Request for extension for comment to January 30, 2023

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November 15, 2022      File No.: 11-5020-30 
 
Via email: Emergency_Management@transmountain.com  
 
Christine Trefanenko 
Manager, Project Emergency Management  
Trans Mountain  
 
Dear Christine: 
 
Re: Request for extension for comment to January 30, 2023 
 
I am writing to convey the Islands Trust Executive Committee’s request that Trans Mountain extend the 
deadline for comment on the Fate and Behaviour of Bitumen Research Report from November 15, 2022 until 
January 30th 2023.  Your request for comment arrived during an incredibly busy time for local governments 
and Islands Trust as we transition after local elections on October 15, 2022. We do not swear in new trustees 
until November 17, 2022. 
 
Historically, this has been a very important topic for Islands Trust but we do not have the capacity to respond 
at this time. In 2011, Islands Trust was the first agency to raise concerns and questions about the state of oil 
spill response preparedness for diluted bitumen and other heavy unconventional oils being shipped in 
tankers from Burnaby.  
 
Thank you for considering this important request. We look forward to hearing from you. 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Peter Luckham 
Chair, Islands Trust Council 
pluckham@islandstrust.bc.ca  
 
 
cc:  
BC Environmental Assessment Office 
Bowen Island Municipal Council 
Islands Trust Council 
Islands Trust website

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