"Most reports emphasize the length of time it has taken for ‘anything to happen’ in the Ring of Fire. Let’s be clear, the only mining project in the ROF currently under Ontario’s regulatory processes is the Noront Eagle’s Nest mine and associated infrastructure. Their Environmental Assessment filings were made in 2012, and the Terms of Reference for the EA were amended and approved by the MOECC in June 2015. This document is publicly-available (see TOR Amendment) and, with respect to infrastructure, clearly places the onus on Noront to redo the screening of four possible industrial access routes and alternatives in partnership with First Nations and Ontario, and include detailed assessment of these options in the EA process (Sec. 3 & 4, p.4). Noront hasn’t done this work with us, and prefers to wait for Ontario to tell them what to do (see Al Coutts, Aug 28)."