Translation of "Analyser des données opérationnelles sur le pétrole " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 152 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the development of unconventional gas resources, including shale, tight and coal bed methane, and its possible impacts on the environment: (a) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding the development of unconventional gas resources, (i) what was the scope of this research in the areas of, but not limited to, air quality, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem impacts, economic impacts, occupational risks, public safety concerns, and seismic risks, (ii) what, if any, resources did the government provide for this research, (iii) what, if any, process was established to ensure the indep ...[+++]endence of the researchers, their research, and their findings, (iv) what, if any, case studies were considered as a part of this research, (v) what, if any, scenarios regarding the development of unconventional gas resources were developed as frameworks for the research, (vi) what economic, environmental and social impacts were identified by this research, (vii) what, if any, priority research areas were identified for further study as a result of this research, (viii) what, if any, departments were involved in this research, (ix) what, if any, action was undertaken to ensure inter-departmental cooperation throughout the research process, (x) what, if any, gaps or weaknesses in the regulatory framework did the research identify; (b) what, if any, research has the government undertaken regarding balancing shale gas' potential contribution to energy security with environmental risks; (c) what are the sources of greenhouse gas emissions associated with unconventional gas; (d) has the government developed a process to determine the overall carbon footprint of shale gas throughout the life cycle of natural gas use, if not, why not, and, if so, (i) what federal departments are involved in this process, (ii) how does the government ensure inter-departmental collaboration on this process, (iii) what is the p ...

23. Considers that OLAF's work urgently needs to be further facilitated in order to enable it to effectively protect the Community's financial interests; calls, therefore, on the budgetary authority to freeze further financing for the NCTS until OLAF has full access to NCTS data in practice, which access will provide an overview of the consolidated traffic routings of sensitive goods in transit and also enable strategic and operational analysis to be carried out in relation to such goods; points out that OLAF must also have access to those data when the decision of the Euro ...[+++]pean Parliament and of the Council on a paperless environment for customs and trade proposed by the Commission (COM(2005)0609) comes into force;

23. Considers that OLAF's work urgently needs to be further facilitated in order to enable it to effectively protect the Community's financial interests; calls, therefore, on the budgetary authority to freeze further financing for the NCTS until OLAF has full access to NCTS data in practice, which access will provide an overview of the consolidated traffic routings of sensitive goods in transit and also enable strategic and operational analysis to be carried out in relation to such goods; points out that OLAF must also have access to those data when the decision of the Euro ...[+++]pean Parliament and of the Council on a paperless environment for customs and trade proposed by the Commission (COM(2005)0609 ) comes into force;

23. Considers that OLAF's work urgently needs to be further facilitated in order to enable it to effectively protect the Community's financial interests; calls, therefore, on the budgetary authority to freeze further financing for the NCTS until OLAF has full access to NCTS data in practice, which access will provide an overview of the consolidated traffic routings of sensitive goods in transit and also enable strategic and operational analysis to be carried out in relation to such goods; points out that OLAF must also have access to those data when the Commission's proposa ...[+++]l for a decision on a paperless environment for customs and trade (COM(2005)0609) comes into force;

In Budget 2008 there was a second round of investment in this area, which was to provide greater capacity in the environmental enforcement branch in areas such as forensic capability, data development, and tracking so that our enforcement program would know where the greatest risks are, to develop the evidence base, to be able to bring the detailed forensic analysis to court to achieve a successful prosecution—for example, in the illegal trafficking of endangered species across borders—or to be able to attribute a particular oil spill ...[+++] in a marine environment to the particular oil on a particular vessel, for example.

Any response system must demonstrate five capabilities: a surveillance capability that generates data on the health risk to which the population is exposed; a capability to analyze the data presented by the surveillance subsystems; a capability to develop contingency plans based on the analysis; a response subsystem to mitigate the effects on health when a health crisis arises; and, finally, some system of intra-operation and post-operation review that evaluates the effectiveness of an operation and captures lessons learned in all areas of response.