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MEMBER NOTICE: Fee changes in Budget 2016 that may affect operations of environmental sector firms
Below is a list of fee changes and/or additions from the provincial 2016 budgets which may impact the operations of environmental sector firms. Download the full list of fee changes by clicking here.
Do you have questions about these fee increases? Do you have comments about how these fee increases will impact your business? Please contact us at kieran@neia.org with your feedback.
- Environmental Assessment registration
(all projects)
From $200 to $400
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Environmental Preview Report
(applies to projects with capital costs greater than $5M)
From $5,000 to $10,000
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Environmental Impact Statement
(applies to projects with capital costs greater than $5M)
From $15,000 to $30,000
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Revision to Environmental Impact Statement
From $3,000 to $6,000
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Environmental Assessment Component Studies
From $3,000 to $6,000
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Environmental Protection Plans and Environmental Effects Monitoring Plans
From $3,000 to $6,000
Effective: May 1, 2016 - Quarry Permit Application Fee
From $0 to $100 (Effective date TBD) - Water power rental rates
From $0.80 per megawatt/hour to $2.50 per megawatt hour plus adjust by consumer price index
Effective: Retroactive to January 1, 2016 - Permit to alter a body of water
From $100 – $2,000 range to $200 – $4,000 range
Effective: July 1, 2016 - Permit for development activity in a public/wellhead Protected Water Supply Area
From $150 to $300 – $1,000 range
Effective: July 1, 2016 - Permit to construct or operate
From $400 – $2,000 range to $800 – $4,000 range
Effective: July 1, 2016 - Water use Licence (fees vary)
From $200 – $20,000 range to $400 – $40,000 range
Effective: July 1, 2016 - Annual Water Use for Marine aquaculture
From $0 to $1,000
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Annual Water Use for Freshwater aquaculture
From $0 to $10,000
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Annual Water Use for Commercial (except water bottling and/or production of other finished water based products)
From $0 to $5 per 1,000 m³ (licenced and used plus)
From $0 to $0.50 per 1,000 m³ (licenced but not used)
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Minimum annual water use charge for other commercial uses
From $0 to to $500
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Mineral exploration
From $0 to $1,000
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Industrial (except the removal or displacement of water from a body of water)
From $0 to $10 per 1,000 m³ (licenced and used plus)
From $0 to $1.00 per 1,000 m³ (licenced but not used)
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Industrial for the removal or displacement of water from a body of water by accumulated or deposited tailing effluent and material
From $0 to $200 per 1,000 m³ of water removed or displaced
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Minimum annual water use charge for other industrial uses
From $0 to $1,000
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Minimum annual water use charge for other uses not included in the estimates excluding domestic, municipal and agricultural uses
From $0 to $500
Effective: October 1, 2016 - Air quality audit fees
From $0 to $500‐$1,000 per audit based on cost recovery
Effective: June 1, 2016
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