How to Meet Reporting Obligations Across Jurisdictions When a Contamination is Discovered and Exploring the Consequences of Not Reporting

April 22, 2021 8:40am

Norm Rankin
Counsel, Legal Services
Environment, Conservation and Parks, Ontario

Warren Rospad
Contaminated Sites Specialist
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, Manitoba

Maylia Kempt Parker
Director of Air Quality & Resource Management, Sustainability and Applied Science Division
Nova Scotia Environment

Jonas Fenn B.Sc. PAg.
Manager Remediation and Reclamation Energy Regulation Division, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Government of Saskatchewan

  • Obligations for reporting historic contamination versus current contamination
  • Identifying where legal responsibility lays on Crown land, or the contamination originated from a federally owned site
  • Determining who is the regulator when contamination crosses jurisdiction