Little Grand Rapids First Nation Traditional Use Planning Area Regulation

Little Grand Rapids First Nation Traditional Use Planning Area Regulation, M.R. 154/2012 The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and Special Protected Areas Act , C.C.S.M. c. E3 Regulation 154/2012 Registered December 14, 2012 bilingual version (HTML) Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this regulation. "Act" means The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and Special Protected Areas Act . («  Loi ») "agreement" means the Little Grand Rapids First Nation Land Use Plan Implementation Agreement made on June 20, 2011 between the Government of Manitoba and Little Grand Rapids First Nation. («  accord ») "micro-hydro development" means the generation of small amounts of electricity in a manner that has minimal effect on natural water flows. («  développement de la microproduction d'hydro-électricité ») "planning area" means the Little Grand Rapids First Nation Traditional Use Planning Area established under section 2. (« zone de planification ») M.R. 169/2012 Planning area established 2(1) The Little Grand Rapids First Nation Traditional Use Planning Area is hereby established. 2(2) Subject to subsection (3), the planning area consists of all lands within the boundary line shown on Plan No. 20505 filed in the Winnipeg office of the Director of Surveys appointed under The Surveys Act . 2(3) The following land is not included in the planning area: (a) any private land; (b) any land within the boundaries of a reserve as that term is defined under the Indian Act (Canada); (c) any land within the boundaries of a community designated under The Northern Affairs Act . Land use areas 3(1) The planning area is divided into the following land use areas: (a) the Protected Area; (b) the Pigeon River Protected Area; (c) the Enhanced Management Area; (d) the Commercial Area; (e) the Atikaki Provincial Park Area; (f) the Mishipawitigong Cultural Waterway Protected Area. 3(2) The boundaries of each land use area are set out on Director of Surveys Plan No. 20505. M.R. 169/2012 Protected Area prohibitions 4 Logging, mineral exploration, mining, and the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro-electric power are prohibited in the Protected Area. M.R. 169/2012 Pigeon River Protected Area prohibitions 5(1) Subject to subsection (2), logging, mineral exploration, mining, and the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro-electric power are prohibited in the Pigeon River Protected Area. 5(2) A person may engage in an activity prohibited under subsection (1) in the Pigeon River Protected Area if (a) the activity has been approved in the manner contemplated in the agreement; and (b) the activity is related to the development, upgrade or maintenance of an existing or future road in the Pigeon River Protected Area. M.R. 169/2012 Enhanced Management Area prohibitions 6(1) Subject to subsection (2), logging, mineral exploration, mining, and the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro-electric power are prohibited in the Enhanced Management Area. 6(2) A person may engage in an activity prohibited under subsection (1) in the Enhanced Management Area if (a) the activity has been approved in the manner contemplated in the agreement; and (b) the activity is one of the following: (i) aggregate extraction, (ii) community sustainable forestry, (iii) micro-hydro development, (iv) any activity related to the development, upgrade or maintenance of an existing or future road in the Enhanced Management Area. M.R. 169/2012 Commercial Area activities 7 Community-based sustainable forestry, mineral exploration, mining, and the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro-electric power may be undertaken in the Commercial Area only where that activity has been approved in the manner contemplated in the agreement. M.R. 169/2012 Atikaki Provincial Park Area prohibitions 8 No activity may occur in the Atikaki Provincial Park Area if that activity (a) contravenes The Provincial Parks Act or a regulation made under that Act; or (b) is inconsistent with the Atikaki Provincial Park and Bloodvein Canadian Heritage River Management Plan prepared under authority of The Provincial Parks Act . M.R. 169/2012 Mishipawitigong Cultural Waterway Protected Area prohibitions 9(1) Subject to subsection (2), logging, mineral exploration, mining, and the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro electric power are prohibited in the Mishipawitigong Cultural Waterway Protected Area. 9(2) A person may engage in an activity prohibited under subsection (1) in the Mishipawitigong Cultural Waterway Protected Area if (a) the activity has been approved in the manner contemplated in the agreement; and (b) if the activity is (i) micro hydro development, or (ii) any activity related to the development, upgrade or maintenance of an existing or future road in the Area. M.R. 169/2012 Transmission line activities permitted 10 Notwithstanding any other provision of this regulation, activities related to the development, maintenance or upgrade of an existing or future electricity transmission line with a capacity not greater than 115 kV may occur in all parts of the planning area other than the Protected Area or the Atikaki Provincial Park Area, if the activity has been approved in the manner contemplated in the agreement. M.R. 169/2012 Regulation subject to Act 11 This regulation is subject to section 24 of the Act. M.R. 169/2012