VICTORIA — Cedar LNG Partners LP has received an environmental assessment certificate from the Government of British Columbia for its proposed LNG project.
Cedar Partners is a majority Haisla Nation-owned partnership with Pembina Pipeline Corporation, states a news release. Cedar LNG will be the largest majority First Nation-owned infrastructure project in Canadian history.
Cedar LNG is a proposed electrified floating liquefied natural gas facility and marine export terminal in northwestern B.C. It would be built on Haisla Nation-owned land and receive natural gas from the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
“The Cedar LNG project will be the first Indigenous-majority owned LNG export facility in Canada, providing an unprecedented opportunity for both Haisla Nation and the region,” said Premier David Eby in a news release.
The project is estimated to cost US$2.4 billion and export three million tonnes per year.
“This is a significant milestone that honours our government’s commitment to respect self-determination and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman and Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Josie Osborne were determined to issue the certificate.
In the release, the ministers wrote “the project takes all possible measures currently available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
They also wrote the Cedar LNG project “supports reconciliation with Haisla Nation.”
The project still needs federal approvals and provincial permits as well as authorization before construction can begin.
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