2011-09-22 | Implementing Risk Based Corrective Actions (RBCA) in ChinaChina has published draft risk based guidance for assessing contaminated sites and relevant soil screening values for metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, BTEX, chlorinated solvents and pesticides. The guidance represents a significant step in China's drive to become one of the largest soil and groundwater remediation markets. China will target pesiticides manufacuring sites at present to showcase techniques in site investigation, risk assessment and site remediation.
2011-05-30 | Stage 7 amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation
Stage 7 amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation will be in force on May 31, 2011. The amendments will replace the existing drinking water standards in the Regulation for aluminum, iron, manganese and MCPA, with the corresponding drinking water standards in the Director’s Interim Standards for Contaminated Sites, “Generic Numerical Drinking Water Standards for Aluminum, Iron and Manganese.”
2011-01-18 | GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
Stage 7 amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation will be in force on May 31, 2011. The amendments will replace the existing drinking water standards in the Regulation for aluminum, iron, manganese and MCPA, with the corresponding drinking water standards in the Director’s Interim Standards for Contaminated Sites, “Generic Numerical Drinking Water Standards for Aluminum, Iron and Manganese.”
2011-01-18 | GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard provides standards and guidance for companies and other organizations preparing a GHG emissions inventory. It covers the accounting and reporting of the six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol — carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). It was designed with the following objectives in mind:
- To help companies prepare a GHG inventory that represents a true and fair account of their emissions, through the use of standardized approaches and principles.
- To simplify and reduce the costs of compiling a GHG inventory
- To provide business with information that can be used to build an effective strategy to manage and reduce GHG emissions
- To increase consistency and transparency in GHG accounting and reporting among various companies and GHG programs
2011-01-07 | Update on site risk classification released
2010-09-13 | Version 1 of Vapour Investigation and Remediation Guidance Released2010-08-26 | Residential Heating Oil Storage Tank Fact Sheet Updated
2010-08-04 | Environmental effects of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
2010-07-21 | Carbon Neutral Update
2010-07-16 | Two new groundwater guidance documents have been approved