Download - Welcome to the International Right of Way Association’s Course 600 Environmental Awareness
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Welcome to the International Right of Way
Association’s
Course 600Environmental Awareness
600-PT – Revision 2 – 03.21.08.CAN
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Introductions
Who we are…What we do…
Where we do it…
How long we’ve been doing it…
Our goals for the course...
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Objectives (1) At the conclusion of the day,
you will be able to...
Discuss basic environmental science words, terms and concepts
Understand better environmentallaws and regulations
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Objectives (2) At the conclusion of the day,
you will be able to...
Recognise both the adverse and beneficial impacts of projects on the environment
Learn approaches to avoid, minimise and mitigate project related impacts on the environment
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Housekeeping
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Schedule (1)
8:00 - 8:30 Introductions, Etc.
8:30 - 9:15 Environmental Overview
9:15 - 10:00 Environmental Conservation
v. Environmental Contamination
10:15 - 10:45 Environmental Biology
10:45 - 11:30 Environmental Impact Assessment
Process
11:30 - 12:00 Identifying Environmental Issues
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Schedule (2)
1:00 - 3:15 Environmental Compliance
3:15 - 3:45 Right of Way Agents’ Rolesin the EIA Process
3:45 - 4:00 Summary and Review
4:00 - 5:00 Exam
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Environment Defined (1)
Canadian EnvironmentalAssessment Act
Environmental Assessment and Consultant Improvement Act
EnvironmentalBill of Rights
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Environment Defined (2)
Dictionary
Textbook
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Environment Defined (3)
...encompasses the biophysical (both biotic and abiotic), economic, social and cultural conditions and the interactions betweenand among them. The essential factors that contribute to the daily processes of life.
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Environment Defined (4)
Natural environment
Physical environment
Human environment
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Ecosystem Defined
The basic ecological unit, made up ofa community of organisms interacting with their inanimate environment.
The systems of plants, animals, and micro-organisms together with the non-living components of their environment and related ecological processes.
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Environmental Evolution (1)
1880s: Conservation movement begins
1880s: National parks
19th c.: Nation building
1930s: Great Depression
1940s: WW II and post WW II
1960s: “The Sixties”
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Environmental Evolution (2)
1970: Canada Water Act
1970: Fisheries Act1970: International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
1970: National Energy Board Act
1970: National Parks Act
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Environmental Evolution (3)
1970: Navigable Waters Protection Act
1971: Clean Air Act
1973: Federal Environmental
Assessment and Review Process
(Cabinet directive)
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Environmental Evolution (4)
1974-1975: Environmental Contaminants Act
1974-1975: Ocean Dumping Control Act
1989: Canadian Environmental
Protection Act
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Environmental Evolution (5)
Plus provincial and
territorial laws and policies.
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Environmental Legislation Hierarchy
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Environmental Legislation Types
Umbrella Legislation
Specific Pollution Legislation
Specific Industrial Sector Legislation
Land Use Control Legislation
Public Involvement Legislation
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Federal Legislation (1)
Canada Water Act
National Parks Act
Canada Environmental Assessment Act
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Migratory Birds Convention Act
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Federal Legislation (2)
Pest Control Products Act
National Energy Board Act
Navigable Waters Protection Act
Dangerous Goods Transportation Act
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Exercise No. 3 (1)
Banff National Park created.
Environmental Bill of Rights.
Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
The term acid rain first appears in print.
Canada Water Act.
British North American Act.
1885
1994
1999
1872
1970
1867
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Exercise No. 3 (2)
• First Earth Day celebrated
• Prime Minister Trudeau creates the Department of the Environment
• Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement signed
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• DDT banned
1970
2007
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1995 first proclaimed
1972
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Exercise No. 3 (3)
Environmental movement begins.
St. Basile le Grande PCB fire.
Canadian Dust Bowl.
First Canadian oil production.
Silent Springs published.
Rupert ’s Land becomes part of Canada.
1880s
1988
1930s
1857
1962
1868
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Exercise No. 3 (4)
Klondike Gold Rush.
Transcontinental railroad opened.
St. Lawrence Seaway opens.
Exxon Valdez spill.
Hagarsville tire fire.
Hole in the ozone layer.
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1885
1959
1989
1990
1985
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Exercise No. 3 (5)
British Columbia joins the Confederation.
Lead paint phased out.
Alyeska pipeline completed.
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1970’s
1977
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Provincial Environmental Impact Assessment Processes:
General Similarities
Legal Basis for Assessment
Lead Agency and Coordinated Approach
Screening Mechanisms
Public Participation
Environmental Impact Statements
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Conservation v. ContaminationConservation is the careand preservation of plants, animals, their habitats and natural resources.
Contamination is the introduction into air, soil or water of micro-organisms, chemicals, toxic substances, waste or wastewater ina concentration that causes adverse affects to humanhealth and the environment.
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Exercise No. 4
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Energy Sources (1)
Heat Energy Photochemical Energy
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Energy Sources (2)
Heat Energy
• Heats the earth
• Heats the atmosphere
• Drives the water cycle
• Provides air and water currents
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Energy Sources (3)
Photochemical Energy
•Utilised by plantsin photosynthetesis
• Fixed into carbohydrates
• Fuel for organisms
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Food Chain
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Trophic Levels (1)
Trophic levels arethe feeding position in a food chain (i.e., primary producers, herbivores, primary carnivores, etc.).
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Trophic Levels (2)
Omnivores: Feed at variuos trophic levels and feed on both plant and animal tissue.
Carnivores: Flesh eaters with their main energy source being herbivores.
Herbivores: Feed on plants.
Decomposers: Release nutrients.
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Environmental Impact Assessment (1)
An environmental impact assessment represents a systematic process for integrating environmental, socio-economic, cultural and health considerations in project planning and decision-making.
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Environmental Impact Assessment (2)
Phase I: Environmental inventory is conducted within a prescribed study area.
Phase II: Generates alternative routes and the selection of a preferred route.
Phase III: Detailed environmental survey of the preferred route. Preparation of the EIS.
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Exercise No. 5
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(EIA) Lessons Learned
Involve the public
Consider all issues
Provide adequate time
Consider monitoring data
Consider public interest concerns
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Case Study
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CEAALegislative basis for the federal practice of environmental assessment.
Ensures that projects are federally reviewed to ensure that they do not cause significant adverse environmental effects.
Provides the public with the opportunity to participate in the environmental assessment process.
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CEPA
Legislative concerned primarily with federal air quality objectives, emissions guidelines and emissions standards.
Takes a multidimensional approach to the control of all toxic chemicals.
Establishes a "cradle-to-grave” responsibility.
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TDGAThe Act promotes public safety and protects the environment during the transportation of dangerous goods, including hazardous wastes.
The statutes apply to those who transport dangerous goods and to those who manufacture, package andship the containment materials.
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Provinces and Territories
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Exercise No. 6
What environmental issues might arise due to:
• Widening a 10-mile road section from twolanes to four lanes?
• Maintaining an electric transmission corridor?
• Installing a 40-mile long fiber optics cable, including two navigable river crossings?
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Objectives (1) Now, you are able to...
Discuss basic environmental sciencewords, terms and concepts
Understand better environmental laws
and regulations
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Objectives (2) Now, you are able to...
Recognise both the adverse and beneficial impacts of projects on the environment
Learn approaches to avoid, minimise and mitigate project related impacts on the environment
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Thank you!
600-PT – Revision 2 – 03.21.08.CAN