Letter Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Public Hearing

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Via e-mail: CEAA.PanelRBT2-CommissionRBT2.ACEE@canada.ca. 
 
Review Panel Secretariat, Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project  
c/o Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency  
22nd Floor, 160 Elgin St. Ottawa ON K1A 0H3  
 
RE: ISLANDS TRUST SUBMISSION - ROBERTS BANK TERMINAL 2 PROJECT PUBLIC HEARING 
 
Dear Review Panel members:  
 
Thank you for providing an opportunity to comment on the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project (RBT2). I am 
writing on behalf of the Islands Trust Council to provide comments on the marine shipping components 
of the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project.  
 
ABOUT US 
 
As a special-purpose local government, the Islands Trust Council does not have expertise related to 
shipping or marine-shipping risk assessments, but has had a direct interest in preventing oil spills in the 
Salish Sea since 1979.  
 
The Islands Trust Council is a federation of local government bodies representing 26,000 people living 
within the Islands Trust Area. The Islands Trust Council is an elected body, established through the 
Province of British Columbia’ s Islands Trust Act, in recognition of the provincial significance of the 
environment and communities of British Columbia's southern coastal islands and waters. Section 3 of 
the Islands Trust Act states: 
 
“The object of the trust is to preserve and protect the trust area and its unique amenities and 
environment for the benefit of the residents of the trust area and of British Columbia generally, 
in cooperation with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts, other persons and 
organizations and the government of British Columbia.” 
 
The area covers the islands and waters between the British Columbia mainland and southern Vancouver 
Island. It includes 13 major and more than 450 smaller islands covering 5200 square kilometres. 
 
The Salish Sea is home to some of the most biologically rich waters in the world, and our local marine 
conditions make spill clean-up extremely challenging.  A large oil spill resulting from risks associated 
with increased marine traffic or increased vessel sizes could have devastating impacts on the abundant 
biodiversity of the Salish Sea and could significantly affect species already at risk as well as harm the  
 
 
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livability and economic well-being of island communities. Our local marine conditions, which include

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