Specific Substances which use Masked Names

Act: Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, c. 33.
Regulation: Masked Name Regulations, SOR/94-261, as amended

To Whom Does This Apply?

A person who provides information to the Minister of the Environment under Part II; Toxic Substances of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). The key application is to manufacturers and importers of chemicals, polymers and products of biotechnology who notify the Minister of new substances.

Summary

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) establishes that a substance may be identified by a masked name where the publication of the actual name of the substance would result in the release of confidential business information.

The Masked Name Regulations set out the manner in which the masked name is determined. The application for masked designation is made following a request for confidentiality.

Additional Information

For more information, consult the Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances : (Chemicals and Polymers or Organisms) available on-line or from the Environmental Protection Publications Centre.

• Environmental Acts, Regulations and Agreements
• CEPA Environmental Registry

• Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances
• New Substances Program

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

Quebec Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Environmental Protection Publications Centre
Environment Canada
Telephone: 613-953-5921 or 613-953-5750
Fax: 819-953-7253
Web site: http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html

NSN-Infoline
Notification and Client Services
New Substances Branch
Environment Canada
Place Vincent Massey
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819-953-7156
Fax: 819-953-7155
Toll-free (information): 1-800-567-1999 (In Canada)
E-mail: nsn-infoline@ec.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html