Wood preservation facilities: appendix 1
Appendix I - Useful Links and Guidance Documents
Federal Government
Federal Departments and Agencies
Federal Acts and Regulations
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)
- Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations
- Environmental Emergency Regulations
- Fisheries Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14)
- Hazardous Products Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-3)
- Pest Control Products Act (S.C. 2002, c. 28) and Regulations
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (S.C. 1992, c. 34)
- TDG Regional Offices Contact
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286)
- Regulations amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2011-239), November 9, 2011, Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 145, No. 23. Amendment 8
- Interprovincial Movement of Hazardous Waste Regulations (SOR/2002-301)
Agreements / Protocols
- Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
- Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem
- St-Laurence Action Plan 2011-2026
Technical Guidance Documents
- Recommendations for the Design and Operation of Wood Preservation Facilities, 2004
- Technical Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Wood Preservation Facilities, 2004
- Industrial Treated Wood Users Guidance Document
- National Guidelines for Decommissioning Industrial Sites
- CEPAGuidelines / Codes of practice
- Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
These guidelines were developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) representing federal, provincial and territorial governments. - Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines (FEQGs)
- Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Copper: Environmental and Human Health
- Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Pentachlorophenol: Environmental and Human Health
- Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines
- Provisional Code of Practice for the Management of Post-Use Treated Wood
- Canada-wide standards for Dioxins and Furans
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
The NIOSH Pocket Guide (NPG) to Chemical Hazards is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals.
Provinces
Provincial Acts and Regulations
- Alberta
- Water Act
- Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
- British Columbia
- Waste Management Act
- Environmental Management Act
- Integrated Pest Management Act (Pesticides Control Act)
- Workers Compensation Act
- Manitoba
- Dangerous Goods Handling and Transportation Act
- Environment Act
- New Brunswick
- Clean Environment Act
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Department of Environment Act
- Nova Scotia
- Environmental Protection Act, SNS, 1973
- Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Wastes Management Act, SNS, 1986
- Ontario
- Dangerous Goods Transportation Act
- Environmental Protection Act
- Health Protection and Promotion Act
- Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
- Ontario Water Resources Act
- Pesticides Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Prince Edward Island
- Environmental Protection Act
- Quebec
- Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement (Environmental Quality Act)
- Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (An Act respecting Occupational Health and Safety)
- Code de la sécurité routière (Highway Safety Code)
- Saskatchewan
- Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010
- Clean Air Act
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Department of the Environment Act
Standards
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- Western Wood Preservers Institute
- Best Management Practices (wetlands and aquatic environments)
- Recommended American and Canadian guidelines for the production and use of treated
wood products in aquatic and other sensitive environments.
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