jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Having received a request from the Minister of Natural Resources that an undertaking, namely: The carrying out of the Provincial Parks Program including, (a) implementing: 1) Park Management Plans, 2) Resource Management Strategies, 3) Operations Strategies and Maintenance Schedules, 4) Development Strategies, 5) Site Plans, 6) Visitor Service and Interpretive Programs, 7) Capital Construction and Lease Purchase Projects; (b) managing provincial parks and areas recommended as provincial parks on an interim basis (prior to approval of a Park Management Plan) consisting of activities to protect park values, managing uses and activities and developing new facilities; (c) developing sewage and water works within or for Provincial Parks; and (d) acquiring land to amend the boundaries of Provincial Parks, to complete land acquisition for an existing Provincial Park or for a sewage lagoon in or for a Provincial Park; (e) amending and rescinding boundary regulations for Provincial Parks, be exempt from the application of the Act pursuant to section 29; and having been advised that if the undertaking is subject to the application of the Act, the following injury, damage or interference with the persons and property indicated will occur: A. Park environmental and recreational features could be damaged in the absence of Provincial Park projects that address park management issues. B. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) will be damaged by the interference with its ongoing programs associated with natural heritage protection and outdoor recreation. C. The public will be damaged by the loss of anticipated benefits associated with resource protection and the provision of outdoor recreation opportunities, associated tourism benefits and economic benefits to local communities. D. Pre-submission consultation and completion of the Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Provincial Park Management for formal submission will be hampered by having to prepare separate exemption orders or environmental assessments for all Provincial Park projects at the same time.
The undersigned is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to order and orders that the undertaking is exempt from the application of the Act for the following reasons: A. The Provincial Parks Program is carried out within a context of conservation, protection and wise management of the environment. A major feature of the Provincial Parks Program is the preservation of significant natural and cultural features in the Ontario landscape. B. The conditions to which this undertaking is subject will ensure that affected government agencies and the public are informed on MNR’s intentions to implement components of the Provincial Parks Program during the period of this exemption order. C. A number of activities that make up this undertaking are similar to activities that are covered by approved MNR Class Environmental Assessments. The Minister of Natural Resources will apply such parts of the procedure specified in the Class Environmental Assessments as are appropriate to the activities that make up this undertaking until such procedures or other procedures are made directly applicable to the Class EA for Provincial Park Management. D. This interim exemption will allow Provincial Park plans and projects to continue while a Class EA for Provincial Park Management is prepared for approval.