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Opinions of participants
monuments et sites du Québec also recommends to create an idenpendant expert
committee to assess, in consideration of the knowledge on the integrated
management of territorial heritage, the potential impacts of the implementation of an
LNG project at the eastern limit of Lévis (DM394, p. 15).
Furthermore, the GIRAM stated that it wanted to have the area of Ville-Guay and
Beaumont, between the Pointe De La Martinière and the Pointe Saint-Vallier,
recognized as a man-made landscape, as per the Natural Heritage Conservation Act
(DM461, p. 41). According to the Conseil des monuments et sites du Québec, “the
fluvial and coastal areas targeted by the Rabaska project are part of the oldest and
most important man-made landscapes in Québec. No threat to them should be
tolerated” (DM394, p. 14).
Conversely, several participants believed that the project’s impact on the landscape
and heritage aspects would be limited 1 . Regarding the île d’Orléans, some believed
that it is sufficiently distant from the facilities to not suffer the consequences of an
impaired landscape (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, DM46, p. 6;
Mr. Normand Cliche, DM494, p. 2). Some believed that the project will even integrate
itself rather well into the area’s maritime environment, which already includes various
portuary facilities. They asserted that the St. Lawrence River not only has an aesthetic
value, but also represents the maritime and economic history of the region
(Mr. Stéphane Roy, DM244, p. 1 and 2; Mr. Claude Bédart, DM418). One citizen
stated: “by walking on the Pointe de Sainte-Pétronille, which has an open view of city
of Québec and Lévis, you can see everything, including facilities which aren’t
aesthetic at all. Regardless, it remains beautiful and it is alive” (Mr. Normand Cliche,
DM494, p. 3).
Some participants believed that the mitigating measures proposed by the proponent
are adequate, mentioning, among others, the partial burial of the tanks, the setting up
of berms with vegetation as visual screens and the burial of lines between the jetty
and the land facilities 2 . The City of Lévis invited the proponent to continue with these
efforts, especially regarding the flarestack’s architecture “which should become a major
component of the project” (DM315, p. 19).
1. Mr. Gilles Drouin, DM374, p. 2; Ms. Francine Roy, DM232, p. 1; Mr. Mario Chabot, DM241, p. 1; Mr. Sylvain
Clusiault, DM247; Mr. Guy Pichette, DM253, p. 1; Mr. Stephan Chouinard, DM293, p. 2; Mr. Patrice Lemay,
DM473; Mr. Martin Fontaine, DM484; Mr. Raynald Pageau, DM490; Mr. Dany Pouliot, DM492; Mr. Serge
Asselin, DM498; Mr. Martin Dupont, DM500; Mr. Daniel Bérubé, DM501.
2. Mr. Sylvain Marcoux, DM92, p. 2; Mr. Christian Jobin, DM8, p. 1; Groupe de citoyens de Beaumont, DM65, p. 2;
Mr. Daniel Bastien, DM75, p. 3; Ms. Sandra Rainville, DM121, p. 2; Ville de Lévis, DM315, p. 19; Mr. Léo
Demers, DM495; Mr. Jean-Claude Tardif, DM48, p. 48 and 49.
36 Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure