8 February 2008

• Notice - Filing Manual Revisions - Chapter 3 - Common Information Requirements
• Revised Filing Manual: Chapter 3 - Common Information Requirements - Letter and Frequently Asked Questions
• History of Filing Manual Updates
• Filing Manual [PDF 3421 KB]

The components of the earth including:

• land, water and air, including all layers of the atmosphere;
• all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms; and
• the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in the previous bullets. (Milieu naturel)

(a) any substance that, if added to any water, would degrade or alter or form part of a process of degradation or alteration of the quality of that water so that it is rendered or is likely to be rendered deleterious to fish or fish habitat or to the use by man of fish that frequent that water; or

(b) any water that contains a substance in such quantity or concentration, or that has been so treated, processed or changed, by heat or other means, from a natural state that it would, if added to any other water, degrade or alter or form part of a process of degradation or alteration of the quality of that water so that it is rendered or is likely to be rendered deleterious to fish or fish habitat or to the use by man of fish that frequent that water. [Fisheries Act s. 34(1)] (Substance nocive)

In respect of a project:

(a) any change that the project may cause in the environment, including any change it may cause to a listed wildlife species, its critical habitat or the residences of individuals of that species, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Species at Risk Act,

(b) any effect of any change referred to in paragraph (a) on

(c) any change to the project that may be caused by the environment,

whether any such change or effect occurs within or outside Canada.

[Canadian Environmental Assessment Act s. 2] (Effet environnemental)

Limiting Factor

For the purposes of sections 86 to 107 of the National Energy Board Act, the 'owner' is not restricted to the fee simple owner or to freehold lands¹. In this regard, an owner may include any interest in, or possession of land, such as the fee simple owner, Aboriginal title, the administrators of crown and public lands and occupants of land. The interest held may be registered or unregistered.

With respect to sections 33 and 34 of the National Energy Board Act, the owner of lands includes the fee simple owner and may also include any other interest held in the land, as described above. When determining the owners of lands required for the project, the applicant should consider all potential owners of the lands required and implement its notification and acquisition processes pursuant to the Act. (Propriétaire)

1. Sections 75 and 85 of the NEB Act describe the nature of an 'owner':

75. A company shall, in the exercise of the powers granted by this Act or a Special Act, do as little damage as possible, and shall make full compensation in the manner provided in this Act and in a Special Act, to all persons interested, for all damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of those powers.

85. In sections 86 to 107, 'owner' means any person who is entitled to compensation under section 75.

Resources or environmental features that have all or some of the following features:

• importance to local human populations;
• regional, national or international profiles; or
• if altered from their existing status will be important in evaluating the impacts of development or human actions, and in focusing management or regulatory policy. (Composante valorisée de l'écosystème)

Land where the water table is at near or above the surface, or which is saturated for a long enough period to promote such features as wet-altered soils and water tolerant vegetation. Wetlands include organic wetlands or "peatlands", and mineral wetlands or mineral soil areas that are influenced by excess water, but produce little or no peat. (Terre humide)