[Jim Blake]

Having just sold two quarters of land for gravel I have a couple points to make.

Watch for the application to include an onsite asphalt plant. If there is, it would definitely heighten the concern for residents nearby and complicate the application. They may also be looking at adding this after the initial proposal is dealt with. Might be a question to ask BP at the Open House and a written concern to the relevant Municipal and Provincial Departments.

Also who is doing their application? Usually a Firm is retained to make sure the Municipal and Provincial requirements are totally complete on the applications. BP may have their own person doing applications, but usually go to a Professional Firm, which also usually consists of ex-Govt. Environment Employees.

"Wet" mining of gravel requires lengthy and very intense application requirements.

Clearwater County and their Development Staff are very open and great to deal with for both the Applicant and for persons/Organizations opposing the proposal .

Terrina Perley, Dept. of Environment Approval Officer...not so much...for the Applicant or for persons/Organizations opposing the proposal.

Best bet is Jason Nixon.

Jim

Just to add I find it kind of weird that Clearwater County has not received the package they are going to present at the open house. The open house is down the line of steps from the initial County Development Officers Meeting to discuss the project and preparing and submitting the Application at the Municipal Level for review.

Maybe it's a test run for BP to see the level of push back to this project before spending too much time and money on it.