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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).

País/Territorio
Canadá
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2019
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Energía, Medio ambiente gen., Pesca, Agua, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Legislación básica Institución Conservación de energía/producción de energía Hidrocarburos Gas natural Energía renovable Producción de energía hidroeléctrica Transporte/depósito Participación pública Acceso-a-la-información Conocimientos tradicionales/ conocimiento indígena EIA Desarrollo sostenible Salud pública Pueblos indígenas Navegación Patrimonio cultural
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Asia y Pacifico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

The Impact Assessment Act addresses the following: (a) names the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada as the authority responsible for impact assessments; (b) provides for a process for assessing the environmental, health, social and economic effects of designated projects with a view to preventing certain adverse effects and fostering sustainability; (c) prohibits proponents, subject to certain conditions, from carrying out a designated project if the designated project is likely to cause certain environmental, health, social or economic effects, unless the Minister of the Environment or Governor in Council determines that those effects are in the public interest, taking into account the impacts on the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada, all effects that may be caused by the carrying out of the project, the extent to which the project contributes to sustainability and other factors; (d) establishes a planning phase for a possible impact assessment of a designated project, which includes requirements to cooperate with and consult certain persons and entities and requirements with respect to public participation; (e) authorizes the Minister to refer an impact assessment of a designated project to a review panel if he or she considers it in the public interest to do so, and requires that an impact assessment be referred to a review panel if the designated project includes physical activities that are regulated under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act; (f) establishes time limits with respect to the planning phase, to impact assessments and to certain decisions, in order to ensure that impact assessments are conducted in a timely manner; (g) provides for public participation and for funding to allow the public to participate in a meaningful manner; (h) sets out the factors to be taken into account in conducting an impact assessment, including the impacts on the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada; (i) provides for cooperation with certain jurisdictions, including Indigenous governing bodies, through the delegation of any part of an impact assessment, the joint establishment of a review panel or the substitution of another process for the impact assessment; (j) provides for transparency in decision-making by requiring that the scientific and other information taken into account in an impact assessment, as well as the reasons for decisions, be made available to the public through a registry that is accessible via the Internet; (k) provides that the Minister may set conditions, including with respect to mitigation measures, that must be implemented by the proponent of a designated project; (l) provides for the assessment of cumulative effects of existing or future activities in a specific region through regional assessments and of federal policies, plans and programs, and of issues, that are relevant to the impact assessment of designated projects through strategic assessments; and (m) sets out requirements for an assessment of environmental effects of non-designated projects that are on federal lands or that are to be carried out outside Canada.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.parl.ca

Referencias - Legislación

Enmienda

Navigation Protection Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. N-22).

Legislación | Canadá | 1985 (2017)

Palabra clave: Navegación, Instalaciones, Aguas continentales

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Revoca

National Energy Board Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. N-7).

Legislación | Canadá | 1985 (2016)

Palabra clave: Legislación básica, Institución, Conservación de energía/producción de energía, Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos, Comercio internacional, Derechos/cánones

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (SC 2012, c 19, s 52).

Legislación | Canadá | 2012 (2014)

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Planificación ambiental, Registro, EIA, Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos, Investigación, Recopilación de datos/informes, Inspección, Legislación básica, Pueblos indígenas, Política/planificación

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Implementado por

Physical Activities Regulations (SOR/2019-285).

Legislación | Canadá | 2019

Palabra clave: Producción de energía hidroeléctrica, Energía renovable, Radiación, Hidrocarburos, Carbón, Transporte/depósito, Conservación de energía/producción de energía, Zona protegida, Aguas superficiales, Instalaciones, Residuos peligrosos, Pueblos indígenas, EIA, Parques nacionales, Manejo de recursos hídricos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX