Advice
Letters |
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Government Response |
2008 |
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2008 |
05/23/08
Letter (PDF) (9pp, 81kb, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2008-1 (April 17, 2008): Response to EPA’s request on North American Symposia on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade
- Advice 2008-2 (April 17, 2008): Response to EPA’s request on Economic and Environmental Sustainability
- Advice 2008-3 (April 17, 2008): Response to EPA’s request on Trade and Enforcement, Import Safety and the CEC
- Advice 2008-4 (April 17, 2008): 2008 CEC Operational Plan and the Article 13 Report on Green Building in North America
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08/28/2008 EPA Response - GAC (PDF) (4pp, 1.9M, About PDF ) |
2007 |
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2007 |
11/19/07
Letter (PDF) (8pp, 72kb, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2007-5: CEC Visibility and Communications
- Advice 2007-6: Emerging Trends
- Advice 2007-7: Operational Plan
05/24/07
Letter (PDF) (19pp, 1.5MB, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2007-1: CEC Project Proposals
- Advice 2007-2: Future Article 13 Projects
- Advice 2007-3: CEC Council Session Deliverables
- Advice 2007-4: Other
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02/06/2008_epa-response-gac (3pp, 4.1MB, About PDF Files)
Topics addressed within this letter are:
- CEC Visibility and Communications
- Emerging Trends
- Operational Plan
08/03/2007 epa-response-spring-gac-letter (3pp, 4.6MB, About PDF Files)
Topics addressed within this letter are:
- CEC Project Proposals
- Future Article 13 Projects
- CEC Council Session Deliverables
- Other
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2006 |
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2006 |
11/03/06
Letter (PDF) (11pp, 85K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2006-7: Tracking Pollutant Releases and Transfers in North America
- Advice 2006-8: Mapping North American Environmental Issues
- Advice 2006-9: Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC)
- Advice 2006-10: Building Local Capacity for Integrated Ecosystem Management, Conservation of Critical Species and Spaces
- Advice 2006-11: Encouraging Green Purchasing & Renewable Energy
- Advice 2006-12: General Issues; Future topics, Agenda items, and Format
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02/16/2007 Letter
Topics addressed within this letter are:
- Tracking Pollutant Releases and Transfers in North America
- Mapping North American Environmental Issues
- Sound Management of Chemicals
- Building Local Capacity for Integrated Ecosystem Managemet, Conservation of Critical Species and Spaces
- Building Local Capacity for Integrated Ecosystem Managemet, Conservation of Critical Species and Spaces
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05/10/06
Letter (PDF) (8pp, 67K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2006-1: Draft CEC Operational Plan
- Advice 2006-2: Increasing the CEC’s Profile
- Advice 2006-3: Articles 14 & 15 Follow-up
- Advice 2006-4: Renewable Energy and Climate Change
- Advice 2006-5: Greening the Supply Chain Initiative
- Advice 2006-6: Quality Assurance Policy & Procedures
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Government Response to May letter
Topics addressed within this letter are:
- Draft CEC Operational Plan
- Increasing the CEC’s Profile
- Articles 14 & 15 Follow Up
- Renewable Energy and Climate Change
- Private Sector Engagement - Greening the Automotive Supply Chain Initiative
- Quality Assurance Policy and Procedures
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2005 |
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2005 |
11/22/05
Letter
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2005-5: Private Sector Involvement in the CEC
- Advice 2005-6: CEC Budget Reform
- Advice 2005-7: CEC Publications
- Advice 2005-8: CEC Working Groups
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3/7/06
Letter of response to 11/22/05 letter
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Private Sector Involvement
- Budget Reform
- CEC Publications
- Working Groups
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05/19/05
Letter
Topics addressed within this letter
are:
- Advice 2005-1: Environmental
Capacity Building
- Advice 2005-2: CEC Program Plan & Ten-Year
Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC)
- Advice 2005-3: Article 10(6) Working Group
- Advice 2005-4: Information Sharing and Use
of GAC Expertise
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9/13/05
Letter
Topic addressed within this letter
are:
- Environmental Capacity Building
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2004 |
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2004 |
10/25/04
Letter
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- Advice 2004-5: Response to Draft Strategies based on Puebla
Pillars
- Advice 2004-6: Response to Draft
U.S. Government Criteria & Template<
- Advice 2004-7: Increasing Private and Public Participation
in the CEC
05/12/04
Letter
Topics
addressed within this letter are:
- Advice 2004-1: Response to EPA Draft Strategic Plan
- Advice 2004-2: Response to the Draft Report
of the Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee
- Advice 2004-3: Reinvigorating the Article 10(6) Working Group
- Advice 2004-4: Disclosure of Environmental Information and the
Financial Sector
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2/2/05
Letter
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- Proposed Projects Under the Puebla Pillars
- Assessing Ongoing Activities
- Meeting with Private Sector Representatives
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2003 |
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2003 |
10/28/03
Letter
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- Advice No. 2003-8: CEC 2004-06 Operational Plan
- Advice No. 2003-9: U.S. Government Five Strategic Goals
- Advice No. 2003-10: NAFTA Environmental Working Groups
- Advice No. 2003-11:Ten-Year Review of the CEC
- Advice No. 2003-12: Articles 14-15 Citizen Submissions Process
6/17/03
Letter
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- Advice No. 2003-1: Children’s
Health
- Advice No. 2003-2: Strategic Plan for North American Cooperation
in the Conservation of Biodiversity
- Advice No. 2003-3: Options for a CEC Role in the Sustainable
Use and Conservation of Freshwater
- Advice No. 2003-4: North American Air Working Group
- Advice No. 2003-5: Environmental Enforcement Working Group
- Advice No. 2003-6: Environment and Trade
- Advice No. 2003-7: Articles 14-15 Citizen Submissions
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2/6/04
Letter
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- CEC 2004-06 Operational Plan
- U.S. Strategic Approach to the CEC
- NAFTA Technical Working Groups
- Ten-Year Review of the CEC
- Articles 14/15 Citizen Submissions Procedure
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2002 |
11/13/02
Letter (PDF)(12 pp, 34K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this
letter are:
- Advice No. 2002-6 - The Administration and Strategic Direction
of the CEC
- Advice No. 2002-7 - 2003-2005 Work Plan Organizational Structure
- Advice No. 2002-8 - Overarching Thematic
Issues with the CEC Work Plan
- Advice No. 2002-9 - Identified Issues among the Various Programs
of the CEC Work Plan
05/17/02
Letter (PDF)(12pp, 33K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within
this letter are:
- Advice No. 2002-1 - Trade and Environment
- Advice No. 2002-2 - CEC Biodiversity Strategy
- Advice No. 2002-3 - Pollutants and Health
- Advice No. 2002-4 - Law and Policy
- Advice No. 2002-5 - Other Issues
04/24/02
Letter (PDF) (4 pp, 11K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Reviewof Workplans for Factual Records |
2001 |
Letters of Advice and Agency
Responses 10/19/01 (PDF)(4 pp, 54K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Factual record in the Migratory Birds submission (SEM-99-002)
June 13, 01 Letter (PDF)(10 pp,
20K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:
- Advice No. 2001-1 - Articles 14 and 15
- Advice No. 2001-2 - CEC Biodiversity Strategy
- Advice No. 2001-3 - Trade and Environment
- Advice No. 2001-4 - Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
- Advice No. 2001-5 - Environmental Management Systems
- Advice No. 2001-6 - Peer Review of CEC Reports
- Advice No. 2001-7 - Other Issue
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2000 |
October
2000 Letter (PDF) (4 pp, 13K, About PDF Files)
For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topic addressed within this
letter are:
June 2000 Letter (PDF) (5 pp, 14K, About PDF Files) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topic addressed within this
letter are:
- Articles 14-15 submissions procedure not be amended
April
2000 Letter
Topic addressed within
this letter are:
- Meeting Report from the San Antonio,
Texas on January 27-28, 2000
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Meeting
Reports
For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347 |
Meeting Report (PDF) -
March 15-6, 1998 ( 9 pp, 28K, About PDF Files)
Meeting Report (PDF) -
October 30-31, 1997 (5 pp, 57K, About PDF Files)
Meeting
Report (PDF - July
24-25, 1997 (5 pp, 93K, About PDF Files)
Meeting Report (PDF) -
September
25-26, 1996 (7 pp, 87K, About PDF Files)
Meeting
Report (PDF) - March 11-12,
1996 (6 pp, 84K, About PDF Files) |
Article
17 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
(the environmental
side accords to the North American
Free Trade Agreement) authorizes the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
to each" convene a national advisory committee, comprising
members of its public, including representatives of non-governmental
organizations
and persons, to advise it on the implementation and further elaboration
of this Agreement." The U.S. NAC produces Letters or Advice
and Meeting Reports on a periodic basis to fulfill its mandate.
For a printed copy of the documents listed below, contact the
U.S. EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management GAC publishes
Letters of Advice, responses from EPA or the Administration as
well as meeting reports. For a printed copy of the documents
listed, contact
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management |