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Table 4-A: User Fees Act

User Fee	Fee Type	Fee-Setting Authority	Date Last Modified	2007-2008 ($000s)					Planning Years
				Forecast Revenue ($000s)	Actual Revenue ($000s)	Full Cost ($000s)	Performance Standard	Perfor­mance Results	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue ($000s)	Estimated Full Cost ($000s)
Environmental assessment services	R	Environmental Assessment Review Panel Services Charges Order	2002	7,751.0	6,027.9	8,692.6	An internal review of the existing performance standards, specifically with regard to the sufficiency of the Cost Recovery Order, began in 2007-2008. While in the midst of designing the parameters for evaluation, the Agency underwent a substantial modification to its structure. In order to reflect the new operating environment, the Agency is re-developing its Participant Satisfaction Survey to establish indicators (such as Fairness, Accessibility, Timeliness, Efficiency and Value for Investment) to allow for qualitative performance evaluation within the new structure.	The Agency will use these measures in the 2008-2009 DPR.	2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011	7,751.0 7,751.0 7,751.0	11,006.4 11,006.4 11,006.4
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act	O	Access to Information Act	1992	0.1	0.1	122.1	Service standards are in the Access to Information Act, section 7: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/a-1/218072.html	Statutory deadlines were met 46% of the time	2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011	0.5 0.6 0.6	116.6 132.5 148.3
			Sub-total (R)	7,751.0	6,027.9	8,692.6			Total 2007-2008	7,751.6	11,123.0
			Sub-total (O)	—	0.1	122.1			Total 2008-2009	7,751.6	11,138.9
			Total	7,751.1	6,028.0	8,814.7			Total 2009-2010	7,751.6	11,154.7

For 2007-2008, environmental assessment services constituted the main source of revenues of the Agency. This amount is subject to variation depending on the level of review panel activity that is eligible for cost recovery. Reflected forecasted revenues of $7,751K are based on authorities. As review panel activity increases additional authorities will be sought. Full costs of environmental assessment services are based on actual revenues for 2007-2008 and forecasted revenues for 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 adjusted for an estimated portion of the cost provided without charge * and other costs that cannot be recovered under the current authorities.

Actual and forecasted revenues for Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) are based on a set fee per request as prescribed in the Access to Information Act . Full costs are based on actual costs related to generating the required information adjusted by an estimated portion of the cost provided without charge.

* Accommodations are provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada. Contributions covering the employer's share of employees' insurance premiums and expenditures are paid by the Treasury Board Secretariat. Salary and associated expenditures of legal services are provided by Justice Canada.

Table 4-B: Policy on Service Standards for External Fees

External Fee	Service Standard	Performance Result	Stakeholder Consultation
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIP)	Service standards are in the Access to Information Act, section 7: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/a-1/218072.html	Statutory deadlines were met 46% of the time	The service standard is established by the Access to Information Act and the Access to Information Regulation. Consultations with stakeholders were undertaken for amendments made in 1986 and 1992.
Environmental Assessment Fees	Environmental Assessment Review Panel Service Charges Order	Individual service-level agreements were signed and administered between the Agency and project proponents in support of 93% of the environmental assessments conducted by review panels, in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.	Before the development of the Order, public comments were solicited at stakeholder meetings held across Canada, and consultations were held over the course of several meetings with the Minister's multi stakeholder Regulatory Advisory Committee. All the comments received were considered and, where appropriate, incorporated into the design of the Order.
Other Information ATIP requests received by the Agency during the reporting period were more complicated and larger than usual. The Agency was required to request extensions to finalize its work. In addition, consultation with some departments took longer than expected to review and approve the requests.

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