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CEPA 1999 Annual Report : April 2003 to March 2004
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9 Government Operations and Federal and Aboriginal Lands (Part 9)
Part 9 of CEPA 1999 provides the authority to regulate departments, boards
and agencies of the Government of Canada, federal works and undertakings,
federal land, Aboriginal land, persons on that land and other persons
insofar as their activities involve that land and Crown corporations.
These entities are commonly referred to as the "federal house."
It also requires the Minister to establish objectives, guidelines and
codes of practice for the purpose of carrying out the Minister's duties
and functions under this Part related to the quality of the environment.
9.1 Regulations
Final Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2003 were published
on August 28, 2003 (see Appendix A). The regulations will achieve an orderly
transition from the use of chlorofluorocarbons and halons to alternative
substances and technologies. It is estimated that the Regulations will
reduce the release of chlorofluorocarbons and halons by 1146 tonnes into
the atmosphere between 2003 and 2014.
In September 2003, Environment Canada completed consultations on the
proposal to repeal the Federal Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum
Products Storage Tank Systems Regulations. The Regulations will provide
a more comprehensive framework to effectively prevent pollution from these
storage tank systems. Thirty information or consultation sessions with
stakeholders were conducted in 19 cities. Seventeen of these sessions
involved Aboriginal peoples living in the Northwest Territories, Yukon,
Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, and Labrador.
www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/regulations
Three issues of the "Virage" environmental newsletter on the
greening of government were produced by the Quebec Region. The newsletter
provides general information on the environment and, in particular, the
regulations under CEPA 1999. In 2003-04, this newsletter was, among other
things, used as a vehicle to convey information on ozone protection programs
to federal departments and agencies.
www.qc.ec.gc.ca/dpe/Francais/dpe_main_fr.asp?prev_index_virage
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