Socio-economic Impact Assessment

Project Name

Crowsnest Pass Proposed Coal Mine: SEIA and Benefit/Cost Analysis

Client
Manalta Coal
Project Type
SIA-SEIA
Timeframe
1990

This project assessed the effects that a new, open pit mine development and associated processing facilities would have on the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, in southwestern Alberta. Praxis assessed all labour force requirements, economic impacts, social impacts and community services and infrastructure, based on three alternative growth scenarios. We then drafted recommendations for mitigation.