Definitions
 1. In this Regulation, “Bradford Bypass Environmental Assessment” means the report entitled “Highway 400-Highway 404 Extension Link (Bradford Bypass) Environmental Assessment Report, One-Stage Submission”, dated December 1997 and available on a website of the Government of Ontario, including all submissions from the Ministry of Transportation included in Appendix C and D of the Government Review, dated May 2001; (“évaluation environnementale de la voie de contournement de Bradford”) “Bradford Bypass Project” means, (a)  an enterprise or activity that is the designing, establishing, constructing, operating, maintaining, changing or retiring of a freeway connecting Highway 400 in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury (County of Simcoe) to Highway 404 in the Town of East Gwillimbury (Regional Municipality of York), located north of and parallel to Simcoe County Road 88 in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury and Queensville Sideroad (York Road 77) in East Gwillimbury, with the route traversing a small segment of the Township of King in York Region, or (b)  a proposal, plan or program in respect of an enterprise or activity described in clause (a); (“projet de voie de contournement de Bradford”) “Bradford Bypass Project assessment process” means the process set out in sections 15 to 29; (“processus d’évaluation du projet de voie de contournement de Bradford”) “Class Environmental Assessment” means the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on October 6, 1999 under Order in Council 1653/1999, as it may be amended from time to time; (“évaluation environnementale de portée générale”) “early works” means the following components of the Bradford Bypass Project if the proponent proposes to proceed with them before the completion of the Bradford Bypass Project assessment process: 1.  The design, construction and operation of a bridge and associated roadway construction for a future interchange on County Road 4, at a location between 8th Line and 9th Line and within the technically preferred route, that is part of the Bradford Bypass Project. 2.  Any applicable activities that are required to support the completion of the bridge and roadway described in paragraph 1 and that are to be carried out within the study area; (“travaux préliminaires”) “early works assessment process” means the process set out in sections 4 to 14 and section 29; (“processus d’évaluation des travaux préliminaires”) “noise protocols” means, (a)  the document entitled “Environmental Guide for Noise” prepared by the Ministry of Transportation, dated October 2006 and published on a website of the Government of Ontario, as it may be amended from time to time, and (b)  the document entitled “Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning (NPC-300)”, published on a website of the Government of Ontario, as it may be amended from time to time; (“protocoles sur le bruit”) “Project website” means a website of the Government of Ontario that is established for the purpose of publicly sharing information on the Bradford Bypass Project; (“site Web du projet”) “study area” means the area of study set out in Exhibit 3-16 of Section 3.5.3 of the Bradford Bypass Environmental Assessment as the Bradford Corridor and as described in section 4.1 of that Assessment for specific components of the environment; (“zone d’étude”) “technically preferred route” means the preferred route for the Bradford Bypass Project as set out in the conceptual design identified in Exhibit 5-1 in Section 5 of the Bradford Bypass Environmental Assessment, and includes the proposed interchanges and configurations and right of way requirements; (“tracé privilégié sur le plan technique”) “updated study area” means the study area, subject to, as applicable, (a)  any proposed changes set out in the final environmental conditions report published under section 19, or (b)  any proposed changes set out in the draft environmental impact assessment report distributed under section 25; (“zone d’étude mise à jour”) “updated technically preferred route” means the technically preferred route, subject to, as applicable, (a)  any proposed changes set out in the final environmental conditions report published under section 19, or (b)  any proposed changes set out in the draft environmental impact assessment report distributed under section 25. (“tracé privilégié sur le plan technique mis à jour”) EXEMPTIONS