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Pollution Prevention

• Canada's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (NPA)
  Some 80% of the pollution load in the oceans originates from land-based activities. This report responds to an international call to protect the marine environment through coordinated actions at local, regional, national and global levels. The report outlines the context of the NPA, the programme's methods, and national issues. Individual chapters then focus on four coastal regions of Canada: Pacific, Arctic, Southern Quebec/St. Lawrence, and Atlantic.
  
  
• Cost Analysis of Controlling Carbon Dioxide Fuel Gas Emissions from Canadian Power Utilities
  This report, reviews currently available technologies for controlling, removing, and disposing of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power plants in Canada. Part 1 evaluates the technologies' feasibility, stage of development, effect on the environment, and applicability in Canada. In Part 2, the most feasible technologies are incorporated into a computer simulation model. This study is not intended to provide a definitive evaluation of any one option or approach and does not consider potential uses for carbon dioxide in detail.
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• Dead Load Reduction in the Kraft Pulping Process
  This report assesses the technical and economic feasibility of a process based on white liquor evaporation for dead load reduction in the kraft pulping process which is potentially applicable at any kraft mill. As part of the study, process factors in the liquor cycle were examined, with an emphasis on the chemistry of the recovery boiler and the recausticizing system.
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• Environmental Code of Practice for Integrated Steel Mills - CEPA 1999 Code of Practice
  This code of practice outlines environmental concerns associated with the integrated mills segment of the steel manufacturing sector, and advances recommendations aimed at preserving and enhancing the quality of the environment that is affected by these mills. The code identifies minimum environmental performance standards for new integrated steel mills and provides a set of environmental performance goals that existing mills can strive to achieve through continual improvement over time.
  
  
• Environmental Code of Practice for Non-Integrated Steel Mills - CEPA 1999 Code of Practice
  This code of practice outlines environmental concerns associated with the non-integrated mills segment of the steel manufacturing sector, and advances recommendations aimed at preserving and enhancing the quality of the environment that is affected by these mills. The code identifies minimum environmental performance standards for new non-integrated steel mills and provides a set of environmental performance goals that existing mills can strive to achieve through continual improvement over time.
  
  
• Guidelines for the Implementation of the Pollution Prevention Planning Provisions of Part 4 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)
  This document describes the circumstances under which the P2 planning provisions in Part 4 of CEPA 1999 will be implemented. Included are a sample Gazette Notice and templates for submissions to Environment Canada of declarations and other documents from persons subject to a notice.
  
  
• Implementing Canada's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities - National Report to the 2001 Intergovernmental Review Meeting on Implementation of the Global Programme of Action
  This report describes the current framework for managing the marine environment in Canada. It describes the types of programs under way across the country, and how these programs contribute to the goals of the NPA. The report also summarizes Canada's experience in developing the NPA and the lessons learned from the process.
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• Mercury and the Environment
  Mercury can be toxic, even at very low levels, to fish, birds, wildlife and people. Mercury and the Environment explains what mercury is, where it comes from (natural and human sources), what effect it has on human health and the environment, and what can be done to prevent and clean up mercury pollution. A list of Internet sites providing more information about mercury is also included. This short, plain-language publication is an excellent source of information for a wide range of readers, including high-school students and teachers as well as community organizations.
  
  
• Mine and Mill Wastewater Treatment
  This report gives an overview of waterborne liquid waste (mine drainage, mill process effluents and surface runoff) and their contaminants frequently encountered in metal mining and milling operations. Current wastewater management and contaminant removal practices are described. The subject of acid mine drainage resulting from the mining of sulphide containing ores and the treatment of cyanide containing gold mill effluents are addressed extensively.
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• Minimizing the Environmental Impact of the Disposal of Snow from Urban Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Montreal, Quebec, June 11-12, 1984
  Environment Canada commissioned the American Public Works Association to convene a two-day workshop to explore how to minimize the environmental impact of the disposal of snow from urban areas. Three panels discussed disposal on land and in quarries, in receiving waters, and in wastewater treatment plants. These proceedings set out the perceptions of local and provincial officials and researchers.
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• Oceanographic Conditions Suitable for the Sinking of Oil
  This report suggests where oil might sink in Canadian territorial waters. The conditions that decrease seawater density, thereby encouraging the sinking of oil, are analyzed in detail for the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific coasts of Canada.
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• Overview of the Canadian Surface Finishing Industry - Status of the Industry and Measures for Pollution Control
  This report presents the results of a national survey completed in 1983-1984. Surface finishing processes; solid, liquid, and atmospheric waste generation and treatment; and regulation and compliance at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels are examined. The report also identifies potential environmental problems and recommends preventive or remedial action.
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• Policy Framework for Environmental Performance Agreements
  An Environmental Performance Agreement is an agreement with core design criteria that is negotiated among parties to achieve specified environmental results. Over recent years, industry, environmental non-government organizations and government have demonstrated that they can work together to protect the environment. In this policy framework, Environment Canada sets out the design criteria that it believes are essential to make these agreements both effective and credible.
  
  
• Pollution Prevention (P2) Fact Sheets
  The National Office of Pollution Prevention has developed several pollution prevention (P2) fact sheets. These fact sheets cover topics including pollution prevention activities, best practices, and activities that individual Canadians, companies, and government departments can incorporate into everyday life. The fact sheets are divided into several categories that reflect their content, as well as the sectors of society to which they apply.
  
  
• Pollution Prevention - A Federal Strategy for Action
  The federal government's pollution prevention strategy grew out of a commitment to sustainable development and out of deep concern for the quality of life on our planet. The government's pollution prevention strategy asks all Canadians to recognize pollution as a burden, one that is affecting our quality of life and preventing us from competing effectively in the global marketplace. This strategy is an invitation to change our behaviour, to find new and better ways of going about our business. It's a call to action.
  
  
• Pollution Prevention in Ontario's Great Lakes Basin
  This fact sheet identifies activities that are primary sources of pollution in the Great Lakes basin and highlights pollution prevention projects undertaken by local industries, farm operations and federal facilities.
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• Pollution Prevention Planning Handbook
  This handbook provides information about pollution prevention planning processes and techniques. Pollution prevention is the cornerstone of national efforts to manage toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). The guidance provided is presented in a way that will help the reader comply with a requirement to prepare a substance-specific pollution prevention plan under CEPA 1999.
  
  
• Pollution Prevention Planning Provisions of Part 4 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.) Revised October 2003
  This document is designed to help facilities understand their obligations under CEPA 1999 when subject to a requirement to prepare and implement a P2 plan. It describes, in a question and answer format, how the provisions under Part 4 of CEPA are administered and what affected parties must do.
  
  
• Pollution Prevention Planning Requirements at Wet Processing Textile Mills
  Pollution Prevention Planning Notices are published to help reduce adverse environmental and health risks associated with toxic substances. They are legal documents that require certain persons, including companies, to prepare and implement pollution prevention plans. On December 4, 2004, Environment Canada published a Pollution Prevention Plan Notice that requires wet processing textile mills to prepare and implement pollution prevention plans addressing their use of nonylphenol (NP) and its ethoxylates (NPEs), as well as the toxicity of their effluents (referred to as textile mill effluents or TMEs).
  
  
• Progress in Pollution Prevention 2000-2001: Sixth Annual Report of the Pollution Prevention Coordinating Committee
  Progress in Pollution Prevention 2000-2001 highlights achievements for projects that either began or reached a major milestone during the period April 2000 to March 2001. This report demonstrates the Government of Canada's commitment to"institutionalize pollution prevention across all federal government activities," as stated in Pollution Prevention - A Federal Strategy for Action. Progress in Pollution Prevention annual reports are also available for the following years: 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000.
  
  
• Progress in Pollution Prevention 2001-2002 - Seventh Annual Report of the Pollution Prevention Coordinating Committee
  This seventh progress report showcases the federal government's achievements in incorporating pollution prevention into its own activities and those of its partners. The report focuses on the progress made in the year ending March 31, 2002, against the goals stated in the Federal Pollution Prevention Strategy and Action Plan and demonstrates the federal government's leadership and commitment to pollution prevention.
  
  
• Progress in Pollution Prevention, 2002-2003 - 8th Annual Report of the Pollution Prevention Coordinating Committee
  This report is a clear indication that federal departments are committed to taking a more sustainable approach to environment protection in Canada. Throughout 2002-2003, the federal government continued to implement measures that will reduce the impact of its operations on air quality and climate change. These efforts not only help meet Canada's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, but show that the federal government is fully committed to sustainable development.
  
  
• Protecting Canada's Coastal and Marine Environment
  The National Programme of Action (NPA) is a national programme to prevent marine pollution and protect coastal habitat from land-based activities. This report provides an assessment of the state of Canada's coastal and marine environment and identifies the management objectives, strategies and priority actions that need to be implemented. The two primary strategies are pollution prevention and integrated management of activities within estuarine, coastal and marine waters.
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• Review of the Canadian Chlor-alkali Industry - Status of the Industry and Measures Taken for the Control of Water Pollution
  This report reviews Canadian chlor-alkali plants in terms of production processes, waste products produced, recycling and reuse of water, and other waste reduction practices, wastewater treatment practices, and concentrations and loadings of conventional and priority contaminants discharged into final effluent. This information is based on surveys carried out in 1981 and 1982 during visits to chlor-alkali plants, as well as company reports and literature surveys.
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• The Elimination of Leaded Motor Gasoline: Effect on Canadian Gasoline Engines Beyond 1990
  Certain engines operating on unleaded gasoline may suffer valve seat recession. This report addresses valve seat recession and suggests various solutions for dealing with it. It also provides information on the type, size, and number of engines that may be affected if operated on unleaded gasoline.
  Available from Environment Canada Selected Publications (1-800-734-3232)