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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CEAA REGULATIONS AND PROCESS OPTIONSSEPTEMBER 24, 2012  Overview Regulatory Process and CEAA Regulations under CEAA Regulatory Authority: Project Cost exemption Henry VIII Gambit and Adaptation Regulations Process Options (LNG Projects in eastern Canada) Regulatory Process Statutes, Regulations, Orders, Guidelines Cabinet Directive on Streamlining Regulation Statutory Instruments Act Canada Gazette Parts I and II Regulatory Process under CEAA  CEAA enacted in June 1992, came into force June 1995 Why the delay? Four regulations necessary to bring CEAA into force (Inclusion List, Exclusion List, Comprehensive Study List, Law List) Regulations determined projects/ federal authorities subject to CEAA) Consultation Process for Regulations  Senior Management Committee on Environmental Assessment (federal agencies) Regulatory Advisory Committee (stakeholders) RCEN Environmental Assessment Caucus (environmental groups) Friday Group (national industry associations) Consultation Challenges  Cone of Silence (Cabinet Confidentiality Doctrine) Death by a thousand cuts Solicitor-client privilege Election of Jean Chretien’s Liberals to government in 1993 Consultation Process since 2006  No consultations on CEAA amendments or on CEAA 2012 development No RAC meetings since 2008, but not formally disbanded Some regulations promulgated without Canada Gazette Part I pre-publication Funding for RCEN and EA Caucus stopped Other CEAA Regulations  Canada Port Authority EA Regulations Crown Corporations involved in Commercial Loans EA Regulations Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Study Regulations Federal Authority Regulations Projects Outside Canada Regulations Regulations respecting Coordination by Federal Authorities of EA Procedures Regulatory Authority Project Cost Exemption  s. 59. The Governor in Council may make regulations (c)