3.0 Scope of Application
It is recognized that P2 plans are one of several instruments that can be used to initiate the preventive and control actions prescribed by CEPA 1999. The Minister of the Environment retains the authority to use the full range of options from regulations, through P2 plans to guidelines, standards and non-legislative initiatives. The anticipated increase in the number of substances identified as CEPA-toxic combined with the strict legislated timelines required by CEPA 1999 to manage the risks associated with these toxic substances will demand the selection of the most efficient and effective risk management options. It is expected that P2 planning will be used extensively, where it is the most appropriate instrument.
In order to manage the risks from all significant sources of specific CEPA-toxic substances, P2 planning may be used as a stand alone instrument or in
combination with other instruments, as appropriate.
Part 4 provides the Minister with a new authority that did not exist under
CEPA 1988. Therefore, the application of these provisions distinguishes between substances that were placed on Schedule 1 under CEPA 1988 (many of which have already been regulated) and those that will be added to Schedule 1 under CEPA 1999.
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