How is the Environmental Assessment (EA) process being regulated by the three levels of government?
At the end of Phase 1, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment indicated that its provincial EA process did not apply to this project. The province of Quebec has advised that the Quebec process will apply. The Federal EA screening process is being followed by the NCC. Where two or more processes indicate different levels of requirements, in order to achieve the same goal, the more stringent and rigorous requirements will be applied.
