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Environmental regulations

Check these sources for Canadian environmental guidelines, regulations and agreements.

• Acts, Regulations and Agreements - Environment
  
  http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=48D356C1-1
  Your business needs to obey laws and regulations that protect the water, land, air, birds and animals that are around it. Learn what the environmental rules are on this website.
• Compliance Assurance Program
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5930/
  Applies to: Alberta
  Find out which rules and obligations put in place to protect the environment apply to your business.
• Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
  
  http://ceqg-rcqe.ccme.ca/?lang=en
  Does your business use chemicals that can pollute your land and the water nearby? This website can show you how much you can safely use.
• Permits to take water - (Ontario)
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5436/
  Applies to: Ontario
  If your business needs more than 50,000 litres of water a day, you will need a permit.
• Ontario Environmental Certificate of Approval
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5437/
  Applies to: Ontario
  Does your Ontario business require a Certificate of Approval from the Ministry of Environment?
• Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board
  
  http://www.yesab.ca/assessments/projects.html
  Find out if your project needs to undergo an environmental assessment and learn about the guidelines for submitting your project proposal.
• Yukon Water Board
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/5549/
  Applies to: Yukon
  If your business is located in the Yukon Territory you may be required to obtain a water licence for the use of water and/or the deposit of waste into water.