Vol. 142, No. 7 — February 16, 2008

GOVERNMENT NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice of fifth release of technical information relevant to substances identified in the Challenge

Whereas the Government of Canada published on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 49, the Notice of intent to develop and implement measures to assess and manage the risks posed by certain substances to the health of Canadians and their environment in which it highlights how it intends to address approximately 200 chemical substances identified as high priorities for action,

Notice is hereby given that the Government of Canada is releasing the technical documentation relevant to the 19 substances listed in section 3 of Schedule 1 to this notice. The Government of Canada challenges interested parties to submit the specific information detailed in the technical documentation.

The technical documentation and associated deadlines for submission of information are available via the Government of Canada’s Chemical Substances Web site (www.chemicalsubstances.gc.ca). They may also be obtained by contacting the Existing Substances Program by mail, at 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, 20th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, 1-800-410-4314 or 819-953-4936 (fax), DSL.SurveyCo@ec.gc.ca (email), 1-888-228-0530 or 819-956-9313 (telephone).

A notice concerning a survey for certain substances listed in section 3 of Schedule 1 to this notice is simultaneously published under paragraph 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 in this edition of the Canada Gazette, Part I.

In accordance with section 313 of the Act, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with the information, a request that it be treated as confidential.

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

MARGARET KENNY
Director General
Chemical Sectors Directorate

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

KAREN LLOYD
Acting Director General
Safe Environments Programme

On behalf of the Minister of Health

SCHEDULE 1

Plan for the assessment and management of certain substances on the Domestic Substances List and list of batch 5 Challenge substances

1. Background

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) required that the Government review some 23 000 Domestic Substances List (DSL) substances to determine whether they have certain characteristics which indicate that the Government should assess the risks that may be associated with their continued use in Canada. The Government completed this exercise—called categorization—in September 2006. Categorization provided a new information baseline on all identified substances, one that will allow the Government of Canada to work with its partners to achieve tangible results that protect Canadians and the environment.

The Ministers of the Environment and of Health (the Ministers) published on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 49, the Notice of intent to develop and implement measures to assess and manage the risks posed by certain substances to the health of Canadians and their environment. The notice indicated that approximately 200 of the 4 300 chemical substances identified by the categorization exercise are high priorities for action under the initiative known as the Challenge because

• the Ministers consider that evidence that a substance is both persistent and bioaccumulative (according to the Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations), when combined with evidence of toxicity and release into the environment, can lead to harmful ecological impacts. This indicates that the substance meets the criterion in paragraph 64(a) of CEPA 1999;
• the Ministers consider that where there is evidence that a substance for which the critical health effect is assumed to have no threshold—i.e. a mutagenic carcinogen—it is assumed that there is a probability of harm to human health at any level of exposure, and therefore indicates that the substance meets the criterion in paragraph 64(c) of CEPA 1999;
• the Ministers consider that evidence that a substance exhibits carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, developmental toxicity, or reproductive toxicity, and a high likelihood of exposure to individuals in Canada, indicates that the substance may meet the criterion in paragraph 64(c) of CEPA 1999; or
• these substances are believed to be in commerce or of commercial interest in .

This notice also outlines the measures the Ministers intend to take regarding these substances to further protect the health of Canadians and the environment. These measures will

• improve, where possible, persistence and/or bioaccumulation information;
• identify industrial best practices in order to set benchmarks for risk management, product stewardship, and virtual elimination; and
• collect environmental release, exposure, substance and/or product use information.

In so doing, the Ministers will make timely risk management interventions that minimize the risk of serious or irreversible harm associated with the above substances.

Pursuant to paragraph 74(a) of the Act, the Ministers are required to conduct a screening assessment of the substances categorized under subsection 73(1) to determine if they meet the criteria established in section 64 of the Act.

The Ministers have documented for each of the 19 batch 5 Challenge substances the categorization information in their possession and have prepared documentation which (a) summarizes the scientific information and any relevant uncertainties, (b) specifies the information necessary for improved decision-making and, where appropriate, requires submission of this data using section 71, and (c) outlines how this information will be used in decisions.

Information deemed necessary for improved decision-making is being gathered via section 71 of CEPA 1999. Additional information regarding the scientific properties of these substances, or best management practices associated with the use of these substances that is deemed beneficial by interested stakeholders will be collected as detailed in the technical documentation available via the Government of Canada Chemical Substances Web Site (www.chemicalsubstances.gc.ca). The absence of new information will not preclude the Ministers from issuing a decision that safeguards human health and the environment.

2. Timelines

If new information for the 19 substances listed below is not received by August 15, 2008, then by no later than November 15, 2008, the Ministers will open a 60-day public comment period under subsection 77(1) on (a) the screening assessment, and (b) the proposal to pursue one of the measures as specified under subsection 77(2) and, where applicable, the implementation of virtual elimination under subsection 65(3) as specified under subsection 77(2).

If new information is received by August 15, 2008, that information will be considered and, by no later than February 14, 2009, the Ministers will open a 60-day public comment period under subsection 77(1) on (a) the screening assessment and (b) their proposal to pursue one of the measures as specified under subsection 77(2).

Discussions with stakeholders on the development of the risk management approach will be initiated at the time of the subsection 77(1) publication. The Ministers will publish their final recommendation under subsection 77(6) by no later than May 16, 2009, where no new information was received during this call for information, and by no later than August 15, 2009, where new information was received during this call for information. A risk management approach will be available at that time outlining actions which the Government proposes to take to protect Canadians and their environment from risks associated with these substances.

3. Batch 5 Challenge substances

A. Thirteen substances identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and inherently toxic to non-human organisms and believed to be in commercial use in Canada

* Substances for which no response was received to the notice published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 9, under section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, on March 4, 2006, but for which stakeholders indicated, in their Declaration of Non-Engagement forms, an interest in the substances.

B. Six substances identified as a high hazard to humans and a high likelihood of exposure to individuals in Canada

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) required the Minister of Health and the Minister of the Environment to categorize the approximately 23 000 substances on the Domestic Substances List. Based on the information obtained through the categorization process, a number of substances have been identified by the Ministers as high priorities for action. This includes substances

• that were found to meet all of the ecological categorization criteria, including persistence, bioaccumulation potential and inherent toxicity to aquatic organisms, and that are known to be in commerce, or of commercial interest, in Canada; and/or
• that were found either to meet the categorization criteria for greatest potential for exposure or to present an intermediate potential for exposure, and were identified as posing a high hazard to human health based on available evidence on carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, developmental toxicity or reproductive toxicity.

The Challenge initiative is meant to engage stakeholders to provide new information that could improve decision-making with respect to 200 substances identified as high priorities for action.

In accordance with section 76.1 of CEPA 1999, and in the absence of additional relevant information as a result of this Challenge, the Ministers are predisposed to conclude, through a screening assessment, that a substance satisfies the definition of toxic under section 64 of CEPA 1999 in that it “may enter the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.” As such, the Ministers may then recommend to the Governor in Council that this substance be added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999, with the intent of initiating the development of risk management measures taking into account socio-economic considerations. The measures will be subject to review in light of new scientific information, including monitoring and ongoing assessment activities.

The 200 Challenge substances are in commerce or are believed to be in commerce in Canada. Should no information be forthcoming through this Challenge to confirm that a substance is in commerce in Canada, the Ministers may conclude, through a screening assessment, that this substance is not currently in commerce in Canada and that as such it may not satisfy the definition of toxic under section 64 of CEPA 1999. However, given the hazardous properties of these substances, there is concern that new activities for the substances that have not been identified or assessed under CEPA 1999 could lead to the substances meeting the criteria set out in section 64 of the Act. Therefore, it will be recommended that these substances be subject to the Significant New Activity provisions specified under subsection 81(3) of the Act, to ensure that any new manufacture, import or use of these substances in quantities greater than 100 kg/year is notified, and that ecological and human health risk assessments are conducted as specified in section 83 of the Act prior to the substances being introduced into Canada.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice with respect to Batch 5 Challenge substances

Pursuant to paragraph 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment requires, for the purpose of assessing whether the substances listed in Schedule 1 to this notice are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic, or for the purpose of assessing whether to control, or the manner in which to control, the listed substances, any person described in Schedule 2 to this notice who possesses or who may reasonably be expected to have access to the information required in Schedule 3 to this notice, to provide that information no later than June 17, 2008, 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

Responses to this notice shall be submitted to the Minister of the Environment, to the attention of the DSL Surveys Co-ordinator, Existing Substances Program, 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, 20th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3. Inquiries concerning the notice may be directed to DSL Surveys Co-ordinator at the above address, 1-888-228-0530 or 819-956-9313 (telephone), 1-800-410-4314 or 819-953-4936 (fax), DSL.SurveyCo@ec.gc.ca (email).

Pursuant to section 313 of the Act, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with the information, a written request that the information or part of it be treated as confidential.

Pursuant to subsection 71(4) of the Act, the Minister of the Environment may, on request in writing from any person to whom this notice applies, extend the time or times within which the person shall comply with this notice. The person seeking such extension shall submit a request in writing to the Minister of the Environment, to the attention of the DSL Surveys Co-ordinator, Existing Substances Program, 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, 20th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3.

MARGARET KENNY
Director General
Chemical Sectors Directorate

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Batch 5 Challenge Substances

Section 1

Section 2

SCHEDULE 2

Persons Required to Provide Information

1. This notice applies to any person who,

(a) during the 2006 calendar year, manufactured or imported a total quantity greater than 100 kg of a substance listed in Schedule 1 to this notice, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item; or

(b) during the 2006 calendar year, used a total quantity greater than 1 000 kg of a substance listed in Schedule 1 to this notice, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item, at any concentration.

2. Respondents to this notice who

(a) manufactured a substance listed in Schedule 1 to this notice shall complete sections 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Schedule 3 to this notice;

(b) imported a substance listed in section 1 of Schedule 1 to this notice, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item, shall complete sections 4, 5, 7(1), 9 and 10 in Schedule 3 to this notice;

(c) imported a substance listed in section 2 of Schedule 1 to this notice, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item, shall complete sections 4, 5, 7(1), 7(2), 9 and 10 in Schedule 3 to this notice; or

(d) used a substance listed in Schedule 1 to this notice, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item, shall complete sections 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 in Schedule 3 to this notice.

SCHEDULE 3

Information Required

1. The definitions in this section apply in this notice.

“calendar year” means a period of 12 consecutive months commencing on January 1st.

“import” includes movement into Canada, as well as internal company transfers across the Canadian border, but does not include transit through Canada.

“manufacture” includes to produce or to prepare a substance, and also the incidental production of a substance at any level of concentration as a result of the manufacturing, processing or other uses of other substances, mixtures, or products.

“manufactured item” means an item that is formed into a specific physical shape or design during manufacture and has, for its final use, a function or functions dependent in whole or in part on its shape or design, including clothing, empty storage containers, electrical gear and appliances or parts thereof, office and consumer electronics or parts thereof, tiles, electrical wire, foam slabs or shapes and plastic film, pipes, tubes or profiles, plywood, brake linings, fibres, leather, paper, yarns, dyed fabric, matches, flares, photographic films, and batteries.

“mixture” means a combination of substances that does not produce a substance that is different from the substances that were combined, including a prepared formulation, hydrate, and reaction mixture that are characterized in terms of their constituents (including paints, coating, solvent mixtures, azeotropic and zeotropic refrigerants, mixture that is under pressure and that is used for personal care, pharmaceutical, medical, household, laboratory, commercial or industrial).

“product” excludes mixture and manufactured item.

“release” means the emission or discharge of a substance from the facility site to air, land (including underground injection and discharge to groundwater), or water (including discharge to surface water or wastewater collection and/or treatment system).

“transit” means the portion of an international transboundary movement through the territory of a country that is neither the country of origin nor the country of destination of the movement.

“use” excludes sale, distribution, and repackaging.

2. If any of the information being requested in this notice has already been sent to a department, agency or board of the federal government, the supplier of that information is required to provide the name of the person or branch in that department, agency or board to which the information was sent, their affiliate (if applicable), and the date on which the information was sent and to specify, by reference to the sections of this notice, the information sent on that occasion. Please note that the specified information already submitted to the other department, agency or board is not required to be resubmitted under this notice.

3. If the person subject to the notice is a company, response to the notice shall be submitted on a company-wide basis. The person will include information with respect to each facility in their single response on behalf of the entire company.

4. Persons to whom this notice applies shall provide the following information:

5. For each substance listed in Schedule 1, that a person manufactured, imported or used, whether alone, in a mixture, in a product or in a manufactured item, during the 2006 calendar year, the person shall provide the following information:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice of identification of the sixth batch of substances in the Challenge

Whereas the Government of Canada published on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 49, the Notice of intent to develop and implement measures to assess and manage the risks posed by certain substances to the health of Canadians and their environment in which it is highlighted how it intends to address approximately 200 chemical substances identified as high priorities for action;

Whereas the Government of Canada published on Saturday, May 12, 2007, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 141, No. 19, the Notice of identification of the third batch and the next proposed batches of the remaining substances in the Challenge, where the proposed substances for the sixth batch were subject to a 120-day public comment period; and

Whereas no comments were received on the proposed substances for the sixth batch,

Notice is hereby given that the Government of Canada intends to publish in May 2008 technical documentation on the 18 substances assigned for the sixth batch, listed in Schedule 1 to this notice, and will subsequently challenge interested parties to submit the specific information detailed in the technical documentation.

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

MARGARET KENNY
Director General
Chemical Sectors Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

KAREN LLOYD
Acting Director General
Safe Environments Programme
On behalf of the Minister of Health

SCHEDULE 1

1. Background

The table below describes when the relevant technical documentation was released for the first five batches of substances.

2. Batch 6 Challenge substances

A. Substances identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and inherently toxic to non-human organisms and believed to be in commercial use in Canada

* Substances for which no response was received to the notice published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 9, under section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, on March 4, 2006, but for which stakeholders indicated, in their Declaration of Non-Engagement forms, an interest in the substances.

B. Substances identified as a high hazard to humans and presenting a high likelihood of exposure to individuals in Canada

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice of intent to amend the Phosphorus Concentration Regulations

Notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment intends to amend the Phosphorus Concentration Regulations (SOR/89-501), a regulation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to limit the concentration of phosphorus in detergents and, if warranted, in other cleaning products to 0.5% by weight or lower. A proposed text of the amendment is expected to be published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, by spring 2008. This notice is and will be complemented by action on other significant sources of phosphates, most notably the proposed regulations on sewage treatment announced by the Minister of the Environment in September 2007.

Phosphorus is used in certain detergents and cleaning products to soften water, reduce spotting and rusting, keep dirt particles in suspension, and enhance surfactant performance. However, phosphorus can act as a nutrient that supports the growth of aquatic vegetation. In certain watersheds, releases of phosphorus from detergents and cleaning products to the aquatic environment may be promoting the growth of blue-green algae.

The current Phosphorus Concentration Regulations set a maximum phosphorus limit in laundry detergent of 2.2% (by weight). Several jurisdictions in the United States have established limits on the phosphorus concentration in laundry detergents, typically 0.5% and are proposing phosphorus concentration limits of 0.5% in dishwasher detergents. If enacted, the majority of these restrictions would be effective in 2010. Many European countries also have established limits on the phosphorus concentration in laundry detergents; however, there are currently no proposed controls on the phosphorus concentration in dishwasher detergents. Several Canadian provinces are considering individual provincial controls on phosphorous concentrations in dishwasher detergents.

This regulatory amendment intends to lower the limits of phosphorous concentration in laundry detergents to 0.5% or lower, introduce limits to the concentration of phosphorus in dishwasher detergents to 0.5% or lower and, where analysis indicates, in general purpose cleaners to 0.5% or lower. The anticipated coming-into-force date is 2010.

As part of an open and transparent process, interested parties will be invited to participate in consultation sessions in the winter 2008. Additional information can be found on the following Web site: www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry.

Any person may, within 60 days of publication of this notice, submit comments with respect to the proposal to amend the Phosphorus Concentration Regulations. All submissions must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, the date of publication of this notice and be addressed to Joan Pollock, Products Division, Chemical Sectors Directorate, Environmental Stewardship Branch, Environment Canada, 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3. Comments may be also provided by fax at 888-391-3695 or email at upcis-supac@ec.gc.ca.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice with respect to reporting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2008

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the Act), that, with respect to emissions of GHGs identified in Schedule 1 to this notice and for the purpose of conducting research, creating an inventory of data, formulating objectives and codes of practice, issuing guidelines or assessing or reporting on the state of the environment, any person who operates a facility described in Schedule 2 to this notice during the 2008 calendar year, and who possesses or who may reasonably be expected to have access to information described in Schedule 3 to this notice, shall provide the Minister of the Environment with this information no later than June 1, 2009.

Information on GHG emissions requested under this notice shall be submitted to

Minister of the Environment
c/o Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division
Statistics Canada
Jean Talon Building, 11th Floor
Section B8
Tunney’s Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

Enquiries concerning this notice shall be addressed to

Greenhouse Gas Division
Environment Canada
Place Vincent-Massey, 19th Floor
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819-994-0684
Fax: 819-953-2347
Email: ghg@ec.gc.ca

This notice comes into force on February 16, 2008, and remains in force until February 16, 2011. Pursuant to subsection 46(8) of the Act, persons subject to this notice shall keep copies of the required information, together with any calculations, measurements and other data on which the information is based, at the facility to which the calculations, measurements and other data relate, or at the facility’s parent company, located in Canada, for a period of three years from the date this notice comes into force. Where the person chooses to keep the information required under the notice, together with any calculations, measurements and other data, at the facility’s parent company in Canada, that person shall inform the Minister of the street address of that parent company.

The Minister of the Environment intends to publish greenhouse gas emission totals by gas by facility. Pursuant to section 51 of the Act, any person subject to this notice who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with their information, a written request that it be treated as confidential based on the reasons set out in section 52 of the Act. The person requesting confidential treatment of the information shall indicate which of the reasons in section 52 of the Act applies to their request. Nevertheless, the Minister may disclose, in accordance with subsection 53(3) of the Act, information submitted in response to this notice.

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Greenhouse Gases

Table 1: Greenhouse Gases Subject to Mandatory Reporting

Table 2: Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potentials (GWPs)

SCHEDULE 2

Criteria for Reporting

Persons subject to this notice

1. (1) All persons who operate a facility that emits 100 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (100 kt CO₂ eq.) or more (the “reporting threshold”) of GHGs in the 2008 calendar year shall be subject to the reporting requirements set out in this notice. The reporting threshold is measured as the sum total mass of each of the gases or gas species in Table 1 of Schedule 1, multiplied by their respective global warming potentials (GWPs), as set out in Table 2 of Schedule 1.

(2) If the person who operates a facility as described in this Schedule changes during the 2008 calendar year, the person who operates the facility, as of December 31, 2008, shall report for the entire 2008 calendar year by June 1, 2009. If operations at a facility are terminated during the 2008 calendar year, the last operator of that facility is required to report for the portion of the 2008 calendar year during which the facility was in operation by June 1, 2009.

2. (1) For the purposes of determining whether a facility meets or exceeds the reporting threshold described in section 1, the following equation and explanatory notes listed in subsections (2) to (4) are to be used:

where

E = total emissions of a particular gas or gas species from the facility in the calendar year 2008, expressed in tonnes

GWP = global warming potential of the same gas or gas species

i = each emission source

(2) A person subject to this notice shall quantify emissions of individual species of HFCs and PFCs separately and then multiply the result for each individual species by the global warming potential for that species that is set out in Table 2 of Schedule 1.

(3) A person subject to this notice shall not include CO₂ emissions from combustion of biomass in the determination of total emissions for the purposes of establishing whether a facility meets or exceeds the reporting threshold. However, the person shall quantify and report CO₂ emissions from combustion of biomass as part of the greenhouse gas emissions information that is required under this notice, and the person shall indicate those emissions separately, as set out in the Reportable Information requirements in Schedule 3.

(4) A person subject to this notice shall not include CO₂ emissions from biomass decomposition in the determination of total emissions for the purposes of establishing whether a facility meets or exceeds the reporting threshold. Also, the person shall not report CO₂ emissions from biomass decomposition as part of the greenhouse gas emissions information that is required under this notice.

3. A person submitting a report in respect of a facility that meets the emission criteria above shall use quantification methods for estimating emissions that are consistent with the guidelines approved for use by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the preparation of National Greenhouse Gas Inventories by Annex 1 Parties (Decision 18/ CP.8), and the annex to that decision contained in FCCC/CP/ 2002/8.

SCHEDULE 3

Reportable Information

1. A person subject to this notice shall report the following information for each facility that meets the reporting threshold set out in Schedule 2 of this notice:

(a) the reporting company’s legal and trade name (if any), and federal business number (assigned by the Canada Revenue Agency);

(b) the facility name (if any) and facility location;

(c) the two- and four-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and the six-digit NAICS Canada code;

(d) the National Pollutant Release Inventory identification number (if any);

(e) the name, position, mailing address and telephone number of the person submitting the information that is required under this notice;

(f) the name, position, mailing address and telephone number of the public contact (if any);

(g) the name, position, mailing address and telephone number of the authorized signing officer signing the Statement of Certification; and

(h) the legal names of the Canadian parent companies (if any), their street addresses, their percentage of ownership of the reporting company (where available), their federal business number and their Dun and Bradstreet (D-U-N-S) number (if any).

2. For each of the GHGs listed in Table 1 of Schedule 1, a person subject to this notice shall report the following information for each facility that meets the reporting threshold set out in Schedule 2 of this notice:

(a) the total quantity in tonnes of direct emissions of carbon dioxide, in each of the following source categories: Stationary Fuel Combustion emissions, Industrial Process emissions, Venting and Flaring emissions, Fugitive emissions, On-site Transportation emissions, and Waste and Wastewater emissions. The person subject to this notice shall not include CO₂ emissions from biomass combustion in the above source categories, but shall report these emissions separately;

(b) the total quantity in tonnes of direct emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, in each of the following source categories: Stationary Fuel Combustion emissions, Industrial Process emissions, Venting and Flaring emissions, Fugitive emissions, On-site Transportation emissions, and Waste and Wastewater emissions. The person subject to this notice shall include CH₄ and N₂O emissions from biomass combustion in the above source categories;

Note: Table 3, below, provides a table for reporting of these gases.

Table 3: Table for Reporting Certain GHGs by Source Category

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2007 — Amendment

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that the Notice with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2007, published March 3, 2007, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, is amended as set out in Schedule 1. This notice comes into force on the date of its publication and remains in force until March 3, 2010.

Enquiries concerning this notice may be addressed to

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
Place Vincent-Massey, 9th Floor
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819-953-1656
Fax: 819-994-3266
Email: NPRI@ec.gc.ca

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Amendments

1. The CAS Registry Number “64742-48-4” for Item 357 “Hydrotreated light distillate” in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the English version of the notice is replaced by the following:

64742-47-8;

2. The CAS Registry Number “64742-48-4” for Item 354 “Distillats de pétrole (fraction légère hydrotraitée)” in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the French version of the notice is replaced by the following:

64742-47-8;

3. Section 1 of Schedule 2, to the English version of the notice is amended by adding paragraph 1(h):

(h) pits and quarries where annual production is 500 000 tonnes or more per year.

4.Schedule 2 to the English version of the notice is amended by repealing subsection 3(3).

(3) A person subject to this notice that owns or operates a pit or a quarry shall not include a substance listed in Schedule 1 for the calculation of the mass reporting thresholds set out in Schedule 2 of the notice. That person shall report information under this notice if production at a pit or at a quarry exceeds 500 000 tonnes during 2007.

5.Schedule 2 to the French version of the notice is amended by repealing subsection 3(3).

(3) Les personnes visées par le présent avis qui possèdent ou exploitent une sablière ou une carrière ne doivent pas inclure une substance figurant dans l’annexe 1 au calcul des seuils de déclaration selon le poids indiqués dans l’annexe 2 du présent avis. Ces personnes doivent déclarer les renseignements aux termes du présent avis si la production de la sablière ou de la carrière a été supérieure à 500 000 tonnes en 2007.

6. Subsection 4(1) in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the English version of the notice is replaced by the following:

4. (1) A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 whether or not there is a release, disposal or transfer for recycling of the substance from a contiguous facility or offshore installation if, during 2007:

7. Subsection 4(1) in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the French version of the notice is replaced by the following:

4. (1) Les personnes visées par le présent avis doivent fournir les renseignements se rapportant à une substance figurant dans la partie 1 de l’annexe 1 peu importe qu’il y ait ou non rejet, élimination ou transfert de cette substance aux fins de recyclage à partir d’une installation contiguë ou d’une installation extracôtière si, en 2007,

8. Paragraph 14(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the English version of the notice is replaced by the following:

(a) information for the group as a whole, if information on individual substances listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 is not available; and

9. Paragraph 14 a) in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the French version of the notice is replaced by the following:

a) les renseignements se rapportant à l’ensemble du groupe de substances, si les renseignements sur chacune des substances figurant dans la partie 2 de l’annexe 1 ne sont pas disponibles;

10. The definition of “pit” in Schedule 4 to the English version of the notice is replaced by the following:

“pit” means an excavation that is open to the air and that is operated for the purpose of extracting sand, clay, marl, earth, shale, gravel, stone or other rock but not coal, a coal-bearing substance, oil sands, or oil sands–bearing substance or an ammonite shell and includes any associated infrastructure, but does not include a quarry. « sablière »

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2008

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that for the purpose of conducting research, creating an inventory of data, formulating objectives and codes of practice, issuing guidelines or assessing or reporting on the state of the environment, any person who owns or operates a facility described in Schedule 2 to this notice during the 2008 calendar year, and who possesses or who may reasonably be expected to have access to information described in Schedule 3, shall provide the Minister of the Environment with this information no later than June 1, 2009. Certain terms contained in this notice have been defined in Schedule 4.

Persons subject to the notice shall address responses or enquiries to one of the following addresses:

British Columbia and Yukon

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
401 Burrard Street, Suite 201
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3S5
Telephone: 604-666-3221 / 666-3890 / 666-9864 / 666-1091
Fax: 604-666-6800
Email: NPRI_PYR@ec.gc.ca

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta,
Northwest Territories and Nunavut

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
Twin Atria No. 2, Room 200
4999 98th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T6B 2X3
Telephone: 780-951-8989
Fax: 780-951-8808
Email: NPRI_PNR@ec.gc.ca

Ontario

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environmental Protection Operations Division
Ontario Region
Environment Canada
4905 Dufferin Street, 2nd Floor
Downsview, Ontario
M3H 5T4
Telephone: 416-739-4707
Fax: 416-739-4762
Email: NPRI_ONTARIO@ec.gc.ca

Quebec

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
105 McGill Street, 4th Floor
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 2E7
Telephone: 514-283-7303 / 283-0248
Fax: 514-496-6982
Email: INRP_QC@ec.gc.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
Queen Square, 16th Floor
45 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 2N6
Telephone: 902-244-6774
Fax: 902-490-0722
Email: NPRI_ATL@ec.gc.ca

National Capital Region

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Environment Canada
Place Vincent-Massey, 9th Floor
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819-953-1656
Fax: 819-994-3266
Email: NPRI@ec.gc.ca

This notice comes into force on February 16, 2008, and remains in force until February 16, 2011. Pursuant to subsection 46(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999, persons to whom this notice applies shall keep copies of the required information, together with any calculations, measurements and other data on which the information is based, at the facility to which the calculations, measurements and other data relate, or at the principal place of business in Canada of the person who owns or operates the facility to which the information listed previously relates, for a period of three years from the date this notice comes into force. Where the person chooses to keep the information required under the notice, together with any calculations, measurements and other data, at the principal place of business in Canada, that person shall inform the Minister of the street address of that place of business and the mailing address, if it is different from the street address.

The Minister of the Environment intends to publish, in part, the information submitted in response to this notice. Pursuant to section 51 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with their information, a written request that it be treated as confidential based on the reasons set out in section 52 of the Act. The person requesting confidential treatment of the information shall indicate which of the reasons in section 52 of the Act applies to their request. Nevertheless, the Minister may disclose, in accordance with subsection 53(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, information submitted in response to this notice.

GEORGE ENEI
Acting Director General
Science and Risk Assessment
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

National Pollutant Release Inventory Substances

PART 1

GROUP 1 SUBSTANCES

GROUP 2 SUBSTANCES

GROUP 3 SUBSTANCES

GROUP 4 SUBSTANCES

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4 — CRITERIA AIR
CONTAMINANTS (CACs)

PART 5 — VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS

INDIVIDUAL SUBSTANCES

ISOMER GROUPS

OTHER GROUPS AND MIXTURES

SCHEDULE 2

Criteria for Reporting

GENERAL

1. Persons who must report

(a) If a person who owns or operates a facility with respect to which information was submitted in response to the Notice with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2007 determines that the facility does not meet the criteria for reporting set out in Parts 1 through 5 in this Schedule, the person shall notify the Minister of the Environment that the facility does not meet these criteria by June 1, 2009. If the ownership or the person who operates a facility as described in this Schedule changes during the 2008 calendar year, the person who owns or operates the facility as of December 31, 2008, shall report for the entire 2008 calendar year by June 1, 2009. If the person terminates operations at that facility during the 2008 calendar year, that person is required to report by June 1, 2009, for the portion of the 2008 calendar year during which they have owned or operated the facility.

(b) When providing information under paragraph (a), the person shall provide a Statement of Certification certifying that the information is true, accurate and complete or shall authorize another person to act on their behalf and so certify using the Statement of Certification. A Statement of Certification is not required if a person subject to this notice submits and certifies the information electronically.

(c) When providing information under paragraph (a), the person may do so using the on-line reporting system or by ordinary mail sent to one of the aforementioned addresses.

(d) If a person owns or operates a facility at which the employees work a total of 20 000 hours or more and from which there are releases, disposals or transfers for recycling of the substances as listed in Schedule 1 of this notice, that person is subject to the notice. In reporting information under this notice, the person shall take into account the mass reporting thresholds that are set out in Table 1 of Part 1 or Table 2 of Part 4, or that are described in Parts 2, 3, or 5 of this Schedule.

2. The following activities, to which the employee criteria of a total of 20 000 hours or more of work does not apply, are identified for the purposes of Parts 1 to 5:

(a) non-hazardous solid waste incineration of 26 tonnes or more of waste per year, including conical burners and beehive burners;

(b) biomedical or hospital waste incineration of 26 tonnes or more of waste per year;

(c) hazardous waste incineration;

(d) sewage sludge incineration;

(e) wood preservation;

(f) terminal operations;

(g) discharge of treated or untreated waste water from a waste water collection system with an annual average discharge of 10 000 cubic metres or more per day, into surface waters; and

(h) pits and quarries where annual production is 500 000 tonnes or more.

3. The person subject to the notice shall not include a substance listed in Schedule 1 for the calculation of the mass reporting thresholds set out in Schedule 2 of the notice, if that substance is

(a) manufactured, processed or otherwise used for the exploration of oil or gas, or drilling of oil or gas wells; or

(b) contained in

(i) articles that are processed or otherwise used,

(ii) materials used as structural components of the facility but not the process equipment,

(iii) materials used in janitorial or facility grounds maintenance,

(iv) materials used for personal use by employees or other persons,

(v) materials used for the purpose of maintaining motor vehicles operated by the facility, or

(vi) intake water or intake air, such as water used for process cooling or air used either as compressed air or for combustion.

4. (1) The person subject to this notice shall not include a substance listed in Schedule 1 for the calculation of the mass reporting thresholds set out in Schedule 2 of the notice, if that substance is manufactured, processed or otherwise used in an activity listed below:

(a) education or training of students, such as at universities, colleges and schools;

(b) research or testing;

(c) maintenance and repair of vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks, locomotives, ships or aircraft, except painting and stripping of vehicles or their components, or the rebuilding or remanufacturing of vehicle components;

(d) distribution, storage, or retail sale of fuels, except as part of terminal operations;

(e) wholesale or retail sale of articles or products that contain the substance, if the substance is not released to the environment during the use at the facility;

(f) retail sale of the substance;

(g) growing, harvesting, or management of renewable natural resources, such as fisheries, forestry or agriculture, except processing or otherwise using renewable natural resources; or

(h) the practice of dentistry.

(2) Despite subsection (1), if a substance is listed in Part 4 or 5 of Schedule 1, the person who reports information under the notice shall include it for the calculation of the mass reporting thresholds set out in Part 4 and Part 5 of Schedule 2 of the notice, if that substance was released to the air as a result of the combustion of fuel in stationary combustion equipment.

PART 1

CRITERIA FOR REPORTING SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1

5. (1) A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 whether or not there is a release, disposal or transfer for recycling of the substance from a contiguous facility or an offshore installation if, during 2008,

(a) an activity listed in section 2 of Schedule 2 took place at that facility or employees at that facility worked a total of 20 000 hours or more;

(b) the substance was manufactured, processed or otherwise used in a quantity equal to or greater than the mass reporting threshold set out in column 2 of Table 1 corresponding to the group identified in column 1 of Table 1; and

(c) the concentration by weight of the substance was equal to or greater than the concentration by weight of the substance set out in column 3 of Table 1 corresponding to the group identified in column 1 of Table 1, unless the substance is a by-product or there is no corresponding value set out in column 3 of Table 1 for the substance.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), by-products shall be included in the calculation of the mass reporting threshold set out in column 2 of Table 1, regardless of concentration.

6. For the purposes of this Part, the person subject to this notice shall calculate the mass reporting threshold for a substance listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 in accordance with the following:

(a) for a substance that is qualified with the footnote “and its salts,” the person shall use the molecular weight of the acid or the base and not the total weight of the salt;

(b) for a substance that is qualified with the footnote “and its compounds,” the person shall use the pure element and the equivalent weight of the element contained in any substance, alloy or mixture except for lead and its compounds that are contained in stainless steel, brass or bronze alloys;

(c) for ammonia (total), the person shall use the ammonium ion (NH₄⁺) in solution expressed as ammonia and shall also include ammonia (NH₃); and

(d) for vanadium, the person shall include the pure element and the equivalent weight of the element contained in any substance or mixture except when it is contained in an alloy.

Table 1: Mass Reporting Threshold and Concentration by
Weight for Substances Listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1

PART 2

CRITERIA FOR REPORTING SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 2 OF SCHEDULE 1

7. A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 when there is a release, disposal and/or transfer for recycling of the substance from a contiguous facility, a portable facility or an offshore installation if, during 2008,

(a) an activity listed in section 2 of Schedule 2 took place at that facility or employees at that facility worked a total of 20 000 hours or more;

(b) the sum total of the substances listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 released on site, disposed of, and/or transferred off site for recycling as a result of incidental manufacture is 50 kilograms or more; and

(c) A substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 was released on site, disposed of, and/or transferred off site for recycling as a result of incidental manufacture, in a quantity of 5 kilograms or more.

8. A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 when there is a release, disposal and/or transfer for recycling of the substance from a contiguous facility where, during 2008,

(a) the person carried out at any time wood preservation using creosote at that facility; and

(b) the substance was released on site, disposed of, and/or transferred off site for recycling as a result of wood preservation using creosote.

PART 3

CRITERIA FOR REPORTING SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 1

9. A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 when there is a release, disposal and/or transfer for recycling of the substance from a contiguous facility, a portable facility or an offshore installation if, during 2008,

(a) an activity listed in section 2 of Schedule 2 took place at that facility or employees at that facility worked a total of 20 000 hours or more; and

(b) the person at the contiguous facility or the portable facility carried out one or more of the following activities:

(i) non-hazardous solid waste incineration of 26 tonnes or more of waste per year, including conical burners and beehive burners,

(ii) biomedical or hospital waste incineration of 26 tonnes or more of waste per year,

(iii) hazardous waste incineration,

(iv) sewage sludge incineration,

(v) base metals smelting,

(vi) smelting of secondary aluminum,

(vii) smelting of secondary lead,

(viii) manufacturing of iron using a sintering process,

(ix) operation of electric arc furnaces in steel foundries,

(x) operation of electric arc furnaces in steel manufacturing,

(xi) production of magnesium,

(xii) manufacturing of portland cement,

(xiii) production of chlorinated organic solvents or chlorinated monomers,

(xiv) combustion of fossil fuel in a boiler unit with a nameplate capacity of 25 megawatts of electricity or greater, for the purpose of producing steam for the production of electricity,

(xv) combustion of hog fuel originating from logs that were transported or stored in salt water in the pulp and paper sector,

(xvi) combustion of fuel in kraft liquor boilers used in the pulp and paper sector,

(xvii) titanium dioxide pigment production using chloride process, or

(xviii) wood preservation using pentachlorophenol.

PART 4

CRITERIA FOR REPORTING SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 1

10. A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 when there is a release to air of the substance from a contiguous facility, a portable facility or an offshore installation where, during 2008,

(a) an activity listed in section 2 of Schedule 2 took place at that facility or employees at that facility worked a total of 20 000 hours or more; and

(b) the substance set out in column 1 of Table 2 was released to air in a quantity equal to or greater than the mass reporting threshold set out in column 2 of Table 2 for that substance.

11. (1) A person subject to this notice shall report a release from a facility that, during 2008,

(a) was a contiguous facility, a portable facility or an offshore installation where employees worked a total of less than 20 000 hours, or was a pipeline installation; and

(b) released to the air a substance listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 from the combustion of fuel in stationary combustion equipment at the facility, in a quantity equal to or greater than the mass reporting threshold set out in column 2 of Table 2 for that substance.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the person is not required to report information in relation to a substance listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 if

(a) the substance is released to the air only from stationary, external combustion equipment;

(b) the cumulative nameplate capacity of that equipment is less than 10 million British Thermal Units per hour; and

(c) the only type of fuel combusted in that equipment is commercial grade natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, Number 1 or 2 fuel oil or any combination thereof.

12. When calculating the mass reporting threshold for oxides of nitrogen (expressed as NO₂), a person subject to this notice shall express the oxides of nitrogen as nitrogen dioxide on a mass basis.

Table 2: Mass Reporting Threshold for Substances
Listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1

13. A person subject to this notice shall include emissions of substances PM_2.5, PM₁₀ and total particulate matter listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 for the calculation of the mass reporting thresholds set out in Part 4 of Schedule 2 when there is a release to air of these substances from road dust where, during 2008, vehicles travelled more than 10 000 vehicle kilometres (VKT) on unpaved roads at the person’s contiguous facility.

PART 5

CRITERIA FOR REPORTING SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 5 OF SCHEDULE 1

14. A person subject to this notice shall report information in relation to a substance or class of substances listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1 when

(a) there is a report required under section 10 or 11 for volatile organic compounds; and

(b) the substance or class of substances was released to the air in a quantity of 1 tonne or more, during 2008.

SCHEDULE 3

Types of Information Subject to Notice
and Manner of Reporting

GENERAL

1. (1) The information reported shall be the information that the person possesses or to which the person may reasonably be expected to have access.

(2) If the person is required by federal or provincial legislation or a municipal by-law to measure or monitor releases, disposals and/or transfers for recycling of any of the substances set out in Schedule 1 of this notice, the person shall report those data in response to this notice. If the person is not subject to any of the requirements described, the person shall report information by using one of the following methods: continuous emission monitoring, predictive emission monitoring, source testing or sampling, mass balance, published emission factors, site-specific emission factors, and engineering estimates.

2. (1) If a person subject to this notice is not required to include a substance listed in Schedule 1 when calculating the mass reporting threshold pursuant to section 3 of Schedule 2, the person does not need to report any information in respect of that substance contained in articles, materials or intake water or air described in section 3 of Schedule 2 or that is manufactured, processed or otherwise used for the exploration for oil or gas, or drilling of oil or gas wells.

(2) If a person subject to this notice is not required to include a substance listed in Schedule 1 when calculating the mass reporting threshold pursuant to section 4 of Schedule 2, the person does not need to report any information in respect of that substance that results from the manufacture, process, or otherwise use of an activity described in subsection 4(1) of Schedule 2.

PART 1

FACILITY INFORMATION

3. A person subject to this notice shall provide the following information in respect of a facility from which a substance listed in Schedule 1 is released, disposed and/or transferred for recycling:

(a) the legal and trade name of the person, facility name (if applicable), the street address of the facility and the mailing address if different from the street address;

(b) the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) identification number;

(c) the number of full-time employee equivalents;

(d) the Dun and Bradstreet number (where available);

(e) the two- and four-digit Canadian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the four-digit U.S. SIC code;

(f) the two- and four-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and the six-digit NAICS Canada code;

(g) the name, position, street address, mailing address if different from the street address, and telephone number of the individual who is the contact for the public (if applicable);

(h) the name, position, street address, mailing address if different from the street address, and telephone number of the individual who is the technical contact;

(i) the name, position, street address, mailing address if different from the street address, and telephone number of the individual co-ordinating the submission of the report (if applicable);

(j) the name, position, street address and mailing address if different from the street address, of the person signing the Statement of Certification (if applicable);

(k) the business number of the person;

(l) the latitude and longitude coordinates of the facility (required only if the facility is “portable” or a person is reporting in respect of a facility for the first time); and

(m) the legal name(s) of the person who is the Canadian parent company, if applicable, their street address, mailing address if different from the street address, and their percentage of ownership of the person submitting the report under this notice (where available), their Dun and Bradstreet number (where available), and their business number.

4. A statement indicating whether an independent contractor completed the report, and if so, the name, company name, street address, mailing address if different from the street address, and telephone number of the independent contractor.

5. The person submitting information under this notice shall submit a Statement of Certification certifying that the information is true, accurate and complete or shall authorize another person to act on their behalf and so certify using the Statement of Certification. A Statement of Certification is not required if a person subject to this notice or the person authorized to act on their behalf submits and certifies the information electronically.

6. Identification of reported information for which a request is being made to treat the information as confidential pursuant to section 51 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and the reasons for the request in accordance with section 52 of the Act.

7. In respect of a facility from which a person subject to this notice released, disposed of and/or transferred for recycling a substance listed in Schedule 1 of the notice, identification of the activities listed in section 2 of Schedule 2, if any are applicable.

8. In respect of a facility from which a person subject to this notice released, disposed of and/or transferred for recycling a substance listed in Schedule 1 of the notice, identification of the activities listed in paragraph 8(b) in Part 3 of Schedule 2, if any are applicable.

9. Identification of whether or not the person subject to the notice carried out wood preservation at the facility and whether or not they used creosote, at any time, in carrying out that activity.

10. Identification of whether, during the 2008 calendar year, the person subject to the notice prepared or was implementing a pollution prevention plan, and if so, whether the pollution prevention plan was

(a) required by a notice published under Part 4 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. If yes, indicate the reference code for the notice published in the Canada Gazette, Part I;

(b) prepared or implemented for another government or under another Act of Parliament; or

(c) prepared or implemented by the person at that facility on a voluntary basis.

PART 2

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SUBSTANCES LISTED
IN PARTS 1 THROUGH 3 OF SCHEDULE 1

11. For each substance or class of substances listed in Parts 1 through 3 of Schedule 1 for which the reporting criteria have been satisfied, a person subject to the notice shall report the following:

(a) the identity of the substance, including, if applicable, its CAS Registry Number;

(b) the nature of the manufacturing activity, if applicable, listed separately by on-site use or processing, sale or distribution, as a by-product, or as an impurity;

(c) the nature of the processing activity, if applicable, listed separately as a reactant, as a formulation component, as an article component, for repackaging only, or as a by-product;

(d) the nature of the other use activity, if applicable, listed separately as a physical or chemical processing aid, as a manufacturing aid, for ancillary or other use, or as a by-product;

(e) the quantity released on-site to the air, stated separately by stack releases or point releases, storage or handling releases, fugitive releases, spills or other non-point releases;

(f) the quantity released on-site to surface waters, stated separately by direct discharges, spills, or leaks, and the name of the receiving surface water bodies and quantity released to each receiving surface water body;

(g) the quantity released on-site to land, stated separately by spills, leaks, or other;

(h) the quantity disposed of on-site, stated separately by landfill, land treatment, or underground injection;

(i) the quantity disposed of off-site, stated separately by landfill, land treatment, underground injection, or storage, and the name and address of each receiving facility and the quantity sent to each facility;

(j) the quantity transferred off-site for treatment prior to final disposal, stated separately by physical treatment, chemical treatment, biological treatment, incineration or thermal treatment, treatment in a municipal sewage plant, and the name, street address and mailing address, if different from the street address, of each receiving facility and the quantity transferred to each facility;

(k) the quantity transferred off-site for recycling, stated separately by energy recovery, recovery of solvents, recovery of organic substances (not solvents), recovery of metals and metal compounds, recovery of inorganic materials (not metals), recovery of acids or bases, recovery of catalysts, recovery of pollution abatement residues, refining or re-use of used oil, or other, and the name, street address and mailing address, if different from the street address, of each receiving facility and the quantity transferred to each facility;

(l) the method used to determine the quantities reported pursuant to paragraphs (e) through (k), listed separately by continuous emission monitoring, predictive emission monitoring, source testing, mass balance, published emission factors, site-specific emission factors, engineering estimates, or to determine that there were no releases on-site, disposals, or transfers off-site for recycling;

(m) the quarterly breakdown of total on-site releases (to air, water and land) during 2008 by percentage;

(n) the reasons for changes in quantities of releases on site from the previous year, listed separately by changes in production levels, changes in the method of determining the releases, pollution prevention activities, changes in on-site treatment, changes in disposals, changes in off-site transfers for recycling, other (specify), no significant change or no change, or first year reporting the substance;

(o) the reasons for disposals and off-site transfers for recycling, listed separately by production residues, off-specification products, expiration date has passed, contaminated materials, unusable parts or discards, pollution abatement residues, machining or finishing residues, site remediation residues, or other;

(p) the reasons for changes in quantities disposed of from the previous year, listed separately by changes in production levels, changes in the method of determining the disposals, pollution prevention activities, changes in on-site treatment, changes in off-site transfers for recycling, other (specify), no significant change or no change, or first year reporting the substance;

(q) the reasons for changes in quantities transferred off-site for recycling from the previous year listed separately by changes in production levels, changes in the method of determining the transfers, pollution prevention activities, changes in on-site treatment, changes in disposals, other (specify), no significant change or no change, or first year reporting the substance;

(r) the anticipated total of on-site releases, disposals, and off-site transfers for recycling for 2009, 2010, and 2011; and

(s) any pollution prevention methods used and, for each method reported, the specific type of method used, with the methods below listed separately:

(i) materials or feedstock substitution, listed separately by increased purity of materials, substituted materials, or other (specify),

(ii) product design or reformulation, listed separately by changed product specifications, modified design or composition, modified packaging, or other (specify),

(iii) equipment or process modifications, listed separately by modified equipment, layout, or piping, used different process catalyst, instituted better controls on operating bulk containers, changed from small volume containers to bulk containers, modified stripping/cleaning equipment, changed to mechanical stripping/cleaning devices, changed to aqueous cleaners, modified or installed rinse systems, improved rinse equipment design, improved rinse equipment operation, modified spray systems or equipment, improved application techniques, changed from spray to other system, other modification (specify),

(iv) spill and leak prevention, listed separately by improved storage or stacking procedures, improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations, installed overflow alarms or automatic shut-off valves, installed vapor recovery systems, implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources, modified containment procedures, improved draining procedures, other procedure (specify),

(v) on-site reuse or recycling, listed separately by instituted recirculation within a process, or other (specify),

(vi) improved inventory management or purchasing techniques, listed separately by instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond shelf-life, initiated testing of outdated material, eliminated shelf-life requirements for stable materials, instituted better labelling procedures, instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials, instituted improved purchasing procedures, other procedure (specify),

(vii) training or improved operating practices, listed separately by improved maintenance scheduling, record keeping or procedures, changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers, training related to pollution prevention, other practice (specify),

(viii) modifications, procedures or practices other than any set out in the preceding subparagraphs, or

(ix) no pollution prevention activities.

12. For the purposes set out in this notice, any person subject to this notice shall provide the information required by this Part respecting substances in Part 1 of Schedule 1 in accordance with the following:

(a) for a substance that is qualified with the footnote “and its salts,” the person shall report the molecular weight of the acid or the base and not the total weight of the salt;

(b) for a substance that is qualified with the footnote “and its compounds,” the person shall report the pure element and the equivalent weight of the element contained in any substance, alloy or mixture, except for lead and its compounds contained in stainless steel, brass or bronze alloys;

(c) for ammonia (total), the person shall report the substance as ammonia (NH₃) plus the ammonium ion (NH₄⁺) in solution expressed as ammonia; and

(d) for vanadium, the person shall report the pure element and the equivalent weight of the element contained in any substance or mixture except when contained in an alloy.

13. The person subject to the notice shall report

(a) information in respect of substances listed in Group 1 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 in tonnes; and

(b) information in respect of substances listed in Groups 2, 3 and 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 in kilograms.

14. The person subject to the notice shall report

(a) information for the group as a whole, if information on individual substances listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 is not available; and

(b) information in respect of substances listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 in kilograms.

15. In respect of a substance listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 that resulted from the incidental manufacture of the substance from the activities identified in subparagraphs 8(b)(i) through (xvii) in Part 3 of Schedule 2, or that is present as a contaminant in pentachlorophenol for the activity listed in subparagraph 8(b)(xviii) in Part 3 of Schedule 2, the person shall report only information related to the activities referred to in those subparagraphs.

16. For the purposes of paragraphs 11(e) through (k), if the method of determining the quantity released on-site, disposed of, or transferred off-site for recycling for a substance listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 is monitoring or source testing, the person subject to the notice

(a) shall indicate in the report whether the concentration of the substance released on-site, disposed of, or transferred off-site for recycling was less than, equal to or greater than the estimat-ed level of quantification set out in section 17 for that substance in the corresponding medium; and

(b) can decide on whether to report the quantity released on-site, disposed of, or transferred off-site for recycling if the concentration of the substance released on-site, disposed of, or transferred off-site for recycling is less than the estimated level of quantification set out in section 17 for that substance in the corresponding medium.

17. (1) For the purpose of section 16, the estimated level of quantification values for dioxins and furans listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 are

(a) 32 picograms of toxicity equivalents of dioxins and furans per cubic metre of gaseous material;

(b) 20 picograms of toxicity equivalents of dioxins and furans per litre of liquid material; and

(c) 9 picograms of toxicity equivalents of dioxins and furans per gram of solid material.

(2) For the purpose of section 16, the estimated level of quantification values for hexachlorobenzene listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 are

(a) 6 nanograms of hexachlorobenzene per cubic metre of gaseous material;

(b) 70 nanograms of hexachlorobenzene per litre of liquid material; and

(c) 2 nanograms of hexachlorobenzene per gram of solid material.

18. A person subject to this notice shall report, in grams, information in respect of substances listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1.

19. If the information necessary to determine the quantity of a substance listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 released on-site, disposed of, or transferred off-site for recycling is not available, the person subject to the notice shall report that the information is not available.

PART 3

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 1

20. For each substance or class of substances, listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1, for which the reporting criteria set out in Part 4 of Schedule 2 have been satisfied, a person subject to the notice shall report the following:

(a) the identity of the substance, including, if applicable, its CAS Registry Number;

(b) the quantity released on-site to the air, stated separately: stack releases or point releases, storage or handling releases, fugitive releases, spills, road dust where, during 2008, vehicles travelled more than 10 000 vehicle kilometres (VKT) on unpaved roads at the person’s contiguous facility, or other non-point releases;

(c) for each stack with a height equal to or greater than 50 metres above grade where the substance is released to the air from the stack in a quantity equal to or greater than the minimum quantity set out in column 2 of Table 3 corresponding to that substance,

(i) the quantity of the substance that was released from the stack, and

(ii) the stack height above grade, the equivalent diameter of the stack, the average exit velocity of the release, and for each stack the average exit temperature of the release;

(d) the method used to determine the quantities reported pursuant to paragraph (b) and subparagraph (c)(i), whether that method is continuous emission monitoring, predictive emission monitoring, source testing, mass balance, published emission factors, site-specific emission factors, engineering estimates, or no releases to the air;

(e) the monthly breakdown of total releases to the air during 2008 by percentage;

(f) the reasons for changes in quantities of releases to the air from the previous year, listed separately: changes in production levels, changes in the method of determining the releases, pollution prevention activities, changes in on-site treatment, other (specify), no significant change or no change, or first year reporting the substance;

(g) the anticipated total releases to the air for 2009, 2010, and 2011; and

(h) the pollution prevention information described in paragraph 11(s) in Part 2.

21. If the reporting criteria in Part 4 of Schedule 2 are satisfied for a substance listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1, the person subject to the notice shall report the usual daily and weekly operating schedule of the facility for each month.

Table 3: Minimum Quantity Released from
Stack During 2008 Calendar Year

22. If a facility satisfies the reporting criteria set out in section 11 in Part 4 of Schedule 2, the person subject to the notice shall only report information for releases of the Part 4 substance from the stationary combustion equipment at the facility.

23. The person subject to the notice shall report information respecting oxides of nitrogen (expressed as NO₂) by expressing the oxides of nitrogen as nitrogen dioxide on a mass basis.

24. The person subject to the notice shall report information in respect of substances listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 in tonnes.

PART 4

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SUBSTANCES
LISTED IN PART 5 OF SCHEDULE 1

25. For each substance or class of substances listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1, for which the reporting criteria set out in Part 5 of Schedule 2 have been satisfied, the person shall report the following:

(a) the identity of the substance, including, if applicable, its CAS Registry Number;

(b) the quantity released to the air from each stack with a height equal to or greater than 50 metres where the quantity of volatile organic compounds was released to the air from the stack was equal to or greater than 5 tonnes; and

(c) the quantity of all other releases to the air excluding those quantities reported under paragraph (b).

26. If a facility satisfies the reporting criteria set out in section 11 in Part 4 of Schedule 2 for volatile organic compounds, the person subject to the notice shall report only information for releases of the substance listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1 from the stationary combustion equipment at the facility.

27. The person subject to the notice shall report information in respect of a substance listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1 in tonnes.

SCHEDULE 4

Definitions

1. The following definitions apply to this notice and its schedules:

“alloy” means metal products containing two or more elements as a solid solution, intermetallic compounds, and mixtures of metallic phases. « alliage »

“article” means a manufactured item that does not release a substance, listed in Schedule 1, when it undergoes processing or other use. « article »

“base metal” means copper, lead, nickel or zinc. It does not include aluminum or any other metals. « métal commun »

“by-product” means a substance, listed in Schedule 1, which is incidentally manufactured, processed or otherwise used at the facility at any concentration, and released on-site to the environment or disposed of.
« sous-produit »

“CAS Registry Number” and “CAS No.” mean the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number. « numéro d’enregistrement CAS » ou « numéro du CAS »

“contiguous facility” means all buildings, equipment, structures and stationary items that are located on a single site, or on contiguous sites or adjacent sites that are owned or operated by the same person and that function as a single integrated site that includes wastewater collection systems that release treated or untreated wastewater into surface waters. « installation contiguë »

“disposal” means the final disposal of a substance to landfill, land application or underground injection, either on the facility site or at a location off the facility site, and includes treatment at a location off the facility site prior to final disposal. « élimination »

“emission factors” mean numerical values that relate the quantity of substances emitted from a source to a common activity associated with those emissions, and can be categorized as

(a) “published emission factors,” namely, those that have been published by the Government of Canada or another government or an industry association for application to an emission source that falls under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada or another government or to emission sources of a specific industry sector; or

(b) “site-specific emission factors,” namely, those that have been developed by an individual facility using their own specific emission-testing data and source-activity information. « facteurs d’émission »

“employee” means an individual employed at the facility and includes the owner of the facility who performs work on-site at the facility, and a person, such as a contractor, who, at the facility, performs work that is related to the operations of the facility, for the period of time that the person is performing that work. « employé »

“external-combustion equipment” means any equipment with a combustion process that occurs at atmospheric pressure and with excess air. « appareil à combustion externe »

“facility” means a contiguous facility, a portable facility, a pipeline installation, or an offshore installation. « installation »

“fossil fuel” means fuel that is in a solid or liquid state at standard temperature and pressure, such as coal, petroleum or any solid or liquid fuel derived from such. « combustible fossile »

“full-time employee equivalent” means the unit obtained by dividing by 2 000 hours the sum of

(a) the total hours worked by individuals employed at the facility and the total hours of paid vacation and of sick leave taken by individuals employed at the facility;

(b) the hours worked on site at the facility by the owner of the facility, if not employed by the facility; and

(c) the hours worked on-site at the facility by a person, such as a contractor, who, at the facility, performs work related to the operations of the facility. « équivalent d’employé à temps plein »

“level of quantification” means, in respect of a substance, the lowest concentration that can be accurately measured using sensitive but routine sampling and analytical methods. « niveau de dosage » or « limite de dosage »

“manufacture” means to produce, prepare, or compound a substance listed in Schedule 1 and includes the coincidental production of a substance, listed in Schedule 1, as a by-product as a result of the manufacturing, processing or other use of any other substances. « fabrication »

“offshore installation” means an offshore drilling unit, production platform or ship, or subsea installation that is related to the exploitation of oil or natural gas and that is attached or anchored to the continental shelf of Canada or within Canada’s exclusive economic zone. « installation extracôtière »

“other use” means, in respect of a substance listed in Schedule 1, any use, disposal or release of that substance which is not included in the definitions of “manufacture” or “process.” « autre utilisation »

“parent company” means the highest level company or group of companies that own or directly control the reporting facility. « société mère »

“pipeline installation” means a collection of equipment situated at a single site, used in the operation of a natural gas transmission or distribution pipeline. « installation de pipeline »

“pit” means an excavation that is open to the air and that is operated for the purpose of extracting sand, clay, marl, earth, shale, gravel, stone or other rock but not coal, a coal-bearing substance, oil sands, or oil sands–bearing substance or an ammonite shell and includes any associated infrastructure, but does not include a quarry. « sablière »

“PM_2.5” means any particulate matter with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 microns. « PM_2,5 »

“PM₁₀” means any particulate matter with a diameter less than or equal to 10 microns. « PM₁₀ »

“pollution prevention” means the use of processes, practices, materials, products, substances or energy that avoid or minimize the creation of pollutants and waste, and reduce the overall risk to the environment or human health. « prévention de la pollution »

“portable facility” means portable PCB destruction equipment, portable asphalt plants, and portable concrete batching plants. « installation mobile »

“process” means the preparation of a substance, listed in Schedule 1, after its manufacture, for commercial distribution and includes preparation of a substance in the same physical state or chemical form as that received by the facility, or preparation which produces a change in physical state or chemical form. « préparation »

“quarry” means an excavation that is open to the air and that is operated for the purpose of working, recovering and extracting stone, limestone, sandstone, dolostone, marble, granite, construction materials and any mineral other than coal, a coal-bearing substance, oil sands, or oils sands–bearing substance or an ammonite shell and includes any associated infrastructure, but does not include a pit. « carrière »

“recycling” means any activity that prevents a material or a component of the material from becoming a material destined for disposal. « recyclage »

“release” means the emission or discharge of a substance from the facility site to air, surface waters or land and includes a spill or a leak. « rejet »

“secondary aluminum” means aluminum-bearing scrap or aluminum-bearing materials. « aluminium de récupération »

“secondary lead” means lead-bearing scrap or lead-bearing materials, other than lead-bearing concentrates derived from a mining operation. « plomb de récupération »

“terminal operations” means

(a) the use of storage tanks and associated equipment at a site used to store or transfer crude oil, artificial crude or intermediates of fuel products into or out of a pipeline; or

(b) operating activities of a primary distribution installation normally equipped with floating roof tanks that receives gasoline by pipeline, railcar, marine vessel or directly from a refinery. « opérations de terminal »

“total particulate matter” means any particulate matter with a diameter less than 100 microns. « particules totales »

“toxicity equivalent,” commonly referred to as TEQ, means a mass or concentration which is a sum of the masses or concentrations of individual congeners of polychlorinated dibenzop-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans multiplied by weighting factors set out in the Guide for Reporting to the National Pollutant Release Inventory — 2008. « équivalent toxique »

“treatment” means subjecting the substance to physical, chemical, biological or thermal processes at a location off the facility site prior to final disposal. « traitement »

“volatile organic compounds” means volatile organic compounds as defined in the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999. « composés organiques volatils »

“wood preservation” means the use of a preservative for the preservation of wood by means of heat or pressure treatment, or both, and includes the manufacture, blending, or reformulation of wood preservatives for that purpose. « préservation du bois »

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the notice.)

Consultations were undertaken in 2007 to address possible reporting changes for the National Pollutant Release Inventory for the 2008 reporting year. This notice serves to reflect the resulting changes required.

Obtaining the guidance documents for 2008 is the responsibility of the person required to report to the 2008 National Pollutant Release Inventory. Those who have not obtained the guidance documents are encouraged to contact Environment Canada at one of the aforementioned addresses.

If a person has submitted information to the Minister in accordance with the notice and if, at any time within a year after June 1, 2009, the person learns or becomes aware that there has been a change to the name, telephone number, or email address (if available) of the public contact, the technical contact, or the individual coordinating the submission of the report, that person should advise the Minister of any change to the contact information within 30 days after learning or becoming aware of the change.

If a person has submitted information to the Minister in accordance with the notice and if, at any time within a year after June 1, 2009, the person learns or becomes aware that the information submitted was mistaken or inaccurate, that person should within 30 days after learning or becoming aware of the mistake or inaccuracy resubmit the correct information to the Minister. If additional time is needed to prepare and resubmit the correct information, that person should advise the Minister of the need for more time, in writing, within 30 days after learning or becoming aware that the information as previously submitted was mistaken or inaccurate. The person should also give reason for the additional time required and indicate the amount of time needed to resubmit the correct information.

If a person has submitted information to the Minister in accordance with the notice and if, at any time within a year after June 1, 2009, the ownership or operation of the facility has changed, that person should notify the Minister of this fact within 30 days after learning or becoming aware of the change. In this latter case, the relevant information for the purpose of reporting to the National Pollutant Release Inventory is the new owner’s name, street address, telephone number and email address (if available).

If a person sold the ownership or operation of the facility, that person should provide a correction to any mistaken or inaccurate information given during their period of ownership within the time frame and using the procedure described in paragraph (c) above.

As indicated in the Notice of intent to develop and implement regulations and other measures to reduce air emissions, published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on October 21, 2006, the Government will be guided by a number of principles as it implements its new regulatory framework for industry. One of these principles is to ensure effective and efficient monitoring, reporting and regulatory implementation, including best efforts to minimize overlap and regulatory duplication. To this end, the Government will continue to work with provinces and territories toward a single, harmonized system for mandatory reporting of all air emissions and related information. This system will underpin the proposed regulations and possible related emissions trading regime, and will respond to industry’s concerns that multiple measurement methodologies and multiple reporting regimes would cause an unnecessary and costly administrative burden. Analysis on the development of information and disclosure requirements and monitoring and reporting requirements would be undertaken in consultation.

Compliance with CEPA, 1999 is mandatory. Subsection 272(1) of CEPA, 1999 provides that

In particular, subsection 272(1) of the Act provides that

272. (1) Every person commits an offence who contravenes

(a) a provision of this Act or the regulations;

(b) an obligation or a prohibition arising from this Act or the regulations;

(c) an order or a direction made under this Act;

(d) an order, direction or decision of a court made under this Act; or

(e) an agreement respecting environmental protection alternative measures within the meaning of section 295.

Subsection 272(2) of the Act provides that

272. (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable

(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both; and

(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

Furthermore, with respect to providing false or misleading information, subsection 273(1) of the Act provides that

273. (1) Every person commits an offence who, with respect to any matter related to this Act or the regulations,

(a) provides any person with any false or misleading information, results or samples; or

(b) files a document that contains false or misleading information.

Subsection 273(2) of the Act provides that

273. (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable

(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both, if the offence is committed knowingly;

(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, if the offence is committed knowingly;

(c) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both, if the offence is committed negligently; and

(d) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, if the offence is committed negligently.

The above provisions of the Act have been reproduced for convenience of reference only. If there is any variance between the above provisions and the wording of the Act, the official version of the Act prevails. For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, readers should consult the official versions of the Acts of Parliament.

For additional information on the Act and the Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and on applicable penalties, please contact the Enforcement Branch at enforcement.environmental@ec.gc.ca. A copy of the Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is available at the following Internet site: www.ec.gc.ca/CEPAregistry/policies.

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NOTICE OF VACANCY

CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION

President (full-time position)

Salary Range: $204,300–$240,400

Location: National Capital Region

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is an independent, quasi-judicial administrative tribunal and regulatory agency that reports to Parliament through the Minister of Natural Resources and derives its authority from the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. The Commission regulates the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect health, safety, security and the environment, and to respect Canada’s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. In particular, it regulates the activities of major licensees engaged in uranium mining, nuclear power generation and nuclear research, in addition to some 2 500 licensees in the industrial, medical and research applications of nuclear energy throughout Canada.

The President is the strategic leader of the CNSC, comprised of the Commission, which is a tribunal, and the staff organization. The President is Chief Executive Officer of the Commission and directs the work of the staff. Furthermore, the President acts as the principal representative of the Commission with the Minister, senior federal and provincial government officers, other national and international regulatory agencies, the regulated industry, and other stakeholders, including the public.

The qualified candidate must have successfully completed a degree from a recognized university in a field related to the mandate of the CNSC, such as science, engineering, or health. A graduate degree in these disciplines would be an asset. An educational background in public administration, economics or law would be an additional asset.

The successful candidate must have significant management experience at the senior executive level in a private or public sector organization that has diverse technical and regulatory dimensions. A demonstrated record of decision-making with respect to complex and sensitive issues is required. The preferred candidate must have experience in dealing with government and industry stakeholders. Experience in dealing with non-governmental organizations and in the operations of a quasi-judicial tribunal would be an asset.

Candidates being considered for this position must have sufficient knowledge of the mandate and activities of the CNSC and the legislative and regulatory environments within which the CNSC operates. The successful candidate must also demonstrate adequate knowledge of the nuclear industry in Canada and abroad and of Canadian and international policies relevant to the nuclear industry. In addition, he or she must be knowledgeable of administrative law and of rules and practices followed by administrative tribunals in Canada.

The selected candidate must be capable of interpreting and applying legislative and regulatory requirements. The chosen candidate must be able to conduct public hearings and to analyze complex evidence involving specialized concepts in order to make logical, comprehensive, and unbiased decisions. The ideal candidate must be a person of sound judgment and integrity, exhibit diplomacy, objectivity, impartiality and fairness, and adhere to high ethical standards. The preferred candidate must have excellent leadership and managerial skills to manage and motivate an organization with diverse technical and regulatory responsibilities and ensure that the CNSC conducts its work effectively and efficiently. The chosen candidate must have the ability to work effectively with senior industry and government officials and non-governmental stakeholders. The suitable candidate must be able to communicate effectively, in writing and orally, as well as to act as a spokesperson for the CNSC.

Proficiency in both official languages is preferred.

The President of the CNSC shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any activity, have any interest in a business or accept or engage in any office or employment that is inconsistent with the President’s duties. He or she must reside in, or within a reasonable commuting distance of, the National Capital Region. The chosen candidate must be prepared to travel regularly within Canada to attend hearings and meetings in support of the Commission’s activities.

The Government is committed to ensuring that its appointments are representative of Canada’s regions and official languages, as well as of women, Aboriginal peoples, disabled persons and visible minorities.

The preferred candidate must comply with the Ethical Guidelines for Public Office Holders and the Guidelines for the Political Activities of Public Office Holders. The guidelines are available on the Governor in Council Appointments Web site, under Publications, at www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca.

The selected candidate will be subject to the Conflict of Interest Act. Public office holders appointed on a full-time basis must submit to the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, within 60 days of appointment, a Confidential Report in which they disclose all of their assets, liabilities and outside activities. For more information please visit the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner’s Web site at www.parl.gc.ca/ciec-ccie.

This notice has been placed in the Canada Gazette to assist the Governor in Council in identifying qualified candidates for this position. It is not, however, intended to be the sole means of recruitment.

Additional information on the CNSC and its activities can be found on its Web site at www.cnsc.gc.ca.

Interested candidates should forward their curriculum vitae by March 3, 2008, to the Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Senior Personnel and Special Projects), Privy Council Office, 59 Sparks Street, 1st Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A3, 613-957-5006 (fax).

Bilingual notices of vacancies will be produced in an alternative format (audio cassette, diskette, braille, large print, etc.) upon request. For further information, please contact Canadian Government Publishing, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5, 613-941-5995 or 1-800-635-7943.

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TREASURY BOARD

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT

Occupational group definitions

The Treasury Board of Canada hereby provides notice that the following occupational group definitions will apply to the Correctional Services Group, effective February 1, 2006, and the Operational Services Group, effective February 1, 2006. The definition of the Correctional Services Group, effective March 18, 1999, as published in Part I of the Canada Gazette, on March 27, 1999, on page 825, is revised and replaced by the following definition. The definition of the Operational Services Group, effective March 18, 1999, as published in Part I of the Canada Gazette, on March 27, 1999, on pages 814 to 816, is revised and replaced by the following definition. The following subgroup definition will apply to the Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation Sub-group, effective April 1, 2006. The definition of the Meditation and Conciliation Sub-group, effective July 17, 2004, as published in Part I of the Canada Gazette, on July 17, 2004, on page 1965, is re-named Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation Subgroup, and is amended and replaced by the following definition.

Correctional Services Group Definition

The Correctional Services Group comprises positions that are primarily involved in the custody, control, and correctional influence of inmates in the institutions of Correctional Service Canada, or the custody and control of detainees being held under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) Security Certificates in federal holding centres or detention facilities, and the training of staff engaged in custodial and correctional work at a Staff College of Correctional Service of Canada.

Inclusions

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for greater certainty, this occupational group includes positions that have, as their primary purpose, responsibility for one or more of the following activities:

1. the custody and control of inmates, and the security of the institution;

2. the custody and control of detainees being held under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) Security Certificates;

3. the correctional influence of inmates, with the continuing responsibility to relate actively and effectively to inmates;

4. the admission and discharge of inmates, and the control of inmate visits and correspondence;

5. the organizing and implementing of recreational activities, the surveillance and control of inmates engaged in these activities, and the custody and issue of recreational equipment;

6. the training of staff in custodial and correctional procedures and techniques; and

7. the leadership of any of the above activities.

Exclusions

Positions excluded from the Correctional Services Group are those whose primary purpose is included in the definition of any other group and those in which one or more of the following activities is of primary importance:

1. the operation of a heating plant, sewage facilities, or water supplies, and the provision of maintenance services;

2. the provision of patient care that requires the application of comprehensive knowledge of, or specialized expertise in, physical and mental health care;

3. the provision of services and supplies to inmates; and

4. the instruction of inmates in workshops, crafts, and training programs.

Operational Services Group Definition

The Operational Services Group comprises positions that are primarily involved in the fabrication, maintenance, repair, operation, and protection of machines, equipment, and vehicles, as well as government facilities and structures such as buildings, vessels, stationary and floating plants, stores, laboratories, and equipment; and the provision of food, personal or health support services.

Inclusions

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, for greater certainty, this occupational group includes positions that have, as their primary purpose, responsibility for one or more of the following activities:

 1. the cleaning and servicing of buildings and adjacent grounds, including housekeeping and janitorial services, and the cleaning of laboratory equipment;

 2. the patrolling, observing, and inspecting of property, the taking of preventive action in protecting property from damage or loss, and providing for the well-being of people;

 3. the receipt, storage, as well as manual or mechanical handling of equipment, and the recording of transactions in an equipment- or supplies-stores context;

 4. the provision of food, laundry, and messenger services, and other services, such as tailoring, to accommodate passengers, clients, patients, guests, or tourists;

 5. the provision of patient-care and health-care support services not requiring the qualifications of a registered nurse, occupational therapist, or physical therapist;

 6. the provision of routine assistance to pathologists, dentists, nurses, therapists, and laboratory technicians;

 7. the performance of fire-protection, fire-prevention, and/or airport rescue activities by active members of fire-fighting forces;

 8. the inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of specialized and non-specialized instruments, equipment, and machinery used in, or related to, the following: the generation of heat, electricity, refrigeration, or air conditioning; sewage treatment and disposal; water supply and treatment; marine navigation; and the handling and storage of fuels and lubricants;

 9. the operation and maintenance of light-station equipment and the upkeep of light-station buildings, landing facilities, or grounds;

10. the operation and servicing of vessels staffed by civilians, including floating plants and associated equipment, and activities performed in support of programs such as buoy-tending, fisheries enforcement, and rescue operations;

11. the fabrication, alteration, maintenance, or repair of buildings, structures, roads, or other installations;

12. the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of equipment, distribution systems, or vehicles;

13. the production of parts, prototypes, or other items;

14. the cultivation of grounds, gardens, and other land, or the propagation of plants;

15. the care and feeding of animals;

16. the performance of leadership activities that require the inspection of construction work for compliance with prescribed standards or specifications, where the following are of primary importance:

(a) acting as the architect’s or engineer’s representative on the construction site for work being performed under contract, with responsibility to ensure that work proceeds according to an agreement and that all statutory requirements are met by the contractor before progress payments are released; and

(b) performing the functions of an inspector on behalf of a property manager, with responsibility for examining and recommending work that should be done to properly maintain structures, and for recommending the acceptance or rejection of work;

17. the weighing and sampling of grain, the operation of agricultural equipment and machinery, and the conduct of associated activities;

18. the leadership of any of the above activities; and

19. the leadership of printing services pertaining to the production and binding of text material and illustrations by means of the various techniques used in the printing industry and directly related printing environments.

Exclusions

Positions excluded from the Operational Services Group are those whose primary purpose is included in the definition of any other group and those in which one or more of the following activities is of primary importance:

 1. the custody and control of inmates in institutions of Correctional Service Canada;

 2. the custody and control of detainees being held under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) Security Certificates in federal holding centres or detention facilities;

 3. the planning, development, co-ordination, or monitoring of fire-prevention programs on a national, regional, or district basis;

 4. the development and writing of specifications for the acquisition of resources, material, and equipment for rescue, fire-prevention, and fire-protection services;

 5. the study of potable water-supply problems, sewage-treatment methods, the mechanics and efficiency of heat engines, the comparable thermal efficiencies of fuels, or technical aspects relating to the purification, handling, and storage of liquid fuels and lubricants;

 6. the developmental testing of pressure vessels, pumps, compressors, heat engines, turbines, or other stationary mechanical plants;

 7. the planning of the general practices and procedures to be followed at light-stations;

 8. the repair, modification, and refitting of naval vessels and their equipment;

 9. the on-board command and control of the operation of civilian vessels, floating plants, and associated equipment requiring a certificate of competency; and

10. the provision of printing services that also require a limited degree of leadership.

Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation Sub-group Definition

Inclusions

Positions included in this sub-group are those in which the incumbents

1. provide conciliation and mediation services with regard to collective bargaining and industrial relations disputes pursuant to the Canada Labour Code; or

2. negotiate collective agreements with bargaining agents in the core public administration on behalf of the Treasury Board, as the employer, pursuant to the Public Service Labour Relations Act.

Exclusions

Positions excluded from this sub-group are those in which any of the following are of primary importance:

1. the provision of industrial relations or labour relations services other than negotiation, mediation or conciliation;

2. the provision of arbitration services; or

3. the provision of technical or other support services in support of negotiation, mediation or conciliation functions.

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BANK OF CANADA

Balance sheet as at January 31, 2008

(Millions of dollars) Unaudited

I declare that the foregoing return is correct according to the books of the Bank.

Ottawa, February 5, 2008

H. A. WOERMKE
Acting Chief Accountant

I declare that the foregoing return is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, and shows truly and clearly the financial position of the Bank, as required by section 29 of the Bank of Canada Act.

Ottawa, February 5, 2008

S. KENNEDY
Deputy Governor

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