CANADA
CA/EC/EPB/TPD/WPS
The Water Pollution Section (WPS) of the Toxics Prevention Division, Environmental Protection Branch - Ontario Region has two main program responsibilities: "Toxics" and "Water Pollution", but is also involved with pollution prevention promotion. Its main focuses include industrial and municipal sources in Ontario. One of WPS's main functions is to provide technical support in cases involving section 36(3) of the federal Fisheries Act. To understand what is required to meet section 36(3), the Federal Programs Division developed a compliance promotion factsheet for federal facilities but some aspects identified in the factsheet are also applicable to anyone (including companies) who discharges a substance or effluent directly into a waterbody. Technical support includes providing guidance to facilities, provincial agencies, and municipalities. On occasion, WPS is asked to provide comments on proposals submitted under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act or the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act as they relate to the requirements under the federal Fisheries Act. WPS also provides technical support for the delivery of some federal wastewater regulations under the Fisheries Act. Website: "http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/epb/toxics/" [Summary provided by Government of Canada, Environment Canada, Toxics Prevention Division, Water Pollution Section]