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may also be subject to monitoring to ensurecompliance.Additional Environmental LegislationThe provinces have also passed many otherpieces of legislation that deal with narrowerenvironmental issues. For example, all fourAtlantic Provinces have passed specificlegislation dealing with the intra-provincialtransportation of dangerous goods. Thesestatutes complement, and generally adopt,the safety standards, packaging andlabelling requirements set out in the federalTDGA which applies to the inter-provincialtransportation of dangerous goods.Other examples of related environmentallegislation passed by some or all of theAtlantic Provinces include the following:Oil and gas legislation, whichregulates activities relating to theexploration and exploitation ofpetroleum and natural gas, andwhich imposes measures aimed atpreventing spills or leakages of suchsubstances into the environment.Pesticides control legislation, whichregulates the use, storage andhandling of pesticides.Emergency measures legislation,which provides for the coordinationof emergency operations when adisaster occurs that may affect theenvironment or human health, safetyor welfare.Endangered species legislation,which attempts to prevent anyprovincial species from becomingextinct as a consequence of humanactivities.Wildlife conservation legislation,which seeks to maintain the diversityof provincial species through forestmanagement and the regulation ofhunting and fishing.Legislation protecting wetlands andwatercourses and restricting activityin mandated buffer zones aroundwetlands and watercourses.Legislation requiring that waste besource-separated intocompostables, recyclables andwaste materials.Delegated authority to municipalitiesto enact by-laws pertaining todiverse matters relating to theenvironment such as the use ofpesticides, effluent quality fordischarge into municipal sewers,topsoil removal and grade alteration,development adjacent toenvironmentally sensitive areas suchas watercourses and wetlands, andprohibition of nuisances from smoke,dust, odours and the like.Environmental Law 122