Canada - Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under Section 89, Subsection 93(1) and Section 114 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Environment and Climate Change Canada proposes to amend nine Regulations in order to make required changes to improve the clarity and consistency of the regulatory texts and to keep references to standards up to date. Furthermore, the proposed amendments aim to respond to concerns, comments and recommendations from the Standards Council of Canada, the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. The nine regulations are: - Contaminated Fuel Regulations;
- Benzene in Gasoline Regulations;
- Tributyltetradecylphosphonium Chloride Regulations;
- Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations;
- Solvent Degreasing Regulations;
- New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers);
- New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms);
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations; and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations.
Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 12 months of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I Proposed date of entry into force: Regulations would come into force on the date they are registered. Final date for comments: 15 December 2016 |