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Northwest Territories Waters Regulations (SOR/93-303).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Northwest Territories
Document type
Regulation
Date
1993 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Regulations respecting inland water resources in the Northwest Territories.
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Authorization/permit Waste management Freshwater resources management Water rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

These Regulations apply in respect of the water management areas established under regulation 3. A person may use water and deposit waste without a licence if the proposed use or deposit: (a) has no potential for significant adverse environmental effects; (b) would not interfere with existing rights of other water users or waste depositors; and (c) satisfies the criteria set out: (i) in respect of an industrial undertaking, in column II of Schedule IV; (ii) in respect of a mining and milling undertaking, column II of Schedule V; (iii) in respect of a municipal undertaking, in column II of Schedule VI; (iv) in respect of a power undertaking, in column II of Schedule VII; and (v) in respect of an agricultural, conservation, recreational or miscellaneous undertaking, in column II of Schedule VIII. An application for a licence or for the amendment or renewal of a licence shall be the form set out in Schedule III and shall contain the information identified therein and be accompanied by a deposit of the prescribed water use fee (reg. 6). Subject to subsection (2) of regulation 8, a licence issued under subsection 14(1) of the Act shall be a type B licence for one or more uses of water or deposits of waste set out in column I of any of Schedules IV to VIII, where any one of those uses or deposits: (a) meets a criterion set out in column III thereof; or; (b) meets a criterion set out in column II thereof, but does not meet the requirements of paragraphs 5(1)(a) and (b). Remaining regulations prescribe water use fees (reg. 9), provide for assignment or revocation of licences, security, applications for expropriation in accordance with section 31 of the Northwest Territories Waters Act (reg. 13), the Public Register (reg.14), and reports by license holders (reg. 15). (Completed by 8 Schedules)

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Northwest Territories Waters Act (S.C. 1992, c. 39).

Legislation | Canada | 1992 (2007)

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Water abstraction, Water charges, Water supply, Institution, Waste domestic sources, Offences/penalties, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX