Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Scope of developments

• 117 (1) Every environmental assessment of a proposal for a development shall include a determination by the Review Board of the scope of the development, subject to any guidelines made under section 120.

• Marginal note:Factors to be considered

  (2) Every environmental assessment and environmental impact review of a proposal for a development shall include a consideration of

  • (a) the impact of the development on the environment, including the impact of malfunctions or accidents that may occur in connection with the development and any cumulative impact that is likely to result from the development in combination with other developments;

  • (b) the significance of any such impact;

  • (c) any comments submitted by members of the public in accordance with the regulations or the rules of practice and procedure of the Review Board;

  • (d) where the development is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment, the need for mitigative or remedial measures; and

  • (e) any other matter, such as the need for the development and any available alternatives to it, that the Review Board or any responsible minister, after consulting the Review Board, determines to be relevant.

• Marginal note:Additional factors

  (3) An environmental impact review of a proposal for a development shall also include a consideration of

  • (a) the purpose of the development;

  • (b) alternative means, if any, of carrying out the development that are technically and economically feasible, and the impact on the environment of such alternative means;

  • (c) the need for any follow-up program and the requirements of such a program; and

  • (d) the capacity of any renewable resources that are likely to be significantly affected by the development to meet existing and future needs.

• Marginal note:Joint panels

  (4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply in respect of an examination of a proposal for a development by a review panel, or a joint panel, established jointly by the Review Board and any other person or body.