Nominations are invited for the CUI Brownie Awards 2008
The CUI Brownie Awards program, sponsored by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, recognizes excellence in brownfields policy, sustainable development and urban design. If you know of a brownfields-related project or program, we encourage you to send in a nomination for this year's awards program... [More Details]

[04/14/2008]
Notice of Brownfields Qualified Person Amendments to Ontario Regulation 153/04
The provincial government has amended Ontario Regulation 153/04 setting out new requirements for Qualified Persons and an expanded purpose for the Brownfield Environmental Site Registry. The amending regulation (O.Reg.66/08) was filed on March 31, 2008. The effect of this regulation includes the immediate removal of the sunset clause... [More Details]

[04/01/2008]
Alberta Environment Releases Record of Site Condition Form
Following stakeholder consultation in 2007, the Record of Site Condition (RSC) form and Fact Sheet have just been released and can be viewed on Alberta Environment's website... [More Details]

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AIG Companies Introduce AIG Passport^SM for Pollution Legal Liability Insurance

New Service Streamlines the Purchase of Global PLL Coverage

NEW YORK, April 23, 2008 - The AIG Companies^® today introduced AIG Passport^SM for Pollution Legal Liability (PLL), a service for U.S. or Canada-based multinational companies to facilitate purchasing locally admitted PLL insurance to cover international operations and subsidiaries.

PLL policies provide liability coverage for clean-up costs, or third-party claims for bodily injury and property damage arising from losses due to on- or off-site pollution conditions from an owned or operated property. PLL coverage also addresses pollution conditions resulting from transporting wastes or products to sites not owned by the insured.

AIG Passport for PLL is available to address environmental risks in one or more foreign jurisdictions. Foreign PLL policies written through AIG Passport are issued by the locally licensed AIG Company, in compliance with local laws and regulations. Claims are handled by local AIG claims examiners who are supported by a home country claims management team. AIG Passport for PLL is available for new and renewal business.

"Our multinational customers have recognized that environmental liability is an issue in all countries in which they operate," said Joseph Boren, Chairman and CEO, AIG Environmental. "It is becoming more important for U.S. companies with overseas operations to accurately represent their true environmental exposure around the globe in order to mitigate those risks...

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[04/28/2008]
Government of Canada Takes Action to Clean-Up the Niagara River
Fort Erie - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney... [Full Story]

[04/27/2008]
Abbotsford man facing 52 hazardous waste-related charges
An Abbotsford, B.C. man has been charged with failing to comply with handling, storage and management requirements for hazardous waste under environmental... [Full Story]

[04/26/2008]
Old footwear plant kickstarts a renaissance
Kitchener, ON - As high-tech booms, downtown gets new life and abandoned factories become lofts... [Full story]

[04/24/2008]
Welland Brownfield Site Approved for Residential Development
The City of Welland is celebrating the development of its first brownfield redevelopment proposal. The proposal put forth by Armstrong Hunter & Associates on behalf... [Full story]

[04/20/2008]
Copper Firm Asarco Will Cleanse Employees' Yards of Toxics
Arizona - In response to a demand for cleanup by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, copper mining, smelting and refining giant Asarco says it will conduct contamination investigations... [Full Story]

[04/18/2008]
FCM's Green Municipal Fund Commits $37,500 to the Town of Fort Erie for a Brownfield Site Environmental Improvement Plan
The Town is investing this funding in the development of a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to facilitate the environmental study, remediation, rehabilitation and redevelopment... [Full Story]

[04/14/2008]
Province to clean up abandoned Vancouver Island copper mine
An abandoned open pit copper mine near Courtenay will be cleaned up to support the recovery of Vancouver Island fish stocks, the B.C. government says... [Full Story]

[04/10/2008]
Federal Contaminated Sites - The problem that won't go away
Thousands of abandoned industrial and military sites across Canada owned by the federal government, contain soils contaminated with PCBs, hydrocarbons... [Full Story]

[04/09/2008]
EPA Awards $1.2M To Clean Up Abandoned And Potentially Contaminated Sites In NJ
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a total of $1.2M to assess and clean up abandoned and potentially contaminated sites... [Full Story]

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