The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.The acronym CEAA is also used as a short form for the title of the Act.For French see loi

Involves the implementation of new or modified mitigation measures over the life of a project to address unanticipated environmental effects.The need for the implementation of adaptive management measures may be determined through an effective follow-up program.For French see gestion adaptative

As defined in the Act, "Agency" means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency established by section 61.The Agency reports to the Minister of the Environment and has the mandate to administer the federal environmental assessment process in Canada.For French see agence

The various technically and economically feasible ways, other than the proposed way, for a project to be implemented or carried out.Examples include other project locations, different routes and methods of development, and alternative methods of project implementation or mitigation.For French see solutions de rechange

The functionally different ways, other than the proposed project, to meet the project need and achieve the intended purpose.For example, if a need for greater power generation has been identified, a proposed project might be to build a new power generation facility. An alternative to that project might be to increase the generation capacity of an e [..]

As defined in the Act, "assessment by a review panel" means an environmental assessment that is conducted by a review panel established pursuant to section 33 and that includes the consideration of the factors required to be considered under subsections 16(1) and (2).An assessment by a review panel may be used in instances where t [..]

As defined in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, "biological diversity" means the variability among living organisms from all sources, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, terrestrial and marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they form a part and includes th [..]

A special type of screening that can help to streamline the environmental assessment process for certain classes of projects.A class screening may be applied where the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has declared that certain types of projects are not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects, providing that the design stan [..]

A report that has been declared to be a class screening report by the Agency.This may occur if projects of the class described in the report are not likely, in the opinion of the Agency, to cause significant adverse environmental effects when the design standards and mitigation measures described in the class screening report are applied.For French [..]

Information held by community members, such as farmers, hunters, fishers and naturalists, who are familiar with the environment in a specific geographic area. Community knowledge may be used in the environmental assessment of a proposed project.For example, fishermen in a specific area may know where the best "fishing spots" are, [..]