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Designated Classes of Projects Order(SOR/2019-323)

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
Pollution control EIA Classification/declassification Environmental fees/charges Environmental planning Enforcement/compliance Land-use planning Public land Use restrictions Protection of habitats Biodiversity Policy/planning
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This order implements the article 88 of the Impact Assessment Act. The Ministry of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 88(1) of the Impact Assessment Act, makes the annexed Designated Classes of Projects Order. It also refers to excluded project by specifying that the classes of projects set out in Schedules 1 and 2 do not include projects (a) that cause a change to any characteristic of a water body, migratory birds or nests, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994, wildlife species, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Species at Risk Act that are listed in Schedule 1 of that Act, or residences or critical habitats, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Species at Risk Act, of wildlife species referred to in subparagraph (iii);(b) that involve an activity referred to in subsection 5(1) of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, subsection 35(1) or 36(3) of the Fisheries Act, subsection 3(1) of the Wildlife Area Regulations or subsection 2(1) of the Scott Islands Protected Marine Area Regulations; (c) that involve the removal of any structure or resource that is of historical, archaeological, paleontological or architectural significance; or (d) that cause damage to any structure, resource or site that is of historical, archaeological, paleontological or architectural significance.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ns.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1).

Legislation | Canada | 2019

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX