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 a, makes the annexed Cost Recovery Regulations. S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 52
Application
Subsection 59(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (“the Act”) does not apply to the following proponents:
a federal authority;
the Commissioner in Council of the Northwest Territories, the Legislature of Yukon and an agency or body of those territories;
the council of a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act; and
a provincial government, except in the case of a provincial Crown corporation.
Services
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
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.
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
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.[Note: Regulations in force July 6, 2012, see SI/2012-56.]
PART 1 Third-Party Services Item Services 1 2 Publication and printing (including professional desktop publishing, editing and English/French or French/English translation) 3 4 Telecommunications (including telephone and line installation, Internet, long-distance, teleconference and video conference services) 5 Advertising and news wire services 6 PART 2 Amounts Related to the Exercise of the Agency’s Responsibilities Item Column 1 Column 2 1 Direct and attributable federal government employees’ salaries and benefit plans (EBP), including overhead and overtime charges 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 Conferences PART 3 Amounts Related to the Exercise of the Responsibilities of Members of a Review Panel Item Column 1 Column 2 1 Remuneration of review panel members: 2 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