This consultation might include consideration of the geographic boundaries or scale of the assessment, the imminent projects and activities to be included, the types of cumulative environmental effects to be assessed, the availability of scientific methods and data, the appropriate level of effort, and how the RA intend to determine the significance of any cumulative effects.
Ainsi, elle a conclu un protocole d'entente sur l'évaluation environnementale du projet Voisey's Bay (Terre-Neuve – Labrador), protocole qui a été annoncé le 31 janvier 1997.