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SEIMA AGM 23 June 2015 Sustainability and Environmental Management: Past and Present Lawrence Pinter, P.Eng. & Bryce Jardine-Pelletier, M.Eng, P.Eng., PMP SEIMA AGM 23 June 2015 CHANGES Site Assessment Methods Environmental

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Sustainability and Environmental Management: Past and Present

Lawrence Pinter, P.Eng. & Bryce Jardine-Pelletier, M.Eng, P.Eng., PMP

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  • Site Assessment Methods
  • Environmental Assessment Process
  • From Dig and Dumps to Risk Assessment
  • Moving from Landfills to Recycling and Reuse
  • Moving from Gas Guzzlers to Hybrids and Electric

Cars

  • Etc.

CHANGES

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  • Federal Environmental Management
  • Provincial Environmental Management
  • Contaminated Site Management
  • Sustainability

Presentation Overview

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) –

1970

  • Promote Sustainable Development
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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Natural Resources Development

– World War II. – Environmental consequences of mega-projects. – Environmental effects. – Reactive rather than proactive

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Early Origins of Environmental Assessment

– 1960s. – National Environmental Policy Act - 1969. – United Nations Stockholm Conference on Human Settlements took place in 1972.

  • Canada identified the study of environmental effects of

projects as a high priority.

  • Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry from 1974 to 1977
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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Federal Cabinet policy

– commitment to review the environmental effects of federal decisions in 1973.

  • federal lands and other areas of exclusive federal jurisdiction

(e.g. nuclear power projects). – Environmental assessment became based on the principle of self-assessment:

  • Projects with significant effects were forwarded to Environment

Canada

– A 1977 Cabinet decision expanded panel membership to persons outside government.

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Examples of early review panels

– Point Lepreau Nuclear Power Station (1975) – Eastern Arctic Offshore Drilling (1978):

  • Demonstrated importance of Aboriginal traditional

knowledge.

– Arctic Pilot Project – Southern Terminals (1980):

  • First joint federal-provincial review.
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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Environmental Assessment and Review

Process Guidelines Order (1984)

  • Toward a Legislated Process
  • Environmental assessment harmonization
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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

1995

– Originally introduced as Bill C-78 in 1990. – Bill C-13 received Royal Assent in June 1992. – Amendments in Bill C-56 passed in December 1994. – Canadian Environmental Assessment Act brought into force in January 1995.

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Renewing the Canadian Environmental

Assessment Act

– Minister of Environment launched a review, 1999

  • Canadian Environmental Assessment Act,

2012

– Combines screenings and comprehensive studies

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)

– The predecessor to CEPA was the Environmental Contaminants Act (ECA). – CEPA was originally developed in the mid-1980s – Love Canal disposal site near Niagara Falls (New York) – CEPA was proclaimed and came into force on 30 June 1988. – “Its About Our Health! Towards Pollution Prevention”

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • CCME

– CCME is the primary minister-led intergovernmental forum – The Ministers set the strategic direction for the Council and establish working groups – One of it key operating principles is consensus decision-making

  • Working groups

– Air Management Committee – Cumulative Effects Working Group – Mobile Sources Working Group – Municipal Wastewater Effluent Coordinating Committee

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Federal Environmental Management

– The Past

  • Working groups cont’d

– Soil Quality Guidelines Task Group – Spills Scoping Group – Waste Management Task Group – Water Management Committee

  • Water Quality Task Group
  • Soil Quality Guidelines Task Group
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Provincial Environmental

Management – The Past

  • 1930 – British North America Act was amended
  • 1972 - Department of Environment was formed and was

amalgamated with DNR in 1993.

  • 1988 to 1993 - Saskatchewan Environment and Public

Safety - SEPS

  • 1993 to 2002 - Saskatchewan Environment and

Resource Management - SERM

  • 2002 to 2007 Saskatchewan Environment to the now

Ministry of Environment - SMOE

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Provincial Environmental

Management – The Past

  • Expertise of experienced public servants.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Branch was

formed in 1975 with the SEAA being passed in 1979.

  • To assess large-scale proposals in the province
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Provincial Environmental

Management

  • EMPA was passed in 1984 and revised in 2002.

Subsequently repealed by EMPA 2010.

  • However, Objectives and Purposes remain the

same

  • Saskatchewan Water Security Agency - WSA
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Contaminated Site Management

  • 1990s
  • 2003 Canada Wide Standards
  • 2003 Risk Based Corrective Actions
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Contaminated Site Management

  • The Canadian Council for Ministers of the Environment (CCME)

developed the NCSCS in 1992. It has been used as a method for evaluating contaminated sites according to their current or potential adverse impact on human health and the environment.

  • Franz Environmental 2005 developed the FCSAP (Federal

Contaminated Sites Action Plan) scoring system.

  • The CCME incorporated changes and revisions and NCSCS 2008

was adopted as a requirement by MOE on 15 February 2010.

  • Always based on three contaminant components – contaminant

characteristics, migration potential, and receptor exposure.

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  • RBR – Results Based Regulation
  • Saskatchewan Environmental Code 2015
  • The Future

Provincial Environmental

Management – A new approach

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SUSTAINABILITY

  • Two Extreme Points of View
  • Find the Balance
  • What is Our Legacy
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SUSTAINABILITY

  • Quote from caribbeanhotelandtourism.com

“Environmental management is a systematic approach to finding practical ways for saving water, energy, and materials, and reducing negative environmental impacts. A proactive environmental management program is a win-win-win proposition because it can help a property save money, get recognized for environmental leadership, and preserve and protect unique destinations”

  • Being Environmentally Proactive is Cheaper
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SUSTAINABILITY

  • First Nation Wisdom: Borrowing from Future

Generations

  • Examples of Different Philosophies

– Alberta Heritage Fund – Osoyoos Band

  • Challenge
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SUSTAINABILITY

  • The Challenge

To reduce this And increase this

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SUSTAINABILITY

  • The Challenge

More of this and this

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THANK YOU QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?

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