ESAA is pleased to announce two new membership categories.  In addition to the legacy Full and Associate membership categories, the two new categories are:
 
•    Sole Proprietor ($400 + GST) - Any unincorporated company with no more than one employee, or any self-employed person who provides an environmental product or service, is eligible to be a Sole Proprietor Member. Sole Proprietor Members shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend, all meetings of the Members and shall be entitled to one vote each at such meetings.  Sole Proprietors Members receive all the benefits of a Full Member
 
•    Student Member ($25 + GST) - Any individual who is registered as a student in a post-secondary institution with an interest in environmental studies, products and/or services is eligible to be a Student Member. Student Members shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend all meetings, of the Members but shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings.

Smart Methods in Advanced Remediation Technologies (SMART) is a series of technical learning seminars for environmental professionals. Our goal is to bring the North American environmental community together to enhance our collective understanding of cutting edge characterization and remediation technologies.

This year we have another great lineup of interesting talks on a wide variety of topics, including PFAS, excess soils, risk management, technical case studies, and more!

Seminars will be held in:

• Brampton, ON Jan 26, 2023 (register here - https://smartremediation.com/register/#register-toronto)
• Ottawa, ON February 2, 2023  (register here - https://smartremediation.com/register/#register-ottawa)

A draft Excess Soil Reuse Guidance document from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is available for public review and comment until January 3, 2023. It is available in both English and French and is accompanied by a questionnaire containing specific questions for reviewers on certain sections of the draft document.

The document is intended to provide a reference tool for jurisdictions implementing excess soil management policies. It includes principles that should be considered in such a policy, circumstances under which they might be applied, and pros and cons related to the application of these principles. The guidance document provides elements that should be included in a traceability protocol intended to track beneficially reused soil. It discusses the responsibilities of both source and receiving sites in projects involving the reuse of excess soils.

RemTech East 2023 is being held May 30 to June 1, 2023 at the Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

ESAA invites you to submit technical abstracts focusing on technologies for the remediation of contaminated soil.  Submission deadline is February 17th, 2023.  Notification of acceptance will be given by March 15th, 2023.