Newsletter Summer 2009

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Quebec Environmental
Risk Report – Informative, Fast, Affordable
 
Did you know?
 
The Quebec Environmental Risk Report (Rapport de risques environnementaux pour le Québec - RRE) is a report designed to meet the needs of (but not limited to) Quebec environmental consultants on a budget and with time restraints. The RRE report searches the Top 5 most consulted provincial environmental databases in Quebec for a subject site and all adjacent properties within 250 meters. The databases searched include: Contaminated Sites (CS), Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites (HWDS), Authorized Waste Disposal Sites (AWDS), Petroleum Usage Equipment Permits (PEP) and Water Wells (WWIS). The cost of this report is $195, is delivered within 4 business days at NO extra charge and is available in either English or French. If you would like more information on the Quebec Environmental Risk Report (RRE), please contact
Isabel Pereira at ipereira@eris.ca or at
416-510-5204 ext. 22.

ERIS also offers province specific reports for Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario as well as Quebec.
 

Upcoming Events
Mark your calendar...

The 2009 Environmental Compliance Conference (ECC) is coming this November 5th, 2009, to Lambton Golf and Country Club, Toronto. The conference will focus on two environmental issues in Ontario: the proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 153/04 and Brownfield’s redevelopment; and the Waste Diversion Act -- extended producer responsibility and Zero Waste initiatives.

Keynote speaker, Patrick Carson, is a former National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy member who represented Canada at the Rio Summit. Mr. Carson will lead off the day with a discussion on sustainability as it pertains to waste diversion and brownfields.

For more details visit:
 www.ecologevents.com

In the news

BC wraps up metal mine remediation 8/4/2009

Ontarians say yes to solar farms 8/3/2009

Multi-million dollar Sydney Tar Ponds remediation contract underway 7/7/2009

Thank-you

Thank-you for taking the time to read this edition of In the Crosshairs.  As always, your feedback is appreciated.  Please send your comments to: mthompson@eris.ca.

ERIS’ new and improved website provides clients with the ability to manage their own on-line account. As registered ERIS members, clients are now able to update their mailing address, e-mail, or phone number themselves within the “My Account” section of the ERIS site. Clients can even change their assigned login and password information to anything they wish.

In addition to the “My Account” section of the website, a new area was created where clients can keep track of the orders they place. Within the “Manage Reports” section, clients can not only pick up their completed ERIS reports, but they can also see what orders have been placed, the status of their orders, due dates and to whom the report has been assigned. In this way, ERIS clients can now manage their own account and reports at their own convenience.

To access this personalized area of the website, clients can go to the ERIS home

page, www.eris.ca  and click on the "Sign In" tab on the top right hand corner. If you’ve forgotten your password, just click on the "Forgot Password" link on the "Sign In" page and your login information will be e-mailed to you instantly.
If you do not have an ERIS account and wish to have one, creating one is free and easy - just click on the "Register" tab in the top right hand corner of the home page and sign up for your access.

What's NEW with the Databases?

The following is a list of the latest updates to some significant databases since the last edition of In the Crosshairs. Of note is the re-naming of one key BC database.

The Certificates of Approval database for British Columbia has been updated and records are now current to April 2009. From ERIS customers' feedback it was decided to rename this database “Authorizations” to keep in accordance with the database name assigned by the province of British Columbia, thus eliminating some ambiguity concerning data availability.

In addition, the Contaminated Sites on Federal Land database has been updated to May 2009.

Alberta Convictions is updated to March 2009.

Records for the Waste Disposal Site databases in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan are both current to May 2009.

Spills and Crown Land Fuel Tanks in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories have been updated to June 2009.

For more details, please see our website: www.eris.ca. It’s always a good idea to refer to the database listings on ERIS’ website for the most current updates.
 

ERIS Profile: Mark Mattei, Research & Development Manager

With a BA in Geography from York University and an Applied Digital Geography and GIS Certificate from Ryerson University, Mark began his career at EcoLog ERIS as a Data Specialist back in January of 2001. He was quickly promoted to Environmental Information Analyst at which time he was responsible for generating ERIS reports. Within 2 years he became the lead in database acquisition and was a major contributor to the expansion of the ERIS service from regional to national coverage.

Today as Research and Development Manager, Mark remains responsible for database acquisition and updates and new

product development. He has been essential in building ERIS’ data bank to include a diverse range of sources as well as information, and now he will share that wealth of knowledge with ERIS clients. In the spring of this year, Mark has also undertaken the responsibility for selling ERIS products and services in the United States, Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories.

Clients who have questions regarding the ERIS service and the differences between ASTM (USA) and CSA standards can contact Mark directly.  Mark has helped build ERIS and has served in multiple aspects of the company’s growth. He can be contacted at mmattei@eris.ca or by calling 1-866-517-5204 or 416-510-6859.

Mark also tweets via the Twitter ERIS page at http://twitter.com/ecologeris