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Projects under review
Project Name Proponent Registration Date

West Bay Wind Project

West Bay Wind Inc 12 November 2026

Inglisville Road Pit Project

3341581 Nova Scotia Ltd 10 November 2026

Goffs Quarry Expansion Phase 3 and 4 Project

Scotian Materials Ltd 29 October 2026

Woodville Pit Expansion Project

Dexter Construction Company Ltd 8 October 2026

Harbour Hills Wind Project

EverWind NS Holdings Ltd and Membertou Development Corp 24 June 2026
Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications Addendum Atlantic Mining NS Inc 9 January 2023
Mill Transformation and Effluent Treatment Facility Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corp 14 March 2022
Fifteen Mile Stream Gold Project Atlantic Mining NS Inc 16 March 2021
Beaver Dam Mine Project Atlantic Gold Corp 28 June 2017
Completed reviews (2000 - current)
Project Name Proponent Decision Date
Sturk Quarry Expansion Project Prospect Industrial Equipment Sales and Rentals Ltd 26 August 2026
Ocean Lake Wind Project EverWind NS Holdings Ltd and Membertou Development Corp 2 July 2026
Sugar Maple Wind Energy Project WEB Sugar Maple Wind Inc 22 May 2026

Upper Afton Wind Project

Upper Afton Wind Ltd 22 April 2026

Eigg Mountain Wind Project

Eigg Mountain Wind Inc 9 April 2026
Little River Pumping and Transmission System Project Landrie Lake Water Utility 4 March 2026
Fast Acting Natural Gas Power Generation Facility - Salt Springs IESO Nova Scotia 19 February 2026
Fast Acting Natural Gas Power Generation Facility – Marshdale IESO Nova Scotia 19 February 2026
Aulds Cove Wind Project Green Current Renewable Energy Development Inc 13 February 2026
Nova Sustainable Fuels Renewable Energy Park Project Nova Sustainable Fuels Ltd 18 December 2025
Morden Road Sand Pit Expansion Project Kenneth Lutz Trucks Ltd 3 December 2025
Setapuktuk Wind Project EverWind NS Holdings Ltd and Membertou Development Corp 24 November 2025
Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion Project Northumberland Capital Corp Inc 12 November 2025
McIntyres Mountain Quarry Expansion Municipal Enterprises Ltd 7 August 2025
Spence Aggregates Quarry Expansion Project Spence Aggregates Ltd 2 July 2025
Nictaux Sand Pit Expansion Project 4389818 Nova Scotia Ltd 2 July 2025
Kemptown Quarry Development Project Chapman Bros Construction Ltd 22 May 2025
Seabrook Quarry Expansion Project, Digby County Nova Construction Co Ltd 7 May 2025
EverWind Strait Crossing Transmission Line Project EverWind NS Holdings Ltd

25 April 2025

McCallum Settlement Quarry Expansion, Colchester County Will-Kare Paving & Contracting Ltd 20 March 2025
New Annan Quarry Expansion Project Municipal Enterprises Ltd 6 March 2025
Melvin Lake Wind Project Melvin Lake Wind Inc 24 January 2025
Rhodena Wind Project, Inverness County ABO Energy Canada Ltd 6 January 2025

Aerotech Waste Handling Facility, Halifax County

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