Closed Consultation

Draft Proposed Regulatory Provision for an Extension to the 2009 End-of-Use Deadline for the Proposed PCB Regulations under CEPA, 1999 

The RCEN selected three (3) ENGO delegates to comment on Environment Canada’s draft proposed regulatory provision for an extension to the 2009 end-of-use deadline for the proposed PCB Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

The selected delegates were:

- Fe de Leon, Canadian Environmental Law Association
- John Jackson, Great Lakes United & Citizens' Network on Waste Management
- Daniel Green, Sierra Club

To read the ENGO comments that were submitted to Environment Canada, please click here.

The authors are currently requesting other RCEN member groups to sign-on in support of these comments. A list of supporters will be sent to Environment Canada. Please contact Daniel Casselman before February 28th, 2008 to express your organization's support.

For more information, contact Daniel Casselman, National Caucus Coordinator, tel.: (613) 728-9810, ext. 236.

Background Information

On November 4, 2006, Environment Canada published the proposed PCB Regulations in Part I of the Canada Gazette for a 60-day comment period. A copy of the proposed Regulations may be obtained on-line at:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/regulations/detailReg.cfm?intReg=105.

During the comment period, Environment Canada received requests from stakeholders for an extension to the December 31, 2009 end-of-use deadline for PCBs at a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more based on technical difficulties or facility closure.

In response to stakeholders’ comments, Environment Canada proposes to maintain the 2009 end-of-use deadline for these PCBs and to add a provision to the proposed PCB Regulations for regulatees to request an extension to the 2009 end-of-use deadline up to no later than December 31, 2014 on a case-by-case basis for the following situations:

    * the equipment is being replaced with equipment that is engineered to order and it is not technically feasible to replace the equipment on or before December 31, 2009; or

    * the equipment is located in a facility that is scheduled for permanent closure on or before December 31, 2014.