Metrobús Reforma
On 1 July 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or “the Agreement”) and the Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) entered into force. Pursuant to ECA Article 2(3), the CEC “will continue to operate under the modalities in place as of entry into force of [the ECA].” This factual record was prepared in conformity with the provisions […]
City Park Project
On 16 April 2019, the organization Acción Colectiva Socioambiental, A.C. (hereafter the “Submitter”) filed a submission with the Secretariat, in accordance with the provisions of NAAEC Article 14(1). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the City Park Project, in the City of León, Guanajuato, Mexico. […]
Alberta Tailings Ponds II: Factual Record
On 26 June 2017, Environmental Defence Canada and the Natural Resources Defense Council (based in the United States), along with Canadian resident Daniel T’seleie (the “Submitters”), filed SEM-17-001 (Alberta Tailings Ponds II) (hereinafter the “Submission”) with the Secretariat. The Submitters assert that the Government of Canada (“Canada”) is failing to enforce the pollution prevention provisions […]
Agricultural Waste Burning in Sonora: Factual Record
On 22 January 2016, a person whose name has been kept confidential pursuant to NAAEC Article 11(8)(a) (the “Submitter”) filed an NAAEC Article 14(1) submission with the Secretariat. The Submitter asserts that approximately 100 tons of asparagus crop residues generated on some 13,000 hectares of cropland near the municipality of Caborca, Sonora (“the municipality of […]
Wetlands in Manzanillo: Factual Record
In February 2004, the company Zeta Gas del Pacífico, S.A de C.V. (“Zeta Gas”) submitted an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the LPG Terminal project before the Environmental Impact and Risk Branch (Dirección General de Impacto y Riesgo Ambiental—DGIRA) of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales—Semarnat). […]
Sumidero Canyon II: Factual Record
On 29 November 2011, the Comité Pro-Mejoras de la Ribera Cahuaré (the” Submitter”) filed a submission with the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in accordance with Article 14(1) of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in connection with […]
Coal-fired Power Plants: Factual Record
Factual Record on Submission SEM-04-005 (Coal-fired Power Plants)
Ex Hacienda El Hospital II and III: Factual Record
Factual Record regarding Submissions Ex Hacienda El Hospital II and III (SEM-06-003 and SEM-06-004)
Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II: Factual Record
On 30 August 2005, the Academia Sonorense de Derechos Humanos and Domingo Gutiérrez Mendívil (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the CEC Secretariat in accordance with Article 14(1) of the NAAEC (the “Submission”). In submission SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II), the Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the prevention and control of air pollution in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora.
Lake Chapala II: Factual Record
Contains: Factual Record for Submission SEM-03-003 (Lake Chapala II)
Quebec Automobiles: Factual Record
Submissions on Enforcement Matters: Factual Record regarding Submission SEM-04-007 (Quebec Automobiles)
Background Paper and Secretariat Determinations (Sept 2008 – August 2010)
The following paper was originally developed as a memorandum in June 2000 for the Submissions on Enforcement Matters Unit of the CEC Secretariat. In January 2001, it was distributed to members of the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) and Alternate Representatives of the CEC Council. During preparation of the current volume in the NAELP series, it was updated to reflect developments in international law.