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Agave Production in Jalisco
Submission ID: SEM-23-003
The Submitter asserts that agave production, as a resource-intensive industry, results in extensive land-use change and deforestation in Jalisco, which in turn contributes to desertification in already semi-arid areas of the state, major landslides and flooding in some municipalities, and aquifer depletion.
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Iona Wastewater Treatment
Submission ID: SEM-10-003
May 7, 2010
The Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce the pollution prevention provision of the federal Fisheries Act (the Act) to address contaminants being discharged from the Iona Island (British Columbia) Wastewater Treatment Plant, which have a deleterious affect on fish...
Alberta Tailings Ponds
Submission ID: SEM-10-002
April 13, 2010
The submission SEM-10-002 (Alberta Tailings Ponds), alleges that tailings ponds resulting from the extraction of bitumen from mined oil sands deposits in northern Alberta, "contain a large variety of substances that are deleterious to fish," and that "these substances migrate to...
Sumidero Canyon
Submission ID: SEM-10-001
February 25, 2010
The Submitter asserts that since 1963 a limestone open-pit mine has been operating adjacent to the National Park of Sumidero Canyon (the "Canyon"). The Submitter further assert that in recent years the east face of the Canyon has been "severely damaged with cracks," allegedly due to the quarry...
Skeena River Fishery
Submission ID: SEM-09-005
October 15, 2009
The Submitter asserts that Canada is failing to effectively enforce the federal Fisheries Act, the Pacific Fishery Regulations, and, in particular, ss. 22(1) and 22(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations in connection with the alleged violation of fishing licenses and...
Quebec Mining
Submission ID: SEM-09-004
September 3, 2009
The Submitters assert that Canada, and more specifically the province of Quebec, is failing to effectively enforce: Quebec's Mining Act: the Regulation Respecting Mineral Substances other than Petroleum, Natural Gas and Brine: and, the Sustainable Development Act, all in...
Los Remedios National Park II
Submission ID: SEM-09-003
July 16, 2009
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the conservation and protection of Los Remedios National Park, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The Submitter states that park was created by presidential decree, on 15 April 1938,...
Wetlands in Manzanillo
Submission ID: SEM-09-002
February 4, 2009
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...
Transgenic Maize in Chihuahua
Submission ID: SEM-09-001
January 28, 2009
The Submission asserts that the Government of Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with regard to control, inspection, investigation, and risk assessment of transgenic maize in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Submitters further assert, inter alia, that Mexican...
Jetty Construction in Cancun
Submission ID: SEM-08-003
November 17, 2008
The submission asserts that the Attorney General's branch office for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente,"Profepa") in Quintana Roo is failing to investigate and prosecute the actions of a local hotel involving the construction of a jetty on the...
Air Pollution in Suburban Montreal
Submission ID: SEM-08-002
August 29, 2008
The Submitter alleges that the government of Quebec, and more precisely, the Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law with regard to gasoline vapour emissions from service stations in suburban Montreal. In submission...
La Ciudadela Project
Submission ID: SEM-08-001
February 22, 2008
The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in connection with a contaminated site located in Zapopan, Jalisco, on which construction of the La Ciudadela development is planned. In submission SEM-08-001 (La Ciudadela Project), the...
Drilling Waste in Cunduacán
Submission ID: SEM-07-005
July 26, 2007
The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to a sludge treatment and disposal project being carried out by Consorcio de Arquitectura y Ecologia (Caresa) in the municipality of Cunduacán, Tabasco. The Submitters assert that...
St. Clair River
Submission ID: SEM-07-004
July 25, 2007
The Submitters allege that Canada is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law by not preventing chemical and sewage spills to the St. Clair River in Sarnia, Ontario, and failing to notify downstream areas in the St. Clair-Detroit River corridor about spill incidents. In SEM-07-004...
Seal Hunting
Submission ID: SEM-07-003
June 26, 2007
The Submitters assert that the Canadian government is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the harp seal hunt that takes place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the Newfoundland and Labrador coast in Canada every year in the spring. In the submission, the...
Mount Orford Park
Submission ID: SEM-07-002
February 22, 2007
The Submitters assert that Canada, and more specifically the province of Quebec, failed to effectively enforce Articles 1, 4 and 5 of its Parks Act (Loi sur les parcs) as well as its Sustainable Development Act (Loi sur le développement durable) by adopting legislation in June...
Minera San Xavier
Submission ID: SEM-07-001
February 5, 2007
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the authorization of an open-pit mining project in the town of Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potos¡. In submission SEM-07-001 (Minera San Xavier), the Submitter asserts that in April 2006 the...
Los Remedios National Park
Submission ID: SEM-06-006
November 9, 2006
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law with respect to the protected natural area known as "Los Remedios" National Park in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. Los Remedios National Park was created by a decree published in 1938. In the submission,...
Species at Risk
Submission ID: SEM-06-005
October 10, 2006
The Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) with respect to at least 197 of the 529 species identified as at risk in Canada, so as to frustrate the Act's purpose: preventing wildlife species from becoming extirpated or becoming extinct...
Ex Hacienda El Hospital III
Submission ID: SEM-06-004
September 22, 2006
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...
Ex Hacienda El Hospital II
Submission ID: SEM-06-003
July 17, 2006
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...