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BIEAP >
Partners > Transport Canada
Navigable
Waters Protection Division
Transport
Canada is BIEAP's newest partner as of 2005.
They are represented by
the Navigable Waters Portection Division (NWPD), who play an important
role on the Burrard Environmental Review Committee. As the administrator
of the Navigable
Waters Protection Act the NWPD routinely conducts navigational
impact assessments along with added environmental assessment responsibilities.
The
Navigable Waters Protection Act regulates the construction
of works to protect the public right of navigation in all navigable
waters in Canada. This act applies to all proposed or existing works
constructed in, on, over, under or through any navigable waterways,
and to any obstructions to navigation such as sunken vessels or
debris.
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