Canadian Environmental Protection Act Registry

Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act received Royal Assent on June 13, 2023. Bill S-5 modernizes the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 by recognizing a right to a healthy environment, as provided under the Act, and strengthening Canada’s chemicals management regime. The amendments in Bill S-5 are explained in this plain language summary.

Please note that some of the documents in this registry may contain information that relates to the previous version of CEPA. Relevant documents will be updated in the coming months to reflect CEPA as amended by the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act.

In this registry you can find documents relating to the administration of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). The Act governs a variety of environmental matters such as air and water pollution, waste management and toxic substances. Read more about Canada’s action on pollution and waste management.

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October 2021
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of a substance — 2H-azepin-2-one, hexahydro-(caprolactam), CAS RN 105-60-2 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-08-14
Closing date:
2021-10-13
Contact:
substances@ec.gc.ca
September 2021
Title:
Regulations Amending the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-07-10
Closing date:
2021-09-23
Contact:
ec.pflp-fpfa.ec@ec.gc.ca
Title:
Prohibiting the Manufacture and Import of Wheel Weights Containing Lead in Canada Regulations
Beginning date:
2021-07-03
Closing date:
2021-09-11
Contact:
ec.produits-products.ec@ec.gc.ca
August 2021
Title:
Publication of supplemental material after draft screening assessment of zinc and its compounds, including those specified on the Domestic Substances List and those identified for further consideration following prioritization of the Revised In Commerce List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-06-26
Closing date:
2021-08-25
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Order Adding a Toxic Substance to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Beginning date:
2021-06-26
Closing date:
2021-08-25
Contact:
ec.substances.ec@canada.ca
Title:
Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for Dimethoate and Omethoate
Beginning date:
2021-06-19
Closing date:
2021-08-18
Contact:
HC.water-eau.SC@canada.ca
Title:
Draft federal environmental quality guidelines for certain substances
Beginning date:
2021-06-12
Closing date:
2021-08-11
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality: Physical, Aesthetic and Chemical Characteristics
Beginning date:
2021-06-12
Closing date:
2021-08-11
Contact:
HC.water-eau.SC@canada.ca
July 2021
Title:
Discussion document: A proposed approach to control volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from the storage and loading of petroleum liquids
Beginning date:
2021-05-10
Closing date:
2021-07-09
Contact:
ec.covsecteurpetrolier-vocpetroleumsector.ec@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of 16 substances of the Monocyclic and Bicyclic Sesquiterpenes Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-05-08
Closing date:
2021-07-07
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
June 2021
Title:
Publication of final decision after screening assessment of a substance — talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4), CAS RN 14807-96-6 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-04-24
Closing date:
2021-06-23
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
May 2021
Title:
Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for Malathion
Beginning date:
2021-03-27
Closing date:
2021-05-26
Contact:
HC.water-eau.SC@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of four substances in the Ethers Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-13
Closing date:
2021-05-12
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of the two substances in the Thiophosphate Alkyl Esters Group — reaction products of 4-methyl-2-pentanol and diphosphorus pentasulfide, propoxylated, esterified with diphosphorous pentaoxide, and salted by amines, C12-14-tert-alkyl (TPAE-1), CAS RN 91745-46-9, and phosphorothioic acid, O,O-dibutyl ester, mixed (C8,C16,C18) alkylamine salt (TPAE-2), CAS RN 93964-99-9 and CAN 11105-8 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-13
Closing date:
2021-05-12
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for a substance — piperazine, CAS RN 110-85-0 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-13
Closing date:
2021-05-12
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for 4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA)
Beginning date:
2021-03-13
Closing date:
2021-05-12
Contact:
HC.water-eau.SC@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of 13 substances in the Aliphatic Amines Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-06
Closing date:
2021-05-05
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of 15 substances in the Benzotriazoles and Benzothiazoles Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-06
Closing date:
2021-05-05
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of three substances — 3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.1³,7]decane, 1-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)-, chloride (cis/trans-CTAC), CAS RN 4080-31-3; 3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.1³,7]decane, 1-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)-, chloride, (Z)- (cis-CTAC), CAS RN 51229-78-8; 1,3,5,7-tetraazatricyclo[3.3.1.1³,7]decane, hydrochloride, (methenamine hydrochloride), CAS RN 58713-21-6 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-06
Closing date:
2021-05-05
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of results of investigations for 46 substances specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraph 68(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-03-06
Closing date:
2021-05-05
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Order Adding a Toxic Substance to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Beginning date:
2021-03-06
Closing date:
2021-05-05
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
April 2021
Title:
Renewal of the Federal Agenda on the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Consumer and Commercial Products for the 2021 to 2028 period: discussion paper
Beginning date:
2021-03-10
Closing date:
2021-04-08
Contact:
ec.produits-products.ec@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of four substances of the Protein Derivatives and Yeast Extract Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-02-06
Closing date:
2021-04-07
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for a substance — phenol, 2-(1-methylpropyl)-4,6-dinitro- (dinoseb), CAS RN 88-85-7 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-02-06
Closing date:
2021-04-07
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
March 2021
Title:
Publication of final decision after screening assessment of methanone, diphenyl- (benzophenone), CAS RN 119-61-9, specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-01-30
Closing date:
2021-03-31
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of substances — 1-decene, dimer, hydrogenated (hydrogenated didecene), CAS RN 68649-11-6, and 1-decene, tetramer, mixed with 1-decene trimer, hydrogenated (HTTD), CAS RN 68649-12-7 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-01-09
Closing date:
2021-03-10
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of final decision after screening assessment of two substances — thioperoxydicarbonic diamide ([(H2N)C(S)]2S2), tetramethyl- (TMTD), CAS RN 137-26-8 and piperidine, 1,1′-(tetrathiodicarbonothioyl)bis- (DPTT), CAS RN 120-54-7 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2021-01-09
Closing date:
2021-03-10
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
February 2021
Title:
Notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List under subsection 87(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to indicate that subsection 81(3) of that Act applies to the substance phenol, dimethyl-, phosphate (3:1), also known as trixylyl phosphate
Beginning date:
2020-12-19
Closing date:
2021-02-17
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication after screening assessment of a substance — glycine, N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)-, trisodium salt (Na3NTA), CAS RN 5064-31-3 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2020-12-19
Closing date:
2021-02-17
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Clean Fuel Regulations
Beginning date:
2020-12-19
Closing date:
2021-02-17
Contact:
ec.cfsncp.ec@canada.ca
Title:
Notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List, deleting 22 non-eligible living organisms
Beginning date:
2020-12-05
Closing date:
2021-02-03
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of final decision after screening assessment of 15 substances specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2020-12-05
Closing date:
2021-02-03
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
January 2021
Title:
Proposed Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for Bromoxynil
Beginning date:
2020-11-28
Closing date:
2021-01-27
Contact:
HC.water-eau.SC@canada.ca
Title:
Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for a substance — α-D-Glucopyranoside, 6-O-acetyl-1,3,4-tris-O(2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-β-D-fructofuranosyl, 6-acetate 2,3,4-tris(2-methylpropanoate) [sucrose acetate isobutyrate], CAS RN 126-13-6 — specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Beginning date:
2020-11-14
Closing date:
2021-01-13
Contact:
eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca
Title:
Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2020
Beginning date:
2020-11-14
Closing date:
2021-01-13
Contact:
ec.gestionhalocarbures-halocarbonsmanagement.ec@canada.ca
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