Call for Comments
Proposed Regulations Respecting 2-Butoxyethanol
The Proposed Regulations Respecting 2-Butoxyethanol
were published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on July 9, 2005
followed by a 60-day comment period. The deadline to provide comments
is September 7, 2005.
The proposed Regulations were developed following
extensive consultations with stakeholders. The objective of the
proposed Regulations is to reduce 2-BE content in consumer and
commercial products in order to lower human exposure from indoor
air or direct contact to below the Tolerable Concentration of
11 mg/m3 as determined in the human health assessment. The Regulations
target manufacturers, importers and sellers of these consumer
and commercial products in Canada.
ENGOs are being asked to provide their comments
within the 60-day comment period; the input and feedback received
will be considered by Environment Canada (EC). A report indicating
how EC responded to the comments will be prepared and made publicly
available. Following this action, the final Regulations will be
published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.
Following a Priority Substance List Assessment
of 2-BE, it was concluded that this chemical is considered toxic
to human life or health, but not toxic to the environment. The
final Priority Substances List Assessment report for 2-BE was
published on August 9, 2003. 2-BE was
added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule
1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)
on March 9, 2005.
Relevant Documents
The risk management strategy and other pertinent
information on 2-BE have been posted on the
Management of Toxic Substances Web site of Environment Canada.
Proposed
Regulations published in the Canada Gazette, Part I
Document
containing the revisions and comments received from the working
draft for the preparation of the proposed Regulations
The benefit-cost analysis study of the proposed
Regulations for 2-BE is available upon request by contacting Guy
Gagné Chemicals Control Branch, Environment Canada,
tel.: (819) 994-5787
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