O. Reg. 337/20: GENERAL
filed June 30, 2020 under Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.18
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made under the
Environmental Assessment Act
Made: June 25, 2020
Filed: June 30, 2020
Published on e-Laws: June 30, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 18, 2020
Amending Reg. 334 of R.R.O. 1990
(GENERAL)
1. Regulation 334 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following section:
8.1 (1) The undertaking of forest management by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Ontario in the area described in subsection (2) is exempt from the Act.
(2) The area to which subsection (1) applies consists of,
(a) any Crown forest that is,
(i) located within an area that was designated as a management unit pursuant to section 7 of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 as of July 1, 2020, and
(ii) located north of the southern limit of the following management units, as those units existed as of July 1, 2020:
A. Mazinaw-Lanark Forest,
B. Bancroft-Minden Forest,
C. French-Severn Forest; and
(b) any Crown forest that is located in the Cat Lake-Slate Falls planning area depicted in the Cat Lake – Slate Falls Community Based Land Use Plan, entitled “Niigaan Bimaadiziwin” - A Future Life, dated July 11, 2011, prepared and approved under the Far North Act, 2010.
(3) In this section,
“accessing forest resources” means the construction, maintenance, use or decommissioning of roads that provide or provided access for the purpose of harvesting forest resources, transporting forest resources to wood processing facilities or maintaining and renewing forest resources; (“accès aux ressources forestières”)
“Crown forest” has the same meaning as in the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994; (“forêt de la Couronne”)
“forest management” means,
(a) an activity related to accessing forest resources, or to the harvesting, renewal or maintenance of forest resources, in accordance with a forest management plan approved under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994, including a disposition of rights to forest resources,
(b) an activity related to accessing forest resources, or to the harvesting, renewal or maintenance of forest resources, respecting which written direction has been provided pursuant to subsection 42 (2) of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994, including a disposition of rights to forest resources, and
(c) planning conducted in accordance with Part II of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994; (“gestion forestière”)
“forest resources” has the same meaning as in the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994. (“ressources forestières”)
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2020 and the day it is filed.