Exemption List Regulations

1 The modification, maintenance or repair of a physical work other than a road, including internal fixed physical works and scientific data collection instruments, that will not

• (a) increase the footprint or height of the physical work;

• (b) involve a heritage building;

• (c) involve a change in the method of sewage disposal, or an increase in the amount of sewage, waste or emissions;

• (d) involve any excavation beyond the footprint of the physical work;

• (e) create a need for additional related facilities, such as parking spaces; or

• (f) entail the release of waste into the environment.

2 [Repealed, SOR/2024-47, s. 13]

3 [Repealed, SOR/2024-47, s. 13]

4 The maintenance or repair of a road, including a pull-off area, that will be carried out on the road right-of-way and that will not

• (a) entail the deposit of waste into a water body; or

• (b) involve the application of a dust control product or salt to the road or of a control product to the areas adjacent to the road.

5 [Repealed, SOR/2024-47, s. 14]

6 The construction or installation of an interpretive display or exhibit associated with a physical work, road, pull-off area or trail, where the construction and installation will not

• (a) require the expansion of any associated facilities; or

• (b) be carried out in a special preservation area or a wilderness area set out in a management plan for a park tabled in each House of Parliament under subsection 11(1) of the Canada National Parks Act.

7 The construction, installation, modification, maintenance or repair of a handrail or guardrail associated with a physical work.

8 The maintenance or repair of a fire tower.

9 A development, or part of a development, for which renewal of a permit, licence, lease or authorization is required and that

• (a) has not been modified; and

• (b) has fulfilled the requirements of a preliminary screening, environmental assessment or environmental impact review under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

10 A development, or part of a development, for which a permit, licence, lease or authorization is required and that

• (a) was part of a development that fulfilled the requirements of a preliminary screening, environmental assessment or environmental impact review under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act; and

• (b) has not been modified since the development referred to in paragraph (a) fulfilled the requirements referred to in that paragraph.

11 The construction, installation, expansion or demolition of a physical work with a footprint of less than 25 m² and a height of less than 5 m that will not

• (a) entail the release of waste into the environment; or

• (b) involve the handling of hazardous materials.

12 Research, scientific studies or surveys authorized under the Canada National Parks Act or the Species at Risk Act.