CONSOLIDATION

Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order

SOR/98-443

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OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order 1

Interpretation

Application

Charges

Coming into Force SCHEDULE

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Registration SOR/98-443 August 26, 1998

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order

The Minister of the Environment, pursuant to Order in Council P.C. 1998-1495 of 26 August, 1998a, made pursuant to paragraph 19(1)(b)b of the Financial Administration Act, hereby makes the annexed Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order. Ottawa, August 26, 1998 Christine Stewart Minister of the Environment

a

SI/98-89

b

S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 6

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Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order

Interpretation 1 The definitions in this section apply in this Order.

Act means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. (Loi) Agency means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency established by section 61 of the Act. (Agence) charges means all charges for services, including per diem fees for the review panel members, travel costs and other operating costs attributable to a review panel. (prix) project means a project for which an environmental assessment is required under the Act. (projet) proponent, in respect of a project, means the person or body that proposes a project referred to a review panel under the Act. (promoteur) review panel means a body established pursuant to section 33 of the Act to conduct an environmental assessment of a project and consider factors required to be considered under subsections 16(1) and (2) of the Act, and includes a review panel established pursuant to subsection 40(2) or (2.1) of the Act. (commission) services means environmental assessment services relating to review panels conducted pursuant to the Act. (services) SOR/2002-2, s. 1.

Application 2 (1) This Order prescribes the charges to be paid by proponents of projects for services that are provided by the Agency. (2) This Order does not apply to the following proponents: (a) a federal authority within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Act;

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Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order Application Sections 2-4

(b) the Commissioner in Council or an agency or body

of the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; (c) the council of a band within the meaning of the Indian Act; and (d) a provincial government, except in the case of a provincial Crown corporation. SOR/2002-2, s. 2.

Charges 3 (1) The charges to be paid by a proponent for a service

set out in column 1 of an item of the schedule are the charges set out in column 2 of that item. (2) No charges are payable with respect to a project in

which the involvement of a federal authority within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Act is limited to the provision of funding. (3) No charges are payable with respect to services where the members of the review panel were appointed before August 26, 1998. SOR/2002-2, s. 3.

Coming into Force 4 This Order comes into force on August 26, 1998.

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Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE (Section 3)

CHARGES

Item 1

Column 1

Column 2

Services

Charges

Review panel members: (a) panel chairperson

(a) $650 per day

(b) panel member

(b) $500 per day

Direct and attributable federal government employees salaries and Employee Benefit Plans (EBP), including overhead and overtime charges

Salary per diem based on a productivity rate of 220 days per year, plus EBP (20% of total chargeable salaries)

Travel: (a) regular travel services

(a) The rates set out in the Treasury Board Travel Directive

(b) chartered services

(b) The rates set out in the Catalogue for Air Charter Services, published by the Department of Public Works and Government Services

Publication and printing (including professional desktop publishing, editing and English/French or French/English) translation

The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

Distribution services: (a) regular mail

(a) The rates of the Canada Post Corporation

(b) courier delivery

(b) The rates of Purolator Courier Ltd.

Telecommunications (including telephone and line installation, long distance, conference and video conference services)

(a) In the case of federal government employees and non-federal government personnel using federal government telecommunications equipment, the rates of the Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (GTIS) Agency (b) In the case of nonfederal government personnel using private telecommunications equipment, the tariffs as regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for telecommunications service providers

Public hearing/panel meeting facilities:

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Item

Column 1

Column 2

Services

Charges

(a) hospitality

(a) The rates of the Treasury Board Manual — Employee Services, Hospitality, chapter 7-1

(b) simultaneous translation

(b) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

(c) sound systems

(c) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

(d) transcription services

(d) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

Information office: (a) stationery supplies

(a) The rates of the yearly catalogue of Lyreco Inc.

(b) lease of the information office

(b) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

(c) rental of furniture and office equipment

(c) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

(d) rental of informatics equipment

(d) The rates established in standing offers with the Department of Public Works and Government Services

(e) panel information officer

(e) $200 per day

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