OIC Number: 2022 - 326

Date of Order: Dec 19, 2022

Statute: Environment Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change dated November 10, 2022, and pursuant to

Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act (the “ Act ”), is pleased, effective on and after December 19, 2022, to: (

a) pursuant to

Section 49 of the Act , amend the Environmental Assessment Regulations , N.S. Reg. 26/1995, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 95-220 dated March 21, 1995, to designate hydrogen facilities as a Class I environmental assessment and to add a definition for “hydrogen facility”, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; and (

b) pursuant to

Section 66 of the Act , amend the Activities Designation Regulations , N.S. Reg. 47/1995, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 95-286 dated April 11, 1995, to provide clarity that the designated activity of the construction, operation and reclamation of a chemical manufacturing plant includes hydrogen and ammonia, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Environment and Climate Change