Comments on the Draft Procedures for Public Hearings, Northern Environmental Coalition (Sierra Legal Defence Fund, November 1995)
Sierra Legal Defence Fund (Larry A. Reynolds) submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Office (FEARO, Yellowknife), November 20 1995, on behalf of the Northern Environmental Coalition (NEC). Discusses procedural concerns for the BHP Diamonds Inc. NWT Diamonds Project public hearings — adequacy of 15-minute scientific/technical presentation time limits (FEARO precedent for longer), Section 1 of Draft Procedures on detailed questioning, comparison with Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC) "Procedures For Federal Panel Reviews" subcommittee drafting (no time limit on questioning), missing directions to government departments, and natural-justice/procedural-fairness commitments.
- Date
- 1995-11-20
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Larry A. Reynolds, Northern Environmental Coalition, NEC, FEARO, Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Office, Letha MacLachlan
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- procedural concerns, panel review, BHP-Diamet diamond project, environmental assessment review
- Pages
- 10