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Glossary

> Acts and Regulations

• Environmental Acts and Regulations
• Additional Amendments Being Considered for the Pulp & Paper Effluent Regulations and for the Port Alberni Pulp & Paper Effluent Regulations (pursuant to the Fisheries Act)
• CEPA Registry and Review
• Guide to the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act
• Management of Toxic Substances Web Site
• Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
• Migratory Birds Hunting Regulations, 2005 — Summaries
• Pollution Prevention: A Federal Strategy for Action
• Solvent Degreasing Regulations
• Water Policy and Legislation (Freshwater Web Site)
• Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)
• Wildlife Laws, Regulations and Enforcement

> Codes of Practice

• CEPA Registry
• Environmental Code of Practice for Integrated Steel Mills
• Environmental Code of Practice for Non-Integrated Steel Mills

> Compliance and Enforcement

• Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Habitat Protection and Pollution Prevention Provisions of the Fisheries Act
• Enforcing Canada's Pollution Laws: the Government response to the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
• Environment Law Enforcement Web Site
• Wildlife Law Enforcement Web Site

> Environmental Performance Agreements

• Environmental Performance Agreements Web Site
• Policy Framework for Environmental Performance Agreements

> Recent Enforcement Actions

• Prosecutions under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and the Fisheries Act (FA)

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

• Environment Canada Lays Charges Against Metalex Products and Davis Trading
• Munro Electronics Charged with Allegedly Selling Ozone-Depleting Substances
• First Jail Sentence Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act - UPDATE: Charges Against Company and President Withdrawn
• City of Trail Company Faces Federal Hazardous Waste Charges
• Handee Products and Its President Accused of Contravening to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Fisheries Act

• Investigation Results in a Guilty Plea and $100,000 Penalty [2006-11-14]
• Canadian Horizontal Drilling Ltd. Charged with Failure to Comply with 2004 Court Order, in Violation of the Fisheries Act
• Sentencing in Landmark Environmental Law Case
• Miramar Mining, Four Related Companies Charged with Offences Related to Fuel Spill
• Spruce Falls Inc., A Division of Tembec Inc., Pleaded Guilty to Charges Under the Fisheries Act
• Guilty Plea in Pennask Creek Pollution Offences - BC Ministry of Transportation Ordered to Pay More than $46,000
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Incorporated Guilty of an Environmental Offence
• Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Fisheries Act Violation for Chemical Spill
• International Graphite Inc. Convicted for Failing to Comply with the Fisheries Act
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Inc, Christiansen and Greencorn Charged with Violations of the Fisheries Act

Migratory Birds Convention Act

• Three Men Convicted for Illegal Hunting and Selling of Migratory Birds
• Three Men From Newfoundland Convicted for Illegal Selling and Trading of Migratory Birds
• Saskatchewan Men Fined $30,000 for Wildlife Violations
• Leduc Man Charged for Removing Geese from a Leduc Golf Course

Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)

• DNA Analysis Proves Rugs Made from Threatened Monkeys
• Toronto Company Convicted Under Federal Endangered Species Legislation for Unlawfully Importing Caviar
• Cyber Trader Convicted for Selling Endangered Species
• Wing Quon Enterprises Ltd. Charged with Importation, Possession and Sale of Endangered and Threatened Species
• Brandon Exotic Wildlife Importer Fined for Illegal Trade in Live Corals
• Fall “Border Blitz” Results in Numerous Charges Under Fish and Wildlife Legislation
• Ontario Company Fined for Illegally Importing Traditional Chinese Medicines
• Lévis Resident Sentenced to $47,456 in Fines for Poaching Activities Involving the Purchase, Selling and Illegal Possession of Black Bear Gall Bladders

> Reporting

• 2000 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)
• 1998-1999 Canada Water Act Annual Report (Freshwater Web Site)
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Special Report on Enforcement Activities (.pdf format, page 7)
• Compliance and enforcement report: volume 1

> Voluntary Actions

• ARET (Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics)
• State of the Environment

See also:

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Glossary of Terms

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