Active Disposal at Sea Sites
Canada has the longest coastline in the world, measuring 243,790 kilometers. Many of our waterways along the coastline have to be dredged regularly to keep shipping channels and harbours open and safe for navigation; and this material is sometimes best disposed of at sea. Schedule 5 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) defines an exclusive list of materials and substances suitable for disposal at sea in Canada, which is in accordance with the London Protocol (1996). They are: dredged material, fish waste resulting from industrial fish processing operations, ships or platforms, inert and inorganic geological matter, uncontaminated organic matter of natural origin, and bulky substances. The disposal of any substance into the sea, on the seabed, in the subsoil of the seabed, or onto ice, from a ship, an aircraft, a platform or other structure is not allowed unless a permit is issued by the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Disposal at Sea Program. Incineration at sea, as well as importing or exporting a substance for disposal at sea is also prohibited. More information on Disposal at Sea is available at: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/disposal-at-sea.html
The Active Disposal at Sea Sites in Canadian Waters dataset provides spatial and related information of at-sea disposal sites approved for use in Canada in the last ten years. Any additional use of a disposal site must be conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of a valid Disposal at Sea permit. The dataset may be of use in relation to Disposal at Sea permit applications. For some Disposal at Sea permit applications the data may be of use in assessing serious harm to fish under the Fisheries Act and assessing interference with navigation under the Navigation Protection Act.
Basic view
Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 44e83031-ac0f-4789-82b7-47c6a5793415 XML
- Date Stamp
- 2023-11-27T21:41:15
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Dataset
Data identification
- Title
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Active Disposal at Sea Sites
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-03
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-07
- Credit
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Environmental Protection Branch, Marine Programs, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Status
- On going
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN, fra; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Environment
- Oceans
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
https://ec.gc.ca
Keywords
- Place
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Atlantic, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, BC, British Columbia, Canada, navigable waters, canadian ocean, Atlantic Region, ATL, Pacific and Yukon Region, PYR, Quebec Region, QC, Prairie and Northen Region, PNR
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- Theme
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DAS, disposal at sea, disposal site boundaries, waste management, oceans, environment, pollution and waste, marine pollution, polygon, ocean disposal, disposal sites
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- Product
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Downloadable Data
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Pollution and Waste
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Oceans
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Business Functions
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Assess Environmental Impacts of Projects, Facilities or Disposal of Waste (on a Site)
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Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
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Geography
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National (CA)
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Environmental Stewardship Branch
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Environmental Stewardship Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Environmental Protection Operations
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Environmental Protection Operations
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external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
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3.1.3. Marine Pollution
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3.1.3. Marine Pollution
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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Unclassified
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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The data provided are for information purposes only. Use of a Disposal at Sea site is subject to all Disposal at Sea requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
- Begin Date
- 2023-03
Extent
))
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / EPSG:4617 / 8.2.6
- Topology level
- Geometry only
- Geometric object type
- Composite
- Geometric object count
- 161
Distribution
Distribution Formats
- Distribution format
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- FGDB/GDB ( unknown)
- KMZ ( 2.2)
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