BILL NO. 126
(as introduced)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004
Environment Act
(amended)
Joan Massey
Dartmouth East
First Reading: October 6, 2004
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
(a) requires that a Class II environmental assessment be undertaken with respect to an application to establish a new quarry;
(b) requires the Minister to give public notice of an application for a quarry;
(c) provides that a new quarry cannot be approved unless the owner of the quarry is in full compliance with all existing laws; and
(d) requires all quarries to operate under an environmental management plan and provides for the posting of a bond with respect to the costs of a remediation plan.
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Environment Act,
Respecting Quarries
1 Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 48 the following Sections:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the Minister is of the opinion that the quarry will have no adverse impact on the environment or surrounding residential areas, in which case, the Minister shall order a lesser level of environmental assessment.
(3) The Minister shall provide public notice of an application for a quarry as soon as possible after receipt of the application.
48B Notwithstanding any enactment,
(a) no new quarry shall be approved unless the owner of the proposed quarry, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the owner, is in full compliance with existing laws with respect to any other quarry the owner operates at the time of the application for the new quarry;
(b) every quarry shall be operated under an environmental management plan; and
(c) the owner of every quarry shall post a bond, in an amount determined by the Minister, to cover the potential costs of a remediation plan, including the cost of any fines that might be incurred.
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