The Implementation Guide and the List of Received Letters Of Intent are on-line at(English and French Links, below):
Environment Canada - Letters of Intent
Guide de mise en oeuvre
Road Salt Information - Environment Canada
Deadlines to Meet for Environment Canada
October 3, 2004 - Road Authorities/municipalities that are developing or currently have a Salt Management Plan must submit a “Letter of Intent” to Environment Canada. See OGRA website for template.
April 3, 2005 - Completion of Salt Management Plan
June 30, 2005 - First Road Salt Annual Report to Environment Canada
Guides
Environment Canada has indicated that it will be publishing two guides to assist road authorities/municipalities in meeting the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts.
The first, the Implementation Guide, is available at the link below:
Implementation Guide
Road Salt Annual Report Form (Available later this year)
For further information, contact Heather Crewe heather@ogra.org, Frank Hull frank@ogra.org at 905-795-2555 or David Laverdičre, Environment Canada David.Laverdiere@ec.gc.ca at 416-739-5872
Case Studies
For a link to Case Studies on the Environment Canada website, see link below:
Case Studies
Links and Contacts for Salt Management Plans
Several municipalities have completed and have received Council approval of their salt management plans. OGRA will provide a link to the municipal website or the municipal contact. Please note OGRA is unable to showcase these salt management plans on the OGRA website.
Salt Management Plans posted on municipal websites:
Region of Peel: www.region.peel.on.ca,contact Louis Zidar, Project Manager, Operations: zidarl@region.peel.on.ca
Region of Halton: www.region.halton.on.ca, contact: Contact John Stervoski, Roads Supervisor:
stervosj@region.halton.on.ca
Salt Management Plans completed but not available on municipal websites:
City of Toronto: Contact Gary Welsh, Director of Transportation Services, District 4:
welsh@toronto.ca
County of Wellington: Contact Paul Johnson, Operations Manager:
paulj@county.wellington.on.ca
Region of Niagara: Contact Dave Watson, Operations Technologist:
dwatson@regional.niagara.on.ca
Region of Waterloo: Contact Colin Galloway, Manager, Transportation Operations:
gcolin@region.waterloo.on.ca
*To access 'Syntheses of Best Practices - Road Salt Management', the link below will direct you to the TAC website:
Syntheses of Best Practices
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