BILL 9
An Act to Amend the
Clean Water Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1 Section
40 of the Clean Water Act, chapter C-6.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick,
1989, is amended by adding after paragraph 3(k) the following:
(k.1) classifying all or any portion of
the water of a watercourse;
(k.2) excluding all or any portion of
the water of a watercourse from classification;
(k.3) providing the Minister with the
discretion to determine the suitability of classification of the water
of a watercourse;
(k.4) respecting the criteria or standards
that a class of water is to meet;
(k.5) providing the Minister with the
discretion to determine whether the water of a watercourse meets the
criteria or standards of a particular class before it is classified;
(k.6) providing that the water of a watercourse
may be classified into a class where the water is intended by the
Minister to meet or eventually meet the standards or criteria applicable
to the class of water;
(k.7) prohibiting any activity that might
impair the quality or quantity of the water of a watercourse that
is classified;
(k.8) respecting procedures, consultations
or evaluations that are to be followed or undertaken before the water
of a watercourse may be classified or excluded from a classification;
(k.81) respecting conditions to be satisfied
before the water of a watercourse is classified;
(k.82) imposing restrictions on the classification
of the water of a watercourse;
(k.83) establishing or requiring the Minister
to establish a review panel to provide advice to the Minister on the
classification of the water of a watercourse;
(k.84) prescribing the composition of a
review panel, terms of office of members of the panel, the election
or appointment of officers, the duties and responsibilities of the
panel, the reimbursement of expenses of and the payments of an allowance
to members of the panel when carrying out their duties and any other
matters relating to the operation of a panel;