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Replacement Class Screening Report:
Fixed Aids to Navigation
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) declares the report entitled Replacement Class Screening Report for Fixed Aids to Navigation to be a replacement class screening report (RCSR) pursuant to the provisions of subsection 19(1) and paragraph 19(2)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (the Act).
Public consultations on the RCSR took place from August 9 to September 18, 2006. The Agency received no written submissions from the public concerning the RCSR. In making the declaration proposed by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), the Agency has reviewed the RCSR and has determined that the project screening process, as described in the document, will meet the requirements of the Act for the environmental assessment of the class of projects. It is also the opinion of the Agency that the class of projects described in the RCSR is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when the design standards and mitigation measures described in the report are applied.
The declaration is effective January 16, 2007, and is subject to the following terms and conditions:
- Subject to subsection 19(8) of the Act, the declaration period is valid until January 16, 2012.
- CCG will notify the Agency, in writing, a minimum of six months prior to the date on which the declaration expires, of its intention: to renew the RCSR; or to renew the RCSR with modifications or additions; or, not to renew the RCSR and, thereby, allow the declaration to expire.
- To renew the RCSR, CCG will submit the proposed class screening report to the Agency not less than three months prior to the expiration date of this declaration, so that the Agency may initiate a new declaration process.
- CCG and the Agency will ensure that the RCSR is made available to the public in accordance with the requirements of the Act, as the RCSR may be amended from time to time. As such, CCG will place the RCSR on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry (CEAR) project file of its Regional Office. CCG will also post a statement of the projects in respect of which the RCSR was used, on the CEAR Web site, on a quarterly basis, as required under paragraph 55.1(2)(d) of the Act.
- Any amendments to the report will be developed and implemented in accordance with the provisions for amendment contained in section 6.0 of the RCSR.
For further information contact:
Robyn-Lynne Virtue, Class Screening Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Place Bell Canada
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: (613) 957-0826
Fax: (613) 957-0935
E-mail: ClassScreening@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
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