LEGAL ADVISORY RESPECTING FALSE REPORTING
The Department of the Environment is providing this Regulatory Information Submission System (RISS) for the purpose of electronic reporting. By activating the “Proceed” button below, any person entering, editing, altering or otherwise submitting any information to the Department through this website, understands that the provisions of the Fisheries Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 apply to RISS reporting. See, for example, subsection 63(1) of the Fisheries Act (making a false or misleading statement) and subsection 273(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (providing or filing false or misleading information). Persons using this website should consult the Fisheries Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law.
LEGAL AUTHORITY OF MINISTER TO COLLECT INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
The Department is providing this Regulatory Information Submission System for the purpose of electronic reporting. The authority of the Minister to collect information through RISS (an electronic means) is provided by:
Section 9 of the Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations that requires mill owners and operators to report monitoring results “… in written form, or where an electronic format is provided by the Department of the Environment, in the electronic format.”
Section 23 of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations that requires mine owners and operators to report monitoring results “… in writing and in the electronic format, if any, provided by the federal Department of the Environment.”
PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Government of Canada (GoC) and Environment Canada are committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web sites. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices of Environment Canada Web sites.
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Environment Canada does not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number, or e-mail or street address during your visit to our Web sites. This information is only obtained if you supply it, usually through contacting us via e-mail, or registering in a secure part of the site. When you submit sensitive information, such as that required in a monthly effluent quality monitoring report, we protect confidentiality by using 128-bit secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to code the information.
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Subject to the provisions of the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, any information collected is kept confidential by Environment Canada. At the point of final submission of information you will be advised that your information is being collected and the purpose for which it is being collected. The information is not disclosed to anyone except our officers who need the information to respond to a request. Environment Canada does not disclose the information to any party inside or outside the federal government unless authorized by law.
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Our RISS application server does not use cookies to collect personal data about visitors to our Web site. (A “cookie” is a file that may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a web site to allow it to monitor your use of the site.) Technology dictates that the server is aware of a visitor's ISP (Internet Service Provider), but this gives us no information of any kind about the individual user. However, some of our secure servers do use session management methods exclusively to support secure electronic transactions.
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Environment Canada employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer that has contacted our Web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
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Environment Canada is a participant in the GoC Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which gives you the opportunity to communicate with the Department in a confidential manner.
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in Environment Canada may be directed to Shelley Emmerson, Chief, Access to Information and Privacy by e-mail to Shelly.Emmerson@ec.gc.ca or by calling (819) 997-4552. If you are not satisfied that we have adequately respected your privacy, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by calling 1-800-267-0441 or via the Internet at http://www.privcom.gc.ca/.
HYPERLINKING
Links to Web sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of visitors. The government is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The government does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Visitors should also be aware that information offered by non-Government of Canada sites to which Environment Canada links is not subject to the Privacy Act, the Official Languages Act and may not be accessible to persons with disabilities. The information offered may be available only in the language(s) used by the sites in question and visitors should research the privacy policies of the sites before providing personal information.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Environment Canada respects the Official Languages Act and relevant Treasury Board policies, and is committed to ensuring all information on this site is available in both French and English. However, users should be aware that some information from external sources is available only in the language in which it was provided.
COPYRIGHT/PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE
Materials on this Web site have been produced and/or compiled by Environment Canada for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the programs and services offered by the Government of Canada (GoC).
Much of the material on this site is covered by the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and by international agreements. Such copyright serves to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.
NON-COMMERCIAL REPRODUCTION
Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for non-commercial use. Unless otherwise noted by the application of the copyright symbol, materials on this site may be reproduced, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from Environment Canada. We ask only that:
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Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced;
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Environment Canada be identified as the source department; and,
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The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with or with the endorsement of Environment Canada.
COMMERCIAL REPRODUCTION
Reproduction of multiple copies of materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited except with written permission from the GoC copyright administrator, Public Works and Government Services Canada. Through the permission granting process, Public Works and Government Services Canada helps ensure individuals/organizations wishing to reproduce GoC materials for commercial purposes have access to the most accurate, up-to-date versions. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on this site for commercial purposes, please contact:
Public Works and Government Services
Canada Publishing and Depository Services
350 Albert Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0S5
or
E-mail: copyright.droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca
Website: http://publications.gc.ca/helpAndInfo/cc-dac/crownis-e.html
REPRODUCTION OF GOVERNMENT SYMBOLS
The official symbols of the Government of Canada, including the "Canada" wordmark, the Arms of Canada, and the flag symbol may not be reproduced, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes, without written authorization. Request for authorization from the Treasury Board Secretariat may be addressed to:
information@fip-pcim.gc.ca
Federal Identity Program
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
300 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R5
DISCLAIMER ON ACCURACY OF PPER HISTORICAL DATA
The records stored in this Regulatory Information Submission System include data on the results of effluent quality monitoring and pulp and paper production, and any calculations derived from the data that were submitted to the Minister of the Environment by paper mill owners and operators pursuant to section 9 of the Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations. The records also include calculations made by the Department that are derived from the data received.
The mode of submission over the years has varied from paper hardcopy to electronic spreadsheets transmitted over e-mail. An Inspector or Fishery Officer transferred the data from the original submission to the Department's electronic storage and processing computer applications. Quality control measures have been employed to insure the information conformed to processing requirements. For example, text was removed from any field strictly reserved for numerical values. Whenever possible, the Department consulted with the mill operator who submitted the data in question to effect necessary changes.
In most cases, revision activity is well documented and appears in an appropriate "Notes" field. Multi-stage quality control efforts have been employed to insure the integrity of the data transferred from the original submissions to RISS, but the Department gives no guarantee that the data transferred is completely accurate.
DISCLAIMER ON ACCURACY OF MMER HISTORICAL DATA
The records stored in this Regulatory Information Submission System include data on the results of effluent quality monitoring and any calculations derived from the data that were submitted to the Minister of the Environment by metal mine owners and operators pursuant to section 23 of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations. The records also include calculations made by the Department that are derived from the data received.
The mode of submission over the years has varied from paper hardcopy to electronic spreadsheets transmitted over e-mail. An Inspector or Fishery Officer transferred the data from the original submission to the Department's electronic storage and processing computer applications. Quality control measures have been employed to insure the information conformed to processing requirements. For example, text was removed from any field strictly reserved for numerical values. Whenever possible, the Department consulted with the mine and mill operators who submitted the data in question to effect necessary changes.
In most cases, revision activity is well documented and appears in an appropriate "Notes" field. Multi-stage quality control efforts have been employed to insure the integrity of the data transferred from the original submissions to RISS, but the Department gives no guarantee that the data transferred is completely accurate.
Revised April 19, 2010