Port Metro Vancouver submitted its Environmental Assessment Certificate Application for the Project to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in January 2005. The EAO formal public comment period started on February 24, 2005 and closed on May 9, 2005. On May 4, 2005, the EAO announced a second formal public comment period, which started on May 11, 2005 and closed on May 18, 2005.

During the ongoing review of the Application and the Project, addressing review agency and public comments, the VPA produced four supplemental documents. A third public comment period ran from December 16, 2005 to January 25, 2006 to receive comments on the four supplemental documents.
 
The federal comprehensive study report was available to the public for comment from July 19, 2006 to September 1, 2006.