{"id":8655,"date":"2015-10-21T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T19:42:38","slug":"centrale-hydroelectrique-sur-la-11e-chute-de-la-riviere-mistassini-lautorisation-ne-repose-que-sur-des-declarations-dintentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/centrale-hydroelectrique-sur-la-11e-chute-de-la-riviere-mistassini-lautorisation-ne-repose-que-sur-des-declarations-dintentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydroelectric power station on the 11th fall of the Mistassini River: authorization is based only on declarations of intent"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE
\n<\/strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Montreal, October 21, 2015<\/strong> \u2013 Fondation Rivi\u00e8res denounces the government authorization to build a hydroelectric power station on the 11th fall of the Mistassini River in Lac-Saint-Jean, in the riding of Prime Minister Couillard. The government is thus deliberately turning a blind eye to a multitude of consequences as well as to the secret management of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de l'\u00e9nergie sociale du Lac-Saint-Jean (SECLSJ) which is leading the issue. Important conclusions from the Bureau d'audiences publique sur l'environnement (BAPE) were not taken into account and the government analysis is erroneous regarding the real economic benefits of the project.<\/p>\n

Thus, even reading the communicated<\/a> and summary table<\/a> of the \u201crequirements\u201d relating to the project, produced by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MDDELCC), we see that the authorization is essentially based on \u201cmonitoring\u201d of the consequences of the work. For example, with regard to the anticipated ice jams, the promoter only had to commit to properly managing the problem and that would be it. This is the same irresponsible approach used in the case of the wastewater spill from the City of Montreal, for which the MDDELCC took comfort by requesting water analyzes
\npolluted river during the spill in order to know the impact<\/p>\n

However, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res wrote to Minister Heurtel last September<\/a> to inform him of these issues. No substantive response has been received.<\/p>\n

Among the fundamental questions, that concerning the justification of the project remains. How can the government justify subsidizing regional development by purchasing electricity at too high a price? Such projects cause a deficit for Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec while the government cuts public service budgets. Also, how is it that the government finances an organization like the SECLSJ which does not respect municipal laws by awarding lucrative professional service contracts without calls for tenders and systematically refuses access to information on its administration?<\/p>\n

The Fondation Rivi\u00e8res therefore calls on the government not to give the other authorizations required for this project, including authorization of financing by loan regulations.<\/p>\n

-30-<\/p>\n

For informations :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alain Saladzius
\nPresident
\n514 924-2013
\npresidence@fondationrivieres.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release - Fondation Rivi\u00e8res denounces the government's authorization to build a hydroelectric power station on the 11th fall of the Mistassini River in Lac-Saint-Jean, in Premier Couillard's riding. The government is deliberately turning a blind eye to a multitude of consequences, as well as to the secretive management of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de l'\u00e9nergie communautaire du Lac-Saint-Jean (SECLSJ), which is piloting the project. Important conclusions drawn by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) were not taken into account, and the government's analysis of the project's real economic benefits is flawed.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[47,57,201],"class_list":["post-8655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques","tag-energie","tag-hydroelectricite","tag-riviere-mistassini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}