The present Order provides for the enforcement of section 37 of the Environmental Assessment Act. Section 2 of the above-mentioned Order establishes that the aerial forest spray programs of the Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods using the agent Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) against forest insect pests are exempted from the application of the Environmental Assessment Act. This exemption is granted on the basis that certain forest resource areas of Newfoundland and Labrador need to be af