Public Comments & Engagement Opportunities
Learn about current and past public comment and engagement opportunities.
Current Opportunities for Engagement & Public Comment
The public has an opportunity to participate in our regulatory processes through, but not limited to, engagement and commenting periods on our scoping documents, strategic environmental assessments, Call for Bids processes, project-specific environmental assessments and guidelines.
Purpose | Engagement Type | Date | Location (If Applicable) |
| Petroleum-Related Call for Bids NS25-1P | Public Written Comment Period | 07/07/2025 - 05-09/2025 | N/A |
Past Engagement & Public Comment Opportunities
Search our past engagement and public comment opportunities.
Purpose | Engagement Type | Date | Location |
| Public Comments on the draft Guidelines for the Framework Regulations | Comment Period | 02/07/2024 | N/A |
| Call for Bids NS22-1 | Comment Period | 28/11/2022 | N/A |
| Joint OHS Guidelines Public Comment | Comment Period | 06/05/2022 | N/A |
| Public Comments on Middle and Eastern Scotian Slope and Sable Island Bank Areas SEA | Comment Period | 17/12/2021 | N/A |
| Public Comments on Draft Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Guidelines | Comment Period | 07/08/2021 | N/A |
| Call For Bids NS21-1 | Comment Period | 05/07/2021 | N/A |
| Middle and Eastern Scotian Slope and Sable Island Bank Areas Strategic Environmental Assessment | Comment Period | 01/03/2021 | N/A |
| Western Scotian Shelf and Slope Strategic Environmental Assessment | Comment Period | 04/12/2020 | N/A |
| Western Scotian Shelf and Slope Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Document | Comment Period | 25/02/2020 | N/A |
Document
| Comment Period | 19/03/2019 | N/A |
| 2018 Call for Bids NS18-3: written comments | Comment Period | 08/02/2019 | N/A |
| Comment Period | 03/12/2018 | N/A | |
| In-Person | 09/02/18 - 23/03/18 | Province - wide | |
| Comment Period/ In-Person | 16/05/17 - 02/10/17 | Cape Breton | |
| Comment Period | 19/04/17 | N/A | |
| Comment Period | 10/03/17 | N/A | |
| Comment Period | 23/02/17 | N/A | |
| Comment Period | 05/01/16 | N/A | |
| Comment Period | 14/12/15 | N/A |
Regulatory Queries Available for Public Comment
Regulatory Query applications for alternations under Part 3.1 of the federal regulations and Part 3(A) of the provincial regulations will be posted below for public commenting. Comments received are reviewed by our Chief Safety Officer and/or Chief Conservation Officer, prior to making a Regulatory Query decision. All written comments must be submitted by email to info@cnsoer.ns.ca
There are currently no regulatory query applications for public comment.