Mandatory Checklist: Consideration of Important Environmental Effects

Proposal Title: 
Submission Date: [Month] [Day] [Year]

1.	Preliminary scan to identify the potential for important environmental effects
1.1	As per Section 4.0 of the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals, when was a preliminary scan, to identify the potential for important environmental effects, conducted for the current proposal (month and year)? If no preliminary scan was conducted, please explain.
1.2	In conducting the preliminary scan, did you consider whether the outcomes of the proposal are likely to affect the goals and targets of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy? Please explain.
1.3	Please submit copy of preliminary scan to TBS Program Sector. 
1.4	Who approved the preliminary scan? 
Please provide the name and position title of a contact who TBS can contact for more information and access to relevant documents.
1.5	Were there important environmental effects, either positive or negative (including effects on the proposal itself) identified in the preliminary scan? If yes, name a few below. Please explain. 
If yes (and answer to Q1.6 below is ‘no’), please complete section 2.
1.6	As per Section 4.4 of the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals, does an exemption from a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) apply to this proposal? If yes, please explain (and no requirement to complete section 2 below).

2.	Full Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
2.1	When was a full SEA conducted (Month and year)? If no SEA was conducted, please explain.
2.2	In conducting the SEA, did you consider whether the outcomes of the proposal are likely to affect the goals and targets of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy? If yes, please explain.
2.3	Please submit copy of the SEA to TBS Program Sector. 
2.4	Who approved the SEA? Please provide the name and position title of a contact who TBS can contact for more information and access to relevant documents.
2.5	Have the conclusions of the SEA been considered in developing the current proposal (including environmental impacts on the proposal itself)? If yes, describe how the conclusions of the SEA influenced the proposal. Please include references to specific sections and paragraphs in the submission.