NAC Letters of Advice and Response

Letters of Advice

Government Response

For more information about the NAC advice letters please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347

2011

2011-2012

12/12/11 Letter (PDF) (10 pp, 349K, About PDF)

Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2011-3: Response to EPA’s request for advice regarding the CEC Draft Communications Strategy
Advice 2011-4: Comments on the Submissions on Enforcement Matters Evaluation Process
Advice 2011-5: Advice on Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

03/22/12 EPA Response - NAC (PDF) (3 pp, 782K, About PDF)

05/16/11 Letter (PDF) (7 pp, 183K, About PDF)

Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2011-1: Response to EPA’s request for advice regarding the Draft Operational Plan and Projects
Advice 2011-2: Comments on the Parties Review of Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)

06/09/11 EPA Response - NAC (PDF) (3 pp, 608K, About PDF)

2010

2010-2011

12/31/10 Letter (PDF) (10 pp, 171K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2010-1: Submissions on Enforcement Matters
Advice 2010-2: CEC 2010–2015 Strategic Plan and Future Projects
Advice 2010-3: Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (TEIA)
Advice 2010-4: North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) Project Selection Criteria and Community Groups

02/28/11 EPA Response - NAC (PDF) (2 pp, 610K, About PDF)

2009

2009-2010

10/26/09 Letter (PDF) (10 pp, 442K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2009-4 (October 26, 2009): Response to EPA's request for input regarding the Draft CEC Governance Proposal Sections 2 and 3; The Secretariat's Functional Model and Structure
Advice 2009-5 (October 26, 2009): Regarding the Draft CEC Governance Proposal: Additional Changes to Strengthen CEC and NAAEC; Streamlining the Cooperative Work Program
Advice 2009-6 (October 26, 2009): Response to EPA's Proposal to "Modernize the SEM Process"
Advice 2009-7 (October 26, 2009): Response to EPA's Proposal to Complete Negotiations for a Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment Agreement
Advice 2009-8 (October 26,2009): Response to EPA's Proposal to Negotiate Procedures to Implement the Government-to-Government Sanctions Process of Part 5 of the NAAEC

09/14/10 EPA Response - NAC (PDF) (4 pp, 2.38MB, About PDF)

6/12/09 Letter (PDF) (9 pp, 115K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2009-1 (June 12, 2009): Response to EPA's request on "Greening the Economy"
Advice 2009-2 (June 12, 2009): Response to EPA's request on restructuring the CEC
Advice 2009-3 (June 12, 2009): On Articles 14 & 15

08/03/09 EPA Response - NAC (PDF) (2 pp, 1.11MB, About PDF)

2008

12/15/08 Letter (PDF) (8 pp, 172K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2008-5 (December 15, 2008): Response to EPA's request on mapping North America's environmental issues
Advice 2008-6 (December 15, 2008): Response to EPA's request on the State of the Environment Report
Advice 2008-7 (December 15, 2008): Response to EPA's request on the biodiversity portfolio of the CEC
Advice 2008-8 (December 15, 2008): On the Operational Plan and other miscellaneous issues
Advice 2008-9 (December 15, 2008): On Articles 14 & 15

01/16/2009 Government Response - NAC (PDF) (3 pp, 1.7MB, About PDF)

05/15/08 Letter (PDF) (9pp, 2.3MB, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2008-1 (April 17,2008): Response to EPA's request on North American Symposia on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade
Advice 2008-2 (April 17,2008): Response to EPA's request on Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Advice 2008-3 (April 17,2008): Response to EPA's request on Import Safety and the CEC
Advice 2008-4 (April 17,2008): On Article 13 Report "Green Building in North America."

08/28/2008 Government Response - NAC (PDF) (3pp, 1.4M, About PDF)

2007

11/19/07 Letter (PDF) (12pp, 250K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2007-4 (November 19, 2007): Response to EPA’s request on the need for a
communications strategy for the CEC
Advice 2007-5 (November 19, 2007): Response to EPA’s request on the emerging trends
Advice 2007-6 (November 19, 2007): Response to EPA’s request on the Operational Plan
Advice 2007-7 (November 19, 2007): status of the citizen's submission process
Advice 2007-8 (November 19, 2007): other miscellaneous issues

Government Response Letter to November 2007 Letter (4pp, 6.9MB, About PDF)
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Response to EPA's request on the need for a communications strategy for the CEC
Response to EPA's request on the emerging trends
Response to EPA's request on the Operational Plan
Status of the citizen's submission process
Other miscellaneous issues

05/24/07 Letter (PDF) (20pp, 147K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2007-1 (May 24, 2007): Response to EPA’s request on potential projects for consideration by the CEC with emphasis on their relevance to US audiences
Advice 2007-2 (May 24, 2007): Article 13 topics for consideration
Advice 2007-3 (May 24, 2007): Response to EPA on Council Session priorities

Government Response Letter to May 2007 Letter (3pp, 3.9MB, About PDF)
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Response to EPA's request on potential projects for consideration by the CEC with emphasis on their relevance to US audiences
Article 13 topics for consideration
Response to EPA on Council Session priorities

2006

11/15/06 Letter (PDF) (14 pp, 179K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2006-6 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on general issues for
consideration related to the Operational Plan
Advice 2006-7 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on Tracking Pollutant
Releases and Transfers in North Americas
Advice 2006-8 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on Mapping
North American Environmental Issues
Advice 2006-9 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on Sound
Management of Chemicals (SMOC)
Advice 2006-10 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on Building Local
Capacity for Integrated Ecosystem Management and to Conserve Critical
Species and Spaces (Biodiversity)
Advice 2006-11 (November 15, 2006): response to EPA on Encouraging Green Purchasing

02/15/2007 Letter
Topics addressed within this letter are:

General issues related to the Operational Plan
Tracking Pollutant Releases and Transfers in North America
Mapping North American Environmental Issues
Sound Management of Chemicals
Building Local Capacity for Integrated Ecosystem Management and to Conserve Critical Species and Spaces

05/05/06 Letter (PDF) (12 pp, 169K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2006-1 (April 11, 2006): On Expanding Partnerships with the Private Sector and Other Stakeholders Initiative
Advice 2006-2 (May 5, 2006): Response to EPA on CEC publications and information products
Advice 2006-3 (May 5, 2006): Response to EPA on working groups
Advice 2006-4 (May 5, 2006): On Articles 14 & 15
Advice 2006-5 (May 5, 2006): On Procedures for Hiring the CEC Executive Director
Advice 2006-6 (May 5, 2006): National Advisory Committee expertise and responsibilities

Government Response to May letter
Topics addressed within this letter are:

On Expanding Partnerships with the Private Sector and Other Stakeholders Initiative
CEC Publications and Information Products
Working Groups
On Articles 14 & 15
Procedures for Hiring the CEC Executive Director
Quality Assurance Policy and Procedures

2005

Advice Letter - 11/16/2005 (PDF) (9 pp, 134K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2005-5(November 16, 2005): Response to EPA on private sector involvement
Advice 2005-6 (November 16, 2005): Response to EPA on budget reform
Advice 2005-7 (November 16, 2005): Response to EPA on the future role of working groups
Advice 2005- 8 (November 16, 2005): Response to the EPA on publications reform
Advice 2005-9 (November 16, 2005): Status of the CEC Secretariat operational plan for 2005-2006, and budgets for 2005 and 2006

Government Response to November letter - 3/7/2006
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Private Sector Involvement
Working Groups
CEC Publications
2005-2006 Operational Plans and Budgets

Advice Letter - 5/20/2005
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2005-1 (May 20, 2005): Facilitating Private Sector Contributions to Capacity-Building in Mexico
Advice 2005-2 (May 20, 2005): Report of the Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee
Advice 2005-3 (May 20, 2005): The CEC Reporting Process
Advice 2005-4 (May 20, 2005): EPA Attention to CEC Matters

Government Response to May letter - 7/15/2005
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Facilitating Private Sector Contributions to Capacity-Building in Mexico
Report of the Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC) Report
CEC Reporting Procedures
EPA attention to CEC Matters
NAC Terms Nearing Expiration

2004

Advice Letter 10/22/2004
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2004-6 (October 22, 2004): Response to EPA Draft Strategic Plans
Advice 2004-7 (October 22, 2004): General Procedural Issues Relevant to the Evaluation of CEC Activities
Advice 2004-8 (October 22, 2004): Response to the Draft Criteria for the Three Pillars
Advice 2004-9 (October 22, 2004): Response to the Draft Template for Reorganization under New CEC Pillars
Advice 2004-10 (October 22, 2004): Status of the Maize Report

Government Response 2/2/2005
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Proposed Projects under the Puebla Pillars
Evaluation and Criteria for CEC Activities
Publication of the Maize Report

Advice Letter 5/07/2004
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2004-1 (May 5, 2004): Response to EPA Draft Strategic Plan
Advice 2004-2 (May 5, 2004): Response to the Draft Report of the Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee
Advice 2004-3 (May 5, 2004): Reinvigoration of the Article 10(6) Process
Advice 2004-4 (May 5, 2004): The Ontario Logging Submission
Advice 2004-5 (May 5, 2004): Disclosure of Environmental Information and the Financial Sector

2003

Advice Letter 10/29/2003
Topics addressed within this letter are:

Advice 2003-10:Long-Term Planning
Advice 2003-11: NAFTA Harmonization Working Groups
Advice 2003-12: The Ten-Year Review
Advice 2003-13: The Article 14/15 Citizen Submissions Procedure
Advice 2003-14: Work of the National Advisory Committee

Advice Letter 05/27/2003

Government Response 2/6/2004
Topics addressed within this letter are:

CEC Operational Plan
U.S. Strategic Approach to the CEC
NAFTA Technical Working Groups
The Ten-Year Review
Article 14/15 Citizens Submissions Procedure
Work of the National Advisory Committee

2002

Advice Letter 06/11/2002 (PDF) (16 pp, 30K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347

Minority Position 4/30/2002 (PDF) (3 pp, 18K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347

Advice Letter on Review of Workplans for Factual Records 04/29/2002 (PDF) (3 pp, 10K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347

2001

Letters of Advice and Agency Responses 10/15/2001 (PDF) (2 pp, 52K, About PDF) For more information about this document please contact Oscar Carrillo at 202-564-0347

Article 17 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (the environmental side accords to the North American Free Trade Agreement) authorizes the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to each ". . . convene a national advisory committee, comprising members of its public, including representatives of non-governmental organizations and persons, to advise it on the implementation and further elaboration of this Agreement." The U.S. NAC produces Letters or Advice and Meeting Reports on a periodic basis to fulfill its mandate. For a printed copy of the documents listed, contact the U.S. EPA Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach. GAC publishes Letters of Advice, responses from EPA or the Administration as well as meeting reports. For a printed copy of the documents listed, contact OFACMO.

NAC Letters of Advice and Response

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