Roles and Responsibilities

The Agency provides the proponent with clear requirements for the information and studies for an Impact Statement. Science and Indigenous knowledge inform the Impact Statement. Primary roles and responsibilities include those for:

Select each item below for more information.

Proponent
Federal Authorities
Indigenous Groups
Agency
Other Jurisdictions
Public

Proponent

Proponent:

The proponent prepares the Impact Statement based on the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and submits it to the Agency.

Agency

The Agency:

  • Reviews the Impact Statement to determine if the requirements of the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines are met
  • Implements actions outlined in the Public Participation Plan, Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan, and the Impact Assessment Cooperation Plan
  • Requests information from the proponent if the Impact Statement does not provide all information required in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines

Indigenous Groups

Indigenous Groups :

Indigenous groups review the proponent’s Impact Statement to ensure all information and studies outlined in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines are included and to help ensure that Indigenous knowledge, concerns and perspectives, including, where possible, information on potential impacts on rights of Indigenous peoples, are accurately documented.

Other Jurisdictions

Other Jurisdictions:

Other Jurisdictions, including provincial, territorial or Indigenous jurisdictions, review the proponent’s Impact Statement to provide feedback on whether all information and studies outlined in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines, and related to their areas of responsibility, where appropriate, are included.

Federal Authorities

Federal Authorities:

Federal authorities (expert federal departments) review the proponent’s Impact Statement to ensure all information and studies outlined in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines that are within their areas of expertise or responsibility are included and to determine whether they have the information necessary to conduct their analysis.

Public

Public:

The Public reviews the proponent’s Impact Statement to provide views on whether all information and studies outlined in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines are included.

More information: Lifecycle regulators have roles throughout the process, for designated projects that they regulate. They collaborate with the Agency through an integrated assessment process that meets the Impact Assessment Act and their own regulatory requirements, as appropriate.

Do you remember? Impact Statement, Notice of Commencement, Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines

On the web: Phase 2 – Impact Statement Step by Step, Practitioner’s Guide to Federal Impact Assessments under the Impact Assessment Act

Lifecycle Regulator

Lifecycle regulators have roles throughout the process, for project that they regulate. They collaborate with the Agency through an integrated assessment process that meets the Impact Assessment Act and their own regulatory requirements.

Lifecycle regulators include the Canada Energy Regulator (CER), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), and the Offshore Petroleum Boards. The Agency will work collaboratively with the lifecycle regulators on designated projects that are also regulated under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA), the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (CERA), the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, and the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act. The Agency will draw upon their expert knowledge and ensure that safety, licensing requirements, international obligations, and other key regulatory factors are considered as part of a single, integrated assessment, as appropriate.

Impact Statement

Detailed technical document prepared by the proponent as per the requirements set out in the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines.

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.

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.