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User Fees



($ thousands)
User Fee Fee Type Fee-setting Authority Date Last Modified 2008-2009 Planning Years
Forecast
Revenue
Actual
Revenue
Full
Cost
Performance
Standards
Performance
Result
Fiscal
Year
Forecast
Revenue
Estimated
Full Cost
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA) Other products and services Access to Information Act
s.11(1)(a)
s.11(1)(b)
1992


1,810
3,037



1,741
7,795




1,503.0
Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request.

The Access to Information Act provides fuller details.
On-time responses provided in 90% of requests completed during fiscal-year 2008-2009. 2009-2010 1,500
3,000
2,500
2010-2011 1,500
3,300
3,000
2011-2012 1,500
3,600
3,500
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations (NTNUMRs) Regulatory Territorial Lands Act See footnote below on Date Last Modified 6,600 6,612 Note 1 Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulation: NTNUMR — amendments All applications processed within set time lines. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
6,600
6,600
6,600
Note 1
Territorial Land Use Regulatory Territorial Lands Act

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
1996 139 252 Note 1 Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulation All permits were issued within the regulated time frame. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
139
139
139
Note 1
Territorial Lands Regulatory Territorial Lands Act 1996 2,300 2,861 Note 1 Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process. Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2,300
2,300
2,300
Note 1
Frontier Lands Registration Regulatory Territorial Lands Act

Canada Petroleum Resource Act
1988 88 87 Note 1 Standard requests to be processed within 10 working days. Requests that require additional research take additional time to process (requestor is advised of the delay at the time the request is made). All standard requests were processed within the established timeline. A number of request necessitated further research which resulted in additional processing time. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
72
75
77
Note 1
Territorial Quarrying Regulatory Territorial Lands Act

Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations
2003 0   Note 1 The issuance of a quarrying permit leads to the granting of a Land Use Permit. As such, there is no time line set in regulations to process/ issue/ reject a quarrying permit application. Permits are issued once pre-conditions are met. 2009-2010
2010-2011
0
0
Note 1
Territorial Water Regulatory Northwest Territories Waters Act 1992 16 17 Note 1 Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process. All permits and letter patent were issued once all pre-conditions were met. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
16
16
16
Note 1
Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act 2002 (Note 2)
Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act 2003
Territorial Coal Regulatory Territorial Lands Act 2003 0   Note 1 Exploration permits are issued once consultations are complete. Permits are issued upon completion of consultations. 2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
0
0
0
Note 1
Date Last Modified
The Canada Mining Regulations (CMR) name was changed to Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations in 2008. The regulations are currently in the process of modernization. The royalty sections of the NTNUMR were amended in 1999, but the remainder of the regulations were left as they were written in 1977. The metric system is being introduced in this round of amendments, thereby changing the fee schedule to reflect the amounts required by hectares instead of acres. The mining industry and other stakeholders were consulted by various methods of consultation and no complaints about the changes were submitted. One new fee is being added to discourage nuisance protests against a claim.

Note 1: The fee or service triggers a series of activities related to land and resource management and the protection of the environment, all of which are controlled by the nature and scope of the resource development projects, e.g. mine development.

Note 2: The Water Regulations under the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act are currently in the process of being written. Industry and other stakeholders have not yet been extensively consulted. Changes to the fee structure are still under consideration.

External Fees



External Fee Service Standard Performance Results Stakeholder Consultation
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations (NTNUMRs) Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulation: NTNUMR — amendments All applications processed within set time lines. The Canada Mining Regulations (CMR) name was changed to Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations in 2008. The regulations are currently in the process of modernization. The royalty sections of the NTNUMRs were amended in 1999, but the remainder of the regulations were left as they were written in 1977. The metric system is being introduced in this round of amendments, thereby changing the fee schedule to reflect the amounts required by hectares instead of acres. The mining industry and other stakeholders were consulted by various methods of consultation and no complaints about the changes were submitted. One new fee is being added to discourage nuisance protests against a claim.
Territorial Land Use Current service standards are set in existing legislation and regulation. All permits were issued within the regulated time frame. Stakeholder consultation varies. It is done through regional communications strategies and various outreach activities as well as industry specific fora.
Territorial Lands Performance standards vary depending on research, negotiations and environmental assessment decisions and are shared with clients throughout the process. All lease and letter patent were issued once all pre-conditions were met (e.g. environmental assessment decisions, lease negotiations). Stakeholder consultation varies. It is done through regional communications strategies and various outreach activities as well as industry specific fora.
Frontier Lands Registration Standard requests to be processed within ten working days. Requests that require additional research will take additional time to be processed (requestor to be advised of the delay at the time the request is made). All standard requests were processed within the established timeline. A number of request necessitated further research which resulted in additional processing time. Stakeholder consultation varies. It is done through regional communications strategies and various outreach activities as well as industry specific fora.
Territorial Quarrying The issuance of a quarrying permit leads to the granting of a Land Use Permit. As such, there is no time line set in regulations to process/issue/reject a quarrying permit application. Permits are issued once pre-conditions are met. Stakeholder consultation varies. It is done through regional communications strategies and various outreach activities as well as industry specific fora.
Territorial Coal Exploration permits are issued once consultations are complete. Permits are issued upon completion of consultations. Stakeholder consultation varies. It is done through regional communications strategies and various outreach activities as well as industry specific fora.