Natural heritage, evaluation of significance
 27. (1) In conducting the evaluation of the significance or provincial significance of a natural feature for the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 24 (1), a person who proposes to engage in a renewable energy project shall consider any information available to the person relating to natural features, including, (a) all information obtained during the records review conducted in accordance with section 25; (b) all information obtained during any site investigation conducted in accordance with section 26; and (c) all information received from the public, aboriginal communities, municipalities, local road boards and Local Services Boards until such time as the report mentioned in subsection 27 (4) has been prepared.  O. Reg. 521/10, s. 16. (2) For the purposes of the evaluation under subsection (1), a person shall determine that a natural feature is significant if it is a woodland or a wildlife habitat, (a) that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has identified as significant; or (b) that is considered to be significant when evaluated using evaluation criteria or procedures for significant natural features, as set out in the Natural Heritage Assessment Guide.  O. Reg. 359/09, s. 27 (2); O. Reg. 333/12, s. 7 (1, 2); O. Reg. 97/16, s. 14. (3) For the purposes of the evaluation under subsection (1), a person shall determine that a natural feature is provincially significant if it is a southern wetland, a northern wetland, a coastal wetland, an area of natural and scientific interest (earth science) or an area of natural and scientific interest (life science), (a) that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has identified as provincially significant; or (b) that is considered to be provincially significant when evaluated using evaluation criteria or procedures for provincially significant natural features, as set out in the Natural Heritage Assessment Guide.  O. Reg. 359/09, s. 27 (3); O. Reg. 333/12, s. 7 (3); O. Reg. 97/16, s. 14. (4) The person mentioned in subsection (1) shall prepare a report that sets out the following: 1. For each natural feature shown on the map mentioned in paragraph 3 of subsection 26 (3), a determination of whether the natural feature is provincially significant, significant, not significant or not provincially significant. 2. A summary of the evaluation criteria or procedures used to make the determinations mentioned in paragraph 1. 3. The name and qualifications of any person who applied the evaluation criteria or procedures mentioned in paragraph 2. 4. The dates of the beginning and completion of the evaluation.  O. Reg. 359/09, s. 27 (4). (5) This section does not apply if the project location is, (a) at least 50 metres outside of all areas of natural and scientific interest (earth science); and (b) at least 120 metres outside of all natural features that are not areas of natural and scientific interest (earth science).  O. Reg. 359/09, s. 27 (5). (6) If the project location is in the Protected Countryside or in the portion of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan Area that is subject to the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, this section does not apply in respect of, (a) a sand barrens, a savannah, a tallgrass prairie or an alvar; or (b) an area that has been identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, using evaluation procedures set out in the Natural Heritage Assessment Guide, as an area of natural and scientific interest (life science) but that has not been identified by that Ministry as provincially significant. O. Reg. 359/09, s. 27 (6); O. Reg. 333/12, s. 7 (4); O. Reg. 97/16, s. 14.