(17) The Joint Review Body may call upon independent non-governmental experts to provide advice on specific issues related to the environmental assessment of the project in order to comply with them. “5.6.0 The lead Party for the purpose of applying the assessment procedure shall generally be determined as follows: 12.1 If Canada intends to report a model or surrogate class screening report in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act that may affect the environmental assessment of future projects in Alberta, Canada will inform Alberta at an early stage of the report development process and allow Alberta: to participate in the process, including the opportunity for Alberta to contribute to the report before it is finalized. 11.3 Any invoice referred to in a project-specific agreement shall be accompanied by a summary description of the divisible costs actually incurred and paid for the period covered by the invoice, in a form satisfactory to both parties and certified by an official acceptable to both parties. Detailed information on the costs incurred shall be kept and made available to each Party at the request of each Party. 2.2 The main features of the information requirements in the environmental assessment are as follows: whereas clause 5.9.0 of the sub-agreement obliges the parties to negotiate bilateral agreements for the implementation of the sub-agreement; and “environmental impact” means the effects described in Section 5 of the 2012 CEAA; Environmental assessment (EA) is a government process used to predict the environmental impact of proposed developments before they are carried out (Canada, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Basics of Environmental Assessment (Government of Canada, 2017) online: ). 4.2 Before proceeding with the review of a cooperative environmental assessment report, the Lead Party shall ensure that the Joint Advisory Review Team understands the principles and objectives of the Lead Party review process and the role of the Joint Audit Advisory Team in regulatory processes. 9.3 The Parties will continue to explore ways to enable the public to have more convenient access to information related to cooperative environmental assessments, including the interconnection of the Parties` websites. 4.1 The Parties undertake to inform and train, from time to time, federal authorities, provincial departments and staff of the Alberta Councils on the objectives and processes set out in this Agreement, as well as on the other Party`s legal requirements and responsibilities for environmental assessment. The Parties agree to develop information identifying the roles and responsibilities of federal and provincial departments, authorities and/or bodies that may participate in the cooperative environmental assessment process. 5.1 In a cooperative environmental assessment, the lead party responsible for managing a cooperative environmental assessment shall be determined by sections 5.6.0, 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 of the Sub-Agreement, unless it is mutually agreed upon in accordance with section 5.6.4. . .