First Working Draft Dehcho Land Use Plan

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First Working Draft Dehcho Land Use Plan

• Comments from the Department of Indian Affairs
  and Northern Development March 2005

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Scope of Review

• 3 primary components
• 1.0 Legislative Conformity and Crown Obligations
• 2.0 Integration of Plans with Existing Policies,
  Programs, Strategies and Processes
• 3.0 Pofessional Land Use Planning Principles and
  Practices

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Outline of DIANDs Comments

• Executive Summary
• Background and Scope of Review
• Section 1.0 Legislative Conformity Crown
  Obligations
• Section 2.0 Integration of Plan with Existing
  Policies, Programs, Strategies Processes
• Section 3.0 Professional Land Use Planning
  Principles Practises
• Section 4.0 Editorial Comments Questions

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How the Review was Conducted

• DCLUPC submitted First Draft Plan the Plan to
  DIAND on Feb 18th, 2005.
• Cross-Directorate Working Group formed,
  representing 9 Directorates in NWT Region 7 in
  Headquarters Ottawa.

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Overview of DIANDs Key Findings

• Strong 1st Draft Plan.
• The Committee should be commended for its
  elegant model Figure 1, a unique significant
  contribution to comprehensive integrated
  northern land use planning.
• Requires further discussion and work in some
  areas leading to Revised Draft Plan.

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1.0 Legislative Conformity and Crown
Obligations

• Consistency with Existing Legislation Crown
  Obligations
• Strengthen recognition reference the IRDA the
  IMA.
• More emphasis on Plan approval process and status
  for implementation without Final Agreement.

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1.0 Legislative Conformity and Crown
Obligations.

• Existing Regulatory Framework
• Clarify Terms in Table 7 which might conflict
  or duplicate existing legislation and roles of
  RAs.
• Clarify the pacing-of-development concept based
  on the Econ. Dev. Strategy EDS.

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2.0 Integration with Existing Policies, Programs
and Strategies

• Cumulative Effects
• Strengthen linkages to CEAM Strategy and
  Framework.
• Sustainable Development
• Strengthen Dehcho Baseline information.
• Add mechanism/criteria to help gauge success of
  Plan in striving for sustainable communities
  sustainable development.

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2.0 Integration with Existing Policies, Programs
and Strategies.

• Conservation Zones CZs / NWT Protected Areas
  Strategy
• Further clarify Plan/PAS interrelationships.
• Address access issue into the SMZs GUZs which
  cross the CZs - in terms of protection and dev.
  values
• Further evaluate zoning in some areas.

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2.0 Integration with Existing Policies, Programs
and Strategies.

• Trans-Boundary Land Uses/ Mackenzie Gas Project
  Pipeline
• Address trans-boundary land uses, including the
  proposed Mackenzie Gas pipeline.
• Designate a Special Infrastructure Corridor for
  the proposed pipeline within the CZs include
  more detail in definition on related terms
  conditions.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles
and Practices

• Land Use Designations the Zoning System
• More fully describe the economic implications of
  Plan by running it through the EDA Model.
• Clarify designation and scope of CZs not
  withdrawn really temporary, OR permanent?
• Clarify faster regarding interim-protection
  during non-renewable resource assessment NRA
  work.
• Explain role of Committee during implementation
  re Canada Mining Regs. amendments similar to
  Gwichin Land Use Planning Board?

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles
and Practices..

• Land Use Designations the Zoning System
• Consider permitting oil and gas activities in
  specific SMZs.
• Stress that NRA work, via the PAS process, for
  the Pehdzeh Ki Deh Sambaa Ke/Redknife River
  Areas of Interest, MERA Nahanni NPR will be
  part of boundary decisions changes to CZ
  designations during 5-year Plan Review.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles
and Practices..

• Access Implications
• Address the implications to oil gas and mining
  industries from access restrictions on CZs
  all-weather roads across SMZs, to islands of
  GUZs for their seismic, exploration and
  development work.
• Relatively large amount of land zoned for CZs
  SMZs could impact future income generation from
  resource royalties which may be needed to pay for
  a Dehcho Government post Final Agreement.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles and
Practices..

• Mineral Information
• Expand the definition of Mining to include Coal
  Exploration Dredging both have their own
  Regulations.
• Oil Gas Information
• In Table 6, only 21 of the zones 4 of the 19
  rated for oil gas allow for this land use
  compared to mining at 26 forestry at 33.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles and
Practices..

• Oil Gas Information.
• Maps related to oil and gas existing activities
  require refinement.
• EDA Model section figure of only 16 wells very
  modest may not support sustained employment
  business dev.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles and
Practices..

• Overall Plan Scope Format
• Write the Revised Draft Plan as if it were the
  final Plan.
• Consider showing revisions in the Revised Draft
  Plan footnoting these to the submitted
  comments.
• Add IMA IRDA to Appendices.
• Consider locating portions of EDA Model section
  right on Maps 5, 6, 7 oil gas, mining,
  forestry.
• Consider extracting consolidating key policies
  from Working Draft Policy Recommendations into
  a new Vision section further up front the EDS
  section into a new chapter on Implementation,
  Mon. Review.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles and
Practices..

• Plan Implementation, Monitoring Review
• Add chapter on plan implementation, monitoring
  and review.
• Include references to the IMA reqs. App II,
  Articles 24. on conformity and 25. on post Final
  Agreement revisions to Plan, describe how
  approved Plan will revise replace the current
  land withdrawals.

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3.0 Professional Land Use Planning Principles and
Practices

• Plan Implementation, Monitoring Review
• Address Committees protocols steps, terms
  rules for granting
• Exceptions to the Plan and
• Amendments to the Plan.
• How Comprehensive Reviews of the Plan would be
  carried out usually every 5 years.

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Conclusion

• Staff of the Dept. would be pleased to meet with
  the Committee on any of the detailed comments
  provided.