Existing Substances Evaluation

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The Existing Substances Division represents the Department's expertise for ecological risk assessment of existing substances. Within Environment Canada, the Divison leads the Departmental program for assessing priority substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) as well as other initiatives under CEPA 1999. These include categorization and screening of the Domestic Substances List (DSL) as well as Section 75, which involves exchanging information and reviewing decisions from other jurisdictions on specifically prohibited or substantially restricted substances. The Division is also involved in other federal, intergovernmental and international assessment initiatives including the Toxic Substances Management Policy (TSMP), and the chemicals program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

What's New?

	Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) was completed. (September 2006 )

	DSL Search Engine and Pre-Set Searches for Categorization Decisions (September 2006 )

	PSL2 assessment report on Releases of radionuclides from nuclear facilities (Impact on Non-human Biota) (September 2006 )

	Ecological Screening Assessment Report on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) (June 2006 )

	Ecological Screening Assessment Report on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate, Its Salts and Its Precursors that Contain the C₈F₁₇SO₂, C₈F₁₇SO₃ or C₈F₁₇SO₂N Moiety (June 2006 )

	CEPA Section 71 Notice with respect to Selected Substances identified as Priority for Action - Environment Canada published a Notice on March 4, 2006 in the Canada Gazette, Part I

How to Reach Us:

Existing Substances Divison
Environment Canada
20th Floor, Place Vincent Massey
351 St-Joseph Blvd.
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3
Phone: 1-888-228-0530 (in Canada) / 1-819-956-9313
Fax: 1-819-953-4936
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