| Located in Gatineau, Quebec,
the National Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Office of the
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate promotes environmental effects
monitoring as an assessment and decision making tool to protect
aquatic ecosystems. The National EEM Office:
- Coordinates delivery of regulated EEM programs for the pulp
and paper and metal mining sectors;
- Works with research scientists to ensure that the EEM program
evolves in step with advances in research on monitoring and assessment
techniques;
- Leads development of EEM portions of Fisheries Act
regulations;
- Analyzes and interprets EEM data at a national level and communicates
results to stakeholders;
- Develops, updates and maintains EEM databases, electronic reporting
systems and website;
- Provides opportunities for stakeholder discussions on EEM;
- Addresses stakeholder concerns in a national context;
- Develops tools to implement the program in a cost-effective,
nationally consistent manner;
- Develops guidance documents for EEM practitioners; and
- Develops environmental quality objective frameworks for assessment
of impacts of other sectors including aquaculture and municipal
wastewater.
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