Environmental occurrences notification agreements

Pursuant to subsection 9(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans have entered into an environmental occurrences notification agreement with the government of each of the following provinces and territories: Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Yukon.

The purpose of these notification agreements is to establish a streamlined notification system and reduce duplication of effort for persons required to notify federal and provincial/territorial governments of an environmental emergency or environmental occurrence, such as an oil or chemical release. Under these notification agreements, 24-hour authorities operating for the provinces and territories receive emergency or occurrence notifications and transfer this information to Environment and Climate Change Canada, which is essential for timely and effective oversight of the response, as may be warranted.

• Canada-Alberta environmental occurrences notification agreement
• Canada-British Columbia environmental occurrences notification agreement
• Canada-Manitoba environmental occurrences notification agreement
• Canada-Ontario environmental occurrences notification agreement
• Canada-Saskatchewan environmental occurrences notification agreement
• Canada-Yukon environmental occurrences notification agreement