The CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999: ISSUES

Table of Contents (TOC)

September 2006

Prepared by Environment Canada and Health Canada
in preparation for the five-year review of the
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)

• FOREWORD
• SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
• SECTION 2: ISSUES
  • EXISTING SUBSTANCES REGIME IN CEPA 1999
  • NATIONAL POLLUTANT RELEASE INVENTORY (NPRI)
  • EQUIVALENCY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENTS
  • MANAGING CANADIAN SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION
  • NEW SUBSTANCES AND ANIMATE PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • DISPOSAL AT SEA
  • VEHICLE AND ENGINE EMISSIONS
  • HAZARDOUS WASTE AND HAZARDOUS RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES OFFICERS
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
  • THE MANDATORY REVIEW PERIOD
• SECTION 3: BROADER CHALLENGES
  • FEDERAL OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS
  • ABORIGINAL LANDS
  • MANAGING THE RISKS OF PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
• SECTION 4: CONCLUSION
• APPENDIX A: ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO PREPARE FOR THE REVIEW
• APPENDIX B: PROGRESS IN ASSESSING AND MANAGING RISKS FROM EXISTING SUBSTANCES
• Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication