The project to develop a 68MW -wind farm in Quebec’s Lower Saint Lawrence region will straddle two municipalities located in the MRC de la Mitis: Sainte-Luce and Sainte-Flavie.

When it was awarded a power purchase agreement by Hydro-Quebec on May 5, 2008, Kruger Energy had undertaken the following initiatives:

• Presentations of development plans at meetings with the prefect for the MRC de La Mitis, the mayor, general director and several councillors representing the municipality of Ste-Luce, and Ste-Flavie’s mayor and municipal councillors

• Consultations with the MRC de La Mitis concerning interim control regulations governing the installation of wind turbines on its territory

• Presentation of development plans to landowners

• Signed option contracts with property owners representing most of the territory affected by the development

• Obtained municipal permits for the construction of met towers

• Analysis of constraints affecting the development imposed by MRC de La Mitis’ by-laws

• Regulations conformity checks

• Preliminary environmental analyses (birds, wetlands, phytosociological distribution, specialized vegetation, potential archaeological sites, etc.)

• Preliminary noise analyses

• Preliminary analysis of architectural integration

• Consultations with the following Ministries:

• Sustainable Development, the Environment and Parks
• Natural Resources and Wildlife

• Consulted information from the following sources:

• Species at Risk Act Public Registry
• The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
• List of Vulnerable and Endangered Species in Quebec (MNRW)
• List of Vulnerable and Endangered Plants in Quebec (MSDEP)
• Centre for Information on Quebec’s Natural Heritage -Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel
  du Québec (CDPNQ)

• Preliminary study of the potential impact of a wind farm on local aviation given its proximity to the Mont-Joli airport

• Preliminary analysis pertaining to the proximity of telecommunication towers