Guidelines and Objectives

• Biosafety
• Contaminated Sites
• Emissions
• Environmental Emergencies
• Environmental Quality
• Information Gathering
• Monitoring and Reporting
• New Substances Notification
• Pollution Prevention
• Waste

Biosafety

• Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines

Contaminated Sites

• Guidance Manual for Developing Site-specific Soil Quality Remediation Objectives for Contaminated Sites in Canada
  Available in PDF Format-2501KB, from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• National Classification System for Contaminated Sites (NCSCS) - Guidance Document (CCME 2008) (PDF Format, 581 KB)
  
  • NCSCSSpreadsheet (v1.2) (Excel-zip Format, 254 KB)
    
    
• Technical Guidelines for Aboveground Storage Tank Systems that Contain Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products
  
  
• Technical Guidelines for Underground Storage Tank Systems that Contain Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products

Emissions

• Air Quality Management System (AQMS). Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Environmental Guidelines for Controlling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aboveground Storage Tanks (PDF Format, 10 737 KB)
  Available from the Publication Archives of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Environmental Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Plastics Processing Industry (PDF Format, 3085 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidance Document on Achievement Determination: Canada-Wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone (CCME 2007)(PDF Format, 1.94 MB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidance Document on Continuous Improvement (CI) and Keeping-Clean-Areas-Clean: Canada-wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone (CCME 2007)(PDF Format, 800 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidelines for the Reduction of Ethylene Oxide Releases from Sterilization Applications
  
  
• Guidelines for the Reduction of VOC Emissions in the Wood Furniture Manufacturing Sector (PDF Format, 800 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidelines for Volatile Organic Compounds in Consumer Products
  
  
• National Emission Guidelines for Commercial/Industrial Boilers and Heaters (PDF Format, 1819 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• National Emission Guidelines for Stationary Combustion Turbines(PDF Format, 1186 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• National NO_x Emission Guidelines for Cement Kilns(PDF Format, 8.17 MB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• National Standards and Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds from Canadian Commercial/Industrial Surface Coating Operations - Automotive Refinishing (PDF Format, 863 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• New Source Emission Guidelines for Thermal Electricity Generation
  
  
• Technical Guidance Document - Marine Spark-Ignition Engine, Vessel and Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations under CEPA 1999
  
  
• Guidance Document - Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  
  

Environmental Emergencies

• Implementation Guidelines for the Environmental Emergency Regulations2011
  • Factsheet - Environmental Emergency Regulations under Part 8 of CEPA 1999 (Archived 2011-12)

Environmental Quality

• Air Quality Management System (AQMS). Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  • Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines (CEQG) Summary Table
  
  
  
• Guidance Document on Achievement Determination Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (PDF Format, 271 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidance Document on Air Zone Management (PDF Format, 232 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Introduction (PDF Format, 56 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health - Introduction (PDF Format, 40 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Copper: Environmental and Human Health (PDF Format, 84.5 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for n-Hexane: Environmental and Human Health (PDF Format, 152 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Pentachlorophenol: Environmental and Human Health (PDF Format, 77.3 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines for the Protection of Wildlife Consumers of Aquatic Biota - Introduction (PDF Format, 44 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Agricultural Water Uses - Introduction (PDF Format, 46 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Introduction (PDF Format, 42 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Chloride (PDF Format, 380 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Glyphosate (PDF Format, 170 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Nitrate Ion (PDF Format, 477 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Trichlorfon (PDF Format, 228 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Uranium (PDF Format, 206 KB)
  Available in PDF Format from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Update: Appendix 22 - Interim Marine and Estuarine Water Quality Guidelines for General Variables (PDF Format, 16.5 MB)
  Available in PDF Format (16.58MB) from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Update: Appendix 23 - Arsenic, Bromacil, Carbaryl, Chlorpyrifos, Deltamethrin and Glycols (PDF Format, 16.5 MB)
  Available in PDF Format (16.58MB) from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Updates: Appendix 20 (Ethylbenzene and Toluene) and Appendix 21 (Cadmium) (PDF Format, 16.5 MB)
  Available in PDF Format (16.58MB) from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Federal Environmental Quality Guideline for Cobalt
  
  
• Federal Environmental Quality Guideline for Hydrazine
  
  
• Federal Environmental Quality Guideline for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
  
  
• Federal Environmental Quality Guideline for Alcohol Ethoxylates
  
  
• From Source To Tap - The Multi-Barrier Approach To Safe Drinking Water
  
  
• Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
  
  • Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Summary Table (2012)
    
    
• Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water
  
  
• Guidelines for Effluent Quality and Wastewater Treatment at Federal Establishments (1976)
  
  
• National Ambient Air Quality Objectives
  

Information Gathering

• Guidelines for the Use of Information Gathering Authorities under Section 46 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Monitoring and Reporting

• Glycol Guidelines
  
  
• National Guidelines for Monitoring Dredged and Excavated Material at Ocean Disposal sites
  EPSM-386: Available from Environmental Protection Publications (1-800-734-3232)

New Substances Notification

• Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals & Polymers
  
  
• Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms

Pollution Prevention

• Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
  
  
• Guideline for the Release of Ammonia Dissolved in Water Found in Wastewater Effluents
  
  
• Guidelines for the Implementation of the Pollution Prevention Planning Provisions of Part 4 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)

Waste

• Extended Producer Responsibility Product Evaluation Tool - User Guidance (PDF Format, 17 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Guidance Document for the Beneficial Use of Municipal Biosolids, Municipal Sludge and Treated Septage (PDF Format, 1092 KB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• National Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Incineration Facilities: Design and Operating Criteria
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  • Volume 1 (PDF Format, 6.58 MB)
  • Volume 2 (PDF Format, 13.34 MB)
    
    
• National Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Landfills (CCME 2006) (PDF Format, 2.28 MB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
  
  
• Operating and Emissions Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators (PDF Format, 1.39 MB)
  Available from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment