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Update to Dehcho Land Use Planning Forum on Draft Changes to Interim Dehcho Land Use Plan

Update to Dehcho Land Use Planning Forum on Draft Changes to Interim Dehcho Land Use Plan. Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee www.dehcholands.org. December 2, 2008. Presentation Outline Committee Approach Land Use Planning Chronology Zoning Maps Remaining Challenges Next Steps. 2.

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Update to Dehcho Land Use Planning Forum on Draft Changes to Interim Dehcho Land Use Plan

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  1. Update to Dehcho Land Use Planning Forum on Draft Changes to Interim Dehcho Land Use Plan Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee www.dehcholands.org December 2, 2008

  2. Presentation Outline Committee Approach Land Use Planning Chronology Zoning Maps Remaining Challenges Next Steps 2

  3. COMMITTEE APPROACH Interim Plan built by consensus Strong commitment Willingness to work together Significant progress made on many challenging issues Constructive and productive process Significant accomplishment to date given an Interim Plan has never been approved before a final agreement Flexibility of the working group approach serving the Committee well

  4. DFN “A negotiated balanced interim land use plan” A negotiated compromise interim land use plan that meets all Parties’ interests Canada GNWT

  5. Land Use Planning Chronology 2001-2007

  6. Chronology of Revisions to Dehcho Land Use Plan 2007-2008

  7. Land Use Planning Chronology 2007-2008 • 12Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee Meetings • April 15, 2008 - Conference call • May 20, 2008 - Conference call • June 10-11, 2008 - Fort Simpson Main Table meeting • June 19, 2008 - Conference call • June 24, 2008 - Fort Providence • July 18, 2008 - Conference call • August 6, 2008 - Teleconference • August 27, 2008 - Annual General Meeting • September 9, 2008 - Conference call • October 23-24, 2008 – Yellowknife • November 18, 2008 – Conference call • December 1, 2008 – Fort Providence

  8. Chronology of Revisions to Dehcho Land Use Plan 2007-2008 In addition to Committee Meetings, a number of other meetings were held in the last year: 4Dehcho Land Use Planning Working Group Meetings 2Workshops 6Main Table Coordination

  9. Final Draft Land Use Plan Zones approved by Dehcho First Nation in June 2006 but rejected by Canada and GNWT

  10. Draft Revised Land Use Zones 2008 • Changes from 2006 Final Draft: • New Federal Protected Area Initiative Zone for Edehzhie and Nahanni • Most Special Management Zones to become Special Development Zones allowing oil/gas and mining • Most Conservation Zones to remain the same; adjustments to Zone 3 (Poplar River) and Zone 11 (Great Slave Lake Shoreline) • Special Infrastructure Corridor for MGP widened from 1 to 3km in some places

  11. Draft Revised 2008 Land Use Zones Compared to Existing Land Withdrawals (Subject to final Edehzhie and Nahanni boundaries) Some modifications to existing land withdrawals but overall increase from about 50% to about 53% prohibition on Oil/Gas and Mining in Dehcho territory

  12. SUMMARY OF REMAINING CHALLENGES • Pipeline Corridors • Quarrying • Interim Measures Agreement (IMA) • Zoning (Edehzhie and Nahanni) • Policy Direction to MVLWB • Renewal/Termination

  13. REMAINING CHALLENGES • Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, Netlá-Arrowhead Special Infrastructure Corridor, and feeder pipelines . Can an interim land use plan regulate the location of pipelines? Authority of NEB? • Quarrying and possible removal of the land use from the Interim Plan. Relationship to Interim Measures Agreement.

  14. REMAINING CHALLENGES • Regulatory context of the Plan. • Issuance of policy direction needing to be consistent with existing regulations. • Role of the Interim Measures Agreement vs. the Interim Dehcho Land Use Plan.

  15. REMAINING CHALLENGES • Implementing the Plan. Seeking common ground on when implementation of the Plan should begin. (Main Table Issue) • Termination/Sunset clause issue.

  16. NEXT STEPS • December 2-5, 2008 DFN Land Use Planning Forum • Continue meeting as a Committee (next meeting Jan 20/09) to address outstanding issues and complete revised Interim Plan. • Committee conducts community and stakeholder consultations subject to budget availability • Refer the revised Interim Plan and the unresolved issues to the Main Table. • Community and stakeholder consultations on the revised Interim Plan. • Main Table initials revised Interim Plan and recommends to Canada, DFN and GNWT for consideration/approval

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