Vol. 137, No. 23 — November 5, 2003

Registration
SOR/2003-352 23 October, 2003

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

Regulations Amending the Comprehensive Study List Regulations

P.C. 2003-1637 23 October, 2003

Whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that certain projects and classes of projects are likely to have significant adverse environmental effects;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 59(d) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (see footnote a) , hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Comprehensive Study List Regulations.

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LIST REGULATIONS

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) The definition "établissement nucléaire" in section 2 of the French version of the Comprehensive Study List Regulations (see footnote 1)  is repealed.

(2) The definition "hazardous waste" in section 2 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

"hazardous waste" has the meaning assigned in subsection 2(1) of the Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations but does not include nuclear substances; (déchets dangereux)

(3) The definition "nuclear facility" in section 2 of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

"nuclear facility" has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; (installation nucléaire)

(4) Section 2 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

"Class IA nuclear facility" has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations; (installation nucléaire de catégorie IA)

"Class IB nuclear facility" has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations; (installation nucléaire de catégorie IB)

"nuclear substance" has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; (substance nucléaire)

"uranium mill" means a mill as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (usine de concentration d'uranium)

"uranium mine" means a mine, as defined in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (mine d'uranium)

"waste management system" has the meaning assigned in section 1 of the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations; (système de gestion des déchets)

(5) Section 2 of the French version of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

" installation nucléaire " S'entend au sens de l'article 2 de la Loi sur la sûreté et la réglementation nucléaires. (nuclear facility)

2. Paragraph 2(e) of the schedule to the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(e) a nuclear facility;

3. The heading of Part VI of the schedule to the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

INSTALLATIONS NUCLÉAIRES ET INSTALLATIONS CONNEXES

4. Paragraphs 19(a) to (g) of the schedule to the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(a) a uranium mine, a uranium mill or a waste management system any of which is on a site that is not within the boundaries of an existing licensed uranium mine or mill;

(b) a uranium mine, a uranium mill or a waste management system any of which is on a site that is within the boundaries of an existing licensed uranium mine or mill, if the proposal involves processes for milling or uranium tailings management that are not authorized under the existing licence;

(c) a Class IB nuclear facility for the refining or conversion of uranium that has a uranium production capacity of more than 100 t/a;

(d) a Class IA nuclear facility that is a nuclear fission reactor that has a production capacity of more than 25 MW (thermal);

(e) a Class IB nuclear facility that is a plant for the production of deuterium or deuterium compounds using hydrogen sulphide that has a production capacity of more than 10 t/a;

(f) a Class IB nuclear facility for the processing of irradiated nuclear fuel with an irradiated nuclear fuel input capacity of more than 100 t/a;

(g) a Class IB nuclear facility that is on a site that is not within the boundaries of an existing licensed nuclear facility and is for

(i) the storage of irradiated nuclear fuel, where the facility has an irradiated nuclear fuel inventory capacity of more than 500 t,
(ii) the processing or storage of radioactive waste other than irradiated nuclear fuel, where

(A) the activity of the throughput of radioactive material with a half-life greater than one year is more than 1 PBq/a (10¹⁵ Bq/a), or
(B) the activity of the inventory of radioactive material with a half-life greater than one year is more than 1 PBq (10¹⁵), or (iii) the disposal of radioactive nuclear substances.

COMING INTO FORCE

5. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2003-349, Regulations Amending the Inclusion List Regulations.

Footnote a 

S.C. 1992, c. 37

Footnote 1 

SOR/94-638

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