Department of the Environment Act

In Canada, Environment Canada, which was created in 1971, is the organization responsible for environmental regulation and protection. Environment Canada is divided into five Regional Offices Ontario, Atlantic, Prairie and Northern Region, Quebec, and Pacific and Yukon. Its environmental services are administered through the Canadian Environment Protection Act (CEPA) which includes the Air Quality Act, the Canadian Water Act, the Ocean Dumping Act, the Environment Contaminant Act, and the Department of the Environment Act. CEPA was recently amended (September 1999), placing more emphasis on pollution prevention and toxic substances. It also provides an increased enforcement authority and resources to carry out necessary research and development activities. 

Department of the Environment and Heritage John Gorton Building, King Edward Tenace, Parkes ACT 2600 GPO Box 787, Canbena ACT 2601 Australia Phone +61 2 6274 1111 Fax +61 2 6274 1123... 

This act established the Department of the Environment and defined the responsibilities of the Minister of the Environment. The Minister was charged with establishing programs to protect the environment and reduce pollution, ensuring that new federal programs are assessed for environmental impact and reporting environmental information to the Canadian public. 

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Circular 2/2000, Environmental Protection Act 1990—Part IIA—Contaminated Land, DETR, London, 2000. 

N. Wace, in L. P. Zann and D. C. Sutton, ed.. The State of the Marine Environment Report for Australia. Technical Annex 2 Pollution, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Ocean Rescue 2000 Programme, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1995, pp. 73-87. 

The Contained Use Regulations are administered jointly by HSE and the Department of the Environment. Notification of intention to carry out GMO work is to be made only to HSE however, and enforcement also falls only to HSE including in those premises where local authorities enforce other HSW Act provisions. 

The main purpose of this Act is to ensure effective control over radioactive wastes. Under the Act those who keep or use radioactive materials on premises used for the purposes of an undertaking (trade, business, profession etc.) are required to register with Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Pollution of the Department of the Environment, Welsh Office, Her Majesty s Industrial Pollution Inspectorate for Scotland of the Scottish Development Department or the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, according to the region, or to be exempted from registration. Conditions may be attached to registrations and exemptions, and these are made with regard to the amount and character of the radioactive waste likely to arise. 

Department of the Environment, Radioactive Substances Act I960, A guide to the administration of the Act, HMSO, London (1982)... 

Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions, Circular 11/94 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 11, Waste Management Licensing, the Framework Directive on Waste, The Stationery Office, London (1994)... 

Sect. 1420, Chapt. Ill, General Pam, Chapt. h(s,Acts of 1969, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of PubHc Health, Division of Environment, Health, Bureau of Ain Use Management. 

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