Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada: The Slave River Project

1969 ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
P. S. Elder
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
General Application ◽  
Resources Conservation

In a previous article' the author discussed the concept of environmental impact assessment (ElA) and its general application in Alberta. Ambiguities in the legislative mandates of the Alberta Department of the Environment and the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) were exposed and doubt was expressed whether there was included in those mandates the consideration of, inter alia, social impacts. The intention in this article is to look at Alberta's and Canada's ElA processes in the context of the proposed Slave River project, which will require not only interdepartmental but interjurisdictional coordination. Following a description of the proposed project, the applicable Alberta legislation will be described. Federal environmental assessment and project approval processes will be described and doubt will be expressed that the Environmental Assessment Review Process as practiced enjoys full legal authority. Following all this, recommendations will be derived from both parts of this study.

scholarly journals Environmental Assessment in Alberta

1969 ◽  
pp. 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Elder
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Approval Process ◽  
Social Impact Assessment ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Resources Conservation ◽  
Assessment Requirements

Environmental impact assessment, as practiced in Alberta, includes considerable social impact assessment requirements. The author, while favouring a comprehensive assessment and project approval process, argues that the Minister of the Environment Jacks the legal authority to require project proponents to carry out socio-economic impact assessments. According to the author, the Energy Resources Conservation Board's power to require and consider social impact assessment in the approval process is also doubtful. Legislative clarification is desirable.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A HEALTH TECHNOLOGY: A SCOPING REVIEW

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Polisena ◽  
Gino De Angelis ◽  
David Kaunelis ◽  
Mackenzie Shaheen ◽  
Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Weight Of Evidence ◽  
Health Technologies

Introduction:The Health Technology Expert Review Panel is an advisory body to Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) that develops recommendations on health technology assessments (HTAs) for nondrug health technologies using a deliberative framework. The framework spans several domains, including the environmental impact of the health technology(ies). Our research objective was to identify articles on frameworks, methods or case studies on the environmental impact assessment of health technologies.Methods:A literature search in major databases and a focused gray literature search were conducted. The main search concepts were HTA and environmental impact/sustainability. Eligible articles were those that described a conceptual framework or methods used to conduct an environmental assessment of health technologies, and case studies on the application of an environmental assessment.Results:From the 1,710 citations identified, thirteen publications were included. Two articles presented a framework to incorporate environmental assessment in HTAs. Other approaches described weight of evidence practices and comprehensive and integrated environmental impact assessments. Central themes derived include transparency and repeatability, integration of components in a framework or of evidence into a single outcome, data availability to ensure the accuracy of findings, and familiarity with the approach used.Conclusions:Each framework and methods presented have different foci related to the ecosystem, health economics, or engineering practices. Their descriptions suggested transparency, repeatability, and the integration of components or of evidence into a single outcome as their main strengths. Our review is an initial step of a larger initiative by CADTH to develop the methods and processes to address the environmental impact question in an HTA.

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