ENVS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Criminal Record, Dont, High Standard Manufacturing Company

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENVS201
• Professor: Alastair Neil Craik

Document Summary

Public law: controls relationship between individuals and the government, recognizes public"s interest in environment shared resource and government"s role in protecting public interest, responds to shortcomings in private law, reactive, non-remedial, economically based. Sources of pollution regulation: provincial legislation and regulations, environmental protect act, air pollution, waste management, spills, ontario water resources act, water pollution. Federal legislation and regulations: canadian environmental protection act. Toxic substances: marine pollution, biotech, fisheries act. Interpretation: purpose, application, general prohibition, standard creation, approvals, exemptions, administrative orders and appeals, offences, regulation-making, public participation. General prohibition: epa, s. 6, no person shall discharge into the natural environment any contaminant in excess of that prescribed by the regulations. Adverse effect means one or more of, impaired of the quality of the natural environment for any use that can be made of it. Loss of enjoyment of normal use of property.