Compliance and Enforcement Policy for CEPA 1999, Environment Canada's Enforcement Offices
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The Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) sets out the principles for enforcement of the Act and advises everyone who shares a responsibility for protection of the environment — governments, industry, organized labour, and individuals — as to what is expected of them. It also provides information on what to expect from the officers who enforce CEPA 1999 and its regulations. The policy was developed in co-operation with the Department of Justice.

This fact sheet is part of a series of six that presents various aspects of the Compliance and Enforcement Policy: its principles, the personnel, enforcement activities, officers' responses to violations, court actions, and contact information for Environment Canada's enforcement offices.

Offices Responsible for Enforcement

Anyone who has questions about the Compliance and Enforcement Policy for CEPA 1999 or who wishes further information about Environment Canada's enforcement program should contact one of the following offices:

ENVIRONMENT CANADA HEADQUARTERS

Director, Enforcement Branch
National Programs Directorate
Environmental Protection Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0H3
Website: www.ec.gc.ca/ele-ale/
Telephone: (819) 953-1523
Fax: (819) 994-0724

ATLANTIC REGION OFFICE

(for residents of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)

Director Manager, Enforcement Division
Environmental Protection – Atlantic
Environment Canada
45 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 2N6
Website: www.ns.ec.gc.ca/enforcement/
Telephone: (902) 426-1925
Fax: (902) 426-7924

QUEBEC REGION OFFICE

Manager, Enforcement and Emergencies Division
Director, Environmental Protection – Quebec
Environment Canada
105 McGill, 4^th Floor
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2E7
Website: www.qc.ec.gc.ca/envcan/indexe.html
Telephone: (514) 283-0181
Fax: (514) 496-2087

ONTARIO REGION OFFICE

Manager, Enforcement and Emergencies Division
Director, Environmental Protection – Ontario
Environment Canada
4905 Dufferin Street
Downsview, Ontario M3H 5T4
Website: www.on.ec.gc.ca/
Telephone: (416)-739-5897
Fax: (416)-739-4903

PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN REGION OFFICE

(for residents of Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

Manager, Enforcement Division
Director, Environmental Protection – Prairie and Northern
Environment Canada
4999 – 98^th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2X3
Website: www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/pollution/index.en.html
Telephone: (780) 951-8861
Fax: (780) 495-2451

PACIFIC AND YUKON REGION OFFICE

(for residents of British Columbia and the Yukon)

Manager, Enforcement and Emergencies Division
Director, Environmental Protection – Pacific and Yukon
Environment Canada
224 Esplanade West
North Vancouver, British Columbia V7M 3H7
Website: www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/EN/Enforcement/index.shtml
Telephone: (604) 666-0002
Fax: (604) 666-6858

Printed Documents

Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)

Issued also in French under the title: Politique d'observation et d'application de la Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement, 1999 (LCPE, 1999)

ISBN 0-662-30144-7
Catalogue No. En40/2001E
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2001