Project not subject to a federal assessment and review process on Cree territory

The proponent does not have to submit a project notice to the Federal Administrator if the project is mentioned in Annex 2 of Section 22 (Future development exempt from the requirement for impact assessment) of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.

Annex 2 of Section 22 (Future development exempt from the requirement for impact assessment)

• Any development within the limits of non-Native communities not directly affecting the wildlife resources outside these limits;
• small hotels, motels, service stations and similar structures on provincial or lesser highways;
• structures intended for dwellings, wholesale and retail trade, garages, offices or handicrafts and car parks;
• fossil-fuel fired power generating systems below three thousand (3,000) kilowatts;
• the following immoveables: teaching establishments, banks, fire stations, immoveables intended for administrative, recreational, cultural, religious, sports and health purposes and immoveables and equipment used for telecommunications;
• the construction, modification, restoration, relocation or putting to another purpose of control and transformer stations of seventy-five (75) kilovolts or under and transport and electric power transmission lines of a voltage of seventy-five (75) kilovolts or under;
• the construction and extension of a pipe main of less than thirty (30) centimetres in diameter to a maximum length of five (5) miles;
• preliminary investigation, research, experiments outside the plant, survey and technical survey works prior to any project, work or structure;
• forestry development when included in governmental approved management plans, subject to the provisions of paragraph 22.3.34 of this Section or when included in a general forest management plan approved by the Ministre des Ressources naturelles du Québec insofar as such plan has been submitted to the prior consultation of the Cree-Québec Forestry Board as set out in paragraph 30A.5 of Section 30A and when included in an annual forest management plan insofar as such plan has been submitted to prior consultation of the joint working groups as set out in paragraph 30A.7 of section 30A;
• municipal streets and sidewalks built in accordance with municipal by-laws, and operation and maintenance of roads and highway structures;
• repairs and maintenance on existing municipal works;
• temporary hunting, trapping, harvesting camps; outfitting facilities for fewer than thirty (30) persons;
• small wood cuttings for personal and community use;
• borrow pits for highway maintenance purposes.

The foregoing shall not be construed as restricting the requirements for environmental impact assessment under the Federal impact assessment and review process for Federal projects.