What are the Canadian Environmental Law Association’s views on biosolids and septage?
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is concerned that the Nutrient Management Act and its Regulation will not be integrated with source protection legislation, which the government has yet to introduce. For a summary of CELA’s concerns, see “Responding to the Ontario Government’s Stage 1 Proposals under the Nutrient Management Act”, Intervenor, December 2002, Theresa McClenaghan. The complete CELA brief, “Proposed Stage 1 Draft Nutrient Management Regulations under the Nutrient Management Act” can be found at: www.cela.ca/land&EA/430nma.pdf A second CELA brief on the Proposed Stage 2 Draft Nutrient Management Regulations is entitled, “Comments by CELA to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Strategic Policy Branch re: EBR Registry Number: RC02E0002 on the Proposed Stage 2 Draft Nutrient Management Regulations under the Nutrient Management Act”. For CELA’s brief on Septage entitled, “Comments on Ban on the Land Application of Untreated Portable Toilet Waste
