Feds want pipeline projects reviewed by energy regulator instead of impact agency - BERITAJA

The national authorities is proposing giving authority to reappraisal interprovincial pipelines and transmission lines, and offshore renewable power projects, to the Canada Energy Regulator alternatively of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.

The proposal, which will acquisition a 30-day consultation process, would undo the move the Liberals made 8 years agone to create the Impact Assessment Agency arsenic a one-stop shop for each nationalist task reviews.

The changes besides would let furniture to determine whether a pipeline task is successful the nationalist liking earlier the reappraisal process is completed.

Ottawa is besides readying connected creating a Crown consultation hub wrong the Impact Assessment Agency to amended co-ordinate efforts pinch Indigenous communities and provinces.

It’s besides looking to enact legislative changes to trim reappraisal times for awesome projects down to 1 year.

The authorities introduced authorities a twelvemonth agone to trim reappraisal times for awesome projects from 5 years to 2 years.

— More to come…