Second, in support of transparency, custodian organizations that administer contaminated sites must also report annually on them in the federal contaminated sites inventory. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat is responsible for the administration of this publicly available information system. The reporting requirements for the inventory are set out in the directives and are established for the federal contaminated sites action plan governance. Custodian organizations submit information on their contaminated sites and certify to the completeness and accuracy of that data.
The federal contaminated sites inventory includes data on all known and suspected contaminated sites under the custodianship of federal departments, agencies and consolidated Crown corporations. It displays a standard set of baseline and annually updated information for federal contaminated sites and provides points of contact so that Canadians can request additional information regarding specific contaminated sites.
As science continues to evolve related to contaminants of emerging concern, the federal contaminated sites action plan secretariat, led by my colleagues at Environment and Climate Change Canada, works with relevant regulators and offers expert support with Health Canada, for example, to establish reporting requirements. As of fiscal year 2024–2025, the federal contaminated sites inventory will include information on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination for active contaminated sites.
Finally, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat plays a supporting role in the administration of the federal contaminated sites action plan. As my colleague outlined in his opening remarks, the federal contaminated sites action plan is the main government program to address federal contaminated sites. We support Environment and Climate Change Canada in its secretariat role to manage horizontal elements of the program. This is primarily through the management of the federal contaminated sites inventory as well as supporting the governance committees for the initiative.
With that Mr. Chair, I am pleased to answer any questions from committee members about Treasury Board and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's roles with respect to the management of contaminated sites.