I'm going to share a couple of points about what we currently do; then I will allow my colleague Caroline Blais to add to that.
With respect to any of the bypasses that owners and operators apply for authorization for, they need to send an authorization into ECCC at least 45 days ahead of the planned release. Before that, they need to consult and engage with the local community, including indigenous communities, as to the impacts so that there's awareness and understanding of the impacts on cultural concerns with respect to the bypass. That information has to come with the application for a temporary authorization bypass.
That's one element of consultation that we do. That includes the public, indigenous communities and communities downstream of the treatment. And then—