Call for Input
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
A draft Phase One North American Regional Action
Plan on Dioxins and Furans, and Hexachlorobenzene
is now available for public comment. These three
substances are a group of organic pollutants that
are toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative, and
which can be transported long distances through
atmospheric and aquatic pathways.
The public comment period is the next-to-last
step in the completion of an action plan that
sets out practical measures to reduce the risks
to the environment and human health in Canada,
Mexico, and the United States from the release
of these substances.
Comments should be sent by 16 September 2003,
at 17:00 hr EST to:
Doug
Wright
Director of Programs
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
393 St-Jacques West, Suite 200
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N9
Fax: (514) 350-4314
The draft action plan is available on the CEC's
web site. For more information, contact Erika
Hercules or Geraldine
Wong at the CEN.
Please note that the CEC posts comments received
on its web site following the comment period.
Therefore, comments received will be shared publicly.
The CEC was established under the North American
Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC)
to address environmental issues in North America
from a continental perspective, with a particular
focus on those arising in the context of liberalized
trade. The CEC Council, the organization's governing
body, is composed of the environment ministers
(or equivalent) of Canada, Mexico and the United
States.
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