Q-2, r. 25 - Regulation respecting the environmental and social impact assessment and review procedure applicable to the territory of James Bay and Northern Québec

Section 4 Disposition versions

2019-12-01

4. Objectives: The principal functions of an environmental and social impact assessment are to insure the following:

(a)  integration of the environment and social milieu concerns into the design and planning process of the project and the decision-making process of the proponent of the project;

(b)  systematic identification of all potential impact of the project on the environment and social milieu, and particularly on the native populations;

(c)  evaluation of alternatives to the project, including adjustments to certain elements of the project in order to minimize negative impacts on the natives and the wildlife resources, and to maximize its beneficial impacts and to protect the quality of the environment;

(d)  inclusion of preventive and corrective measures in the project in order to minimize its impacts on the environment and social milieu;

(e)  knowledge of the interactions between the native peoples, the development of wildlife resources and economic development as well as the ecological elements which the project is likely to affect; and

(f)  information for the administrative authority concerned which will enable it to formulate recommendations or take decisions which are incumbent upon him as the case may be within the framework of the assessment and review procedure referred to in Division III of Chapter II or in Division III of Chapter III of Title II of the Act.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 11, s. 4; I.N. 2019-12-01.

2012-09-01

4. Objectives: The principal functions of an environmental and social impact assessment are to insure the following:

(a)  integration of the environment and social milieu concerns into the design and planning process of the project and the decision-making process of the proponent of the project;

(b)  systematic identification of all potential impact of the project on the environment and social milieu, and particularly on the native populations;

(c)  evaluation of alternatives to the project, including adjustments to certain elements of the project in order to minimize negative impacts on the natives and the wildlife resources, and to maximize its beneficial impacts and to protect the quality of the environment;

(d)  inclusion of preventive and corrective measures in the project in order to minimize its impacts on the environment and social milieu;

(e)  knowledge of the interactions between the native peoples, the development of wildlife resources and economic development as well as the ecological elements which the project is likely to affect; and

(f)  information for the administrative authority concerned which will enable it to formulate recommendations or take decisions which are incumbent upon him as the case may be within the framework of the assessment and review procedure referred to in Subdivision 3 of Division II or in Subdivision 3 of Division III of Chapter II of the Act.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 11, s. 4.