Existing Substances Evaluation

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The Existing Substances Division represents the Department's expertise for ecological risk assessment of existing substances. Within Environment Canada, the Divison leads the Departmental program for assessing priority substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) as well as other initiatives under CEPA 1999. These include categorization and screening of the Domestic Substances List (DSL) as well as Section 75, which involves exchanging information and reviewing decisions from other jurisdictions on specifically prohibited or substantially restricted substances. The Division is also involved in other federal, intergovernmental and international assessment initiatives including the Toxic Substances Management Policy (TSMP), and the chemicals program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

What's New?

	Chemical Substances in Batch 3 of the Challenge (August 2007)

	Final Follow-Up Report on Waste / Used Crankcase Oils (UCOs) (Released in August 2007)

	Results of the application of the rapid screening approach (Public comment period-2007/06/23 - 2007/08/22)

	Draft screening assessment report on non-pesticidal uses of six substances and a notice of intent to apply the Significant New Activity provisions of CEPA 1999 to these substances (Public comment period-2007/06/23 - 2007/08/22)

	Draft screening assessment reports on 2,2’-Methylenebis[6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol] (Public comment period-2007/06/23 - 2007/08/22 )

	Draft screening assessment reports on 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (Public comment period-2007/06/23 - 2007/08/22)

	Chemical Substances in Batch 2 of the Challenge (May 2007)

	Chemical Substances in Batch 1 of the Challenge (February 2007)

	The Government of Canada "Challenge" for chemical substances that are a high priority for action (February 2007)

	Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), its salts and certain other compounds (December 2006)

	Notice of Intent to Develop and Implement Measures to Assess and Manage the Risks Posed by Certain Substances to the Health of Canadians and Their Environment (December 2006)

	Draft Screening Assessment Report for the Screening Assessment of 148 PBiT Substances (December 2006)

	Notice of Intent: Use of Significant New Activity (SNAc) Provisions for 148 Substances listed on the Domestic Substances List (December 2006)

	Technical Approach for Rapid Screening of Substances of Lower Ecological Concern (December 2006)

	Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) was completed. (September 2006 )

	DSL Search Engine and Pre-Set Searches for Categorization Decisions (September 2006 )

How to Reach Us:

Existing Substances Divison
Environment Canada
20th Floor, Place Vincent Massey
351 St-Joseph Blvd.
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3
Phone: 1-888-228-0530 (in Canada) / 1-819-956-9313
Fax: 1-819-953-4936
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Disclaimer: Although care has been taken to ensure that the information found on this website accurately reflects the requirements prescribed in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999), you are advised that, should any inconsistencies be found, the legal documents, printed in the Canada Gazette, will prevail.

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