Nova Scotia Order in Council 9031/2000

O.C. 9031/2000

Nova Scotia — Orders in Council

OIC Number: 2000 - 95

Date of Order: Mar 03, 2000

Statute: Crown Lands Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources dated February 23, 2000, pursuant to

Section 16 of

Chapter 114 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Crown Lands Act, is pleased to approve the granting of option agreements and easements over Crown lands, including watercourse lands, along the route shown on the plan marked

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation and to approve the conveyance by grant, deed, lease or easement of Crown lands for valve sites along the easement lands along with associated rights of way to Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Limited Partnership, by its General Partner, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., for the purpose of installing, maintaining and using a natural gas pipeline, upon the following terms: (

a) the pipeline easement will be 20 metres+ wide with additional push out areas and cathodic protection system easements as approved by the Department of Natural Resources; (

b) valve sites will be situated as approved by the Department of Natural Resources and will be 1 acre+ in size; (

c) rights of way to the valve sites will be provided where no other reasonable access is available; (

d) the size and location of any permanent access other than those associated with valve sites will be as approved by the Department of Natural Resources; (

e) the fee for each of the easements will be $350 per watercourse crossing and $400/acre for all other Crown land, the exact acreage to be confirmed by survey; (

f) the fee for each one acre+ valve site will be $800/acre; (

g) payment of damages, administrative fees and reimbursement of costs as agreed to by the Department of Natural Resources; (

h) reversion to the Crown of all valve site lands and associated rights of way and surrender of the easements at the option of the Crown in the event that the pipeline is abandoned in accordance with the provisions of the National Energy Board Act and/or the Pipeline Act; (

i) compliance with the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in particular the requirements of the Department of the Environment and Department of Labour; and to authorize the Minister of Natural Resources to execute such documents as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this Order.

Department(s): Natural Resources

Document details

Collection	Nova Scotia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 9031/2000
Date	2000-01-01
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	2000 9031
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	572b5dcb6bf8651ba19385807bfed70899820cd1

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