Follow-up to environmental impact assessment: Learning from the Canadian Government experience |
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Authors: | David R. McCallum |
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Affiliation: | (1) Environmental Impact Systems Division, Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada, 15th. Floor, Place Vincent Massey, K1A 1C8 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The environmental impact assessment procedure for Canadian federal government projects is briefly described. In the non-legislated Canadian system, follow-up to assessments is one of the major means of encouraging and improving the implementation of environmental impact assessment and the quality of environmental work done around development projects. The results of a study on the status of follow-up in the Canadian Government are presented. Factors that limit and that are conducive to follow-up are discussed. The effectiveness of follow-up depends as much on the circumstances surrounding a project and the concerned parties as on the follow-up techniques used; both of these aspects can be addressed in the planning and management of follow-up and of environmental impact assessment overall. Areas for improving the management of follow-up are identified and discussed: planning of follow-up activities, coordination of concerned parties, generation of clear understandings, information management, resource allocation, and maintenance of credibility. A method for planning follow-up activities for specific projects is presented. |
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