Critical Habitat of the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) Ontario Populations Order (SOR/2017-265)

Whereas the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) Ontario populations is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2002, c. 29

Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote ^b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60

And whereas the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect reserves or other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of bands and, pursuant to subsection 58(7) of that Act, has consulted with the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the bands in question with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) Ontario Populations Order.

Ottawa, November 30, 2017

Le ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Fisheries and Oceans