Notice of Transition to the Amended Impact Assessment Act

Ottawa — August 9, 2024 — On June 20, 2024, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 received Royal Assent and brought into force amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (the IAA). Transitional provision 305 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 states that in order to bring a designated project under the IAA, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) must take a step with regard to the project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the IAA.

In accordance with transitional provision 305(2), IAAC is taking the following step under the IAA for the Strange Lake Rare Earth Mining Project:

• Subsection 18(3) Extension of time limit to permit cooperation with a jurisdiction

In posting this notice, any step completed before the amended IAA came into force regarding the Strange Lake Rare Earth Mining Project is deemed to have been taken under the amended IAA.

Time limits

Transitional provision 305(4) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 grants IAAC the power to replace any time limit or period established by or under the IAA with another time limit or period.

IAAC is replacing the time limit or period for the planning phase for the Strange Lake Rare Earth Mining Project. The time limit for the planning phase is 270 days and 178 days have elapsed. 

For further information on this impact assessment, please contact:

Strange Lake Rare Earth Mining Project
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
901-1550, Estimauville Avenue
Québec, Quebec G1J 0C1
Telephone: 418-649-6444
Email: StrangeLake@iaac-aeic.gc.ca