Download or read book Are Ontario's Municipal Class Environmental Assessments Worth the Added Time and Costs? written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adding together the costs paid to third parties for EA reports and the inflationary increases of construction for the duration of the EA reports results in a total cost of $157 million for the 28 projects, or an average of 10.25% of incremental costs, as compared to the 14.5% of incremental costs indicated by the Original Study. [...] The purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act is for the betterment of the people of Ontario by providing for the protection, conservation, and wise management of the environment. [...] The Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) system is a collaborative effort among the MOE, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and the MEA to allow municipal infrastructure projects to both comply with the provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act and proceed in an efficient and timely manner. [...] The 2014 Edition The Municipal Class EA consists of three separate classes of municipal projects: Schedule A projects are deemed to be pre-approved by the MOE and consist of routine maintenance and replacement of municipal infrastructure elements, such as the repaving of roads, the replacement of cracked sidewalks, aging water pipes, with works of similar design and capacity. [...] The 2011 Amendments to the Municipal Class EA Systems Several changes proposed by the MEA in 2010 as part of the Ministry's five-year review of the Municipal Class EA were approved by the MOE in August 2011.