Environmentally impacted sites are areas of land or water that contain a substance that may cause, or is causing, an adverse effect to human health and the environment. In ±¦ÍþÌåÓý, impacts are typically associated with transportation, manufacturing, industrial, commercial or mining activities. The ministry regulates the process for managing these environmentally impacted sites within the framework set out by The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 (EMPA, 2010), and the ±¦ÍþÌåÓý Environmental Code chapters and associated standards.
What's new?
- May 2024:; A that compares the 2017 ±¦ÍþÌåÓý Environmental Quality Guidelines (SEQG) to the updated 2024 values has been published and is available online.
- April 2024: The (SEQG), and the have been updated and are available online. Supporting documents have been updated as well, these include the and document.
- January 2023: Updates to the were made to include instructions for completing the form.
Report a discharge or an environmental emergency (e.g. an active oil spill).
Notify the ministry of a discovery (e.g. finding contaminated soil).
±¦ÍþÌåÓý Environmental Quality Guidelines
The SEQG is a database used by government, industry and the public. It includes environmental benchmarks for more than 250 different kinds of chemicals.
Managing Impacted Sites Process
The in ±¦ÍþÌåÓý follows a risk-based approach, and includes the basic stages of notification, assessment, corrective actions and notice of site condition.
±¦ÍþÌåÓý Environmental Code Chapters
There are five chapters of the ±¦ÍþÌåÓý Environmental Code that are used to manage environmentally impacted sites:
Impacted Sites Fund
±¦ÍþÌåÓý municipalities can apply for funding to aid in clean up of abandoned, environmentally impacted sites through the Impacted Sites Fund.
Fact Sheets and Guidance Documents
The ministry has to help you manage your environmentally impacted site.