. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/322 
19 October 2010 
 (10-5392) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Department of the Environmen t and Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e -mail and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Canadian Enquiry Point 200-270 Albert Street 
Ottawa 
Ontario Canada K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222 
Fax:  +1 613 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Toxic substances 
(ICS:  13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Order 
Adding Toxic Substances to Sche dule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 
(12 pages, in English and French). 
6. Description of content:  Canadians depend on chemical subs tances that are used in hundreds 
of goods, from medicines to com puters, fabrics, and fuels.  Unfortunate ly, some chemical 
substances can negatively affect our health and environment when released in a certain 
quantity or concentration in the environment.  Scientific assessments of the impact of human 
and environmental exposure have determined that  a number of these substances constitute or 
may constitute a danger to human health or to the environment as per the criteria set out under section 64 of the Canadian Environm ental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999).  
The objective of the proposed Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule  1 to the Canadian 
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (hereinafter  referred to as the proposed Order), made 
under subsection 90(1) of CEPA 1999,  is to add the following substances to the List of Toxic 
Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999: G/TBT/N/CAN/322 
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  – Propane, 2-nitro- (Chemical Abstracts Service [CAS] Registry No. 79-46-9), 
hereafter referred to as "2-nitropropane"; 
– Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro- (CAS No. 88-72-2), hereafter referred to as 
"2-nitrotoluene"; 
– Phenol, 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4 -(1-methylpropyl)- (CAS No. 17540-75-9), 
hereafter referred to as "DTBSBP";  and 
– Methylium, [4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]bis[ 4-(ethylamino)-3-methylphenyl]-, acetate 
(CAS No. 72102-55-7), hereafter refe rred to as "MAPBAP acetate". 
This addition enables the development of regu latory risk management proposals for these 
substances under CEPA 1999.  The Minist ers may, however, choose to develop 
non-regulatory instruments to manage human he alth and environmental risks posed by these 
substances. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 2 Oc tober 2010, pages 2560-2571 (available 
in English and French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in 
the Canada Gazette, Part I 
On the date the measure is adopted 
10. Final date for comments:  1 December 2010 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e -mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-10-02/p df/g1-14440.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
or http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2010/2010-10-02/html/reg2-eng.html
 (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/ 2010/2010-10-02/html/reg2-fra.html  (French)