Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Transboundary effects

• 140 (1) Where it appears to the Review Board, during the environmental assessment of a development proposed to be carried out wholly within the Mackenzie Valley, that the development might have a significant adverse impact on the environment in a region outside the Mackenzie Valley, the Review Board shall so advise the authority responsible for the examination of environmental effects in that region and request its cooperation in the conduct of the assessment.

• Marginal note:Impact outside Mackenzie Valley

  (2) Where it has been determined pursuant to subsection 128(4), 130(2) or 131(3) that a development referred to in subsection (1) is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment in a region outside the Mackenzie Valley, the Review Board may, with the approval of the federal Minister, enter into an agreement with the authority responsible for the examination of environmental effects in that region to provide for

  • (a) the coordination of the respective examinations of the environmental impact of the development; or

  • (b) the examination of the environmental impact of the development by a joint panel established for that purpose.

• Marginal note:Report to ministers and agencies

  (3) A joint panel established under subsection (2) shall make a report of its recommendations to

  • (a) the federal Minister, who shall distribute it to every responsible minister; and

  • (b) any designated regulatory agency from which a licence, permit or other authorization is required for the carrying out of the development.

• Marginal note:Powers of ministers and agencies

  (4) An examination by a joint panel established under subsection (2) stands in lieu of an environmental impact review of the proposal and sections 135 to 137 apply, with such modifications as may be required, in respect of the examination.