Multiple agencies. July 1994. Agreement to set forth the principles for a Coastal America Partnership for Action to protect, restore, and maintain the Nation's coastal living resources. (The signatory agencies were the Departments of Agriculture, Air Force, Army, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Navy, Transportation and the EPA.)
Multiple agencies. 9 May 1995. Memorandum of Understanding to establish a general framework for coordination and cooperation between the signatory agencies and the Xxxx Disney Corporation. The agreement provides a foundation to work in partnership on issues of common interest and to jointly plan and carry out mutually beneficial programs and activities consistent with each organization=s mission and objectives. (Signatory agencies were the Departments of the Army, Interior and Agriculture and the Xxxx Disney Corporation).
Multiple agencies. Canada Title Objective(s) Traditional Environmental Monitoring Program in the First Nations’ Traditional Area for the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Bands (Driftpile, Swan River and Sucker Creek First Nations). The overall objective of this program is to protect the Health and Safety of First Nations and the surrounding environment within the First Nations’ traditional land use area. The objective of the traditional monitoring program is to assess the effects that PCBs and PCDD/F’s produced at the Swan Hills Special Waste Treatment Plant have had on the local First Nations with respect to their traditional land uses. Timeframe
Multiple agencies. Canada Title Objective(s) Monitoring under the Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) The Accelerated Reduction and Elimination of Toxics (ARET) program is a key example of voluntary efforts to secure a safe and healthy environment while contributing to a prosperous economy. ARET seeks, through voluntary actions, the virtual elimination of 30 persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) substances (including several POPs such as PCBs, certain species of PAHs, hexachlorobenzene and dioxins and furans), as well as significant reductions i emissions of another 87 toxic substances. Participants from nine major industry sectors and government use the ARET program to prioritize emission reductions and determine appropriate reduction and elimination methods. The ARET goal is to achieve a 90-per-cent reduction of PBT substance emissions and a 50-per-cent emission reduction of the other 87 toxic substances by the year 2000. The final report of the current ARET program will be released soon, detailing achievements made from the base year to 2000. The ARET initiative involves facilities from companies all across Canada. There are three substances included on the global UNEP POPs Agreement which are reported on the A-1 list of ARET. These include: 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzofuran, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and PCBs. Timeframe 1994 - PRESENT
