The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) declares the report entitled Small Scale Farm Infrastructure Projects to be a replacement class screening report (RCSR) pursuant to the provisions of subsection 19(1) and paragraph 19(2)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (the Act).
Public consultation on the RCSR took place from November 17 to December 16, 2010. The Agency received no written submissions from the public concerning the RCSR during this period. In making the declaration proposed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the Agency has reviewed the RCSR and has determined that the project screening process, as described in the document, meets the requirements of the Act for the environmental assessment of the particular class of projects. It is also the Agency's opinion that the class of projects described in the RCSR is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects when the design standards and mitigation measures described in the report are applied.
The declaration is effective January 14, 2011 and is subject to the following terms and conditions:
- Subject to subsection 19(8) of the Act, the declaration is valid until January 14, 2016;
- AAFC will notify the Agency, in writing, a minimum of six months prior to the date on which the declaration expires, of its intention to re-declare the RCSR or to not re-declare the RCSR and thereby allow the declaration to expire; and
- AAFC and the Agency will ensure the RCSR is made available to the public in accordance with the requirements of the Act. As such, the Agency will place the RCSR in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry (the Registry). On a quarterly basis, AAFC will post on the Registry a statement of the projects for which the RCSR was applied, as required under the Act. The quarterly schedule for posting on the Registry is contained in section 1.5 of the RCSR.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Class Screening Manager
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 613-957-0507 / 1-866-582-1884
Fax: 613-957-0946
Email: ClassScreening@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
