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2001-12-01 - Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 135 No. 48

Significant New Activity Notice(Section 85 of the Canadian EnvironmentalProtection Act, 1999)

Whereas the Ministers of Health and of the Environment have assessed information in respect of the substance 6-Aminohexanenitrile, CAS Registry Number 2432-74-8,

Whereas the substance is not on the Domestic Substances List,

And whereas the Ministers suspect that a significant new activity in relation to the substance may result in the substance becoming toxic,

Now therefore the Minister of the Environment indicates, pursuant to section 85 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that paragraph 81(4) of the same Act applies with respect to the substance.

A significant new activity involving the substance is any activity that does not include being used as a chemical intermediate for nylon manufacture.

The following information must be provided to the Minister, at least 90 days prior to the beginning of the proposed new activity:

(1) proposed new activity in relation to the substance;

(2) submission of all information prescribed by Schedule Iof the New Substances Notification Regulations (NSNRegulations);

(3) submission of items 3(1) to 3(4) prescribed by Schedule II of the NSN Regulations.

The above information will be assessed within 90 days of it being provided to the Minister.

DAVID ANDERSON

Minister of the Environment

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