8Work of minor environmental impact

8 Work of minor environmental impact

For sections 52(5) and 57(b) of the Act, the following work is classified as being of minor environmental impact:

(a) the removal, repair, maintenance or modification of existing powerlines for the transmission, distribution or supply of electricity;

(b) the removal, repair, maintenance or modification of an existing substation or a transformer associated with the transmission, distribution or supply of electricity;

(c) the installation or erection of powerlines along any public street, road or highway and on public land for the distribution or supply of electricity;

(ca) [Regulation 8 Amended by S.R. 2021, No. 132, Applied:01 Jan 2022] the installation or erection of powerlines on, and over, private land to individual lots and structures, for the distribution or supply of electricity;

(d) the laying, removal, repair, maintenance or modification of any underground cable for the distribution or transmission of electricity;

(e) the clearing or lopping of trees, branches or other vegetation to the extent necessary for the protection of electricity infrastructure or public safety;

(f) the installation and erection of any substation or transformer associated with the distribution or supply of electricity;

(g) the installation, erection, removal, repair, maintenance, modification, or use, on land, of any electricity generating plant that –

(i) is not used, or intended by the Hydro-Electric Corporation to be used, to generate electricity for more than 12 months after the plant is installed or erected on the land; and

(ii) is installed or erected on land that is, or on land that is adjacent to, land on which there is already situated an electricity generating plant, substation or switchyard or on which not less than 200 gigawatt hours of electricity was consumed during the previous calendar year.