The Millennium Uranium Mining Project
Applicant: Cameco Corporation
Location: The Millennium project is located in Northern Saskatchewan, approximately 155 km southwest of Wollaston Lake, 600 km north of Saskatoon, and 36 km northeast of the Key Lake uranium mill. The nearest community is Wollaston Lake.
Summary: The Millennium project proposes an underground uranium mine. The project application is for licence to prepare a site and construct access roads, a residential camp, an underground mine, an effluent treatment plant, temporary storage areas for uranium ore and waste rock, and a permanent surface disposal area for clean rock that will be excavated from the mine.
Licensing Progress Details (Timelines are best estimates and are subject to change)
- Environmental Assessment: Millennium Uranium Mining Project
The environmental assessment (EA) and detailed technical assessment for licensing the Millennium project are being conducted over the same time period following a parallel process. In accordance with regulatory requirements, a licensing decision cannot be made until the appropriate EA decisions have been made.
Project Milestone |
Responsibility |
Link to document |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameco submitted an application for a Licence to Prepare Site and Construct |  Completed by Cameco |
Aug. 4, 2009 | |
| Notice of the start of the Licensing and Environmental Assessment (EA) process posted | Completed by CNSC |
Notice of the start of the Environmental Assessment process | Sept. 16, 2009 |
| Availability of funding for public and Aboriginal participants in EA review (Participant Funding Program) announced | Completed by CNSC |
Participant Funding | May 14, 2010 |
| Awarded Aboriginal Participant Funding for the EA guidelines | Completed by CEA Agency |
Aboriginal Participant Funding, Phase I | May 20, 2010 |
| Post comments on draft EA guidelines for public and Aboriginal comment | Completed |
Public Participation Notice | June 22, 2010 |
| Approve EA guidelines with Commission Hearing | Completed by CNSC |
Sept. 17, 2010 | |
| Post final EA guidelines on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry Internet Site (CEARIS) |  Completed by CNSC |
Final Project Specific Guidelines Scoping Document | Sept. 27, 2010 |
| Award Aboriginal Participant Funding, for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Comprehensive Study Report (CSR) | Completed by CEA Agency |
Aboriginal Participant Funding, Phase II | Oct. 15, 2010 |
| Submit draft EIS | Expected from Cameco | To be determined by Cameco | |
| Submit licence application documentation | Expected from Cameco | To be determined by Cameco | |
| Conduct a review of the EIS and licence application documentation | Expected from Federal Authorities | Pending submission from Cameco | |
| Hold public meetings on draft EIS | Expected from Cameco | Within 6 weeks of receipt of the draft EIS | |
| Draft and circulate Comprehensive Study Report (CSR) | Expected from CNSC | Within 6 weeks of submission of the final EIS | |
| Discuss CSR with Aboriginal groups | Expected from Responsible Authority | Within 15 weeks after circulation of the draft CSR | |
| Post for public comment the CNSC’s recommendations for licensing | Expected from CNSC | Within 11 weeks of the discussion of the CSR with Aboriginal groups | |
| Hold 1-day Public Hearing on the final CSR and licence application | Expected from CNSC | No more than 8 weeks after the Notice of a Public Hearing | |
| Post the Commission Tribunal’s detailed record of decision on the final CSR | Expected from CNSC | Within 7 weeks of the Public Hearing | |
| Submit final CSR to the Minister of the Environment | Expected from CNSC | Within 5 weeks of Public Hearing | |
| Post final CSR for public and Aboriginal comment on the (CEARIS) | Expected from CEA Agency | Within 2 weeks from submitting final CSR to the Minister | |
| EA decision announced | Expected from the Minister of the Environment | Within 15 weeks of the posting of the final CSR | |
| Post analysis of the public and Aboriginal comments on the CSR | Expected from CEA Agency | Posted at the same time as the Minister of the Environment’s decision | |
| Post Commission decision on the licence application | Expected from CNSC | Within 1 week of the Minister of the Environment’s decision |
For a more detailed schedule of upcoming milestones, we invite you to visit the Millennium Project Agreement hosted on the Major Projects Management Office Web site.
