The proposed timeline of the remaining planning process, and a brief description or definition of each stage, are listed below.
Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan (or Recommended Plan)
- Realized Date for Party and Public Release of full technical document: December 2nd, ~midnight (online version)
- Anticipated Date for Party and Public Release of summary document: Mid-January 2010 (online version)
- Anticipated Date for availability of both technical and summary document in print*: January 2010
*Printed copies will be available in limited numbers.
The Recommended Plan is the complete plan and is the product associated with Chapter 11 clause 11.6.1 of the Umbrella Final Agreement.
The Yukon Government is responsible for:
The Parties are responsible for either:
approving the Recommended Plan and thereby converting it into "the Plan",
OR recommending modifications back to the Commission.
Final Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan (or Final Recommended Plan)
Date of Final Approved Regional Land Use Plan is unknown at this time, due to the significant amount of time required for governments to review the plan and the consultation requirements under Chapter 11.
The Final Recommended Plan is created by the Commission after considering the modifications proposed by the Parties. It is the product associated with Chapter 11 clauses 11.6.3.1 & 11.6.5.1 of the Umbrella Final Agreement.
The Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan (or the Plan)
No date projected
The Plan is the approved Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan based either on the Recommended Plan or the Final Recommended Plan. The Plan is the product referred to in 11.7.1 and 11.7.2 of the Umbrella Final Agreement.
The Parties are responsible for:
approving the Recommended Plan or the Final Recommended Plan as the Plan, and implementing it in their respective lands*,
OR modifying the Final Recommended Plan to create the Plan, and implementing it in their respective lands*,
OR rejecting the Final Recommended Plan.
Note: the Plan cannot require any party to amend legislations or laws.
* non-settlement lands total over 97% of the planning region and are managed by the Yukon Government. The remaining settlement lands are managed by the remaining Parties (the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Tr'ondek Hwech'in, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation) and the Tetlit Gwich'in of Fort McPherson, NWT.
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