Project Approvals

This section is intended to provide an overview of the approval process that an IPP is required to go through before construction of a hydroelectric project begins and of the agreements made between Ledcor and the various agencies. The list below shows all of agencies and regulating bodies that were consulted during the approval process. All agencies and regulating bodies have either given their approval in principle or are in the final stages of their review process.

1. Land and Water British Columbia (LWBC)
2. BC Hydro
3. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD)
4. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Habitat Protection Branch)
5. District of Squamish
6. Environment Canada (Pacific Yukon Region)
7. Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)
8. Ministry of Forests (Squamish Forest District)
9. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
10. Ministry of Energy and Mines
11. Ministry of Transportation
12. Provincial Agriculture Land Commission
13. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
14. Squamish Nation
15. Transport Canada(Canadian Coast Guard)

The Ashlu Creek Green Power Project has received the support and approval of all required Federal and Provincial bodies.

The project was ranked as the number one small hydro project in the province in 1996 by an independent panel of technical experts based on economic, environmental and social criteria.

A total of 11 regulatory bodies (federal, provincial, local and aboriginal) have reviewed the Ashlu Creek Green Power Project. Below is a quick overview of the agencies and their areas of interest for approval. The status of each permit or approval is stated.

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Step 1 - Submission of Application (Complete)
The proponent officially submitted an application to Land and Water British Columbia (LWBC) with information required under the Water Act and Land Act. The application required that the proponent would work with qualified professionals to ensure that the information in the submission was complete and to the satisfaction of LWBC. The following information was included in the application for a waterpower project:

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