Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act

Marginal note:Environmental assessment

• 138.01 (1) If an application for an authorization under paragraph 138(1)(b) or an application made under subsection 139(2) is in respect of a physical activity described in subsection (2), the Board shall issue the decision statement referred to in section 54 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 in respect of the physical activity within 12 months after the day on which the applicant has, in the Board’s opinion, provided a complete application.

• Marginal note:Physical activity

  (2) The physical activity in question is a physical activity that:

  • (a) is carried out in the offshore area;

  • (b) is designated by regulations made under paragraph 84(a) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 or in an order made under subsection 14(2) of that Act;

  • (c) is one for which the Board is the responsible authority as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act; and

  • (d) is one in relation to which an environmental assessment was not referred to a review panel under section 38 of that Act.

  It includes any physical activity that is incidental to the physical activity described in paragraphs (a) to (d).

• Marginal note:Excluded period

  (3) If the Board requires the applicant to provide information or undertake a study with respect to the physical activity, the period that is taken by the applicant, in the Board’s opinion, to comply with the requirement is not included in the calculation of the period referred to in subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Public notice

  (4) The Board shall, without delay, make public

  • (a) the date on which the 12-month period referred to in subsection (1) begins; and

  • (b) the dates on which the period referred to in subsection (3) begins and ends.