Regulations Designating Physical Activities

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

abandonment

fermeture

abandonment does not include the temporary cessation of the operation of a physical work. (fermeture)

aerodrome

aérodrome

aerodrome has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Aeronautics Act. (aérodrome)

airport

aéroport

airport has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Aeronautics Act. (aéroport)

Class IA nuclear facility

installation nucléaire de catégorie IA

Class IA nuclear facility has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations. (installation nucléaire de catégorie IA)

Class IB nuclear facility

installation nucléaire de catégorie IB

Class IB nuclear facility has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations. (installation nucléaire de catégorie IB)

decommissioning

désaffectation

decommissioning does not include the cessation of the operation of a physical work. (désaffectation)

hazardous waste

déchets dangereux

hazardous waste means hazardous waste as defined in section 1 of the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations and hazardous recyclable material as defined in section 2 of those Regulations but does not include nuclear substances. (déchets dangereux)

marine terminal

terminal maritime

marine terminal means

• (a) an area normally used for berthing ships and includes wharves, bulkheads, quays, piers, docks, submerged lands, and areas, structures and equipment that are

  • (i) connected with the movement of goods between ships and shore and their associated storage areas, including areas, structures and equipment used for the receiving, handling, holding, consolidating, loading or delivery of waterborne shipments, or

  • (ii) used for the receiving, holding, regrouping, embarcation or landing of waterborne passengers; and

• (b) any area adjacent to the areas, structures and equipment referred to in paragraph (a) that is used for their maintenance.

It does not include

• (a) production, processing or manufacturing areas that include docking facilities used exclusively in respect of those areas; or

• (b) the storage facilities related to the areas referred to in paragraph (a). (terminal maritime)

migratory bird sanctuary

refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs

migratory bird sanctuary means an area set out in the schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations. (refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs)

new right of way

nouvelle emprise

new right of way means land that is subject to a right of way that is proposed to be developed for an electrical transmission line, an oil and gas pipeline, a railway line, or an all-season public highway and that is not alongside and contiguous to an existing right of way. (nouvelle emprise)

nuclear facility

installation nucléaire

nuclear facility has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. (installation nucléaire)

nuclear substance

substance nucléaire

nuclear substance has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. (substance nucléaire)

offshore

au large des côtes

offshore means located in

• (a) in a submarine area described in paragraph 3(b) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act in respect of which an authorization under that Act is required for the exploration and drilling for, or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of, oil or gas; or

• (b) an area in respect of which an authorization under the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act or the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act is required for the exploration and drilling for, or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of, oil or gas. (au large des côtes)

oil and gas pipeline

pipeline d’hydrocarbures

oil and gas pipeline means a pipeline that is used, or is to be used, for the transmission of hydrocarbons alone or with any other commodity. (pipeline d’hydrocarbures)

paper product

produit de papier

paper product includes paper, coated paper, paperboard, hardboard, boxboard, linerboard, insulating board, building board, corrugating medium, tissue, moulded cellulose product and any other product directly derived from pulp, but does not include viscose, rayon, cellophane or any other cellulose derivative. (produit de papier)

pulp

pâte

pulp means processed cellulose fibres that are derived from wood, other plant material or recycled paper products. (pâte)

pulp and paper mill

fabrique de pâtes et papiers

pulp and paper mill means a mill that produces pulp and paper products, but does not include a mill that produces paper products only. (fabrique de pâtes et papiers)

right of way

emprise

right of way means land that is subject to a right of way and that is developed for an electrical transmission line, an oil and gas pipeline, a railway or an all-season public highway. (emprise)

uranium mill

usine de concentration d’uranium

uranium mill means a mill as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations. (usine de concentration d’uranium)

uranium mine

mine d’uranium

uranium mine means a mine as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations. (mine d’uranium)

waste management system

système de gestion des déchets

waste management system has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations. (système de gestion des déchets)

water body

plan d’eau

water body means any water body, including a canal, a reservoir, an ocean and a wetland, up to the high-water mark, but does not include a sewage or waste treatment lagoon or a mine tailings pond. (plan d’eau)

wetland

terres humides

wetland means a swamp, marsh, bog, fen or other land that is covered by water during at least three consecutive months of the year. (terres humides)

wildlife area

réserve d’espèces sauvages

wildlife area has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Wildlife Area Regulations. (réserve d’espèces sauvages)