Regulations Amending the PCB Regulations and Repealing the Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations (SOR/2014-75)

These amendments extend the end-of-use deadline for high concentration electrical equipment that contains PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more. Under the amendments, companies with the specified high concentration equipment will be given until 2025 to phase it out. They also correct certain inconsistencies between English and French texts and repeal the Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations.

Related topics

• Pollution and waste management
• Managing substances in the environment

Related institutions

• Environment and Climate Change Canada

Related acts

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

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These amendments extend the end-of-use deadline for high concentration electrical equipment that contains PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more. Under the amendments, companies with the specified high concentration equipment will be given until 2025 to phase it out. They also correct certain inconsistencies between English and French texts and repeal the Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations.

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These amendments extend the end-of-use deadline for high concentration electrical equipment that contains PCBs in a concentration of 500 mg/kg or more. Under the amendments, companies with the specified high concentration equipment will be given until 2025 to phase it out. They also correct certain inconsistencies between English and French texts and repeal the Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations.