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Description:
Since 1989, Canada has adopted Regulations to control the import, manufacture, use, sale, and export of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and amend the list of toxic substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA. The following ODS have been eliminated from consumption (production, import, export) in Canada: CFC’s, Halons, Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, and HBFC’s. Consumption (production, import, export) of HCFC’s will be phased out by the year 2030 and use of Methyl Bromide was reduced by 25 percent by 1998. They also require that permits be obtained to import or export used, recovered, recycled and reclaimed ODS.

Regulations:

CEPA Registry regulations page

Contact:

• Head, Use Patterns and Controls Implementation Section
  Chemicals Control Division,
  National Office of Pollution Prevention,
  Environment Canada
  351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
  Hull, Quebec
  K1A 0H3
  Telephone: (819) 953-1665
  Fax: (819) 994-0007
  Scott.Howarth@ec.gc.ca
  
• CEPA Registry Office
  Environment Canada
  351 St. Joseph Boulevard
  
  Gatineau Quebec
  K1A 0H3
  CEPARegistry@ec.gc.ca
  

Links:

• Department of Justice: Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations, 1998
  Complete text of the regulation
• The CEPA Environmental Registry is a comprehensive source of public information relating to activities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In addition to providing up-to-date copies of current CEPA instruments, the primary objective of the Environmental Registry is to encourage and support public participation in environmental decision-making, by facilitating access to documents arising from the administration of the Act.
  CEPA Registry
• Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  Complete text of the act