At the 2001 CEC Council session, the environmental ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States agreed to undertake an initiative to analyze issues related to “local water pricing and watershed management, and promote accessible, affordable technologies for improving water management.” In response to the Council’s initiative, the Secretariat initiated, as part of its 2002 […]
The work described in this report builds upon existing North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) supported activities related to air quality impacts associated with transport along trade corridors. The goal of the proposed work was to evaluate the current availability of data to assess community exposures related to emissions at congested border crossings. The […]
Within the context of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) initiative on Children’s Health and the Environment in North America, approaches to risk assessment, as a basis for regulatory decision-making, is a topic of interest among the three countries. In particular, there is an interest in exchanging experiences and advancing methods and approaches for incorporating […]
This paper is developed for the CEC’s Expert Advisory Board on Children’s Health and the Environment in North America. It provides background on health professional education in children’s health and the environment, and summarizes related ongoing activities in North America, analyzes gaps and provides several options for Expert Advisory Board consideration. Information presented in this […]
This booklet summarizes some key observations of work thus far by the CEC Secretariat and the public. It highlights, in particular, findings presented in late 2000 at the first North American Symposium on Understanding the Linkages between Trade and Environment in Washington, DC, as well as places this important work in the broader context of […]
This issue paper discusses the process for determining and handling confidential business information under the three PRTR programs in North America.
This issue paper discusses reporting thresholds used by each national PRTR. Reporting thresholds are applied to determine whether a facility has to report for a particular chemical. There are thresholds relating to the number of employees at the facility and thresholds relating to the amount of the chemical.
The goal of the CEC’s work on the Chamaedorea palm, a wild species endemic to Mexico and selected by the CEC’s Governing Council as a pilot species, is to study the possibility of using the market to protect the species. The basic question is, under what conditions, if any, would trading of a wild species […]
The NARAP on environmental monitoring and assessment provides a framework for a regional-scale strategy (based on geographic/climatic regions) for monitoring and assessing persistent toxic substances in the North American environment.
Has North America made progress in reducing industrial releases of chemicals in the five years from 1995 to 1999? How many tonnes of carcinogens are released to air, water and land each year, and what are the trends in these releases? Have the agreements and regulations on chemicals that deplete that ozone layer had any effect on releases of those substances? Information to help answer these questions can be drawn from pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs), which provide detailed information on the types, locations and amounts of chemicals released or transferred by facilities.
Has North America made progress in reducing industrial releases of chemicals in the five years from 1995 to 1999? How many tonnes of carcinogens are released to air, water and land each year, and what are the trends in these releases? Have the agreements and regulations on chemicals that deplete that ozone layer had any […]
