The atmospheric environment was identified as one of the valued components (VC) during the VC scoping and selection as part of the Environmental Assessment / Impact Assessment (EA/IA) process. This section describes and assesses the potential effects that the Project may have on the Atmospheric Environment VC which consists of air quality, greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, noise and vibration, and lighting subcomponents.

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