Appendix: Yukon Database Descriptions

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EcoLog Environmental Risk Information Services Ltd can search the following databases. The extent of historical information varies with each database and current information is determined by what is publicly available to EcoLog ERIS at the time of update.

Note: Databases denoted with "*" indicates that the database will no longer be updated. See the individual database descriptions for more information.

Territorial Government Source Databases:

AIRAir Emission Permits 1998-July 2009

The Department of Renewable Resources maintains a database of companies/organizations who have acquired a permit under the "Air Emissions Regulation", for the operation of the following types of activities. These include the manufacturing of asphalt; production and exploration of oil and natural gas; quarrying, crushing and screening of stone/clay/ shale /coal/ minerals; processing or handling of coal; equipment capable of generating/burning/using heat energy; use of incinerators; the use of equipment for incineration of special waste; electrical generating facilities; and the storage/other handling of solid, liquid or gaseous materials. The database provides information pertaining to the permit number, expiry date, status and the type of permit.

DMPDesignated Material Permits July 2003-July 2009

The Designated Material Regulations, under the Yukon Environment Act, mandates that anyone who is a retailer or depot operator of "designated materials" must obtain a permit. Where a depot operator has acquired a Solid Waste permit and it addresses the deport location, a designated materials permit is not required. As of May 2004, only tires are considered "designated materials". The provincial inventory provides information on the registered facility, location, permit number, status and expiry date.

FSTFuel Storage Tank 1997-Sept 2001

The Yukon Department of Renewable Resources maintains an inventory of fuel storage tanks within the Territory. The tanks are registered to the department pursuant to Storage Tank Regulations, Environment Décret 1996/194 with permits. The Storage Tank Regulations came into effect on January 1, 1997. The regulations include requirements for the storage of hazardous substances, including petroleum products, pursuant to Part 10 of the Environment Act. This database applies to new tanks that are being installed or constructed; and existing tanks that undergo major renovations after January 1, 1997. Fuel storage tanks not found in this database include: those that have a capacity of 4,000 litres or less and are used to supply comfort heating systems; tanks that are used to store crude oil, and tanks used for aboveground storage of hazardous substances (other than petroleum products) with a capacity of less than 2000 litres.

HISHistoric Sites Inventory 1987-Aug 2002

The Heritage Branch of the Yukon government maintains an inventory of all historic sites within the Territory. The database provides information on history, condition, ownership, location, resource type, and date of construction. Please note that even though the inventory was initiated in 1987, the database does contain records where the date of construction of a historic site was previous to 1895.

LTFLand Treatment Facilities 2002-July 2009

The Yukon's Contaminated Sites Regulation mandates that permits must be acquired for the construction and operation of Land Treatment Facilities - for the purpose of restoring and rehabilitating contaminated soil, sediment, snow or other similar media. The provincial inventory provides information on the registered facility, location, permit number, status and expiry date.

MNRMineral Occurrences 1900-May 2009

The Yukon Geology Program maintains an inventory of 2577 separate mineral occurrences in the Yukon, which document metallic, industrial mineral and coal deposits. Information within the database pertains to owner/operator, year, name, claim name, status, deposit type, mining district, tectonic element and commodity.

ODSOzone Depleting Substances & Other Halocarbons 1998-July 2009

The Yukon's Ozone Depleting Substances & Other Halocarbon (ODS) Regulations regulate the handling, use and sale of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) in the Yukon. The release of ODS's are prohibited, with certain exemptions found in s.2(2) of the Regulations. Ozone depleting substances are considered to be CFC's, Halons, Chlorocarbon compounds and Hydrochlorofluorocarbons. Other Halocarbons refer to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons. The provincial inventory provides information on the registered facility, location, permit number, status and expiry date.

PESPesticide Register 1998-May 2004

This is a database of individuals who apply for a "service", "vendor" or "usage" license for those specific pesticides and fertilizers that require a permit. The database is maintained by the Department of Renewable Resources, and provides information pertaining to the permit number, expiry date, status and the type of permit.

RECWaste Receivers 1997-July 2002

The Department of Renewable Resources maintains a "Waste Manifest" which details information regarding waste transfers from generating facilities to registered Receivers. The provincial inventory provides information on the waste receiving facility name, location, physical state (solid/liquid), waste type, amount/quantity received and the degree of danger.

RELRelocation Permits May 2004-July 2009

The Yukon's Contaminated Sites Regulation mandates that permits must be acquired in order to move contaminated material from one site to another. The provincial inventory provides information on the registered facility, location, permit number, permit type, and status.

SWPSpecial Waste Permits 1998-July 2009

The Special Waste Regulations, under the Yukon Environment Act, mandate that anyone who generates, stores, handles, mixes, transports, disposes or releases special wastes is to acquire a "Special Waste" permit. Permits are required for both special waste generators and special waste facilities. The provincial inventory provides information on the generating/waste receiving facility, location, permit number, permit type (generator, facility), status and types of waste generated/received.

WDSWaste Disposal Site Inventory 2000-July 2009

This inventory pertains to active, regulated waste disposal sites within the Yukon, where registered sites hold a permit for acceptance of different forms of solid waste. This database provides information in regard to permit number, type of waste accepted, status and permit type. Please note that references within the database to SPW and AER, are in regard to the Special Waste Regulation and Air Emissions Regulation respectively.

YOGWYukon Oil and Gas Wells April 1957-July 2002*

The Yukon Oil and Gas Resources Branch is responsible for maintaining a database of all oil and gas wells drilled in the Yukon. All well locations were provided by the National Energy Board and verified through branch field inspections. Please note that as of May 1991, no new wells have been drilled in the territory. The database details information on well owner/operator, well name, location, drill date, well id, status, elevation, class, and depth of the well.

Federal Government Source Databases:

CSContaminated Site Inventory 1998-July 2009

Yukon INAC Contaminated Sites Inventory is an inventory of sites of potential environmental concern compiled by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. These sites on this inventory may or may not be contaminated and some might also be sites with solid waste/debris, old mining structures, etc. Inclusion on this list should not be taken as confirmation of contamination. Similarly, sites not included on this list should not be assumed to be free of contamination. For information on any of the sites listed below, contact the Environmental Programs Branch.

EIISEnvironmental Issues Inventory System 1992-2001*

The Environmental Issues Inventory System was developed through the implementation of the Environmental Issues and Remediation Plan. This plan was established to determine the location and severity of contaminated sites on inhabited First Nation reserves, and where necessary, to remediate those that posed a risk to health and safety; and to prevent future environmental problems. The EIIS provides information on the reserve under investigation, inventory number, name of site, environmental issue, site action (Remediation, Site Assessment), and date investigation completed.

FCSContaminated Sites on Federal Land June 2000-May 2010

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat maintains an inventory of all known contaminated sites held by various Federal departments and agencies. This inventory does not include properties owned by Crown corporations, but does contain nonfederal sites for which the Government of Canada has accepted some or all financial responsibility. All sites have been classified through a system developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. The database provides information on company name, location, site ID #, property use, classification, current status, contaminant type and plan of action for site remediation.

IAFTIndian & Northern Affairs Fuel Tanks 1950-Aug 2003

The Department of Indian & Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) maintains an inventory of all aboveground & underground fuel storage tanks located on both federal and crown land. Our inventory provides information on the reserve name, location, facility type, site/facility name, tank type, material & ID number, tank contents & capacity, and date of tank installation.

NATENational Analysis of Trends in Emergencies System (NATES) 1974-1994*

In 1974 Environment Canada established the National Analysis of Trends in Emergencies System (NATES) database, for the voluntary reporting of significant spill incidents. The data was to be used to assist in directing the work of the emergencies program. NATES ran from 1974 to 1994. Extensive information is available within this database including company names, place where the spill occurred, date of spill, cause, reason and source of spill, damage incurred, and amount, concentration, and volume of materials released.

NDWDNational Defence & Canadian Forces Waste Disposal Sites 2001-April 2007

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces maintains an inventory of waste disposal sites located on DND lands. Where available, our inventory provides information on the base name, location, type of waste received, area of site, depth of site, year site opened/closed and status.

NEBWNational Energy Board Wells 1920-June 2007

The NEBW database contains information on onshore & offshore oil and gas wells that are outside provincial jurisdiction(s) and are thereby regulated by the National Energy Board. Data is provided regarding the operator, well name, well ID No./UWI, status, classification, well depth, spud and release date.

NEESNational Environmental Emergencies System (NEES) 1974-2003

In 2000, the Emergencies program implemented NEES, a reporting system for spills of hazardous substances. For the most part, this system only captured data from the Atlantic Provinces, some from Quebec and Ontario and a portion from British Columbia. Data for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories was not captured. However, NEES is also a repository for all previous Environment Canada spill datasets. NEES is composed of the historic datasets – or Trends – which dates from approximately 1974 to present. NEES Trends is a compilation of historic databases, which were merged and includes data from NATES (National Analysis of Trends in Emergencies System), ARTS (Atlantic Regional Trends System), and NEES. In 2001, the Emergencies Program determined that variations in reporting regimes and requirements between federal and provincial agencies made national spill reporting and trend analysis difficult to achieve. As a consequence, the department has focused efforts on capturing data on spills of substances which fall under its legislative authority only (CEPA and FA). As such, the NEES database will be decommissioned in December 2004.

NPCBNational PCB Inventory 1988-2008

Environment Canada's National PCB inventory includes information on in-use PCB containing equipment in Canada including federal, provincial and private facilities. All federal out-of-service PCB containing equipment and all PCB waste owned by the federal government or by federally regulated industries such as airlines, railway companies, broadcasting companies, telephone and telecommunications companies, pipeline companies, etc. are also listed. Although it is not Environment Canada's mandate to collect data on non-federal PCB waste, the National PCB inventory includes some information on provincial and private PCB waste and storage sites.

NPRINational Pollutant Release Inventory 1993-2008

Environment Canada has defined the National Pollutant Release Inventory ("NPRI") as a federal government initiative designed to collect comprehensive national data regarding releases to air, water, or land, and waste transfers of 178 specified substances.

PCFTParks Canada Fuel Storage Tanks 1920-Jan 2005

Canadian Heritage maintains an inventory of all known fuel storage tanks operated by Parks Canada, in both National Parks and at National Historic Sites. The database details information on site name, location, tank install/removal date, capacity, fuel type, facility type, tank design and owner/operator.

SPLSpills 1972-2000

Environment Canada maintains an inventory of known spills that have occurred throughout the Yukon and are reported under the Yukon Spills Regulations. The database identifies spill source, substance discharged, amount of discharge, reason for spill and approximate location of occurrence within the Yukon.

Private Source Databases:

AUWRAutomobile Wrecking & Supplies 2001-Feb 2009

This database provides an inventory of all known locations that are involved in the scrap metal, automobile wrecking/recycling, and automobile parts & supplies industry. Information is provided on the company name, location and business type.

CHEMChemical Register May 2004-Feb 2009

This database includes a listing of locations of facilities within the Yukon that either manufacture and/or distribute chemicals.

EHSERIS Historical Searches 1999-Apr 2010

EcoLog ERIS has compiled a database of all environmental risk reports completed since March 1999. Available fields for this database include: site location, date of report, type of report, and search radius. As per all other databases, the ERIS database can be referenced on both the map and "Statistical Profile" page.

MINECanadian Mine Locations 1998-2009

This information is collected from the Canadian & American Mines Handbook. The Mines database is a national database that provides over 290 listings on mines (listed as public companies) dealing primarily with precious metals and hard rocks. Listed are mines that are currently in operation, closed, suspended, or are still being developed (advanced projects). Their locations are provided as geographic coordinates (x, y and/or longitude, latitude). As of 2002, data pertaining to Canadian smelters and refineries has been appended to this database.

OGWOil and Gas Wells 1988-Jun 2010

The Nickle's Energy Group (publisher of the Daily Oil Bulletin) collects information on drilling activity including operator and well statistics. The well information database includes name, location, class, status and depth. The main Nickles' database is updated on a daily basis, however, this database is updated on a monthly basis. More information is available at www.nickles.com.

RSTRetail Fuel Storage Tanks 2000-Feb 2009

This database includes an inventory of known fuel outlet locations (including marinas) that have on their property gasoline, waste oil, natural gas and / or gas propane storage tanks.

SCTScott's Manufacturing Directory 2003-Sept 2009

Scott's Directories is a data bank containing information on nearly 100 manufacturers in the Yukon. Even though Scott's listings are voluntary, it is the most comprehensive database of Yukon manufacturers available. Information concerning a company's address, plant size, and main products are included in this database.

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