The Supreme Court of Canada clarifies the scope of the federal environmental assessment processFrançois Fontaine, Ad EJean Piette, Ad E
"The Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Process, established by Cabinet decision on December 20, 1973, and amended by Cabinet on February 1977, embodies Canada's policy on environmental assessment as it relates to the activities of the federal government. The Process is a means of det...
environmental effects. The success of an assessment process depends on the capability of the chosen institutional arrangements to achieve the desired goal. The proposed federal procedure is ex amined and several weaknesses identified. One is the absence of legislative measures to support the process. ...
As environmental laws and regulations have evolved in recent years, disparities have arisen in the assessment and management of similar risks by different governmental units. Such inconsistencies have had several adverse impacts. One is that resources may not be used most effectively to reduce risks ...
Of course, local governments have smaller budgets than the provincial or federal, but they have used a participatory development model in the law-making and development process. Although local governments are working to formulate laws for their local needs, the process of law formulation has been ...
The FISMA compliance process culminates with a very comprehensive and standardized security assessment. Essentially, the security assessment is an audit. Having worked in both private industry and on government networks, my experience shows that contrary to what you read in the news, most private and...
Despite differing views on how much progress is being made, the report says areas like air quality and public health are under threat from pollution caused by carbon emissions, and environmental advocates say that is a call to action for cities to change their ways. “To avoid the worst effec...
In 1972, 1978, and 1998, additional modifications of the act mandated the provision of data by the manufacturers on all potential health and environmental impacts of the chemicals. When it appears that a pesticide may cause unreasonable environmental risks, a review process is initiated to consider...
This revision process—being led by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)—has substantially brought forward the consideration of the state of the science in mixture hazard and risk assessment in the recently updated guidance documents and proposals for new guidance, respectively. The application of...
Evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of environmental impact assessment in the Federal Republic of Germany, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 20(2), 93-99.Wende, 2002, `Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Quality of Environmental Impact Assessment in the Federal Republic of Germany', ...