Bill C-9

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REGISTRY

Establishment of Registry

Internet Site

(a) within 14 days after the commencement of an environmental assessment, notice of its commencement, except where a class screening report is used under subsection 19(5) or (6);

(b) an agreement contemplated by subsection 12.4(3);

(c) a description of the scope of the project in relation to which an environmental assessment is to be conducted, as determined under section 15;

(d) a statement of the projects in respect of which a class screening report is used under subsection 19(5) or (6);

(e) any declaration referred to in subsection 19(4) and the report to which it relates or a description of how a copy of the report may be obtained, and any declaration referred to in subsection 19(9);

(f) notice of termination of an environmental assessment by a responsible authority under section 26;

(g) notice of termination of an environmental assessment by the Minister under section 27;

(h) any public notices that are issued by responsible authorities or the Agency to request public input into an environmental assessment;

(i) notice of a decision of the Minister to refer a project under paragraph 21.1(1)(a);

(j) where the responsible authority, in accordance with subsection 18(3), gives the public an opportunity to participate in the screening of a project or where the Minister, under paragraph 21.1(1)(a), refers a project to the responsible authority to continue a comprehensive study, a description of the factors to be taken into consideration in the environmental assessment and of the scope of those factors or an indication of how such a description may be obtained;

(k) the screening or comprehensive study report taken into consideration by a responsible authority for the purpose of a decision under section 20 or 37 or a description of how a copy of the report may be obtained, except where a class screening report is used under subsection 19(5) or (6);

(l) an environmental assessment decision statement under subsection 23(1) and any request made under subsection 23(2);

(m) notice of the referral of a project to a mediator or review panel;

(n) the terms of reference of a mediation or a review panel;

(o) if the Minister has ordered the conclusion of a mediation under subsection 29(4), notice of the order;

(p) a report of a mediator or review panel or a summary of the report;

(q) a response under paragraph 37(1.1)(a) to the report of a mediator or review panel;

(r) except where a class screening report is used under subsection 19(5) or (6), the decision of a responsible authority, made under section 20 or 37 concerning the environmental effects of the project, and a statement of any mitigation measures the implementation of which the responsible authority took into account in making its decision;

(s) a notice stating whether or not, pursuant to subsection 38(1), a follow-up program for the project is considered appropriate;

(t) a description summarizing any follow-up program and its results or an indication of how a full description of the program and its results may be obtained;

(u) any other information that the responsible authority or the Agency, as the case may be, considers appropriate, including information in the form of a list of relevant documents in which case a description of how they may be obtained shall be provided; and

(v) any other record or information prescribed under paragraph 59(h.1).

(a) what the form of the Internet site is to be and how it is to be kept;

(b) how records and information are to be included in it;

(c) what information must be contained in any record referred to in subsection (2);

(d) what records and information are to be included in the Internet site, in addition to any record referred to in subsection (2);

(e) when information must be included in the Internet site;

(f) when information may be removed from the Internet site; and

(g) how access to the Internet site is to be provided.

Project Files

(a) by the responsible authority from the commencement of the environmental assessment until any follow-up program in respect of the project is completed; and

(b) where the project is referred to a mediator or a review panel, by the Agency from the appointment of the mediator or the members of the review panel until the report of the mediator or review panel is submitted to the Minister.

(a) all records included in the Internet site;

(b) any report relating to the assessment;

(c) any comments filed by the public in relation to the assessment;

(d) any records relating to the need for, design of or implementation of any follow-up program; and

(e) any documents requiring mitigation measures to be implemented.

General

(a) it has otherwise been made publicly available; or

(b) the responsible authority, in the case of a record under its control, or the Minister, in the case of a record under the Agency's control,

(i) determines that it would have been disclosed to the public in accordance with the Access to Information Act if a request had been made in respect of that record under that Act at the time the record came under the control of the responsible authority or the Agency, including any record that would be disclosed in the public interest pursuant to subsection 20(6) of that Act, or

(ii) believes on reasonable grounds that it would be in the public interest to disclose it because it is required for the public to participate effectively in the environmental assessment - other than any record the disclosure of which would be prohibited under section 20 of the Access to Information Act.

(a) the information is deemed to be a record that the head of a government institution intends to disclose; and

(b) any reference to the person who requested access shall be disregarded.

RELEVANT INFORMATION

(i) make regulations prescribing any project or class of projects for which a comprehensive study is required where the Minister is satisfied that the project or any project within that class is likely to have significant adverse environmental effects.

(a.1) respecting the duties and functions of the federal environmental assessment coordinator, and respecting the selection or designation of the coordinator;

(c) exempting any projects or classes of projects from the requirement to conduct an assessment under this Act that

(i) in the opinion of the Governor in Council, ought not to be assessed for reasons of national security,

(ii) in the case of projects in relation to physical works, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, have insignificant environmental effects, or

(iii) have a total cost below a prescribed amount and meet prescribed environmental conditions;

(c.1) exempting, in replacement of exemptions made under paragraph (c), in relation to any Crown corporation to which this Act applies or in relation to the Canadian International Development Agency, any projects or classes of projects to be carried out outside Canada and any federal lands from the requirement to conduct an environmental assessment under this Act that

(i) in the opinion of the Governor in Council, ought not to be assessed for reasons of national security,

(ii) in the case of projects in relation to a physical work, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, have insignificant environmental effects, or

(iii) have a total cost below a prescribed amount and meet prescribed environmental conditions;

(f) prescribing, for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(d), the provisions of any Act of Parliament or any instrument made under an Act of Parliament;

(h) respecting the dissemination by responsible authorities of information relating to projects and the environmental assessment of projects and the establishment, maintenance and operation of project files referred to in section 55.4, including facilities to enable the public to examine physical or electronic records contained in the files, the time and manner in which those records may be examined or copied by the public and the transfer and retention of those records after the completion of any follow-up program;

(h.1) prescribing records or information to be included in the Internet site by the Agency or a responsible authority;

(h.2) respecting the charging of fees for providing copies of documents contained in the Registry;

(h.3) for the purposes of subsection 38(1) or (2) or 53(1), prescribing the manner of designing a follow-up program;