Tetrachloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene, is commonly referred to as PERC or PCE.  PERC was added to the CEPA 1999 list of toxic substances on March 29, 2000.

The final Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations were passed into law on February 27, 2003.  These regulations are based on the key recommendations in the Strategic Options Report on stakeholder consultation.

Compliance promotion packages are available for:

• owners and/or operators of dry-cleaning machines/facilities using tetrachloroethylene;

• sellers of tetrachloroethylene to owners or operators of dry cleaning machines/facilities;

• importers of tetrachloroethylene into Canada; and

• recyclers of tetrachloroethylene.