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Opinions of participants
de Bellechasse and the CLD de la MRC recommended that a representative
designated by the MRC de Bellechasse be asked to be part of this committee
(DM560, p. 8).
The quality of life and health of residents living nearby
Several participants related various concerns regarding the project’s possible impacts
on the noise environment, atmospheric emissions and dust, as well as night time
brightness. Some residents 1 feared that their living environment would be disrupted,
and apprehended the project’s impacts on their quality of life. Moreover, some
concerns were related to the project’s impacts on the population’s health. Some
participants also thought that health aspects had been underestimated in the impact
study (Ms. Isabelle Pouliot, DM380, p. 3; Mr. Éric Tessier, DM600, p. 14).
Regarding quality of life, some residents 2 specified that one of the major aspects which
had motivated them to live in the area was that it was peaceful. The project’s arrival in this
area, deemed to be peaceful by many, worried them: “the inevitable increase in traffic
over a very long period of time […] will certainly result in constant noise, vibrations,
dust, increased risks of accidents, heavy goods vehicle traffic, traffic in general, etc.”
(Ms. Annie Marcoux and Mr. André Voros, DM631, p. 5). Several were of the opinion
that the noise impact will be far greater than the one assessed by the proponent:
There is a problem of expected, stated and recognized noise excesses during the
construction phase, mainly for the jetty. The population doesn’t have any
protection against noise excesses, and if the project gets the green light, citizens
will have to suffer consequences to their health, which have been identified as
harmful to human health by the international scientific community.
(APPEL, DM459, p. 13)
Regarding noise impact, the Agences de la santé et des services sociaux de
Chaudière-Appalaches et de la Capitale-Nationale specified that “the ambient noise
environment expected for residential neighbourhoods surrounding the Rabaska LNG
terminal facilities will likely result in negative impacts on health, such as disturbing the
sleep of residents, which can, in turn, result in a series of other latent effects (DM602,
p. 78). The École Sainte-Famille located nearby was especially sensitive to the noise
and peacefulness aspects, to ensure the optimal learning environment for its students
(DM146, p .5).
1. Ms. Lucie Létourneau, DM200, p. 3; Mr. Michel Riou, DM370, p. 2; Les AmiEs de la terre de Québec, DM625,
p. 51 to 59; Agences de la santé et des services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches et de la Capitale-Nationale,
DM602, p. 33 to 48; Ms. Céline Drouin, DM362, p. 1.
2. Mr. Louis Bastien, DM108, p. 2; Mr. Rosaire Gauthier, DM412, p. 4; Mr. Jean-Guy Allard, DM24, p. 1; Ms. Louise
Cazelais Côté, Mr. Réal Côté and Ms. Stéphanie Côté, DM177, p. 2; Ms. Hélène Létourneau and Mr. Daniel
Cantin, DM27, p. 2.
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