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Physical Activities Regulations (SOR/2019-285).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy, Environment gen., Forestry, Water
Keyword
Hydropower generation Renewable energy Radiation Oil Coal Transport/storage Energy conservation/energy production Protected area Surface water Waterworks Hazardous waste Indigenous peoples EIA National parks Freshwater resources management
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

These Physical Activities Regulations apply to: (a) National Parks and Protected Areas - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment in a wildlife area of electrical generating facilities, waterworks, mines, industrial facilities, infrastructure or aquaculture facilities; (b) mines and metal mills - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of mines and quarries; (c) nuclear facilities - the construction, operation and decommissioning of processing, reprocessing and storage facilities of isotopes of uranium, thorium, or plutonium; (c) oil, gas and other fossil fuels - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of a new fossil fuel-fired power generating facility with a production capacity of 200 MW or more; (d) renewable energy - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of a new hydroelectric generating facility with a production capacity of 200 MW or more; new in-stream tidal power generating facility with a production capacity of 15 MW or more; and a new tidal power generating facility that is not an in-stream tidal power generating facility; (e) hazardous waste - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of a new facility that is not more than 500 m from a natural water body and is used exclusively for the treatment, incineration, disposal or recycling of hazardous waste; and (f) water projects - the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of a new dam or dyke on a natural water body, if the new dam or dyke would result in the creation of a reservoir with a surface area that would exceed the annual mean surface area of the natural water body by 1 500 ha or more.

Full text
English
Website
www.gazette.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 28).

Legislation | Canada | 2019

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Energy conservation/energy production, Oil, Natural gas, Renewable energy, Hydropower generation, Transport/storage, Public participation, Access-to-information, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, EIA, Sustainable development, Public health, Indigenous peoples, Navigation, Cultural heritage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX