Vol. 145, No. 3 — January 15, 2011

ARCHIVED — GOVERNMENT NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List under subsection 87(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to indicate that subsection 81(3) of that Act applies to Nickel, bis[2,3-bis(hydroxyimino)-N-(2-methoxyphenyl)butanamidato]-

Whereas Nickel, bis[2,3-bis(hydroxyimino)-N-(2-methoxyphenyl)butanamidato]- (Chemical Abstracts Service Registry No. [CAS] 42739-61-7) is specified on the Domestic Substances List;

Whereas the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of the substance, under section 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and have released the final decision on the screening assessment under subsection 77(6) of that Act on January 15, 2011, in the Canada Gazette, Part I;

Whereas the Ministers are satisfied that the substance is not being manufactured in or imported into Canada by any person in a quantity of more than 100 kg in any one calendar year;

And whereas the Ministers suspect that a significant new activity in relation to the substance may result in the substance becoming toxic within the meaning of section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999,

Therefore, notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment intends to amend the Domestic Substances List pursuant to subsection 87(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to indicate that subsection 81(3) of that Act applies to the substance in accordance with the Annex.

Public comment period

Any person may, within 60 days of publication of this Notice, file with the Minister of the Environment comments with respect to this proposal. All comments must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this Notice and be sent to the Executive Director, Program Development and Engagement Division, Environment Canada, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, 819-953-7155 (fax), substances@ec.gc.ca (email).

The screening assessment report for this substance may be obtained from the Government of Canada’s Chemical Substances Web site at www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques.gc.ca.

In accordance with section 313 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, 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
Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

ANNEX

1. Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List is proposed to be amended by deleting the following:

42739-61-7

2. Part 2 of the List is proposed to be amended by adding the following in numerical order:

3. The Order would come into force on the day on which it is registered.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Publication after screening assessment of 40 petroleum and refinery gases specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas 40 petroleum and refinery gases (the “substances”) annexed hereby are substances on the Domestic Substances List identified under subsection 73(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas a summary of the draft Screening Assessment conducted on the substances pursuant to section 74 of the Act is annexed hereby; and

Whereas it is proposed to conclude that the substances meet one or more of the criteria set out in section 64 of the Act,

Notice therefore is hereby given that the Ministers of the Environment and of Health propose to recommend to His Excellency the Governor in Council that these substances be added to Schedule 1 to the Act.

Notice is furthermore given that the Ministers of the Environment and of Health have released a risk management scope document for these substances to initiate discussions with stakeholders on the development of a risk management approach.

Public comment period

As specified under subsection 77(5) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, any person may, within 60 days after publication of this notice, file with the Minister of the Environment written comments on the measure the Ministers propose to take and on the scientific considerations on the basis of which the measure is proposed. More information regarding the scientific considerations may be obtained from the Government of Canada’s Chemical Substances Web site (www. chemicalsubstances.gc.ca). All comments must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice and be sent to the Executive Director, Program Development and Engagement Division, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, 819-953-7155 (fax), substances@ec.gc.ca (email).

In accordance with section 313 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, 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
Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

MARGARET KENNY
Director General
Chemicals Sector Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

STEVE MCCAULEY
Director General
Energy and Transportation Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

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

ANNEX

Summary of the draft Screening Assessment of the 40 petroleum and refinery gases listed below

Pursuant to section 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999), the Ministers of the Environment and of Health have conducted a screening assessment of the following site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases:

* The Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CAS RN) is the property of the American Chemical Society, and any use or redistribution, except as required in supporting regulatory requirements and/or for reports to the Government when the information and the reports are required by law or administrative policy, is not permitted without the prior, written permission of the American Chemical Society.

These substances were identified as high priorities for action during the categorization of the Domestic Substances List as they were determined to present greatest potential or intermediate potential for exposure of individuals in Canada and were considered to present a high hazard to human health. Although they were considered persistent in the environment, they did not meet the ecological categorization criteria for bioaccumulation and inherent toxicity to non-human organisms. These substances were included in the Petroleum Sector Stream Approach because they are related to the petroleum sector and are all complex mixtures.

Petroleum and refinery gases, produced from petroleum facilities (i.e. refining, upgrading or natural gas processing facilities), are a category of saturated and unsaturated light hydrocarbons, predominantly C₁ to C₅. Some gases may also contain inorganic compounds, such as hydrogen, nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The composition of petroleum and refinery gases varies depending on the source of crude oil, bitumen, or natural gas, and process operating conditions. As such, petroleum and refinery gases are considered to be of Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials (UVCBs).

The site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases often serve as fuels consumed on site, as intermediates for purification and recovery of various gaseous products, or as feedstocks for isomerization and alkylation processes within a facility.

The petroleum and refinery gases considered in this screening assessment have been identified as site-restricted (i.e. they are a subset of petroleum and refinery gases that are not expected to be transported off the facility sites). According to information reported under section 71 of CEPA 1999, and other sources of information, these 40 site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases are consumed on site or are blended into substances leaving the site under different CAS RNs. However, it has been recognized that given the physical-chemical properties of these gases (e.g. high vapour pressures), releases of the petroleum and refinery gases into the atmosphere can occur. Dispersion modelling results show that unintentional releases of these site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases contribute to ambient background levels of 1,3-butadiene in the vicinity of petroleum facilities.

Based on the current available information, none of these CAS RNs are bioaccumulative, but many components of site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases persist in the atmosphere such that all of these CAS RNs are considered to be persistent in the atmosphere based on criteria defined in the Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations.

One component of petroleum and refinery gases that is considered to have significant acute toxicity to organisms, ethene, is being assessed in a separate assessment and has not been considered here. This will allow consideration of ethene release from petroleum facility operations as a whole, rather than attempting to link its release to the specific substances that are the subject of the current assessment.

A critical effect for characterization of risk to human health for petroleum and refinery gases is carcinogenicity, as other jurisdictions (European Union) have identified petroleum and refinery gases containing greater than 0.1 wt% 1,3-butadiene as carcinogens. Additionally, 1,3-butadiene has been identified by Health Canada and other international regulatory agencies, as a carcinogen. 1,3-Butadiene was found to be a multi-site carcinogen in rodents, increasing the incidence of tumours at all inhalation concentrations tested. The substance 1,3-butadiene also exhibits genotoxicity in vitro and in vivo, and a plausible mode of action for induction of tumours involves direct interaction with genetic material. The substance 1,3-Butadiene was selected as a high hazard gas component to characterize potential exposure to the general population as it is expected to be present in these 40 CAS RNs. There may be limited general population exposure to petroleum and refinery gases in the vicinity of petroleum facilities, and margins between upper-bounding estimates of exposure to a high-hazard component of petroleum and refinery gases, 1,3-butadiene, and estimates of cancer potency previously developed for inhalation exposure to 1,3-butadiene, are considered potentially inadequate to address uncertainties in the health effects and exposure databases. Margins of exposure for non-cancer endpoints were considered adequate.

A number of regulatory and non-regulatory measures are already in place in Canada, which limit releases of site-restricted petroleum substances, including provincial/territorial operating permit requirements, and best practices and guidelines put in place by the petroleum industry at refinery, upgrader and natural gas processing facilities. Accordingly, environmental exposure to these substances is expected to be minimal. As such, harm to the environment is not expected. Based on the information available, it is proposed that the 40 site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases included in this screening assessment are not entering 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 that constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends.

Based on the information available, it is proposed that the 40 site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases are substances that are or may be entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.

In addition and where relevant, research and monitoring will support verification of assumptions used during the screening assessment and, where appropriate, the performance of potential control measures identified during the risk management phase.

Proposed conclusion

Based on the information available, it is proposed to conclude that the 40 site-restricted petroleum and refinery gases listed under CAS RNs 68307-99-3, 68476-26-6, 68476-49-3, 68477-69-0, 68477-71-4, 68477-72-5, 68477-73-6, 68477-75-8, 68477-76-9, 68477-77-0, 68477-86-1, 68477-87-2, 68477-93-0, 68477-97-4, 68478-00-2, 68478-01-3, 68478-05-7, 68478-25-1, 68478-29-5, 68478-32-0, 68478-34-2, 68512-91-4, 68513-16-6, 68513-17-7, 68513-18-8, 68514-31-8, 68514-36-3, 68527-16-2, 68602-83-5, 68602-84-6, 68606-27-9, 68607-11-4, 68814-67-5, 68911-58-0, 68918-99-0, 68919-02-8, 68919-04-0, 68919-08-4, 68919-10-8 and 68952-79-4 meet one or more of the criteria set out in section 64 of CEPA 1999.

The draft Screening Assessment for these substances is available on the Government of Canada’s Chemical Substances Web site (www.chemicalsubstances.gc.ca).

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

January 6, 2011

DIANE BÉLANGER
Official Documents Registrar

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Senators called

His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to summon to the Senate of Canada, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Canada, bearing date of December 18, 2010:

— Meredith, Donald, of Richmond Hill, in the Province of Ontario, Member of the Senate and a Senator for the Province of Ontario; and

— Smith, Larry W., of Hudson, in the Province of Quebec, Member of the Senate and a Senator for the division of Saurel, in the Province of Quebec.

January 6, 2011

DIANE BÉLANGER
Manager

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

AERONAUTICS ACT

Interim Order No. 6 Respecting Mail, Cargo and Baggage

Whereas the annexed Interim Order No. 6 Respecting Mail, Cargo and Baggage is required to deal with an immediate threat to aviation security;

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT

Groupama Transport — Order to insure in Canada risks

Notice is hereby given of the issuance, pursuant to section 574 of the Insurance Companies Act, of an order to insure in Canada risks, effective December 3, 2010, permitting Groupama Transport to insure risks falling within the following classes of insurance: accident and sickness, boiler and machinery, liability, marine and property.

December 24, 2010

JULIE DICKSON
Superintendent of Financial Institutions

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT

The Provenance Life Insurance Company — Letters patent of incorporation

Notice is hereby given of the issuance on November 26, 2010, pursuant to section 22 of the Insurance Companies Act, of letters patent incorporating The Provenance Life Insurance Company and, in French, Provenance, compagnie d’assurance-vie.

December 24, 2010

JULIE DICKSON
Superintendent of Financial Institutions

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

TRUST AND LOAN COMPANIES ACT

Central 1 Trust Company — Letters patent of incorporation

Notice is hereby given of the issuance on December 17, 2010, pursuant to section 21 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act, of letters patent incorporating Central 1 Trust Company and, in French, Société de fiducie Central 1.

December 24, 2010

JULIE DICKSON
Superintendent of Financial Institutions

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