Report - Agence canadienne d'évaluation environnementale

Territorial context of the project
The fourth zone, between highway 132 and the river, is designated as rural. Housing
is authorized, as are office buildings and various services. A technical corridor
destined to link the industrial facilities to port facilities is authorized in both zones. The
fifth zone, in the river, stretches over about 1.5 km to the west from the Beaumont
limit. Port facilities, marine terminals, and various types of industry are permitted
there.
The project site is also protected by the Act respecting preservation of agricultural
land and agricultural activities. Almost all the land is, in fact, in an agricultural zone,
the “green zone” established under the Act. The construction of the LNG terminal land
facilities is thus subject to a decision by the Commission de protection du territoire
agricole du Québec (CPTAQ). On this issue, the City of Lévis adopted a resolution
regarding the request to exclude part of this land from the agricultural zone and this
resolution must be forwarded to the CPTAQ for the project to go ahead (DB109). The
agricultural status of the site was invoked several times during the public hearing,
particularly in relation to tree-growing activities. However, no specific claims have
been made regarding the land by farmers or farmers unions.
♦ Finding — The Panel found that the land use planning and development plan, the
Master Plan, and the zoning by-law that apply to the site retained for the project
facilities includes both existing uses as well as industrial and port activities with the
corresponding categories of authorized uses.
♦ Finding — The Panel found that the project, diverges, by its nature from current land
uses in the Ville-Guay sector.
♦ Finding — The Panel found that the site retained for the project facilities is part of
the agricultural zone protected under the Act respecting preservation of agricultural
land and agricultural activities. For this reason, the Commission de protection du
territoire agricole du Québec will have to make a decision on the request to exclude
part of the agricultural zone to enable the project to go ahead.
100 Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure