Description: <div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">The Ministry of Environment's Environmental Protection Branch (EPB) is responsible for responding to incidents where a substance has been discharged into the environment. Under The Environmental Management and Protection Act 2010 (EMPA, 2010), “discharge” means a discharge, drainage, deposit, release or emission into the environment.</div><div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">These records include locations and details of discharge incidents in the Province of Saskatchewan and are currently limited to incidents that were reported to the ministry prior to January 2015. </div><div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">The Discharge Date is when the Ministry created the record. This is not necessarily the date of the discharge event.</div><div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">We will continue to improve the quality of the information in the table. As it is validated it will move to the map format, consequently you may notice changes from the table to map format. </div><div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">Information related to discharges after Janurary 2015 to present are currently found at: <a href="https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/datasets/saskatchewan::discharge-cases-spills/about" style="color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;" target="_blank">https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/datasets/saskatchewan::discharge-cases-spills/about</a></div><div style="font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">For further information, please contact the Ministry of Environment Inquiry Centre (Toll Free): 800-567-4224, email: <a href="mailto:centre.inquiry@gov.sk.ca" style="color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;" target="_blank">centre.inquiry@gov.sk.ca </a>or visit: <a href="https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/environmental-protection-and-sustainability/hazardous-materials-and-safe-waste-management/report-hazardous-spills" style="color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;" target="_blank">Hazardous Spills Reporting</a>.</div>
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