ES&E NEWS be taken by the governments of Canada are encouraged to comment on the draft and of Ontario, municipalities, conser- action plan before May 9, 2017. This input vation authorities, Indigenous commu- will inform the final action plan for the nities, and partners in key sectors, such Canadian side of Lake Erie. as agriculture and industry, to achieve www.news.ontario.ca the goal of reducing phosphorus in Lake Erie by 40%. Stakeholders and community members
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MOECC TO FINALIZE NEW EXCESS SOIL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) recently announced its decision to proceed and finalize Ontario’s comprehensive new Excess Soil Management Policy Framework. According to the MOECC, the final framework embraces two key goals to: protect human health and the environment from inappropriate relocation of excess soil; and, enhance opportunities for the beneficial reuse of excess soil and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the movement of excess soil. The final framework includes: • Principles to guide policy and program development; • Recognition that excess soil should be treated as a resource; • A description of existing policy and current roles and responsibilities; • Policy needs, actions and priorities. Overall, the framework, which is part of a package of brownfields reforms, will shift more responsibility onto the generator of excess soil (the source site) to better plan for appropriate reuse of soil and to track and record excess soil from source to reuse. www.ebr.gov.on.ca
ENDRESS+HAUSER ACQUIRES SENSACTION
Endress+Hauser has acquired SensAction AG, a manufacturer of systems for measuring the concentration of liquids. It said the acquisition will expand its range of products for measuring quality parameters. The systems from SensAction measure the concentration of liquids with the help of surface acoustic waves, which are high frequency sound waves whose behaviour can be compared to seismic waves created by earthquakes. By analyzing the transmission time and amplitude, the acoustic parameters of the liquid, such as sound wave velocity, impedance and density, can be measured in order to quickly and precisely determine the concentration. Because they contain no moving parts, the systems are mainteEnvironmental Science & Engineering Magazine