Description

This dataset is provided by the Ministry of Affordability and Utilities, Electricity Sustainability and Innovation Branch, and identifies the high-quality agricultural lands, buffer zones, and visual impact assessment zones in Alberta designated under the Electric Energy Land Use and Visual Assessment Regulation (EELUVAR) made under the Alberta Utilities Commission Act. These areas apply to applications for the construction or operation of power plants under Alberta Utilities Commission Rule 007, unless exempted under the regulation. Restrictions on development of high-quality agricultural land are limited to privately owned land as per the regulation. This data product includes the following datasets: Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) Class 2 and Class 3H Lands, Visual Impact Assessment Zones, and Buffer Zones. Visual Impact Assessment Zones and Buffer Zones contain both private and public lands.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
LSRS Soils (SHP) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata)	ZIP		https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/utilitiesCommunication/LSRSSoils.zip
Visual Impact Assessment and Buffers (SHP) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata)	ZIP		https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/utilitiesCommunication/VisualImpact_Buffers.zip
High-Quality Agricultural Lands and Visual Impact Assessment Zones for Electric Energy Development - (HTML)	HTML		https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/f0a03b45ba9d42bf943b215a21ec30e3/html
High-Quality Agricultural Lands and Visual Impact Assessment Zones for Electric Energy Development - (XML)	XML		https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/f0a03b45ba9d42bf943b215a21ec30e3/xml
Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata)	HTML		https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/740389f4-8da5-49c0-a194-65229638883c
Pristine Viewscapes and Visual Impact Assessment Zones Map (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata)	HTML		https://open.alberta.ca/publications/pristine-viewscapes-visual-impact-assessment-zones

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