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Contaminated Site Remediation Section
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 The Contaminated Site Remediation Section provides technical
advice and program support for the remediation of contaminated sites and sediments.
The restoration of degraded areas contributes to ensuring compliance under
the federal Fisheries
Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection
Act and to satisfying commitments under the Canada-United
States Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement .
The Section
is involved in promoting environmental stewardship with other departments
and industry towards the assessment and cleanup of contaminated sites.
This has contributed to the development of guidance documents,
environmental criteria, assessment reports and innovative technologies.
The Section provides support to the federalContaminated Sites Management Working Group and cooperates with the Waterfront Regeneration Trust
Corporation in
promoting the restoration of brownfield areas on Great Lakes waterfronts.
 Under the Canadian Great Lakes
Program the Section
works through collaborative arrangements to help develop and implement
Remedial Action Plans to restore designated Areas of Concern. This
involves the assessment of contaminated aquatic sediments, demonstrations
of removal and treatment technologies, and full-scale cleanup
projects. Reporting is also undertaken on particular sediment remediation
projects through the Canada-United States Binational Toxics Strategy
The Section has expertise relating to:
- federal and provincial administrative and
legislative programs for contaminated sites and sediments;
- field sampling and analytical methodologies and
techniques;
- environmental risk assessment including
federal, provincial and international environmental quality guidelines,
criteria and risk assessment protocols; and,
- site remediation technologies and experience in Ontario.
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