NLR 47/24 - Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve Order - Point in Time

Short title

1. This order may be cited as the Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve Order .

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Definitions

2. In this Order

(a) "Act" means the Lands Act;

(b) "available Crown lands" means Crown lands that have not been

(i ) granted, leased or the subject of a licence or easement, or

(ii) otherwise lawfully set apart or alienated from the Crown; and

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Purpose

3. The Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve is established to ensure that available Crown lands located within the area described in the Schedule are available for the purpose of establishing a wind hydrogen hub project.

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Term

4. The Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve is established until January 23, 2026.

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Exception

5. Notwithstanding section 3,

(a) the minister may accept applications for Crown lands included in the Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve where the application states that

(i ) the Crown lands are required

(A) on an urgent basis for the public good,

(B) for meteorological towers and associated developments or infrastructure, or

(ii) the person making the application has acquired an interest in the Crown lands under section 36 of the Act; and

(b) the minister may issue grants, leases, licences or easements in relation to Crown lands included in the Wind Hydrogen Hub Land Reserve where

(i ) the minister is satisfied that the Crown lands are required for a purpose referred to in subparagraph (a)(i ),

(ii) the minister is satisfied that the person who made the application has acquired an interest in the Crown lands under section 36 of the Act, or

(iii) the application for Crown lands was received on or before July 23, 2024.

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Schedule

Area 1

All that piece or parcel of land situated east of Nine Angle Pond, principally located in the electoral district of Placentia West - Bellevue, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls approximately 1,460 metres in a northwest direction from the northernmost point of Spurrells Pond, having grid coordinates of east 298,737 metres and north 5,317,280 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 299,817 metres and north 5,317,844 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 300,235 metres and north 5,317,737 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 300,994 metres and north 5,315,184 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 299,808 metres and north 5,314,542 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 299,359 metres and north 5,313,238 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 298,316 metres and north 5,313,496 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,889 metres and north 5,314,285 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 854 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

The above described parcel is subject to all reservations, easements, rights-of-way as necessary and those required by law, conditions held in original Crown titles and all rights and privileges held in lands lawfully alienated from the Crown.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 2

All that piece or parcel of land situated east of Sunnyside, in the electoral district of Placentia - St. Mary’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls to the west of Centre Hill Pond, having grid coordinates of east 285,104 metres and north 5,308,848 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,524 metres and north 5,307,772 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 290,649 metres and north 5,307,029 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 292,173 metres and north 5,306,423 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 291,414 metres and north 5,303,823 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 294,501 metres and north 5,301,399 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction along the shoreline of Trinity Bay to a point having grid coordinates of east 291,425 metres and north 5,296,207 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 290,498 metres and north 5,296,650 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,337 metres and north 5,299,328 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 286,692 metres and north 5,303,262 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 286,761 metres and north 5,303,277 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 286,898 metres and north 5,303,190 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 286,866 metres and north 5,303,300 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 287,115 metres and north 5,303,355 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 288,060 metres and north 5,305,217 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,113 metres and north 5,306,823 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,028 metres and north 5,307,029 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,106 metres and north 5,307,175 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 288,979 metres and north 5,307,207 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 289,181 metres and north 5,307,548 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 288,035 metres and north 5,307,770 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 287,826 metres and north 5,307,497 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 285,011 metres and north 5,308,206 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 4,715 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 3

All that piece or parcel of land situated south of Come By Chance, in the electoral district of Placentia - St. Mary’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls approximately 144 metres in a southwest direction from Coopers Cove, having grid coordinates of east 275,254 metres and north 5,300,627 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction curved buffer boundary to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,661 metres and north 5,300,516 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,165 metres and north 5,299,888 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,019 metres and north 5,299,870 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,010 metres and north 5,299,765 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,113 metres and north 5,299,546 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,239 metres and north 5,299,577 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,185 metres and north 5,299,531 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,100 metres and north 5,299,408 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,060 metres and north 5,299,408 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 274,985 metres and north 5,299,511 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 274,935 metres and north 5,299,608 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 274,869 metres and north 5,299,778 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 274,958 metres and north 5,299,917 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,026 metres and north 5,300,042 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,169 metres and north 5,300,131 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,187 metres and north 5,300,169 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,172 metres and north 5,300,190 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,078 metres and north 5,300,269 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,165 metres and north 5,300,595 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 29 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 4

All that piece or parcel of land situated southeast of Come By Chance, in the electoral district of Placentia - St. Mary’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls on the eastern shoreline of North Harbour, having grid coordinates of east 270,680 metres and north 5,302,560 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction along the shoreline of North Harbour to a point on the western shoreline of Come By Chance having grid coordinates of east 273,438 metres and north 5,300,265 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 953 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 5

All that piece or parcel of land situated east of Arnold’s Cove, in the electoral district of Placentia - St. Mary’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls to the north of Dog Rock Cove Pond, having grid coordinates of east 284,283 metres and north 5,294,693 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 282,360 metres and north 5,293 953 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 282,692 metres and north 5,293,364 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 283,371 metres and north 5,293,170 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 284,710 metres and north 5,291,839 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 284,757 metres and north 5,291,652 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 283,177 metres and north 5,291,289 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 282,099 metres and north 5,291,933 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 281,018 metres and north 5,293,985 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 281,109 metres and north 5,294,063 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 281,236 metres and north 5,294,045 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 281,504 metres and north 5,294,192 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 281,544 metres and north 5,294,437 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 283,194 metres and north 5,295,855 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 293,304 metres and north 5,295,903 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 283,831 metres and north 5,295,481 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 787 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 6

All that piece or parcel of land situated northeast of Bellevue, in the electoral district of Placentia West - Bellevue, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point east of Trippers Cove, having grid coordinates of east 297,075 metres and north 5,285,029 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,710 metres and north 5,284,934 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point south of Point Cove having grid coordinates of east 298,131 metres and north 5,284,553 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 298,200 metres and north 5,284,114 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,417 metres and north 5,282,856 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,335 metres and north 5,282,371 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,597 metres and north 5,281,874 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 298,008 metres and north 5,281,617 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,896 metres and north 5,280,369 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 297,494 metres and north 5,279,893 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point east of Cross Ponds having grid coordinates of east 297,351 metres and north 5,279,330 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point east of Rattling Brook Pond having grid coordinates of east 296,695 metres and north 5,278,732 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point west of Passengers Cove having grid coordinates of east 296,643 metres and north 5,278,362 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 296,330 metres and north 5,278,227 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction north of Passenger Cove Hill to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,522 metres and north 5,278,673 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction east of Passenger Cove Pond to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,783 metres and north 5,279,161 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction east of Bellevue to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,761 metres and north 5,279,672 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction east of Murphy’s Beach to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,480 metres and north 5,280,076 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,498 metres and north 5,280,137 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction east of Salmon Point Marsh to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,912 metres and north 5,280,488 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction east of Old Tilt Cove to a point having grid coordinates of east 296,286 metres and north 5,281,623 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 296,177 metres and north 5,281,753 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,871 metres and north 5,281,603 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction north of Lynch’s Garden to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,817 metres and north 5,281,631 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction along a curved buffer boundary to a point having grid coordinates of east 295,642 metres and north 5,282,099 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction west of Lily Pond to a point having grid coordinates of east 296,553 metres and north 5,284,823 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction south of Trippers Head to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 1,106 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 7

All that piece or parcel of land situated north of the Town of Long Harbour - Mount Arlington Heights, located in the electoral district of Placentia West - Bellevue, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls on the eastern shoreline of Triangle Pond, having grid coordinates of east 287,081 metres and north 5,261,639 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 288,549 metres and north 5,264,245 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 288,165 metres and north 5,266,508 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 290,945 metres and north 5,265,076 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 290,029 metres and north 5,263,378 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 292,638 metres and north 5,261,829 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 291,174 metres and north 5,259,453 metres, more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 1,810 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

Area 8

All that piece or parcel of land situated south of Come By Chance, in the electoral district of Placentia - St. Mary’s, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, bounded and abutted as follows:

Commencing at a point which falls west of Big Pond having grid coordinates of east 277,036 metres and north 5,302,150 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,964 metres and north 5,302,064 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,965 metres and north 5,302,081 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,946 metres and north 5,302,082 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,948 metres and north 5,302,101 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,929 metres and north 5,302,102 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,930 metres and north 5,302,121 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,892 metres and north 5,302,124 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,895 metres and north 5,302,162 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,877 metres and north 5,302,164 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,875 metres and north 5,302,145 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,856 metres and north 5,302,146 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,855 metres and north 5,302,127 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,836 metres and north 5,302,129 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,834 metres and north 5,302,110 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,816 metres and north 5,302,111 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,817 metres and north 5,302,130 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,798 metres and north 5,302,132 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,792 metres and north 5,302,056 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,773 metres and north 5,302,058 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,772 metres and north 5,302,039 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,753 metres and north 5,302,040 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,749 metres and north 5,301,984 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a west direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,730 metres and north 5,301,985 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a south direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,727 metres and north 5,301,947 metres , more or less;

Then heading in an east direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,821 metres and north 5,301,940 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,823 metres and north 5,301,959 metres , more or less;

Then heading in an east direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,842 metres and north 5,301,957 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,843 metres and north 5,301,976 metres , more or less;

Then heading in an east direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,862 metres and north 5,301,975 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a north direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,863 metres and north 5,301,994 metres , more or less;

Then heading in an east direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,902 metres and north 5,301,990 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southwest direction east of Big Pond to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,076 metres and north 5,301,009 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction northeast of Coopers Cove along a curved buffer boundary to a point having grid coordinates of east 275,918 metres and north 5,301,374 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northwest direction east of Come By Chance Beach along a curved buffer boundary to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,076 metres and north 5,302,086 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a northeast direction to a point having grid coordinates of east 276,217 metres and north 5,302,381 metres , more or less;

Then heading in a southeast direction to the point of commencement.

The above described piece or parcel of land contains a total area of approximately 62 hectares, more or less, as depicted in the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

All coordinates being referenced to the meridian of 51° west longitude of Zone 22 for the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (NAD 83).

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