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Canada Gazette – Order 2017-87-09-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List
SOR/2017-235 November 7, 2017
Order 2017-87-09-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List
Whereas the Minister of the Environment has been provided with information under paragraph 87(1)(a) or (5)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (see footnote a) in respect of each substance referred to in the annexed Order that is added to the Domestic Substances List (see footnote b) pursuant to subsection 87(1) or (5) of that Act;
Whereas, in respect of the substances being added to the Domestic Substances List (see footnote c) pursuant to subsection 87(1) of that Act, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health are satisfied that those substances have been manufactured in or imported into Canada, by the person who provided the information, in excess of the quantity prescribed under the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) (see footnote d);
Therefore, the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 87(1) and (5) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (see footnote e), makes the annexed Order 2017-87-09-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List.
Gatineau, November 2, 2017
The Government of Canada (the Government) assessed information on 18 substances new to Canada and determined that they meet the criteria for addition to the Domestic Substances List (DSL). Therefore, the Government added these 18 substances to the DSL under the Order 2017-87-09-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List (Order 2017-87-09-01).
The Government also updated the identifiers of five substances already on the DSL under the Order 2017-66-09-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List (Order 2017-66-09-01).
Substances that are not on the DSL are considered new to Canada and are subject to notification and assessment requirements set out in sections 81, 83, 106 and 109 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), as well as in the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) (see footnote 2) and the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms). (see footnote 3) These regulations are administered by the New Substances Program and were made to ensure that new substances introduced to the Canadian marketplace over certain thresholds (see footnote 4) are risk assessed to identify potential hazards to the environment and human health, and that appropriate control measures taken, if deemed necessary.
Substances on the DSL
The DSL is an inventory of substances in the Canadian marketplace published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, in May 1994. (see footnote 5) The DSL is amended on average 10 times a year to add or delete substances. These amendments may also add, vary, or rescind reporting obligations for substances on the DSL imposed under the significant new activity (SNAc) provisions of CEPA. (see footnote 6)
The current structure of the DSL was established in July 2001 (see footnote 7) and it includes eight parts defined as follows:
Part 1 (see footnote 8) sets out chemicals and polymers, except those referred to in Part 2, 3 or 4, that are identified by their Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number (CAS RN), or their Substance Identity Number assigned by the Department of the Environment and the name of the substance;
Part 2 sets out chemicals and polymers subject to SNAc requirements, and that are identified by their CAS RN;
Part 3 sets out chemicals and polymers, except those referred to in Part 4, that are identified by their masked name (see footnote 9) and their Confidential Accession Number (CAN) assigned by the Department of the Environment;
Part 4 sets out chemicals and polymers subject to SNAc requirements, and that are identified by their masked name and their CAN;
Part 6 sets out inanimate biotechnology products and living organisms subject to SNAc requirements, and that are identified by their CAS RN, IUBMB or specific substance name;
Part 7 sets out inanimate biotechnology products and living organisms, except those referred to in Part 8, that are identified by their masked name and their CAN; and
Part 8 sets out inanimate biotechnology products and living organisms subject to SNAc requirements, and that are identified by their masked name and their CAN.
A substance must be added to the DSL under subsection 87(1), 87(5) or 112(1) of CEPA within 120 days once all of the following criteria are met:
the Minister of the Environment has been provided with information regarding the substance; (see footnote 10)
Adding 18 substances to the DSL
The Government assessed information on 18 new substances reported to the New Substances Program and determined that they meet the criteria for their addition to the DSL. These substances were therefore added to the DSL. This will remove the notification and assessment requirements under the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).
Updating the identifiers of five substances on the DSL
The identifiers of five substances listed on Part 3 of the DSL were updated to clarify regulatory and administrative flags (see footnote 11) for two of these substances and correct the masked names for the remaining three substances.
The objective of Order 2017-87-09-01 is to comply with subsection 87(1) and (5) of CEPA by adding 18 substances to the DSL.
The objective of Order 2017-66-09-01 is to update the identifiers of five substances on the DSL.
Under Order 2017-87-09-01, the Government added 18 substances to the DSL. Four substances identified by their CAS RN were added to Part 1 of the DSL and 14 substances identified by their masked name and their CAN were added to Part 3 of the DSL.
Under Order 2017-66-09-01, the Government updated the identifiers of five substances on Part 3 of the DSL.
The Government assessed information on 18 substances new to Canada, and determined that they meet the criteria for their addition to the DSL. These substances have been added to the DSL, and therefore, they are exempt from notification and assessment requirements under the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).
The Government updated the identifiers of five substances on the DSL.
Developing an implementation plan, a compliance strategy or establishing a service standard is not required when adding substances to the DSL, or updating substance identifiers on the DSL.
For more information on the scope of the Regulations please see section 1 in the Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals and Polymers available at http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/280464/publication.html, and section 2 of the Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms available at http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.694291/publication.html.
The Order 2001-87-04-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List (SOR/2001-214), published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, in July 2001, establishes the structure of the DSL. For more information, please see SOR/2001-214 at http://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archives/p2/2001/2001-07-04/pdf/g2-13514.pdf (PDF 2,163 KB).
For more information on DSL Flags, please see section 2.1.4 in the Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Chemicals and Polymers available at http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/280464/publication.html.