| Montreal, 25/03/2002 – The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today
announced the release of its draft North
American Regional Action Plan on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
for a 45-day public comment period. The comment period ends 8 May 2002 at 17:00
hr EST. Comments should be supplied in writing to the commission.
Please note that the CEC posts comments received on its web site following the comment period. Therefore, your comments
will be made publicly available to others.
Comments on the draft North American Regional Action Plan on Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment should be sent in writing, by electronic mail or fax to:
José Carlos Tenorio
Program Manager
Sound Management of Chemicals Initiative
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
393 Saint-Jacques West, Suite 200, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9.
Fax: (514) 350-4314
E-mail: <jctenorio@ccemtl.org>
The draft action plan is available in English, French and Spanish and may be
downloaded from the CEC’s web site at: <http://www.cec.org/programs_projects/pollutants_health/321/index.cfm?varlan=english>.
For hard copies should Internet access not be possible for you, contact Erika Hercules at (514) 350-4362, fax: (514) 350-4314. Be sure to indicate the language of your
choice.
For questions that you may have about this consultation, please contact Erika Hercules at the above noted telephone and fax numbers or at <ehercules@ccemtl.org>.
The CEC was established under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to address environmental issues in North America from a continental perspective, with a particular focus on those arising in the context of liberalized trade. The CEC Council, the organization's governing body, is composed of the environment ministers (or equivalent) of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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