Resilog newsletter volume 27-1, 2012: chapter 1

Definitions and Acronyms

Quantity Pending:

Quantity notified for which the notice has been sent for approval to the competent authorities and for which no reply has been received.

Quantity Consented:

Quantity notified for which all of the competent authorities have granted consent to the proposed movement of hazardous wastes or hazardous recyclable materials.

Quantity Objected:

Quantity notified for which any of the competent authorities have refused to grant consent to the proposed movement of hazardous wastes or hazardous recyclable materials.

Canadian Transit:

Transboundary movement generated and received in Canada, passing through a foreign country.

CCME:

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

EIHWHRMR:

Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations

OECD:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

TDGR:

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

Waste:

For the purposes of this report, means hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material as defined by EIHWHRMR.