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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salt

Abstract:

On average, 5 million tonnes of road salts are used each year as de-icers on roadways in Canada. Due to concerns about the large quantities of chlorides being released to the environment, road salts underwent a comprehensive five-year scientific assessment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 beginning in 1995. The main objective of the Code of Practice is to ensure environmental protection while maintaining roadway safety. There are two main recommendations in this Code: (1) the development of salt management plans, based on a review of existing road maintenance operations, identification of means and goal-setting to achieve reductions of the negative impacts of salt releases; and (2) the implementation of best management practices in the areas of salt application, salt storage and snow disposal, as outlined in the Transportation Association of Canada's Syntheses of Best Practices.

Source(s):

Environment Canada

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/pollutants/road-salts/code-practice-environmental-management.html

Date: 2004

Author:

Environment Canada

Keywords:


Environment

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