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Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Environmental Assessment Cooperation.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Manitoba
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Pollution control EIA Sub-national agreement Data collection/reporting Monitoring Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental planning Environmental standards Indigenous peoples Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

Canada and Manitoba agree to the following objectives for this Agreement: a) to foster cooperation between Canada and Manitoba concerning the environmental assessment of project proposals; b) to achieve greater efficiency and the most effective use of public and private resources, where environmental assessment processes involving both Parties are required by law; and c) to establish accountability and predictability by delineating the roles and responsibilities of the federal and provincial governments. The text deals, inter alia, with the following maters: designated offices, notification and determination of parties participating in an environmental assessment, cooperative environmental assessment, aboriginal considerations, accommodating interest, accommodating transboundary concerns, dispute resolution, revisions and duration of agreement,

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca