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Part 1 implements certain measures in relation to project evaluations.

Division 1 of Part 1 amends the Impact Assessment Act to, among other things,

• provide that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is to conduct the impact assessment of a designated project that includes activities that are regulated under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act;
• authorize the Minister of the Environment to grant certain federal authorizations that are required in respect of a designated project at the same time that the Minister issues a decision statement in respect of the project;
• ensure that a decision statement in respect of a designated project for which the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada conducts the impact assessment is issued within one year after the proponent provides the required information or studies;
• provide for the coordination of the impact assessment of designated projects and the review processes for certain federal authorizations that are required in respect of those projects; and
• provide for the coordination of consultations with Indigenous groups.

Division 2 of Part 1 amends the Building Canada Act to, among other things,

• establish, for certain types of projects located within a region of national interest, a similar framework to the one applicable to national interest projects;
• allow the minister designated under that Act to add, remove or amend any condition in respect of an authorization that was granted for a national interest project before the name of that project was added to Schedule 1 to that Act;
• ensure that obligations to make information public associated with decisions made under that Act are administratively feasible; and
• authorize the Governor in Council to add the name of a region to a new schedule to that Act if the Governor in Council is of the opinion, having regard to certain factors, that the designation of that region is in the national interest.

Division 3 of Part 1 amends the Canadian Energy Regulator Act to, among other things,

• ensure decisions in respect of pipelines, designated power lines and offshore renewable energy projects are issued within one year of receiving the required information and studies;
• provide for the coordination of consultations with Indigenous peoples of Canada in respect of pipelines, designated power lines and offshore renewable energy projects;
• provide for the coordination of federal authorizations in respect of pipelines, designated power lines and offshore renewable energy projects with federal authorities;
• provide that the Commission is the sole assessor of applications in respect of pipelines, designated power lines and offshore renewable energy projects;
• provide authority for the Commission to
• make decisions in respect of applications relating to pipelines, designated power lines and offshore renewable energy projects, unless otherwise specified in the Act,
• exempt certain pipelines or branches of or extensions to pipelines from the application of certain provisions, and
• integrate a detailed route hearing into an ongoing hearing; and
• provide that the Governor in Council is to determine whether certain pipelines and designated power lines are in the public interest.