canada–manitoba agreement on …（canada-manitoba协议u2026）.pdf

CANADA–MANITOBA AGREEMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COOPERATION PREAMBLE WHEREAS Canada and Manitoba are both signatories to A Canada-Wide Accord on Environmental Harmonization (the Accord) and its Sub-agreement on Environmental Assessment (the Sub-agreement); WHEREAS Canada and Manitoba respect each others constitutional responsibilities including a shared responsibility for the environment; WHEREAS Canada and Manitoba believe that their established processes for environmental assessment, which operate in a framework of legislation and government policies, can be exercised in a cooperative and coordinated manner; and WHEREAS Canada and Manitoba have agreed that, when an environmental assessment for a project is required by Canada pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and an environmental assessment of a similar or overlapping development is required by Manitoba pursuant to The Environment Act , a cooperative environmental assessment will be undertaken to generate the type and quality of information and conclusions on environmental effects required by all Parties making decisions on the basis of the cooperative environmental assessment; THEREFORE, Canada and Manitoba agree to implement the Sub-agreement through the following provisions. DEFINITIONS In this Agreement: “Agency” means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency established by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. “Cooperative environmental assessment” means the environmental assessment of a project proposal in respect of which Canada and Manitoba have an environmental assessment responsibility and they cooperate through the Lead Partys assessment process to meet the legal environmental assessment requirements of both Parties through a single environmental assessment. “Designated office” means either the Manitoba office or Canada’s office, as identified in clauses 8 and 9 of this Agreement. Canada-Manitoba Agre