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Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
SHORT TITLE
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
INTERPRETATION
HER MAJESTY
PART 1 :
ADMINISTRATION
Advisory Committees
Agreements Respecting Administration
Agreements Respecting Equivalent Provisions
PART 2 :
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Interpretation
Environmental Registry
Rights under Other Parts
Voluntary Reports
Investigation of Offences
Environmental Protection Action
Action to Prevent or Compensate Loss
Other Matters
PART 3 :
INFORMATION GATHERING, OBJECTIVES, GUIDELINES AND CODES OF PRACTICE
Interpretation
Environmental Data and Research
Information Gathering
Objectives, Guidelines and Codes of Practice
PART 4 :
POLLUTION PREVENTION
Pollution Prevention Plans
Model Plans and Guidelines
Other Initiatives
PART 5 :
CONTROLLING TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Interpretation
General
Information Gathering
Priority Substances and Other Substances
Substances and Activities New to Canada
Regulation of Toxic Substances
Release of Toxic Substances
Export of Substances
PART 6 :
ANIMATE PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
PART 7 :
CONTROLLING POLLUTION AND MANAGING WASTES
DIVISION 1 :
NUTRIENTS
DIVISION 2 :
PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES OF POLLUTION
DIVISION 3 :
DISPOSAL AT SEA
DIVISION 4 :
FUELS
DIVISION 5 :
VEHICLE, ENGINE AND EQUIPMENT EMISSIONS
DIVISION 6 :
INTERNATIONAL AIR POLLUTION
DIVISION 7 :
INTERNATIONAL WATER POLLUTION
DIVISION 8 :
CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND HAZARDOUS RECYCLABLE MATERIAL AND OF PRESCRIBED NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR FINAL DISPOSAL
PART 8 :
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS RELATED TO EMERGENCIES
PART 9 :
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND FEDERAL AND ABORIGINAL LAND
Interpretation
Application
Objectives, Guidelines and Codes of Practice
Regulations
Information about Works and Activities
Release of Substances
PART 10 :
ENFORCEMENT
Interpretation
Designation of Enforcement Officers and Analysts
Inspection
Search
Arrest Without Warrant
Detention
Detention of Ships
Direction of Ships
Assistance to Enforcement Officers and Analysts
Forfeiture
Environmental Protection Compliance Orders
Review Officers
Reviews
Federal Court
Acts Committed Outside Canada
Offences and Punishment
Sentencing Criteria
Discharge
Environmental Protection Alternative Measures
Contraventions
Other Remedies
Defence
PART 11 :
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Disclosure of Information
Economic Instruments
Regulations Respecting Fees and Charges
General Regulation-making Powers and Exemptions
Prepublication Requirements
Board of Review Proceedings
Report to Parliament
PART 12 :
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEAL, TRANSITIONAL PROVISION AND COMING INTO FORCE
Consequential Amendments
Repeal
Transitional
Coming into Force
SCHEDULE 1 : LIST OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
SCHEDULE 2 : ACTS AND REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 3 : EXPORT CONTROL LIST
SCHEDULE 4 : ACTS AND REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 5 : WASTE OR OTHER MATTER
SCHEDULE 6 : ASSESSMENT OF WASTE OR OTHER MATTER
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