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Contents

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Air quality Phytotoxicology

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LEGISLATION

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

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ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS 5

LAND USE PLANNING SPILLS

PLASTIMET FIRE

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WATER

Sewage treatment Water quality Drinking water

Effluent monitoring (MISA) Great Lakes water quality Inland lakes and rivers...

WASTE/3Rs

Waste reduction Landfill

Solid waste Composting

Industrial/hazardous waste Biomedical waste

Industrial waste diversion program studies ENERGY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT! NEW TECHNOLOGY

Technical studies and reports October 1998

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2643 Emissions Trading Program for Stationary Sources of Nox in Ontario a 2331 Final Report on the Installation and Operation of Two Mercury Retorts at ICI

Canada Inc., Cornwall Works

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3222 Climate Change and Canadian Impacts: The Scientific Perspective, 1991 a

Air quality

1616 The 1990 Toronto Personal Exposure Pilot (PEP) Study

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2765 1991-1 992 Air Quality Data Summary Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the

Counties of Wellington and Brant ^.

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3309 1993 Air Quality Data Summary Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the Counties of Wellington and Brant

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3596 Air Quality in Ontario 1995 a

359601 Air Quality in Ontario 1995 - Appendix

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Phytotoxicology

77401 Snow Sampling Survey near Grant Forest Products Corporation, Englehart 1994 a 2792 Ontario Typical Range (OTR) Chemical Parameters in Soil, Vegetation, Moss

Bags and Snow

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2794 Phytotoxicology Survey Report: General Motors Foundry, St. Catharines 1991

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3533 Phytotoxicology Investigation: Laidlaw Environmental Services ^- Corunna 1995 a 3637 Phytotoxicology 1996 Assessment Investigation: Abitibi Consolidated - Fort

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3638 Phytotoxicology 1996 Assessment Investigation: Ucar Carbon Canada ^Inc., Welland

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3640 Phytotoxicology 1996 Mercury in Tree Foliage Assessment Investigation: ICI, Cornwall

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3643 Phytotoxicology 1995 Investigation: Ford Essex Aluminum Plant, Windsor a 3686 Phytotoxicology 1995 Investigation: Atlas Speciality Steels, Welland a 3690 Phytotoxicology 1995 Investigation: American Standard, Cambridge a 3691 Phytotoxicology 1996 Investigation: Peel County Game Farm ^, Brampton ^a 3692 Phytotoxicology 1996 Investigation: K & E Landfill, Samia a

3694 Phytotoxicology 1995 Investigation: Hemder Landfill, Lincoln a

3695 Phytotoxlcology 1995-1 996 Investigation: Libbey-St. Clair, Wallaceburg ^a 3696 Phytotoxicology Survey Investigation: Libbey-St. Clair, Wallaceburg, 1995 ^a

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Technical studies and reports October 1998

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3697 Phytotoxicology 1997 Investigation: Heather and Little Ltd., Toronto

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WATER Sewage treatment

2811 A Study of Contamination of Suspended Fluvial Sediments ^with Enteric Bacteria in Agricultural Drains

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2835 Performance Review of Grass Swale ^- Perforated Pipe Stormwater Drainage System

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3258:

Report on the 1993 Cottage Pollution Control Program Muskoka-Haliburton ^a 1529 Laboratory Skills for Plant Operators; Precourse Vol. 11986 $10.00 ^a

Water quality

2826 Development of the Provincial Sediment Quality Guidelines for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)

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Water Quality Data Ontario Lakes ^and Streams 1990 - Volume 26, Northeastern Region

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3080 Port Hope Harbour Water Quality Survey 1992

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3302 Deriving Receiving-Water Based, Effluent Requirements for Ontario Waters

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Drinking water

1424 Parameters Listing System (PALIS) a

2687 Removal of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) from the Ohsweken (Six Nations) Water Supply. July 1993

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3554 Drinking Water Surveillance Program (DWSP) Executive Summaries ^Report for 1993, 1994, 1995

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3642 Evaluation of Alternative Treatment Strategies for Control of Trihalomethanes in Unfiltered Chlorinated Water Supplies

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Effluent monitoring (MISA)

299 Estimation of Analytical Method Detection Limits (MDL) ^a

1675 Status Report ^on the Effluent Monitoring Data

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the Iron and Steel Sector for the Period from November 1, 1989 to October 31, 1990

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268501 MISA Report on the 1991 Discharges from Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants in Ontario Volume ^1: Summary of Performance and Compliance

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268502 Report on the 1991 Discharges from Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants ⁱⁿ Ontario Volume 2, Plant Performance Data

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268601 MISA Report on the 1991 Industrial Discharges in Ontario ^a

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Technical studies and reports October 1998

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2101 MISA Twelve-Month Monitoring Data Report Metal Casting Sector: May

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1990 to April 30, 1991

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2702 Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) Data Analyses for the MISA Metal Casting Sector

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2724 Protocol for the Sampling and Analysis of Industrial/Municipal Wastewater July 1993 and August 1994

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3265 Recovery of Heavy Metals from Waste Plating Solutions at COMDEV

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332202 Inventory and Costing of Best Available Pollution Control Technologies for the Iron and Steel Sector in Ontario

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Great Lakes water quality

232 Evaluation Municipal Sewer Use - Control Options Phase 2: Effectiveness Cost Evaluation ^and Policy Recommendation

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3178 Effects of Sudbury Smelter Emissions on Lakes in Ontario: a Review ^and Update

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2336 Chesley Lake 1991 Water Quality Assessment and Management Implications ^S 258902 Preliminary Technical Report of the Niagara River Mussel Biomonitoring Survey

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1685 Technical Summary: Second Report of Canada Under the 1987 Protocol to the 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

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2659 An Environmental Evaluation of the Lower Welland River ^a

2837 Rice and Sturgeon Lakes Nutrient Budget Study: Partitioning of Phosphorus in potamogeton crispus (curly-leaf pondweed)

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2992 Rice and Sturgeon Lakes Nutrient Budget Study: Nutrient Budget Data for the Watersheds of Rice Lake and Sturgeon Lake 1986-1989

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3031 Update Report Reduction of Toxic Chemicals from Ontario Point Sources Discharging to the Niagara River 1992

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2253 Zooplankton Data and Sample Archive Database Design for the Dorset Research Centre

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2254 Errors in Estimating Stream Discharge ⁱⁿ Small Headwater S

2682 Cottagers Self-Help Program-Enrichment Status of Lakes in the Southeastern Region of Ontario, 1992

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3513 An Evaluation of Watershed Management in Ontario Final Report a

WASTE/3Rs Waste reduction

1535 A Study of the Ontario Ferrous Metal Shredding Industry a

2399 Reduction of Sawdust in Sawmill Operations a

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Technical studies and reports October 1998

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2708 Bioconversion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSVV) Paper to Fuel Ethanol: A Waste Reduction Project

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2727 Feasibility of Devulcanization of Rubber from Scrap Tires

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2729 Scrap Polyethylene Film Recycling Facility

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2730 Separation of Mixed Plastic Waste Using Electrostatics

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2858 Municipal 3Rs Infrastructure: A Reference Guide, International Case Studies

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3620 Performance Monitoring of Rubber Modified Asphalt Demonstration Projects;

Nov. 97 $18.00

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Landfill

256 Waste Disposal Site Inventory

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746 Assessment of Closed Waste Disposal Sites Phase Ill Investigation and Monitoring Newton Landfill Site Cambridge

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2658 Preliminary Assessment Contaminant Loadings from Ontario-Based Landfills

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Solid waste

1158 Study of Degradable Plastics

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115602 Study of Degradable Plastics: Executive Summary

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3264 Fibreglass Composite Recycling ^U

Composting

958 Composting: A Literature Study

3458 The Use of Compost as Greenhouse Growth Media ^- Final Report ^N

2957 1992 Non-Compliance Report

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Industrial/Hazardous waste

47401 Inventory of Industrial Sites Producing or Using Coal Tar and Related Tars in Ontario, Volume ¹

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47402 Inventory of Industrial Sites Producing or Using Coal Tar and Related Tars in Ontario. Volume ²

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1167 An Economic Study ⁱⁿ Improved Management of Dry Cleaning Industry Wastes a 1168 Hazardous Waste Management Practices of the Ontario Dry Cleaning Industry ^S 2709 Candidate Substances for Bans, Phase-Outs or Reductions ^- Multimedia Revision

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3452 Technical Support Documents for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario (diskette);

Dec. 96 $5.00

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3069 Smithville PCB Cleanup Project - TAGA 6000 Survey

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Technical studies and reports October 1998

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3698 Vinyl Chloride: An Annotated Bibliography with Emphasis on Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity

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Biomedical waste

2286 Evaluation of Quantities of Biomedical Waste Generated in Ontario a

Industnal waste diversion program studies

1875 The Construction and Operation of a Mill to Recycle Old Corrugated Cardboard

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2338 Final Report: Polystyrene Recycling a

ENERGY

2463 An Action Plan for Energy Recovery from Landfill Gas in Ontario U

2512 industrial Strength Wood Energy: The Renfrew County Wood Energy Study a

2550 Potential for Energy Conservation and Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Ontario ^a

2567 Ontario Nuclear Cost Inquiry a

2638 Non-Utility Power Generation Environmental Approvals and Impacts

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT/NEW TECHNOLOGY

2684 Application of Soil Remediation Technologies in the Greater Toronto Area

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3290 Economy-Environment Linkages and Sustainable Development in Ontario

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LEGISLATION

2599 Environmental Bill of Rights: Response to Public Comment

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2855 Reuse of Clay and Ceramic Glaze at a Bathroom Fixture Manufacturing Plant

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

2661 Environmental Assessment Reform: A Report on Improvements in Program Administration

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ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

2832 Scientific Criteria Document for Multimedia Environmental Standards Development

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SPILLS

274403 1995 Spills Action Centre Summary Report U

PLASTIMET

FIRE

3598 Plastimet Inc. Fire, Hamilton, Ontario July 9-12, 1997 ^{U U}

3599 Internal Review of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Response to.the Plastimet Fire. City of Hamilton, Ontario July 9-12, 1997

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