Cost Recovery Regulations

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His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to section 83 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, makes the annexed Cost Recovery Regulations.^note

Application

1Application#

Subsection 59(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (“the Act”) does not apply to the following proponents:

(a)a federal authority;

(b)the Commissioner in Council of the Northwest Territories, the Legislature of Yukon and an agency or body of those territories;

(c)the council of a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act; and

(d)a provincial government, except in the case of a provincial Crown corporation.

Services

2Services#

The services provided by a third party that are set out in Part 1 of the schedule are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 59(1)(b) of the Act.

Amounts to Be Paid

3Responsibilities of the Agency#

The amounts referred to in column 2 of Part 2 of the schedule are prescribed for the expenses referred to in column 1 for the purposes of paragraph 59(1)(b) of the Act in relation to the exercise of the responsibilities of the Agency.

4Responsibilities of a review panel#

The amounts referred to in column 2 of Part 3 of the schedule are prescribed for the expenses referred to in column 1 for the purposes of paragraph 59(1)(b) of the Act in relation to the exercise of the responsibilities of the members of a review panel.

Coming into Force

*5S.C. 2012, c. 19#

These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 52 of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, chapter 19 of the Statutes of Canada, 2012, comes into force.

(Sections 2 to 4)

Item | Services1 | Travel:(a)regular travel services(b)chartered services2 | Publication and printing (including professional desktop publishing, editing and English/French or French/English translation)3 | Distribution services:(a)regular mail(b)courier4 | Telecommunications (including telephone and line installation, Internet, long-distance, teleconference and video conference services)5 | Advertising and news wire services6 | Public meeting, panel hearing and panel meeting facilities and equipment, including(a)hospitality(b)simultaneous interpretation(c)audio systems(d)transcription services(e)computer equipmentItem | Column 1 | Column 21 | Direct and attributable federal government employees’ salaries and benefit plans (EBP), including overhead and overtime charges | Salary per diem rates based on a productivity rate of 220 days/year and an EBP of 20% of total chargeable salaries using(a)for employees represented by bargaining units, the rates of pay as established in collective agreements between Treasury Board and the bargaining units (the highest increment will be used for all classifications), or(b)for excluded or unrepresented employees, the rates of pay established by Treasury Board under section 11.1 of the Financial Administration Act (the highest increment will be used for all classifications)2 | Direct and attributable federal government employees’ travel expenses | Rates as per the Treasury Board Directive on the Management of Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and ConferencesItem | Column 1 | Column 21 | Remuneration of review panel members: | (a)panel chairperson | (a)$650 per day(b)panel member | (b)$500 per day2 | Direct and attributable review panel members’ travel expenses | Rates as per the Treasury Board Directive on the Management of Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences

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