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Q-2, r. 28.02 - Regulation respecting the fees payable with respect to the environmental authorization scheme and other fees
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SCHEDULE II
(ss. 4 and 5)
CLASS ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTERS II AND III OF TITLE II OF THE ACT
The class assigned to a project automatically subject to the environmental and social impact assessment and review procedure provided for in Chapters II and III of Title II of the Act is based on a scale of 1 to 4 depending on the complexity of the project, class 1 being assigned to the less complex projects and class 4, to the more complex projects.
| PROJECTS AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT UNDER SCHEDULE A OF THE ACT | CLASS ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT | |
| Subparagraph a | ||
| All mining developments, including additions to, alterations or amendments of existing mining developments: | ||
| — New project, alterations | 4 | |
| — Additions | 3 | |
| Subparagraph b | ||
| All borrow, sand and gravel pits and quarries, with areas of or over 3 ha | 1 | |
| Subparagraph c | ||
| All hydro-electric power plants and nuclear installations and their associated works | 4 | |
| Subparagraph d | ||
| All storage and water supply reservoirs related to works intended to produce electricity | 1 | |
| Subparagraph e | ||
| All electric power transmission lines of over 75 kV | 4 | |
| Subparagraph f | ||
| All operations or installations related to the extraction or processing of energy yielding materials | 3 | |
| Subparagraph g | ||
| All fossil-fuel fired power generating plants with a calorific capacity of or above 3,000 kW | 3 | |
| Subparagraph h | ||
| Any road or branch of such road of at least 25 km in length which is intended for forestry operations for a period of at least 15 years | 4 | |
| Subparagraph i | ||
| All wood, pulp and paper mills or other plants for the transformation or the treatment of forest products | 3 | |
| Subparagraph j | ||
| All land use projects which affect more than 65 km2 | 3 | |
| Subparagraph k | ||
| All sanitary sewage systems including more than 1 km of piping and all waste water treatment plants designed to treat more than 200 kl of waste water per day | 2 | |
| Subparagraph l | ||
| All systems for the collection and disposal of residual materials, except mine tailings and hazardous materials | 2 | |
| Subparagraph m | ||
| All projects for the creation of parks or ecological reserves | 3 | |
| Subparagraph n | ||
| All outfitting facilities designed to accommodate at one time 30 persons or more, including networks of outpost camps | 1 | |
| Subparagraph o | ||
| The delimitation of the territory of any new community or municipality and any expansion of 20% or more of their total territory or their urbanized areas | 2 | |
| Subparagraph p | ||
| All access roads to a locality or road network contemplated for a new development | 4 | |
| Subparagraph q | ||
| All port and harbour facilities, railroads, airports, pipelines, or dredging operations for the improvement of navigation: | ||
| — work related to a harbour facility | 2 | |
| — construction of a railroad | 4 | |
| — siting of an airport | 2 | |
| — construction of a pipeline | 4 | |
| — dredging operations for the improvement of navigation | 1 |
SCHEDULE II
(ss. 4 and 5)
CLASS ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTERS II AND III OF TITLE II OF THE ACT
The class assigned to a project automatically subject to the environmental and social impact assessment and review procedure provided for in Chapters II and III of Title II of the Act is based on a scale of 1 to 4 depending on the complexity of the project, class 1 being assigned to the less complex projects and class 4, to the more complex projects.
| PROJECTS AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT UNDER SCHEDULE A OF THE ACT | CLASS ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT | |
| Subparagraph a | ||
| All mining developments, including additions to, alterations or amendments of existing mining developments: | ||
| — New project, alterations | 4 | |
| — Additions | 3 | |
| Subparagraph b | ||
| All borrow, sand and gravel pits and quarries, with areas of or over 3 ha | 1 | |
| Subparagraph c | ||
| All hydro-electric power plants and nuclear installations and their associated works | 4 | |
| Subparagraph d | ||
| All storage and water supply reservoirs related to works intended to produce electricity | 1 | |
| Subparagraph e | ||
| All electric power transmission lines of over 75 kV | 4 | |
| Subparagraph f | ||
| All operations or installations related to the extraction or processing of energy yielding materials | 3 | |
| Subparagraph g | ||
| All fossil-fuel fired power generating plants with a calorific capacity of or above 3,000 kW | 3 | |
| Subparagraph h | ||
| Any road or branch of such road of at least 25 km in length which is intended for forestry operations for a period of at least 15 years | 4 | |
| Subparagraph i | ||
| All wood, pulp and paper mills or other plants for the transformation or the treatment of forest products | 3 | |
| Subparagraph j | ||
| All land use projects which affect more than 65 km2 | 3 | |
| Subparagraph k | ||
| All sanitary sewage systems including more than 1 km of piping and all waste water treatment plants designed to treat more than 200 kl of waste water per day | 2 | |
| Subparagraph l | ||
| All systems for the collection and disposal of residual materials, except mine tailings and hazardous materials | 2 | |
| Subparagraph m | ||
| All projects for the creation of parks or ecological reserves | 3 | |
| Subparagraph n | ||
| All outfitting facilities designed to accommodate at one time 30 persons or more, including networks of outpost camps | 1 | |
| Subparagraph o | ||
| The delimitation of the territory of any new community or municipality and any expansion of 20% or more of their total territory or their urbanized areas | 2 | |
| Subparagraph p | ||
| All access roads to a locality or road network contemplated for a new development | 4 | |
| Subparagraph q | ||
| All port and harbour facilities, railroads, airports, pipelines, or dredging operations for the improvement of navigation: | ||
| — work related to a harbour facility | 2 | |
| — construction of a railroad | 4 | |
| — siting of an airport | 2 | |
| — construction of a pipeline | 4 | |
| — dredging operations for the improvement of navigation | 1 |
