The Federal Environmental Assessment Process

Download or read book The Federal Environmental Assessment Process written by Meinhard Doelle and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) is among the most employed pieces of legislation in this country, a statute that applies to thousands of development projects per year. When choosing to grant or deny approval for proposed developments, environmental assessments can provide an invaluable and objective platform for the decision maker. Understanding how the government wields this potentially powerful tool and how the process works is vital for all environmental and natural resource lawyers, particularly with the Act scheduled for a major parliamentary review."--pub. desc.