Ontario – Ottawa – Ottawa
Corporation
Ontario
Ottawa
Ottawa
Corporation
active
Research Capacity
The Emergencies Science and Technology Section (ESTS) undertakes research on the properties, behaviour, and effects of spilled hazardous materials and on the effectiveness and environmental benefits of in situ countermeasures such as spill-treating agents, burning, and bioremediation. Such information is used to develop research and operational models which predict the behaviour and fate of untreated and treated spills.
Research and Development are also performed on techniques for measuring contamination in air, water, and soil at spill sites and on technologies for airborne remote sensing of spills.
The Division generates technical spill-response guidelines and manuals for use by responders and contingency planners, and serves as the primary centre of scientific advice on pollution emergencies to the Department's Regions and others. For spills of national and international concern, this role includes direct involvement in response operations through the provision of airborne remote sensing services or on-site specialized sampling and analytical support. Further, training in the use of personal protection equipment and portable hazard-level monitoring equipment is provided to departmental emergencies personnel and to other responders.
The Division coordinates the preparation of the quarterly Spill Technology Newsletter and the delivery of the annual international Arctic - Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Seminar and the Technical Seminar on Chemical Spills (TSOCS).
Projects Undertaken: Oil spill remote sensing; oil properties, behaviour and analysis; chemical properties; oiled-shoreline countermeasures; biodegradation of oil spills; development of databases and related spill manuals; spill effect studies; in situ spill countermeasures; spill site safety; modelling of spill behaviour and trajectories; operational spill response techniques; study and regulation of spill treating agents.
Research Organization: The core programs of the EST, a Division of the Environmental Science and Technology Centre, were established when the Department of the Environment was formed in the early 1970s.
The Division has a staff of about 25 scientists and technologists with extensive experience in oil and chemical analysis, oiled shoreline countermeasures, spill modelling and effects, performance and effects of in situ countermeasures like dispersants and burning, oil spill remote sensing, and on-site contamination measurement technologies. The Division owns and operates a DC-3 equipped with highly-sophisticated oil spill remote sensing equipment, a Convair 580 equipped with a highly-sophisticated system of two radars for a variety of applications, and a variety of commercial and prototype equipment for measuring contamination at pollution emergency sites.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Exporting: No
Primary Industry (NAICS): 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
Alternate Industries (NAICS): 541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
Primary Business Activity: Government
Products:
Environmental products and services, Laser fluorosensor., Personal-portable analytical kit., Separation by column chromatography and quantification by high resolution gc/ms.
Brown Carl
Lambert Patrick
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