Deliverables

In the previous screen, you had the opportunity to determine if you could identify the timelines of the various deliverables prepared during the Planning phase, and if you could remember who was responsible for writing each of the deliverables – the Agency or the proponent. The following provides you with a detailed summary of the deliverables prepared during the Planning phase: 1. Deliverables developed before the Agency determines if an impact assessment is required, and 2. Deliverables developed before the Notice of Commencement is posted on the Registry.

Deliverables developed before the Agency determines if an impact assessment is required

  • Initial Project Description (developed by proponent)
  • Summary of Issues (developed by Agency from input by participants)
  • Detailed Project Description, including the Response to the Summary of Issues (developed by proponent)

Deliverables developed by the Agency before the Notice of Commencement is posted on the Registry

  • Tailored Impact Assessment Guidelines
  • Public Participation Plan
  • Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan
  • Cooperation Plan
  • Permitting Plan

Do you remember? Descriptions of Planning phase deliverables

Notice of Commencement

Notice issued by the Agency before the end of the 180-day Planning phase that sets out the start of the Impact Statement phase and includes the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines, that outlines the information and studies necessary to conduct the impact assessment, and plans relating to cooperation with other jurisdictions, Indigenous engagement and partnership, public participation and permitting.

Descriptions of Planning phase deliverables

Descriptions of Planning phase deliverables developed before the Agency determines if an impact assessment is required

Initial Project Description

Document prepared by the proponent that provides preliminary information about a designated project and includes the prescribed information set out in the Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations. It identifies the location, local communities and Indigenous groups that may be affected.

Summary of Issues

Document prepared by the Impact Assessment Agency to summarize issues raised through the initial engagement processes during the Planning phase. This document provides the proponent, and other participants, with a summary of the comments received by the Agency in relation to the Initial Project Description and allows participants to see how their comments and concerns have been characterized.

Detailed Project Description

Document prepared by the proponent containing information prescribed by the Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations about the designated project including information about possible environmental, social, health and economic effects of the designated project and any changes made in response to the Summary of Issues.

Response to the Summary of Issues

Information prepared by the proponent and included in the Detailed Project Description that sets out how it intends to address the issues described in the Summary of Issues.

Descriptions of Planning phase deliverables developed by the Agency before the Notice of Commencement is posted on the Registry

Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines

Document that provides direction and requirements for the proponent in preparing an Impact Statement. The Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines detail all information and studies that the Agency or a review panel will require to conduct the impact assessment.

Public Participation Plan

Document outlining how the public will be engaged throughout the impact assessment process and preferred engagement tools and strategies.

Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan

Document outlining how Indigenous groups may wish to participate in the impact assessment process, including, where available, information on proponent-led engagement activities. This document will be developed in collaboration with Indigenous groups.

Cooperation Plan

Document describing how the Agency will work with other jurisdictions throughout the impact assessment process to harmonize timelines, consultation and engagement activities, where possible. This plan aims to satisfy the requirements and objectives of the Impact Assessment Act and the participating provincial, territorial and/or Indigenous jurisdictions to reduce duplication, increase efficiency and certainty, and draw on the best available expertise.

Permitting Plan

Document outlining the anticipated permits, licenses and authorizations (regulatory instruments) that may be required for a designated project. The types of regulatory instruments integrated in the plan: federal instruments, including those under the authority of a lifecycle regulator; those of any jurisdiction that will undertake a Joint Review Panel impact assessment with the Agency under the Impact Assessment Act; those of another jurisdiction that may have responsibilities for an assessment with the agreement of the Agency and that jurisdiction; and any other permits, licences and authorizations that the Agency determines are appropriate to include.