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2002-01-26 - Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 136 No. 4

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

Whereas the Ministers of Health and of the Environment have assessed information in respect of the substance Chloromethyl

(1-methylethyl) carbonate, CAS Registry Number 35180-01-9,

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 subsection 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 the substance being used as a chemical intermediate in the industrial manufacture of other substances.

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 I of the New Substances Notification Regulations;

(3) Submission of items 3(1) to 3(4) prescribed by Schedule II of the New Substances Notification Regulations;

(4) Test data and procedures developed from a carcinogenicity test done consistently with the conditions and procedures set out in the OECD Guidelines for the testing of Chemicals that are current at the time the test data are developed;

(5) Test data and procedures developed from a developmental toxicity study and/or teratogenicity studies done consistently with the conditions and procedures set out in OECD Guidelines for the testing of Chemicals that are current at the time the test data are developed; and

(6) The laboratory practices to be followed in developing test data referred to in items 4 and 5 shall be consistent with the practices set out in the "Principles of Good Laboratory

Practice."

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

DAVID ANDERSON

Minister of the Environment

APPENDIX I

Explanatory Note

This is not part of the Significant New Activity Notice Number 10 947. Companies can contact and consult with representatives from Health Canada prior to proceeding with items 4 and 5 in the above significant new activity notice.

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