Impact Assessment Act

Marginal note:Establishment and maintenance

• 105 (1) The Agency must establish and maintain an Internet site that is available to the public.

• Marginal note:Contents — assessment conducted by Agency

  (2) The Agency must ensure that the following records and information relating to the impact assessment of the designated project that it conducts are posted and, subject to paragraph (4)(c), maintained on the Internet site:

  • (a) any public notice that is issued by the Agency to request the participation of the public in the impact assessment;

  • (b) a description of the factors to be taken into account in the impact assessment and of the scope of those factors;

  • (c) the report with respect to the impact assessment that is taken into account by the Minister under subsection 60(1) or (1.1), or a summary of the report and an indication of how a copy of the report may be obtained;

  • (d) any scientific information that the Agency receives from a proponent or federal authority, or a summary of the scientific information and an indication of how that information may be obtained;

  • (e) a description of the results of the follow-up program that is implemented with respect to that designated project or a summary of the results and an indication of how such a description may be obtained;

  • (f) notice of the Agency’s decision to terminate the impact assessment under section 73;

  • (g) any other information that the Agency considers appropriate, including information in the form of a list of relevant records and an indication of how a copy of them may be obtained;

  • (g.1) any public comments received during the impact assessment; and

  • (h) any other record or information prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 112(1)(f).

• Marginal note:Contents — assessment conducted by review panel

  (3) The Agency must ensure that, in the case of an assessment conducted by a review panel or an impact assessment completed under section 59, the following records or information are posted and, subject to paragraph (4)(c), maintained on the Internet site:

  • (a) the review panel’s terms of reference;

  • (b) any public notice that is issued by the review panel to request the participation of the public in an impact assessment;

  • (c) the report with respect to the review panel’s impact assessment referred to in section 55 or the impact assessment completed under section 59, or a summary of the report and an indication of how a copy of the report may be obtained;

  • (d) any scientific information that the Agency or the review panel receives from a proponent or federal authority, or a summary of the scientific information and an indication of how that information may be obtained;

  • (e) a description of the results of the follow-up program that is implemented with respect to that designated project or a summary of the results and an indication of how such a description may be obtained;

  • (f) notice of the termination of an assessment by the review panel under section 58;

  • (g) notice of the Minister’s decision to terminate an impact assessment under section 73;

  • (h) any other information that the Agency considers appropriate, including information in the form of a list of relevant documents and an indication of how a copy of them may be obtained;

  • (h.1) any public comments received in the course of the impact assessment; and

  • (i) any other record or information prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 112(1)(f).

• Marginal note:Management of Internet site

  (4) The Agency must determine

  • (a) what the form of the Internet site is to be and how it is to be kept;

  • (b) what information must be contained in any record required to be posted on the Internet site under this Act; and

  • (c) when information may be removed from the Internet site.