Links

• Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan Web Portal

This site provides information about the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan program.

• Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory (FCSI)

The FCSI is a publicly accessible database of all known or suspected federal contaminated sites.

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Archives

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Archives facilitates public access to information and records for environmental assessments of federal remediation activities that were subject to the previous Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

Under CEAA 2012, there is no longer a mandatory requirement for a federal environmental assessment. However, the Minister of the Environment can designate specific federal remediation activities and require a federal environmental assessment based on the potential for adverse environmental effects or public concern about those effects.

An evaluation of potential significant adverse environmental effects of proposed remediation activities on federal lands will still need to be conducted.  If significant effects cannot be mitigated then a Cabinet Level decision would need to be made as to whether those effects could be justified in the circumstances.  Federal authorities will be required to report to the public on these evaluation activities annually.