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Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — a
Whereas, pursuant to subsection 150(1) of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act a , a copy of the proposed Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations , substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette , Part I, on July 11, 2015 and a reasonable opportunity was afforded to interested persons to make representations to the Minister of Natural Resources with respect to the proposed Regulations; a S.C. 1987, c. 3; S.C. 2014, c. 13, s.3
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — b
And whereas, pursuant to subsection 7(1) b of that Act, the Minister of Natural Resources has consulted the Provincial Minister with respect to the proposed Regulations and the Provincial Minister has approved the making of those Regulations; b S.C. 2015, c. 4, s. 38
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — c
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources, pursuant to section 29.1 c of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act a , makes the annexed Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations . c S.C. 2015, c. 4, s. 39
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act . ( Loi ) actual full cost means the full cost confirmed by the Board’s audited financial statements. ( coût entier réel ) direct regulatory activities means the activities that are required for the Board to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities such as assessing applications, issuing licences, granting approvals and authorizations, verifying and enforcing compliance with the Act and providing information, products and services. ( activités de réglementation directes ) indirect regulatory costs means the costs that support the Board’s direct regulatory activities such as office accommodation, supplies and equipment, professional services, communications, travel, management, training, administration, human resources services, finance, information technology services, hardware and software, the preparation of documents (including policies, standards, guidelines, procedures and notices) and the provision of technical expertise (including any advice relating to legislation or regulations) to the Federal Minister or the Provincial Minister at that Minister’s request. ( coûts de réglementation indirects ) project means the work or the activity referred to in paragraph 138(1)(b) of the Act. ( projet )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations
Act means the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act . ( Loi )
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actual full cost means the full cost confirmed by the Board’s audited financial statements. ( coût entier réel )
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direct regulatory activities means the activities that are required for the Board to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities such as assessing applications, issuing licences, granting approvals and authorizations, verifying and enforcing compliance with the Act and providing information, products and services. ( activités de réglementation directes )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations
indirect regulatory costs means the costs that support the Board’s direct regulatory activities such as office accommodation, supplies and equipment, professional services, communications, travel, management, training, administration, human resources services, finance, information technology services, hardware and software, the preparation of documents (including policies, standards, guidelines, procedures and notices) and the provision of technical expertise (including any advice relating to legislation or regulations) to the Federal Minister or the Provincial Minister at that Minister’s request. ( coûts de réglementation indirects )
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project means the work or the activity referred to in paragraph 138(1)(b) of the Act. ( projet )
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Regulatory activity plan 2 For each new project relating to development, production, abandonment, exploratory drilling or multi-year or complex seismic programs in respect of petroleum operations, on receipt of a project description or letter of intent, the Board must (a) prepare a regulatory activity plan; (b) calculate the estimated annual charge payable by the applicant or the operator for the project by determining the estimated full cost, including indirect regulatory costs, associated with the implementation of the regulatory activity plan based on (i) the cost of the estimated total number of units of time necessary to be spent in that fiscal year on direct regulatory activities for the project, and (ii) any other costs, excluding costs calculated under other cost recovery methods; and (c) notify the applicant or the operator, in writing, of the regulatory activity plan and the estimated annual charge payable.
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Existing project 3 For each existing project that was previously under a regulatory activity plan, after approval of the Board’s budget in any given fiscal year following its submission in accordance with subsection 27(2) of the Act, the Board must (a) prepare a new regulatory activity plan; (b) calculate the estimated annual charge payable by the applicant or the operator for the project by determining the estimated full cost, including indirect regulatory costs, associated with the implementation of thenew regulatory activity plan based on (i) the cost of the estimated total number of units of time necessary to be spent in that fiscal year on direct regulatory activities for the project, and (ii) any other costs, excluding costs calculated under other cost recovery methods; and (c) notify the applicant or the operator, in writing, of the new regulatory activity plan and the estimated annual charge payable.
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Recalculation 4 If an applicant or operator proposes changes to its project that are not reflected in the regulatory activity plan, the Board may recalculate the estimated annual charge for that project and adjust the payable amount accordingly.
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Invoice 5 (1) The Board must, on a quarterly basis, prepare and send an invoice for an amount equal to 25% of the estimated annual charge payable to each applicant or operator who has been notified under paragraph 2(c) or 3(c). Payment within 30 days (2) Within 30 days after the date of the invoice, the applicant or the operator must pay the amount invoiced.
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Annual adjustment 6 (1) Each year, following the end of the fiscal year, the Board must, for each project under a regulatory activity plan, (a) calculate the actual full cost associated with the implementation of the regulatory activity plan; (b) calculate the charge adjustment, if any, by subtracting the estimated annual charge, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2(b) or 3(b), from the actual full cost; and (c) notify the applicant or the operator in writing of the amount of the actual full cost and the amount of the charge adjustment. Effect of adjustment (2) If the actual full cost calculated under paragraph (1)(a) is (a) less than the estimated annual charge, the difference is credited to the applicant’s or operator’s account and must be refunded as a credit on the next invoice; or (b) greater than the estimated annual charge, the Board must invoice the applicant or the operator for an amount equal to the difference and the applicant or the operator must pay that amount to the Board within 30 days after the date of the invoice.
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Interpretation 7 In this Part, (a) base units of time are the number of units of time published by the Board in accordance with section 8 based on the Board’s estimate of the time required for it to undertake direct regulatory activities in relation to each activity set out in the tables to section 9; (b) variable units of time are the number of units of time published by the Board in accordance with section 8 based on the Board’s estimate of the time required for it to undertake direct regulatory activities in relation to the variables set out in column 3 of the table to subsection 9(3); (c) the effective rate is the rate published by the Board in accordance with section 8 based on the estimated sum of the costs incurred by the Board’s undertaking of all direct regulatory activities and of the Board’s indirect regulatory costs minus the sum of the costs incurred by the Board’s undertaking of regulatory activities that are not recovered by the Board at the request of the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister and divided by the total number of units of time spent by the Board for those direct regulatory activities; and (d) the heavy burden coefficient is a multiplier that the Board may apply to a fee for an activity if the Board is of the opinion that the fee must be increased to reflect the additional number of units of time spent by the Board to undertake direct regulatory activities as a result of non-compliance with the Act, negligence or lack of effort by an applicant or operator in responding to any of the Board’s questions during an application process or activity.
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Publication by Board 8 Each year the Board must publish, by electronic or other means that is likely to reach applicants and operators, (a) the base units of time for each activity set out in the tables to section 9; (b) the variable units of time for each activity set out in the table to subsection 9(3); and (c) the effective rate.
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Fees calculated under section 9 10 (1) On the submission of an application in respect of an activity set out in any table to section 9, the applicant must pay to the Board the fee determined in accordance with that section. Heavy burden coefficient (2) If the Board uses a heavy burden coefficient to calculate an additional charge in respect of an activity, the Board must invoice the applicant or the operator and the applicant or the operator must pay that amount to the Board within 30 days after the date of the invoice.
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Definition of daily access rate 11 In this Part, the daily access rate is the rate established and published by the Board by electronic or other means that is likely to reach applicants and operators.
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Sample access fee 12 Any person, except a person requesting access for an academic purpose, the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister, who accesses a physical sample at the geodata centre must pay the daily access rate for each day the sample is accessed.
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Reimbursement of Board costs 13 The Board may require reimbursement for 100% of its costs for activities that are not set out in Parts 1 to 3 and that are related to the following: (a) any verification of compliance under the Act involving travel to another location by the Board’s staff; (b) the Oil and Gas Committee; (c) any technical analysis or process review that is related to a specific project and that is requested by an applicant or operator; (d) any public review, written or oral hearing or inquiry that is related to a specific project and that is required or initiated by the Board; (e) a participant funding program that is part of an environmental assessment conducted under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 ; and (f) information, products or services that are requested by a person.
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Compound interest rate of 1.5% 14 Interest on an amount owing to the Board must be calculated and compounded monthly at the rate of 1.5% and is payable and accrues during the period beginning on the due date and ending on the day before the day on which the payment is received by the Board.
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Remittance 15 For the purposes of section 29.3 of the Act, the fees and charges obtained in accordance with these Regulations must be remitted on a quarterly basis subject to the Board’s operational requirements.
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Non-application of section 3 20 (1) Section 3 does not apply to a project that relates to development, production, abandonment, exploratory drilling or multi-year or complex seismic programs if the applicant or the operator has paid 100% of the Board’s estimated costs for the project for the fiscal year in which these Regulations come into force. Presumption (2) All existing projects relating to development, production, abandonment, exploratory drilling or multi-year or complex seismic programs that are under the Board’s regulatory authority before these Regulations come into force and that do not have a regulatory activity plan are considered to have been previously under a regulatory activity plan for the purposes of section 3.
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Cost Recovery Regulations — S.C. 2015, c. 4
S.C. 2015, c. 4 * 21 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 39 of the Energy Safety and Security Act comes into force but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered. * [Note: Regulations in force February 27, 2016.]
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
Whereas the Minister of the Environment is of the opinion that the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield population) faces imminent threats to its recovery;
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — a
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to section 80 and subsection 97(2) of the Species at Risk Act a , makes the annexed Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) . a S.C. 2002, c. 29
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — 1
Identification 1 For the purposes of paragraph 80(4)(c) of the Species at Risk Act , the areas that are described in the schedule are identified as habitat that is necessary for the recovery of the Western Chorus Frog.
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Prohibited activities 2 (1) In the areas described in the schedule, it is prohibited to (a) remove, compact or plow the soil; (b) remove, prune, damage, destroy or introduce any vegetation, such as a tree, shrub or plant; (c) drain or flood the ground; (d) alter surface water in any manner, including by altering its flow rate, its volume or the direction of its flow; (e) install or construct, or perform any maintenance work on, any infrastructure; (f) operate a motor vehicle, an all-terrain vehicle or a snowmobile anywhere other than on a road or paved path; (g) install or construct any structure or barrier that impedes the circulation, dispersal or migration of the Western Chorus Frog; (h) deposit, discharge, dump or immerse any material or substance, including snow, gravel, sand, soil, construction material, greywater or swimming pool water; and (i) use or apply a pest control product as defined in section 2 of the Pest Control Products Act or a fertilizer as defined in section 2 of the Fertilizers Act . Non-application (2) The prohibitions do not apply to a person who is engaging in activities related to public safety or health that are authorized under provincial law.
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Offence 3 Any contravention of subsection 2 (1) is an offence for the purposes of section 97 of the Species at Risk Act .
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5 For the purposes of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act , this Order applies according to its terms before it is published in the Canada Gazette .
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Registration 6 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
t along direction of 294°05′00″. Containing an area of sixty-thousand one hundred twenty-seven square metres and one tenth (60 127.1 m 2 ). PARCEL 56 — Part of lot 2 775 900 One (1) parcel of land of irregular figure known and designated as a part of lot TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED (Pt. lot 2 775 900), of the cadastre of Quebec, registration division of Laprairie, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of lot 5 798 685, bounded: towards the northwest, by the lot 5 798 686 measuring sixty-eight metres and ninety-six hundredths (68.96 m) in this limit along direction of 23°59′00″, towards the northeast, by the lot 5 798 686 measuring twelve metres and ten hundredths (12.10 m) in this limit along direction of 113°58′27″, towards the northwest, by the lot 5 798 686 and part of the lot 2 776 122 measuring seven hundred fifty-three metres and eighty-nine hundredths (753.89 m) in this limit along direction of 23°58′09″, towards the northeast, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring seventeen metres and fifty-five hundredths (17.55 m) in this limit along direction of 130°30′00″, towards the southeast, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring seven hundred ninety metres and sixty-six hundredths (790.66 m) in this limit along direction of 204°03′49″, towards the south, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring thirty-eight metres and eighty hundredths (38.80 m) in this limit along direction of 249°24′38″. Containing an area of thirteen thousand seven hundred ten square metres and two tenths (13 710.2 m 2 ). Directions mentioned in this technical description are in reference to the Quebec plane coordinate system, NAD83, zone 8; also, all dimensions are in reference to the International System of Units (SI). The lots and part of lots described above are shown on a plan bearing number M2016-10268 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services.
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
ction of 294°05′00″. Containing an area of sixty-thousand one hundred twenty-seven square metres and one tenth (60 127.1 m 2 ). PARCEL 56 — Part of lot 2 775 900 One (1) parcel of land of irregular figure known and designated as a part of lot TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED (Pt. lot 2 775 900), of the cadastre of Quebec, registration division of Laprairie, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of lot 5 798 685, bounded: towards the northwest, by the lot 5 798 686 measuring sixty-eight metres and ninety-six hundredths (68.96 m) in this limit along direction of 23°59′00″, towards the northeast, by the lot 5 798 686 measuring twelve metres and ten hundredths (12.10 m) in this limit along direction of 113°58′27″, towards the northwest, by the lot 5 798 686 and part of the lot 2 776 122 measuring seven hundred fifty-three metres and eighty-nine hundredths (753.89 m) in this limit along direction of 23°58′09″, towards the northeast, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring seventeen metres and fifty-five hundredths (17.55 m) in this limit along direction of 130°30′00″, towards the southeast, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring seven hundred ninety metres and sixty-six hundredths (790.66 m) in this limit along direction of 204°03′49″, towards the south, by part of lot 2 775 900 (Highway 30) measuring thirty-eight metres and eighty hundredths (38.80 m) in this limit along direction of 249°24′38″. Containing an area of thirteen thousand seven hundred ten square metres and two tenths (13 710.2 m 2 ). Directions mentioned in this technical description are in reference to the Quebec plane coordinate system, NAD83, zone 8; also, all dimensions are in reference to the International System of Units (SI). The lots and part of lots described above are shown on a plan bearing number M2016-10268 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services.
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIX (1 914 106),
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN (1 914 411),
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
TWO MILLION NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FOUR (2 095 404),
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (2 268 355),
Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population) — Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence — Canadian Shield Population)
TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT (2 863 808),