Produced by the CEC, the North American Environmental Law and Policy series presents some of the most salient recent trends and developments in environmental law and policy in Canada, Mexico and the United States, including official documents related to the novel citizen submission procedure empowering individuals from the NAFTA countries to allege that a Party […]
In North America, we share a rich environmental heritage that includes air, oceans and rivers, mountains and forests. Together, these elements form the basis of a complex network of ecosystems that sustains our livelihoods and well-being. If these ecosystems are to continue to be a source of life and prosperity, they must be protected. Doing so is a responsibility shared by Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This best available technologies (BAT) analysis guidance manual has been prepared for North American regulatory air quality specialists. The document provides a step-by-step explanation of the BAT analysis process used in the US and includes three case studies, for: 1) stationary reciprocating engines, 2) residual oil–fired power plants, and 3) cement kilns fired by used […]
PAAM was a supply chain environmental management project targeting small business suppliers to large Mexican companies in Monterrey. Its primary objective was to train the SMEs in the use and application of a modified environmental management system (EMS) based on the ISO 14001 model.
Secretariat Determinations under Articles 14 and 15 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation : July 2002 through August 2004
This report summarizes the results of an analysis of the impact of the cluster projects on firm management. The analysis was conducted by The Lexington Group in 2004 based on data gathered from the companies in 2003-2004.
On 6 April 2000, Academia Sonorense de Derechos Humanos, A.C. and Domingo Gutiérrez Mendivil (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the Secretariat in accordance with NAAEC Article 14. The submission asserted that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to a molybdenum roaster operated by Molymex, S.A. de C.V. (“Molymex”) in […]
In 2004, an independent Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC) undertook an examination of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. TRAC produced a report that reviewed the implementation of the NAAEC and provided an assessment of the impacts of the various programs of the CEC.
This document was prepared for the CEC Secretariat by M.J. Bradley and Associates, Inc., under an activity in the CEC’s 2003 work plan to conduct a comparative study of the air quality standards, regulations, planning, and enforcement practices at the national, state/provincial, and local levels in the three North American countries, building on previous research […]
On 7 April 1997, Comité Pro Limpieza del Río Magdalena (the “CPLRM” or the “Submitter”) filed a submission with the Secretariat in accordance with Article 14 of the NAAEC (SEM-97-002). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law with respect to wastewater from the municipalities of Imuris, Magdalena de Kino […]
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) North American Regional Action Plan on Mercury (NARAP) is intended to assist the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States in reducing the exposure of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife and humans to mercury, through the prevention and reduction of anthropogenic releases of mercury to the North […]
In June 1998, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, on behalf of Sierra Club of British Columbia, Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia, and Taku Wilderness Association (the “Submitters”), filed a submission with the Secretariat alleging the systemic failure of the Government of Canada to enforce s. 36(3) of the Fisheries Act (“s. 36(3)”) against mining operations in British Columbia, in particular as regards violations of s. 36(3) caused by acid rock drainage (“ARD”). S. 36(3) prohibits the deposit of deleterious substances into waters frequented by fish, unless authorized by regulation.
