The development of several inter-governmental agreements and initiatives over the past few decades have resulted in an opportunity for the parties to this document to negotiate an Environmental Management Agreement (EMA),which advances several environmental issues at Algoma Steel Inc (ASI). This EMA is a voluntary initiative designed to complement the existing regulatory process. It provides a mechanism for ASI to commit to environmental initiatives that exceed existing regulatory requirements while taking into consideration the criteria and principles embodied in the Voluntary Non-Regulatory Initiatives (VNRI) document of November 1997. The VNRI document was developed by the New Directions Group, which has multi-stakeholder membership and is comprised of representatives from government, industry and environmental non-governmental organizations and was used as guidance in completing this EMA.

A key goal of this EMA is to bring together several federal and provincial objectives in one concise document and provide one window through which ASI can deal with government agencies. Progress towards reduction or elimination of the "beneficial use impairments" (as defined in the Canada-US Water Quality Agreement) and pollution incident reports are important objectives considered in the development of this EMA.

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Anita Wong
Head, Air Issues and Regulatory Affairs
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