The Department of Environment and Climate Change regulates and oversees the environmental assessment process. The department makes sure that industry complies with provincial laws and regulations to protect the environment and human health.
Environmental assessment: getting started
Through environmental assessments, all citizens have the opportunity to participate in the environmental review of large scale development projects.
Class I Environmental Assessment Process (PDF 871KB)
Class II Environmental Assessment Process (PDF 759KB)
In the news
- June 18, 2025 - McIntyres Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- May 22, 2025 - Decision - Kemptown Quarry Development Project
- May 14, 2025 - Nictaux Sand Pit Expansion Project
- May 13, 2025 - Spence Aggregates Quarry Expansion Project
- May 7, 2025 - Decision - Seabrook Quarry Expansion
- April 25, 2025 - Decision - EverWind Strait Crossing Transmission Line Project
- April 3, 2025 - Kemptown Quarry Development Project
- March 20, 2025 - Decision - McCallum Settlement Quarry Expansion Project, Colchester County
- March 20, 2025 - Seabrook Quarry Expansion Project, Digby County
- March 6, 2025 - Decision - New Annan Quarry Expansion Project
- March 6, 2025 - EverWind Strait Crossing Transmission Line Project, Guysborough and Richmond Counties
- January 29, 2025 - McCallum Settlement Quarry Expansion Project, Colchester County
- January 24, 2025 - Decision - Melvin Lake Wind Project, Halifax and Hants Counties
- January 15, 2025 - New Annan Quarry Expansion Project
- January 06, 2025 - Decision - Rhodena Wind Project
- December 18, 2024 - Decision - Aerotech Waste Handling Facility Project
- November 28, 2024 - Melvin Lake Wind Project, Halifax and Hants Counties
- November 06, 2024 - Rhodena Wind Project, Inverness County
- October 29, 2024 - Aerotech Waste Handling Facility, Halifax County
- October 25, 2024 - Decision - Antrim Gypsum Project
- September 26 - Decision - Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project
- September 16, 2024 - Decision - Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion
- September 10, 2024 - Antrim Gypsum Project
- September 6, 2024 - Decision - Gold Bond Gypsum Mine Expansion Project
- September 4, 2024 - Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion
- August 7, 2024 - Clydesdale Ridge Wind Project
- July 26, 2024 - Decision - Pit No. 4 Extension Project
- July 25, 2024 - Decision - Windy Ridge Wind Power Project
- July 18, 2024 - Gold Bond Gypsum Mine Expansion Project
- July 3, 2024 - Decision - Hartville Quarry Expansion Project
- June 6, 2024 - Pit No. 4 Extension Project
- June 5, 2024 - Windy Ridge Wind Power Project
- June 3, 2024 - Decision - Six Mile Brook Pit Expansion and Reclamation of Historic Workings Project
- May 14, 2024 - Hartville Quarry Expansion Project
- April 12, 2024 - Six Mile Brook Pit Expansion and Reclamation of Historic Workings Project
- March 20, 2024 - Decision - Temporary Material Staging Facility Project
- March 14, 2024 - Decision - Colpton Quarry Expansion Project
- January 30, 2024 - Temporary Material Staging Facility Project
- January 24, 2024 - Colpton Quarry Expansion Project
- December 21, 2023 - Decision - Kmtnuk Wind Power Project
- December 15, 2023 - Decision - NS-NB Reliability Intertie Project
- December 14, 2023 - Decision - Walden Quarry Expansion Project
- December 13, 2023 - Decision - Bear Lake Wind Power Project
- November 1, 2023 - Kmtnuk Wind Power Project
- October 26, 2023 - NS-NB Reliability Intertie Project
- October 25, 2023 - Walden Quarry Expansion Project
- October 24, 2023 - Bear Lake Wind Power Project
- October 6, 2023 - Suspension - Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion
- August 29, 2023 - Mount Uniacke Quarry Expansion
- August 17, 2023 - Decision - Middle River Pit Expansion Project, Victoria County
- July 27, 2023 - Decision - Weavers Mountain Wind Energy Project
- July 14, 2023 - Decision - Blair Road Pit Expansion Project
- July 13, 2023 - Decision - Seabrook Quarry Expansion Project, Digby County
- July 5, 2023 - Decision - Ellershouse 3 Wind Project
- June 28, 2023 - Decision - Highway 101 Cambridge Interchange and Connector Road Project
- June 28, 2023 - Middle River Pit Expansion Project, Victoria County
- June 7, 2023 - Weavers Mountain Wind Energy Project
- May 25, 2023 - Blair Road Pit Expansion Project
- May 24, 2023 - Seabrook Quarry Expansion Project, Digby County
- May 16, 2023 - Ellershouse 3 Wind Project
- May 11, 2023 - Decision - Granite Village Quarry Expansion Project
- May 9, 2023 - Highway 101 Cambridge Interchange and Connector Road Project
- May 4, 2023 - Decision - Wedgeport Wind Farm Project
- May 4, 2023 - Decision - Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
- April 12, 2023 - Decision - Bear Head Energy Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Production, Storage and Loading Facility
- March 27, 2023 - Decision - Mersey River Wind Farm
- March 22, 2023 - Granite Village Quarry Expansion Project
- March 20, 2023 - Decision - Goose Harbour Lake Wind Farm Project
- March 15, 2023 - Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
- March 15, 2023 - Wedgeport Wind Farm Project
- Feb 28, 2023 -Decision - Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications
- February 21, 2023 - Bear Head Energy Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Production, Storage and Loading Facility
- February 13, 2023 - Decision - Westchester Wind Project
- February 13, 2023 - Decision - Benjamins Mill Wind Project
- February 13, 2023 - Decision - Chapman Bros Construction Ltd - Westchester Quarry Expansion Project
- February 7, 2023 - Decision - Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project - Phase 1
- February 3, 2023 - Mersey River Wind Farm
- January 27, 2023 - Decision - Envirosoil Limited - Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility Project
- January 27, 2023 - Goose Harbour Lake Wind Farm Project
- January 16, 2023 - Decision - Tote Road Quarry Expansion Project
- January 9, 2023 - Registration - Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications Second Addendum
- January 6, 2023 - Benjamins Mill Wind Project
- December 22, 2022 - Decision - Lantz Quarry Expansion Project
- December 22, 2022 - Westchester Wind Project
- December 15, 2022 - Additional Information Registration - Chapman Bros Construction Ltd - Westchester Quarry Expansion Project
- December 9, 2022 - EverWind Point Tupper Green Hydrogen/Ammonia Project - Phase 1
- November 28, 2022 - Envirosoil Limited - Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility Project
- November 16, 2022 - Additional Information Registration - Scotian Materials Ltd. - Tote Road Quarry Expansion Project
- November 2, 2022 - Lantz Quarry Expansion Project
- October 21, 2022 - Decision - Sporting Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- September 1, 2022 - Additional Information Registration - Nova Construction Co Ltd - Sporting Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- June 10, 2022 Goldboro Gold Project
- May 12, 2022 -Decision - Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications
- April 29, 2022 - Tote Road Quarry Expansion Project
- Decision - April 14, 2022 - Westchester Wind Project
- March 23, 2022 - Registration - Touquoy Gold Project Site Modifications Addendum
- March 17, 2022 - Decision - Welshtown Quarry Expansion Project
- March 14, 2022 - Terms of Reference - Mill Transformation and Effluent Treatment Facility Project
- Decision - March 9, 2022 - Benjamins Mill Wind Project
- February 23, 2022 - Westchester Wind Project
- February 18, 2022 - Decision - Envirosoil Limited - Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility Project
- January 18, 2022 - Decision - Westchester Quarry Expansion
- January 18, 2022 - Benjamins Mill Wind Project
- December 23, 2021 - Decision - Whycocomagh Quarry Expansion Project
- December 21, 2021 - Envirosoil Limited - Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility Project
- November 16, 2021 - Beaver Dam Gold Mine Information Request Responses
- May 5, 2021 - Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility Project
- April 29, 2021 - Realignment of Marine Drive (Highway 316) Project
- April 8, 2021 - Waste Oil Recycling and Water Treatment Facility
- March 16, 2021 - Fifteen Mile Stream Gold Project
- January 5, 2021 - Decision - Highway 102 Aerotech Connector Road Project
- August 25, 2020 - Decision - Sporting Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- June 22, 2020 - Decision - Liquid Asphalt Storage Facility Project
- April 28, 2020 - Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility Project
- April 28, 2020 - Decision - Spicer North Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- April 22, 2020 - Decision - Gabarus Quarry Expansion Project
- March 3, 2020 - Gabarus Quarry Expansion Project
- February 28, 2020 - Decision - Gillis Lake Quarry Expansion Gillis Lake Quarry Expansion Project
- February 11, 2020 - Decision - Waste Dangerous and Non-Dangerous Goods Temporary Storage Facility
- January 9, 2020 - Gillis Lake Quarry Expansion Project
- January 6, 2020 - Waste Dangerous and Non-Dangerous Goods Temporary Storage Facility
- November 8, 2019 - Decision - Sheet Harbour Aggregate Quarry Project
- October 30 , 2019 - Highway 102 Aerotech Connector Road Project
- October 25 , 2019 - Decision - Goffs Quarry Expansion Project
- September 26 , 2019 - Decision Waste Dangerous and Non-Dangerous Goods Temporary Storage Facility
- September 23, 2019 - Sheet Harbour Aggregate Quarry Project
- September 13, 2019 - Birrette’s East Uniacke Quarry Expansion Project
- September 10 , 2019 - Highway 102 Aerotech Connector Road Project
- August 7 , 2019 - Waste Dangerous and Non-Dangerous Goods Temporary Storage Facility
- June 4, 2019 - Decision - Canso Spaceport Facility Project
- May 17, 2019 - Decision - MacLellans Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- May 17, 2019 - Decision - MacLellans Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- July 05, 2019 - Decision - Asbestos Waste Disposal Cell Project
- March 29, 2019 - Decision - Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility Project
- March 28, 2019 - MacLellans Mountain Quarry Expansion Project
- March 22, 2019 - Decision - Sheet Harbour Aggregate Quarry Project
- March 20, 2019 - Canso Spaceport Facility Project
- February 7, 2019 - Replacement Effluent treatment facility Project
- January 31, 2019 - Sheet Harbour Aggregate Quarry Project
- January 29, 2019 - Decision - Highway 104 Twinning Sutherlands River to Antigonish Project
- November 29, 2018 - Decision - Asbestos Disposal Facility
- September 19, 2018 - Decision - Goldboro Gold Project
- August 23, 2018 Decision - Pyrolysis Plant Project
- August 7, 2018 - Decision - Goffs Quarry Expansion Project
- June 18, 2018 - Highway 107 Burnside to Bedford Project
- April 6, 2018 Decision - Money Point Quarry Expansion Project
- February 15, 2018 - Money Point Quarry Expansion Project
- November 30, 2017 Decision - Williamsdale Quarry Expansion Project
- August 25, 2017 Decision - Highway 107 Burnside to Bedford Project
- August 24, 2017 Decision - Glenholme Pit No. 4 Aggregate
- August 3, 2017 Decision - Rhodena Quarry Expansion Project
- July 24, 2017 Decision - Asbestos Waste Disposal Facility Project
- July 7, 2017 - Registration: Highway 107 Burnside to Bedford Project
- July 6, 2017 Decision - Lower Carbon Fuel: Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) System
- July 4, 2017 Decision - Glenholme Pit No. 4 Aggregate