Rules of Procedure and Impact Statement Guidelines

Pursuant to Section 12.2.23 of the Agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada (Nunavut Agreement) and s. 38 of the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act, S.C. 2013, c. 14, s. 2 (NuPPAA) the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) is developing Rules of Procedure and Standard Impact Statement (IS) Guidelines.

Draft Standard IS Guidelines have been developed as authorized under Article 12, Section 12.2.23(h) of the Nunavut Agreement s. 26(1)(e) of the NuPPAA and provide information to guide Proponents in the preparation of their impact statement documentation as required during the NIRB’s assessment of project proposals under Article 12 of the Nunavut Agreement and Part 3 of the NuPPAA. Once finalized, the Standard IS Guidelines will provide greater certainty for proponents wishing to develop project descriptions with sufficient information to support an assessment by the NIRB and will limit and focus the required development of project-specific guidelines issued during the assessment of a project by the NIRB.


2018 Draft Rules of Procedure and Standard IS Guidelines

The following lists contains correspondence, meeting materials, and comments on the 2018 Draft Rules of Procedure and Standard IS Guidelines.


Rules of Procedure

In 2022 the NIRB commenced two separate processes to finalize the Rules of Procedure and Impact Statement Guidelines. The following lists contains correspondence, meeting materials, and comments for each process.


Impact Statement Guidelines