What the Fish?
It is the primary piece of federal legislation that applies to ESC planning and implementation.
What is the Fisheries Act?
This is essential to determining the appropriateness of a proposed discharge location.
What is determination of connectivity to aquatic receiving environments and their fish bearing status.
The Environmental Management Act's (BC) Québécois cousin.
What is "the Environmental Quality Act?"
Raindrop, sheet, rill, gully, and channel are all types of _____________.
What is erosion?
Any activity that negatively affects an aquatic environment, including fish and fish habitat.
What is a HADD or Harmful Alteration Disruption or Destruction?
Any number of standardized methods, techniques, or procedures recognized as the most effective and practical means to achieve a specific objective.
What are Best Management Practices?
Fines of up to this amount and/or up to six months in jail may be levied under BC's Environmental Management Act against any person found in contravention of the Act.
What is, $1,000,000.00?
This barrier is effective for sheet flow and, when installed correctly, can mange a catchment area of approximately 1000 m2 (for every 30 meters).
What is a silt fence?
Introducing this into any aquatic environment can result in penalties up to and including jail time.
What is a deleterious substance?
There are six (6) primary components to a comprehensive dewatering/water quality management plan. Name at least three (3) of them.
What are:
- Site Assessment (size of catchment area, soil type, ground cover, proximity to sensitive areas/receptors, groundwater table profile, etc)
- Construction Activities and Dewatering Methods (i.e., sump pumping, wellpoints, cutoff barriers, etc)
- Water Treatment Strategy (i.e., equipment requirements, erosion prevention, sediment control, contaminant removal, etc)
- Discharge Planning (i.e., erosion protection and sediment control, receiving environment, etc)
- Monitoring and Reporting (i.e., monitoring purpose and objectives, in-situ/field monitoring, compliance monitoring, reporting requirements, etc)
- Contingency Planning and Non-Compliance Management
Initially penned as Bill C-5 before receiving Royal Assent in June of 2025, this Act aims to improve the interprovincial mobility of professionals.
What is the, "One Canadian Economy Act?"
It's one of the required actions to be taken following the discovery of a discharge of construction or stormwater from a site, with recorded levels of turbidity above the allowable limits, into a receiving, aquatic environment.
What is notify DFO of a potential HADD due to the release of turbid water.
This condition occurs when suspended sediment particles clog the gills of fish, leading to reduced oxygen uptake, increased mucus production, and potential hypoxia.
What is respiratory stress?
These are three (3) of the seven (7) key elements of traceability in the context of environmental incidents.
What are:
- Incident Description (e.g., date, time, location, type, initial observations, etc.)
- Source Tracking (e.g., determining origin or cause as well as participating parties)
- Impact Assessment (e.g., affected receptors, extent and severity, etc.)
- Response Documentation (e.g., immediate response actions, corrective measures, external communication, etc.)
- Monitoring and Verification (e.g., sampling results, compliance verification, etc.)
- Recordkeeping and Reporting
- Preventative Measures (e.g., SOPs, training, etc.)
It's in this situation that the E2 Regulations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999) apply.
What is none, because the E2 regulations apply to fixed facilities that store scheduled products.
This equation is used to predict soil loss and includes factors like rainfall, slope, and cover.
What is the RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation)?