Pollution Prevention & NPRI – ENGO Assessment - Submitted to: National Pollutant Release Inventory, Environment and Climate Change Canada

In carrying out our assessment, these are the major characteristics that we looked for: o Is the information easily accessible to the public? o Is it easy to manipulate the data to carry out analyses and evaluations? o Can the public obtain the P2 information separately from the pollution control information? o Does a facility have a P2 Plan? o Is it a voluntary plan? or a plan required under CEPA. [...] The most reliable item available on the Search tool of NPRI is the answer to the first question in the NPRI P2 Reporting Module: “Does the facility have a documented pollution prevention plan.” Here they state whether it is 9 Pollution Prevention & NPRI – ENGO Assessment voluntary, or if plan was prepared or implemented for another government jurisdiction or Parliament, or under CEPA P2 planning p. [...] Usually, even if they say they have a plan under one of those categories, the facility report does not provide important information such as: o what NPRI specific substances are the focus of the P2 Plan? o what are the P2 targets? o what activities were taken and the target of the activity? o what specifically was done in the activity, e.g., what substance replaced the substance that was the targe. [...] The 2022-2024 Guide for Reporting to the National Pollutant Release Inventory says that for P2 activities: “Facilities are required to report: Whether and why a pollution prevention (P2) part was prepared; The name of the P2 notice, jurisdiction, or program for which the P2 plan is required; Information on P2 activities undertaken during the year; and The substances for which the P2 activi. [...] The P2 part of the report is at the bottom of the facilities report.