Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
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Inventory of Data Sources

Special Waste Information System (SWIS) (British Columbia)

Contact
Corey Bell
SITE, SWIS, and CRISP Database Administrator
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
P.O. Box 9342, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC
V8W 9M1
Tel: (250) 387-9754
E-mail: corey.bell@gems3.gov.bc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Purpose of Database
To track the generation & transport of special waste.

Content
Data on hazardous waste and the generation and transport of special waste in British Columbia. Geolocators: postal codes. There are approximately 200,000 records in the database.

Year Database Established
1997

Coverage Period
1997 to 2003

Data Updates
Daily

Data Provider
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Data Availability
The main users of the data are transporters and generators of special waste. There are no security protocols restricting access to this database, or the use or disclosure of the data.

Reports
Not specified

Additional Comments
The data are collected under the authority of the Waste Management Act: Special Waste Regulations.