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SPECIES AT RISK ACTOrder Extending the Time for the Assessment of the Status of Wildlife SpeciesP.C.2006-43620066

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Whereas, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Acta, the Minister of the Environment has consulted with the competent ministers and has included a statement in the public registry setting out the reasons for the extension;aS.C. 2002, c. 29Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Acta, hereby makes the annexed Order Extending the Time for the Assessment of the Status of Wildlife Species.

1The time provided for the assessment of the status of the following wildlife species is extended for one year from June 5, 2006:(a)“Snake, Lake Erie Water (Nerodia sipedon insularum) Couleuvre d’eau du lac Érié” set out under the heading “REPTILES” in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Species at Risk Act;(b)“Cisco, Blackfin (Coregonus nigripinnis) Cisco à nageoires noires” set out under the heading “FISH” in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act; and(c)“Sculpin, Deepwater (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) Great Lakes population Chabot de profondeur des Grands Lacs population des Grands Lacs” set out under the heading “FISH” in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act.

2This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.