The proposed Order amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was published in Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 14, 2022 and is open for a 75-day public comment period ending on July 28, 2022. The proposed amendments to Schedule 3 (the Export Control List) include the addition of seven substances and group of substances, making their exports subject to the Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations. The substances proposed to be added are perflurooctanoic acid, its salts and its precursors (PFOA), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and their precursors (LC-PFCAs), Dechlorane Plus (DP), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and ferbam. The objective of the proposed Order is to establish export controls on these additional substances to help ensure Canada’s continued compliance with the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.
Concurrently, proposed amendments to the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (proposed Regulations) will be published. The proposed Regulations would further restrict the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and import of perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors (PFOS), PFOA, LC-PFCA, HBCD and PBDEs. It would also prohibit two other substances, DP and DBDPE, as their final screening assessment reports confirmed that they are toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
There will be two webinars, one in English on June 15, 2022 and one in French on June 14, 2022, to present the proposed Order and the proposed Regulations. To register, please fill out this online registration form.
Written comments and information can be provided to:
Chemical Production Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 St-Joseph Blvd., 19th floor
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3
Email: [email protected]
Please include “Comments on the proposed amendments to the ECL” in the subject line of your email.
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