Publications
- Business Plans and Strategy Documents
- Environment and Labour Publications
- Air, Land, Water
- Better Regulation
Business Plans and Strategy Documents
Business Plans
- 2008-2009 (PDF: 79k)
French Language Services
- Workplan for 2008-2009 (PDF: 49k)
Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act
- Annual Progress Report 2008 (PDF: 4.3mb)
Environment and Labour Publications
Accountability Reports
- Fiscal Year 2006-2007 (PDF: 389k)
- Fiscal Year 2005-2006 (PDF: 480k)
- Fiscal Year 2004-2005 (PDF: 405k)
- Fiscal Year 2003-2004 (PDF: 631k)
- Fiscal Year 2002-2003 (PDF: 427k)
Business Plans
- 2007-2008 (PDF: 230k)
- 2006-2007 (PDF: 168k)
- 2006-2007 Budget Highlights:
- Competitiveness & Compliance Initiative (PDF: 14k)
- Environmental Home Assessment Program (PDF: 13k)
- Land Acquisition (PDF: 11k)
- Elimination of the Liquor Licence Levy (PDF: 11k)
- Septage Treatment Assistance Program (PDF: 13k)
- Trade Union Act (PDF: 14k)
- 2005-2006 (PDF: 145k)
- 2005-2006 Business Plan Highlights (PDF: 20k)
- 2004-2005 (PDF: 53k)
- 2004-2005 Budget Background: Protecting Priorities (PDF: 308k)
- 2003-2004 (PDF: 171k)
French Language Services
- Progress Report for 2007-2008 (PDF: 38k)
- Workplan for 2007-2008 (PDF: 36k)
Strategy Documents
- Green Plan - Towards a Sustainable Environment (PDF: 2.1mb) (June 2003)
- Green Plan: Progress Towards a Sustainable Environment (PDF) (Dec 2005)
- A Drinking Water Strategy for Nova Scotia: A Comprehensive Approach to the Management of Drinking Water (PDF: 1.2mb) (October 2002)
Air, Land, Water
Air
- Nova Scotia Air Monitoring Stations - Map (PDF: 523k)
- Trans-Boundary Air Pollution Event - 2004 (PDF: 1.9mb)
Contaminated Sites
- Domestic Fuel Oil Spill Policy (PDF: 182k)
- Environmental Site Assessment - 783 Central Avenue, Greenwood, NS (PDF: 9.3mb)
- Guidelines for the Management of Contaminated Sites in Nova Scotia (PDF: 1.9mb)
- Risk Based Corrective Action Program (RBCA) v 2.1 (PDF: 1007k)
- Use of Atlantic RBCA in place of the Remedial Criteria Specified in the Domestic Fuel Oil Spill Policy (PDF: 64k)
Environmental Assessments
- A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Assessment (PDF: 91k)
- Developments That Require Environmental Assessment (PDF: 101k)
- Environmental Assessment - Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Growth (PDF: 766k)
- Fee Schedule For Environmental Assessment (PDF: 48k)
- Guide to Addressing Wildlife Species and Habitat in an EA Registration Document (PDF: 118k)
- Guide to Preparing an EA Registration Document for Mining Developments in Nova Scotia (PDF: 197k)
- Guide to Preparing an EA Registration Document for Pit and Quarry Developments in Nova Scotia (PDF: 227k)
- Guide for Surface Coal Mine Reclamation Plans (PDF: 167k)
- Proponent's Guide to Environmental Assessment (PDF: 136k)
- Proponent's Guide to Wind Power Projects (PDF: 156k)
- Regulatory Time Frames for Environmental Assessment (PDF: 528k)
- Requirements for Submitting Electronic Copies of Environmental Assessment Documents (PDF: 90k)
- Surface Coal Mine Action Plan for Cape Breton Regional Municipality (PDF: 109k)
- Environmental Assessment - Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Growth (PDF: 766k)
- Guide to the Environment Act (currently under review)
Pests and Pesticides
- Lawn Weed (PDF: 302k)
- Bed Bugs (PDF)
- Carpenter Ant (PDF: 1.1mb)
- Chinch Bug (PDF: 51k)
- Common Diseases of Roses (PDF: 22k)
- Earwig (PDF: 37k)
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar (PDF: 245k)
- Flea (PDF: 25k)
- Garden Aphid (PDF: 27k)
- Mice & Rats (PDF: 271k)
- Pests and Pesticides in Nova Scotia (PDF: 73k)
- Pesticide Applications Approval Database
- Pesticide Safety at Home (PDF: 81k)
- Pesticide Safety in the Garden (PDF: 33k)
- Powdery Mildew of Lilac, Phlox and Other Ornamentals (PDF: 16k)
- Preventing Pests in the Home Garden (PDF: 21k)
- Wasp (Yellowjacket) (PDF: 36k)
- Understanding the Pesticide Label (PDF: 70k)
- What Farm Operators Should Know About West Nile Virus (PDF: 24k)
- What Tire Pile Owners Should Know About West Nile Virus (PDF: 24k)
- White Grub (PDF: 60k)
Petroleum Storage
- Domestic Fuel Oil Spill Policy (PDF: 182k)
- Heating Oil Tank System Checkup (PDF: 18k)
- Homeowners Guide to Heating Oil Tank Systems (PDF: 733k)
- Installation and Environmental Management Guide for Aboveground Domestic Oil Tanks (PDF: 126k)
Pollution Prevention
- Boat Builders Survey Report 2004 (PDF: 162k)
- Business Environmental Checklist (PDF: 31k)
- Developing an Environmental Policy (PDF: 28k)
- Environmental Management Systems and ISO 14000 - An Overview (PDF: 29k)
- Green Office Checklist (PDF: 68k)
- Mercury in Health Care Checklist (PDF: 39k)
- Mercury In Hospitals Factsheet (PDF: 374k)
- P2 at Home, at Work and in Business (PDF: 107k)
- Pollution Prevention Guide for Printers in Atlantic Canada (PDF: 15.8mb)
- Pollution Prevention Workbook for Business (PDF: 4.9mb)
- Reducin' Pollution - An Environmental Health and Safety Guide for the Fibreglass Industry
- Volume 1 - Guidebook (PDF: 1mb)
- Volume 2 - Workbook (PDF: 694k)
- Pollution Prevention Discussion Paper (PDF: 547k)
Protected Areas
- A Second Location for the Rare Boreal Felt Lichen in Nova Scotia (PDF: 41k)
- Guide to Campsite Leases and Licences in Protected Wilderness Areas (PDF: 291k)
- Guide to Conducting Research in Wilderness Areas & Nature Reserves (PDF: 496k)
- Guided Outings - 2008/09 Events (PDF: 40k)
- Keep It Wild - A Guide For Low Impact Recreation In Nova Scotia's Wilderness Areas (PDF: 703k)
- Keep It Wild - Wilderness Area Standards (PDF: 391k)
- Lichen Indicators of Ecosystem Health in Nova Scotia's Protected Areas (PDF: 53k)
- Natural Landscapes: Report (PDF: 11.4mb), Map (PDF: 2.2mb), List (PDF: 212k)
- Nature Reserves of Nova Scotia (PDF: 664k)
- Occurrence and Abundance of Epiphytic Cyanolichens in Protected Areas of Nova Scotia, Canada (PDF: 181k)
- Order on Camping and Lighting of Fires (PDF: 9k)
- Protecting Private Land (PDF: 760k)
- Protecting Wilderness: A Summary of the Wilderness Areas Protection Act (PDF: 679k)
- Provincial Protected Areas Maps: Colour (PDF: 3mb)
- Technical Notes: Floristic Survey of Canso Coastal Barrens Wilderness Area (PDF: 1.2mb)
- Technical Notes: Research Topics in Protected Areas (PDF: 1.9mb)
- Technical Notes: Wallace Lake Fire Report (PDF: 3.4mb)
Recycling and Waste
- Advisory Committee Report on Used-Tire Management (PDF: 1.2mb)
- An Assessment of the Use of Tires as Alternative Fuel (PDF: 4.1mb)
- Composting Facility Guidelines (PDF: 293k)
- Construction & Demolition Debris Disposal Site Guidelines (PDF: 119k)
- Dairy Stewardship Agreement (PDF: 18k)
- Electronic Waste - Background (PDF: 14k)
- Final Report - Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy (PDF: 962k)
- Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Guidelines (PDF: 303k), October, 1997
- Newsprint (PDF: 11k)
- Proposed Amendments - Solid Waste-Resource Regulations (PDF: 21k)
- Sharps (residential syringes) (PDF: 14k)
- Solid Waste-Resource: 2004 Report (PDF: 561k)
- Solid Waste-Resource: 2003 Report (PDF: 220k)
- Solid Waste-Resource: 2001 Report (PDF: 91k)
- Solid Waste-Resource: 2000 Interim Report (PDF: 99k)
- Telephone Directory Stewardship Agreement (PDF: 111k)
- Waste-Resource Facility Brochure (PDF: 260k)
Trade and Innovation
Water
- Atlantic Canada Guidelines for Drinking Water Supply Systems (PDF: 1.5mb)
- A Drinking Water Strategy for Nova Scotia (PDF: 1.2mb)
- A Drinking Water Strategy for Nova Scotia - Final Report (PDF: 399k)
- Become a Water Steward in Your Community (PDF: 131k)
- Boil Water Fact Sheet (PDF: 66k)
- Before You Construct a Water Well (PDF: 656k) (Note: The drinking water guideline for arsenic, on page 24, has been changed to 0.010 mg/L effective May 2006)
- Erosion and Sedimentation Control : Handbook for Construction Sites (PDF: 4.3mb)
- Facility Classification Standards (PDF: 70k)
- Flow Chart for Radionuclide Testing in Well Water (PDF: 551k)
- Groundwater Resource Reports and Maps
- A Guide for Private Well Owners:
English (PDF: 333k), French (PDF: 766k) - Guideline for Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Certificate Renewal (PDF: 36k)
- Guidelines for Monitoring Public Drinking Water Supplies (PDF: 205k)
- Maintaining Distribution System Water Quality (PDF: 30k)
- Municipal Water Approval Protocols
- Terms of Reference (PDF: 65k)
- Treatment Standard (PDF: 10.8mb)
- GUDI Protocol (PDF: 142k)
- Guidelines for the Determination of Natural Filtration Log Removal Credit for Giardia (PDF: 59k)
- Groundwater Treatment Standard (PDF: 64k)
- Points of Clarification (PDF: 74k) on Municipal Approvals Renewal Process.
- Potable Water Hauler Guidelines (PDF: 1.9mb)
- Preparing an Action Plan when contamination persists following disinfection (PDF: 19k)
- Radionuclides in Well Water: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF: 89k)
- Safe Drinking Water for Public Water Systems: An Overview of a Diligent Approach (PDF: 65k)
- Safe Drinking Water for Public Water Systems: A Diligent Approach (PDF: 140k)
- Save Water in Your Home (PDF: 91k)
- Sources of Radiation Exposure in Canada (PDF: 214k)
- Special Well-Water Advisory Group (SWAG) (PDF: 12k)
- Taking Care of Your Water Supply (PDF: 83k)
- Testing your well water for Lead-210 (PDF: 116k)
- Water Conservation (PDF: 156k)
- Water, A Natural Recycler (PDF: 169k)
- Water Wisdom Fact Sheet (PDF: 146k)
- Water Protection Plan
- Step 1 - Form a Source Water Protection Advisory Committee (PDF: 100k)
- Step 2 - Delineate a Source Water Protection Area Boundary (PDF: 217k)
- Step 3 - Identify Potential Contaminants and Assess Risk (PDF: 326k)
- Step 4 - Develop a Source Water Protection Management Plan (PDF: 135k)
- Step 5 - Develop a Monitoring Program (PDF: 102k)
- Water Utility Standard Operating Procedures and Contingency Plans Guidance (PDF: 49k)
- Well Database User's Manual (PDF: 770k)
- Well Disinfection Procedures (PDF: 20k)
- Atlantic Canada Standards and Guidelines Manual for the Collection, Treatment, and Disposal of Sanitary Sewage (PDF: 3.2mb)
- Before You Construct an On-site Sewage System (PDF: 690k)
- Biosolids FAQ (PDF: 17k)
- Biosolids and Industrial Waste FAQ (PDF: 35k)
- Guideline for the Storage and Application of Biosolids (PDF: 1.9mb)
- Municipal Wastewater Effluent Newsletter August 2005 (PDF: 355k)
- On-site Sewage Disposal Systems Technical Guidelines, November 2005 (Hard copies are available through Environment and Labour Regional Offices)
- Taking Care of Your Home Sewage Disposal System (PDF: 153k)
Youth Conservation Corps
- July 2005 Youth Corps Newsletter (PDF: 968k)
- August 2005 Youth Corps Newsletter (PDF: 652k)
- Summer 2004 Youth Corps Newsletter (PDF: 6mb)
- Summer 2003 Youth Corps Newsletter (PDF: 5mb)
- Summer 2002 Youth Corps Newsletter (PDF: 1.3mb)
Other
- Guide to the Approval Process for Industrial Activities Under the Environment Act and Regulations (PDF: 66k)
Better Regulation
- Better Regulation Initiative Factsheet (PDF: 232k)
- Competitiveness and Compliance Initiative Factsheet (PDF: 194k)
- The Environmental Compliance Model Factsheet (PDF: 275k)
- Inspection and Investigation Training Factsheet (PDF: 216k)
- Environment and Labour's P2 Program: Helping Business Go Green Factsheet (PDF: 245k)
- Improving Public Safety: Boosts Competitiveness and Compliance Factsheet (PDF: 255k)
- On-site sewage disposal systems: A streamlined approval process Factsheet (PDF: 294k)
- Watercourse Alteration Certified Installers: A New Training Program Factsheet (PDF: 267k)
- Occupational Diving Safety Strategy (PDF: 193k)
- Amusement Devices Mechanic Training Program (PDF: 263k)
- Labour Standards Self-Audits (PDF: 206k)
- 'Minding Your Business' (PDF: 212k)
