Impact Assessment Act

Marginal note:Proponent’s obligation — notice

• 15 (1) The proponent must provide the Agency with a notice that sets out how it intends to address the issues referred to in section 14, including any issues that relate to the adverse impact that the designated project may have on the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

• Marginal note:Detailed project description

  (1.1) The Agency may require the proponent to include in the notice a detailed description of the designated project that includes the information prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 112(1)(a) if it is of the opinion that a decision cannot be made under subsection 16(1) without that description and information.

• Marginal note:Additional information

  (2) The Agency may require the proponent to provide an amended notice that includes the information or details that the Agency specifies if it is of the opinion that a decision cannot be made under subsection 16(1) because

  • (a) the initial description or the prescribed information provided under subsection 10(1) is incomplete or does not contain sufficient details; or

  • (b) if a detailed description and prescribed information are required, under subsection (1.1), to be included in the notice referred to in subsection (1), the detailed description or prescribed information included in that notice is incomplete or does not contain sufficient details.

• Marginal note:Copy posted on Internet site

  (3) When the Agency is satisfied that the notice includes all of the information or details that it specified, it must post a copy of the notice on the Internet site.