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Pollution in Playa Hermosa
Submission ID: SEM-22-001
The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to protect the coastal ecosystem of Playa Hermosa, a local beach located in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
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Tren Maya
Submission ID: SEM-22-002
July 21, 2022
The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to assess the environmental impacts related to the Tren Maya project (Segment 5-South) located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The Submitters assert that the project did not undergo an...
Pollution in Playa Hermosa
Submission ID: SEM-22-001
June 1, 2022
The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to protect the coastal ecosystem of Playa Hermosa, a local beach located in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. The Submitters assert that the state and municipal governments are undertaking a boardwalk and...
North Atlantic right whale
Submission ID: SEM-21-003
October 4, 2021
The Submitter asserts that the United States is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) from the “primary human threats of fishing gear entanglement and vessel strikes, as well as stressors of climate change,...
Vaquita Porpoise
Submission ID: SEM-21-002
August 11, 2021
The Submitters assert that "the Mexican government is failing to effectively enforce several environmental laws and as a result has caused the near-extinction of the vaquita porpoise. Only approximately 10 vaquita remain." The Submitters assert that the vaquita population has been declining...
Fairview Terminal
Submission ID: SEM-21-001
February 8, 2021
The Submitter asserts that the Prince Rupert Port Authority, as an agent of the Government of Canada, is failing to effectively enforce the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. The submission asserts that the mitigation measures for the Fairview Terminal Phase II Expansion Project have not...
Loggerhead Turtle
Submission ID: SEM-20-001
December 17, 2020
The Submitters assert that the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and other environmental agencies are failing to effectively enforce provisions aimed at the protection and conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) outlined in national laws and...
Barred Owl
Submission ID: SEM-19-004
September 30, 2019
The Submitter asserts that the United States is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the lethal take of protected barred owls for scientific research without the actual study or use of the taken specimens or species. The Submitter asserts that the United States...
Lake Memphremagog
Submission ID: SEM-19-003
July 5, 2019
The Submitter asserts that both the United States and Canada are not effectively enforcing the International Boundary Waters Treaty with respect to water pollution in Lake Memphremagog, a cross-border lake in both Quebec and Vermont. The Submitter contends that a proposed landfill expansion in...
City Park Project
Submission ID: SEM-19-002
April 16, 2019
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the City Park project in the city of León, Guanajuato, Mexico. In submission SEM-19-002 (City Park Project), the Submitter asserts that the León municipal authorities illegally...
Radiation Exposure in Los Altares
Submission ID: SEM-19-001
February 22, 2019
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to exposure to radiation among residents of Los Altares in Hermosillo, Mexico. Summary of the response provided by the Party: In its response, Mexico states that the submission lacks...
Grand-Brûlé—Saint Sauveur Supply Line
Submission ID: SEM-18-005
December 7, 2018
The Citizen Advisory Committee of Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard (Comité aviseur de citoyens de Saint-Adolphe d’Howard) and a group of residents assert that the province of Quebec is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to a power supply line project that will...
Chileno Bay Club
Submission ID: SEM-18-004
November 9, 2018
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law with respect to the Chileno Bay Club tourism development located in the municipality of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. The submitter maintains that the project developer went beyond the authorized scope of...
Hydraulic Fracturing in Nuevo Leon
Submission ID: SEM-18-003
October 3, 2018
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law applicable to hydraulic fracturing in the municipality of Los Ramones in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Summary of the response provided by the Party: In its response, Mexico states that the Submitters...
Metrobús Reforma
Submission ID: SEM-18-002
February 2, 2018
The Submitters assert that Mexican federal authorities, the government of Mexico City (CDMX), and three of its boroughs are failing to effectively enforce environmental laws with respect to the construction of Line 7 of the bus rapid transit system (“Metrobús”). In SEM-18-002 (Metrobús...
Transboundary Agricultural Burning
Submission ID: SEM-18-001
January 10, 2018
On 10 January 2018, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a submission from a resident of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation in the United States along the US (Arizona)/Mexican border, asserting that her village is being impacted by “unannounced episodes...
Alberta Tailings Ponds II
Submission ID: SEM-17-001
June 26, 2017
Anyone may follow the status of and obtain information about any Submission on Enforcement Matters by consulting this Registry of Submissions. The CEC also maintains a compliance tracker to provide the public with information about SEM process...
Monterrey VI Aqueduct
Submission ID: SEM-16-002
July 11, 2016
Submission SEM-16-002 asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the Monterrey VI Aqueduct project. The Submitter, a group in Mexico which has requested confidentiality, asserts that the transfer of water by pipeline from the Panuco River in the...
Agricultural Waste Burning in Sonora
Submission ID: SEM-16-001
January 22, 2016
Anyone may follow the status of and obtain information about any Submission on Enforcement Matters by consulting this Registry of Submissions. The CEC also maintains a compliance tracker to provide the public with information about SEM process...
Municipal Wastewater Drop Shafts
Submission ID: SEM-15-003
November 3, 2015
Submission SEM-15-003 (Municipal Wastewater Drop Shafts) asserts that the United States is failing to effectively enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regarding sewer drop shafts used to convey municipal wastewater. Submission SEM-15-003 (Municipal Wastewater Drop Shafts)...
Management of Analog TV Waste
Submission ID: SEM-15-002
August 24, 2015
Submission SEM-15-002 (Management of Analog TV Waste) was filed by several individuals and NGOs in Mexico, asserting that while millions of TV sets are being discarded as a result of the so-called "analog blackout" (the conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting), a management plan...