New membership reflects priorities under this phase of the CMP. Expanding Canada’s National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, including. Secondary Lead Smelter Release Regulations (all sections). Using ICA, ECCC will engage conservation partners to target and leverage resources, funding and action on shared conservation priorities. Such persons are referred to as regulatees. The high-quality data used to calculate indicators originate from a variety of sources, including surveys, measurement networks and other research initiatives that are expected to be maintained and updated for the foreseeable future. Developing regulatory and other measures to prevent air pollution emissions. ECCC is embarking on a new initiative to standardize sentencing recommendations resulting in an increase in overall fine amounts of at least 10% under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (CEPA 1999), and the Fisheries Act. Members engaged in constructive discussions as they continued developing the committee’s scientific input for the Government of Canada. a Data for this indicator are derived from assessments of the status of species in Canada (General Status Reports) that are prepared every 5 years as required by the Species at Risk Act. The GHGRP is part of ECCC’s ongoing effort to develop, in collaboration with the provinces and territories, a nationally consistent, mandatory GHG reporting system, in order to meet the GHG reporting needs of all jurisdictions and to minimize the reporting burden for industry and government. information gathering notices on certain petroleum substances, certain polymers, nanomaterials, and hydrofluorocarbons in bulk. 3 Administration, Public Participation and Reporting, Maples in winter against Ottawa sky © Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry, Federal, Provincial, Territorial Cooperation, Canada–Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem, Canada–United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, NPRI Consultation and Engagement Framework, National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program, Ministerial and Governor-in-Council appointments. This program supports the Department in meeting obligations and responsibilities conferred by the Department of the Environment Act and the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of new records are applicable to manufacturing sectors, while another 20% are applicable to private households. The NPRI includes information reported by industrial and other facilities that meet specified criteria and provides the main input to Canada’s comprehensive Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory (APEI). The success in reaching a broader audience through this platform will be tracked in concrete terms via the use of associated social media analytics. Administrative Agreements concerning the pulp and paper sector have been in place between Quebec and the Government of Canada since 1994. More information about these equivalency agreements is available online. Working with interested provinces and Government of Canada programs to manage and expand ECCC’s, Leading Canada’s participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change towards an effective and transparent implementation of the.

It has become a primary source of environmental information for the public and private sectors, both nationally and internationally, and has been used as a source of information in university and college curricula. To reduce duplication of effort, ECCC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada entered into environmental occurrences notification agreements with the governments of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Yukon. The CMP Science Committee held its third meeting in June 2015. From April 2015 to March 2016, the CEPA Registry website had 196,364 visits, making it the third-largest area visited on the ECCC website, after Weather and Ice. Supporting federal initiatives, such as Open Data, the transformation of the Canadian Space Program, and the Federal Geospatial Platform. The Registry contains convictions obtained for offences committed since June 18, 2009--when the Environmental Enforcement Act received Royal Assent. Further to this agreement, the Governor in Council adopted an order suspending the application of the federal regulation in Nova Scotia. In accordance with the five-year term limit in CEPA, the agreement is set to terminate at the end of 2019. These changes include renumbering of reporting schedules and revisions to timelines for submission of notices. Providing air quality forecasts to help Canadians protect their health from the negative effects of air pollution through the expansion and improvement of Canada’s. In 2015–2016, Canada and Ontario collaborated to develop recommendations on technical approaches for the management of contaminated sediments in Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs) including the St. Clair River, and in the implementation of the Randle Reef Sediment Remediation Project in Hamilton Harbour. Finalizing Canada’s plan to reach phosphorus reduction targets for Lake Erie, and reporting to Canadians on actions taken and management plans for each of the Great Lakes. ECCC will carry out Internal Services initiatives that support departmental and Government of Canada priorities by: Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry, About Environment and Climate Change Canada, Scott Islands Marine National Wildlife Area. Using science-based evidence to support administration of the pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act, including the development of ECCC’s effluent regulations and to inform compliance regulation activities.