Comprehensive Study List Regulations (SOR/94-638)
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Comprehensive Study List Regulations
SOR/94-638
CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT
Registration 1994-10-07
Regulations Prescribing Those Projects and Classes of Projects for Which a Comprehensive Study is Required
P.C. 1994-1687 1994-10-07
Whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that certain projects and classes of projects are likely to have significant adverse environmental effects;
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 59(d) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment ActFootnote *, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations prescribing those projects and classes of projects for which a comprehensive study is required, effective on the day on which section 59 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Actcomes into force.
Return to footnote *S.C. 1992, c. 37
SHORT TITLE
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Comprehensive Study List Regulations.
INTERPRETATION
2. In these Regulations,
- “abandonment”
“abandonment” does not include the temporary cessation of the operation of a physical work; (fermeture)
- “aerodrome”
“aerodrome” means aerodrome as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Aeronautics Act; (aérodrome)
- “airport”
“airport” means airport as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Aeronautics Act; (aéroport)
- “Class IA nuclear facility”
“Class IA nuclear facility” has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations; (installation nucléaire de catégorie IA)
- “Class IB nuclear facility”
“Class IB nuclear facility” has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations; (installation nucléaire de catégorie IB)
- “decommissioning”
“decommissioning” does not include the cessation of the operation of a physical work; (désaffectation)
- “exploratory drilling”
“exploratory drilling”[Repealed, SOR/2005-335, s. 1]
- “hazardous waste”
“hazardous waste” has the meaning assigned in subsection 2(1) of the Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations but does not include nuclear substances; (déchets dangereux)
- “historic canal”
“historic canal” means a historic canal set out in column I of an item of Schedule I to the Historic Canals Regulations; (canal historique)
- “long-range development plan”
“long-range development plan” means a plan for the development and operation of a commercial ski area prepared for the approval of the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency; (plan d’aménagement à long terme)
- “management plan”
“management plan” means a management plan in respect of a national park, national park reserve, national historic site or historic canal that has been laid before each House of Parliament; (plan de gestion)
- “marine terminal”
“marine terminal” means
(a) an area normally used for berthing ships and includes wharves, bulkheads, quays, piers, docks, submerged lands, and areas, structures and equipment that are
(i) connected with the movement of goods between ships and shore and their associated storage areas, including areas, structures and equipment used for the receiving, handling, holding, consolidating, loading or delivery of waterborne shipments, or
(ii) used for the receiving, holding, regrouping, embarcation or landing of waterborne passengers; and
(b) any area adjacent to the areas, structures and equipment referred to in paragraph (a) that is used for their maintenance.
It does not include
(c) production, processing or manufacturing areas that include docking facilities used exclusively in respect of those areas; or
(d) the storage facilities related to the areas referred to in paragraph (c); (terminal maritime)
- “migratory bird sanctuary”
“migratory bird sanctuary” means an area set out in the schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations; (refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs)
- “national historic site”
“national historic site” means a place that is commemorated under section 3 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) a park described in Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act, and
(b) a park established pursuant to a federal-provincial agreement that is under the responsibility of the Parks Canada Agency and is not described in Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act; (parc national)
- “national park reserve”
“national park reserve” means
(a) a national park reserve of Canada named and described in Schedule 2 to the Canada National Parks Act, and
(b) a national park reserve that is under the responsibility of the Parks Canada Agency and that is not described in Schedule 2 to the Canada National Parks Act; (réserve à vocation de parc national)
- “new right of way”
“new right of way” means land that is subject to a right of way that is proposed to be developed for an electrical transmission line, an oil and gas pipeline, a railway line, or an all-season public highway and that is not alongside and contiguous to an existing right of way; (nouvelle emprise)
- “nuclear facility”
“nuclear facility” has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; (installation nucléaire)
- “nuclear substance”
“nuclear substance” has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; (substance nucléaire)
- “offshore”
“offshore” means located in
(a) in a submarine area described in paragraph 3(b) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act in respect of which an authorization under that Act is required for the exploration and drilling for, or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of, oil or gas, or
(b) an area in respect of which an authorization under the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act or the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act is required for the exploration and drilling for, or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of, oil or gas; (au large des côtes)
- “oil and gas pipeline”
“oil and gas pipeline” means a pipeline that is used, or is to be used, for the transmission of hydrocarbons alone or with any other commodity; (pipeline d’hydrocarbures)
- “paper product”
“paper product” includes paper, coated paper, paperboard, hardboard, boxboard, linerboard, insulating board, building board, corrugating medium, tissue, moulded cellulose product and any other product directly derived from pulp, but does not include viscose, rayon, cellophane or any other cellulose derivative; (produit de papier)
- “pulp”
“pulp” means processed cellulose fibres that are derived from wood, other plant material or recycled paper products; (pâte)
- “pulp and paper mill”
“pulp and paper mill” means a mill that produces pulp and paper products, but does not include a mill that produces paper products only; (fabrique de pâtes et papiers)
- “right of way”
“right of way” means land that is subject to a right of way and that is developed for an electrical transmission line, an oil and gas pipeline, a railway or an all-season public highway; (emprise)
- “uranium mill”
“uranium mill” means a mill as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (usine de concentration d’uranium)
- “uranium mine”
“uranium mine” means a mine, as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (mine d’uranium)
- “waste management system”
“waste management system” has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (système de gestion des déchets)
- “water body”
“water body” means any water body, including a canal, reservoir, an ocean and a wetland, up to the high-water mark, but does not include a sewage or waste treatment lagoon or a mine tailings pond; (plan d’eau)
- “wetland”
“wetland” means a swamp, marsh, bog, fen or other land that is covered by water during at least three consecutive months of the year; (terres humides)
- “wildlife area”
“wildlife area” means wildlife area as defined in section 2 of the Wildlife Area Regulations. (réserve d’espèces sauvages)
- SOR/99-439, s. 1;
- SOR/2003-282, s. 1;
- SOR/2003-352, s. 1;
- SOR/2005-335, s. 1;
- SOR/2006-175, ss. 1, 4(F).
