1. (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

“Act”

“Act” means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. (Loi)

“building”

“building” means a roofed physical work. (bâtiment)

“Building Canada Plan”

“Building Canada Plan”[Repealed, 2010, c. 12, s. 2164]

“dugout”

“dugout” means an excavation to hold water for consumption by livestock. (étang-réservoir)

“environmentally sensitive area”

“environmentally sensitive area”[Repealed, 2010, c. 12, s. 2164]

“essential systems”

“essential systems” means the systems and equipment essential to the operation of a physical work including electrical, heating, fire-prevention, plumbing or security systems and equipment. It does not include systems or equipment that produce goods or energy primarily for any purpose other than the operation of the physical work. (système essentiel)

“expansion”

“expansion” means an increase in the exterior dimensions or the production capacity of a physical work. (agrandissement)

“footprint”

“footprint” means the area of land occupied by a building or other structure at ground level. (superficie)

“heritage structure”

“heritage structure” means a building or other structure that is marked or otherwise commemorated under paragraph 3(a) of the Historic Sites and Monuments Act. (structure du patrimoine)

“historic canal”

“historic canal” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Historic Canals Regulations and includes any federal lands appertaining or incident to a historic canal. (canal historique)

“hook-up”

“hook-up” means a structure or line that is used to connect a physical work to a main gas, oil, sewer, water, electrical power or telecommunication line. (raccordement)

“intelligent transportation system”

“intelligent transportation system”[Repealed, 2010, c. 12, s. 2164]

“international electrical power line”

“international electrical power line” means an electrical power line constructed or operated for the purpose of conveying electricity from a place in Canada to a place outside Canada or to a place in Canada from a place outside Canada. (ligne internationale de transport d’électricité)

“irrigation system”

“irrigation system” means any of the following that is used for irrigating agricultural land:

• (a) a buried pipeline;

• (b) a pipe;

• (c) a pump;

• (d) a pump house;

• (e) a reservoir;

• (f) a drain; or

• (g) a canal lined with asphalt, wood, concrete or other material. (système d’irrigation)

“modification”

“modification” means an alteration to a physical work that does not alter the purpose or function of the work. It does not include an expansion or a relocation. (modification)

“national historic site”

“national historic site” means a place that is marked or otherwise commemorated under paragraph 3(a) of the Historic Sites and Monuments Act and is under the administration of the Parks Canada Agency. (lieu historique national)

“national park”

“” “national park” means a park named and described in Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act, or a park established under a federal-provincial agreement that is under the responsibility of the Minister of the Environment. (parc national)

“nuclear facility”

“nuclear facility” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. (installation nucléaire)

“nuclear substance”

“nuclear substance” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. (substance nucléaire)

“oil and gas pipeline”

“oil and gas pipeline” means a pipeline that is used, or is intended to be used, for the transmission of hydrocarbons alone or with any other commodity. (pipeline d’hydrocarbures)

“park reserve”

“park reserve” means a national park reserve of Canada named and described in Schedule 2 to the Canada National Parks Act or a reserve established under a federal-provincial agreement that is under the responsibility of the Minister of the Environment. (réserve)

“polluting substance”

“polluting substance” means a substance that, if added to a water body, is likely to degrade or alter or form part of a process of degradation or alteration of the physical, chemical or biological conditions of the water body to an extent that is detrimental to its use by plants, animals and human beings. (substance polluante)

“sealed source”

“sealed source” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations. (source scellée)

“serviced”

“serviced” in relation to a building lot, means equipped with hook-ups to water and sewage mains for water supply and for sewage disposal by way of a centralized municipal or community sewer and water system. (viabilisé)

“subcritical nuclear assembly”

“subcritical nuclear assembly” means an assembly of fissile material, moderators and reflectors that is not designed to achieve a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. (assemblage nucléaire non divergent)

“water body”

“water body” includes a lake, a canal, a reservoir, an ocean, a river and its tributaries and a wetland, up to the annual high-water mark, but does not include a sewage or waste treatment lagoon, a mine tailings pond, an artificial irrigation pond, a dugout or a ditch that does not contain fish habitat as defined in subsection 34(1) of the Fisheries Act. (plan d’eau)

“wetland”

“wetland” means a swamp, marsh, bog, fen or other land that is covered by shallow water seasonally or permanently, including land where the water table is located at or close to the surface. (terres humides)

(2) For greater certainty, a reference to any physical work includes a reference to its essential systems.