Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:Amendment of Lists

• 87 (1) The Minister shall add a substance to the Domestic Substances List and, if it appears on the Non-domestic Substances List, delete it from that List, within 120 days after the following conditions are met:

  • (a) the Minister has been provided with information in respect of the substance under section 81 or 82 and any additional information or test results required under subsection 84(1);

  • (b) the Ministers are satisfied that the substance has been manufactured in or imported into Canada by the person who provided the information in excess of

    • (i) 1 000 kg in any calendar year,

    • (ii) an accumulated total of 5 000 kg, or

    • (iii) the quantity prescribed for the purposes of this section; and

  • (c) the period for assessing the information under section 83 has expired; and

  • (d) no conditions specified under paragraph 84(1)(a) in respect of the substance remain in effect.

• Marginal note:Amendment of Lists

  (2) Where the Minister adds a substance to the Domestic Substances List and subsequently learns that the substance was not manufactured or imported as described in subsection (1), the Minister shall delete the substance from the Domestic Substances List, and if it has been deleted from the Non-domestic Substances List, the Minister shall add it to that List.

• Marginal note:Significant new activity

  (3) Where a substance is on the Domestic Substances List or is to be added to the List under subsection (1), the Minister may amend the List in respect of the substance to indicate that subsection 81(3) applies with respect to the substance or that it no longer applies or by varying the significant new activities in relation to the substance in respect of which subsection 81(3) is to apply.

• Marginal note:Contents of amendment

  (4) An amendment referred to in subsection (3) shall indicate, by inclusion or exclusion, the significant new activities in relation to the substance in respect of which subsection 81(3) is to apply, and if regulations in respect of those significant new activities are not made under paragraphs 89(1)(c), (d) and (g), specify the information to be provided to the Minister under that subsection, the date within which it is to be provided and the period within which it is to be assessed under section 83.

• Marginal note:Amendments of Lists

  (5) Despite subsection (1), the Minister shall add a substance to the Domestic Substances List and, if it appears on the Non-Domestic Substances List, delete it from that List, within 120 days after the following conditions are met:

  • (a) the Minister has been provided with any information in respect of the substance under subsections 81(1) to (13) or section 82, any additional information or test results required under subsection 84(1), and any other prescribed information;

  • (b) the period for assessing the information under section 83 has expired; and

  • (c) no conditions specified under paragraph 84(1)(a) in respect of the substance remain in effect.