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PCB Regulations — 2
Application 2 (1) These Regulations apply to PCBs and to any products containing PCBs. Non-application (2) These Regulations do not apply to the following: (a) the import and export of PCBs that are or are considered to be hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material within the meaning of sections 2 to 5 of the Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations ; (b) the sale, importation or advertising of liquids containing PCBs for use in microscopy, including immersion oils but not including refractive index oils, which is prohibited under section 5 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act ; and (c) the offer for sale, sale and use of land contaminated with PCBs or with products containing PCBs. SOR/2014-75, s. 2 SOR/2021-25, s. 83
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Sale of property 3 Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as preventing the sale of (a) personal property or movables that contain PCBs, or real property or immovables that have PCBs or products containing PCBs, and that form part of the sale of the whole or part of a business, including a manufacturing or a processing business; (b) real property or immovables that have products containing PCBs if the products continue to be used after the sale for the same purpose at the same place and are an integral part of the property or immovable; or (c) real property or immovables on which a PCB storage site is located.
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Compliance 4 In addition to the persons who must comply with the requirements set out in these Regulations, a person who owns PCBs or products containing PCBs shall ensure that the requirements of these Regulations with respect to those PCBs or products are met.
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Release into the environment 5 (1) No person shall release PCBs into the environment, other than from the equipment referred to in subsection (2), in a concentration of (a) 2 mg/kg or more for a liquid containing PCBs; or (b) 50 mg/kg or more for a solid containing PCBs. Release from equipment (2) No person shall release more than one gram of PCBs into the environment from equipment referred to in section 16 that is in use or from equipment in use for which an extension has been granted under section 17 or 17.1. SOR/2025-273, s. 2
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Prohibited activities 6 Except as provided in these Regulations, no person shall (a) manufacture, export or import PCBs or a product containing PCBs in a concentration of 2 mg/kg or more; (b) offer for sale or sell PCBs or a product containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more; or (c) process, mix with another substance or use PCBs or a product containing PCBs. SOR/2025-273, s. 3
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Laboratory analysis 7 A person may manufacture, export, import, offer for sale, sell, process and use PCBs or products containing PCBs for the purpose of laboratory analysis if the analysis is conducted (a) in an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose; or (b) in a facility that conforms to internationally recognized guidelines on best laboratory practices, if the authorities of the jurisdiction in which the facility is located do not have a mechanism in place to authorize the facility to conduct the analysis. SOR/2010-57, s. 20(F)
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Research 8 (1) A person may offer for sale or sell PCBs or products containing PCBs to be processed or used for the purpose of research to determine the effects of those PCBs or products on human health or on the environment, if the facility in which they are processed or used is (a) an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose; or (b) a facility that conforms to internationally recognized guidelines on best laboratory practices, if the authorities of the jurisdiction in which the facility is located do not have a mechanism in place to authorize the facility to conduct the research. Processing and use (2) A person may process and use the PCBs or products containing PCBs for the purpose of the research referred to in subsection (1) at a facility that meets the requirement set out in paragraph (1)(a) or (b). SOR/2010-57, s. 20(F)
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Electrical capacitor 9 A person may offer for sale, sell and use an electrical capacitor containing PCBs if the electrical capacitor (a) is an integral part of a consumer product; (b) is fusion sealed; and (c) would be rendered inoperable and irreparable if the PCBs were removed from it.
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Aircraft, ships, trains and other vehicles 10 A person may export, import, offer for sale, sell and use for transportation purposes aircraft, ships, trains and other vehicles that contain PCBs only in their communication, navigation or electronic control equipment or cables.
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Colouring pigment 11 (1) A person may manufacture, export, import, offer for sale, sell, process and use a colouring pigment containing PCBs produced incidentally if the concentration of the PCBs is less than 50 mg/kg. Annual average concentration (2) Despite subsection (1), the annual average concentration of PCBs produced incidentally in colouring pigment that a person may manufacture, export, import, offer for sale, sell, process and use shall not exceed 25 mg/kg. SOR/2010-57, s. 2(F)
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Destruction 12 A person may process, or mix with another substance, PCBs or a product containing PCBs for the purpose of destroying the PCBs, or of recovering them for the purpose of destroying them, in an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose. SOR/2010-57, s. 3(F) SOR/2025-273, s. 4
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Solid products 13 (1) A person may manufacture solid products containing PCBs in a concentration of less than 50 mg/kg using bulk solid products containing PCBs in a concentration of less than 50 mg/kg, and may use those solid products. Application (2) Subsection (1) only applies to the manufacture of the types of products that are manufactured before September 5, 2008. Exception (3) No person shall offer for sale or sell the products manufactured in accordance with subsection (1) unless the products are used in the course of a commercial or industrial activity. SOR/2010-57, s. 4
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Cables, pipelines, electrical capacitors and other equipment 14 (1) A person may use the following products containing PCBs: (a) cables, if they remain in place on September 5, 2008; (b) pipelines that transport natural gas, petroleum or petroleum products and any associated equipment that is in contact with the natural gas, petroleum or petroleum products if the pipelines and the equipment remain in place on September 5, 2008; (c) fusion sealed capacitors if they are used in relation to communication equipment or electronic control equipment; and (d) the following equipment containing PCBs in a concentration of less than 50 mg/kg if the equipment is used for the purpose for which it was manufactured: (i) electrical capacitors, light ballasts, electrical transformers and their auxiliary electrical equipment, including pole-top electrical transformers and their pole-top auxiliary electrical equipment, (ii) electromagnets that are not used in the handling of food, feed or any additive to food or feed, and (iii) heat transfer equipment, hydraulic equipment, vapour diffusion pumps and bridge bearings. Electrical capacitors (2) A person may import fusion sealed capacitors containing PCBs for use in relation to communication tactical equipment or electronic control tactical equipment. SOR/2010-57, ss. 5, 19
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Liquids for servicing — concentration less than 2 mg/kg 15 (1) A person may use liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of less than 2 mg/kg, and may mix such liquids with another substance, for the purpose of servicing equipment containing PCBs that is permitted to be used under these Regulations. Liquids for servicing — concentration of 500 mg/kg or more (2) A person may use liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more for the purpose of servicing equipment containing PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more until December 31, 2009. SOR/2025-273, s. 5
PCB Regulations — 15.1
Nuclear facilities 15.1 (1) A person may use equipment that contains PCBs at a nuclear facility , as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act , as long as all necessary measures are taken to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect of the PCBs on the environment and on human health and (a) the equipment is in an area, room or enclosure to which subsection 21(1) of the Radiation Protection Regulations applies; or (b) the equipment contains radioactive PCBs. Damage (2) If any of the equipment is damaged such that it releases PCBs, the owner of the equipment must immediately clean up any resulting contamination and immediately take measures to prevent any further release of PCBs from the equipment. SOR/2025-273, s. 6
PCB Regulations — 15.2
Military equipment 15.2 (1) An employee of the Department of National Defence, a member of the Canadian Forces or any person under the direct responsibility of such an employee or member may use military equipment that contains PCBs in any concentration if (a) the military equipment is owned by His Majesty in right of Canada and has been so owned since the day on which this section comes into force; (b) no alternative equipment that does not contain PCBs can be substituted for the military equipment; and (c) all necessary measures are taken to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect of the PCBs on the environment and on human health. Damage (2) If any of the military equipment is damaged such that it releases PCBs, the owner of the military equipment must immediately clean up any resulting contamination and immediately take measures to prevent any further release of PCBs from the military equipment. SOR/2025-273, s. 6
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Museums 15.3 (1) A museum may retain for display or research purposes an object that contains PCBs in any concentration if (a) the object was in the possession of the museum on the day on which this section comes into force; (b) the object has historical value, including having regard to its uniqueness within the museum’s collection; (c) the PCBs cannot be removed from the object without destroying it; (d) the area where the object is kept is equipped with a fire suppression system; and (e) all necessary measures are taken to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect of the PCBs on the environment and on human health. Damage (2) If any such object is damaged such that it releases PCBs, the owner of the museum must immediately clean up any resulting contamination and immediately take measures to prevent any further release of PCBs from the object. SOR/2025-273, s. 6
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Equipment — subparagraphs 14(1)(d)(i) to (iii) 16 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (2.1), a person may use the equipment referred to in subparagraphs 14(1)(d)(i) to (iii) until the following dates if the equipment is in use on September 5, 2008: (a) in the case of equipment containing PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more, December 31, 2009; and (b) in the case of equipment containing PCBs in a concentration of at least 50 mg/kg but less than 500 mg/kg, (i) December 31, 2009, if the equipment is located at a drinking water treatment plant or food or feed processing plant, in a child care facility, preschool, primary school, secondary school, hospital or senior citizens’ care facility or on the property on which the plant or facility is located and within 100 m of it, and (ii) December 31, 2026, if the equipment is located at any other place. Light ballasts and pole-top electrical transformers (2) A person may use the following equipment containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more until December 31, 2026, if the equipment is in use on September 5, 2008: (a) light ballasts; and (b) pole-top electrical transformers and their pole-top auxiliary electrical equipment. Current transformers and other equipment (2.1) A person may, from January 1, 2015 until December 31, 2026, use any current transformers, potential transformers, circuit breakers, reclosers and bushings that are located at an electrical generation, transmission or distribution facility and contain PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more if that equipment is in use on September 5, 2008. Liquid — authorized concentration (3) A person may use a liquid containing PCBs in a concentration of 2 mg/kg or more but less than 50 mg/kg in equipment until the day on which the liquid is removed from the equipment. Notice to Minister (4) A person who, on January 1, 2026, continues to use equipment referred to in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) or subsection (2) or (2.1) must, within 120 days after the day on which this subsection comes into force, notify the Minister that the equipment is still in use. SOR/2010-57, s. 19; SOR/2014-75, s. 3 SOR/2025-273, s. 10
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0 days after the day on which the change occurs. False or misleading information (5) The Minister shall refuse to grant an extension if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has provided false or misleading information in support of its application. Revocation (6) The Minister shall revoke the extension if (a) the requirements set out in subsection (2) are no longer met during the period of the extension; or (b) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has provided false or misleading information to the Minister in support of its application. Reasons for revocation (7) The Minister shall not revoke the extension unless the Minister provides the applicant with (a) written reasons for the revocation; and (b) an opportunity to be heard, by written representation, in respect of the revocation. SOR/2010-57, s. 6(F)
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iled plan for ending the use of the equipment including, as the case may be, information relating to the replacement of the equipment or the removal of the PCBs from the equipment and the proposed approach and timelines for final destruction of the PCBs. Multiple extensions (6) The Minister may grant multiple extensions under subsection (4) in respect of the same equipment. Notice of change to information (7) The applicant shall notify the Minister in writing of any change to the information provided under subsection (3) or (5) within 30 days after the day on which the change occurs. False or misleading information (8) The Minister shall refuse to grant an extension if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has provided false or misleading information in support of their application. Revocation (9) The Minister shall revoke an extension if (a) the requirements set out in subsection (2) or (4), as the case may be, are no longer met during the period of the extension; (b) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has provided false or misleading information to the Minister in support of their application; or (c) in the case of an extension under subsection (4), the Minister is satisfied that ending the use of the equipment has become feasible. Revocation — reasons and representation (10) The Minister shall not revoke an extension unless the Minister provides the applicant with (a) written reasons for the revocation; and (b) an opportunity to be heard, by written representation, in respect of the revocation. SOR/2025-273, s. 11
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Application — concentration of 50 mg/kg or more 18 (1) Subject to subsection (3), this Part applies to all solids and liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more that are located at a particular site if the liquids or solids are present in a quantity greater than or equal to (a) 100 L, in the case of liquids; and (b) 100 kg, in the case of solids. Application — quantity of 1 kg or more (2) Subject to subsection (3), this Part also applies to all solids and liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more that are located at a particular site in a quantity of less than 100 L, in the case of liquids, and 100 kg, in the case of solids, if the total quantity of PCBs contained in the liquids or the solids or in the liquids and solids combined, determined in accordance with the following formulas, as applicable, is 1 kg or more: (a) in the case of liquids, Σ (V × D × C) 1 000 000 where V is the volume of each liquid containing PCBs in a given concentration, expressed in L, D is the density of PCBs in each liquid as follows: (i) 0.9 kg/L, if the concentration of PCBs in the liquid is less than 10 000 mg/kg, and (ii) 1.5 kg/L, if the concentration of PCBs in the liquid is 10 000 mg/kg or more, and C is the concentration of PCBs in each liquid, expressed in mg/kg; and (b) in the case of solids, Σ (M × C) 1 000 000 where M is the weight of each solid containing PCBs in a given concentration, expressed in kg, and C is the concentration of PCBs in each solid, expressed in mg/kg. Non-application (3) This Part does not apply in respect of the following products containing PCBs: (a) solid or liquid products that are processed daily or used; (b) pipelines that transport natural gas, petroleum or petroleum products, and any associated equipment that is in contact with the natural gas, petroleum or petroleum products, if they remain in place on September 5, 2008; and (c) cables, if they remain in place on September 5, 2008. SOR/2010-57, s. 19; SOR/2014-75, s. 4
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Requirement to store 19 (1) A person who owns, controls or possesses PCBs or products containing PCBs shall, within 30 days after the day on which those PCBs or products cease to be processed daily or used or after September 5, 2008, whichever is later, either (a) send them for destruction to an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose; or (b) store them at a PCB storage site for the period during which they are not processed daily or used. Remote from or no access to roadway (2) Despite subsection (1), if the PCBs or products containing PCBs are remote from a roadway system or if there is no access to a roadway system, the person who owns, controls or possesses the PCBs or products may store them at a PCB storage site as soon as feasible but no later than one year after the day on which they are not processed daily or used or one year after September 5, 2008, whichever is later. That person shall use best management practices for them from the time that they cease to be processed daily or used until the time that they are stored at a PCB storage site. SOR/2010-57, s. 7
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Prohibition against storage 20 (1) Effective September 5, 2009, no person shall store PCBs or products containing PCBs at the following plants or facilities or on the land on which those plants or facilities are located and within 100 m of them: (a) a drinking water treatment plant or a food or feed processing plant; or (b) a child care facility, preschool, primary school, secondary school, hospital, or senior citizens’ care facility. Light ballasts (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to light ballasts. SOR/2010-57, s. 8
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Maximum storage periods 21 (1) Despite any other provision in these Regulations and subject to section 22, no person shall store PCBs or products containing PCBs, other than those referred to in section 23, beyond the following time limits: (a) one year, beginning on the day on which their use is no longer permitted under these Regulations or the day on which they are no longer processed daily or used, whichever is sooner, if the PCBs or products are stored at a facility that is not referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c); (b) one year, if the PCBs or products are stored at an authorized facility that is a transfer site; and (c) two years, if the PCBs or products are stored at an authorized facility that is authorized to destroy them. Transfer sites (2) If the PCBs or products containing PCBs are sent from one transfer site to another, the period referred to in paragraph (1)(b) begins when they are received at the first transfer site. Destruction (3) The owner or operator of the facility referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall send the PCBs or products containing PCBs for destruction to an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose within the time limit set out in those paragraphs.
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Exceptions to maximum storage periods 22 (1) Section 21 does not apply to the storage of (a) liquids referred to in subsection 15(2) or for which an extension has been granted under subsection 17; (b) for the duration of any environmental remediation work, solids and liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more resulting from that work and stored on site for that duration, if the requirements set out in subsections (2) and (3) are complied with; (c) equipment that contains radioactive PCBs whose activity concentration exceeds their unconditional clearance level , as defined in section 1 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations ; or (d) for the duration of any extension granted by the Minister under subsection (4), military equipment whose use was previously permitted under section 15.2. Information to be provided (2) The owner of the land where the solids and liquids referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are located shall submit to the Minister at least 30 days before the storage of the solids or liquids or within 30 days after September 5, 2008, whichever is later, the following information: (a) the civic address of the remediation work site or if there is no civic address, the location using the Global Positioning System; (b) the date of commencement of the remediation work; (c) the anticipated date of completion of the remediation work; and (d) the anticipated date of the end of storage of the solids or liquids. Changes to information (3) The person referred to in subsection (2) shall notify the Minister in writing of the changes to be made at least 30 days before making any changes to the information provided under that subsection. Application for extension — military equipment (4) The Minister shall, on receipt of a written application containing the following information, grant an extension for the storage of military equipment up to the date applied for but no later than five years after the day on which the extension is granted: (a) a description of the military equipment and the use to which it was previously put; (b) the concentration of PCBs contained in the military equipment or, if the concentration is unknown, a statement to that effect; (c) the estimated date of the military equipment’s disposal and information demonstrating that it cannot be disposed of before that date; and (d) information demonstrating that all necessary measures are being taken to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect of the PCBs that are contained in the military equipment on the environment and on human health. Multiple extensions — military equipment (5) The Minister may grant multiple extensions under subsection (4) in respect of the same military equipment. SOR/2010-57, s. 9; SOR/2014-75, s. 5 SOR/2021-42, s. 3(E) SOR/2025-273, s. 12
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PCBs or products containing PCBs stored on September 5, 2008 23 A person who owns, controls or possesses PCBs or products containing PCBs, other than liquids for which an extension has been granted under section 17, that are stored on September 5, 2008 may store them (a) until December 31, 2009 if they are sent by that date for destruction to an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose; or (b) until December 31, 2011 if they are destroyed by that date, at the location where they are stored, in an authorized facility that is authorized for that purpose. SOR/2010-57, s. 10; SOR/2014-75, s. 6(E)
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PCB storage site 24 PCBs or products containing PCBs shall be stored at a site that is (a) a building, room, shipping container or other enclosed structure; or (b) an area that is enclosed by a woven mesh wire fence or any other fence or wall with similar security characteristics, and the fence or wall shall be at least 1.83 m high.