Federal contaminated sites: Publications
Contaminated sites management frameworks
- Decision-Making Framework, Version 4.1
- Framework for addressing and managing aquatic contaminated sites
- A Federal Approach to Contaminated Sites
Classification systems
Guidance on assessing ecological and human health risks
- Human Health Risk Assessment For Federal Contaminated Sites In Canada Guidance
- Module 1: toxicity test selection and interpretation
- Module 2: selection or development of site-specific toxicity reference values
- Module 3: standardization of wildlife receptor characteristics
- Module 4: causality assessment
- Module 5: defining background conditions and using background concentrations
- Module 6: ecological risk assessment for amphibians on federal contaminated sites
- Module 7: default wildlife toxicity reference values recommended for federal contaminated sites
- Statement of work for ecological risk assessments at federal contaminated sites
Technical guidance to address sites
If you are unable to find the guidance document you are looking for, please contact the FCSAP Secretariat (pascf-fcsap@ec.gc.ca). We strongly encourage you to consult with the Secretariat to obtain the latest guidance and to ensure that you are following the most up-to-date recommendations.
- Guidance documents specific to aquatic sites
- Guidance document on monitored natural attenuation for soil and groundwater remediation
- Guide to Monitored Natural Recovery at Federal Aquatic Contaminated Sites
- Guidance for assessing and managing aquatic contaminated sites in working harbours version 1.1
- Guidance document on the management of light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) at federal contaminated sites version 1.0
- Supplemental guidance on implementation of Canada-wide standard for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil at federal contaminated sites
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
Results and annual reports
- Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan: