Undisputed Facts. 152. The Parties agree that, under s. 5 of the CEAA, industrial activity that affects rivers and oceans which are habitat for fish and marine life generally comes under federal legislative authority; put differently, and more specifically, the federal legislation sets out that a EA is required where the responsible federal authority concludes that a project poses a risk of destruction of fish, disruption of fish habitat, or a danger to marine life owing to work in navigable waters.94 These three potentialities are referred to as “triggers” for a federal EA. Industrial activity on land generally comes under provincial authority; there, a provincial authority may also conclude there is a need for an EA.95 153. Between August 2002 and March 2003, GQP went through three rounds of filing project descriptions with NSDEL that would be used for an EA of the intended project.96 The final, accepted description included project infrastructure that consisted of a 152 ha quarry and a 170 m long marine terminal.97
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