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The Mackenzie Valley, Gwich’in, Sahtu, and Wek’eezhii Land and Water Boards are pleased to announce the release of several important new policy and guideline documents. These documents were developed by the Standard Procedures and Consistency Working Groups and approved by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board for application throughout the Mackenzie Valley. The new policies and guidelines will become effective June 1, 2013.
The documents include:
All documents are available for download at the following webpage: Working Group Documents. Additional detail about the documents is in our May 17th, 2013 press release.
The February Newsletter of the Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley is now available. This edition's content:
- MVLWB and National Energy Board Sign Memorandum of Understanding
- Sahtu Winter Oil and Gas Activities
- Canadian Zinc Prairie Creek Mine Public Hearing
- Tlicho Community-Based Fish and Water Monitoring Program
- External Initiatives Update
- Working Groups Update
- Licence and Permit Activity Report
The Land and Water Boards have upgraded their public registries with a new operating platform. The appearance of the registries will be slightly different and subject to change as the sites are fine-tuned, but the content has not changed. Please update your links to our online registries, and if you have any questions or concerns about its usability, feel free to contact MVLWB Information Technology Specialist Rhonda Miller at rmiller@mvlwb.com
The Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley have completed, and are pleased to present, a comprehensive draft policy framework related to community engagement and Board consultation under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA).
The Boards' framework contains three documents: (1) Draft Community Engagement and Board Consultation Policy; (2) Revised Draft Community Engagement Guidelines for Applicants and Holders of Water Licences and Land Use Permits; and (3) Draft Reference Bulletin: Procedural Framework for Addressing the Adequacy of Crown Consultation.
These documents and a reviewer's guide to key changes to the package may be viewed at: http://mvlwb.com/current-initiatives/working-groups
Please send your comments to Sarah Elsasser, selsasser@wlwb.ca, by November 30, 2012.
Multiple parties have provided feedback to the MVLWB's draft Engagement Policy and draft Engagement Guidelines for Applicants and Holders of Water Licences and Land Use Permits.
Read their comments and the 'Letter to Reviewers' in the Working Group Documents section at: http://mvlwb.com/current-initiatives/working-groups
On May 1, 2012 the Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley (the Boards) began using a water use fee calculator as developed by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC). All licence holders (except federal, territorial, and municipal governments) pay fees for the use of water.
The Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley have released their Draft Guide to the Land Use Permitting Process for public comment. Comments are due by May 31, 2012.
The Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley are pleased to announce the release of standards for GIS and other document submissions to the Boards.
The Land and Water Boards have released Draft Engagement Policy (Policy) and Draft Engagement Guidelines for Applicants and Holders of Land Use Permits and Water Licences (Guidelines).
The Gwich’in Land and Water Board is proud to unveil our new website!!! We hope that this new site will make navigating through the regulatory world easier and more efficient for our stakeholders. If you have any suggestions on how to improve our website, please contact Leonard DeBastien at 867-777-7964.
The MVLWB has re-issued its Clarification of Spill Reporting Expectations notice to correct an error in the first bullet of the previous notice.
The Board regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused.