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A draft regulation made under the Brownfields Statute Law Amendment Act, 2001 that defines a Qualified Person for the purposes of certifying a Record of Site Condition and supervising risk assessments under the Environmental Protection Act has been posted on the Environment Ministry's Environmental Bill of Rights Registry website for commen . The 60-day comment period ends April 29, 2003.


Call for Comment On November 15, 2002, PEO Council received for comment the report of the Evolution of Engineering Admissions Task Force, with recommendations on the type of admissions process PEO should consider following in the future, as well as recommendations to improve PEO's current admissions process. The report is the outcome of recommendation 4.4.1 of the Admissions, Complaints, Discipline and Enforcement Task Force, which Council approved in December 1999. This recommendation called for PEO to strike a task force to consider the pros, cons and impacts of alternatives to the then-current PEO admissions process with a view to bringing back recommendations for a process that protects the public and is fair in both reality and perception.


Call for Comment PEO Council has received for comment a White Paper, Model for Licensure of Other Applied Scientists, prepared by G.R. Comrie, P.Eng., chair of PEO's External Groups Task Force. The paper flows from initiative 1(c)(ii) in PEO's Strategic Plan, which is that PEO will:

Study the public interest implications of alternative models for governing applied science practitioners, e.g. Regulated Health Professions Act model, regulated under PEO legislation, etc.