Year Activity
1996 Review of the ASTM standard developed in the US
  Review/adaptation of the USTPHCWG on TPH for Atlantic Canada
  Review/adaptation of Canadian toxicity data
  Review of ecotoxicological risks considered during the environmental site assessement (ESA)
   
1997 Development and testing of the Atlantic RBCA Toolkit software
  Development of Site Assessment requirements
   
1998 Development of an Ecological Screening Tool
  Develop Tier I Risk Based Screening Levels
  Review Laboratory Analytical Methods
  Develop Reference Documentation
  Stakeholder meetings
  Develop training sessions
  Develop Communications materials
  Launching of Atlantic RBCA in December 1998
   
1999 Training of site professionals
   
2000 PIRI input to CCME Committee developing Canada-Wide Standards
  First "PIRI News" newsletter, presentations to stakeholders
  Continuing training of site professionals
   
2001 Review of CCME Canada-wide Standards with Atlantic RBCA
   
2002 Technical harmonization of Atlantic RBCA with Canada-Wide Standards
  Update of the Atlantic RBCA software to meet or exceed Canada-Wide Standards
  Development of new User Guidance Documentation for harmonized Atlantic RBCA
  NBEIA/PIRI Conference in Moncton, NB
   
2003 Release of Atlantic RBCA v2 User Guidance
  NSEIA/PIRI Conference in Halifax, NS
   
2004 Terms of Reference for Atlantic PIRI Task Groups
  NEIA/PIRI Conference in St. John’s, NL
  
2006 Atlantic RBCA Guidelines for Laboratories v2
  Release of User Guidance for Soil vapour and indoor air assessment
  Regulatory Excellence Award for Best Practices from the Community of Federal Regulators
  Atlantic PIRI wins a Canadian Urban Institute Brownie Award for policy development
  PEI releases new Contaminated Site Regulations that cite Atlantic RBCA
  
2007 Release of the NB Brownfield Liability Working Group final report
  Atlantic PIRI invited to present in the Cross-Canada Check up for the CUI-CBN annual Brownfields conference.
  
2008 Renewed mandate for Atlantic PIRI with a new MOU that includes redevelopment of brownfield sites
  Launch of on-line training with Atlantic RBCA v2.

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