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  1. Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations - SOR/2005-379 (SCHEDULE 1 : Activities and Specific Exceptions)
    Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations

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    PART 1

    Mining

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    1 On other than an Indian reserve, exploration for the purpose of quartz mining, or other activity in relation to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining, on a quartz grant

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    2 On other than an Indian reserve, placer mining, or other activity in relation to placer mining, on a placer grant

    On other than an Indian reserve, a placer mining operation if the activities do not take place under, or within 40 m of, an oil or natural gas pipeline, and do not involve any of the following activities:

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    3 On other than an Indian reserve, construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a mine — other than a coal or placer mine — but not including exploration for the purpose of quartz mining or other activity in relation to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining
    4 On an Indian reserve, exploration for or mining of, or other activity in relation to the exploration for or mining of, minerals, other than oil, natural gas or specified substances

    PART 6

    Transportation

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    11 Construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a bridge Other than for placer mining, the construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a bridge across a watercourse other than a navigable watercourse that is, at the point of the crossing, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark

    PART 9

    Water

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    3 Direct use of water

    • (1) Other than for an electrical power undertaking, the direct use of less than 100 m3/day of water that is from a source other than an artificial reservoir with no natural inflow if the use is for

      • (a) an industrial undertaking — other than exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant and placer mining on a placer grant; or

    • (2) The direct use of less than 300 m3/day of water that is from a source other than an artificial reservoir with no natural inflow if the use is for an undertaking that is not

      • (a) an industrial undertaking — other than exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant not involving milling of ore or production leaching and placer mining on a placer grant;
    4 Construction, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a watercourse crossing, other than one that is a bridge or is across navigable water Other than for placer mining, the construction, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a watercourse crossing — other than one that is a bridge or is across navigable water — of a watercourse that is, at the point of the crossing, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark
    8 Watercourse training — such as that for the purpose of erosion control or that which is by means of a channel or bank alteration, artificial accretion, spur, culvert or dock — but not including the diversion of a watercourse

    • (1) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training, other than a diversion, of an intermittent watercourse

    • (2) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training, other than a diversion, of a watercourse that is, at the point of training, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark

    • (3) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training that involves the removal or placement of less than 100 m3 of material and does not change the cross-sectional area of the watercourse at the point of removal or placement
    9 Construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a structure for flood control Other than for placer mining, construction of, or other activity in relation to the construction of, a structure for flood control that is to be in place for no more than 12 consecutive months
    10 Diverting a watercourse or increasing the diversion capacity of an existing diversion Other than for placer mining, diverting a watercourse that is, at the point of diversion, less than 2 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark
    12 Other than for an electrical power undertaking, the deposit of waste into water or in any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any other waste that results from the deposit, may enter water

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    • (2) The deposit of waste related to an industrial undertaking — other than an electrical power undertaking, exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant and placer mining on a placer grant — if the deposit is into water or any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any waste that results from the deposit, can enter water and is

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    • (3) The deposit — that is not into surface water or is not in any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any waste that results from the deposit, can enter surface water — of waste, if

      • (a) the deposit is related to placer mining in which chemicals are not used during the mineral recovery process;

      • (b) the deposit is related to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining or quartz mining and the waste is not from milling; or

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  2. Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations - SOR/2005-379 (Section 1)
    Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations

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

      industrial development

      industrial development  includes

      • (a) mining and the development of an energy resource or of agricultural land;

      placer grant

      placer grant  means a parcel of land described in a grant by a federal agency, the Governor in Council or a territorial agency for the exclusive right to conduct placer mining or, in the case of category A settlement land, by a first nation for the right to conduct placer mining. (concession de placer)

      placer mining

      placer mining means prospecting for or mining gold or other precious minerals found within any natural stratum or bed of earth, gravel or cement. (exploitation d’un placer)

      placer mining operation

      placer mining operation  means placer mining, and any other activity in relation to placer mining, undertaken by the same operator on either a placer grant that is not part of a group of claims referred to in a grouping certificate within the meaning of the Placer Mining Act, S.Y. 2003, c. 13, or on any placer grant in the same group if the grants are part of a group of claims referred to in a grouping certificate within the meaning of that Act. (programme d’exploitation d’un placer)

      quartz exploration program

      quartz exploration program  means exploration for the purpose of quartz mining, and those activities conducted in relation to the exploration, undertaken within a 12-month period by the same operator on one or more quartz grants within an area circumscribed by a circle with a diameter of 20 km. (programme d’exploration du quartz)

      quartz grant

      quartz grant  means a parcel of land described in a grant by a federal agency, the Governor in Council or a territorial agency for the exclusive right to conduct quartz mining or exploration for the purpose of quartz mining or, in the case of category A settlement land, by a first nation for the right to conduct quartz mining or exploration for the purpose of quartz mining. (concession de quartz)

      quartz mining

      quartz mining means the mining of minerals contained within a vein, lode or rock in place, other than coal, oil, natural gas, limestone, marble, gypsum, shale, slate, clay, sand, gravel, construction stone, volcanic ash, earth, marl or peat. (exploitation du quartz)

    • (2) For the purposes of Part 13 of Schedule 1, none of the activities listed in that Part, other than those described in items 14, 19, 28 and 29, include those that are part of a quartz exploration program or a placer mining operation.

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  3. Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations - SOR/2005-379 (SCHEDULE 1 : Activities and Specific Exceptions)
    Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations

    [...]

    PART 1

    Mining

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    1 On other than an Indian reserve, exploration for the purpose of quartz mining, or other activity in relation to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining, on a quartz grant

    [...]
    2 On other than an Indian reserve, placer mining, or other activity in relation to placer mining, on a placer grant

    On other than an Indian reserve, a placer mining operation if the activities do not take place under, or within 40 m of, an oil or natural gas pipeline, and do not involve any of the following activities:

    [...]
    3 On other than an Indian reserve, construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a mine — other than a coal or placer mine — but not including exploration for the purpose of quartz mining or other activity in relation to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining
    4 On an Indian reserve, exploration for or mining of, or other activity in relation to the exploration for or mining of, minerals, other than oil, natural gas or specified substances

    PART 6

    Transportation

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    11 Construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a bridge Other than for placer mining, the construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a bridge across a watercourse other than a navigable watercourse that is, at the point of the crossing, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark

    PART 9

    Water

    Column 1 Column 2
    Item Activity Specific Exception
    3 Direct use of water

    • (1) Other than for an electrical power undertaking, the direct use of less than 100 m3/day of water that is from a source other than an artificial reservoir with no natural inflow if the use is for

      • (a) an industrial undertaking — other than exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant and placer mining on a placer grant; or

    • (2) The direct use of less than 300 m3/day of water that is from a source other than an artificial reservoir with no natural inflow if the use is for an undertaking that is not

      • (a) an industrial undertaking — other than exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant not involving milling of ore or production leaching and placer mining on a placer grant;
    4 Construction, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a watercourse crossing, other than one that is a bridge or is across navigable water Other than for placer mining, the construction, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a watercourse crossing — other than one that is a bridge or is across navigable water — of a watercourse that is, at the point of the crossing, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark
    8 Watercourse training — such as that for the purpose of erosion control or that which is by means of a channel or bank alteration, artificial accretion, spur, culvert or dock — but not including the diversion of a watercourse

    • (1) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training, other than a diversion, of an intermittent watercourse

    • (2) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training, other than a diversion, of a watercourse that is, at the point of training, less than 5 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark

    • (3) Other than for placer mining, watercourse training that involves the removal or placement of less than 100 m3 of material and does not change the cross-sectional area of the watercourse at the point of removal or placement
    9 Construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment of, or other activity in relation to, a structure for flood control Other than for placer mining, construction of, or other activity in relation to the construction of, a structure for flood control that is to be in place for no more than 12 consecutive months
    10 Diverting a watercourse or increasing the diversion capacity of an existing diversion Other than for placer mining, diverting a watercourse that is, at the point of diversion, less than 2 m wide at its ordinary high-water mark
    12 Other than for an electrical power undertaking, the deposit of waste into water or in any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any other waste that results from the deposit, may enter water

    • [...]

    • (2) The deposit of waste related to an industrial undertaking — other than an electrical power undertaking, exploration for the purpose of quartz mining on a quartz grant, quartz mining on a quartz grant and placer mining on a placer grant — if the deposit is into water or any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any waste that results from the deposit, can enter water and is

      [...]

    • (3) The deposit — that is not into surface water or is not in any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any waste that results from the deposit, can enter surface water — of waste, if

      • (a) the deposit is related to placer mining in which chemicals are not used during the mineral recovery process;

      • (b) the deposit is related to exploration for the purpose of quartz mining or quartz mining and the waste is not from milling; or

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  4. Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations - SOR/2005-379 (SCHEDULE 3 : Projects to Be Submitted to the Executive Committee)
    Assessable Activities, Exceptions and Executive Committee Projects Regulations

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    Mining

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    2 Placer mining operation involving suction dredging.

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    49 The deposit of waste into surface water, or in any other place under conditions in which the waste, or any other waste that results from the deposit, can enter surface water if

    • (a) the deposit is related to placer mining in which chemicals are used during the mineral recovery process; or

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