Affinity Wind Limited Partnership January 28, 2014
North Beaver Bank Community Wind Project Scotian WindFields Inc., Scotian Wind Inc., and WEB Wind Energy North America Inc. January 6, 2014
Aulds Mountain Wind Farm Natural Forces Wind Inc. December 16, 2013
Lafarge Hardscratch Quarry Extension Project Lafarge Canada Inc. December 11, 2013
Nine Mile River Community Wind Project Scotian WindFields Inc., Scotian Wind Inc., and WEB Wind Energy North America Inc. December 9, 2013
Gaetz Brook Wind Farm Natural Forces Wind Inc. November 15, 2013
Mink Oil Production Plant Spec Environmental Solutions Incorporated November 14, 2013
Chebucto-Pockwock Community Wind Project Pockwock Wind Limited Partnership October 31, 2013
Pictou County Natural Gas Pipeline Heritage Gas Limited August 26, 2013
Martock Ridge Community Wind Project Scotian WindFields Inc., Scotian Wind Inc., and WEB Wind Energy North America Inc. July 24, 2013
Donkin Export Coking Coal Project Xstrata Coal Donkin Management Limited July 19, 2013
Millbrook Community Wind Project Truro-Millbrook Wind Limited Partnership July 2, 2013
Truro Heights Community Wind Project Truro Heights Wind Limited Partnership July 2, 2013
Whynotts Community Wind Project Whynotts Wind Limited Partnership July 2, 2013
McLellans Brook Wind Energy Project Watts Wind Energy Inc. June 25, 2013
Maritime Link NSP Maritime Link Inc. June 17, 2013
Hillside Boularderie Wind Farm Natural Forces Wind Inc. June 20, 2013
Middlewood Quarry Expansion Dexter Construction Company Limited June 6, 2013
Alton Natural Gas Pipeline Alton Natural Gas Storage LP May 31, 2013
Asbestos Waste Management Site Marinus Verhagen Enterprises Limited April 22, 2013
Barrington Wind Energy Project Watts Wind Energy Inc. April 3, 2013
Sable Wind Project Municipality of the District of Guysborough in partnership with Nova Scotia Power Inc. March 15, 2013
Cooks Brook Sand and Gravel Pit Extension Gallant Aggregates Limited January 7, 2013
Torbrook Disposal of Waste Dangerous Goods Facility (Asbestos) Nova Scotia Limited November 29, 2012
Kaizer Meadow Wind Project Municipality of the District of Chester September 27, 2012
Retirement Care Facility Expansion, Middleton GEM Health Care Group September 6, 2012
Clydesdale Ridge Wind Farm Clydesdale Ridge Wind LP July 24, 2012
Provincial Energy Ventures Wharf Approach Deepening Project Provincial Energy Ventures (PEV) July 24, 2012
South Canoe Wind Power Project Oxford Frozen Foods, Minas Basin Pulp and Power and Nova Scotia Power Incorporated July 13, 2012
Torbrook Gravel Pit Expansion Ivan H. Trimper Excavating Ltd. April 20, 2012
Pugwash Wind Farm North Cumberland Wind Farm LP March 27, 2012
Glen Dhu South Wind Power Project Shear Wind Inc. March 16, 2012
Northumberland Rock Quarry Extension Project Alva Construction Limited January 9, 2012
Warehouse & Distribution Centre Expansion Home Hardware Stores Limited Oct 20, 2011
ScoZinc Operations Southwest Expansion ScoZinc Limited October 07, 2011
Fairmont Wind Farm Wind Prospect Inc. September 08, 2011
Asbestos Transfer / Bulking Facility Guild Contracting Specialties (2005) Inc. March 02, 2011
Hampton Mountain Wind Power Project SP Development Limited Partnership January 10, 2011
Asbestos Transfer Bulking Facility Burnside Environmental Services Ltd. December 10, 2010
Yarmouth County Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation Facility Yarmouth County Solid Waste Park Management Authority November 10, 2010
Hants County Aggregate Quarry Extension Project Municipal Enterprises Ltd. August 12, 2010
Duncan Gillis Quarry Extension Project Gillis Construction Cape Breton Limited September 14, 2010
Hardscratch Quarry Extension Project Aberdeen Paving Limited Aug 25, 2010
Liquid Asphalt Storage Facility General Liquids Canada Ltd. Apr 08, 2010
Whycocomagh Quarry Extension Project Alva Construction Limited May 06, 2010
Proposed Highway 113 Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works Apr 09, 2010
Martin Marietta Quarry Fines Storage Development Project Martin Marietta Ltd. Apr 01, 2010
Waste Dangerous Goods Handling Facility Relocation Refrigerant Services Inc. Mar 12, 2010
Wind / Hydro Energy Project Cape Breton Explorations Limited. Mar 01, 2010
Miller's Creek Gypsum Mine Extension CGC Inc. Fundy Gypsum Feb 4, 2010
Expansion of Debert Industrial Waste Management Facility Atlantic Industrial Services September 25, 2009
Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Project Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy September 15, 2009
Digby Wind Power Project SkyPower Corp. and Scotian Windfields Inc. August 24, 2009
Maryvale Wind Project Maryvale Wind LP August 11, 2009
Tufts Cove 6 Waste Heat Recovery Project Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) May 04, 2009
Sydney Harbour Access Channel Deepening and Sydport Container Terminal Laurentian Energy Corporation April 28, 2009
Asbestos Transfer/Bulking Facility Enviroclean Ltd./Power Vac Servics Jan 20, 2009
Glen Dhu Wind Farm Shear Wind Inc. Feb 02, 2009
Donkin Underground Exploration Project Xstrata Coal Dec 18, 2008
Proposed Melford International Terminal Melford International Terminal Inc. Oct 23, 2008
Point Tupper Wind Farm Renewable Energy Services Limited Oct 17, 2008
Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farms RMSenergy Ltd. Sep 02, 2008
Modification of Biomedical and International Waste Treatment Facility Stericycle, Inc. (Medical Waste Management Inc.) Aug 08, 2008
Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm 3217284 Nova Scotia Limited Jul 14, 2008
Amherst Wind Energy Project Amherst Wind Power LP May 26, 2008
Panuke Road Quarry Expansion Municipal Enterprises Limited Apr 07, 2008
Surface Gold Mine at Moose River Gold Mines, Halifax County DDV Gold Limited Feg 1, 2008
Alton Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Alton Natural Gas Storage LP Dec 18, 2007
Whites Point Quarry Bilcon of Nova Scotia Corporation Nov 20, 2007
MacLeod's Settlement Pit Development 2227754 Nova Scotia Limited Sep 14, 2007
Lovett Road Aggregate Pit Expansion Shaw Resources Aug 20, 2007
Glenholme Gravel Pit Expansion M.S.D. Enterprises Limited
Aug 3, 2007
Elmsdale Quarry Expansion, Hants County Gallant Aggregates Limited Jul 24, 2007
Keltic Petrochemical Keltic Petrochemical Inc. Mar 14, 2007
Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Sites Sydney Tar Ponds Agency Jan 23, 2007
Research & Development and Soil Treatment Facility CleanEarth Technologies Incorporated Oct 03, 2006
Higgins 3.5 MW Wind Power Project Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Ltd. Sep 27, 2006
Lingan 10 MW Wind Power Project Glace Bay Lingan Wind Power Ltd. Aug 03, 2006
Marshall Road Sand Pit Expansion Scotia Aggregates Ltd. May 30, 2006
Canso Wind Farm Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. May 19, 2006
Leitches Creek Quarry Expansion Alva Construction Ltd. Apr 28, 2006
Rhodena Rock Quarry Expansion Rhodena Rock Ltd. Apr 18, 2006
Surface Coal Mine and Reclamation Project - Prince Mine Site Pioneer Coal Ltd. Dec 28, 2005
Russell Lake West Wetland Alteration Clayton Developments Ltd. Dec 16, 2005
Lingan 4 MW Wind Power Project Cape Breton Power Ltd. Nov 15, 2005
Wind Energy Project, Creignish Rear Site Black River Wind Ltd. Nov 14, 2005
Nictaux Pit and Quarry Ward Aggregates Ltd. Oct 28, 2005
Spar Road Wal-Mart Development Wal-Mart Canada Corporation Sep 26, 2005
MWM Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility Medical Waste Management Inc. Sep 02, 2005
Sovereign Resources Quarry Expansion Sovereign Resources Inc. Aug 29, 2005
Highway 104 at Antigonish Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works Aug 29, 2005
Yarmouth Wal-Mart Development Plaza BNG Inc. Feb 1, 2005
Point Aconi Phase 3 Surface Coal Mine Thomas Brogan and Sons Construction Ltd. Jan 4, 2005
Amherst High Pressure Steel Distribution Pipeline Heritage Gas Dec 29, 2004
Kemptown Road Quarry Expansion Project Dexter Construction Co. Ltd. Dec 29, 2004
Bond Road Sand Pit Operations Twin Mountain Construction Limited Dec 20, 2004
Bulk Tank Farm, Blending, Packaging and Storage Facility Alpha Chemical Ltd. Dec 14, 2004
Battery Storage Facility at Chain Lake Drive John Ross and Sons Limited Nov 18, 2004
Bear Head Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Access Northeast Energy Inc. Aug 9, 2004
Used Battery Storage Facility Maritime Metal Inc. Aug 6, 2004
East Uniacke Quarry Expansion S. W. Weeks Construction Ltd. Jun 21, 2004
Combustion Turbine Project Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) May 3, 2004
Grinding Plant Q’Max Solutions Inc. Mar 26, 2004
Battery Storage Facility Maritime Battery Ltd. Feb 13, 2004
Stellarton Surface Coal Mine Extension Pioneer Coal Limited Feb 3, 2004
Marine Terminal at Point Tupper Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) Feb 3, 2004
Waste Dangerous Goods Drum Storage Facility Quantex Technologies Inc. Dec 2, 2003
Pubnico Point Wind Farm Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. Nov 7, 2003
Cambridge Aggregate Pit Expansion Lawson Bennett Trucking Ltd. Sep 19, 2003
Remediation of Soils Containing Dry Cleaning Fluids (and Related Products) Envirosoil Limited Jun 6, 2003
Dangerous Goods Bulk Storage and Handling Facility Alpha Chemical Ltd. Apr 11, 2003
Troy Quarry Expansion S. W. Weeks Construction Limited Mar 7, 2003
Tufts Cove #4 Nova Scotia Power Incorporated Dec 10, 2002
White Rock Quartz Mine Black Bull Resources Incorporated Sep 6, 2002
Kennedys Big Brook Red Marble Mine MacLeod Resources Ltd. Sep 3, 2002
Short-term Abestos Storage Area Burnside Environmental Services Ltd. Mar 7, 2002
Glycol Concentration Facility Inland Technologies Canada Inc Mar 1, 2002
White Rock Quartz, Kaolin and Mica Mine Black Bull Resources Incorporated Feb 18, 2002
Troy Quarry Expansion S.W. Weeks Construction Limited Dec 21, 2001
Highway 101 Extension - Digby to Weymouth North Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works Nov 29, 2000
Nova Scotia Gas Distribution Project Sempra Atlantic Gas Jun 13, 2000
Beaver Bank Bypass Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works Mar 16, 2000
Evironmental Assessments : Pre Year 2000