September 22,  2000 – Christopher House, ERMD:

Emissions Monitoring of an Interior Diesel Heater

• Staff of the Emissions Research and Measurement Division at ETC (ERMD) monitored emissions of an interior diesel heater in a collaborative project with the National Research Council's Centre for Surface Transportation Technology. With the heater mounted inside a military vehicle, ambient air within the vehicle was monitored at eye level for two separate locations: the driver's seat and the crew compartment. Testing consisted of two weather simulations. The first represented zero wind velocity at a temperature of -40oC. The second simulated wind velocity of 67 km/hr at a temperature of -40oC.
  [Christopher House @ 998-9590, x231]

September 22,  2000 – Lisa Graham, ERMD:

ETC Involved in Research Project on Smog Issues

• An intensive research project is underway in Toronto to address smog issues. A major part of the field study has just been completed. Involving Environment Canada (MSC & ETC), Health Canada and University of Toronto researchers, the study measures human exposure to fine particulate matter and other smog related pollutants. Newly acquired particle-size characterization instrumentation from the Emissions Research and Measurement Division (ERMD) at the ETC was used in the field study. The results of this study will play a role in future PERD-funded vehicle particulate matter emissions studies at ERMD. Motor vehicles are considered to be a major contributor to ambient fine particulate matter concentrations. For more information on this study, please see the following news release: "Smog Study Underway at Toronto Schools" http://www.ec.gc.ca/press/000824_n_e.htm
  [Lisa Graham @ 990-1270]

September 22,  2000 – Dr. Don MacGregor, SPD:

Recent Activity in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

• Dr. Don MacGregor, Manager of the CEPA GLP Compliance Monitoring Unit at the ETC, attended a meeting of Steering Group for the Mutual Joint Visit (MJV) project of the OECD Working Group on GLP in Copenhagen on September 7th and 8th. The results of nine MJVs were presented and discussed, including one to the Czech Republic for which Canada was the lead Member country. It was agreed that Canada would host the next meeting of this Steering Group, which is scheduled for October 2001 in Montr�al. During the following week, Don participated in the MJV to The Netherlands, which also included GLP inspectors from Denmark and South Africa.
  [Dr. Don MacGregor @ 990-9540]

September 22,  2000 – Richard Turle, AAQD:

Agreement for the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network

• This 30-year old program of cooperation between Environment Canada and provincial, territorial and regional governments has worked successfully without a formal agreement to measure the ambient air quality in Canadian urban centres. Earlier this year, however, the Commissioner of Sustainable Development recommended a formal agreement be put in place to reflect the current realities of operation of what is now a more complex program. The timing for this coincides with the recently agreed upon CCME Statement of Principles to Guide Cooperative Arrangements on Environmental Monitoring and Reporting. Consequently, the NAPS agreement will be the first one implemented under these Principles. A Steering Committee, led by Richard Turle of the ETC, has been formed to develop Environment Canada's position. It consists of representatives from Federal-Provincial Relations Branch, MSC for the Air Quality Prediction Program, AAPD for the Canada-US Ozone Annex concerns, and the regional offices. The framework for the Agreement is to be developed by December 2000 with an Agreement hopefully in place by May 2001.
  [Richard Turle @ 990-8559]

September 22,  2000 – Bob Bullen, ERMD:

ETC Signs License Agreement with a Canadian Company

• A License agreement for the manufacture and sale of the heavy-duty application of the Multi-DS dynamometer was awarded to a Canadian company, Millimeter Engineering Works (MEW) Ltd. Developed by the Emissions Research and Measurement Division (ERMD) at the ETC, the technology has worldwide patent protection pending. MEW has a worldwide, sole license to build these dynamometers, which are similar to the prototype manufactured and installed at the OC Transpo facility in Ottawa under a joint agreement between ETC and OC Transpo. Benefits from this agreement will range from promotion of the green agenda (reduction of GHG and other emissions), economic growth and trade, creation of jobs, increasing Canada's contribution and reputation internationally in developing green technologies, to generation of revenue for the Crown for reinvestment in environmental protection R&D.; Other applications of this technology are also being marketed within Canada and internationally.
  [Bob Bullen @ 991-9653]

September 22,  2000 – Dr. Zhendi Wang, ESD:

Guest Speaker in China

• During his vacation trip to China, Dr. Zhendi Wang from the Emergencies Science Division at the ETC was invited by the Environmental Research Center of Beijing University and Wuhan University to present three seminars: 1) Oil Spill Identification, 2) Overview of the St. Lawrence River, and 3) an Introduction to Oil Spill Remote Sensing (prepared by Dr. Carl Brown). The presentations were greatly welcomed.
  [Dr. Zhendi Wang @ 990-1597]

September, 2000