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The purpose of Annex C is to provide a common approach to monitoring and
measuring progress in road salt use, the implementation of best management
practices with respect to road salts, and the concentration of road salts
in the environment. Information collected will be used in conjunction
with additional winter severity weather data provided by the Meteorological
Service of Canada, environmental monitoring data collected from case studies
and water quality monitoring programs, and road safety data provided by
Transport Canada to determine the extent and effectiveness of implementation
of the Code of Practice.
Information to be provided to Environment Canada by organizations is
described below.
- Background Information
Organization
• Name and address;
• Technical contact, telephone and fax numbers, and electronic
mail address;
• Population (municipalities only).
Salt Management Plan
• Existence of a salt management plan;
• Date of approval of the salt management plan;
• Date of latest revision of the salt management plan, where applicable.
Road Length Serviced
• Total length of road on which salt is applied in the organization’s
jurisdiction.
Winter Severity
• Organization’s rating of the severity of the winter;
• Municipal Organizations Only – Total number of events
requiring salt application during the winter averaged over all districts
within the organization’s jurisdiction.
- Materials Used
• Total quantity of road salts used for winter road maintenance;
• Description of non-chloride materials used for winter road maintenance.
- Material Storage
• Organization’s objectives for implementing best management
practices related to material storage, as indicated in its salt management
plan;
• State of implementation of each management practice.
- Winter Road Maintenance Equipment and
Road Salt Application Practices
• Organization’s objectives for implementing best management
practices related to road maintenance equipment and salt application
practices, as indicated in its salt management plan;
• State of implementation of each management practice;
• State of calibration program for equipment.
- Snow Disposal
• Organization’s objectives for implementing best management
practices related to snow disposal, as indicated in its salt management
plan;
• State of implementation of each management practice.
- Winter Road Maintenance Training
• Existence of a winter road maintenance training program related
to the organization’s salt management plan;
• Organization’s objectives for training of personnel, as
indicated in its salt management plan;
• State of training of personnel.
- Areas Vulnerable to Road Salts
• Existence of areas vulnerable to road salts;
• Description of additional salt management practices undertaken
by the organization in identified vulnerable areas, where applicable.
- Environmental Monitoring
• Chloride concentration and frequency of sampling at each sampling
location, if available.
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