Reference Bulletins clarify the Board’s views and expectations on specific subjects and issues related to the environmental impact assessment process.
Reference bulletins
This document:
• outlines the MVRMA amendments relevant to development certificates,
• describes roles and responsibilities for the Review Board and other agencies and organizations,
• explains how development certificates will be integrated into existing environmental assessment and environmental impact review processes in the Mackenzie Valley and
• discusses the steps that the Review Board may take to further prepare for the coming into force of development certificates.
With the enactment of Bill C-88, the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board has published a reference bulletin explaining the ten-day pause period for preliminary screening decisions.
Subsection 124(2) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act describes the developments which do not attract screening under the Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations but which must still undergo preliminary screening because of land claim requirements. This Reference Bulletin addresses the legal and operational considerations relevant to the application of ss.124 (2) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act .
Certain key terms in Part Five of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act have proven problematic to practitioners and parties involved in the environmental impact assessment process. This reference bulletin is intended to clarify to others how the Review Board interprets some of these terms. These interpretations do not indicate any change in the Review Board's approach to environmental assessment.
This is a reference bulletin for the MVRMA Amendments- April 30, 2014.
