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SEM Compliance Tracker

This tool has been established to provide the public with a resource to track compliance with the SEM process deadlines established under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, the Guidelines for Submissions on Enforcement Matters and Articles 24.27 and 24.28 of the Environment Chapter of the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States (CUSMA, T-MEC, USMCA).

Clicking on the title of a submission will link to that submission’s page in the SEM Registry.

Submissions under USMCA

Active Submissions

Submission title
(date filed)
Secretariat
Meets criteria?
30d
Submitters
Revised submission
60d
Secretariat
Meets criteria and Merits Response?
30d
Party Response
60d
Secretariat
Factual Record?
60d
Council
Instruction
60wd
Secretariat
Draft Factual Record
120d
Party
Comments
30d
Secretariat
Final Factual Record
Council
Vote
30d

Cadereyta Refinery
(February 5, 2024)

30

IP

Time Ceramics
(February 1, 2024)

30

IP

Vessel Pollution in Pacific Canada
(November 2, 2023)

30

37

30

IP

Illegal Logging in Jalisco
(May 17, 2023)

n/a

n/a

30

60

60

IP

Valle de Bravo-Amanalco Sub-Basin
(May 15, 2023)

n/a

n/a

30

60

60

IP

Agave Production in Jalisco
(April 11, 2023)

30

41

30

60

60

IP

Avocado Production in Michoacán
(February 2, 2023)

30

51

28

60

60

IP

Tren Maya
(July 21, 2022)

30

60

39

60

74

IP

North Atlantic right whale
(October 4, 2021)

30

60

30

60

60

IP

Vaquita Porpoise
(August 11, 2021)

n/a

n/a

28

143

60

IP

Loggerhead Turtle
(December 17, 2020)

n/a

53

109

59

409

240

IP

Closed Submissions

Submission title
(date filed)
Secretariat
Meets criteria?
30d
Submitters
Revised submission
60d
Secretariat
Meets criteria and Merits Response?
30d
Party Response
60d
Secretariat
Factual Record?
60d
Council
Instruction
60wd
Secretariat
Draft Factual Record
120d
Party
Comments
30d
Secretariat
Final Factual Record
Council
Vote
30d

La Primavera Forest II
(May 11, 2023)

30

31

30

60

60

Residential Development in San Cristóbal de las Casas
(January 11, 2023)

30

60

Madín Dam Basin
(October 26, 2022)

30

51

20

Pollution in Playa Hermosa
(June 1, 2022)

n/a

n/a

30

60

60

Fairview Terminal
(February 8, 2021)

29

20

29

60

60

Submissions under NAAEC

Active Submissions

Submission title
(date filed)
Secretariat
Meets basic criteria?
30wd
Submitters
Revised submission
60wd
Secretariat
Merits Party Response?
30wd
Party
Party Response
60wd
Secretariat
Factual Record?
120wd
Council
Instruction
60wd
Secretariat
Draft Factual Record
180wd
Party
Comments
45wd
Secretariat
Final Factual Record
45wd
Council
Vote
60wd

Hydraulic Fracturing in Nuevo Leon
(October 3, 2018)

30

56

23

229

118

719

IP

Closed Submissions

Submission title
(date filed)
Secretariat
Meets basic criteria?
30wd
Submitters
Revised submission
60wd
Secretariat
Merits Party Response?
30wd
Party
Party Response
60wd
Secretariat
Factual Record?
120wd
Council
Instruction
60wd
Secretariat
Draft Factual Record
180wd
Party
Comments
45wd
Secretariat
Final Factual Record
45wd
Council
Vote
60wd

Barred Owl
(September 30, 2019)

30

n/a

7

65

16

Lake Memphremagog
(July 5, 2019)

29

City Park Project
(April 16, 2019)

30

n/a

23

177

91

244

215

45

42

86

Radiation Exposure in Los Altares
(February 22, 2019)

30

n/a

30

216

118

Grand-Brûlé—Saint Sauveur Supply Line
(December 7, 2018)

25

60

28

Chileno Bay Club
(November 9, 2018)

30

n/a

16

60

104

Metrobús Reforma
(February 2, 2018)

30

n/a

30

60

109

472

399

65

45

116

Transboundary Agricultural Burning
(January 10, 2018)

14

n/a

14

60

23

Alberta Tailings Ponds II
(June 26, 2017)

30

n/a

6

60

108

90

292

57

36

111

Monterrey VI Aqueduct
(July 11, 2016)

30

23

29

30

103

Agricultural Waste Burning in Sonora
(January 22, 2016)

28

39

30

60

120

66

180

42

27

60

Municipal Wastewater Drop Shafts
(November 3, 2015)

30

n/a

25

60

42

Management of Analog TV Waste
(August 24, 2015)

20

50

30

60

129

La Primavera Forest
(July 20, 2015)

14

59

24

60

136

94

Refinery Releases in Shreveport, Louisiana
(July 9, 2013)

27

Louisiana Refinery Releases
(July 3, 2013)

25

Tourism Development in the Gulf of California
(April 11, 2013)

30

59

30

60

120

159

St. Lawrence River Wind Farms
(December 14, 2012)

30

59

34

BC Salmon Farms
(February 10, 2012)

n/a

n/a

n/a

19

118

138

Protection of Polar Bears
(December 5, 2011)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

122

Sumidero Canyon II
(November 29, 2011)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

127

253

44

21

60

Iona Wastewater Treatment
(May 7, 2010)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Alberta Tailings Ponds
(April 13, 2010)

n/a

n/a

n/a

27

104

115

Wetlands in Manzanillo
(February 4, 2009)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

199

404

45

31

60

Ex Hacienda El Hospital III
(September 22, 2006)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

335

45

27

59

Ex Hacienda El Hospital II
(July 17, 2006)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

335

45

27

59

Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II
(August 30, 2005)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

303

45

15

57

Quebec Automobiles
(November 3, 2004)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

52

Coal-fired Power Plants
(September 20, 2004)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

45

38

65

Lake Chapala II
(May 23, 2003)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

58

Legend

30d Number of calendar days allocated for each stage in the process (including weekends and holidays)
30wd Number of working days allocated for each stage in the process (weekdays that are not national holidays of any of the parties)
IPIP Key step in progress - green if applicable deadline has not passed - red if it has
2593 Number of days taken to complete a key step: green if applicable deadline was met; red if not
n/a Not applicable: Target deadlines do not apply retroactively to those key steps that were already completed or in progress prior to the July 11, 2012 adoption of the revised SEM Guidelines