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TitleSummaryAuthorCategoriesDateLinkhf:doc_categories
2018 Fact SheetsBrief summary of BUI status, history, and progress towards change in 2018. Updated in 2023.HHRAPTechnical2023technical
BUI 3b Wildlife Populations Redesignation ReportDraft report proposing a criteria change and partial redesignation from impaired to not impaired for colonial waterbirds in Hamilton Harbour.HHRAPRedesignation Reports2022re-designation-reports
BUI 7 Dredging Criteria UpdateAn update to the goals for navigational dredging in Hamilton Harbour.HHRAPCriteria Changes2022criteria-changes
BUI 10 Beach Closings Criteria UpdateAn update to the goals for beach closings in Hamilton Harbour.HHRAPCriteria Changes2020criteria-changes
BUI 1a Fish Consumption Criteria UpdateAn update to the goals for fish consumption in Hamilton Harbour.HHRAPCriteria Changes2020criteria-changes
BUI 5 Bird or Animal Deformities or Reproductive Problems Status Assessment: Snapping TurtlesTechnical report proposing evidence for a status change for Animal Deformities or Reproductive Problems for Snapping Turtles in Hamilton Harbour.ECCCStatus Assessments2019status-assessments
BUI 11 Aesthetics Status AssessmentTechnical report proposing evidence for a status change for Aesthetics in Hamilton Harbour.BARCStatus Assessments2019status-assessments
Contaminant Loadings Report: 2008-2016 UpdateData report summarizing heavy metal, nutrients, and other contaminants entering Hamilton Harbour up to 2016. Note the Chedoke Creek sewage spill was not known at the time of writing.HHRAPTechnical2018technical
BUI 5 Bird or Animal Deformities or Reproductive Problems Status Assessment: Colonial WaterbirdsTechnical report proposing evidence for a status change for Bird or Animal Deformities or Reproductive Problem in Hamilton Harbour.ECCCStatus Assessments2018status-assessments
Stage 2 Update ReportOutlines progress made since the 1992 Stage 2 Report was released, recommends actions toward delisting, and updates the status and delisting criteria for several beneficial use impairments.HHRAPHistorical Documents2003historical-documents
Down by the Bay: a profile of shoreline fishing and fish consumption in the Hamilton Harbour Area.Survey results investigating fishing and eating habits from Hamilton Harbour in the 1990s.F. ScottHistorical Documents1998historical-documents
Stage 2 Report: Goals, Options and Recommendations.Summary of the goals, options, and recommendations for remediating Hamilton Harbour.HHRAPHistorical Documents1992historical-documents
Stage 1 Report, Second Edition: Environmental Conditions and Problem DefinitionAn update to the Stage 1 Report that identifies environmental conditions and problems as well as the establishment of the original beneficial use impairments.HHRAPHistorical Documents1992historical-documents