Guidance to Proponents

The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) is continually evaluating and refining the guidance material on the environmental assessment (EA) process to ensure that it is easy for proponents to understand and provides effective tools to assist in the development of EA applications.

A thorough and complete EA application must provide a wide range of detailed information on a project and its potential effects. The EAO ensures that, in advance of applying for an EA certificate, a proponent develops an acceptable outline of the EA application through Terms of Reference, which describes the range of data, analyses and reporting the EA application will contain.