Undertaking Definitions

Type of Undertaking

Description of Undertaking

Industrial

Any industrial activity, other than placer or quartz mining, including manufacturing processes, hydrostatic testing, milling, fluming, the exploration for, and production and transportation of oil and gas, cooling systems, food processing, tanneries, smelters, sawmills, pulp mills, metal finishing, and tailings reprocessing

Placer mining

Placer mining within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Placer Mining Act

Quartz mining

Quartz mining within the meaning of the Quartz Mining Act

Municipal

Any activity:
(a) in a city, town, or village or in a settlement comprising a multiplicity of residential units, that uses only a municipal water and sewage system, including domestic, horticultural, fire protection, commercial, or industrial activities, or
(b) in a camp or lodge

Power

Authorized hydro or geothermal electrical generation of:

Class 0	150 or fewer kilowatts
Class 1	More than 150 kW but less than 5,000 kW
Class 2	5,000 or more kilowatts but less than 10,000 kW
Class 3	10,000 or more kW but less than 20,000 kW
Class 4	20,000 or more kW but less than 50,000 kW
Class 5	50,000 or more kW but less than 1000,000 kW
Class 6	100,000 or more kilowatts

Agricultural

Nourishing crops or the providing of water for livestock

Conservation

Construction of works for the preservation, protection, or improvement of the existing natural environment

Recreational

A commercial or public recreational development

Miscellaneous

Any other undertaking

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