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Proactive Disclosure
INAC manages surface activities on Crown lands in the Northwest Territories through the administration, regulation, inspection and enforcement of renewable and non-renewable legislation.
These activities include:
- Processing applications for land dispositions
- Administering the field activities of the department in the NWT through district and sub-district offices
- Enforcing and ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations of the Territorial Lands Act , Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act , Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act , Northwest Territories Waters Act and with the terms and conditions of permits and licences issued by INAC and territorial land and water boards, through its Land Administration office
- Participating in consultation and the environmental screening of applications for land disposition and recommends conditions for permit and licences
- Responding to infractions related to permits, licences and spills, throughout the NWT
- Developing regional surface and sub-surface land policies in cooperation with the Government of the Northwest Territories
- Providing support to land claim negotiators and the Protected Areas Strategy committee, such as up-to-date information on third party interests and subsurface issues, implementing INAC's obligations under various claim agreements
- Conducting environmental screening according to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act , consultation, maintaining over 10,000 land records, and managing an automated Land Information Management System (LIMS)
Land Management and Ownership
Applicable guidelines and legislation