Guidelines

	Biosafety
	Contaminated Sites
	Emissions
	Environmental Emergencies
	Environmental Quality
	Information Gathering
	Monitoring and Reporting
	New Substances Notification
	Pollution Prevention
	Waste

Biosafety

• Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines
  
  

Contaminated Sites

• Federal Aboveground Storage Tank Technical Guidelines
  
  
• Federal Underground Storage Tank Technical Guidelines
  
  
• Guidance Manual for Developing Site-specific Soil Quality Remediation Objectives for Contaminated Sites in Canada
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  

Emissions

• Environmental Guidelines for Controlling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aboveground Storage Tanks
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Environmental Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Plastics Processing Industry
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Guidelines for the Reduction of Ethylene Oxide Releases from Sterilization Applications
  
  
• Guidelines for the Reduction of VOC Emissions in the Wood Furniture Manufacturing Sector
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Guidelines for Volatile Organic Compounds in Consumer Products
  
  
• National Emission Guidelines for Commercial/Industrial Boilers and Heaters
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• National Emission Guidelines for Stationary Combustion Turbines
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• National NOx Emission Guidelines for Cement Kilns
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• National Standards and Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds from Canadian Commercial/Industrial Surface Coating Operations - Automotive Refinishing
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• National Standards for the Volatile Organic Compound Content of Canadian Commercial/Industrial Surface Coating Products - Automotive Refinishing
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• New Source Emission Guidelines for Thermal Electricity Generation
  
  
  

Environmental Emergencies

• Implementation Guidelines for Part 8 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Environmental Emergency Plans
  
  • Factsheet - Environmental Emergency Regulations under Part 8 of CEPA 1999
  
  

Environmental Quality

• Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  • Updates & Errata
  
  
• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines
  
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Copper: Environmental and Human Health
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Pentachlorophenol: Environmental and Human Health
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines for the Protection of Wildlife Consumers of Aquatic Biota
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Agricultural Water Uses
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Update: Appendix 22 - Interim Marine and Estuarine Water Quality Guidelines for General Variables
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Update: Appendix 23 - Arsenic, Bromacil, Carbaryl, Chlorpyrifos, Deltamethrin and Glycols
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Updates: Appendix 20 (Ethylbenzene and Toluene) and Appendix 21 (Cadmium)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
  
  
• Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water
  
  
• National Ambient Air Quality Objectives
  
  

Information Gathering

• Guidelines for the Use of Information Gathering Authorities under Section 46 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  
  

Monitoring and Reporting

• Glycol Guidelines
  
  
• National Guidelines for Monitoring Dredged and Excavated Material at Ocean Disposal sites
  EPSM-386: Available from Environmental Protection Publications (1-800-734-3232)
  
  

New Substances Notification

• Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals & Polymers
  
  
• Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms
  
  

Pollution Prevention

• Guideline for the Release of Ammonia Dissolved in Water Found in Wastewater Effluents
  
  
• Guidelines for the Implementation of the Pollution Prevention Planning Provisions of Part 4 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)
  
  

Waste

• National Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities: Design and Operating Criteria
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• National Guidelines for the Use of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Wastes as Supplementary Fuels in Cement Kilns
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)
  
  
• Operating and Emissions Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1-800-805-3025)